A little boring, but an intesting portrait of the mill workers of Lowell. Miner seems to be the most questionable author in the Sunfire series, she either scores a bullseye or misses completely.

Joanna has come to Lowell from her small New England village to work in a mill. But the mills are different from what she expected. The conditions are horrible. Will she stand with the other girls when they strike?

You have to love it when you go to a baseball game at the Metrodome and they give you kid a book (Carolrhoda Books is a Minneapolis outfit). "Jumble Joan" tells of a young boy and his little sister who are visiting his grandma's house, where there is a dark and dusty attic. His friend Mick thinks it would be great fun to go upstairs and scare the little sister. In the attic, which is full of old things, the little girl is told to watch out for the Ten O'Clock Horses and the Deadly Vampire Bat. But the worst thing of all would be letting Jumble Joan get a hold of you. This little story by Rose Impey, with illustrations by Moire Kemp, was originally published in England a decade ago and now has made its way over to this side of the pond. The text should challenge young readers, who should be captivated by the stories being spun about the creepy things up there in grandma's attic. This book would be especially appealing to young girls with older brothers who tend to tease them (mine has an older daughter in that role, but she made the connection). Bonus points for making several thousand copies available to kidlets at yesterday's game; this is a nice little book. "Jumble Joan" is one of 4 Creepie books, the others being "The Ankle Grabber," "The Flat Man," and "Scare Yourself to Sleep."

Jumble Joan is a wonderful book, one of my five-year-old's favorites. If your child enjoys a good fright this book will provide it without turning his/her hair white. The narrator, a boy of about eight, and his friend Mick take little sister up to Grandma's attic, intending to give her a scare. Only it is the little girl, who, as the three explore the dusty treasures, ends up enjoying the boy's fright, as their imaginations take over, causing their plans to backfire. The illustrations add to the story, giving some needed information not stated in the text, to help kids work out the delightful paradox.

Wyndham's diary of herself as a 17 year old girl entering headfirst a world of decadent artists (with seemingly no qualms whatsoever) and making out with just about every man she meets is astonishingly, vividly written-- full of dialogue and sharp characterization, and hardly any girlish wondering or dreaming.

This is nearly impossible to put down, and often very erotic. But I found it unsettling, too-- there's a cold-bloodedness she and her whole world have towards sex which jars with the emotion she also seems to feel for some of the men so that I didn't get much emotional payoff from the book. It fascinated, but didn't move. For example, none of her relationships are exclusive ones; she knows all her boyfriends have other girlfriends ("mistresses," since they sleep together), and despite all the attention given to sex nobody ever seems very interested in intimacy-- or in love, despite the title.

Still it's a very quick, enjoyable read-- a bit like reading some of the short stories that used to be in Cosmopolitan.

I didn't really like Joan or any of her friends, but I didn't mind being in their company.

These are the diaries of a young girl (only 17 when the war starts) and her journey into adulthood. She becomes (or plays at being) a painter, joins the Bohemian art culture, is seduced by a variety of men and keeps this frank, funny, appalling journal. Read it - you may view your grandmother in a whole new light!

Obviously not the best in its series, but an extremely good story of the rediscovery of humanity in a heartwrenching world.

This book is obviously and almost always is better than the movie.The movie wasn't as violent as the book,In fact if Miller had followed the sript this movie would have been rated R rather than PG-13.It is almost exactly the same as the movie with little things removed from them.Such as The Collector,In the movie he lives and in the novel,Aunty's tower falls on him.The movie also has the leg brace on his leg from "The Road Warrior" but is still a good reader.

While the title, Managing in the New Economy, portends an insight into New Economy thinking, the book does not deliver. It is basically divided into 3 parts: Competition and Strategy, Leadership and Organization, and Ideas at Work. There are several excellent articles that will help any business person in their day-to-day dealings with the New Economy: (1) Strategy and the New Economics of Information, (2) The Dawn of the E-Lance Economy, (3) The Power of Virtual Integration and (4) Fast, Global and Entrepreneurial: Supply Chain Management, Hong Kong Style. These articles deal with the issues facing the business world today, focusing on the exhilarating opportunities that have been swept onto the landscape by the New Economy. While the other articles are enlightening (at times), most of them seem out of place (i.e. Global Sustainability? ) in this book. The Peter Drucker article, however, while not linked directly to the New Economy, provides an extremely good assessment of executive leadership for tomorrow. It is an easy read, but disappointing considering the editorial review.

As the Harvard Business Review's strategy editor, Joan Magretta helped readers to see beyond the hype that surrounds the much discussed but frequently misunderstood "new economy". Her work with the world's most influential business thinkers and executives has shaped our understanding of the practical issues of leadership, organization, and strategy that every manager must confront in this emerging era. Now, Magretta selects some of the most perceptive articles and interviews from the Review in a collection that will help readers make sense of the new managerial agenda.

With its balance coverage, Managing in the New Economy helps us sort out what is truly new about the new economy and what endures from the old. The articles are organized around important managerial issues, revealing how the dynamics shaping the new economy are changing both manager's priorities and the tools they use to make decisions. Part 1 addresses the principal issues of strategy, analysis and competition. In Part II, Magretta turns our attention to the new realities of leadership and organization. Part III brings these issues to life as three CEO's describe how their organizations are tackling the challenges of managing in the new economy.

With renowned contributors-from writers such as Michael Porter, C.K Prahalad, and Peter Drucker to business leaders such as Michael Dell-this invaluable collection explores the new mind-set executives in every industry must embrace in order to keep pace with the trends in technology, networks, knowledge, and globalization that are shaping the new economy.

