A truly insightful study beautifully argued without the use of word processing

i saw the ishimoto exhibit in chicago a few months back and i was amazed by the power of every image. i only dabble in photography, but i appreciate what he's done in the field and i find it all very touching. the book is page after page of beauty (i enjoyed the leaf and cloud photos best).

This is the best in-depth instruction geared toward youth basketball that I have read. It gives parents and coaches step by step instructions for teaching the fundamentals of basketball to young players.

Having been both a player, coach and referee for many years, I found Dr. Brown's work to be a complete text on coaching youth soccer. This handbook takes the reader through the basics of developing a new soccer club, working with parents and the players and provides a comprehensive understanding the roles and responsibilities of the the coach, players and parents. Included are indepth descriptions (with diagrams and photographs) starting with basic soccer movements and going through complex team drills. If one had to pick only a single book on the game of soccer, this handbook would be it.

"The Diary of Anne Frank: The Critical Edition" is a wonderful chronicle on the life and writings of that perky Dutch teenager. Now in my late thirties, I first read her diary at thirteen. I was just a frisky Australian schoolboy trying to learn more about the mysterious world of girls. That first read, though, put me in tears. The diary enchanted me and I wanted to know more about Anne, her family, and those fatal frosted footsteps beyond the Secret Annex.

In time, I would learn more, much more. As the "The Critical Edition" shows there is in fact not one diary but several as Anne rethought and revised her own work. "The Critical Edition" places the various revisions side by side so readers can gain an insight into how Anne constructed her work. There is genius in Anne's work but it didn't always come in the first draft. As inspiration to us mortals, she too, had to work at it.

"The Critical Edition" has an especially fascinating account of the publishing history of the diary. Anne's father was the key to publication and it would be some time before he could come to terms with Anne's incredibly honest account of her developing sexuality and those raw comments on her mother, Edith. Publication also came at a time when people's minds were barely coping with understanding World War II and its legacy. For the first time, "The Critical Edition" highlights the difficulties with translating Anne's diary into German and how, for some, it had come too soon and too fast after the great conflict. Yet, for others, the diary was too good to be the work of - in Anne's words - an "incurable chatterbox". Again, this scholarly (and lengthy) work reveals the outcome of analysis that proves the diary's authenticity.

For the reader there is the danger that the light shed on Anne's life and work by this book will lower her from the enormous pedestal she has arisen. In fact, Anne's spirit emerges even stronger. "The Diary of Anne Frank: the Critical Edition" enhances Anne's irrevocable message that freedom and good can reign over a corrupt and evil world.

This book is something that is absolutely wonderful, and life changing. It is so because of its author- a teen-age Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis from 1942 to 1945. Reading this allows you to feel what she was feeling, expeirience what she experienced. And all of it is true. It all happened, and the diary allows you to know Anne Frank, in a sence. Her thoughts and ideas were real, and they remain to be because of the diary. Anne goes on, and reading what she went through will change your life.

I love this book, because it make me understand that all three versions of the diary that know Anne wrote her original diaries,two notebooks and 324 loose sheet while she was hiding.

Anne did write alot about her friends, sexual feeelings, and fighting between her and her mother. The second one is missing,so she did finish the rewrite on loose sheet which is version B that the dated from December 7, 1942 to December 22, 1943. The last page of the rewrite on loose sheet on March 29,1994 about listening the radio broadcasting the Duth Exile from london that collected the daries and letters that people want to read then after the war. Anne did all the rewrite, but she never finished sadly, on August 4, 1944 the day of the arrest the nazi interupted her. She is a great writer of all times. I'm very obessed Anne Frank, because she is so smart!.

Anyone want to know about Anne's life was Melissa Muller's Biography "Anne Frank" This is a great book!

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This book presents a selling process in the form of an autobiography of the author as a street smart sales representative. The author presents a sales approach that, as a sales person, I would find effective mainly for short sales cycles involving low or medium value tangibles. You are going to have quite a struggle selling complex technical services or selling anything to targets with mandatory RFPs using the process exactly as the author presents it. Unfortunately the author omitted from the book any comprehensive discussion about where the system has its limitations. However, what is useful is the underlying discipline of prospect qualification, key communication methods, and verification of budget, and in this respect I thought the author did a good job hammering those points home. Unlike many sales books, this one is entertaining and easy to read, even if you don't necessarily agree with all its contents.

I'm am comfussed by those who don't see the value of David Sandler's system. I also like other sales books and many of them teach similar skills. Sandler teaches how to use those skills in a system, not randomly.

