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Eugene Gendlin
- Focusing, Bantam, 1982, (224 pages, $7.99)
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Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Freakonomics, William Morrow, 2006, (320 pages, $27.95)
- Rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything.

Martin Seligman
Learned Optimism, Vintage Books, 2006 (319 pages, $14.00)
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Joseph Turow
Niche Envy, MIT Press, 2006 (246 pages, $27.95)

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Carol Patterson
The Business of Ecotourism, Trafford Publishing, 2007, 232 pages
- Third edition! This is a recommended 'how to' business handbook that addresses practical strategies for ecolodge and service developers. Learn how to succeed without compromising environmental principles.
Q&A with Carol Patterson
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Peter Block
The Answer to How is Yes, Berrett Koehler, 2002
- A provocative book aimed at executives suggests that we are often asking the wrong questions. "How" focuses too much on the practical way of getting something done. Instead, the author suggests that we focus on getting things done in a creative and stress-free manner.

Harrison Owen
Open Space Technology, San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 1997
- Explore how meetings can be achieved via 'organized chaos'-- and take part in designing the events in which you take part!
Open Space Technology

Harrison Owen
Expanding Our Now: The Story of Open Space Technology, Berrett-Koehler, 1997
- This is a fine companion volume to Open Space Technology and provides tales of how the conferencing system works. For those unfamiliar with the concept, this is "organized chaos" and provides conference participants the chance to design their own event! Planeta.com has published our guide to "OST" which you can find by clicking here.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow, Harper, 1990 ($14.00, 303 pages)
- The psychology of optimal experience

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Paul Orfalea and Ann Marsh
Copy This, Workman, 2005 (225 pages)
- The founder of one of the most successful businesses in the United States -- and subsequently the world -- tells all. This is an engaging story of a visionary entrepreneur. Autobiographical details are illuminating, but the quotes are outstanding. Among the truisms: Anyone else can do it better, Your eyes believe what they see. Your ears believe others, As a leader, all you do is manage trust.

Mark Dowie
American Foundations MIT Press, 2001
- The author conducted more than 200 interviews with foundation officers, critics, and grant recipients in addition to extensive research in foundation archives to assess the status of foundations. His assessment that organized philanthropy has been "slow to see problems coming, slow to respond, and quick to justify every decision" is accompanied by a series of suggestions on how to make reforms.

Anneli S. Rufus
Party of One: The Loner Manifesto, Marlowe & Company, 2003

Julia Wondolleck and Steven Yaffee
Making Collaboration Work, Island Press, 2001
- The authors review a number of efforts in the United States that showcase collaborative efforts to address environmental conflicts. The focus tends toward a top-down approach, implying that agencies lead the way -- which seems less like collaboration and more like institutional management. This is a recommended book, but it could go much further.

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