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Written Anything Good Lately? 3 reviews
Susan Allen, Jane Lindaman
Millbrook Press, 2005
An entertaining picturebook introduction and guide through the wonderfully varied art of writing
Co-authored by Susan Allen and Jane Lindaman, Written Anything Good Lately? is enhanced with detailed illustrations by Vicky Enright and is an entertaining picturebook introduction and guide through the wonderfully varied art of writing. Deftly carrying its young readers through a creative alphabet of every imaginable writing idea, Written Anything Good Lately? provides an encouraging and ...
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How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of "Intangibles" in Business 17 reviews
Douglas W. Hubbard
Wiley, 2007
Quantifying Soft Knowledge
Perhaps the most frequent question from decision analysis team members is, "How do we get the inputs?" In most evaluations, there are several key variables about which we know little. Consider oil price, for example. We have abundant historical data, yet forecasting future prices is a daunting challenge.
Doug Hubbard has written an entire book about capturing quantitative judgments. His approach ...
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Game for Anything 3 reviews
Bella Andre
Pocket, 2008
fun second chance at love sports romance
NFL superstar San Francisco Outlaws quarterback Ty Calhoun won the Super Bowl on the last play with an incredible run. While the accolades pour in especially for his amazing final play, public relations specialist Julie Spencer watched the game and its final play on TV and expected Ty to score the winning points. She never forgot his scoring with her when he took her virginity and heart without ...
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Influencer: The Power to Change Anything140 reviews
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ...
McGraw-Hill, 2007
So Many Useful Ideas
In general, I am not easily impressed by these business books that purport give some great insight into how to make things work. If somebody really had the ability to "change anything" then he wouldn't be wasting time writing books, he'd be out there changing things, if not for the better, then to his advantage. With that caveat in mind, however, I have to say that I enjoyed this book.
There ...
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Get Anyone to Do Anything: Never Feel Powerless Again--With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence ...136 reviews
David J. Lieberman
St. Martin's Griffin, 2001
Must Read!
This book has a lot of good info on communication. I learned quite a bit about how I communicate to others and what my body language is saying. There is some humor too and that made all the more enjoyable. Good book!
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Read Anything Good Lately? (Millbrook Picture Books)5 reviews
Susan Allen, Jane Lindaman
Millbrook Press, 2006
The joy of reading, beautifully portrayed
The busy bookworm in "Read Anything Good Lately?" reminds us of all the various ways and locations that reading is a part of our life. Allen and Lindaman work their way creatively through the alphabet, accompanied by Enright's entertaining illustrations. Guaranteed to get you thinking of how much, and where, you read every day. A lovely, fun book all around.
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You Can Negotiate Anything54 reviews
Herb Cohen
Bantam, 1982
Delightful and Impressive Book
I absolutely loved this book. It is humorous and informative. The author took time to explain things in layman's terms without "dumping it down". I was delighted and impressed by the numerous practical examples the author gave which illustrated the vast opportunities that are available to achieve effective negotiations.
The book really gives a great launching point for those who wish to carry ...
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I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It89 reviews
Barbara Sher
Dell, 1995
A Roadmap to Success!
I Could do Anything if I Only Knew what it Was provides practical common sense guide for determining what career you should decide on. In other words it helps you discover what makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning.
The book is informative, refreshing and extremely useful. There are many rich topics for anyone who isn't sure what he/she wants to be when he/she grows up! Some of ...
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More Than Anything Else56 reviews
Marie Bradby
Scholastic, 1995
"More Than Anything Else" - a review
Well, 53 Five Star reviews pretty much says it all.
This is a beautiful book. Not only is the artwork superb (see the cover and Amazon's "Search Inside This Book" feature) but the story is glorious. A triumph of the human spirit when everything in the immediate environment says 'give up' and 'don't dare to dream'.
In this fictionalized story of Booker T. Washington, a young boy ignores ...
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THE ORPHANED ANYTHING'S: memoir of a lesser known8 reviews
stephen christian
iUniverse, Inc., 2008
Couldn't put it down
The author's story of a young man struggling to find hope is inspiring. I found encouragement as the central message of the story. It's about finding hope and peace within. The author's style of writing is modern, easy to read and so relatable. The young generation can relate to this book.
