A few books worth taking a look at
Trust Agents
Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/15/2009)
Chris Brogan's new bestseller. Chris follows his own advice, which is rare, and succeeds at it, which is rarer still...
Six Pixels of Separation
Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone.
Amazon Price: $17.81 (as of 12/15/2009)
Mitch Joel brings it home. Direct and clear advice about how new media changes your brand forever.
The Space Merchants
The Space Merchants
Amazon Price: $13.63 (as of 12/15/2009)
This book is a winner, even though it's fifty years old. A sparkling combination of marketing, futurism and space opera drama. It stuck with me for months.
Your Child in the Balance
Your Child in the Balance
Amazon Price: (as of 12/14/2009)
Written by a friend of mine, a thoughtful look at child psychiatry.
Gary V!
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 12/14/2009)
How do you spell exuberance? It starts with a 'v'.
The Tom Peters Seminar
The Tom Peters Seminar: Crazy Times Call For Crazy Organizations
Amazon Price: $10.88 (as of 12/14/2009)
The times are still crazy.
No Impact Man!
No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 12/15/2009)
It's finally here. The chronicle of a year-long experiment that will make you really think about your footprint on the planet.
The Magic of Thinking Big
Maxx Barry
Syrup
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/14/2009)
Funny, thrilling, fast moving and about brand marketing and office politics. What more could you hope for in a novel?
How We Decide
How We Decide
Amazon Price: $16.50 (as of 12/15/2009)
This book will make you think (and then rethink) how decisions get made. Not just how your customers decide, but how you do.
Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin
Amazon Price: (as of 12/14/2009)
Dense, a little scattered and occasionally riveting, this book may change the way you think about art, forever.
The Red Queen
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
Amazon Price: $10.19 (as of 12/14/2009)
Little, irresistible and so important. One more way to help you understand how evolution works.
Exploiting Chaos
Exploiting Chaos: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change
Amazon Price: $13.60 (as of 12/15/2009)
From the Trendhunter guy!
Made to Stick
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 12/14/2009)
Of course you've already read this one, but if you haven't, here's your chance.
Little Brother
Little Brother
Amazon Price: (as of 12/14/2009)
Little Brother moves Cory from the ranks of astoundingly good science fiction author to one-of-a-kind. Your teenagers should read this, so buy two copies so you actually get to read it.
Don't Bite the Hook
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Don't Bite the Hook: Finding Freedom from Anger, Resentment, and Other Destructive Emotions [DONT BITE THE HOOK]
Amazon Price: (as of 12/15/2009)
This might be my favorite of her many recordings. Hard to find, though. (Mary Louise tells me that you can get it here as well: http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-59030-434-1.cfm )
Here Comes Everybody
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Amazon Price: $10.88 (as of 12/15/2009)
Clay is both the erudite professor and the compelling author, a rare combination. This book will change the way you think about our revolution.
Listen First
Listen First - Sell Later
Amazon Price: $13.45 (as of 12/15/2009)
Jam packed with big (and little) ideas about selling and making things happen.
Upbeat
Upbeat: Cultivating the Right Attitude to Thrive in Tough Times
Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 12/14/2009)
New marketing and new business thinking for those open to hearing it. Rajesh is consistently generous with his wisdom.
The Noodle King and I
The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life
Amazon Price: $17.16 (as of 12/14/2009)
Funny, poignant and apparently true. I couldn't put this one down. (and there's even marketing in it).
