books about: explorations     books:       The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey204 reviews Candice Millard Broadway, 2006 Best book I've read in a long time If the events in this book weren't so well documented I would have accused the author of making them up to increase the drama. I haven't been so engaged in a story in a long time. An amazing story, extremely well excuted by the author.             Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research (6th Edition)13 reviews Roger R. Hock Prentice Hall, 2008 textbooks can be good I really wasn't looking forward to yet another psychology text, but this one is actually enjoyable. The author has managed to pare down each study to the essentials and doesn't waste a ton of space trying to entertain the reader. I would recommend it for anyone interested in how the mind works, and the information that has made our understanding greater.             Helping Skills: Facilitating Exploration, Insight, and Action8 reviews Clara E. Hill American Psychological Association (APA), 2004 Great for Experiential Learning This book leads the reader through a three stage model of helping: exploration, insight, and action. This book is incredibly well-balance between Rogerian, psychodynamic, and CBT skill sets. If you just pick up the book and read it may seem like it is simplistic; however, the high quality of the book is that it gives the readers several activities to practice the skills in the book. Things that ...             Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West345 reviews Stephen Ambrose Simon & Schuster, 1997 Undaunted Courage I will keep it simple. Next to the Holy Bible ~ best book I ever read. I have since then read several of Stephen Ambrose's books and highly recommend them. He and his family put many years of research in before writing any book. I have travelled across the country all the way to Cape Disapportment as a result of reading the book and following the trail. Everything Mr. Ambrose claimed in the ...             Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, ...46 reviews Michio Kaku Doubleday, 2008 Inspiring and Enlightening Dr. Kaku presents another outstanding book to expand our minds to endless possibilities. Why limit ourselves when we need, more than ever, to think out of the box, and ask the big "what if" questions. In my own writing, vis-i-vis, The Ninth Cube, I have tried to answer these questions, alot of them inspired from the work of Dr. Kaku. I throughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone. ...             The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir53 reviews Bill Bryson Broadway, 2007 A Trip Down Memory Lane My son has been raving about Bill Bryson's for some time now, but I was not sure that they would appeal to me. After hearing others rave about his memoir: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, I thought this might be a fun audio book. I am sorry I waited so long to try Bryson's work. This memoir was terrific. It leaves you with a feeling of appreciation for the simple things in life. Bill ...             I Never Knew I Had A Choice: Explorations in Personal Growth (with InfoTrac®)6 reviews Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey Brooks Cole, 2005 Wonderful Workbook This was a textbook assigned for an online psychology course. This was one of the best "self-help" books I have ever read. This book is easy to read, plus each chapter has a section for activities pertaining to the topics covered. I learned a lot about myself from this book. I recommend doing the activities and answering the questions from each chapter to get the most out of this book. Authors ...             A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World32 reviews Tony Horwitz Henry Holt and Co., 2008 A fun way to learn America's "true" origin The "truth" about America's origins is uncovered in interesting storytelling fashion. At times it reads like page turner. It might broaden a reader's viewpoint but it will make "little difference", because "...Myths didn't just trump fact; they helped create it." If you have played (or know about) rounders and tried to explain it's connection to baseball to almost any baseball fan you know the ...             Into the Wild1197 reviews Jon Krakauer Anchor, 2007 I finished Wild quickly. and for me - Jon Krakauer's writing is the kind of stuff that makes for late nights and tired workdays. I can't pay him a higher compliment. This one was a bit different than his other efforts in that Krakuer plays more the role of detective/sociologist rather than an an insightful expedition biographer. However, the story was as rivetting and perhaps even more powerful. I'm anxiously awaiting ...             Dark Mission: The Secret History of NASA100 reviews Richard C. Hoagland, Mike Bara Feral House, 2007 Dark mission One very impressive and dense book, that makes you think. I am going to look for other Hoagland works. Future will say if he is right or wrong.             