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Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game
Joseph Parent
Doubleday, 2002
Zen Golf
Really enjoyed this book. Great way of looking at the game. Seemed more helpful than other "sports psychology" books.
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The Art of Mingling: Proven Techniques for Mastering Any Room
Jeanne Martinet
St. Martin's Griffin, 2006
creative ways to get out there!
I am only half way through this book, but already it has proven itself to be a charming and clever little resource. I almost returned the book thinking that I really didn't need it but for the price, it has a wealth of information, techniques and real-life anecdotes ...
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The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread
Peter Reinhart
Ten Speed Press, 2001
A classic must have if you want to be a truly great bread baker
First off, that scathing one star review..throw it away. The poster sounds like a person who failed baking school and works in a low quality/mass producing corporate bakery.
Now..for a review.
This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone who wishes to learn to make great ...
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Mastering The Art of French Cooking, Volume One (1) (Fortieth - 40th - Anniversary Edition)
Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, ...
Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
masrtering the art of french cooking
Wonderful book especially as it is up-dated for current use since new equipment has been introduced as well as new products. Even if I don't use it to cook, it makes wonderful reading.
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The Way Of The Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Woman, Work, and Sexual Desire
David Deida
Sounds True, 2004
The Wonderful Truth that Biological Roles Still Rule
I ripped through this book in a few hours; I just could not put it down.
David Deida is the first person I've ever heard so honestly identify and poetically communicate the true nature of the male/female relationship. For women who grew up in the 70's over ...
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Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm
Verne Harnish
Select Books (NY), 2002
Most important book around for going from $1million to $50million
Bring organization to your organization. Hold people accountable for their work. These are some of the biggest problems I hear over and over from entrepreneurs who have emerged from the start-up phase and are trying to grow their business into a profitable machine. ...
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Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
T. Harv Eker
Collins Business, 2005
Inspiring!
Buy this book. Read it. read it again. Take notes. Use highlighter. This is a book that will help to change your life if you let it!
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Mastering the Trade (McGraw-Hill Trader's Edge)
John F. Carter
McGraw-Hill, 2005
Required in my opinion but the setups themselves don't seem great
I read John Carter's book "Mastering the Trade" from cover to cover. There is a tremendous amount of detail in his book. And plenty of it is very useful or even necessary to know if you want to trade full time in my opinion. As a matter of fact, I think after ...
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The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style: How to Wear Iconic Looks and Make Them Your Own
Kim France, Andrea Linett
Gotham, 2008
not my usual kind of book but this is AMAZING
I don't usually read style-guides but this book is so good. It is clear, visually and textually and I actually stayed up last night thinking about what I already own that I can put together in new ways. It's a really nice, encouraging book that has the same supportive ...
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The Piano Handbook: A Complete Guide for Mastering Piano
Carl Humphries
Backbeat Books, 2002
meep meep
This book is great. It does cover a lot of topics but should not be used by a complete beginner, due to its pace. The readers that will benefit most have already read one or two theory books but consider their performance lacking. There are a lot of exercises; You ...
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Mastering Regular Expressions
Jeffrey Friedl
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006
Great book, but little Ruby
This book is great if you want to learn about what you can do with regex, how they work, how you can improve them (efficiency & accuracy) and what kind of pitfalls there are.
My only gripe is about the Ruby reference on the cover. In the top right corner it says: ...
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Breakthrough Rapid Reading
Peter Kump
Prentice Hall Press, 1998
Best speed reading book on the market
This book is, hands down, the best speed reading book on the market. It reads as a home-study course, meant to be read one day at a time, for 36 lessons. There are also practice drills to be following the daily lessons where you practice what you learn.
Yes, this ...
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Woodworking Basics: Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship
Peter Korn
Taunton, 2003
Concise, compelling, the beginning of an addiction
I had nothing but a curiosity about woodworking when Amazon brought this book to my attention as a highly rated book for beginners. This book does an absolutely fabulous job of boiling the craft down to the basics for readers unfamiliar with the subject.
This ...
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Mastering VMware Infrastructure 3 (Mastering)
Chris McCain
Sybex, 2008
Great book
I used this book for preparing for VCP exam (Oct 2008) and found this very helpful in understanding the concepts as well as from exam point of view.
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Rock Climbing: Mastering Basic Skills (Mountaineers Outdoor Expert)
Craig Luebben
Mountaineers Books, 2004
Best basic book on rock climbing
Guide, author and climbing gear inventor Craig Luebben's book won a National Outdoor Book award and it's well deserved. For anyone taking up rock climbing, or wanting to bring their knowledge up-to-date this is the book to start with.
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