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A distributed library is a library where the books aren't all in one place. Basically, this is a list of books recommended by various members (which is why the description is often signed with a hyphen and a member's name) and sometimes a name for someone who has a copy of the book and would probably be willing to lend it to a fellow member. Be aware that even if a person had the book when they described it they may not be able to find it any more, even if they still have it. While borrowing it from a fellow member is a good way to look at the book, a public library can also find it (and many participate in interlibrary loan where they can ask other libraries to lend it.)
| Resource type |
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| Book |
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| Video |
| A/V Media |
| Samples of Great Speeches | |||
| Project Gutenberg | various | Many of the great writings of the world, free online. Want to read what Mark Twain wrote? Want to read "Mark Twain's Speeches"? Or his |
online |
| The World's Great Speeches | Edited by Copeland and Lamm, published by Dover, ISBN 0-486-20468-5 | The text of great speeches. A useful source of quotes and examples. - Rich | Rich |
| The Greatest Speeches of All-Time Vol. II | Speechworks | Recordings of excerpts from great speeches by Roosevelt, Kennedy, MLK, etc. CD-ROM - Rich | Rich |
| Bartlett's Familiar Quotations | Organized by topic, indexed by author. Great way to find a pithy quote to illustrate a point. - Rich | ||
| Words of Wisdom - More good advice | Compiled by William Safire | Quotable quotes from luminaries - Jerry | Jerry |
| Americanrhetoric.org | An archive of historically important speeches (audio, video and text) together with some speaking resources. - Jerry | web (free) | |
| Business | |||
| The Articulate Executive | Granville N. Toogood | Speaking tips for leaders. - Jerry | Jerry |
| Say it in Six | by Ron Hoff | Mr. Hoff starts by arguing that TOO much time is lost in unproductive meetings because people don't come to the point and get things said. He feels any argument can be made in 6 minutes. This choice of number interests me: in Toastmasters most of our speeches are 5-7 minutes long. His time is right in the middle of our span. Is this an example of convergence or did he learn it from Toastmasters? | Rich |
| How to Run a Successful Meeting in Half the Time | by Milo O. Frank | How to efficiently run a meeting. When to run a meeting and when not to. What makes a meeting effective as well as swift. | Rich |
| How to get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less | Milo O. Frank | How to get your point across before anyone can let their attention wander. | Rich |
| Dealing with People You Can't Stand | Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner | How to deal with different types of difficult people. - Rich | Rich |
| I can see you naked | Ron Hoff | Presentation tips from a business perspective. - Jerry | Jerry |
| How To Measure Human Resource Management 3rd Edition | Jac Fitz-enz and Barbra Davidson | "Book provides proven, quantifiable method for accurately measuring the productivity of all major HR functions." | Elaine |
| Discipline Without Punishment | Dick Grote | The proven strategy That Turns Problem Employees into Superior Performers. - Elaine | Elaine |
| 1001 Ways to Energize Employees | Bob Nelson | Good easy pick through book of ideas on how to energize employees. - Elaine | Elaine |
| 1001 Ways to Reward Employees | Bob Nelson | Good easy to pick through book - you can utilize to pick ideas for various employees to reward them - there are no cost to high cost rewards. - Elaine | Elaine |
| How to Say It at Work | Jack Griffin | Putting yourself across with power words, phrases, body language and communication secrets - Elaine | Elaine |
| Make Peace with Anyone | David Lieberman, Phd | subtitle: Breakthrough strategies to quickly end any conflict, feud or estrangement | Rich |
| Storytelling | |||
| The Story Factor - Inspiration, Influence and persuasion through the art of storytelling | Annette Simmons | Provides storytelling tools for self-discovery and persuasion. - Jerry | Jerry |
| Humor | |||
| The Comedy Bible | Judy Carter | Tips on comedy writing and the comedy business. - Jerry | Jerry |
| I'll Be Sober in the Morning: Great political comebacks, putdowns and ripostes | edited by Chris Lamb ISBN 978-0-9723829-4-6 | Political humor that is not controversial since it dates back through history. The title is the retort from a Churchill joke. | Rich |
| The Best of Good Clean Jokes | Bob Phillips ISBN 0890817693 | Finding jokes suitable for a wide audience can be challenging. This book advertises itself as clean jokes. | |
| A Prairie Home Companion Pretty Good Joke Book | ISBN 1-56511-979-7 | Another collection of clean jokes | |
| Comedy Writing Secrets | by Melvin Helitzer ISBN 0898795109 | How to write comedy - Rich A good summary of the various comedy writing techniques - Jerry |
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| What to say when...You're Dying on the Platform | by Lilly Walters ISBN 007068039-6 | How to handle things going wrong. | |
| An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor | Various - edited by Bennet Serf | A collection of humorous short stories from great American writers - Jerry | Jerry |
