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First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc., 2001

Published in Penguin Books 2003

This revised edition with a foreword by James Fallows published 2015

Copyright © 2001, 2015 by David Allen

Foreword copyright © 2015 by James Fallows

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ISBN 978-0-698-16186-3

Cover design: Jason Ramirez

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