Archives for: October 2006, 21

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »