This book was a real eye-opener. I have had erectile dysfunction for quite some time since a machining accident, and I have tried every book/technique for overcoming my insecurities on the market. I tried viagra, seeing many urologists, and even hypnotism and still could not get it up! Imagine the effect this terrible disease has on your self esteem and how difficult it is to get into a serious relationship. Needless to say the 10 years before I read this book were a dark time for me. I wont give too much away because if you are like me you will love reading this book from cover to cover, but several important topics are covered including daily excercises to improve public muscle strength and overcoming our anxieties about sex and masturbation. The author's style was uplifting...I was truly put at ease by his comforting tone.

This book gave me information I had been seeking for a long time. I was so impressed that I went to see Dr. Morganstern in Atlanta and he gave me and my wife a new lease on life!!!

I have seen these plays performed by children and they are a delight! They illustrate lessons from the Torah clearly, with a terrific sense of humor. Lots of laughs (and some painfully familiar lessons) for the adults who are sure to be in the audience, too!

I have seen many of these plays performed and they are a delight. They provide opportunities for many young actors and require little support. Richard Allen's skill and wit make them easily accessible to children while entertaining the grown-ups sure to be present in the audience. Helps participants grasp Torah concepts while working--and laughing--with friends and classmates.

Dr. Merriam was a professor I had at Missouri Southern State College. I had to have an international studies course, and signed up for Intercultural Communications. I'm glad I did. Dr. Merriam made coming to class fun, even though it had nothing to do with my major. His book was published just after graduated, or I'd have it signed. Next time I'm on campus, maybe I will. He's been all over the world and is very knowledgeable on a wide range of topics. He really knows his stuff. I hope he writes more books of this caliber.

For one to make an annual selection of a person that is representative of human history at that moment can be a daunting task. (Just ask the editors of Time!) So, imagine what a monumental undertaking it would be to choose individuals who stand out in human history for each of the last 1,000 years! In his latest work, People of the Millennium, Dr. Merriam accepted the aforementioned undertaking and created a MUST HAVE reference manual for anyone interested in history, law, communication, women's rights, et cetera. Dr. Merriam's selections are interesting and thought-provoking. Of course there are obvious choices for the years that are considered pivotal in human history, but what about the "off" years? This is where Dr. Merriam's talent, knowledge, and yes, bravery shines through. Dr. Merriam boldly selects some historical unknowns who deserve reexamination. Some of his selections will spark debate, some will not surprise, but all have clearly been well thought out and analyzed.

This is my 15th of Ms. Charlotte's 37 (?) wonderful novel's and I plan to get through them all as she is a wonderful author. I hope she does a sequel of this one, especially Martin who is the most wonderful man in Literature. He is sooo sweet and lovable. I wonder how Ms. Vale Allen thinks up all her various plots and stories??? I only wish I had her talent.

This is a novel so grounded in painful, yet humorous, reality that it is positively gripping. Following the separate paths of Caley Burrell and Martin Maddox, the reader travels along with the two central characters, waiting for that moment when their paths intersect. And when they do, the physically shattered Caley and the recovering alcoholic Martin are funny and touching and tentative. This is a book about losses and about the possibility of small gains; it's about how fate will send you flying through the windowshield of a car, causing you to become horribly disfigured; it's about how an alcoholic can lose everyone he loves, regain them, get sober, and, even then, having done everything right, suffer unthinkable losses. That these two unlikely people find each other is surprising, and wonderful, and completely believable. A lovely, thoughtful book that delves far below the surface to find what is really important, really valuable, in human interchange. Don't miss this! It's a gem.

This wonderful edition features a judicious selection of Walt Whitman's poetry and essays, edited by distinguished literary critic Mark Van Doren (who is perhaps now as well known for being the father of Ralph Fiennes' character in 'Quiz Show' as he is for his erudition).

Van Doren's preface, itself a famous piece of work, accounts for both the best and worst of Whitman's creations (Van Doren seemed to share Randall Jarrell's view that we can only appreciate the best of Whitman's poetry by acknowledging the depths of his worst work), and seeks to locate the personal Whitman within his verses. This essay alone is arguably worth the price of purchase.

