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With the first deadline to 800-CEO-READ's 2007 Business Book Awards quickly approaching, we have been receiving a number of books from authors and publishers to be entered into the running of determining the best of the year. The range of titles so far is wide. From Bill Clinton's Giving to Sam Intrator and Megan Scribner's Leading From Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead, there is already a clear indication that these awards will have the opportunity to review and distinguish both well-known and non-conventional titles within the publishing industry.
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There's a new excerpt up over on the Excerpts Blog. It's taken from Recruit or Die: How Any Business Can Beat the Big Guys in the War for Young Talent by Chris Resto, Ian Ybarra and Ramit Sethi. More than money and perks, the authors say, fresh-out-of-school candidates are looking for opportunities to stand out, move around quickly, and build up a strong resume of experiences and achievements.
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There's a new excerpt up on our Excerpts blog. It's from The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. There are many books on China and India out these days, but The Elephant and the Dragon focuses specifically on the predictions and fears about the global impacts of these emerging superpowers.
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Chronicle Books publishes some of the coolest books on the planet.
In 2005, Chronicle partnered with a California-based design firm called IDEO to put out a book called Thoughtless Acts? , a little book of photography that illuminated ways people unconsciously interact with objects in the world -- like placing something in your teeth when your hands are full or following a straight line in the sidewalk.
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This morning Financial Times and Goldman Sachs revealed the semifinalist titles in the running of being named their Business Book of the Year. Judges will determine the final winner on October 25.
The list is as follows:
Zoom by Iain Carson and Vijay V Vaitheeswaran
The Last Tycoons by William D Cohan
The Age of Turbulence by Alan Greenspan
Immigrants by Philippe Legrain
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wikinomics by Don Tapscott and Anthony D Williams
Good luck!
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