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Business Books TOP FIVE US (Jul 3, 2009)

1.TALENT Is Overrated

Talent still matters, but deliberate practice trumps it. Why focus and hard work matter more than innate ability.

Geoff Colvin | Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2008 | 224 pg. | ISBN: 9781857885194

2.Acing the Interview

It's not always the answers you give at a job interview that get you hired. Often it's the questions you ask.

Tony Beshara | Amacom 2008 | 288 pg. | ISBN: 9780814401613

3.The Ascent of Money

Readable history explores the role of finance over time -- from credit markets in Renaissance, Italy, to mayhem on Wall Street

Niall Ferguson | Allen Lane 2008 | 464 pg. | ISBN: 9781846141065

4.Disrupting Class

To change public education, society must completely redefine it. Are you ready for disruptive innovation at school?

Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson and Michael B. Horn | McGraw-Hill Companies 2008 | 288 pg. | ISBN: 9780071592062

5.The Origin of Financial Crises

If you wonder how the economy got so sour, consider this alternative to the failed "efficient market" hypothesis.

George Cooper | Copyright @ 2008 by George CooperUsed by arrangement with Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. 2008 | 208 pg. | ISBN: 9780307473455




 

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