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How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
Pocket, 1998
A Must Read...
This is the roadmap and field book for developing and maintaining healthy and unselfish interactions with others. What does another person need to hear in the first 30-seconds to get their attention? Why should you see a situation from the other person's point of view ...
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You Can Heal Your Life (Gift Edition)
Louise Hay
Hay House, 1999
A great find!
I love this book! I also have the DVD extended version of this book. The book is very easy to read with beautifully done art work to make the whole experience just wonderful and inspiring. I love that Louise put in a section with suggestions on medical conditions and ...
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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
John C. Maxwell
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Great for new managers
I am a Corporate Trainer and Product Developer. This book is an essential new manager read. What a great congratulatory gift for someone receiving a promotion to their first management position. Great for an office book club.
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, ...
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Great Book
This book is a wonderful tool to assist you in crafting a good response to a difficult conversation or work on training your management team to converse well. The contribution ideas are priceless, its a bargain for the price and a must have in any executive's library.
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Building Construction Illustrated
Francis D. K. Ching
Wiley, 2008
Useful for engineers, architects and design managers
This is a straight forward practical guide to building construction for engineers, architects, design managers and anyone involved in construction. Especially useful for graduates and those new to the industry.
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
Free Press, 2004
Helps Plan and Maximize A Life
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
This classic book provides steps to building a productive and organized life. Valuable for personal and business application. I review it in the last two lectures of my Principles of Management course to assist students in ...
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Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998
The parable as a blank canvas
Who Moved My Cheese is a classic that uses a story without the burden of extra detail to force you to put your own life into the situation, and learn from it. It's true that this method isn't for everyone, but the book is popular for a reason: it helps people.
Who ...
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox
North River Press, 2004
Outstanding read
Great book! I couldn't put it down. Very interesting how the author used a novel to present a breakthrough business theory.
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A New Earth (Oprah's Book Club)
Dutton, 2007
When The Student is Ready...The Teacher Will Appear!
I Was & Am Ready! If you are Strong enough to lose your own ego...Wise enough to take direction, Compassionate enough to contribute positively to the world, Brave enough to step out of your tiny little box...Then read this book! Take what you can use...And then USE ...
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Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life
Byron Katie, Stephen Mitchell
Three Rivers Press, 2003
Byron Katie is one of my favorite people
This book helped to change my life in such a positive direction, I've bought it on CD (something I don't normally do because I can't stand audio books) and now, in paperback form. I've checked it out from the library many, many times. It really is *that* good.
I ...
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The Little Black Book of Style
Nina Garcia
Collins Living, 2007
A Lovely and Inspiring Book!
Out of all the books on fashion I have read, this is best hands down. Unlike many other books on style, the author succeeded on articulating intelligently just exactly what style is about. All the advice was clear and so true. I originally borrowed this book from a ...
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The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
Twyla Tharp
Simon & Schuster, 2005
Twyla shares pearls from her life's creative adventure
A refreshing and inspiring glimpse into the creative habits employed by a successful artist, generously shared in a well thought out, intelligent, down-to-earth practical way. Twyla shares her personal experiences and keen observational skills in a way generalizable ...
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Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 10th Edition
Benjamin Stein, John S. Reynolds, ...
Wiley, 2005
Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings
As a resource librarian in a mid-size design (architecture) firm, building and maintaining a reference library is one of my responsibilities. I normally wait until I get a request for a book before I review it for inclusion since there is so little space for "real" ...
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The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Non-Smokers Using Allen Carr's Easyway Method
Allen Carr
Sterling, 2005
Thanks Allen- you saved me from the smoking nightmare!
This amazing book really does work- I freed myself from the "nightmare" after years of alternating addictions between cigarettes, nicotine gum, patches and all the rest of it. I quit easily and effortlessly- just like the book says you can and every day I give thanks ...
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Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions
Tim Ash
Sybex, 2008
Comprehensive, Practical, and Actionable Website Optimization Guide
Amazingly enough, virtually everything you need to know about optimizing the commercial efficiency of a website (not just a "landing page") is included, concisely, in Landing Page Optimization. In addition to the motivation for doing optimization, how to select what ...
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