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Reinforced Concrete: Mechanics and Design (4th Edition) (Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics)

I think this book is very good quality, and shipping is not bad...

I have the 2nd edition of this book which I loved. This edition is excellent and is easily the best text on Reinforced Concrete there is anywhere.

This book is the best for those who want a deeper understanding of reinforced concrete design.Since the author presents a step by step way to introduce the concepts,the reader is able to get a more detailed information and retents more concepts instead of procedures

This book was already one of the best concrete design texts and is even better with the addition of the new co-author James Wight, who adds valuable information on the design of concrete structures to resist seismic forces. There are a few minor errors in the examples that still exist from the 3rd edition, but they are minor and the examples are detailed enough that the corrections are usually forthcoming. I recently finished a MS in Structural Engineering focusing on concrete design and this book (3rd edition) was one of the 2 or 3 that I found myself referring to most often.

I really enjoyed this book as the companion to the ESPN series of the same name. It's a must read for any college football fan!

An indispensable book, a real bible for all who love the american football and his history in the colleges across America.

I collect football books. As an historian, I look for books that cover the glorious tradition and history of the game. This book is perfect if you're looking for that theme. First of all, check out the cover. The cover tells the story of this book. It takes you back to a different era.

I love this book. It is one of my favorites. It covers everything and makes for a great coffee table book. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy college football.

The writer has given us a panoramic view of college football. The book covers the great coaches, teams and rivalries of the past 100 years. There are a number of wonderful photos sprinkled through the book as well. The writing touches on a number of subjects in brief articles, so don't look for any in depth stories about one particular program, coach or player. This is not a complaint, merely an observation. My only real complaint is the errors I found. Some photos misidentified players and bits of information were incorrect (minor errors, but annoying none the less). Overall, this is a great book for any college football fan.

As a fan of the country's best football conference, I highly recommend this book! Great images and the prose is solid...you really get a feel for the game. If you're an SEC freak like me check out "A Tailgater's Guide to SEC Football". It has a great history of college football in the South in there. A good read overall. Thumbs up! Roll Tide!

Thanks Betty for sharing your family's story. I think the communtiy's and Sam's coach's behavior was outrageous and your family should not have been put through all that it suffered.

I agree with Elizabteh that Sam's PE teacher has all the appearances of being a good teacher. However, a good teacher shouldn't stand-by while this kind of teasing and cruelty take place. I commend your protests and hope Indiana will reign in schools who fail to protect our children. We must do all we can to make sure this never reoccurs.

This book reminds of a recent incident with our own son Erick (oldest of our 3 great kids) at our new school in St. Petersburg, Florida. Last week Erick started 5th grade and middle school for the first time. When Erick learned boys have to take showers together in their school PE class, he was more than a little nervous. Our family moved to Florida from Puerto Rico last Summer when my husband was promoted to a new postion. Our son grew up in a community and family where nudity was never seen, it is just was not any part of our children's upbringing. I think it is completely reasonable that Erick at first shrinked back from the situation. There are a lot of social lessons kids learn (or should learn and need to be taught) outside of the formal classroom setting, locker room etiquette is a prime example. It is important to introduce kids into situations they are not always comfortable with to prepare them for life. However, I think it is also important to make sure those situations are under control.

I expect there to be some adult supervision to offer support, or discipline those being disruptive. Anyway, some kids will be bullies, and be cruel to one another. But I also expect there to be some checks in place to keep things from getting out of hand - for instance to keep older and/or more popular students students picking on other kids.

This is a true-life story of a shy 12-year old boy Sam, and the rural town in which his family moved. The town's Jr. High which Sam attends requires PE and showers. Sam's family are odds with his gym teacher over the lack of privacy in the showers, but Sam does shower as school policy requires.

One day, Sam snaps a towel at another student in the showers which violates the strict no horseplay in the locker room policy. Sam's is given the standard punishment for this...20 push-ups, but is not allowed to get dressed first. The rest of the book details the ensuing battle between Sam's parents and the school over these forced nude push-ups. See the reviews below for more details on this battle.

For my $.02 worth, I don't think Sam's rights were grossly violated by his PE teacher. Sam violated the rules and was punished. School showers really need more adult supervision. Sam's punishment was unfortunately embarrassing, but for goodness sake, if you try and remove every single potential source out there for hurt feelings for kids, you will stop our schools and teachers from helping children learn.

