An entertaining and enlightening look at some of the safety and social issues facing our society. Mr Hughes takes real life safety stories and uses his engaging cast of characters (The men and women of Hazard Elimination Inc) to show us how things could or at least should be.

I thought some of the safety horror stories were a little far fetched until I learned that most of them were true.

Written from the perspective of a safety insider the book managed to keep me entertained while giving me a look at what is really happening out there and some of the less than positive results of our global economy.

This is the second in a series and the author tells more of the great stories from the first book while developing the lives of his characters.

Can a textbook be delightfully written? This one is. Authors Richard L. Hughes, Robert C. Ginnett, and Gordon J. Curphy explore every aspect of leadership and smoothly weave research conclusions into the narrative. Examples abound, from Colin Powell to Walt Disney. The authors are all psychologists who specialize in leadership issues. They have written conversationally and intelligently, using plenty of sidebar material (even famous cartoons) to bring their reporting to life. We [...] recommend this classic (now in its third edition) to everyone interested.

Richard Hughes wrote High Wind in Jamaica, one of the strangest and most compelling books that I've ever read. His next novel, The Fox in the Attic, is a well written and intelligent fictional account of life in Europe between the two world wars. A sophisticated, educated, and upper class Englishman visits his relatives in Germany and becomes aware of tensions between Bavaria and Munich and tensions between republicanism and monarchy. There is very little understanding between him and his relatives. The English feel revulsion towards the idea of war; the Germans, on the other hand, are determined to fight again, but to win this time. Hughes describes this very well. There are some notes that will remind the reader of High Wind in Jamaica: some charming descriptions of children and some concerns about what it means to be "I". The novel is odd, and the characters are difficult to understand, but High Wind in Jamaica was magical with characters that one will always remember. I'm not sure how I would have felt about this wook had I not read HW in Jamaica first. Recommended for people wanting a different viewpoint on Hitlers rise to power in Germany.

Well I have mixed commentary regarding this book. First off it's accuracy on the atmosphere during the Noriega and Escobar reign are pretty well represented. But when the author to this book generalized the Panamanian population as being an ignorant, immoral and pathetic people he was mistaken. In this book it seems that every woman is "una zorra" and every man is half-witted could careless type of man. As with many countries Panama has had its internal corruption and immorality, but the way it was depicted in this book was only something to enthrall the reader. Although I fount the book vaguely educational my wife thought it was fun to read because of its romance novel-esque. The writing to the book is something that I would have wrote in 6th grade literature class for pure shock value. I only recommend the book to people who want to get an idea of what it is like to live in a third world country during the reign of terror such as Noriega. Those who lived under Noriega's wing were well taken care of, those who didn't were poor and those Americans who lived there at the time were always harrassed and maybe it's their fault. But to get a feel for that is the only reason to read this book unless you are 15 and want to read something lustful and violent.

Robert Maheu gives a one-sided view of his reign under Howard Hughes downplaying his "sins" in my opinion and never really coming to grips with his abuse of power and lack of character. I suspect that what he did reveal is mostly because he was caught with his pants down. Nevertheless, I still found it interesting in helping to piece together the Howard Hughes enigma. I learned much more from reading "Citizen Hughes".

This book is boring. Reader speaks in monotone. Does not hold attention and runs in circles. More informative books available on this subject.

If you want to learn about these composers but don't feeling like reading about them, then this is for you. Each tape has 2 sides, containg information on a certain composer. Different voices are used to portray different people, and excerpts from some of the composers' most famous works are included on the tape.

While I appreciated the simple format, and agree their is a need for a precise book that speaks directly to teens about this important topic, I would NOT recommend this particular book to anyone! Among other faults, it minimized the importance of breastfeeding and the magnatude of abortion.