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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity [10th Anniversary Edition] 311 reviews
Julia Cameron
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2002
Excellent/practical creativity
For those already creative types who need a boost, or for those non-creative types (the group to which I belong), this is an excellent book. Cameron views creativity as a spiritual gift that we all possess - just in different degrees and different areas. Some of us are highly creative but tend to get stuck, while others, like myself, are looking for creativity, and her very practical but also ...
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Midnights with the Mystic: A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss 353 reviews
Cheryl Simone, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Hampton Roads Pub Co, 2008
Can a book really change your life?
It's hard to believe that something as common place as a book could really change one's life. Sure I've read many great books in my life from philosophy to art, from self-help to countless biographies. All of them are undeniably interesting, meaningful and insightful, but I must say they never really stick with me. Of course the reading is always enjoyable sometimes even stimulating but once it ...
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Financial Management: Theory and Practice (Harcourt College Publishers Series in Finance) 37 reviews
Eugene F. Brigham
Cengage Learning, 2005
Book purchase
The description of the book was correct. The book was in great condition and was mailed out timely. In fact, I received the book sooner then promised. I like the way I was able to track the book during the mailing process.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians Hardcover Boxed Set: Books 1 - 537 reviews
Rick Riordan
Hyperion Book CH, 2009
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The books are fantastic -- however the case was damaged due to improper packing. The books were not made immovable within the case - so when shipped the movement of the books damaged the case..
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw174 reviews
Jeff Kinney
Amulet Books, 2009
A Book Review
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw is a book about a wimpy kid named Greg Heffly. He sits in his house all day. He tries to get stronger to play sports, but it doesn't work out to well.
My book starts in Greg Heffly's house and he is trying to teach his mom to chew her chips quieter. His dad is on a diet. Greg camps in the laundry room, and he finds his dad eating brownies from the ...
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The Code Book: The Evolution of Secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots to Quantum Cryptography271 reviews
Simon Singh
Doubleday, 1999
Good book
I got this book for a class at UCSD. It was a good read, even though the professor skipped over more than half of it.
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Now Eat This!: 150 of America's Favorite Comfort Foods, All Under 350 Calories6 reviews
Rocco DiSpirito
Ballantine Books, 2010
Tastes Amazing!!
I think everyone can relate to the desire to eat fatty, unhealthy, sugar filled foods! Why? Because they taste sooo good! But, in the long run, these foods will ruin our bodies and prove to be very dangerously unhealthy. That's why I decided to purchase Rocco's new book. If we can eat the same foods we love, get the same great taste, and ingest half the calories, why would we not? So far I have ...
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Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design
Ned Mohan, etc.
John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1995
This text focuses on the practical and emerging power electronic converters made feasible by the new generation of power semiconductor devices. It discusses a broad spectrum of converter applications and considers the interactions between the utility source, power electronic converters, and load, and examines converter design fundamentals based on physical explanations of power semiconductor device characteristics and tradeoffs.
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Final Fantasy XIII: The Complete Official Guide
Piggyback, 2010
· The Final Fantasy XIII collector?s edition guide will be a pristine coffee table book, printed on highest-quality, 100# paper and encased in a hard cover. It will be limited to just one print run and each copy will be sequentially numbered . · Exclusive additional 16-page section featuring an overview and analysis of the Final Fantasy XIII story · The 100% complete guide to FINAL FANTASY XIII · Every secret , every ...
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Strength Training Anatomy311 reviews
Frederic Delavier
Human Kinetics Publishers, 2001
Best Book for Strength Training!
This is a must own for anyone who is dedicated to strengthening, training, improving or maintaining their body. Easy to read, easy to reference, easy to understand. Seriously, it's a must own book for anyone that is active or is just starting. You don't have to be a body builder to benefit from this book either. It's shown in a way that removes weight lifting comparisons and ONLY focuses on the ...
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time2259 reviews
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin Books, 2007
A "Must Have" for every library
I purchased this book while on vacation and could not put it down! It is well written, entertaining, and at the same time very informative. Besides being one of the best books I have read in awhile, it was a 338 page eye-opener of what American is doing wrong - and what we are doing right - in villages far from our own. Mr. Mortenson, I applaud you for your insight and your courage in the name of ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)434 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
Harper Perennial, 2008
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
One of those books that changes the way you think about things from now on.
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Daughters of Darkness (Night World)132 reviews
Lisa Smith
Hodder Children's Books, 1997
a good read
I loved the first book. the secondone I read in a day. I could not put it down. Ash really suprised me
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Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History12 reviews
Andrew P. Napolitano
Thomas Nelson, 2010
Should Be Required Reading For All Americans...
Judge Andrew Napolitano has put into writing what many of us have long suspected...our government has been lying to use for years about almost everything it has ever done. If you think our government is crooked and power hungry, you will realize just how crooked it is when you read this book. Lies The Government Told You is scary as hell to be truthful. I didn't find a single thing that I ...
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Matters of the Heart 32 reviews
Danielle Steel
Delacorte Press, 2009
Verbal abuse vs physical abuse !!!!!!!
I am reading this novel now and am very disturbed by the level of verbal abuse Hope is taking from Finn , much less he cant tell the truth about anything . I would have left him long time if i was her . Am an avid Danielle Steele reader but this one is just not typical responses considering the circumstance going on . The story is very captivating so i will continue to conclusion . I agree ...
