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		<ownerName>Brian St. Pierre</ownerName>
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		<outline text="Brian's Reading List">
			<outline text="Getting Business to Come to You: 3/5" type="link" url="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=087477845X">
				<outline text="Overall this book isn't bad. There are a lot of good ideas. My biggest problem was wading through all the fluff: 686 pages, most of which is filled with stories about people who did it either the &quot;right way&quot; or the &quot;wrong way&quot;. After the first 30 pages I'm thinking &quot;Ok, I get it, now just get on with the real information.&quot; Examples are great, but they go overboard. Pare this thing down to 250-300 pages and it's a great book."/>
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			<outline text="Streetwise Customer Focused Selling: 2/5" type="link" url="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=1558507256">
				<outline text="This is the second &quot;Streetwise&quot; book I've bought. I'm not sure I'd buy another. They're ok for pushing you through a step-by-step recipe for whatever objective the book is written about (my other Streetwise book is about business plans). But they don't go into much background or try to generate much deep understanding of the topic. I feel like there must be a better book about &quot;customer focused selling&quot; out there."/>
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			<outline text="Raving Fans: 4/5" type="link" url="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=0688123163">
				<outline text="This was pretty good. Written in the very-readable style of &quot;The One Minute Manager&quot; and &quot;Who Stole My Cheese&quot;, it gets you thinking about customer service and what you can do to make your customers ecstatic about your service or product. I read it in about an hour. Definitely worth reading. Buy or borrow a copy."/>
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			<outline text="Dreamcatcher: 3/5" type="link" url="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=074343627X">
				<outline text="Not Stephen King's greatest. I enjoyed it, but think I might have enjoyed rereading &quot;The Stand&quot; better. (And I don't generally re-read...) "/>
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			<outline text="Large-Scale C++ Software Design: 4/5" type="link" url="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=0201633620">
				<outline text="Full of ideas about ways to improve the physical structure of your software. If you're working on a medium or large C++ project, this is worth having on your shelf. (Or at least on your neighbor's bookshelf so you can borrow it.)"/>
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			<outline text="More Effective C++: 5/5" type="link" url="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=020163371X">
				<outline text="The sequel to &quot;Effective C++&quot; is great. Buy it. Read it. Memorize it. Keep a copy on your shelf for when you forget pieces of it."/>
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			<outline text="The Pragmatic Programmer: 5/5" type="link" url="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/detpage.asp?asin=020161622X">
				<outline text="The authors talk about what makes a better engineer. They're not focused so much on programming techniques, but on the way that you need to think to be more effective. This isn't something you necessarily need on your bookshelf, so it would be ok to borrow a copy and devour it over a weekend."/>
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