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Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials)

Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day — as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporations. Throughout, the authors asked: “What makes the truly exceptional companies different from the comparison companies and what were the common practices these enduringly great companies followed throughout their history?”

Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for building organizations that will prosper long into the 21st century and beyond.

Beginning Programming with Java For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

• Covering everything from basic Java development concepts to the latest tools and techniques used in Java, this book will put would-be programmers on their way to Java mastery
• Explores what goes into creating a program, how to put the pieces together, dealing with standard programming challenges, debugging, and making it work
• Updated for the release of the Java SDK 2.0, with all examples revised to reflect the changes in the technology

Customer Review: Good for absolute noobs, but not in depth…
If you know nothing about programming, this book is pretty much for you. It discusses the most basic elements of the Java programming language, with good coverage of syntax and keywords. However, it simply doesn’t go into great enough depth about everything. If it’s for beginners, it ought to explain all the nuances of Java (what is public static void for), and cover the things most people would take for granted in depth. Overall, a good read for a beginner programmer, though!
Customer Review: Excellent book for learning JAVA.. The best java book for begineers.
I liked the author and his methodology right from the start of the book. His lighter and funny way to explain not only makes reading interesting but it helps you to understand the content better and faster.

Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 1 Customer Review: highly recommend
I have looked many reading books for my child. This book is outstanding. Everyone seems to know what reading is about. Some parents keep buying fun books without much thought. This one is about reading serious nonfictions and checking the results. It’s skill training with clear methodology and step-by-step objectives. It benefited my child tremendously. In the past, my son read a lot fun books, but mostly, I realize, just had a superficial or fractional understanding. I didn’t know about his comprehension level, either.

Patton: A Biography (Great Generals)