The Paradox of Power has actually transformed the ideas about a leader. Pat has mentioned of seven paradoxes, most important of which are certainly absolute love for your followers as Jesus had for his twelve non-schooled disciples, a vision and preparedness to 'accept inaction as the best form of action' and 'silence as the most powerful speech' at the appropriate time.His examples selected from the life of John F. Kennedy (talking to a mines worker), Robert Lee make his musings on desirable traits of a true leader as given in the book, more acceptable and laudable,

At a time when America can use it most comes a perspective on leadership delivered by someone who has lived his own words and succeeded. While many influential leaders throughout the ages are cited as examples and role models in this book's 230+ pages, the central figure is a man who would not be seen as power figure by today's definition. Yet his methods, when sought with sincerity and applied as though part of our reasonable responsibility, always work. The author has spent his professional life in the world of professional sports, but this book is not just for sports fans or corporate leaders (although that latter can and will certainly benefit from the wisdom of Mr. Williams). Anyone in a position of influence over others (who doesn't qualify there?) will find life-changing advice from time well spent in this book. Read slowly for more effective processing!

This is a good introduction to the Arts and Crafts movement in America. It is a fairly complete guide to Arts and Crafts creations (defined as useful and simple designs) made from wood, stone, glass, and copper across the country.

The book is well-arranged by state and contains outstanding photos. Most entries include a description of the piece or building, details of its history, and visiting information.

The Arts and Crafts movement started in the late 1880s and ended in the late 1920s, although its designs remain popular today. The movement wanted to unite social reform, art, architecture, and the decorative arts. Proponents believed that architecture should be simple and functional, based on historical forms and constructed of local materials.

Notable examples of Arts and Crafts design were Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and interiors (called the Prairie School); Stickley's Craftsman furniture; and Louis Tiffany's glass designs.

I would have liked it if this book had had more photos of interiors and objects, but it never promised that, so the disappointment was of my own making.

This text is the classic work of James Clerk Maxwell. It is an essay, printed by the Royal Society of London in 1864 which gives a full insight into Maxwell's theory of electromagnetic waves.

Maxwell's equations are of course the entire basis of modern electromagnetic theory. It is much easier to view these ideas here, in this brief form, than to wade through the 1873 and later editions of Maxwell's mammoth "Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism".

The primary benefit of this small volume is the easy access to this paper. One would otherwise have to go for a collection of Maxwell's papers, which would be somewhat more expensive. The preface to the volume is a useful addition to the work. However, the Introduction by Thomas F. Torrance is a bit over the top. It also introduces a bit of a Theological 'spin' to the material, which is not surprising when you see how many Theological/Religious texts this fellow is involved with.

Take or leave this 27 page introduction as you wish. The fact remains that you still get Maxwell, which is why you wanted the book in the first place!

Book describes the social/intellectual processes underlying the simplification of Maxwell's formulas regarding electromagentic phenomena. Three individuals were involved in the process, each having diverse personalities, backgrounds, and levels of social influence. Although they never met each other personally, 'in spirit', they worked as a unified team. The book shows the problematic changes in paradigms, such as models regarding the aether, as well as trace the socio-economic underpinnings of their work. England at the time was undergoing a tremendous imperialistic expansion, which helped stimulate inter-oceanic cables, and, in turn, drive the development of its science. An engaging book with a fluid storyline which was both intellectually and emotionally appealing. In many ways, it plotted the fortunate triumph of 'truth' over entrenched hierarchical biases. The science presented in the book was never so complicated that a willing layman, without due effort, could not understand, and should not intimidate any reader from 'giving it a go'.

Another offering from The King, John Maxwell. The difference is this time he is arrogant and presumptuous enough to superimpose his cliches upon the eternal Word of God!

I've already seen it under the arms of all the up and coming career men in the ministry, most of whom have no idea, or interest in actually expositorily preaching that book they carry with Maxwell's name emblazoned on it.

Maxwell is an egomaniac of the first order, and a symptom of chronic shallowness in the twenty-first century church. Now he's using the Scriptures to sell his books and his career.

There was a time when the Scriptures were held in high regard. God help us.

This is an incredible resource for growing in servant leadership skills and training others in service based leadership, which we Christians, who are all called to be an influence, do in some fashion and degree. While there are literally thousand of books on leadership, non are as comprehensive as this particular topical Bible which speaks specifically to that issue with a wealth of information and principles gathered from other sources and Maxwell's own personal experience and application; and the best part is it's Biblical base. He has done all the leg work...you just have to "sit and soak." If servant styled leadership is your agenda, you just can't miss with this one. I appreciate authors who can take the Word of God and topicalize it for intensified specific study in a particular area and this Maxwell does superbly in the leadership area. Read along with "Jesus on Leadership" by Gene Wilkes.

