By Steve Rhodes
In 2006, I listed the books for sale at my local Kinko’s as a sort of cultural document, a sign of the times, if you will.
Today we revisit the same store to see how the books currently on sale reflect our culture now.
1. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People.
By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Amy Newmark
2. Become a Better You.
By Joel Osteen
3. Vinegar, Duct Tape, Milk Jugs & More.
By Earl Proux and the editors of Yankee Magazine
4. Tough Times . . . Again.
5. Everyday Cheapskate’s Greatest Tips.
By Mary Hunt
6. How To Sell Anything To Anybody.
By Joe Girard
7. The Resume Handbook.
By Arthur D. Rosenberg
8. 25 Habits of Highly Successful Salespeople.
By Stephan Schiffman
9. Little Green Book: Getting Your Way.
By Phil Gordon
10. Little Platinum Book: Cha-Ching.
By Jeffrey Gitmor
11. 10 Clowns Don’t Make a Circus.
By Steven Schragis
12. The 25 Most Common Sales Mistakes
By Stephan Schiffman
13. Copy This!
By Paul Ofalea
14. Getting Things Done
By David Allen
15. Little Green Book: Getting Your Way. Again.
By Phil Gordon
16. Express Lane Meals.
By Rachael Ray
17. The Secret.
By Rhonda Byrne
18. Blink.
By Malcolm Gladwell
19. The TIpping Point.
By Malcolm Gladwell
20. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
By Gregory Maguire
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Previously in Booklist:
* Coming Attractions
* Amazon Recommends
* The Walgreens Discount Shelf
* Kinko’s Kiosk
* The Last 10 Books I Read And Why
* The Beachwood Inn Bookshelf
* Five Best Books Ever (For Now)
* A Beachwood Gift Guide
* Have A Right-Wing Christmas
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Posted on August 13, 2009