This book has talked about the career deveolpment of Mr. Kenn.
He is a professional in marketing and has done many noticeable work, e.g.the repositioning of MEXX and Thomas the tank engine and Friend(TTE&F).

In this book, Viselman has used (TTE&F) several times to illustrated the marketing skill which he has been used,liking finding a niche market for yourself, if you are a new entrant to the market.

Besides, he has talked about how did his mother and father affected the way he think. Many stories writen by his friend can be found this book. And you can also learn communication skill from him.

However, some time frame haven't mentioned clearly. So, it is quite difficult to follow the development of each issue. If more clear sub-heading are provided, it will be much better for the reader.

This book lead / prepare you before you enter the real job. This is cool.

At the first glance, the flow is too hard to digest. Yet, as it develops, it does reveal something that the norm of the B-school won't share with the newcomer. Perhaps, it is the plus of J.Paul Mark who did an investigation of the world renowned faculty and the unavoidable hurdles facing a B-school. To the freshman or the business circle, it is also a cryout of the ivory tower reminding us to position ourselves in this dynamic capitalism no matter one agrees with Paul or not.A must see for those who are enrolled or engaged.

This book is good for someone just entering the world of church history and evengelism. It is very easy to read and is a ready reference for some of those hard to remember periods in church history. The book rightly begins with our model for evangelism, the living Son of God, Jesus Christ. It then proceeds to follow evangelistic history from Christ forward. The first twelve chapters provide the historic background of evangelism. The last three chapters discuss more recent developments; youth, personal and media forms of evangelism.

One of the most helpful features was the inclusion of study questions at the end of each chapter. This feature is especially helpful for a neophyte evangelist attempting to remember pertinent information.

The last chapter of the book is more of a criticism of televangelists than anything else. The final study question on the last page of the book reads: "What are the problems with television evangelism?"(210) Granted, there are numerous problems with television evangelism, but prior to this final chapter Terry had maintained a more upbeat approach. He broke from the form he used during the first 14 chapters when he wrote this final chapter. While the chapter is important, I would not have placed it as the final chapter in this book nor would I have broken from the form I had established in the previous 14 chapters.

This book is a good place to start for those interested in evangelism and its place in church history. Although no bibliography is present, footnotes are included for those desiring more depth of study. I will keep this book in my library as a ready and easily accessible reference.

Semper fi & agape, Ed D.

Mark Poster walks the reader through sections of the history of 20th century French philosophy, delving a bit into other times and nations as well, in order to tell a story about what he terms "existential marxism". The sections on the influence of Hegel, as mediated by Kojeve and Hyppolite, are fairly good, though Vincent Descombes _Modern French Philosophy_ is better. Considering the importance that the early Marx has in Poster's narrative, Poster's handling of Marx and his French reception is a little quick, and doesn't offer as much as it should to readers unfamiliar with the _1844 Manuscripts_. Poster's discussion of existentialism is a little better, though the almost complete lack of attention to the philosophy Kierkegaard and Heidegger was a little puzzling. Poster's treatment of Merleau-Ponty is quite interesting, as is the relatively in depth section on Henri Lefebvre. Though it may not have been his intention, Poster demonstrates how Merleau-Ponty and Lefebvre prefigure a lot of ideas in parlance among 'postmodern' theorists, like the focus on ambiguity and open-endedness in M-P's case, and an analysis on the loss of signification and the alienation of every day life in Lefebvre's writing. Given Merleau-Ponty and Lefebvre's anticipation of and contributions to much of what are now considered 'postmodern' ideas, it's a shame the two are not more widely read. Hopefully Poster's sympathetic treatment will go a little ways to rectifying this.

