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Fast Company
August 2003
Christine Canabou |
Fast Talk: Books That Matter One book can change the direction of a company -- or a career.   |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
Robert McNatt |
An Ex-Hoodlum with the Key to the City In The Last Good Time, author Jonathan Van Meter tells us everything we could want to know about a low-level hoodlum who, in the 1950s, rose to own the most glamorous nightclub in the most glamorous resort in America. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Catherine Yang |
Merger of Titans, Clash of Cultures Alec Klein's Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner is an engaging account of the ill-fated 2001 merger of AOL and Time Warner, and it is at its best when depicting the antics of AOL's high-living, gunslinging dealmakers. |
Reason
July 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Book Bind: Street vendor regulations New Orleans issues permits to street vendors selling food, flowers, razor blades, and pencils, but not books. And anything that's not explicitly permitted is forbidden, city officials say. Would-be booksellers Josh Wexler and Anne Jordan Blanton are fighting the law to sell their wares. |
Reason
July 2003
Sara Rimensnyder |
Soundbite: Horrors Told The cruel system of Soviet work camps known as the gulag terrorized some 18 million prisoners -- and yet its history has been relatively overlooked in the catalog of 20th-century horrors. So Anne Applebaum devoted the last 6 years to writing the fascinating, horrifying Gulag: A History |
Reason
July 2003
Cathy Young |
Media Critic, Critique Thyself Eric Alterman's What Liberal Media? is as shoddy as the books it attacks. |
Reason
July 2003
Charles Oliver |
Tear Down These Walls Two of free trade's most able defenders have written new books arguing for renewed efforts at opening global markets. |
Fast Company
July 2003
Christine Canabou |
All The Right Moves: In Case This Guide is Still Not Enough... Books, Web sites, and other action items to help you figure out how to make all the right moves. |
Knowledge@Wharton
July 2, 2003 |
IBM and its Legendary Founder: Flawed Genius Kevin Maney's "The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM" is extraordinarily well-researched and balanced. He brings Watson to life, blemishes and all. |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2003 |
Hardcopy: Recommended Reading on the Library Field The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, and the Quest for Balance... The Ultimate Digital Library: Where the New Information Players Meet... Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools... Super Searchers on Madison Avenue |
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