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THE DESIGN
OF BUSINESS:
Why Design
Thinking Is the
Next Competitive
Advantage
Roger L. Martin

Business

The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage

By Roger L. Martin | Reviewed By Debra Dunn
 
WHOLE EARTH
DISCIPLINE:
An Ecopragmatist
Manifesto
Stewart Brand

Environment

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto

By Stewart Brand | Reviewed By Denis Hayes
 
CONSERVATION
REFUGEES: The
Hundred-Year Conflict
Between Global
Conservation and
Native Peoples
Mark Dowie

Philanthropy

Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year-Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples

By Mark Dowie | Reviewed By Bill Adams
 
SELF-RENEWAL:
The Individual and
the Innovative
Society
John W. Gardner

Social Innovations

Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society

By John W. Gardner | Reviewed By Jacqueline Novogratz
 
BORN TO BE GOOD:
The Science of a
Meaningful Life
Dacher Keltner

Philanthropy

Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life

By Dacher Keltner | Reviewed By Maria Surricchio
 
FREEDOM
FROM WANT: The
Remarkable Success
Story of BRAC, the
Global Grassroots
Organization That’s
Winning the Fight
Against Poverty
Ian Smillie

Social Innovations

Freedom from Want: The Remarkable Success Story of BRAC

By Ian Smillie | Reviewed By Sally Osberg
 
DEAD AID: Why Aid
Is Not Working and
How There Is a Better
Way for Africa
Dambisa Moyo

Social Innovations

Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

By Dambisa Moyo | Reviewed By Jane Wales
 
THE UNFINISHED
PRESIDENCY
Douglas G. Brinkley

Global Issues

The Unfinished Presidency

By Douglas Brinkley | Reviewed By John Wood
 
MARKET REBELS: How
Activists Make or Break
Radical Innovations
Hayagreeva Rao

Social Innovations

Market Rebels: How Activists Make or Break Radical Innovations

By Havagreeva Rao | Reviewed By Carl Schramm
 
STRATEGY FOR
SUSTAINABILITY:
A Business Manifesto
Adam Werbach

Business

Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto

By Adam Werbach | Reviewed By Amory Lovins