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0786158964	4-Hour Workweek- The Book author(s) Timothy Ferriss Presented at FFBS in 2008 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0307273407	59 Seconds Book author(s) Richard Wiseman Presented at FFBS in 2010 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0684846659	8th Habit-The Book author(s) Stephen R Covey Presented at FFBS in 2005 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0385499841	Art of Innovation- The Book author(s) Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman Presented at FFBS in 2001 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1591840562	Art Of The Start- The Book author(s) Guy Kawasaki Presented at FFBS in 2005 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1400047749	As the Future Catches You Book author(s) Juan Enriquez Presented at FFBS in 2002 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0553384554	Ask For It Book author(s) Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever Presented at FFBS in Bonus Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1422103218	Big Think Strategy Book author(s) Bernd H Schmitt Presented at FFBS in 2008 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1400063515	Black Swan-The Book author(s) Nassim Nicholas Taleb Presented at FFBS in 2007 September Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0316172324	Blink Book author(s) Malcolm Gladwell Presented at FFBS in 2005 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1591396190	Blue Ocean Strategy Book author(s) W Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne Presented at FFBS in 2005 September Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0262612089	Coming Generational Storm-The Book author(s) Laurence J Kotlikoff and Scott Burns Presented at FFBS in 2004 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0273643800	Corporate Religion Book author(s) Jesper Kunde Presented at FFBS in 2001 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0743235266	Creative Habit-The Book author(s) Twyla Tharp Presented at FFBS in 2004 April Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0071446524	Crucial Confrontations Book author(s) Kerry Patterson and Joseph Grenny and Ron McMillan and Al Switzler Presented at FFBS in 2005 April Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0071401946	Crucial Conversations Book author(s) Kerry Patterson and Joseph Grenny and Ron McMillan and Al Switzler and Stephen R. Covey Presented at FFBS in 2002 October Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0767920570	Culture Code-The Book author(s) Clotaire Rapaille Presented at FFBS in 2006 October Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0066620570	Cycle of Leadership-The Book author(s) Noel M Tichy and Nancy Cardwell Presented at FFBS in 2002 October Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0471395951	Deals from Hell Book author(s) Robert F Bruner Presented at FFBS in 2005 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1422177807	Design of Business Book author(s) Roger Martin Presented at FFBS in 2010 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0670020478	Element-The Book author(s) Ken Robinson PhD Presented at FFBS in 2009 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0787964638	Encouraging the Heart Book author(s) James Kouzes and Barry Posner Presented at FFBS in 1999 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
006113029X	End of Medicine- The Book author(s) Andy Kessler Presented at FFBS in 2007 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0609610570	Execution Book author(s) Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan and Charles Burck Presented at FFBS in 2002 September Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0525949380	Extreme Future- The Book author(s) James Canton Presented at FFBS in 2007 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0385529007	Fierce Leadership Book author(s) Susan Scott Presented at FFBS in TYBTL Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0684852861	First Break All the Rules Book author(s) Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman Presented at FFBS in 1999 October Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0787960756	Five Dysfunctions of a Team-The Book author(s) Patrick Lencioni Presented at FFBS in bonus Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0787986127	Forces for Good Book author(s) Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant Presented at FFBS in 2008 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0061234001	Freakonomics Book author(s) Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner Presented at FFBS in 2005 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0446678791	Free Agent Nation Book author(s) Daniel H. Pink Presented at FFBS in 2002 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1422102505	Future of Management - The Book author(s) Gary Hamel and Bill Breen Presented at FFBS in 2008 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0142000280	Getting Things Done Book author(s) David Allen Presented at FFBS in 2002 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0767922859	Girls Guide to Being a Boss-The Book author(s) Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio Presented at FFBS in 2006 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1400082986	Go Point Book author(s) Michael Useem Presented at FFBS in 2007 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0743261674	Go Put Your Strengths to Work Book author(s) Marcus Buckingham Presented at FFBS in 2007 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0066620996	Good to Great Book author(s) James C. Collins and Jim Collins Presented at FFBS in 2001 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0977326403	Good to Great in the Social Sectors Book author(s) Jim Collins Presented at FFBS in 2006 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1576754375	Hamster Revolution Book author(s) Mike Song and Vicki Halsey and Tim Burress Presented at FFBS in 2007 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1594202346	Healing of America Book author(s) TR Reid Presented at FFBS in UEBC Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0471751227	How Book author(s) Dov L Seidman Presented at FFBS in 2007 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0670038237	How She Does It Book author(s) Margaret Heffernan Presented at FFBS in 2007 April Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0195138058	How to Change the World Book author(s) David Bornstein Presented at FFBS in 2004 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
047172503X	If You Don t Make Waves- You ll Drown Book author(s) Dave Anderson Presented at FFBS in 2006 April Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
007148499X	Influencer Book author(s) Patterson and Grenny and Maxfield and McMillan and Switzler Presented at FFBS in Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
