I found this book very useful as a resource for good advice on advertising. In my opinion, this unknown classic stands up there next to salesmen as Zig Ziglar to admen such as David Ogilvy.

Dr. McMahan hit it right on the nail with this book of short stories. I finished the book in two days. The stories not only focused on imaginary situations but everyday real life issues that face black men and boys in today's society.

I enjoyed the scriptures that began at the beginning of the chapters. My favorite story was Metro-Man. Alexander was a man who had everything going for him and had made it to the top. An unlikely metro accident left him in a situation that forced him to re-evaluate his materialistic life and focus on other less fortunate black males and their plight in American society. It is a real eye opener for anyone who thinks that once you make it, it is a done deal.

Look forward to the next book.

While I was growing up in Chicago, one of my greatest pleasures was listening to classical music while reading the latest selection from the Readers' Subscription Club to which I belonged. That was almost 50 years ago (!) and yet how vividly I recall pouring over brief but brilliant essays in the latest edition of The Griffin (the monthly bulletin) to select titles to order and then, several weeks later, reading those selected as soon as they arrived. (By the way, I found Bach's "Goldberg Variations" to be an ideal companion to my reading, regardless of subject matter.) In this volume, with a Foreword by Jacques Barzun, followed by an Introduction by editor Arthur Krystal, we have a rich and varied selection of the uncollected writings of W.H. Auden, Jacques Barzun, and Lionel Trilling who, from 1951 until 1963, served as editors of the Readers' Subscription Club which later became the Mid-Century Book Society. As I began to read this book, I recognized only a few of the 45 essays which Krystal has organized as follows:

Biography and Belles Lettres (e.g. Barzun's "The Artist as Scapegoat")

History and Social Thought (Auden's "Apologies to the Iroquois")

Novels and Novelists (e.g. Trilling's "A Triumph of the Comic View")

Music, Theater, and Fine Arts (e.g. Barzun's "Why Talk About Art?")

Poetry (.e.g. Auden's "T.S. Eliot So Far")

A Round-robin (i.e. all three editors collaborated on "The New Auden Shakespeare" and "Jameschoice for January."

Krystal then provides an "Editor's Note," followed by two appendices: Complete List of Essays and Reviews from The Griffin and The Mid-Century, and, Essays from The Griffin and The Mid-Century Published Elsewhere.

After reading all of the selections in this volume, I now realize and appreciate what I did not (and probably could not) so many years ago: the three erudite and eloquent authors of the selections never "wrote down" to their readers while providing an intellectual, aesthetic, and (at times) social context for each of the authors and works discussed.

In the Foreword, Barzun explains that "As critics we had one trait in common: none of us applied a theory or system. Apart from this unifying mode, our tendencies and backgrounds differed widely, surely a desirable diversity for the purposes of the club." He goes on to point out that they were guided by "the principle of what Trilling was the first to call 'cultural criticism,' that is, criticism inspired by whatever is relevant to the work. Its genesis, form, and meaning have roots in the culture where it appears, and it is also unique through its author's own uniqueness. To us, none of this was new. We were cultural critics with no need of a doctrine, for the essence of culture is inclusiveness." In the Introduction, Krystal then provides a brief explanation of how and why the Club was founded, what happened throughout its eleven years and six months of existence, and what he views as its unique contributions. Auden, Barzun, and Trilling "were like those classical musicians who, upon leaving work at the symphony, head downtown to play jazz all night in a smoky club." No small part of the "pleasure they derived from playing together...lay in the knowledge that they were performing for a literate audience who had come expressly to hear them." This simile is apt.

Who will most enjoy reading this book? Certainly those who were once a member of either Club and have so many pleasant memories of their own associated with the monthly interaction with the three editors as well as with the subjects they discussed. But countless others, "non-members" if you will, who will also be intellectually stimulated while thoroughly enjoying the pleasure of the three editors' company. Jacques Barzun was right: "The essence of culture is inclusiveness."

This is the best introductory work on hospital visitation. A must read for those wanting to serve in the hospital ministry. Lays a good foundation for appropriate and sensitive visitation. Should be part of any hospital chaplain's library

The world we live in is dependent on credit and this book gives a very insightful and tremendously useful guidance in understanding the laws that governs our financial rights.

Dr. Arthor Pell was a modern day people, he wrote the book by using his experience, it not a pure theory but the prospective leader or the one who will step to be the management like me can study and use it to be a good pattern style when manage our people. I has read it in Thai version , however I am now collecting money to buy the English version from you, I will reach it soon , I guess, PS. For Thai the under developer country people are poor and not so easy to spent ~ 25$ for a book, however I will do it soon. Any way Dr. Arthor Pell is a great Author, I recommended every body reading his books..

Managing a team, a section, a department or an entire organization is both a science and an art. It's a science because there are certain basic concepts that have been proven successful and can be applied where applicable. It's an art because so much of the success of a manager lies in the personal manner in which that manager relates to the people he or she supervises.

In this book you will find the answers to most of your questions on both the science and art of human resources management. You'll pick up tips, techniques, suggestions and information on every aspect of dealing with your people from the first contact with prospective employees, through orienting and training them, compensating them, motivating them, dealing with their problems, all the way through their separation or termination.

This book is an easy read for a busy manager, loaded with specific examples anecdotes from real life HR situations. Whether you are an experienced manager or just beginning your career in management, this book will serve as a roadmap to successful leadership.

While everyone is familiar with Murphy's famous axiom, Bloch has culled the laws of physics, common sense, and "stuff" happening into one ever-expanding volume. Reading many of the laws brought smiles to my face, because there's so much truth to it.

A nice diversion, and highly recommended.

Life is full of laws we do not think about, but that are not part of the laws of natural sciences since they are not based in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics nor any other law in the universal set of laws---they are MURHPY'S LAWS! You are driving on one lane and see the other one is moving faster, so what do you do? You change lanes. Here's where Murhpy's Laws govern over natural laws...the other lane always moves faster, until you move into it! Washing you car to make it rain won't work; things work pefectly at the repair shop; water-soluble ink that won't be absorbed by the porous paper will mark you white shirt forever! You get the picture. This book covers all the angles from where you can view life, different chapters containing sets of laws. Not to be read in one shot. You will laugh so much and agree to many laws that you will understand you were not alone in those moments when you thought these things happen only to you. On a scale of one to ten Murphy's Laws, I'll give it a TEN! BUY IT!

A good collection of basic chords for some of the best songs by Cat Stevens. Intros are missing in songs like "Moonshadow" and "The First Cut Is The Deepest". It is hard to believe that "The Wind" is not included in this collection of songs. Guitar melody in "If I Laugh" is not included either, just the basic chords. This book is by no means perfect, but it is a good buy for the money.

There are a whopping 28 songs in this little book, which was many more than I expected for the price asked. There are very few pop songs that the Cat did that aren't in this book. Unfortunately they got away with this by using VERY small print fonts, dropping the piano scores from the music, and only putting one line of lyrics with the music. What you do get are all the words (though the second verses on are printed as blocks of text on the bottoms of the pages), the melody lines, and the chord box notation above the lines (Circles with teeny-tiny finger numbers inside.) There is also a nifty strumming chart at the top of each song to give you a feel for the rythms involved. Nice touch. They squeeze 7 lines of music with up to 10 measures per line on each page, which is tough on the eyeballs. The advantage of this is that a whole song fits on one or two facing pages, with no page turns. If you can read the chords without the finger notation detail, and don't get lost moving from music to lyric sections this is a great book for performing from. From a content point a view, a definate 10. From a printing point of view, a 6. Overall a 9.