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The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives 8 reviews
Leonard Mlodinow
Pantheon, 2008
Chances are good you'll like this one
This smart book will make you think. Academic yet easy to read, it explores how random events shape the world and how human intuition fights that fact. I found this point fascinating. It never occurred to me that our brains naturally want to see patterns and order, and life doesn't necessarily work like that.
It's comforting to think of an orderly world, with everything in its place, running ...
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The Answer: Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life 15 reviews
John Assaraf, Murray Smith
Atria, 2008
An inspiring balance of theoretical and practical
As a small-business owner, the title of this book is like a magnet. The Answer! The subheads reads: Grow any business, achieve financial freedom, and live an extraordinary life. That's quite a promise. I give this book five stars because of how it delivers on that promise; with a blending of philosophy on how to think more successfully with practical approaches on how to implement that success. ...
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StrengthsFinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup's Now, Discover Your Strengths 140 reviews
Tom Rath
Gallup Press, 2007
FINDING YOUR DREAMS!
The stated goal is to help people do more of what they do well. The author's methods are designed to uncover our key talents via thought patterns, feelings, and behaviors. The patterns are then categorized into 34 broad themes such as Achiever, Relator, and Ideation. The broad themes point to a person's natural talents, which can be further developed. One interesting aspect of the book is that it ...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association214 reviews
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (APA), 2001
APA Publication Manual is the Best!
There's no way I could be getting through grad school without this manual. I highly recommend this to anyone who is in college. It's straight forward and easy to use. The best section starts on page 306 and has a full-blown APA paper sample for reference. It's great!
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't678 reviews
Jim Collins
Collins, 2001
GREAT!!!
Good to Great is about a research to discover how an ordinary company can make the transition from being good, to achieving breakthrough and becoming great. He begins the book by describing the transition from good to great as a flywheel that consists of 3 stages of discipline with each stage containing 2 key concepts. What's important to understand is that becoming a great company takes time; ...
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable 303 reviews
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House, 2007
We have to remember, it is a model about the world, not a world about the model
If you ever questioned what your history teacher told you, you will find this book very interesting. If you ever hated grading on the curve, you will find out your were not alone. If you ever built a portfolio and it was perfect, and later you had asked yourself what in the world were you doing, you will find an answer in this book.
If you ever had to decompose a forecast at your work to get ...
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The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Sears Parenting Library)131 reviews
Robert Sears
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Straight-forward. Easy to read and understand.
This book offers a straight-forward, comprehensive look at each of the vaccines given to children of all ages. It is the best vaccine reference I have found that combines both sides of the argument. It gives you very sound and resonable information for making vaccine decisions. I am a person who believes that modern and wholistic medicine each have their place and should work hand-in-hand and ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time1013 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
The most powerful book I have ever read...
Many of us have felt hopeless, scared and frustrated since 9/11. We see anger building, more disaster looming and see little hope through governmental leadership. This incredible story, about a man who against all odds builds a school for a Pakistani village that nursed him through a near-death experience, provides a solution, at least the beginning of a solution, to the spiral of hatred and ...
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals421 reviews
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
Stop!!! Before you put that in your mouth...
Do you know where the food you eat comes from? Do you know what chemicals are sprayed on to them? What genes within them have been modified? What inhumane treatment has gotten the food to your plate?
If you don't, it may be time to read the Omnivore's Dilemma and reassess your eating habits. This book isn't the most entertaining, but boy does it open your eyes! From the genetically-modified ...
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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions98 reviews
Dan Ariely
HarperCollins, 2008
Entertaining Insight into Human Nature
This book is similar to Freakonomics, but I like the experiments better in this one. Dan Ariely has excellent insight into different questions about how we behave.
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The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures26 reviews
Dan Roam
Portfolio Hardcover, 2008
You can tell your story more compellingly using simple drawings
Most business books fall into a few broad categories, and though this one might be lumped in the category of how to do presentations, it is really much cooler than that. I guess I find it so cool because I can't really draw a straight line with a ruler. My kids are pretty good artists, but that comes from my wife's side. I am a musician. This book shows you how to use simple drawings and ...
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable207 reviews
Patrick M. Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2002
Great Book!
I had to read this book for a class of mine and fortunately I loved it. The lessons are told through fictional characters; however, it's easy to see how the dysfunctions can apply towards your own teams.
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When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change
Mohamed El-Erian
McGraw-Hill, 2008
"El-Erian is a doer and a thinker and someone who understands the risks of rare events. [Never before, have] I seen such a combination. Read this book." —Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author The Black Swan When Markets Collide is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today's global economic and financial systems--and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting important signals. While some ...
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference914 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2002
Loved it!
I wish there were more books out there as interesting and thought-provoking as this one. I really don't have much more to say beyond "this book is just plain great, and you should definitely get your hands on it."
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition120 reviews
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2005
"THE" book for GMAT
No matter what you read or don't read, this book is a must for all those who prepare for GMAT. Though some of the explanations/concepts are not so well written, this book has the "REAL" content. Most of the questions listed in this book are supposedly taken from previous GMATS. And that explains why you see such a similarity between problems/questions in this book and the real GMAT ones.
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Einstein: His Life and Universe189 reviews
Walter Isaacson
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Insightful and wonderfully written: a page-turner
Walter Isaacson writes history so that it reads like an excellent, exciting novel. This biography is a page-turner.
Moreover, the author writes with subtle humor and great insight.
Isaacson's research is accurate and extensive, which makes it even more amazing that the book does not have the format of a history textbook.
This biography of Albert Einstein is filled with stories of a ...
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!2138 reviews
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter
Business Plus, 2000
Fantastic Book
This book is amazing. I would recommend this to any at any age. I read this in High School and it changed my life. I now own a successful startup company and it is all thanks to the rich dad series for inspiring me to NOT GET A JOB! I recently bought this for my 13 year old brother in law as well. It is not a HOW TO but rather a THINK ABOUT how to!
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Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism21 reviews
Kevin Phillips
Viking Adult, 2008
wonderful book
if you read the 'prize' and alan's 'the age of turbulance' you will definitely like this book. this book provide a new perspective to the petro-dollar by analyzing the development of financial industries in USA.
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking925 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2007
A Critical Decision Making Tool!
Sometimes decisions need to be made quickly. All of our knowledge, education, experience, reasoning, intuition, common sense and confidence must come together rapidly.
Malcolm Gladwell calls quick decision making thin slicing in his book: Blink. Thin slicing is the ability to focus on a small set of critical variables to make a quick decision rather than consciously considering every ...
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Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges17 reviews
Antonin Scalia, Bryan A. Garner
Thomson West, 2008
Written for lawyers, but valuable for everyone
We all need to make arguments. Whether it is something as benign as trying to decide where to have lunch or something as serious as whether Mom needs to be place in an enhanced care facility, we need to be able to think, write, and speak clearly about what we want to do. How do we form the argument? Does our order of presentation matter? What should we know about the person or board we are ...
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