Books that SHAPED WORK IN AMERICA

 

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Aftershock Robert Reich
2010

The Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
1920

An American Dilemma Gunnar Myrdal
1944

Angle of Repose Wallace Stegner
1971

Anthem Ayn Rand
1937

Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand
1957

The Best of Everything Rona Jaffee
1958

Bicycle Thieves Luigi Bartolini
1946

The Big Short Michael Lewis
2010

The Book of Virtues William Bennett
1993

Busy, Busy Town Richard Scarry
1994

Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman
1962

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
1964

Click, Clack, Moo Doreen Cronin
2000

The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers
2013

Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
1949

Democracy and Education John Dewey
1916

The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger
2003

Drive Daniel Pink
2009

Economics in One Lesson Henry Hazlitt
1979

Executive Suite Cameron Hawley
1952

The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay & James Madison
1788

The Feminine Mystique Betty Friedan
1963

Flow Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi
1990

The Forgotten Man Amity Shlaes
2007

Free Agent Nation Daniel Pink
2002

General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money John Maynard Keynes
1936

The Girls in the Balcony Nan Robertson
1992

The Given Day Dennis Lehane
2008

The Good Earth Pearl Buck
1931

Good to Great Jim Collins
2001

The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck
1939

The Guinness Book of World Records 1956

The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood
1985

The Help Kathryn Stockett
2009

Homestead William Serrin
1992

How the Other Half Lives Jacob Riis
1890

How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie
1936

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
1969

I'm a Frog Mo Willems
2013

Industrial Democracy Sidney and Beatrice Webb
1897

The Jungle Upton Sinclair
1906

Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
1855

Let us now Praise Famous Men Walker Evans
1941

Liar's Poker Michael Lewis
1989

Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain
1883

Little Women Louisa May Alcott
1869

Madam Secretary George Martin
1976

Madam Secretary Madeline Albright
2005

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Sloan Wilson
1955

Manchild in the Promised Land Claude Brown
1965

Mark the Match Boy Horatio Alger
1869

McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Primer William Holmes McGuffey
1836

Megatrends John Naisbitt
1982

Moby Dick Herman Melville
1851

My Antonia Willa Cather
1918

My Beloved World Sonia Sotomayor
2013

My Man Godfrey Eric Hatch
1935

The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass
1845

Native Son Richard Wright
1940

Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich
2001

Nine for Nine Andrew Morton
2002

O Pioneers! Willa Cather
1913

Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
1937

Oil Upton Sinclair
1927

Olivia Ian Falconer
2000

On the Waterfront Budd Schulberg
1955

Open Wide the Freedom Gates Dorothy Height
2003

The Organization Man William Whyte
1956

The Other America Michael Harrington
1962

The Other Side of the River Alex Kotlowitz
1998

The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan
1678

The Pittsburgh Cycle August Wilson
1982

Poor Richard Improved Benjamin Franklin
1758

The Price of Inequality Joseph E. Stiglitz
2012

The Principles of Scientific Management Frederick Winslow Taylor
1911

Profiles in Courage John F. Kennedy
1955

Profiles in Courage for our Time Caroline Kennedy
2012

Quality, Productivity and Competitive Position W. Edwards Deming
1982

Rivethead Ben Hamper
1991

Roughing It Mark Twain
1872

7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey
1989

The Seven Storey Mountain Thomas Merton
1948

Silent Spring Rachel Carson
1962

Sister Carrie Theodore Dreiser
1900

The Song of the Lark Willa Cather
1915

Strangers from a Different Shore Ronald Takaki
1989

The Talent Masters Bill Conaty and Ram Charan
2010

Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
1937

Thieves' Market A.I. Bezzerides
1949

This is How We Do It Carol Evans
2006

Those That Mattered Barbara Angle
1994

To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
1960

Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Chisholm
1970

Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
1852

The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson
2010

Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
1776

What Color is Your Parachute? Richard Nelson Bolles
1970

What Do People Do All Day? Richard Scarry
1968

When Character was King Peggy Noonan
2001

Which Side Are You On? Thomas Geoghegan
1991

Who Stole the American Dream? Hedrick Smith
2012

With God on our Side Adam Reich
2012

The Words of César Chávez Richard J. Jensen and John C. Hammerback
2002

Working Studs Terkel
1974

Working in the Shadows Gabriel Thompson
2011

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