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The 12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back: Overcoming the Behavior Patterns That Keep You from Getting Aheadby James Waldroop, Timothy ButlerISBN 0385498500 (0-385-49850-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The 80/20 Principle : The Secret of Achieving More with Lessby Richard KochISBN 0385491700 (0-385-49170-0)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 80/20 Principle : The Secret of Achieving More with Less'Book summary:In 1897, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, in his study of the patterns of wealth and income, observed that the distribution of wealth was predictably unbalanced. He first discovered this pattern in 19th-century England and found it to be the same for every country and time period he studied. Over the years, Pareto's observation has become known as the 80/20 principle.
Now in 1998, Richard Koch takes a fresh look at the 80/20 principle and finds that the basic imbalance observed by Pareto 100 years ago can be found in almost every aspect of modern life. Whether you're investing in stocks, analyzing company sales, or looking at the performance of a Web site, you'll find that it's usually 20 percent that produces 80 percent of the total result. This means 80 percent of what you do may not count for much. Koch helps you to identify that 20 percent and shows you how you can get more out of your business, and life, for less. [via]
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The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More With Lessby Richard KochISBN 0385491743 (0-385-49174-3)
Softcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More With Less'Book summary:In 1897, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, in his study of the patterns of wealth and income, observed that the distribution of wealth was predictably unbalanced. He first discovered this pattern in 19th-century England and found it to be the same for every country and time period he studied. Over the years, Pareto's observation has become known as the 80/20 principle.
Now in 1998, Richard Koch takes a fresh look at the 80/20 principle and finds that the basic imbalance observed by Pareto 100 years ago can be found in almost every aspect of modern life. Whether you're investing in stocks, analyzing company sales, or looking at the performance of a Web site, you'll find that it's usually 20 percent that produces 80 percent of the total result. This means 80 percent of what you do may not count for much. Koch helps you to identify that 20 percent and shows you how you can get more out of your business, and life, for less. [via]
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergartenby Robert FulghumISBN 0394588940 (0-394-58894-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Thingsby Robert FulghumISBN 0394571029 (0-394-57102-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things'Book summary:A book to raise the spirits and warm the heart. Includes the famous Kindergarten essay that was read on the floor of the U.S. Senate. [via]
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The Art of Strategy: A New Translation of Sun Tzu's Classic, the Art of Warby R.L. Wing, Sun-TzuISBN 0385237847 (0-385-23784-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Strategy: A New Translation of Sun Tzu's Classic, the Art of War'Book summary:More than 2,500 years ago, Sun Tzu composed his masterpiece The Art of War which has been used by the world's greatest leaders including Napoleon. Here, Wing makes the influential philosophies of the Orient accessible to all seekers of professional achievement and personal excellence. 20 halftones, 35 illustrations. [via]
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The Art of Travelby Alain De BottonISBN 0375725342 (0-375-72534-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Travel'Book summary:Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so. In The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton, author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, explores what the point of travel might be and modestly suggets how we can learn to be a little happier in our travels. [via]
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The Art Of Warby Sun Tzu, James ClavellISBN 0385299850 (0-385-29985-0)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of War'Book summary:If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle....
These are the words of ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, whose now-classic treatise, The Art of War, was written more than 2,500 years ago. Originally a text for victory on the battlefield, the book has vastly transcended its original purpose.
Here is a seminal work on the philosophy of successful leadership that is as applicable to contemporary business as it is to war. Today many leading American business schools use the text as required reading for aspiring managers, and even Oliver Stone's award-winning film Wall Street cites The Art of War as a guide to those who strive for success.
