Books Reviewed in Executive Times in 1999:Non-Fiction

Book Shelf: Non-Fiction Reviews from Executive Times 1999

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Non-Fiction Reviews from Executive Times 1999
Title	Author(s)	Review Date	Executive Times Advice	Purchase from amazon.com
The Art of Napping at Work	Anthony, Bill	11/99	Looking forward to reading this.
Ol’ Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond	Bass, Jack and Thompson, Marilyn W.	10/99	Recommend, especially for those who may have pigeonholed Strom Thurmond.
Soaring With the Phoenix: Renewing the Vision, Reviving the Spirit and Re-Creating the Success of Your Company	Belasco, James A. and Steed, Jerre	11/99	Give this book a try.
Beat the Millennium Crash	Bernstein, Jake	10/99	Skip it.
First, Break All the Rules	Buckingham, Marcus and Coffman, Curt	9/99	Buy this book and pick and choose some approaches used by great managers that fit your individual style.
When the Dow Breaks	Cassidy, Don	10/99	Skip it.
Ethics for the New Millennium	Dalai Lama	11/99	Recommend this book highly. One of the best books we’ve read all year.
Dow 40,000	Elias, David	10/99	Skip it.
The Lexus and the Olive Branch	Friedman, Thomas L.	8/99	Recommended. Friedman helps readers gain insight into how the post cold war system operates, and how some individuals and countries are fighting against the system, and where America fits into the puzzle.
Business @ the Speed of Thought	Gates, Bill	5/99	If you’re still wondering about the changes that the Internet and networks can bring to companies, go ahead and plod through his book. Gates contributes proceeds from this book to charity.
Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting from the Coming Rise in the Stock Market	Glassman, James K. and Hassert, Kevin	10/99	Skip it.
Net Worth: Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules	Hagel, III, John and Singer, Marc	6/99	If you’re a senior executive with any interest at all in capturing customer information effectively, read this book.
Dow 100,000	Kadlec, Charles W. and Acampora, Ralph J.	10/99	Skip it.
Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan	Morris, Edmund	11/99	Take a pass.
The New Pioneers: The Men and Women who are Transforming the Workplace and Marketplace	Petzinger, Jr., Thomas	4/99	Buy a copy and read this book on your next flight. If you really love your current business plan, be sure to read it right away, because what he says will likely cause you to make some significant changes.
All Too Human: A Political Education	Stephanopoulos, George	4/99	Pick it up for light reading and imagine that George was on your staff.
Morgan: American Financier	Strouse, Jean	5/99	Strouse took 15 years to write these 800 pages. We’ve read 250 pages so far and have found it interesting, but not captivating.
Rewards That Drive High Performance	Wilson, Thomas B.	11/99	Read this if you’re interested in finding out more about what other companies are doing around reward systems.
Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate	Woodward, Bob	8/99	Take a pass.

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