books about: harvard     books:       Alpha Male Syndrome21 reviews Kate Ludeman, Eddie Erlandson Harvard Business School Press, 2006 A Landmark Management Study of Alpha Male Two management consultants have jointly written this book about alpha males who occupy some 75% senior management positions in America's business world. According to them, alpha males are indomitable, tenacious, and persevering enough to reach the apex of their career. They inspire awe and respect but could move people to fear and trembling. Despite having great career success, the downside of ...             The Nursing Mother's Companion, Fifth Revised Edition (Nursing Mother's Companion)82 reviews Kathleen Huggins Harvard Common Press, 2005 The only guide that you need and will grow with your baby's needs I am a first time mother and the only woman in my circle of family and friends to ever considering breastfeeding. While expecting I read this book cover-to-cover. I knew what problems to expect and was able the head them off at the pass. I can happily report that thanks to this book alone I have been nursing my baby gril for 8 months without a hitch. Whenever I might see a problem coming this ...             Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating125 reviews M.D. Walter C. Willett Free Press, 2005 Great customer service! The quality of the books are excellent. I had a problem receiving the books, though. When tracking them I was told they were delivered, but I had never received them. I got connected with customer service through the website and they helped make things right by re-sending my order. These books came in the same time I should have received my other books. I feel confident that I can order ...             Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard23 reviews Mawi Asgedom Topeka Bindery, 2003 Heart warming and inspiring I won't take a lot of space stating what the book is about. Just get it and read it, everyone from middle school through adults. You'll be glad you did.             Pie: 300 Tried-and-True Recipes for Delicious Homemade Pie26 reviews Ken Haedrich Harvard Common Press, 2004 I Love Pie So many excellent and easy-to-make recipes! The author guides you through the best ways to make each pie, and even gives you hints for making it special. Read each recipe all the way through because sometimes they may take longer than anticipated... but they ALL have come out great so far. (My friends want pie every time they see me now!)             Smoke & Spice/Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue, on Your Charcoal Grill, Water Smoker, or ...68 reviews Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison Harvard Common Pr, 1994 Best of the Best Best book on smoking that I have ever seen. At first the title sounded odd but after reading it (not just the recipes) I understood where they were coming from. Always refreshing to find an excellent cookbook that doesn't waste money and space on pictures. Smoke and Spice is the only way to cook!             Learning to Love Africa : My Journey from Africa to Harvard Business School and Back21 reviews Monique Maddy, 2004 Inspiring and insightful As someone who grew up overseas much like Monique, i deeply admire how she chose to use her acquired skills and network to give back to a continent in dire need of what rare individuals like her have to offer. The book is enjoyable to read and deeply inspiring to anyone interested in contributing to third world development.             The Living Company21 reviews Arie De Geus Harvard Business School Press, 2002 Why Companies Fail and What We Can Do About It Companies die all the time. The current business climate favors short term profit over long term survival, and most companies don't adapt fast enough. De Geus explains why this is, and what we can do about it, but what makes this book an essential read is that he gives us a new way of looking at organizations and the meaning of work. The problem is that, in management, you get what you reward. ...             Pathophysiology of Heart Disease: A Collaborative Project of Medical Students and Faculty21 reviews Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1997 Best Book Ever If you are in medical school this book is the greatest thing you will ever buy. For our cardiology block I read this cover to cover and made the highest grade I have ever gotten on an exam. Get it right now!!             Birth Partner: Everything You Need to Know to Help a Woman Through Childbirth55 reviews Penny Simkin Harvard Common Press,U.S., 2001 Excellent purchase. This was one of the best purchases we made in terms of labor and delivery for our first child. Well worth reading for the mom-to-be and anyone else who is going to be involved in the labor and delivery.             The Copernican Revolution: Planetary Astronomy in the Development of Western Thought13 reviews Thomas S. Kuhn Harvard University Press, 1992 Case Study of a Scientific Revolution "The Copernican Revolution" tells the epochal story of how the earth-centered cosmology of Ptolemy was replaced by the sun-centered cosmology of Copernicus and Kepler. The book is a classic. Kuhn understood how ideas influence each other and hang together in a system. He could write with equal erudition about observational astronomy, medieval theology, astrology, and Aristotelian physics. ...             