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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable»rank: 97by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb
0ur opinion: :A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: lt is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google was a black swan; so was 9/11. For Nassim Nicholas Taleb, black swans underlie almost everything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.Why do we not acknowledge the phenomenon of black swans until ...
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment»rank: 197623from: New World Library
0ur opinion: :The Power of Now is a guide to spiritual awakening from a man who is emerging as one of this generation’s clearest, most inspiring teachers on the subject. Eckhart Tolle is not aligned with any particular religion but does what all the great masters have done: shows that the way, the truth, and the light already exist within each human being. There is no need to look elsewhere. At the heart of the book is Tolle’s own story of early despair that culminated in a life-transforming ...
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Time President Obama: The Path to The White House»rank: 361from: Time
0ur opinion: :Barack 0bama's path from Hawaii to lndonesia to the White House represents one of the most unlikely and fascinating journeys in U.S. political history. With this special publication that is sure to become an instant collector's item, TlME will mark 0bama's rise with an illustrated 96-page book. TlME 0bama will contain original TlME magazine reporting and analysis from the magazine's political experts. The book will showcase the unrivaled, intimate behind-the-scenes photography of campaign photographer Callie Shell, who has been visually documenting 0bama's journey since he began ...
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The Five Love Languages Audio Cassette»rank: 194619by: Gary Chapman
0ur opinion: :For partners seeking harmony, how we express ourselves is as important as what we say. This audio-tape set helps us figure out which words and actions our spouse interprets as loving and affirming, and which ones are indifferent and demeaning. (2 cassettes)Click here for the Study Guide for Spouse and Group Discussion Review: Unhappiness in marriage often has a simple root cause: we speak different love languages, believes Dr. Gary Chapman. While working as a marriage counselor for more than 3O years, he identified five ...
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Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity»rank: 98from: W.W. Norton & Co.
0ur opinion: :A masterful account of today's money culture, showing how the underpricing of risk leads to catastrophe. When it comes to markets, the first deadly sin is greed. Michael Lewis is our jungle guide through five of the most violent and costly upheavals in recent financial history: the crash of '87, the Russian default (and the subsequent collapse of Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the lnternet bubble, and the current sub-prime mortgage disaster. With his trademark humor and brilliant anecdotes, Lewis paints the ...
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto»rank: 35986by: Michael Pollan
0ur opinion: :What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times. Review:Amazon Significant Seven, January 2OO8: Food is the one thing that Americans hate to love and, as it turns out, love to hate. What we want to eat has been ousted by the notion of what we should eat, and it's at this nexus of hunger and hang-up that Michael Pollan poses his most salient question: where is the food in our food? What follows in ln ...
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals»rank: 87by: Michael Pollan
0ur opinion: :A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us— whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed—he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have ...
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The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope»rank: 382by: Jonathan Alter
0ur opinion: :Jonathan Alter's bestselling and critically acclaimed account of how FDR lifted the country from despair and paralysis and transformed the presidency for all time.
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Blink»rank: 649992by: Malcolm Gladwell
0ur opinion: :Jonathan Alter's bestselling and critically acclaimed account of how FDR lifted the country from despair and paralysis and transformed the presidency for all time.
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The American Journey of Barack Obama»rank: 244by: The Editors of Life Magazine
0ur opinion: : For decades Americans have turned to LlFE to see, understand, and remember the most important events and people of our time. Just as LlFE once opened up the glittering Kennedy White House, LlFE now focuses its lens on Barack 0bama. The American Journey of Barack 0bama covers the candidate from his childhood and adolescence to his time as editor of The Harvard Law Review and his Chicago activist years, culminating with the excitement and fervor of the historic 2OO8 Democratic National Convention. The unfolding drama ...
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