The National's Business Book Club brings you all of our latest book reviews and business literature-related stories.
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The Invisible Advantage: How to Create a Culture of Innovation, by Soren Kaplan
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Where to find wisdom: experts in their fields pick their favourite business book
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Leadership In Focus: Bringing Out Your Best On Camera, by Vern Oakley
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Irresistible: The Rise Of Addictive Technology And The Business Of Keeping Us Hooked, by Adam Alter
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The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, And The Killer Companies Of The New Silicon Valley Are Changing The World, by Brad Stone
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All In: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Think Bigger, Build Sustainable Businesses and Change the World, by Stephanie Breedlove
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Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost its Edge in Computing, by Marie Hicks
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The Long And The Short Of It, by John Kay
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Messy: The Power Of Disorder To Transform Our Lives, by Tim Harford
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Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, by Chris Voss
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Find Your Extraordinary, by Jessica Herrin
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The 12 Powers Of A Marketing Leader, by Thomas Barta and Patrick Barwise
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The Inevitable, by Kevin Kelly
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100 Things Successful People Do, Nigel Cumberland
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Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built, by Duncan Clark
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The Curse Of Cash, by Kenneth Rogoff
■ Read first excerpt: The evolution of money in its many forms
■ Read second excerpt: Big bills in dark corners
■ Read third excerpt: Show me the money
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The Camera Does the Rest: How Polaroid Changed Photography, by Peter Buse
■ Read first excerpt: Polaroid's showman supreme combined publicity and technology
■ Read second excerpt: Polaroid's approach was one of a kind
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Leadership Dubai Style, by Tommy Weir
■ Read first excerpt: How Dubai went from a fishing village to international metropolis
■ Read second excerpt: How Dubai created an environment where everyone has the chance to succeed
■ Read third excerpt: How a culture of high performance has driven Dubai to new heights
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The 100-Year Life, by Andrew Scott and Lynda Gratton
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Better Than Before, by Gretchen Rubin
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Arabs Unseen, by Mohammed Mahfoodh Alardhi
■ Read Golden age of innovation looms for Arab world's entrepreneurs here
■ Read Beirut entrepreneur far out of her comfort zone here
■ Read A Saudi developer with a cause here
■ Read Omani is on a journey of self-discovery here
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Losing The Signal: The Untold Story Behind The Extraordinary Rise And Spectacular Fall Of Blackberry, by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff
■ Exclusive book extract, part 1
■ Exclusive book extract, part 2
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The Hidden Wealth of Nations: The Scourge of Tax Havens, by Gabriel Zucman
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Taxing The Rich: A History Of Fiscal Fairness In The United States And Europe, by Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage
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Phishing For Phools, by George Akerlof and Robert Shiller
■ Read an exclusive extract here
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Superforecasting: The Art And Science Of Predictions, by Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner
■ Read and exclusive extract here
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Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family, by Anne-Marie Slaughter
■ Read an exclusive extract here
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Black Horse Ride: The Inside Story of Lloyds and the Banking Crisis, by Ivan Fallon
■ Read an exclusive extract here
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The Tyranny Of Experts, by William Easterly
■ Review by Nobel winner Angus Deaton
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Restart: The Last Chance For The Indian Economy, by Mihir Sharma
■ Read our four-part extract here. The book was co-winner of the Tata Literature Live! Business Book of the Year and was longlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award.
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The Only Game In Town: Central Banks, Instability, And Avoiding The Next Collapse, by Mohamed El Erian
■ Read our exclusive extract here
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Postcapitalism: A Guide To Our Future, by Paul Mason
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The Firm: The Story Of Mckinsey And Its Secret Influence On American Business, by Duff McDonald
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Leaders Ought To Know: 11 Ground Rules For Common Sense Leadership, by Phillip Van Hooser
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The Thin Green Line, by Paul Sullivan
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The Misfit Economy: Lessons In Creativity From Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters, And Other Informal Entrepreneurs, by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips
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My Fight To The Top, by Michelle Mone
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What executives from the UAE and beyond are reading this summer, by The National staff
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The Process Matters, by Joel Brockner
■ Read our exclusive extract here
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Sabah Al Binali: Books to dip in and out of for success
■ Read the story from our columnist here
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Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made, by Dominic Pacyga
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Empire Of Cotton, by Sven Beckert
■ Read our excerpt here from the finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in history and winner of the Bancroft Prize for American history writing
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The Confidence Game, by Maria Konnikova
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