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The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"
Alfie Kohn
Mariner Books, 2000
Nancy Haas, Educational Tech. Doctorial Student , Pepperdine
In light of President Bush's recent signing of a national educational plan that promotes standards and high-stakes testing, The Schools Our Children Deserve offers readers insights into social, economic, and moral consequences of these policies. An easy read with ...
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Publicize Your Book (Updated): An Insider's Guide to Getting Your Book the Attention It Deserves
Jacqueline Deval
Perigee Trade, 2008
All you need to know
This book is a must for any entrepreneur looking to create publicity. It is the best book out there. It provides tools, ideas, facts and most importanly contacts. The writer makes it simple and easy to understand. It is a fantastic easy to read resource. It should ...
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Forgive and Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don't Deserve (Plus)
Lewis B. Smedes
HarperOne, 2007
Healed my heart; Lewis Smedes tales you step-by-step, while holding your hand because he cares for you
By the way, I almost never give a book the top rating but did for this one! This is the most psychologically and spirituality sound and practical book on forgiveness that I have ever encounterd. I *studied* this book, because I received heart-healing before finishing ...
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Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours
Max Lucado
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Like a big warm hug and a smile to start your day... what's not to love?
I do have to confess that Max Lucado is one of my most favorite christian authors and i have most of his books. I usually am waiting for a release date to get his next book. This one slipped by me and was actually a gift from my husband last Christmas when we were ...
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Super Service: Seven Keys to Delivering Great Customer Service...Even When You Don't Feel Like It!...Even ...
Jeff Gee, Val Gee
McGraw-Hill, 1999
Great book
As someone who writes about customer service, I found this book very interesting. It's an excellent read for a customer service representative and I'd recommend companies getting the book for each of their employees. It covers some customer service basics, how to ...
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The Accidental Salesperson: How to Take Control of Your Sales Career and Earn the Respect and Income You ...
Chris Lytle
AMACOM, 2000
Adding my 2 Cents
This book presents a great overall picture of what you need to do in sales. Told in anecdotal format, with references to popular movies, it clearly points out the attitude and steps you need to take to succeed in sales.
Mastering sales is tremendously hard ...
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Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge: The Book of Mnemonic Devices
Rod L. Evans
Perigee Trade, 2007
Fascinating and practical
I have spent hours meandering through this maze of mnemonic devices, and yet I find a new and clever one each time I look. There is something for everyone to enable us to remember things we never thought we would.
The section on Spanish verbs will surely come in ...
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The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
Dave Ramsey
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Best book ever
Changed my life, my marriage, my income (X3 - straight commission job), and allowed me to live debt free including the house at 35 years of age. I also have a net worth of over 1M.
Try it - you have lived the other way too long and if you end up not liking it you ...
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21 Distinctions of Wealth: Attract the Abundance You Deserve
Peggy McColl
Hay House, 2008
21 Distinctions of Wealth: Attract the Abundance You Deserve
Concise and to the point, 21 Distinctions of Wealth delivers a resounding message of prosperity. Peggy McColl does a superb job of cutting to the chase when conveying her missive on how to achieve goals and how to weave them through our lives on a daily basis.
My ...
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The Law of Attraction, Plain and Simple: Create the Extraordinary Life That You Deserve
Sonia Ricotti
Hampton Roads Pub Co, 2008
A Fine Basic Introduction to the Crucial Tenets of The Law of Attraction
"The Law of Attraction is working at all times, regardless of your beliefs or your awareness of its presence. We are constantly attracting into our lives (whether deliberately or by default) what we are emitting into the universe." - From the book
From What the ...
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Your Infinite Power to be Rich: Use the Power of Your Subconscious Mind to Obtain the Prosperity You Deserve
Ph.D., D.D., Joseph Murphy
Prentice Hall Press, 1968
By far, the most life-changing book ...for me.
I enjoyed this book for so many reasons. I was directed to this book by someone as they sent out a list of books for recommendation, and I'm happy I followed the tug that pushed me to get this book in particular. I read this book long before the whole Oprah and "The ...
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Retirement Places Rated: What You Need to Know to Plan the Retirement You Deserve (Places Rated series)
David Savageau
Frommers, 2007
Best in its Class
You know exactly what's promised when you read the title of this book, and it delivers exactly that, and better than any other book on this topic that I have seen. This is a great companion book to read together with those that address finances and other aspects of ...
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Every Day Deserves a Chance - Teen Edition: Wake Up and Live!
Max Lucado
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Every Day Deserves A Chance - Teen Version
I wanted to read this book to see how it would minister to teens. I am far from a teen. This book has stories that will hook the teens in reading more. I consider the first story the best. It has testimonials that will make teens think. It is loaded with thought ...
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The Love You Deserve: A Spiritual Guide to Genuine Love
Dr. Scott Peck, Shannon Peck
Lifepath Publishing, 2002
The Best
I just finished reading your book and it is fabulous! I feel it goes beyond any other self-help or relationship book I have read. You have IT - you are not searching for IT.
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The Disciplined Mind: Beyond Facts and Standardized Tests, the K-12 Education that Every Child Deserves
Howard Gardner
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Gardner's Rolling Stone
Fortunately for readers (and anyone connected to education), Gardner has not been idle since he first published his benchmark book Frames of Mind. I sincerely appreciated reading how he has continued to develop his thinking in cognitive psychology and his suggestions ...
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