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== Macro Thinking ==
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== Web / Tech ==
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* The Viral Loop - Adam L. Penenberg
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* Rework - 37 Signals folks
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* Marketing in the age of Google - Vanessa Fox
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* Crush It - Gary Vaynerchuk
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* Inbound Marketing - Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah
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* What would Google do? - Jeff Jarvis
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* The Four Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss
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* [[HereComesEverybody.org|Here Comes Everybody]] - [[Shirky.com|Clay Shirky]]
 
* SuperCrunchers - Ian Ayers
 
* SuperCrunchers - Ian Ayers
* [[HereComesEverybody.org|Here Comes Everybody]] - [[Shirky.com|Clay Shirky]]
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* Designing for the social web - Joshua Porter
* The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki
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* [http://www.jjg.net/elements/ Elements of User Experience] - Jesse James Garrett
* Emergence -  [[StevenBerlinJohnson.com|Stephen Johnson]]
 
 
* [[Smartmobs.com|Smartmobs]] [http://www.smartmobs.com/book/index.html book] by [[Rheingold.com|Howard Reingold]]
 
* [[Smartmobs.com|Smartmobs]] [http://www.smartmobs.com/book/index.html book] by [[Rheingold.com|Howard Reingold]]
 
* Groundswell, Charlene Li
 
* Groundswell, Charlene Li
* [[FreakonomicsBook.com|Freakonomics]], Steven D. Levitt and [[StephenJDubner.com|Stephen J. Dubner]]
 
* The World is Flat - [[ThomasLFriedman.com|Thomas Friedman]]
 
 
* The Search - [[BattelleMedia.com|John Battelle]]
 
* The Search - [[BattelleMedia.com|John Battelle]]
 
* [[Cluetrain.com|The Cluetrain Manifesto]]
 
* [[Cluetrain.com|The Cluetrain Manifesto]]
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** Purple Cow
 
** Purple Cow
 
** Tribes
 
** Tribes
* Built to Last - [[JimCollins.com|Jim Collins]]
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* The Wisdom of Crowds - James Surowiecki
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* Emergence -  [[StevenBerlinJohnson.com|Stephen Johnson]]
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* Ruling the Root - Milton Mueller
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== How the Mind Works ==
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* Mindsight - Dan Siegel
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* Linchpin - Seth Godin
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* Drive - Daniel Pink
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* The Three Laws of Performance - Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan
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* Switch - Dan and Chip Heath
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* Fooled by Randomness - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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* [[OnIntelligence.org|On Intelligence]], Jeff Hawkins (amazing book)
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* Mind Wide Open - [[StevenBerlinJohnson.com|Steve Johnson]]
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* Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
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* Emotional Intelligence - Dan Goleman
  
 
== Operational Excellence ==
 
== Operational Excellence ==
* Designing for the social web - Joshua Porter
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* What got you here won't get you there - Marshall Goldsmith
* [http://www.jjg.net/elements/ Elements of User Experience] - Jesse James Garrett
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* Who - Geoff Smart and Randy Street
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* Who's got your back - Keith Ferrazzi
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* Getting Things Done - David Allen
 
* Mastering the Rockefeller Habits - [[Gazelles.com|Verne Harnish]] (The methods we use at AboutUs)
 
* Mastering the Rockefeller Habits - [[Gazelles.com|Verne Harnish]] (The methods we use at AboutUs)
* Good to Great - [[JimCollins.com|Jim Collins]] (a must read)
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* [[JimCollins.com|Jim Collins]]
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** Built to Last
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** Good to Great -  (a must read)
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** Great, by Choice
 
* Inside Advantage - Robert Bloom
 
* Inside Advantage - Robert Bloom
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* Leadership and Self Deception - The Arbinger Institute
 
* [[TableGroup.com|Pat Lencioni]] (short fable style books)
 
* [[TableGroup.com|Pat Lencioni]] (short fable style books)
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** Getting Naked (for service folks)
 
** 5 Temptations of a CEO
 
** 5 Temptations of a CEO
 
** Death by Meeting
 
** Death by Meeting
** 5 Dysfunctions of a team
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** 5 Dysfunctions of a team (Best of the group)
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* Little Bets - Peter Sims
  
