Of course it’s the book’s subject matter that I find disturbing and not the book itself. It is a great book actually — a rare first-person account of the horrors of Auschwitz.
I find Paul Steinberg’s account of how he survived the concentration camps of the Nazis in Europe towards the end of World War...
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SOMEBODY E-MAILED to me a list of URLs of Websites where online books may be downloaded for FREE. †Yes we can get†free online books from these sites. †Here are the URLs. †Check them out.
FeedBooks.com
ManyBooks.net
MobiPocket.com
FictionWise.com
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ONE OF THE TIPPING POINTS that led me to embrace blogging with passion is this book by Hugh Hewitt.
Hewitt is an American†radio†talk show†host, author and†blogger. †He is what is known as a pundit – a political commentator. †He is also a die hard Republican (I wonder what he has to say with Obama’s win...
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HERE IS AN 8-SLIDE summary I prepared of Dale Carnegie’s second best selling book. †Click the hyperlinked text below or the book cover image to download/view the book summary.
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SOME DEMANDING friends are complaining about my weekly “piecemeal” postings of Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” and went on to point out that I failed to post Part 8 last week.
Okay it’s good to know that there are people actually closely monitoring my posts so maybe I’ll give in to their whim. †(Truth...
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I MADE THIS REVIEWER when I was preparing for my MBA Comprehensive Exam in UP-Diliman a couple of years ago.
It didn’t help me that much in the comprehensive exam as we were given mostly problem-solving-type questions through case studies.
But it did build my confidence enough to face my biggest nemesis in the MBA Program:...
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THERE ARE TWO things I love best with Dale Carnegie’s books:
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They are timeless; and
They are written using common, simple words and easy to understand concepts.
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ìHow to Win Friends and Influence Peopleî is the first of the three timeless and bestselling books by Dale Carnegie.
I made a summary of ìHow to Win Friends and Influence...
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FOR THE FOURTH WEEKEND NOW I have been posting the manuscript of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War in this post, one part at a time.
While looking for a graphic image to go with this fourth installment I chanced upon a photo of Paris Hilton reading The Art of War. †I thought it would...
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THIS IS MY THIRD†installment of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War manuscript.
The first two parts have been posted in the past two weeks and can be accessed from these links:
Part 1: †Laying Plans
Part 2: †Waging War
The complete text of Part 3 is as follows.
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A CERTAIN MS. JHOANNA V. submitted the following book review for posting in the e-zine ForAdultsAlso.com earlier this year. †As committed to those who contributed articles to the e-zine (which is temporarily offline) I am posting their materials in this blog if they will give me permission to do so.
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Who Moved My Cheese? by...
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WHEN IT COMES TO being direct, top of mind is of course Michael Dell of DELL Computer Corporation.
I read Dell’s book, Direct from DELL, last month.
It was the only book I managed to finish reading in the whole month of July.† That’s unusual considering my monthly target is to finish three, and I am...
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SOME TIME EARLY this year I made a major departure from my usual menu of books when I found this little gem of a book entitled Creative Lives series: William Shakespeare by Haydn Middleton (Heinemann Library).
I have not read any of Shakespeare’s work yet, ever. Some people may find this revelation shocking...
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