This collection from Baxter Black is a wonderful herd of wild stories and wonerdful poetry. He really touches the spirt and tickles the funny bone with his wonerful wit and cowboy wisdom. This book also has great listrations for every poem or story. You won't regret this purchase, I know I treasure my copy. Don't miss this great poet in one of his finest publications

Whenever I hear Baxter Black's name mentioned on NPR, my ears take notice. And excerpts from this, his latest offering, are just plain funny, touching, and wonderful! (Note, the poem about his first dance with his daughter and his poem about his pickup truck.) He makes the most common of things and events come sharply into focus until they become uncommonly interesting. If you're looking for entertainment that won't offend the senses and leaves you with that fresh after the rain sense of serenity, you won't do any better than Baxter Black!

I'm currently taking a class that Bob Gill is teaching, I'm looking forward to reading his book, I know just from knowing him that most likely it is a brilliant book, as the prior reviewer noted.

Bob Gill is a genius when it comes to graphic design, and this book is the proof of it. While this edition may be out of print, it would be a worthy addition to any personal or professional creative library. So if you don't own this book it's well worth the wait or extra fee.

While the work presented here has a very dated 70's look to - that not what's important. The idea behind the work is that the graphic design communicates an idea. Each page in the book starts by giving you an "orginal problem" from a client - and then shows how Gill comes up with a solution to to not only solving the problem , but to redefine it. Gill uses a wide range of styles to solve his problems including plain typography, illustration and photography. His work is very clever, and is the opposite of people who just make pretty pictures.

This book would also be great for a copywriter or anyone trying to understand creative communication. If you can't get your hands on this book, I would suggest "A Smile in the Mind" published by Phaidon, which includes many bits of work found in "Forget all the rules about graphic design". However I hope the publisher will do a reprint, because this book should be read by every student of graphic design.

I bought this book because my husband and I love Baxter Black's work and almost all cowboy poetry. We enjoyed sharing the poetry with groups of friends and spent many a night laughing til our sides hurt. If you are familiar with Baxter Black's work or just love the old west and cowboy humor this is the book for you!

I thought it was hilarious, but my kids just looked at me funny while I was reading it to them. Extremely educational, in a sort of offbeat way. Great illustrations. I can't believe the price! Your local library has a copy- check it out. That's where mine came from.

This book is exactly what it says it is a ten-word book about a boy playing with a yo-yo. It is not a trick book and would have absolutely no interest for yo-yo enthusiasts unless they were parents of young children. My three year old loved me reading it to him over and over (it takes about 30secs). He gives it 5 stars. Lucky Meisenheimer M.D. author of "Lucky's Collectors Guide to 20th Century Yo-Yos...History and Values"

There are a lot of football trivia books out there, but this is by far the best of them. Entertaining, informative and well-written. Bob Gill has done a fantastic job in compiling this treasure trove of pro football trivia. I highly recommend Pro Football Trivia.

Slam Dunk is about a small boy who dreams of being a basketball star. The book is able to capture and maintain the readers attention while reinforcing the ten focus words. Slam Dunk, of the Ten Word Book series, is an excellent book for beginner readers. The Ten Word Book series allow children to gain confidence in their own reading ability.

One of the best graphic design books of all time has been re-published! Almost 20 years ago Bob Gill (who was one of the founders of Pentagram) wrote a book called "Forget All the Rules of Graphic Design", and now Graphis has published an updated version. Why is this book so good? While most graphic designers since the 80's have focused on making things look pretty (or not so pretty) Gill was part of a generation who thought that the focus of graphic design should be to communicate - and be clever at it!

Unlike "Forget All the Rules of Graphic Design" this new edition is small and can be read on a subway. Gill has added a few new examples of his work, and he has revised some old designs (including the cover design of the old book). The cover of book reads "If this book helps only one designer get one original idea, then all of the months I spent putting it together will not have been worth it.", while Bob Gill may suffer a slight case of ego - he has helped many people find new ideas and inspiration.

