Archives for: October 2006
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (buy from Amazon) by John Gray
Type: Relationship
Author: John Gray, PhD
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
Do men and women understand each other? Why do men and women communicate in different modes? Can we lea… more »
Mars and Venus on a Date
Mars and Venus on a Date: A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving & Lasting Relationship (buy from Amazon) by John Gray
Type: Relationship
Author: John Gray
My rating: 4
Posted by irene
Book introduction:
This book exp… more »
Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series) (buy from Amazon) by Richard Carlson
Type: Self-improvement
Author: Richard Carlson
My rating: 3
Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
100 tips on how to cal… more »
In Search Of Excellence
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Collins Business Essentials) (buy from Amazon) by Robert H. Waterman
Type: Business
Author: Thomas Peters, Tom Peters, Robert H. Waterman, Robert Waterman
My rating: 4
Book introduc… more »
The Dilbert Principle
The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions (buy from Amazon) by Scott Adams
Type: Leisure
Author: Scott Adams
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
The Dilbert Principle is a part co… more »
The McKinsey Way
The McKinsey Way (buy from Amazon) by Ethan M. Rasiel
Type: Business
Author: Ethan M. Rasiel
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
A book on the McKinsey's way to management consulting.written by an McKinsey Alumnus.
My review:
This could be an interes… more »
Afterglow of Creation
Afterglow of Creation: From the Fireball to the Discovery of Cosmic Ripples (buy from Amazon) by Marcus Chown
Type: Science
Author: Marcus Chown
My rating: 4
Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
This book talks about the "Big Bang" - the creation… more »
The Wisdom of Teams
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization (Collins Business Essentials) (buy from Amazon) by Douglas K. Smith
Type: Business Self-improvement
Author: Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
This boo… more »
Beyond The Black Hole
Beyond the Black Hole: Stephen Hawking's Universe (buy from Amazon) by John Boslough
Type: Science
Author: John Boslough
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
A book that summarises Stephen Hawking's work on the Black Hole.
My review:
As a Cambridge gr… more »
Modern Competitive Analysis
Modern Competitive Analysis (buy from Amazon) by Sharon M. Oster
Type: Business
Author: Sharon M. Oster
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
How strategic planners can use powerful ideas from economic analysis in making business decisions?
My review:… more »
An Introduction to Modern European History 1890-1990
Posted by irene
An Introduction to Modern European History, 1890-1990 (Access to History - Context S.) (buy from Amazon) by Alan FarmerType: History
Author: Alan Farmer
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Content c… more »
Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist (Helix Books) (buy from Amazon) by Richard Phillips Feynman
Type: Self-improvement Science Leisure
Author: Richard Feynman
My rating: 5
Book introduction:
A collection of the seminar notes of P… more »
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate (buy from Amazon) by Gary Chapman
Type: Relationship
Author: Gary Chapman
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
This book talks about the 5 different ways of communicating and plea… more »
海邊卡夫卡 Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore (Vintage International) (buy from Amazon) by Haruki Murakami
Type: Fiction
Author: 村上春樹 Haruki Murakami
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
A 15 year old boy leaves home to escape his fate, his father pred… more »
A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History (buy from Amazon) by Michael H. Hart
Type: History
Author: Michael Hart
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
This book attempts to rank the 100 most influential people of mankind of all time.… more »
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A brief history of time
A Brief History of Time : From the Big Bang to Black Holes (buy from Amazon) by Stephen W.; Sagan, Carl Hawking
Type: Science
Author: Stephen Hawking
My rating: 5
Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
How does the Universe begin or is there a begin… more »
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Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types
Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types (buy from Amazon) by Marilyn Bates
Type: Self-improvement
Author: David Keirsey, Marilyn Bates
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
This book attempts to classify people along 4 preferences (with 2 p… more »
The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living (buy from Amazon) by Howard C. Cutler
Type: Self-improvement
Author: Dalai Lama, Howard C. Cutler
My rating: 3
Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
A Dalai Lama's view on happiness and how to achieve it… more »
101 Philosophy Problems
101 Philosophy Problems (buy from Amazon) by Martin Cohen
Type: Philsophy
Author: Martin Cohen
My rating: 3
Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
This book discusses some elementary questions in philosophy, it forms a good base of questions for beg… more »
