books about: conquered     books:       Life: The Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality15 reviews Neal Gabler Vintage, 2000 Witty, Profound, Terse Gabler has written about an age where collective narcissism finds its outlet in a culture where cinema represents our highest reality, where the movie screen projects all our unfulfilled fantasies. His thesis is that we have become actors, either unconsciously or not, and that as such events are contrived and/or interpreted as being "cinamatic." We all want to be the stars of the movie, that ...             The On-Time, On-Target Manager: How a "Last-Minute Manager" Conquered Procrastination18 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2005 The Easiest Time Management System Time management does not have to be complicated. Daytimers, PDAs, project management software and so on all help . . . especially if you follow the advice in this book. Quite simply, this book teaches time management by dividing tasks into 3 simple categories: * Tasks I have to do * Tasks I can do if I have the time * Tasks I don't have to do but want to Yes, Maybe, and No. It's ...             It's Not That I'm Bitter . . .: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the ...15 reviews St. Martin's Press, 2010 Irreverently Funny! I really enjoy Gina's irreverent humor. I took a class with her as an undergraduate, and it was like going to see an hour of really smart stand-up comedy for 50 minutes three times a week. This book is more of the same, but I don't have to go to class.             Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage14 reviews Penguin, 2006 the best comprehensive, though very dense, but if you want to know about the history of marriage, look no further...fascinating. Great book.             Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World11 reviews Claire Harman Henry Holt and Co., 2010 "[She] gave away more about how women think and behave than any previous writer had cared or thought right to do." When the Archbishop of Dublin made this statement in a long article he wrote in 1821, just four years after the death of Jane Austen (1775 - 1816), he was recognizing the genius of a writer whose identity was unknown during her lifetime. Now, two hundred years later, with "Jane-mania" reaching epic proportions, Claire Harman writes a scholarly and readable analysis of the events over the past ...             The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It82 reviews Scott Patterson Crown Business, 2010 A historical documentation of an era I had been hearing the book on my ipod for a week. reminded me of reading "den of thieves" years ago. good read, though the den was more dramatic since the protagonists were actively involved in deception unlike these quants who were well meaning but blinkered. Books like these serve as reminders to the generations to come to take others success with a pinch of salt and concentrate on ...             Cities of God: The Real Story of How Christianity Became an Urban Movement and Conquered Rome14 reviews Rodney Stark HarperOne, 2007 Well written, advances some arguments, raises interesting questions Rodney Stark writes well. On topics that can turn even talented writers boring, Stark's books consistently arouse interest and curiosity. His books are smooth, easy to read, and avoids cumbersome language. As a result, it usually takes me about half the time to finish books by Stark compared to other books related to classical history. Cities of God is no exception. Stark begins by given ...             Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain31 reviews Josh Sundquist Viking Adult, 2010 Required reading? I would like to suggest this as required reading for high school students. I could see this as a book that they might pick up later in life and review only to be inspired all over again. Yes, there are gut wrenching moments in this book that might disturb some but here is a guy that went on with life no matter what was thrown his way. Several times I just wanted to be able to hug Josh as a ...             How I Conquered Your Planet15 reviews John Swartzwelder Kennydale Books, 2006 The Novella Fella John Swartzwelder, notoriously reclusive Simpsons scribe, is known for penning some of that show's funniest and most culturally pointed episodes. He is capable of being absurd without succumbing to plot-driven idiocy and able to nestle high-brow-rising humor next to the goofiest of puns without skipping a beat. Few of the show's current writers can boast his kind of output, whether you're ...             A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary73 reviews Anonymous Picador, 2006 Engrossing, liberating and truthful I was given this book to read as I am editing a series of diaries myself, although fictional ones. But it sat to the side for many months, as the book jacket description made the book sound like it would be another horrific, depressing account of World War II. I had heard enough from my grandparents and my father about their own near-death experiences in Eastern Europe during that time. Yet like ...             