What really sets this anthology apart from others like it, though, is the manner in which Van Doren takes his argument - that Whitman's work was always intimate, even though its themes were variously epical or universal - and applies it to his selection of poems. In inevitable inclusions such as 'Song of Myself', 'Mannahatta' and 'Crossing Brooklyn Ferry', we see Whitman the oracular poet, bringing into his egalitarian imagination the disparate bustle and brio of nineteenth-century New York and ordering them in verse. But when we read alongisde these poems 'Ashes of Soldiers', 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd', 'Native Moments' and 'Once I Pass'd through a Populous City', we begin to recognise the truth in Van Doren's thesis. Whitman's fear of death, his concern for the memories of the individual dead (as we see in 'As Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's Woods'), and his nascently homerotic fascination with his own body (he writes in 'As Adam Early in the Morning', 'Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass,/ Be not afraid of my body'), complement those aspects of his poetry for which he is perhaps most famous: his mythical imagination, exclamatory verse, and descriptive catalogues of local people and places, which remind me of Homeric battle lists, except that they are predicated upon peace, not war.

Combined with his eloquent prose accounts of his activities as a nurse during the Civil War, his letters, and his thoughtful, incisive tributes to those he recognised as great poets (his critical work occasionally resembles the scrupulous excellence of Samuel Johnson), Whitman's poetry discloses subtle resonances that readers might otherwise be inclined to overlook, or forget. Long-time admirers of Whitman will be overjoyed by this classic edition of his work. Those who haven't yet experienced the joys of his language could do worse than look here for a comprehensive overview of his oeuvre.

Not having read the entire book yet, I am not eligible for evaluating it as a whole. However, the poems that I have read amaze me and they are the reason why I call Whitman my favourite poet.

First and foremost, Whitman follows Emerson's thread of thougth in his nature-loving poetry, but Whitman allows himself fewer limits: He not only writes in free verse, he also writes explicitly about his sexuality.

His power, though, lies in his ability to take everyday things and use them in what we might call catalogue rhetoric: In a way he is just making drafts without logics. This is his way of putting everyday America into a poem. And it works. We may wonder what his point is, but Whitman is about sensation, not logics, and the feeling you experience when you read 'Song of Myself', his masterpiece, is truly unique. It is the same feeling you have when you see a beautful forest or sunset. This is poetry at its best.

Michael Kennedy's book, Product Development for the Lean Enterprise, gives an experienced insight into the dilemma faced by some of North America's largest organizations, those who have embraced management science in all of its complexity to win national awards, only to find they are unable to compete successfully at the customer level. Using an engaging fictional narrative, Kennedy provides a fresh insight into product development; this book will challenge your beliefs and understanding and likely intrigue you sufficiently to investigate how aspects of the process can be made applicable in your enterprise. It is a treasure trove of information on, not just its principal topic, Toyota's unique product development process, but details on establishing and operating "a process renewal team" and "large group interventions for organizational change".

In Michael Kennedy's very readable book, one is introduced to Toyota's design concepts, unconventional to the majority of us in corporate North America. Imagine your product development process stipulating:
•explore not one, but multiple design solutions at the same time;
•delay the design's narrowing process to as late as possible in the process;
•demand the building and testing of multiple design models and prototypes for performance conformity;
•have the development, retention and reuse of engineering knowledge and skills a top priority for the company;
•eliminate the use of complex integrated task based program and plans by delegating each program designer to prepare his/her own time-lines to meet fixed review dates and performance levels; and
•have functional engineering managers focus on teaching and mentoring engineering talent, not administration.

In addition to product development, Kennedy's book gives the reader an overview of change management issues from strategy, to personal and political conflict, to presentation and implementation tactics. The book stimulates thought; it proposes possibilities; it gives a glimpse into the future of an enlightened company's product development process. It is beyond a wake-up-call; it is mental nourishment to everyone whose enterprise relies on engineered products.

