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Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Summary: Superficial and boring!
Content: Plain boring and obviously written to bail out Mr. Gladwell. Mr. Gladwells first book might be a black swan. Some examples: "the beatles had to play 8 hours a day in a Hamburg strip club in order to "learn genius" and Bill Gates "learned how to program" by ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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The Secret
by Rhonda Byrne
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Ltd |
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Summary: Terrible. Terrible. Terrible.
Content: This suffers from the same problems as the DVD.
It's derivative. There is absolutely nothing that hasn't been said over and over again.
It's simplistic. Life can be simple, but that doesn't mean you should treat your audience as if ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Manufacturer: Penguin |
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Summary: Strangest reading experience of my life
Content: I originally bought this book last year, I read about half of it but gave up in disgust at the general pretentiousness and repetition.
I picked it up again this year after the credit crunch had hit and it seemed to be a different book, funny with some ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
Manufacturer: Penguin |
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Summary: An enjoyable and compelling read - more something that gets you thinking and not an intense scientific analysis.
Content: 'Blink' is, as many others have said, an anecdotal, absorbing book on the premise of just how powerful gut instincts can be. It's not an in-depth analysis or criticism of theory, but as I picked it up that wasn't what I was looking for anyway. As a Psychology ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies
by Rob Willson
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons |
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Summary: THIS BOOK IS A LIFE SAVER
Content: I've only read a couple of chapters so far and I'm already full of positive thinking and belief in myself and my ability to recover from post natal depression. The descriptions of depressive behaviour are so accurate, I feel the authors really understand ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Ltd |
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Summary: An Exceptional Book
Content: In browsing my book shelf I came upon and then found myself rereading this incredibly simple yet profound book. The principles and ideas Stephen writes about are truly ways to discover how to live your life as the person you want to be. I especially found ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale Carnegie
Manufacturer: Vermilion |
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Summary: The ratings speak for themselves
Content: I read in 'How I made it: 40 entrepreneurs reveal all' by Rachel Bridge that this book had influenced someone greatly, to the extent that they became a millionaire, and thought no more of it. I then also read in 'Forbes 20 greatest business stories of all ... → Click here to read more reviews. | |
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