books about: essential

books about: essential

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Essential

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most ...

Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Empowering Tool for Deliciousness
Prolific culinary author duo Page and Dornenburg are at it again! Supplying truly remarkable, creative,useful tools for the chef who desires max delicisiosio for their guests. This continues their trajectory in the earlier "Culinary Artistry" of not being ...

The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

Christopher Hitchens

Da Capo Press, 2007

Of Course, There is no god! How stupid can you be?
Monsieur Christopher Hitchens has performed a necessary intellectual work of mercy. Once humankind desists from its vulgar notion of deity, it can begin the tiresome duties of keeping as much of us as possible alive. Since we are competently trained in ancient ...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

Philomel, 1994

Charming Classic
The classic story about the little catepillar who starts at the beginning of the week as an egg, becames a very hungry catepiller and winds up as a butterfly. The book helps teach the days of the week, various foods and numbers as the catepillar winds the way ...

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials)

Robert B. Cialdini

Collins Business, 2007

Should be required reading
Nutshell review - This should be required reading. It discusses and explains many ways in which we are being influenced and persuaded, often to our detriment. If you want to know how it is done, and how to defend yourself against it, then read this book - a few times.

Goodnight Moon

Margaret Wise Brown

HarperFestival, 1991

Generations
I bought this book for my daughter - in paperback, hardback, coloring book, etc.! This was her all-time favorite book growing up and now I'm buying it for her newborn son! That makes me really think this is a book "for generations".

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin Jr.

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1996

Sweet brown bear
Never get tired of this one... love that sweet brown bear and all his friends

Essential Words for the GRE (Barron's Essential Words)

Philip Geer

Barron's Educational Series, 2007

The Best
This book is very well organized, this book will help you to learn and memorize numerous words in short period. Each unit contains 10 words with explanation and examples, after that, there are some exercises that helps to memorize the words. In just 1 week, I ...

Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

New World Library, 2001

Another spiritual inspiration.
This is a wonderful companion piece to "The Power of Now". Meditation is a great stress reliever. And not worrying about where you came from or where you are going is the key to enjoying the present moment. great book.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques

Chris Orwig

Adobe Press, 2008

Great support tool
Experienced and intermediate Lightroom users will find this a great reference. It's an excellent support tool, topically organized, in the order of Lightroom's modules and tools. If you need help with a particular tool, like the new gradient filter, it's simple to go ...

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 ...

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine (Signet Classics)

Thomas Paine

Signet Classics, 2003

Freedom and Rights of man
I have read much on the history of our beautiful country and also of other countries as well. This book by Thomas Paine "COMMON SENSE AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN" is an extraordinary out line of how man should form his government and live in harmony with his fellow man ...

Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential) (Essential)

Colin Moock

Adobe Dev Library, 2007

I do not understand how any programmer could hate this book. It is brilliantly written.
I am amazed at how thorough and organized this book is, but it is from a programmer's perspective. Some people said that this AS 3.0 book is not as good as his previous AS 2.0 book, but I disagree. Adobe has made major changes to the language, which (unfortunately) ...

Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach (7th Edition) (MySocLab Series)

James M. Henslin

Allyn & Bacon, 2006

Sociology review
I would like everyone to know that for a class that calls for the latest edition, which is usually hundreds of dollars, they can easily get an A with an older edition. I have proved it with this book. Even though the teacher said I would have a hard time I found ...

The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (First Year, The)

Gretchen Becker

Da Capo Press, 2006

Must Have If You Are Recently Diagnosed
This book was so helpful. I know I will learn more from it every day. If you are just diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes it's a must have. I had no idea what I was doing. This book has gotten me through. I highly recommend it.

Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore

Collins Business, 2002

How companies "grow up"
Having already read the sequel, Inside the Tornado, I wondered whether this book had essentially been summarized in that one. While the basic premise of the technology adoption lifecycle is common to both books, this book, as the name implies, gives much more focus ...