The Practice of Management by Peter F.

Drucker (1954) Competitive Strategy by Michael Porter (1980) Creativity in Business by Michael Ray and Rochelle Myers (1986) Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming (1982)

In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Bob Waterman (1982)

Books are listed alphabetically by author.

10. Read The Economist every week. This really is the best weekly news source in English, and it is generally written in the best English of any weekly source. Trust me on this: following this magazine is the best way to stay plugged in to world news. 9. Read the front section of the Financial Times every day. What the Economist is to the weekly news, the FT is to the daily papers. It offers better international coverage than any American newspaper, and it is written for busy people with no time to waste. Read the back sections on business and finance if you are a budding tycoon; but the front section of this excellent paper should be part of your daily routine. On the weekends, read the excellent book reviews and essays in the Arts section. 8. Read two books by Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations. The Theory of Moral Sentiments is shorter and easier to read than the more famous Wealth of Nations; reading it first will make the second book easier to understand and help you understand why Smith and so many other people consider capitalism ultimately a moral system. 7. Read at least the first volume of Edward Gibbons Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Classical scholarship has come a long way since this book was written in the late 1700s, but it remains a major landmark in historical writing, a fantastic read and an extraordinary example of English prose style. There are six volumes in the set; George IIIs younger brother Prince William Henry thought this was too many and Gibbon proudly presented him with the first two volumes the Prince commented Another damned thick book. Always scribble, scribble, scribble, eh, Mr. Gibbon? 6. Read all the John Milton you can. Start this Christmas season with his magnificent Nativity Ode, then sample his shorter poems. Go on at least to Paradise Lost and the greatest work against censorship ever written, the Areopagitica. It wont be easy but it will make you smart. 5. Read The History of England by Thomas Babington Macaulay (the Amazon link is to a $0.99 Kindle version; the complete five volumes are harder to find in print and I havent the heart to recommend an abridgment). This is a history of the 1688 Glorious Revolution that made Parliament supreme in England. The American Founding Fathers believed that our Revolution of 1776 was a defense of the principles of the Glorious Revolution in England. Macaulays history is sometimes smug, unfair and one sided, but he captures the spirit of this world shattering event magnificently, and his prose is sublime. Macaulay was also a British administrator in India; Indian education and law today still bear his imprint. Read this book to know where your freedoms come from and to see what your language can do. 4. Read The Federalist Papers. These short essays were originally written something like blog posts. Intended to persuade Americans to ratify the proposed constitution, the Federalist Papers will make you smarter about the American political system and help you think more clearly about how the world works. 3. Read The Bostonians by Henry James. This is James light; its much more accessible than a lot of his later work. Unlike much of his work its also set in the United States. Set in the years after the Civil War, its a novel that investigates the relationship between North and South and between men and women. 2. Read The French Revolution, by Thomas Carlyle. (Book link again is for a $0.99 Kindle edition.) This may be the most challenging book on the list, but if you stick to it and work at it, The French

Revolution will teach you more about world history and the human condition than most people learn in four years of college. Carlyle was hugely influential on both sides of the Atlantic in the nineteenth century. It often seems to me that Moby Dick should be read as a kind of homage to and adaptation of Carlyles French Revolution; certainly Melville learned a lot of his prose style from Carlyle as they both borrowed from Shakespeare. The book will violate your expectations of a history book; read it as more of an epic poem in prose and you may find it easier to follow. Its also helpful to refer to simpler histories of the French Revolution as you go or check in Wikipedia to get the background on events and characters that confuse you. 1. Read the Bible, cover to cover. Some of it will make you think; some of it will make you angry; some of it will make no sense whatever. But this book, more than any other, has shaped American and western history and culture. You should know this book. There are plenty of excellent translations; though a bit PC at times the New Revised Standard Version is used in many mainline churches and has been approved by Catholic scholars. It is the version I most often use. The New International Version, more favored in evangelical churches, also has a high scholarly reputation. Both owe a large debt to the greatest of English translations, the King James Version. The KJV as it is known was read by English speakers everywhere and for more than 300 years was THE English-language version of the Bible (among Protestants; Catholics read the Douay.) You should read some of the Bible in the KJV just to know what the fuss was about, but the newer versions are often more accurate and understandable to contemporary readers. Start with Genesis 1:1 and read right through Revelations 22:21 a few chapters at a time. Dont try to read this book in large chunks; it will frustrate you. A few minutes a day, a few pages at a time is the way to do it. Harry Truman read the Bible cover to cover five times while he was president: if he could do that while winning World War II, demobilizating the US from its greatest military effort ever, and laying the foundations of Americas strategy during the Cold War, you should be able to fit this into your busy day.

