The full and rich diversity of New York City is on display here in the carefully selected, organized, and documented photographs. In addition, the authors' introduction provides a very helpful context and explanation of the "culture of solidarity" among working people from different industries, unions, and ethnic backgrounds. It's a wonderful window into the lives of ordinary working New Yorkers, their trials and tribulations, protests and passions, successes and strikes!

My late father, Philip W. May, did the illustrations in this book app. 1946-47. Having worked in New York City for 20 years, more recently, and viewed how little the city puts into its infrastructure, I would imagine the book is probably still a very accurate view of the complicated web of wires, pipes, subways, etc. that weave below the streets. The book was contemporary when it came out, and more than likely still is to a great extent. It is also good history of how it all was done.

The Master Plan of Evangelism is a wonderful examination of the personal ministry of Jesus Christ. Coleman succinctly dissects the method of Jesus, namely that of personal discipleship, in a way that will help ordinary Christians model it in their own lives. Jesus' method was one of multiplication, of pouring His life into twelve disciples, who were to do likewise. This is the call fo each believer today, and Coleman's book is very instructive and motivating in building a vision of personal ministry.

They titled this book wrong. This isn't the Master Plan of Evangelism; this should have been the Master Plan of Discipleship. But that's about the only thing I can say wrong about the book. It's almost as if Coleman takes apart Jesus' life and ministry on Earth and puts it back together with chapter titles, isolating the principles that drove him to do the things he did. This book is almost essential reading for an understanding of how to raise up Christians who will seriously follow God and strive to know Him. If you desire to make disciples as Jesus called us to do, you will do yourself well to read through this book.

As a Christian, we are commanded to make disciples of all nations. This book reveals the key to accomplish this task. It is not the "normal" way most of us Christians perceive how evangelism should be accomplished. Coleman looks at Jesus Christ's life on earth and applies it to our lives, and shows us the way Jesus wants us to evangelize. A real eye opener. A Must read!

This is a book of photographs about Robert E. Lee, and features photos not only of Lee but of the people, places, and events that were important in his life. The book has some commentary on the photos, but the focus is the photographs, not the text. The book is designed to complement Thomas' biography of Lee. As a stand-alone book, it provides a brief overview of Lee's life.

Without a doubt I have been a diehard fan of Emory Thomas since I attended one of his guest lectures promoting the highly acclaimed biography on the man and soldier Robert E. Lee. His words on the death of LEE were most memorable.

His recent pictorial essay embodied in this new publication chroniclizes Lee throughout his lifetime in vintage photographs. When I met Lee's great grand daughter Anne Carter Zimmer, I realized that some rather poignant pictures existed, but this book supports the fact.

This book should be purchased as a bedtime companion to Thomas's brilliant biography of the icon we know as Lee. The layout and selection of photographs in this publication truly satisfy one's soul in meditative reflection. Don't miss.

Robert E. Kelly, spent ten years researching the personal and professional characteristics of star performers.

If you want to do more than just succeed at work, this is the book for you! It's full of vitally information on how to reach beyond your skills at work. About ten to fifteen percent of all people will out perform their peers by a wide margin and rise above to the star ranks. How to be a Star at Work tells us how to be our own star and to be able to outshine everyone else, no matter who you are. This book has nine strategies to getting ahead, but don't think you can muddle through with a few pointers; you need to read the entire book to be able to realize how everything works and fits together. It's worth the time and effort! Remember stars are made not born.

I found this to be a helpful, informative, simplistic read. It's very well written and the fact that the author spent so much time 'in the trenches' is apparent, he knows what he is talking about. I recommend it.

This book is excellent for attacking misconception stalls (bad thinking habits based on a misunderstanding of the circumstances) that retard almost all careers. Everyone I know who had a fast rising career used the principles in this book: But they had to figure out some of the principles for themselves.

As a young person, many lack the experience and judgment to derive these principles. For example, many will see conforming to the views of co-workers (many of whose careers are going nowhere) as the way to get ahead. Not!

As your first step toward becoming a star at work, read this book and apply its principles. If you want to go further and be a Superstar at work, read on for more instructions you will need.

Careers are also plagued by other flawed thinking habits not explored in this book including poor communications (assuming the message is received and understood without checking), disbelief in promising new ideas and technologies (check these new perspectives out carefully before you dismiss them), tradition (habits that have outlived their usefulness), bureaucracy (having people involved unnecessarily), harmful procrastination (delaying when the situation is deteriorating), and avoiding ugliness (everyone else avoids it also, so the best opportunities are often in the most unattractive aspects of your operations).

To be most successful, you need to be able to create better solutions.

