books about: some     books:       Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith305 reviews Anne Lamott Anchor, 2000 Shocking but profound In an e-mail exchange, a ministry colleague asked, "I have never read Anne Lamott. Do you recommend her?" I responded: Knowing your heart for broken people and for Jesus, I can recommend "Traveling Mercies" to you without qualification. I have only about 16 feet of easily reachable bookshelf, including my favorite reference books, yet this is one book that I keep avoiding moving to attic ...             The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of ...370 reviews Kate Dicamillo Candlewick, 2006 fantastic ! am 7 years old and i like the book of Despereaux because Despereaux was so little and it was funny because he have big ears but it was kind of sad when Despereaux went to the dungeon but all stories have happy endings so am sure the tale of Despereaux will have one. mig said to the chef why did you did that? when he cut despereaux tail and the chef shout so!             Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die219 reviews Chip Heath, Dan Heath Random House, 2007 A good book for both marketing newcomers and seasoned professionals A great source of inspiration for marketing professionals and anyone else who needs their message to stick. In their organized approach to sticky communication, the brothers Heath take their own advice in writing a Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, Story. Okay, it wasn't that emotional, but they didn't stop there. This book is full of interesting, useful, and practical ...             Fooling Some of the People All of the Time: A Long Short Story34 reviews David Einhorn Wiley, 2008 A closer look at modern wall st. and hedge funds Fooling Some of the People All of the Time catalogs the incredible events that followed the author's fast rising hedge fund and the investment community that attacked him after sticking his neck out in a speech. The investment community attached to protect its interests, which provides a good lesson in today's financial crisis. The book gives an informative look at the ins and outs of wall ...             Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't703 reviews Jim Collins Collins Business, 2001 Worth for its price I don't need much to write here as hundreds of people has written review for this book. In simple terms the book is easy to read & understand. Analyze how best companies manage to retain their position by innovative & intelligent leadership. Research is sound & findings are really interesting. This book would be useful for any leader (or follower) even if they are not into financial sector. The ...             Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life303 reviews Anne Lamott Anchor, 1995 Pep in your step! This is a put a pep-in-your-step writing book. It's really a book with instructions on having a WRITING life. I'm still in the thick of it but I've never laughed so hard or felt so motivated by a book to write.             Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business72 reviews HarperTrophy, 1987 Me and my 2.5 year old son love this book This is a great book for kids, even young ones around 2.5 years old. It's an engaging story and my son loves the part where the man wakes up to find his hats gone, and looks up and sees all the monkeys wearing the hats! He asks me to read it everynight, and remembers the phrase "caps for sale."             Made to Stick (Chapter 5: Emotional): Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die219 reviews Random House, 2008 A good book for both marketing newcomers and seasoned professionals A great source of inspiration for marketing professionals and anyone else who needs their message to stick. In their organized approach to sticky communication, the brothers Heath take their own advice in writing a Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, Story. Okay, it wasn't that emotional, but they didn't stop there. This book is full of interesting, useful, and practical ...             Dude, That's Rude!: (Get Some Manners) (Laugh and Learn)3 reviews Pamela Espeland, Elizabeth Verdick Free Spirit Publishing, 2007 Really Funny! I have two boys, ages 10 & 12, and they got a real kick out of this book. I did too! It is a good overview of manners of all kinds, but in a humorous setting. I would recommend it to anyone with kids who need a "brush up" on manners. Very well written.             Everything Kids' Cookbook: From Mac ' N Cheese to Double Chocolate Chip Cookies-All You Need to Have Some ...20 reviews Sandra K. Nissenberg Adams Media Corporation, 2002 A very kid-friendly cookbook! We have had this cookbook for about a year and have used it quite a bit when planning weekly menus. The recipes don't have too many ingredients and they are very kid-friendly. My son is 9 years-old and he loves to make the double chocolate chip cookies. We like everything we have cooked from this book, and it is good when you are trying to increase the number of items a fussy eater will ...             Caps for Sale Board Book: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business (Reading Rainbow Books)2 reviews HarperFestival, 2008 "Caps for Sale" delivers. I remember having this classic book read to me when I was a young 'un and was one of my favorites. Now I'm reading it to my young kids and they are enjoying it as much as I did and am again.             The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor166 reviews David S. Landes W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 Outstanding! Landes provides an interesting and credible explanation of the differences in income/capita (now about 400:1, about 5:1 250 years ago) between the richest and poorest nations. En route, Landes also provides a useful perspective on today's globalization debate. Most of the differential is attributable to cultural values. Some, however, is geographical. If one marks off a belt a couple thousand ...             There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow6 reviews Lucille Colandro Scholastic, 2003 Fun Book I teach special ed. preschool and the kids love this book. It is easy to follow and the pictures are a lot of fun! It's one of their favorites.             Life After Death: Some of the Best Evidence3 reviews Jan W Vandersande PhD Outskirts Press, 2008 Getting to the Truth of the Matter For nearly 160 years, maverick scientists and scholars have been providing very credible evidence that consciousness survives physical death and continues on in other realms of existence. The legal doctrine of Res Judicata - it has been decided - could have been invoked 100 years ago when esteemed scientists and scholars like Sir William Crookes, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir William Barrett, and Dr. ...             More Joel on Software: Further Thoughts on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of ...6 reviews Joel Spolsky Apress, 2008 Worth Rereading Since I've been reading joelonsoftware for the past two years, a lot of this was already familiar to me, but it was well worth rereading. Some of the essays were old enough and I hadn't come by links to them so they were new to me, but not many. Most of the first part Managing People was already published in Joel's Smart and Gets Things Done. Anyone even considering working on shrink-wrap ...             Dude, That's Rude!: (Get Some Manners) (Laugh and Learn)3 reviews Pamela Espeland, Elizabeth Verdick Free Spirit Publishing, 2007 Really Funny! I have two boys, ages 10 & 12, and they got a real kick out of this book. I did too! It is a good overview of manners of all kinds, but in a humorous setting. I would recommend it to anyone with kids who need a "brush up" on manners. Very well written.             Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy (Thomson Advantage Books)8 reviews Joel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau Wadsworth Publishing, 2007 Simply great!!! I have never taken a course in philosophy. But, I think this is not just a text book for Philosophy 101. It is a great collection of essays, on a variety of topics, written by some of the greatet thinkers the world has produced. The editorial introduction for each topic beautifully lays down the ground work. This is followed by writings from eminent scholars representing various positions that ...             The Boys Volume 2: Get Some TPB10 reviews Garth Ennis Dynamite Entertainment, 2008 An Absolute Must-Buy The second edition of Garth Ennis' new comic series The Boys is absolutely sterling. Now that the first book has established who these characters are, what they do and what kind of world they're living in we start settling in to just what their day-to-day life involves. The first story where The Boys rock up against thinly-veiled Batman-analogy Tek-Knight is definantly the stronger of the two ...             Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters That Will Prove of Interest to Software ...50 reviews Joel Spolsky Apress, 2004 Very interesting for every programmer I bought this book for my husband who mostly sits 24-7 coding and even if he sleeps then he dreams in code. This books is actually archive of Joel's messages (can i call it blog) on his website. Easy and sometimes funny to read, also technical but at least smth apart. Will buy other books from Joel also             Some Like It Wicked (Avon Historical Romance)24 reviews Teresa Medeiros Avon, 2008 Clever, fun, and a quick read! I haven't read a romance novel in a very long time that caused me to sit down and read...and read...and read. I read this entire 372-page novel in less than 24 hours. I just enjoyed it so much that I could not put it down. I'm a Teresa Medeiros fan to begin with, but I have to say that this is the best novel out of her last three or four. 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