007149569X	Inside Advantage Book author(s) Robert Bloom with Dave Conti Presented at FFBS in Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0446528382	Jack Book author(s) Jack Welch Presented at FFBS in 2001 November Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0976268604	Joy At Work Book author(s) Dennis W Bakke Presented at FFBS in 2005 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1591841534	Judgment Book author(s) Noel M Tichy and Warren G Bennis Presented at FFBS in 2008 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0977684806	Kiss Theory Good Bye Book author(s) Bob Prosen Presented at FFBS in 2007 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0787951722	Leadership Pipeline-The Book author(s) Ram Charan and Stephen Drotter and James Noel Presented at FFBS in Bonus Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0875847471	Leading Change Book author(s) John P Kotter Presented at FFBS in Bonus Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1578514878	Leading Quietly Book author(s) Joseph L Badaracco Jr Presented at FFBS in 2002 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1401302378	Long Tail -The Book author(s) Chris Anderson Presented at FFBS in 2006 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1400064287	Made to Stick Book author(s) Chip Heath Presented at FFBS in 2007 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1885167504	Marketing Outrageously Book author(s) Jon Spoelstra and Mark Cuban Presented at FFBS in 2001 September Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0470379952	Mary Kay Way-The Book author(s) Mary Kay Ash Presented at FFBS in 2008 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1590790154	Mastering the Rockefeller Habits Book author(s) Verne Harnish Presented at FFBS in Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0060779616	Mavericks at Work Book author(s) William C Taylor and Polly G LaBarre Presented at FFBS in 2006 November Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0743298314	Me to We Book author(s) Craig Kielburger and Marc Kielburger Presented at FFBS in 2007 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0446580961	Microtrends Book author(s) Mark Penn and E Kinney Zalesne Presented at FFBS in 2007 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
046502615X	Mind of the CEO-The Book author(s) Jeffery E Garten Presented at FFBS in 2001 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0385512058	Never Eat Alone Book author(s) Keith Ferrazzi with Tahl Raz Presented at FFBS in 2006 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0393020371	Next Book author(s) Michael Lewis Presented at FFBS in 2001 September Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0805063897	Nickel and Dimed Book author(s) Barbara Ehrenreich Presented at FFBS in 2001 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0446526568	No Asshole Rule-The Book author(s) Robert I Sutton Presented at FFBS in 2007 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0743201140	Now Discover Your Strengths Book author(s) Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton Ph.D. Presented at FFBS in 2001 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0471250678	On Target Book author(s) Laura Rowley Presented at FFBS in 2004 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0743261658	One Thing You Need to Know-The Book author(s) Marcus Buckingham Presented at FFBS in 2005 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1422118924	Opposable Mind- The Book author(s) Roger L Martin Presented at FFBS in 2008 April Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
060980880X	Other 90 percent- The Book author(s) Robert K. Cooper Presented at FFBS in 2001 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
031236198X	Our Iceberg Is Melting Book author(s) John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber and Peter Mueller and Spenser Johnson Presented at FFBS in 2007 April Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0316017922	Outliers Book author(s) Malcolm Gladwell Presented at FFBS in 2009 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0767904621	Play Like a Man Win Like a Woman Book author(s) Gail Evans Presented at FFBS in 2000 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0071489762	Power and Influence Book author(s) Robert Dilenschneider Presented at FFBS in 2007 October Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0743226755	Power of Full Engagement- The Book author(s) Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz Presented at FFBS in 2003 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0385518927	Power of Nice-The Book author(s) Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval Presented at FFBS in 2007 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0974239011	Presence Book author(s) Peter Senge and C Otto Scharmer and Joseph Jaworski and Betty Sue Flowers Presented at FFBS in 2004 September Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1422118894	Rapid Transformations Book author(s) Behnam N Tabrizi Presented at FFBS in 2008 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0471757292	Results that Last Book author(s) Quint Studer Presented at FFBS in 2007 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1422102521	Shaping the Game Book author(s) Michael Watkins Presented at FFBS in 2006 November Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0981641105	Six Disciplines Execution Revolution Book author(s) Gary Harpst Presented at FFBS in 2008 November Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
055338449X	Social Intelligence Book author(s) Daniel Goleman Presented at FFBS in 2007 September Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0307382354	Supercorp Book author(s) Rosabeth Moss Kanter Presented at FFBS in 2010 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0060889578	Superfreakonomics Book author(s) Steven D Levitt and Stephen J Dubner Presented at FFBS in 2009 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0385528752	Switch Book author(s) Chip Heath and Dan Heath Presented at FFBS in 2010 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1591842247	Talent is Overrated Book author(s) Geoff Colvin Presented at FFBS in 2009 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0316316962	Tipping Point- The Book author(s) Malcolm Gladwell Presented at FFBS in 2000 October Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0785227407	Toy Box Leadership Book author(s) Ron Hunter and Michael Waddell Presented at FFBS in 2008 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
038552594X	Trade-off Book author(s) Kevin Maney Presented at FFBS in 2010 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0470278765	Transparency Book author(s) Warren Bennis and Daniel Goleman and James OToole and Patricia Ward Biederman Presented at FFBS in 2008 August Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1591842336	Tribes Book author(s) Seth Godin Presented at FFBS in 2009 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1416576738	Tyranny of Email Book author(s) John Freeman Presented at FFBS in 2010 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0785218971	Waiting for Your Cat to Bark? Book author(s) Bryan Eisenberg and Jeffrey Eisenberg and Lisa T Davis Presented at FFBS in 2006 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1578514592	War for Talent-The Book author(s) Ed Michaels and Helen Handfield-Jones and Beth Axelrod Presented at FFBS in 2001 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1401301304	What Got You Here Wont Get You There Book author(s) Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter Presented at FFBS in 2008 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1419584332	What Sticks Book author(s) Rex Briggs and Greg Stuart Presented at FFBS in 2006 December Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0385484488	Who Really Matters Book author(s) Art Kleiner Presented at FFBS in 2004 January Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1591841933	Wikinomics Book author(s) Don Tapscott and Anthony D Williams Presented at FFBS in 2007 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0060753943	Winning Book author(s) Jack Welch with Suzy Welch Presented at FFBS in 2005 May Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0684849194	Winning the Global Game Book author(s) Jeffrey A. Rosensweig Presented at FFBS in 1998 October Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0385721706	Wisdom of Crowds-The Book author(s) James Surowiecki Presented at FFBS in 2004 July Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
069108940X	Women Dont Ask Book author(s) Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever Presented at FFBS in 2004 February Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0071453393	Wooden on Leadership Book author(s) John Wooden Presented at FFBS in 2006 March Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
1401302599	Words That Work Book author(s) Frank Luntz Presented at FFBS in 2007 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD
0374292795	World Is Flat- The Book author(s) Thomas L Friedman Presented at FFBS in 2005 June Synopsis price includes recording and handout	buy synopsis price $9.99 USD

