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Sports Central
June 3, 2005
Eric Poole |
Baseball of a Different Color While "September Swoon" sometimes gets bogged down in game accounts, it's worthwhile reading for its coverage of race and baseball, particularly in reference to the Philadelphia Phillies' Dick Allen, regarded as baseball's first black superstar malcontent.   |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Stan Crock |
Decades Of Terror Blunders Timothy Naftali's, Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism, offers fascinating detail on why needed reforms were neglected over the decades. |
CRM
June 1, 2005
Colin Beasty |
Required Reading: Value Thy Customers An interview with Sunil Gupta, co-author of Managing Customers as Investments about some key practices companies can utilize to make customer value a larger part of their management decisions. |
DailyCandy
June 1, 2005 |
The Cult of Cute The new book "Happy Kitty Bunny Pony: a Saccharine Mouthful of Super Cute" is built playfully around 200+ images -- baby ducks in bonnets, smiling bunnies with chain saws, etc. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Pamela Black |
Bookshelf Tested in the Trenches: A 9-Step Plan for Building and Sustaining a Million-Dollar Financial Services Practice, by Ron Carson and Steve Sanduski is full of inspirational quotes and anecdotes, worksheets, and action steps. |
Delicious Living
June 2005
Christine Spehar |
For the Vegetarian Traveler The Veg Out series offers vegetarian diners a handbook focusing on a major metro area, including Southern California, Washington, D.C., New York City, Seattle and Portland. Every book contains detailed yet succinct restaurant reviews. |
Seasoned Cooking
June 2005
Ronda L. Carnicelli |
12 Best Foods This cookbook by Dana Jacobi presents a short list of 12 foods that are nutritional powerhouses and should be included frequently in your diet. Here are some recipes: Spinach Salad with Nectarine, Blueberries and Lime Balsamic Vinaigrette... etc. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 30, 2005
Sean Silverthorne |
Germany's Pioneering Corporate Managers Harvard professor Jeffrey Fear's book Organizing Control: August Thyssen and the Construction of German Corporate Management overturns some of our preconceptions of German business leaders. In this interview he discusses the development of the German corporation and what modern managers can learn from that history. |
Sports Central
May 30, 2005
Bijan C. Bayne |
Review: Globetrotters in "Spinning the Globe" There are a few common misconceptions about the renowned Harlem Globetrotters -- starting with their name. The recently published "Spinning the Globe," which aims to set the record straight, will enlighten even the most savvy hoops fans. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Spencer E. Ante |
Thriving On "Trash" Steven Johnson's new book, Everything Bad is Good for You, explains how today's popular culture is actually making us smarter. But it may overstate its case. |
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