books about: people     books:     People      Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama Three Rivers Press, 2004 Dreams from my Father I highly recommend this book. It provides a unique insight into Barack Obama's strong character.             Big Words for Little People Jamie Lee Curtis Joanna Cotler, 2008 Wonderful book to read to 1st graders I bought this book for my daughter's (she is a teacher) first grade class' book collection and got to read it to them the first time during a visit to the classroom as a guest reader. They loved the book. The timing could not have been better because one of their ...             Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin (A Stepping Stone Book(TM)) Mary Pope Osborne Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008 Excellent New Addition to the Series or Standalone Children's Book I have read many of the Magic Treehouse books while recently "studying" for my 6-year old's Magic Treehouse Birthday Party. She really loves this series, reads them ravenously, and plays "Jack and Annie" constantly with her friends. I read around 15 of them, up until ...             Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter Business Plus, 2000 Reality Check Its true, we arent all taught the facts that are in this book. I was hooked from the very beginning.             Outliers: The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown and Company, 2008 In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to ...             What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter Hyperion, 2007 The Future of Tommorow - Highly Recommended! Marshall Goldsmith illustrates the concept of focusing the mind on positive ways of thinking. He has provided "20 annoying habits". He has written how they need to be "eliminated"; until your thoughts have been clearly defined. As a reader, I can relate to most of ...             How to Win Friends & Influence People Dale Carnegie Pocket, 1998 Never too old to learn I 'had' to read this book years ago and it didn't 'sink' in much...boy I wish I had paid attention to the sage advice. It is just as relevant today as when it was written. The advice given in this book can really benefit anyone having trouble in any type of ...             Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who ... Ron Hall, Denver Moore Thomas Nelson, 2008 Powerful story of friendship and faith Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore is a different kind of love story. Two men, who couldn't be more different, are brought together by their love for one woman who has a powerful love for God. Ron Hall is a successful art dealer in Dallas, Texas ...             The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey Free Press, 2004 It's all in the habit! Habits! Yes, consistent, belief-based, and optimized habits are the only way to be your best self. Thoughts are the parents of our experience and performance. This guy will guide you to it. You will also learn how to optimize these habits with Rosalene Glickman's ...             A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) Howard Zinn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 This should be required reading in our schools Our country will never be able to live up to the lofty ideals of our founding documents unless we come to grips with the truth of how we got where we are. This book tells the truth about how the people on top have butchered and suppressed others in order to STAY on ...             Unaccustomed Earth Jhumpa Lahiri Knopf, 2008 A Perfect 10 Jhumper Lahiri is doing for America's Bengali community what Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Bernard Malamud did for the Jews of America-and Lahiri lives comfortably with these greats. Five short stories of love in a foreign climate-Bengali's adapting to ...             A Good Woman Danielle Steel Delacorte Press, 2008 From the glittering ballrooms of Manhattan to the fires of World War I, Danielle Steel takes us on an unforgettable journey in her new novel?a spellbinding tale of war, loss, history, and one woman?s unbreakable spirit.... Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, ...             The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship ... John M. Gottman, Nan Silver Three Rivers Press, 1999 Buy the book, not the Kindle version This is an excellent book full of interesting information and useful exercises. If you or your counseling clients want to make marriage work, this could really help. I bought the Kindle version, though, and now I have no access to the exercises. I borrowed the ...             7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club) James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Loved 5th, missed 6th, loved 7th I have become a huge Patterson after reading the 5th Horseman, lapsed on the 6th Target and found my way back for 7th Heaven. I just love the play on numbers. This is the 7th novel in his Women's Murder Club series and the book starts off in as far a place from heaven ...             The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger Harvest Books, 2004 Absolutely amazing I picked up this book on whim from a must read list and was not disappointed. It is a story of patience and lost, of love on it's most enduring levels. It does jump around a lot, but everything comes full circle and blends harmoniously. 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