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Inside Intuit: How the Makers of Quicken Beat Microsoft and Revolutionized an Entire Industry Suzanne Taylor, Kathy Schroeder, ...
Harvard Business School Press, 2003
A nice inside view Being an Intuit supporter for 15 years as well as an alpha tester of Quickbooks for windows I admit with no hesitation I am biased when it comes to Intuit related things. This book exceeded my already high expectations as a great inside view of the start, sputtering ...
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Zuke 'Em-The Colle Zukertort Revolutionized: A chess opening system for everyone, now bullet-proofed with new ... David I Rudel
Thinkers Press, 2008
Terrific book for learning a new opening! Zuke Em - The Colle-Zukertort Revolutionized, by David Rudel
Thinkers' press books (2008). 254 pages. P.P.
Upon seeing the advertising for this book I decided to order it and see what it was about. Unlike other books on the Colle, it is not constructed around ...
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Direct from Dell: Strategies that Revolutionized an Industry (Collins Business Essentials) Michael Dell, Catherine Fredman
Collins Business, 2006
Dell's story This book gives an excellent overview of Dell's strategy up until Rollins became CEO. Interesting examples allow you to make application to other businesses.
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The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century David Salsburg
Owl Books, 2002
a biostatisticians view of 20th century statistics The Lady Tasting Tea is a new book by David Salsburg (a Ph.D. mathematical statistician, who recently retired from Pfizer Pharmaceuticals in Connecticut). The title of the book is taken from the famous example that R. A. Fisher used in his book "The Design of ...
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The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and ... Johan Van Overtveldt
Agate B2, 2007
Well researched coverage of a daunting subject At it's best, the history of economics is a daunting subject. Economics in action is more interesting, but even then it's usually only for the inspired. So what do we make of this history of the Chicago School? Certainly it's well researched. Most every economist ...
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Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication Dr. Haim G Ginott
Three Rivers Press, 2003
Stellar advice, True Wisdom, Irreplaceable I can't say enough about how valuable this book is. If I could meet the author myself to get down on my knees and thank him, I would. He has given such wise advice about the importance of caring about children's feelings. He has taught me more effectively than anyone ...
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Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music Ted Gioia
W. W. Norton, 2008
The definitive account of how the rough sounds of the Mississippi Delta changed the course of American popular music. The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia?the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and ...
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The Eight Step Swing: The Top Selling Swing System that has Revolutionized the Teaching Industry ... Jim Mclean
Collins Living, 2001
Great book for self-analysis A very well-written book that is especially well-suited to check-pointing against video. Along with SWING LIKE A PRO, this is one of my favorite full-swing books.
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The Television Will be Revolutionized Amanda Lotz
NYU Press, 2007
View the Table of Contents Read the Introduction ?American television is undergoing profound transitions in the digital age, transforming both the television industry and our viewing experiences. Lotz has written the definitive guidebook to the medium in transition, offering a road map to where we?ve been, where we?re going, and why it matters. ...
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Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine George M. Taber
Scribner, 2006
Best History of California Winemaking I bought this book thinking is was all about the 1976 Tasting in Paris but it turns out that this book is really the history of California Winemaking and all of the characters that have put California Wines where they are today. For the lover of California wines, this ...
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Leo Melamed on The Markets: Twenty Years of Financial History as Seen by the Man Who Revolutionized the ... Leo Melamed
Wiley, 1992
Leo Melamed on the Markets I want to read all the book.
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The Georgian Star: How William and Caroline Herschel Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Cosmos (Great ... Michael D. Lemonick
W. W. Norton, 2008
Responsible for the greatest advances in astronomy since Copernicus, William and Caroline Herschel forever transformed our view of the heavens. Trained as a musician, amateur scientist William Herschel found international fame after discovering the planet Uranus in 1781. Though he is still best known for this finding, his partnership with his ...
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Twenty Studies That Revolutionized Child Psychology Wallace E. Dixon Jr.
Prentice Hall, 2002
I highly suggest this as an intro I'm a developmental psychologist teaching at University of Washington in Tacoma. I've used this book as a resource for my students who want to do a directed reading with me. I find that it is a very useful resource to introduce the reader to seminal research in child ...
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Into the Minds of Madmen: How the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit Revolutionized Crime Investigation Don DeNevi, John H. Campbell, ...
Prometheus Books, 2003
Gives the Real Story, Not just the Glory Many true crime fans, myself included, have torn through the books by John Douglas and other ex-members of the Behavioral Sciences Unit or BSU. We marveled at their ability to deduce intricate details of a killer's personality and lifestyle from the type of crimes ...
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The Best Game Ever: How Frank McGuire's '57 Tar Heels Beat Wilt and Revolutionized College Basketball Adam Lucas
The Lyons Press, 2006
This should settle the arguments! It's really two games. I invited neighbors over to watch on my new TV. Most were NOT big basketball games. We were playing Michigan State. We had professors pounding on the floor and yelling. One woman couldn't stand the three overtime tension any more and locked ...
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