Books I read

Chronologically ordered list of books I have read recently.

2013 

 

 

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

By Milan Kundera

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unbearable-Lightness-Being-Milan-Kundera/dp/0571135390

 

Rich Dad Poor Dad

By Robert T Kiyosaki

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rich-Dad-Poor-Robert-Kiyosaki/dp/1612680003

 

Value-Focused Thinking: Path to Creative Decisionmaking

By Ralph L. Keeney

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Value-Focused-Thinking-Path-Creative-Decisionmaking/dp/067493198X

 

Cinsky Svet

By Vit Vojta

http://www.kosmas.cz/knihy/165092/cinsky-svet/

 

Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind

By T. Harv Eker

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Millionaire-Mind-Think-rich/dp/0749927895

 

Farewell Waltz

By Milan Kundera

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Farewell-Waltz-Milan-Kundera/dp/0571194710

 

When the Money Runs Out: The End of Western Affluence

By Stephen King

http://www.amazon.com/When-Money-Runs-Out-Affluence/dp/0300190522

 

Helping: How to Offer, Give, and Receive Help

By Edgar Schein

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Helping-Offer-Give-Receive-Help/dp/1605098566

 

Process Consultation Revisited: Building the Helping Relationship

By Edgar Schein

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Process-Consultation-Revisited-Relationship-Organizational/dp/020134596X

 

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

By Malcom Gladwell

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0141014598

 

 Business Process Mapping: Improving Customer Satisfaction

By J. Mike Jacka

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Business-Process-Mapping-Improving-Satisfaction/dp/0470444584

 

The Fountainhead

By Ayn Rand

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fountainhead-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141188626

 

What Young India Wants

By Chetan Bhagat

http://www.amazon.com/What-Young-India-Wants-Non-Fiction/dp/8129120216

 

Passage to India

By E.M. Forster

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Passage-India-M-Forster/dp/014144116X

 

Brave New World

By Aldous Huxley

http://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523

 

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

By Lewis Carrol

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Wonderland-Penguin-Popular-Classics/dp/0140623361

 

Thinking, fast and slow 

By Daniel Kahneman

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0141033576

 

2012 

 

 

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

By Nassim Nicholas Taleb

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Black-Swan-Impact-Improbable/dp/0713999950

 

Parkinson’s Law

By C. Northcote Parkinson

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Parkinsons-Law-C-Northcote-Parkinson/dp/1568490151/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1349868153&sr=8-10

 

 The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

By Charles Duhigg

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Power-Habit-What-Business/dp/1400069289

 

Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography

By Richard Branson

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Losing-My-Virginity-The-Autobiography/dp/0753519550/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

 

Russia – Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By Anna King

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Russia-Culture-Smart-Essential-Customs/dp/1857333527/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343030618&sr=1-1

 

Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

By Walter Isaacson

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Steve-Jobs-The-Exclusive-Biography/dp/1408703742/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342614891&sr=8-1

 

The Growth Map: Economic Opportunity in the BRICs and Beyond

By Jim O’Neill

http://www.amazon.com/The-Growth-Map-Economic-Opportunity/dp/1591844819

 

Red Dust

By Ma Jian

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Red-Dust-Ma-Jian/dp/0099283298

 

Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures-And Yours

By Tarun Khanna

You can find my notes on this book here.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Billions-Entrepreneurs-China-Reshaping-Futures-And/dp/1422103838

 

China – Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

By Kathy Flower

http://www.amazon.co.uk/China-Culture-Smart-Essential-Customs/dp/1857335023/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551095&sr=1-1

 

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? How to Drive Your Career and Create a Remarkable Future

By Seth Godin

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linchpin-Indispensable-Career-Create-Remarkable/dp/0749953357/ref=pd_sim_b_2

 

The Tribes: We need you to lead us

By Seth Godin

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tribes-We-need-you-lead/dp/0749939753/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551175&sr=1-1

 

Building Social Business: Capitalism That Can Serve Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs

By Muhammad Yunus

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Building-Social-Business-Capitalism-Humanitys/dp/1586488244/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551296&sr=1-4

 

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

By Timothy Ferriss

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-4-Hour-Work-Week-Anywhere/dp/0091929113/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551346&sr=1-1

 

Art of the Start

By Guy Kawasaki

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Start-The-Guy-Kawasaki/dp/1591840562/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551420&sr=1-1

 

How Wikipedia Works And How You Can Be A Part Of It

By Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews and Ben Yates

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Wikipedia-Works-And-Part/dp/159327176X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551486&sr=1-1

 

Give Smart

By Joel Tierney/Fleishman

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Give-Smart-Joel-Tierney-Fleishman/dp/1586488953/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551613&sr=1-1

 

The Mystery of Capital

By Hernando de Soto

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Mystery-Capital-Hernando-Soto/dp/0552999237/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551670&sr=1-1

 

Poor Economics: Barefoot Hedge-fund Managers, DIY Doctors and the Surprising Truth about Life on less than $1 a Day

By Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poor-Economics-Barefoot-Hedge-fund-Surprising/dp/0718193660/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551715&sr=1-1

 

Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day

By Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford and Orlanda Ruthven

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Portfolios-Poor-How-Worlds-Live/dp/0691141487

 

Colombia – Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture

By Kate Cathey

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Colombia-Culture-Smart-Essential-Customs/dp/1857335457/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336551858&sr=1-1

 

2011

 

 

In Spite Of The Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India

By Edward Luce

http://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Spite-Of-The-Gods/dp/0349123462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336626915&sr=1-1

 

The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits

By C.K. Prahalad

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Fortune-Bottom-Pyramid-Eradicating/dp/0137009275/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627090&sr=1-1

 

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

By Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Choice-Uncertainty-Thrive-Despite/dp/1847940889/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627676&sr=1-1

 

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions

By Dan Ariely

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Predictably-Irrational-Hidden-Forces-Decisions/dp/0007256531/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336620319&sr=1-1

 

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness

By Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein

You can find my notes on this book here.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nudge-Improving-Decisions-Health-Happiness/dp/0141040017/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627200&sr=1-1

 

Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle

By Dan Senor and Saul Singer

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Start-Up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Miracle/dp/1455502391/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627331&sr=1-1

 

What the Dog Saw: and other adventures

By Malcolm Gladwell

http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Dog-Saw-other-adventures/dp/0141044802/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627426&sr=1-1

 

Outliers: The Story of Success

By Malcolm Gladwell

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0141036257/ref=pd_sim_b_3

 

Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

By Jim Collins

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Built-Last-Successful-Visionary-Companies/dp/1844135845/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627763&sr=1-1

 

Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

By Jim Collins

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Great-Social-Sectors-Monograph/dp/1905211325/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627820&sr=1-6

 

Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t

By Jim Collins

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-To-Great-Companies-Leap/dp/0712676090/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336627606&sr=1-1

 

HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Change Management

By Harvard Business Review

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Reads-Change-Harvard-Business-Review/dp/1422158004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336628010&sr=1-1

 

Getting Things Done : The Art of Stress-free Productivity

By David Allen

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-free-Productivity/dp/B0072APV28/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336628098&sr=1-4

 

 


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