books: nonfiction - top sellers     books:       How to Use the Amazon Kindle for Email & Other Cool Tricks: Read and Answer Email Anywhere, Anytime on the ... Harvard Perspectives Press (indieKindle.blogspot.com), 2007 Awesome information! It's about time someone put something like this out there for us! I've had my Kindle almost since it was released, and I absolutely love it! However, it takes time for people to learn all the tips and tricks and goodies and get the information out to the rest of us! ...             Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges Antonin Scalia, Bryan A. Garner Thomson West, 2008 Persuasion from a legal point of view I am not a lawyer, but I love reading about persuasion and influence. This book caught my attention out of left field, but it certainly added a lot of value to my understanding of persuasion from a logical and argumentative point of view. Most of the books I've read ...             Just Who Will You Be?: Big Question. Little Book. Answer Within. Maria Shriver Hyperion, 2008 A lovely graduation present This little book will give an inspirational boost to almost any new high school, or middle school, graduate. Though its advice might be too lightweight for college grads, and a little too sunny for kids from deprived backgrounds, the book is still a terrific gift ...             The Demise of the Dollar...And Why It's Even Better for Your Investments (Agora Series) Addison Wiggin Wiley, 2008 New and improved I read the first edition in early 2006, and it's a little breathtaking how many of its big-picture prognostications have come to pass -- especially the collapse of the housing market and the dramatically shrinking purchasing power of the bills in our wallets. Now, as ...             The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Michael Pollan Penguin, 2007 How we should eat Omnivore's Dilemma is a wonderfully written book which covers all aspects of food in today's world. Michael Pollan starts by taking a close look at industrial agriculture from the view point of Corn. A plant that is tailor made to our mass production, fossil fuel ...             Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Cokie Roberts William Morrow, 2008 THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME ! As fascinating as a today tell-all Ladies of Liberty is full of vignettes and episodes that reveal the strength, courage and perseverance of America's early heroines. Not only are there personal revelations regarding many of these women but also reminders of how a ...             Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Three Cups of Tea is EXCELLENT! I'm only halfway through but the book is difficult to put down. What's more incredible is that the story is true! This should be required reading for high school kids.... for everyone. It gives the reader such a huge appreciation of another world so far away and the ...             Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life Sophie Uliano Collins, 2008 A Must Have Book! I have been looking for a book like this for a while now. More and more we are becoming aware of the impact we make on the environment and I for one strive to do my part. However, it's overwhelming to research and personally test out everything out there, which is one ...             The Revolution: A Manifesto Ron Paul Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Great Intro to Dr. Paul for Friends! I bought several copies to give to family and friends to introduce them to Dr. Paul. Others, never would take the time to do their own research, but I hope by giving them the book they feel indebted enough to read the book. I myself found the book a great refresher ...             Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation Sheila Weller Atria, 2008 I love this book! Wow, I just finished "Girls Like Us". I loved every page of it and highly recommend it. Its about three amazing women, but it reveals a lot about our culture too. You couldn't make these stories up, it really recreates the headiness and newfound freedom of the world ...             Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism Kevin Phillips Viking Adult, 2008 Insightful, but Incomplete and Rapidly Becoming Dated! "Bad Money" is about the insecurity of America's future given a debt-gorged financial sector, and vulnerability caused by expensive dependence on imported oil. The term refers not just to the depreciated dollar but also dangerous attitudes and flawed financial ...             The Trillion Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High Rollers, and the Great Credit Crash Charles R. Morris PublicAffairs, 2008 K.I.S.S. The book was well written and easy to understand. It read like a long article as opposed to some dense and boring book. The author did right by keeping his views and opinions to the last two chapters. The reader can go along making his/her own assumptions up until the ...             Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope Don & Susie Van Ryn, Newell, Colleen & Whitney Cerak Howard Books, 2008 What a testimony! The story of Whitney Cerak is amazing in itself but the unwavering faith and strength displayed by both families is a true testimony for both the believer and nonbeliever. Nowhere in the book do either family get "preachy" in their words. They state feelings of ...             Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein Yale University Press, 2008 Second best book I've read on human decisions Thaler and Sunstein are among another wave of academics that help keep my home town, Chicago,on the intellectual hilltop. This wasn't exactly what I was expecting, since the title seems to indicate something about decision psychology in general not a particular ...             The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Barack Obama Three Rivers Press, 2007 A wonderful and inspiring book Whether you've been swept up by Obama mania or are just curious, this book is a must read. So inspiring, informative and well written that I would recommend it to anyone regardless of your political persuasion. I was just learning about Senator Obama when I picked up ...          products you might be interested in search for books capitalism, earth-friendly, generation, investments, persuading, revolution we recommend Three Cups of Tea is EXCELLENT! randomly chosen book: Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (December 1977)