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- Book Review: God's Debris: A Thought Experiment - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Scott Adams, creator of the popular comic strip "Dilbert," has written a modern-day parable about a young man and an unlikely mentor. God's Debris starts with a young deliveryman trying to hand over a package to a man with a San Francisco address. But delivering the package ...
Views: 1342 - Book Review: Go For the Goal: A Champion's Guide To Winning In Soccer And Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Mia Hamm, star of the U.S. National Soccer Team, Olympic Gold Medalist, World Cup champion, and five-time National Player of the Year, has a simple take on her talents that also explains her success: "Many people say I'm the best women's soccer player in the world. I don't ...
Views: 3438 - Book Review: Woman's Comfort Book: A Self-Nurturing Guide for Restoring Balance in Your Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: If the pace of your life or depths of your depression leave you lacking in body and soul, this book can help you feel whole again. Jennifer Louden encourages you to assemble and draw on personal rituals, journals and sanctuaries that can add comfort and breathing space to ...
Views: 983 - Book Review: Living the 7 Habits : The Courage to Change - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Stephen Covey's famous 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has been teaching people and organizations how to be more effective since 1989. But how do Covey's principles translate for real people living their lives? Living the 7 Habits presents more than 70 little stories of ...
Views: 3141 - Book Review: If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: If you loved "The Rules for Being Human" attributed to "Anonymous" in the bestseller Chicken Soup for the Soul, you're in luck. The author--corporate trainer Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D.--has stepped forward and written a follow-up book: If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules. ...
Views: 2253 - Book Review: The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook: Your Personal Companion to How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Leonardo da Vinci is the perfect antidote to a dumbed-down world. Perfect for anyone with similar aspirations for self-actualization, the exercises in The How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Workbook are designed to provide a lifetime of cerebral expansion, using the seven ...
Views: 1235 - Book Review: Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Focal Point is author and motivational speaker Brian Tracy's latest guide to professional and personal development. Combining the basic principles of career success and life balance he has advocated in the past with anecdotes for inspiration, the book proposes a unified ...
Views: 2067 - Book Review: Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out into the Real World - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Maria Shriver's warmth, humor, and wisdom are evident on every page of this little book. Inspired by her commencement speech at the College of the Holy Cross, the book contains stories and insights that will be helpful, entertaining, and encouraging to graduates at every ...
Views: 1137(1 vote) - Book Review: Morrie: In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Preceding the phenomenal success of Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, in which Albom discusses his weekly visits with his mentor, Morrie, as Morrie faces death from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Morrie Schwartz published his own book, Letting Go: Morrie's Reflections ...
Views: 3091 - Book Review: Unleashing the Ideavirus - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Treat a product or service like a human or computer virus, contends online promotion specialist Seth Godin, and it just might become one. In Unleashing the Ideavirus, Godin describes ways to set any viable commercial concept loose among those who are most likely to catch ...
Views: 1090 - Book Review: Reach for the Summit - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Pat Summitt has been called a living legend. As head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols, Summitt has taken her NCAA Division 1 women's basketball team to back-to-back national championships in 1996 and 1997, and five titles in a 10-year span. In Reach for the ...
Views: 3625 - Book Review: Worry - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: As far as we know, plants and animals don't do it. Worry is a human "skill." And it comes in different forms. Some kinds indicate diagnosable conditions, such as depression, or Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). Others, such as shyness, are built in from birth, and some seem ...
Views: 949 - Book Review: When Friendship Hurts: How to Deal With Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Does anything hurt worse than betrayal by a close friend? Sociologist and friendship expert Jan Yager (Friendshifts: The Power of Friendship and How It Shapes Our Lives) explores failed, hurtful, and destructive friendships in When Friendship Hurts. The book describes 21 ...
Views: 3138 - Book Review: Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: World-renowned scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall earned her fame by studying chimpanzee feeding habits. But in Harvest for Hope, she scrutinizes human eating behaviors, and the colossal food industries that force-feed some cultures' self-destructive habits for mass ...
Views: 1738 - Book Review: You Can Do It!: The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Amazing things happen when Woman taps her inner Girl Scout. In You Can Do It!, Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas and friends present an engaging cast of female "mentors" who share their expertise in activities ranging from money management to firewalking. Fanning the can-do spirit ...
Views: 1266 - Book Review: Yesterday, I Cried : Celebrating the Lessons of Living and Loving - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: "Life is about cleaning up the crap and, while you're doing it, being okay with the fact that you have to do it.... A word of caution. You can't get caught up in the crap! If you do, you will surely lose sight of the real meaning of life and lose your Self." Iyanla Vanzant ...
Views: 3611 - Book Review: Uplift : Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: A book as uplifting as the disease it discusses is tragic, Uplift is an inspiring collection of voices of breast cancer survivors. Barbara Delinsky, author of The Woman Next Door and other novels, and herself a survivor of breast cancer, presents inspirational snippets from ...
