books about: failure     books:       Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and ...9 reviews Ahmed Rashid Viking Adult, 2008 A deeply troubling book Ahmed Rashid has long been a leading expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Muslim states of Central Asia that were once part of the Soviet Union. In 2000, the year before 9/11, he published 'Taliban', a book which politicians rushed to read after the attack on the Twin Towers; and if Central Asia catches fire, they will doubtlessly rush to his following book, 'Jihad', first published in ...             On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep (On Becoming. . .)203 reviews Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam Parent-Wise Solutions, Inc., 2006 Great book We read and followed the guidance of this book and the baby started by sleeping 5 hours straight. She later went to 8 hours straight and now is at 11-12 hours stright through the night. great book.             What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception194 reviews Scott McClellan PublicAffairs, 2008 WHAT HAPPENED BOUGHT THIS BOOK FOR MY HUSBAND. HE WANTED TO READ ABOUT THE INSIDE DIRT IN DC. THIS BOOK SHOULD DO IT!             The Ten Commandments for Business Failure12 reviews Donald R. Keough Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 Wonderful. Get it, Read it, and Watch for these things in your company This is a spectacular business book and I can't imagine that you (and everyone else) would wait another day before starting to read it. Donald R. Keough has had long business experience in running companies and investing in others. He has seen the ups and downs and in this delightfully written and concise book he provides ten things you can do to ensure business failure. They are (and even ...             Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years12 reviews Paul B. Carroll, Chunka Mui Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 Billion Dollar Lessons - one of the most important books ever written on business strategy This extremely well researched book is a very important addition to the available literate on the subject of business strategy and it is very unlike any other book on the subject. Most books on strategy spend a good deal of time presenting methodologies for strategy development. Carroll and Mui take a very different approach; the book contains no methodology for strategy development, they have ...             Goodnight Bush: A Parody55 reviews Gan Golan, Erich Origen Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Goodbye Bush A friend of ours bought us this book, and what a wonderful gift it is! I have it on the coffee table - for everyone to read and ponder. For those who don't know or have forgotten Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon, I recommend keeping a copy of her book close by. I got mine from the public library. What is the best part of this book? It's impossible to choose. The polar bear rug by ...             Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)3281 reviews Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown Young Readers, 2008 Twilight addiction Breaking Dawn was great and every bit as good as the first in the series. I was completely addicted and am sad to have finished all the books in such a short time. Make sure you read everything along the way and don't skip over things if they seem a little boring or unimportant. It will make things much more clear when you are close to the end of the book.             How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling81 reviews Frank Bettger Fireside, 1992 The original KISS method! Are you kidding me! This book changed my life! Follow the simple methods that Frank Bettger used and see your sales go through the roof. He doesn't know the phrase "Keep it simple stupid" this book was written way before that...but he is the original "simple" method king! Don't waste a minute, order now. Imagine all you have to do is listen to your customer and ask them why...who would have ...             A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix14 reviews Edwin H. Friedman Seabury Books, 2007 Family Systems applied to the culture Friedman is not rehashing old work here. This is a new application of the Bowen Family Systems work as applied to leadership within the culture. I think his insights on anxiety in the culture are right on, and as always there is more hope where there is more understanding. I recommend this to book to preachers, teachers, writers and analysts because these insights are distinctive and helpful.             Living Gluten-Free For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness))54 reviews Danna Korn For Dummies, 2006 Couldn't (wouldn't want to) live without this We all know how these "...For Dummies" books read: for the most part, you just read one or two chapters to get the gist of your interest and then you're done. Not the case with this book. Danna's sense of humor keeps you reading about things that you initially thought you'd have no interest in. For example, who'd-a thunk that wheat was relatively new in the diet of humans? I didn't expect to ...             Broken Government: How Republican Rule Destroyed the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches29 reviews John W. Dean Viking Adult, 2007 Informative and solidly written John W. Dean has worked in government at the highest levels, has stellar credentials and credibility, and is definitely qualified to discuss this Republican administration's actions. Being Republican himself, I consider his views even more objective and valuable than those rants I hear from established contrarians -- on both sides. Dean is a republican who dares to speak the truth to power, even ...             Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts: Troubleshooting PC Hardware Problems from Boot Failure to Poor ...15 reviews Morris Rosenthal Foner Books, 2008 Very helpful If you have basic knowledge of computer parts, this book is excellent at helping you track down which part of the computer is most likely causing whatever problems you might be having.             The Failure Factory: How Unelected Bureaucrats, Liberal Democrats, and Big Government Republicans Are ... Bill Gertz Crown Forum, 2008 The U.S. government is in crisis. With America?s attention fixated on who will step into the Oval Office in 2009, no one has noticed where the real power has shifted?to a vast network of unelected officials whose authority has grown wildly out of control. In his latest blockbuster book, acclaimed defense and national security reporter Bill Gertz exposes these astonishingly powerful leaders and their enablers in the political class?and their ...             How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)52 reviews John Holt Da Capo Press, 1995 invaluable insight All the years I've been "against" public school, they were for reasons I'd researched, or came from my own bad experiences and those of my child, and other reasons I just "felt" inside but couldn't explain... I'd certainly built a case for myself as to what was wrong with the whole environment. But I still had never seen or imagined what Mr Holt saw through the eyes of a teacher (yet I could ...             The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron128 reviews 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 Enron placed itself on concerning the stock price made those problems an inevitability. Although Elkind and Mclean portray the ...             On Becoming Baby Wise: The Classic Sleep Reference Guide Used by Over 1,000,000 Parents Worldwide1001 reviews Gary Ezzo, Robert Bucknam Parent-Wise Solutions, 2001 This book is my baby Bible!! This book has been a life saver! I seriously tell people that this is my baby bible... after reading this book and implementing its suggestions, I am so confident about being a mother and I have very little to no baby related stress. People always comment about how good my baby is and friends of mine that are not parents yet always tell me that I "make it seem so easy". I tell them that it ...             Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't93 reviews John R. Lott Jr. Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007 Informative One thing I like about Prof. Lott is that he does not try and be funny. I've read other books by economists and they try to be cute or witty or funny, but jokes usually fall flat. Prof. Lott sticks to the facts and draws conclusions, and I appreciate that.             Is Your Body Baby-Friendly?: Unexplained Infertility, Miscarriage & IVF Failure - Explained and Treated12 reviews Alan E. Beer, Julia Kantecki, ... AJR Publishing, 2006 A baby is almost guaranteed if you read this book If your best friend was a book it would be this one. Dr Beer describes in easy to understand words how the immune system can go into overkill in some women. The result is miscarriage, IVF failure and infertility. But these outcomes can be prevented with the right tests and treatments. I read this book and found it technical when necessary but with lots of human interest stories and studies to ...             Distressed Debt Analysis: Strategies for Speculative Investors12 reviews Stephen G. Moyer J. Ross Publishing, 2004 Great & Comprehensive Practical Review Unlike many academic books, this is a practical analysis of distressed debt, the bankruptcy process, and all the related financial, accounting and valuation issues that arise in this context. It is well written and well organized. Some other books on the topic go into significantly more detail in esoteric issues; however this book is a must for a grounded detailed understanding of the topic. ...             Failure to Communicate: How Conversations Go Wrong and What You Can Do to Right Them Holly Weeks Harvard Business School Press, 2008 Your stomach's churning; you're hyperventilating -- you're in a badly deteriorating conversation at work. Such exchanges, which run the gamut from firing subordinates to parrying verbal attacks from colleagues, are so loaded with anger, confusion, and fear that most people handle them poorly: they avoid them, clamp down, or give in. 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