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Review Date: 8/9/2008
From Publishers Weekly
Six-foot-two and every inch of her honest, Mary Lou "Dunk" Bateson is a coin appraiser at a New York auction house. She is forced to become an amateur detective when a prized Greek coin disappears from a collection that has been transferred to her company for auction. First treated as a prime suspect, Dunk determines to clear her name by ferreting out the real thief. In the process, she finds two interesting suitors in the cop and the insurance investigator who are assigned to the case, as well as encountering the bizarre family of Archibald Havistock, owner of the purloined coin. As she meets the Havistock household, Dunk uncovers scandal and perversity in the family closet, providing her with plenty of suspects. More lighthearted than Sanders's lurid crime novels, this is nonetheless far from a compelling spellbinder. Literary Guild selection; first serial to Cosmopolitan.
Six-foot-two and every inch of her honest, Mary Lou "Dunk" Bateson is a coin appraiser at a New York auction house. She is forced to become an amateur detective when a prized Greek coin disappears from a collection that has been transferred to her company for auction. First treated as a prime suspect, Dunk determines to clear her name by ferreting out the real thief. In the process, she finds two interesting suitors in the cop and the insurance investigator who are assigned to the case, as well as encountering the bizarre family of Archibald Havistock, owner of the purloined coin. As she meets the Havistock household, Dunk uncovers scandal and perversity in the family closet, providing her with plenty of suspects. More lighthearted than Sanders's lurid crime novels, this is nonetheless far from a compelling spellbinder. Literary Guild selection; first serial to Cosmopolitan.
Review Date: 6/29/2008
If you work in a school or another government institution, and if every Dilbert cartoon is one you want to cut out and post, then read this book.
Working in an absurd environment is funny on the surface but it also can be deeply depressing. This books shows us how we can do something about it.
This is a handbook for fighting the good fight for the return of a little sanity in the government workplace.
By Sarah Morrill "morrillbooks" (San Francisco, CA USA)
Working in an absurd environment is funny on the surface but it also can be deeply depressing. This books shows us how we can do something about it.
This is a handbook for fighting the good fight for the return of a little sanity in the government workplace.
By Sarah Morrill "morrillbooks" (San Francisco, CA USA)
Review Date: 1/17/2009
Helpful Score: 1
"Short on Time? Campbell's comes to the rescue with recipes that are long on simplicity and feature only 4 ingredients or less! These fast, tasty dishes make it easy to create well-balanced meals while balancing a busy life."
Review Date: 1/17/2009
"Appetizing Lunches, Healthy Snacks, Tailgate Treats, BBQ Favorites, Gourmet Appetizers, Party Pleasures, Dynamite Dressings" "Savory Casseroles, Zesty Side Dishes, Vegetarian Delights, Quick Delicious Meats, Tempting Salads, Delectable Desserts"
Review Date: 8/10/2008
From the Preface:
Does the world need another book about human behavior in organizations? One answer is "Yes, because few of the major problems have yet been solved. Perhaps this book will be the one to reduce the low productivity, waste, inefficiency, dissatisfaction, and strife present in so many places of work."
Features:
(1) More emphasis is placed on the link between human relations knowlege and productivity.
(2) More extensive use is made of graphics.
(3) New chapters include:
"Quality of Work Life"
"Work Habits and Time Management"
"Summary of Human Relations Principles"
Does the world need another book about human behavior in organizations? One answer is "Yes, because few of the major problems have yet been solved. Perhaps this book will be the one to reduce the low productivity, waste, inefficiency, dissatisfaction, and strife present in so many places of work."
Features:
(1) More emphasis is placed on the link between human relations knowlege and productivity.
(2) More extensive use is made of graphics.
(3) New chapters include:
"Quality of Work Life"
"Work Habits and Time Management"
"Summary of Human Relations Principles"
Review Date: 8/10/2008
Even the biggest names in business make management mistakes, and sometimes with enormous consequences. But now you can learn from their blunders, examine how they respond to adversity, and uncover the secrets of their successes. In this edition of his best-selling casebook, Robert Hartley has once again compiled a collection of play-by-play analyses of the actual decisions and practices that led to major management setbacks, comebacks, crises, and triumphs at top corporations. These real-life stories are packed with practical tips and insider insights that will serve you throughout your career.
Review Date: 8/10/2008
Submitted by a customer on the Amazon.com website:
I read this book when I was in third grade, which was almost 26 years ago. Perhaps other editions were created since the mid seventies, but this book has existed for at least three decades. I will never forget how powerful the message in this book was, and how it taught me at a very young age to be extremely thankfull for the many gifts that have been bestowed upon me. It also makes people realize that talent and the expression of such talent is not reserved to just the affluent, but that messages of youth are pretty consistent across social classes. As a teacher, I would love to locate a class set of these books and share it with my 6th graders. Perhaps the influence of such writing will inspire yet another generation to write of "The Me Nobody Knows...."
I read this book when I was in third grade, which was almost 26 years ago. Perhaps other editions were created since the mid seventies, but this book has existed for at least three decades. I will never forget how powerful the message in this book was, and how it taught me at a very young age to be extremely thankfull for the many gifts that have been bestowed upon me. It also makes people realize that talent and the expression of such talent is not reserved to just the affluent, but that messages of youth are pretty consistent across social classes. As a teacher, I would love to locate a class set of these books and share it with my 6th graders. Perhaps the influence of such writing will inspire yet another generation to write of "The Me Nobody Knows...."
