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Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton
David Gergen
Simon & Schuster, 2001
David Gergen Observes and Explains Presidential Leadership
David Gergen provides important insights into leadership. He was worked for several Presidents and has observed what creates successful leaders. He lists his observations by President and concludes the following: Leadership is something one finds internally, it is ...
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The Essential Oils Book: Creating Personal Blends for Mind & Body
Colleen K. Dodt
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1996
The Essential Oils Book by Colleen Dodt
This is a fun book packed with ideas for using essential oils! I read it when I first started using the oils and am still using it 10 years later!!
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Intimate Communion: Awakening Your Sexual Essence
David Deida
HCI, 1995
This Book changed my life
Wow. I ran across this book about a year ago when I accidentally went to a "tantra" workshop by a woman who taught Deida stuff and this was the "prerequisite" to read before the class (although I didn't know this before showing up for the class and had never heard of ...
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The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
James C. Hunter
Crown Business, 1998
Outstanding
These principles of Leadership are timeless and outstanding. It should be read and put into practice by everyone. This really is the True Essence of Leadership. I wish I could have read it years ago.
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Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Elaine Pagels
Vintage, 2004
A jewel of intellectual and spiritual enlightenment
I try very hard to read 12 books each year, and there are so many to choose from that narrowing down my annual list is difficult. Elaine Pagels Book "Beyond Belief" was released in 2003, but did not get onto my own book reading to-do list for 3 years, by which time it ...
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The Complete Book of Incense, Oils and Brews (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)
Scott Cunningham
Llewellyn Publications, 2002
Aromatic
Nice recipes for good smelling oils and brews. It's easy to get the oils online.
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What's So Great about Christianity
Dinesh D Souza
Tyndale House Publishers, 2008
Is it reasonable to have faith in God? Can intelligent, educated people really believe what the Bible says? Or do the atheists have it right--has Christianity been disproven by science and discredited as a guide to morality? Best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza ( The Enemy at Home ; What's So Great about America ) responds head-on to the anti-God ...
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What's So Great About Christianity
Dinesh D'Souza
Regnery Publishing, 2007
Great read for all who search
I found this book very well researched and very well written. It is not written like a textbook but it has answers to many questions that arise in a complex world where Christians, atheists and everyone in between need to try to understand one another. To live ...
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The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters
Charles W. Colson, Harold Fickett
Zondervan, 2008
A comprehensive overview of Christ and His call
A must read for any person curious about Christ or seeking to grow in their understanding of Christ and the church, both in historical context and in our walk today.
A necessary challenge to the Church in today's social/political/moral climate.
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No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam
Reza Aslan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006
An intricately woven masterpiece
Just as a great poet assembles their poem, Aslan has done the same, producing nothing short of a masterpiece. Thoroughly analytical, wonderfully written and well presented, this is one for an audience of the learned community of the complex intellectual world of the ...
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The Essence of Chaos (The Jessie and John Danz Lecture Series)
Edward N. Lorenz
University of Washington Press, 1996
Excellent Chaos Primer
My first intro to chaos was Gleick's book *Chaos: Making a New Science* which focused on the history of the discovery of chaos. Although this was fascinating - and a good read for those just learning about dynamical systems, strange attractors, and the like - ...
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Aromatherapy: An A-Z: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Aromatherapy Ever Published
Patricia Davis
Random House UK, 2005
Araomatherapy an A-Z: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Aromatherapy Ever Published
Great book! This is a wonderful source for anything to do with aromatherapy whatsoever!Very Comprehensive and simple to read.
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The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet (Artscroll (Mesorah Series))
Micheal L. Munk
Artscroll, 1986
Life Renewed
What if you had the chance for all of your dreams, as easy as A-B-C, or should I say A-B-D, to come true? Read above the pages - this book is worth it. If you want to learn Hebrew, this book will give you such a closeness to the letters, the hard parts of learning ...
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The Aromatherapy Bible: The Definitive Guide to Using Essential Oils
Gill Farrer-Halls
Sterling, 2005
the guide
As the title of the book implies it is a guide. It doesn't imply it is the be all and end all in aromatherapy information. It gives a great overall understanding and a wonderfully basic place to begin one's start into Aromatherapy. I found the book to be of invaluable ...
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Islam: The Religion and the People
Bernard Lewis, Buntzie Ellis Churchill
Wharton School Publishing, 2008
Help for the uninitiated
For readers like myself who are woefully uninformed concerning Islam, Islam: The Religion and the People by Bernard Lewis & Buntzie Ellis Churchill is a great place to gain some understanding of a faith that is central to the lives of so many millions of people around ...
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