| This Month | Business Books | ||
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| 1 | FLASH BOYS, by Michael Lewis. (Norton.) The world of high-frequency computer-driven trading, from the author of “Liar’s Poker.” Also available on Audiobook CD. | ||
| 2 | THRIVE, by Arianna Huffington. (Harmony.) Personal well-being as the indispensable third measure – with money and power -- of success. Also available as a downloadable Audiobook | ||
| 3 | SMART MONEY SMART KIDS, by Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruze. (Lampo Press.) Encouraging wise fiscal practices in the next generation. (†) (Not held by the Evanston Public Library) | ||
| 4 | CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, by Thomas Piketty. (Belknap/Harvard University.) A French economist’s analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions. | ||
| 5 | 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 a downloadable eBook, and as a dlownloadable Audiobook. | ||
| 6 | 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 a downloadable audiobook, and on Audiobook CD. |
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| 7 | CREATIVITY, INC, by Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace. (Random House.) How managers can develop an environment that promotes creativity, by the co-founder and president of Pixar Animation. | ||
| 8 | CONFIDENCE CODE, by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman. (Harper Business/HarperCollins.) Two journalists interview women in positions of leadership, examine research about confidence and discuss how women can achieve it. | ||
| 9 | 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 a downloadable Audiobook, a downloadable eBook, on Audiobook CD, and in Large Type. | ||
| 10 | THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House.) A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits. Also available as a downloadable Audiobook, a downloadable eBook, and on Audiobook CD. |
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