As far as I know, this is the only book of its kind, and it is superb. Essential for those involved in the architectural or interior design profession, but also excellent for those that are fans of architecture. Enjoyable to read (or browse) cover to cover, but also useful as a very complete reference. My only wish is that I could visit more of the places I have read about in this book!

A most interesting and even exhilarating educational resource...clearly the essential and definitive tool for architecture and design facts.

Jim Cramer has performed an inportant and admirable service to the design world. While clearly addressing the business interests of architects and designers, he not only avoids compromising their professional integrity -- he shows how, at the same time, they can answer their higher callings to create architecture that is more than beautiful; more than responsible--architecture that makes better people; that sets us free.

This book points out that success in the design field rests upon the relationshiops of trust and loyalty that are established by the designer's effort and the client's needs and interests. I appreciate the message of identifying new opportunities and the many creative ways to take advantage of them.

Design Plus Enterprise is a book about leadership and action and is full of fresh ideas. It offers hope that things can get better for the desgin professionals. This book is right on target for design professionals preparing for the 21st century. It is a personal and rich weave tht should prove not only useful but indispensable. Max DePree

As an employee in a distinguished business environment, I highly recommend the Handbook of Internet Stocks. The value of the book and the rich amount of data is sure to delight those who are looking for quality information concerning the perplexing yet exciting digital economy. This source provides charts and graphs on each of the top 200 publicly traded companies. The wealth of information includes an extremely helpful description of each company. Additionally, it offers annual financial data including a summary of the income statement and balance sheet. The cornucopia of data does not stop here. Furthermore, it has a summary of recent developments within this particular company and within the fascinating and dynamic industry of e-business.

I received this as a gift and plan to give it to friends. Not only are the writers, clear and concise, but the photographers captured the essence and beauty of every arrangement. Each window box was a delight and no season was forgotten. This is truly a favored coffee table book. book.

How Firms Succeed transforms the poetry of architecture into the prose of practical management advice. This book offers solutions to the questions and problems that distract firms from their quest to provide excellent design. It should rapidly become an indispensable part of every architect's working library.

How Firms Succeed should be on every Design Firm's must read list. It is the closest thing to a how-to manual in running a design firm. Anyone who follows the principles of the text will reap the rewards as their business grows.

Too many design professionals think that design excellence and financial acumen are mutually exclusive. Thanks to the authors of How Firms Succeed for putting this myth to rest. This book addresses the issues that, if practiced, will allow for both. One can only imagine the impact of a firm that provides best-of-class design and its impact on our communities.

An annual compendium of architecture and design information, articles, and facts, James Cramer's Almanac Of Architecture & Design 2001 offers rankings of the top Architecture and Design colleges; state-by-state registration laws; ratings and rankings of the leading firms; the Pritzker Prize and other major award speeches; the latest state and city "Salary and Compensation" survey results for designers; a comprehensive design competition calendar; the latest records, rankings, and achievement sin design; "need to know" facts on architecture and historic preservation; exhibition schedules for top museums of design; a locator for architecture bookshops; comprehensive and updated award histories, deadlines, and winners; recent obituaries of design leaders; student leaders on education and the profession's future; and an exclusive ranking of the "most visited" historic house museums. Almanac Of Architecture & Design 2001 is a core reference title for personal, professional, and academic reference collections.

This book was recommended to me by an architecture student. While not an architect, I must say that this book is one of the most valuable architecture resources in my library. As someone who has always had an interest, this almanac has really allowed me to explore and enjoy my interest in architecture. This book has a lot of information that will be of interest to professional architects, but it goes well beyond that and has something for everyone. There is a lot here that you won't find anywhere else, and its as up-to-date as it gets. I will be adding a copy to my library every year. Highly recommended.

I bought this book and have not been able to put it down. It has more information packed into it than I had originally thought. The best sections I think are on liscensing laws in landscape architectue, architecture, and the 250 leading design firms in the U.S. I will make my own recommendations to the editors but this is one of the most informative sites that I have visited. The section on journals and magazines is especially helpful. I recommend regional magazines be included such as Architectue Minnesota and Texas Architect. Quality of the paper and print is outstanding. Thanks for this breakthrough book on architecture lists and rankings.

