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Down to Earth SociologyDown to Earth Sociology
"Down to Earth Sociology", Eighth Edition, continues to open new windows onto the...
White House Daze the Unmaking Domestic Policy in the Bush YearsWhite House Daze the Unmaking Domestic Policy in the Bush Years
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White House Daze (by Kolb) is a must read for anyone who wants to understand why Bush failed. ...
The Leadership FactorThe Leadership Factor
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When this book was written, the winds of change for companies were just beginning to blow hard. ...
Tough Change Growing Up on Your Own in AmericaTough Change Growing Up on Your Own in America
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Tell Them Who I AmTell Them Who I Am
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In 1984, Liebow left his position as director of anthropological research at the National...


Public OpinionPublic Opinion
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The Seventeenth Century 1600-1715 (Sources in Western Civilization)The Seventeenth Century 1600-1715 (Sources in Western Civilization)
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At the Pleasure of the Mayor: Patronage and Power in New York City, 1898-1958At the Pleasure of the Mayor: Patronage and Power in New York City, 1898-1958Taking Care of Aging Family Members:: A Practical GuideTaking Care of Aging Family Members:: A Practical Guide
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I love this book! I use it often as a reference. I have found it incredibly helpful in...
Korea: The War Before VietnamKorea: The War Before Vietnam
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The clearest, most complete and unbiased examination to date of the Korean War, whose...


Suicide: A Study in SociologySuicide: A Study in Sociology
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One of Durkheim's most important works, serving as a model in social theory.
Adventures of Amos 'N' Andy: A Social History of an American PhenomenonAdventures of Amos 'N' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
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At a basic level, this book is a detailed, well-researched history of America's longest...
Networks and PlacesNetworks and PlacesJews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic ExperienceJews of Spain: A History of the Sephardic Experience
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Written by a Jew and addressed specifically to a Jewish audience, there's no question about...
White-collar crime: Offenses in business, politics, and the professionsWhite-collar crime: Offenses in business, politics, and the professions

Muse in the MachineMuse in the Machine
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Without question, two of the potentially most exciting and disturbing events that could occur in...
Beyond the Best Interests of the ChildBeyond the Best Interests of the Child
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Charting the Corporate MindCharting the Corporate Mind
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At the core of a company's ability to learn, improve, and compete is the process by which it...
Reinventing the Factory: Productivity Breakthroughs in Manufacturing Today, Vol. 1Reinventing the Factory: Productivity Breakthroughs in Manufacturing Today, Vol. 1
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This book suggests that we have now the technology and professional knowledge to implement...
Between God and ManBetween God and Man
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Many, many years have passed since I was assigned to read this book in college. It makes me...

UnGodly: The Passions, Torments, and Murder of Atheist Madalyn Murray O'HairUnGodly: The Passions, Torments, and Murder of Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair did more than just advocate Civil Rights and have a few sit-ins as her...
A Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its SurvivorsA Furnace Afloat: The Wreck of the Hornet and the Harrowing 4,300-mile Voyage of Its Survivors
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This is not just another "men in a lifeboat" book. Joe Jackson tells that part...
A Hanging Offense: The Strange Affair of the Warship SomersA Hanging Offense: The Strange Affair of the Warship Somers
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Could there be a more preposterous, overly melodramatic fictional plot than a scenario where...
Fit, Failure & the Hall of FameFit, Failure & the Hall of Fame
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In this incisive analysis of corporate success and failure, the authors maintain that success is...
Virtual Selling: Going Beyond the Automated Sales Force to Achieve Total Sales QualityVirtual Selling: Going Beyond the Automated Sales Force to Achieve Total Sales Quality
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Thomas Siebel has a great vision for what many corporate bureaucracies cloud over with endless...

Mind Over Menopause: The Complete Mind/Body Approach to Coping with MenopauseMind Over Menopause: The Complete Mind/Body Approach to Coping with Menopause
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Since buying a copy of this book last spring, I've referred to it many times to get...
Changing Human Service OrganizationsChanging Human Service Organizations
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This book addresses how to attempt to change a human service organization from...
The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Top Business Schools 2004
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The editors of the WSJ have done an excellent job of summarizing in a useable format the...
The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All WomenThe Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women
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In The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women, Susan J. ...
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on TerrorAgainst All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
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I avoided this book. I'm more or less a supporter of former President Bush, though I...

No Ordinary Matter: A NovelNo Ordinary Matter: A Novel
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As soon as Veronica Moore, a scriptwriter for the long-running daytime drama, "Ordinary...
Matzo Balls for Breakfast: and Other Memories of Growing Up JewishMatzo Balls for Breakfast: and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish
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Alan King -- the beloved comic, actor, producer, author, philanthropist, and storyteller...
Vamped: A NovelVamped: A Novel
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I liked this book a lot, and I'm a fan of a wide range of vampire fiction, from the silly to...
Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create MiraclesInvisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles
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"Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind action we do...
Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect InstrumentClapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument
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I have some very ambivlaent feelings about this book. It is basically well written, the subjects...

Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy YearsBrothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
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This is an important book, and it is not to be taken lightly or summarized easily. Robert...
Not Buying It: My Year Without ShoppingNot Buying It: My Year Without Shopping
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When my husband and I first got married and bought a house, it was obvious we had come with...
It Takes a CEO: It's Time to Lead with IntegrityIt Takes a CEO: It's Time to Lead with Integrity
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A call for ethics and strong leadership from an insider: Hindery has been CEO of several major...
MEGACHANGE: How Today's Leading Companies Have Transformed Their WorkforcesMEGACHANGE: How Today's Leading Companies Have Transformed Their Workforces
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The title of this book could have been "putting people into the heart of the...
The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media, and ManipulationThe Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media, and Manipulation
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In rating a book, it's important to keep in mind the author's original intent. ...

Malignant Sadness: The Anatomy of DepressionMalignant Sadness: The Anatomy of Depression
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In a time so significantly distinguished by mass dyspepsia and personal crisis, this book is a...
Tomorrow to Be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign LegionTomorrow to Be Brave: A Memoir of the Only Woman Ever to Serve in the French Foreign Legion
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I'm a student of military history. I read a good deal of stuff on the Second World War,...
The Cooperative Gene: How Mendel's Demon Explains the Evolution of Complex BeingsThe Cooperative Gene: How Mendel's Demon Explains the Evolution of Complex Beings
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Our view of life is usually pretty limited. Seeing trees, the family dog, winging birds,...
Will I Ever Fit In?: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Adult DyssemiaWill I Ever Fit In?: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Adult Dyssemia
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I understand this book exists for people who want to fit in and are open to practicing methods...
Build Your Own Garage: Blueprints and Tools to Unleash Your Company's Hidden CreativityBuild Your Own Garage: Blueprints and Tools to Unleash Your Company's Hidden Creativity
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Having read Schmitt's books on marketing, I was very interested to see him branching out...

Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and DeathHeart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death
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Book Full of Yawns What makes for a quality true crime book is not just good writing (although...
In Search of Black America: Discovering the African-American DreamIn Search of Black America: Discovering the African-American Dream
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A LANDMARK WORK THAT LOOKS AT THE LIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ON...
Knowing Right From Wrong: The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtanKnowing Right From Wrong: The Insanity Defense of Daniel McNaughtan
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After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in VietnamAfter Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam
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This was required reading for a graduate course in the history of American military affairs. ...
Defying the Crowd: Cultivating Creativity in a Culture of ConformityDefying the Crowd: Cultivating Creativity in a Culture of Conformity
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Robert Sternberg is one of my favorite psychologists. This man, who once admitted that, as a...

Adult Psychopathology: A Social Work PerspectiveAdult Psychopathology: A Social Work Perspective
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This book may explore "a social work perspective", but it also presents the...
Energy & World PoliticsEnergy & World Politics
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Berlitz Travel Kits: MexicoBerlitz Travel Kits: Mexico
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Strategy SafariStrategy SafariMendel's Daughter: A MemoirMendel's Daughter: A Memoir

The ROAD TO HELLThe ROAD TO HELLFirst Things FirstFirst Things First
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The Stephen R. Covey engine has kicked out numerous books on self-help, and they consult 200 out...
Feet Of ClayFeet Of Clay
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I do not agree with the other reviewer's comments; I think Starr does quite a thorough...
Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American WestStagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West
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Sweeping in scope, as revealing of an era as it is of a company, "Stagecoach" is the...
The Geography of Thought : How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and WhyThe Geography of Thought : How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why
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First the good. Several experiments on human subjects have shown that Asians and Westerners at a...

Ask a Nurse: From Home Remedies to Hospital CareAsk a Nurse: From Home Remedies to Hospital Care
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I'm a journalist who interviewed the author for an article about the differences between the...
The Williams-Sonoma Collection: ChickenThe Williams-Sonoma Collection: Chicken
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Chicken...The Ooooold standby!....Whether you are doing a high protein diet,dinner on...
Worried All the Time : Overparenting in an Age of Anxiety and How to Stop ItWorried All the Time : Overparenting in an Age of Anxiety and How to Stop It
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I've already decided that, when my blond-haired, blue-eyed, most adorable five-year-old in...
The Innovation Paradox : The Success of Failure, the Failure of SuccessThe Innovation Paradox : The Success of Failure, the Failure of Success
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The following is my positive review of The Innovation Paradox, by Farson and Keyes. The book...
The Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your LifeThe Unmistakable Touch of Grace: How to Recognize and Respond to the Spiritual Signposts in Your Life
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Few books have ever impacted me more than the latest from Cheryl Richardson. The title, itself,...

