OUTLIERS
By Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Back Bay/Little, Brown • ISBN: 9780316017930
Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
THINKING, FAST AND SLOW
By Daniel Kahneman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux • ISBN: 9780374533557
The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life.
STEVE JOBS
By Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster • ISBN: 9781451648546
A biography of the entrepreneur, based on 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years.
CONVERT EVERY CLICK
By Benji Rabhan
Publisher: Wiley • ISBN: 9781118759677
How to increase your business’s Web site profits.
TIPPING POINT
By Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher: Back Bay/Little Brown • ISBN: 9780316346627
How and why certain products and ideas become fads.
HEADS IN BEDS
By Jacob Tomsky
Publisher: Anchor • ISBN: 9780307948342
A veteran of the hotel industry offers an inside look at the not-always-savory tricks of the trade.
DRIVE
By Daniel H Pink
Publisher: Riverhead • ISBN: 9781594484803
A look at what truly motivates us, and how we can use that knowledge to work smarter and live better.
FREAKONOMICS
By Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner
Publisher: Harper Perennial • ISBN: 9780060731335
A maverick scholar and a journalist apply economic theory to everything from cheating sumo wrestlers to the falling crime rate.
THE CHECKLIST MANIFESTO
By Atul Gawande
Publisher: Picador • ISBN: 9780312430009
A simple way to manage complexity.
WHY NATIONS FAIL
By Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Publisher: Crown Business • ISBN: 9780307719225
How political and economic institutions lead to economic success or failure.