Now acclaimed novelist James Clavell, for whom Sun Tzu's writing has been an inspiration, gives us a newly edited Art of War. Author of the best-selling Asian saga consisting of Shogun, Tai-Pan, Gai-jin, King Rat, Noble House, and Whirlwind, Clavell first heard about Sun Tzu in Hong Kong in 1977, and since then The Art Of War has been his constant companion--he refers to it frequently in Noble House. He has taken a 1910 translation of the book and clarified it for the contemporary reader. This new edition of The Art Of War is an extraordinary book made even more relevant by an extraordinary editor. [via]More editions of The Art Of War:
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The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Lifeby James Clavell, Sun-TzuISBN 0385292163 (0-385-29216-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life'Book summary:The Art of War is the Swiss army knife of military theory--pop out a different tool for any situation. Folded into this small package are compact views on resourcefulness, momentum, cunning, the profit motive, flexibility, integrity, secrecy, speed, positioning, surprise, deception, manipulation, responsibility, and practicality. Thomas Cleary's translation keeps the package tight, with crisp language and short sections. Commentaries from the Chinese tradition trail Sun-tzu's words, elaborating and picking up on puzzling lines. Take the solitary passage: "Do not eat food for their soldiers." Elsewhere, Sun-tzu has told us to plunder the enemy's stores, but now we're not supposed to eat the food? The Tang dynasty commentator Du Mu solves the puzzle nicely, "If the enemy suddenly abandons their food supplies, they should be tested first before eating, lest they be poisoned." Most passages, however, are the pinnacle of succinct clarity: "Lure them in with the prospect of gain, take them by confusion" or "Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability is in the opponent." Sun-tzu's maxims are widely applicable beyond the military because they speak directly to the exigencies of survival. Your new tools will serve you well, but don't flaunt them. Remember Sun-tzu's advice: "Though effective, appear to be ineffective." --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin Franklin, Raymond Jackson WilsonISBN 0394326695 (0-394-32669-5)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:Edited, with an Introduction, by R.J. Wilson [via]
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Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds Criticismby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0393952940 (0-393-95294-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds Criticism'Book summary:Franklins Autobiography is the only enduring best-seller written in America before the nineteenth century, as well as the most popular autobiography ever written.
As such it deserves to be offered to twentieth-century readers in the most accurate form possible, and so it is, in this Norton Critical Edition, the first text to be edited directly from the manuscripts, rather than perpetuating the errors of previous editions.
The text is fully annotated, and the reading is assisted by helpful footnotes, biographical sketches, and two maps.
In "Backgrounds", the editors collect Franklins most important reflections on the Autobiographys purpose, some anecdotes, and a number of Franklins statements on wealth, the art of virtue, and perfection. Materials in "Criticism" range from contemporary opinionswhich reveal that readers were divided then as they are now about the art of the Autobiographyto essays written in the twentieth century.
Nineteenth-century opinions include those of John Keats, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells, among others.
The twentieth-century materials include D. H. Lawrences celebrated essay, an excerpt from Max Webers Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, and the perspectives of such recent critics as Charles L. Sanford, Robert Freeman Sayre, John William Ward, and David Devin. [via]More editions of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography: An Authoritative Text Backgrounds Criticism:
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The Book of Warby Sun-TzuISBN 0375754776 (0-375-75477-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of War'Book summary:Civilization might have been spared much of the damage suffered in the world wars this century if the influence of Clausewitz's On War had been blended with and balanced by a knowledge of Sun-tzu's The Art of Warfare. --B.H. Liddel Hart
For two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of Warfare was the indispensable volume of warcraft. Although his work is the first known analysis of war and warfare, Sun-tzu struck upon a thoroughly modern concept: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." Karl von Clausewitz, the canny military theorist who famously declared that war is a continuation of politics by other means, also claims paternity of the notion "total war." His is the magnum opus of the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic vars.
Now these two great military minds are made to share the same tent, metaphorically speaking, in The Book of War. What a bivouac it is, and what a conversation into the night.
Military writer Ralph Peters has written a new Introduction for this Modern Library edition. [via]More editions of The Book of War:
The Clutter-busting Handbook: Clean It Up, Clear It Out, and Keep Your Life Clutter-freeby Rita EmmettISBN 0385661371 (0-385-66137-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0394716787 (0-394-71678-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe'Book summary:This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.