I don't think it hurts students to get used to showering in a group shower. From my perspective, I think that public schools are the right place for students to be exposed (no pun intended) to the real world. School is a place to learn and "get over" certain afflictions. Super shy kids I am sure are somewhat tramatized by school. Should they get individual "learning cubicals"? No... nor, do I think should our kids NEED to have individual showers after PE.

powerfully written story
This book is a powerfully written story that should keep kids (older) and adult's interest. This story is about the young kid, Jacob, and his family's move to a new town and school. The kid's family has a very strong traditional sense of modesty and tradition (some would say to a prudish degree) while Jacob is nearing puberty and starting middle school for the first time. Required gym showers in public schools have become somewhat less common in the United States in recent years due to budget cutbacks and greater risk (lawsuit) aversion on the part of school administrators. But Jacob's town and middle school are still staunch supporters of school sports, required PE, and required showers. This book gives a gripping account of the uncomfortable collide of 2 cultures as Jacob assimilates to his new Middle School and town. On a personal note, I teach PE (for 3rd-5th graders currently) at my public school here in Flordia. Showers are always provided in the scheduled time...whether it's outdoors or indoors activities, swimming or what have you. I was little surprised to learn the school policy wanted to me to require showers of all elementary school students when I started teaching here in the mid-90's. There aren't any private showers and that upsets the occassional muslim or shy girl's or boy's parents every now and then. But our school has always managed to deal with these occassional irate parents. I think it's probably weather/climate that's caused the wide support for showers here. We're very far south in Florida (near Miami), and when little boys and girls play and exercise down here you can't help but sweat...a lot. My kids (and parents) all would actually be quite upset with me if they couldn't shower after exercising in this weather!

Mary
Elementary PE teacher
Pinellas County, South Florida

PS Our district actually made a mandatory county wide shower policy decades ago. Teachers are required to check and enforce that students shower at the end of gym class. Over the years, I've had to deal with some shower shy students as well as a small number of complaining parents. But I feel fortunate that our school has never had as disagreement as strongly felt as the battle between the Herron family and Jacob's school.

This book does a very good job of sharing this powerful and moving story about this unfortunate case. It is very sad that the teasing and harrassment Sam suffered by neighbors and classmates took place. The School and the teacher really should have done a better job to stop this.

However, I agree with the court's decision to dismiss the case on summary judgement in favor of the school. While the teacher could have done a better job in this situation, I think the law-suits, publicity, and taking Sam out of school were not to Sam's benefit. While Sam was unfairly traumatized by this incident, I think it is the job of parents and teachers to encourage children in the face of adversity, such as full-time Mom did with her son Erick below.

The School District and Sam's teacher should be commended for their many contributions to the school's Physcial Education and Athletics program. I personally think the requirement that a student shower and follow the rules of locker room etiquette is not out of line. After all, school is to teach one about life. Not only is there science, math, languages, music, but there is health, social, and physical education. Hygiene spans both health and social education, and showering is a part of hygiene. What better time to teach it than in real situations, such as after a PE class. Schools cannot change every policy according to each student's personal comfort level. Perhaps school districts should invest in private, individual dressing and shower areas for all students. But most have not chosen to do so, and privacy in the locker and shower rooms in most of our nation's schools is lacking. As a practical matter, public school students simply have a reduced expectation of personal privacy in School's required physical education classes.

Thank you Betty for writing such a powerful and moving account of the unfair mistreatment that your young son Sam was unfortunately maded to endure.

I think the Coach and teacher clearly made a mistake in judegement in ordering the nude push-ups as punishment for such a trivial infraction. However, the physical and emotional abuse Sam's classmates and neighbors directed against Sam and your family is truly outrageous. The physical abuse is criminal and those responible should be punished. The emotional abuse and despicable words show how cruel some people can be.

While the courts may be right that Sam's PE Teacher and Coach actions were within his legal bounds as a teacher (...)I think morally his punishment went too far and helped foster the divisive and hostile environment Sam and your family suffered.

Except for the unfortunate incident, Sam's PE teacher has all appearances of a good citizen and family man. By all accounts, he is a loving husband, a caring father of two teenage sons and a daughter, and very active and respected in the community. I truly hope and believe he did not intend any of the suffering his actions with Sam triggered. However, once events and unkindness take on a life of their own a mob mentality can set in causing people and communtities to perform the cruelest of acts on their neighbors.

I hope we can all find ways to help ensure such tragedies do not reoccur.

As a student returning to calculus, after many years without touching the subject, I found that the hardest part for me was just going through the simple mechanics of algebra. Conceptually early calculus is not that difficult, but often to get the right answer it requires a lot of intricate algebraic manipulations. I found myself making easy mistakes and my calculus book less than helpful at refreshing the algebra I needed to know (and had forgotten). I ended up getting this book as well as the precalculus and calculus books by schaums, but have found the Intermediate Algebra book to be by far the most helpful. The pre-calculus and calculus books glossed over areas where I really needed more examples. The practice problems helped me to eliminate simple mistakes in my work and gave me more confidence going into complex problems. I noticed that classmates of mine who were struggling got caught up on concepts because they didn't have a rock solid understanding of the algebra. Transformations that the instructor took for granted eluded them because they were still trying to figure out where the negative sign went. While there are some errors, for the cost I really couldn't recommend this book enough - especially when compared to my $175 Calculus book. It helped me get an A in second semester calculus.

Great tool too have, especially if you haven't had Algebra in over 16 years!

