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December 6, 2023

RISE OF THE WARRIOR LEADER

By Claudio Chiste
How-To
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

With its focus on South African leadership culture and a clarity of purpose, Claudio Chistè’s RISE OF THE WARRIOR LEADER offers enough new ideas to...

IR Approved
December 22, 2021

GET BAIL, LEAVE JAIL

By S.J. Plotkin
How-To
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

S.J. Plotkin's GET BAIL, LEAVE JAIL is an authoritative, soup-to-nuts discussion of the American bail system.

IR Approved
February 15, 2019

FROM DREAM TO DELIVERY: How to do Work You Love, Love What You Do and Launch Your Dream Project

By Don L. Daglow
Business, How-To, Nonfiction, Self-Help
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Rather than making big claims about how much a person can earn by making a tactical end-run around the corporate system, author Don L. Daglow...

IR Approved
June 22, 2018

MIND TO MOUTH: A Busy Chick’s Guide to Mindful Mealtime Moments

By Heather Sears
How-To, Nonfiction, Self-Help
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

MIND TO MOUTH is a useful guide to anyone who wants to be more present and aware of what and how they are eating, to...

IR Approved
June 8, 2018

HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH A CHILDREN’S BOOK

By Yvonne Jones
How-To, Nonfiction
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH A CHILDREN’S BOOK breaks down the overwhelming process of publishing your own book into tangible, doable steps.

IR Approved
January 17, 2018

ART: BECOME CONFIDENT FAST forges a key to the gateway of the visual art world

By Aron Kuehnemann
Gift/Holiday/Specialty, History, How-To, Nonfiction
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

ART: BECOME CONFIDENT FAST sketches a valuable and solid framework for discerning the nebulous intricacies of visual art and its makers. Though this study may...

IR Approved
December 20, 2017

PRIVATE MONEY LENDING

By Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD
Business, Finances, How-To, Nonfiction
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD creates a successful, readable, and thorough guide to financial literacy in the post-2008 market, and an enlightening read for soon-to-be retired...

April 3, 2017

CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them

By Fiza Pathan
How-To, Nonfiction
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

In the book CLASSICS, author Fiza Pathan makes a compelling case for novels that have stood the test of time and remain valued parts of...

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