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Archimedes to Hawking: Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them

3 reviews
Clifford Pickover

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

From Archimedes to Hawking and Everyone Between
This is Dr. Pickover's first scientific book since his A Beginner's Guide to Immortality and The Mobius Strip writings of 2006. After over a year of pursuing science fiction, the author has provided us with a work that was worth waiting for. This is his best yet. Archimedes to Hawking is no dry listing of scientific laws. Yes, it does have the important laws of science and the runners-up ...

The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It

35 reviews
Paul Collier

Oxford University Press, 2007

Hard-hitting indictment of development's failure
getAbstract finds that this concise, clearly written and hard-hitting book by Paul Collier, one of the world's leading experts on Africa, is a must-read for anyone concerned with development, economic justice, trade, immigration, terrorism and related issues. The author has scant patience with sacred cows of either the right or the left. He penetrates the fictions and fantasies that have helped ...

The Powers to Lead

1 review
Joseph S. Nye

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Superb Mix of Scholarship & Pragmatism
Anything by Joe Nye stops my work and receives my undivided attention. This is an absolute gem of a book, a mix of world-class scholarship and world-class pragmatism. It goes to the top of my leadership list on Amazon. The book opens with the observation that two thirds of US citizens believe their is a leadership crisis. The intellectual center of the book is its focus on "smart power" ...

The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary Edition--with a new Introduction by the Author

275 reviews
Richard Dawkins

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Enriching
Life on earth is a great puzzle which many people are trying to understand and solve. Theology has its own ideas and science has its own. Even if you don't agree 100% with everything in this book, I would recommend reading it to enlarge, provoke, think, contemplate on this great puzzle. May be, while reading it, you will arrive at the ultimate answer yourself and enlighten the rest of humanity. ...

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)

76 reviews
Christopher Alexander

Oxford University Press, USA, 1977

Not just for architects - good for software engineers too
This book talks specifically about what works and doesn't work when building cities and towns and how to take the human element into consideration when doing so. However, I found its conclusions and most of its patterns applicable to software engineering. There are good books on software design patterns such as "Head First Design Patterns", and there are some good books on user interface design ...

Safire's Political Dictionary

5 reviews
William Safire

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

Great for political junkies and historians too.
What is the significance of a president's 'First Hundred Days'? What is a 'spoiler,' and is it good or bad? And what the heck was a mugwump, anyway? Whether you're deciphering an archaic term from the first days of the Republic or reading today's headlines, Safire's dictionary is a valuable and entertaining resource. You'll be tempted, as I was, to read it through from A to Z like a novel. Even ...

Oxford Atlas of the World, 14th Edition

55 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

An Essential Reference
The new fourteenth edition of the Oxford Atlas of the World is an essential acquisition for all readers who recognize the need for excellent reference materials in a home library. Truly extraordinary, it offers all the expected information of an atlas plus far more in forematter and satellite photographs. Its extremely current maps are varied in scope and highly detailed yet clear and thus ...

What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States)

16 reviews
Daniel Walker Howe

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

An excellent addition to the Family
The books in Oxford History of the United States, as a family, have identifying traits. All are detailed, informative and very readable. In addition, they stay within the modern sensibilities and views on history, for some this is a good thing and for others a problem. I have never found that this approach distracts from the good solid political and social history the series presents. What ...

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding

23 reviews
David F. Tolin, Randy O. Frost, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding
I found this book to be a real eye opener. I have bought more books on getting organized than most people have books in general! This is the first one I have read that actually gets to the root of my problem. I have always just thought of myself as a messy slacker. Now I understand the reasons I have trouble getting rid of things or sorting through things that I have collected for years. The ...

How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, Updated Edition

29 reviews
David Bornstein

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

A historical and biographical account of social entrepreneurial heros and heroines
I found it inspiring and at the same time intimidating to contemplate the brilliant, hardworking people who inhabit this book. All of them committed their lives, talents, and fortunes to tackle seemingly endemic and chronic social problems, starting small and eventually spreading their good works throughout their nations and even globally. I recommend the book for anyone trying to improve their ...

