Brian's bookshelf: to-read en-US Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:40:15 -0700 60 Brian's bookshelf: to-read 144 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo_144.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20840425?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:40:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20840425?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind
author: Joe Dispenza
name: Brian
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35402339?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:41:52 -0800 <![CDATA[Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35402339?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life
author: Boyd Jay Petersen
name: Brian
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2002
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31779161?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:42:12 -0800 <![CDATA[Breaking Her Fall]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31779161?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
As Tucker and Kat and everyone around them seek to repair the damages of that night, Breaking Her Fall charts their uncommonly difficult passage from despair to reconciliation and hope with extraordinary grace.
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Breaking Her Fall
author: Stephen Goodwin
name: Brian
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29632033?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:42:18 -0800 <![CDATA[Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29632033?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
When consumers you ve never met are rating your company s products in public forums with which you have no experience or influence, your company is vulnerable. In Groundswell, Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff of Forrester, Inc. explain how to turn this threat into an opportunity.

Using tools and data straight from Forrester, you ll learn how to:



-Evaluate new social technologies as they emerge

-Determine how different groups of consumers are participating in social technology arenas

-Apply a four-step process for formulating your future strategy

-Build social technologies into your business including monitoring your brand value, talking with the groundswell through marketing and PR campaigns, and energizing your best customers to recruit their peers

Timely and insightful, this book is required reading for executives seeking to protect and strengthen their company s public image.

"Groundswell is jammed with big ideas, useful stories, and quotable stats. This is the new industrial revolution. Are you on board?"

-Seth Godin, author, Meatball Sundae

"This book will rock your world, if social technology hasn't rocked it already. It's a tsunami of unstoppable force. Amazon, Procter & Gamble, Facebook, Google, and Dell are profiting from the crest of the wave. Are you? Li and Bernoff are the apostles of the tsunami. This book will be your bible."

-Scott Cook, Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Intuit

Groundswell provides practical advice on how to stay nimble and flexible in an ever-morphing digital world. Enabling your company to respond to change quickly especially when talking to and supporting your consumers is essential for business success.

-Cathie Black, President, Hearst Magazines

"The first phase of the Internet was about getting everyone connected. In this next phase, which changes the way we work, live, play, and learn, we re starting to realize the value of those connections as well as the new communications and experiences those interactions lead to the human network. Groundswell effectively documents this shift and underscores the opportunities available to all from this major market transition."

-John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco

"Heed the Groundswell! It's critical reading and helped us master the new dynamics of social media."

-Christina Norman, President, MTV

"Groundswell is a comprehensive look at the tidal wave of change engulfing marketers. Nobody should attempt to engage the newly empowered and emboldened consumer without first hearing what Li and Bernoff have to say on the subject."

-Clark Kokich, CEO, Avenue A | Razorfish

"Social technologies and the groundswell impact every business and organization worldwide. Li and Bernoff have written an insightful book that takes a refreshing research-driven approach to helping businesses transform themselves and successfully navigate this new dynamic landscape."

-Steve Rubel, Senior Vice President, Edelman Digital, and columnist for Advertising Age]]>
Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies
author: Charlene Li
name: Brian
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29632058?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:43:15 -0800 <![CDATA[10 Simple Solutions to Stress: How to Tame Tension And Start Enjoying Your Life (10 Simple Solutions)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29632058?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Based on positive psychology, mind-body medicine, and cognitive behavioral therapy, the ten solutions in this book take stress management to an unprecedented level of effectiveness. These short assessments, lifestyle enhancement tips, and emergency stress rescue techniques help you to cope effectively with stress and to reduce its frequency in your life. More than just lowering blood pressure and being generally happier, the techniques in this book can lead you to physical wellness and foster a greater sense of purpose, joy, and fulfillment.

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10 Simple Solutions to Stress: How to Tame Tension And Start Enjoying Your Life (10 Simple Solutions)
author: Claire Michaels Wheeler
name: Brian
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2007
rating: 0
read at: 2008/08/10
date added: 2008/11/28
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42781604?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:09:58 -0800 <![CDATA[A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42781604?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. <p/>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.]]> A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)
author: Howard Zinn
name: Brian
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1980
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46870854?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:53:09 -0800 <![CDATA[Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46870854?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Since 2006, forward-thinking companies like Apple, JetBlue, Whole Foods, and GM have discovered the instant benefits of leveraging the social media phenomenon known as Twitter to reach consumers directly, build their brand, and increase sales. Twitter is at the leading edge of the social media movement, allowing members to connect with one another in real time via short text messages–called "tweets"–that can be received either via the Twitter site or by e-mail, instant messenger, or cell phone. Many companies have started building entire teams within their organization dedicated solely to responding to tweets from consumers about their brand. And this is just the beginning.

