books about: making     books:       The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child (Sears Parenting Library)167 reviews Robert Sears Little, Brown and Company, 2007 Really helps mom and dad make wise decisions I purchased this book for my niece and she not only said it was extremely helpful for their family in making decisions about immunizations but that their doctor had heard great things about it and definitely intended to read it. My niece was thrilled to receive this book.             The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures49 reviews Dan Roam Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 Drawing is better The premise of the book is that any problem, idea, or presentation can be solved using pictures - hand drawn pictures. Roam argues that everyone is visual, even those who say they aren't. He gives a few frameworks to work from as you prepare to draw out maps, charts, and pictures to present your ideas. I found them very helpful and refreshing. Roam also uses pictures significantly throughout the ...             Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time1258 reviews Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Wonderfully written and fascinating true story This story, about a single person who made it possible to build dozens of schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan for both boys and girls, provides a view into the people and culture of these two countries that is just so hard for Americans to get. If there is a better way for Americans to make the case for freedom, tolerance, and equality, peace, i certainly don't know what it could be.             Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making20 reviews Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, ... Wiley, 2006 Excellent Book This is an excellent book. Each chapter starts with a real life example of the learning objectives that will be covered in the chapter. The concepts are explained in terms that are easy to understand and grasp. There are a variety of problems at the end of each chapter to reinforce the learning objectives. I would recommend this book to anybody who has little knowledge of accounting or ...             Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking948 reviews Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books, 2007 Great Book for the thinking person This book is required reading for all incoming freshman at the top ranked engineering school in the U.S. The book is very readable, insightful, and useful.             The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable215 reviews Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2002 Foundation for Team Building We are launching Strategic Planning for the next 5 years...our facilitator of our Strategic Planning suggested that all 16 employees read this book before we launch our planning sessions...it was terrific! Gave everyone a volcabulary and context in which to work as we journey forward to make our own organization totally functional!!!!             Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions138 reviews Dan Ariely HarperCollins, 2008 Great reading, entertaining, and very rational This book is a combination of a very entertaining reading with great content. Ariel presents the results of several social experiments he has conducted during years of research. Most of them are unexpected, or should I say irrational? But most of those behaviors are really predictable regardles of how ilogical they seem. You can apply the lessons learned in this book to your daily life, if ...             The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable328 reviews Nassim Nicholas Taleb Random House, 2007 Fantastic perspectives that increase your own horizons Loved it. Great thinking, fantastic perspectives..like this gem referring to Umberto Eco's library "He is the owner of a large personal library (containing thirty thousand books), and separates visitors into two categories: those who react with "Wow! Signore professore dottore Eco, what a library you have! How many of these books have you read?" and the others -- a very small minority -- who get ...             Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness40 reviews Richard H. Thaler, Cass R. Sunstein Yale University Press, 2008 Very Insightful Nutshell review - The book covers Libertarian Paternalism, how to help people be free in their choices and, at the same time, help them make better and more informed ones. A very insightful and informative book about human nature, human behaviour and into ways in which we can improve our decision making processes.             Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World140 reviews Tracy Kidder Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 Living Saint! I love Tracy Kidder's books and this is one of the most uplifting and ispirational on my all-time favorite list!             The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship ...143 reviews John M. Gottman, Nan Silver Three Rivers Press, 1999 Buy the book, not the Kindle version This is an excellent book full of interesting information and useful exercises. If you or your counseling clients want to make marriage work, this could really help. I bought the Kindle version, though, and now I have no access to the exercises. I borrowed the book from the library and made some copies of the exercises. There are so many good ones, this turned out to be a lot of time and ...             A Practical Guide For Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path To More Effective Problem Solving8 reviews Eugene Bardach CQ Press, 2004 Bardach is Bodacious Bardach is the essential policy analysis book. Apparently a student of his took avid notes in class; that combined with his own journals made for the most trunkated version of any specialized policy book. Written much like a reference manual with his own quips about analysis, it is easy to read and most informative. Ciao! ef2             QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life177 reviews John G. Miller Putnam Publishing Group, 2004 Brief, direct and to the point... The author keeps it brief and direct, but he hits the nail on the head. Time to quit pointing the finger at everyone else and get to work. If I owned my own company, I would make this mandatory reading for all my employees.             Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, ... Wiley, 2007 Offering a unique approach in the field, this book presents the principles of accounting from a corporate perspective. This provides readers with a real-world understanding of the concepts. It starts with a discussion of real financial statements first, clearly showing how they communicate the financing, operation, and investing activities of a business. The book then helps readers gain the skills, and the confidence they need to use those ...             The First 90 Days: Critical Success Strategies for New Leaders at All Levels76 reviews Michael Watkins Harvard Business School Press, 2003 Great Primer for Taking On a Management Job The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins is squarely aimed at the task of a manager coming in and dealing with a new team. Those first ninety days can really make or break a business relationship and it is well worth studying this information before you take on a new job. Michael breaks down your task into these discreet steps: promote yourself, accelerate your learning, match your strategy to ...             Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting ...64 reviews Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, ... Esri Press, 2004 Getting to know ArcGIS - Comment on book & training This book is a superb learning resource. The 180-day evaluation copy of ArcView 9.2 is icing on the cake. The book takes the reader through a series of 20 lessons covering a number of practical scenarios with each chapter having two to four examples, where the material is prepared as mxd documents. So it is straightforward to get into the actual purpose of the exercise. Each page is fully ...             Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior38 reviews Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman Doubleday Business, 2008 If you have asked yourself, "Why did I/they do that?" read on... All of us have either watched someone or fallen into a death spiral ourselves with circumstances in life. The annecdotal evidence around us clearly shows we/they have made a poor choice and the final outcome is destined to have negative results. Yet, we continue our/their actions desperately committed to our beliefs. Blind to all of the indicators that a different path is needed for the desired ...             One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer149 reviews Nathaniel C. Fick Mariner Books, 2006 The real heroism of our armed forces This book has a beautiful grit and honesty. Fick doesn't talk up or down to the reader. He doesn't glorify or embellish the life of a marine. He doesn't judge or condemn politicians, military or brass, his superiors or his troops. He just tells his story, in a clear, resonant, powerful voice. The simplicity of his style conveys the clarity of a marine's values - honor, loyalty, duty, having ...             Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box201 reviews The Arbinger Institute Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002 Go Beyond I think I've read most of the top dozen or so best sellers on leadership. They all have wonderful advice. But there's now also a new kid on the block, a new book, that is probably the best-kept secret on leadership and HUMAN RELATIONS. It's a book called "Going Beyond Leadership of Character" by "West Point" author, Norman Thomas Remick. It goes beyond all the wonderful books like "Leadership and ...             Leading Change73 reviews John P. Kotter Harvard Business School Press, 1996 A MUST HAVE for your leadership library Very well written book and easy to read and follow. 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