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Best Practical Books To Read

Our list of some of the best Practical books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.

Practical Research: Planning and Design (11th Edition) (2015)

 Best Practical Books To ReadEngaging and cross-disciplinary, Practical Research: Planning and Design is a do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself manual for planning and conducting research.  Suitable for a wide variety of courses in basic research methodology, the text guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions throughout.
Author(s): Paul D. Leedy, Jeanne Ellis Ormrod

Practical Argument: A Text and Anthology (2016)

 Best Practical Books To ReadGet to heart of argumentative writing with the accessible, step-by-step introduction to the process found in Practical Argument.
Author(s): Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell

By Richard Hahn Practical Hints on Playing the Flute [Paperback] ()

 Best Practical Books To ReadPaperback Publisher: Alfred Music (1643) ASIN: B00SB4Y9B8 Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 customer reviews Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,485,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) Would you like to tell us about a lower price? If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?
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A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (2019)

 Best Practical Books To ReadDrawing on more than 40 years of experience with policy analysis, best-selling authors Eugene Bardach and Eric M. Patashnik use real-world examples to teach you how to be effective, accurate, and persuasive policy analysts.
Author(s): Eugene S. Bardach, Eric M. Patashnik

Including Students with Special Needs: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers (6th Edition) (2011)

 Best Practical Books To ReadThe Sixth edition integrates today’s expectations for students with the authors’ strong commitment to inclusive practices, tempered by the realities of day-today teaching. This text provides a firm grounding in special education practices, an understanding of the professionals who support these students and the procedures followed to ensure their rights are upheld, and a wealth of research-based strategies and interventions that can foster their success.
Author(s): Marilyn Friend, William D. Bursuck

Practical Strategies for Technical Communication (2015)

 Best Practical Books To ReadIn Practical Strategies for Technical Communication, Mike Markel gives students the essentials they’ll need to communicate successfully in today’s workplace. The book offers concise and accessible yet thorough coverage of audience and purpose, research, style, and document design, and strategies for designing all of the major document types.
Author(s): Mike Markel

Practical Magic (2003)

 Best Practical Books To ReadFor more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape.
Author(s): Alice Hoffman

What To Do When: Practical Guidance Strategies for Challenging Behaviors in the Preschool (2007)

 Best Practical Books To ReadWhat To Do When: Practical Guidance Strategies for Challenging Behaviors in Preschool, 6E is a text intended to help teachers work effectively with young children whose behaviors are challenging. It begins with a series of chapters that provide developmentally appropriate guidelines for working with challenging behaviors.
Author(s): Eva Essa

Management (2019)

 Best Practical Books To ReadManagement: A Practical Introduction 9e empowers students to develop the management skills necessary in everyday life through the practical and relevant application of theory. Developed to help students read and learn management with a purpose, it takes a student-centered approach.
Author(s): Angelo Kinicki, Brian Williams

Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving (Fifth Edition) (2015)

 Best Practical Books To ReadIn the Fifth Edition of A Practical Guide for Policy Analysis: The Eightfold Path to More Effective Problem Solving, Eugene Bardach and new co-author Eric Patashnik draw on more than 40 years of experience teaching students to be effective, accurate, and persuasive policy analysts. This bestselling handbook presents dozens of concrete tips, interesting case studies, and step-by-step strategies that are easily applicable for the budding analyst as well as the seasoned professional.
Author(s): Eugene Bardach, Eric M. Patashnik

Best Practical Books to Read

We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some practical books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.

Practical applications in sports nutrition

Author(s): Heather Hedrick Fink; Alan E Mikesky
ID: 1176069, Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, Year: [2015], Size: 36 Mb, Format: pdf

Practical mind reading : a course of lessons on thought-transference, telepathy, mental-currents, mental rapport, etc.

Author(s): William Walker Atkinson
ID: 1317900, Publisher: Advanced Thought Pub. Co., Year: [1908], Size: 4 Mb, Format: pdf

DNA of the Spirit, Volume 1: A Practical Guide to Reconnecting With Your Divine Blueprint

Author(s): Rae Chandran
ID: 2208256, Publisher: Light Technology Publishing, Year: Sep 8, 2014, Size: 5 Mb, Format: epub

Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are truly record-breakers according to Los Angeles Times, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.

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