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The Israelis : Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land 35 reviews
Donna Rosenthal
Free Press, 2003
2008: One of Great Books of 2008
This new 2008 edition is a wonderful gift for readers of different religions, political backgrounds and ages.
I was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. As soon as I started reading The Israelis, I simply could not put it down. I learned about many varied faces of Israelis. The clear and easy prose and style of writing, the historical and political facts, the colorful anecdotes are ...
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Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating122 reviews
Walter C. Willett, P. J. Skerrett
Free Press, 2002
A Comprehensive Aid in Nutrition Decision Making
With so much news constant inundating all of us on the most recent nutrition fads it's often difficult to decide what the right choices are when it comes to eating.
This book is an excellent source of advice citing which studies make sense to pay attention to and what sorts of dietary changes we can all be making to improve our lives. I purchased 2 copies, one for myself, and one for my ...
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The Mouse Driver Chronicles: An Entrepreneurial Adventure101 reviews
Kyle Harrison, John Lusk
Free Press, 2002
Greg Fisher
The Mousedriver Chronicles is the story of 2 Wharton MBA's who take a business plan developed on their entrepreneurship course at Wharton and decide to make a go of it. In 1999 they turn away high paying jobs at investment banks and over funded dot.com startups to go it alone.
Their idea: to make and sell a computer mouse that looks like the head of a golf driver.
They fund the venture ...
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The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War54 reviews
Free Press, 1996
Wow, amazing history!
Don't let the fact this book was written over 2,000 years ago sway you from reading it! I'll admit I was hesitant about reading Thucydides because I'm not a big fan of non-fiction or a serious military history buff, and more specifically, was never that interested in ancient Greek history.
However, after I happened to watch the movie 300 (I know, that movie is basically all fantasy and ...
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How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now25 reviews
James L. Kugel
Free Press, 2007
A Book for Protestants as Well as Jews
How to Read the Bible, by James L. Kugel, is an amazing book. It is eminently readable and tells the general reader as much as he or she would want to know about Biblical sources, alternative interpretations through history, and factual conclusions of Biblical scholars up to the present. Kugel is a Jewish scholar, Starr professor of Hebrew at Harvard from 1982 to 2003, now living in Jerusalem. ...
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Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story26 reviews
Ann Kirschner
Free Press, 2006
EXCELLENT.
I picked this book, figuring it would be an interesting read. It is, hands down, one of the best books I have read regarding the Holocaust. What a wonderful book! Where other books have let me down, this book did not. It is a must read.
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House to House103 reviews
David Bellavia
Free Press, 2007
Intense and Instructive
I was stunned at the intensity of the combat examined in this book, but also uplifted that we still have Americans willing to but their "all" on the line in the name of duty to Country and their fellows. It was also instructive in terms of just what combat is and means, and it should be required reading for those who advocate military missions-- as it shows just what they are asking of our ...
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Parasite Rex51 reviews
The Free Press, 2004
A Jarring Read, but Absolutely Enthralling
I don't know why, but I find parasites interesting. However, I wasn't exactly looking for a book on this particular subject; rather I merely stumbled upon it. When I go to the book store I typically peruse my favorite sections, one of which is science. On the shelf I came across the title "Parasite Rex"... so I picked it up "King Parasite...huh." Then I made the mistake of reading the back of ...
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Managing The Professional Service Firm47 reviews
David H. Maister
Free Press, 1997
Great reading for beginners and experienced managers
I have 10 years experience in managing consulting company. When I red just first chapters of this book I immediatelly have started to implement some ideas described there and it gave greate results!
No matter if you plan to start new business or you are mature partner with many years of experiane in professional services business - this book is a must and greate reading. Enjoy!
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Saving Monticello29 reviews
The Free Press, 2004
"Saving Monticello" is a much needed book!
I highly recommend Marc Leepson's book 'Saving Monticello' because it gives credit to the Levy family without whose help and stewardship Monticello may have been erased forever. His detail and insight of story serve to hold the reader's interest of not only Thomas Jefferson, but of the history of the time. Mr. Leepson very patiently educates us about the Levy family and their unwavering ...