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Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideasby James L. AdamsISBN 0393950166 (0-393-95016-6)
Softcover, W.W. Norton
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Coping With Difficult Peopleby Robert BramsonISBN 0385173628 (0-385-17362-8)
Hardcover, Career Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coping With Difficult People'Book summary:Bosses, friends, family members, they've made your life hell -- until now! Based on fourteen years of research and observation, Dr. Robert Bramson's proven-effective techniques are guaranteed to help you right the balance and take charge of your life. Learn how to:
Stand up to anyone -- without fighting.
Blunt a sniper's attack.
Get a clam to talk.
Cut off a Sherman tank at the pass.
Manage bulldozers.
Get stallers off the dime.
Move a complainer into a problem-solving mode.
Learn the six basic steps that allow you to cope with just about anyone. Reclaim the power the rightfully belongs to you in any relationship! [via]More editions of Coping With Difficult People:
The Essential Yoga Sutra: A New Translation And Commentary Of Patanjali's Ancient Classicby Michael Roach, Geshe Michael Roach, Christie McNallyISBN 0385515367 (0-385-51536-7)
Softcover, Three Leaves Pub
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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapyby David D. BurnsISBN 0380810336 (0-380-81033-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy'Book summary:The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life. Now, in this updated edition, Dr. Burns adds an All-New Consumer2s Guide To Anti-depressant Drugs as well as a new introduction to help answer your questions about the many options available for treating depression.
- Recognise what causes your mood swings
- Nip negative feelings in the bud
- Deal with guilt
- Handle hostility and criticism
- Overcome addiction to love and approval
- Build self-esteem
- Feel good everyday
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The Fifth Discipline : The Art and Practice of the Learning Organizationby Peter SengeISBN 0385517254 (0-385-51725-4)
Softcover, Currency
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fifth Discipline'Book summary:Peter Senge, founder of the Center for Organizational Learning at MIT's Sloan School of Management, experienced an epiphany while meditating one morning back in the fall of 1987. That was the day he first saw the possibilities of a "learning organization" that used "systems thinking" as the primary tenet of a revolutionary management philosophy. He advanced the concept into this primer, originally released in 1990, written for those interested in integrating his philosophy into their corporate culture.
The Fifth Discipline has turned many readers into true believers; it remains the ideal introduction to Senge's carefully integrated corporate framework, which is structured around "personal mastery," "mental models," "shared vision," and "team learning." Using ideas that originate in fields from science to spirituality, Senge explains why the learning organization matters, provides an unvarnished summary of his management principals, offers some basic tools for practicing it, and shows what it's like to operate under this system. The book's concepts remain stimulating and relevant as ever. --Howard Rothman [via]
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Fight Clubby Chuck PalahniukISBN 0393327345 (0-393-32734-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fight Club'Book summary:The only person who gets called Ballardesque more often than Chuck Palahniuk is, well... J.G. Ballard. So, does Portland, Oregon's "torchbearer for the nihilistic generation" deserve that kind of treatment? Yes and no. There is a resemblance between Fight Club and works such as Crash and Cocaine Nights in that both see the innocuous mundanities of everyday life as nothing more than the severely loosened cap on a seething underworld cauldron of unchecked impulse and social atrocity. Welcome to the present-day U.S. of A. As Ballard's characters get their jollies from staging automobile accidents, Palahniuk's yuppies unwind from a day at the office by organizing bloodsport rings and selling soap to fund anarchist overthrows. Let's just say that neither of these guys are going to be called in to do a Full House script rewrite any time soon.