A Aaker, David A., Building Strong Brands Aaker, David A., Managing Brand Equity Abbey, Edward, The Monkey Wrench Gang Adams, Ansel, Ansel Adams: An Autobiography Adams, Henry, The Education of Henry Adams Ambrose, Stephen E., Undaunted Courage Ambrose, Stephen E., D Day June 6, 1944 Aristotle, Ethics B Barrett, William, Irrational Man Berendt, John, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Berlin, Isaiah, The Hedgehog and the Fox Birch, David, Job Creation in America Bissinger, H.G., Friday Night Lights Boorstin, Daniel J., The Americans - The Colonial Experience Boorstin, Daniel J., The Americans - The Democratic Experience Boorstin, Daniel J., The Americans - The National Experience Boorstin, Daniel J., Cleopatras Nose Boorstin, Daniel J., The Discoverers

Bortz, Walter M., We Live too Short and Die too Long Bowen, Catherine Drinker, John Adams and the American Revolution (Harry Trumans favorite book) Bowen, Catherine Drinker, Miracle at Philadelphia Buffett, Warren E. and Lawrence A. Cunningham, The Essays of Warren Buffett Burke, James, The Day the Universe Changed Burrough, Bryan, Barbarians at the Gate

C Camus, Albert, The Myth of Sisyphus Camus, Albert, The Plague Caro, Robert A., Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson) Caro, Robert A., The Power Broker (5 stars) Chernow, Ron, The House of Morgan Churchill, Winston S., My Early Life Churchill, Winston S., The Second World War - Closing the Ring Churchill, Winston S., The Second World War - The Gathering Storm Churchill, Winston S., The Second World War - The Grand Alliance Churchill, Winston S., The Second World War - The Hinge of Fate Churchill, Winston S., The Second World War - Their Finest Hour Churchill, Winston S., The Second World War - Triumph and Tragedy Christensen, Clayton, Innovator's Dilemma Cialdini, Robert B., Influence Connell, Evan S., Son of the Morning Star Conrad, Joseph, Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph, Lord Jim Conroy, Pat, Lords Of Discipline Conroy, Pat, Prince of Tides Covey, Stephen R., The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Cronkite, Walter, A Reporters Life Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, Flow

D Darwin, Charles, The Origin of Species Dawkins, Richard, The Blind Watchmaker (esp. chapter 3) De Waal, Frans, Chimpanzee Politics Deming, W. Edwards, Out of the Crisis Depree, Max, Leadership is an Art Detocqueville, Alexis, Democracy in America, Volume I (out of print) Dickens, Charles, Great Expectations Dillard, Anne, The Writing Life Dixit, Avinash K., Thinking Strategically Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Crime and Punishment Douglas, John, Mind Hunter

Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Managing for Results Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, Managing in a Time of Great Change Drucker, Peter F., The Effective Executive Drucker, Peter F., The End of Economic Man Drucker, Peter Ferdinand, The Practice of Management Drury, Allen, Advise and Consent Durant, Will, The Life of Greece E Ehrenfeld, Tom, The Startup Garden Ellis, Joseph J., Founding Brothers

F Faulkner, William, Go Down Moses (especially The Bear) Faulkner, William, The Sound and the Fury Forster, Edward Morgan, A Passage to India Frank, Robert and Philip Cook, The Winner Take All Society Frankel, Viktor E., Mans Search for Meaning Friedman, Thomas L., From Beirut to Jerusalem

