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The Undead Next Door (Love at Stake, Book 4)
Kerrelyn Sparks
Avon, 2008
My Favorite Of The Series
This was such a good book that I couldn't put it down. I stayed up til five thirty in the morning and finished it in one day. It made you say "do what makes you happy Heather!". Really good and I am hoping there will be more.
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Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power
Mark Schapiro
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2007
Buy this book before you vote in 2008!!!
I heard him on NPR and immediately bought his book! I found out that the European Union has rules about safety for toys, makeup, etc. which our corporate-lobbyist-paid-off government lead by the Republican Administration refuses to incorporate into law protecting us. ...
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Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Win in High-Stakes Commercial Real Estate
James A. Randel
McGraw-Hill, 2005
Kick Start Your Brain
If you are looking for a step by step buy a house, rehab it, and get rich, please find another book. If you are looking for a dull textbook type presentation you should also pass.
If you are looking for clear explanations of concepts and illustrated with some small ...
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Mastering the Complex Sale: How to Compete and Win When the Stakes are High!
Jeff Thull
Wiley, 2003
Helpful to Any Leader in Government, UN, or Anywhere Else
I found this gem in a West Coast airport. I bought it partly because I have spent 20 years "selling" governments on the idea of doing more with unclassified sources and less with expensive secrets that capture only 4% of the relevant information, and partly because ...
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Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake, Book 3)
Kerrelyn Sparks
Avon, 2007
be stil MY heart
Emma Wallace has a grudge against all vampires after psychically seeing her parents killed by them. She has made it her job to wipe out as many of them as she can. With her number at four dead vampires and counting, Emma knows it is only a matter of time before they ...
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Vamps and the City (Love at Stake, Book 2)
Kerrelyn Sparks
Avon, 2006
Great Series!
I love this series! The books have great humor and romance. It is not chalk full of racy sex scenes but the actual romance is wonderful! I can't wait for the next book to be released!
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All I Want for Christmas Is a Vampire (Love at Stake, Book 5)
Kerrelyn Sparks
Avon, 2008
Toni Davis's Christmas wish list 1. Springing my best friend from the psych ward. 2. Living somewhere that doesn't have coffins in the basement. Occupied coffins. 3. Finding Mr. Right. Please make him tall, dark, handsome, and alive. This Christmas isn't so merry for Toni. Her best friend's been locked up in a mental hospital ...
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Small Stakes Hold 'em: Winning Big With Expert Play
Ed Miller, David Sklansky, ...
Two Plus Two Pub., 2004
Excellent book -- lot's of good info!
This book is excellent for the small stakes player. There is lots of good information. It can get a bit complicated with all the stuff you have to learn and remember from the book -- but failing to follow the strategies outlined in the book will result you in being a ...
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How To Marry a Millionaire Vampire (Love at Stake, Book 1)
Kerrelyn Sparks
Avon, 2005
hilarious twist on paranormal romance
This book is absolutely outstanding in its genre. I didn't expect it at all. If you think once you have read vampire romance you know them all - this will be a nice refreshing twist for you. The story is very well developed, the characters are believable and the ...
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, ...
McGraw-Hill, 2002
Common sense isn't really all that common
I like this book a lot. Developed for business communication it has applications for many areas of life. I found it clear, instructive, insightful and relatively free of new-age doublespeak. I work in an ER and I communicate with angry people (sometimes including ...
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Multiple Case Study Analysis
Robert E. Stake
The Guilford Press, 2005
Examining situational complexity is a vital part of social and behavioral science research. This engaging text provides an effective process for studying multiple cases--such as sets of teachers, staff development sessions, or clinics operating in different locations--within one complex program. The process also can be used to investigate broadly ...
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Winning in Tough Hold 'em Games: Short-Handed and High-Stakes Concepts and Theory for Limit Hold 'em
Nick "Stoxtrader" Grudzien, Geoff "Zobags" Herzog
Two Plus Two Publishing LLC, 2007
Outstanding.
This is a great book by one of the greatest and most successful online cash game players in the world- Nick "Stoxtrader" Grudzien (and of course his collaborator Geoff "Zobags" Herzog). If there is one person in the poker world that you could make a case for accepting ...
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Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools
Sharon L. Nichols; David C. Berliner, 2007
A must read
This is perhaps the most important book to date on the perverse effects of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and its mandates for high-stakes testing. The authors provide irrefutable evidence of the problems of a school accountability system which relies on a single ...
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Exceptional Selling: How the Best Connect and Win in High Stakes Sales
Jeff Thull
Wiley, 2006
Recommended Reading for All Loan Officers
It's one of the best sales books I have read in years.
What you will learn from it:
As one who is an advisor, you realize that not every client is a perfect fit for you. This book focuses on the language and mindsets you use with clients. With the right mindset ...
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Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theft
Simon Houpt
Sterling, 2006
Absorbing Overview
I work for a global insurance broker with an international art practice that insures many of the world's great museums. I am also an avid art collector. Unlike Christian and Doomjesse, I found this book very useful for the opposite reasons. Personally, I found the ...
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