books about: error

books about: error

books:

Error

Clean, Well-Lighted Sentences: A Writer's Guide to Avoiding the Most Common Errors in Grammar and Punctuation

Janis Bell

W. W. Norton, 2008

Very good and an easy read
This is a nice book, pleasure reading and learning something that I can use on almost a daily basis. I haven't been in an English class for A LONG TIME but I need to write for work every day. This book has truly helped me to write more clearly and stop making some of ...

Things That Make Us (Sic): The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar Takes on Madison Avenue, Hollywood, ...

Martha Brockenbrough

St. Martin's Press, 2008

Hilariously helpful guide to English spelling, grammar and usage.
Like a one-woman vigilante, Martha Brockenbrough* exposes assorted crimes against the English language and offers crisp, witty advice on spelling, grammar, and usage to the offenders. Her favored tactic is the open letter, wherein she points out the mistakes in ...

Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things

Madeleine L. Van Hecke

Prometheus Books, 2007

Get ...and stay...Smart!
If every person in a position of responsibility read this book, perhaps there would be fewer catastrophes! Granted, there are so many things at play in complex situations, a mere human may not be able to change entire outcomes. However, there are so many stupid ...

Why Good People Do Bad Things: How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy

Debbie Ford

HarperOne, 2008

Shame sells!!!!
Being a not so avid reader, this latest book by Debbie Ford has proven to keep me reading. I truly wanted to know how to stop being my own worse enemy, and i did! My favorite part is where she goes into detail on the different "masks" that people wear to hide who they ...

Don't Believe Everything You Think: The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking

Thomas E. Kida

Prometheus Books, 2006

Regarding Pseudoscience, 2006:
One of my favorite quotes from this book: "why do we hold many pseudoscientific beliefs? Probably the main reason is that we want to believe them. As the noted astronomer Carl Sagan observed, pseudoscience and other weird beliefs often meet our emotional needs ...

Trowel and Error: Over 700 Tips, Remedies and Shortcuts for the Gardener

Sharon Lovejoy

Workman Publishing Company, 2002

a must have
This is a great "sitting by the garden" book. I have learned a lot, and it has reinforced some things I thought I already knew. Lots of great ideas, and I love the organic ways to take care of gardens/pests/etc.

The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek)

F. A. Hayek

University Of Chicago Press, 1991

Politicians should read this book
I first read The Fatal Conceit back in 1991, after reading Hayek's The Road to Serfdom. I reread the book in 2007 while commuting back and forth to California's state capital in my capacity as a state assemblyman. Needless to say, the book's profound critique of ...

Try to Remember: Psychiatry's Clash over Meaning, Memory, and Mind
Paul R. McHugh

Dana Press, 2008

In the 1990s a disturbing trend emerged in psychotherapy: patients began accusing their parents and other close relatives of sexual abuse, as a result of false ?recovered memories? urged onto them by therapists practicing new methods of treatment. The subsequent loss of public confidence in psychotherapy was devastating to psychiatrist Paul R. ...

Common Errors in English Usage

Paul Brians

William James & Company, 2003

Help for Writers
This book provides help with common language usage questions. As an engineer working for the federal government, writing is a large part of my job. I keep this book next to my computer, and rely on it frequently. The "word in question" and the "correct/incorrect" ...

Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

Antonio Damasio

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005

Wonderful Intro to Cognitive Neuroscience.
This book served as my introduction to the world of cognitive neuroscience. Written in a hybrid story-explanation form unique to Damasio, this book shows how much is known about how our mind operates and how we know it. As indicated in the title, it also describes a ...

The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam

Barbara W. Tuchman

Ballantine Books, 1985

Prescient and Unintelligible to Neo-Cons
Barbara Tuchman wrote this book to illustrate some of the worst examples of leadership throughout history. She retells the mythical story of Trojan defeat, Papal life that spawned the Reformation, British obtuseness that lost America and the U.S. experience in ...

Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter

James S. Hirsch

Mariner Books, 2000

READ THIS BOOK! It's that simple.
I have read both this and Rubin Carter's own The 16th Round. There are some things that I believe on both sides of the story. I do believe that Rubin did have a violent juvenile past, and was an angry man. Yet, if a person who is facing oppression on a daily basis i'm ...

Booher's Rules of Business Grammar: 101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors

Dianna Booher

McGraw-Hill, 2008

A Helpful Resource for Everyone
I've found this book to be a very helpful resource as I write articles for the monthly newsletter at the nonprofit agency where I work.. I was surprised to find mistakes that I often make without realizing it. Boohers book highlights these common mistakes in a style ...

Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"

Philip C. Plait

Wiley, 2002

Great book for us non-astronomy experts
I bought this book expecting to read the usual stuff about why some people think that the moon landing was a hoax and how astrology doesnt really work (as explained on the cover). But i was suprised to learn about so many things that I actually thought really did exist ...