My biggest complaint about the book is that an inordinately large portion of is spent on the work of Jean-Paul Sartre. While the sections on Sartre's ambivalent and conflict-ridden relationship with the French Communist Party and CP intellectuals is interesting, it doesn't advance the book's goal of establishing 'existential marxism' as a viable and important historical development. Granted, Sartre is important, particularly to Poster's chosen focus on 'existential marxism', but some of the Sartre could have been trimmed in favor of more attention to other figures. Also, given the prominence of Sartre, it would have been nice to have had an exposition on Simone De Beauvoir, who is relegated completely to a supporting role, providing biographical and corraborative quotes to Poster's Sartre without being presented as an important and original figure in her own right. Conspicuously lacking from this book is the Situationist International, a particularly glaring oversight given the importance which the events of May 1968 play in Poster's story. The Situationists were very important to the May revolution, and yet they receive only a one line mention in Poster's exposition on Lefebvre. Perhaps the Situationists absence was deliberate, as focusing on the SI would undercut Poster's thesis that May of '68 vindicates the importance of existential marxism. To be fair, including the SI would have meant lengthening the book pretty substantially, and introducing several new concepts that wouldn't have advanced the story Poster wishes to tell. Most of my problems with the book arise because it's a work of intellectual history, not of philosophy, something that Poster admits. In spite of its flaws, I'd recommend this book for anyone looking for a good introduction to the points of contact between marxism and existentialism, or anyone who's interested in the intellectual history of post-war France. It's well-written, fairly concice, well-paced, and informative.

I found the book to be a bit disappointing. I liked some of the anecdotes, which reminded me of my time in Malaysia, but the recipes aren't entirely to be trusted. There are recipes with - I presume - typos that indicate for example ratios of rice to water that are just unbelievable so that if you followed them you'd end up with a dish that is practically inedible. There also are dishes with ingredients you won't be able to find anywhere outside of Malaysia. If you know what you're doing, this is a useful resource and in many ways an interesting read. If not, there are more reliable books out there.

When David Smith died in 1966 he left his own personal field of dreams at his home/studio in upstate New York. Over 80 gigantic sculptures populated the grounds, pitting man against nature and daring to compete in size and moxie with the mountains around them.

After an initial flirtation with New York City, Smith retreated to the solitude of the Adirondacks. These mountains formed a somber monumental backdrop to the brooding nature of the artist. The sculptures were the landscape of his imagination, his spiritual domain, and his homage to the majesty of being human. Additionally, Smith created drawings, paintings and collages that filled his home with the living presence of art.

This is a lavish book that clearly reflects the artist's magnificent obsessions.

The 50 Greatest Golfers was written by a golfer with good course management. It stays out of trouble, but it doesn't go for the flag when it has the chance. While most of the profiles are well written, I found some of them a little disappointing. If you're buying this book, obviously you know the basics of golf, so why not learn something new. The authors fail to dig up some little known facts. It tends to be a rehash of the same old stories. While most of them are worth reading again, I would like to learn something that I can take to the tee on Saturday and impress the foursome.

"The Forgotten Dead" is an autobiography of one man's struggle to to pay tribute to 946 American servicemen killed durng rehersals for D-Day off the coast of Deven in England 1944. Mr. Ken Small, an ex-policman and ex-hairdresser, began to uncover the events of the D-Day rehersals while partaking in his hobby of "beachcombing". The book includes a summery all the events of the D-Day rehersals from the the displacement of the local population in the area sourounding Slapton Sands and Blackpool Sands along the coast of Deven to the catatrophe of operation Tiger when a convoy of U.S. Landing Ships were attacked by German E-Boats. Mr. Small supplements his narrative with detailed accounts from U.S. Servicemen who survived operation Tiger and U.S. and U.K. servicemen who were involved in the decisions leading up to operation Tiger. However, the crux of "The Forgotten Dead" is Mr. Smalls obsession with establishing a memorial to pay tribute to all those who perished in the D-Day rehersals. Though not a Pulitzar Prize winner, "The Forgotten Dead" is well worth reading as it recounts a catastrophe in World War II which, until a few years ago, not many people knew about. I, myself, became engrossed in Mr. Small's epic struggles with endless bureaucracies...I found this book to be entertaining as well as thought provoking. ....

In his book The French Worker, Mark Traugott draws on translated autobiographies to paint the reader a picture of the realities of life for workers in France during the 1800s. Their writings tell not only of hardships, but also of the joys experienced in their personal and public lives. It is Traugott's intention that such accounts, when set against the turbulent backdrop of nineteenth century France, will provide the reader with a fascinating insight into how people lived during the French Revolution.

