September 2012 | sf business times

Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo Cherne Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The name Leo Cherne is not universally known, but though he was never elected to public office, the man was enormously influential. His work can be found all through American endeavors in the last century; he was an advisor to nine presidents. He did remarkable humanitarian work for refugees with his...

Wake Me When It's Time to Work: Surviving Meetings, Office Games, and the People Who Love Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I thought this book was extremely humorous while conveying a realistic perspective about life in big companies. The Personality types, Games, and Procedures mentioned are all too real. This book somehow comforted me because I shared some of the experiences discussed. I almost missed a good read because...

My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business: A Memoir Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The undeniable truth is that Dick Van Dyke may consider himself lucky or charmed by good fortune, but he was (and still is) a very talented and versatile man. This memoir glazes over his very successful career in show business, but primarily focuses on his personal life ------ his one marriage, his children,...

The Taking of Getty Oil: The Full Story of the Most Spectacular - and Catastrophic - Takeover of All Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It is almost embarrasing that no previous reader reviews of this book have appeared in Amazon, the reason being, no doubt, that it was published prior to the inception of Amazon. This is an extremely good business book. Coll gives us a very concrete, blow by blow description of the events leading to...

Time, Space and the Market: Retroscapes Rising Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)To write the chapters of this book, Sherry and Brown tapped some of the keenest minds currently investigating marketing and consumption questions with the perspicacious eye of anthropologists and cultural observers. Moving from the spiritual to the theoretical, there is also some very solid theory-building...

Time Management (Self Development for Managers) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It is not a dry, office orientated time management book, it is for you and me to help us work out what we really want from our lives and then get it! I've always been organised and efficient, but found it difficult to set personal goals. This book provided the crucial questions to ask myself in order...

Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is best used after working through one or two more generic workflow systems like David Allen's Getting Things Done and Sally McGhee's Take Back Your Life! The reason is that Linenberger's approach tends to assume mastery of those core skills and then take its reader deeper into somewhat technical...

As Time Goes By: From the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Well written, exceptionally easy to understand and more importantly not just another vacuous theory book. It is applied modeling, which is what makes the book a very engaging read. One of my top two Kondratiev wave picks.Click Here to see more reviews about: As Time Goes By: From the Industrial Revolutions...

RATS, RATS Handbook: Handbook for Econometric Time Series Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am not a fan of RATS, but have always liked this book when I got stuck when I had canned code for time series analysis and it seemed to be simpler to go with the canned code than to rewrite the code in eViews or Ox. Enders is an excellent author and he walks you through how to use RATS for time series...

Henry Flagler: The Astonishing Life and Times of the Visionary Robber Baron Who Founded Florida Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's an historical book that is a slow read. It was recommended to me as the most complete and user friendly book on Henry Flagler. So I didn't expect it to be a fast read.Click Here to see more reviews about: Henry Flagler: The Astonishing Life and Times of the Visionary Robber Baron Who Founded FloridaClick...

Breakthrough Teams for Breakneck Times: Unlocking the Genius of Creative Collaboration Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Gundry and LaMantia have done an exceptional job teaching the essence of team collaboration and innovation to achieve unforeseen possibilities. "Breakthrough's" mentoring tone outlines the ten critical principles needed to optimize team and individual creativity, performance and success. The authors'...

201 Super Sales Tips: Field-Tested Strategies for Painless Prospecting, Perfect Presentations, and a Quick Close Every Time (SellingPower Library) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Gerhard Gschwandtner has done it again. He put together some of the best ideas from sales professionals around the globe in this book. I have been in sales for 18 years and I always pick up a couple new ideas that help me sell better from his collections of ideas.I also highly recommend SellingPower...

New York Times Management Reader: Hot Ideas and Best Practices from the New World of Business Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Bowers and Leipziger have assembled and edited one of the most valuable collections of essays now available in which various authors examine what the subtitle correctly suggests are the "hot ideas and best practices from the world of business" during the past two years. The material is carefully organized...

Business Success in Tough Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's not easy running a business at any time, but when theeconomy turns downward, things become even more difficult . . . so that's why BUSINESS SUCCESS IN TOUGH TIMES by Neil Raphel, Janis Raye and Adrienne Raphel is particularly relevant--and helpful to anybody involved in running and/or working for...

Radical Action for Radical Times: Expert Advice for Creating Business Opportunity in Good or Bad Economic Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Success and failure of a particular business shouldn't rely solely on the trends of the economy. "Radical Action for Radical Times" is a guide for businesses to succeed an d thrive even in today's unstable economy that seems to shift by the day. Stating the unknown benefits of a recession, how innovation...

Consumer Joe: Harassing Corporate America, One Letter at a Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I rushed out to buy this book after listening to an interview with the author on a popular morning radio show. Mind you, this is not something I am prone to do very often, but the guy sounded really funny on the radio and some of the letters that were read on-air almost made me pee my drive-time-traffic...

The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I approached the Generations of Corning with the same trepidation I approach most "business" books, only to be pleasantly surprised by the attention to detail, the historical perspective and the technical accuracy the book offers. A great history of the Houghton family and their beginnings in and around...