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Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid

Marianne Cusato, Ben Pentreath, ...

Sterling, 2008

Fun, exactly as billed, with a spark of genius
I bought this book about a month or so ago. I have read through it once. While I will skim it again, from time to time, I'll be keeping it as an irreplaceable reference manual for home design or purchase. The illustrations are gorgeous and pure genius. Most of ...

Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't

Henry Cloud, John Townsend

Zondervan, 1996

Must-Read for Christian Relationship-Building
Cloud and Townsend, authors of the classic relational book "Boundaries," offer a wealth of insight here on developing healthy Christian relationships. They distinguish between safe and unsafe people, listing three categories of the latter: abandoners, critics and ...

Financial Shock: A 360º Look at the Subprime Mortgage Implosion, and How to Avoid the Next Financial Crisis

Mark Zandi

FT Press, 2008

Excellent overview of how we got where we are
Written so even someone as financially ignorant as myself gets a perspective on what happened in the global market. Talks about the incentives that led to the subprime crisis, the unregulated markets that allowed the derivatives trading that amplified the problem. Very ...

1,001 Prescription Secrets for Seniors: How to Pay Less for Medicines, Find Natural Alternatives, and Avoid ...

FC&A Medical Pub., 2007

How to Pay Less for Medicines, Find Natural Alternatives, and Avoid Rx Ripoffs for Every Prescription

The Successful Investor: What 80 Million People Need to Know to Invest Profitably and Avoid Big Losses

William J. O'Neil

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Outstanding investment/trading book.
William O' Neal has done an excellent job laying out for investors and stock traders the 5 steps to take for outstanding results. I have read Oneal's other books but this one really laid out his strategies in a very easy to understand format. Here are the 5 steps he ...

The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

John Blake, 2008

One more blow against an entrenched myth
As an internist/epidemiologist I was thrilled by this well written book (as good as Gary Taube's, and much more fun to read). I hope to be around when the pillars collapse around the fifty year old specious theory of cholesterol's role in CVD.However,like the erroneous ...

BestCredit: How to Win the Credit Game, 2nd Edition

Dana Neal

Paladin Press, 2006

Be your own Buffy the Bad Credit Slayer: Bold & Fearless!
Okay. You can safely stop browsing herewith. Dana's book is IT, the last word on credit repair. How I wish I'd bought this book first before wasting my time and money on several other thouroughly crazymaking, unhelpful titles. Not only is this book chock-a-block ...

Coping with Kidney Disease: A 12-Step Treatment Program to Help You Avoid Dialysis

Mackenzie Walser, Betsy Thorpe

Wiley, 2004

Thank God for Dr Walser
This book, in my opinion, is a must for kidney patients. Well written and easy to understand, it gave me a much better understanding of CKD and what I need to do to live a longer and healthier life. Dialysis is not something I want to experience. After being ...

13 fatal errors managers make and how you can avoid them

W. Steven Brown

Berkley, 1987

"Outlines The Thirteen Most Common Errors Managers At All Levels Make And Whows Why...How
"13 Fatal Errors Managers Make In this program, W. Steven Brown, a nationally recognized professional and consultant, OUTLINES THE THIRTEEN MOST COMMON ERRORS MANAGERS AT ALL LEVELS MAKE AND SHOWS they are disastrous to any successful management effort. He then ...

The Brand Bubble: The Looming Crisis in Brand Value and How to Avoid It

John Gerzema, Edward Lebar

Jossey-Bass, 2008

A treat to read for anyone dealing with brands as company assets.
Part 1: Next to introducing their research on a divergence between market capitalization represented in brands against consumer brand perception ("The Brand Bubble") the authors provide a thorough analysis of the actual changes in the relation between brand owner and ...

Why Hasn't He Called?

Matt Titus, Tamsen Fadal

McGraw-Hill, 2008

Great read!
Why Hasn't He Called? What a reality check on the male/female perspective of dating. After reading this fun book on novice dating 101, listen to the song "When a Man Loves a Woman" by Percy Sledge. It is so obvious when a man cares about you. He can't keep his ...

Integrative Nutrition

Joshua Rosenthal

Integrative Nutrition Publishing, 2007

Excellent Nutrition Book
Joshua Rosenthal's book "Integrative Nutrition" is an excellent resource for anyone who wants to explore and discover the truth about giant food corporations and pharmaceutical companies and how they affect the American diet; the strengths and weaknesses of the ...

A Man Worth Waiting For: How to Avoid a Bozo

Jackie Kendall

FaithWords, 2008

Amazing Book!
This is a GREAT companion book to her first one, "Lady In Waiting." If you loved L.I.W., then you will love this one. I highly recommend it!

Lapsing Into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid ...

Bill Walsh

McGraw-Hill, 2000

Strunk and White and Walsh
At last, a worthy successor to Strunk and White! No, I have not abandoned my loyalty to those old masters whose THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE retains its utility and authority after 40 years (however badly I may apply their lessons in practice), but we were sorely in need of ...

How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide

Howard Mittelmark, Sandra Newman

Collins, 2008

Hysterical as Well as Helpful
I'm a published novelist who often leads writing workshops. I always provide students with a resource list of the best writing books and "How Not To Write A Novel" will now to be at the top of my list. This book is destined to be a classic like BIRD BY BIRD. Not only ...