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Ask Me Anything: Provocative Answers for College Students10 reviews
J. Budziszewski
Th1nk Books, 2004
Short, sweet, not too contrived
The chapters are pieced out of actual conversations and letters, and very well done. The questions and answers themselves are right on target, and I certainly wish I had had this book when I was in college -- it would have saved me quite a bit of repenting. Seriously. Easy read. Well worthwhile
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Anything Goes10 reviews
John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman
Michael O'Mara, 2008
Charming from start to finish!
I actually listened to the audiobook version, read very entertainingly by John Barrowman himself. I can't say whether the book benefits from a slight abridgment, but I suspect it benefits quite a bit by the addition of John Barrowman's always charming delivery. I smiled all the way through, laughed aloud in places, and found myself touched in more.
Besides the look into his life thus far (his ...
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How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything: Yes Anything!23 reviews
Albert Ellis
Citadel, 2006
Great book
Great insight into the problem of suffering. Ellis gives several methods to overcome negative emotions. However if you read other books of Ellis, there is nothing new although his uses difference clinical examples.He seems to focus on 'Tyranny of Should's' (borrowed from Karen Horney) a lot and feels it as core of neurosis.
Today CBT is developed mainly expanding Ellis ideas (Thanks to David ...
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Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life44 reviews
David Allen
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
Productivity and Self Discovery
David Allen's "Ready for Everything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work & Life" is excellent! As the companion book following his widely popular "Getting Things Done", it is a great addition to enhance personal productivity. I found myself revisiting the book time and again to get back on track whenever I felt overwhelmed. It inspired me to look with clarity and I discovered that it is entirely ...
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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything20 reviews
Linda Williams
HarperTrophy, 1988
Oh, yes!
We pull this one out in the fall. The story is great for standing up and moving around -- clomp, clomp - wiggle,wiggle - shake, shake - clap, clap - nod, nod... plus, there's a great surprise (which we shout out VIGOROUSLY!) and a happy ending. It's one of our best fall books.
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How to Sell Anything to Anybody27 reviews
Joe Girard
Fireside, 2006
Excellent Book for Salespeople!
I heard about this book years ago, but I never took time to read it. Actually, I thought the book was too old to be relevent. I saw the book in Charlotte recently and was suprised when I thumbed through it. First of all, the comments on the cover got my attention: "World's Greatest Salesman" and "The Guiness Book of Records." If that wasn't enough, his writing captured my interest ...
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Our Librarian Won't Tell Us Anything9 reviews
Toni Buzzeo
Upstart Books, 2006
A Must Have for All Librarians or Teachers
What a fantastic book. This book is a wonderful way to help teachers and librarians to help children in learning to become independent library users. The book delivers the message in a simple and cheerful manner. The story is great for students beginning a research project, learning to use the online card catalog or searching for books to meet their individual needs and interests. This book makes ...
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The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea15 reviews
Mary South
Harper Paperbacks, 2008
the cure for anything is salt water
The Cure for Anything Is Salt Water: How I Threw My Life Overboard and Found Happiness at Sea
As a reader whose only experience with boats is a few crossings on the Staten Island Ferry, I still found myself hooked from the beginning of THE CURE FOR ANYTHING IS SALT WATER. Not only because it is a very funny book and a great story about leaving corporate life for the sea, but also because of ...
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Does Anything Eat Wasps?: And 101 Other Unsettling, Witty Answers to Questions You Never Thought You Wanted ...11 reviews
New Scientist
Free Press, 2006
Oddball questions, clever answers
I've always been a fan of trivia books -- you know, those books that are full of factoids and/or short bits of knowledge. They often have a problem though -- they tend to run a lot of items without fact checking. The question-and-answer type (as exemplified by David Feldman and Cecil Adams) tend to be better-researched, since they're more than just factoids. This is one of the latter kind, and ...
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Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises5 reviews
Joseph Cummins
Quirk Books, 2007
Who Knew History Could Be So Much Fun
I loved this book. While you could read it in snippets - search out on one or two elections that were high on the sleaze-o-meter (the author gives nearly every election a rating for its dirty tricks quotient) I found it both enlighting and enjoyable to read it all the way through. Cummins has a clever, relaxed style and a real eye for quirky details. He also has no political agenda which means ...
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