Review Date: 8/10/2008
From customers on the Amazon.com website:
The Memory Jogger is the ideal handbook for improving job-related procedures, systems, quality, and costs on a daily basis. It conveniently presents the tools in two categories: problem identification tools, and problem analysis tools. It also offers a technnique selection guide according to task. Each tools is presented along with three examples: manufacturing, service/administration, and daily-life situations. It is a very, very useful quick reference guide.
-Provides great tools and points on how to evaluate and manage quality within any organization.
-Fits in your pocket (Yes. It REALLY does!)
The Memory Jogger is the ideal handbook for improving job-related procedures, systems, quality, and costs on a daily basis. It conveniently presents the tools in two categories: problem identification tools, and problem analysis tools. It also offers a technnique selection guide according to task. Each tools is presented along with three examples: manufacturing, service/administration, and daily-life situations. It is a very, very useful quick reference guide.
-Provides great tools and points on how to evaluate and manage quality within any organization.
-Fits in your pocket (Yes. It REALLY does!)
Review Date: 1/17/2009
"Defrost Features; The Miracle of Microwave Cooking; Appetizers; Soups; Meats; Poultry; Fish; Eggs, Pasta, and Cheese; Vegetables; Sandwiches; Beverages; Desserts; Heating Times for Frozen Cooked Foods"
Review Date: 9/8/2009
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'Red Sky at Night' is an exciting historical novel by Jane Aiken Hodge. It's set in the time of Napoleon, and involves smugglers, Luddite rebellions, and - of course - low-key romance. Kate and her mother are homeless after the death of Kate's father and brother, since their house is entailed to an unknown American cousin. So they go to work for someone else... but Kate has a secret life, and people aren't always who they seem.
Clever fast-paced plotting, and a very good ending, albeit somewhat predictable. Perhaps a little forced in places, and one or two sections which seemed slightly out of character, but overall very enjoyable. Recommended.
'Red Sky at Night' is an exciting historical novel by Jane Aiken Hodge. It's set in the time of Napoleon, and involves smugglers, Luddite rebellions, and - of course - low-key romance. Kate and her mother are homeless after the death of Kate's father and brother, since their house is entailed to an unknown American cousin. So they go to work for someone else... but Kate has a secret life, and people aren't always who they seem.
Clever fast-paced plotting, and a very good ending, albeit somewhat predictable. Perhaps a little forced in places, and one or two sections which seemed slightly out of character, but overall very enjoyable. Recommended.
Review Date: 1/19/2010
Shogun is a very long novel. The publisher of this hardback version, published a Volume I and a Volume II. The ISBN listed for this book is only for Volume II. Interested parties will have to submit a request for Volume I separately.
Review Date: 6/20/2010
The following is from "Growing Pains & Joys" from The New York Times:
"It is about a young man coming of age, feeling teh joy and loss of first love, leaving his drab Middle Western home and going out into the world to become a writer. One can almost hear the ho-hums of certain sophisticated commentators to respond to such subject matter by asking, "So what else is new?"
The answer is, Mr. Tesich's novel is new. It is as new as its theme is old, as fresh as its plot is familiar. Working within conventional bonds, the author gives us a deeply moving story with a cast of unexpectedly intriguing characters.
The hero is Daniel Boone Price, a high school wrestler. As the story opens, he is grappling with his own conflicting empotions as well as with the state champ, an insidious hulk with a downstate Hoosier drawl whose "small, round head sat on top of that prehistoric neck like a Crenshaw melon on top of a fire hydrant." In a match that is one of the most psychologically revealing sporting events of recent fictionm Daniel watches his opponent keep smiling as his own comfortable lead dwindles to that unthinkable but inevitable moment when "I eased back into defeat as it into my proper place.
Daniel is the only chld of working, warring parents: "When they talked, they tried to inflict pain. When they were silent, they seemed to be devising new weapons." The famiy lives in East Chicago, Ind., an area known as "da region," a fatory town whose typical atmosphere is described on a day when "The air was getting isty and smoggy and the traffic lights on Indianapolis Boulevard glinted in the distance like harbor lights. You could smell the steel milss and the refineries. The odor prickled the inside of my nose and made me feel I was going to sneeze. On certain days you could watch the soot fall like black snow." . . . "
"It is about a young man coming of age, feeling teh joy and loss of first love, leaving his drab Middle Western home and going out into the world to become a writer. One can almost hear the ho-hums of certain sophisticated commentators to respond to such subject matter by asking, "So what else is new?"
The answer is, Mr. Tesich's novel is new. It is as new as its theme is old, as fresh as its plot is familiar. Working within conventional bonds, the author gives us a deeply moving story with a cast of unexpectedly intriguing characters.
The hero is Daniel Boone Price, a high school wrestler. As the story opens, he is grappling with his own conflicting empotions as well as with the state champ, an insidious hulk with a downstate Hoosier drawl whose "small, round head sat on top of that prehistoric neck like a Crenshaw melon on top of a fire hydrant." In a match that is one of the most psychologically revealing sporting events of recent fictionm Daniel watches his opponent keep smiling as his own comfortable lead dwindles to that unthinkable but inevitable moment when "I eased back into defeat as it into my proper place.
Daniel is the only chld of working, warring parents: "When they talked, they tried to inflict pain. When they were silent, they seemed to be devising new weapons." The famiy lives in East Chicago, Ind., an area known as "da region," a fatory town whose typical atmosphere is described on a day when "The air was getting isty and smoggy and the traffic lights on Indianapolis Boulevard glinted in the distance like harbor lights. You could smell the steel milss and the refineries. The odor prickled the inside of my nose and made me feel I was going to sneeze. On certain days you could watch the soot fall like black snow." . . . "
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