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The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics21 reviews
Free Press, 2007
The Oracle!
After singing so many wrong verses and words, it's great to have a nice source to go to to get 'er straight! I really like the annotations, without which I would have never known what a "Catch Colt", or hundreds of other obscure sayings really meant. It brought out a new respect for both Hunter and Barlow, and to understand the depth of lots of the lyrics I simply didn't understand. It's part of, ...
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Your Hands Can Heal You : Pranic Healing Energy Remedies to Boost Vitality and Speed Recovery from Common ...20 reviews
Stephen Co, Eric B. Robins
Free Press, 2003
Big Help
The book is clearly laid out and is a big aid in my Pranic healing. It is true your hands can heal.
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PLANET QUEST: The Epic Discovery of Alien Solar Systems16 reviews
Ken Croswell
Free Press, 1997
Excellent, detailed, informative and a good read.
Ken Croswell's book, "Planet Quest" is a must for anyone interested in the search for planets outside of the solar system. The book reads well, telling a fascinating story from the beginnings of speculation about the existence of alien worlds right up to the present when information is coming to us all the time about strange new worlds around distant stars. Anybody with an interest in the ...
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Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide16 reviews
Harvard Medical School
Free Press, 2004
Review of Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide
I purhcased this book for my mother and she absolutely loves it. Then one day she showned to my Aunt (a retired nurse) and she wanted to buy it too. It's a very informative medical book using terms/phrases people can easily understand. I highly recommended adding this book to your library.
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Elijah's Cup16 reviews
The Free Press, 2004
Marching to a Different Drummer
Valerie and Ben are devastated when their then 2-year-old son was diagnosed with autism in addition to epilepsy. Ben has trouble accepting the diagnosis and in time the marriage dissolved.
Instead of condemning Elijah to a life of labels and misperceptions about autism, Valerie Paradiz educated her small upstate New York community as well as the world at large in this book about her personal ...
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The New Feminine Brain: Developing Your Intuitive Genius17 reviews
Mona Lisa Schulz
Free Press, 2006
A milestone...
This book is quite insightful and thought provoking. Mona Lisa Schulz has done a great job of taking mass amounts of complicated research and putting it into a form that the layman can understand. There is definitely a lack of good research on women's bodies/health and I think this book is a milestone in the field. I would highly recommend this book to any woman in any walk of life. The one ...
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Discovering the Soul of Service18 reviews
The Free Press, 2004
How and why humane core values sustain human service energy
I recently re-read this book (1999) and Berry's previously published On Great Service (1996), curious to know how well they have held up since they were first published. My conclusion? Rock-solid. In fact, both books are even more relevant - and more valuable - now than they were when Leonard Berry wrote them. That is amazing...and commendable.
With regard to the title of this book, ...
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Putting Out of Your Mind16 reviews
Dr. Bob Rotella
Free Press, 2001
A dose of confidence can be the cure
So much of golf and golf instruction is mechanical, and justly so. Technique is very important in a complex action such as the full swing, and improper form can lead to both bad shots and injury.
In contrast, we have putting. The action on the ball is so slight and simple, mechanics themselves are important only at a very rudimentary level. Technique has more to do with guaging individual ...
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Deadly Persuasion: Why Women And Girls Must Fight The Addictive Power Of Advertising17 reviews
Jean Kilbourne
Free Press, 1999
Only a little out of print...
This powerful and vital book is out of print - but only under this title. "Deadly Persuasion" was released in November 2000 under the new title "Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel". Under that title, the book has never gone out of print, so it is easy to acquire. And you definitely should acquire it!
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Horrors of the Holy16 reviews
Staci Layne Wilson
Running Free Press, 2000
Highly recommended
The sacred and the profane are only separated by a thin veil, and when HORRORS OF THE HOLY peels back the veil, be prepared for the fearful and unexpected. Beneath the most respected and holy lies the macabre and the profane, often more closely linked than you've ever expected. Ranging from vampires and the supernatural to priests and evangelists, and even the common such as jewelry and teeth, ...
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