Joan Magretta is a writer and consultant based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She was the Harvard Business Review's strategy editor from 1995-1999, and the winner of the 1998 McKinsey award for the best HBR article of the year. Prior to joining HBR, she was a partner at the management consulting firm of Bain & Co.

Reviewed by Azlan Adnan. Formerly Business Development Manager with KPMG, Azlan is currently Managing Partner of Azlan & Koh Knowledge and Professional Management Group, an education and management consulting practice based in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo. He holds a Master's degree in International Business and Management from the Westminster Business School in London.

This was a great book with awesome detail. It made me keep on wanting to read, and made me wonder what ghosts were going to pop up an do next!

This was a great book with much detail. It kept you wanting to read, and also kept you wondering what ghosts she was going to inform you about next.

This book is about a young lady's adventure across Europe from England. It takes place in the year 1144. Lady Edith, the main character in the book, is tired of living in England. She just lost her husband and baby and is ready for something new and eventful in her life. Along with her faithful nurse, Dame Joan, her friend Rhiannon, and her brother Simon, she sets forth on an unforgettable journey to the Holy Land (Israel). Not only is Lady Edith running away from a terrible life in England, but she is also running away from a man named Sir Runcival who would do anything to wed her. Overall, I enjoyed this book immensely. It's full of adventure and surprises as Lady Edith runs into unexpected troubles and characters. I gave this book four stars because it was a good book, but some of the words could be too troublesome for some to understand. But once you get into the book, it flows more easily and you begin to enjoy it. I would recommend this book to all of my family and friends and would encourage you to read it.

A wonderful that takes place in the Middle Ages. It is about a girl who goes on a journey on a ship and runs into much trouble...

Dr. Price has writtten a text that is basically a long series of excerpts from the major works in Western Philosophy. Each excerpt is couched in a little historical context, on the one hand, and just as little textual analysis, on the other. Unsurprisingly, the textbook was written with the community college student in mind, a breed of student that is notorious for not being interested in either reading or thinking. Anyone who has taught at Mesa Community College (which is Dr. Price's institution) will know what I am talking about. With this in mind, I can not say that this particular textbook is an effective teaching tool. Introducing young people to philosophy, especially those with very little intellectual merits, ought not to be a laborious trek through 2,500 years of "THOUGHT." In a classroom setting that works best when it is driven by ideas and discussion, the concerned philosophy instructor might fair better by using "Questions That Matter: An Invitation to Philosophy" by Ed. L. Miller.

"Philosophy Through the Ages" is an excellent introduction to philosophy. Price takes the reader chronologically through Westrn philosophical thought from the early Greek period to the present day. Price shows how great philosophers through the ages have gappled with questions we are still asking: What is the good life? What makes life worth living? Who am I? How much can I know? Whay does evil exist? Is there a God?

This is a book to enjoy without losing philosophical accuracy and integrity. At the end of each chapter is a section "On Women" that describes each philosopher's view of women. There are also "Pause for Thought" questions that help you relate philosophical ideas to your daily life.

There are great pictures and a large amount of facts about the platypus in this film. However, I should have taken a hint from the name of the series - "Mondo Animals" - that this is a children's book. There's nothing wrong with that; it just should have been clearer from the description. The language is extremely simplistic. I can imagine a 4th or 5th-grader using this book as a basis for a report. But if you're looking for an adult-level treatment of this subject, keep looking.

It is a good book because it tells you about the life of a platypus. It tells you what it eats, where it lives in Aultralia. This is a good book for anyone who likes platypuses.

I've been teaching an online class on how to write and publish a cookbook for 5 years. I've also self-published a cookbook. RECIPES INTO TYPE is the most useful book I've seen on the subject.

I've been amused as time after time students have expressed surprise and wonder at the different ways there are to present recipes. They have learned, through studying books like this one, to evaluate cookbooks as well as to construct easy to read, well designed and consistent ones for themselves.

A lot of cookbooks are carelessly constructed, written by inarticulate writers. Too many recipes are unclear in their instructions or ingredients are missing or out of order. RECIPES INTO TYPE attempts to provide standards of styling and handling for food writers and editors.

Suggestions begin with titling. The title should be "inviting and even a little romantic," they say. They describe the use of headnotes and devote time and space to how to list ingredients (another area that consistently suprised my students). They really get into details here, like combining different quantities of the same ingredient, not combining different ingredients, being specific, giving alternatives and more. These are things the average food writer just doesn't think of, and its detail like this that often is left out of the average how to write a cookbook book.

The authors go into similar detail about writing instructions, too. Everyone remembers to divide steps logically, but few notice redundancies or think to share their knowledge of cooking when writing them. They also seldom remember to tell readers about alternative ingredients, but these authors remember.

The book is full of information but its strong point is that it provides standardization in an area that really needs it. It's too bad that the chairpersons of various community cookbook committees don't look to this book for advice. They would certainly turn out a superior product if they did.

As a technical writer assembling my first celebrity cookbook, I'm stunned to learn the depth of detail that goes into assuring successful recipe writing. Every page of RIT is crammed with nuts-and-bolts advice certain to provide delicious results. And save me hours of work. Seeking mentorship from a variety of sources, I found inspiration from Writing Cookbooks because of its "gee whiz let's put on a show" overview ranging from book concept, recipe testing, and project funding. But it is Recipes Into Type -- which seems the definitive manual on the professional and clear construction of recipes for publication -- that will become my worn and tattered desk reference. RIT is a well organized how-to-get-it-right book (a.k.a. not light reading).