Book Title: Getting Things Done – The art of Stress Free productivity
Author: David Allen
Year written/published: 2001
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: personal Productivity system
My Comments: Excellent book!
Contents page:
1. Art of Getting Things Done
2. Practicing Stress-Free Productivity
3. The Power of the Key Principles
Some extracts:
2 simple objectives…
The methods I present here are all based on 2 key objectives [...]

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Book Title: Organise Your Life - Free yourself from Clutter & find more personal time
Author: Roni Eisenberg with kate Kelly
Year written/published: 2007
Summary: Organising in all facets of life… Life, Household, Kitchen, Holidays, Traveling, Office… etc.
My Comments: Very useful book!
Some extracts:
Toss Every month:

ATM and Bank deposit slips
Credit Card receipts
Sale receipts and minor purchases

Toss after 2 years:

Monthly [...]

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Book Title: The God Delusion
Author: Richard Dawkins
Year written/published: 2006
Book Source: Google Books, Library, Chapter 1
Summary: Atheism and why there’s no God
Contents page:

A deeply religious non-believer
Arguments for God’s existence
Why there almost certainly is no God
The roots of religion
The roots of morality: Why we are good?
The ‘good’ book and the changing moralist zeitgeist
What’s wrong with religion? Why [...]

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Book Title: Netherlands – Lonely planet
Author: Neal Bedoford, Simon Sellers
Year written/published: 2006
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Travel guide to Netherlands
Contents:

Amsterdam
Noord Holland & Flevoland
Utrecht
Zuid Holland & Zeeland
Friesland
Groningen & Drenthe
Overijssel & Gelderland
Noord Brabant & Limburg

Some extracts:
the lay of the lowlands…

Begin in Amsterdam. Visit the Van Gogh Museum or the Rijksmuseum and rent a bicycle to explore the [...]

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Book Title: Paris 2006
Author: Rick Steves
Year written/published: 2006
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Travel guide to Paris
My Comments: Rick Steves’ books are always very informative and practical… how to see Paris like a true local with little cost! I could vividly imagine the well-described walks
Some extracts:
About travel…

Travel is intensified living – maximum thrills per minute and [...]

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Book Title: Loire Valley Eyewitness Travel
Author: Jack Tresidder
Year written/published: 1996
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Travel guide to the Loire Valley region of France
Some extracts:
Loire Valley

This fertile land was once the playground of kings and their courts, who left behind a trail of magnificent chteaux ranging from exuberant Renaissance to Classical grandeur.

Areas:

Anjou – Saumur and Abbaye [...]

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Book Title: Einstein, Picasso - Space, Time and the Beauty that causes Havoc
Author: Arthur I. Miller
Year written/published: 2001
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Biography of Einstein and Picasso - the 2 geniuses who lived around the same time and created revolution in science and arts
Some extracts:
solitude…

Nor were the 2 men’s personal working styles dissimilar. Both came [...]

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Book Title: Surely You’re Joking Mr. Feynman!
Author: Richard P. Feynman
Year written/published: 1985
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Colletion of very short stories about Feynman’s adventures of being an inquisitive person.
My Comments: This book is so humorous that instead of being in the physics section of the library, it must be in the  fun section. Through these [...]

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Book Title: S.U.M.O. Your Relationships - How to handle not strangle the people you live and work with
Author: Paul McGee
Year written/published: 2007
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Dealing with People
Contents page:
Part 1:

reality Rules
E+R=O
A Bit about the Beachball
Stress makes you stupid
Investment Pays
Give yourself the VIP Treatment
Beware of Light Bulbs

Part 2:

Arouse your interest - The Ditherer
Humility Helps - [...]

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Book Title: S.U.M.O (Shut Up, Move On) The Straight Talking guide to creating and enjoying a brilliant life
Author: Paul McGee
Year written/published: 2005
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Personal improvement for life
My Comments: Short, succinct, frank!
Contents page:
1. Change you T-Shirt
2. Develop Fruity Thinking
3. Hippo Time is OK
4. Remember the Beachball
5. Learn Latin
6. Ditch Doris Day
Some extracts:
some quotations…
People tend to overestimate what they can [...]