But while the ingredients are the same, Ballard and Palahniuk bake at completely different temperatures. Unlike his British counterpart, who tends to cast his American protagonists in a chilly light, holding them close enough to dissect but far enough away to eliminate any possibility of kinship, Palahniuk isn't happy unless he's first-person front and center, completely entangled in the whole sordid mess. An intensely psychological novel that never runs the risk of becoming clinical, Fight Club is about both the dangers of loyalty and the dreaded weight of leadership, the desire to band together and the compulsion to head for the hills. In short, it's about the pride and horror of being an American, rendered in lethally swift prose. Fight Club's protagonist might occasionally become foggy about who he truly is (you'll see what I mean), but one thing is for certain: you're not likely to forget the book's author. Never mind Ballardesque. Palahniukian here we come! --Bob Michaels [via]
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The Five People You Meet in Heavenby Mitch AlbomISBN 0375432329 (0-375-43232-9)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'Book summary:Part melodrama and part parable, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven weaves together three stories, all told about the same man: 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement Park. As the novel opens, readers are told that Eddie, unsuspecting, is only minutes away from death as he goes about his typical business at the park. Albom then traces Eddie's world through his tragic final moments, his funeral, and the ensuing days as friends clean out his apartment and adjust to life without him. In alternating sections, Albom flashes back to Eddie's birthdays, telling his life story as a kind of progress report over candles and cake each year. And in the third and last thread of the novel, Albom follows Eddie into heaven where the maintenance man sequentially encounters five pivotal figures from his life (a la A Christmas Carol). Each person has been waiting for him in heaven, and, as Albom reveals, each life (and death) was woven into Eddie's own in ways he never suspected. Each soul has a story to tell, a secret to reveal, and a lesson to share. Through them Eddie understands the meaning of his own life even as his arrival brings closure to theirs.
Albom takes a big risk with the novel; such a story can easily veer into the saccharine and preachy, and this one does in moments. But, for the most part, Albom's telling remains poignant and is occasionally profound. Even with its flaws, The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a small, pure, and simple book that will find good company on a shelf next to It's A Wonderful Life. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving inby Roger Fisher, William UryISBN 0395317576 (0-395-31757-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in'Book summary:We're constantly negotiating in our lives, whether it's convincing the kids to do their homework or settling million-dollar lawsuits. For those who need help winning these battles, Roger Fisher has developed a simple and straightforward five-step system for how to behave in negotiations. Narrated soothingly by NPR announcer Bob Edwards, Fisher adds the meaty portions of the material with a sense of playfulness. The blend of voices makes this tape easy to listen to, especially the real-life negotiating scenarios, in which negotiating examples are given. This is a must-have tape for every businessperson's car. (Running time: one hour, one cassette) --Sharon Griggins [via]
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Gift from the Seaby Anne Morrow LindberghISBN 0394412559 (0-394-41255-9)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gift from the Sea'Book summary:I found a 1955 printing of this book in an old waterfront cabin and was struck by the care with which the previous owner had read it. Eve (the name inscribed inside the front cover and then again above the heading for chapter 3) made pencil marks on nearly every paragraph of the book, underlining a phrase, highlighting many passages with strong vertical marks, scratching out some words that she seems to have found superfluous and even x-ing out whole sections that apparently missed their mark with her altogether. Two rusting paper clips isolate several pages, absent any marking at all. Anne Morrow Lindbergh's lyrical words are still relevant and presage so many of the themes of today's most popular books: simplicity, peaceful solitude, caring for the soul, a woman finding her place in society and life. I heard that the woman who had lived in the cabin had actually passed away some time before. Thank you, Eve, for your gift... from the sea. [via]
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Geniusby Dave EggersISBN 0375725784 (0-375-72578-4)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'Book summary:National Bestseller The literary sensation of the year, a book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read in paperback for decades to come. The Vintage edition includes a new appendix by the author. [via]
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How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate Lifeby Joan Oliver GoldsmithISBN 0393323641 (0-393-32364-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree Worldby Harry BrowneISBN 0380004232 (0-380-00423-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World'Book summary:Product Details Paperback: 407 pages Publisher: Avon Books; Reissue edition (March 1974) Language: English [via]
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How to Organize Your Work and Your Lifeby Robert MoskowitzISBN 0385424809 (0-385-42480-9)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talkby Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Kimberly Ann CoeISBN 0380811960 (0-380-81196-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk'Book summary:How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk is an excellent communication tool kit based on a series of workshops developed by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. Faber and Mazlish (coauthors of Siblings Without Rivalry) provide a step-by-step approach to improving relationships in your house. The "Reminder" pages, helpful cartoon illustrations, and excellent exercises will improve your ability as a parent to talk and problem-solve with your children. The book can be used alone or in parenting groups, and the solid tools provided are appropriate for kids of all ages. [via]
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How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Everyday Geniusby Michael GelbISBN 0385323816 (0-385-32381-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Everyday Genius'Book summary:Here's a personal growth guidebook that's won the admiration and recommendation of Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate of England. He calls this "a brilliant, practical guide to awakening and training our vast, unused resources of intelligence and ability." Author Michael Gelb, founder of High Performance Learning and consultant for companies including AT&T and National Public Radio, says that we all can unlock the "da Vincian" genius inside us. Gelb says there are seven critical principles that need to be followed for success, whether you're learning a new language, studying to be a gourmet chef, or just hoping to be more effective on the job:
- Curiosita: An insatiably curious approach to life.
