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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Random House, 2007
What we don't know can hurt us
In 1997 my cousin worked on Wall Street and suggested to her colleagues that the office keep a rubber raft in the storage room in case the World Trade Center gets attacked again. She had to leave soon after that. They thought she was crazy. In fact, she was dead right. ...
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The Digital Photography Book
Scott Kelby
Peachpit Press, 2006
Great Resource
I purchased both this book and the second volume. I can best describe the value of Kelby's books by telling you the following story. I thought I was lending these books to a good friend who's a very highly experienced and gifted professional photographer. After a ...
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How to Use the Amazon Kindle for Email & Over 100 Pages of Other Cool Tips (The Complete User's Guide to the ...
Harvard Perspectives Press (kindleusers.blogspot.com), 2007
Windwalker is a life-saver
Being somewhat over the age of consent, I have found this publication to be extremely helpful. It is a work in progress. A particularly attractive feature is that you can receive updates as they become available. Don't expect that from your Funk and Wagnalls. The ...
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The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow
Hyperion, 2008
inspiring...
an amazing way to leave a legacy for his children, randy's words of wisdom are like a code of life values that i will continue to consult for years to come.
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Will Work from Home: Earn the Cash--Without the Commute
Tory Johnson, Robyn Freedman Spizman
Berkley Trade, 2008
Awesome Advice
I've already made money from Tory's awesome advice in two areas: adding
AdSense to my website which brings me money every month and with Alpine
Access, which I loooove. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to make some money at home.
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Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery (Voices That Matter)
Garr Reynolds
New Riders Press, 2008
Apply Zen Principles to Your Presentations
PresentationZen isn't really a book about specific techniques; it's about understanding and applying simple principles from Zen to your overall approach to, preparation for, design of, and delivery of your message.
Garr Reynolds invites the reader into his mind as ...
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The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2
Scott Kelby
Peachpit Press, 2008
Useful advice when you want to SHOOT not READ
Instead of struggling to bridge the theory of photography to practice, Mr. Kelby just jumps in with examples and says, "here's the picture, here's how I got the picture."
While his humor is..quirky, the advice was easy to follow and opened up things to me that had ...
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Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
David Pogue
Pogue Press, 2007
Worked for me
I'm in IT and my company is getting a few Macs. My last computer built by Apple was the IIc, so I thought I might need to brush up. I bought the Mac Mini, Mac OS X Leopard Bible, and the Missing Manual. I thought I'd need the Leopard Bible for the more complex tasks ...
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Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care (Nursing Diagnosis Handbook)
Betty J. Ackley, Gail B. Ladwig
Mosby, 2007
Very helpful
This book was so helpful when I had to write care plans for patients. It is so easy to use and takes you step-by-step through the nursing process. I use this book instead of the book required by my school.
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book: The Complete Guide for Photographers
Martin Evening
Adobe Press, 2008
First Across the Finish Line
Adobe began shipping its new Lightroom 2.0 (LR2) software at the end of July. A week later this book was available. It made me think that Martin Evening is really a team of writers, each working on a chapter of this book, or even some smaller portion, and that the ...
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The Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby
New Riders Press, 2007
a great help
This is a great book. I have improved my photoshop skills enormously and will be purchasing more books from this author.
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PMP Exam Prep, Fifth Edition: Rita's Course in a Book for Passing the PMP Exam
Rita Mulcahy
RMC Publications, Inc., 2005
Worth every penny!!!
If you read this book 3 times and take the practice tests, you'll pass the PMP. It's that simple.
I also took a week long $$$ course (paid by employer, phew!), but this book was better.
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Microsoft Office 2007: Introductory Concepts and Techniques, Windows XP Edition (Shelly Cashman) (Shelly ...
Gary B. Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, ...
Course Technology, 2007
software information
I had wanted to get this book because of my having taken the college course for Office 2003 and wanted to update my skills. Very important and informative reference book. Practical, too.
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The Photoshop Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski
New Riders Press, 2008
Excellent Traing Tool
At 71 learning and remembering are a challenge. This book gives me the steps to accomplish well the tasks that I need to do do with my photography and is simple and good at directing me in these tasks. I do not know other programs and instruction books, but find this ...
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The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter)
Scott Kelby
New Riders Press, 2008
Written in concert with Adobe's development of the Photoshop Lightroom 2 Beta, The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers - by #1 bestselling computer and technology author, Scott Kelby - is the most complete and concise Lightroom "how-to" book for digital photographers of all skill levels. In The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 ...
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