Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career25 reviews Herminia Ibarra Harvard Business School Press, 2004 "Follow Your Passion? Not In This Masterpiece!" + Refreshingly adult + Keeping Your Head When Others Are Losing Theirs + An insightful and refreshing book             Secrets of a Fix-up Fanatic: How to Meet & Marry Your Match7 reviews Susan Shapiro Delta, 2006 Only relationship book you'll ever need + Great read -- couldn't put it down! + Ditch the Cinderella Syndrome.... + Susan does it again... + A Fresh Approach to an Eternal Question             The Art and Craft of Feature Writing: Based on The Wall Street Journal Guide18 reviews William E. Blundell Plume, 1988 Excellent book for journalists + This is a terrific book! + a stretched 3; call it 4 + Absolutely Reliable Book + ...Horsemen Pass By...             Follow the Story: How to Write Successful Nonfiction15 reviews James B. Stewart Simon & Schuster, 1998 Recommended Reading for Nonfiction Narrative Writers + A Very Special Journalist + Read this one more than once! + Read this One with a Highlighter in Hand             Girl, Interrupted429 reviews Susanna Kaysen Vintage, 1994 Chase Von, The Last Panther's Review + Better than film + Personal, but (seemingly) honest memoir Having PTSD myself from Wars and other things, I thought this was a great movie! I didn't read the book first however and normally I do but from what I gather the movie in this instance was much better than the book... I have read One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and in many ways this reminded ...             Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation543 reviews Lynne Truss Gotham, 2004 An ode to an endangered species: Punctuation + It gets folks fired up, doesn't it? This book is not a grammar or style guide. This is rather a book by someone who is passionate about language, in general, and punctuation, in particular. If you see a signboard of a shop advertising "CD's, Video's, DVD's, and Book's", and if you see another one declaring "No Dogs Please" and both ...             Power Money Fame Sex: A User's Guide23 reviews Gretchen Craft Rubin Atria, 2000 HUMOROUS BOOK - tons of fun to read + commentary more than manual + PMFS Edifies and Entertains + A brilliant and comprehensive view into human behavior + Weird but true             StartupNation : America's Leading Entrepreneurial Experts Reveal the Secrets to Building a Blockbuster ...21 reviews Jeff Sloan, Rich Sloan Doubleday Business, 2005 Startup Nation + Good book for the entrepreneurial minded + The Experts help the Novice + StartupNation + College Education in a Book             Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself57 reviews Daniel H. Pink Business Plus, 2002 Wonderful + Enlightening and Motivational + The Optimistic Jew + SOCIAL COMMENTARY DISGUISED AS A HOW-TO GUIDE             Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life, Revised Edition63 reviews Abigail Trafford Harper Paperbacks, 1992 A very helpful book + Helpful. + Crazy Time I read many books when I was struggling through my divorce, but this is the only one that I have recommended to anyone else. I found it so dead on in describing what it feels like to go through a divorce and so helpful in validating my experiences that I have given or recommended it to many of my ...             Grindhopping: Building a Rewarding Career Without Paying Your Dues9 reviews Laura Vanderkam McGraw-Hill, 2006 Tired of killing time in your cubicle? This book's for you! + Make Your Job Work For You + Highly Recommended! + Insightful, practical, well-written + Grindhopping strikes a chord.             New Normal, The : Great Opportunities in a Time of Great Risk6 reviews Roger McNamee, David Diamond, 2004 Long on insight, short on hype + 1st half is Druckeresque + More than Investment Advice A "rock star venture capitalist" in the literal sense, I was curious to hear McNamee's views beyond the two-minute clips aired on CNBC. Unlike many of the business books penned by one-hit wonders from the last few years, McNamee has posted super-size returns on early stage and public investments ...             Eat This Book: A Year of Gorging and Glory on the Competitive Eating Circuit7 reviews Ryan Nerz St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 Great read about a fascinating new sport + Story-telling at it's best + Great Author and Great Person + hysterical...loved it             From the Sandbox to the Corner Office: Lessons Learned on the Journey to the Top5 reviews Eve Tahmincioglu Wiley, 2006 Wealth of information.... + For anyone who wants to get to the corner office...or not! + A worthwhile read + Important lessons useful to parents as well as ladder climbers.             Great Dames: What I Learned from Older Women15 reviews Marie Brenner Three Rivers Press, 2001 Fun, If Taken As Such Well, the jury seems to be split on this book. The cover and sales pitch for the book do make it seem more "serious" than it actually is. But once you decide to have fun with this book, it's quite enjoyable. I enjoyed the character sketches very much.             I Do but I Don’t: Walking Down the Aisle without Losing Your Mind26 reviews Kamy Wicoff Da Capo Press, 2006 Exceptional, Intriguing, a Must Read for EVERY woman even thinking about marriage + funnier (and more relevant) than I expected + Oh, whew, it's not just me! + An Engagement Lifesaver! + Excellent Read!             Green with Envy: A Whole New Way to Look at Financial (Un)Happiness28 reviews Shira Boss Business Plus, 2006 Very Helpful Book + great book!!! First I would like to say what this book is not going to do. It is not going to help you develop a budget, and it is not going to give you advice about different ways of getting out of debt. There are a plenty of books out there that will help you with those questions (Ramsey, Orman, etc). What it ...             Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Life47 reviews Gretchen Rubin Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 A Superb Overview of The Man + Best Intro to the Man and the Problems inherent to Bios + Finally, someone did it. + A Fascinating and Convincing examination of how to look at a life lived large.             My Misspent Youth: Essays23 reviews Meghan Daum Grove Press, Open City Books, 2001 Reflections on lives as simulations + A solid collection + Tortured Pleasure In this highly autobiographical and entertaining collection of essays, the author offers insight into American culture that both informs and questions. From a Gen-X perspective, she focuses on the changing cultural realities of the 80s and 90s that undermine long-held beliefs. In addition, she ...             If at First You Don't Succeed...: The Eight Patterns of Highly Effective Entrepreneurs2 reviews Brent Bowers Doubleday Business, 2006 Good read + Inspiring Fun Reading! A friend told me this was the antidote to boring business books and he has a point. The book has some pluses: Good warnings about vulture capitalists and the value of the "double P's" passion and pragmatism. I liked his analysis of what makes succesful entrepreneurs tick and examples of how ...