Business Books TOP FIVE USA

2009-7-4  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

1.TALENT Is Overrated

Talent still matters, but deliberate practice trumps it. Why focus and hard work matter more than innate ability.

Geoff Colvin | Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2008 | 224 pg. | ISBN: 9781857885194

2.Acing the Interview

It's not always the answers you give at a job interview that get you hired. Often it's the questions you ask.

Tony Beshara | Amacom 2008 | 288 pg. | ISBN: 9780814401613

3.The Ascent of Money

Readable history explores the role of finance over time -- from credit markets in Renaissance, Italy, to mayhem on Wall Street

Niall Ferguson | Allen Lane 2008 | 464 pg. | ISBN: 9781846141065

4.Disrupting Class

To change public education, society must completely redefine it. Are you ready for disruptive innovation at school?

Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson and Michael B. Horn | McGraw-Hill Companies 2008 | 288 pg. | ISBN: 9780071592062

5.The Origin of Financial Crises

If you wonder how the economy got so sour, consider this alternative to the failed "efficient market" hypothesis.

George Cooper | Copyright @ 2008 by George CooperUsed by arrangement with Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. 2008 | 208 pg. | ISBN: 9780307473455