G Gardner, John W., On Leadership Gardner, John W., Self-Renewal Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point Gleick, James, Chaos Goldratt, Eliyahu M., The Goal Gould, Stephen Jay, Bully for Brontosaurus Gould, Stephen Jay, Dinosaur in a Haystack Gould, Stephen Jay, Eight Little Piggies Gould, Stephen Jay, Ever Since Darwin Gould, Stephen Jay, Flamingos Smile Gould, Stephen Jay, Hens Teeth and Horses Toes Gould, Stephen Jay, The Pandas Thumb Gould, Stephen Jay, Wonderful Life Graham, Katherine, Personal History Graves, Robert, I Claudius Grove, Andrew S., Only the Paranoid Survive H Halberstam, David, The Amateurs Hamilton, Alexander, et. al., The Federalist Papers Hawkin, Paul, Growing a Business Hebrew Bible, The Book of Job

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm (Editor) and Walter Kaufmann (Translator), Hegel: Texts and Commentary Hemmingway, Ernest, For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, The Old Man and the Sea Hesse, Hermann, Siddhartha Hoffman, Edward, The Right to Be Human Hugo, Victor, Les Miserables

J Junger, Sebestain, The Perfect Storm K Katzenbach, Jon R. and Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams Keneally, Thomas, Schindlers List Kennedy, John F., Profiles in Courage Kennedy, Robert F., Thirteen Days Kidder, Tracy, House Kidder, Tracy, Old Friends Kidder, Tracy, The Soul of a New Machine Kierkegaard, Soren, Fear and Trembling Kierkegaard, Soren, Sickness Unto Death Kotter, John P., The General Managers Krakauer, Jon, Into Thin Air Kuhn, Thomas S., The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Kushner, Rabbi Harold S., When Bad Things Happen to Good People

L Lamott, Anne, Bird by Bird Lansing, Alfred, Endurance Lavie, Peretz, The Enchanted World of Sleep Lee, Harper, To Kill A Mockingbird Levitt, Theodore, Thinking About Management Lewis, Brad Alan, Assault on Lake Casitas Lewis, Michael, The New New Thing Lord, Walter, A Night to Remember

M Machiavelli, Niccolo, et. al., The Prince MacLean, Norman, Young Men and Fire Manchester, William, A World Lit Only by Fire Manchester, William, American Caesar Manchester, William, Goodbye Darkness Manchester, William, The Glory and the Dream

Manchester, William, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone (Preamble--The Lion Caged-presents the best 35 pages of biographical prose Ive ever read) Manchester, William, The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory Mandela, Nelson, Long Walk to Freedom Maraniss, David, When Pride Still Mattered McCullough, David, John Adams McCullough, David, Truman McFeely, Willam S., Grant: A Biography McGregor, Douglas, The Human Side of Enterprise McNamara, Robert S., In Retrospect McPhee, John, A Sense of Where You Are McPhee, John, Levels of the Game McPhee, John, The Control of Nature McPherson, James M., For Cause and Comrades Melville, Herman, Moby Dick Michener, James A., Centennial Michener, James A., The Novel Michener, James A., The Source Michener, James A., The World is My Home Miles, Jack, God: A Biography Miller, Merle, Plain Speaking Morita, Akio, Made in Japan Morris, Edmund, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Moyers, Bill, A World of Ideas Moyers, Bill, Genesis: A Living Conversation

N Nayak, P. Ranganath and John M. Ketteringham, Breakthroughs! Nietzche, Friedrich (Editor) and Walter Kaufmann (Translator), The Portable Nietzsche Nocera, Joseph, A Piece of the Action

P PBS, Video Series, Ken Burns, Director, The Civil War Peck, M. Scott, The Road Less Traveled Pendergrast, Mark, For God, Country and Coca Cola Peters, Thomas, et. al., In Search of Excellence Pfeffer, Jeffrey, Competitive Advantage Through People Pfeffer, Jeffrey, Managing with Power Pirsig, Robert M., Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Plato, The Socratic Dialogues Plous, Scott, The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making Porter, Michael E., Competitive Strategy Prejean, Sister Helen, Dead Man Walking