I believe the system saves time and frustration. It may not be new to some, but the system teaches sales people why they must listen. It does not teach sales people to miss a closing opportunity it teach sales people not to be in a hurry and how to play off a smart buyer. This book offers, to some, ways to deal with "uncomfortable" situations that you may find yourself in as a sales person.

Finally, this book teaches a system that must be "learned" and if you don't use the system you won't "learn it." So remind yourself that you didn't learn how to ride your bike sitting in a chair, you went out got on your bike, fell down, got up and then all of a sudden you stopped falling. So buy this book, if you don't like the system, the book will help you laugh about all the examples you lived as a sales person.

I'm terrible at writing reviews. Actually, this is my first book review ever. I found out about this book when I noticed it laying around the office of my former employer. I read the title and observed the graphic which featured a kid riding a bike. Nothing about the title or the graphics motivated me to stop and open the book to read it. Another opportunity passed me... (The book cover has been modified since). Shortly thereafter I started work at a new company and the management team invested in professional sales training. Guess what sales approach was being offered? You got it, Sandler! An epiphany took place at some point while listening to the trainer. Years of frustration about prospects, sales calls and lost opportunities finally made sense. This book and the lessons taught by Sandler changed my perspective and quite possibly the course of my life. This methodology goes beyond selling as it can become a way of life allowing you to better communicate with others and reach your goals. The book reads well, but more importantly, the profound concepts that are being illuminated in a very powerful and simplistic manner make sense. Keep in mind that this book will probably not help you automatically just by reading it. You have to internalize and practice it to make it work. A kid doesn't learn how to ride a bike by reading a book rather by getting on the bike and doing it. Have a wonderful journey!

"Leadership and Self-Deception" is a must read for professional offices with only a few select team members as well as the largest of corporations. This book could positively influence the future development of economic and leadership theories as a whole because of what it accounts for. Profound.

My business has utilized the Arbinger Institute and this book is just the tip of the iceberg. If you possess any people sense at all, I expect you will thoroughly enjoy this book. It has become my organizational performance handbook. About the negative reviews written, either these readers are ill motivated or they simply failed to track its implications for their lives. No matter their opinion, I remain deeply impressed.

Read it, absorb it, ponder it, be changed!

This is a fascinating story illustrating a set of principles which, because of the fundimental truths involved, has the power to change lives. This book reminds me of reading "The Greatest Salesman in the World" and though different in style and scope, should be as big as any of Og Mandino's best-sellers. I believe it will be once the word gets out to those who seek inspiration from the worlds best books.

This isn't just another "how to" type book. I personally found that I have been "in the box" of self deception for much of my life. I didn't realize, until it crystalized on the pages of this book, how much I have been blaming others for that which I should have been accepting responsibility.

I don't consider myself a great leader of men, but this book speaks to me personally and applies to all who have relationships within this great human family.

There are three types of business books. The first has the literary taste and texture of recycled cardboard, with platitudes as plentiful as the mosquitoes on your last camping trip. Then there are the "empty calorie" books, offering a fleeting sense of exhilaration--that is, until you actually stop to ponder how any of this feel-good nonsense is really going to make a difference in your day-to-day work experience. On occasion, one finds a book that is both pleasing to read and at the same time provides information that can be applied directly to improving one's work performance and enjoyment. Leadership and Self-Deception, by the Arbinger Institute, falls into this latter category.

Although targeted towards the business leader, L&SD explores a fundamental problem that is not necessarily limited to the world of the corporate jungle. The problem, which is both philosophically deep yet surprisingly simple, is self-deception. A founding principle of the book is that we are self-deceived when we have a problem, but don't know that we do, resulting in perceptions and actions that are damaging and counter-productive. L&SD clearly illustrates how we become self-deceived and, more importantly, how we can remove ourselves from this predicament.

L&SD is surprisingly fresh, insightful, and potentially rewarding for those who put the principles into practice. From the preface: "Our experience in teaching about self-deception and its solution is that people find this knowledge liberating. It sharpens vision, reduces feelings of conflict, enlivens the desire for teamwork, redoubles accountability, magnifies the capacity to achieve results, and deepens satisfaction and happiness." This was precisely my experience with reading the book.

