Toogood captures the readers attention from the first sentence. In today's business world one in surrounded by dot.com innovators and this book inspires introspection for our own creative potential.

This book is a straight-talking primer for those of us who have great engineering and technical design skills but need help in our leadership and persuasive skills. We may have a vision, but too often we don't know how to articulate it. This book teaches us how in a breezy style that makes you feel as though Toogood is talking to you over a cup of coffee.

Granville Toogood's Creative Executive is truly a tour de force. I have been employing his techniques with tremendous results. The ability to express oneself clearly, confidently, concisely and creatively is paramount to the success of any business executive, and Toogood offers great insights that would transform even the most timid individual into a communication juggernaut. I now have a palpable sense that my colleagues are more motivated by the challenges that our business faces every day. I would highly recommend Toogood's tome to anyone who feels like their management could use a shot in the arm.

This book cuts to the things that matter and show you how they did it! It's a must have if you love the Gee Bee.

The construction and flying performance of a near-exact replica of a 1932 Gee Bee R-2 -- one of the most loved and loathed of the Golden Age air racers. This book debunks the myths and reveals the facts surrounding the Granville Brothers stubby little racer.

A book about finding answers to the meaning and purpose of life. Very enlightening. For those of us who seek authenticity and truth, along with hope and comfort.

A great book. It helped to find that spiritual center within me. It does a great job of takeing me back to my earliest thoughts as a child and helps me understand how to understand and handle loss and grief throughout a life time. It helped me understand and recognize the spirit of God within me. I highly recommend it to be read to children and by children as well as adults. It will help them to be able to cope with loss in thier lives.
It is a wonderful book !

This is a really good piece of work. I'm a maritime history buff and I enjoyed it a lot. If you're at all interested in the early history of the New England states or especially interested in Nantucket and the way people there made their fortunes, I'd give this book a try. It's a good history that reads like a good novel in places. Highly recommended.

I've been studying this book for over two years, and have already opened a website on its author whom I consider as one of the major chroniclers and writers of eighteenth century Court society in England. The "Correspondence" includes many insights into tthe countryside, since Mary Delany travelled to and lived in Ireland and different other parts of Britain. Several letters from famous people like Swift (yes, the one who wrote something about Gulliver), Horace Walpole, Samuel Richardson and many other great eighteenth century figures can be found in the "Correspondence" since they were also correspondents of Mary Delany. To sum up, in a nutshell, I do call this book MY bible, and I am convinced that it ought to be much better known than it now is. From an enthuisastic French reader and reviewer who'd love to be contacted on that subject...

E. Nesbit's books have a well-deserved place on my shelf next to the C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia and Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, and more recently, Harry Potter. I discovered her books through those of Edward Eager; if you have read and enjoyed any of E. Nesbit's books before, I recommend you take the opposite journey and check out Eager's books now (start with Half Magic.) A real treat.

This book is well worth the time to read it. It covers Granville's life in an engaging and sometimes humourous and racy style. It covers his progressive development and practical application of his theories and system. Am well pleased.

A fascinating, riveting account by a first rate scientist and mathematician dealing with the interstices between religion and science. While the author assumes a working knowledge of both the bible and some mathematical concepts, there is much here for the general reader. Indeed, at time this book reads like a detective novel, such is the skill of Professor Henry's writing. Highly recommended.

The key to success, I believe lies in effective personal communication.

In a world that increasingly relies on technology to respond to other human beings, a personal response results in results - deals are made; red tape is cut; decisions are made. Yet we live in a world where the ability to communicate personally with each other seems to be on the decline.

Granville Toogood has written one of the best books on the subject I have ever read. The Articulate Executive should be required reading for every business student, project manager, teacher and politician. By taking the time to adhere to his simple P. O. W. E. R. formula, leaders would see their effectiveness soar.

P. Power - Start Strong.
O. One Theme.
W. Windows to illustrate your theme.
E. Ear - Your presentation should be conversational.
R. Retention - End your presentation with a call to action.

If you plan to be successful, then public speaking is something you cannot avoid. If you plan to speak, do your audience a favor and spend some time with this book. Your career and your audience will be grateful.

The Articulate Executive is the best reference I've seen on the art of public speaking. I use this text as the principal reference for a corporate university course called "Business Speechcraft." Many fellow Toastmasters have referred this book to me. You can enthusiastically place my name along side theirs as a fan of Mr. Toogood. His advise for speakers regarding the use of view-graphs and overheads is right on the mark. His technique for organizing a speech ... the POWER formula ... will help your presentations successfully blast off and land in the collective memories of your audience. This is a "must read" book and a "best value purchase" for anyone who wants to become a leader in their field.

Powerful communication is the result of identifying what your audience really wants and the effective execution of a well structured presentation. I've read a lot of books on communication such as Dale Carnegie's 'How to Develop Self-Confidence & Influence People by Public Speaking', Peter Urs Bender's 'Secrets of Power Presentations',Dorothy Leeds's 'PowerSpeak', but this one provides the best foundation. Check it out if you can!

I have found this book of tremendous help in my work.

My first books on use cases focused more on UML rather than use cases. I did not give a hoot on use cases, because they look so simple on paper (and that's why I didn't buy a book specifically on use cases!) But as I grew as a developer, I began to believe that use case modelling if done well can significantly reduce development effort and bring about quality solutions. Use cases are the foundation to the understanding of the system that you are trying to develop. Use cases deserve serious attention.

The main problem with use cases is that you either don't know how to start or when to stop. This book tells you both. It tells you how to develop your use case model systematically from scratch and how to make provisions so that your use case model can grow. IMO, that's the main draw for this book.

The authors also give good insights on the possible approaches the reader can take to expand his/her use case model iteratively. It cautions the modeller to keep a balanced model so that stakeholders can understand, rather than one that specifies everything but gets bogged down by the details.

Semantics, you can get it elsewhere, but this book discusses it pretty well too. The examples are clear and relevant.

All in all, Frank and Granville did an excellent job covering the topic.

It is refreshing to a read a text that caters for those of use who already have experience in this domain and are seeking to develop their skills - without reverting to acadamia style writing. Useful examples, balanced descriptions, and an excellent coverage are all attributes of this text.

I strongly recommend this book!