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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:39:51 +0000Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:15:45 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/business-books(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/169ed090-d48f-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/169ed090-d48f-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html Charlie Gasparino, author of 'The Sellout', was as close as anyone to the Street's big, wayward figures before they met their downfallWed, 18 Nov 2009 22:39:51 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/35a36ada-cef6-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35a36ada-cef6-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlIn 'Googled', the company comes across as the product of the genius, passion and hubris of fallible hum­ans. If they make the world a better place, it will be by happy accidentWed, 11 Nov 2009 20:17:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/f81f1618-c997-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f81f1618-c997-11de-a071-00144feabdc0.html'Nimby Wars' takes a look at the local political shenanigans and Machiavellian manipulation that happen when corporations fight to win zoning and land use battlesWed, 4 Nov 2009 23:41:43 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e41de5ee-c4c5-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e41de5ee-c4c5-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlThere is a forceful lesson for economics policymakers in Lords of Finance, winner of the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Book of the Year Award Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:42:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d4a248a-c400-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d4a248a-c400-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.htmlAndrew Ross Sorkin's book on the financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account, writes John Gapper Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:39:18 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cde37ce-be86-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cde37ce-be86-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.htmlIn 'The Essential Bennis', Patricia Ward Biederman collects works by the prolific author and leadership theorist Warren BennisWed, 21 Oct 2009 22:58:33 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/65e597fa-b906-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/65e597fa-b906-11de-98ee-00144feab49a.htmlRoger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, argues in 'The Design of Business' that the key to success is 'design thinking'Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:16:07 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f4a3b10-b360-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f4a3b10-b360-11de-ae8d-00144feab49a.htmlIn 'The Upside of Turbulence', author Donald Sull looks at the importance of companies' ability to adapt in the face of economic crisis and take aggressive positionsWed, 7 Oct 2009 23:28:55 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8b88f6e-adea-11de-87e7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a8b88f6e-adea-11de-87e7-00144feabdc0.html'Getting to Plan B' has good and bad news for entrepreneurs: 60 per cent of the new businesses still operating are no longer based on their initial ideasWed, 30 Sep 2009 22:13:53 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2c6ea18-a884-11de-9242-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e2c6ea18-a884-11de-9242-00144feabdc0.htmlIt's female customers who are going to spend their way out of this recession, according to the authors of 'Why She Buys' and 'Women Want More' – so listen to themWed, 23 Sep 2009 22:59:35 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1dc3adf6-a2e3-11de-ba74-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1dc3adf6-a2e3-11de-ba74-00144feabdc0.htmlThe shortlist for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award looks eclectic. But the six books together sum up what went wrong in the crisis and may provide a route map away from the error-strewn past, writes Andrew HillThu, 17 Sep 2009 00:03:37 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b406518-9d6b-11de-9f4a-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b406518-9d6b-11de-9f4a-00144feabdc0.htmlIn 'Twitterville', Shel Israel makes a convincing case that the messaging service's worth is not just the ability to broadcast short messages, but the ongoing and transformative conversations that these tweets igniteWed, 9 Sep 2009 22:44:49 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/37f2fe36-9805-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/37f2fe36-9805-11de-8d3d-00144feabdc0.htmlA lot of management books explore how to make employees more valuable to the organisation. In 'Clever', it is the other way round: the authors want to show how to make organisations more valuable to key peopleWed, 2 Sep 2009 22:51:58 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6b143b2-9283-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6b143b2-9283-11de-b63b-00144feabdc0.htmlAt last – a distinguished Harvard Business School professor gets to grips with the slippery topic of corporate social responsibility and lives to write the book on itWed, 26 Aug 2009 22:12:37 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/607de250-8ce1-11de-a540-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=17f6b7c8-0735-11de-9294-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fbusinesslife%2Fbusinessbookshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/607de250-8ce1-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.htmlA reader-friendly round-up of the experiences of 1,000 chief executives will be a source of encouragement for those starting out on the corporate ladderWed, 19 Aug 2009 21:00:24 +0100