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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 10, 2013
THE IDEALIST: JEFFREY SACHS AND THE QUEST TO END POVERTY
by Nina Munk
"Trenchant and thought-provoking."
A journalist's probing account of renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs' Utopian experiment in ending global poverty. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 10, 2013
THE FIRM: THE STORY OF MCKINSEY AND ITS SECRET INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN BUSINESS
by Duff McDonald
"A fast-paced account of a key business institution, its deeds and misdeeds."
A history of the McKinsey consulting business and an evaluation of whether it is a "net increaser of ‘value' or merely the most capable mercenary force in the corporate world." Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 10, 2013
THE RATIONAL ANIMAL: HOW EVOLUTION MADE US SMARTER THAN WE THINK
by Douglas T. Kenrick, Vladas Griskevicius
"Sharp, piquant science/behavioral-economics writing."
How do people make decisions, and how has the brain evolved to make the choices that it does? Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 10, 2013
THINKING IN NEW BOXES: A NEW PARADIGM FOR BUSINESS CREATIVITY
by Luc de Brabandere, Alan Iny
"The authors provide some intriguing nuggets for thought, but the lack of discussion about the usual parameters of business success, like increasing sales, revenues, productivity and profit, is glaring."
Boston Consulting Group advisers de Brabandere (The Forgotten Half of Change: Achieving Greater Creativity Through Changes in Perception, 2005, etc.) and Iny showcase their company's approach to helping organizations develop that next big transforming idea. Read full book review >
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Released: Sept. 10, 2013
TREASURY'S WAR: THE UNLEASHING OF A NEW ERA OF FINANCIAL WARFARE
by Juan Zarate
"A bracing account by a knowledgeable authority."
How the United States uses economic embargoes and financial tools as weapons against murderous terrorist groups and "rogue states" such as North Korea, Iran and Syria. Read full book review >