Wow.

A crow in a hat. Invisible coffee. A flute. Black and white. No words. Plenty of comedy. Plenty of akwardness. A reflection of pure human truth.

Long moments of meloncholy and desperation sprinkled with just enough happiness to make it special. A crow you will feel for.

Seriously.

A class gets into finals to try for class with best performance. On the performance It was just beautiful. They get into finals on that and end up in second place. They're happy with tears.

This is a practical book for the divorced person who is serious about dealing with the effects of divorce in an honest way. This book enables us to look forward and helps us to have a positive and optimistic attitude. No longer will the sadness and guilt make you hang your head in shame. You will be able to say that you are divorced with a confidence and security you have not felt possible since the death of your marriage. Highly recomended reading.

Variation is inherent in many processes common in companies and societies. Edwards Deming, one of the architects of Japan's industrial success, regarded the understanding of variation as one of the most important managerial skills. Unfortunately only few books on management treat that subject at all, and these that do, most frequently give it only a very superficial coverage.
The reviewed book is the only one I know that gives a full explanation of both the practice and the theory of statistical process control (SPC) - the way to understand variation. As a manager and TQM coach I fully recommend the book to managers and management students, as a mathematician I recommend it to students and researchers in statistics.
Readers without mathematical background should not be scared by many mathematical formulas in the book that explain why SPC works. They may very well skip the reading of equations without any loss in understanding of how SPC works and how to use it in practice.
In my opinion the book of James R. Thompson and Jacek Koronacki should be regarded as a must for any business school library and the bookshelf of any manager.

Andrzej Blikle
Professor in mathematics and computer science
Member of Academia Europaea
President of "A.Blikle Ltd."

Tim Thompson and Ranulf Rayner continue with Thompson's famous format but now updated to 1992 to include that year's successful defence by the high technology of Bill Koch's America 3 syndicate against Italy's El Moro de Venencias challenge in the all new International Americas Cup Class yatchs.

The reason for these new boats is also explained and included is partially the reason why... The famous 1988 rogue challenge by New Zealand businessman, Michael Fay and his massive white monoloth, KZ1. Dennis Connor rose to the challenge with his famous hi-tech multihull, Stars And Stripes and the lawyers took over from there.

The 1992 event was the most lavish ever has money ruled the waves and the more boats one had the better chances of winning would be.

Eventually comonsense prevailed and the two boat rule introduced, and we are left with the event we have today.

The Americas Cup 2000 updated version shows the picture of Team New Zealand's Black Magic sucessfully defending the Americas Cup against Prada Challenge's Luna Rosa.

Tim Thompson's beautifull illustrations are on display and each Americas Cup Challenge is represented and explained by Ranulf Rayner.

This famous coffee table book is always looked foward to by Americas Cup enthusists such as myself. Bring on the next one.

The updated version for 1995.

This edition is famous for the fact that New Zealand finally grabbed the Americas Cup.

The same as all the previous editions, beautifully illustrated by the artwork of Tim Thompson, Rayner has of course added extra chapters to cover the 1995 challange and the potential new venue.

Only one drawback is the error of the course maps but still a great coffee table read.

I rated this book 5 stars because it has been extremely useful to me in my job.

I studied it while I was in university and decided to keep it...that was a great idea since I landed in a job at a Corporation where I had to do presentations about strategy, due diligences, and participate & implement organizational changes. The Director of my department said that my work had the level of an MBA graduate (even though I did not had an MBA, I was just using this book) and gave me a promotion.

After five years of work I did start to do my MBA and did not find a better book about strategy implementation than this one. Unfortunately, there was a flood in my city and the book was wasted and I am seeking to buy a new one.

This book is great for kids AND ADULTS. There are may adults out there who need an introduction to the simple facts of astomomy; and they can learn along with their kids. The age level for this book should be 4 and up.

Sundipper still ranks as one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it several times and its pacing and imagery are one-of-a-kind. Someone make a movie out of this book already!

Whether you are male or female, young or old, the book will find a way to touch you. The book isn't very long and can be read on a rainy afternoon. Let it seduce you and make you dream of outer space...