This book contains a warm and inviting look into the home of a Maryland man who creates wonderful decorations for the home from practically nothing. Your eye constantly scans the photographs for all the amazing details, a small tree decorated from simple garden finds to an angel with wings of cast off architectural finials. I would never have thought of some of the ideas this book gave me.It was motivational for me...I love the simple country look and this book has it.It was a joy reading through this book and marveling at what one person can do with "old stuff". Kathleen Wahl skip@visi.net

This book is enchanting. I'm amazed at how the two artists/gardeners have fused together their art and lives. The many photos are lovely and full of wonderful, earthy ideas. I only wish I could step through the pages and experience Seven Gates Farm first hand! Instead, I will be content to allow the book to be a life-long inspiration for me. Thank you, James and Dean.

A beautiful fact filled book - decorate your home, inside and out, cost effectively­wonderfully written, excuisite photos, creatively designed.

Even if you hate Jim Cramer's brash, obnoxious, maniacal style (as I do) do NOT let that make you pass over this book. I was pleasantly surprised -- Cramer gives sharp insights into the world of hedge funds and into what makes him tick, and a well as a behind-the-scenes look at his web-site, 'thestreet.com'. Cramer was a journalist before he worked on Wall Street, and his writing makes for a good read.

Cramer takes us through his life, from his stock-picking days as a teenager, to his years as a newspaper journalist, to his schooling at Harvard, to his first securities job at Goldman Sachs leading up to the early days of the hedge fund he founded. He devotes 3 chapters to a blow-by-blow description of what he was thinking during a few volitile trading days in 1998, which really gives one insight to how fund managers think (despite what you may think of Cramer's personality, he claims to have significantly outperformed the market, which is no small feat). Also, the chapters on 'thestreet.com' were fascinating -- how his web site got started, how he lost management control of it, how he gained it back, and also how its IPO was a disaster.

Another interesting aspect of this book is the descriptions of Cramer's lifelong loyalties -- loyalties to his wife (for whom he seemingly has infinite respect both personally & profesionally), to his business partner Marty, to his former employer, Goldman Sachs.

Overall, this was a good read. Cramer's book is part hedge-fund expose, part biography, and part dot-com saga. And after reading it, I've learned a bit more about the inner workings of hedge funds. I also admit I have a bit more respect for Cramer's accomplishments -- though I'll still continue to lower the volume whenever he comes on CNBC.

If Cramer were not such a colorful personality and writer, this book might have been yet another dull account of an successful investor that thinks his career makes good reading -- but, in this book, Cramer hits a home run with his quick wit, unbridled emotional outbursts and self-deprecating humor. No doubt the guy must have been a tyrant to work with, but its not surprising given his terrific results. It's a very readable book, and filled with fascinating episodes of his trading strategies, personnel troubles, and an unbelievable account of the development of thestreet.com. He also gives a pretty good flavor of the high pressure hedge fund work environment, which trades off any sense of job security or collegiality in the name of making money for the clients (from personal experience!). Winning traders/analysts are compensated with rich rewards, but a cold hand gets you a one-way trip down the elevator to the street. You really are only as good as your last trade because your next trade could wipe out all of your gains. After reading the book, you cant help but admire the guy for his straight-talk, quick intellect, and humorous account of his experiences.

Look, here's the deal. If you want to learn how to trade, this isn't the book for you (nor does it claim to be). But if you're a pretty savvy trader with a burning desire to learn all you can about the Market, there is a lot of "inside baseball" here. You'll pick up many subtleties about the economy, the market, and the inner workings of Wall Street that WILL help your trading. I know I did.

