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Far Appalachia: Following the New River North

Adams, Noah

5/11/01

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Gob’s Grief

Adrian, Chris

7/10/01

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Nothing Like It in the World

Ambrose, Stephen E.

3/2/01

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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany

Ambrose, Stephen E.

9/19/01

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The Faithful Narrative of a Pastor’s Disappearance

Anastas, Benjamin

8/1/01

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Limbo: A Memoir

Ansay, A. Manette

11/01/01

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The New Retirementality

Anthony, Mitch

7/15/01

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World War 3.0: Microsoft And Its Enemies

Auletta, Ken

2/26/01

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Breaking Windows: How Bill Gates Fumbled the Future of Microsoft

Bank, David

10/10/01

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Border Crossing

Barker, Pat

3/30/01

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Love, etc.

Barnes, Julian

2/15/01

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Dave Barry Hits Below the Beltway

Barry, Dave

11/1/01

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High Maintenance

Belle, Jennifer

9/5/01

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The Clothes They Stood Up In

Bennett, Alan

2/26/01

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Never Change

Berg, Elizabeth

6/16/01

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The Twilight of American Culture

Berman, Morris

2/15/01

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A Perfect Arrangement

Berne, Suzanne

6/21/01

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When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It! Inspiration and Wisdom from one of Baseball’s Greatest Heroes

Berra, Yogi

7/14/01

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Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition

Berry, Wendell

8/22/01

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Scarlet Feather

Binchy, Maeve

5/10/01

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Making Change Happen One Person at a Time

Bishop, Charles

1/8/01

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Being Good: A Short Introduction to Ethics

Blackburn, Simon

8/22/01

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High Five: The Magic of Working Together

Blanchard, Ken and Sheldon Bowles, Don Carew and Eunice Parisi-Carew

4/24/01

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The 108 Skills of Natural Born Leaders

Blank, Warren

8/1/01

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Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw

Bowden, Mark

9/12/01

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After the Plague – and Other Stories

Boyle, T.C.

10/3/01

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The First American

Brands, H.W.

3/3/01

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Greetings from the Golden State

Brenner, Leslie

6/1/01

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Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague

Brooks, Geraldine

10/10/01

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Now, Discover Your Strengths

Buckingham, Marcus and Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D.

1/22/01

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Elvis in the Morning

Buckley, Jr., William F.

7/5/01

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The Biographer’s Tale

Byatt, A.S.

2/17/01

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True History of the Kelly Gang

Carey, Peter

2/26/01

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An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood

Carter, Jimmy

6/10/01

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The Syndrome

Case, John

6/24/01

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Among the Missing

Chaon, Dan

10/24/01

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Mike Royko: A Life in Print

Ciccone, F. Richard

7/3/01

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Abolishing Performance Appraisals: Why They Backfire and What to Do Instead

Coens, Tom and Mary Jenkins

4/19/01

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Inspired Sleep

Cohen, Robert

2/12/01

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Mirabilis

Cokal, Susann

8/1/01

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The Price of Motherhood

Crittenden, Ann

6/7/01

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Mr. Mee

Crumley, Andrew

4/8/01

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Valhalla Rising

Cussler, Clive

9/5/01

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Brand Warfare: 10 Rules for Building the Killer Brand

D’Alessandro, David F.

8/22/01

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The Money and the Power: The Making of Las Vegas and its Hold on America

Denton, Sally

5/23/01

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The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

DeSoto, Hernando

3/25/01

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Good Harbor

Diamant, Anita

10/24/01

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Political Fictions

Didion, Joan

11/21/01

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The Change Monster: The Human Forces that Fuel or Foil Corporate Transformation and Change

Duck, Jeanie Daniel

6/7/01

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Gilded City: Scandal and Sensation in Turn-of-the-Century New York

Dunlop, M.H.

6/12/01

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There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem

Dyer, Wayne W.

10/10/01

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I’m Gone

Echenoz, Jean

4/17/01

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Look at Me

Egan, Jennifer

11/7/01

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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Ehrenreich, Barbara

5/15/01

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Line of Vision

Ellis, David

8/8/01

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Peace Like a River

Enger, Leif

9/19/01

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To an Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial

Epps, Garrett

6/21/01

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Free Flight: From Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel

Fallows, James

7/21/01

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Fury

Ford, G.M.

7/14/01

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Creative Destruction: Why Companies That Are Built to Last Underperform the Market – and How to Successfully Transform Them

Foster, Richard and Sarah Kaplan

7/13/01

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The Columnist

Frank, Jeffrey

6/8/01

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Overcoming Your Strengths

Frankel, Lois P.

1/22/01

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The Corrections

Franzen, Jonathan

10/17/01

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White-Collar Sweatshop: The Deterioration of Work and Its Rewards in America

Fraser, Jill Andresky

5/3/01

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Four Corners

Freund, Diane

10/24/01

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American Gods

Gaiman, Neil

8/8/01

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The Pickup

Gordimer, Nadine

9/19/01

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P is for Peril

Grafton, Sue

6/15/01

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Irish Love

Greeley, Andrew M.

1/28/01

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September Song

Greeley, Andrew M.

10/3/01

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The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain

Greeley, Andrew M.

8/1/01

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Oh Waiter! One Order of Crow! Inside the Strangest Presidential Election Finish in American History

Greenfield, Jeff

10/1/01

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Washington

Greenfield, Meg

6/28/01

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A Painted House

Grisham, John

2/18/01

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Secret Sanction

Haig, Brian

9/12/01

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The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do To Dominate the Decade

Hammer, Michael

11/7/01

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Yonder Stands Your Orphan

Hannah, Barry

7/24/01

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Any Way the Wind Blows

Harris, E. Lynn

9/5/01

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Reaching for the Knowledge Edge: How the Knowing Corporation Seeks, Shares and Uses Knowledge for Strategic Advantage

Hatten, Kenneth J. and Rosenthal, Styephen R.

10/24/01

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Electric Light

Heaney, Seamus

5/11/01

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The Trial of Henry Kissinger

Hitchens, Christopher

8/15/01

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Blue Diary

Hoffman, Alice

9/5/01

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How To Be Good

Hornby, Nick

7/16/01

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Francis of Assisi: A Revolutionary Life

House, Adrian

5/31/01

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Afterimage

Humphreys, Helen

4/20/01

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The Fourth Hand

Irving, John

7/8/01

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More Than a Game

Jackson, Phil and Charley Rosen

4/29/01

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Death in Holy Orders

James, P.D.

5/2/01

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It’s not the BIG that eat the SMALL … It’s the FAST that east the SLOW: How to Use Speed as a Competitive Tool in Business

Jennings, Jason

5/30/01

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Fire

Junger, Sebastian

11/7/01

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Evolve! Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow

Kanter, Rosabeth Moss

5/24/01

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The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment

Kaplan, Robert S.

9/12/01

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How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work

Kegan, Robert

9/12/01

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Lake Wobegon Summer 1956

Keillor, Garrison

9/12/01

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The Art of Innovation

Kelley, Tom

3/11/01

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Brunelleschi’s Dome

King, Ross

3/22/01

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Dreamcatcher

King, Stephen

4/9/01

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Black House

King, Stephen and Peter Straub

10/10/01

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Prodigal Summer

Kingsolver, Barbara

2/23/01

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Up in the Air

Kirn, Walter

7/20/01

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Does America Need a Foreign Policy: Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century

Kissinger, Henry

6/29/01

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The Proving Ground

Knecht, G. Bruce

7/17/01

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Country Matters: The Pleasures and Tribulations of Moving from a Big City to an Old Country Farmhouse

Korda, Michael

5/19/01

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Ghosts of Manila: The Fateful Blood Feud Between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier

Kram, Mark

7/15/01

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Come Up and See Me Sometime

Krouse, Erika

9/1/01

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The Grand Complication

Kurzweil, Allen

8/22/01

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The Man Who Mistook His Job for a Life: A Chronic Overachiever Finds the Way Home

Lazear, Jonathon

6/24/01

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The Constant Gardener

LeCarre, John

1/1/01

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Mystic River

Lehane, Dennis

7/3/01

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Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: The Four Disciplines at the Heart of Making Any Organization World Class

Lencioni,  Patrick

2/2/01

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Dante

Lewis, R.W.B.

10/3/01

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Thinks…

Lodge, David

6/11/01

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Damn Right: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger

Lowe, Janet

3/11/01

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Elvis and Nixon

Lowy, Jonathan

3/29/01

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Salvation: Scenes from the Life of St. Francis

Martin, Valerie

5/29/01

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1831: Year of Eclipse

Masur, Louis P.

4/18/01

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Cutout

Matthews, Francine

3/4/01

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The Gospel of Judas

Mawer, Simon

8/15/01

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The Fed: The Inside Story of How the World’s Most Powerful Financial Institution Drives the Markets

Mayer, Martin

6/12/01

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Niagara Falls All Over Again

McCracken, Elizabeth

8/15/01

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The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time

McGovern, George

6/3/01

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Wilson’s Ghost: Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century

McNamara, Robert S. and James G. Blight

10/10/01

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The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America

Menard, Louis

7/26/01

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The Hunters

Messud, Claire

8/22/01

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Why I Hate Flying: Tales for the Tormented Traveler

Mintzberg, Henry

5/28/01

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This Rock

Morgan, Robert

10/24/01

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Games Companies Play: The Job Hunter’s Guide to Playing Smart and Winning Big in the High-Stakes Hiring Game

Mornell, Pierre

1/29/01

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Acts of God

Morris, Mary

2/11/01

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The Summer of a Dormouse: Another Part of Life

Mortimer, John

7/17/01

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Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis

Myers, Eric

4/1/01

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Half a Life

Naipaul, V.S.

