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How to Use the Amazon Kindle for Email & Over 100 Pages of Other Cool Tips (The Complete User's Guide to the ...
Harvard Perspectives Press (kindleusers.blogspot.com), 2007
Windwalker sells me on Kindle
My Kindle was a gift and I was skeptical. Then I read Stephen Windwalker's User's Guide and he converted me into a Kindle enthusiast. He gives well-written, lucid and simple instructions on the varied functionalities of this amazing product. I have downloaded a ...
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Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998
Great Analogy
The book is a quick read and reread. A good reminder of how we MUST flow with change in our lives.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (APA), 2001
APA MANUEL fifth edition
The best thing that I ever did was to purchase the APA Manuel.
It has helped me with formating and the proper way to cite in text and referance in APA format. This book is much better than the Diane Hacker book on APA.
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The Official SAT Study Guide
The College Board
College Board, 2007
CollegeBoard book the real deal
Like all things associated with the collegeboard these days, their "Official" SAT Study Guide leaves much to be desired in a test prep book, yet because it is the only book with real SAT tests, it's really the only one I would recommend for students to use.
I've ...
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines
Thomas C. Foster
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
great book for students
This is a lively, friendly, entertaining book that is great for students. It discusses how to read, to to really read literature. But as a practiced reader I found that it didn't teach me much, though it would be great for a freshman or sophmore.
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How Fiction Works
James Wood
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
The Magician's Secrets
James Wood conducts a concise but edifying tour behind the curtain of novel making, aimed primarily at the student and interested layperson. He examines the techniques used by the novelist that readers routinely take for granted. By spotlighting and defamiliarizing ...
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition
Graduate Management Admission Council
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2005
#1
I love this book. People are saying that the questions in this one and the verbal and math supplements books are the same so I went to Barnes and compared the reading comp sections and all passages were different. So...I don't know if they're comparing with the 10th ...
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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
Timothy Ferriss
Crown, 2007
Don't rush the exercises, enjoy in small doses
This is an excellent book which includes many, many details and suggested exercises. My suggestion is to read the book all the way through once, then start working on the exercises, slowly, otherwise it can be a bit too much to really get a handle on. Awesome, so worth ...
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Kaplan GRE Exam 2009 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan Gre Exam (Book & CD-Rom))
Kaplan
Kaplan Publishing, 2008
very helpful
This has been a very helpful study tool. It is easy to follow and easy to understand and the CD ROM really enhances the learning experience.
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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press, 2001
buy new only!!
This is a wonderful book, but you have to buy it new! There's a code on the inside for the strengths quiz, and you cannot reuse the code. I had to buy StrengthsFinder 2.0--the new version--in order to get the quiz without repurchansing the same exact book twice.
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index))
Donald Venes
F. A. Davis Company, 2005
Great medical reference book
I used one of these at my job and liked it so well that I bought one for myself when I retired. It will answer pretty much any question you have about ailments, treatments, etc.
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Fourth Edition (Text Revision)
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. / Jaypee, 2000
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
This book is one textbook that will stay with me throughout my coursework. It is very helpful in understanding mental issues and how to decide proper diagnosis. It is well written and easy to navigate. I definitely recommend also getting DSM made easy with this book ...
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Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Easy Phrase)
Dover Publications, 1994
A Handy Little Book!
For the price, you get a lot of bang for your couple of bucks. Although this little book doesn't cover much material or grammar rules, you can use the ready-made phrases to make more phrases as you increase your Spanish vocabulary. This along with a Spanish/English ...
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The Elements of Style (Coyote Canyon Press Classics)
William Strunk
Coyote Canyon Press, 2007
A Must For the College Bound
We traditionally give this as part of a high school graduation present and have received many notes of thanks over the years.
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Hyperion, 2007
Excellent book
The book does an excellent job of describing a process for getting more honest feedback from peers and superiors. Both useful information needed to keep climbing up the ladder. would recommend to all climbers
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