- Dimonstratzione: A commitment to test knowledge through experience.
- Sensazione: The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to clarify experience.
- Sfumato: A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty.
- Arte/Scienza: The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination ("whole-brain thinking").
- Corporalita: The cultivation of ambidexterity, fitness, and poise.
- Connessione: A recognition and appreciation for the connectedness of all things and phenomena; "systems thinking."
Gelb discusses each of these principles in relation to what da Vinci accomplished, thereby giving this book a built-in history lesson. The illustrations from the master's work and time add a nice warmth to the work. As the president of NPR said after working with Gelb, this is a program recommended for "anyone who wants to experience a personal and professional Renaissance." [via]
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I am The Messengerby Markus ZusakISBN 0375836675 (0-375-83667-5)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Am the Messenger'Book summary:Meet Ed Kennedyunderage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and hes hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. Thats when the first Ace arrives. Thats when Ed becomes the messenger. . . .
Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Whos behind Eds mission?
Winner of the 2003 Childrens Book Council Book of the Year Award in Australia, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love. [via] -
I Don't Know How She Does Itby Allison PearsonISBN 0375713751 (0-375-71375-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Don't Know How She Does It'Book summary:Allison Pearson's debut novel, I Don't Know How She Does It, is a rare and beautiful hybrid: a devastatingly funny novel that's also a compelling fictional world. You want to climb inside this book and inhabit it. However, you might find it pretty messy once you're in there. Narrator Kate Reddy is the manager of a hedge fund and mother of two small children. The book opens with an emblematic scene as Kate "distresses" a store-bought mince pie to make it appear homemade. Her days are measured in increments of minutes and even seconds; her fund stays organized but her house and family are falling apart. The book is a pearly string of great lines. Here's Kate on lack of sleep: "They're right to call it a broken night.... You crawl back to bed and you lie there trying to do the jigsaw of sleep with half the pieces missing." On baby boys: "A mother of a one-year-old son is a movie star in a world without critics." On subtle office dynamics:
The women in the offices of EMF [Kate's firm] don't tend to display pictures of their kids. The higher they go up the ladder, the fewer the photographs. If a man has pictures of kids on his desk, it enhances his humanity; if a woman has them it decreases hers. Why? Because he's not supposed to be home with the children; she is.
There's inherent drama here: Kate is wildly appealing, and we want things to work out for her. In the end, the book isn't a just collection of clever lines on the theme of working motherhood; it's a real, rich novel about a character we come to cherish. --Claire Dederer [via]More editions of I Don't Know How She Does It:
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I Don't Know How She Does It : The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Motherby Allison PearsonISBN 0375414053 (0-375-41405-3)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The women in the offices of EMF [Kate's firm] don't tend to display pictures of their kids. The higher they go up the ladder, the fewer the photographs. If a man has pictures of kids on his desk, it enhances his humanity; if a woman has them it decreases hers. Why? Because he's not supposed to be home with the children; she is.