In Twitter Power, Internet marketing and Web innovation expert Joel Comm shows businesses and marketers how to integrate Twitter into their existing marketing strategies to build a loyal following among Twitter members, expand awareness for their product or service, and even handle negative publicity due to angry or disappointed consumers. The book also presents case studies of companies on the forefront of the Twitter movement, to help you develop your own social networking strategies. Twitter Power is the result of extensive testing and participation in the social networking community and is a must-have for any business that wants to keep up with the social media movement. Twitter Power features a foreword by Tony Robbins.

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Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time
author: Joel Comm
name: Brian
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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date added: 2009/02/19
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48350667?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:38:58 -0800 <![CDATA[Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48350667?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
BEYOND BELIEF details the events that led up to the derailment. Josh explains how a young man destined for fame and wealth could allow his life to be taken over by drugs and alcohol. But it is also the memoir of a spiritual journey that breaks through pain and heartbreak and leads to the rebirth of his major-league career.

Josh Hamilton makes no excuses and places no blame on anyone other than himself. He takes responsibility for his poor decisions and believes his story can help millions who battle the same demons. "I have been given a platform to tell my story" he says. "I pray every night I am a good messenger."]]>
Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back
author: Josh Hamilton
name: Brian
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49632026?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:04:43 -0700 <![CDATA[Annie Leibovitz: American Music]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49632026?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss American Music. A reading of the small type on the back cover reveals the image to be the very record and turntable left in Elvis Presley's bedroom the day he died, and the mind reels, thinking about whether the King listened to this record on that day or not, and who are the Stamps, anyway? An excellent selection of musician portraits interspersed with crumbly wooden jook joints and wide open fields in the South, American Music covers a wide gamut of jazz, blues, punk, country, hip-hop, rock and roll, folk and gospel musicians. And while most of the pictures were shot between 1999 and 2002, some go back to the early 1970s, when Leibovitz first became Rolling Stone magazine's chief photographer. Some of the artists are very well-known (Michael Stipe, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan) and some of them are not (Jessie Mae Hemphill, Other Turner, Carlos Coy). Leibovitz really has a way of relaxing her performers, and this is a great part of her gift. Even when the pictures are so posed as to be ridiculous (like, what's Michael Stipe doing on that bedbug-ridden mattress—-the guy's a billionaire?), she catches her subjects at their most "real." They are lost in their music, or just doing some "real person" thing (look, there is Beck in his car—does Beck really drive his own car?). The presentation may be a little hokey, but this book is sure to please most any music fan. --Mike McGonigal]]> Annie Leibovitz: American Music
author: Annie Leibovitz
name: Brian
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2003
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49869852?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:41:38 -0700 <![CDATA[Apple Aperture 2: A workflow guide for digital photographers]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49869852?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
Unlike other software books on the market, Apple Aperture 2 looks at this powerful application in the context of the overall digital photography workflow, helping you to use your time efficiently and enhance your creativity. The book includes clear explanations and step-by-step guidance on how to import, sort and navigate thousands of raw files like a pro; how to view and compare images to make selections quickly; how to turn good photos into beautiful images with adjustment tools; and how to export, showcase and print your best work with high quality results.

* Fully updated for Aperture 2, the major update to Apple's powerful photo management and manipulation software
* Learn time saving techniques and streamline your digital photography workflow in Aperture
* Discover the best way to import, organize and enhance your images for ease of management and high quality results]]>
Apple Aperture 2: A workflow guide for digital photographers
author: Ken McMahon
name: Brian
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50933915?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:39:11 -0700 <![CDATA[The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50933915?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss “Conventional analysis suffers from a profound failure of imagination. It imagines passing clouds to be permanent and is blind to powerful, long-term shifts taking place in full view of the world.” —George Friedman

In his long-awaited and provocative new book, George Friedman turns his eye on the future—offering a lucid, highly readable forecast of the changes we can expect around the world during the twenty-first century. He explains where and why future wars will erupt (and how they will be fought), which nations will gain and lose economic and political power, and how new technologies and cultural trends will alter the way we live in the new century.
The Next 100 Years draws on a fascinating exploration of history and geopolitical patterns dating back hundreds of years. Friedman shows that we are now, for the first time in half a millennium, at the dawn of a new era—with changes in store, including:

• The U.S.-Jihadist war will conclude—replaced by a second full-blown cold war with Russia.
• China will undergo a major extended internal crisis, and Mexico will emerge as an important world power.
• A new global war will unfold toward the middle of the century between the United States and an unexpected coalition from Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and the Far East; but armies will be much smaller and wars will be less deadly.
• Technology will focus on space—both for major military uses and for a dramatic new energy resource that will have radical environmental implications.
• The United States will experience a Golden Age in the second half of the century.