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4-Hour Workweek- The

59 Seconds

8th Habit-The

Art of Innovation- The

Art Of The Start- The

As the Future Catches You

Ask For It

Big Think Strategy

Black Swan-The

Blink

Blue Ocean Strategy

Coming Generational Storm-The

Corporate Religion

Creative Habit-The

Crucial Confrontations

Crucial Conversations

Culture Code-The

Cycle of Leadership-The

Deals from Hell

Design of Business

Element-The

Encouraging the Heart

End of Medicine- The

Execution

Extreme Future- The

Fierce Leadership

First Break All the Rules

Five Dysfunctions of a Team-The

Forces for Good

Freakonomics

Free Agent Nation

Future of Management - The

Getting Things Done

Girls Guide to Being a Boss-The

Go Point

Go Put Your Strengths to Work

Good to Great

Good to Great in the Social Sectors

Hamster Revolution

Healing of America

How

How She Does It

How to Change the World

If You Don t Make Waves- You ll Drown

Influencer

Inside Advantage

Jack

Joy At Work

Judgment

Kiss Theory Good Bye

Leadership Pipeline-The

Leading Change

Leading Quietly

Long Tail -The

Made to Stick

Marketing Outrageously

Mary Kay Way-The

Mastering the Rockefeller Habits

Mavericks at Work

Me to We

Microtrends

Mind of the CEO-The

Never Eat Alone

Next

Nickel and Dimed

No Asshole Rule-The

Now Discover Your Strengths

On Target

One Thing You Need to Know-The

Opposable Mind- The

Other 90 percent- The

Our Iceberg Is Melting

Outliers

Play Like a Man Win Like a Woman