The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate Courts

6 reviews
Bryan A. Garner

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

Clear Writing is Persuasive Writing
The Winning Brief is essential reading for any lawyer who cares about writing clearly and persuasively. As a litigation partner and trial lawyer, I am always looking to improve my own skills and find that Bryan Garner's comments are clear and practical. I strongly recommend The Winning Brief because it goes well beyond many texts that discuss generalisms on trial and appellate briefs--Mr. ...

Holy Bible, Giant Print Presentation Edition: King James Version

23 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 2000

Holy Bible, Giant Print Presentation Edition: King James Version
I love this Bible. It's font is just the right size -- no need for a magnifying glass to read it. Thank you to the brilliant person who decided to enlarge the print!

Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

22 reviews
John Ferling

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Best non-fiction book I have read
Unlike many of the previous reviewers, I know very little about the war of independence, other than that it was a war about being freed from British rule; I am not an American and have very little interest in military history. So, I will not be able to comment on whether Ferling is biased or not, or to the accuracy of the facts presented in the book. Having said all that, this is the best ...

St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)

41 reviews
Saint Augustine

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

Peeping into the soul of a man
Translation by Rex Warner (in Signet Classics) This one is a very good translation, especially for the modern reader. It conveys the immediacy and vividness of a text written more than 1500 years ago. One feels almost as a voyeur peeping into the private confession of a man to his God. The honesty and unembarrassed disclosure of his sins, and fruitless search for worldly wisdom, is something ...

Thomas Jefferson

36 reviews
R. B. Bernstein

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

Finally, a balanced view of Jefferson
Chou En-Lai, the 20th century Communist leader, was once asked what he thought of the French Revolution. "Too early to say," was his response. The same has long been true of Thomas Jefferson. Is he a great leader or a great hypocrite? How do we make sense of a person who wrote the ringing words of the Declaration of Independence, yet lived off of the labor of slaves? For far too long, most ...

The Oxford Picture Dictionary: English-Spanish Edition

15 reviews
Norma Shapiro, Jayme Adelson-Goldstein

Oxford University Press, USA, 1998

My students love this dictionary!
I am an English as a Second Language Instructor. Every time we use the class set of Oxford Picture Dictionaries my students always want to purchase them. I get a lot of requests for these. I see the students using them all of the time. It increases their knowledge of English & their confidence. I highly recommend it for anyone learning English or Spanish!

AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors

3 reviews
JAMA & Archives Journals

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

At long last, the go-to guide for medical writers and editors is revised
At long last, the 10th Edition of the AMA Manual of Style is finally available, and I am happy to say it was worth the wait. As an editor who has worked in medical journals, scientific Web sites, and an agency specializing in pharmaceutical advertising, I found the 9th edition to be, at times, a bit dated and not as easy to navigate as I would have hoped. Most of those problems have been resolved ...

The Oxford Companion to Wine, 3rd Edition

49 reviews

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

It must be great
Along with most of the reviewers here, my wine-knowledgeable friends, to whom I gave this book as a wedding anniversary present, were extraordinarily pleased. They tell me that they learn something new from it every day, and that it has "everything about wine" within its covers.

Murder of a Medici Princess

1 review
Caroline P. Murphy

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

A Renaissance woman's tragic fate
Isabella de' Medici (1542-1576) sparkled among the glittering ruling family of Florence, but she was tragically snuffed out in the prime of her life. In a further injustice, her brother Francesco, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, tried to erase her from memory, an injustice that Caroline Murphy has done an admirable job of rectifying in this fascinating biography of Isabella. Isabella was the third ...

Clear and to the Point: 8 Psychological Principles for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations

9 reviews
Stephen M. Kosslyn

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

great book
This is a great book. I really liked the psicological approach and the appendix where the author goes with more detailed scientific description of how psicology interacts with communications and powerpoint.

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