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January

• Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End Reviewed by Beverly Little
• Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably! The Baby Boomer Retirement Crisis and How to Beat it Reviewed by Lorrie Willey
• Getting Started in Currency Trading Reviewed by William Perry
• Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment Reviewed by Austin Spencer 

February

• Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America Reviewed by Janet Ford.
• The Power of Appreciation in Business: How an Obsession with Value Increases Performance, Productivity and Profits Reviewed by Gary Jones.
• Atlas Shrugged Reviewed by Phillip Little
• Insult to Injury: Insurance, Fraud, and the Big Business of Bad Faith Reviewed by Jayne Zanglein

March

• You Can’t Talk to Me That Way! Reviewed by Paul Jacques
• Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society Reviewed by Terry Kinnear
• The World Is Flat: A brief history of the twenty-first century Reviewed by Vittal Anantatmula
• The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade Reviewed by Michael Smith

April

• Academic Entrepreneurship: University Spinoffs and Wealth Creation Reviewed by Frank Lockwood
• The Mystery of Capital Reviewed by James Ullmer
• The Search: How Google and It's Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture Reviewed by Lyn Lazar

May

• The New Solution Selling: The Revolutionary Sales Process That Is Changing the Way People Sell Reviewed by Julie Johnson
• The Economics of Public Issues, 14th Edition Reviewed by Steve Ha
• Making Dough: The 12 Secret Ingredients of Krispy Kreme's Sweet Success Reviewed by Susan Swanger
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Reviewed by Mary Anne Nixon
• Smart Mobs Reviewed by Ronnie Stillwell

June

• I Heard You Paint Houses Reviewed by Jerry Kinard
• Making Innovation Work Reviewed by Steve Henson
• Project Planning Techniques Reviewed by Michael Thomas
• The 100-Mile Walk Reviewed by David Coffee

July

• The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm Reviewed by James Carland
• The Little Book that Beats the Market Reviewed by Robert Carton
• The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Small Business Growth Reviewed by Malcolm Abel
• The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth Reviewed by Barbara Jo White

August

• Thog's Guide to Quantum Economics - 50,000 Years of Accounting Basics for the Future Reviewed by Reed Roig
• Why We Shop: Emotional Rewards and Retail Strategies Reviewed by Myron Leonard
• A Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Reviewed by Beverly Little
• Winners Never Cheat: Everyday Values We Learned As Children (But May Have Forgotten) Reviewed by Bruce Berger

September

• On Classical Economics Reviewed by James Ullmer
• Now, Discover Your Strengths Reviewed by Mary Anne Nixon
• Precision Marketing Reviewed by Myron Leonard

October

• Peripheral Vision: Detecting the Weak Signals That Will Make or Break your Company Reviewed by Jeanne Dorle
• The Perfect Store: Inside eBay Reviewed by Lyn Lazar
• There's No Such Thing As 'Business Ethics': There is Only One Rule For Making Decisions Reviewed by Lorrie Willey
• The Black Book on Corporate Security Reviewed by William Perry
• The Supply Chain Management Handbook (7th Edition) Reviewed by Michael Smith

November

• Many Unhappy Returns - One Man's Quest to Turn Around the Most Unpopular Organization in America Reviewed by Roger Lirely
• The Solution Selling Fieldbook Reviewed by Julie Johnson
• The Business Guide to Sustainability: Practical Strategies and Tools for Organizations Reviewed by Gary Jones
• How to Think Like Leonardo DaVinci Reviewed by Vittal Anantatmula

December

• The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio Reviewed by Austin Spencer
• Exceptional Selling: How the Best Connect and Win in High Stakes Sales Reviewed by Jim DeConinck
• Perfect Passwords: Selection, Protection and Authentication Reviewed by Dan Clapper
• Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation Reviewed by Hong Yin