I now know why I couldn't find this in book form (available only on cassette tape).....it's because it would be less than a good chapter long! He cousels only to know the origin of words - that's it! As helpfull as this would be, it does not constitute the subject of an entire treatise on "a shortcut...
to accelerated learning" as he promotes.
Skip this one and save your money...

What is his so-called method? Learn the meaning of words and their origin. Learn the word "focus" and its origin, and you will be able to focus better. If you believe this, spend your money on a dictionary and skip this tape.

I was having problems comprehending in my classes. This simple way of locating what I didn't know really hit the spot! I now look up the words I don't know and I find that I can study without, as Don says, "tuning out." This is a great and SIMPLE method that works for me.

Tyler and Freckle always rode their bike through town, by the bike shop. They would do this a lot, but one day when they rode by the building it began to rise and disappear before their eyes. When the building reappeared they took their chances and entered Quigley's Bike Shop. It seems that Quentin Quigley does more than bike repair. The boys discovered a secret room filled with unusual artwork and inventions. They wondered about Mr. Quigley's true identity. Before they could find out, Tyler and Freckle got trapped in one of Mr. Quigley's inventions. They traveled back through time wondering if they would be stranded in the past forever.

I have gone through the book Math Tools for Journalists and am envigored by
what I have seen.

The book offers a brief, to-the-point, clear explanation of some basic math
points for journalists as well as for the average person. I appreciate the
inclusion of basic math computations, statistics, business concepts, etc. The
summation of useful formulas at the end of the text is a nice touch as well.
The Skill Drills at the end of each section is very helpful, and it's great to
have an answer key as well. Also impressive is the inclusion of actual news
articles for each section demonstrating how journalists have used the math
concept covered by the chapter in their reporting.

I have a fairly strong math background (relatively speaking, for a
communications professional) and yet have found the text helpful in reviewing
some basic math principles. In addition, I have learned concepts I feel I have
needed to understand for some time just by going over the text and seeing the
simply stated explanations.

Math Tools for Journalists is definitely a handy-guide for any beginning journalist!

Revising is the key to good writing, at least it is for me. This book is an attempt to trace how several reknowned authors make revisions on their own work. The lesson I took away from the book was that authors rewrite many, many times and work through a highly individualized process to discover a process that works. That is a worthwhile message, and I did leave the book with some ideas to try.

Unfortunately, the book is quite uneven in that not every author seemed particularly willing to share their process. For instance, I left the section with Joyce Carol Oates wondering why Woodruff bothered included it; plainly, getting information from her was tantamount to pulling teeth and the result is superficial.

This book seemed to have an interesting premise - an exploration of the culture clash in African vs. African-American relationships. It was most disappointing to see its relentless use of ethnic stereotypes in describing the African girl and her culture. I could hardly believe that in the year 2000 such outmoded stereotypes would persist so strongly. Anything undesirable you could think of was used to describe the African - she was dirty, ignorant, arrogant,dishonest, lazy, smelly,had unshaved armpits, maybe she had AIDS - the works. Much was made of the way she pronounced words, how she ate, etc. A litany of 50's movie-quality stereotypes about her cultural practices followed. Then the opinions developed about her were applied to inhabitants of the entire continent of Lord knows how many hundreds of millions, never mind her country, her town or her immediate family.

This is classic prejudice - to put it into perspective, imagine the same characters with Zena as white and Ife as African-American (or any other pairing with historical difficulties of this sort, German/Jew, etc)and see how the book's derogatory descriptions fit. In my opinion African-Americans are ambivalent about Africans, leading to the persistence of such negative perceptions, against logic. On one hand, they want some connection, so as to identify some roots, like any other ethnic group. Going overboard with this desire leads to the unrealistic romanticizing that some do - everyone is not a king or queen there. When it is in balance, they can appreciate cultural differences and benefit from new relationships, new experiences and expanded horizons. On the other hand, historically they have been conditioned to hate anything African (and in so doing, hate themeselves, IMO) - they are undesirable in a Euro-centric culture precisely because of their easily identifiable "African-ness", and attributes such as skin color, hair texture and distinctive facial and physical features. (In the book Zena states that to be called an African in the 50s was worse than being black.) Being African equated to ignorance, and everything bad. So it is difficult to fully embrace all things African.