First of all I believe it important that you know who is writing this review. I want those who read this to know I am just as open and just as skeptic as the average truth seeker. I am the guy next store with a wife, children, a church I attend and many questions about what God means. While pursuing my search I read a lot and research topics of interest that may help me on my journey. I have read Ms McKnight's book twice and often refer back to it when I need to refresh my memory. The author and the words in the book are not just some wild fantasic creation from the mind of a Steven King type. I (Mr. Skeptic) have attended the Gateway program at the Monroe institute. I have been to Focus 10 and beyond, how?, The science is there to get you there, what happens once you are there is not yet measurable in the eyes of science. I listen, I follow the directions, it happens. Did I have the same experiences at Ms McKnight, no I didn't, but others did, my time will come. Your time can come too here on earth. Read this book, read it again, read other books, and the truth will come. This book talks about energy and energy vibrations a lot. For some this conveys a New Age Band wagon attempt. This could not be farther from the truth. Look at your hand, what you see is only skin, while it looks solid, what we have is solid matter that has molecules and atoms. And physics tells us that every atom is more than 99%empty space and all those sub-atomic particles are moving at extreme speeds through this space, hence -vibrating enery. The void in every atom has this vibrating intelligence. I am not a physicist but this quantum soup is always vibrating, and at the quantum level the space between sub-atomic particles is like the space between galaxies. There is so much we take for granted for which we can not see. I know we can vibrate our own energies to other conscious levels while here on earth. Whether you call them Focus levels or something else is not important. As my journey continues I know I will reach some of those places Ms. McKnight has gone. I just keep my patience under rap and continue on my journey, helping those who need a hand along the way. Enjoy the book and have Joy in knowing you ARE more than your Physical body! Peace-Rick

Rosalind McKnight is one of Robert A. Monroe's explorers, people who report on their encounters in out-of-the-body experiences. Anyone interested in the pioneer work of Monroe and in his Monroe Institute should find "Cosmic Journeys" fascinating. Monroe himself is a central character,monitoring his explorers with care and concern, asking the right questions at the right times. No wonder he inspired such affection in his followers.

But McKnight is interesting in her own right. She describes her experiences enthusiastically, intelligently, with self-effacing humor. The first time she tries Monroe's hemi-sync device for leaving her body, she simiply falls asleep. But when she does leave her body, the joyful adventures start. Here are some sample chapters: "Invisible Helpers," "More Than Physical Matter," "Experience; The Afterlife and the Animal Dimension," "Control: the Foods You Eat," "Out of the Body Energies," "Alien Energy Systems," and --for my money the most astounding chapter--"The Patrick Event."

There is no "scientific" proof that her adventures are real, but to this reader they have the ring of truth.

As for the "reader" below who is using this space to trash Monroe's work, I wonder if they even read Rosalind's book. I found Cosmic Journey to be a wonderful, and enlightening look at the truth of us all. It is definitely worth a read. I was especially taken with her information on the 5 different consciousness 'layers' and the section on what goes on 'behind the scene' while we sleep. It is a beautifully written book that I found hard to put down. My own experience with OOB adventures began when I was quiet young. But it wasn't till I read Robert Monroe's classic: Journey's out of the Body that I was able to willfully and consciously start having regular OOBEs. I can truthfully say that YES you can read a book and have an 'out of body' experience! I highly recommend Cosmic Journeys!

I've read a handful of Tao Te Ching translations and examined many more, but this one is by far my favorite. It's not because of its accuracy to the original text. Le Guin says up front that that wasn't her intention. Still, I find it a more faithful translation than most of the classics, which Le Guin discusses in the book's appendix. The reason is because Le Guin has captured the spirit of Tao. Her spare, gorgeous language goes to the heart. I came upon her version at a giant bookstore with dozens of Tao Te Chings. I wanted one, but I didn't know which. So I picked up a bunch that looked interesting and read the first three "chapters" of each. Le Guin's won hands down. It moved me in just that short of a time. Also, perhaps it's relevant, that I'm an anarchist (an issue that Le Guin coincidentally touches on in the book) as well as an atheist. This book connected with the sense of inner peace I get from these two beliefs.

I've bought several versions of the Tao Te Ching over the years, my favorite being that by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. Le Guin's "rendition" startled me with its everyday language and showed the Tao in a new light.

Translations of this work vary considerably, so I was particularly impressed with Le Guin's inclusion of material explaining what led her to this undertaking and why she cast Lao Tzu's ideas the way she did. This honesty and the bare, simple beauty of her language seem to me very much an expression of the Tao.

In a world where everything seems so strident and competetive, this simple account of what one person found in this very old and much-loved book is more valuable to me than shelves full of scholarly, definitive, acclaimed, or approved translations.