The Boy Who Conquered Everest: The Jordan Romero Story Jordan Romero, Katherine Blanc Balboa Press, 2010 Jordan Romero was a regular 9 year old boy. He loved BMX biking, listening to music, hanging out with his friends and family, participating in school activities, and studying nature and reptiles. So why would he want to climb the world's tallest mountains? What made him decide to try something so dangerous and difficult?  It all started when Jordan spotted a map of the famous "Seven Summits", the tallest mountains on Earth's seven continents, ...             Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System (P.S.)21 reviews Sharon Waxman Harper Perennial, 2006 Rebels With A Cause... (4.5 stars) Ahhh the 90's...Going to the movies became a whole other experience. Just as directors of the 70's and 80's left their mark as groundbreaking filmmakers with new and innovative techniques, so these rebels of the 90's gave us new experiences on the big screen to awe us to delight. Although there were many that could be talked about for decades to come, "Rebels On The Backlot" by Sharon Waxman ...             The Rise and Fall of the Second Largest Empire in History: How Genghis Khan's Mongols Almost Conquered the ...2 reviews Thomas J. Craughwell Fair Winds Press, 2010 Great book I got this book after reading How The Barbarian Invasions Shaped The Modern World by the same author. If you enjoyed his previous book that I mentioned earlier then you will love this book as well. It provides great information along with beautiful pictures to give more insight in most cases. If you pair this book with other history books and history tv specials this book becomes even more ...             Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--And How We Take It Back40 reviews David Sirota Three Rivers Press, 2007 Corporate America = Money Well Spent. "Hostile Takeover" serves as more than just a book documenting how Corporate America has bought our government, it's also a guidebook the reader can use to debunk a number of lies, myths, and half-truths deployed in the effort to justify government policies that rip us off. Some of the topics that Mr. Sirota addresses are: $ How Oil companies manipulate gas and oil prices. $ Why the ...             Go For Broke: The Nisei Warriors of World War II Who Conquered Germany, Japan, and American Bigotry2 reviews C., Douglas Sterner American Legacy Historical Press, 2007 A surprisingly great book about the WWII heroes everyone should know about In 1941 more than 5,000 Japanese-Americans were serving in the United States military. Pearl Harbor changed all that. In the hysteria and paranoia that followed the attack, young Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans) were summarily discharged from the service. Even as young men of other races swamped military recruiting offices to volunteer their services in defense of their beloved ...             How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions25 reviews Francis Wheen PublicAffairs, 2005 Credo quia absurdum (Tertullian) In these sarcastic, but also angry, comments Francis Wheen denounces the actual assault on reason as a menace to civilization and defends staunchly the progressive ideas of the Enlightenment against those who argue that `ignorance is bliss'. Voodoo economics The slogan of the supply-siders, `make the well-to-do prosperous and it will leak down through those below' was a hoax in order to cut ...             Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World6 reviews Glenn Stout Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009 What a role model! I was led to this book after hearing it raved about on NPR, At first the author tells several stories, alternating between Trudy's story and fascinating background about the history of swimming, women's sports, and the English Channel. Then in the second half it all comes together. The chapters about the actual Channel swim unfold like a movie. Extremely evocative and moving, I plan on using ...             Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--And How We Take It Back40 reviews David Sirota Three Rivers Press, 2007 Corporate America = Money Well Spent. "Hostile Takeover" serves as more than just a book documenting how Corporate America has bought our government, it's also a guidebook the reader can use to debunk a number of lies, myths, and half-truths deployed in the effort to justify government policies that rip us off. Some of the topics that Mr. Sirota addresses are: $ How Oil companies manipulate gas and oil prices. $ Why the ...             Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage19 reviews Stephanie Coontz Viking Adult, 2005 informative and eye opening I've listened to a lot of church teaching about marraige over the years and not once did they hint that what marraige is to us is only remotely like what marriage was in years past. I mentioned to my sister that people have only married for love the last 200 years and she immediately said ya. She reads a lot of historical romance novels. 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