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- Citizen of the World (1)
- The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Volume One: 1919-1968
- By John English
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- Northern Tigers (1)
- Building Ethical Canadian Corporate Champions
- By Richard F Haskayne, Paul Grescoe, Richard Haskayne
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- The Lovemarks Effect (12)
- Winning in the Consumer Revolution
- By Kevin Roberts
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- Against the Odds (7)
- An Autobiography
- By James Dyson
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Finished on Dec 13, 2003
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Best book on entrepreneurship and creating invention -
James Dyson's book is one of my all time favorite book on business, entrepreneurship, and invention. James is such an insightful inventor and designer that is one of the best (if not the best) in the world at them moment. His work inspired the iMac team.
- — Jun 21, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- 科學說需求 (328)
- 經濟解釋卷一（精）
- By 張五常
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Finished on Aug 27, 2001
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An interesting but tough book to read
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This is an interesting but tough and dense book to read and follow. It took me much longer than I expected to read and re-read the pages again and again to try to understand the concepts and ideas. The hard work was worth it though.
- — Jun 25, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- Creativity (34)
- Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
- By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Best book on creativity
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One of the best book on creativity. A very enjoyable read.
- — Jun 25, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- Li Ka-shing (5)
- Hong Kongs elusive billionaire
- By Anthony B Chan
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- Massive Change (38)
- By Bruce Mau, Jennifer Leonard
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- 憑闌集 (45)
- By 張五常
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- 隨意集 (47)
- By 張五常
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- Cuckoo's Egg (71)
- By Clifford Stoll
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One of the best book about hacking and detective work
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One of the best book about hacking and detective work. Reads like a spy novel but it is all real. Cliff did a great job.
- — Jun 20, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- Elements of Style (751)
- By William Strunk, E. B. White
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A great reference and easy to use -
I heart this book. A short and thin little reference. Very easy to use and read.
- — Jun 20, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- To Engineer Is Human (18)
- The Role of Failure in Successful Design (Vintage)
- By Henry Petroski
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- The English Patient (381)
- By Michael Ondaatje
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I heart English Patient
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I don't read a lot of fictions as I find people's real life and stories can be lot more interesting at times. But I just love English Patient to pieces. I think I saw the movie first and then I picked up the book and read it in one sitting or something crazy like that.
I cried watching the mo ... (continue)
- — Jun 20, 2007 | Add your feedback
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- The World Is Flat (1146)
- A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
- By Thomas L. Friedman
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Great book (book CD)
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I scanned through the book but I mostly got my stuff from the book CD. Friedman is very insightful. And his Charlie Rose appearances,
- — Jun 20, 2007 | Add your feedback
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Northern Tigers
I think it is fair to say Mr. Dick Haskayne is one of the most respected and ethical businessman in Canada and North America. The stories he told in the book is just amazing. I think I am not exaggerating to say it was with Dick and his team's straight ethical sense, foresight, and a bit of luck tha ... (continue)
I think it is fair to say Mr. Dick Haskayne is one of the most respected and ethical businessman in Canada and North America. The stories he told in the book is just amazing. I think I am not exaggerating to say it was with Dick and his team's straight ethical sense, foresight, and a bit of luck that we avoided a mess like Enron here in Canada. If you read that chapter, it was fortunate that Dick recognized the problems and fixed the problems before the Enron mess exploded.
Highly recommended.
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