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A Bend in the Stars
by Rachel Barenbaum (MBA 2004)
Grand Central Publishing
In Russia, in the summer of 1914, as war with Germany looms, Miri Abramov and her brilliant physicist brother, Vanya, are facing an impossible decision. Since their parents drowned fleeing to America, Miri and Vanya have been raised by their babushka, a famous matchmaker who has taught them to protect themselves at all costs: to fight, to kill if necessary, and always to have an escape plan. But now, with fierce, headstrong Miri on the verge of becoming one of Russia's only female surgeons, and Vanya hoping to solve the final puzzles of Einstein's elusive theory of relativity, can they bear to leave the homeland that has given them so much?
Grounded in real history—and inspired by the solar eclipse of 1914—A Bend in the Stars offers a heart-stopping account of modern science’s greatest race amidst the chaos of World War I, and a love story as epic as the railways crossing Russia.

Kellogg on Branding in a Hyper-Connected World
edited by Alice Tybout and Tim Calkins (MBA 1991)
Wiley
Kellogg on Branding in a Hyper-Connected World offers authoritative guidance on building new brands, revitalizing existing brands, and managing brand portfolios in the rapidly evolving modern marketplace. Integrating academic theories with practical experience, this book covers fundamental branding concepts, strategies, and effective implementation techniques as applied to today’s consumer, today’s competition, and the wealth of media at your disposal. In-depth discussion highlights the field’s ever-increasing connectivity, with practical guidance on brand design and storytelling, social media marketing, branding in the service sector, monitoring brand health, and more.

Hitler’s Great Gamble: A New Look at German Strategy, Operation Barbarossa, and the Axis Defeat in World War II
by James Ellman (MBA 1994)
Stackpole Books
On June 22, 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, one of the turning points of World War II. Within six months, the invasion bogged down on the outskirts of Moscow, and the Eastern Front proved to be the decisive theater in the defeat of the Third Reich. Ever since, historians have agreed that this was Hitler’s gravest mistake. In Hitler’s Great Gamble, James Ellman argues that while Barbarossa was a gamble and perverted by genocidal Nazi ideology, it was not doomed from the start. Rather it represented Hitler’s best chance to achieve his war aims for Germany. In Ellman’s recounting, Barbarossa did not fail because of flaws in the Axis invasion strategy, the size of the USSR, or the brutal cold of the Russian winter. Instead, German defeat was due to errors of Nazi diplomacy. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources (including many recently released), Hitler’s Great Gamble is a provocative work that will appeal to a wide cross-section of World War II buffs, enthusiasts, and historians.

Yesterday, Today, and Forever
by Greg Hadley (OPM 5, 1981)
Self Published
Since we can only influence the current moment, now is the time to adjust our attitude, mood and connection to those around us. Hadley brings us a book of thoughts and poems for living in the moment.

Grown and Flown: How to Support Your Teen, Stay Close as a Family, and Raise Independent Adults
by Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington (MBA 1982)
Flatiron Books
Parenting never ends. The high school and college years are an extended rollercoaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart?
In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington launched Grown & Flown—now the largest online community for parents of 15 to 25 year-olds. They’ve compiled all that they’ve learned into this must-have guide. Grown & Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers through high school and into those first years of independence. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown & Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.

Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life
by Michael Horn (MBA 2006) with Bob Moesta
Jossey-Bass
In Choosing College, the authors argue that rankings, metrics, analytics, college visits, and advice that we use today to help make college decisions are out of step with the progress individual students are trying to make. They don't give students and families the information and context they need to make such a high-stakes decision about whether and where to get an education. Choosing College strips away the noise to help you understand why you’re going to school. What's driving you? What are you trying to accomplish? Once you know why, the book will help you make better choices.

Value Creation 4.0 - Marketing Products in the 21st Century
by Gábor Rekettye (ETP, 1992)
Transnational Press London
The cyber age—Industry 4.0—represents radical changes in many industrial sectors, in value creation and customers’ value judgments. Value Creation 4.0 provides product, brand and line managers with practical, research-based approaches to increase competitiveness in the digital economy.

Networking: Coffee Not Cocktails
by Janet Shaner (MBA 1989)
Lulu.com
A good network can bring new ideas, access to resources, funds, clients, and help build your reputation and even get you promoted. But did you know that having a networking strategy is the game-changer that can allow you to advance more effectively? Smart networking is about building relationships. Networking is more about coffee and less about cocktails. It’s more about being involved in activities and less about networking events. This book by an expert in the field brings you the latest research and real-world stories on how to develop your own personal networking strategy to help you achieve the future you want.

What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
by Stephen A. Schwarzman (MBA 1972)
Simon & Schuster
Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone, has written an empowering, entertaining, and informative guide for anyone striving for greater personal impact. From deal making to investing, leadership to entrepreneurship, philanthropy to diplomacy, Schwarzman has lessons for how to think about ambition and scale, risk and opportunities, and how to achieve success through the relentless pursuit of excellence. He not only offers readers a thoughtful reflection on all his own experiences, but also in doing so provides a practical blueprint for success. What It Takes shares impactful episodes from Schwarzman's life to show readers how to build, transform, and lead thriving organizations. Whether you are a student, entrepreneur, philanthropist, executive, or simply someone looking for ways to maximize your potential, the same lessons apply.