| The Friar's Club Encyclopedia of Jokes | Compiled by Aaron Cohl | Funny quotations and anecdotes from well known people. - Jerry | Jerry |
| How to be the Life of the Podium | Sylvia Simmons | A compendium of openers, closers and jokes for speakers to use. - Jerry | Jerry |
| Don't let the funny stuff get away | Jeanne Robertson | Tips for noticing and journaling everyday humor. - Jerry | Jerry |
| Milton Berle's Private Joke File: Over 10,000 of his best gags, anecdotes and one-liners. | Milton Berle edited by Milt Rosen | Jokes organized by theme and some advice on using humor. | Rich |
| Twenty years of Humor | Toastmasters / Bill Stephens | Archive recordings (in mp3 format) from 20 years of international conventions (1986-2005). These speeches instruct the listener on the use of humor. (CD-Rom) - Jerry | Jerry |
| Twenty years of Golden Gavel addresses | Toastmasters / Bill Stephens | Archive recordings (in mp3 format) from 20 years of international conventions (1986-2005). These speakers are the recipients of the TM Golden Gavel award. (CD-Rom) - Jerry | Jerry |
| Twenty years of Keynote addresses | Toastmasters / Bill Stephens | Archive recordings (in mp3 format) from 20 years of international conventions (1986-2005). These are the keynote addresses at each convention. (CD-Rom) - Jerry | Jerry |
| 2005 World Championship of Public Speaking | Toastmasters / Bill Stephens | The top ten TM speech contestants for 2005 (DVD) - Jerry | Jerry |
| Rhetoric | |||
| Thank you for Arguing | Jay Heinrichs | How to structure an argument, or a presentation, to be convincing. | Rich |
| Parliamentary Procedure | |||
| Robert's Rules of Order (Newly Revised, 10th edition) | Henry M. Robert III, Harper Collins Publ. Nov 2004 | The definitive statement on parliamentary procedure for organizations in America. This is much more accessible than you'd think. | Rich |
| Toasting | |||
| Toasts | Paul Dickson | A good sample of some simple toasts. | Rich |
| Be the Best Man and Make a Stunning Speech | Phillip Khan Panni | Advice on wedding speeches and etiquette from a second place finisher in the WCPS. - Jerry | Jerry |
| Using Technical Presentations Tools like PowerPoint | |||
| Presentation Zen | Garr Reynolds ISBN 0-321-52565-5 | How to properly use Power Point effectively. (Note I hate power point presentations, so do a lot of experts cited in the introduction. But according to the author it's not PowerPoint's fault, it's how it's used. Garr shows how to make simple, fast moving, un-boring power point presentations. -Rich | Rich |
| The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within | Edward Tufte |
A book on what is wrong with Power Point, which since I don't like PowerPoint I bought and red. But this is not one of Tufte's better books. (It's also 32 pages long so it's short.)
Amazon.com (read the reviews too, they're insightful) |
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| Speech Writing | |||
| Metaphorically Selling | Anne Miller | How to use metaphors to increase your persuasive skills. - Jerry | Jerry |
| Speak like Churchill, Stand like Lincoln | James C. Humes | Speaking lessons from history's greatest speakers. - Jerry | Jerry |
| Presenting a Speech / Acting skills | |||
| Taking Center Stage: Mastering Public Speaking using Acting Skills You Never Knew You Had | Deb Gottesman and Buzz Mauro | How to get in front of an audience, how to get comfortable, etc. -Rich | Rich |
| Acting techniques for Everyday Life | Jane Marla Robbins | Look and Feel confident in Real life using techniques developed by actors -Rich | Rich |
| Set Your Voice Free | Roger Love | Tips and a practice regime for developing your speaking or singing voice - Jerry | Jerry |
| Confessions of a Public Speaker | Scott Berkun | Anecdotes and information of professional public speaking. - Rich | Rich |
| Technical Support | |||
| UPI Stylebook | A style book is what a writer who works for an organization uses to work in the format of that organization. In this case writers for UPI use the UPI style book. It includes information on consistent capitalization, punctuation, word usage, etc. This is a convenient reference on English usage. | ||
| AP Style book | The Style book prepared for people working for the AP Wire service. Every major news service has their own style book. Find a service you like the style of and go to a book store for their stylebook. | ||
| Wordsmith.org | A subscription service which sends your mailbox "a word a day" .. complete with etymology, usage and trivia. - Jerry | Web (free subscription) | |
| Wiktionary - Word of the Day | The wiktionary (the dictionary written as a sister to wikipedia's encyclopedia has a word of the day on its main page. The past words are at Archive. - Rich | Web (free subscription) | |
| Visualthesaurus.com | An easy to use thesaurus with an intuitive interface. - Jerry | web (for purchase) | |
| Type | |||
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| Title | Author | Description | avail. |
| General | |||
| Professional Cooking | Wayne Gisslen | A book used by people studying to be a chef, I think thy use it at CIA (Culinary Institute of America). On the down side that means the recipes are a bit hard and terse and they tend to make more than you want. But it has a lot of very good materials on the basics. - Rich | Rich |
