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Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory

5 reviews
Mickey Rapkin

Gotham, 2008

Perfect Summer Read!
After reading about it in Rolling Stone and USA Today on the same day, I decided to buy it. AND IT'S GREAT. It reads so well and is so funny, kinda like the movie Bring It On, but this is about college singers. I had no idea that this whole world existed and I didn't even go to college that long ago. It didn't matter that I didn't know about a cappella, though, because the author gives you all ...

Always By My Side: A Father's Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other

5 reviews
Jim Nantz

Gotham, 2008

Is it his time (to buy this book)??? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello friends, I started this book in March, finished it in April, and now it belongs to May!! If you are looking to "come out of hibernation" after a long winter, this is your book. It is as grand as it gets!! A book for the ages!! Doug Riddell

Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins

23 reviews
Tom Perkins

Gotham, 2007

very informative, and not one dull page
this book has more substance than is typical for the genre, and i was hooked on every page; wish there were more pages and illustrations :-)

The Art of the Short Game: Tour-Tested Secrets for Getting Up and Down

24 reviews
Stan Utley, Matthew Rudy

Gotham, 2007

Great book!
After reading this book, I am confident that my short game will improve. However, time will tell with practice and repetition, I should see a significant improvement.

Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0

10 reviews
Sarah Lacy

Gotham, 2008

The web, post-Google
Sarah's book does a good job covering a portion of Silicon Valley in the post-Google era. Starting from the lineage of the early PayPal team, the author traces the personalities behind Facebook, Slide, Yelp, LinkedIn, and Digg (among others) to define the growth of the newest entrepreneurs in SF and the Valley. If you enjoy the inside stories of Valleywag, you'll enjoy the personality-focused ...

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

534 reviews
Lynne Truss

Gotham, 2006

I Like the Audio Better than the Hard Cover
Since 531 people have already reviewed Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation and a gozillian people have reacted with comments when they voted, I am being assertive by thinking I can add something. By the way, the other reviews are entertaining. When I bought my book, I was glad to get it. I had heard an interview with Lynne Truss on television, and I knew I ...

Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers

70 reviews
Nancy Amanda Redd

Gotham, 2007

A great resource for insecure mid teens
As a mother of an early teen and an Adolescent Medicine Specialist, I have found this a great resource. I have reccommended it to mothers who have asked me how they can address their daughters' body insecurities or hygiene issues. I've brought the book out when patients have asked me embarassing questions about the appearance of their bodies. It celebrates normal and shows young women what ...

Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny

1 review
Hill Harper

Gotham, 2008

I wish I'd had this growing up
I'm so enthusiastically thrilled at the things Hill Harper is doing and this book will forever put him in a good light to me. I loved that he was writing a book for young guys to use to manuever through this crazy world; but when I heard he was writing a similiar type of book for young ladies, I was thrilled. I read through portions of the book and, honestly, this is something that girls AND ...

Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper

79 reviews
Diablo Cody

Gotham, 2006

Phenomenal book written from an aberrant point of view
Fabulous work that I could physically not put down. This book is to stripping what The Naked Ape is to humans. The author does not go for the easy kill of a tell all recollection of crazy times, rather she approaches the subject more from an anthropologists point of view but in a hysterical way. Cody is truly craftswoman with words, able to compress hilarious descriptions of disgusting ...

The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty

52 reviews
Julia Flynn Siler

Gotham, 2008

Reads like the best fiction - but it's real!
Julia Flynn Siler's The House of Mondavi starts with everything that makes a great story: a wonderfully complex and larger-than-life character, a lush wine-country setting, a conflicted family, and a great undertaking. She brings the story to life with a journalist's eye for the telling detail and a fine fiction writer's sense of plot, pacing, and instinct for the great tragedy that so often ...

Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul
Charles Timoney

Gotham, 2008

The French you learned in school won’t get you far! Pardon My French is an entertaining and useful guide to the words and phrases every Francophile, traveler, student, and word maven should know, with fascinating lore and tidbits that make sense of the Gallic mind-set. Englishman Charles Timoney was thrown into French life headfirst twenty-five years ago when he and his wife moved to native France. He had studied French in school, but his ...