48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains
by Cheryl Suchors (MBA 1977)
She Writes Press
Floundering in her second career, the one she’s always wanted, author Cheryl Suchors resolves that, despite a fear of heights, her mid-life success depends on hiking the highest of the grueling White Mountains in New Hampshire—all 48 of them. She endures injuries, novice mistakes, and the heartbreaking loss of a best friend. When breast cancer threatens her own life, she seeks solace and recovery in the wild. Her quest takes 10 years. Regardless of the need since childhood to feel successful and in control, climbing teaches her that mastery isn’t enough, and control is often an illusion. Connecting with friends and with nature, Suchors discovers a source of spiritual nourishment, spaces powerful enough to absorb her grief, and joy in the persistence of love and beauty.

Risk: Living on the Edge
by Michael E. Tennenbaum (MBA 1962) with Donna Beech
RosettaBooks
In his debut book, RISK: Living on the Edge, financier, adventurer, and philanthropist Michael E. Tennenbaum delivers intriguing insider details on how “impossible” deals are completed, along with an inspiring guide to applying risk-taking successfully to your business and personal life. The author shares strategies on applying boldness and challenging the status quo to seize opportunities, face struggles that pay off, manage mistakes, and give back to one’s community. Applying personal tales of pushing limits and his experiences with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Smithsonian Institute, Harvard Business School, and the Joffrey Ballet, among other firms and cultural institutions, he demonstrates how to reach greater heights of performance, achievement, and contentment. RISK is a fascinating look at financial industry management, non-profits and how to help them grow, civic projects and how to combat inertia, and one man’s craving to make lasting contributions.

Private Equity: A Casebook
by Paul A. Gompers (PHDBE 1993), Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration;
Victoria Ivashina, Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration;
Richard S. Ruback, Baker Foundation Professor, Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance, Emeritus
Anthem Press
Private Equity is an advanced corporate finance book that integrates a range of topics from a private equity investor’s perspective. The book presents a set of cases used in the Private Equity Finance class, an advanced elective course offered in the Harvard Business School MBA elective curriculum. The structure of the book follows the timeline of a typical investment. Starting with deal sourcing, due diligence and valuation, followed by execution of the transaction, including issues related to capital structure and governance, the book transitions to examining operational changes and management of the capital structure, closing with a set of cases related to exit. Intended for readers interested in working for private equity firms, investing in private equity as limited partners or providing investment banking or consulting services to private equity firms, Private Equity is also appropriate for readers who are interested in a more detailed exploration of corporate finance.

Patient Capital: The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term Investing
by Victoria Ivashina, Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration; and
Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking
Princeton University Press
There has never been a greater need for long-term investments to tackle the world’s most difficult problems, such as climate change and decaying infrastructure. And it is increasingly unlikely that the public sector will be willing or able to fill this gap. If these critical needs are to be met, the major pools of long-term, patient capital—including pensions, sovereign wealth funds, university endowments, and wealthy individuals and families—will have to play a large role. In this accessible and authoritative account of long-term capital investment, two leading experts on the subject, HBS professors Victoria Ivashina and Josh Lerner, highlight the significant hurdles facing long-term investors and propose concrete ways to overcome these difficulties.

Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience
edited by Anthony J. Mayo, Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration;
Laura Morgan Roberts; and
David A. Thomas, Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus
Harvard Business Review Press
Race, Work, and Leadership is a rare and important compilation of essays that examines how race matters in people's experience of work and leadership. What does it mean to be black in corporate America today? How are racial dynamics in organizations changing? How do we build inclusive organizations?
Inspired by and developed in conjunction with the research and programming for Harvard Business School's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the HBS African American Student Union, this groundbreaking book shines new light on these and other timely questions and illuminates the present-day dynamics of race in the workplace. Contributions from top scholars, researchers, and practitioners in leadership, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and education test the relevance of long-held assumptions and reconsider the research approaches and interventions needed to understand and advance African Americans in work settings and in leadership roles.
Race, Work, and Leadership will stimulate new scholarship and dialogue on the organizational and leadership challenges of African Americans and become the indispensable reference for anyone committed to understanding, studying, and acting on the challenges facing leaders who are building inclusive organizations.

VC: An American History
by Tom Nicholas, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration
Harvard University Press
A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, VC: An American History shows how venture capital created an epicenter for the development of high-tech innovation. Author Tom Nicholas tells the riveting story of how the industry arose from the United States’ long-running orientation toward entrepreneurship. Venture capital has been driven from the start by the pull of outsized returns through a skewed distribution of payoffs—a faith in low-probability but substantial financial rewards that rarely materialize. Whether the gamble is a whaling voyage setting sail from New Bedford or the newest startup in Silicon Valley, VC is not just a model of finance that has proven difficult to replicate in other countries. It is a state of mind exemplified by an appetite for risk-taking, a bold spirit of adventure, and an unbridled quest for improbable wealth through investment in innovation.
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