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== Web / Tech ==
 
== Web / Tech ==
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== How the Mind Works ==
 
== How the Mind Works ==
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* Mindsight - Dan Siegel
 
* Linchpin - Seth Godin
 
* Linchpin - Seth Godin
 
* Drive - Daniel Pink
 
* Drive - Daniel Pink
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== Operational Excellence ==
 
== Operational Excellence ==
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* What got you here won't get you there - Marshall Goldsmith
 
* Who - Geoff Smart and Randy Street
 
* Who - Geoff Smart and Randy Street
 
* Who's got your back - Keith Ferrazzi
 
* Who's got your back - Keith Ferrazzi
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** Built to Last
 
** Built to Last
 
** Good to Great -  (a must read)
 
** Good to Great -  (a must read)
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** Great, by Choice
 
* Inside Advantage - Robert Bloom
 
* Inside Advantage - Robert Bloom
 
* Leadership and Self Deception - The Arbinger Institute
 
* Leadership and Self Deception - The Arbinger Institute
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** Death by Meeting
 
** Death by Meeting
 
** 5 Dysfunctions of a team (Best of the group)
 
** 5 Dysfunctions of a team (Best of the group)
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* Little Bets - Peter Sims
  
 
== Economics ==
 
== Economics ==
 
* [[FreakonomicsBook.com|Freakonomics]], Steven D. Levitt and [[StephenJDubner.com|Stephen J. Dubner]]
 
* [[FreakonomicsBook.com|Freakonomics]], Steven D. Levitt and [[StephenJDubner.com|Stephen J. Dubner]]
 
* The World is Flat - [[ThomasLFriedman.com|Thomas Friedman]]
 
* The World is Flat - [[ThomasLFriedman.com|Thomas Friedman]]
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* The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
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* Boomerang - Michael Lewis
  
 
== Politics ==
 
== Politics ==
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* Delivering Happiness - Tony Hsieh (Zappos guy)
 
* Delivering Happiness - Tony Hsieh (Zappos guy)
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465028020/bookstorenow600-20 The Happiness Hypothesis] - Jonathan Haidt (super book)
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465028020/bookstorenow600-20 The Happiness Hypothesis] - Jonathan Haidt (super book)
* Unleashing the Soul of Money - Lynne Twist
 
  
 
== Self Help ==
 
== Self Help ==
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* Unleashing the Soul of Money - Lynne Twist
 
* The Power of Now - Eckhard Towle
 
* The Power of Now - Eckhard Towle
  
 
== Fiction ==
 
== Fiction ==
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* The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
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* Disgrace - J.M. Coetzee
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* First Kyu - Sung-Hwa Hong
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* The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
 
* The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
 
* The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
* Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler
 
 
* The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
 
* The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
 
* A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
 
* A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
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* Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield
 
* Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield
  
== Recommended to me ==
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== Science Fiction ==
* Everything's an offer - Robert Poynton
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* Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler
* Obed's picks:
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* Daemon - Daniel Suarez
** The god of small things, Arundhuti Roy
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* Freedom - Daniel Suarez
** Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
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* Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
** The Dancing Girls of Lahore, Louise Brown
 
** The Sandman Comics, Neil Gaiman
 
* Asad's picks:
 
** Things fall apart, Chinua Achebe
 
  
 
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