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BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Ronald Grover	Emperor Eisner A review of James B. Stewart's book DisneyWar, a detailed account of the rise and fall of Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Louis Lavelle	Eight Isn't Enough You're in Charge -- Now What? by Thomas Neff and James Citrin presents an eight-point plan for executives to succeed in their first 100 days in a new job.
ifeminists February 16, 2005 Byron Fraser	Marginalized No Longer! In Broken Brains or Wounded Hearts--What Causes Mental Illness, Ty C. Colbert elucidates his very innovative concept of a forced choice: the emotional pain model does not lay the blame on the individual, but eventually opens the door for him to take charge of his own life and set of choices.
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Bob Dowling	Up From Stove Black A review of the book "The Guggenheims: A Family History," a portrait of the rise and decline of one of America's best-known clans.
Reason February 2005	Soundbite: Torture and Defeat An interview with Seymour Hersh on his new book, Chain of Command in which Hersh draws on his extensive contacts in the intelligence community to paint a disturbing picture of a war managed both immorally and ineptly.
HBS Working Knowledge February 7, 2005 Mallory Stark	How "Career Imprinting" Shapes Leaders Where you work early in your career shapes the kind of leader you become later on, says the author of the forthcoming book, Career Imprints: Creating Leaders Across an Industry. There is, for example, a GE imprint, an IBM imprint, a Bain imprint--all of which influence future decision makers.
Reason February 2005	Neal Stephenson's Past, Present, and Future The author of the widely praised Baroque Cycle on science, markets, and post-9/11 America.
Reason February 2005 Brian Doherty	Our Forgotten Goddess In The Woman and the Dynamo: Isabel Paterson and the Idea of America, author Stephen Cox has done a smart, thorough job of explaining and contextualizing this unusual uncompromisingly libertarian figure.
Reason February 2005 Tim Cavanaugh	Bridget Jones, Super Spy At the heart of Helen Fielding's novel, Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination, is a woman's desire to get in there and kick some ass in the war on terrorism.
Reason February 2005 Charles Oliver	Denny the Dullard In the autobiography Speaker: Lessons From Forty Years in Coaching and Politics, the book shows that from the time Hastert entered government, he has seen his job as cutting deals, passing bills, and getting re-elected.
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