books about: technique     books:       The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures42 reviews Dan Roam Portfolio Hardcover, 2008 Great book If you have to get complex points across to people as part of your job, this book will help you do a better job. Great for technical sales or product management.             Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition)454 reviews Bryan Peterson Amphoto Books, 2004 The confidence to switch to M What a great book! This guide gave me the confidence to switch off of Auto and really put my camera through the paces. Great insight, pretty easy explanations, and beautiful pictures. My only 2 negatives, and neither were promised, so they don't count against the rating: 1. Written (even in the revised version) heavily leaning to film photographers. Not to say there isn't a lot of ...             The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2124 reviews Scott Kelby Peachpit Press, 2008 For Novice, Amatuer, or Professional Photographer alike I really like the presentation and layout of this book! I've got other books by Scott Kelby and I like them as well. I know some people have knocked his attempts at adding humor to the publications. Overall, the information is definitely useful and worthwhile. I bought two copies of this book. I gave one to a friend in Ireland who does wedding photography. He thought that it was brilliant! He's a ...             The Digital Photography Book480 reviews Scott Kelby Peachpit Press, 2006 Great book if you wnat to improve your photography This is a great book if you want to improve your photography. To move to the next level of photography, you need to read this book. Scott is witty and this book shows you different ways to really great shots. K. Frank             Stillness Speaks138 reviews Eckhart Tolle New World Library, 2003 A dose of sanity I have just read 'The Power of Now', and had actually read 'Stillness Speaks' before that. I would recommend buying 'The Power of Now' first if mindfulness is fairly new to you. The Power of Now provides more of a foundation for the mind, before going beyond mind and into presence. 'Stillness Speaks', on the other hand, is condensed snippets that are like immediate portals into stillness and ...             Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series)52 reviews Marc S Sabatine Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007 Must have for medical students Although the expectations for medical students are not that of residents and interns, this book is very helpful. Evidence-based medicine is the term heard over and over on the wards and this pocket book will help with that. When presenting a patient, you may be asked which study showed the effectiveness of which treatment. This book has it. It is updated with references as recent as 2007 ...             The Secret2190 reviews Rhonda Byrne Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006 The Secret The first step to your own personal evolution. The truth about who and what you are and how you can make the most of your present day position.             Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies30 reviews Charlene Li, Josh Bernoff Harvard Business School Press, 2008 This book rocks and is a must-read Have you seen Jurassic Park? If so, you might remember Dr. Malcolm's (Jeff Goldblum) diatribe about the dangers of doing something just because you can: "I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't ...             The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)44 reviews Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski New Riders Press, 2008 Photoshop Elements 6 Classroom in a Book This is one of the most, easily read guides to the newest Photoshop software. (picture editing) I have referred to it a number of times to learn the ins-and-outs of something I wanted the program to do. It is a little pricey, but worth it.             The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book649 reviews Don Miguel Ruiz Amber-Allen Publishing, 2001 Personal Freedom This book is very well written and easy to understand. It is a quick read, and I will reread it often to keep the material fresh. The message is simple, yet very profound. It truly opened my eyes and my heart to an awareness that had made a huge difference in the way I treat myself. Most of us don't realize how we are silently killing our own souls by the way we think; this book helped me to ...             The One Minute Manager156 reviews Kenneth H. Blanchard, Spencer Johnson William Morrow, 1982 Good book short read This is a great book to read, It makes you think about your management style. It does not take long to read an should make you a better manager at the same time. I highly recommend this to anyone who is a manager.             SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea102 reviews John Lofty Wiseman Collins, 2004 good book i have the other one too, i like both of them, they seem to deal with stuff relly well             Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables24 reviews Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991 I'm inspired Well researched and considered. Thorough, yet practical and attainable. I appreciated learning about all the different types of root cellars and how to build them. Previous to reading this book, a root cellar to me was and expensive underground project with stairs and cement walls and electricity. Until I can afford that we can inexpensively create/build/dig the other options.             David Busch's Nikon D300 Guide to Digital SLR Photography43 reviews David D. Busch Course Technology PTR, 2008 David Busch's D300 Digital SLR Guide - excellent value I bought this book when I bought my D300. My background is that I have owned Nikon SLRs for over 30 years, the most recent being a F90 (N90 in the USA). The D300 is my first digital SLR - I have a Panasonic FZ5 digital point and shoot. So I am pretty familiar with the Nikon film system and SLRs but not digital. The book is over 400 pages long, printed on good quality paper and with ...             How to Grill: The Complete Illustrated Book of Barbecue Techniques149 reviews Steven Raichlen Workman Publishing Company, 2001 Great Book I bought this as a Father's Day gift, and my dad has grilled out every saturday since! The book kills two birds with one stone with its great cooking techniques and recipes. The pictures are great and very helpful, and the directions are very simple and easy to understand. The food tastes great! Some of the recipes take a good hour or two to prep though, so make sure to read through the whole ...             The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book649 reviews Don Miguel Ruiz Amber-Allen Publishing, 2001 Personal Freedom This book is very well written and easy to understand. It is a quick read, and I will reread it often to keep the material fresh. The message is simple, yet very profound. It truly opened my eyes and my heart to an awareness that had made a huge difference in the way I treat myself. Most of us don't realize how we are silently killing our own souls by the way we think; this book helped me to ...             The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)44 reviews Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski New Riders Press, 2008 Photoshop Elements 6 Classroom in a Book This is one of the most, easily read guides to the newest Photoshop software. (picture editing) I have referred to it a number of times to learn the ins-and-outs of something I wanted the program to do. It is a little pricey, but worth it.             First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently258 reviews Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman Simon & Schuster, 1999 Best book ever about leadership! Of all the books I've read about leadership, this is the one that gave me the most. I've been able to use the information in this book every single day and guess what? It really works. If you're interested in management and leadership, start here!             The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)101 reviews Scott Kelby New Riders Press, 2007 an awesome book..... this book is everything i hoped for and then some....it is well written, humorous in spots to make it even more of a fun read and covers a wide variety of topics that i was interested in.....you'll learn some new tips, learn some better ways to accomplish tasks you thought you already knew how to handle and you'll wish the book was even longer after pouring over it.....a most excellent purchase ...             The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters (Voices That Matter)113 reviews Joe McNally New Riders Press, 2008 Beyond f/stop and shutter speed Not for those looking for f/stops and shutter speeds. It gives you the litle tricks you gain by practicing... In cooking (and in French) this would be similar to a great cook explaining his "Tours de main". The little secrets that turn a known recepy into a journey to the realms of scents at tastes...              search for books agreements, barbecue, cellaring, complete, differently, elements, exposure, greatest, groundswell, illustrated, internal, managers, massachusetts, notebook, personal, photographers, photographs, photography, photoshop, pictures, practical, problems, shooters, stillness, survival, techniques, technologies, transformed, understanding, vegetables books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen kitchen: Sunlight Supply 3' Parabolic Reflector Impressum - about us get your own tagboard