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In Serious Play, Michael Schrage shows how rapid prototypes and models affect innovation within companies. Schrage introduces the concept of shared space. He maintains that the areas of interaction in a company are extremely important in determing a company's success.

Thomas W. Malone shows how today's companies must decentralize, loosen up corporate hierarchies and set up market mechanisms within the company to stay competitive. There's also a neat case study of  how Wikipedia was started by Larry Sanger and Objectivist entrepreneur Jimmy Wales.

This sweeping text opens with the author recounting how human civilization and its economies have progressed through a series of ages: ... (See the whole review)

The author could easily have subtitled this book Assertiveness Training for Straight Men Who Date.  In a world of romantic literature polluted with titles like Why Men Won't Commit, The Commitment Cure as well as the myriad Mars and Venus cash cow texts, it seems that the overwhelming number of them aim at a female target market at the expense of e... (See the whole review)

http://www.larryelder.com/larrysbooks.html I highly recommend this book by libertarian author, Larry Elder. He has courage and confronts racists of all colors.   (See the whole review)

This is a recent collection in the Marvel Visionaries series (others include Stan Lee and Jim Steranko). ... (See the whole review)

Attorney and author Gerry Spence has graced the world with his books and arguments for many years.  At the time of publication of this book in 1996, the author had never lost a case he had tried.  In this text, he outlines the logical and emotional aspects of argumentation. ... (See the whole review)

Amazon.com An Excerpt from Bill Watterson's Introduction: ... (See the whole review)

The late millionaire Charles Givens gained fame, fortune and notoriety as the leading American financial advice author in the 1990s.  His first book, Wealth without Risk, remained for many weeks on the bestseller list.  His follow-up book, Financial Self-Defense, also became a bestseller.  He later revised and updated his first book and published i... (See the whole review)

Florida Objectivist John White tackles the difficult situation in which many who face middle age find themselves: Broke, in debt and facing retirement age with no savings.  With wit and style, the author outlines a step-by-step plan for assessing the reader's current condition and helping the reader to reach a place of financial solvency in the sho... (See the whole review)

Years ago, when I began engaging others in Internet discussion forums, I found myself groping for tools to analyze arguments.  As a sad statement of my college education, the logic course I took as a freshman only focused on "truth table" construction and never discussed the powerful body of informal fallacies compiled over the centuries.  A trip t... (See the whole review)

Book Description After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand occasionally lectured in order bring her philosophy of Objectivism to a wider audience and apply it to current cultural and political issues. These taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed not only added an eloquent new dimension to Ayn Rand's ide... (See the whole review)

As a bookstore employee, I've often wondered about the space dedicated to the many useless books on self-help, many of them by the same authors. If each has the answer, why do they need to keep writing books? Obviously it's the failure of the reader to achieve his potential. More likely the need of the author to make more money at the expense of t... (See the whole review)

“Were there a bureaucrat controlling any other industry (e.g., farming, fishing, furniture making) who did for it what Alan Greenspan does for monetary policy, we would have no difficulty in labeling him as an economic czar, a socialist of the worst stripe. We would tell him to go back, not to Russia, or East Germany, but to Cuba o... (See the whole review)

Story of purity versus change part 3: ORIGIN is the story of Marvel Comic's most popular character next to Spiderman, the mutant Wolverine of the X-Men. Wolverine's popularity is partly due to the quest for his forgotten past, and that origin has been "the greatest story never told" in comics. Editor in Chief Joe Quesada found Marvel to have lo... (See the whole review)

I have found this book to be more beneficial as an introduction to "Objectivist Thought" for the layman than any of her other writings. I have tried to talk to people at the ARI and TOC, but the minute I mention this title the subject is changed or the communication terminated. "For the New Intellectual", "A Time For Truth" by William E. ... (See the whole review)

THE FOUNDATION TRILOGY by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) ... (See the whole review)

The Standard Model has a surprisingly low profile for such a fundamental and successful theory.... In physics news items, the Standard Model usually plays the whipping boy. Reports of successful experimental tests of the theory have an air of disappointment, and every hint of the theory's inadequacy is greeted with glee. It is the Rodney Dangerfiel... (See the whole review)

