The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth (Paperback)
by Tim Flannery

A wonderful discourse on global warming. Better read with An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore.

Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Paperback)
by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind

The best on Enron, this is a well researched and well written narrative of corporate greed and hubris that rocked the Wall Street.

Leaves of Grass (Paperback)
by Walt Whitman, Justin Kaplan

The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed, Whitman's best poems have that permanent quality that not being dulled by the varnish of the years.

Autobiography and Other Writings (Paperback)
by Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is the story of one man's efforts to integrate certain principles and habits - integrity, humility, fidelity, temperance, courage, justice, patience, industry, simplicity, modesty - into his life and to embed them deep within his nature.

The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by Thomas L. Friedman

A thought-provoking read on globalization and the future of our world.

Globalization and Its Discontents (Paperback)
by Joseph E. Stiglitz

Development and economics are not about statistics. Rather, they are about lives and jobs – 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics winner Stiglitz offers a heartfelt but rigorous analysis of globalization.

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Sachs

The End of Poverty is a top-notch publication and likely the best and most straightforward tome of development economics ever written.

Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty (Paperback)
by Muhammad Yunus

This book effectively presents a simple story about a practical man who has made millions of the world's poorest people significantly better off.

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business (Hardcover)
by Danny Meyer

Danny Meyer is a legend in the restaurant world; His business philosophy applies to any business not just the restaurant industry - to inspire anyone with a dream.

In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by Truman Capote

What an incredible book, touching, horrifying and saddening, based on a true story about an entire family murdered. Capote dives into the minds of the killers; A gift of humanization in the guise of beautiful prose.