11/1/01

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The Virgin of Bennington

Norris, Kathleen

5/23/01

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Yeats is Dead

O’Connor, Joseph, ed.

6/7/01

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My Dream of You

O’Faolain, Nuala

4/29/01

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The O’Reilly Factor

O’Reilly, Bill

3/22/01

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The No Spin Zone

O’Reilly, Bill

11/14/01

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The CEO of the Sofa

O’Rourke, P.J.

9/19/01

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Middle Age

Oates, Joyce Carol

10/17/01

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Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies

Oram, Andy

7/13/01

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Choke

Palahnuik, Chuck

9/1/01

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The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change

Palumbi, Stephen R.

6/29/01

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The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola and Other Top Companies Are Honing Their Performance

Pande, Peter S. and others

2/17/01

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Total Recall

Paretsky, Sara

10/1/01

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Death in Paradise

Parker, Robert B.

10/17/01

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Gunman’s Rhapsody

Parker, Robert B.

6/30/01

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Potshot

Parker, Robert B.

3/19/01

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Bel Canto

Patchett, Ann

6/19/01

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First to Die

Patterson, James

3/13/01

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Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas

Patterson, James

8/8/01

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Protect and Defend

Patterson, Richard North

1/8/01

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Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership

Phillips, Donald T.

10/24/01

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Free Agent Nation: How America’s New Independent Workers Are Transforming the Way We Life

Pink, Daniel H.

6/25/01

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The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World

Pollan, Michael

11/14/01

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The Family

Puzo, Mario

11/1/01

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Balsamic Dreams: A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation

Queenan, Joe

9/5/01

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The Wind Done Gone

Randall, Alice

7/1/01

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Blood and Gold

Rice, Anne

11/7/01

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Ghost Light: A Memoir

Rich, Frank

1/15/01

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Rules for Aging: Resist Normal Impulses Life Longer Attain Perfection

Rosenblat, Roger

6/21/01

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For the Love of Mike

Royko, Mike

5/28/01

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Fury

Rushdie, Salman

9/19/01

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Empire Falls

Russo, Richard

8/1/01

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Flashing Before My Eyes

Schaap, Dick

3/21/01

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You’re Fifty: Now What? Investing for the Second Half of Your Life

Schwab, Charles R.

7/24/01

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Austerlitz

Sebald, W.G.

11/21/01

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The Dark Room

Seiffert, Rachel

5/21/01

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The Customer Revolution: How to Thrive When Customers Are in Control

Seybold, Patricia B.

6/19/01

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The Last Time They Met

Shreve, Anita

7/17/01

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Ghost Soldiers: The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II’s Most Dramatic Mission

Sides, Hampton

7/10/01

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Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives

Snowdon, David

9/1/01

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Aiding and Abetting

Spark, Muriel

2/26/01

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Pure Clear Light

St. John, Madeline

1/15/01

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Roosevelt and Churchill: Men of Secrets

Stafford, David

4/8/01

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Kydd

Stockwin, Julian

8/22/01

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republic.com

Sunstein, Cass

5/23/01

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The Death of Vishnu

Suri, Manil

9/26/01

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The Bonesetter’s Daughter

Tan, Amy

3/9/01

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The Huntsman

Terrell, Whitney

9/1/01

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Hotel Honolulu

Theroux, Paul

5/16/01

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Robert Kennedy: His Life

Thomas, Evan

1/21/01

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Murder in Havana

Truman, Margaret

9/1/01

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Winning the Talent Wars: How to Manage and Compete in the high-tech, high-speed, knowledge-based superfluid economy

Tulgan, Bruce

9/5/01

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Back When We Were Grownups

Tyler, Anne

5/12/01

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Blood Washes Blood: A True Story of Love, Murder, and Redemption Under the Sicilian Sun

Viviano, Frank

10/17/01

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Edward the Caresser: The Playboy Prince Who Became Edward VII

Weintraub, Stanley

8/22/01

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Jack: Straight From the Gut

Welch, Jack

10/10/01

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The New Market Leaders: Who’s Winning and How in the Battle for Customers

Wiersema, Fred

9/5/01

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Crooked River Burning

Winegardner, Mark

5/8/01

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Moral Freedom: The Search for Virtue in a World of Choice

Wolfe, Alan

5/13/01

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Gandhi’s Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi

Wolpern, Stanley

5/21/01

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How I Play Golf

Woods, Tiger

11/7/01

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The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

Zander, Rosamund Stone and Benjamin Zander

2/3/01

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America the Beautiful

Zappa, Moon Unit

9/19/01

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Profit From the Core: Growth Strategies in an Era of Turbulence

Zook, Chris

5/9/01

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•••••              Outstanding book-read it now

••••          Highly recommended

•••             Recommended

••               Mildly recommended

•                            Read if your interest is strong

NR              Not read/not rated

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