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I will never buy a book at my school bookstore again! This was a great buy, with a great price and fast delivery.

I like Beebe's perspective on the field of communication studies, and I value his work. I worked in developing instructional materials to support this book and used the book in my teaching. I agree with the audience-centered focus to public speaking.

This book contains so much information, but it is set out in a way you can easily read and retain it.

'Audience Centered' seems to be an obvious off-shoot of the teaching styles, that have become hyper-popular over the last decade or two, that claim to be 'Student Centered'. Is it just a buzz word, or is there something in it? As another reviewer points out, Audience Centered public speaking dates back at least as far back as Aristotle.

In keeping with the new-fangled approaches towards learning, 'Pubic Speaking: An Audience Centered Approach' offers the student a full multi-media experience, that is reflected in the price. However I love such an approoach as it allows the student to learn in his or her preferred learning style.

While I don't need to go into the contents of the course because the product description by the publisher is more than adequate. This renewed package though, is a veritable collection of expert advice on all aspects of public speaking, from preparing to completion. What is more, you can actually see the speeches being delivered through examples provided by online video clips.

Without a doubt the price for this package is a little steep. You might fid it worth it, or you might not. Value is so subjective after all, but 'Public Speaking: An Audience Centered Approach' certainly takes advantage of the many more learning channels available today, than a book alone can, or even an audio/book course.

You can't say that the audience-centered concept used in this book was pioneered by them. After all, in the first paragraph the authors give credit to Aristotle for defining the elements of speechmaking as 'of speaker, subject and person addresed - it is the last one, the herer, that determines the speaker's end and object.'

The first edition of this book, about 15 years ago, set the tone for what has now become the sisth edition, with each edition improved by audience feedback and new educational concepts. The general concept of keeping the audience at the center of of the speakers mind through all of the steps in the process.

Of course, this does not mean that the speaker tells the audience only what they want to hear; to do that would not convey anything to the audience but a good feeling. Some of the example speeches, 'I Have a Dream,' Martin Luther King, Jr., speak to people holding views very opposed to his.

The highly illustrated book is carefully organized with a mixture of text, tables, drawings, comments and questions to maintain the students interest while educating him. Indeed these techniques are some that can be used by the student in his speeches.

This text is okay, as an MLS student I found it a bit frustrating that it seemed you needed to have a fair amount of knowledge about cataloging before you could understand this book. But, then again, I've never planned on cataloging -- so I got through it okay and can't wait to re-sell it! Otherwise, I have to say that I preferred this book to the other text (Organization of Information by Arlene Taylor) because this book is arranged in a more intuitive way.

Good luck, but do yourself a favor and only buy this if it is required.

If you find yourself needing to learn how to catalog, this is the book to teach you! Dr. Chan walks you step-by-step through the cataloging processes. This book explains the steps of AACR2R2, MARC, Dewey, and LC. Not everyone can take one of Dr. Chan's cataloging classes in person, this book is second only to that.

I have been using this book for almost two semester because this is one of our primary reference in our cataloging subject. Our subject includes Descriptive Cataloging and Non-book materials cataloging.

Everytime we are asked to do some cataloging, I always prefer to have read first this book before doing some cataloging exercises because this gives me clear picture of what really am I going to do. The examples are there, and the corresponding catalog entry are there sited clearly.

I can't forget when we were given a problem to catalog the compact disc that we brought in our class, I don't know what to do with that CD, and then I went to our library that time, and borrowed this book, and there I found clear explanation of what was to be done first in cataloging that type of non-book material. When I've seen the example, I just compared it with our compact disc(music CD), and I gathered every little bit of information that are needed in my catalog entry. And at last, I've done my work.

The book gives layman explanation, you can't find here straight rules, there's an explanation for every technical terms that the author used. The book covers not oonly descriptive cataloging, but also, non-book materials cataloging. The book is very down to earth, you will find yourself just as reading simple mathematics. When I read the book everytime we have an exerice I just always find myself looking for the significant information in the chief sources of information and just plugged it in my catalog entry and I'm finished as easy as that.

This book in short doesn't just set the rules in cataloging, it gives understanding how every rules in cataloging are being used. Now I'm on my third year of my Library and Information Science degree, and still I'm using this book as my primary reference because this book really gives me picture of what I am doing.

