This instructor's guide is equally focused on quality improvement in a general sense as well as on 6-Sigma techniques.

It starts off with a module on course planning that lays out the curriculum and objectives. It then introduces 6-Sigma, followed by modules for improvement planning, problem solving, process management and common tools. Each module is, in my opinion, excellent. For example, improvement planning introduces quality function deployment (QFD) as a primary tool/technique. Problem solving gives a structured 5-step process that can be effectively used by anyone, regardless of their job or role, and the module on process management is where the 6-Sigma tools and techniques are introduced, along with design of experiments (Taguchi Technique), and an implementation plan. QFD is also more thoroughly covered in this module.

The final module covers most of the common TQM tools and techniques, which round out the knowledge and skill areas required by anyone responsible for supporting 6-Sigma at the worker through line manager levels.

Overall, this is a well written book that gives instructors a clearly defined outline for a syllabus and learning objectives.

San Antonio District Attorney Chris Sinclair accompanies his girlfriend psychiatrist Anne Greenwald on a visit to her estranged father, Morris, notorious for his questionable dealings in Texas politics and government. Fortunately Chris' teenage daughter who resides with him is staying with her grandparents for the weekend. Chris and Anne are a bit surprised when they arrive at Morris' home to find her former fiancé, Ben Sewell, there.
The unthinkable happens when Ben is murdered before their eyes.

Chris swears he saw the victim kill himself while Anne is one hundred percent certain she saw someone shoot Ben, but the cops let that person go free. Anne and Chris disagree as to what happened even as the police arrest Morris for the homicide. Though the case has caused a schism between them, their love helps them form a bond to find the proof that her father is not the killer, but their investigation takes them into the highest levels of Lone Star society.

Fans who enjoy a political legal thriller will want to read SLIVER MOON. The story line focuses on how two intelligent witnesses see the same inncident so differently. When the tale stays within the frame, it is a powerful story that leaves readers to question what he or she sees (in a gestalt way). When the plot veers into high stakes conspiracy, it retains its excitement, but loses some of the cerebral edge. Still Jay Brandon provides a deep novel that will remain with the audience long afterward as each fan will reconsider basic observations.

Harriet Klausner

This eye-filling book clearly illustrates the rich symbolism of Japanese design. Though not meant as an all-inclusive guide to Japanese arts, the pictorial choices are wonderful. Each design "theme" is accompained by brief but highly informative text. There is also a generous selection of family crests (mon), which would be of particular interest to kimono enthusiasts. This color-saturated album is a joy to look at and would complement Merrily Baird's more complete and scholarly tome, "Symbols of Japan," which, though awesomely researched, has rather weak illustrations in several sections.

An engaging writer, Jackson follows the journey of social psychology from its beginnings through the 1980's and challenges the positivist paradigm. This is a model for the student of psychology of the ultimate in creative scholarly writing and his treatment of social psychology is respectful and warm. This text surpasses the description of "textbook". Lastly, check out the reference list.

This is a delightful cookbook and one of my favorites for years. It is a frequent gift for friends and relatives. The recipes are indicative of "Southern home-cooking" that one might expect to find in the North Georgia mountains. As a bonus and adding interest to the book, the arthor has taken time to include thumb-nail sketches of historical landmarks and well-established businesses, many of which contributed recipes to the book. This book should be well liked not only by cooks, but tourists and visitors to North Georgia whom are looking for interesting places to visit.

Jay Taverner has written an absorbing, tightly woven novel -- suspenseful, humorous, with well-drawn, fully human characters.

Scotty has fled London and the betrayal of her long-time partner, Sue. Add to that the loss of her job. She has come to rural Shropshire to nurse her wounds, staying with her long-time college friend, Kate, her husband and two sons. As she treads the path of her healing, she begins to look outside herself. Country living suits her. She meets Helen, a librarian -- sweet, innocent, but married to an unsavory fellow whose initial impression on Scotty is confirmed when one day she encounters Helen with a black eye and bruises.

The idyllic country life turns out to be anything but -- a child is kidnapped, Scotty finds herself the target of threats, and she is thrust into the middle of sordid events she can't walk away from.

Adding to the momentum of the suspence, Taverner intersperses a subtle humor in her writing such as the malfunction of Scotty's "gaydar" among these far-from-London folks who sometimes leave her with an otherly-planet feeling. I found myself reading faster and faster, propelled by the suspense, the engaging characters -- many more than I have mentioned -- and Taverner's well-crafted writing. I really loved this book.

A true classic World War II novel this book should be in the library of every World War II reader. Myself i am an avid World War II reader I have read atleast a dozen WW2 books in the last year found this book to be very exciting and a book i just could not put down. The depth and way the operations were told was tremendous this book i would recomend to any reader it's a true great a book you can't put down

This book is a wonderment of the life, beliefs and life altering experiences of a very interesting man. Well worth the money and very absorbing. JB

My friend let me read this book in class,and it was great.It teaches you alot.I highly reccomend it!

I thought it was a pretty good book, for my purposes. It is a collection of academic like articles by different statisticians working in the area of sports modelling and each author wrote one chapter on the sport or topic of his expertise. I found it easier to read than most academic articles. All the chapters I've read so far (4 or 5) have provided me with 1 to 4 ideas that I might be able to apply to my own modelling of sporting events. So for me it was a good buy.