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Don't Send a Resume: And Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land a Great Job
Jeffrey J. Fox
Hyperion, 2001
Great advice with widespread applications
This is a great book with lots of good techniques for marketing yourself to potential employers or customers. It is written in a very accessible style, organized as a few dozen tips or pieces of advice, each with a few pages elaborating on them. Though its targets the ...
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I Don't: A Contrarian History of Marriage
Susan Squire
Bloomsbury USA, 2008
"I Don't " Is A Must Read
Susan Squire's I Don't, A Contrarian History of Marriage is an intelligent and playful history of an institution we're all captivated by in one way or another but know little about. Her writing is funny and outrageous because it's true. Squire imparts the horrendous ...
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The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
Steven B. Sample
Jossey-Bass, 2003
You Are What You Read
You have two options for learning about USC President Steven Sample's "contrarian's guide to leadership." Option #1: Join 40 juniors and seniors at the University of Southern California for Sample's popular spring course, "The Art and Adventure of Leadership," ...
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Blindsided: Why the Left Tackle is Overrated and Other Contrarian Football Thoughts
KC Joyner
Wiley, 2008
An Excellent And Passionate Examination of NFL Issues
In this short and easy to read book, KC Joyner seeks to provide for football what Bill James provided for baseball--a set of analytical statistics that allow for a greater comprehension of the truth about football and the skills of its players and coaches among a ...
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The Contrarian Effect: Why It Pays (Big) to Take Typical Sales Advice and Do the Opposite
Michael Port, Elizabeth Marshall
Wiley, 2008
Why it pays big to buy this book and apply what you've read!
I have been in sales for 10 years selling everything from life insurance to consulting to food.
Many people's livelihood is reliant upon selling a product or a service. The world of sales has changed and old techniques and old "truths" are not true anymore. People ...
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Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune: The Contrarian Traveler's Guide to Getting More for Less
Tim Leffel
Travelers' Tales, 2006
An Excellent Intro for People Who Don't Know Where to Start
I am also a writer and I have websites about independent travel and alternatives to traditional group tours, package tours, and EXPENSIVE trips that most people can't afford without financial struggle. I get unsolicited email all the time from people who have no idea ...
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Everyone's Crazy Except You and Me...And I'm Not So Sure About You: America's Favorite Contrarian Cuts Loose
Lionel
Hyperion, 2008
Hilarious!
I darn near fell off the couch b/c i was laughing so hard. This is a GREAT book!!
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A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God: Spirituality for the Rest of Us
Larry Osborne
Multnomah Books, 2007
May become a classic
I recently completed Larry Osborne's book, A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God. I first heard about Osborne about a year ago. He pastors North Coast Church in Southern California. I like the way he thinks and I would highly recommend this new book.
For years, I've ...
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Contrarian Investment Strategies in the Next Generation
David Dreman
Simon & Schuster, 1998
A must-read
I have read this book three times now, and intend to do so again. Dreman is obviously an outstanding investor, and his strategies flesh out and arguably "modernize" the techniques used by the noted fundamental investor Benjamin Graham, who was the mentor to Warren ...
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Letters to a Young Contrarian (Art of Mentoring)
Christopher Hitchens
Basic Books, 2005
Timeless Advice - Not for the Fair Weather Patriot
This is a simple and elegant series of letters written to a hypothetical student. Only a cynical could fail to admire and value Christopher Hitchens' "Letters to a Young Contrarian". This short book contains all the advice a student of twenty first century society ...
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Hereof, Thereof, and Everywhereof, Second Edition: A Contrarian Guide to Legal Drafting
Howard Darmstadter
American Bar Association, 2008
Written by a business lawyer for business lawyers, this new Second Edition updates its First Edition published in 2002 on the basic of legal drafting as well as specific types of documents, such as agreements, securities prospectuses, and promissory notes.
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Don't Oil the Squeaky Wheel: And 19 Other Contrarian Ways to Improve Your Leadership Effectiveness
Wolf J. Rinke
McGraw-Hill, 2004
Another winning book
Wolf has contributed much to the fields of management and leadership over many years; this book adds tremendously to that body of knowledge. "Don't Oil" is a common sense book that is an easy read, but is chock full of info spread over 20 engaging chapters that can be ...
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Unleashing the Power of PR: A Contrarian's Guide to Marketing and Communication (J-B International ...
Mark Weiner
Jossey-Bass, 2006
Crucial Public Relations Reader
I have been in marketing communications and public relations for years, and shortly will have a doctoral degree in public relations, and I have to say, I have never read a more concise and valuable book for public relations. There are things in this book that years in ...
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Little Black Book of Entrepreneurship: A Contrarian's Guide to Succeeding Where Others Have Failed
Fernando Trias De Bes
Ten Speed Press, 2008
Most entrepreneur guides focus on the mechanics of raising capital, drafting a business plan, and handling licensing, but they overlook the serious self-reflection that is required in the decision to launch a business. And most of the literature is obsessed with success stories, while ignoring the much more illuminating and instructional lessons ...
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Hereof, Thereof and Everywhereof: A Contrarian Guide to Legal Drafting
Howard Damstadter
American Bar Association, 2002
Quirky, but with a lot of helpful advice.
I like this book. That said, it has some odd things about it. I like: its support of clear and direct legal drafting, and its advice to abandon the archaic, formalistic garbage that clogs so much legal drafting. I like: the section on document design and format, which ...
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