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The Art of Mingling: Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room
Jeanne Martinet
St. Martin's Griffin, 2006
creative ways to get out there!
I am only half way through this book, but already it has proven itself to be a charming and clever little resource. I almost returned the book thinking that I really didn't need it but for the price, it has a wealth of information, techniques and real-life anecdotes ...
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
Portfolio Trade, 2004
Corporate arrogance gone amok
When one reads 'The Smartest Guys In The Room' there is one question that keeps recurring. How did no-one at Enron foresee the company's grizzly demise. The folly of mark to market accounting was reason enoough to expect certain problems, but the endless treadmill that ...
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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
Rafe Esquith
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Amazing book!
This is seriously one of the best books I've ever read. I bought a second one for my best friend as soon as I finished reading it the first time.
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How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?
Jane Yolen
Blue Sky Press, 2004
Good morals with cute pictures.
I really like this series of books. Youngsters will love the great pictures and the dinosaurs in particular. I really like the lessons learned by the little dinosaur.
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Domino: The Book of Decorating: A room-by-room guide to creating a home that makes you happy
Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello, ...
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Practical, Doable and FUN
As an interior designer, I am always looking at new decorating books for ideas and tips. I read Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-by-Room Guide to Creating a Home that Makes Your Happy, immediately. My approach is accessibility, sustainability and livability--a ...
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Just Walk Across the Room: Simple Steps Pointing People to Faith
Bill Hybels
Zondervan, 2006
Great for everyday living
Great book to inspire yourself to be a better person and to open up to those in need. I would recommend this to every religions organization out there or anyone looking to become a better person.
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Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories
Ty Pennington
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Host of Extreme Makeovers Shares His Secrets
As a designer, I read all the new home decorating books, and I really enjoyed this.
Ty Pennington, the host of Extreme Makeovers, shares his talent and enthusiasm for makeovers and design in Good Design Can Change Your Life: Beautiful Rooms, Inspiring Stories. ...
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104 Activities That Build: Self-Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery, Coping ...
Alanna E. Jones
Rec Room Publishing, 1998
Great Resource!
I found this book to have some great ideas for group activities that introduce and teach social/emotional skills. As a social worker in a junior high school, I have implemented many of these activites into my daily activities. Highly recommended for teachers, ...
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The Exceptional Presenter: A Proven Formula to Open Up and Own the Room
Timothy J. Koegel
Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2007
Exceptional Presenter is a Great Primer
The Exceptional Presenter is a great primer for someone who is inexperienced at making presentations. That having been said, it is also a great review tool for those who make presentations on a regular basis and there are bits and pieces for even the experienced ...
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Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson
Puffin, 2003
*I* love this book.
So does my four year old. But it is my favorite Halloween book out of his big stack. The cadence is perfect and the drawings are fun. I highly recommend this book!
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Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
Billy Collins
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
Chase von, And glad I am doing this review now vice when I first read this...
I have to be honest in writing this review because that's my nature. I bought this book years ago while on active duty in the military and it was a busy time, a time made even busier because I was burning the mid night oil working on my own book. I heard about ...
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
John Wood
Collins Business, 2007
Greeting John
Namaste John. Kasto Cha??
You have made all Nepalese indebted with your incomparable deeds. You are true hero in our hearts. Yes, we salute you from the core of our heart.
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In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
Alvin Schwartz
HarperTrophy, 1985
amazing
This book, and the other books by Alvin Schwartz, are some of the most if not THE most memorable books of my entire life. Theres something special about a book if you read it over and over and remember the stories well into your adult life. The way the stories are told ...
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London Bridges (Alex Cross)
James Patterson
Vision, 2005
Global terror and the FBI
It looks as if the scope of Patterson's Alex Cross books widened considerably when the protagonist made the switch from the Washington PD to the FBI .Cross is now no longer dealing with the national and local psycho but is a player on the global scale .Here the ...
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Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading
Alexander Elder
Wiley, 2002
Review from a professional Forex trader
Simply the finest book on trading I have read to date. I credit this book with being a large part of why I went from consistently losing on trades, to consistently making profits. I think that traders in any market would benefit from this book, and if you don't learn ...
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