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Off The Shelf: Books that Make Us Think

Blog, Business, LeadershipNovember 27, 2014suzanne

Agassi, Andre (2009)  Open: An Autobiography

Bar-Tal, Daniel Prof (2013) Intractable:  Conflicts Socio-Psychological Foundations and Dynamics

Badaracco, Joseph Jr Prof  (2006) Questions of Character: Illuminating the Heart of Leadership

Blair, Roma (2004):   Roma: From Prison to Paradise

Bossidy, Larry (2002) Execution:  The Discipline of Getting Things Done

Cam, Philip Assoc Prof (1995) Thinking Together: Philosophical Enquiry for the Classroom (The children’s philosophy series)

Carr, Nicholas  (2011) The Shallows:  What the Internet is Doing to our Brains

Chamberlain, Lesley (2005)  Motherland:  A Philosophical History of Russia

Chappell, Greg (2011) Fierce Focus Autobiography

Charan, Ram PhD (2010) The Talent Masters:  Why Smart Leaders Put People before Numbers

Cohen, Herb JD (1982)  You can Negotiate Anything

Das, Gurcharan (2010) The Difficulty of Being Good On the Subtle art of Dharma

Ferguson, Niall Prof (2012)   The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

Gautrey, Colin (2005)  21 Dirty Tricks at Work: How to Win at Office Politics

Godwin, Jack PhD (2013) Office Politics Handbook:  Winning the game of power and politics at work

Goldacre, Ben M.D. (2009) Bad Science  Dr Ben Goldacre

Guptaa, Krishan MBA (2005) Cleaer Your Bottlenecks

Kampfner, John (2014)  The Rich:  From Slaves to Super-Yachts: A 2000-year History

Kein, Stefan PhD (2009)  The Secret Pulse of Time: Making sense of life’s scarcest commodity

Lawson, Jane (2012)  Zenbu Zen:  Finding Food, Culture & Balance in Kyoto

LeBoeuf, Michael Prof (1986) How to Motivate People:  Reward the Greatest Management Principle in the World

Leslie, Ian (2011)  Born Liars: why we can’t live without deceit.

McFarland, Keith (2010) The Breakthrough Company:  How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers

Rasmussen, Nicolas Prof (2008)  On Speed:  The Many Lives of Amphetamine

Raynes, Cameron PhD  (2008) The Last Protector: The Illegal Removal of Aboriginal Children from their Parents in South Australia

Sachs, Jonah (2012) Winning the Story Wars:  Why Those Who Tell-and Live- The Best Stories Will Rule the Future

Sherlock, Michael Adj Prof (2011)  Jumpshift:  How to Plan, Strategise and Execute for Business Success

Szasz, Thomas Prof. (1961) The Myth of Mental Illness

Sternberg, Esther M.D. (2010) Healing Spaces: the Science of Place and Well being.

Taleb, Nicholas Nassim Prof (2008) Black Swan:  The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Thompson, Peter MBA (1998) Persuading Aristotle: The Timeless Art of Persuasion in Business, Negotiation and the Media

Vander Mey, Chris MBM (2012) Shipping Greatness: Practical lessons on building and launching outstanding software

Washington, Laura ND (2005) Herbal medicine for health & well being

Watters, Ethan (2011)  Crazy Like Us: The globalization of the American psyche

Welch, Jack (2001):  Straight from the Gut:  Autobiography  The Chairman of G.E.

Westen, Drew Prof (2008) The Political Brain:  How we Make Up Our Minds without Losing Our Heads

Documentaries:

Adams, David (2001) Journeys to the Ends of the Earth

Kuruvita, Peter (2011)  My Sri Lanka

Nalin, Pan  (2013)  Ayurveda:  The Art of Being

Nguyen, Luke (2012) Greater Mekong

Parle, Stevie (2013) The Spice Trip

Peretti, Jacques (2014)
The Men that Made Us Fat
The Men Who Made Us Thin
The Men Who Made Us Spend

Stein, Rick (2013)  Rick Stein’s India

Stewart, Ian Prof (2014) The Rise of the Continents

 

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