Lists of Bests: Business Week's "Best Business Books of the Year 2007-2008" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/65897 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:17:29 GMT en-us 0 50 20 0 0 In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2824375 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Luce</div> Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4085268 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4085268"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WdV6RXXQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Studwell</div> The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4464700 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4464700"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41MJ1D1CFNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alan Greenspan</div> The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1963003 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1963003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400063515.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nassim Nicholas Taleb</div> The Strategy Paradox: Why committing to success leads to failure (and what to do about it) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2833449 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2833449"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11aINbDpwEL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael E. Raynor</div> Boeing versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business (Vintage) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6572834 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6572834"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TtW7f53EL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Newhouse</div> The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2691837 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Levine</div> The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4178509 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4178509"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DWPkCCZ6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Julia Flynn Siler</div> The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6572844 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6572844"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41rgmKcJ0VL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Conor O'Clery</div> Innovation Nation: How America Is Losing Its Innovation Edge, Why It Matters, and What We Can Do to Get It Back http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2926660 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2926660"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/01YQJu1j79L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kao</div> The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5437661 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5437661"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518OUIhjXxL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles R. Morris</div> The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3667349 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3667349"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/019%2B9yli8hL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Schroeder</div> The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4026587 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles D. Ellis</div> Hell's Cartel: IG Farben and the Making of Hitler's War Machine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3933973 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3933973"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51j1smqt%2BtL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Diarmuid Jeffreys</div> Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5900902 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dan Ariely</div> The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6572894 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6572894"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41eXUVpzNFL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Heller</div> The Game-Changer: How Every Leader Can Drive Everyday Innovation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3339561 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3339561"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/119qXIwuAxL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A.G. Lafley</div> Green Is the New Red, White, and Blue http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3009980 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas L. Friedman</div> Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5498376 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leslie T. Chang</div> Outliers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3817804 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Malcolm Gladwell</div>