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1.		The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It from HarperBusiness Price: $11.69 Customer Review: I ordered both the E-myth for Business and also the E-myth for Contractors. What I got was 2 of the same books (E-myth for Business). I returned one of the books with the explanation that I was suppose to recieve the E-myth for Contractors and I have yet to recieve it and that was over 2 mos. ago.... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.		Inside the Mind of the Shopper: The Science of Retailing from Wharton School Publishing Price: $17.98 Customer Review: Have you ever wondered why the milk is in the back of the grocery store, far away from the entrance? Supermarket managers put it there in hopes of enticing shoppers to buy some of the thousands of items they pass on their way to the dairy case. However, shopping behavioralist Herb Sorensen disagrees... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals from Storey Publishing, LLC Price: $14.01 Customer Review: After watching the movie Temple Grandin I purchased this book and several more of hers. Got this one especially for my husband (farmer/rancher), who was very pleased to have this information all in one place. Even though he was born into farming/ranching and has had several decades to understand... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.	[no image]	Classroom Assessment: What Teachers Need to Know from Allyn & Bacon Price: $2.88 Customer Review: I found this book to be refreshingly easy to read. Popham's personality shows through as he takes the reader through the paces if an admittedly dry subject. I am a graduate teaching student getting initial certification and have been substitute teaching for over two years. Most of the books and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Managing a Construction Firm on Just 24 Hours a Day from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $15.99 Customer Review: I am the owner of a medium sized heavy civil construction company. I have attended many management courses over the course of my 20+ year career. In addition, I have read many books on this subject matter. For those of you who are currently in the industry in management roles, I will venture to... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Project Management in Construction (McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering) from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $62.00 Customer Review: well written book. Really for beginners who know little to nothing of construction office work.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Effective Physical Security, Second Edition from Butterworth-Heinemann Price: $29.99 Customer Review: This proved to be a concise, easy to read synopsis of most aspects of physical security.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition from Wiley Price: $48.35 Customer Review: thanks, this is a great book. It taught me a lot about green building and construction and it got me an A in my class!	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $1,214.85 Customer Review: The tips and guidelines of this book helped me not only to build a maintenance management system [aluminum rolling mills] from scratch but also to create a CMMS program (database) from where I could print many reports as well as work orders. Athough I have read many many books on maintenance and... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		BIG BIM little bim Second Edition from 4Site Press Price: $29.95 Customer Review: Beside overwhelming acronyms DRM, CVM, DPM... I got lost with the numbers: The 80/20 principle (...) The Power of Sixteen Concept (...), and the 400% rule (Still there...?) To be fair it holds a great deal of useful information but not well presented.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


11.		Construction Project Management: A Practical Guide to Field Construction Management from Wiley Price: $44.34 Customer Review: I recommend this book for its full coverage on all the aspects of construction management, approaching the real field problems, solutions, tips and the very well explained example that is built chapter by chapter. Theory and practice merge in a very palatable way. Any one who read it carefully,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


12.		Construction Contracting: A Practical Guide to Company Management , 7th Edition from Wiley Price: $55.73 Customer Review: this book came quickly and it was in the condition i expected. pleasure doing business with you.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


13.		Walt Disney's Imagineering Legends and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park from Disney Editions Price: $21.46 Customer Review: I collect Disney theme park books and this is a must have for anyone else with such a collection. It's a referrence book also for [...], with Disneyland historical facts.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


14.		Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice: A Management View from Wiley Price: $57.37	Click here for more information


15.		Basic Statistics for Business and Economics from Irwin/McGraw Hill Price: $19.49 Customer Review: Beside buying this book with Amazon I also bought another from ebay the same night. I receive the book from ebay in 3 days and this one from Amazon in 17 days.	Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


16.		The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process And Technology from Productivity Press Price: $33.56 Customer Review: This book breaks down product design with simple suggestions on how to make the process work. I have no doubt that this book describes what the future of product design will look like.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


17.		How to Start and Operate an Electrical Contracting Business from McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics Price: $11.65 Customer Review: This book is a good study for another perspective on operating an electrical business. Getting opinions and help from many different sources can dramatically inproove your results in the long run.	Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


18.		Portfolio Construction, Management, and Protection (with Stock-Trak Coupon) from South-Western College Pub Price: $189.62 Customer Review: I recieved the book quickly, in good condition and best of all at a good price!	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


19.		Building a Successful Construction Company from Kaplan Business Price: $18.74 Customer Review: The author did an excellent job presenting the essential information every CEO must know in order to build a successful construction company. The book walks you through the steps of creating a working business plan, organizing marketing campaigns, organizing your business, and building a "core"... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


20.		Building Type Basics for Healthcare Facilities from Wiley Price: $24.99 Customer Review: Used this book as reference for my thesis project. It was worth waiting for this newer version (my school had the older version). Lots of information, well organized. Will be part of my permanent reference library.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


21.		The Food Service Professional Guide to Restaurant Design: Designing, Constructing & Renovating a Food Service Establishment (The Food Service Professional ... Food Service Professionals Guide to, 14) from Atlantic Publishing Company (FL) Price: $9.97 Customer Review: This massive volume is massive because it is printed in large type with a lot of space between the lines. It is so big it is hard to handle and the same content could be available in much less space if it had been laid out properly. In addition it lacks the numerous photos and particularly the... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


22.		Sustainable Landscape Construction: A Guide to Green Building Outdoors, Second Edition from Island Press Price: $38.50 Customer Review: Some good information, a lot of common sense. But much of it now needs updating. I found it to be very poorly written. The folksy tone may be accessible to some, but I found it un-authoritative and somewhat annoying.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


23.		Facility Manager's Maintenance Handbook from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $60.71 Customer Review: Great reference book. contains good information which can be used on a daily basis. Anyone in the facility management business should have a copy on their desk.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


24.		Construction Management JumpStart from Sybex Price: $8.20 Customer Review: The book is a useful overview of the management and administrative aspects of a commercial construction company. It is clearly written for a student or others considering entering the field. The organized presentation may clarify and refresh the thinking of a seasoned professional, but will provide... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


25.		Restaurants That Work: Case Studies of the Best in the Industry from Watson-Guptill Price: $34.46 Customer Review: recommended by my professor. pictures are a little outdated, but the text and basic design philosophies were very helpful.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


26.		Construction Business Management: What Every Construction Contractor, Builder & Subcontractor Needs to Know from RSMeans Price: $42.69 Customer Review: This book is great for someone just starting a business, I have been in the business for 10 years so most of it I was already doing, let me know I was on the right path. Good book to read before you start a construction business.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


27.		Estimating Excavation from Craftsman Book Company Price: $26.95 Customer Review: As an earthworks estimator myself this book is one of the best i have read. It gives step by step instructions from tender stage to executing the job. Ive found since reading this book im making more money for my employer.I now keep it as a reference book.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


28.		Site Planning and Design Handbook, Second Edition from McGraw-Hill Professional Price: $73.94	Click here for more information


29.		Lightly on the Land: The Sca Trail-Building and Maintenance Manual from Mountaineers Books Price: $7.25 Customer Review: Great book for trail builders. One thing we'd question or wonder about is, we can't figure out why they try going without the use of fasteners on bridges.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


30.		Construction Funding: The Process of Real Estate Development, Appraisal, and Finance from Wiley Price: $59.00 Customer Review: This is an excellent book on the subject of real estate development. Perhaps the title may be a little misleading because this books offers much more than just construction funding. Anyone who is involved in appraising, developing, or financing a development project should read this book. The... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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