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Book List

by Kelsi Boyle last modified 2008-01-04 00:30

The following is a list of books that the Investors' Circle staff believes are seminal works in our field. This list ranges from nuts-and-bolts business, to the personal journeys of leaders in the responsible business movement, to visionary overviews of how to build a sustainable economy.  Happy Reading!

American Angel Investing, Edited by John May & Elizabeth O'Halloran
Believing Cassandra, by Alan AtKisson
The Soul of Business
, by Tom Chappell
Managing Upside Down
, by Tom Chappell
Cradle to Cradle, by William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Every Business Needs an Angel, by John May & Cal Simmons
How to Change the World, by David Bornstein
Mid-Course Correction, by Ray Anderson
Natural Capitalism, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins
Small is Beautiful, by E.F. Schumacher
The Birth of the Chaordic Age, by Dee Hock
The Ecology of Commerce, by Paul Hawken
The Divine Right of Capital, by Marjorie Kelly
The Limits to Growth, by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows
The Republic of Tea, by Mel Ziegler, Patricia Ziegler and William Rosenzweig
The Soul of Capitalism, by William Greider
The Unsettling of America, by Wendell Berry
What Matters Most, by Jeffrey Hollander & Stephen Fenichell
The Company we Keep, by John Abrams


We also encourage you visit Chelsea Green Publishing and Berrett Koehler Publishers, two publishers that are dedicated to sustainability and responsible business practices and that have received investment from IC members.