books about: surviving

books about: surviving

books:

Surviving

I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye (Updated Edition): Surviving, Coping and Healing After the Sudden Death of a ...

Pamela Blair, Brook Noel

Sourcebooks, Inc., 2008

A grief survival manual
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has to make sense of living through this difficult time. It follows a timeline from the death time and assists the reader to make sense of what has had to be dealt with. The advice is practical yet lovingly given. The book ...

When Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the ...

Matthew Stein

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008

Preparing for "CHAOS" in the United States.
This manual guides one toward survival, when technology fails.....and it will, it's only a matter of time now. It has already begun. Most people cannot hunt, grow food, or recognize anything growing in the wild that would help them survive, if they needed to. The ...

Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem

Kimberlee Roth, Freda B. Friedman

New Harbinger Publications, 2003

Very Helpful
I actually HAVE Borderline Personality Disorder and ran across this book in searching for others to help me learn more about the disorder. I have 2 young boys and am determined not to let my problems become a part of who they are and damage them but I couldn't find a ...

Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse: A Novel of the Turbulent Near Future (Expanded and Updated 33 ...

James Wesley Rawles

Xlibris Corporation, 2006

TEOTWAWKI
Much has been written about this book, both pro and con, over the years. What it is, is an excellent survival handbook, written in a very readable, fictional format. What it isn't, is a literary classic. I have heard people comment about it's lack of sophistication ...

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

Robert I. Sutton

Business Plus, 2007

A great book ... why you do not want jerks on your team
It is inevitable that we all have to deal with jerks at the workplace or on your team. Sutton does an excellent job of pointing out the consequences of having these individuals in your organization. He also gives you the tools to handle these jerks. As a team ...

Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)

John Medina

Pear Press, 2008

Outstanding tips with a sense of humor
This author, a well educated neuroscientist, has that rare ability to combine scientific wisdom, common sense and a sense of humor into a cocktail that goes down easy and creates a very pleasant feeling, but doesn't make you stupid. You then know what you need to do to ...

Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice

Maureen Mccormick

William Morrow, 2008

Excellent
The Brady Bunch was a show that I discovered only in reruns as I was a little young when it first aired. By the time I did watch it, I was in my teens and thought the whole show was a bit of a joke and could not understand its cult following - however, over the years, ...

The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the ...

Grove Press, 2006

The Long Emergency
An excellent argument that we are at or approaching the peak oil production plateau, and speculates on the drastic future we may expect. Well done. Provokes a lot of thought about how one should adapt to eventually intolerable circumstances!

Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series)

William Bonner, Lila Rajiva

Wiley, 2007

Ignorance is bliss; pursuing truth carries the risk that revelations will not be pleasant.
Mobs, Messiahs and Markets doesn't take an in depth look at just one aspect of public life. Instead, it provides the reader with a variety of topics that stimulate questions about why we do or don't do what we do. I don't care to read about historical do-gooders so ...

Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, Second Edition

Patrick C. Walsh, Janet Farrar Worthington

Wellness Central, 2007

Prevent Prostate Cancer--The Need To Be Screened
Book Review: Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer From: www.BasilAndSpice.com Patrick Walsh, M.D., author of Guide To Surviving Prostate Cancer and Distinguished Service Professor of Urology--The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, is the ...

A Smart Girls Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying True to Yourself & Other Stuff (American Girl Library)

Nancy Holyoke

American Girl, 2001

appropriate information
My then 10 year old daughter wanted this book long before I felt she was old enough. I allowed my sister to purchase the book from the American Girl Chicago store since she was visiting the city and give it to my daughter for her 11th birthday. It has good information ...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Divorce and Recovery: 101 Stories about Surviving and Thriving after Divorce ...

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, ...

Chicken Soup for the Soul, 2008

Forgiveness is a gift to yourself!
I, too, have a story included in this wonderful book. But, the divorce I write about is my parents' divorce in the 1960's....the devastation and sadness I felt as a young girl and for many years after. Because of my dad's near abandonment, it took me over 30 years to ...

The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood

Vicki Iovine

Perigee Trade, 1997

Sooo funny!!!
Best book ever to make you feel better when you feel sorry for yourself for staying at home

Orbiting the Giant Hairball: A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace

Gordon MacKenzie

Viking Adult, 1998

Giant Hairball - what the heck is that, I thought
It took me a while and even though a good friend from Brussels had talked about the "Giant Hairball" some months ago it didn't come close to me to put it on my reading list. As Gordon MacKenzie is writing in this amazingly insightful and joyfully written book, it ...

My Husband's Affair Became the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me

Anne Bercht

Trafford Publishing, 2004

If your husband isn't having an affair it's still a very good book
I saw Anne Bercht on Oprah. I thought the programme was extremely helpful so I bought the book. The show pointed out that a lot of affairs happen when a marriage seems extremely healthy. This was a big surprize to me. Generally Anne and Brian had a very good ...