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The Five Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth

51 reviews
Richard Paul Evans

Fireside, 2005

It reinforces the positives of building wealth
The 5 Lessons A Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth by Richard Paul Evans is short, sweet and to the financial point. Although Richard Paul Evans is best known for his New York Times best selling book The Christmas Box and not necessarily his financial prowess, this book is a positive and helpful financial guide. Even if you've read financial books before, this one is worth reading. ...

Leadership Can Be Taught: A Bold Approach for a Complex World

2 reviews
Sharon Daloz Parks

Harvard Business School Press, 2005

Another GREAT TAKE on Heifetz & Adaptive Leadership
Ron Heifetz is clearly one of the seminal leadership scholars, practitioners, and teachers in the field today. This superb volume, by Sharon Daloz Parks, takes off from where his two previous books ("Leadership Without Easy Answers" and "Leadership On the Line") leave off. "Leadership Can be Taught" takes its readers through Heifetz's Harvard Business School course "PAL 101--Exercising ...

Taught to Kill: An American Boy's War from the Ardennes to Berlin

9 reviews
John B. Babcock

Potomac Books Inc., 2006

Superb Writing; Superb Story.
"Taught To Kill" by John B. Babcock. Subtitled: "An American Boy's War From The Ardennes To Berlin". Potomac Books, Inc. Dulles, Virginia, 2005. The writing in this book is excellent. Throughout the book, the author, John Babcock, WWII Veteran, uses alliteration, the rhyming of the first syllables of words, as little jewels which makes his writing sparkle. Despite the serious subject of ...

What Jackie Taught Us: Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

39 reviews
Tina Santi Flaherty

Perigee Trade, 2005

Fun, entertaining, historical and most of all inspirational
Whatever age you might be, whatever era you are from, you absolutely do not want to miss reading this book! Most of us recall the special "charm" that was Jackie, but few of us really knew or understood the details of this remarkable woman. What made her tick? What made her do what she did? Tina Sant Flaherty answers questions...looking into Jackie's childhood, young adulthood and her life as a ...

You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned: John Wooden's Teaching Principles and Practices

4 reviews
Swen Nater, Ronald Gallimore

Fitness Information Technology, Incorporated, 2005

Swen Nater's book: You WILL learn!
Swen Nater knows John Wooden - that much is clear. Clear too, is what a great teacher John Wooden was and, continues to be. This is a book any teacher can learn from. Sure it is great for coaches, but when a teacher is looking for guidance on how to handle varying student potential within their class, is it better to treat everyone the same - or to treat each individual differently, according to ...

What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and Their Trainers

36 reviews
Amy Sutherland

Random House, 2008

Put on your laughing hat!
Put on your laughing hat and get ready to bust your seed! I didn't just like this book, I LOVED it! So insightful to see how I, as a broth swilling man of distinction, can be trainable like the bear (GRR) I am. I would love to have the author over for a night of java logs and Iphone Scrabble and hopefully end the date with a lovely pink sock!

Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality

15 reviews
Rafael Aguayo

Fireside, 1991

One of the top achievements in the XX Century!
The Quality is far beyond a simple theory. It is a vision of the life and how it must be lived . There is a powerful statement of the Samurai code : Do not make anything useless. And this is the way you get close mre and more to the essential doctrine and quality philosophy . Deming was a pioneer in this sense, because he knew to establish patterns of behavior and systematic direction for an ...

How Teachers Taught: Constancy and Change in American Classrooms 1890-1990 (Research on Teaching)

2 reviews
Larry Cuban

Teachers College Press, 1993

A painstaking masterpiece
Of all that is apparently amiss with the public system of education in the United States today, one of the most popular charges rendered by critics and laypeople alike is the perennial resistance of schools to systemic change. Over the last century, public schools in the United States have steadily garnered a reputation of stubborn institutional conservatism, permeable only by short-lived and ...

What the Buddha Taught: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada

78 reviews
Walpola Rahula

Grove Press, 1974

Foremost book on Buddhism for scholastic rigor and simplicity
This is the foremost book on Buddhism recommended for it's simplicity, authenticity, completeness, and scholastic rigor. If you want to know what Buddhism is really about, rather than what some popular crackpot or charlatan is trying to re-brand as Buddhism these days, this is the book to read. It is written with non-Buddhists curious about Buddhism in mind, and is suitable for use in ...

Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A HANDBOOK FOR ART STUDENTS

6 reviews
James Elkins

University of Illinois Press, 2001

QUESTION - Visual Arts "different" as an academic pursuit?!
The answer: I think so. The author changed my way of thinking about the subject of what is plausible in arts education in our time. The apprearance of total artistic freedom from judgement as formulated by postmodernists, yet the intrinsic nature of how the academy/school affects an artist, is seriously examined by Elkins. This book is amongst the first to pragmatically question some of our ...

