November 10, 2013; Hardcover
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LEAN IN, by Sheryl
Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf.) The chief operating officer of
Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence. Also available as an Audiobook on CD, an eBook, and a downloadable Audiobook |
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OUTLIERS, by Malcolm
Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown.) Why some people succeed — it has to
do with luck and opportunities as well as talent. Also available as an Audiobook on CD, an eBook, and a downloadable Audiobook. |
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EXTORTION, by Peter
Schweizer. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.) A Hoover institution fellow
argues that politicians shape legislation in order to extract donations.
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THE EVERYTHING STORE, by Brad Stone. (Little, Brown.) The story of Jeff Bezos and Amazon. |
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FOCUS, by Daniel Goleman.
(Harper.) The author of “Emotional Intelligence” relies on research on
attention to argue that high achievement requires three kinds of focus.
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HUNDRED PERCENTERS, by Mark Murphy. (McGraw-Hill Education.) Challenging employees to perform at their highest level. (†)(Not currently held by EPL) |
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DO YOU SPEAK SHOE LOVER?, by Linda Meadow. (Wiley.) Stories from customers and employees of the shoe retailer DSW. (†)(Not currently held by EPL.) |
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CATERPILLAR WAY, by Craig
T. Bouchard and James V. Koch. (McGraw-Hill Education.) A biography of
Caterpillar Inc., as a tale of successful business management. (†) (Not currently held by any CCS library) |
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THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by
Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) The winner of the Nobel
in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and
personal life. (Also available as an Audiobook on CD, and as a downloadable Audiobook.) |
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STEVE JOBS, by Walter
Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) A biography of the entrepreneur, based
on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years. (Also available in Spanish, and as an Audiobook on CD. |
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A version of this Best Sellers report appears in the November 3, 2013 issue of The New York
Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending October 26, 2013.
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