This brainwashing is at the root of continuing difficulties in communication. I am convinced that the perception that Africans are arrogant is rooted in the fact that their confidence flies in the face of what most people were taught about them. The gap between the American observer's low expectations and the actual experience is what leads to the perception. If they behaved in a way consistent with expectations then they would not be perceived to have an "**unwarranted** sense of pride or self-importance" - the definition of arrogance. (Of course there are some people who are arrogant, just like everywhere else on earth.)

All in all, readers should be very careful not to take the book's prejudiced presentation of African people, their attitudes, beliefs and practices as gospel, as several reviewers appear to have done. In the absence of first-hand experiences or up-to-date and balanced media coverage to give realistic views, Kristin Lattany does a lot to widen the gap in cultural understanding rather than close it.

I liked this book, for the most part. The story did start off a little slow but then picked up the pace about 1/3 of the way through. I liked Zena, but found her unrealistically naive. I'm also not sure what the author was trying to say about Africans, as it seemed that her message in the beginning of the book was that we should embrace them, then the end of the book seemed to say "watch out!". "The Soul Brother s and Sister Lou" a young adult book written by Lattany years ago, was one of my favorites as a young girl and I'm happy to see her writing again. I'd recommend the book as a quick, fun read, but don't try to look too hard into the deeper meaning - if there is one.

Even though the book was slow it was interesting to read, it was like a learning process for me to learn more of the difference between the Africans and the African Americans. I was able to read this book in two days and it's also my first time reading from Kristin Lattany. I love the way Zena (the main character) take control of things when she cross upon certain situation in her life even though she should of listen to her best friend Vy in the first place dealing with Ifa, Zena's "adopted" daughter, but people rather learn the hard way and that she had. I did agree with one of the reviewers that wrote that the action of the book does happen towards the end. This book is an easy read and Kristin Lattany did a good job putting it togther but I would recommend it to some readers but not all.

This is one of the worst books I've read recently. The characters are so one dimensional and offensive, I don't see how the author could stand them long enough to write the book. Only Althea and Desiree have some basis in reality, although Althea is little too selfish and Desiree is a little too perfect. Don't waste your money on this book!

The book's review promises hilarity, and you find that in the first two pages. But after that...the book just seemed a soap-box for espousing TOO many philosophies about life and relationships- something that should be saved for a non-fiction book. On the one hand, DWT broadened horizons beyond the usual black-only male/female relationships. Many of the thoughts expressed about race were what we think in reality, but don't talk freely about. However, the end was SO unrealistic! How did Aletha finally win the award, after a man had been killed on the show? Why didn't we get to see Louise- the ex nun, develop pre/post confession? Why is it that Reggie popped back up at the end of the book, having finished his new novel? AND, what was up with Desiree's short story? I mean, you get the gist of why she wrote the story, but why would the author decide to make that the epilogue?! The final words of the novel tell you "they all lived happily ever after", but I would like to have actually SEEN the characters transform, as opposed to a general summary. It seems that DWT tired of writing and the book, and stopped, just to have an ending. I recommend the book for it's varying views, but it's not one to leave you smiling or laughing.

Each time that I read Gingersnaps, I find it has helped me with my relationships. Share it with a friend.

This book assumes you already know a lot.

At the time I bought this book, it was the only one available in my local bookstore. I had a project that required me to write a VxD in less than a month, and having never written a VxD, I hoped that this book would gain me quick and dirty insight into the basics of writting one. I found it extremely difficult to follow with not enough explanations of the basics. It seemed to be written for the x86 expert who had already written numerous other types of drivers. I was forced to reread it numerous times while researching other sources of information so that I could understand. There is too much appendix, and not enough examples. It is also chalked full of little annoying typos. The project presented by the author should have been more verbose in the explanantions - I sure would have appreciated it at the time.

Many of the authors' examples are a decade or so old. The theory and implications in the light of new findings have not been updated in over a decade. Tie into this a lack-lustre style and you have a book you can safely leave out of consideration -- except it seems in Knoxville, TN, where the authors teach (and the students buy?)

HELP! We have Sarah Gardial as the Head of the MBA Program at UTK and boy, does she love selling her garbage to customers who have no choice and who see no value in this book.

If you have a choice, avoid this book!

Not updated in years. Tedious reading from a couple of academics with obviously little knowledge of business. Pass on this one!