ONLINE BOOKSTORE
In association with Amazon.com, Chicagoland District 30 Toastmasters is pleased to provide an online bookstore as a service to members and visitors. We will feature books on public speaking, business communications, leadership and self-improvement. If you'd like to recommend a book to be featured on our site, please send an email to webmaster@toastofchicago.org  and we'll check into it; chances are that it's available at Amazon.com. A percentage from each sale will go to District 30 Toastmasters.

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FEATURED BOOKS FOR THIS PERIOD ARE FROM THE "TOP 5 SPEAKERS OF 1999" AS RECOGNIZED BY TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL. 

To buy a book or find out more about it, click on its picture.

Nido R. Qubein
Toastmasters International "Top 5 Speakers of 1999" ~ Commerce and Industry
click on the picture to order this audio cassetteArt of Closing the Sale  (Audio Cassette)
by Nido Qubein 
click on the picture to order this bookGet the Best from Yourself 
by Nido Qubein
click on the picture to order this bookHow to Be a Great Communicator: In Person, on Paper, and on the Podium  by Nido R. Qubein
Business consultant Qubein has penned an invaluable resource for all those who must communicate on the job. As with most good communication books, the focus here is heavily slanted to audience, purpose, and tailoring the communicator's message for both. Whether communicating on the phone, in a speech, or on the page, words are the building blocks, and Qubein stresses the importance of using simple, direct language to connect with an audience. He also discusses the emotional value of words, and how to use this quality to advantage.
click on the picture to order this bookStairway to Success: The Complete Blueprint for Personal and Professional Achievement by Nido R. Qubein
Success is not a matter of good fortune or an accident of birth.  It is a matter of decision, commitment, planning, preparation, execution, and recommitment.  Nido Qubein's six-step program for personal and professional achievement will help you make the most of your potential.  With Qubein's blueprint, you'll be able to identify your unique traits and talents, develop realistic goals, and create powerful action plans to make your dreams a reality.
Willie Jolley
Toastmasters International "Top Five Speakers of 1999" ~ Inspirational/Motivational
click on the picture to order this bookIt Only Takes a Minute to Change Your Life! by Willie Jolley
A motivational speaker and the host of the syndicated radio program, The Magnificent Motivational Minute, shows readers how to summon and pursue their dreams of success, build persistence, and resist the temptation to succumb to defeat.
click on the picture to order this bookA Setback is a Setup for a Comeback by Willie Jolley
Willie Jolley, the author of the motivational bestseller IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE TO CHANGE  YOUR LIFE!, will inspire you to take action! In A SETBACK IS A SETUP FOR A COMEBACK, Willie presents his "VDAD" formula (Vision, Decision, Action, Desire) for overcoming life's constant challenges. He shares his techniques for taking control of your destiny, using anecdotes and stories that will encourage you to focus and take action on your dreams--despite the adversities!
Marilyn vos Savant
Toastmasters International  "Top Five Speakers of 1999" ~ Educational/Social
click on the picture to order this bookThe Art of Spelling: The Madness and the Method by Marilyn Vos Savant
The national bestseller from Parade's "Ask Marilyn" columnist;  the definitive book for anyone who cares about spelling.  Like The Elements of Style and On Writing Well, The Art of Spelling has emerged as a writing manual for the ages, the backlist volume that will tell us everything we will ever want to know about spelling.  Begun as a spelling survey in the "Ask Marilyn" column of Parade magazine, The Art of Spelling dispels the myth that good spelling is simply a measure of intelligence or education.  With her trademark no-nonsense wit, vos Savant shows where good (and bad) spelling originates, provides  personality portraits of all kinds of spellers, and offers the most effective methods of spelling improvement known.  Also included are lively chapters on the turbulent history of English spelling and the pitfalls of computer spell-checkers and other writing tools.  The Art of Spelling will appeal to scholars, students, and language lovers of all ages.
click on the picture to order this bookBrain Building in Just 12 Weeks by Marilyn vos Savant
The "smartest person in the world" has written the ultimate illustrated how-to book, a program designed to improve our most powerful natural tool, the brain.  Illustrated with drawings, charts and  graphs.
click on the picture to order this bookOf Course I'm for Monogamy: I'm Also for Everlasting Peace and an End to Taxes by MarilynVos Savant
In her most delightful book, Marilyn vos Savant offers readers a taste of what she does best, ten years of her wildly popular Parade column, "Ask Marilyn."  Presenting what Americans like to read every Sunday morning over breakfast, vos Savant covers such wide-ranging topics as religion, science, and false illusions.
click on the picture to order this bookThe Power of Logical Thinking: Easy Lessons in the Art of Reasoning...and Hard Facts About Its Absence in Our Lives by Marilyn vos Savant
America has become a society devoid of any clear understanding of the power and logic of numbers.  In this book, one of America's most popular columnists offers a classic and enduring work intended to help readers restore the ability to reason, to use logic in everyday life, and to interpret what the numbers really mean.
click on the picture to order this bookThe World's Most Famous Math Problem by Marilyn Vos Savant
The person with the highest IQ in the world explains Dr. Wiles's discovery of the solution for the greatest mathematical riddle in the world, Fermat's Last Theorem, and describes the great thinkers who have attempted to solve it.
click on the picture to order this book Gay Byrne
Toastmasters International  "Top Five Speakers of 1999" ~ Mass Media
The Time of My Life: an Autobiography by Gay Byrne
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