Wednesday, November 27, 2013

NYT Best Selling Business Books November 2013



November 10, 2013; Hardcover




1
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
2
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.
3
EXTORTION, by Peter Schweizer. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.) A Hoover institution fellow argues that politicians shape legislation in order to extract donations.
4
THE EVERYTHING STORE, by Brad Stone. (Little, Brown.) The story of Jeff Bezos and Amazon.
5
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.
6
HUNDRED PERCENTERS, by Mark Murphy. (McGraw-Hill Education.) Challenging employees to perform at their highest level. (†)(Not currently held by EPL)
7
DO YOU SPEAK SHOE LOVER?, by Linda Meadow. (Wiley.) Stories from customers and employees of the shoe retailer DSW. (†)(Not currently held by EPL.)

8
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)
9
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.)
10
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.

About the Best Sellers

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.

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Small Business Reception at the Evanston Public Library

Monday, November 18, 5 pm, Community Meeting Room, Main Library 

titleInSync Consulting Services, Inc. is sponsoring a reception and networking event for small business owners. Lindsey Croasdale of the Shriver Center will deliver the keynote address, focusing on the Affordable Care Act and what it means for small business.  Light refreshments will be served.  Call the Reference Desk at 847-448-8630 for more information.