Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner by John Elliot

He starts out describing the various types of oil pastels (Holbein, Sennelier, Cray-Pas) that are available and the materials (paper, cloth, matboard, rigid substrates, aluminum foil) that oil pastels can be applied to. Then he discusses other useful materials; cutting tools to sharpen pastels and to scrape painting, erasers and clean up supplies.

He has separate chapters on how to use oil pastels for still lifes, location work (e.g. landscapes) and portraits. When on location he packs his oil pastels in the cooler to keep them from melting in the sun. He also uses an ice block to change the temperature of the pastel which changes its hardness and how it applies.

Then he has a whole section on oil pastel used with other media such as water soluble oil paint, standard oil paint, acrylic, watercolor, gouche and collage.

isbn: 0-8230-3311-2

Put More Cash in Your Pocket by Loral Langemeier

This book gives a well thought out process to help you identify, evaluate then use your skills and hobbies to generate extra cash relatively quickly.

First you identify how much you need to make per month, week & day. Then you use skills that you already have to create a business idea. You evaluate the business idea to see if it's viable and meets your goals. She discusses advertising, publicity and promotion. Then gives a quick run down on book keeping.

isbn: 978-0-06-176325-0

Adventures of a Bystander Memoirs by Peter F. Drucker

This is a collection of essays/ short stories where you can see an over all picture of how his beliefs were shaped along with following his experiences. He writes about significant people not only in his life but also historical figures and his view about them. It is helpful to have some business, economic and history background when reading this book.

isbn: 0-06-01656-0

Cash In A Flash, Fast Money in Slow Times

by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen.

This book is a continuation of The One Minute Millionaire. The right side continues the story of a theoretical woman's journey and the left side helps you logically work on changing yourself.

Basically the premise of the book is that you have to change your inside in order to change your outside environment to achieve wealth. You have to believe you can do it before you do it. Therefore this book gives you some tools to do this.

ISBN: 978-0-307-45330-3

The One Minute Millionaire, The Enlightened Way to Wealth

by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen.

This book is written so you can make both sides of your brain happy. On the left pages it explains the whys and how to's. On the right side it tells a story of a theoretical woman's journey.

The first part of the title is a bit misleading if you think that it will only take you one minute to become a millionaire. However, I think it means that one minute at a time you change yourself with the help of your team as you and your team members work towards wealth. Once you achieve your wealth goal, then it is your turn as an enlightened millionaire to help others learn to achieve wealth.

Their website is http://www.oneminutemillionaire.com/sitemap.asp

ISBN: 0-609-60949-1

The Science of Sitting Made Simple by Gregg J. Carb., C.A.E.

This book teaches you why you want to have good posture and how to obtain it despite bad practices we follow in modern day society. It uses humorous pictures to illustrate its points.

His website is http://www.scienceofsitting.com/ where you can download the weekly self care record and see other interesting information.

ISBN 0-9716020-5-0

Your Brain at Work by David Rock

This book explains how are brain is wired in a certain way that is not always advantageous to us in modern day society. It gives strategies we can use to overcome this default wiring to get the results that we want. It provides stories as examples with summaries about the key points at the end of each chapter.

ISBN 978-0-06-177129-3