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		<title>Best Business Books of 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rene Siegel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need to get caught up on your reading? Don&#8217;t waste your time standing in the bookstore, guessing which will be worthwhile. 800-CEO-Read selected the best business books of 2009.
These are the winners in the 11 categories:

Entrepreneurship and small business. Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur by Pamela Slim.
Leadership. Maestro: A Surprising [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Need to get caught up on your reading? Don&#8217;t waste your time standing in the bookstore, guessing which will be worthwhile. 800-CEO-Read selected the <a href="http://blog.800ceoread.com/2009/12/15/the-800-ceo-read-business-book-awards-of-2009/" target="_blank">best business books of 2009</a>.</p>
<p>These are the winners in the 11 categories:</p>
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<li><strong>Entrepreneurship and small business.</strong> <em>Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur</em> by Pamela Slim.</li>
<li><strong>Leadership.</strong> <em>Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening.</em></li>
<li><strong>Management.</strong> <em>The Four Conversations: Daily Communication That Gets Results by Jeffery Ford &amp; Laurie Ford</em>.</li>
<li><strong>Marketing and advertising.</strong> <em>Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust</em> by by Chris Brogan &amp; Julien Smith.</li>
<li><strong>Sales.</strong> <em>A Seat at the Table: How Top Salespeople Connect and Drive Decisions at the Executive Level</em> by Marc Miller.</li>
<li><strong>Finance and economics.</strong> <em>False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World</em> by Alan Beattie.</li>
<li><strong>Biographies and narratives.</strong> <em>The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, the Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals</em> by Frank Partnoy.</li>
<li><strong>Current interest.</strong> <em>Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System—and Themselves</em> by Andrew Ross Sorkin.</li>
<li><strong>Personal development.</strong> <em>Power of 2: How to Make the Most of Your Partnerships at Work and in Life</em> by Rodd Wagner &amp; Gale Muller, Ph.D.</li>
<li><strong>Innovation and creativity. </strong><em>The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage</em> by Roger L. Martin.</li>
<li><strong>Big ideas.</strong> <em>What Would Google Do?</em> by Jeff Jarvis.</li>
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