Artificial Intelligence - Rob Callan

Advantages: Boosts your emotional intelligence
Disadvantages: Should have been a little more

...If you've read Daniel Goleman or any other books on emotional intelligence, then you'll surely love this one. Tony Buzan elaborates some easy steps that you can follow in order to become more socially flexible. He tells us that "Everyone you meet in your life is an another oportunity". Now, what should we do? First of all, we must understand the society that we live in and apply those thing that we use to motivate - personal needs and goals. Tony Buzan has made it simple - 10 ways or tips to upgrade your social experience. This is an exceptional tool for publik speakers. Overcoming the fear and making oratorical speeches should be one of the results of the perfect use of those patterns traced by Tony Buzan. Enjoy it!... Read review

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Advantages: Hilarious!
Disadvantages: Humour might not appeal to all....

...I became aware of Rob Grant after reading a DooYoo review of his book 'Fat' - it sounded right up my street, so I got it from BookMooch and thought it was absolutely hilarious. The other week I noticed that there was a copy of another of his books "Incompetence" available, so I mooched that too! Published in 2003, this is Rob Grant's third novel. Rob Grant Rob Grant was born in Salford, and is most famous for co-creating, writing and producing (with Doug Naylor) Red Dwarf. His other books are 'Backwards' (a Red Dwarf book), 'Colony', and most recently, 'Fat'. You can find a bit more about him here - www.imdb.com/name/nm0335621 The Story The story is set somewhere "in the far too near future" (quite scarily so), in a world where Europe is united and it seems to be virtually impossible to find... Read review

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Advantages: Compelling writing about Stalin's Soviet Union
Disadvantages: A very rushed ending and some improbable changes of heart

...About the Author Tom Rob Smith is an English writer who grew up in London where he still lives. He graduated from Cambridge University in 2001 and continued studying creative writing in Italy before beginning work as a scriptwriter. Smith has also written his follow up to Child 44, The Secret Speech which was published in April 2009. Background & Accolades This is Smith's first novel which was published in 2008 and quickly translated into 17 languages spurred on by its runaway success. Child 44 was awarded the 2008 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for best Thriller of the year and it was recently a Barnes and Noble recommended book. The book was also long listed for the 2008 Man Booker Prize and Smith himself was nominated for the 2008 Costa First Novel Award. It has been reported that Ridley Scott beat Mel... Read review

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