books about: tiger     books:       Conversationally Speaking : Tested New Ways to Increase Your Personal and Social Effectiveness38 reviews Alan Garner McGraw-Hill, 1997 Easy Read. Useful Tips This is a great book. I bought this book because I attend many work functions during the year and I find it hard to keep conversations going after the initial introduction. This book made it easier for me. I love that the book is thin and the advice is succinct. I was able to use his techniques at a black tie gala right after reading only half of the book. Even though it's a thin book, the ...             Precalculus Seventh Edtition2 reviews Ron Larson, Robert P. Hostetler Brooks Cole, 2006 serves its purpose needed it for class. it is well written, answers to most exercises r in the back so you can check your work.             Hattie Big Sky (Readers Circle)35 reviews Kirby Larson Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007 Hattie Big Sky For upper elementary school children who are studying American history this gives a vivid picture of what Montana was like for homesteaders. The story is captivating yet eye opening. It is easy to forget the attitudes of early settlers toward Germans during WWI. The vocaulary is good, some new words, yet not too many.             Tigers at Twilight (Magic Tree House, No. 19)13 reviews Mary Pope Osborne Random House Books for Young Readers, 1999 This chapter series is fantastic! My four year old son is in love with this chapter series! A friend suggested it to us since he seemed ready for a more advanced reading material at bedtime. My husband reads him a chapter every night...sometimes more because they don't want to stop. It's become a great tradition for them, and something they both look forward to. We love that there are so many in the collection! Start with number ...             Life of Pi: Deluxe Illustrated Edition35 reviews Yann Martel Harcourt, 2007 One terrific read! I don't know what to add about this book. It is based on a true story,the central character is now a Canadian citizen, one fact I can add to anyone who bothers to read my reveiw.He is alive,living in the midwest,and about 5 years younger than myself. If you love pictorial allegories,and appreciate the wizard of Oz, or Alice through the looking glass,then this is your next book to read. I love ...             Tears Of A Tiger279 reviews Sharon M. Draper Simon Pulse, 1996 One bad decision, two lives lost!!! My name is Jazmin and I am a freshman in high school. I had to pick a book for an English project. A friend of mine read Tears of a Tiger and said it had some good life lessons in it. Even though this book is fictional it is a very good book to read for kids my age because it shows how one bad decision can change lives. In this book the main setting is Hazelwood High School. The main character ...             The White Tiger: A Novel16 reviews Aravind Adiga Free Press, 2008 Cool Cube Ice-cube of a book; rolls nicely and relaxes, melts cool and satisfies at several levels. Cuts deep into a complex Indian society and tries to make sense of the apparent mess. Time to break free of the Rooster Coop!             Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences51 reviews Peter Levine, Ann Frederick North Atlantic Books, 1997 New hope for those who suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder I am a Marriage Family Therapist Trainee who has suffered from severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for over 15 years. Western medicine includes some form of medication and desensitization from the traumatic event. Although this treatment has been helpful, I believed that my PTSD symptoms were a life-sentence, which included anxiety, fear, phobia's, bodily sensations, depression and a sense of ...             How I Play Golf98 reviews Tiger Woods Grand Central Publishing, 2001 Excellent Book Excellent book. Not a how to of golf but rather a how Tiger plays. Helped my game immensely. Espcially my putting. I would recommend this book golfers of all levels.             The Tiger Rising78 reviews Kate Dicamillo Candlewick, 2002 Quality Literature I started off by reading this little jewel to my second grade daughter. Before long, I found myself reading this by myself until the very end. I simply could not put it down! The next day I purchased book group copies for my eighth grade classroom. Di Camillo's writing is eloquent and engaging and her characters leap off the page as you find yourself pulled into their struggles. The Tiger ...             Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition57 reviews David Pogue, Adam Goldstein Pogue Press, 2005 This should be the book that comes with Mac Computers This is the Book for any one who has switched to Mac Computers. It should be included with every Mac Computer. The book helped understand the differences between pc and MAC computers. I recommend this book for any one thinking of switching from pc to MAC. It is invaluable!             The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style (2d Ed.)9 reviews Bryan A. Garner, Jeff Newman, ... West, 2006 time-tested excellence I remember getting an earlier rendition of this book when I was in grade school, and now while in law school, it still comes in handy. If you are in any class or position where you need to write letters, compositions or just about anything else, you need this book. It will tell you when to use what word, when not to use what word, and is easy to use. Can't beat it!             Fighting Invisible Tigers: A Stress Management Guide for Teens4 reviews Earl Hipp Free Spirit Publishing, 2008 entertaining, great illustrations, excellent tip for teens Anxious and troubled and confused teens (most of the teen populations) will carry this portable guide to survival for several days and come away reassured that they are not alone, and come away with useful skills to make life better and easier. Even the teen readers like it!!             Leo the Late Bloomer30 reviews Robert Kraus HarperTrophy, 1994 a good book My next door neighbor, six years old, recently informed me, brightly, that she is in "the enrichment class." (Just imagine, I might have thought she was a late bloomer or, worse--gasp--average.) When did our children start being so aware of their giftedness, or non-giftedness? Nowadays, it does seem to start very early. This is a bright, cheerful book, beautifully illustrated, with a ...             Rhett Butler's People204 reviews Donald McCaig St. Martin's Press, 2007 Rhett's Back and Badder Than Ever! Rhett Butler's People, a novel by Donald McCaig (St. Martin's Press, $27.95). Review by Amy Gray Light It has been seventy-two years since the publication of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gone With the Wind. Three years later it was made into an award-winning movie, culminating in a grand premiere in Atlanta in 1939 that brought out all of the movie's leading stars. ...             Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide (Pocket Reference)10 reviews Chuck Toporek O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007 Great primer This book is really good for anyone with a Mac. You can learn the basics if you are a new Mac user, and you can learn the important functions of the new Leopard operating system without all of the unnecessary technical details.             Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual134 reviews David Pogue Pogue Press, 2005 MAC BOOK PRO LIFESAVER WITHOUT THIS BOOK I WOULD BE LOST. I'M INEXPERIENCED, BUT THIS BOOK HAS ALLOWED ME TO COMMUNICATE, AND MAKE ME LESS IGNORANT.             The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (14th Edition)36 reviews Chicago Editorial Staff University Of Chicago Press, 1993 Putting the Exceptions Where they Belong As a freelance editor and typesetter, I find myself using CHICAGO nearly every day. At first, I thought it was unnecessarily thick and dense, but as I compared it to other style manuals, I found CHICAGO to be more comprehensive, thorough, and well-organized than others. As with any reference of this type, it will take the reader a little time to become accustomed to the order. A first-time user ...             The Corrections: A Novel1013 reviews Jonathan Franzen Picador, 2002 Well worth the investment in time Don't believe the hype about the hype. Brilliantly imagined, extremely well written, and just a pleasure to read.             Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection28 reviews Bill Watterson Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1991 Hysterical and bittersweet When you get right down to it, is there anything better than Calvin & Hobbes? In this compilation or any of the others, you get lessons in quantum physics, nostalgic looks at the agony of grade school, observations in human nature, and a bit of the "thing under the bed" style horror. All this and you'll laugh yourself to the point of wetting your pants. 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