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Chemistry World January 9, 2013 Stephen Ashworth	Mathematically rigorous In Physical Chemistry, by M. Sangaranarayanan and M. Mahadevan, a broad sweep of expected material is covered, with some unusual additions, in a mathematically rigorous and concise fashion.
CRM January 2013 Judith Aquino	Cracking the Social Media Code To help businesses get better results, social media experts Chris Brogan and Julien Smith combined their experiences and insights in their new book, The Impact Equation: Are You Making Things Happen or Just Making Noise?
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Paul Duckmanton	Inorganic chemistry The depth of coverage of topics in Inorganic Chemistry by R. Gopalan, seems variable in comparison to other inorganic chemistry textbooks.
HBS Working Knowledge December 19, 2012 Deborah Blagg	How to be Extremely Productive Professor Robert Pozen discusses his new book, Extreme Productivity: Boost Your Results, Reduce Your Hours, in which he shares performance-enhancing tips on everything from better sleep on overnight business flights to dealing with employees' mistakes.
Chemistry World December 17, 2012 Lee Cronin	Element-centric In the new edition of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Robert Crichton has blended an element-centric approach to the subject with a biological thread that is engaging and helpful in exploring the topics in detail.
HBS Working Knowledge December 17, 2012 Maggie Starvish	Teaming in the Twenty-First Century In her book, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy, Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson makes the case for managers to shift from holding a static view of teamwork to a dynamic one.
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Gan Shermer	Organic chemistry Textbook of Organic Chemistry by C. Pillai is aimed at undergraduate chemistry students who already have a basic knowledge of organic chemistry.
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson	Book Makes Case That Iran's Revolutionary Guard Threatens U.S. Homeland Steven O'Hern, a former U.S. intelligence official in Iraq, and author of the book, "Iran's Revolutionary Guard: The Threat That Grows While America Sleeps," makes a case that the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei's personal force does have designs on the homeland.
Chemistry World December 12, 2012 Mathew Heal	Environmental chemistry With this new edition of Elements of Environmental Chemistry, by Ronald Hites and Jonathan Raff, comes an additional author and a slight expansion in coverage. Two new chapters -- PCBs, dioxins and flame retardants and Climate change supplement the previous ones.
HBS Working Knowledge December 12, 2012 Kim Girard	Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions J. Gunnar Trumbull discusses his new book, Strength in Numbers, in which he argues that diffuse groups -- environmentalists, consumer activists, farmers -- wield great influence in areas of regulation in the developed world.
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