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  The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less (288 pages)

  

  By Richard Koch. In 1897, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, in his study of the patterns of wealth and income, observed that the distribution of wealth was predictably unbalanced. He first discovered this pattern in 19th-century England and found it to be the same for every country and time period he studied. Over ...

   
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  Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger (480 pages)

  By Charles T. Munger.

   
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  Michael E. Porter on Competition (485 pages)

  

  By Michael E. Porter. _On Competition_, a collection of works by Michael E. Porter, is a critical examination of the dog-eat-dog international economy. A Harvard Business School professor, Porter is one of the most respected and innovative economists of his time. Author of 15 books, he advises key elected officials and ...

   
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  The Art of Project Management (392 pages)

  

  By Scott Berkun. "'The Art of Project Management' covers it all--from practical methods for making sure work gets done right and on time, to the mindset that can make you a great leader motivating your team to do their best. Reading this was like reading the blueprint for how the best projects are managed at ...

   
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  Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In (224 pages)

  

  By Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton. We're constantly negotiating in our lives, whether it's convincing the kids to do their homework or settling million-dollar lawsuits. For those who need help winning these battles, Roger Fisher has developed a simple and straightforward five-step system for how to behave in negotiations. Narrated ...

   
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  Essentials of Accounting and Post Test Booklet 8, Eighth Edition (110 pages)

  

  By Robert N. Anthony, Leslie K. Breitner.

   
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  The Essential Drucker : The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker's Essential Writings on Management (368 pages)

  By Peter F. Drucker. Ever since his first book was published some six decades ago, Peter Drucker has been essential to everyone serious about the "management of an enterprise (and) the self-management of the individual, whether executive or professional, within an enterprise and altogether in our society of managed ...

   
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  The Bootstrapper's Bible: How to Start and Build a Business With a Great Idea and (Almost) No Money (280 pages)

  

  By Seth Godin. Starting out in 1986 with practically nothing, book packager and cyberentrepreneur Seth Godin has created a new- and old-media business that now employs 40 and generates around $5 million in annual revenue. In _The Bootstrapper's Bible: How to Start and Build a Business with a Great Idea and ...

   
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  Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used (400 pages)

  

  By Peter Block. The second edition of Peter Block's _Flawless Consulting_ gracefully updates what many consider the best resource of its kind. New chapters on implementation, "whole-system" strategies, and ethics are included, but in general it simply fine-tunes Block's proven advice to match the transformations ...

   
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  Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant (256 pages)

  By W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne. Winning by _Not_ Competing: A Fresh Approach to StrategySince the dawn of the industrial age, companies have engaged in head-to-head competition in search of sustained, profitable growth. They have fought for competitive advantage, battled over market share, and struggled for differentiation. Yet ...