Think you know Islam?  Everything (well, almost everything) you know about Islam and the Crusades is wrong. Most textbooks and popular history books are written by left-wing academics and Islamic apologists who justify their contemporary political agendas with contrived historical "facts".  But fear not:  Robert Spencer refutes popular myths... (See the whole review)

This book is a cross between Dr. Seuss and Ayn's Rand's Atlas Shrugged. http://www.oakleafpublishing.biz/images/book1_2.bmp (See the whole review)

In this 75 page essay Murray Rothbard outlines his proposal for replacing the existing dollar with the equivalent of a 100 percent gold backed currency. In fact, he goes as far as to advocate, "the return to gold by every nation, at 100 percent of its particular currency, and the subsequent blending of all these international currencies into one go... (See the whole review)

The newest Harry Potter book went on sale this morning at midnight.  My daughter was one of those silly people lining up to buy a copy at midnight and she stayed up all night reading the entire book.  She told me that the books are getting darker and Hogwarts isn't the fun escape it used to be.  Someone very important dies in this book.  (She told ... (See the whole review)

This is the freshman work of a talented young Objectivist cartoonist named Bosch Fawstin. He's been nominated for an Eisner award (the comic equivalent of an Oscar) in the category of "talent deserving of wider recognition." ... (See the whole review)

Roger Dawson delineates the attributes of a successful negotiation and explains in detail how to make the people with whom you negotiate feel good about the deal you want to make.  When he overhears a person accuse him of wanting to snatch the gold fillings from people's teeth, he explains that such an action would amount to stealing, not power neg... (See the whole review)

Objectivists all too often allow themselves to become mired in arguments over who has the "right" position rather than simply asserting themselves and then acting by right.  Their mistake draws from the hidden assumption that one must necessarily seek "permission" from peers to engage in activities that have nothing to do with those peers.  This au... (See the whole review)

Do you hate ze French?  C'est logique!  ... (See the whole review)

Objectivists with children eventually want to discuss with them the right of an individual to his own mind, body and property -- regardless of "majority vote."  Such parents can use this book to their advantage.  The author's acid wit burns to the end when he serves to the antagonists large helpings of their "just deserts." The book centers ... (See the whole review)

Objectivism holds the individual as the highest value.  From this core value flows a sense of benevolence toward one's fellow human beings in the quest for productive relationships of value exchange.  An Objectivist will thus have a natural motivation to develop skill at cultivating these relationships for his own benefit. ... (See the whole review)

The story covered in this volume of Daredevil invloves Matt Murdock meeting his opposite number, Maya Lopez. Maya Lopez is a Native American girl who was born without a sense of hearing, her visual instincts more than make up for it though. She was able to master speech, art, dance, and musicianship from nothing but sight.  Her father was murdered ... (See the whole review)

Whether you love him or hate him, Leonard Peikoff has written a definitive, bottom to top, tour de force treatment of Objectivism in this publication.  Newcomers to the ideas of Ayn Rand will appreciate this systematic, integrated, "big picture" overview of her philosophy for living on Earth.  Detractors will complain that this book merely uncritic... (See the whole review)

Frank Miller made his start as a writer on Daredevil, so it was fitting that he returned to the character that made him famous to do the definitive origin. ... (See the whole review)

Check out the images available on the Amazon site. ... (See the whole review)

Aristotle’s PHYSICS, translated by Joe Sachs. Rutgers University Press, 1994, 260 + xi. Include Introduction, Commentary, Glossary and Index. Aristotle was Ayn Rand’s favorite philosopher and it is a pity that she had to read him through Latinized spectacles, rather than in an English translation that tries to be as true to Aristotle’s G... (See the whole review)

"Defining and measuring the topology of excellence in the arts and sciences over a span of some three millennia, Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment scales  the alpine peaks of human achievement and then plumbs their foundations. In a world of cultural relativism and sentimental diversity, he dares expound a theory of hierarchy founded on endurin... (See the whole review)

