This 3rd edition updates a classic HR book (originally written in 1984). New chapters on technology, outsourcing, etc. as well as revision of the basic chapters has kept this book on the forefront of HR "must haves".

This book is a must-have for anyone concerned about cost-effective, value-added human resources results. It is the clearest, most concise work of its type. Anyone, regardless of their level of experience in human resources, can quickly use the contents of this book to become immediately more effective in their workplace.

In The Joyful Child: A Sourcebook Of Activities And Ideas For Releasing Children's Natural Joy, Peggy Jenkins presents a system of positive self-programming through parent or teacher directed activities ranging from games, songs, and stories to puppetry, art, music, and movement. This very highly recommended, "user friendly" compendium of information and references will enhance any classroom, home schooling, or parent-child efforts to nurture and develop a child's ability and skills to enjoy and learn from their life experiences.

I MUST HAVE THIS BOOK! This parenting manual thoroughly illustrates the definition of and the source of joy. It enlightens parents to the concept that our children can and should be joyful and that we will become more joyful ourselves in the process. It examines many personalities and methods to appropriately love, nurture and support each. Included, is a very full, but simple and effective list of activities that any loving parent can and will engage in with their child/children. Words cannot express enough how thankful I am to have found such a 'Joyful' Parenting help.

I was truly impressed when I read this book. It should be given to young adults to read. This author is very positive and believes in supporting his community. I was inspired when I read this book. This author is a hidden treasure he should be on best seller lists everywhere.

It was hard to hold the tears in as I read this book. I could relate to it so much. The author's background is touching in an Antwon Fischer kind of way and the short stories, letters, and poems are emotional and moving. I reccomend this book be put on everyone's bookshelf.

Intriguingly insightful, Matthews and Ingersoll explore fundamental maxims of the basic ideologies of global politicial and philosophical politics. I am mesmerized by the roots of their research, and also am captivated by their research and interpretation of various thinkers and philosophers of each ideology. A must read for anyone interested in the ubiquitous pursuit of unravelling the many perspectives of motivation of world leaders and thinkers.

Highly recommended. If you are interested in exploring different ideologies around the world, you will find this book very helpful.

In 1916, American poets Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Ficke had it up to wherever with Imagism, Vorticism, and several other minor isms that they thought had infected the literary world. They set out to concoct an ism to end all isms, and devised "Spectrism," a new school for experimental poetry. To that end, they published "Spectra: New Poems," with an unintelligible preface purporting to explain the name of the new ism. Each of the Spectric poems was pretentiously titled with an opus number, like a piece of classical music.

Witter Bynner wrote as "Emmanuel Morgan." Morgan's persona was full of bacchanalian, bardic blatherskite, a rhyming Whitman. Here is the opening of his "Opus 6:"

If I were only dafter
I might be making hymns
To the liquor of your laughter
And the lacquer of your limbs.

Arthur Davison Ficke wrote as "Anne Knish." The name was meant to be vaguely exotic and Eastern European; apparently not many Americans had heard of knishes in 1916. Knish is the archetypal poetess, sensual and enigmatic, vaguely scandalous. She writes free verse. Here is Opus 118:

If bathing were a virtue, not a lust
I would be dirtiest.

To some, housecleaning is a holy rite.
For myself, houses would be empty
But for the golden motes dancing in sunbeams.

Tax-assessors frequently overlook valuables.
Today they noted my jade.
But my memory of you escaped them.

By now, the basic flaw of the hoax should be obvious. Having endured much worse in the way of poetic experiment between now and 1916, the Spectric poems aren't that bad. In fact, they are rather consistently entertaining, and contain some pretty good lines. They rank among the more memorable work by Bynner and Ficke, and both writers acknowledged as much after the hoax had been exposed.

I first read this book when it came out in 1961. Its great value lies not so much in documenting the amusing history of the hoax, but in reprinting Spectra in its entirety as a lengthy appendix. Yes, the "hoax" poems are parodies, but they're careful ones, and contain some of Ficke's and Bynner's very best work!

"Asparagus grows feathery and tall; The hose lies rotting by the garden wall."

What a couplet! Buy it! Read it! Give it to your teenager as an introduction to modern poetry. Before long he'll be reading Pound.

On the back of this text it states "1,000,000 can't be wrong!" And after using this text for the past month I can see why, among the myriad of Abnormal Psych. texts available, this one is considered heads above all the others.

The authors write in a way that is accessable to undergraduates and/or graduate students (like myself)who are studying this subject matter for the first time. They go in depth on etiology, assessment, treatment, and prognosis on a myriad of DSM-IV-TR disorders.

Don't let the price scare you away. Text books are like anything else; you get what you pay for. Purchases such as this one are an investment in your career. Don't short-change yourself. Buy the best!

Book One details methods for building music.

Other introductory books fall prey to one of two approaches: all music theory with no explanation or the "riff" approach with little musical background. Davison bridges the gap by teaching the student to build music from components of rhythm, tone and technique.

Upon completion of this book, with some practice, the student should be able to play many cool sounding rock-type licks and he should understand why the notes sound good together.

The strongest area of the book is the section on minor pentatonic positions. After mastering this section, the reader will be able to play the entire length of the guitar in the most important and often-used type of scale in modern guitar. Davison then applies the scale theory with even more riffs.

A great starting point for anyone, regardless of their musical background.

Since Amazon didn't post an editorial review, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "This book has been written for all those who are interested in learning more about natal astrology. It completely covers such subjects as the Significance of Signs, Planets and Houses, and Delineations. The major part of the volume is devoted to full, step-by-step instructions for setting up and interpreting horoscopes. There are also sample horoscopes, as well as hundreds of charts and illustrations. Written by one of the world's foremost experts, the book explains and covers in simple language the whole fascinating subject of Astrology."

More than any other, this book laid the foundations for my work as a professional astrologer over the last 15 years. Having read or browsed through just about every astrological text available during that time, I can still recommend it as the most concise and comprehensive summary of the basics of chart interpretation available in one book.

Davison makes good use of a keyword system which helps in the clarity and accessibility of the information. Many subtle "esoteric" snippets are also included throughout, insights and perspectives that are neglected by most more modern introductions to astrology. The treatment of the signs of the zodiac, planets, planets in signs, planets in houses and so forth is excellent. There is no waffle here. Philosophical, scientific, practical, historical, spiritual perspectives and others are all covered. The last few chapters bring it all together with some example delineations.

I would recommend this book to anyone starting out, perhaps together with some lighter reading such as "Parker's Astrology" or some of the other large and colourful introductions available.

More than an introduction and less than a full course on Balinese architecture, this is an excellent little guide.

Plenty of great illustrations on every page, and lots of meaty but hightly readable text is packed together in sidebars and full essays.

Very lightweight (meaning it is physically portable), this could come along with a traveler to Bali and be a valuable asset towards understanding temples, villages, etc.

Great technical companion to any of the style books on Bali (Bali Style, At Home in Bali, etc), which usually concentrate more on look and style & have a large variety of beautiful photos.