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12 days of fun with UBC Library
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12 Days of Reading
Get ready for the holidays with 12 Days of Reading from UBC Library.
Book review columns – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book reviews Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (And How to Take Advantage of It) by William Poundstone. Reviewed by Donna Kaye. Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next by Greg Lindsay and John Kasarda. Reviewed by Treena Chambers. Comebacks at Work: Using Conversation to Master Confrontation by Kathleen Kelley Reardon and Christopher T. Noblet. Reviewed […]
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book reviews This article is from Business in Vancouver April 5-11, 2011; issue 1119 King of Capital: The remarkable rise, fall, and rise again of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone by David Carey and John Morris Wiley, 2010 This book provides an excellent introduction to the world of private equity and its many permutations for those […]
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book reviews This article is from Business in Vancouver March 8-14, 2011; issue 1115 The Intangibles of Leadership By Richard A.Davis Wiley, 2010 I found The Intangibles of Leadership a frustrating book at first. A practical, self-help reader on learning and attaining leadership skills, the book is packed with so many to-do lists, anecdotes and […]
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book Reviews This article from Business in Vancouver January 11-17, 2011; issue 1107 Chocolate Wars: The 150-year rivalry between the world’s greatest chocolate makers By Deborah Cadbury Douglas & McIntyre, 2010 If you’re feeling in need of some choco-endorphins, read Chocolate Wars: The 150-year rivalry between the world’s greatest chocolate makers. Seriously, this is the […]
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book reviews This article from Business in Vancouver November 9-15, 2010; issue 1098 Hacking Work: Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results By Bill Jensen and Josh Klein Portfolio Penguin, 2010 Web strategist Klein and business consultant Jensen have published a collection of edgy, clever and actionable ideas for circumventing organizational bureaucracies. As the title suggests, […]
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book reviews This article is from Business in Vancouver, October 12-18, 2010; Issue 1094 BlackBerry: The inside story of Research in Motion By Rod McQueen Key Porter, 2010 This month we take another look at the genesis of technical innovation as financial journalist McQueen delves into the history of Research in Motion’s (RIM) founder and […]
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
Book reviews This article from Business in Vancouver September 14-20, 2010; issue 1090 The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How To Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience By Carmine Gallo McGraw-Hill, 2010 In spite of the title’s hype, I found this book to be full of useful advice about presenting. Much of its […]
Book review column – Business in Vancouver newspaper
You can review the latest Business in Vancouver book reviews below, which feature contributions from UBC Library’s Jan Wallace and UBC Bookstore’s Treena Chambers. Origins of social-networking website giant revealed This article from Business in Vancouver August 3-9, 2010; issue 1084 www.biv.com The Accidental Billionaires The founding of Facebook: a tale of sex, money, genius […]