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The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Neil Strauss
William Morrow, 2005
Amazing, fascinating, funny and an easy read.
Just after reading the intro i was smitten by the book. I have hardly ever laughed so hard while reading anything. I find myself thinking back at events that went bad or good, and realizing now why it did.
This is a great book for any boy or men from 15 and up.
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Escape from Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thoughts (Ivp Classics)
Francis A. Schaeffer
IVP Books, 2007
escape from reason
this book is short and brief (100 pages or so), that is its intended appeal. it is not and does not claim to be a comprehensive analysis of all theological and philosophical thought-- just a very thoughtful and broad view of the impact of thought, art, industry, ...
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The Big Book of Porn: A Penetrating Look at the World of Dirty Movies
Seth Grahame-Smith
Quirk Books, 2005
I met my wife reading this book!
There she was, sitting just beyond the creamer
counter at Starbucks and she was reading the exact same page!?!
It was kismet. We clicked immediately.
I'm a porn history buff, but I had never known
some of these amazing facts and true stories!
Natalie loves ...
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Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra
Ponlop
Snow Lion Publications, 2006
It's an eye-opening survey for any already practicing Buddhism.
The Dozogchen Ponlop Rinpoche's Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra should be required reading for any student of Buddhist belief and Eastern religions: it blends observation, metaphor and a sharp analysis of faith to present 'The Aspiration of ...
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The Serial Killer Letters: A Penetrating Look Inside the Minds of Murderers
Jennifer Furio
The Charles Press, 1998
Brilliant
I think this book was a brilliant idea because you finally get to hear the side of the prisoners who's voices were never heard and now you do. Now people can see the true them and what they are about! Jennifer Furio is a wonderful author because she wanted people to ...
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Emergent Management of Trauma
Thomas A. Scaletta, Jeffrey J. Schaider
McGraw-Hill Professional, 2000
Emergent Management of Trauma
This is a compact but detailed practical manual of trauma care. The text is clear and supplemented by high quality tables and illustrations, and is comprehensive. A particular strength is the discussion on advantages and disadvantages of various practical ...
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South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
Open Court, 2007
Highly unreadable
Most of the essays in this book are written by the editor Richard Hanley, with a few miscellaneous essays contributed by other professors of philosophy and some PhD candidates.
I found Hanley's contributions hardly readable. He uses his articles less to discuss ...
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Juran's Quality Handbook
Joseph M. Juran, A. Blanton Godfrey
McGraw-Hill Professional, 1998
QA bible for quality engineers
For decades Joseph Juran has been a famous name in the quality movement. He formed his own institute for quality and has for many years edited an extensive volume on methods for improving quality in manufacturing processes. This Quality Handbook, now in its fifth ...
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Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology (Geophysical Methods for Archaeology)
Lawrence B. Conyers
AltaMira Press, 2004
A Great Introduction to GPR
I bought this book to familiarize myself with how GPR works in advance of performing an archaeological study of two historic cemeteries in Middle Georgia. It was a great introduction to the subject, and is written for the educated reader in largely laymen's terms. ...
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Penetrating Missions' Final Frontier: A New Strategy for Unreached Peoples
Tetsunao Yamamori
InterVarsity Press, 1993
Tetsunao Yamamori offers practical and visionary methods to equip missions-minded Christians to take the gospel into politically or culturally closed nations.
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A Short Course in International Marketing: Approaching and Penetrating the Global Marketplace (Short Course ...
Jeffrey E. Curry
World Trade Press, 1998
Insightful!
Trade professional Jeffrey Edmund Curry provides a solid introduction to the principles of worldwide marketing. This book, with its simple definitions of basic marketing terms, will be most appreciated by lower-level employees at companies with newly expanded, global ...
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Handbook of Cell-Penetrating Peptides, Second Edition
CRC, 2006
Since the first Handbook of Cell-Penetrating Peptides was prepared in 2001, the wealth of new information on the use of these peptides as transport systems has in fact served to confound the field. The constant internal change in the field of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) is due to recent research uncovering apparent ambiguities in cellular ...
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Rejoice in Your Festivals: Penetrating Insights into Pesach Shavuot and Sukkot
Zvi Dov Kanotopsky
Urim Publications, 2008
Classic words
These are pulpit speeches written years ago that still hold relevance today. Rabbi K obviously put all he had into writing and delivering these words. Something to read and reflect on. Good conversation points.
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The Complete Memoirs of Casanova
Clue, 2007
Jacques Casanova de Seingault was a Venetian adventurer and author. His autobiography, "Histoire de ma vie" (Story of My Life), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century. So famous a womanizer was the Italian-born Casanova that, a full two centuries after his death, ...
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Ballistic Trauma
James Ryan
Springer, 2005
Ballistic Trauma: A Practical Guide provides a concise guide to the clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty. The book crystallizes the knowledge and experience accrued by those dealing with ballistic trauma on a regular basis and extends this to those who have to manage these patients on an occasional ...
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