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January

• Game of Shadows Reviewed by Kevin Ayers
• The Tipping Point Reviewed by Vittal Anantatmula
• Behavioral Corporate Finance: Decisions that Create Value Reviewed by Sanjay Rajagopal
• Powerhouse Presenting: Become the Communicator You Were Born to Be Reviewed by Randy Siegel

February

• My Secret Life on the McJob Reviewed by Paul Jacques
• Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sports Reviewed by Kadie Otto
• Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve Reviewed by Stephen Miller
• The Future of Management Reviewed by William Richmond

March

• Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower Reviewed by Leroy Kauffman
• The Psychology of Sales Success Reviewed by Kristen Russell
• The 7 Triggers to Yes: The New Science Behind Influencing People's Decisions Reviewed by Jayne Zanglein
• The Driving Force: Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People Reviewed by Robert B. Carton

April

• Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition Reviewed by Inhyuck “Steve” Ha
• All You Need To Know About The Music Business, Sixth Edition Reviewed by Joseph B. Sanchelli
• Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman Reviewed by Terry Kinnear
• The Say It with Charts Reviewed by Hong Yin
• Where Does the Money Go? Reviewed by George Mechling

May

• Project Management in New Product Development Reviewed by Michael Thomas
• Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home Reviewed by Mary Anne Nixon
• Beyond Bullet Points Reviewed by Ronnie Stillwell

June

• The Blood of Soldiers Makes the General Great! Reviewed by Mary Beth DeConinck
• Tourism in the Mountain South: A Double-edged Sword Reviewed by Cynthia Deale
• The Myths of Innovation Reviewed by Jeanne Dorle

July

• Your Inner CEO: Unleash the Executive Within Reviewed by Louis E. Buck
• The Money Men Reviewed by James Ullmer
• Do The Right Thing Reviewed by Jerry Kinard
• Seven Years to Seven Figures Reviewed by Bruce Berger
• Free Lunch Reviewed by Carroll Brown

August

• The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism Reviewed by Beth Jones
• The Truth About Being A Leader Reviewed by Jerry Kinard
• The Wal-Mart Effect Reviewed by Jerry Kinard
• Ford and the American Dream by James Deconinck

September

• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die Reviewed by Kent Hill
• Running on Empty Reviewed by John Gould
• A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future Reviewed by Michael Smith
• Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism Reviewed by George Mechling

October

• Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything Reviewed by Malcolm Abel
• Mises: the Last Knight of Liberalism Reviewed by Robert Mulligan
• Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America Reviewed by George Mechling

November

• Even Monkeys Fall From Trees Reviewed by Sandra Grunwell
• The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything Reviewed by Julie Johnson-Busbin
• a sense of URGENCY Reviewed by Louis E. Buck
• Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty and Happiness After the Digital Explosion Reviewed by Dan Clapper

December

• Microtrends: The Small Forces behind Tomorrow's Big Changes Reviewed by Stephen Jarrell
• Simple Truths Reviewed by Bill Perry
• Predictably Irrational Reviewed by Vittal Anantatmula
• Jim Cramer's Mad Money: Watch TV, Get Rich Reviewed by James W. Busbin
• Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the emergence of our next economic revolution Reviewed by Lorrie Willey