Brand New : How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell19 reviews Nancy F. Koehn Harvard Business School Press, 2001 Learning from Branding History It's probably a result of less-than-fully applying myself during my college years, but I tend to pre-judge any book by an academic as boring. I'm glad that didn't stop me from reading Nancy Koehn's book, "Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers Trust From Wedgwood to Dell." Koehn is a professor at no less than the Harvard Business School. She is also an excellent writer, and she ...             Father's First Steps: 25 Things Every New Dad Should Know14 reviews Robert W. Sears, James M. Sears Harvard Common Press, 2006 Hubby loved it My husband was a little leery of sitting through reading the "typical" baby books together. But, he really liked the approach these authors took - they pride themselves on trying to be funny, but the information is very valuable. We like the "hands-on" approach they recommend with newborns, and my husband has even marked pages for future reference, especially regarding the hospital stay and the ...             A Prince of Our Disorder: The Life of T. E. Lawrence16 reviews John E. Mack Harvard University Press, 2007 Almost as eloquent as Lawrence himself Dr. John Mack's study of Lawrence is one of the most absorbing reads I've ever enjoyed in my lifetime. As Irving Howe wrote, "What finally draws one to Lawrence, making him not merely an exceptional figure, but a representative man of our century, is his courage and vulnerability in bearing the burden of consciousness." The impact that the trial by fire in Arabia appears to have had on his ...             The Meaning of Hitler14 reviews Sebastian Haffner Harvard University Press, 2004 Very thought-provoking and explanatory As one who has read more than my share on the 3rd Reich and WW II in general, I didn't expect to be too surprised or enlightened by this book. I was wrong; it shows well how Hitler came to the point of being a demigod to many Germans and thus was able to eventually lead them (and Europe) to a destruction beyond their worst nightmares. The one thing in this book that struck me as an idea that ...             3-d Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals13 reviews David A. Lax, James K. Sebenius Harvard Business School Press, 2006 A strategic approach to negotiations Most books on negotiation combine the hardball win-lose tactics with the more effective win-win approach. 3-D Negotiation is different: it adds a new third dimension to negotiation, mainly the need for developing a dynamic strategy on how to set up and shape the optimum situation and overall conditions for negotiations (away from the table), and well before negotiations start. Of course, the ...             Data Driven: Profiting from Your Most Important Business Asset15 reviews Thomas C. Redman Harvard Business School Press, 2008 Data Driven is Another Winner From Dr. Redman If you are at all involved in assuring the quality of your company's data you need to know the work of Thomas C. Redman. Redman has been working on improving data quality for years and he has written numerous articles and books on the subject. His latest book, Data Driven: Profiting From Your Most Important Business Asset is another winner. Redman offers the basic thesis of the book right ...             The Birth Partner, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and All Other Labor ...13 reviews Penny Simkin Harvard Common Press, 2007 Very good book. Very good and very informative book. This book goes into all the possible problems that can arise during childbirth and explains how the birth partner can help the mother as well as themselves. I think it definitely will prepare a first-time husband for what to expect during childbirth and how to handle certain situations. I love that it was written not to the mother, but to the partner and the ...             The Harvard Dictionary of Music (Harvard University Press Reference Library)19 reviews Belknap Press, 2003 Explains difficult concepts remarkably clearly Back around 1987 (or so), I walked into a local mega-bookstore to find a music dictionary that would help me navigate a couple of Renaissance and Medieval music books I was trying to read through. I'd written down various terms that I would use as the litmus test to gauge how effectively (clearly, concisely and thoroughly) each dictionary would be able to tell me what I needed and wanted to know, ...             The Kalevala: Or Poems of the Kaleva District16 reviews Elias Lonnrot Harvard University Press, 2006 Song of Power There is an elegant, powerful simplicity to this epic tale, no matter what language you read it in. The symbols transcend both language and time. There is nothing contrived here. Such a tale could not be counterfeited by a modern mind.At the center of the entire epic is Vainamoinen, the singer at the world's dawn. Here is the archetype for the wizard- the first and greatest among shamans. Before ...              search for books astronomy, barbecue, business, childbirth, collaborative, companion, companions, complete, consumers, copernican, delicious, development, dictionary, district, entrepreneurs, everything, important, learning, negotiation, pathophysiology, planetary, powerful, profiting, reference, remarkable, revolution, tried-and-true, university, wedgwood, wood-burning books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen toys & games: Fisher-Price Elmo Live leave a comment home  impressum - about us