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You Can Present with Confidence: How to Speak Like a Pro, Dazzle Your Audience, and Get the Results You Want Every Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I read Paul du Toit's new book, "Present with Confidence" and found it to be an excellent resource to help aspiring speakers overcome their biggest challenge - fear of speaking. It's unique in that it names the five biggest fears: 1) What will people think of me if I fail?; 2) What if I lose my way during...

Generation of Wealth: Time-Tested Rules for Worry-Free Investing Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a well written and easy to follow investment guide. It provides an overview of Mr. Westheimer's lengthy history as a stock broker, and gives sensible advice about investing geared toward the novice investor. I highly recommend this book for anyone new to investing, it provides some great...

Let the Good Times Roll: Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I first read this book after I graduated from college in 1994 and I was disgusted by what I read yet motivated to know more. I knew some details about prostitution in Asia, but I had no idea that it was a government sanctioned industry, supported by both the Asian host country and by the Western powers...

The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Peppers and Rogers may be the pioneers of one-to-one marketing techniques (or maybe even not), but they're terrible book writers. I've read their articles on the same topics, and they're much more concise. In the book, you learn all you really need to know in the first few paragraphs of each chapter;...

All Moms Work: Short-term Career Strategies for Long-range Success (Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)ALL MOMS WORK does just what it's subtitle suggests: It offers short-term career strategies for long-rang success! And that's what any career-minded mother needs who decides to make raising her children her first priority. The book suggests ways to keep your resume fresh, earn money through part-time...

Selling Homes 1-2-3: Insider Advice on Becoming a Surprisingly Better Part-Time or Full-Time Real Estate Agent Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've read lots of books on selling but this is the tops. It's fun to read and gave me a first class education in the art of selling homes. The author's humor and solid specific examples make it hard to put the book down. I feel like I'm going to be the top salesperson in town. I couldn't recommend it...

Time Out Barcelona Eating & Drinking Guide (Time Out Eating & Drinking Gde) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)We just returned from Barcelona two weeks ago. We had three guide books with us, and this is the one that we consistently carried around. The books were identical in terms of the touristy information and sites. But where Time Out really shines is in the food and drink and nightlife sections. We tried...

Toast of the Town: The Life and Times of Sunnie Wilson (Great Lakes Books) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)and Sunnie Wilson lived up to that motto by giving back generously to the black community. His motto might also have been "a bed and good meal for every musician" because he owned and operated the Mark Twain Hotel expressly for that purpose. BB King, Dizzy Gillespie,Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and many...

IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis: The International Financial System, Stabilization, and Development Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This lucid, plain, straightforward book is not necessarily the sort of thing one expects from an economist, yet author Stanley Fischer is one of our era's greatest economists. His work at the International Monetary Fund put him on the front lines during some of the twentieth century's most serious economic...

More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The first half was an excellent analysis of the mess we are in and how it will only get worse. Second 1/2 advice was fair, but not why to buy the book. Should have had more evaluation of what happens as a consequence of this problem, rather than his case studies. Worth the first 1/2 but a bit disappointing...

"I Love You More Than My Dog": Five Decisions That Drive Extreme Customer Loyalty in Good Times and Bad Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a one-of-a-kind book who's title "I Love You More Than My Dog" tells you how to create emotional bonds for life with your customers...the type of faithful relationships dog lovers have with their dogs. The 5 decisions Jeanne discusses that drive extreme, 'for life' customer loyalty in good times...

Getting the Job You Really Want: A Step by Step Guide to Finding a Good Job in Less Time Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is worth buying. It has very practical advice and a system about how to go about a job search in the non traditional way. I would also recommend Richard Bolles' What Color is Your Parachute and Howard Figler's The Complete Job Search Guide.Click Here to see more reviews about: Getting the Job...

Managing People During Stressful Times: The Psychologically Defensive Workplace Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a first line supervisor in a police department, I am required to supervise down and accept from above. This book helps me understand why and how messages from above are received below. I've learned some of the hidden motivators for employees and supervisors alike. This should be required reading for...

Advanced Topics in Just-In-Time Management Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I thought the book was good. There was sexual tension but that wasn't the main focuse. One thing I would change is at the end is exploring there new relationship a little more. None of the ladys in romance story's are weak. The one's that have to start over.Click Here to see more reviews about: Advanced...

Perfect Balance: Create Time and Space for All Parts of Your Life Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book has been incredibly helpful to me. It walks you through exercises to determine your values, needs, responsibilities, priorities, and goals. Also includes a section on life purpose. It also has valuable tips for getting perspectives, calming, and prioritizing, and doesn't get long-winded or...

Keeping Score: The Economics of Big-time Sports Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I had previously read books on the subject by other economists, but I had not heard as much about Sheehan's book as his works aren't cited nearly as often. So I was unsure whether it would offer any insight not covered elsewhere, but I was pleasantly surprised to discover that Sheehan examines the financial...

Duck for President (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Writing a satirical picture book is very hard work. Yet when author Doreen Cronin and her partner in crime illustrator Betsy Lewin wanted to write a coy clever encapsulation of politics for young `uns, they knew they had a character at their fingertips just itching to be used. Having first appeared in...