There's inherent drama here: Kate is wildly appealing, and we want things to work out for her. In the end, the book isn't a just collection of clever lines on the theme of working motherhood; it's a real, rich novel about a character we come to cherish. --Claire Dederer [via]More editions of I Don't Know How She Does It : The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother:
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I'm Ok-You're Okby Thomas HarrisISBN 038000772X (0-380-00772-X)
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The Inner Game of Musicby W. Timothy Gallwey, Barry GreenISBN 0385231261 (0-385-23126-1)
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It Was on Fire When I Lay down on Itby Robert FulghumISBN 0394580567 (0-394-58056-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Leadership Is an Artby Max De PreeISBN 0385512465 (0-385-51246-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Liberation Management: Necessary Disorganization for the Nanosecond Ninetiesby Thomas J. PetersISBN 0394559991 (0-394-55999-1)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Live the Life You Love: In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessonsby Barbara SherISBN 0385316623 (0-385-31662-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance Order Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Lifeby Alexandra StoddardISBN 0380705117 (0-380-70511-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance Order Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life'Book summary:With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life, Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquility with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her magic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Through her writing and lectures, she has encouraged millions to brighten their lives and their homes by turning mundane tasks into small pleasurable rituals that add beauty and joy to everything they do. Alexandra Stoddard's secrets of Living A Beautiful Life are yours.
With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life, Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquillity with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.
As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her madic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Though her writing and lectures, she has encouraged millions to brighten their lives and their homes by turning mundane tasks into small pleasurable rituals that add beauty and joy to everything they do. Alexandra Stoddard's secrets of Living A Beautiful Life are yours.
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Living a Beautiful Life: Five Hundred Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Lifeby Alexandra StoddardISBN 0394555392 (0-394-55539-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Living on the Earth: Celebrations, Storm Warnings, Formulas, Recipes, Rumors, and Country Dances Harvested by Alicia Bay Laurel.by Alicia Bay LaurelISBN 0394710568 (0-394-71056-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Living Well with Lactose Intoleranceby Healthy Living EditorsISBN 0380806428 (0-380-80642-8)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Living Without a Goal : Finding the Freedom to Live a Creative, Innovative and Fulfilled Lifeby James OgilvyISBN 0385417993 (0-385-41799-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Lord Jimby Joseph Conrad, Thomas C. MoserISBN 0393963357 (0-393-96335-7)
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Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Lifeby Sissela BokISBN 0375705287 (0-375-70528-7)
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Mind Gamesby Jean Houston, Robert MastersISBN 0385286503 (0-385-28650-3)
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A Passion for Excellence : The Leadership Differenceby Thomas J. Peters, Nancy K. AustinISBN 0394544846 (0-394-54484-6)
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Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex, and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationshipsby David SchnarchISBN 0393040216 (0-393-04021-6)
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The Precious Presentby Spencer JohnsonISBN 0385468059 (0-385-46805-9)
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The Presentby Spencer JohnsonISBN 0385509308 (0-385-50930-8)
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The Project50: Or, Fifty Ways to Transform Every "Task" into a Project That Mattersby Thomas J. PetersISBN 0375407731 (0-375-40773-1)
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Pumping Ions a Guide to Mentalby Tom WujecISBN 0385251130 (0-385-25113-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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Pumping Ions : A Guide to Mental Exerciseby Tom WujecISBN 0385247494 (0-385-24749-4)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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The Relaxation Responseby Herbert BensonISBN 0380006766 (0-380-00676-6)
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Remember Everything You Read: The Evelyn Wood 7-Day Speed Reading & Learning Programby Stanley D. FrankISBN 0380715775 (0-380-71577-5)
Softcover, Avon Books
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The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happinessby Steven K. Scott, Gary SmalleyISBN 0385516665 (0-385-51666-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Steve Scott flunked out of every job he held in his first six years after college. He couldnt succeed no matter how hard he tried. Then Dr. Gary Smalley challenged him to study the book of Proverbs, promising that in doing so he would achieve greater success and happiness than he had ever known. That promise came true, making Scott a millionaire many times over.