I am an independent editorial consultant and have edited and written features for almost 20 years. If you are a talented aspiring feature writer, you will find some tools in this book that you can use to launch your writing techniques and career.
I especially enjoyed the piece on localizing articles that featured Jill Darling's story. Very sage advice that gives readers a practical path to follow into journalism.
Those who love reading often look at writing as the next step in their literary experience, but reading a well-written feature is far removed from the task of writing an original article. Step-by-step instruction and experiences of successful writers can help you avoid the pitfalls and discouraging roadblocks that face the first-time writer.

Featurewriting.net is a real winner! Michael Smith unleashes journalistic tools for aspiring writers in building block fashion. As a seasoned reporter, Michael takes you on the insider beat as if he were putting his arm around you, coaching you every step of way. He delves into the nuts and bolts of feature writing: selling the story, interviewing, using the Internet for research and mastering the lead. As a journalism professor, Michael's teaching gift is evident as he offers his own reporting secrets about what works and what doesn't. An award-winning photojournalist, he explains how to take quality photographs that enhance stories and double paychecks. The book is punctuated with interviews from a dozen successful writers who offer their own nuggets of wisdom, and include samples of their writing. Michael hammers out numerous timeless feature article ideas using a SHOP format: Selection, History, Observation and Perspective. These proven techniques get his journalism students bylines in newspapers and magazines long before graduation. Featurewriting.net is a must-have handbook for both new and experienced writers from journalism students, freelance writers and anyone interested in penning feature articles.

This book explores the how-tos of the art known as feature writing by an adept author, professor and, as he notes in the book, wordsmith. Not only does he provide instructional information but also very practical information from interviews compiled from various noteworthy journalists like George Archibald, professors of writing and many others. Smith lays out a simple technique called "SHOP," which provides the major structure any good feature story should have. He further breaks done that technique into a suggested writing formula, but he doesn't demand that readers stick to every detail. Instead, he does encourage deviation and exploration of one's own unique writing style so long as you stay within the basic SHOP essentialist framework. It's a great resource any aspiring feature writer should read to glean valuable information and even a lengthy collection of story ideas, contacts and suggested approaches for you to apply your skills. Each chapter also provides for exercises that put into use the skills stressed throughout. Check it out.

This book, a reprint of Edward Heron-Allen's "Violin Making As It Was an Is," of 1884 is a very poor choice if you don't know the fundamentals of violin making and you really want to learn. For that, you should start with Simone Sacconi's `The "Secrets" of Stradivari,' probably the single most influential book of the past 30 years (available in Dipper's English or Adelmann's German translation from specialist online booksellers, but not, alas, from Amazon.com). If you are an amateur who wants to make an instrument, try one or more of Henry Strobel's books.

That said, "Violin Making As It Was an Is" is still quite an interesting book. Edward Heron-Allen was a rather brilliant Victorian polymath who had an intense interest in the violin. Somehow, he convinced the distinguished French violin maker George Chanot, then working in England, to show him how to build an instrument. The next thing Chanot knew, and apparently to his intense dismay, Heron-Allen was publishing what he had learned in a magazine intended for gentleman amateurs. His book is based on those articles.

What we have, then, is information about 19th-century French violin making reported through the filter of a talented English amateur. From this perspective, the most interesting part to me was the chapter on using a French outer form. I was also curious about the descriptions of tools and some odd older building techniques such as gluing linen to the sides before bending.

If you do read the book, you should certainly be aware that most of it is utter bunk. At the same time, I find something interesting on almost every page and quite enjoy the author's energetic style. Despite it's strange take on the craft, "Violin Making As It Was and Is" has also had a lot of influence, especially on earlier generations of English makers, who in a time before the proliferation of violin-making schools, made profitable use of what it had to offer.

Another reviewer mentioned the quip about this being "Violin Making as it Wasn't and Isn't" and that is certainly just. I would merely add Pliny the Elder's remark that there is "no book so bad but that some good might be got out of it."

This volume certainly qualifies as one of those rare gems which holds a special place in your bookcase or shop. Heron-Allen manages to give complete detail to all facets of preparation and construction, in addition to holding the reader's attention through numerous footnotes and sidelines. A detailed technical book written in a very enjoyable fashion, and with a style no longer seen. I've been known to read this book on several occasions for pure joy.