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Book Title: Best European City Walks & Museums 2005
Author: Rick Steve
Year written/published: 2005
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Rome, Madrid
Summary: Some European cities and walks
Some extracts:
London Walk - Beg Ben to Trafalgar Square: Westminster Bridge, Big Ben, Parliament, London Eye Ferris Wheel, the river Thames, Boadicea, Parliament Square, Whitehall, Cenotaph, 10 [...]

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Book Title: Create your own future - How to master 12 critical factors of unlimited success
Author: Brian Tracy
Year written/published: 2002
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Contents page:

Success is predictable
Principle 1 - Your Potential is Unlimited
Principle 2 - Clarity is Critical
Principle 3 - Knowledge is power
Principle 4 - Mastery is Magical
Principle 5 - Attitude is everything
Principle 6 - Relationships are essential
Principle 7 - [...]

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Book Title: The book of secrets - Unlocking the hidden dimensions of your life
Author: Deepak Chopra
Year written/published: 2004
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: a philosophical look at life and everything and the universe - talks about the mysteries of life.
My Comments: I have really read this kinda of philosophical book… it has a very different perpective. [...]

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Book Title: The Monk who sold his Ferrari - A fable about fullfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny
Author: Robin S. Sharma
Year written/published: 1998
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Julian Mantle suddenly left his high flying law career when he had a sudden heart attack in search for greater answer. He went tofullfilling his dreams and [...]

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Book Title: Effective Project Management
Author: James P. Clements & Jack Gido
Year written/published: 2006
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Project Management theories and tools
My Comments: This book is a textbook… typically for business students. But i needed a structured book like this to get an overview of what is Project management
Contents page:

Project Management Concepts
Needs Identification
Proposed Solutions
The Project
Planning
Scheduling
Schedule [...]

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Book Title: The Intelligent Investor - The Classic text on Value Investing
Author: Benjamin Graham
Year written/published: 1949
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: Value Investing
My Comments: fantastic book by Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett’s mentor. There were classic concepts and tactics written here. Even after reading a few books on investing, i found it a little hard to digest… a [...]

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Book Title: France 2005
Author: Rick Steve
Year written/published: 2005
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary: France regions and how to travel these areas
My Comments: Fantastic… Rick Steve travel books are a genre of their own. Really useful guide
Contents page:

Paris
Normandy: Rouen, Honfluer, Bayeux, D-Day Beaches, Mont St. Michel
Brittany
Loire: Amboise, Chenonceaux, Chinon
Dordogne: Sarlat, Beynac-Cazenac
Basque Country
Languedoc: Albi, Carcassonne, Collioure
Provence: Arles, Avignon
French [...]

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Book Title: Who moved my Cheese? - An A-mazing way to deal with change in your work and in your life
Author: Spencer Johnson
Year written/published: 1998
Book Source: Google Books
Summary: This thin short book teaches us on how to deal with change using cheese, mice, and LittlePeople as metaphors.
My Comments: This book is so thin we can [...]

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Book Title:Dealing with People you can’t stand - How to bring out the best in People at their worst
Authors: Dr. Rick Brinkman & Dr. Rick Kirschner
Year written/published: 1994
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Summary:10 difficult personalities to understand and to deal with well
Some extracts:
the 10 personalities…

Tank: The tank is confrontational, pointed and angry, the ultimate in pushy and [...]

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Book Title: The Sage Guide to Mutual Funds - Superior Investment Wisdom form the Number One Online Mutual Fund Gurus
Authors:Alan and Stephen Cohn - founders of Sage online
Year written/published: 1999
Book Source: Google Books, Library
Some extracts:
subjective test on morningstar.com

gather your group of potential funds
enter the fund ticket symbol
has the fund performed in the top 50 percent [...]

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