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Writing and Editing

  • Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition, by Merriam=Webster, "Find the Words You Need," September 17, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, by University of Chicago Press Staff, "An Essential Guide," September 12, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential, by Tony Buzan and Barry Buzan, "Once Again, the Old Dog Learns a Few New Tricks," October 3, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Reading the Mountains of Home, by John Elder, "Hope for Co-existence," September 26, Amazon.com.
  • The Frog Run: Words and Wildness in the Vermont Woods, by John Elder, "Celebration in the Vermont Wilds," September 13, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Written into History: Pulitzer Prize Reporting of the Twentieth Century from the New York Times, Introduced by Anthony Lewis, "Reflections of the Twentieth Century," February 12, 2002, Amazon.com
  • National Writers Union Freelance Writers' Guide, Edited by James Waller et al., "A Primer for Neophyte Freelance Writers," September 26, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Writer's Chapbook: A Compendium of Fact, Opinion, Wit and Advice for the Twentieth Century's Preeminent Writers, Introduced by George Plimpton, "Writers Wisdom," July 2, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life, by Julia Cameron, "A Convincing Message," June 26, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, by Microsoft Corporation, "The Stylebook for Technical Projects," June 25, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, by Norm Goldstein (Editor), "Indispensable," June 21, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, by John Grossman (Preface), "Got a Publishing Question?," June 21, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • On Writing, by Stephen King, "If Stephen King Could Teach..." June 21, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • Writing in General and the Short Story in Particular, by L. Rust Hills, "For My Money the Best Book on Writing Ever Written," June 21, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Well-Fed Writer: Self-Sufficiency As a Freelance Writer in Six Months or Less, Peter Bowerman, "Even an Old Dog Learns a Few New Tricks," May 8, 2001, Amazon.com.

Speechwriting

  • The Cognitive Style of Power Point by Edward R. Tufte, "An Audience Advocate," April 19, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • Braude's Treasury of Wit and Humor for All Occasions, by Jacob M. Braude and Glenn Van Ekeren, "Great Source for One-Liners," April 5, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • Speaker's Lifetime Library, by Leonard Spinrad et al., "Speech Ideas to Last a Lifetime," March 26, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, "My Favorite Speech Compendium," March 26, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of America's Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush, by Michael Waldman, "President Tour Guides," February 11, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • Strength for the Journey: Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living, by Peter J. Gomes, "Biblical Wisdom from Harvard's Chaplain," August 26, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • The Articulate Executive: Learn to Look, Act and Sound Like a Leader, by Granville N. Toogood, "Articulation: A Key to Making Things Happen," November 19, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Character Counts: The Creation and Building of the Vanguard Group, by John Bogle, "An E for Effort, But not much More," July 29, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Lincoln's Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural, by Ronald C. White, Jr., "Lincoln Speaks to the Ages," June 7, 2002, Amazon,com.

Web Design

  • The Designer Revolution, by Valerie Kirschenbaum, "A Clarion Call for Change," February 25, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • Photoshop 7 Artistry: Mastering the Digital Image, by Barry Haynes and Wendy Crumpler, "Open the Door to the Potential of Photoshop," December 10, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, by Katrin Eismann, "A Gift for the Flaw-Plagued Photographer,"  November 11, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Photoshop® 7 Bible, by Deke McClelland, "Content Worthy of its Title," November 10, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Teach Yourself VISUALLY (™) Photoshop (®) 7,  by Mike Wooldridge, "Beginners Guide to a Complex Product," November 4, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, by Jakob Nielsen, "Lesson Learned; Lesson Forgotten" September 24, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • The Design of Sites:  Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience,  by Douglas K.  van Duyne, "A Rare Book," August 26, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Information Architecture for the World Wide Web:  Designing Large-Scale Web Sites, by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville, "The IA Source," August 13, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out, by Jim Buyens, "Comprehensive, yet not Overly Technical," April 5, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Microsoft FrontPage 2002, "Great Team-Based Product," February 6, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed, by Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir, "Usability Consulting at a Fraction of its Value," December 3, 2001, Amazon.com.

Web Development

  • Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-on Guide to Relational Database Design, Second Edition, by Michael J. Hernandez, "A Grateful Mortal," April 15, 2004, Amazon.com.

