books about: building     books:     Building      The Fred Factor: How passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary Mark Sanborn Doubleday Business, 2004 Positive Results From Fred In 2007, I had an organization that was struggling. As a HR professional, the company asked if I would conduct leadership training for the site. The class was small at only 4 participants so I was able to give them my full attention. As part of the curriculum, I ...             Bel Canto (P.S.) Ann Patchett Harper Perennial, 2005 simply wonderful Technically, I LISTENED to this book, narrated by Anna Fields, who did an amazing, amazing job. It got so that I could tell which character was speking before she finished a sentance; she was that good. The story itself was moving -- happy, sad, terrifying, ridiculous ...             Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual David McFarland Pogue Press, 2007 A Great Book for All Levels Before getting this book I knew absolutely nothing about Adobe Dreamweaver. Granted, I use Adobe Photoshop and InDesign a lot...so I was familiar with the Adobe family. Regardless, this book covers everything. I went from knowing nothing about web design to having ...             His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage Willard F. Harley Jr. Revell, 2001 his needs her needs a must read for people who want all they can enjoy out of their marraige. I enjoy the cd so I can listen in the car. I think every spouse should want to be all they can be and in turn allow their partner to be all they can be. The cd gives examples of how we "destroy" our marriages without realizing it. Amarriage takes time, effort, love and ...             Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 10th Edition Benjamin Stein, John S. Reynolds, ... Wiley, 2005 Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings As a resource librarian in a mid-size design (architecture) firm, building and maintaining a reference library is one of my responsibilities. I normally wait until I get a request for a book before I review it for inclusion since there is so little space for "real" ...             The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable Patrick M. Lencioni Jossey-Bass, 2002 Improve Your Teamwork As a corporate human resources director, I am continually searching for material that will enhance our organizations team skills. Somewhat like another management book that I recommended Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, the author ...             Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods Edward Allen, Joseph Iano Wiley, 2003 Excellent Resource I am still using my 1985 Edition! It is a resource you will want to keep around. The technical background and drawings are great! It has some of everything - residential and nonresidential. Thanks Edward Allen-great book.             Building Construction Illustrated Francis D. K. Ching Wiley, 2008 Undervalued as a professional resource and ARE study guide Please dont let this simple architectural graphic resource book that has been around now for decades be viewed as unworthy of your time, because it certainly has been beneficial as part of the resoureces needed for me to pass the ARE's and for a quick review in my ...             Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and ... Ahmed Rashid Viking Adult, 2008 A deeply troubling book Ahmed Rashid has long been a leading expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Muslim states of Central Asia that were once part of the Soviet Union. In 2000, the year before 9/11, he published 'Taliban', a book which politicians rushed to read after the attack on the ...             104 Activities That Build: Self-Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery, Coping ... Alanna Jones Rec Room Publishing, 1998 Great Activities! This is the best book, filled with fun activities to use in therapeutic groups! I ordered another one because someone took my original copy and I can't live without it.             Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice Nancy Burns, Susan K. Grove Saunders, 2006 Nursing Research Great layout, summary at the end of each chapter. The each chapter begins with a list of outcome goals and terms with page numbers. CD with text is a great reference with quizzes and exams. The accompany website has additional test questions, quizzes and crosswords ...             Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning American Library Association, 1998 PRAXIS for Library Science According to many in my grad program, this ALA book is a must read for passing the PRAXIS for Library Science. Pay particular attention to the Appendixes.             Designing Brand Identity: A Complete Guide to Creating, Building, and Maintaining Strong Brands Alina Wheeler Wiley, 2006 Fantastic Since graduating with a communication design bachelor, I have felt I missed out on the theoretical process of branding and marketing. This book is fantastic, it is broken up into three sections, theory, prac and reviews. You will learn so much from this well designed, ...             The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't Robert I. Sutton Business Plus, 2007 Die Keinearschlochregel A**holes create a toxic work environment, destroying productivity. Sutton introduces the Total Cost of A**holes (TCA) metric. In the case of a salesman named Ethan, the cost was estimated at $160,000, including time spent by Ethan's manager, HR professionals, senior ...             A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) Christopher Alexander Oxford University Press, USA, 1977 Not just for architects - good for software engineers too This book talks specifically about what works and doesn't work when building cities and towns and how to take the human element into consideration when doing so. However, I found its conclusions and most of its patterns applicable to software engineering. There are ...          products you might be interested in search for books communication, environmental, evidence-based, extraordinary, self-discovery, understanding      geepe.com    web we recommend simply wonderful randomly chosen VHS: Challenging China's Yangtze 1 & 2