This book not only talks about the Tao, it exemplifies the Tao.

Like other reviewers, I have read some translations of the Tao Te
Ching (Daodejing) and looked at many others. Like Mrs. Le Guin points
out in her note at the end of the book, I also believe that the one by
Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English is the most satisfactory in a literary
sense. However, sometimes it lacks the simplicity and immediacy which
this rendition gives to Lao Tzu's "very easy to understand"
words. Also, Mrs. Le Guin stayed with me throughout the book, and what
she had to say amounted to a fantastic commentary to the wisdom of the
Tao. Take for example Chapter 11 in page 14. At the bottom is a note
that says: "One of the things I love about Lao Tzu is he is so
funny. He's explaining a profound and difficult truth here, ....[and]
goes about it with this deadpan simplicity, talking about pots."
This kind of comment conveys, in my opinion, exactly the essence of
Taoism as predicated by Lao Tzu. There's nothing complicated, nothing
intrincate about Taoist wisdom. And Mrs. LeGuin sticks to this
(taoist) simplicity throughout the book. Being a translator myself, I
dare say that some of Lao Tzu's translators became obsessed with
"extracting" deep meaning from the Tao Te Ching, trying to
retain the tone, now looking for complicated words to convey
"exact" meaning, now glossing over a passage, losing the
reader along the way. As Mrs. LeGuin points out in the introduction to
this book "Scholarly translations of the Tao Te Ching as a manual
for rulers use a vocabulary that emphasizes the uniqueness of the
Taoist "sage", his masculinity, his authority." The
result is dry, unsatisfactory, nihilistic, detached. This rendition
is, like Ursula Le Guin says of the original, "...the purest
water....the deepest spring". I daresay that if Lao Tzu could
read all the modern English versions of his work, he would enjoy
Ursula LeGuin's the most, laughing heartily at every page. There is no
way that someone who reads this version will not want to re-read it,
or fail to come out of the reading with a new perspective on life, one
that recognizes the simplicity, unity, and changeable nature of
everything. Thank you, Ursula Le Guin, for rendering Taoism for the
modern Western rader. This book is my bedside companion, I have given
it to everyone I love, and recommend it to anyone who has ever
wondered about Taoism, and to all other translators, not for its exact
use of English equivalents for Chinese words, but for the perfect way
in which the idea behind the words has been committed to
paper. "...I was lucky to discover [Lao Tzu] so young, so that I
could live with his book my whole life long" says Ursula LeGuin
in her introduction. I think I was very lucky to read her version,
which has helped me see the beauty, the magic, the simplicity, the
Tao.

After reading this title, boot camp and law school will seem like child's play. Ruhlman enrolled in the prestigious and expensive Culinary Institute of America (CIA) to get both material for a book and a culinary education. However, the drive and commitment required from day one, the demand for speed and precision, the pressure and perfectionism of the job'all hilariously and touchingly told'immediately erase his writer's detachment. But the tale goes beyond Ruhlman's anecdotes; he describes the curriculum with objective detail, so the reader also learns how a chef makes a flawless stock (and repairs a flawed one at a moment's notice), organizes the cooking station, prepares gourmet meals for crowds, and attains excellence and recognition. The short chart at the end shows the course work for the CIA's associate degrees. An enjoyable read, recommended for most collections and required for aspiring great chefs

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has a deep love for the process and craft of preparing food. Whether you're a professional, a devoted home cook, or one of many people contemplating a career change, I think you'll find this a compelling read. The demands of achieving a high level of competence in the culinary field require devotion and meticulousness that many outside the world of a restaurant kitchen may take for granted, but you'll never under-appreciate the professional chef again after reading this book. You'll find yourself more involved with the students in Ruhlman's class than you might imagine, given his storytelling abilities. I would also recommend his second book "The Soul of a Chef" very highly.

As someone who is considering attending culinary school, this is truly an informative and inspiring read. Michael Ruhlman truly takes us into the heart of the CIA to experience the hard work and dedication of their students! It's obvious that he put great effort into telling the unbiased story, which is that the life of a chef is in no ways glamorous. This is one of the few non-fiction books I have actually enjoyed reading, and where I actually felt interested in the characters. My one complaint is that the sequence of his storytelling was sometimes confusing, and he skipped over some units while spending way too much time on others. I know Skills is important but I would have liked to hear more about the Pastry units! Overall, though, a worthwhile read for anyone considering becoming a chef or even if you're just curious as to what it takes to become a chef!