The Servant : A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership (buy from Amazon) by James C. Hunter
Type: Leadership, Business
Author: James C. Hunter
My rating: 4
Posted by irene
Book introduction:
John Daily, a businessman who heads up a compa… more »
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code (buy from Amazon) by Dan Brown
Type: Fiction
Author: Dan Brown
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
The curator of The Louvre Museum, Paris was murdered inside Louvre and he left behind bizarre clues at his own murder scene. The Harvar… more »
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Veronika Decides To Die
Veronika Decides to Die (buy from Amazon) by Paulo Coelho
Posted by Joanna
Type: Fiction
Author: Paulo Coelho
My rating: 5
Book introduction:
This is another excellent book by Paulo Coelho. Don?t be misled by the title ? this is not some dark… more »
Good To Great
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't (buy from Amazon) by Jim Collins
Type: Business
Author: Jim Collins
My rating: 3
Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
From the author and research team that brought us - Build to… more »
Mr. China
Mr. China: A Memoir (buy from Amazon) by Tim Clissold
Type: Business
Author: Tim Clissold
My rating: 5
Book introduction:
This is a memoir of an Englishman who felt really attached to China since late 1980s. He came to Beijing in 1990s to study Man… more »
在世界中心大聲呼喊:我愛你
Type: Fiction
Author: 片山恭一
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
Sakutaro and Aki are high school sweet heart. Aki died of leukemia. This is the story of Sakutaro and Aki as told by Sakutaro, how they fell deeply in love, ho… more »
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Norwegian Wood 挪威的森林
Norwegian Wood (Vintage International Original) (buy from Amazon) by Haruki Murakami
Type: Fiction
Author: Haruki Murakami 村上春樹
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
A story of complex love relationships that have been further… more »
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (buy from Amazon) by Malcolm Gladwell
Type: Business
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
My rating: 5
Book introduction:
This book attempts to explain why some ideas or diseases spread like wild f… more »
New Grub Street
New Grub Street (Penguin Classics) (buy from Amazon) by Bernard Bergonzi
Type: Fiction
Author: George Gissing
My rating: 4
Posted by irene
Book introduction:
Stories of the life of the literary man in 19th century in the UK. How they struggle, dea… more »
Angels and demons
Angels & Demons, Special Illustrated Edition (buy from Amazon) by Dan Brown
Type: Thriller
Author: Dan Brown
My rating: 5
Book introduction:
A world renowned CERN scientist is murdered by a secret brotherhood that is the sworn enermy of the Vat… more »
Stand out
Stand Out! Branding Strategies for Business Professionals (buy from Amazon) by Simon Vetter
Type: Business Self-improvement
Author: Simon Vetter
My rating: 2
Book introduction:
This book is about personal branding strategies for Business Profession… more »
Blink, The power of thinking without thinking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (buy from Amazon) by Malcolm Gladwell
Type: Business
Author: Malcolm Gladwell
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
This book talks about how snap judgement can be tremendous useful at times and at other time… more »
Reason for hope
Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey (buy from Amazon) by Phillip Berman
Type: Biography Leisure
Author: Jane Goodall
My rating: 5
Book introduction:
This is an auto-biography of an amazing and fascinating woman, Dr. Jane Goodall. Very inspiring in… more »
Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress (buy from Amazon) by Dan Brown
Type: Adventurous Fiction
Author: Dan Brown
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
National Security Agency (NSA) has received an unbreakable code and it is being held hostage as a result. It they cannot cra… more »
Deception Point
Deception Point (buy from Amazon) by Dan Brown
Type: Adventurous Fiction
Author: Dan Brown
My rating: 3
Posted by Dominic
Book introduction:
A shocking scientific discovery by NASA has such profound implication that it will be used as a political… more »
1421 The Year China Discovered The World
1421: The Year China Discovered America (buy from Amazon) by Gavin Menzies
Type: History
Author: Gavin Menzies
My rating: 5
Book introduction:
Based on 10 years of research by Gavin Menzies, piecing together evidence that Zheng He had conducted… more »
The pleasure of finding things out
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (buy from Amazon) by Freeman Dyson
Type: Biography
Author:Richard Feynman
My rating: 3
Book introduction:
A collection of short works of a great physicist - Prof Richard Feynman
My review:
I must say, I am not a… more »
The Art of the Long View
The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World (buy from Amazon) by Peter Schwartz
Type: Business
Author:Peter Schwartz
My rating: 4
Book introduction:
A book that teaches people how to plan for future scenarios and positi… more »
5 Golden Rules For Finding Your Life Partner
by Rabbi Dov Heller, M.A.
A relationship coach lays out his 5 golden rules for evaluating the prospects
of long-term success. When it comes to making the decision about choosing a
life partner, no one wants to make a mistake. Yet, with a divorce rate… more »