E. Joan Sims gets even better with this book and I LOVED her first book. Her trio of sleuths (mother, daughter, grandaughter) are real, and funny, and bright. You'll love them. The mystery is so compelling, I had to keep reading right up to the solution. Sims handles a dark subject with lightness and humor. Treat yourself to this new author's new series. She's going places.

This book will appeal to people looking for an aviation book that children will love. Seeing three dimensional models of airplanes like Jena Yeagar, Dick Rutan, Bert Rutan and all the Voyager Volunteer's airplane will inspire a love of the air to children of all ages

This book has many creative and simple ideas for activites with children. My preschool age daughter enjoys doing many of these with her friends in our structured playgroup. I like the variety of activities and the easy to follow directions.

Its a great book i needed it for a science fair project and it helped me out alot i had 1 day and it practically did it for me!!

This little book is an exact reproduction of Chapter 2 in the original book, Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne, with illustrations by Shephard. All the charm of the original, in a perfect size for reading to littler kids, who can feel satisfied at having been read "the whole story."

This little book is part of a series of 10 such Pooh books published by Dutton.

it is a good book for the first books for little ones. they can play with the book and enjoy the story at the same time. becaus it is short it holds the attention of the very young

I watched Whinnie the Pooh when I was a kid, and am just now learning about Feng Shui. When I picked up this book, it was a wonderful trip down "memory lane". This book is adorably, cute. It isnt the best Feng Shui book, but it's a great way to start to get into it, and its a great gift to give to someone who wants to learn about it. It's great for all Whinnie the Pooh lovers.

I never knew that LD issues could be so interesting. I was entranced by the literary stylings of Dr.Brinckerhoff, as he not only assesses but also breaks down the intricies and effects upon college students with LD. The collaberation of McGuire, Shaw, and Brinckerhoff results in one of the most informative books of my lifetime.

As an MLS student informed that I'm to aspire to Management, I have since been on the lookout for more nuts and bolts training in this area. I have found a lot of theory and description of various problems but little that would help me concretely in my first library manager job- until now. Reading this small book has been like finding a great mentor. She doesn't waste time on the obvious but goes straight to clarifying the confusing, messy or difficult issues. I'll admit she seems to have no sense of humor, but she is fearless in her description and analysis of organizational problems that can plague libraries. And she has this uncanny knack of answering questions that I didn't know I had such as "What should my relationship be with my former co-workers/employer?" and "What are the legal minefields for today's library manager?".

The book is aimed at first-time middle managers, a surprisingly little-served segment of the management world. Most advice for managers is directed towards first-time front-line or to those whose next career step is CEO. So its intended audience alone makes this book worthy of notice. In addition, she recognizes the unique issues of the manager also in the role of working-leader - very common in today's underfunded libraries.

The author begins by explaining what you should be doing between getting hired and your first day at the job. It is thorough and goes beyond the expected. Following this is a plan for your first 24 months on the job. Here you can get a handle on what managerial task should be done when and learn that timing can be everything. Part of this effort will involve deciding on an actual organizational structure between bureaucracy and teams or both or something in between. Bureaucracy is sometimes actually the best choice for both the employees and the work involved as she explains. We also learn the difference between teams and work groups and why it's important to not confuse the two.

Other areas the author addresses include meetings, planning tools , supervising professionals and supervising non-traditional employees. She teaches how to use meetings to their full advantage, but also encourages other means of communication when a high percentage of employees work part-time or telecommute (these would be the non-traditional employees). Sophisticated planning tools such as Interactive Planning and Scenario Setting are introduced along with the more standard ones. And at last someone clearly explains the difference between a Mission Statement and a Vision!

I expected the chapter on decision-making to be the most perfunctory, but I was pleasantly surprised. She readily admits that the various business school decision-making models do not account for irrational people or organizations which makes them pretty hard to follow in a lot of libraries. Instead, she walks us through a "hardware store", if you will, pointing out the best tools (questions) to use for different types of materials (organizations) . These materials (organizations) have been identified/measured using other measuring devices or tools (questions of a different nature). Her discussion on this topic seemed so grounded in reality that I was not surprised to learn that her dissertation topic was "Making Decisions under Chaotic Conditions". The chapter on communication was just as useful and could easily have been titled " How to Successfully Negotiate with Anyone and Still Respect Yourself the Next Day."

On the whole, this book is an excellent resource for new library managers or experienced ones who want to brush up on the latest business theories most helpful and applicable to running a library today. I do have two criticisms, though. Use of examples would facilitate an even quicker grasp of the different ideas; I suspect these were left out to keep the length more handbook and less textbook. My more serious criticism is the lack of attention to TQM - Total Quality Management. TQM is popping up everywhere in all manner of non-profits and for-profits. It looks like a business practice that is here to stay, but which few of us have learned in school. This book would have been a great place to see it discussed with respect to libraries...maybe in the next edition.

To the author, William Cleary, thank you for the truths within your prayers to Mother God, Sophia. The Earth has travailed to bring forth this "First Mystery, and Sophia/Jerusalem came forth. One must read "She Who Is", Elizabeth Johnson, along with The Sophia of Jesus Christ, found in the "Nag Hammadi Library, James Robinson. Also, these prayers are accurately in line with the writings of Jesus Christ in the "Pistis Sophia", G.R.S. Mead. Without Sophia no one reaches the Pleroma to become Angels for Jesus and Sophia, whom He called himself, and his wife, in Heaven. Wonderfully written, such a beautiful love for Sophia, a childlike love, with no conditions on her. She is the Matrix, the Eternal Womb of all Creation, and you have done well in accepting her, and giving her to the world. The Apostle Paul wrote about her, see "The Gnostic Paul", Elaine Pagels. All his writings are Gnostic in the Bible. Those who find the First Mystery, will be forgiven and forgiven, and escape the judgement of Jesus Christ. The world must accept the writings of Jesus to have on the whole armor of defense-with Sophia they have that armor in the spirit world. Thank you from the depths of my soul. Your book will go all over the world that "She is the Holy Spirit, and Lord.