If you're a Cramer-Hater, you'll love the book because he fesses up to his many flaws and you'll feel vindicated for despising him. You will, of course, then log onto Amazon and write a lousy review because it just kills you to think that Jim Cramer might make a buck from his book. If you're a Cramer-Lover, you'll enjoy this book immensely because it's vintage Cramer-you've gotta take the bad with the good. I came away with the impression that he is his own worst critic-although from the vitriolic reviews I've read here, I'm going to re-think that conclusion. But love him or hate him, if you trade in today's market (or if you blew out in 2000 and want to know where you went wrong), you need to read this book. No responsible trader or market watcher should ignore any book written by someone like Jim Cramer. After all, this isn't a popularity contest, it's about learning as much as you can about your craft. And even if you aren't a trader, this book is an entertaining read because Wall Street has just become too big to ignore.

This book is what it claims to be: the confessions of a "street addict." I stayed up past midnight to finish it, and I trade from the West Coast. I will also read it again.

I've read through the other reviews and people seem very polarized over this book. Either you love it or you hate it, but there doesn't seem to be much of a middle ground. I would like to make an argument for that middle ground.

The book is quite readable. Although it conveys some useful information, it is not as dry as many books on investing. Each chapter is actually penned by a different author, but the text flows well from subject to subject. It reads more like a lengthy magazine article than a book. Although the informal and almost conversational tone of the prose makes for light and quick reading, the authors do convey some practical advice. The book is full of references to various websites (and not just their website, street.com) for researching stocks. Although this is extremely useful for the internet-savvy investor, it may tend to date this book. I suspect it will become less useful as it becomes farther away from its publication date. It covers the major aspects of fundamental analysis well, and has a particularly good chapter on when to sell a stock (and its relative tax implications), which is often missing from comparable investment books. Although it touches upon technical analysis and charting, the discussion is very superficial and is better addressed in other references.

Overall, it's a useful book and even somewhat fun to read. It is by no means comprehensive and probably not the only investing book you'll ever need. But as an amateur investor with a moderate amount of experience, I found enough to justify the purchase price and even enjoyed reading it too.

This is an excellent book for those who wish to become an informed and independent investor. Although I am a long time investor in both stocks and options, I found the material presented to be quite useful. Yes, much of what is presented is "known", but this book provides an extremely valuable outline for developing the discipline required to be a successful self directed investor.

It is definetly not a "how to get rich quick in the market" book, but rather an orderly presentation of the skills you need to develop and useful techniques that will make you a successful investor. Must read for new but serious investors, very good review for the old hands.

First, this book is written in plain English and is meaningful to anyone from age 16 high school student to college professor. Second, the book is lucid and comprehensive. Third, it's worth the price. By most standards this reviewer is a successful home office private trader and investor, not a broker or money manger. I'm a much better trader and investor because of TheStreet.com Internet site to which I have subscribed since it started some years ago. During twenty years of private investing I have read hundreds of books and periodicals and examined hundreds of Internet sites promising "personal trading and investing systems" and examined what to buy - the so called hot stocks and funds. Most are nonsense and a waste of money. TheStreet.com Internet site and book are different, they explain how to trade and invest with a combination of fundamentals and contemporary interpretations. As a former analyst in another field, I especially appreciate TheStreet.com's process because it is analytical. This is a book about how to use information, knowledge, analysis, findings, conclusions, and judgment to make sound decisions. That's the only process that works in the real world, good times and bad. In my opinion, TheStreet.com is superior to any university or broker house course on the subject. The explanation pertaining to why and when to sell a stock (or fund) described in this book is alone worth the reader's investment. The book, TheStreet.com, provides an understanding of the fundamentals of how to trade and invest free of brokerage nonsense. Whether investing in an IRA, 401k, 403b, for college, for savings, to supplement income, or to become independently wealthy this book is worth reading. The book includes basic mutual fund and stock investing and options. If you are a student, new, intermediate, or even an expert trader or investor, this book is worth reading. If you teach trading and investing use this book. This book explains why to use the Internet investing tools -- Moringstar.com, TC2000 technical analysis, and the Wall Street Journal. But...to get the full advantage of this book, a successful trader or investor also needs to daily read the full range of columnists at TheStreet.com Internet site. (This reviewer is not affiliated with TheStreet.com in any way except as a paid subscriber.)