10 Secrets My Dog Taught Me: Life Lessons from a Man's Best Friend

7 reviews
Carlo De Vito

Rodale Books, 2005

Great lessons in a short book
As a dog lover, this book really hit the mark. It was short, entertaining, emotional, and provided life lessons (or reminders) to help each reader become a better person. I really enjoyed the story - I laughed and cried. A must read for dog lovers - particularly those strapped for time and tapped for patience.

The Principal as Curriculum Leader: Shaping What Is Taught and Tested

1 review
Allan A. Glatthorn, Jerry M. Jailall

Corwin Press, 2008

The Principal as Curriculum Leader ?
Good resource - explains that principals don't often know that they should be a curriculum leader. One of their jobs is to keep abreast on curriculum - changes, effective teaching strategies, etc. It has been my experience as a teacher that many principals have no idea about what is being taught in the classroom. Some have no clue on teaching strategies to help best meet the standards.

My Elders Taught Me

4 reviews
John F. Boatman

University Press of America, 1992

An accurate account of the old religion of the Great Lakes
In this book, Boatman tells us the stories, myths and legends of Western Great Lakes Native Americans. It is an insightful book of stories rendered directly from tribal elders. Boatman explains the reverance of all life held dear by Native Americans. He also explains the inconsistancies normally beheld in books on the subject written by outsiders and Europeans. This book is thought provoking and ...

What Love Taught Me

6 reviews
III Thomas Weeks

Global Destiny Publishing, 2008

A MUST READ!!!
Thank you so much for writing this book, it was enlightening and I appreciate the writer's transparency. It takes a lot to give your account of a situation when you have already been villianized by so many. After reading this book and looking at the facts and statements, I really feel that the account that was given to the media was totally exagerated. Reading a man's perspective was especially ...

Things They Never Taught You in Choral Methods: A Choral Director's Handbook

1 review
Nancy Smirl Jorgensen, Catherine Pfeiler

Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, 1995

Product of their Work
I have the chance of actually being in Mrs. Nancy Smirl-Jorgensen and Mrs. Cathy Pfeiler's class, and I can tell you first hand, they are not only fabulous people, but I have great admiration for what they stand for as teachers in this world. I have never, in my entire choral career, meet teachers as dedicated to their work. This book is just another show of what they have accomplished, and it ...

Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me

12 reviews
Cynthia L. Copeland

Workman Publishing Company, 2005

Great for Adults Too
I gave this book to my entire business unit. I think most books on business, how to make a company better, etc. make things too complicated. If you really read each point in this book, it just applies to everything we do in both our personal and business lives. It's how I want my co-workers to behave and treat others. Take for example, the first one- "Jump right in or you might change your ...

What Marion Taught Willis (Follow Marion on Her Library Adventures!)

2 reviews
Brook Berg

Upstart Books, 2005

Even works with older kids!
I used this picture book with my 6th grade class and the kids were enthralled. After reading, we went down to the library and tested ourselves to see if the book was right : "It's easy to find information on anything if you know the Dewey Decimal System." I have never seen kids so excited about browsing. From all over the library I heard things like "I'm going to look for grasshoppers...It ...

She Taught Me to Eat Artichokes: The Discovery of the Heart of Friendship

7 reviews
Mary Kay Shanley

Sta-Kris, 1993

I received this book as a gift and now I give it often
I was given this book by a special friend and found it to be a great gift for me to give others. Anyone who has been there for you needs to receive a copy. Sometimes the best gifts are ones like this that can be re-read and may mean something new as life and friendships change. I no longer see the friend who gave me mine, but feel close to her each time I read it. My only problem is ...

Yoga Self-Taught

10 reviews
Andre Van Lysebeth

Weiser Books, 1999

An excellent self-contained introduction to yoga
If you're looking for a book on yoga that will plant you firmly at the feet of a guru and introduce you to all the Hindu theosophical accretions that have built up around the asanas over the last two or three millennia, start with Iyengar's _Light on Yoga_. This book isn't it. But if you're interested in yoga as a form of physical exercise that will help you to inhabit your body (and this ...

Life's a Campaign: What Politics Has Taught Me About Friendship, Rivalry, Reputation, and Success

35 reviews
Chris Matthews

Random House, 2007

Advice From an Old Pro
I watch Chris Matthews almost every evening and have come to respect him a great deal even if I don't always agree with him. The thing that I most respect about the man is that he asks the tough questions of both sides of the political aisle. Many conservative Republicans are upset with him now because he is so tough on the Bush administration but a scant eight years ago liberal Democrats were ...

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