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MONEY: MASTER THE GAME, by
Tony Robbins. (Simon & Schuster.) Seven steps aimed at finding
financial security and creating an income for life. (†) |
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THE INNOVATORS, by Walter
Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster.) Studies of the people who created
computers and the Internet, beginning in the 1840s.
Also available in Large Type, and as a downloadable eBook. |
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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 in Large Type, as an AudioBook on CD, as a downloadable eBook, and as a downloadable AudioBook. |
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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 a downloadable AudioBook. |
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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 on CDs, as a downloadable eBook, and as a downloadable AudioBook. |
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ZERO TO ONE, by Peter
Thiel with Blake Masters. (Crown Business.) A co-founder of PayPal on
how to build companies that
create new things. (†) Also available as a downloadable eBook and as a downloadable AudioBook. |
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HOW WE GOT TO NOW, by Steven Johnson. (Riverhead.) A history of innovation focused on the development of six key technologies of modern life.
Also available as a downloadable eBook, a downloadable AudioBook, and with a companion DVD. |
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FLASH BOYS, by Michael Lewis. (Norton.) The world of high-frequency computer-driven trading, from the author of “Liar’s Poker.” Also available in Large Type and on audiobook CDs. |
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| 9 |
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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. |
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THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, by
Naomi Klein. (Simon & Schuster.) The author of “The Shock Doctrine”
argues that the free market created and is worsening the climate
crisis. |
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Rankings reflect sales for December 2014.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable
from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report
receiving bulk orders.
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