File...Don't Plile!: A Proven Filing System For Personal ...
Yes and No: I bought this book on the recommendation of a friend, who'd described to me its analysis of personality type as it affects the question of organization. I found Dorff's analysis of the kinds of problems different personalities experience with [... more]
CDN$15.95
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The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, ...
From Amazon.com: IDEO, the world's leading design firm, is the brain trust that's behind some of the more brilliant innovations of the past 20 years--from the Apple mouse, the Polaroid i-Zone instant camera, and the Palm V to the "fat" [... more]
CDN$44.95
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Getting Things Done: The Art Of Stress-Free Productivity
From Amazon.co.uk: With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow", "mind like water", and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called [... more]
CDN$27.99
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The Organized Executive
A Job Saver: I was promoted at work and inherited a one-person office in which paperwork was simply scooped up and thrown in banker's boxes by the previous management. You can't imagine the chaos. I had few organizational skills of my own (having always [... more]
CDN$21.95
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Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & ...
Can only buy ONE book on Genealogy Research? Get this one!: This book is EXACTLY what you should get before you really get "into" doing your genealogy research. Wish I had! Instead I found myself being overwhelmed with what I had found and my [... more]
CDN$24.04
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Ulysses Moore #2: Long-Lost Map
Walk like an Egyptian: This is book two of the Ulysses Moore series, and the story picks up the adventure immediately after the first book (The Door to Time) closed off. In the previous episode, twins Jason and Julia and their friend Rick find that there' [... more]
CDN$7.99
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Getting Things Done
From Amazon.co.uk: With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow", "mind like water", and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called [... more]
CDN$25.03
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Desk (Chic Simple)
Not a lot of substance but very entertainng: Like many of the other Chic Simple Books (I own 6 or 7 now - some wonderfully helpful, some just fun to look at) this one is filled with witty quotes, fashionable observations and pretty pictures. However, for [... more]
CDN$16.95
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Monstrous Regiment
The Roles of War: Long-standing fans of Discworld know how Pratchett explores many levels in his books. MR achieves a new degree of intensity in examining the human tendency for conflict. The "fantasy" aspects of the Discworld are nearly [... more]
CDN$39.95
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All the Names
From Amazon.com: "As soon as you cross the threshold, you notice the smell of old paper." The Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths is the setting for All the Names, Nobel Prize-winning Portuguese author José Saramago's [... more]
CDN$15.95
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Your First Year As a High School Teacher: Making the ...
how-to vs. reference book: I think that the authors were trying too hard to make this a how-to book, when it should be regarded instead as a reference book. What I mean is, the book spells out everything a new teacher has to think about, from discipline, [... more]
CDN$28.95
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The Professional Pet Sitter: Your Guide to Starting and ...
Very Helpful: I am trying right now to start a pet-sitting business. I purchased this book a few weeks ago, and I found it very helpful. It has many details in it on how to stay organized. It talks about licenses, accounting, employees. It is written by [... more]
CDN$31.20
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