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Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
Suze Orman
Spiegel & Grau, 2007
Right on the nose
If you're thinking, why do I need a book for women...isn't anything to do with finances universal? Then you NEED this book... Read it, you will thank me.
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell
Back Bay Books, 2007
Fascinating book
In Blink, Malcolm Gladwell (a journalist who also wrote The Tipping Point) examines the process of snap decision making. He suggests that we are wrong in thinking that we make decisions rationally by absorbing extensive information and experience. In the end we make ...
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle
New World Library, 2004
My Personal Experience with the Message of this Book
I am a middle-aged professional with an academic background in philosophy.
As I grew older, I felt more strongly that there must be a spiritual realm to our existence. But I relegated myself to the belief that any understanding of this spiritual realm was not to ...
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Required reading
Clear, insightful, and meaningful; a great sequel to "The World is Flat," this book should be required reading for informed and influential persons today. It is well researched with impressive and diverse references giving their varied perspectives on timely topics. ...
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The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Naomi Wolf
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007
Must Read!
This is a great book. Very informative, a little bit scary. I purchased extra copies to share with family & friends. This information must get out to everyone.
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Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles
Bruce H. Lipton
Hay House, 2008
One of the Best
This book is one of my most precious and cherished books. I believe that this wonderful man has written the clearest and most inspiring book explaining what creative genious' we all are. I loved his research, his ability to inspire, his remarkable ability to ...
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Eclipse (Warriors: Power of Three, Book 4)
Erin Hunter
HarperCollins, 2008
The Warriors Return!
The difference between the New Prophecy and the Power of Three series seems to be astoundingly different. All Warriors fans can say goobye to the cliches and predictable characters of the second series; the Erin Hunters have brought a spectacular new miniseries to ...
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The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Bacevich
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Bacevich nails it. Read it and weep.
A dense but highly thoughtful analysis of our current problems. Right on target. How the heck did we ever let our country get into such an awful state. This is not only a great study of how we got here, it's a call to arms to change.
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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin
Anchor, 2008
Well written story of fascinating people
Of the three branches of government, far less is known about the inner-workings of the judiciary-and most specifically the Supreme Court-than the other two branches. Much of this is due to traditions that have developed over the years, but much is innate in the ...
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)
Eckhart Tolle
Penguin, 2008
awake and listening
This book is a profound insight into changing the way that we think to Be a catalyst for a universal awakening into the eternal. It will either activate the spiritual in you or get your mind to delve deeper into an awareness of the process of thinking. It reinforced ...
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Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Clay Shirky
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
Great Quality Political Analysis
Clay Shirky provides insightful and well-developed analysis of today's new technology and its possible impact on politics and other areas of society, such as journalism. This is interspersed with stories to keep the reader interested. All in all, I am very glad I ...
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Influencer: The Power to Change Anything
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ...
McGraw-Hill, 2007
Necessary Reading!
Great book for educators. Should be required reading for all who work with people. Practical and effective information taught in a comprehensive and understandable fashion. Our faculty is doing a group study and application to our school with great results!
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Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life ...
Brian L. Weiss
Fireside, 1988
Great reading, thought provoking!
Dr. Weiss has written an easy to read and fascinating book on the concept of reincarnation. It's made me think more about this belief and makes me want to read more about it and what spiritual journeys we're following. Very thought provoking.
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Younger You: Unlock the Hidden Power of Your Brain to Look and Feel 15 Years Younger
Eric R. Braverman
McGraw-Hill, 2008
Your Personal AgePrint
A few years ago I read The Edge Effect and got impressed with the work of Dr Braverman. Now in "Younger You" I found even more evidence that feeling younger... and getting younger is a feasible option for just about everyone. Each of us can reach for a longer and ...
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The Daring Book for Girls
Andrea J. Buchanan, Miriam Peskowitz
Collins, 2007
My g'daughter loves it!
I bought this for my g'daughter's 11th birthday. At first she was busy playing with toys she rec'd that day, but then realized later that evening that the book is full of fun things to do, new things to try, and facts that realy interest girls her age. The next day ...
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