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Full disclosure: This book intentionally debunks the value of an MBA degree. While I do not have such a degree, both my sons have MBAs from Stanford University (paid for by themselves).

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It’s quite possible that author Jon Rognerud mistitled the second edition to his online marketing book when he named it Ultimate Guide to Search Engine Optimization.

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Among the many things to love about New York City is the fact that this teeming metropolis holds the intellectual property rights to characters like Eliyahu Teichberg, the restless young son of imm

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Like, OMG, Tiffy. Did you, like, totally see what happened last night on “The Big Payback”?

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Autobiographies by non-writers have a special flavor. Sometimes they taste like entrées prepared by non-cooks—just a little off target.

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What if there were a time-tested, safe, and effective treatment for a host of congenital and acute conditions, that would speed the healing process for wounds—something so obvious that, upon being

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Widow is a collection of 18 short stories, which, if you go by the title and you want to be pedantic, deal with “women who have lost their husbands by death and have not married again.” This litera

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There’s an old saw in the world of business management, which goes something like this: “Faster, Cheaper, Better . . . you can have any two, but not all three.”

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A century of endeavor by Irish missionary priests, brothers, and sisters ebbs away.

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Surely if there is one American whose life needs no further exploration, about whom everything is known, that citizen is Miss Gypsy Rose Lee. After all, was Gypsy not her own best creation?

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There’s an old saw in the world of business management, which goes something like this: “Faster, Cheaper, Better . . . you can have any two, but not all three.”

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Like the EatingWell magazine covers, The Simple Art of EatingWell proclaims its allegiances up front, with a cover shot of twine-bound asparagus spears.

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From random dark thoughts and angst-ridden apologies, to personal successes and once-in-a-lifetime moments, D. R.

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Twin is not just Allen Shawn’s story. It serves as a guideline for any person who faces a succession of losses in his life.

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There was a turning point in author Cameron Alborzian’s life when he decided to change his role in the material world forever.

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Memoir is a medium that is back in vogue again. Not surprising really, given that reality television, blogs, Mom TV, and podcasts are growing faster than any other media in history.

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Animal Disguises is a book filled with a plethora of information about the cleverness of animals and how they survive and protect themselves in the wild.

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Time and place make the story of Marie and Pierre Curie unique in the world of science and history.

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There’s not much to this book. It’s primarily sizzle. And instead of steak, we get a hamburger—which is not a criticism. I personally like hamburger, and I like the material in this book.

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Many books endure by telling you about the Buddha, but this is one of the few telling you in his own words. Recorded by his followers, these discourses survived in the ancient Pali language.

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This anthology compiles sayings of over two dozen lamas, past and present. Following the naturally emerging path into Buddhist practice, Reginald A.

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A book about Einstein for preschoolers? How scary, right? Not at all!

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Let’s get the easy part out of the way: I highly recommend The Quiet World: Saving Alaska’s Wilderness Kingdom (1879–1960) by Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley.

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