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Chemistry World December 12, 2012 Mathew Heal	Environmental chemistry With this new edition of Elements of Environmental Chemistry, by Ronald Hites and Jonathan Raff, comes an additional author and a slight expansion in coverage. Two new chapters -- PCBs, dioxins and flame retardants and Climate change supplement the previous ones.
HBS Working Knowledge December 12, 2012 Kim Girard	Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions J. Gunnar Trumbull discusses his new book, Strength in Numbers, in which he argues that diffuse groups -- environmentalists, consumer activists, farmers -- wield great influence in areas of regulation in the developed world.
Chemistry World December 10, 2012 Paul Nancarrow	A fresh approach Morton Denn, author of Chemical Engineering: An Introduction, has successfully written a modern and concise book on this topic.
Chemistry World December 7, 2012 Ann Dixon	Biochemistry Essentials of Biochemistry by Herbert Fromm and Mark Hargrove, is aimed at undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students with a specific interest in the subjects of cellular metabolism and enzyme reaction mechanisms.
Chemistry World December 6, 2012 John Hayward	Student inspiration The second edition of Organic Chemistry by Clayden and others, has undergone a substantial overhaul and yet still retains the features that made it quite so attractive to students in the first place.
HBS Working Knowledge December 5, 2012 James Heskett	Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions? Recent books by Nate Silver and Nassim Nicholas Taleb provide insights on how predictions work (or don't), leaving us to wonder, should we use predictions at all when planning for the future?
HBS Working Knowledge December 4, 2012 Austin et al.	Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought Harder Than I Thought: Adventures of a Twenty-First Century Leader invites readers to critique the fictional journey of Jim Barton, the new CEO of a west coast aerospace firm.
CRM December 2012 Judith Aquino	Marketing Without Barriers In his new book, The Fusion Marketing Bible, social media strategist Lon Safko challenges marketers to increase the value of their social, digital, and traditional media campaigns by fusing them in innovative ways.
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 David Bradley	Deceptively graphic Science Tales, by Darryl Cunningham, is a follow-up to Psychiatric Tales and focuses on just eight topics, all deserving of a good debunking.
Chemistry World November 29, 2012 Richard Kidd	Child's play Atoms and Molecules -- a Child's Guide to Chemistry, by Adam Smith, needed live testing from some children.
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