The Williams-Sonoma Collection: RisottoThe Williams-Sonoma Collection: Risotto
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I have seen risotto prepared in many different ways, unfortunately there is only one way to...
The Williams-Sonoma Collection: PotatoThe Williams-Sonoma Collection: Potato
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THIS BOOK HAS GREAT RECIPES FOR EVERY TYPE OF POTATO DISH YOU WANT TO MAKE. IT'S DIVIDED UP...
I Rose Like a Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore RooseveltI Rose Like a Rocket: The Political Education of Theodore Roosevelt
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With all the biographies of Theodore Roosevelt available, it might seem superfluous to add this...
Forecasting, Planning, and Strategies for the 21st CenturyForecasting, Planning, and Strategies for the 21st Century
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I first read this book in 1990 and just recently did a re-read. I am buying it as a gift even...
BEYOND ENTITLEMENTBEYOND ENTITLEMENT
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Mead's Beyond Entitlement broke the old politics of welfare, where the left cried for more...

CalculationsCalculations
In the 1990s our political world is returning to a multipolar international system, much like...
Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washingtion to ClintonNixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washingtion to Clinton
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of presidential racial politics throughout our history. The rather whimsical title, Nixon's...
Essays in Sociological TheoryEssays in Sociological Theory
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Talcott Parsons needs little introduction to anyone acquainted with the literature of sociology....
Theories of SocietyTheories of Society
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Individualism Reconsidered and Other EssaysIndividualism Reconsidered and Other Essays

Net Assmt& Strtgc AnalysNet Assmt& Strtgc AnalysConstruction of Social RealityConstruction of Social Reality
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This is an impressive work by the lucid John Searle. This work is relatively brief but contains...
Wizard of the Four Winds: A Shaman's StoryWizard of the Four Winds: A Shaman's Story
This is one of the best available books on mestizo curanderism of the Northern Coast of Peru....
The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All WomenThe Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women
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In The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined All Women, Susan J. ...
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on TerrorAgainst All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
Best Price: $2.39
I avoided this book. I'm more or less a supporter of former President Bush, though I...

No Ordinary Matter: A NovelNo Ordinary Matter: A Novel
Best Price: $0.01
As soon as Veronica Moore, a scriptwriter for the long-running daytime drama, "Ordinary...
Matzo Balls for Breakfast: and Other Memories of Growing Up JewishMatzo Balls for Breakfast: and Other Memories of Growing Up Jewish
Best Price: $0.30
Alan King -- the beloved comic, actor, producer, author, philanthropist, and storyteller...
Vamped: A NovelVamped: A Novel
Best Price: $1.09
I liked this book a lot, and I'm a fan of a wide range of vampire fiction, from the silly to...
Invisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create MiraclesInvisible Acts of Power: Personal Choices That Create Miracles
Best Price: $3.99
"Being of service is not an option, it is a biological necessity. Every kind action we do...
Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect InstrumentClapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument
Best Price: $8.49
I have some very ambivlaent feelings about this book. It is basically well written, the subjects...

Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy YearsBrothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years
Best Price: $4.07
This is an important book, and it is not to be taken lightly or summarized easily. Robert...
Not Buying It: My Year Without ShoppingNot Buying It: My Year Without Shopping
Best Price: $3.44
When my husband and I first got married and bought a house, it was obvious we had come with...
It Takes a CEO: It's Time to Lead with IntegrityIt Takes a CEO: It's Time to Lead with Integrity
Best Price: $1.00
A call for ethics and strong leadership from an insider: Hindery has been CEO of several major...
The Boy on the Bus : A NovelThe Boy on the Bus : A Novel
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THE BOY ON THE BUS, Deborah Shupack's first novel, opens with a school bus stopping to drop...
Candy and Me (A Love Story)Candy and Me (A Love Story)
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Recently, Hilary Liftin told an interviewer that while most readers understand that her book is...

Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban BoyWaiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy
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My friend, Matt Nelson, is one of my heroes - for a variety of reasons. In the first place, he...
Mark Twain: A LifeMark Twain: A Life
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I have never been exposed to Mark Twain, but I do enjoy reading biographies. So when a friend...
Williams-Sonoma Collection: MexicanWilliams-Sonoma Collection: Mexican
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I have lived many years in southern California where my tastes were influenced by everything...
To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for FlightTo Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
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As the title of the book states, James Tobin offers a study of the progression of the airplane...
The Power of Unfair Advantage: How to Create It, Build it, and Use It to Maximum EffectThe Power of Unfair Advantage: How to Create It, Build it, and Use It to Maximum Effect
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Yes, there is an element of CEO / Venture Capitalist / etc. in this book, and while that crowd...

The Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan BuddhismThe Jewel Tree of Tibet: The Enlightenment Engine of Tibetan Buddhism
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I will probably go back to it, but I stalled in the first pages (introduction/history). Mr....
Last Days in Babylon: The History of a Family, the Story of a NationLast Days in Babylon: The History of a Family, the Story of a Nation
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Firstly this was written in the most boring and colourless way possible-she is poor in her...
   
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