The Art of Putting: The Revolutionary Feel-Based System for Improving Your Score

26 reviews
Stan Utley, Matthew Rudy

Gotham, 2006

Simple, natural and powerful!
First off, I am a 3 handicap that is working hard at trying to get to a 0. My biggest struggle was with my short game, my pitching was decent at best, chipping was pretty steady, but my putting was awful. I was averaging about 33-34 putts per round. I attempted to read both Pelz books but found them extremely dry, poorly written and the methods didn't do anything for me. After reading this ...

The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human

44 reviews
Ian Spector

Gotham, 2007

Just Awesome
The wife hates it. I love it. Go figure. Great little cart filler for free shipping. It now sits on my coffee table (mocking my wife) and is a great conversation starter.

You're Broke Because You Want to Be: How to Stop Getting By and Start Getting Ahead

64 reviews
Larry Winget

Gotham, 2007

Great read, but missing one section
I enjoyed reading this book. It forced me to quit blaming all of my financial problems on outside forces and circumstances and realize just how much worse I was making things by spending money that didn't need to be spent. However, the book is missing just one important section, that should be called "How to convince your family that they need to follow this book". My fiance is just as bad ...

The Lucky Shopping Manual: Building and Improving Your Wardrobe Piece by Piece

121 reviews
Andrea Linett, Kim France

Gotham, 2003

Style for ALL ages
I disagree with the reviewers that say this book is only for a young fashionista. I'm a fresh-looking active 53 year old and have adored fashion my entire life. What I love about this book is that three of the "Lucky Girls" practically live in jeans and build their wardrobes around them. Some of us gals DO have casual lifestyles and only occasionally use that little black dress in the back of ...

The Pocket Stylist: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own Look

96 reviews
Kendall Farr

Gotham, 2004

Best of the Bunch!
The Pocket Stylist is the best of the books on style and wearing what flatters your shape, including larger sizes. I also purchased the Lucky Shopping Manual which was like reading the magazine, not near as good as The Pocket Stylist. The Pocket Stylist: Behind-the-Scenes Expertise from a Fashion Pro on Creating Your Own Look

Details Men's Style Manual: The Ultimate Guide for Making Your Clothes Work for You

17 reviews
Daniel Peres, the editors of Details magazine

Gotham, 2007

urban guide to essentials
I love how this book simplifies, yet shows the most essentials about all parts of our wordrobe: shirts, pants, blazers, sweaters, accessories, etc. Photos compliment their very short suggestions. I like that there are many photos, not too much text. It's a great book for any guy who wants to look half-decent in the city. What was lacking was that it had very little informaiton on best ...

Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success

54 reviews
Russell Simmons, Chris Morrow

Gotham, 2008

PERFECT ADVICE
THESE ARE THINGS THAT THEY DO NOT TEACH IN COLLEGE. THAT IS PROBABLY WHY MOST OF THE MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES OUT THERE DID NOT FINNISH OR DID NOT GO TO COLLEGE. I AM NOT PUTTING ACADEMIC EDUCATION DOWN BUT JUST REALIZING REALITY! THE ADVICE IN THIS BOOK IS HARDCORE. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT RUSSEL SIMMONS BUT NOW I AM AN ADMIRER. HE AND THE PEOPLE HE WORKED WITH AND PROMOTED ARE AMAZING. ...

The Game Before the Game: The Perfect 30-Minute Practice

6 reviews
Lynn Marriott, Pia Nilsson, ...

Gotham, 2007

A Solid, Practical, Insightful and Unique Golf Book
I really appreciate this book. The fundamental premise is that we don't practice golf effectively (when we practice at all.) The typical golfer just "scrapes and hits" at the driving range. Hitting one ball after the other. Best case, this makes us good at hitting one shot after the other which, of course, bares almost no resemblance to playing golf on a golf course. I really liked the first ...

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else

97 reviews
Michael Gates Gill

Gotham, 2007

Great humbling story
This book was fantastic. Michael Gates Gill (Mike) loses his job as a big wig advertising executive to someone half his age. He is sitting in his local Starbucks drinking a latte trying to figure out what to do next and a woman working for Starbucks asks him if he wants a job. His entire life changes after that moment. He takes the job, struggles with his "stumbling down the ladder" mind-set, ...

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