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Margaret Heffernan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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CEO of 5 companies.WILLFUL BLINDNESS called a classic;A BIGGER PRIZE won the Transmission Prize.UNCHARTED an Amzn bestseller.TED talks seen by 13 million.

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Book Cover for: Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life, Gillian Tett

Anthro-Vision: A New Way to See in Business and Life

Gillian Tett
Margaret HeffernanMargaret Heffernan

This is a fascinating book that (among other things) suggests that big strategic wins come from looking at culture as a web of meaning -- and not looking at issues of individual leadership. Anthro-Vision by Gillian Tett https://t.co/WICFWu38He via @financialtimes

Paperback, 2022

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris, Colin Jones

The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris

Colin Jones
Margaret HeffernanMargaret Heffernan

Just finished The Fall of Robespierre by Colin Jones. A great and thrilling illustration of contingency and accident in history, where inevitability is inserted by later far off polemicists. Also a great reminder of how fast things change - not a modern phenomenon

Hardcover, 2021

$40.99Member price:$20.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong, James W. Loewen

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything American History Textbooks Get Wrong

James W. Loewen
Margaret HeffernanMargaret Heffernan

Need to read the magnificent Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewe. A great textbook. 2m copies sold isn’t enough https://t.co/xcN2hTqtzP

Hardcover, 2019

$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book