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Archive for April, 2009

Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Paperback Business Books

April 27, 2009 at 11:55 am by: Celeste Blackburn

The following is a list of the bestselling paperback business books as ranked by the New York Times on April 27.
1. Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman. Managing your money in hard times.
2. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. How and why certain products and [...]

Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce

April 22, 2009 at 12:00 pm by: Celeste Blackburn

Resources for Humans managing editor Celeste Blackburn reviews Natalie Holder-Winfield’s book Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce: New Rules for a New Generation.
In the foreword to Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce, Natalie Holder-Winfield reveals how she left a successful practice with a well-known law firm to join eight other women to create a firm [...]

Hot List: Bestselling “Business and Investing” books on Amazon.com

April 20, 2009 at 9:47 am by: Celeste Blackburn

Amazon.com updates its list of the bestselling books every hour. Here is a snapshot of what is hot right now, this Monday morning, April 20, in the main section of the “Business and Investing” category.
1. Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano. Galeano analyzes the history [...]

Hot List: New York Times Bestselling Hardcover Business Books

April 13, 2009 at 8:58 am by: Celeste Blackburn

The following is a list of the bestselling hardcover business books as ranked by the New York Times on April 13.
1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. hy some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent — from the author of Blink: The Power of [...]

Hot List: BusinessWeek’s Best Seller List

April 6, 2009 at 9:33 am by: Celeste Blackburn

BusinessWeek magazine ranks the 15 best selling hardcover and paperback business books in April 2009 and  gives a short summary.
1. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. As you’d expect with Gladwell, there are lots of surprises in his explanation of why some people succeed fantastically. Pluck and smarts get less play here than [...]