The way to do this is to (1) learn the value of measurements (nothing improves that is not measured) (2) measure everything you can about important processes in your key activities (each measurement will teach you something you need to know) (3) identify the best practices anyone has ever done in these areas (especially by looking outside your industry), and anticipate where these best practices will be in 5 years (4) assemble best practices together in new ways that no one has ever done before to exceed the future best practice (5) identify the ideal best practice (the best people will ever be able to do -- for communications this will be having everyone get the message in one second, like shouting "fire" in a crowded theater where smoke and flames are evident) (6) find ways to approach the ideal best practice by applying the analogy of where humans do it almost perfectly now to your situation (7) assemble the right people, resources and incentives to get the job done and (8) repeat the process (you will get better at it and find better ideas, each you time you do this again).

Further, a lot of people are oblivious to the powerful trends around them. The most effective people will find ways to turn these trends to their advantage, regardless of how the trend shifts.

If you teach someone else these ideas, you will learn them even better, and proven yourself as a leader.

NOW YOU CAN REALLY BE A SUPERSTAR AT WORK! Good luck!

Don't forget to be a superstar in your personal life, as well.

When I review a book, I consider a number of different factors. Among my considerations is the suitability of the book to what appears to be the intended market-the intended reader.

Looking at a title like "How to be a Star at Work," I assume that the book is designed to inspire and instruct people who are not stars at work. Perhaps I'm being a bit pedantic here, but I question how many non-stars would gleefully pick up a 300+ page book to learn the Secrets of Business Life.

OK, I've got that out of my system. Let's dig a little deeper. The book is based on research, written by a college professor. Kelley teaches at Carneigie Mellon University's business school and, as may be expected, does a lot of research and publishing. Goes with the territory. This book reports on ten years of research at major companies, revealing nine factors for success: initiative, networking, self-management, perspective, followership, leadership, teamwork, street smarts, and show-and-tell (to the right audience).

As you read that list, you may be thinking, "no-brainer; should I waste my time with this book?" On a shallow level, that's a fair assessment. As you read deeper through these pages, however, you'll discover many subtle innuendos in each of these categories. You'll learn from the thought-provoking anecdotes-all with the names changed, of course. The experiences of the employees described are somewhat interwoven with political issues that are more prevalent in large companies than smaller enterprises. This environment-resident factor may taint your sense of relevance if you don't work for a big organization, but don't be fooled. The advice is solid for all sizes of employers.

This book may not be read heavily by its assumed primary target, but will still be quite valuable to supervisors, managers, leaders, and mentors who coach and guide others to improve their effectiveness and strategic career development.

Once again, I was hoodwinked by reviewers at Amazon.com who have no ability to discern good from average. This book provides a bunch of no-brain chapters -- (i.e. classifying is good) -- it's really a huge waste of money. The absolute best book I've read and I recommend to all discerning intellectual teachers is Grant Wiggins's Understanding By Design. This book was a waste of my good time and precious money. Never again will I so blindly trust all the 5 star givers on this site. Too many stooges, I think.

I'll keep this short and sweet, and not summarize the contents of the book. Such can be found in other reviews, as well as the editorial synopsis. Instead, let me just suggest that "Classroom Instruction that Works” is a long overdue work that can be used in a three-fold manner.

First, it should be required reading for every new teacher. It clearly details for them what is effective in the classroom, regardless of grade level. There is little philosophy here. This is ‘meat and potatoes’ practicality.

Secondly, the research in this book should become an integral part of every teacher-evaluation process. It provides a model paradigm of excellence in teaching above and beyond the subjectivity extant in most evaluations today.

Finally, this book should be a personal read of every experienced teacher. I cannot express my feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment when I realized--I already do many of these things! While I know I can improve in many areas because of reading this work, much of my teaching was validated by sound research, and that felt good!

It is my hope that this material will be presented at many of the national education conferences I attend each year--in fact, I plan on using much of this in my own presentations.

The book is nicely organized, backed by solid research, and utilizes illustrative scenarios which make complex methodology very understandable. And isn't this the goal of every classroom teacher?

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Dr. J.L. Parks
Georgetown Middle School
Georgetown, KY

Teachers, this book spells out in plain language what works. It explains each strategy in detail, gives examples, and summarizes the research on how effectively that strategy works. The strategies are in order of effectiveness. It doesn't matter what subject you teach; it does matter HOW your teach it.

The book is beautifully written, just 178 pages, and POWER PACKED! A crucial read for educators.