The Career Fitness Program: Exercising your Options (8th Edition)3 reviews Diane Sukiennik, William Bendat, ... Prentice Hall, 2006 Great Book This Book I got for a class, and it's great, not only to follow along with in a course but also just for everyday life, it provides great questions for thought and interactive exercises to learn more about yourself and what you want in life!             Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs7 reviews Buddy Levy Bantam, 2008 definite must read i couldn't put this book down. the incredible deceit and politics that went on and still continues today. you could really see the humanity in both Cortes and Montezuma. very well-researched. now i want to go to mexico city and dig deep in its streets and sewers to find all that lost gold!!!!             Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide2 reviews Mark Dye, Rick McDonald, ... Cisco Press, 2007 Well written I obviously bought this book for the CCNA class that I am taking. As textbooks go, this book is very well written and makes the understanding easier as you go through the class (as opposed to trying to do my reading online through the cisco academy). Highly recommend buying the book if you are taking the class.             1421: The Year China Discovered America (P.S.)248 reviews Gavin Menzies Harper Perennial, 2008 A Great Read. This is no more "fantasy" than the "accepted" version of events! It was a great read, especially compared to official (probably made-up)Eurocentric boring accounts. If Menzies can get people passionate about ancient history then who cares just WHO went where and when? It's a good read.             Nontechnical Guide to Petroleum Geology, Exploration, Drilling and Production (2nd Edition)20 reviews Norman J. Ph.d Hyne Pennwell Books, 2001 Great introduction to petroleum geology I am a graduate geologist and I found this book ideal in my circumstances as an introduction before I got some petroleum work experience.It is very well written ,even a layperson could get a good appreciation for the wide encompassing subject matter.It is not aimed at specialists or those with a lot of experience in the petroleum geoscience.However, it is one of the best text books I have read.             Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community39 reviews Dietrich Bonhoeffer HarperOne, 1978 The Reality of Christian Fellowship This is a great little book, a classic that all Christians should read. At roughly 128 pages, this is a short treatise on Christian community that is very accessible. In the first chapter of this book Bonhoeffer presents his understanding of the reality of Christian community. Bonhoeffer's basic claim is that Christian community is a reality, both in the mundane realm and in the spiritual ...             Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity with Living Anthropology Student CD Conrad Kottak McGraw-Hill, 2006 Written by Kottak, recent inductee to The National Academy of Sciences, this text continues to offer a holistic, four-field perspective introduction to anthropology. To emphasize anthropology's integrated and comparative nature, "Bringing It All Together" essays show how anthropology's sub-fields and dimensions combine to interpret and explain a common topic. Another distinctive feature, "Understanding Ourselves," illustrates the relevance of ...             Microbiology: Principles and Explorations12 reviews Jacquelyn G. Black Wiley, 2008 dr. black is my professor she really knows what shes talking about and has designed the book to be easy to understand. unfortunately, you guys miss out on the stories that the editors wont allow her to put in that make things even more understandable. anyway, there is a lot of good and interesting information in here.             1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance24 reviews Gavin Menzies William Morrow, 2008 Menzies Tops His First Book Menzies returns to face his critics with a sequel better than the original. He builds on is first book by uncovering the history of contacts between China and Europe. Most of this, to some extent, are known facts. But now Menzies solidifies where Europe found maps of the New World and that Chinese contacts were, up to this point, an unconsidered factor in the Renaissance. One of his strongest ...             Explorations in College Algebra Linda Almgren Kime, Judy Clark, ... Wiley, 2007 This fourth edition shifts the focus away from mechanical rules, computation, and basic skills to emphasize concepts and modeling. It is written in a way that gets readers to explore how algebra is used in the world around them. The authors include the most varied and compelling set of applications available in the market. Readers will also find a problem-solving approach that motivates them to learn the material.              search for books anthropology, community, companion, conquistador, discovered, diversity, exercising, exploration, explorations, facilitating, fundamentals, impossible, jefferson, magnificent, meriwether, microbiology, montezuma, nontechnical, petroleum, principles, production, psychological, psychology, rediscovering, renaissance, roosevelt, scientific, teleportation, thunderbolt, undaunted books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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