Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win, George Stalk, Rob LachenauerGreat companies stumble and fall when they lose it. Highfliers crash when a competitor notices they don't have it. Start ups shut down if they can't develop it. "It" is a strategy so powerful and an execution driven mindset so relentless that companies use it to gain more than just competitive advantage they achieve an industry dominance that is virtually unassailable and that competitors often try to explain away as unfair. In their "hardball

quickly–and correctly

poetically crystalline essay that boiled down two decades of radical

but it also lessened congestion and increased foot traffic

Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families ignited an economic boom and opened China to the world

while his growing estrangement from his daughter

Moving and riveting

Material Girl

We saw selfless bravery in the heroic efforts of our healthcare staff

" a play by J

George Smiley

Art Since 1989 is a lucid and engaging look at what may prove to be one of the more tempestuous eras in human history

He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives—and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble