Of the following great books that cover a multitude of business topics, some are available to borrow from your nearest Business Resource Center or download at no charge from the Michigan Electronic Library; and all may be purchased from your local bookstore, or on-line:
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Books
The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. Timothy Ferriss. ISBN: 9780307353139
The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content. Timothy Ferriss. ISBN: 9780307465351
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Violate Them at Your Own Risk! Al Ries and Joack Trout. ISBN: 9780887306662
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. Daniel Pink. ISBN: 1594481717
The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything. Guy Kawaski. ISBN: 1591840562
Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop. Fred "Chico" Lager. ISBN: 9780517883708
The Big Book of Small Business: You Don't Have to Run Your Business by the Seat of Your Pants. Tom Gegaz and Phil Bolsta. ISBN: 9780061206696
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant. W. Chan Kim. ISBN: 9781591396192
The Bootstrappers Bible: How to Start and Build a Business with a Great Idea and (Almost) No Money. Seth Godin ISBN: 9781574101034
Branding for Dummies. Bill Chiaravalle and Barbara Findlay Schenck. ISBN: 9780471771593
Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet. Michael Wolff. ISBN: 0684848813
The Business of Software: What Every Manager, Programmer, and Entrepreneur Must Know to Thrive and Survive in Good Times and Bad. Michael. A. Cusumano. ISBN: 9780743215800
The Business Start-Up Kit: Everything You Need to Know About Starting and Growing Your Own Business. Steven Strauss. ISBN: 0793160278
Change by Design. Tim Brown. ISBN: 9780061766084
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. Clay Shirkey. ISBN: 9781400166817
Crossing the Chasm. Geoffrey Moore. ISBN: 0060517123
Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion. Gary Vaynerchuk. ISBN: 9780061914171
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose. Tony Hsieh ISBN: 446563048
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition. Steve Krug. ISBN: 0321344758987
dot.bomb: My Days and Nights at an Internet Goliath. J. David. Kuo. ISBN:0316507490
Drive. Daniel Pink. ISBN: 0143145088
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It. Michael Gerber. ISBN: 0887307280
Engage: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web. Brian Solis. ISBN: 9780470571095
Entrepreneur Journeys Volume 1. Sramana Mitra. ISBN: 1439206872
Entrepreneur Journeys: Bootstrapping: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction (Volume 2). Sramana Mitra. ISBN: 1439234515
Entrepreneur Journeys v.3: Positioning: How To Test, Validate, And Bring Your Idea To Market (Volume 3). Sramana Mitra. ISBN: 9781439245927
Entrepreneur Journeys v.4 : Innovation: Need Of the Hour (Volume 4). Sramana Mitra. ISBN: 9781451577907
The Entrepreneur's Success Kit: A 5-Step Lesson Plan to Create and Grow Your Own Business. Kaleil Isaza Tuzman. ISBN: 0312329458
Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur. Pamela Slim. ISBN: 9781591842576
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan. ISBN: 0609610570
Finding Fertile Ground: Identifying Extraordinary Opportunities for New Ventures. Scott A. Shane. ISBN: 0131423983
The Four Steps to the Epiphany. Steven Gary Blank. ISBN: 9780976470700
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days. Jessica Livingston. ISBN: 9781590597149
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.) . Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. ISBN: 9780060731335
Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business. Steven Garfield. ISBN: 9780470525463
Getting Business to Come to You: A Complete Do-It Yourself Guide to Attracting All the Business You Can Enjoy. Paul Edwards. ISBN: 087477845X
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. David Allen. ISBN: 0670899240
Go BIG or Go HOME. Will Hobbs. ISBN: 9780060741433
The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea. Bob Burg and John David Mann. ISBN: 9781591842002
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't. Jim Collins. ISBN:0066620996
Growing a Business. Paul Hawken. ISBN: 9780671671648
Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age. Paul Graham. ISBN: 9780596006624
How To Win Friends and Influence People. Dale Carnegie. ISBN: 9781439167342
Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs. Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. ISBN: 9780470499313
Incorporate & Get Rich!: How to Cut Taxes 70% & Protect Your Assets Forever! C.W. Allen. ISBN: 0967187109
Inside Intuit: How the Makers of Quicken Beat Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire Industry. Suzanne E. Taylor, Kathy Schroeder, and John Doerr. ISBN:1591391369
Jack: Straight from the Gut. Jack Welch and John. A Byrne. ISBN: 9780446690683
Kellogg on Branding: The Marketing Faculty of The Kellogg School of Management. Philip Cotler and Alice Tybout. ISBN: 9780471690160
The Knack: How Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Learn to Handle Whatever Comes Up. Norm Brodsky and Bo Burlingham. ISBN: 9781591842217
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman. Yvon Chouinard. ISBN: 1594200726
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? Seth Godin. ISBN: 9780749953355
The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue EXCELLENCE. Tom Peters. ISBN: 9780061894084
Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. Tim Sanders. ISBN:1400046831
Making Money from Home: How to Run a Successful Home-Based Business. Donna Partow. ISBN: 9781589976085
Million Dollar Consulting. Alan Weiss. ISBN: 9780071622103
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition). Frederick P. Brooks. ISBN: 9780201835953
Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time. Keith Ferrazzi. ISBN: 9780385512053
The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web. Tamar Weinberg. ISBN: 9780596156817
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly, 2nd Edition. David Meerman Scott. ISBN: 9780470547816
The One Minute Manager. Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. ISBN:0688014291
The PayPal Wars: Battles With Ebay, the Media, the Mafia, And the Rest of Planet Earth. Eric M. Jackson. ISBN: 0977898431
Permission Marketing : Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers. Seth Godin. ISBN: 0684856360
Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Grow Your Business. Amber Mac. ISBN: 9781591843283
Presentation Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations. Garr Reynolds. ISBN: 9780321668790
Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach To Customer Service. Ken Blanchard. ISBN: 0688123163
The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself. John Jantsch. ISBN: 9781591843115
Rework. Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson. ISBN: 9780307463746
Selling Air. Dan Herchenroether. ISBN: 0975422405
Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing. Harry Beckwith. ISBN: 0446520942
Shoestring Venture: The Startup Bible. by Steve Monas and Richard Hooker. ISBN: 9780595506514
Six Pixels of Separation: Everyone Is Connected. Connect Your Business to Everyone. Mitch Joel. ISBN: 9780446548236
Small Business for Dummies. Eric Tyson. ISBN: 9780470177471
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big. Bo Burlingham. ISBN: 1591840937
Starting an Online Business For Dummies. Greg Holden. ISBN: 9780470602102
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. ISBN: 9780060889579
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard. Chip Heath and Daniel Heath. ISBN: 9780385528757
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us. Seth Godin. ISBN: 9781591842330
Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. Chris Brogan and Julien Smith. ISBN: 9780470635490
UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging. Scott Stratten. ISBN: 9780470617878
Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves. Adam L. Penenberg. ISBN: 9781401323493
The Wealthy Freelancer: 12 Secrets to a Great Income and an Enviable Lifestyle. Steve Slaunwhite, Pete Savage, and Ed Gandia. ISBN: 9781592579679
The Whuffie Factor: Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your Business. Tara Hunt. ISBN: 9780307409508
The World Is Flat 3.0: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. Thomas L. Friedman. ISBN: 9780312425074
Your Business Brickyard: Getting Back to the Basics to Make Your Business More Fun to Run. Howard Mann. ISBN: 9780980154306
The Zen of Social Media Marketing: An Easier Way to Build Credibility, Generate Buzz, and Increase Revenue. Shama Kabani and Chris Brogan. ISBN: 9781935251736