Written with the keen insight and thoughtful analysis that has made George Friedman a renowned expert in geopolitics and forecasting, The Next 100 Years presents a fascinating picture of what lies ahead.

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The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century
author: George Friedman
name: Brian
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54391386?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:26:57 -0700 <![CDATA[How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54391386?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss You Can Stop Fighting With Your Children

Here is the bestselling book that will give you the know-how you need to be more effective with your children--and more supportive of yourself. Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down-to-earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. Now, in this Twentieth Anniversary Edition, these award-winning experts share their latest insights and suggestions based upon feedback they've received over the years.

Their methods of communication-illustrated with delightful cartoons showing the skills in action-offer innovative ways to solve common problems. You'll learn how to:

<UL><LI>Cope with your child's negative feelings-frustration, disappointment, anger, etc.

<LI>Express your anger without being hurtful

<LI>Engage your child's willing cooperation

<LI>Set firm limits and still maintain goodwill

<LI>Use alternatives to punishment

<LI>Resolve family conflicts peacefully

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
author: Adele Faber
name: Brian
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1980
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59677191?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:43:48 -0700 <![CDATA[Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design (Wrox Beginning Guides)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59677191?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design (Wrox Beginning Guides)
author: Richard York
name: Brian
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61133527?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:27:15 -0700 <![CDATA[Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61133527?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
This introduction to the basics of sabermetric analysis explains concepts including normalization, peak versus career performance, linear weights and runs created, as well as popular calculations like OPS (On-Base plus Slugging), WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched), PF (Park Factor) and others increasingly used by baseball fans.]]>
Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics
author: Gabriel B. Costa
name: Brian
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2007
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66144253?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:56:17 -0700 <![CDATA[Pilgrim at Tinker Creek]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66144253?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
author: Annie Dillard
name: Brian
average rating: 4.12
book published: 1974
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70884965?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:19:44 -0700 <![CDATA[Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt (Revised and Enhanced)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70884965?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt (Revised and Enhanced)
author: Parley P. Pratt
name: Brian
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1938
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885286?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:22:26 -0700 <![CDATA[By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885286?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss By the Hand of Mormon: The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion
author: Terryl L. Givens
name: Brian
average rating: 4.43
book published: 2009
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885313?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:22:39 -0700 <![CDATA[The Continuous Atonement]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885313?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss The Continuous Atonement
author: Brad Wilcox
name: Brian
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2009
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885379?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:23:05 -0700 <![CDATA[Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1- First and Second Nephi]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885379?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss As the keystone of our religion, the Book of Mormon is high-priority reading. Naturally, it is read with varying degrees of comprehension, and many of us need assistance to deepen our understanding. This four volume commentary focuses on the most significant aspect of this standard work--doctrine. Dividing the material into convenient topical sections, each volume quotes the Book of Mormon verses and gives detailed commentary that reflects not only the authors' own considerable scholarship and research but also the insights of other scriptures and modern prophets. This invaluable commentary will help readers draw nearer to God by enhancing their study of His sacred word.]]> Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1- First and Second Nephi
author: Joseph Fielding McConkie
name: Brian
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1987
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73917514?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:29 -0700 <![CDATA[The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73917514?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world’s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling--a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown’s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol accelerates through a startling landscape toward an unthinkable finale.

As the story opens, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned unexpectedly to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol Building. Within minutes of his arrival, however, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object--artfully encoded with five symbols--is discovered in the Capitol Building. Langdon recognizes the object as an ancient invitation . . . one meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of esoteric wisdom.

When Langdon’s beloved mentor, Peter Solomon--a prominent Mason and philanthropist--is brutally kidnapped, Langdon realizes his only hope of saving Peter is to accept this mystical invitation and follow wherever it leads him. Langdon is instantly plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and never-before-seen locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single, inconceivable truth.

As the world discovered in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown’s novels are brilliant tapestries of veiled histories, arcane symbols, and enigmatic codes. In this new novel, he again challenges readers with an intelligent, lightning-paced story that offers surprises at every turn. The Lost Symbol is exactly what Brown’s fans have been waiting for . . . his most thrilling novel yet.