R Rand, Ayn, Atlas Shrugged Ray, Michael L. and Rochelle Myers, Creativity in Business Remarque, Erich Maria, All Quiet On the Western Front Rhodes, Richard, The Making of the Atomic Bomb Ricardo-Campbell, Rita, Resisting Hostile Takeovers Rich, Ben R. and Leo Janos, Skunk Works Rogers, Everett M., Diffusion of Innovations

S Sandburg, Carl, Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years (January 1927)--Library Binding Senge, Peter M., The Fifth Discipline Shaara, Michael, The Killer Angels Shirer, William L., Berlin Diary Shirer, William L., Gandhi: A Memoir Shirer, William L., The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Simonton, Dean Keith, Greatness: Who Makes History and Why Simpson, Joe, Touching the Void Stanley, Thomas and William Danko, The Millionaire Next Door Steinbeck, John, The Grapes of Wrath Stegner, Wallace, Angle of Repose Stockdale, James and Sybil Stockdale, In Love and War Stone, Irving, Love is Eternal Stone, Irving, Men to Match My Mountains Stone, Irving, The Agony and the Ecstasy Stone, Irving, The Origin Superstar Teachers - A collection of Tapes of courses from great university professors, offered by the Teaching Company, 1-800-TEACH12, my favorites listed below: Superstar Teachers - Abraham Lincoln In His Own Words Superstar Teachers - American Civil War Superstar Teachers - Bach and the High Baroque Superstar Teachers - Comedy, Tragedy, History: William Shakespeare Superstar Teachers - Energy & Climate: Science in the Age of Global Warming Superstar Teachers - Freedom: The Philosophy of Liberation Superstar Teachers - God and Mankind: Comparative Religions Superstar Teachers - The Good King: The American Presidency Since the Depression Superstar Teachers - Great American Presidents Superstar Teachers - Great Ideas of Psychology Superstar Teachers - The Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition Superstar Teachers - The Great World Religions: Beliefs, Practices, and Histories Superstar Teachers - The Greenberg Series on Western Concert Music

Superstar Teachers - Haydn, his life and music Superstar Teachers - History of Ancient Rome Superstar Teachers - The History of Hitlers Empire Superstar Teachers - Is Anyone Really Normal? Perspectives on Abnormal Psychology Superstar Teachers - Love and Vengeance Superstar Teachers - Modern Physics Superstar Teachers - Mozart, his life and music Superstar Teachers - Nietzsche and the Postmodern Condition Superstar Teachers - No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life Superstar Teachers - The Old Testament: An Introduction Superstar Teachers - The Origin of the Modern Mind Superstar Teachers - Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire Superstar Teachers - Stravinksy, his life and music Superstar Teachers - Symphonies of Beethoven Superstar Teachers - Tchaikovsky, his life and music

T Taylor, John, Storming the Magic Kingdom Toland, John, The Rising Sun Tolstoy, Leo, War and Peace Tuchman, Barbara, Stilwell and the American Experience in China Tuchman, Barbara W., The Guns of August Tuchman, Barbara W., The March of Folly Tuchman, Barbara, The Zimmerman Telegram Tufte, Edward R., Envisioning Information Tufte, Edward R., A Visual Display of Quantitative Information Tufte, Edward R., Visual Explanations Twain, Mark, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

U United States Statistical Dept., Statistical Abstract of the United States

V Vaillant, George E., Adaptation to Life

W Wallerstein, Judith S., The Good Marriage Walsh, Bill, Building a Champion Walton, Sam, Made in America Ward, Geoffrey C., A First-Class Temperament Washington, Booker T., Up From Slavery

Watson, Jr., Thomas J., A Business and its Beliefs Watson, Thomas J., Father, Son, & Co. Weick, Karl E., The Social Psychology of Organizing Wessels, Norm K. and Janet L. Hopson, Biology White, Theodore Harold, Breach of Faith White, Theodore Harold, In Search of History Wills, Gary, Lincoln at Gettysburg Wolfe, Tom, The Bonfire of the Vanities Wolfe, Tom, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Wolfe, Tom, The Right Stuff Wooden, John R., They Call Me Coach

Y Yergin, Daniel, The Prize

Z Zimbardo, Philip G., The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence Zinsser, William Knowlton, On Writing Well Zukav, Gary, The Dancing Wu Li Masters