The Life Application Bible NLT
I loved The Life Application Bible NLT translation so much that I bought my daughter one and I bought a kindle ebook Life Application Bible for myself as well to carry with me where ever I go. This bible gives the reader practical life application tools as a companion to reading The Word. I highly recommend this bible to anyone wanting to not only read the bible, but also to Live the bible.
The NASB is a more literal translation than the NIV, but my rating is not related to that.  Most of the NASB study notes were taken from the NIV Study Bible.  Unfortunately, a lot of them were watered down and/or are not sufficient in the NASB.