This book covers everything from wood selection to finish. Includes full size plans for molds. The author also gives specifications of select Stradivarius violins. A must for any builders library!

An excellent collection of stylistically important works. Very well-organized and informative as well as fun to read.

I purchased this book to use as a text for a composition course I teach. It features excellent sections on composition topics like cause and effect, narration, process analysis, classification, etc. The selections in the book really are "brief". Most are between three and five pages long. The topics and authors addressed are real-world, high interest issues that make great discussion pieces. Personally, I enjoyed reading the selections. They are excellent casual reading pieces.

This is a great read for the serious film aficionado who truly likes and appreciates film in its many weird and wonderful genres.
Trash Cinephile is not only a movie review book but a genre specific guide to the other side of cinema, a great movie companion for both the fanboy and the casual film appreciator.

I bought this book a couple of weeks back after reading about it. Unlike a lot of horror and exploitation film guides around, this one has a sense of humour. The author looks at obscure horror, blaxploitation, kung fu, biker, sci-fi, revenge, and sexploitation movies. There's even a section on the Bruce Lee rip-offs that starred my favourite Lee-alike, Bruce Li. Another section looks at the Italian post-nukes of the eighties. If you're into offbeat cinema, I'd recommend this as a great guide...

I'm still waiting for the book on sacred sexuality that doesn't talk to me like I don't know where my own vagina is. I'm from a freak scene where men aren't afraid to indulge their feminine sides and neither are the women, where walking around naked ain't no big deal and many of us have found our g spots and prostates and are happily stimulating them.

It seems that this book targets the same audience as practically every other mainstream "sacred sexuality" book out there - middle-aged folks bored with their sex lives and with the kind of money necessary to attend these sorts of workshops (and the illustrations reflect that - I'm not complaining though, I'm happy to see realistic folks getting down!)

So be it - I'm happy to know that Margot Anand is doing the work that she does, even if I couldn't ever afford one of her workshops. Like I said, I'm still waiting for a book that ups the ante on sacred sexuality and I might just have to write it myself. If that were the case, I'd want this woman right by my side to help me out. I know she knows what she's talking about.

Btw, folks, let's not confuse today's "sacred sexuality" with real, true tantra (Anand makes this difference clear). Sexuality IS sacred, however, and realizing it as such will definitely change your life. However, sex is merely a small part of the TRUE practice of Tantra.

Margot Anand has several books available to keep intimacy fresh for couples. This book is the best of it's kind. Even for people who roll their eyes at the "spiritual" aspects of sex, this books advice on sensuality, intimacy and arousal can bring a revived freshness into relationships even after years with the same partner.

The "Ritual of the Senses" itself is worth the price of the book. Guys that don't think they have anything to learn about sex REALLY should read this book...

I have owned this book for years and finally found a partner 6 years ago who was open enough to try some of the practices with me. It is chock full of fantastic exercises and ways of percieving and looking at things, with tools for opening your heart and mind to true intimacy.

We liked it so much that we went to a workshop with Margot last week. Of course, we came home and got the book out right away to see what else we can use to add to our relationship and our lives together.

I think this book is made up of a bunch of baloney. I don't believe a word of it. I think that way too much importance is placed on sex, to the point of being obsessed with it. It's about a bunch perverts, in my opinion. The author's interest and obsession with sex is not normal. It appears she thinks of nothing else in life, except sex, and who to have it with.

This book is a complete sacred sex course in itself. With lots of meditations, activities, and exercises, it is particularly suited for couples who want to open up to each other emotionally as well as physically.

I am a new up and coming english teacher for some reason Amazon refused to let me wright this is in the regular review. So inturn I chose this, Ledbetter's books are an extreme help to me in the class room. To find out that children in the eight grade can pour soul's out and make it sound like an adult is a amazing I am in the process of trying to get my kids to be like that. Thank you Mrs. Ledbetter for all the help. P.S. ad 20 to the age it made me put under 12

This book has some usable ideas, but I found it difficult to envision adapting it to MY situation as a 7th and 8th grade English teacher. It sat, unused on my shelf for over a year. Having just taken an eight hour training from Ledbetter, I now have a clearer picture of what she does than I was able to glean from her book. This volume is a collection of activities and aproaches from her practice, and not a complete"writing curriculum," as the cover suggests. If you want some ideas, it is a good but expensive place to graze.