== Domain Industry ==
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== Economics ==
* Ruling the Root - Milton Mueller
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* [[FreakonomicsBook.com|Freakonomics]], Steven D. Levitt and [[StephenJDubner.com|Stephen J. Dubner]]
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* The World is Flat - [[ThomasLFriedman.com|Thomas Friedman]]
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* The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell
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* Boomerang - Michael Lewis
  
== How the Mind Works ==
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== Politics ==
* [[OnIntelligence.org|On Intelligence]], Jeff Hawkins (amazing book)
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* The Audacity of Hope - Barack Obama
* Mind Wide Open - [[StevenBerlinJohnson.com|Steve Johnson]]
 
* Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
 
  
 
== Investigative Reporting ==
 
== Investigative Reporting ==
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== Biographical ==
 
== Biographical ==
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Making-Modern-World/dp/0609610627 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World] - Jack Weatherford
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Genghis-Khan-Making-Modern-World/dp/0609610627 Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World] - Jack Weatherford
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Snowball-Warren-Buffett-Business-Life/dp/0553805096/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226654292&sr=1-11 The Snowball - Warren Buffett and the Business of Life], Alice Schroeder
 
* The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guavara
 
* The Motorcycle Diaries - Che Guavara
 
* Lessons: An Autobiography - An Wang (Wang Laboratories)
 
* Lessons: An Autobiography - An Wang (Wang Laboratories)
 
* The Ultimate Entrepreneur - Ken Olsen (DEC)
 
* The Ultimate Entrepreneur - Ken Olsen (DEC)
 
* The Winner Within - Pat Riley (Lakers, Knicks)
 
* The Winner Within - Pat Riley (Lakers, Knicks)
* [http://www.amazon.com/Snowball-Warren-Buffett-Business-Life/dp/0553805096/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226654292&sr=1-11 The Snowball - Warren Buffett and the Business of Life], Alice Schroeder
 
  
 
== About Specific Businesses ==
 
== About Specific Businesses ==
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* Business at the Speed of Thought - Bill Gates (Microsoft)
 
* Business at the Speed of Thought - Bill Gates (Microsoft)
 
* The Road Ahead - Bill Gates (Microsoft)
 
* The Road Ahead - Bill Gates (Microsoft)
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== Happiness ==
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* Delivering Happiness - Tony Hsieh (Zappos guy)
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* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465028020/bookstorenow600-20 The Happiness Hypothesis] - Jonathan Haidt (super book)
  
 
== Self Help ==
 
== Self Help ==
* Who's got your back - Keith Ferrazzi
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* Unleashing the Soul of Money - Lynne Twist
* Getting Things Done - David Allen
 
 
* The Power of Now - Eckhard Towle
 
* The Power of Now - Eckhard Towle
* [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465028020/bookstorenow600-20 The Happiness Hypothesis] - Jonathan Haidt (super book)
 
  
 
== 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
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* The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
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* The Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
 
* A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
 
* A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
* In other rooms other wonders - Daniyal Mueenuddin (Great perspective on Pakistan)
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* [http://www.amazon.com/Other-Rooms-Wonders/dp/0393068005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254176618&sr=1-1 In other rooms other wonders] - Daniyal Mueenuddin (Great perspective on Pakistan)
 
* Down and out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
 
* Down and out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow
 
* Curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
 
* Curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
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* Fountainhead
 
* Fountainhead
 
* Dan Brown Books (ok I'll admit it)
 
* Dan Brown Books (ok I'll admit it)
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** The Lost Symbol
 
** DaVinci Code (Best in my opinion)
 
** DaVinci Code (Best in my opinion)
 
** Angels and Demons
 
** Angels and Demons
 
** Digital Fortress
 
** Digital Fortress
 
** Deception Point
 
** Deception Point
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* Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield
  
== Recommended to me ==
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== Science Fiction ==
* Obed's picks:
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* Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler
** The god of small things, Arundhuti Roy
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* Daemon - Daniel Suarez
** Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie
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* Freedom - Daniel Suarez
** The Dancing Girls of Lahore, Louise Brown
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* Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
** The Sandman Comics, Neil Gaiman
 
* Asad's picks:
 
** Things fall apart, Chinua Achebe
 
  
 
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