Blogcritics Category: Books: Business

Book Review: Blog Blazers by Stephane Grenier

Mel Odom — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:34:17 EST

A great and compact book on blogs, blogging, and bloggers for anyone interested in starting or improving a blog.
Blogs occupy a large chunk of many people’s days. They start off in the morning reading the latest posts of several blogs they keep track of. Often, these blogs are read for information, entertainment, and new ideas. Millions of people are now blogging, reaching out to unheard-of audiences, and acquiring numbers that television executives...

Book Review: The Man Who Owns the News - Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch by Michael Wolff

Justin McHenry — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:10:06 EST

An attempt to understand Rupert Murdoch falls short of its goal, but it's still a worthwhile investigation.
Rupert Murdoch has created a reputation over many years as being a ruthless businessman who always gets what he wants. For many of us, the outraged talking heads on his Fox News channel are almost surrogates for the man himself -- conservative, rude, disparaging of others' views, always confident of their own superiority. The Man Who Owns the...

All I Want For Christmas Is Books

Phillip Winn — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:42:15 EST

Nothing else provides as much value as a book. It's the ultimate gift.
My children have trouble compiling their Christmas lists. Determining the proper ratio of Webkinz stuffed animals to Lego sets in any given year is a difficult task, worthy of a Fields Medal-winning mathematician. My wishes are simple, and well-served by Amazon.com: I wish for books.To me, there is no greater value for a gift than a book, unless...

Book Review: I'd Rather Be Rich - Choosing The Life You Want To Live by Sheila Leonard

Lynda Lippin — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:25:05 EST

Clear and useful, I'd Rather Be Rich offers practical insights in getting clear and moving forward in your life.
In her first book Sheila Leonard outlines a ten step 21 week program that seeks to assist the reader in changing his or her relationship to money. "Being rich is not about the amount of money you have; it is about how you feel about and use your money." Leonard knows what she is talking about, having started out as a corporate accountant...

Book Review: Call Me Ted by Ted Turner (with Bill Burke)

Justin McHenry — Tue, 9 Dec 2008 05:41:20 EST

Ted Turner looks back on an almost unbelievable life in this entertaining and inspiring autobiography.
Probably everyone has an opinion about Ted Turner, even if its only a vague opinion - you either like the persona or you don't. But you're probably not on the fence. He's a straight shooter who likes to talk and doesn't seem to mind if people don't like the things he says. Over the years, either because of this style or despite...

Book Review: Crash Proof - How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse by Peter D. Schiff with John Downes

Clarence Yu — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:33:32 EST

More than just advice on how to survive the economic crisis, this is a definitive economics textbook.
I have to admit that I discovered author Peter D. Schiff the new-fashioned way: via YouTube. A friend of mine insistently kept sending me links to his televised appearances on Fox News and CNBC, so, one day, I finally relented and watched a clip. His words were enough to make me go out and buy the book Crash Proof, which he wrote with John Downes...

Book Review: The Boomer Burden: Dealing With Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff by Julie Hall

Violet Nesdoly — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:04:53 EST

If you�re a boomer with or without failing parents, you need this book.
In The Boomer Burden - Dealing With Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff, Julie Hall, a.k.a. The Estate Lady, shares expertise gained during seventeen years spent working in estate liquidation. As a professional estate contents' expert and certified personal property appraiser she is well qualified to give advice. It is not only welcome,...

Book Review: Outliers - The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Justin McHenry — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:59:17 EST

The frizzy-haired cult hero does it again, this time taking on the subject of extreme success.
Malcolm Gladwell is back, much to the delight of the legions of fans he won with The Tipping Point and Blink (not to mention a trove of articles for The New Yorker). In his new book, Outliers: The Story of Success, the frizzy-haired cult hero shines his always-questioning light on extremely successful people and asks what makes them so. (An outlier...

Book Review: Enough - True Measures of Money, Business, and Life by John Bogle

Justin McHenry — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:36:45 EST

Legendary former CEO of The Vanguard Group attempts to reform money managers and open the eyes of investors.
In May of 2007, John Bogle, former CEO of The Vanguard Group and the legendary inventor of the index mutual fund, addressed the graduates of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. Bogle began in an unlikely way:"At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, the late Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, the author Joseph...

Book Review: slide:ology - The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte

Anna Creech — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 19:30:30 EST

Should be required reading for anyone giving presentations using slides.
In my short career, I have attended many professional conferences, and I quickly learned that it's a bit of a crap shoot as to whether or not the concurrent sessions will match the exciting presentation summaries in the program book. Last year, I attended a conference for librarians interested in technology in libraries, and I was pleasantly...