This Month | Business | ||
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1 | THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight. | ||
2 | EXTREME OWNERSHIP, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. (St. Martin's.) Applying the principles of Navy SEALs leadership training to any organization. (†) | ||
3 | ELON MUSK, by Ashlee Vance. (Ecco/HarperCollins.) A technology writer follows Musk’s life from his difficult South African childhood to his involvement in Internet start-ups like the rocket company SpaceX, the electric-car company Tesla and the solar power installation company Solar City. | ||
4 | THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) A winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life. | ||
5 | THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House.) A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits. | ||
6 | OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent. Originally published in 2008. | ||
7 | ABOVE THE LINE, by Urban Meyer with Wayne Coffey. (Penguin Press.) A championship-winning college football coach shares his insights on team building and leadership. | ||
8 | WHEN TO ROB A BANK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow.) Celebrating ten years of “Freakonomics” with a collection of curated economic blog posts from its companion website. | ||
9 | #GIRLBOSS, by Sophia Amoruso. (Portfolio/Penguin/Putnam.) An online fashion retailer traces her path to success. | ||
10 | EMPIRE OF COTTON, by Sven Beckert. (Vintage.) The history of the fabric and its dominance as a global commodity that drives modern capitalism. |
Executives on the Move: The Week of April 17th – 21st
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Here are just a few of the interesting executive changes making headlines
over this past week: Isn’t It Ironic? Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO and chair
of aluminu...
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