Grant Books

The basics of grant writing from start to finish, including locating funding, internet choices, and project management, are packed into a reference which is filled with advice from grant-writing professionals. Plenty of examples of successful funding efforts are included throughout, from sample forms to analysis of the critical components of a proposal. Highly recommended.

I've read a dozen grant writing books, and this one offers the whole package. Notable strengths of this book include:

1) Get the organization behind your fund raising effort. Barber hits where others miss by consistently illustrating the importance building support for your grant internally, throughout the organization. Only experienced grant writers know how important this is.

2) The dreaded budget. The bottom line in proposal evaluation is the budget. It must be easy to comprehend, be realistic and professional-looking. This book offers important tips on calculating overhead, in direct costs, and bottom-up budgeting that I have seen in no other grant writing text.

3) "Comprehensive Guide": This book (and accompanying disk) offers template materials as well as the historical and philosophical back ground of public funding and philanthropic giving. The book as a whole is important to understanding the nature of fund raising through grants while providing practical advice on how to get that important project funded.

I keep this book nearby and use often for reference.

"Five Days to Foundation Grants" is a succinct (a mere 74 pages), distillation of grant proposal writing magic! The author covered all the basics of grant proposal writing, including foundation prospect research on a budget (nothing needed but an internet connection), how to use storytelling to your organization's advantage, how to submit an online grant proposal, and what materials you'll need. I've taken two day accredited courses that didn't cover as much material as this book. The grant checklist forms alone are more than worth the price! Highly recommended!

As a resident of Florida, I recently experienced Hurricane Jeanne rampage over the Atlantic Coast line. The photos included in this 118 page book are similar to those shown in our newspapers.

The book was researched and written by 3 experienced scientists, including 2 professors from Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech). It is written on a non-technical level and includes several eyewitness accounts of hurricanes.

I like this book very much because it is one of the few bound publications on this topic that I've found. Besides history of storms, it also gives hurricane preparedness guidelines and what to do after such storms are over.

I met a Swede and fell in love. I decided to go and visit him in Stockholm during Christmas break. I had never flown on my own before. This book saved me. It gave me the details I needed to know to get around the airports. I kept it in my carry-on and referred to it when needed.

Ohhhhh...we were engaged on that trip back in 2000/2001. We have been happily married for over four years now!

As a teacher of middle-grade science (and other subjects), I found this book to be truly useful. The activities are easy to do and almost always successful.

"Flywater" contains voluptuous shots of sport's top waterbodies in the West and has helped me make it through several dreary winters in the Pacific Northwest. The photography and layout is top-notch and you soon get the feeling that you would've given ANYTHING to have been one of the folks involved with putting this package together. Just be sure to wear a bib when looking inside so you don't make indelible drool marks on the pages!

A great concept, professionally executed, that belongs on every serious flyfisher's bookshelf. I'd LOVE to have the photos available on CD ROM as a screensaver...

Mark

A true gem for the serious investor who want practical advise on how to use an economic profit framework to value a company and how economic profit factors drive stock prices. In this current investing climate this book is a must for anyone who wants to mitigate risk and increase reward in their investment decisions.

Finally: the first authoritative history of the Wabash Railroad Company: a saga of politics, engineering miracles, business history, and more. Wabash emerged from many small firms and developed a system which would serve as the midwest's gateway system to major cities from Chicago to St. Louis, expanding to New York in the 1890s. A lively survey covers the Wabash company's innovations, evolution and achievements, with vintage black and white photos throughout.

I liked this book because it explained difficult micro concepts in an understandable fashion. I liked the illustrations in the book and the parasitic microbes was most interesting. I also found the following which I got on amazon outstanding:
Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers
isbn - 0971999635
This study guide helped me study for my college exams because these questions were the kind my teacher asked. Both books are very good, I'm glad I used them. I passed the my micro class with ease.