Brown has done an outstanding job of capturing the elegance and brilliance of EPSS in a format that makes it easy to understand and reapply. Her methods have helped my company create a foundation on which to engage a paradigm shift from training to just-in-time performance support.

This is an excellent book which thoroughly addresses the signs of symptoms of the narcissistic personality. For years I used to think, "If I could only find the right words,I could explain to my husband how much his behavior is hurting me and others." Professor Brown has a deep understanding of what the experience is like for a family member. She not only addresses the behavior of the person with narcissistic behavior, but the thoughts, feelings and experience of loved ones. She gives guidelines and coping strategies to establish clear boundaries.

This is a children's book based on the legend surrounding Richard Whittington. Whittington, who died in 1423, was mayor of London 1397-1399, 1406-1407, and 1419-1420. He became very prosperous and generous. The legend says that he was a homeless boy who did odd jobs in a house and kept a cat to keep the rats away. But, he had to send the cat off on a trading ship. The cat was sold to a Moorish ruler whose kingdom had been overrun with rats. The cat becomes a noted ratter and the ruler bestows a great treasure on Whittington. (However, the historical Whittington appears to have been the son of a knight of Gloucester). The earliest known appearance of the legend is in 1605. This book was a 1951 Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best illustration in a book for children. I've always found it of interest to discover how much children enjoy stories that are based on real people.

The Dictionary of Metallurgy is a small volume, intended to provide concise, easy to find definitions of fundamental terms used in applied physical and engineering metallurgy. The book is meant to be accessible to practitioners and students of metallurgy as well as to non-technical readers, who may need more basic definitions. For example, the term "ablation" provides a simple definition and then compares the metallurgical usage with that in medicine and geology, making the meaning clear to readers from diverse backgrounds. Bold and italicized words within a definition are supposed to denote related words and cross-references to other definitions respectively. This usage is not consistent and is sometimes needlessly confusing. Bold words are explained briefly within the definition itself, but they do not always lead to a valid alphabetical entry with more information, although the preface leads you to believe they will. Italicized words do lead to a cross-referenced alphabetical entry, but you may need another step before you find a definition. For example "vacancy" is defined as "an unoccupied atomic site in a crystal lattice," but the entry for "crystal lattice" says "see crystal structure."

The dictionary is obviously written from a British perspective and this has several implications for American readers. British spellings are used (e.g., metre, vapour, sulphide), but these are usually close enough alphabetically to American spellings for the American reader to find them quickly. Other words, like gray and gauge, are cross-referenced to the British spelling and full definition. The British term "earth" is defined as the non-powered return of an electrical circuit, but there is no entry for the American term "ground." There is an extensive explanation of the UK standard terminology for engineering steels, but no mention of the AISI/SAE standard numerical designations of plain carbon alloy steels.

The book had a wonderful format that made it easy to read. When chosing a technique, I felt like she provided all the infomation I needed to make the intervention successful. I loved seeing the pictures. Being the visual learner that I am, I was able to see the idea she had in mind when she created the technique. There are a wide variety of topics covered from assessment to anger management. Overall, the book was very creative and enjoyable to read. I would suggest this book to anyone who loves play therapy and is wanting to add a great book to their collection.

Dilly-Dally Duck ha been sitting in the reeds a long time,refusing to join her friends. She has a number of secret and goodreasons why she's staying hidden - reasons which increase daily. Whenshe makes her final decision, readers may guess the outcome. Ken Brown's drawings are particularly beautiful and notable.

Harry Moore and Fred Brown form a wonderful team as they combine their diverse talents to offer both the "over" and "under" story of Eastern Tennessee's spectacular fall colors. Brown, a reporter for the Knoxville News-Sentinel, provides the sonorous phrases which perfectly frame Tennessee's reddish, golden autumn foliage. Moore, a Tennessee state geologist, offers a unique geological perspective on the ancient geological features that define the lands that stretch from the Cumberland Plateau all the way to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

With Discovering October Roads in hand, those who wander Tennessee's fiery hills will have the opportunity to view them through a lens of wonder and knowing normally reserved for just a few geology and biology majors. Moore and Brown's book is a delightful, easy read that offers days of pleasure to novice and professional alike.

If you need a quick and dirty, but highly authoritative low-down on Shakespeare, this book by a traditionally revered Shake academic literary critic is for you.
John Russell Brown is Prof Emeritus on Theatre/Drama and English Language/Literature. Everyone who studies Shakespeare has read some reference to him or one of his articles.
He's old-school so you won't be deluged w/ deconstructionalist or other literary criticism arguments and terms. So, in this sense ANYBODY will understand this book, even if they aren't a navel-gazing graduate student.
Like any good Prof of Drama he throws in several chapters about acting and interpreting the play from an actor's point of view.

I love to read Insight Guides before I take a trip, and the Alaskan Wilderness guide is the perfect refrence book to sort out all the places and activities that you want to do before arriving in Alaska. Although I like to supplement the Insight Guide with other guidebooks for additional local information, I think that the Insight Guide is the best for an overview of natural history, expert advice, geographical information, enchanting photographs, and excellent travel tips. When I picked up Alaskan Wilderness, it met my expectations of other Insight Guides. If you want to know more about Alaska before you take off - I highly recommend this book!

When one ones to know the degry of celebrity an artist has earned over the years following her death,just check out the numerous biographies published about the person.SARAH BERNHARDT is the most famous actress of her time;she played many roles of the repertoire ,and she also created many like ROSTAND's L'AIGLON and DUMAS's LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS.Like many actresses,she had an eccentric life and she actually made her name with her talent,not her beauty.This book allows you to encounter many important figures like VICTOR HUGO,ALEXANDRE DUMAS,EDMOND ROSTAND and OSCAR WILDE who were part of her life.The book is filled with pictures of the different decades of her life.If you want to read one book about her,this one can satisfy you.Beware of SARAH's memoirs,because it is a well known fact that she enjoyed the art of lying.After reading this,i had this thought.Would SARAH have managed to make the career she had in today's world?My answer is yes,even if in the process,she probably would have cut a few throats of repulsive columnists.