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Books: A Memoir
Larry McMurtry
Simon & Schuster, 2008
For the love of books, and the love of collecting
Larry McMurtry (now age 72) has a long-established and well-honored career as an author and Hollywood screenwriter (including winning an Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain"), but for some reason it had never occurred to him that people might want to read about his joy of ...
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unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters
David Kinnaman, Gabe Lyons
Baker Books, 2007
Hope that Christians can change the way outsiders perceive Christianity by the way they live their faith
Christianity in the U.S. has an image problem, and it stands to lose an entire generation of young people if things don't change dramatically and soon. That's the conclusion of a three-year study by the Barna Group examining attitudes toward Christianity expressed by ...
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The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski
New Riders Press, 2008
Photoshop Elements 6 Classroom in a Book
This is one of the most, easily read guides to the newest Photoshop software. (picture editing) I have referred to it a number of times to learn the ins-and-outs of something I wanted the program to do. It is a little pricey, but worth it.
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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, ...
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000
Amazing insight into Human Communications
This book offers incredibly helpful information about dealing with those conversations we all dread having--the ones that are typically the most important and potentially life-altering. The authors were part of the Harvard Negotiation Project(and helped with the Iran ...
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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)
Garr Reynolds
New Riders Press, 2008
powerpoint is so last week
This is thought provoking and great for stimulating thought about the way you want to present information at your next meeting.....great read, great ideas and will be using it as a reference book!
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The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby
New Riders Press, 2007
Easy to follow instruction and a fun read as well
Scott Kelby's books have done more to teach me concepts of digital photograpy than any other source I have tried. His style puts the reader at ease as he authoritatively disects the complex world of digital photography.
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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Daniel Goleman
Bantam Books, 2005
emotions are a double-edged sword
Goleman has achieved much deserved notoriety for this ground-breaking and thought provoking effort. Ground-breaking because he opens up your mind to thoughts and self-examination that when considered should improve understanding of self, family, work-place, and social ...
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Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What!
Martha Beck
Rodale Books, 2008
How to Empower Your Life
Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What! by Martha Beck is an empowering,wonderful book. Beck is a Harvard educated life coach.
She writes: "My goal in writing this book is to help you find your deepest sense of purpose--to give you back to ...
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The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters (Voices That Matter)
Joe McNally
New Riders Press, 2008
Beyond f/stop and shutter speed
Not for those looking for f/stops and shutter speeds.
It gives you the litle tricks you gain by practicing...
In cooking (and in French) this would be similar to a great cook explaining his "Tours de main". The little secrets that turn a known recepy into a ...
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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection
John E. Sarno
Warner Books, 1991
No more confusion. Follow Dr. Sarno's advise. You will heal.
As a personal fitness trainer I have seen how diet and exercise works
in preventing the reacurrence of back pain. Recently however, I saw a close family member in the midst of excrutiating back pain. We both felt helpless, and confused. Healing Back Pain: The ...
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The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters
Charles W. Colson, Harold Fickett
Zondervan, 2008
Clarity
Colson takes the psycho-babble of the so called fair minded critics of religion and shreds it. The Faith: Given Once, For All, is a clear statement of Christianity and how it is attacked.
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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers,The (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby
New Riders Press, 2007
Very Informative!
Of all the books I have read so far that pertain to photography and post-processing - I got more out of this book than all the others combined. I was a little frustrated trying to do a few things in Lightroom, particularly with Workflow. This book taught me so many ...
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They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein
W. W. Norton, 2005
The best endorsement is that my students loved it.
I used "They Say/I Say" with my composition students in the Spring semester of 2008. Frankly, I had some reservations because the department required a fairly expensive handbook, and this would be an add-on. On the plus side, it was brief enough to go over thoroughly ...
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The Layguide: How to Seduce Women More Beautiful Than You Ever Dreamed Possible No Matter What You Look Like ...
Tony Clink
Citadel, 2004
A must have
This book is great, easy to read, and full of useful tips for anyone. It gives a variety of stratigies and points out a lot of the mistakes I was making prevouisly. Good hunting
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Save the Males: Why Men Matter Why Women Should Care
Kathleen Parker
Random House, 2008
You Shall Not Criticize Feminism!
This well researched and thought-out book puts the, "We don't like men and we don't need men" rhetoric of the feminist educators and mass media into a present day context. It's the latest snap shot of our society post modern feminism, and things are worse than ever. ...
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