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How to Win Friends & Influence People
Dale Carnegie
Pocket, 1990
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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Direct Social Work Practice: Theory and Skills (with InfoTrac®)
Dean H. Hepworth, Ronald H. Rooney, ...
Brooks Cole, 2005
Good for beginners in practice/good resource for veterans
I had this book last semester as a MSW student at WVU. I have found it useful as a resource guide for my current practice as a family-based therapist as well. I would recommend this book to all those out there in practice. Deborah M. Migyanko, BSW
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MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-620): Configuring Windows Vista(TM) Client (Self Paced Training Kit ...
I. McLean, Orin Thomas
Microsoft Press, 2007
This was a great tool.
I have been in the industry for awhile now, but never bothered getting any of my certs. Also I didn't have any hands on with Vista before getting this book.
I was reading a smaller white/red/black book that helps you study for the 70-620. Went halfway through it ...
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Bill Bryson
Anchor, 2006
Great read!!
Loved the book. And it reads really fast and funny!! Being a resident and hiker in western NC, I was disappointed that they skipped all of my area, which I think is the best and most beautiful part of the AT that I have seen. But having hiked many pieces of the AT, I ...
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)
Cormac McCarthy
Vintage Books, 2007
Scary, Supensful, Truly Unique Book
The Road is an excellent book. Through a unique writting style the author allows you to live the simply raw terrifying experience of a father care for his on a post apocalytpic america. It stirs and meddles in our most basic instincts of protection of our young vs. a ...
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The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
Sean Covey
Fireside, 1998
Saved me from a Bad path
I come from a horrible background, my family has no moral structure, they're either on drugs or selling drugs.
My freshmen year of high school was really hard for me, my moms drug use escalated and I felt trapped. I was about to give up and go towards the bad stuff ...
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Developing Management Skills
David A. Whetten, Kim S. Cameron
Prentice Hall, 2006
Great Product/Price
Great Product and Price. Good Shipping. Great book for aspiring managers. Looks at Management as a social science. Great concepts and processes built into the book to guide you on what you need to improve on.
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Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable...About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business
Patrick M. Lencioni
Jossey-Bass, 2004
Good tips
This is one of the most practical books I've ever read. He does a great job of working you to the point and the thoughts behind his ideas. We've used this concepts a lot and it has greatly improved our meetings and communication.
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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)
Garr Reynolds
New Riders Press, 2008
Bullseye!
Garr Ryenolds has hit the target, right smack in the center, on identifying the misuse of software such as PowerPoint in presentations. Reynolds takes us on an enjoyable, enlightening journey of identifying and avoiding "really bad PowerPoint" presentations, replacing ...
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New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook: Guided Practice in the Five Basic Skills of Drawing
Betty Edwards
Tarcher, 2002
Cracking the wall
I have a family that is full of artists, and always felt really sad that I couldn't draw even a stick figure! A little while ago I realised something important - that drawing is a form of literacy, like writing, and so many of us don't make it past kindergarten.
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Human Relations in Organizations: Applications and Skill Building
Robert N. Lussier
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006
Guideline for managers
This is really a good book that all managers should read. Basic things that are mentioned that is not practiced in the real world. Life would be better if they follow or at least try to change their mgmt style.
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Writing Workbook for the New SAT (Barron's Writing Workbook for the New Sat)
George Ehrenhaft
Barron''s Educational Series, 2005
Excellent Resource
This book is wonderful! I had been using it at the SAT prep center where I work and finally broke down and bought my own copy. I use everything in it...the grammar review exercises, the sample essays with scoring, the practice tests. The questions are challenging and ...
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Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students
Kathleen Cushman, Lisa Delpit
New Press, 2005
Please read this book teachers!
This book ROCKS. I wish that all of my teachers would read it. High school kids are sick of being treated like second class citizens or caged animals and finally here we get some respect. Thank you Kathleen Cushman for listening to intelligent teenagers and getting ...
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The Sales Bible: The Ultimate Sales Resource, New Edition
Jeffrey Gitomer
Collins Business, 2008
Great Sales Tool
This book gets right to the heart of what selling is all about. No B.S. here , just the facts in simple to understand information to help you become the best salesperson.
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Assessment Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals (6th Edition)
Robert J. Drummond, Karyn Dayle Jones
Prentice Hall, 2006
Easy to Understand Text on Appraisal
I purchased a copy of Appraisal Procedures for Counselors and Helping Professionals by Robert J. Drummond in order to review for the National Counselor Exam. It had been a number of years since I had taken a class in appraisal and I felt that I needed to brush up on ...
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