This book certainly had a lot of potential. Unfortunatly there are too many errors. Some very obvious --- Samuel Cooper was not REL's brother in law. He was REL's brother's brother in law by marriage. And the photographs are not always correctly captioned. The dust jacket sleeve mentions over 70 some photos. But Lee was only photographed around 40 times. Some photos he counts twice when in reality they are of a same pose. And some photos could have been larger so the reader could actually see the beauty of the photograph. And some photos that have been discovered many years ago were simply not even in the book. This book could have great but the author did not do enough homework. He needs to go back and try again using better researchers.

Robert E. Lee was America's General. He was a great man who'd legacy is to be told forever. He did not support the radical slavery movements of the south but did love his native state. He was a calm and bold gentleman who's gentle face and lovig nature made him a legend in his own right. Lee deserves the honor that is preserved in this book. This book captures the true beauty of AMERICA'S GENERAL.

This text should be in every Civil War collectors library.

Since babies don't came with an "owner's manual" they created one to help you anticipate and handle your new baby's basic needs without worry. This helpful handbook covers feeding, bathing, first aid, health childproofing, and sleeping (good luck!)Noewly revised, this book gives new parents the techniques and confidence they need.

I found this book to be very thorough and up to date.There was some information in there I found useful and some things I did not.But, it gives a good description of the changes that happen during your child's first year being careful not to be too rigid in saying something should happen at this time or else.

This book has been an invaluable tool for us. It's the owners manual for your baby! It has saved us many calls to the Doctor. We are first time parents and it gave information on feeding (both bottle and breast), changing, poops and pees, fevers, just about everything you can imagine. I highly recommend this book for parents.

I found this book interesting, but no more than that.
If have lack of experience and don't know basic procedures, you will find it able to solve your problems.

I went hunting for a book that had all or a good amount of the mathematical formulas/procedures explained in an easy to understand format. This is the book. I needed to brush up on my math from basics to calculus and this book has made the task easy. It's the type of book I would keep next to the encyclopedias in my library but I carry it with me every where I go. An electronic version of this reference would be a nice addition.

When I first picked up this book, I was eager to learn about modern psychology and its interactions with everyday life, particularly with men and aggression. Instead, I found a book that conveniently pegs a hole of abnormality for every single one of us. It's not original. It's purely a rehash of the DSM-IV, and not once did it even mention that it's a derivative work in the verso. Throughout the book the DSM-IV is constantly quoted and requoted, which, if you were to remove the quotes, it would leave you only with a preface and introduction to what the DSM-IV already covers. [...]

All that aside, what really annoyed me was its classification of human behaviors. Sadness, lonlieness, isolation, aggression, anger, jealously, fatigue--the list goes on, like some kind of psycho-recipe book. Just mix up the "symptoms" and you could come with a disorder that they've conveniently named. What's your dish? Show me one person that's never been angry before. Show me one person who's not felt sad before, or lonely, or tired or afraid--and the author's want to call it a disorder? What arrogance! Negative emotions, ups and downs, are all a part of human life, but this book presumptiously implies that EACH of us has a syndrome of some kind. Whether male or female, rich or poor, there is a convenient hole for which your character or lifestyle can be pegged. So, we've all got a disorder. I guess what the book is really saying is that we're normal after all. If someone has a problem that deviates to the left or right of center, a medical journal or the original source for this book--the DSM-IV--already exists. Did the authors think that we didn't know about it? The only reason I gave more than one star is that the pages are easy to read and the English usage is good. Other than that, "Caring for the mind..." is insulting to the intelligence. I'm not buying it. Not recommended.

I have to say that I felt let down by this book. It was recommended to me, and I picked it up with anticipation, ready to buy a copy. I was very disappointed, (as a psychotherapist specializing in recovery issues), to find that the dual diagnosis approach to recovery and mental health was mentioned exactly once, then ignored in favor of the old "either/or" paradigm discarded by most of us in the eighties; thus the sections on addiction and mental health are of limited use, since the interactions between the two are ignored. This book is better than nothing, but you'll have to infer your treatment plans if you let yourself be limited by its contents. Hopefully a forthcoming edition will bring it's recovery paradigm into the nineties, before they're too far behind us.

My husband and I just found out our 13 year old daughter has a personality disorder (schizotypal specifically). We didn't get much information on either the diagnosis or how we could help our daughter from the mental health institute we have access to. So we first turned to the internet and looked up the diagnosis. Most of it was very technical, hard to understand and cynical. I found this book at our local library and it has helped us tremendously. It is clearly written for the general public to understand. We felt torn between finally finding something that helps us understand what's been going on and feeling depressed by the prognosis for the future. We think this book's a good start. Now what we'd like to find is a book that's written specifically for a teenager dealing with a personality disorder.