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 07-08 book list


  Last updated: 14 May 08


  The lists are in no particular order











 

Reading now

All You Need to Know About the Music Business
Donald S. Passman

Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
Donald A. Norman



Waiting on the shelf

Chainsaw: The Notorious Career of Al Dunlap in the Era of Profit-At-Any-Price
John A. Byrne

Queen Victoria's Baggage: The Legacy of Building Dysfunctional Organizations
Daniel A. Silverman

This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
Daniel J. Levitin

Interrogation Machine: Laibach and NSK (Short Circuits)
Alexei Monroe and Slavoj Zizek

Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music
Pascal Bussy

How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
Adrian Shaughnessy and Stefan Sagmeister



Still to buy

Crossing the Chasm
Geoffery Moore
Rec: Seth Godin

Positioning
Trout and Ries
Rec: Seth Godin

In Pursuit of Wow! and The Tom Peters Seminar
Tom Peters
Rec: Seth Godin

Blink
Malcolm Galdwell
Rec: Seth Godin

Selling the Dream
Guy Kawasaki
Rec: Seth Godin

The Republic of Tea
Bill Rosenzweig and Mel Ziegler
Rec: Seth Godin

Don't Think Of An Elephant!/How Democrats And Progressives Can Win
George Lakoff
Rec: Seth Godin

Secrets of Closing the Sale
Zig Ziglar
Rec: Seth Godin

Why We Buy
Paco Underhill
Rec: Seth Godin

Creating Customer Evangelists
Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba
Rec: Seth Godin

The Moral Economy of the Peasant
James Scott
Rec: Seth Godin

Creative Company: How St. Luke's Became "The Ad Agency to End All Ad Agencies"
Andy Law
Rec: Seth Godin

The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Timothy Ferriss
Rec: Derek Sivers

E-Myth Revisted: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Michael E. Gerber
Rec: Derek Sivers

The Obsolete Employee: How Businesses Succeed Without Employees-And Love It
Michael J. Russer
Rec: Derek Sivers

The Brand You 50
Tom Peters
Rec: Derek Sivers

The Wisdon of Crowds
James Surowiecki
Rec: Derek Sivers

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams
Rec: Derek Sivers

The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Simple, Stress-Free Way to Reach Your Investment Goals
Daniel R. Solin
Rec: Derek Sivers

Stumbling on Happiness
Daniel Gilbert
Rec: Derek Sivers

The Paradox of Choice
Barry Schwartz
Rec: Derek Sivers

Rock On: An Office Power Ballad
Dan Kennedy

Meatball Sundae
Seth Godin

Permission Marketing
Seth Godin

Purple Cow
Seth Godin

All Marketers Are Liars: The Power of Telling Authentic Stories in a Low-Trust World
Seth Godin

Often Wrong, Never n Doubt: Unleach the Business Rebel Within
Donny Deutsch

The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm
Tom Kelley

The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works-and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Charles Fishman

Art and Fear
David Bayles and Ted Orland

The Millionaire Next Door
Thomas J. Stanley

Orientalism
Edward Said

Occidentalism: the West in the Eyes of its Enemies
Ian Buruma and Avishai Margalit

Minset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol Dweck

The Works: Anatomy of a City
Kate Ascher

Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape
Henry Chesbrough

Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder
David Weinberger

Things I Have Learned in my Life So Far
Stefan Sagmeister

Mavericks At Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
William C. Taylor

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
Guy Kawasaki

Code: Version 2.0
Lawrence Lessig

Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions
John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, Howard Raiffa



Completed

Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich
James J. Cramer with Cliff Mason

Thinking With Type: A Critical Guide
Ellen Lupton

Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas
Seth Godin

The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Seth Godin

Rules for Renegades: How to Make More Money, Rock Your Career, and Revel in Your Individuality
Christine Comaford-Lynch

D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself
Ellen Lupton

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
Robert Pirsig

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
Keith Ferrazzi with Tahl Raz

The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual
Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls, David Weinberger