Quoted: Brain rules is easily the best book I’ve read this year. I don’t say this lightly as I read many books, skim many more, and read lots of things I enjoy.

I recently read this and "Take Back you Life". Apparently, the respective authors co-developed the concepts. I actually preferred "Take Back Your Life" because it is more actionable, but I am happy I read both. I am employing most of the techniques from the two books such as:
1) Record (but don't necessarily do) *every* task that comes to your mind.
2) Only put "strategic next actions" on your active task list. A strategic next action is a task without dependencies that furthers one of your meaningful objectives
3) Structure your planning system and reference system around your meaningful objectives and supporting projects
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Quoted: Amazon.com: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen: Books

Quoted: Amazon.com: Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health (Vintage): Gary Taubes: Books

Quoted: From both an economic and monetary perspective, the United States is a house of cards—impressive on the outside, but a disaster waiting to happen beneath the surface. In a relatively short period of time, the country has gone from the world's largest creditor to its greatest debtor; the value of the dollar has declined; and domestic manufacturing has given way to non-exportable services. While these and other issues could potentially spell disaster for your financial well-being, the situation could also present unique opportunities—if you're prepared.

Tom Friedman was talking about this book on The Daily Show. However, he said that the financial boom bubble doesn't qualify. Specifically, "The real tragedy of this moment is that this financial boom bubble and bust has left us with a bunch of empty condos in Florida and a bunch of dead, derivative contracts that no-one understands."

Quoted: Amazon.com: Pop!: Why Bubbles Are Great For The Economy: Daniel Gross: Books

Recommended by Andrew Chen ( http://andrewchenblog.com/ ), a blogger who I respect quite a bit.

Looks like this book has a greater focus on case studies and specific techniques as compared to Scott Berkun's book, "Making Things Happen".

Quoted: The Product Manager's Handbook is the essential guide to successful product management in today's fast-changing business world. Product and brand managers, as well as upper-level sales, marketing, and branding executives, will find the text thorough and informative as it explains and analyzes the product manager's role in both traditional, hierarchical organizations as well as in newer horizontal, team-driven decision-making structures.

I like the premise of keeping it less than 100 pages.

Quoted: Amazon.com: Surprisingly Simple: Independent Contractor, Sole Proprietor, and LLC Taxes Explained in 100 Pages or Less: Mike Piper: Books

Free "Introduction to Economic Analysis" from a Caltech professor. I like his description of the book...

Quoted: This book presents introductory economics ("principles") material using standard mathematical tools, including calculus. It is designed for a relatively sophisticated undergraduate who has not taken a basic university course in economics. It also contains the standard intermediate microeconomics material and some material that ought to be standard but is not. The book can easily serve as an intermediate microeconomics text. The focus of this book is on the conceptual tools and not on fluff. Most microeconomics texts are mostly fluff and the fluff market is exceedingly over-served by $100+ texts. In contrast, this book reflects the approach actually adopted by the majority of economists for understanding economic activity. There are lots of models and equations and no pictures of economists.