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Title
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Author(s)
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Description
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Publisher, price
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Ratio
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 |
| 1 |
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There |
Marshall Goldsmith , Mark Reiter |
How Successful People Become Even More Successful |
Hyperion, $23.95 |
10
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 |
| 2 |
Jim Cramer’s Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich |
James J. Cramer, Cliff Mason |
Billed as a “nuts-and-bolts guide to investing” (H) |
Simon & Schuster, $25.00 |
9.1
|
 |
| 3 |
Rich Dad, Poor Dad |
Robert T. Kiyosaki with Sharon L. Lechter |
Teaches the importance of financial literacy at a young
age (P) |
Warner Business Books, $15.95 |
8.8
|
 |
| 4 |
Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude |
Jeffrey Gitomer |
Subtitle: How to Find, Build and Keep a YES! Attitude for
a Lifetime of Success (H) |
Prentice Hall, $19.99 |
7.5
|
 |
| 5 |
Freakonomics, Revised edition |
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner |
Revised edition; economist explores the ”hidden side of
everything” (H) |
William Morrow, $27.95 |
6
|
 |
| 6 |
Start Late, Finish Rich |
David Bach |
Subtitle: A No-Fail Plan for Achieving Financial Freedom
at Any Age (P) |
Broadway, $14.95 |
5.4
|
 |
| 7 |
Good to Great |
Jim Collins |
Why 11 companies turned from good to great (H) |
HarperBusiness, $27.50 |
5.3
|
 |
| 8 |
J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax 2007: For Preparing Your
2006 Tax Return |
J.K. Lasser |
Tax guide, includes over 2,500 tax tips and strategies
(P) |
Wiley, $17.95 |
5.2
|
 |
| 9 |
Why We Want You To Be Rich |
Donald J. Trump, Meredith McIver; Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon
Lechter |
Advocating “financial literacy” (H) |
Rich Press, $24.95 |
5
|
 |
| 10 |
The Tipping Point |
Malcolm Gladwell |
Ideas spread “just like viruses do” (P) |
Back Bay Books, $14.95 |
4.9
|
 |
| 11 |
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People |
Stephen R. Covey |
How to get your life priorities straight for successes
(P) |
Free Press, $15.00 |
4
|
 |
| 12 |
Who Moved My Cheese? |
Spencer Johnson |
Dealing with change at work and in life (H) |
Putnam, $19.95 |
3.9
|
 |
| 12 |
Now, Discover Your Strengths |
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton |
Most of us fail to build our lives around our strengths
and talents (H) |
Simon & Schuster, $26.00 |
3.9
|
 |
| 13 |
The Carrot Principle |
Adrian Gostick, Chester Elton |
Subtitle: How the Best Managers Use Recognition to Engage
Their People, Retain Talent, and Accelerate Performance (H) |
Free Press, $21.00 |
3.5
|
 |
| 14 |
What Color Is Your Parachute? |
Richard Nelson Bolles |
Subtitle: “A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career
Changes” (P) |
Ten Speed Press, $17.95 |
3.1
|
 |
| 15 |
The Little Red Book of Selling |
Jeffrey Gitomer |
Subtitle: “12.5 Principles of Sales Greatness” (H) |
Bard Press, $19.95 |
3
|
 |
| 16 |
The Total Money Makeover |
Dave Ramsey |
Subtitle: “A Proven Plan for Financial Success” (H) |
Thomas Nelson, $24.99 |
2.8
|
 |
| 17 |
The Ernst & Young Tax Guide 2007 |
Peter Bernstein, editor |
Annual tax guide (P) |
CDS Books, $16.95 |
2.7
|
 |
| 18 |
Jim Cramer’s Real Money |
James J. Cramer |
Subtitle: “Sane Investing in an Insane World” (H) |
Simon & Schuster, $26.00 |
2.4
|
 |
| 18 |
Getting Things Done |
David Allen |
Subtitle: “The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” (P) |
Penguin, $15.00 |
2.4
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 |
| 19 |
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable |
Patrick M. Lencioni |
Fable aims to illuminate why even the best teams often
struggle (H) |
Jossey-Bass, $22.95 |
2.3
|
 |
| 20 |
The 48 Laws of Power |
Robert Greene |
Everything you ever needed to know about power (P) |
A Joost Elffers Book/Penguin, $15.00 |
2.2
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