I bought this book but was never able to use it. Frankly, the activities are too immature for grades 10-12. I feel that it is more appropriate for middle schoolers, immature 9th graders or younger students needing enrichment. Sure, I could have altered these activities to suit my students, but then what is the use of buying a book of reproductables, at that price, if you can't reproduce them as is?

I had to read this book for a communication class. It's not a bad book, it gives a lot of info. on proper uses of the net and how to use certain applications on how to use the internet to become a better journalist.

SYNPOSIS

"Today the Internet stands as the single largest source of information available anywhere in the world".

The Internet today plays a vital part in our lives. From a journalist's perspective, the Net will only get better and the information it provides useful. The book is very important for journalists as it provides an in-depth analysis of how to succeed in Internet reporting. "Today the new frontier for computer savvy journalists is the Internet", says Christopher Callahan, Former Associated Press Reporter who makes his emphasis clear on the Internet as reporting tool.

The first chapter `Journalists and the Net' explains what is the Internet and how to think strategically about the Internet. `Navigating the Net' teaches about building a reliable set of sources and explains terms like the worldwide web, navigators and bookmarks.
`Evaluating Information from the Internet' deals with myths about the Internet, its credibility and how to decode web addresses. `Basic Reporting Resources and References' explain newsroom policies for Internet reporting, telephone and crisscross directories, and how to find state and public records.

`Top Data Sites for News Stories' give web addresses of federal government, business, legal sources, state and local government and other federal agencies. ` On Line News' deals with growth of on line newspapers, local news breaking, newspaper archives and national publications.

`Strategic Searching' explores the right way of using search engines to get best results and provides a list of best search engines. ` Building an Electronic Beat' and `Electronic Mail' explain how to build a new system of Internet sites specific to news beat, E-mail decoding, finding E-mail addresses.

`Mailing Lists and Newsgroups' talk about E-mail discussion groups and newsgroups to find expert sources. ` Professional Development' lists some of the best journalism web sites and explains how the Internet can be useful to journalists. The last chapter ` The Future of the Internet' explores what the future may hold for journalists looking toward the Internet as a reporting tool.

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Commentary
"This is not a computer book: it's a journalism book." says Christopher Callahan, associate dean at the university of Maryland college of Journalism who is also a senior editor at AJR (American Journalism Review). The book is written in clear, plain prose with as little jargon as possible. As a bonus, each chapter is supplemented by stories from other journalists on how they have used the Internet to do their work - track tornadoes in Minnesota, investigate the state of fisheries and wetlands, analyze standardized tests in elementary schools and details how recycled hazardous waste gets into fertilizer.
This book is a great help to college journalism students and professional reporters and editors to enhance their skills as journalists with help of the Internet. Journalists can save time with the help of the Internet and use the time in other aspects of a story through more in depth reporting. The Net can help a great deal in cases where no sources are available.

I personally liked the book, as I now know how to use the Internet efficiently. It is also a good guide for students who are not familiar to the Net. This is a practical text that offers a journalism perspective in reporting. Many such books on Internet usage have very general tips on how to surf the Net, while Callahan's book has a specific journalism audience, which is very efficient.
Anecdotes in each chapter explain how reporters around the country have been able to do stories that would have been costly or too time intensive to go after without the Internet. This book establishes a personalized list of bookmarks, databases, and the electronic equivalent of a journalist's contact book. One of the positive aspects of the book lies in the web addresses listed. They can be beneficial to journalists who can use them effectively.

The best chapter I liked in the book was on how to decode web addresses. Students have a difficult time to find correct web addresses or sites related to journalism. Callahan has given useful tips to find correct web addresses and search engines. Also the chapter on, On-line News was very interesting as it talked about how On-Line news really breaks stories on the Net.

One negative aspect of the book is its target on American journalists. The book can be a useful guide to American journalists as the information is relevant to their interests. Students in India would benefit less from the web addresses and information on America, but the book is useful as a good guide to the Internet.

Thus we can say that Callahan's book teaches us to use the Net effectively.

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