| The Chef's Art | Wayne Gisslen | By the same author as above this is intended for more home use. It's a good reference (in my opinion) but the recipes still tend to make more than I want. - Rich | Rich |
| Knife Skills Illustrated | Illustrated instructions for the common cutting tasks - Rich | Rich | |
| Notes on Cooking | Lauren Braun Costello & Russell Reich | A short guide to an essential Craft, pithy statements on the philosophy of cooking. - Rich | Rich |
| How to Read a French Fry (and other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science with more than 100 recipes) | Russ Parsons | Whys, wherefors and science of cooking. | Rich |
| Cookbooks by style | |||
| Chinese Cuisine | Huang Su-Huei | Published by Wei-Chuan's cookbook. | |
| David CHang and Peter Meehan | My first reaction to the title was "What did you say about my Momo?" but it turns out that is the name of a famous Japanese chef (he invented sushi or something). It is also the name of a restaurant in NY owned by the authors. It's traditional oriental food updated , which probably m,akes it fusion. I'm a little intimidated by some (most) of the recipes but some of them look intriguing. | Rich | |
| The Arab Table | May S. Bsisu | Arab and Mediterranean recipes | |
| Claire's Corner Copia Cookbook | Claire Criscuolo | Vegetarian recipes | |
| Twelve Months of Monastery Soups | Brother Victor-Antoine d-Avila-Latourrette | Collected basic soup recipes, from simple hearty ones to more exotic fair. - Rich | Rich |
| The Ultimate Soup Bible | Consultant Editor: Anne Sheasby | Collected soup recipes, some very ethnic. - Rich | Rich |
| 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes | George Geary | Various Cheesecakes, including cheesecakes you'd never expect like the savory ones with chipotle or seafood cheesecake. - Rich | Rich |
| Fifty Ways to Cook Most Everything | Andrew Schloss with Ken Bookman | 50 recipes for 50 different types of recipes=2500 short recipes, for covering just about Everything. Need an idea? Need something a little different? It's in there. - Rich | Rich |
| The Encyclopedia of Sauces for your Pasta | Charles A Bellissino | Hundreds of different sauces for pasta.- Rich | Rich |
| The Take-Out Menu Cookbook | Carla Snyder and Meredith Deeds | Recipes to reproduce favorite takeout dishes, conveniently organized for 12 food themes. - Rich | Rich |
| Sheila Lukins' All Around the World Cookbook | Sheila Lukins | Full of info about different cuisines, as well as recipes | |
| The Grecian Plate | The Hellenic Ladies Society, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Chursh | A really good book for Greek recipes, which I consult wach year when the Greek theme comes up. My Friend had a copy, which I borrowed, until I got tired of having to borrow it and bought another copy! - Rich | Rich |
| The Southern Living Cookbook @1987 | Editor: Susan Carlisle Payne | Absolute a must for any good Southern Cook. The book goes step by step with photos. - Elaine | Elaine |
| The Essential Mexican Cookbook | Editor: Heather Thomas | "Cooking authentic Mexican food is simple with this lavishly illustrated with full color photographs. 50 classic recipes from the regions and people of Mexico, including appetizers, fish, vegetables, rice and desserts" | Elaine |
| Auburn Entertains | Compiled by Mrs. Helen Baggett, Mrs. Jeanne Blackwell and Mrs. Lucy Littleton | Recipes from Auburn Alabama that are staples of the Auburn Plains. Some recipes are from faculty, staff or their spouses. - Elaine | Elaine |
| The Williams-Sonoma Cookbook & Guide to Kitchenware | Chuck Williams | "The book is two books in one: It offers expert advice on kitchen equipment plus a collection of 155 recipes treasured by Mr. Williams (Chairman of Williams-Sonoma) his customers and friends." | Elaine |
| Christmas with Southern Living Cookbook | Oxmoor House | "Over 200 no fuss, no fail recopies. Whether its scrumptious entrees, dazzling desserts, or fantastic food gifts it has what you are looking for. Every recipe has been kitchen-tested and proven to promise a merry celebration for one and all." | Elaine |
| The Fanny Farmer Cookbook | latest edition by Marian Cunningham, Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher. | An old standby for American cooking | |
| Recipes4us.co.uk | Cooking by country | online | |
| Epicurious | Epicurious | online | |
| Wine for Dummies | Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan | Basic overview of wine - Rich | Rich |
| Chocolates and Confections | Peter Greweling The Culinary Institute of America's AtHome series |
Basic techniques of candy making, plus recipes, clearly expounded. Note the clear procedure for tempering chocolate Page 39. | Rich|
| Ice Cream | |||
| How to Make Ice Cream | The Cook's Illustrated Library | Only 96 pages long but it gives the important basics and it's got my favorite Vanilla recipe in it. - Rich | Rich |
| The Ultimate Ice Cream Book | Bruce Weinstein | More recipes (over 500) than basic instructions on Ice Cream making, but good when looking for a particular recipe. - Rich | Rich |
| Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream and Dessert book | Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield with Nancy Stevens | Some more recipes for Ice Cream, the Ben and Jerry way. - Rich | Rich |
| If you need a particular Ice Cream Flaor recipe let me know and I'll check the rest of my libray - Rich | |||