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Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions

Christian Lander

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008

We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83 . . And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at.
A better title for this might be: "Ways to ingratiate yourself with white people and get free stuff from them by knowing how to manipulate them through the 150 things they like most." OK, I have to admit I laughed at this (#103), but I don't like Sarah Silverman ...

The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek)

F. A. Hayek

University Of Chicago Press, 2007

As revelant today as in 1944
Without question one of the finest books every written in the realm of economics and politics. This is required reading for all whom love liberty and freedom.

The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)

Peter F. Drucker

Collins Business, 2006

The Effective Executive Book Review
I am still reading this book; there are so many insights that I find myself highlighting and writing them down; then I go back to review them over and over. For the person who wants to be an Effective Executive or just an effective individual I would recommend you ...

Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions

Tim Ash

Sybex, 2008

Easy to digest and results oriented.
The author has accomplished a difficult feat indeed - explaining the variety of methods and mechanisms of multivariate testing simply, plainly, and with real world application. I work in the Direct Response space, we've used multivariate testing for a number of ...

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

David Flanagan

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Almost Too Thorough. Not the best Choice for Beginners/Creatives
This is the book all the JS rockstars out there tend to recommend to people. I don't think it's for everybody personally. It's very thorough and explains JS and its various incarnations at a high level of intricacy that I wouldn't recommend to beginners who are easily ...

Taking Charge of Your Fertility, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, ...

Toni Weschler

Collins Living, 2006

Conceived after fertility problems using this book!!!
The reason I have a beautiful baby girl is because of this book! I got pregnant the first time I ovulated in 4 months because I knew what to look for! This is a must read for every woman, not just ones trying to get pregnant. Knowledge is power, take power over ...

The Definitive Book of Body Language

Barbara Pease, Allan Pease

Bantam, 2006

Picking up on the unspoken signals
Body language is the key to first encounters. We all send secret signals and cues with our gestures and stances, sometimes even when we aren't aware we're doing so. But knowing what this "body lingo" means is not easy; for most of us, this nonverbal communication ...

The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing. A Book of Practical Counsel (Revised ...

Benjamin Graham, Jason Zweig

Collins Business, 2003

I should have read this book before investing
Simple like that: if you are a layman investor and don't want to lose a dime, stop your investment actions right now and start reading this book immediately. I've started composing my stock portfolio a couple of months, before reading this book. At that time, I ...

The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality

Jerome R. Corsi

Threshold Editions, 2008

Finally the Truth is getting past the Biased media ...
This is a fantastic read and documents Obama's past. A must read for anyone who is looking for facts, not media biased coverage, of Obama. The references are clear and consise, allowing the reader to know where the information came from and frankly helps underscore ...

Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues

Lindsey Biel, Nancy Peske

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005

The best I have read...
With my son's recent diagnosis of sensory problems, I have really been accumulating a library of books on the subject. This books is BY FAR my favorite... I am only half-way through it and have already dog-eared half of the pages I have read. It is packed with ...

The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes: The Definitive Guide to Managing Diabetes and Prediabetes Using the ...

Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, ...

Da Capo Press, 2007

A "must" read Guide for all at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes
"This is an excellent and easy to read comprehensive Guide that will help people suffering with any type of diabetes to take responsibility for and properly manage all aspects of their disease under the guidance of their health care team, by adapting a healthy diet and ...

Maven: The Definitive Guide
Sonatype Company

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2008

For too long, developers have worked on disorganized application projects, where every part seemed to have its own build system, and no common repository existed for information about the state of the project. Now there's help. The long-awaited official documentation to Maven is here. Written by Maven creator Jason Van Zyl and his team at ...

The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition

Lewis Carroll

W. W. Norton & Company, 1999

Alice In Wonderland - Special Book
I was truly pleasingly surprised when I received this book. It was much more than I expected for the price I paid. It is definitely a book I will pass down to my children.

What to Drink with What You Eat: The Definitive Guide to Pairing Food with Wine, Beer, Spirits, Coffee, Tea - ...

Andrew Dornenburg, Karen Page

Bulfinch, 2006

Best of breed
I may run out of superlatives in the course of this review, so I'm just warning you now. What to Drink with What You Eat is absolutely the most spectacular book ever written about pairing food with wine. It will turn you instantly into a world-class sommelier, ...

The Bible of Options Strategies: The Definitive Guide for Practical Trading Strategies

Guy Cohen

FT Press, 2005

Outside academia, this is the only option book you'll need
I have several books on options, but this is the one book that I keep on using. Most option books spend too much time on how to price an option. Unless you are active in thinly traded options, the market will dictate the current market price. This book gets right ...