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Understanding How Others Misunderstand You

4 reviews
Ron Braund, Ken Voges

Moody Publishers, 1995

On Target
I had originally purchased this book at the request of my employer for his own use. After flipping through several pages, various paragraphs jumped off the page at me confirming truths of my personality and I couldn't put it down. The DISC system of identifying personality traits is the best I've ever read. This book not only explains the the traits of a person's personality traits but how ...

Regarding the Pain of Others

20 reviews
Susan Sontag

Picador, 2004

Sontag adds here name to the after postmodernism movement
Sontag questions her ideas that have influenced half a centary. She is not alone Terry Eagleton (After Theory), Elain Showalter, Sandra Gilbert, and even Derrida (life.after theory) have done the same

Student Solutions Manual for Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives for Options, Futures, and Other ...

69 reviews
JOHN C HULL

Prentice Hall, 2008

Great intro
I started not knowing a "put" from a "call," but I needed to know a fair bit about how financial engineers (coming from a family of PEs, I'm still not used to that term) use math. This has been the introduction I wanted - not the advanced stuff, but enough to help me understand that material. Methodical pacing leads the reader gradually through the basics, from just what a derivative is on ...

The Other Queen: A Novel

11 reviews
Philippa Gregory

Touchstone, 2008

Mary Queen of Scots
Gregory has again capitalized on her popularity as a historical fiction writer, specifically on the topic of the Tudors. While The Other Queen takes place during Elizabeth's reign, the focus of this book is on the tragic figure of Mary Queen of Scots and her "jailers," George Talbot and his wife, Bess of Hardwick. The narrative changes voices between the three of them, and each gives their ...

Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)

17 reviews
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dover Publications, 1993

Broad-minded and radical thoughts
This book has a collection of some of Emerson's best essays including "Self-Reliance" which is probably his most popular work. The underlying theme of all of them is essentially the same: "individuality." He advocated trusting and following one's own instincts and thoughts instead of blindly copying the customs and traditions of society. He encouraged people to search for the truth themselves ...

The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs

164 reviews
Patricia B. McConnell

Ballantine Books, 2003

It Was Great
Don't go into this book expecting a manual and you will not be disappointed. It's a conversationally delivered comparisson of primates and canid behaviors, and how they sometimes (often) conflict, with some stories that make it all seem more relevant to real life, mixed in. I enjoyed this book because I find this topic fascinating. The next time I trained a dog after reading this book, I was ...

Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom, Updated Edition

41 reviews
Lisa Delpit

New Press, 2006

Powerful and Challenging
If you work with students from dominated cultures, this is a must read. Delpit examines the culture of power and how we can begin to change the climate in our schools. It will challenge you to examine your assumptions.

The Wizard of Oz and Other Narcissists: Coping with the One-Way Relationship in Work, Love, and Family

70 reviews
Eleanor Payson

Julian Day Publications, 2002

Now it all makes sense
After I finally ended a 20 year relationship with a man that I referred to as" the most self centered human on earth", I still struggled with the lesson I was to learn from it all and still had a fog about what I had experienced. A friend turned me on to this book and BINGO! all the pieces fell into place for me. I was unaware that being a narcissist was an actual personality disorder and that ...

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

34 reviews
Jacob, A. Riis

Digireads.com, 2005

How the Other Half+ Still Lives
Essential classic to refresh past and current thinking on urban development and inequality. History is repeating itself all too comfortably.

The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) (Boleyn)

813 reviews
Philippa Gregory

Touchstone, 2008

An enjoyable read
Last week I finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. I really enjoyed it. Historical fiction is not a genre I often read, and I picked up this novel for my Kindle on a whim. I'm very glad I did - the characters are well-rounded and realistic (especially Mary, who we watch progress from a naive child to mature woman of the court), the volatile tempers of Henry and Anne are ...

Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message

68 reviews
Ravi Zacharias

W Publishing Group, 2002

Great Book
Ravi has carried the mantle of C.S. Lewis as the voice of christian apologetics in the 21st century. He draws from a wealth of resources not the least of which is his mind. As his disclaimer advises in the forward, he did not wish to bash other faiths BUT I would have liked a more frequent and in depth comparison to other religions. He did a thorough job expressing the unique christian ...

The Presence of Others: Voices and Images That Call for Response

4 reviews
Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008

Great book to start discussions
This book is very thought provoking. It was really easy to write response papers to the topics in the book.

The Other

21 reviews
David Guterson

Knopf, 2008

Melancholy "madness"
This is a really good book, by the author of the really good "Snow Falling on Cedars" and the not so good "Our Lady of the Forest" (well, at least I didn't enjoy that one). Middle-class Neil Countryman narrates the tale of his friendship with John William Barry, a young man to the manor born who rejects all the trappings of wealth in an extreme way, becoming a recluse up in Washington state's ...

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

17 reviews
Henry David Thoreau

BN Publishing, 2006

The Persistance Of The Philosophers ...
"Because they could not seize my thoughts, they decided, to punish my body...": this sentence was the first,which remaind in my memory, consolidated in my soul, reason enough, to explore more about this Henry David Thoreau (12.7.1817-2.5.1862). He moved in the same circles of society-critical network as Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), in the middle of the 19th century at the American east coast. ...

Other People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy

4 reviews
Victoria Purcell-Gates

Harvard University Press, 1997

Accessible Study of Illiteracy
Purcell-Gates avoids the weighty conventions of academic writing and thus opens her studies and insights to the larger world. The book recounts her experiences over two years tutoring a completely illiterate mother and her nearly equally illiterate son. Purcell-Gates, who at the time worked at the local university and literacy center, tells their story with compassion and a strong effort ...

Marley Movie Tie-in Edition: A Dog Like No Other

21 reviews
John Grogan

HarperEntertainment, 2008

Marley
My 13 yr old son really enjoyed this book, and I am glad this version is available. Unfortunately they have not included all the footnotes that were in the adult version, I felt they added closure to the story.

The Other Side

25 reviews
Jacqueline Woodson

Putnam Juvenile, 2001

The Other Side
"Don't you ever cross that fence child!" A little colored girl was playing out on her swing, and then came a white girl. They both looked at eachother in confusion. In the early 1900's, there was many problems between colored people and whites. They just didnt get along very well. The colored girl ran inside and asked her ma why she couldn't cross the fence. She told her baby girl that, many ...

A Hunger Like No Other (The Immortals After Dark Series, Book 1)

163 reviews
Kresley Cole

Pocket Star, 2006

A Hunger For More
A Hunger Like No Other was far from what I expected. I thought that it was going to be a vampire love story that I was going to be bored with before I reached page 5, but Kresley Cole proved me wrong, by page 5 I was hooked. Emmaline is an inspiring and suprisingly sweet and gentle character it's hard not to fall in love with who she is as soon as you learn about her. When she is run down by the ...

A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes

1 review
David Tanis

Artisan, 2008

Delightful and inspiring
How can you not love someone who writes, "What makes a boy from Ohio, born in the wrong century, raised on Tater Tots and Birds Eye, end up wanting to eat like a Greek peasant for breakfast, a French peasant for lunch, and a Moroccan peasant for dinner?" This book is beautiful, inspiring, intelligent and unpretentious. It is laid out by seasonal menu, rather than classes of food, and gets you ...

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

216 reviews
Chip Heath, Dan Heath

Random House, 2007

Made to Stick
This book was sent to my home in less than three business days. I did not have to leave the comfort of my home!

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