Owen Harrison is no longer just the man who wrote the book on Open Space Technology — He’s now the man who wrote the books. Expanding Our Now is Harrison’s second crack at explaining the organizational theory he developed after watching a celebration in an African village. Basically the theory boils down to this: A group will organize itself to solve a specific problem if you sit everyone in a circle and get out of the way. The nuts-and-bolts of this process were described in Harrison’s earlier, Open Space Technology: A User’s Guide. This time around, the author gives us a bit more history and theory. Your reaction to this book will depend to a large extent on how ready you are to accept OST as a concept and how open to new management techniques you are in general. But even if you’re not in the market for newly minted organizational theories, we at getAbstract.com recommend that you read this book, if only to absorb some of its innovative suggestions about how to get the most out of that bane of corporate life — the meeting.

I found "A Father's Diary" to be an interesting and enjoyable read. It is the chronicle of a year in the lives of the author's two children, Tilly and Jack, who are 4 and 3 when the book begins. The diary records their development and experiences as they grow up in a small English village

This looks like an 18th-century pattern book for wooden fences, down to the typography and spelling. But it was written only a couple of years ago by Harrison, who collected and documented old fence designs. It's very stylish, yet practical. It does not, on the other hand, cover 19th-century style or the use of modern tools and paints. This is the book to get for stylistic ideas, but if you don't know woodworking, you'll need another one (e.g. K. Geist) for the nitty-gritty.

"Bill J. Harrison certainly has imagination! An exciting and suspenseful read."

West Coast Review of Books

I've been hunting for a book about common backyard birds which had big, clear pictures, to make it easier for my young kids (5, 3 and 1.5 years) to see the distinguishing characteristics of each bird. The photographs in this book are beautiful! The colors are crisp, details are vivid. Many of the scenes are breathtaking -- birds in flight, feeding their young. The pictures are also large, each occupies an entire page.

Of course, Harrison includes information on the birds -- descriptions, what they eat, their habitats, how to attract them, etc. The info is at par with the other bird books. The photos make the difference. I highly recommend this for both beginner bird watchers (like my family), and for bird lovers.

This is a wonderful work; well written and well researched with superb insights into events of the American Revolution that are usually ignored or only given scant coverage. The only real weakness is the book's brevity which does not allow the full development of the author's ideas or enoough detail on important issues. The bibliographic essay is wonderful and provides an outstanding guide to the sources on this fascinating topic.

Great grandparent journal. Gender neutral. 8 x 8 inch. Black and white photos of typical families in the 1940-1960s about every 6 pages. Questions include the usual and the unusual ("did you like popsicles?", less organized (and less creative) than other journals. Not as much room for writing (again a plus or minus) compared to other journals.

The Mobil guide to New Zealand gives Pendleton a single star - the place formed when the wheel fell off some ones wgaon. But when some lecturers from the local university find a case full of cash things go from strange to weird with a lot of laughs on the way. In the spirit of Goodbye Pork Pie Grievous Bodily just may do some to your laughter muscles! Oh and watch out for the exploding...

This book is ideal for a young scuba diver or someone who basicly loves marine biology. The book informes you on all the marine animals. If you buy this book you will never regret the day you purchased it. Just think of the day when your son or daughter is doing a report on the fresh water dolphin and you can find enough information on the internet. This book will be very useful

I am a Six Sigma Master Black Belt (A.K.A. teacher and coach of Industrial Statistics & Project Management). I am frequently on the road and own the first edition of this book (out of print, 20 Chapters) and I refer to it at least one a week. Have reviewed a copy of the second (1998) edition (21 Chapters) wich includes an additional Acceptance Sampling chapter (...can't inspect quality into a product). This is a handy reference that I carry in my brief case instead of 20 different statistics and quality control textbooks. Dr. LLoyd S. Nelson says: "Haryy Wadsworth is to be commended for originating this useful work now in its second Edition." (Journal of Quality Technology, July 1999). He also states: "Editing a (statistics) handbook containing 21 chapters written by over two dozen authors must be something like driving a 20-mule team." Don't know about Prof. Wadsworth and his 20+ mules, but I certainly appreciate and use this handy and compact reference.