Views: 931 - Book Review: Dark Nights of the Soul - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: When it comes to spiritual growth, we humans are solar-seeking beings; eager for the bright lights of clarity and the bliss of illumination. Paradoxically, we all need to walk through the shadow of the dark night in order to discover a life worth living, according to ...
Views: 1032 - Book Review: Living Through the Meantime : Learning to Break the Patterns of the Past and Begin the Healing Process - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: The "meantime," according to best-selling author and inspirational speaker Iyanla Vanzant, is that in-between stage of life when you're gathering up strength, evaluating past mishaps, and preparing for the next chapter. Using the metaphor of psyche as house, Vanzant believes ...
Views: 2169 - Book Review: Golf in the Kingdom - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Esalen Institute founder Michael Murphy's divine meditation on the royal and ancient game defied categorization when it was first published in 1972, and it still does. Instantly hailed as a classic, Golf in the Kingdom is an altogether unique confluence of fiction, ...
Views: 1858 - Book Review: I Hope You Dance - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Available in different covers that may differ from the image shown on this page. Amazon.com is unable to accept requests for a specific cover. The various covers will be assigned to orders at random. Product Information: Named the CMA song of the year, I Hope You Dance is ...
Views: 2323(2 votes) - Book Review: Every Second Counts - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: In the opening of Lance Armstrong's memoir, Every Second Counts (co-authored by Sally Jenkins), he reflects: "Generally, one of the hardest things in the world to do is something twice." While he is talking here about his preparation for what would prove to be his second ...
Views: 2297 - Book Review: The God Code: The Secret of Our Past, the Promise of Our Future - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Author and computer systems designer Gregg Braden wrapped this entire book around the premise that God's name is literally encoded into every human body. According to Braden's logic, the basic elements of DNA--hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon--directly translate into ...
Views: 1706 - Book Review: Slowing Down to the Speed of Life: How To Create A More Peaceful, Simpler Life From the Inside Out - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review This is the book for you if you've ever had the urge to tell off your boss, quit your job, hurl your Palm Pilot into the trash, and move to a farm. Written by bestselling stress consultant and psychotherapist Dr. Richard Carlson Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, it advocates the ...
Views: 2278 - Book Review: Life Strategies for Teens - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review "Are you as tired as I am of books constantly telling you the same old Brady Bunch, Beaver Cleaver, goody-two-shoes BS about doing your best to understand your parents, doing your homework, making curfew, getting a haircut, dropping that hemline, and blah blah blah?" So ...
Views: 3919 - Book Review: Fish! Tales: Real-Life Stories to Help You Transform Your Workplace and Your Life - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Fish! Tales is Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, and Harry Paul's follow-up to Fish!--their enormously popular fable that draws lessons aimed at combating dysfunctional workplaces from the happy fishmongers at Seattle's Pike Place Market. In Fish! Tales the authors show ...
Views: 3800 - Book Review: Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review It is impossible to read Turning to One Another in the wake of the devastating attack on New York City's World Trade Center and not marvel at the book's eerie and moving prescience. Of course Margaret Wheatley has already earned herself a (deserved and legit) reputation as ...
Views: 746 - Book Review: Until Today! : Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of Mind - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review This book of 365 daily devotionals supports the time-honored adage, "Why put off until tomorrow what you can do today?" The charismatic spiritual leader Iyanla Vanzant knows how easy it is to stay stuck in "old sentiments, resentments, beliefs, decisions, agreements, ...
Views: 1846 - Book Review: The Precious Present - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from Spencer JohnsonAmazon.com Review "The precious present has nothing to do with wishing. The richness of the precious present comes from its own source. The precious present is not something that someone gives you. It is something that you give to yourself." The parable of The Precious Present is a quiet one ...
Views: 5528 - Book Review: Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Author and reader Phillip McGraw is at the forefront of a group of self-help gurus rethinking Americans' decade-plus-long celebration of victimhood. Calling himself a realist, he outlines 10 ways to take responsibility for and change your life. His reading mirrors the style ...
Views: 874 - Book Review: Stop Whining, Start Living - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Dr. Laura Schlessinger agrees that there are things worth whining about! A certain amount of whining allows for some venting of reasonable pain, disappointment, fear, frustration, or frank rage. However, staying stuck in whining mode can become a life-long problem. This is ...
Views: 1447 - Book Review: The Resilience Factor: 7 Essential Skills for Overcoming Life's Inevitable Obstacles - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review In the capable hands of psychologists Karen Reivich and Andrew Shatté, resilience is not a Band-Aid or a buzzword. It is a habit of mind. The Resilience Factor is a practical roadmap for navigating unexpected challenges, surprises, and setbacks at work and home. Their ...
