To be quite honest, this was one of the most amazing art books I have read in a long time. The artwork is just incredible and while it may be offensive to some, just by looking at the cover you'll either be interested or completely disgusted. Excellent buy if you're not squeemish.

This man really knows how to photograph trucks. The backdrops are awesome, the trucks are super sharp and the colour and paper quality are superb. Be warned though, Kenworths are very scarce in this book, but Peterbilt fans will love it, and other makes are given some coverage also.( KW and Pete lovers must also buy the sister book to this one, being 'The working trucks of Colorado'....now that is a book!)

I love to cook and try different techniques in my kitchen. After purchasing a new clay pot and feeling quite the novice, I began searching for a book that would give me some fairly detailed instructions for cooking in clay. While there are probably better books on the market for explaining the "do's" and "don't's" of claypot cooking, this book's photographs spurred me on to try out my pot with enough information to sufficiently get me started. There are plenty of tasty recipes to keep one experimenting with this wonderful, historical cooking method without becoming bored. This book is a delightful addition to anyone's kitchen shelf of cookbooks.

If you're interested in Consumer Behavior, grab this book. The writers of Consumer Behavior seem to have the student of all ages in mind. For both undergraduate to MBA programs, I felt the content (from case studies to psychological buyer behavior), lives up to its name.

The premise of the book: how understanding buyer behavior influences overall strategy.

If you're looking for a self-tutorial in Consumer Behavior, this is it.

Well, if you do not have time to sit down and read a whole textbook or set of textbooks on the subject, Hawkins Gene Structure and Expression is for you. He not only gives you an overview of the basic topics inluding DNA/RNA structure, replication and transcription but also gives you enough statistics and experimental details to fill a void on the practical side of molecular biology. Lots of overview on gene strcture and function. Although you will not find extensive biochemistry, you do get enough to set you out researching for more. The details you do get, however, will surprise you - both prokaryotic and eukaryotic aspects. There is enough here to bring you up to speed with the theories and methods of molecular biology, and then some. I always read it to refresh my knowledge base - when I think I have forgotten something. Part textbook, part journal article, part research report - I would recommend it highly. Looking forward to future updates!

This book has some good suggestions on ways to keep these pests out of your house. Written in an informal, easy-to-read style.

This book was thoughtful, provocative, innovative, and progressive in its ideas. The history was well researched and well presented. It is a book designed to break the barriers that modern day Christians have put up for the church.

Dr. Hawkins presents the traditional ideas of the church, where they originated, and why they are there. Then, he explains the historical reasons for the ideas that we have and the Biblical reasoning for the traditions that are sometimes lost in today's generation. This book is meant for those who are concerned with the present day church and how it is supposed to be.

The main theme throughout is UNITY. How nice it is to see unity of the church presented in such a logical, loving way. I wish more pastors were educated in the history of church traditions, why we have some of the traditions we have, and how they apply to the twenty-first century church. It is only through unity that we can truly become the church that we were meant to be.

Maya's Locs is a cute story of a mother and daughter sharing the downside of
African American hair care for someone tender-headed. The story details the
various things Maya's mom tries to make her daughter's hair softer and easier
to maintain.

This is a wonderful book for parents who are considering locking their child's
hair and in search of a tool to "show" how the hair will turn out. In addition, I think children and those interested in hair care will enjoy it as well. The illustrations are done by Beverly Hawkins Hall and beautifully portray the story. Parents and young children both will enjoy this book and its bright and colorful illustrations.

Reviewed by Tee C. Royal
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

The editor of this book wastes no time in stating the author's theme of the book: that creativity is a private affair (and this is a general statement, and not just applicable to dance). Who knows better than the person in knowing how to interpret the "intricate morass" that constitutes him/her? Expressing their internal sensations and intuitions though are difficult for the individual however, for meanings of words can be altered as they are filtered through the individual personality. But in a book words must be used of course, and the author does so with great skill throughout. It is perhaps suprising that a choreographer would write about creativity and attempt to teach it as a skill that can be learned. The best choreographers consider creativity maybe as a momentary release, as a kind of play, defying explanation, and they are usually not to motivated to do so. This author though explains that throughout her life her main ambition was to find new ways of facilitating creative growth.

To instruct others how to be creative entails that one understand the nature of the creative process. This is nontrivial, and so it is not surprising that the author would overview briefly various research opinions on the subject. The creative potential is influenced by the environment and one's interaction with it. One's experiences can be expressed symbolically, but this may not always be done effectively with words: one may need to use motion, sound, or painting. Dance choreography to the author is, following the classification of the philosopher/logician Susanne Langer, a "presentational form of symbolization", which is inherently metaphorical, and feelings are presented via the use of images and illusion.

Imitation, conformity, and fitting into preconceived patterns can have no intersection with creativity argues the author. It requires the imagination, the sensing and feeling, and the restless desire for truth. She definitely believes in an unconscious contribution to the creative act, but also a "pre-conscious" mode of thought that integrates fragmentary knowledge and isolated elements of experience and brings about the rise of new conceptions. This middle ground between the conscious and unconscious, the Ruggian "transliminal mind", is the origin of creativity according to the author. The author makes reference to research in neuroscience regarding the hemispheric specialization of the brain, and its possible connection of creativity with the right hemisphere. She does mention though that current research points to the fact that specific localization may not be valid. The current research in neuroscience into the nature of creativity is fascinating and this book just touches on it. No doubt experimental techniques in cognitive science will settle the issue in the upcoming decades.

The author is not content with merely theorizing about dance and creativity, but in teaching students to find out and utilize their own. She lists several different classroom activities throughout the book to encourage student action. Feeling, sight, and imaging are discussed in real-world contexts and many examples given of how to integrate them into the production of (personal) movement. The role of symmetry/asymmetry in movement forms is discussed also, interestingly, showing a possible Doris Humphrey influence. The therapeutic role of dance is also given emphasis by the author, with a few real examples discussed. The author quotes students as telling her that dance has changed their life, and they will never be the same again. Dance has that impact, always, and this book will certainly assist in its realizing its power. But the only way to learn dance is to dance.