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Perfectly Yourself: 9 Lessons for Enduring Happiness
Matthew Kelly
Ballantine Books, 2008
I love Matthew Kelly's books and Audio's
I Love Matthew Kelly's work . Everything I have eveer bought of his was very very good and well written in a way that will speak to all. I buy the Audio's so my husband gets to enjoy his writtings as well. To get one where he is doing the reading is a bonus.
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The Phoenix Unchained (Enduring Flame, Book 1)
Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
Tor Fantasy, 2008
Another Lackey Win
Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory have produced another winning book with The Phoenix Unchained. This new trilogy picks up in the same world as the Obsidian Trilogy that was written by the same pair, only now it's 1008 years later in that world. A lot has changed, ...
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Love's Enduring Promise (Love Comes Softly Series #2)
Janette Oke
Bethany House Publishers, 2003
Love's Enduring Promise
Being the first book I read of the series, I just hungered for more...of the wonderful story of the days when people helped and loved others.
Mrs. Oke writes in a way, you never tire of reading...very hard to put the book down...
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Enduring Love: A Novel
Ian Mcewan
Anchor, 1998
A Terse Literary Masterpiece on Obsessive Love from Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan's slender novel, "Enduring Love", moves along at such an episodic fast clip that it might remind readers more of an Ian Fleming James Bond tale, than as a sophisticated literary confection from one of Great Britain's - and truly the English language's - ...
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The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short ...
Eric Rauchway
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
The Depression and New Deal Discussed Concisely
The Oxford University Press publishes a series called "Very Short Introductions" written by authorities in their fields. The series helps to introduce busy and curious readers to a wide variety of subjects. The series numbers nearly 200 volumes and includes subjects ...
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American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA: When FDR Put the Nation to Work
Nick Taylor
Bantam, 2008
American Made
This is an excellent book and a great addition to history. I knew very little about the Worker's Progress Association until I saw the author speak about his book on Book TV. I was ignorant of the great works that the WPA did and had always had a negative view of the ...
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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
Dalton Fury
St. Martin's Press, 2008
The best book yet on special ops in the "Long War"
Dalton Fury has produced a great first-hand account of the dark side of the Global War on Terror in Kill Bin Laden. It describes in the most intimate detail possible--often difficult given the sensitive, classified nature of the mission--the manner in which America's ...
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High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
David Breashears
Simon & Schuster, 2000
What an incredible book.
What an incredible book. Once you start reading it, you won't be able to set it down. I even got yelled at by my boss for reading the book on company time. I've read it 4 times and each time is like the first time. There is alot of information to process so get ready ...
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Eisenhower on Leadership: Ike's Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management
Alan Axelrod
Jossey-Bass, 2006
An inspirational overview of the strategic and tactical thinking of General Dwight David Eisenhower and its management applicati
U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II. A brilliant strategist and an expert in logistics and organization, Eisenhower planned Operation Overlord, the successful 1944 invasion of Europe by way ...
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The Phoenix Endangered: Book Two of The Enduring Flame
Mercedes Lackey, James Mallory
Tor Books, 2008
Lackey et al do it again!
Using Characters and scenes from previous adventures, This stoy continues in the same marvelous fashion as those from before.. well worth your time. Please continue to give us more to enjoy.
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Wellness Workbook: How to Achieve Enduring Health and Vitality
John W. Travis, Regina Sara Ryan
Celestial Arts, 2004
Wellness Education
I love this book! and am grateful for its reintroduction into the marketplace. With its new look and updated content I can now use the Wellness Workbook in my college health classes without fear of being labeled out of date. The Wellness Workbook was one of the ...
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Current Issues and Enduring Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking and Argument, with Readings
Sylvan Barnet, Hugo Bedau
Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007
Good intro text; watch out for edition number
Good intro to the principles of critical thinking. It was a little weird for me to have this book assigned in grad school; I remember it from my daughter's college freshman year.
New editions keep the readings current, but that means you have to pay attention to the ...
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Patterns of Home: The Ten Essentials of Enduring Design
Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, ...
Taunton, 2005
An interesting and well documented approach
This book is clearly affiliated to Alexander's "A pattern language".
What is positive is the focalisation on house building : easier to keep in mind 10 patterns compared to 253 (some of these not so useful in this case, as concerning region, city or neighbourhood).
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If the Buddha Married: Creating Enduring Relationships on a Spiritual Path
Charlotte Kasl
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001
Couple's Therapy in a Book
When my wife and I get stressed out in our relationship, we sit down and one of us reads about a page out loud from "If the Buddha Married", then we talk about it, and about our own communication problems.
This book reduces our defensiveness, and opens the door ...
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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Joy Degruy Leary
Uptone Press, 2005
Clear Analysis of the Situation of African Americans Today
This book brings the story of African Americans into sharp focus relative to the diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) amongst people who were enslaved. The argument is that slavery has resulted in a complex pattern of symptoms amongst the descendants of ...
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