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Earned Value Project Management, 3rd Edition 18 reviews
Quentin W. Fleming, Joel M. Koppelman
Project Management Institute, 2006
Earned Value Simplified
I wish I had had this book much earlier in my project management career! The authors of this book are able to bring the esoteric aspects of Earned Value to the masses. Reading this text is easy - not like a reading text book - and the authors provide (somewhat) "real life" case studies to back up their examples.
One author claims to be an expert in Earned Value, and I believe it after reading ...
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society 162 reviews
Dave Grossman
Back Bay Books, 1996
An eye opening read
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's On Killing is a phenominal work. It serves to blatantly scrutinize one of our society's biggest blind spots and social taboos: killing. Everything our society thinks it knows about wartime combat is fundamentally flawed; our conception of the righteous (or less so) soldier wading through battle without thought of the lives he takes is a lie. One of the most interesting ...
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The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict 35 reviews
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Linda J. Bilmes
W. W. Norton, 2008
$3 trillion would have been cheap
This book puts forth a lot of numbers and tries to put a price on certain things that should not have to have a price on it: such as the price of a human life. But it needs to happen because obviously this country does not value the lives of its soldiers.
This book backs up the sentiment that veterans feel, that their life, sacrifices and the sacrifices of their family are for not. ...
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Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured Foodways, Modern Flavors 21 reviews
Andrea Quynhgiao Nguyen
Ten Speed Press, 2006
amazing book- even for a non vietnamese
When I got this book I had very limited knowledge on Vietnamese food. There is a striking difference in ingredients, spices and herbs used in the Vietnamese cuisine compared to western cooking and the author takes the time to explain all the different ingredients used, how and where to purchase them and how to store them. I found that very helpful! All the recipes in the book are explained in ...
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The Cost of Discipleship88 reviews
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Touchstone, 1995
A manifesto of love from the beyond
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's "The Cost of Discipleship" is the kind of book so fundamental to the daily challenges of our lives as followers of Christ that one might compare it to cold water in the long, winding desert of 21st century civilization.
Bonhoeffer knew that very few Christians actually knew what it meant to claim allegiance to God, or to Christian values: how unforgivingly opposed the ...
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Build Your Own Earth Oven, 3rd Edition: A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves26 reviews
Kiko Denzer, Hannah Field
Hand Print Press, 2007
Practical and well conceived
This is a well written book, nicely illustrated and with a well thought out structure. It covers everything you should need to know on how to build an earth oven. The writing is clear and concise, while still conveying the obvious joy of someone who is genuinely inspired by their subject. I especially liked it because it contains a lot of technical detail illustrated with many examples and not ...
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Handle with Care: A Novel
Jodi Picoult
Atria, 2009
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The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel79 reviews
Stephen Leeb, Glen Strathy
Business Plus, 2007
Great book, wish I read it earlier.
This book has a lot of great info, particularly about economy and aspects of history that may be misunderstood, or may have been completely misrepresented to us. The book is also a relatively easy read. I read it about a year ago, which was actually a little late, but even now it is still a worthwhile investment.
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Women Don't Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation--and Positive Strategies for Change28 reviews
Linda Babcock, Sara Laschever
Bantam, 2007
Informative and Readable
Another in my series of reading books that my wife has left lying around the house. This book studies why women don't seem to ask for things as frequently as men do - and the impact of not asking. I was fascinated by the data presented - in short, that (in general) men seem to view everything in life as negotiable, while women consider most things as non-negotiable. In fact, I noticed this ...
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Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results27 reviews
Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg
Harvard Business School Press, 2006
Review
I am taking a Health Care Management Strategy class and this book was recommended by our professor.
Very well thought and comprehensive book.
Some comclusions can be challenged, but the book bringing a new look on Health Care and provide solutions for improvements.
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Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management15 reviews
Masaaki Imai
McGraw-Hill, 1997
Brief and to the Point
This is a delightful little book that provides important insights into how an organization can be successful by continuously looking at improving its operations, enhance efficiencies and refining operations. This would result in improved quality, productivity and ultimately profit for an organization but without the upheavals and pain associated with the likes of business process reengineering ...
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Blowback, Second Edition: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire93 reviews
Chalmers Johnson
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
American Empire Triology
Chalmers Johnson in "Blowback" presciently and eerily predicts 9/11 or a similar event. Published in 2000 the analysis should be required reading for all interested in foreign policy and how the "American Empire" is perceived by those subject to it. An outstanding contribution to the literature.
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The Gridlock Economy: How Too Much Ownership Wrecks Markets, Stops Innovation, and Costs Lives18 reviews
Michael Heller
Basic Books, 2008
Changes the way we see the world
Every once in a while a gifted academic writes a book about a technical subject that changes the way the lay public sees the world. Michael Heller has written such a book. The Gridlock Economy illuminates by giving language to a phenomena that is all around us but we've had no word for. The stories he tells are chilling and heart wrenching. But he gives us hope as well. By describing ...
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Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 13th Edition (MyAccountingLab Series)46 reviews
Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, ...
Prentice Hall, 2008
COST ACCTG 12TH EDITION
PRODUCT IN EXCELLENT LIKE NEW CONDITION. ARRIVED VERY QUICKLY AND SELLER RESPONDED TIMELY TO MY INQUIRY.
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The Solar Food Dryer: How to Make and Use Your Own Low-Cost, High Performance, Sun-Powered Food Dehydrator6 reviews
Eben V. Fodor
New Society Publishers, 2006
Killer Book, a MUST HAVE for the Homemaker/Homesteader!
If you do any kind of homemaking, preserving, growing of your own food, etc., then you absolutely need to get this book! This will give you low-cost and realistic way to preserve your food naturally and in a way that keeps it tasting great! The step-by-step instructions for building the author's food dryer are top-notch and easy to follow, even for the non-mechanically inclined.
My only ...
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Cost: A Novel23 reviews
Roxana Robinson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
The Cost of Connecting...
What is the cost of family connections? What is the cost of severing them? Julia Lambert asks these questions during a traumatic time in her family's lives.
An artist and professor, Julia departs to her summer home in Maine, to try and connect with her tyrannical father, a former surgeon now retired, and her aging mother, suffering from signs of early Alzheimer's disease. In her father's ...
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RSMeans Building Construction Cost Data 2009 (Means Building Construction Cost Data)
Rsmeans, 2008
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A Nation of Wimps: The High Cost of Invasive Parenting15 reviews
Hara Estroff Marano
Broadway, 2008
Food for thought, but a half sandwich would have been fine
I agree with other reviewers that this book was rather repetitive and could have been 1/2 or even 1/3 the length. That aside and being the first book of this nature I've read, it is essential reading for all parents and educators. The title will turn off the target audience that needs to read it the most. The first few chapters will give you a taste of the rest of the book. The Crisis on ...
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The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It88 reviews
Marcia Angell
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005
An eye opening book which aroused my interest in the whole field
It is a book that made me sacrifice my sleep time. I spent just a weekend to finish it. Easy to read to a laymen, with lots of examples and explanations. No wonder it is a bestseller.
The book reveals the dark side of the pharmaceutical industry. The book is filled with arguments and viewpoints, supported with facts. As such, it presents its side of the story. Though some viewpoints may be too ...
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How to Have an Elegant Wedding for $5000 (or Less) : Achieving Beautiful Simplicity Without Mortgaging Your ...30 reviews
Jan Wilson, Beth Wilson Hickman
Three Rivers Press, 1999
Elegant Wedding for $5000 or less
I found the book to be easy to read. The information was very practical and concise. There were loads of ideas on wedding preparation.
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