I have bought this book with other strategic management publications (Strategic Management... by Pearce&Robinson- ISBN 0256170673 and their cases (ISBN 025612633x). The cases are well written and are from many different and interesting fields. I can recommend it to anyone interested in strategic management. You get good overwiev of many business fields.

With the 'old-fashioned' names included in this novel, such as 'Peter', 'Mary' and even 'Percival' -- I was expecting to be bored to tears! Instead I was delightfully caught up in this tale of intrigue and even learned a bit about fine art. I must now go and find Dr. Schieles' first mystery "Under Cover of Night" -- I understand he has a forthcoming novel, "Deceptive Appearances" due out soon -- further tales of my new heroes Peter and Mary!

For lovers of T.G. Green's timeless Cornish Kitchen Ware, this book gives interesting information about its history and production. It's a very slim, soft-cover volume and, proportionately, pictures do outweigh the text. However, I have to admit that if there were only pictures to look at that would be enough for me! Atterbury has had access to some of the most comprehensive private collections of Cornish Ware that exist and the photos offer a glimpse into the world of the avid collector. Saying there are more images than text gives the impression that it's only a pretty picture book. Not true! Peter Atterbury has obviously put effort into finding tidbits of history, information on imitators, the other designs T.G. Green produced, Cornish Ware's cultural presence in Britain and insight on its future (yes, there is one!). I love this handy little reference book. It's helped me make up my mind about which pieces to buy and which to leave, and it's feeding my dreams of finding treasures I didn't even know existed before I read the book.

Grandad's gifts is a picture book for primary-school aged kids (especially if they like Gary Crew's scarey picture books). Peter Goldthorpe's illustrations are amazing.

There's a secret cupboard, a creepy voice, and an incredibly weird fox. Shane discovers Grandad's gifts, but I had some trouble following exactly what was going on.

If you liked the movie as much as I did, then you'll love the book. It's hard to put down and a great read. The characters Mitch Kendrick and Victoria Thorne and J.T. Quincy seem to be more fully developed here. And here ol Vicki is seen as a real femme fatale -- testimony to the Lalonde bros.' genius! As Mitch himself wonders, how can a woman so beautiful be so evil? During the trial, Vicki tries to egg God on by saying, in effect, "Come on out and defend Yourself, you &%$#!@* coward!" And He does, in the form of eerie silence which has EVERYBODY silent! It really makes you think about a trial in which God Himself is the accused. At the end of the novel, the Antichrist summons Vicki and that judge into his office and sends them to jail. Why? Read the book and you'll find out! Or even better still, see the movie if you haven't already!

Maas is a good story teller and he keeps your attention the whole while as he takes you from the beginnings of Wilson's thirst for money at age 8 to his acquisition of prime property in the Washington, D.C. area as a result of his secretive and illegal dealings with foreign powers. Though CIA senior officers were members along with him in phoney corporations he set up to conduct his "import-export" business), any official connection to the CIA while all this was going on isn't clear. Yet the prospect of any CIA connection to Wilson's shipments of thousands of pounds of C-4 (plastique) to Libya and Mohamar Kaddafi is, indeed, very troubling. As the author pointed out, when jets started falling out of the air (Lockerbie) and discos blowing up (Rome), you couldn't help but feel that if not for Wilson, many of these things might not ever have happened. It seems that whereever 20th century evil was to be found, the CIA was either right there, or not too far behind.

This doesn't give you any great insights into the inner workings of the world of spooks, but it is certainly an interesting read and does afford at times a look at how the Justice and State Departments work--or fail to work.

This was the assigned text book for a class I taught at National College in Denver. I liked the way the cases and vignettes illustrated the concepts covered. The teacher's edition had even more examples of good and bad marketing by large recognizable corporations (remember Burger King's "Herb" campaign?). Another feature that I valued were the marketing "projects" at the end of each chapter. These gave students the opportunity to use the concepts on a product/service of their own choosing, as opposed to just reguritating definitions

I am a piano teacher, and I like using this series for students - it's very straightforward. The top of each page, or each lesson, is a brief explanation; and the bottom half has short "homework" assignments. After about 3 or 4 lessons, there is an assignment to review those lessons. At the end of the book is a student test, which goes over all the material learned in the book. Very easy to use.

What a fun "To Do" paper sculpture book. With amusement and intelligence. I have made most of the paper sculptures from Paul Spooner's fisrt book. All I can say is WHAT FUN! A great making project with children as Both as a "I made this check it out!" Or a make it together activity.

This is a fascinating look at papal elections. Hebblewaithe regales us with wonderful historical and behind-the-scenes details which alone make the book worthwhile. His descriptions of the likely candidates, though likely to be outdated when the actual event arrives, are informative. Hebblewaithe's own agenda tends to permeate the book; he seems intent to replace the "intricate and highly politicized process" with an intriccate and highly politicized process of his own, to ensure the election of what he hopes will be a more "liberal" Pope. Fortunately, this partisanship doesn't spoil an otherwise engaging work.