Views: 3065 - Book Review: Tao Te Ching - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Scholars say that the original Tao Te Ching is a poem. Like a poem, this version of the Tao Te Ching is not meant to be read in one breath from front to back, but is to be at intervals internalized and contemplated. Jane English's haunting black-and-white photos that undulate ...
Views: 921 - Book Review: Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review As stated in the preface to this concise primer, any weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person living in 17th-century England was exposed to in a lifetime. In acknowledgement of the modern world's information glut, leadership ...
Views: 3348 - Book Review: The Way of Transition: Embracing Life's Most Difficult Moments - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review When author Bill Bridges's wife died from breast cancer, he began to question all his previous groundbreaking work on transitions. Having conducted seminars and written bestselling books (Transitions, Managing Transitions), Bridges had built a reputation as an expert on the ...
Views: 1377 - Book Review: Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior--Anytime, Anyplace - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review It's true that politicians blink much more frequently when they're lying, but what other behavior clues do people inadvertently give off? If you want to know if you're being boondoggled, how to tell if your date is interested in a serious relationship, or if you should take ...
Views: 1918 - Book Review: Chicken Soup for the Soul - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review It's like homemade chicken soup that warms the chill and heals the ill. This collection of 101 stories is based on the belief that true testimonies of goodness and loving transformations can nourish us to the bone and heal the cynicism in our hearts. Indeed, most every story ...
Views: 755 - Book Review: What now? - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by bestselling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life stage to another. With wit ...
Views: 666 - Book Review: Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Lives - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Everything will be okay ... once you admit that Dr. Laura's always right. This companion volume to the radio advice factory's 1994 bestseller (which tackled the stupid things women do) serves up plenty of the no-nonsense, old-fashioned morality that her legions of listeners ...
Views: 1273 - Book Review: Working on Yourself Doesn't Work: A Book About Instantaneous Transformation - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Instant gratification junkies seeking self-awareness are bound to find the title of Ariel and Shya Kane's book extremely attractive. And seductive it is: who wouldn't like to discover enlightenment in a moment? The key, explain the Kanes, is getting to the moment: being fully ...
Views: 880 - Book Review: What Should I Do with My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review In What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson manages to create a career book that is a page-turner. His 50 vivid profiles of people searching for "their soft spot--their true calling" will engage readers because Bronson is asking himself the same question. He explores his ...
Views: 652 - Book Review: Relationship Rescue Workbook, The: Exercises and Self-Tests to Help You Reconnect with Your Partner - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Most Oprah viewers are well aware of Dr. Phil's book Relationship Rescue, which presents a seven-step program for salvaging troubled relationships. McGraw would be the first to tell you that watching Oprah or reading about his program are all fine and good, but if you really ...
Views: 2369 - Book Review: Things I have learned in my life so far - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Amazon Best of the Month, March 2008: Many consider Stefan Sagmeister to be our most important living designer, but he reaches beyond design circles in sharing 20 Things I have learned in my life so far, including the fact that "keeping a diary supports personal development." ...
Views: 1100 - Book Review: In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Many listeners will recognize relationship fairy-godmother Iyanla Vanzant's positively charged style from her frequent appearances on Oprah®. She infuses this reading of her own book with the cadences of a revival preacher on a Sunday morning. (It's no surprise, then, to find ...
Views: 1688 - Book Review: The First 30 Days: Your Guide to Any Change (and Loving Your Life More) - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Has a change happened in your life that you are having trouble accepting? Is there a change you would like to make to help you love life more? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this is the book for you. This year alone, many of us will fall in love, get in ...
Views: 589 - Book Review: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Everyone loves a good fable, and this is certainly one. The protagonist is Julian Mantle, a high-profile attorney with a whacked-out schedule and a shameful set of spiritual priorities. Of course it takes a crisis (heart attack) to give Mantle pause. And pause he ...
Views: 1149 - Book Review: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Here's a personal growth guidebook that's won the admiration and recommendation of Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate of England. He calls this "a brilliant, practical guide to awakening and training our vast, unused resources of intelligence and ability." Author Michael Gelb, founder ...
Views: 837 - Book Review: First Things First - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review What are the most important things in your life? Do they get as much care, emphasis, and time as you'd like to give them? Far from the traditional "be-more-efficient" time-management book with shortcut techniques, First Things First shows you how to look at your use of time ...
Views: 993 - Book Review: Bad Childhood---Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review With her characteristically pointed advice and take-no-prisoners attitude, Dr. Laura's book Bad Childhood – Good Life tackles one of the most basic questions of therapy: How can a person effectively move past the injuries of a bad childhood? Her answer will be familiar to her ...
Views: 2496 - Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review "What is 'effectiveness' in a family?" asks author Steven R. Covey. He promptly answers with four words: "a beautiful family culture." Building this culture is the primary theme of Covey's parenting guide, a manual based on concepts introduced in his blockbuster, The 7 ...
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