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Now, Discover Your Strengths
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press, 2001
Management tool
Probably the best management and personnel development tool around! Four staff members were each given a copy to read and to follow the instructions for getting an analysis. Each was asked to bring the analysis for their annual job review. They expected the typical ...
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Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Stacey O'Brien
Free Press, 2008
A book of awareness
Almost a year ago I lost my precious Dove (Heaven) and at times still find it difficult to explain to others what she meant to me. This book does exactly that. Not to mention helping to make more people aware how intelligent animals can be. Also, how they can change ...
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Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
Noah J. Goldstein, Steve J. Martin, ...
Free Press, 2008
Great fast read with real knowledge :)
I just finished this book today, and I absolutely loved it !!! I am actually buying more copies for my friends and family in sales, own their own business or have positive ambition :)
There are like 50 chapters with 3-5 pages each, kinda. It makes it easy to read ...
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You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management
Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. Roizen
Free Press, 2006
For those who need to know "why"
This is an excellent book for those who need to know why we should not eat certain foods. It is a convincing argument for healthful eating without making one feel you are on the D word.
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
David Allen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002
Absolutely phenomenal ways of managing yourself
Management begins with self! Start managing yourself and you would be able to manage everyone and everything around you. But there are times when you have lots of things to do and you are left with no choice but to get more and more confused.
The best ways I thought ...
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Free Press, 2004
It's all in the habit!
Habits! Yes, consistent, belief-based, and optimized habits are the only way to be your best self. Thoughts are the parents of our experience and performance. This guy will guide you to it. You will also learn how to optimize these habits with Rosalene Glickman's ...
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The Mind-Beauty Connection: 9 Days to Reverse Stress Aging and Reveal More Youthful, Beautiful Skin
Amy Wechsler
Free Press, 2008
Your Skin--A Mind-Beauty Connection
From: www.BasilAndSpice.com
A FirstLook Feature
Book Review: The Mind-Beauty Connection: 9 Days to Reverse Stress, Aging and Reveal More Youthful, Beautiful Skin (Free Press, 2008) by Amy Weschler, M.D.
Author Amy Weschler is one of only two physicians in the ...
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The Jewel of Medina
Sherry Jones
Beaufort Books, Inc., 2008
Opens hearts and minds
The Jewel of Medina brings the reader into a relatively unknown world of 7th Century Saudi Arabia and brings to life the events surrounding the beginning of Islam. The novel seems very respectful of Muhammad to me while at the same time focusing on the lives of his ...
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
Picador, 2008
Keynes vindicated
Roll on Naomi Klein! I think she has hit the nail right on the head
When I was studying economics at Australia's Monash University between 1965 and 1969, our first three years were devoted to the study of the economics of John Maynard Keynes, a man with both heart ...
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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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Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Free Press, 2008
Brilliant...a 5-star-plus masterpiece!
I am certainly not one to gush over books. Authors are human, and write from their own biased perspectives. But every so often a book comes along that gives my own biased perspective a nice swift kick, and that definitely applies here. When it comes to religious ...
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Real Life: Preparing for the 7 Most Challenging Days of Your Life
Dr. Phil McGraw
Free Press, 2008
Brilliant so far :-0
While I'm not quite at the end right now, (38 pages left) I find this book brilliant. It is such a big help and great tool for practically everybody. It's a little bit like a manual for your life, just like you'd get a car manual in your new car or a manual on how to ...
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You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (You)
Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
Free Press, 2007
much good helpful advice
We got this book after seeing it posted on Oprah winfrey's show with Dr. Oz. Lots of good sound advice and more.
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The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule
Thomas Frank
Metropolitan Books, 2008
"The Wrecking Crew" in the midst of a wreck
I've still done little more than scan "The Wrecking Crew" during this week of deciding if the "wreckers" should be given $700 billion. I come from Hofstadter's time and find my eyes blinking at the audacious ugliness that envelops us in so many ways. I'm old and the ...
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Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
Jonah Goldberg
Doubleday, 2008
A Book for the Intellectually Honest Seeking Truth About American History
It is very unfortunate that people use the review process to attack a book which they are very unlikely to have read. It is always fascinating that the very same people who so often lecture to all of us about "tolerance" are the least so. It is particularly bothersome ...
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