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Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management
Masaaki Imai
McGraw-Hill, 1997
Brief and to the Point
This is a delightful little book that provides important insights into how an organization can be successful by continuously looking at improving its operations, enhance efficiencies and refining operations. This would result in improved quality, productivity and ...
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The Attachment Parenting Book : A Commonsense Guide to Understanding and Nurturing Your Baby
William Sears, Martha Sears
Little, Brown and Company, 2001
Great book
I happen to love this book although I think it is so sad that it ever had to be written at all. My husband is luckily from another culture and if it had not been for his support I would have probably have listened to my parents, doctors, and the majority of mothers ...
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The Wealthy Barber, Updated 3rd Edition: Everyone's Commonsense Guide to Becoming Financially Independent
David Chilton
Three Rivers Press, 1997
It's Time to Re-Discover Common Sense!
Get rich schemes are out of control today. Beyond the schemes, many people seem to use the lottery their own personal retirement plan.
This is not a get rich quick book, but a common sense guide to becoming wealthy over time. Told though thoughts of a "wealthy ...
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The Conscientious Marine Aquarist: A Commonsense Handbook for Successful Saltwater Hobbyists ...
Robert M. Fenner
TFH Publications, 2008
A good foundation.
I have been keeping a marine tank for less than 1 year. I got tired of just using the internet for all my knowledge-base of marine aquariums; spending many hours digging through all the forums for whatever current problem/issue i had, reading so many conflicting ...
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Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach
Dandridge M. Malone
Presidio Press, 1983
Well written
I am thoroughly satisfied with this book. Despite any descriptions that claim it is useful to civilian leaders I find that unlikely. The author even spends time in the first chapter to describe how very little of its contents are useful to civilian leaders and why.
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Ahead of the Curve: A Commonsense Guide to Forecasting Business and Market Cycles
Joseph H. Ellis
Harvard Business School Press, 2005
You do not need a PhD
To the reviewer who so proudly holds a PhD from MIT and who criticized the author for failing to provide the reader with a model that should unlock all forecasting mysteries. I would like to remind him that the author never claimed that's what he was trying to do with ...
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You Can Feel Good Again: Common-Sense Strategies for Releasing Unhappiness and Changing Your Life
Richard Carlson
Plume, 1994
Read this book and keep on re-reading it
Dr Carlson has written many self-help books aimed at helping us to find the stable state of happiness that naturally exists within us all. He has now written this book specifically for those of us who suffer from depression. The book contains practical truths that are ...
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I Can't Believe I'm Buying This Book: A Commonsense Guide to Successful Internet Dating
Evan Marc Katz
Ten Speed Press, 2004
The proof is in the RESULTS
There is a right way and wrong way to go about online dating. I had been doing it the wrong way. Some of the tips he gives I had never even thought about before and realize he is exactly right. This is one of the rare books I intend to read again just to make sure ...
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Stress-Free Potty Training: A Commonsense Guide to Finding the Right Approach for Your Child
Sara Au, Peter L. Stavinoha
AMACOM, 2008
Excellent advice for any situation
This book is great!! It offers specific, easy to follow advice based on your child's individual temperment... We started potty training before reading this book. It's our first child and I've been working on tips and advice from various sources... This book seems to ...
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The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, ...
Karen R. Koenig
Gurze Books, 2005
Hope for Those Wanting to be a Normal Eating
I found this book to be extremely helpful in the process of overcoming a long term eating disorder. Having been both anorexic and overweight, this book has offered me hope in teaching me to read my bodie's clues and to begin to trust them. I appreciate that while the ...
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You're a Better Parent Than You Think!: A Guide to Common-Sense Parenting
Raymond N. Guarendi
Fireside, 1984
How to create harmony in your family
I purchased this book after watching Dr. Guarendi give an interview on EWTN. I realized that even though I am a fairly consistent parent, I could work at it a little more. Once I read the book, I was shocked and chagrined to discover I was less consistent than I ...
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After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense Guide to Life After Treatment
Hester Hill Licsw Schnipper
Bantam, 2006
Not crazy...
After all my treatments for breast cancer were done, everyone told me i should feel better-but i didn't! My feeling were much worse than i expected after so many months and i'm glad i found and read this book! It helped me understand that it is OK to have lingering ...
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True Balance: A Commonsense Guide for Renewing Your Spirit
Sonia Choquette
Three Rivers Press, 2000
Life's better when you're balanced!
I'm a Sonia Choquette fan. Everything I've read by her I've found helpful and enlightening.
The step-by-step instructions in True Balance make this "how-to" book advice easy to implement. Whether you're just a little off kilter or way out of alignment, True ...
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Commonsense Bidding: The Most Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Standard Bidding
William S. Root
Three Rivers Press, 1986
Root headed out to teach with no compromise, but following a standard of completeness and clarity.
In another review about a book by the same author, I remarked that reading his books is like chewing sawdust. This basic fact has not changed. However, I now maintain that Bill Root has written the best books on learning the game in all its aspects.
This book is ...
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The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind
Marvin Minsky
Simon & Schuster, 2007
Worth the read.
Minsky presents interesting new ideas on understanding ourselves. It makes sense that the mind, like the body, may seem simple on the outside but is amazingly complex on the inside.
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