Business Books TOP FIVE US (Sep 7, 2013)

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What Money Can’t Buy

A personalized look at the morality of markets – or, what would you charge to tattoo a logo on your face?

Michael J. Sandel | FSG 2012 | 256 pg. | ISBN: 9780374203030

The World Until Yesterday

Limit your exposure to modern maladies by adopting the wise habits of primitive people in traditional societies.

Jared Diamond | Viking Press 2012 | 512 pg. | ISBN: 9780670024810

From Know-How to Do-How

Knowing how to change is much harder than knowing what to change, and that’s not easy.

Dave Corbet and Ian Roberts | Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2013 | 288 pg. | ISBN: 9781857885903

How Children Succeed

Forget the stereotypes. Children from all socioeconomic backgrounds can succeed.

Paul Tough | Houghton Mifflin 2012 | 256 pg. | ISBN: 9780547564654

The Firm

McKinsey’s business magic: strategic advantage or snake oil?

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