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The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
Scott Kelby
Peachpit Press, 2008
FANTASTIC! THIS BOOK IS WHAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR!
I am so excited! I spent about two weeks looking for books on exactly what Scott Kelby explains in this ONE book! I have saved hundreds of dollars! Everything I need to know is in this publication AND I don't have to read and reread the subjects to understand what in ...
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The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder
Bantam, 2008
The closest we'll get to an autobiography
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Warren Buffett is the richest person in the world and worth more than $60 billion dollars. Often called the "Oracle of Omaha" for his uncanny ability to pick investments, Mr. Buffett has never expounded on his life ...
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths
Tom Rath
Gallup Press, 2007
Great Tool! Highly Recommend...
We loved the concept behind this book (and its Christian companion, "Living Your Strengths"). Our church staff took the (included with book) online StengthsFinder assessment and all found it very accurate and helpful in providing insights on what drives our fellow ...
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Big Words for Little People
Jamie Lee Curtis
Joanna Cotler, 2008
A fun educational book!
Reviewed by Cayden (age 4) and Max (age 2) Aures and Mom for Reader Views (9/08)
"Big Words for Little People" incorporates a lot of "big words" into everyday situations applicable to young children. Some of the words used in the book are "consequence," ...
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Watchmen
Alan Moore
DC Comics, 1995
Watchman paperback review
This book is a phenomenal read. I had a really hard time putting it down from the moment I got it and finished it in two days. I highly recommend this book, both for its graphic style and for its story. It's a little eerie how this cold war era book rings true today, ...
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PMP Exam Prep, Fifth Edition: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam
Rita Mulcahy
RMC Publications, Inc., 2005
Passed exam on first try.
Passed PMP exam on my first try (yesterday) with help of this book.
[My friend had recommended me Rita's book]
How did I prepare:
> Did three readings of this book. Two through readings and on the third reading I focused only on the areas I market earlier for ...
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Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World
Lisa Lillien
St. Martin's Griffin, 2008
LIFE CHANGING!!
This book changed my life!!! I think the recipies are fast, inventive and taste awesome! I have lost 30 pounds and I owe it to this book! I also love the section that lists the "safe" things to eat in different cuisine restaurants as well as gas stations, long car ...
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How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen air-Cooled Engine (All models, 1961 and up)
Tom Wilson
HP Trade, 1987
Best VW Rebuild Book
I had to drop and rebuild my 1979 VW bus engine and this was the perfect book for that job. The pictures are a great companion to the written instructions. There was a lot of info I learned that helped me look for some parts and the photos showed those parts in great ...
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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Chelsea Handler
Bloomsbury USA, 2005
Laugh out loud funny!
I thought this was such a funny book. Not for the faint of heart, but if you are a Chelsea Handler fan, you'll love this book. I can hear her saying and doing some of the things she describes, well written and true to Chelsea.
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The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Hyperion, 2008
Great Outlook Upon Life
especially in today times, this audio book is a great listen to a positive outlook upon life.
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
Picador, 2008
Essential Reading
Considering the global political climate and the way policy decisions are created these days (witness the latest "crisis" of the economic variety in the US, for one), this book ought to be required reading for pretty much anyone who can or will at some point cast a ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
Harper Perennial, 2008
A guide to change your eating
Barbara Kingsolver uses her very readable style to encourage us all on a journey to understand the effects of the standard American diet on our own health as well as the health of the earth. This book is a fun and heart-touching read that also contains great recipes ...
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Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2007
Great vampire series
Definitely Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 6)
Charlaine Harris really knows how to write a book, if you like your vampire series with a bit of humor you will like these books, if you like your mysteries with a bit of what we call "Woo Woo" (in other words ...
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The PowerScore LSAT Logical Reasoning Bible: A Comprehensive System for Attacking the Logical Reasoning ...
David M. Killoran
PowerScore, 2006
An Absolute Must - Forget About Kaplan
50% of your score on the LSAT is tied to Logical Reasoning. You may think you are hot on this subject, but everyone can benefit, and should benefit, from detailed study on the subject. Logical Reasoning should be where you make up for points lost in the Logic Games. ...