In The Richest Man Who Ever Lived, Scott reveals Solomons key for winning every race, explains how to resolve conflicts and turn enemies into allies, and discloses the five qualities essential to becoming a valued and admired person at work and in your personal life. Scott illustrates each of Solomons insights and strategies with anecdotes about his personal successes and failures, as well as those of such extraordinary people as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and Steven Spielberg.
At once inspiring and instructive, THE RICHEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED weaves the timeless truths of one of our greatest works of literature into a detailed roadmap for successful living today.More editions of The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomon's Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness:
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The Seasons of a Man's Lifeby Daniel J. LevinsonISBN 039440694X (0-394-40694-X)
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The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Lossby Arthur S. AgatstonISBN 0375431942 (0-375-43194-2)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The South Beach Diet: The Delicious, Doctor-designed, Foolproof Plan for Fast and Healthy Weight Loss'Book summary:The verdict is in: those simple carbs we've been living on are killing us. For good health, we've got to get our blood sugar under control and stop the incessant cravings. Or so says Dr. Arthur Agatston, author of The South Beach Diet. The first half of the book details the science behind the diet. Most of the explanations revolve around why things you thought were healthy-orange juice, wheat toast, carrots-are actually evil. To avoid blood sugar surges, Agatston created a modified carbohydrate plan, recommending plenty of high-fiber foods, lean proteins, and healthy fats, while cutting bread, rice, pastas, and fruits. Major differences from other diets include a lack of concern over portion size and a serious indifference to exercise. Feeling full while on a diet is a beautiful thing, but it seems odd that a cardiologist buries his exercise recommendations in a solitary sentence.
The last half of the book covers his three-stage plan; daily diets are mixed with recipes, some of which are from South Beach restaurant chefs. The most restrictive period lasts just two weeks, enough time to stabilize your urges and lose a few pounds; stage two adds fruits and a handful of other carbs, while stage three is meant to last the remainder of your life, with occasional lapses for white bread or birthday cake. While the diet is sound, the book could be better organized. The first half mixes scientific study with anecdote in a seemingly random way, while the mix of meal plans and recipes can be confusing. Still, the recipes are varied and tasty, and you'll never feel deprived, unless you currently happen to live by bread alone. --ll Lightner [via]
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Spend Well, Live Rich: How to Get What You Want with the Money You Haveby Michelle SingletaryISBN 0375759042 (0-375-75904-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Superlearning 2000by Sheila Ostrander, Lynn Schroeder, Nancy OstranderISBN 0385312741 (0-385-31274-1)
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Thy Neighbor's Wifeby Gay TaleseISBN 0385006322 (0-385-00632-2)
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Bestselling author Gay Talese's exploration into the hidden and changing sex lives of Americans from all walks of life shocked the world when it was first published in 1981. Now considered a classic, this fascinating personal oddysey and revealing public reflection on American sexuality changed the way Americans looked at themselves and one another.
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Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Lifes Greatest Lessonby Mitch AlbomISBN 0385484518 (0-385-48451-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tuesdays With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Lifes Greatest Lesson'Book summary:This true story about the love between a spiritual mentor and his pupil has soared to the bestseller list for many reasons. For starters: it reminds us of the affection and gratitude that many of us still feel for the significant mentors of our past. It also plays out a fantasy many of us have entertained: what would it be like to look those people up again, tell them how much they meant to us, maybe even resume the mentorship? Plus, we meet Morrie Schwartz--a one of a kind professor, whom the author describes as looking like a cross between a biblical prophet and Christmas elf. And finally we are privy to intimate moments of Morrie's final days as he lies dying from a terminal illness. Even on his deathbed, this twinkling-eyed mensch manages to teach us all about living robustly and fully. Kudos to author and acclaimed sports columnist Mitch Albom for telling this universally touching story with such grace and humility. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Type Talkby Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Charles SeashoreISBN 0385296487 (0-385-29648-7)
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Type Talk at Workby Otto Kroeger, Janet M. ThuesenISBN 038530174X (0-385-30174-X)
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Type Talk at Work: How the Sixteen Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Jobby Otto KroegerISBN 0385308272 (0-385-30827-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Weigh down Diet : The Inspirational Way to Lose Weight, Stay Slim and Find a New Youby Gwen ShamblinISBN 0385487622 (0-385-48762-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Hadby Susan Wise BauerISBN 0393050947 (0-393-05094-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had'Book summary:An engaging, accessible guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition.
