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What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
Thomas Frank
Holt Paperbacks, 2005
Another native supporter
I just want to say that this book is completely on target and right about the political mindset of Kansas citizens in addition to almost every other right-winged American. I should know -- I used to live in Kansas. Luckily, I spent most of my life growing up in NY ...
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Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
Mignon Fogarty
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
Endorsed by the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar
This book is useful, witty, and concise--it will help you make your writing clearer and more effective.
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
Bill McKibben
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
Changed the way I see the world
I must admit, I wasn't particularly enthused about "Deep Economy" when I picked it up... it was one of several shorter texts required for my senior seminar class as a business major. I'm so glad I stuck with it... because it's had a lasting impression upon me.
I won't ...
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Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples, 20th Anniversary Edition
Holt Paperbacks, 2007
Repairing Your Relationship (and Your Childhood)
Before counselor Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. teaches you how to improve your relationship, he asks you to think about why you were attracted to your partner in the first place. The answer, he explains, is that you were looking for a mate who possesses the same basic ...
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Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
David Schnarch
Holt Paperbacks, 1998
Are you differentiated?
If you're not, you need to read this book! The passionate Marriage is an excellent book written in a personable manner with excellent anecdotes that demonstrate the concepts the writer is explaining. Reading this book helped me recognize where I wasn't differentiated ...
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What Was Lost: A Novel
Catherine O'Flynn
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
What Was Found
What a wonderful book. What a truly wonderful book. Moving, funny (actually, f-ing hilarious), beautifully observed and sheer joy to read.
This shouldn't come as a surprise. It has been longlisted or shortlisted for nearly every major literary prize going and has ...
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A Rumor of War
Philip Caputo
Holt Paperbacks, 1996
Excellent look into front line Vietnam
I thought this book was the best book on Vietnam that I have ever read. Its a facinating look into life as a line officer in a front line Marine Infantry batallion during the early part of the war. Caputo holds nothing back when it comes to describing life on the front ...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2008
The Wrong Reich
You ever have one of those crazy bosses?
She would blast ecological sounds so loudly we had to ask her to turn it down (our jobs included listening to actors read lines). Another time, she called in sick because she was "wafting vapors." She always brought up her ...
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Barbara Ehrenreich
Holt Paperbacks, 2002
It IS Realistic!
This was me! For those who reviewed the book and said that Ehrenreich was "unrealistic", I'm going to share my story. Several years ago my ex-boyfriend and I could have been in the book; we were each working a full-time job and he also had TWO part-time jobs at the ...
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This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women
Holt Paperbacks, 2007
A VERY GOOD READ
I bought this for my dad for his birthday a few months ago because I consider him to be a remarkable person as well. He thoroughly loved it and is having my mom now read it. If my dad says it's good than it is so.
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The Copywriter's Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells
Robert W. Bly
Holt Paperbacks, 2006
The Copywriters Handbook
This great book opens up with how to formulate your letters and write copy ad. Mr. Bly explains it like if you were a child so you can and will understand it. So many great resources that you can use right away. I would like to encourge any copywriter or anyone in the ...
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition
Robert M. Sapolsky
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
Excellent, well written book
I will admit that it can be a bit technical for a few folks. His book makes you feel that he is teaching you in a classroom. The citations and references are informative.
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dee Brown
Holt Paperbacks, 2001
Amazing
Makes me ashamed of what my people did. Why this book is not required reading for high school students is a tragic mystery. An entire section of American history that needs to be understood by all citizens.
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Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your ...
Joan Bolker
Holt Paperbacks, 1998
Based on our students' reviews
I give this book as a gift to each of my new PhD students because my experience is that the students simply don't understand the process. I came upon it a couple years ago, and the feedback from the students has been overwhelmingly positive. I haven't personally read ...
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Organizing from the Inside Out, second edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office ...
Julie Morgenstern
Holt Paperbacks, 2004
A Refreshing Approach to Organizing
Julie Morgenstern's "Organizing from the Inside Out" is such a fantastic and valuable book. Her approach to organizing, as the title suggests, is whatever you are organizing -- your work/family schedule, your office, your kitchen, or your basement -- needs to reflect ...
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