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
Knopf, 2008
This book is GREAT!!!
I survived jury duty because of this book! It is a wonderful murder mystery that pulls you in from the first chapter. The characters are extreemly interesting and you find yourself very easily involved with the story. I couldn't put it down! After jury duty I went ...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (APA), 2001
APA Manual
I needed this book for formal written papers for nursing school. It is exactly what was needed based on school requirements. It gives you all the examples needed for references and for publications.
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The Gate House
Nelson DeMille
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille delivers the long-awaited follow-up to his classic novel The Gold Coast . When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come ...
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Excellent book
I have purchased and recieved this book last week. The author is very eloquent and convincing in his argument. Very objective and straight to the point. you can read other reviews about the contents. But my advise is get the book and read it, It is a must.
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Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Steve Solomon
New Society Publishers, 2006
Things I Never Knew About Gardening!
I am a gardener and I read books and magazines in addition to my hands on efforts. This book has made me think about the way I have been gardening and the complications that I have put on my efforts. This is a much more simple way to do things and I have learned so ...
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls
Scribner, 2006
Adults as Children and Children as Adults
This memoir got book deals for several dozen marginal writers with bad childhoods, but those books have been awful compared to this one. Jeannette Walls has enough experience as a writer to tell a story. We have the typical bad dad -- the Angela's Ashes model where he ...
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Who: The A Method for Hiring
Geoff Smart, Randy Street
Ballantine Books, 2008
Fantastic Book on Hiring
I just finished reading a pre-release copy of the book Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street. Wow, it's good. Really good.
Geoff and his father Brad Smart are well known as the team that popularized Topgrading, a thorough interview process that takes the success rate ...
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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
David Foster Wallace
Back Bay Books, 2007
Smart, eclectic, and hilariously funny.
Full disclosure: I have a major intellectual crush on David Foster Wallace. Yes, yes, I know about his weaknesses - the digressions, the rampant footnote abuse, the flaunting of his amazing erudition, the mess that is 'Infinite Jest'. I know all this, and I don't care. ...
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The Shack
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2008
So this is NOT "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO WILLIE"
I've just finished reading this, and I must say the book may cause some controversy. As I read the other reviews, I was amazed at the need for the reviewers to protect "their Christianity". They criticize the text as being inaccurate and damaging. Damaging to what?
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Club Dead (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 3)
Charlaine Harris
Ace Books, 2003
Gripping Story - I can't get enough of this series
I liked this almost as much as my favorite so far in this series, (book 4 - Dead to the World).
Sookie's boyfriend, Vampire Bill goes out of town on business and turns up missing. Sookie agrees to help find him and works with Eric (Bill's Vampire Boss) and ...
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The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
Van Jones
HarperOne, 2008
Perfect Timing!
The Green Collar Economy, How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, by Van Jones, could not be more timely. As our economy (and perhaps the world economy) enters a period called stagflation--meaning, a stagnant economy coupled with inflation--Jones offers a ...
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Dead as a Doornail (Southern Vampire Mysteries, Book 5)
Charlaine Harris
Ace, 2006
Another Fabulous Installment
I am surprised that this series just gets better and better as you read it. This book makes a shift to focus more on werewolfes and shapeshifters and of course, most of them accept her. We also see a little more from the fairies.
The book picks up on the storyline ...
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Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes
Maurice Isserman, Stewart Weaver
Yale University Press, 2008
The Age Of Adventure
Mountain climbing has always had a last frontier quality. The race to the North and South Poles ended in the early 1900's, Africa and South America were explored by the 1930's, leaving the Himalayan Mountains as the last challenge for adventure. Mr. Isserman and Mr. ...
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Birnbaum's Walt Disney World 2009 (Birnbaum's Walt Disney World)
Birnbaum Travel Guides
Disney Editions, 2008
Birnbaum's Walt Disney World , the most respected and well-known name in travel guides, takes readers to the world's most popular tourist attraction. Since ours is the only guidebook that's official, this book includes the most accurate information on prices, changes, and new attractions for 2008. Highlights include the scoop on "Magical ...
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