If you are looking for a good "regular" or "general" study Bible, I would not recommend this one to you. All the charts, lists, notes, inserts, bullet points, commentaries, chapter and section lead ins, etc. are all leader focused/oriented.

The Maxwell Study Bible is fantastic resource for those who are in leadership. John's insights are not only helpful, but very timely and well spaced. This is not a "Study Bible" for insights into Greek, Hebrew or a commentary through various passages on Christian living, per se. However, a brilliant study of leadership and it's principles as displayed through God's word. If you are a student of leadership, this is not only a must have - it is an essential piece on the subject. I applaud Dr. Maxwell for a work that is a breath of fresh air.

The book is well-written in a lively, engrossing style, but... Oh, dear... I found several factual errors within the first 22 pages. This was the part of the story I knew and had researched, so knew there were mistakes in fact. When I came to the part I wanted to learn about the previous errors cast doubts over what I was then reading. Even if the rest of the story is flawlessly accurate, I couldn't trust it. Truly a pity as the book is, otherwise, very well done.

--since originally writing that, I've done more research on the subject and have gone back to the book... only to find more errors! Some are trivial (but would have been easy enough to get right) and some are significant.

What a great read! Frank James, outlaw, enters the office of the governor of Missouri and lays down his pistol. His trial was set in a opera house, since the courtroom could not accomodate the large crowd gathered. Fourteen flamboyant trial lawyers and colorful cast of witnesses head up the supporting cast. If you thought the OJ Simpson trial was interesting, check this book out!

I recently appeared on NBC's the "Today" show regarding my latest scholarly discovery of four new photographs of Jesse James, Cole Younger, Jim Younger and Belle Starr. I assisted Gerrard Petrone in writing, what I believe to be the finest book written about Frank James. The book is steeped in scholarly content and full of specific details that relate the true story of Frank James, not a 19th or 20th century reconstruction of the truth. Petrone's writing style and original newspaper source material from the period, make for exciting reading. The story of Frank James leaps off the page, so boldly, that one feels the excitement associated with reading a newspaper headline of the information for the first time. The story of the trial of Frank James and the resulting verdict speaks strongly about the era of reconstruction in Missouri. The war was over, however many still held strong feelings against the North. The trial brought out some of the South's finest generals and decorated survivors. The jury was in awe of the those called to testify and the courtroom presence of Frank James was very impressive. Petrone also includes true tales of the James Gang that are found in the testimony of many witnesses. These stories, which were told in court, were recorded, but have not seen the light of day for decades. The exciting story told by a teenage boy, hiding in a small post office, at night is a fine example. Clutching and aiming a loaded shotgun, he is anticipating being robbed by a shadowy figure on the other side of a glass door.....who is about to try the door knob. The frightened boy almost stopped Jesse James in his tracks and rewrote the history of the West. Astonishingly, he lives to tell the tale in court, to Frank James himself. I would reccomend the book to anyone interested in the authentic history of the American West or criminal law. I am sure that Petrone's book will become invaluable to any further research about Frank James: the man, the myth , the acquitted.

Yes, in the future you can look like Madonna or Elvis. But why would you step on a subway train with five Elvis' sitting around? How do people tell each other apart? And would you want to look like Elvis if thousands of people already do? These are some of the obvious questions this book overlooks. There's more. The picture of the future is interesting, but foolishly described. The flow of the book is sporadic and I get the feeling the author isn't well versed in biology or genetics to give compelling details of the books creations. I would suspect Junior High boys would love this story. Much of it made me think of storylines explored in the Ninja Turtles cartoons! Cowabunga, Mr. Young!

This book was very well itten. I liked very much. Some people think there are gaps in how te hammerhead walked on land and swam in the sea, but all you have to do is read it, and it explains it completely. Anyways, the idea of genetic tinkering intrigue, and shows what we might be able do in the future. the only thing, is that if u were a jones and comitted a crime, you could just microde yourself, and never be caught. Also the concept of moneya little odd, becuase 17 billion dollars didn't seem to impressive to him, as it would be in this day and age.

I must have read the 1993 short story this book is based on in a collection somewhere -- at least most of this novel seemed vaguely familiar. "Lingers in the reader's memory"? No, I just barely got any déja vu from it... But I enjoyed it even more the second(?) time.

Young's story is a brisk, short-chaptered cautionary tale, well-paced and intriguing. There are some major plot elements left unexplained -- like how can the Hammerheads be swimming in the ocean at one point, and rampaging through the streets of New York in another -- do they have fins or legs? -- but as long as you're willing to suspend your disbelief, this is great "soft" science-fiction.