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Anticancer: A New Way of Life147 reviews
David Servan-Schreiber
BBC Audiobooks America, 2008
Life changing experience.
As a medical oncologist, I thoroughly enjoy this book! The story is compelling that it comes from a cancer survivor and an outstanding scientist who really put together wonderful information in regard to life style management to fight cancer. The information provided is not from one's wild imagination but with sound scientific data. This is what we were desperately lacking in oncology practice ...
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Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)
Charlaine Harris
Ace Hardcover, 2010
The #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse series- the basis for HBO(r)'s True Blood -continues! After enduring torture and the loss of loved ones during the brief but deadly Faery War, Sookie Stackhouse is hurt and she's angry. Just about the only bright spot in her life is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman. But he's under scrutiny by the new Vampire King because of their relationship. And as the political ...
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals600 reviews
Michael Pollan
Penguin, 2007
Brilliant
It took me a long time to get through this book, but it was so worth it. Thank you, Michael Pollan, for opening my eyes!
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World185 reviews
Michael Pollan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
Sensuous Read!
What a captivating book! Michael Pollan is exquisitely articulate! Botany of Desire is: factually engaging, biologically fascinating, historically and sociologically relevant yet spiritually profound. Michael has a way of telling the story weaving together multiple subject matter. It is deliciously sensual yet essentially pragmatic. Michael challenges our thinking, throwing the gauntlet down ...
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NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children96 reviews
Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman
Twelve, 2009
Interesting Information, But Presentation Not the Best
This book by Bronson and Merryman discusses some of the new research based thinking on children and even young adults. There is quite a bit of interesting information presented, but better presentation/layout would have made the book more effective, if you ask me. It give it 5 stars for content and 3 at best for presentation for an average of about 4.
Many major topics are covered such as the ...
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Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, ...1194 reviews
Toni Weschler
Harper Paperbacks, 2006
Absolutely worked for us, can't recommend enough!
I can't recommend this book enough, whether you are trying to conceive or avoid pregnancy. I wish every girl was taught this information growing up. As a woman, you should know what's going on with your body, including what's normal and what's not! This book really does put you in charge.
I read the book in May 2009 and began charting that month, in the hopes of conceiving our first. We ...
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures101 reviews
Malcolm Gladwell
Little, Brown and Company, 2009
once again..
another extraordinary book by Malcolm Gladwell - i'd give it 6 stars if i could - obviously, i really recommend it - and, you'd be really doing yourself a disservice if you didnt check out Live Like A Fruit Fly - also on amazon
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Daisy Chain (Defiance Texas Trilogy, Book 1)117 reviews
Mary E. DeMuth
Zondervan, 2009
Good enough to buy the next 2 books
The Daisy Chain is a wonderful example of the art of story-telling; colorful language, laden with imagery and emotion, captures the essence of life in small-town Texas as a young teenage boy wrestles with difficult questions beyond his years. The innocence of first love, the exploration of dysfunctional families, the difference between religion and faith, the realities of this harsh world and ...
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Ella Enchanted1164 reviews
Gail Carson Levine
Listening Library, 2000
amazingly fantastical!
I know many of you have already seen the movie. I know I was a big fan of the movie with Anne Hathaway... and that cute guy that played Prince Charmont. But do not let that deter you from reading this gem of a story. The movie only gives you a glimpse (and a small one at that) as to what is really between the covers of Ella Enchanted.
Although geared for younger readers, I was taken by this ...
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Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement1192 reviews
Toni Weschler
Harper Perennial, 1995
Before you use fertility drugs, read this book!!!!! It works!
This was probably the greatest gift I ever received. I read and followed this book's charts for two months after trying to conceive for 2+ years. I thought I knew everything I needed to and was exhausted of hoping. I had already filled a prescription for the fertility drug Clomid & was waiting for my next cycle to start to take it. Well, I was already pregnant!!!! This book works. I swear I knew ...
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The Time Traveler's Wife2171 reviews
Audrey Niffenegger
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004
Wonderful read!
Oh my goodness!!! What a great book. I saw the movie on a Monday and loved it, so I got the book on the next Satuday. I was finished with it by Monday afternoon. I just couldn't put this down! Henry is an unwilling time traveller due to a genetic disorder. He has no warning when he will travel or where he will wind up. Clare is an artist from a well to do family. She meets Henry in a ...
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Baseball Prospectus 20106 reviews
Baseball Prospectus
Wiley, 2010
The usual good stuff, and this year it has an index!
I'm giving it five stars, but my feelings are mixed. Given how much I look forward to it and how quickly I read it, and given I think it is the best guide out there to players and teams, five stars are merited. But, as always, I wish they took another couple of weeks and gave the book a thorough editing. Although I didn't find any errors as gross as last year's omission of the index, there is ...
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Country Driving: A Journey Through China from Farm to Factory9 reviews
Peter Hessler
Harper, 2010
Beautifully done.
This might be the strongest yet of Hessler's three books on life in contemporary China. "Country Driving" is a masterpiece of travelogue and cultural analysis. Hessler is doing for 21st century China what Tocqueville did for 19th century America. If cultural cataclysm were a sport, Hessler would be its Red Smith.
The writing, while lean, is descriptive and compelling. By "embedding" himself ...
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