Independent Books

a HOUSE IN fLANDERS WRITTEN BY A HIGHLY INTUITIVE INDIVIDUAL , ONE WHO SEEMED TO HAVE INSIGHT WELL BEYOND HIS TENDER YEARS. ELOQUENT, ROMANTIC AND A DELIGHTFULLY LIGHT ROMANCE WITH FRANCE.

I've read a lot of books on public speaking. This is definitely one of my favorites. Doug sprinkles the helpful tips with lots of personal anecdotes that add humor and drive home the message.

"How to Become Financially Independent" is a great way to learn some important concepts essential to wealth building. The book is filled with easy to follow examples, including the power of leveraging your money, how interest works, and the value of investing in a home or investment real estate. It's easy to read for the beginning investor and filled with inspiring quotes. Some of the tax laws details have changed, but the general financial concepts are the same. Mr. simini makes the point in chapter 3 that "most families do not pass on financial information." He's so right. This book is a great way to begin the process.

With today's massive layoffs and not-so-voluntary early retirements, more people are entering the ranks of consultants than ever before. If you have never been self-employed, had to rustle up clients and build a business, this can be rather frightening. Let Tim Foster's book serve as your guide. His advice is uniformly sound and comprehensive. It's even organized so that you can work your way through the recommended steps and check them off as done. So whether you've been an engineer or a sales executive, whether you hate making cold calls or don't mind talking your way into an appointment, you'll find suitable, reliable guidance here.

This is a collection of numerous articles in recent years by Labaree, on topics ranging from schools of education to the history of public schools. Since most come from scholarly journals, the language is dry to those of us who are non-academics. Many of his points though are good and his discussion on the purpose of education is an interesting thread that runs throughout the book. Best of all, the book is an objective look, from someone more concerned with educational programs that work than with any particular agenda.

This is another in a series of privately published books covering an arcane subject, although the book was brief I gained a lot of information about the Croatian airborne forces. It was interesting to note that the Croatian para's never made a combat jump but were used as regular infantry, many of them were executed after the war if captured by Russian troops or Croatian partisans. My only two criticisms would be that the photos in the back of the book are interesting but of poor print quality and it is hard to visualize uniform details and insignia. The author does not discuss insignia of the para forces, when the paratrooper badge was created, statutes for award, grades of the badge if any, and or other insignia that might have been worn by the Croatian paratroop forces etc.

great book, full of easy to do and make work jobs appropriate for young children

The puzzles presented in this book are great! With the addition of 6 letters of the alphabet, the sudoku grid becomes even more challenging! My only gripe with this book is that the puzzle grid is too small. I have had to enlarge each page in order to complete the puzzles. If more of these puzzles are published, please increase the grid size!!!

This book was a gift for someone who flys through the regular 9x9 Sudoku Puzzles and boy, was it a hit! If you are becoming bored with the 9x9 or even the Samauri Sudokus (i.e. you can solve them without writing the options down) this is a fun challenging book.

Dr. James does a good job of writing a generic "How to be an Independent Consultant" book. The book assumes you already have the required skills to be a consultant. I found the outline to be structured and the content to be concise with very good examples and illustrations. Very helpful.