Co-Opetition : A Revolution Mindset That Combines Competition and Cooperation : The Game Theory Strategy ...46 reviews
Adam M. Brandenburger, Barry J. Nalebuff

Doubleday Business, 1997

Business Strategy: The Art of War for the 21st Century

This book could've been easily titled as "Business Strategy: The Art of War for the 21st Century". It is an excellent book for gaining a better understanding of today's complex business landscape where the traditional rules of Business success do not apply. The game and the battlefield have both, ...
  
  











  



  
Natural Right and History (Walgreen Foundation Lectures)14 reviews
Leo Strauss

University Of Chicago Press, 1999

Societies good vs. individual rights

+ An actual attempt to tell you what the book is about.
+ Review

Leo Strauss was a 20th century philosopher who spent his life studying and espousing the teachings of classical philosophical ideas. "Natural Right and History" delineates the fight between those who believe in the predominance of societal rights over individual rights. Here are a few quotes that ...
  
  











  



  
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage390 reviews
Alfred Lansing

Basic Books, 1999

Remedy

+ Just Incredible Account ,Absolutely Incredible
+ Amazing Testament into the Power of Leadership
+ Endurance: Shakleton's Voyage
+ Endurance:Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
  
  











  



  
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity441 reviews
David Allen

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002

De-clutter your office and your mind!

+ Defniitely worth the buy
+ good time management ideas
+ Great encouraging and motivating content, but redundant...
  
  











  



  
The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company5 reviews
John Keay

HarperCollins UK, 1993

Tea, Silk, Spices and Stiff Upper Lips

+ A Grand Society
+ good writer - book could have been better
+ A daunting task admirably done...
+ Detailed, analytical and entertaining history
  
  











  



  
Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation11 reviews
James M. Utterback

Harvard Business School Press, 1996

Scholarly analysis in an eminently readable enjoyable book

+ My favorite book on innovation
+ Excellent information, eye-opening
+ Scholarly analysis in an eminently readable enjoyable book
  
  











  



  
Between Father and Son: Family Letters6 reviews
V.S. Naipaul

Vintage, 2001

First-class letters.

+ An insight into the mind of a genius
+ Can understand Naipaul better
+ The Real Mr. Biswas?
  
  











  



  
The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business ...158 reviews
Clayton M. Christensen

Collins Business, 2003

Disrupt your competitors, not your customers!

+ every product manager must read this
+ No Dilemma Here

With the Innovator's Dilemma, Clayton Christensen delivers a very powerful analysis of the role of innovation in gaining market leadership. The question raised is whether market leadership can be sustained through innovation alone. Indeed, the core of the Innovator's Dilemma illustrates how ...
  
  











  



  
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman52 reviews
James Gleick

Vintage, 1993

Memorable, extremely well written.

+ Is this genius?
+ The mystery of intelligence
+ Fascinating life, very good biography
  
  











  



  
Cargill: Trading the World's Grain
Wayne G. Broehl Jr.

Dartmouth, 1992

Leading business historian Wayne G. Broehl, Jr. offers the first full-scale history of Cargill and its rise to international leadership among the "big five" grain traders, a group whose distinctions are private ownership and a passion for secrecy, even though they deal in the most "public" of commodities, the grains that feed the world. In Broehl's account the Cargill story becomes a grand ...
  
  











  



  
Out of the Crisis43 reviews
W. Edwards Deming

The MIT Press, 2000

Antidote to the Crisis

+ Simply the Best!
+ Every business person MUST read this book.
+ Out of the Crisis
+ A Classic Masterpiece On Quality
  
  











  



  
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation539 reviews
Lynne Truss

Gotham, 2006

I Like the Audio Better than the Hard Cover

+ Entertaining but poorly punctuated!

Since 531 people have already reviewed Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation and a gozillian people have reacted with comments when they voted, I am being assertive by thinking I can add something. By the way, the other reviews are entertaining. When I bought my ...
  
  











  



  
The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge20 reviews
Peter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann

Anchor, 1967

An important work on how people come to know

+ Profound but sobering impact
+ The most important book ever written.
+ Social Construction: a concept who's time has come
  
  











  



  
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk151 reviews
Peter L. Bernstein

Wiley, 1998

Very Interesting!

+ History of Statistics
+ Just Great!
+ A must
  
  











  



  
Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life40 reviews
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

W. W. Norton & Company, 1993

yeahhhhhhhh

+ Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy
+ Great
+ A book on how think strategically
  
  











  



  
The Anatomy of Revolution18 reviews
Crane Brinton

Vintage, 1965

GREAT BOOK. VALUABLE IDEAS

+ Not bad, but hard to follow at times
+ THE GRANDDADDY OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF REVOLUTIONS
+ Thought Provoking
+ A prequisite for activists
  
  











  



  
The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition33 reviews
Robert Axelrod

Basic Books, 2006

A tough slog at times but worth it

+ A useful reference for those interested in human cooperation
+ A Beautiful Book

I'm not the first reviewer so I won't provide a summary. This book can be a bit dense at times, especially if you're not a quant or charts person. I am, but you may not be. If you're not but are still interested in a descriptive discussion then you'd likely give it a 4-star due to skipping over a ...
  
  











  



  
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk151 reviews
Peter L. Bernstein

Wiley, 1998

Very Interesting!

+ History of Statistics
+ Just Great!
+ A must
  
  











  



  
Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life40 reviews
Avinash K. Dixit, Barry J. Nalebuff

W. W. Norton & Company, 1993

yeahhhhhhhh

+ Great introduction to game theory applied to business strategy
+ Great
+ A book on how think strategically
  
  











  



  
Between Father and Son: Family Letters6 reviews
V.S. Naipaul

Vintage, 2001

First-class letters.

+ An insight into the mind of a genius
+ Can understand Naipaul better
+ The Real Mr. Biswas?