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Urawaza: Secret Everyday Tips and Tricks from Japan
Lisa Katayama
Chronicle Books, 2008
An excellent introduction to Japanese cleverness
"Urawaza" is a word with a long history in Japan. In martial arts, it means "from the back", an unexpected or tricky move that only experts might know. In the computer gaming world it means programmers' back-doors that let players gain points, levels and advantage by ...
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Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson
Ballantine Books, 2000
Must read... and you won't be able to put it down!
This is the best book I've seen about raising boys. My husband and I both have read every single page -- it's the first parenting book we've ever really read together, and we've talked about all of it. My husband felt like he was reading about all the secret ...
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Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life
Sophie Uliano
Collins, 2008
Gorgeously awesome
A friend of mine got this book for me and I love it. Yes some of the beauty products she suggests are a little pricey but she always gives a couple of affordable options as well, and you can always do your own research and find other things on the websites she ...
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The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros
Vintage, 1991
Review in Spanish Language
Sandra Cisneros nació en los Estados Unidos en 1954, en la ciudad de Chicago, siendo la única hija, entre seis hermanos varones y padres mexicanos, con los cuales viajó a México en diferentes oportunidades, desde su barrio puertorriqueño en Chicago. La casa en la calle ...
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
Medical Thoughts on Memory Keeper...
The medical admonition "above all do no harm" was at the heart of the tragic elements of this book. David had violated a prime part of his professional honor. The act of giving away his disordered infant destroyed his marriage and injured most of his other
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It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff
Peter Walsh
Free Press, 2007
It's All too much
I have bought alot of organizing books to only have them sit on the shelf and become part of the clutter. I got the audio of this book to avoid that and it has so motiviated me to get rid of things I don't use or should of gotten rid of years ago. Peter Walsh does it ...
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
Dave Pelzer
HCI, 1995
A tale that needed to be told.
I read this book about ten years ago, after my first child had turned one and as I read it I found myself picturing my child as David. I connected with him in that way- like a real loving mother should have.
I've never forgot the horror that he went through and still ...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
J. K. Rowling
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
The battle begins!
I was so excited when I got this book...but so nervous I was almost afraid to open it! What was going to happen? I had speculated for so long, I was almost afraid to find out. The story delivered! There were nailbiting moments as Harry and company invaded the ministry ...
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The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Michael E. Gerber
HarperCollins, 1995
Repurchase of an old friend
I purchased two copies of this. One to give to a friend and one to replace my original which had become a victim of one of my wife's cleaning campaigns.
I will get around to re-reading this in due course, but I have, over the years, referenced sections of it. A ...
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When Organizing Isn't Enough: SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life
Julie Morgenstern
Fireside, 2008
Clutter Isn't Just Junk!
Julie Morgenstern's book is greatly helpful! It intelligently points out that clutter isn't just on your desk or in your closet. The intangible clutter may be what holds back some of us that are already very organized. Most interestingly, thoughts and behaviors that ...
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Houseworks: Cut the Clutter, Speed Your Cleaning and Calm the Chaos
Cynthia Townley Ewer
DK ADULT, 2006
Very Useful for All Types of Houskeepers
After I saw a previous review claiming this book is only for people whose houses are brimming with clutter, I almost did not purchase it. My house is not brimming with clutter and it is generally fairly clean. I have found this book extremely useful, despite the fact ...
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Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook: The Essential Guide to Caring for Everything in Your Home
Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter, 2006
Creative Home Care Solutions...
Martha's simplistic and realistic approach to caring for your home, shines through in this wonderful book. It is stuffed with useful and informative solutions to homekeeping. This book would make the perfect house warming or newly wed gift or tell-all reference guide ...
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The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (Process Self-reliance ...
Kelly Coyne, Erik Knutzen
Process, 2008
A Great Source To Jump-Start Your Visions of Self-Reliance
Like the first reviewer, I too have been long looking forward to this title's release. Unlike the first reviewer I am not at all disappointed with "The Urban Homestead." It's a well-written and engaging resource and I don't find fault in it as a book of ideas and ...
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Eliminate Chaos: The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home and Life
Laura Leist
Sasquatch Books, 2006
A real solution to clutter
After reading a number of books, websites and magazine articles on organization over the years, Elimate Chaos finally offers a real solution. Laura's personal story in the preface is important as it starts you thinking about your own experiences with clutter. Included ...
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Organizing from the Inside Out, second edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office ...
Julie Morgenstern
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
A Refreshing Approach to Organizing
Julie Morgenstern's "Organizing from the Inside Out" is such a fantastic and valuable book. Her approach to organizing, as the title suggests, is whatever you are organizing -- your work/family schedule, your office, your kitchen, or your basement -- needs to reflect ...
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