I have the hardback edition, published in the U.S. in 1999, but the content is the same as this paperback edition.

The book start with individual skills, with the first chapter on ball control covering receiving, turning, shielding, and dribbling moves. The book has many, many, excellent annotated pictures illustrating each skill. For most skills, the book diagrams a suggested skill-builder drill, which can either be done by players working on their own ("soccer homework"), or as part of a practice led by a coach.

After the Ball Control Chapter, the book also covers Passing and Shooting, Dead Ball Skills, Defending, Attacking, Tactics, Goalkeeping, and Training and Fitness.

The passing and shooting section has helpful diagrams of where on the ball to strike, and where on the foot, and has enough detail to answer most questions players or coaches would have about the details of how a particular skill should be done.

In the tactics area, and throughout the book, there are also many diagrams and color artwork pictures illustrating player positioning and movement in a way that makes the tactics clear.

I have many soccer coaching books, but this one is the one I go to when I want authoritative information and refresher on key points for teaching a particular skill. I've used many of the drills in my practices, and they have always gone well.

The book has excellent information, and realistic and helpful step-by-step action pictures that demonstrate skills.

The only real criticism I have is that sometimes I need more steps in the action pictures, particularly some of the dribbling moves, to see how the player got from A to C, and I feel like step B is missing.

Now my two daughters (12 and 14) play with an elite club team that wins 2-5 state championships a year (out of 8 girls age groups) and I recognize so many of the key components of that program being effectively taught in this book. This book is tremendously sound in terms of both the skills and terminology it teaches, and the highly effective way it presents and teaches them.

If you are a coach looking for an effective organization of skills and tactics to teach, or a player, especially one without access to expert, state-of-the art soccer skills training, I highly recommend this book. Because a picture is worth a thousand words, and this book is loaded with well-thought out pictures, artwork, and diagrams, players as young as 10, perhaps younger in special cases, could read the material and get very good use out of it. This book is simply excellent, and highly recommended for any soccer player and coach who wants to improve by learning and mastering the details of the skills and tactics needed to become a high-level soccer player.

this book tells you a lot about bob dylan, a folk singer turned rock singer whose songs are really good and literary. if you want to understand his lyrics and whatnot pick up this book. it is good. i liked it though i didnt read all of it.

Bob Dylan is one of the few musical figures from the 20th century that we have truly seen become a legend in their own time. Some would argue, indeed, that Dylan is THE quissential cultural figure of the second half of the 20th century - recording undoubtedly some of the greatest albums ever put to tape, becoming, in the eyes of many, a composer for our times on par with Mozart and Beethoven, arguably the greatest, at the very least most infulential and far-reaching poet of the century, and mapping out emotional blueprints for an entire generation with songs like Blowin' In The Wind, The Times They Are A-Changin', Mr. Tambourine Man, Like A Rolling Stone, and Just Like A Woman. And, although he has since recorded albums every bit as good as his 60's highlights, - not least among them, his magnum opus Blood On The Tracks, and his 1998 Album of The Year, Time Out of Mind - his works from that time still stands as the absolute apex of a culture that was the most turbulent decade since the 20's. Rarely has an artist, at any time, been so in tune with the tenor of the times. This book chronicles Dylan's remarkable 60's period - from his, largely interpretative, debut album through his shocking move to country music with Nashville Skyline. It indeed has the "stories behind every song", and it avoids stooping so low as to try and convey what the songs are "about." Rather, this book, much more usefully, gives the background to the songs: how and when they came about, insight into the characters mentioned in them, and what woman, person, or particular muse the song may be referring to, or have been inspired by. There may not be a lot here that Dylanologist don't already know, but it is nevertheless a useful (not to mention beautiful - it's an immaculately laid-out book, with dozens of generous photographs peppered throughout), and nice to have a reference to all these early songs in one place. An absolutely essential book for Dylan fans.

This was when Dylan was making groundbreaking music. This book offers fine analysis of every track and an excellent companion to the CDs of that time period. A must-have book for Dylan fans.