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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
author: Dan Brown
name: Brian
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73582434?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:42 -0700 <![CDATA[Approaching Zion (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol 9)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73582434?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Approaching Zion (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol 9)
author: Hugh Nibley
name: Brian
average rating: 4.49
book published: 1989
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73018467?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:52 -0700 <![CDATA[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73018467?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue.

It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder.

It’s about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of Harriet’s disappearance . . . and about Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age—and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness to go with it—who assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, astonishing corruption in the highest echelons of Swedish industrialism—and an unexpected connection between themselves.

It’s a contagiously exciting, stunningly intelligent novel about society at its most hidden, and about the intimate lives of a brilliantly realized cast of characters, all of them forced to face the darker aspects of their world and of their own lives.]]>
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
author: Stieg Larsson
name: Brian
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2005
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885344?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:56 -0700 <![CDATA[Leap of Faith: Confronting the Origins of the Book of Mormon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70885344?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
Its detractors dismiss it as such. And its defenders too often fail to ponder it deeply enough to respond effectively to such criticisms.

But, as author Bob Bennett writes, “For anyone truly interested in the Church and its claims, a thorough examination of the Book of Mormon as a possible forgery is a requirement. Instead of being just a footnote in an overall review of current Church activities, discussion of the book should be a primary focal point of the investigation.” with that in mind, he brings to bear his own fascinating experiences with the world of forgery in this careful examination of the Book of Mormon and its claims.

In his role at billionaire Howard Hughes's company, Bennett had opportunities to help disprove two significant attempts at forgery: Clifford Irving's supposedly authorized biography of Hughes and later the fake Hughes “will.” In the process, he became acquainted with several tests commonly used to help identify a forgery. Leap of Faith chronicles the discoveries he made as he applied those tests to the Book of Mormon.

Though Bennett concludes that “no final answer can be drawn about the authorship of the Book of Mormon on the basis of analysis alone,” his exploration of the book and explanation of its contents will be invaluable to anyone interested in understanding it more clearly. His own leap of faith provides a springboard for meaningful discussion by people of all faiths.

This compellingly written work offers a unique perspective about a book beloved by tens of millions. It is made even more interesting by the author’s experiences working for the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, the victim of more than one attempted forgery.]]>
Leap of Faith: Confronting the Origins of the Book of Mormon
author: Bob Bennett
name: Brian
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2009
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73018444?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:23:30 -0700 <![CDATA[Your First Triathlon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73018444?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Your First Triathlon provides the training plans, workouts, checklists, and instruction that first-timers need. Joe Friel is known for his thorough approach and with his help, what may have begun as a challenge to complete a sprint triathlon will grow into a love for this demanding yet rewarding sport.]]> Your First Triathlon
author: Joe Friel
name: Brian
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74439270?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:32:32 -0700 <![CDATA[Hemingway]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74439270?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Hemingway
author: Kenneth S. Lynn
name: Brian
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1987
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74439277?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:32:42 -0700 <![CDATA[The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74439277?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR

In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, readers will delight in the author's most beloved classics such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "Hills Like White Elephants," and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection. For Hemingway fans The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.

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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition
author: Ernest Hemingway
name: Brian
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1938
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76232060?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:26:22 -0700 <![CDATA[Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76232060?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss In Choice Theory, Dr. William Glasser offers readers a new and far more effective way to get along with the people in our lives.He explains convincingly that, barring severe poverty or untreatable illness, unsatisfying or disconnecting relationships are the source of almost all crime, addiction, and mental illness, as well as marital, family, and school failure. For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship-destroying external control psychology that is by far the dominant one in the world. in one of this century's most significant books on psychology, Dr. Glasser offers us choice theory, a noncontrolling psychology that gives us freedom to sustain the relationships that lead to healthy, productive lives.

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Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom
author: William Glasser
name: Brian
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1998
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76232096?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:26:40 -0700 <![CDATA[MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide (MySQL Press)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76232096?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide. Written by Paul DuBois, the leading author of books on MySQL topics, and reviewed for technical accuracy by MySQL AB, this book is the fastest, most reliable way for MySQL users, developers, and administrators to prepare for either of the MySQL tests.</P>]]> MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide (MySQL Press)
author: Paul DuBois
name: Brian
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2005
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http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75634407?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:20:27 -0700 <![CDATA[Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, Second Edition]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75634407?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English, Second Edition
author: Patricia T. O'Conner
name: Brian
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1996
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