Traugott, who obtained his Ph.D. from Berkeley University currently teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz, specializing in social and economic history, historical sociology and revolutionary and labor history. Traugott does not restrict his research and writing to French history alone. His book Repertoires and Cycles of Collective Action, published in 1995, explores social protest in Great Britain. In Armies of the Poor, Traugott returns to France and investigates the Parisian insurrection of 1848. Whilst Traugott may not be described as a prolific author, it is clear that he is a man who knows and loves history.

It is this in-depth knowledge that enables Traugott to provide us with a glimpse into everyday life in France through the eyes of people engaged in a variety of industries and trades: furniture, textiles, construction, metalwork and clothing. He also provides accounts from the point of view of unskilled laborers and from the world of the domestic servant. Whilst reading these varied accounts, one's eyes are truly opened to both the pleasures and pitfalls of having to earn one's wage during these chaotic times. Though life appeared to be harsh, workers seem to have had a much more concrete sense of camaraderie with their co-workers and with their profession as a whole. Agricol Perdiguier, a joiner, describes these brotherly feelings, "I was pleased to see young men from every part of France living as brothers, helping one another, and offering mutual support" (128). This sense of community within an industry continues throughout his account. Indeed, he appears to receive and give more support to his brothers within the Campagnons than he ever does with respect to his blood family. Where family is concerned, many of the narrators describe a difficult childhood. Jacques Etienne Bédé had a mother who patently did not love him, Suzanne Voilquin lost her mother at an early age, and Norbert Truquin's father abandons him to a life of misery as an assistant to a wool comber. Family relationships appear much less important than the world of word. This skew on allegiances may have been due to the mobile nature of the France's workforce. Leaving home at an early age to embark on a Tour of France would have meant that one spent more time with one's co-workers than with family. Short term employment choices, essential when partaking the Tour, would have also made one dependant on the protection of like minded, but unknown workers upon the way, both to provide employment opportunities and a safe place to stay. Traugott's book amply describes this movement away from filial respect and affection towards attachment to those sharing one's profession.

Whilst The French Worker provides the reader with a rich insight into the lives of those featured, it does have its problems. From a research point of view, the accounts included may well not be representative of the average worker in nineteenth century France since illiteracy and long hours would have made the act of writing a rare pleasure. Therefore, for Traugott's seven to have battled these particular odds and produced autobiographies indicates that they were not of an ilk with, or representative of their kind. In addition, the seven accounts are personal accounts, either written in the form of a journal or completed many years after the events took place. The journal risks portrayal of a knee-jerk reaction to the day or week's events, and the personal account may be self-serving in that it exemplifies the life and loves of the writer. Traugott then had to decide which accounts to include and which to abandon, thus adding the risk of editorial bias. If these problems were not enough, translation then opens the door for possible subjectivity. In Traugott's defense, he does discuss such editorial predicaments in both his Preface and Introductory chapters. Acknowledgement of the dangers by the author shows he is aware of the thin line he walks when producing a book of this type.

The book heaves with footnotes, all essential when digesting a translation of a lifestyle account far removed from one's own. In the Preface and Introduction, Traugott cites other scholars, their works and government documents within these footnotes. However, when one tackles the remainder of The French Worker, the majority of footnote explanations are solely Traugott's. They serve purely as an opportunity to further explain a phrase or action. The book credence would be improved by a wider variety of sources supporting the workers' accounts. The book is logically organized with each account taking the reader a step further through French history. However, for the reader not in possession of an in-depth understanding of this period, this chronological layout could have been enhanced if each account were preceded with a timeline outlining the pertinent historical landmarks.

Traugott manages to provide the reader with a wealth of information, both incidental and core. As a social document, the book is both interesting and informative, but one may have problems in deciding if the lives depicted were actually representative of nineteenth century France. However, given the general lack of documented case histories of the French working classes, perhaps this is the best that one can achieve. Traugott is known for his love of the subject and one can only hope that he is true to that love.