books about: some

books about: some

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Garth Ennis

Dynamite Entertainment, 2008

An Absolute Must-Buy
The second edition of Garth Ennis' new comic series The Boys is absolutely sterling. Now that the first book has established who these characters are, what they do and what kind of world they're living in we start settling in to just what their day-to-day life ...

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Random House, 2007

If you could make yourself significantly more powerful by reading 336 pages, wouldn't you?
Made to Stick is a book about making yourself a better, more influential person. How you use that power is ultimately up to you (although I recommend using it for good) but there's no doubt this book is of more practical value than anything I've read in years. ...

Everything Kids' Cookbook: From Mac ' N Cheese to Double Chocolate Chip Cookies-All You Need to Have Some ...

Sandra K. Nissenberg

Adams Media Corporation, 2002

A very kid-friendly cookbook!
We have had this cookbook for about a year and have used it quite a bit when planning weekly menus. The recipes don't have too many ingredients and they are very kid-friendly. My son is 9 years-old and he loves to make the double chocolate chip cookies. We like ...

Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short Story

David Einhorn

Wiley, 2008

A closer look at modern wall st. and hedge funds
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time catalogs the incredible events that followed the author's fast rising hedge fund and the investment community that attacked him after sticking his neck out in a speech. The investment community attached to protect its ...

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of ...

Kate Dicamillo

Candlewick, 2006

fantastic !
am 7 years old and i like the book of Despereaux because Despereaux was so little and it was funny because he have big ears but it was kind of sad when Despereaux went to the dungeon but all stories have happy endings so am sure the tale of Despereaux ...

Made to Stick (Chapter 5: Emotional): Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Random House, 2008

If you could make yourself significantly more powerful by reading 336 pages, wouldn't you?
Made to Stick is a book about making yourself a better, more influential person. How you use that power is ultimately up to you (although I recommend using it for good) but there's no doubt this book is of more practical value than anything I've read in years. ...

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

HarperTrophy, 1987

Me and my 2.5 year old son love this book
This is a great book for kids, even young ones around 2.5 years old. It's an engaging story and my son loves the part where the man wakes up to find his hats gone, and looks up and sees all the monkeys wearing the hats! He asks me to read it everynight, and remembers ...

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Jim Collins

Collins Business, 2001

Worth for its price
I don't need much to write here as hundreds of people has written review for this book. In simple terms the book is easy to read & understand. Analyze how best companies manage to retain their position by innovative & intelligent leadership. Research is sound & ...

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott

Anchor, 1995

Pep in your step!
This is a put a pep-in-your-step writing book. It's really a book with instructions on having a WRITING life. I'm still in the thick of it but I've never laughed so hard or felt so motivated by a book to write.

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Anne Lamott

Anchor, 2000

Shocking but profound
In an e-mail exchange, a ministry colleague asked, "I have never read Anne Lamott. Do you recommend her?" I responded: Knowing your heart for broken people and for Jesus, I can recommend "Traveling Mercies" to you without qualification. I have only about 16 feet ...

Life After Death: Some of the Best Evidence

Jan W Vandersande PhD

Outskirts Press, 2008

Getting to the Truth of the Matter
For nearly 160 years, maverick scientists and scholars have been providing very credible evidence that consciousness survives physical death and continues on in other realms of existence. The legal doctrine of Res Judicata - it has been decided - could have been ...

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

David S. Landes

W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Outstanding!
Landes provides an interesting and credible explanation of the differences in income/capita (now about 400:1, about 5:1 250 years ago) between the richest and poorest nations. En route, Landes also provides a useful perspective on today's globalization debate. Most ...

More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of ...

Joel Spolsky

Apress, 2008

Worth Rereading
Since I've been reading joelonsoftware for the past two years, a lot of this was already familiar to me, but it was well worth rereading. Some of the essays were old enough and I hadn't come by links to them so they were new to me, but not many. Most of the first ...

Some Like It Wicked (Avon Historical Romance)

Teresa Medeiros

Avon, 2008

Clever, fun, and a quick read!
I haven't read a romance novel in a very long time that caused me to sit down and read...and read...and read. I read this entire 372-page novel in less than 24 hours. I just enjoyed it so much that I could not put it down. I'm a Teresa Medeiros fan to begin with, ...

Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software ...

Joel Spolsky

Apress, 2004

Very interesting for every programmer
I bought this book for my husband who mostly sits 24-7 coding and even if he sleeps then he dreams in code. This books is actually archive of Joel's messages (can i call it blog) on his website. Easy and sometimes funny to read, also technical but at least smth ...