Michael Kennedy has created a most entertaining and informative book which explores an, heretofore, unexplored aspect of why Toyota, and companies like Toyota, excel at bringing new products to market with 4 times the efficiency of their North American competitors. The book is written in a fictionalized style, ala "The Goal", and conveys the philosophies and paradigms that Toyota embraces which set them apart, in time-to-market and profits, even in this post-bubble economy. Kennedy draws from his life experiences, both as an organizational developer of concurrent engineering processes at a Fortune 100 company, and from his involvement with a National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) collaboration which studied and documented this subject. His volume chronicles how IRT Industries, struggles with their product development processes, their discovery of how Toyota uses knowledge-based paradigms, and how IRT grudgingly realizes that major paradigms shifts, not process changes nor process compliance is required to be a world class product development company. And, maybe best of all, he provides a detailed plan and methodology by which enlightened companies can implement what they learn from this volume.

The ten or so others out there who have read this monster are probably experiencing a facial tic at my suggestion that it be required reading for all who design software. Its not a quick read, but its definately a page turner. I couldn't put it down.

I'm serious.

For me, a guy with a solid background in networking and systems architecture but without the classical human factors education required for intelligent product design this one document did a far better job of firmly rooting me in the basics than anything else.

Mad props to Norman and Neilsen for pointing me in this direction in the first place. But with this book I finally felt "full."

There were a solid list of findings I'd never heard of until I'd opened this book. Not only did this book introduce me to these sorts of things, it also illustrated them to me. I walked away understanding.

Like all of my other faves, this book is opened often. I've bought many copies for friends (with friends like me...) and I reference it often.

Its notable that the most leading edge work today related to this topic is being driven by the same guys who wrote this book so long ago. Its among my top five most suggested books for those I know who want to take their design to the next level.

Designing human-computer interfaces is still an art, learned best by creating many interfaces and carefully observing how real users interact with them. However, there are many tools from cognitive psychology that, if understood and applied, can yeild at least two benefits. First, by learning what is known about how humans operate, you can avoid many pitfalls in design. Second, you can make quantitative design decisions.

This book, though nearly 20 years old, contains much essential material that is unknown to many practitioners in the field! If you are designing interfaces, on the Web, for PCs, or for information appliances, you should read and understand the basic material in this book, which can never go out of date as long as humans use keyboards and mice with their hands and scan the screen with their eyes.

My own recent book, The Humane Interface, is -- in many aspects -- just following in the footsteps of this pathbreaking, pioneering, and important work.

I love this book! I totally love any American Girl book, but this is one of my favorites. I got to know myself a lot better. I like the illustrations. It's very colorful and kooky. Also, by knowing myself better, I can make myself better. For example, I thought I was ready to have a pet. But, I really wasn't, but the book gave me good advice on how I can become ready for a pet. My friends and I used this book at our slumber party. We got to know each other much better! By using this book, you know your fashion style better, if you're a smart money saver, if you're brave enough, or have good manners. I highly recommend this book to any American Girl fans or just any girl who wants to know herself better.

This book was excellent. It really helped me get to know myself better and my friends. Get it!

The Rainbow People of God is a must-have anthology of Desmond Tutu's most motivating and inspiring letters, sermons and addresses between 1974 and 1994. John Allen (editor) includes some of Tutu's most memorable public addresses and skillfully weaves historical background information into the public addresses for the reader's benefit. This proves extremely helpful in painting an overall picture of the antiapartheid movement in South Africa. Anyone who has listened to Tutu speak understands that he often employs humor to illustrate the darkness and oppression caused by apartheid. Readers expecting such humor will enjoy complete satisfaction in this collection of Tutu's speeches. Through Tutu's voice, we learn how he successfully merged African and Christian philosophy to become one of the key players in defeating apartheid.

Desmond Tutu is definately a man of God. His love, forgiveness and courage is set firmly in his belief of the Gospel. Through this book he clearly demonstrates the power that comes from a belief. The journals will inspire anybody.

This book is more than a story,it teaches the child dexterity,and helps focus their attention.It is a simple story about a dragon changing and adapting to new friends and surroundings,something that is hard for children to comprehend.It also lets the child interact by dressing the dragon up at appropriate times,better than any computer game.I am serching for more books like this one.

Part pop-up book and part puzzle, your young child will actively participate in this amusing tale of The Red Dragon. Forced to move from his former cave, the fire breathing reptile moves into new digs. Hungry and unsettled he looks to a cow, sheep and horse for food. They are fearful of their new neighbor and say they can only offer grass. FInally the dragon tries the green delicacy and realizes that YES it is quite tasty. He turns green and makes new friends.