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Jack Covert Selects: Super Crunchers

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Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart by Ian Ayres, Bantam, 272 pages, $25. 00 Hardcover, August 2007, ISBN 9780553805406 Computer technology has had an undeniable impact on our decision-making. Netflix can recommend a movie and eHarmony will recommend a mate.

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August 24, 2007

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A note on July's Jack Covert Selects

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In this midsummer's month we decided to run a few of the classic Jack Covert Selects. The books discussed in these reviews have emerged as staples in contemporary business thought literature. Each has been a consistent bestseller for our company, and all regularly appear on bestseller lists throughout the country.

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July 13, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects - The Sushi Economy

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The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy by Sasha Issenberg, Gotham Books, 352 pages $26. 00 Hardcover, May 2007, ISBN 9781592402946 I admit that I'm not the most adventurous foodie, but I realized that I would have to try sushi a try for the first time when my 9-year-old granddaughter began eating sushi for lunch at school. I still haven't taken that first nibble of a spicy tuna roll, so you may wonder why I decided to take a bite out of Sasha Issenberg's The Sushi Economy.

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June 18, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects - Weird Ideas That Work

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Weird Ideas That Work: How To Build a Creative Company by Robert I. Sutton, Free Press, 240 pages, $14. 00 Paperback, May 2007, ISBN 9780743227889.

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June 15, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects - Coolhunting

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Coolhunting: Chasing Down the Next Big Thing by Peter Gloor and Scott Cooper, AMACOM, 220 Pages, $24. 95 Hardcover, June 2007, ISBN 9780814473863 In Coolhunting, Peter Gloor and Scott Cooper claim that you can develop the ability to predict the next big thing. Let's start out with the authors' definition of that ability: "Coolhunting is about finding trends and trendsetters, and the trends we associate with cool make the world a better place.

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June 14, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects - Unstoppable

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Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth by Chris Zook, Harvard Business School Press, 208 pages, $29. 95 Hardcover, May 2007, ISBN 9781422103661. You expect to find trilogies in fantasy or science fiction literature.

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May 16, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects - Off-Ramps and On-Ramps

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Off-Ramps and On-Ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Harvard Business School Press, 320 pages, $29. 95 Hardcover, May 2007, ISBN 9781422101025. I admit it: I take great pride in the fact that our small company has, over the years, made modifications to the standard work week in order to keep talented people working for us.

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May 15, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects: Mr. China

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Mr. China: A Memoir by Tim Clissold, Collins, 260 pages, $14. 95 Paperback, Feb 2006, ISBN 9780060761400.

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April 16, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects: Deals on the Green

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Deals on the Green: Lessons on Business and Golf from America’s Top Executives by David Rynecki, Portfolio, 170 Pages, $22. 95 Hardcover, April 2007, ISBN 9781591841555 Not every book that becomes a Jack Covert Selects will end up a contender for the Financial Times Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year award. Nope, sometimes we all need to lighten up a little and orient toward some of our personal interests.

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April 13, 2007

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A True (North) Debate

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Yesterday morning, our del. icio. us links featured The New York Times' review of True North.

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April 03, 2007

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Jack Covert Selects: Super Crunchers

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Jack Covert Selects - Coolhunting

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Jack Covert Selects - Off-Ramps and On-Ramps

Jack Covert Selects: Mr. China

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