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Richard Pachter's choices for 2006's best business books
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January 01, 2007
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http://wordsonwords.com/bestof2006.html
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Regardless of consolidation and other challenges that threaten the publishing world — like most industries — authors still choose this venerable medium to share their thoughts. And people, with more choices than ever, still read books.
Business books, in particular, are an odd lot; those attempting to capture the latest trends are often dead on arrival. But others possess value beyond the time and place they first appear. Here are ten books from 2006 that might pass that test of time.
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By Cohen, Rich
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Sweet and Low is the amazing, bittersweet, hilarious story of an American family and its patriarch, a short-order cook named Ben Eisenstadt who, in the years after World War II, invented the...
Ranking at Amazon 387236
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Farrar Straus & Giroux
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April 2006 - Hardcover
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Food, Beverage & Tobacco Industries
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By Brafman, Ori
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Understanding the amazing force that links some of today's most successful companies If you cut off a spider's leg, it's crippled; if you cut off its head, it dies. But if you cut off a...
Ranking at Amazon 21988
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Portfolio
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October 2006 - Hardcover
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Organization Design
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By Black, Edwin
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Internal Combustion is the compelling tale of corruption and manipulation that subjected the U.S. and the world to an oil addiction that could have been avoided, that was never necessary, and...
Ranking at Amazon 659400
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St. Martin's Press
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September 2006 - Hardcover
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Energy & Oil Industries
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By Godin, Seth
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More provocative business thinking from the bestselling author of Purple Cow and All Marketers Are Liars As one of today’s most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin...
Ranking at Amazon 23766
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Portfolio
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August 2006 - Hardcover
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General Management
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By Greenblatt, Joel
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Two years in MBA school won't teach you how to double the market's return. Two hours with The Little Book That Beats the Market will. In The Little Book, Joel Greenblatt, Founder
Ranking at Amazon 3234
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Wiley
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November 2005 - Hardcover
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Investing
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By Taylor, William
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Meet the innovators and upstarts who are inventing the future of business. Their unconventional ideas and groundbreaking strategies can become your business plan for the twenty-first century a better...
Ranking at Amazon 317344
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William Morrow
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September 2006 - Hardcover
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Innovation & Creativity
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By Weiss, Gary
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A shocking appraisal that shows how Wall Street is intrinsically corrupt—and what individual investors can do to protect themselves For several years high-profile corporate wrongdoers...
Ranking at Amazon 756357
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Portfolio
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April 2006 - Hardcover
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Scandals and Fraud
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By Smith, Jaynie L.
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Why should I do business with you… and not your competitor? Whether you are a retailer, manufacturer, distributor, or service provider – if you cannot answer this question, you are surely losing
Ranking at Amazon 9411
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Currency
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April 2006 - Hardcover
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Competition
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By Holland, R. William
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This book is for and about the millions of people who are between jobs (code for "out of work"), have been between jobs, or know of someone who has been. It is about the transition from...
Ranking at Amazon 1185177
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Praeger Publishers
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July 2006 - Hardcover
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Career & Employment
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