A plague kills all the adults, leaving children to fend for themselves.  This is the story of how Lisa figures it all out, using reason.  She attacks each problem in turn and ultimately takes control of enough of the city to ensure the survival of the group that clusters around her.  This is Atlas Shrugged for children.  Instead of a given ... (See the whole review)

Objectivism aims to help an individual to employ his own human capacity to reason to achieve productive purposes for the ultimate benefit of that individual.  Doing so requires a commitment to discipline and focus and a thorough understanding of the nature of one's own consciousness, both content and process.  Such an understanding will empower the... (See the whole review)

This is an excellent biography of Ayn Rand's mentor and long-time best friend, and one of the founders of the modern libertarian movement. I highly recommend it. Here's one of the blurbs on the back, from Nathaniel Branden: "I picked up The Woman and The Dynamo without knowing what to expect -- and couldn't put it down. It is more than a bea... (See the whole review)

This book by the late millionaire Charles Givens, though not a formal philosophical treatise, bursts forth with Success Principles that the author argues "work, work every time, and work for everyone."  He employs these to outline an integrated body of Success Strategies which he argues persuasively meet that three-fold requirement. Objectiv... (See the whole review)

A good introduction to Straussian thought by one of it's most famous teachers. This book gives a run down of the current state of culture and the university from Bloom's perspective. From his view of books, love, relationships, music and creativity. He than goes on to comment on German philosophy and how it has shaped American thought and politics ... (See the whole review)

The Pentagon’s New Map – War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century I highly recommend this book. What Barnett proposes has broad appeal across the political spectrum, with the exception of folks on the far left or the far right, which I consider a positive! In The Pentagon’s New Map, Barnett lays out a rational strategy for war and peace d... (See the whole review)

Having sent the League up against London's worst in the first volume, Moore takes matters to a whole new level in the League's next adventure. The story opens on Mars as humans John Carter (hero of a series of pulp fantasy novels by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs) and Gulivar Jones (from Edwin L Arnold's separate though conceptually similar st... (See the whole review)

In late 1890s London, Mina Murray, ex-wife of Jonathan Harker (from Stoker's Dracula), Captain Nemo (Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea/The Mysterious Island), Alan Quatermain (Ryder-Haggard's King Solomon's Mines etc), Dr Griffen (Wells' Invisible Man) and Dr Jekyll (Stevenson's Jekyll & Hyde) are bought together by Campion Bond on behalf of his... (See the whole review)

This is a truly great book.  The title says it all. ... (See the whole review)

Since discussions about marriage arise in this and other freethought forums I lurk, I performed a Google search and stumbled across this little gem recently. http://www.NoMarriage.com I bought and read the e-book. The author shows little kindness to American women, calling them spoiled and worse. He argues, justifiably, that a man sho... (See the whole review)

Noam Chomsky is the greatest enemy that the United States has ever known, and this book compiles the evidence and presents the argument that can finally nail his slippery hide to the wall.

To my knowledge, I am the first SOLOist to change my mind about the war in Iraq. My unease with my anti-war position had been going on for some time and a discussion with SOLOist Joe Rowlands when he last visited New Zealand was crucial. But I have to say, this book was what really did it. If you thought Lindsay Perigo hated Saddam and the anti-war... (See the whole review)

You can now view this book online at no charge at http://www.newbostonbooks.com/Look%20Inside.htm if you desire. ... (See the whole review)

This book is a model of what good 'industry biography' should be. The author of 'The Commanding Heights' outlines the story of oil - black gold - and how it became the commodity that moves the world. The story Yergin tells is colourful, authoritative and - quite literally - earth-shaking; it is the story of the rise and development of capitalism an... (See the whole review)

I have just begun to read this book, spurred on by recent discussions on SOLO. In what has become his trademark, this elegant, and well argued book is a must read for anyone interested in our most distinguishing feature, FREE WILL. It is not a debate for the academics alone, but has implications for our culture, and our future. A full descr... (See the whole review)

I've just finished reading this wonderful collection of writing exercises, previously unpublished stories and plays and unpublished excerpts from We the Living and The Fountainhead. It is delightful to witness Rand's progress, both as writer and philosopher, in these works written between 1926 and 1938. One of the things I find amazing about... (See the whole review)