books about: highly

books about: highly

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My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

Chelsea Handler

Bloomsbury USA, 2005

Laugh out loud funny!
I thought this was such a funny book. Not for the faint of heart, but if you are a Chelsea Handler fan, you'll love this book. I can hear her saying and doing some of the things she describes, well written and true to Chelsea.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen R. Covey

Free Press, 2004

It's all in the habit!
Habits! Yes, consistent, belief-based, and optimized habits are the only way to be your best self. Thoughts are the parents of our experience and performance. This guy will guide you to it. You will also learn how to optimize these habits with Rosalene Glickman's ...

The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook

The Beatles

Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000

Must Have for Beatles Lovers
The title of this book says it all...Complete Chord Songbook. If you love the Beatles and aspire to play their music on the guitar, I would highly recommend this book to you. If you know basic chords, you will be able to play many of the songs as soon as you pick it ...

The Highly Sensitive Person

Elaine N. Aron Ph.D.

Broadway Books, 1997

The Highly Sensitive Person
I wish I would have found out about this book years ago. I feel like someone wrote my autobiography. I feel validated and also excited to know that there are others who are like myself, Highly Sensitive. The most important thing is that despite my difficult childhood, ...

The Pillars of the Earth

Ken Follett

NAL Trade, 2002

Enticing novel indeed
When I finally came to the conclusion that I was to read the Pillars of the Earth for my summer reading, I was rather skeptical that a near thousand page book, dealing with the construction of a cathedral could keep me inspired enough to read it. I was ineffably ...

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Random House, 2007

A must-read for a quant, but...
... but Dr. Taleb goes too far by claiming that the quantitative analysts, including statisticians, are (or even were) mesmerized by the Gaussian curve or any other quantitative concept, for that matter. Even the undergrads here at Purdue are taught to understand that ...

Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!: The First Experiment (From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. ...

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Aladdin, 2007

And from out of left field comes...
Children's librarians must find books to add to their collections from a wide variety of different sources. They read professional serials like Horn Book and School Library Journal. They receive Advanced Readers Copies and read clever blogs that always discuss new ...

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens

Sean Covey

Fireside, 1998

a good book for adults, too.
i am not a teenager any more, it was displayed at my local library. I love to read new books, so i checked it out, i am glad that i did. I didn't want to read his dad's book which were published at least 10 years ago, i want to read something new and fresh. I ...

The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book

Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves

Fireside, 2005

Shows you how to manage your emotions
This is a special book. In addition to illustrating how emotional intelligence works and why it is important, it showed me how I can identify my emotions accurately in the moment and respond to them more effectively. The techniques are quite easy to apply, and I am ...

Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui

Karen Kingston

Broadway, 1999

Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
Exellent book, truly enjoyed and very helpful. I will be clearing the clutter any minute now! I was sort of a pack rat, but now I realize all these things were just weighing me down. I can toss alot without feeling guilty as in "hanging on to stuff for my three ...

The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When the World Overwhelms Them

Elaine Aron

Broadway, 2002

Excellent, kind-hearted insight into your wonderful child!
Wow. I am so happy to have found this book. It has finally connected the dots for me. My son has, since birth, been a highly sensitive person, bothered by noises, lights, changes in routine, etc. But for some reason, I had never put them together as part of one ...

The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything

Stephen M.R. Covey

Free Press, 2006

Amazing transformative book
After I read this book, I gave it to the head of our department. He wants to meet to discuss using it in our department. Sorry I don't have time to write more.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Personal Workbook

Stephen R. Covey

Fireside, 2003

7 Habits Workbook Review
A very interesting and practical workbook, but possession of the 7 Habits book itself is necessary to really appreciate the exercises.

The Mark of the Assassin

Daniel Silva

Signet, 2003

Exciting story of government corruption, international intrigue, and wet work.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will now be on the look out for more Silva novels. Weak review to be sure but it is late, and I had a long day yet wanted to be sure to recommmend this one.