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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich 720 reviews
Timothy Ferriss
Crown, 2007
A game changer for certain people
I LOVED this book and I can't stop talking about it. It's a fantastic guide for breaking free of the corporate treadmill and making better use of your life. This book is my new bible.
That said, I realize that I am squarely in the target demographic for the message of this book. Many of the principles in the book would be nearly impossible to implement if you're a blue collar worker. This is a ...
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 225 reviews
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association (APA), 2001
A great writing resource!
This book is proving to be a valuable resource for outlining the writing "rules of the road". I'm in the midst of writing my doctoral dissertation and the APA Manual has proved extremely useful for learning the proper way to cite references from various sources (like telephone conversations), use combinations of unusual punctuation (should the comma go inside or outside this parentheses?), and ...
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Sixth Edition77 reviews
Joseph Gibaldi
Modern Language Association of America, 2003
Excellent for Research
AS a professor and editor of Research; this style guide has detailed information for the serious paper writer; and provides examples that show how to format difficult passages. Used extensively at the Community College level.
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How to Use the Amazon Kindle for Email & Over 100 Pages of Other Cool Tips (The Complete User's Guide to the ...85 reviews
Harvard Perspectives Press (kindleusers.blogspot.com), 2007
Windwalker is a life-saver
Being somewhat over the age of consent, I have found this publication to be extremely helpful. It is a work in progress. A particularly attractive feature is that you can receive updates as they become available. Don't expect that from your Funk and Wagnalls. The author gently led me through information about features that are hardly touched upon in the user handbook and not at all in their ...
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How Fiction Works4 reviews
James Wood
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
The Magician's Secrets
James Wood conducts a concise but edifying tour behind the curtain of novel making, aimed primarily at the student and interested layperson. He examines the techniques used by the novelist that readers routinely take for granted. By spotlighting and defamiliarizing them, he demonstrates how they have evolved over the centuries, including examples of both good and bad usage.
Topics include free ...
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Kaplan GRE Exam 2009 Premier Program (w/ CD-ROM) (Kaplan Gre Exam (Book & CD-Rom))6 reviews
Kaplan
Kaplan Publishing, 2008
Highly recommended
This book gives an excellent overview of what the GRE will be like, and has lots of super tips as to how to best approach the different question types. When I got to the math section I was a little overwhelmed, especially since I have never had geometry, only algebra. But the authors say that it is not a math test at all and go on to explain how to approach each type of math question. I am so ...
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Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Thumb Index))104 reviews
Donald Venes
F. A. Davis Company, 2005
Great medical reference book
I used one of these at my job and liked it so well that I bought one for myself when I retired. It will answer pretty much any question you have about ailments, treatments, etc.
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The Official Guide for GMAT Review, 11th Edition132 reviews
Graduate Management Admission Council
Graduate Management Admission Council, 2005
#1
I love this book. People are saying that the questions in this one and the verbal and math supplements books are the same so I went to Barnes and compared the reading comp sections and all passages were different. So...I don't know if they're comparing with the 10th edition or they're on something. If you're studying for the GMAT, at least get this book. It has a gang of questions from actual ...
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The Official SAT Study Guide108 reviews
The College Board
College Board, 2007
Excellent Guide!
This is an excellent guide for the SAT!
The content is thorough and very helpful.
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Now, Discover Your Strengths323 reviews
Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton
Free Press, 2001
buy new only!!
This is a wonderful book, but you have to buy it new! There's a code on the inside for the strengths quiz, and you cannot reuse the code. I had to buy StrengthsFinder 2.0--the new version--in order to get the quiz without repurchansing the same exact book twice.
It would have been nice to know this....
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful187 reviews
Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Hyperion, 2007
Excellent book
The book does an excellent job of describing a process for getting more honest feedback from peers and superiors. Both useful information needed to keep climbing up the ladder. would recommend to all climbers
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Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing 11 reviews
Mignon Fogarty
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
More Than Mere Grammar
Who needs another book on grammar?
Well, to be candid, most of us. We all struggle with the usual problems like lie vs. lay, affect vs. effect, and where to insert commas. In terms of these basic grammar questions, Mignon delivers the goods. In the guise of Grammar Girl she provides simple, memorable lessons in ... well ... grammar.
The book is more than just a grammar guide. Go back ...
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Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life 1444 reviews
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998
Great Analogy
The book is a quick read and reread. A good reminder of how we MUST flow with change in our lives.
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Pro Football Prospectus 2008: The Essential Guide to the 2008 Pro Football Season (Pro Football Prospectus)4 reviews
Plume, 2008
Football by the Numbers
One Moment Changes Everything: The All-America Tragedy of Don Rogers
Of all the books that rely on statistical information to be applied in a useful way (fantasy football), Pro Football Prospectus is, to me, the very best. It doesn't seem as easy to use as the baseball version, but at over 500 pages, it's incredibly heavy on the stats, which are listed in numerous ways, then compared and ...
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The Elements of Style (Coyote Canyon Press Classics)378 reviews
William Strunk
Coyote Canyon Press, 2007
A Must For the College Bound
We traditionally give this as part of a high school graduation present and have received many notes of thanks over the years.
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A Writer's Reference59 reviews
Diana Hacker
Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006
Better than ever
I was directed to use "A Writer's Reference" beginning with the second addition. When I could choose texts for my classes, I voluntarily chose this very text, which I use for pre-freshman composition, freshman critical thinking/composition, literature/advanced composition, and critical thinking/advanced composition. The sixth edition is better than ever. Furthermore, it is the one book I tell my ...
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines58 reviews
Thomas C. Foster
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
makes you look a the novels you read in a different way
How to Read Literature Like a Professor explains some of the devices used by authors to express themselves. The author covers many aspects of the novel such as the quest and the frequent appearance of references to previous authors such as Shakespeare. The author's approach is flexible, he explains that, for example the weather, can have many uses as a device rather than just one. Rather than ...
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The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life -- His Own5 reviews
David Carr
Simon & Schuster, 2008
David Carr turns the gun on himself -- and lives to tell the harrowing tale
"Let's say, for the sake of argument, that a guy threw himself under a crosstown bus and lived to tell the tale," David Carr writes. "Is that a book you'd like to read?"
Good question. Indeed, it's the question that prospective readers of "The Night of the Gun", Carr's warts-and-all memoir, will have to consider --- because this is that book.
Consider:
A talented kid without much ...
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High128 reviews
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ...
McGraw-Hill, 2002
Excellent!
I have always been quite squeamish about talking to others when the stakes are high. Somehow I always seemed to make the situation worse, not better, when it really mattered, but I didn't know how to change. Shortly after reading this book, I had a situation come up where I was going to have to have "A Talk" with a relative. Instead of my usual sense of dread, the first thought that came to mind ...
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Fourth Edition (Text Revision)103 reviews
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. / Jaypee, 2000
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR
This book is one textbook that will stay with me throughout my coursework. It is very helpful in understanding mental issues and how to decide proper diagnosis. It is well written and easy to navigate. I definitely recommend also getting DSM made easy with this book as the case examples really are helpful.
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