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How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High ...
Cal Newport
Broadway, 2006
Really good book
I am a part-time student and I also gained a lot from this book.
Some of the main points:
- Smart students used their time wisely and don't spend hours per day madly cramming for tests but instead study a little bit per day. Smart students think about what they ...
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Runner's World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training ...
Bill Pierce, Scott Murr, ...
Rodale Books, 2007
GREAT !
great book for beginners to advanced runners. It will let you go from short distance to long in a short period of time, but remember no magical formula without discipline !
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The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers Using Allen Carr's Easyway Method
Allen Carr
Sterling, 2005
Excellent Stop Smoking Approach
I am a Psychologist buy John Carr does a great job of putting smoking in a perspective to aid those who wish to stop. He simply just does. I enjoy his writing style.
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The Reading Zone: How to Help Kids Become Skilled, Passionate, Habitual, Critical Readers
Nancie Atwell
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2007
Change you view of teaching reading
How does a kid learn to read...by reading. Get your students into the Reading Zone. I was sucked into the guided reading, small groups, centers, rotations, strategies method of teaching too. However, my students just were not progressing or developing that "love of ...
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When I Grow up: A Memoir
Juliana Hatfield
Wiley, 2008
A Pleasurable Read
When I Grow Up is a pleasure to read, mostly because it offers the opportunity to spend some time in the mind of a thoughtful, passionate musician who has reached a crossroads in which she must decide whether and why to continue to make music, years past her big hit.
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Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men
Michael Kimmel
Harper, 2008
Excellent analysis!
Dr. Kimmel, in this book, provides a troubling but important analysis of what is happening with young men today. Read it if you care about the fate of men in this society.
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The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers
Keith R. Mcfarland
Crown Business, 2008
The Good to Great book for small businesses
Breakthrough Companies is a great book that is the "Good to Great" book for small businesses.
It talks about how small businesses became breakthrough companies by taking actions.
I highly recommend this book
Here are the major things Keith talks about in his ...
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Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day
Joel Osteen
Free Press, 2007
Joel Osteen's cd
Wonderful cd. Has a lot of problem solvers that are in our every day life.
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful
Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter
Hyperion, 2007
Like Dr. Marshall, this book is Outstanding !
Like Dr. Marshall, this book is Outstanding
I heard him first, read his website next and before I read this Classic book. It can be a turning point in readers' lives. His real life examples and simple narration indeed make you sit up and listen very very carefully. ...
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ARRL Ham Radio License Manual: All You Need to Become an Amateur Radio Operator (Arrl Ham Radio License ...
American Radio Relay League
Amer Radio Relay League, 2006
Excellent Book For Passing the Technician Test
I just passed the Technician test with 100% using this book. I also used some on-line test exams from various websites. The book is well laid out. The main material is in the front of the book and the test questions are at the back. As you read through the book, after ...
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Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different - And How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men
Steve Biddulph
Celestial Arts, 2008
This is a great book for understanding boys
I bought this book because it became clear to me that I do not understand my 3 year old son and I realized it would only become worse as he grew older if I didn't at least try to figure out what is going on from his perspective.
I think that this book really tells ...
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Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are
Joseph LeDoux
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003
A Worthwhile Read
I came upon this book by chance and with curiosity, and I did not know any background behind this work. "Synaptic Self" is the first book by Joseph LeDoux that I read since I have yet to read his The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life. It ...
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Breaking the Missional Code: Your Church Can Become a Missionary in Your Community
Ed Stetzer, David Putman
B&H Publishing Group, 2006
North America is a mission field!
If I took away one thing from this book, it is that North America is a mission field, and we must treat it as such.
Ed Stetzer is an experienced church planter who did research for the North American Mission Board (NAMB) at the time that he wrote the book, and now ...
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
A. J. Jacobs
Simon & Schuster, 2005
I dedicate this review to my dear friend...
This book is fantastic, so I recommend everyone to buy it.
Also one of my Amazon buddies, who happens to have the same name as this wonderful book, Mr. Know It All, is celebrating a birthday today and I just wanted to wish him HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
We love you Dr. ...
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When Love Meets Fear: How to Become Defense-Less and Resource-Full
David Richo
Paulist Press, 1997
If you live in fear order this today!
I cannot say enough good things about this book. I have tried a lot of self-help techniques but the ones contained in this book are unlike any I've encountered. The biggest lesson I got out of this book is that so many of our problems nowadays occur because we had ...
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