The microcoding fashions reminded me a bit of Delaney's "Dahlgren," and the high-tech high-security future is very Bladerunner. However Young's vision of genetic tinkering gone awry is all his own, as far as I know. Proponents of "designer genes" and nanotechnology-as-mankind's-golden-goose would do well to consider Young's alternative future, where not everyone follows a Disney script.

Chilling and (except for a few implausible details) entirely too plausible.

This is a great book, very readable and scholarly. There exists one problem though: this book has practically nothing to add to what is written, just as clearly and just as easily accessible, in the old testament.

I read this book seeking to find a modern perspective on the old testament narrative, which would include all the findings of modern archeology and other sciences. What I found is that modern scholarship has precious little to add to what is already set down in the bible because the OT remains, with very few and mostly modest exceptions, our only source for this period. This is not the fault of the authors, of course, who are very noteworthy scholars. A few bits of history are scattered throughout the book which are not obvious from a reading of the bible, but the vast majority is just summary and interpretation (not usually very revealing) of the OT.

It goes without saying that if you are interested in the history of this period and have not read the bible, open the good book to Genesis 1 and start reading.

J. Maxwell Miller and John H. Hayes' A History of Ancient Israel and Judah provides a solid introduction to the methods and problems of studying the development of the kingdoms that came to be known as Israel and Judah. The book deals with events from the time of Israel's origins (the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages) to the work of Ezra and Nehemiah (the fifth and fourth centuries BCE). On the whole, A History is more cautious with the biblical texts than other histories of ancient Israel, such as John Bright's A History of Israel. Miller and Hayes spend less time offering guesses about the more speculative aspects of Israel's history, such as the patriarchs and exodus, and concentrate their efforts on the later period (tenth to fifth centuries BCE) for which conclusions are more certain. From its beginning, this study is very much set within the geographical, political, economic, and religious context of the ancient Near East and Egypt as a whole. Perhaps the most attractive feature of this work is the inclusion of both photographs and fairly complete translations of extra-biblical documents pertinent to various stages of Israel's history. A History is divided into chronological segments, and the authors proceed by summarizing the biblical texts germane to the time period, critically examining these accounts along with extra-biblical and archaeological evidence, and then drawing conclusions. If the book has a major weakness, it is the absence of either footnotes or endnotes, but the authors provide a sizable topical bibliography at the conclusion of the book, and overall, A History of Ancient Israel and Judah is sound, readable scholarship.

definitely not the best intro to newton mechanics but if you already know it and need the info in a new prespective this book will do you.NOT A SELF STUDY GUIDE.Is best when used as a review.

This is how founding fathers thought and wrote about the Matter and Motion. It is a nostalgic reading. Maxwell himself wrote about Matter and Motion of course based on Newtonian Physics. You do not learn any new Physics unless you are doing study in the History of Science. Maxwell basically starts with definition of concepts in Newtonian Mechanics and explains Newton's laws of Motion. Force, Energy, Momentum all the good staff. Short book and interesting piece of history. Definitely worth reading of it for leisure or for study.

I bought this book to understand electromagnetic theory from ground up - to follow the inventor's thought pattern instead of pushing equations from textbook in to my memory. But I guess this book isn't enough. The good things about this book is that it gives really good historical account of electromagnetism experiments which is essential before peeping in to Maxwell's work. But major part of this book gets wasted in Maxwell's first two papers which are really not important or necessary at all. It's purely waste of time for uninformed readers to read these obscure papers that really doesn't derive anything important. The whole electrodynamics, Maxwell's famous equations and derivation of speed of light - all that stuff comes in his 3rd paper. Maxwell had originally derived 20 equations (8 if you use Vector form) instead of popular 4 textbook versions. This whole derivation part - the single reason why I picked up this book - is missing altogether. Author just gives final form of derivation like any other text book would do. The pain is that you would have spent weeks to get at this part trying to figure out content of those two first papers and finally left learning nothing new. I also get the constant feel that book is more geared towards historians of Maxwell instead of a person who wants to know his work. Anyway good part of this book is that it provides original text of paper + interpretation notes + discussion notes. The bad part is that original text is often omitted at number of places, interpretive notes of missing for many of the confusing parts of first two papers and the whole part of Maxwell's original derivation is missing in discussion notes. Because the heard (derivation of equations) is missing, you would need to by Vol 2 (not Vol 1) of "A Treatise on electricity and magnetism" ALONG with this book and remember to skip those two first papers. The reason I wrote "along with" is because you will still need this book to read about the original electromagnetic experiments and a modern point of view.