Have you lost the art of reading for pleasure? Are there books you know you should read but haven't because they seem too daunting? In The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer provides a welcome and encouraging antidote to the distractions of our age, electronic and otherwise. In her previous book, The Well-Trained Mind, the author provided a road map of classical education for parents wishing to home-school their children, and that book is now the premier resource for home-schoolers. In this new book, Bauer takes the same elements and techniques and adapts them to the use of adult readers who want both enjoyment and self-improvement from the time they spend reading.
The Well-Educated Mind offers brief, entertaining histories of five literary genresfiction, autobiography, history, drama, and poetryaccompanied by detailed instructions on how to read each type. The annotated lists at the end of each chapterranging from Cervantes to A. S. Byatt, Herodotus to Laurel Thatcher Ulrichpreview recommended reading and encourage readers to make vital connections between ancient traditions and contemporary writing.
The Well-Educated Mind reassures those readers who worry that they read too slowly or with below-average comprehension. If you can understand a daily newspaper, there's no reason you can't read and enjoy Shakespeare's Sonnets or Jane Eyre. But no one should attempt to read the "Great Books" without a guide and a plan. Susan Wise Bauer will show you how to allocate time to your reading on a regular basis; how to master a difficult argument; how to make personal and literary judgments about what you read; how to appreciate the resonant links among texts within a genrewhat does Anna Karenina owe to Madame Bovary?and also between genres. Followed carefully, the advice in The Well-Educated Mind will restore and expand the pleasure of the written word. [via]More editions of The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had:
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What Should I Do With My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Questionby Po BronsonISBN 0375758984 (0-375-75898-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Should I Do With My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question'Book summary:In What Should I Do with my Life? Po Bronson manages to create a career book that is a page-turner. His 50 vivid profiles of people searching for "their soft spot--their true calling" will engage readers because Bronson is asking himself the same question. He explores his premise, that "nothing is braver than people facing up to their own identity," as an anthropologist and autobiographer. He tackles thorny, nuanced issues about self-determination. Among them: paradoxes of money and meaning, authorship and destiny, brain candy and novelty versus soul food. Bronsons stories, limited to professional people and complete with photos, are gems. They include a Los Angeles lawyer who became a priest, a Harvard MBA catfish farmer turned biotech executive, and a Silicon Valley real estate agent who opened a leather crafts factory in Costa Rica.
Bronson is a gifted intuitive writer, the bestselling author of The Nudist on the Late Shift, whose thoughtful, vulnerable voice emerges as the books greatest strength and challenge. He describes his subjects lives along with the ways they annoy, puzzle, and worry him. He frets about meddling with his questions, yet once, memorably and appropriately, he offers a talented man a top post in his publishing company. While this creates the juiciness of his portraits, it also can make Bronson the books most memorable character and the only one whose story is not resolved. Even so, this remarkable career chronicle sets the gold standard for the worth of the examined life. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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Within Our Reach: Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantageby Daniel SchorrISBN 0385242441 (0-385-24244-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Word Power Made Easyby Norman LewisISBN 0385140851 (0-385-14085-1)
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Work a 4-Hour Day: Achieving Business Efficiency on Your Own Termsby Arthur K. Robertson, William ProctorISBN 0380726270 (0-380-72627-0)
Softcover, Avon Books
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