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The One Minute Sales Person 33 reviews
Spencer Johnson
W. Morrow, 1984
Improve your sales persons' performance
I bought this book for one of my Call Center sales and service agents. His customer service skills were excellent but he was reluctant to "sell people on something they don't need or can't afford." If they didn't ask about a product, he didn't tell them about it. If he didn't increase his sales quickly, I would be forced to let him go. After reading this book, the employee realized that telling ...
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Ramona the pest 71 reviews
Beverly Cleary
W. Morrow, 1989
sooooo true to life!
How I missed this classic growing up, I'll never know. But my son has discovered the Ramona books, and they are wonderful and very true to life. Ramona's thought-processes and antics are so real, I now know that my son has been behaving like a normal kid! Cleary is so accurate in rendering the child's perspective and writing about it in a way that young children can identify with, that this book ...
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Blues people: Negro music in white America14 reviews
Imamu Amiri Baraka, Leroi Jones
W. Morrow, 1963
The Best Starting Point
I actually purchased the first paperback edition this book a long time ago, and I learned that it had been out of print for quite some time. It was a time when I was a casual listener of blues and jazz, and didn't think about the roots of the music I was listening to. The book was interesting enough, but it didn't have information about more contemporary stuff, as it was printed in 1963.
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Mary Thomas's dictionary of embroidery stitches16 reviews
Mary Thomas
W. Morrow & Co, 1935
Fantastic
This book shows you how to do every stitch you ever dreamed of and some that you have never thought of before. You will want to try them all.
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The Peter Principle21 reviews
Laurence J. Peter
W. Morrow, 1969
Right on the money
In the first chapter of the book, after a few examples of his principle in action, Laurence Peter proposes his Peter principle: "In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." He proceeds to take the reader on a journey through the nascent field of "hierarchiology," defining the necessary terms as he goes along. He provides superb insight into why the hierarchies and ...
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"National Velvet"22 reviews
Enid Bagnold
W. Morrow, 1949
still a favorite after 30 years
I received this book when I was 9, loved it immediately, and kept it on my bookshelf always. I'm almost 40 now and just reread it (it's one of my "comfort" books) and was once again blown away by the beauty and astonishing metaphors of Bagnold's prose.
She is a lovely writer. I wish I could write as well as her. Our window into the Brown family is clear and uncluttered; we get to watch as the ...
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Murder boogies with Elvis: A Southern sisters mystery46 reviews
Anne George
W. Morrow, 2001
Thank You Anne, Thank You Very Much
A running gag throughout this series involves the giant statue of Vulcan that looms over Birmingham and literally moons half of the town. Well it seems that someone put a hole in Vulcan's head and he of the massive moon is in need of repair so the people of Birmingham come to his aid. Among other things they hold a fund-raiser at the Alabama theater that features several acts including a chorus ...
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Asterix the Gaul23 reviews
Goscinny
W. Morrow, 1970
Gauls Getafix
Asterix lives in the Gaulish part of the Roman Empire. Doesn't he? Not quite, his village resists the Romans thanks to a magic potion. The Romans want some of this potion for themselves...
"Asterix the Gaul" was the first Asterix comic, published in 1961. Rene Goscinny made the words and Albert Udzero did the pictures. It's a pretty good way to start the series though the sequel "Asterix and ...
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More than you know89 reviews
Beth Richardson Gutcheon
W. Morrow, 2000
a+
I thought this book was absolutely wonderful. I felt like I knew the characters and was sad when I finnished reading it. Great for a weekend read and I felt completely satisfied. I would encourage anyone to read it!
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The house on Maple Street4 reviews
Bonnie Pryor
W. Morrow, 1987
The house on maple street
The story starts about a little girl that finds an arrowhead from a indian boy and a china cup that belonged to 2 kids 300 years ago. It takes place 300 years ago with an indian boy that lost his arrow and girl that looses her china cup and then times passes by to the times of the buffalos, indians, farmers,wagons,and settlers until today. Now in the present a little girl that lives in maple ...
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The German generals talk13 reviews
Basil Henry Liddell Hart
W. Morrow, 1948
Belongs in Your WWII History Library
B.H. Liddell Hart was one of most renowned military historians of the 20th century. Before John Keegan there was Liddell Hart. Liddell Hart was also a respected military strategist and was known to many of the German generals and seems to have developed a comfortable rapport with at least some of them. Liddell Hart writes with a clarity and a crispness that is just a pleasure to read. The book's ...
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Paul Bunyan 6 reviews
Steven Kellogg
W. Morrow, 1987
Wonderfully Illustrated!
This is a very enjoyable story retold with the most captivating illustrations. The vocabulary telling this story is wonderful and is a great book to read to the young and an excellent book for the early reader. Children will enjoy this enhanced version! This is not a book to miss.
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The Art of Cooking With Steam1 review
Jacques Maniere
W. Morrow, 1995
Excellent book on cooking with steam
If you are new to cooking with steam this is an excellent resource to add to your library. When I purchased this book I was not as familiar with steaming, as I should have been. I find that I use steam more often in my kitchen than I used to since I found out that steaming preserves more the vitamins and minerals that are contained in the food than does other cooking methods.
This book ...
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Tuscaloosa: A novel 6 reviews
W. Glasgow Phillips
W. Morrow, 1994
not about tracksuits, and all the better for it
If you read Might magazine, you're familiar with Glasgow Phillips' essays on subjects including the semiotics of tracksuits. Based on the strength of his nonfiction writing, and from some obscure mention of this, his first novel, I sought it out. Was it ever worth it. Tuscaloosa is a finely crafted, immersive piece of writing. It's a coming of age story, but it's a little twisted, and I ...
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