  • Building Dynamic Websites: with ASP.NET Web Matrix, by Dave Sussman, et al., "A Thorough Introduction to Interactive Websites," March 22, 2004, Amazon.com.

  • Google Hacks, by Tara Calishain & Rael Dornfest, "A Money-Saving Compilation," February 4, 2004, Amazon.com.

  • The Web Programming CD Bookshelf, Version 1.0, by O'Reilly & Associates, "Web Development in a Nutshell," September 11, 2003, Amazon.com.

  •  Mukhopadhyay and Cooper Smith, "Traditional Approaches Infused with Web Reality," December 3, 2002, Amazon.com.

  • Web Business Engineering: Using Offline Activities to Drive Internet Strategies, by Nick V. Flor, "Build Websites Anchored in Business Reality," October 19, 2001, amazon.com.

Project Management

  • Achieving Project Management Success Using Virtual Teams, by Parviz F. Rad and Ginger Levin, "Insights for Any Virtual Team," August 20, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Communicating Project Management: The Integrated Vocabulary of Project Management and Systems Engineering, by Hal Mooz, Kevin Forsberg and Howard Cotterman, "Make Room on the Bookshelf," July 28, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • The Portable MBA in Project Management by Eric Verzuh (Editor), "Verzuh Does It Again," July 7, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Managing Multiple Projects, by Michael Tobis and Irene Tobis, Simple Steps to Reliability," July 30, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Microsoft Project Version 2002 Inside Out, by Teresa S. Stover, "Something for All Project Managers," May 22, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Project Management Case Studies, by Harold Kerzner, "This Book Improves with Age and Time," May 19, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • PMP Exam Prep (4th Edition), by Rita Mulcahy, "A Must for PMP Exam Prep," April 21, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, by Harold Kerzner, "The Source for Project Management Questions," April 16, 2003, Amazon.com.
  • Why Decisions Fail, by Paul C. Nutt, "Avoid Debacles," October 23, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain's Untapped Potential, by Tony Buzan and Barry Buzan (Contributor), "Once Again, the Old Dog Learns a Few New Tricks," October 3, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Getting Started in Project Management, by Paula Martin, "Even Enhances the Skills of Experienced Project Managers," June 28, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Exploring Requirements: Quality Before Design, by Gerald M. Weinberg, "Quality Requirements by Design," June 14, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Microsoft Project 2000, by Microsoft, "An Improved Communications Aid," January 23, 2002, Amazon.com.
  • Web Project Management: Delivering Successful Commercial Web Sites, by Ashley Friedlein, "Destined to Become a Project Management Classic," October 5, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management: Quick Tips, Speedy Solutions, and Cutting-Edge Ideas, by Eric Verzuh, "A'Must Own' Volume for the Project Manager's Library," September 19, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • Visualizing Project Management: A Model for Business and Technical Success, by Hal Mooz, Kevin Forsberg and Howard Cotterman, "Weighty in its Simplicity," July 6, 2001, Amazon.com.
  • The Project Manager's MBA: How to Translate Project Decisions into Business Success by Dennis J. Cohen and Robert J. Graham, "New Responsibilities for the Project Manager," May 10, 2001, Amazon.com.

Brand Management

  • Brand Babble: Sense and Nonsense About Branding by Don E. Schultz and Heidi F. Schultz, "Branding Sense and Nonsense," May 11, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • Search Engine Advertising: Buying Your Way to the Top to Increase Sales, by Catherine Seda, "Time Spent in the Shadow of a Master," March 22, 2004, Amazon.com.
  • How Customers Think: Essential Insights into the Mind of the Market, by Gerald Zaltman, "Insights into the Mind of the Market," June 30, 2003, Amazon.com.

Web Strategy

  • Re-Thinking the Network Economy: The True Forces That Drive the Digital Marketplace, by Stan Liebowitz, "The Old Rules Remain Relevant," April 29, 2003, Amazon.com.

  • The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade, by Michael Hammer, "A Recipe to Dominate the Decade," January 4, 2002, Amazon.com.

  • Republic.com, by Cass Sunstein, "Will it Be a Brave New CyberWorld?," September 24, 2001, Amazon.com.

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