When a massive crystal is found in the frozen wastes of Antartica scientists must find out whether it is natural or extra-terriestrial. When they start experiencing strange dreams life becomes a question of survival as their own government tries to hide their findings. Combining the best of the Sci-fi Genre with an action thriller Craig Harrison builds on the success of the "Quiet Earth" to bring you the best example of New Zealand fiction.

The third outing of Chicago Police Detective Jack RIley is the best yet! Dead Run is not only exciting, but has the full characterization that readers have come to expect from this author. Riley finally has a final confrontation with nemesis Miles Brannigan that brings to mind the best of the old western movies! During the race to get Andreya Petrovitch back to Chicago to testify against Russian Mob Boss Ivan Rudinov, Riley and his partner Alston must deal with a number of obsticales as Moria Clark does an expose of the growing influence of the Russian Mob in the United States. Finally, it all comes together on the steps of the Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where nothing is as it appears! This book is a must buy for anyone who enjoyed the first two books of the series, Valley of Death and Mayan Gold. I can't wait to see the fourth installment, Pirate's Blood!

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This is a great little book. The book is so straightforward about behaviors and compassionately dealing with difficult behaviors, and treats the parent as well as the child. Every time I pick it up to read, I feel like I'm in a therapy session. I have found it very helpful and want to add it to my personal library.

Here's a sample from Chapter 9: "Demanding children sometimes put our optimism to the test. It's hard to see beyond the daily struggles of parenthood and glimpse the possibilities. Yet it's essential to focus on the positive aspects of our demanding child's qualities. That way, we'll be more optimistic and less tense, and thus more able to be effective parents. And a positive attitude leaves us open to the delights and surprises that our children will bring us as they grow.

Parents who are consumed with anxiety about their children's futures are less able to concentrate on the ways they can help in the here and now. And too much parental fretting has another effect: It can convey anxiety to the children, suggesting that parents have little faith in the children's ability to grow and thrive and overcome their difficulties.

The parents who keep their worries in perspective, then, are in the best position to parent positively. Usually, they are the ones who are either similar in temperament to their children, or who have come to understand, work with, and even celebrate their demanding child's individuality, even when the child and parent are quite different.

Sometimes, the worries we have about our challenging children can be eased as they demonstrate their strengths. As they grow, they grow stronger--not always in ways that we are familiar with, but in their own unique way."

I can't convey the whole flavor of the book, but this is from a chapter on twenty well-meaning mistakes parents make:

1. Trying to change basic temperament 2. Failure to guide and direct challenging behavior 3. Failure to prioritize 4. Failure to discipline 5. Using negative language 6. Yelling 7. Praising out-of-control behavior 8. Vagueness and inconsistency 9. Inconsistency between parents 10. Counting on consequences 11. Assigning motives 12. Failure to take care of parental needs 13. Overanalyzing 14. Reflecting your child's negatives 15. Allowing parents' early experiences to define expectations 16. Overprotecting 17. Comparing 18. Assuming that they're tough because they act tough 19. Forgetting that they'll grow up 20. Perfectionism

*Democracy on the Air* is the single most helpful public policy guidebook available on the role of the electronic media in democratic countries. The guidebook explores "how autonomous and responsible media systems function in democracies"; "the ways in which television can be used in the coverage of democratic elections"; and "how journalists cover the lives of ethnic minorities and ethnic conflict, if and when it arises, as well as integrate minorities into the journalistic profession." This is what the guidebook promises, and indeed does, deliver, with an added overview and analysis of policy alternatives. For those interested in learning about public policy, democracy, and the media, this book is clearly written, globally informed and informative, and covers topics such as political freedom for broadcasting, news coverage of elections, paid political advertising, and coverage of conflict and ethnic minorities. Jimmy Carter's foreword is of particular interest.

I love this little book. It's called after one block but you can use the method for so many. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, and there are many examples of the various quilts you can make from this one small block - A great buy!

This well organized book focuses on work processes and procedures for designing them. It does not address the redesign of the underlying processes. It only touches upon this area, so if you're looking for a book about process redesign I recommend Process Redesign: The Implementation Guide for Managers by Arthur R. Tenner. Instead, this book treats the subject as a project more than a development process.

The book is divided into four sections of which the first two sections cover the context and techniques, with the remaining two providing a case study and a comprehensive list of resources.

The heart of this book is Section Two, which is comprised of chapters 2-9 and devoted to techniques for designing work groups and jobs. It starts with an important chapter that steps you through defining your goals and setting the scope of a work group design or redesign. The techniques for accomplishing your goals are given in chapters 3 through 9. The techniques are: environmental analysis (identifying critical goals, demands and constraints), technical process analysis (understanding how the workgroup creates products and/or services), human systems analysis (how people do their jobs), goal design (matching workgroup goals to environmental demands), technical process design, human systems design and implementation. Section Three is a single chapter that provides a case study to reinforce the information provided in Section Two. Section Four is a collection of useful resources, such as a business environment matrix, cycle time analysis and variance analysis worksheets, and other tools that you will find invaluable.

Layout and format of this book are excellent. The good use of tables, step-charts and flow charts make this an easy-to-read and follow workbook as well as a text on workgroup design. It's a valuable addition to a process designer's reference library and a ready made project plan for a workgroup design initiative.

This is a very readable, very interesting, and very comprehensive book written on a child's level. My four-year old loves it (of course we read it to him) and frequently requests that we borrow it from the library. I highly recommend it for children of all ages.

Young Mrs. Rhys looking for a washstand encounters an accident with a truck on lonely road and ends up stranded with culprits thinking she's dead. Inspector Rhys hunts for the suspects while keeping Jenny out of harms way at her brother and one coincidence leads to another.

"Divorce Lawyers at Work offers a rich, vivid account of the changing nature of family law practice. It will be invaluable to those interested in understanding the legal profession and the operation of the legal system, warts and all, in one of the most emotionally fraught legal arenas. It also would be an excellent companion to anyone suffering the travails of a divorce--and an accurate (if sometimes unflattering) mirror for the lawyers who represent them." --Richard L. Abel, Cornell Professor of Law, UCLA

"This is, first of all, a superb study of one segment of the practicing bar--divorce lawyers--but it also addresses a host of questions about the meaning of professionalism and the contemporary tensions within the practice of law. Every scholar of the legal profession must read this book. It also will be of immense interest to almost every practicing lawyer and, indeed, to students trying to find out what the real practice of law is all about." --Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School

"How do the demands and expectations of divorcing people in the U.S. intersect with the practice of divorce lawyers? This book offers a learned answer to a question that has occupied much speculation. We now have a comprehensive study to inform our relentless desire to understand how legal practice constitutes the demise of marriage."--Christine Harrington, Associate Professor of Politics, and Director, Institute for Law and Society, New York University

"Mather, McEwen, and Maiman have written an invaluable book for scholars and practitioners alike. Everyday, divorce lawyers face conflicts about how to balance contending demands from clients, colleagues, and courts. In this thoughtful, probing, and important book, the authors demonstrate that the norms of professional collegiality are alive and well--if in multiple and complicated ways."--Carroll Seron, author of The Business of Practicing Law: The Work Lives of Solo and Small-Firm Attorneys

"The topic is of great interest not only to those concerned with the practice of law, but also with broader social welfare interests in the management of the divorce process, and with a sociological interest in the development and pressures on the legal profession. The authors are in the first rank in their field, and write with clarity and authority. Their book is an important contribution to the field."--Mavis Maclean, Director, Oxford Center for Family Law and Policy