Book corner – summer 2007

Here is our booklist for this summer, recommended by our members:


Fun and/or easy to read

Talking from 9 to 5: Women and men at work, by Deborah Tannen - Still a favourite of many members!

The Peter Principle, by Dr. Laurence J. Peter - A classic about corporate careers.

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood - by Alexandra Fuller

Love Life - by Ray Kluun

The Time Traveler's Wife - by Audrey Niffenegger - recommneded by Jennifer Varino Thiis-Evensen, AIPBW, Oslo

Acts of Faith Daily Meditations for People of Colour (Paperback) by Philip Caputo – recommended by Nicola Stevens, President CWN London

Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - Great entertainment not only for children (recommended by Silka Bade, EuropeanPWN-Germany)

Amazing women

Perfect Hostage – A life of Aung San Suu Kyi by Justin Wintle, ISBN 978-0-091-79681-5; published in 2007. A biography of an amazing courageous woman (recommended by Mirella Visser, President EuropeanPWN)

Madame Secretary by Madeleine Albright - An inspirational read (recommended by Cécile Demailly, VP ThinkTank Communities)

My Life So Far by Jane Fonda – recommended by Mary van der Boon, President Amsterdam



Members books

Wait Marketing: Communicate at the Right Moment at the Right Place-
(Perfect Paperback)
by EuropeanPWN-Amsterdam member Prof. Diana Derval


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