books about: gate

books about: gate

books:

Gate

Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era

Mary Jo Foley

Wiley, 2008

A complete picture of Microsoft
When I heard that Mary Jo Foley was writing a book on the future of Microsoft, I of course became intersted. Why? Because there's no doubt that Mary Jo Foley is the most connected journalist covering Microsoft today (or ever) and as a result she has a unique, ...

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 ...

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else

Michael Gates Gill

Gotham, 2007

One of the Best Career Books Ever
This is one of the best books ever written about mid-life career crisis. The story of the advertising executive who ended up cleaning toilets at Starbucks is filled with wonderful anecdotes that can be best appreciated by those who are middle aged and beyond. Young ...

The Body Ecology Diet

Donna Gates

Body Ecology, 2006

The most comprehensive book on diet available
As some one who has studied nutrition for a long time, I can safely say that this book is the most comprehensive that I've encountered, especially for those with an imbalanced or impaired immune system or digestive tract. The diet is pretty strict, especially when it ...

Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World

Wendy Johnson

Bantam, 2008

Rich earth
This book springs from rich earth. It digs into an era through the gardening and Buddhist practice of Wendy Johnson. It's so detailed and beautifully blended that, after a session of reading, I would marvel at the mere undertaking of writing this part-gardening, ...

Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

Collins, 2003

A Big Deal
Barbarians at the Gate is a classic of the business book genre, and with the private equity boom we have seen in the last couple of years, it is still as relevant as it was when it came twenty years ago. It is the story or some extremely unlikable rich people brought ...

Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making

Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, ...

Wiley, 2006

Excellent Book
This is an excellent book. Each chapter starts with a real life example of the learning objectives that will be covered in the chapter. The concepts are explained in terms that are easy to understand and grasp. There are a variety of problems at the end of each ...

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae

Steven Pressfield

Bantam, 2005

What is the opposite of fear?
In 480 B.C., the Battle of Thermopylae changed world history forever, though in some perverse way, today we revisit some of the roots of this singular conflict among powers. Don't mind those few critics. Gates of Fire is a beautiful work, lavish and elaborate. ...

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Their Eyes Were Watching God
I liked this book. I would laugh and cry reading it, the movie is good, too. Haly Berry is in the movie and I love her movies. You cannot not go wrong getting both the book or seeing the movie.

Accounting Principles

Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, ...

Wiley, 2007

No Wiley Plus Code
I bought this book from directly from Amazon thinking I would be getting the code to access the Wiley Plus online, because all of the homework for the class is online. The book did not come with a code, and I now must pay another $60 for the code so I can do my ...

Summerhill Secrets, Volume 2: House of Secrets/Echoes in the Wind/Hide Behind the Moon/Windows on the ...

Beverly Lewis

Bethany House Publishers, 2007

amish book
book 2 of the summerhill secrets did not let me down. I am thrilled to have been able to read it. Loved it

Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases (11th Edition)

Fred R David

Prentice Hall, 2006

Strategic Management: Concepts & Cases
It is a helpfull book, especially for anyone who deal with the strategy formulation. This book provide some valuable tools for analyzing the organization's environment, both external and internal, which is something special with this book that make it different with ...

Meditations from the Mat: Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga

Rolf Gates, Katrina Kenison

Anchor, 2002

A Must Have Yoga Tool
I was introduced to this book by my yoga teacher two years ago. It's an amazing book to guide you through your yoga journey. It's meant to be read in 365 days but there were times I would let it sit for a while. When I picked it up to read again it was always ...

Exceptional Lives: Special Education in Today's Schools (5th Edition)

Ann Turnbull, H. Rutherford Turnbull, ...

Prentice Hall, 2006

Exceptional Lives
This book is extremely informative and the information is organized well. My professor specifically picked this book because the content covered alot of the history of special education.

College Physics (with PhysicsNow)

Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn, ...

Brooks Cole, 2005

Sloppy
I am not at all impressed with the 7th ed. I am now using another textbook instead of the the College Physics 7th ed required for my class. The text itself if so-so. The text explanations of concepts are unclear and unnecessarily wordy, not the worst out there but ...