Breaking Vegas4 reviews Ben Mezrich ARROW (RAND), 2006 A helluva good story! + Good IF you understand what you're hoping for in a read + fun ahoy This book claims to be a true story of Semyon Dukach, who bested the world of casino blackjack. Could be true. Maybe it isn't. Doesn't matter. It's a helluva good story about some MIT students who followed a mentor with a new and not illegal system of beating the odds at blackjack. It tracks this ...             Fast Food Nation1409 reviews Eric Schlosser Harper Perennial, 2005 The true world of Fast Food opens before your eyes! + By the Author of Outstanding You + highest approval + One Fast Food National Under God ! ?             You Can Read Anyone33 reviews David J. Lieberman Viter Press, 2007 excellent + Informative and Useful The author successfully predicted the winner of the '08 presidential election, and so did I by reading this book.             The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century1169 reviews Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 Approachable for all readers, essential for understanding our flat world. This book should be on everyones "must read" list + A Book That Will Prepare You For The New World + Friedman is a True Patriot! I found the first section (263 pages) difficult to plow through - I come from a software / engineering background and found the techie speak in the first section dry. Understandably this book was written for a broad audience, and this section was a prerequisite for the remainder of the book as it ...             Never Be Lied to Again: How to Get the Truth In 5 Minutes Or Less In Any Conversation Or Situation148 reviews David J. Lieberman St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 The absolute BEST book I've ever read aside from the Holy Bible!! + wow + Never Be Lied To Again + EXCELLENT SERVICE AND CONDITION OF BOOK             The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read: The Simple, Stress-Free Way to Reach Your Investment Goals35 reviews Daniel R. Solin Perigee Trade, 2006 The Smartest Investment Book You'll Ever Read + Great primer on benefits of index fund investing + Buy and hold low cost indexes rather than trying to trade on hot stocks or funds I love this book. It is informative, not too technical, tells you when you can skip a section of reading, and gives advice that makes sense. It's also an easy read - I read it in a few hours.             The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference940 reviews Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books, 2002 Want to know what takes ideas over the edge? + Excellent source for recognizing upcoming shifts and what makes them stick. + The World We can not See + Just what i needed + The Sticking Point             Freakonomics [Revised and Expanded]: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything1581 reviews Stephen J. Dubner William Morrow, 2006 A much-appreciated gift + Sociology-flavored econ + Enlightened I purchased this book as a gift for my fiance. He really enjoyed and appreciated it. Now it's my turn to read it!             The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time50 reviews Elizabeth Rogers, Thomas M. Kostigen Three Rivers Press, 2007 Should be a Reading Requirement + Going green This book should be required reading for all Americans. In a practical non-preachy style, you'll be inspired to be greener! I was amazed at the simple things I can do to decrease my footprint, many without much of a sacrifice. The book is written in sections (such as beauty, home, shopping, ...             Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10776 reviews Marcus Luttrell Little, Brown and Company, 2007 A rare, inspiring perspective. An excellent book. + Fantastic + Inspiring Read - Buy this book! Luttrell's book offers a ground-level perspective on the kinds of operations the US Military's Special Operations Forces are engaged in all around the world, all the time. Too often this topic (Special Forces, SEALs, Delta Force, etc) is dominated by superficial books that amount to little more ...             How Doctors Think160 reviews Jerome Groopman Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007 Without risking failure there is zero chance of success + A Patient and Doctor MUST READ + Excellent for doctors and patients + Learning to Think Straight             Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions425 reviews Ben Mezrich Free Press, 2003 Interesting and Amazing + Liked the book, but not the crude language. + Quick and Entertaining Read In Bringing Down The House, Ben Mezrich tells the true story of a group of MIT students who count cards in blackjack. The story focuses on Kevin Lewis, and how he came to be an expert card counter. At no time is this story dull or boring. It will keep you into it until the very end. The story ...             1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List308 reviews Patricia Schultz Workman Publishing Company, 2003 Lots of Fun! + A Marvelous Resource The spirit of this book is well exemplified by a quotation from Mark Twain (Page xv): "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the tide winds in your sails. Explore. ...             The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills To Stop Climate Change35 reviews David de Rothschild Rodale Books, 2007 Nice and easy to read + F U N N Y.......C O M P E L L I N G..,,...E S S E N T I A L !.!.!.!.! + Going Green! + Supre book!             Zero Limits: The Secret Hawaiian System for Wealth, Health, Peace, and More127 reviews Joe Vitale, Ihaleakala Hew, Ph.D Len Wiley, 2007 ABSOLUTELY GREAT BOOK !!!! + Even my nonreading husband had to read this. + zero limits + Amazing!             Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America39 reviews Cullen Murphy Houghton Mifflin, 2007 Are We Rome? + America and Rome - a flawed analogy + provacative and enjoyable + Lessons from our shared past .. + Good book but not surprising..             Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality459 reviews Donald Miller Thomas Nelson, 2003 Jazz like me... Have you ever encountered someone who seems to be on the same wave-length... the second pea in your pod... ? This book was that very experience for me.             Get Anyone to Do Anything: Never Feel Powerless Again--With Psychological Secrets to Control and Influence ...141 reviews David J. Lieberman St. Martin's Griffin, 2001 Full of gems. Sections must be read again and again. + Content and useable information + Meeting Women and More + Manipulation is not the same as Influence.             The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth45 reviews Edward O. Wilson W. W. Norton, 2006 Hey Mr. Wilson!! + Tells it like it is + A good, quick read. Thanks for writing this book. It was truly inspiration for me. I don't write many reviews so I'm going to make this short and sweet. I'm about to start my last semester of college and will soon be receiving my B.A. in Psychology. However, I had no idea what I wanted to do with it afterwards. ...             Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality459 reviews Donald Miller Thomas Nelson, 2003 Jazz like me... Have you ever encountered someone who seems to be on the same wave-length... the second pea in your pod... ? This book was that very experience for me.