I purchased this book to make a quick review of Math and help my son. I am so happy that I will buy the entire collection from elementary Algebra to Calculus including Differencial equations, Geometry and Trigonometry. Great help for those who need a solid foundation in Math. You can't go wrong with Schaum's Outline.

People learn in many different ways and my way is to know exactly what is going on in the problem and why the equation took that next step. Many of the problems in the book do this but there are a nagging few that do not show what formula they used. Of course the skills are built upon each other and it assumed that you remember the past formulas. For me though this doesn't always work out.

It is a great outline for those who need to brush up on their skills and it also helps out the beginners. Take lots of notes and remember the formulas to help out in later chapters. For the price it is a great help and I am happy to have made this purchase.

This book, I must say, is very good companion for any high school or middle school students who want to master the subject. I like this intermediate algebra better than the elementary one--simply more interesting. But to well prepare yourself for college math/algebra, you only need this book: the most useful problem or resource book that I have ever read in English :
Algebra: A study aid for self-education
ASIN: B0007C0IUS
in my school library. This book is just so useful that every problem is provided with sufficient background information. You can ACTUALLY MASTER the subject by working out the problems ON YOUR OWN--solutions are provided to every problem as well. Moreover, every pair of problems is typical, help you sharpen your skills while teaching you much about it. If you are ambitious and want to get even better in the subject, check it out. It's very user-friendly but very informative and interesting!

Excellent resource for educators and people who want to be involved with changing the educational system in our society.

If you are an educator, parent or administrator, this handbook will enable you to obtain the crucial, leading edge knowledge in learning styles, multiple intelligences, personal neuro-physiology that enables one to "know thyself." Self-esteem and self-awareness, cognitive learning, including the necessary skills to make one prepared for "life at 21 years old," are also main considerations when teaching students to capitalize on their individual strenghts and wisdom.

Schools that Learn also emphasizes the importance of mastery, synergizing curricula presented, and authentic assessment vs. basing students knowledge purely on standardized test-taking.

This helpful manual is extremely important for educators, administrators, and parents, to read as it combines the aforementioned information and applies it to "building strengths that will be useful in career decision making."

Finally,Schools that Learn emphasizes the importance of keeping a "spirit-filled" outlook while learning, the extreme helpfulness of a mastermind group, accelerated and lifelong education, and of course giving back what you have learned to the community. This "cause and effect" is often forgotten in busy professtional lives, but truly ensures success for those who "get it."

This is an essential book for anyone interested in education. Its comprehensive coverage gives much background, even at the risk of being distracting when you want to follow-up on the leads to so many interesting source-books and links. Though you are told to dip in anywhere, you must read the first section, esp. "The Industrial Age System of Education" by Senge and "A Primer to the Five Disciplines" (Personal Mastery, Mental Models, Shared Vision, Team Learning and Systems Thinking) (pp. 27-93).

The authors consider this book a "prequel" to their other books about learning organizations (p.7). That's true. Though this is the most recent book, you can start with this one and go on to the others for further depth. Some repetitions may only serve well for mastery.

The whole book is very readable and informative. Concepts are clearly explained. It follows the same excellent editing format as The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook and The Dance of Change.

When you get too enthused by so many ideas and success stories of innovations, heed the advice for "The Strategy of Organizational Change". "Focus on one or two new priorities for change, not twelve. Most school systems are already overwhelmed with change. They don't need a new initiative; they need an approach that consolidates existing initiatives, eliminates "turf battles," and makes it easier for people to work together toward common ends." (p.25)

There are just too many passages that you wish to quote. The book is a treasure mine. However, for those (esp. busy administrators) who find the volume too daunting or verbose (592 pages!) and still want to get a handle on launching into transforming their schools into learning organisations, I would recommend, "Ten Steps to a Learning Organization" and start with the simple questionnaire given there.

Senge became famous for his book on learning organizations. In this book, he and his co-authors apply those concepts and ideas specifically to educational institutions. While much of their focus is on K12, the ideas and process are applicable to higher education as well. So many management books are really fads with superficial value, but Senge's books are very practical and valuable. This book in particular demonstrates a great deal of passion on the part of the author's for their topic.

Having been given the instructions to select a book of vision for a reading group in a graduate class, I didn't expect to choose one of over 500 pages. The length, however, is indicative of the power this book has for changing minds about schools and the way to structure them for learning. I found myself often reading passages aloud to other educators and anyone who would listen. Instead of stifling my curiosity, the book inspired me to dig deeper on the five disciplines. A great book for creating a vision of education that includes schools where students are learning. I may purchase another one to loan out!

Hannah Breece was an amazing woman--strong, independent, and driven by her desire to help the people of Alaska during the early 1900s. This book is well-written, interesting, and informative. If you love reading about early Alaska, you will love this book! You might also check out a new release, When the Water Runs: Growing Up With Alaska.

When the Water Runs: Growing Up with Alaska

This book is a great read. I was swept along by this story of a single woman working in the Alaskan back country. She takes a matter-of-fact approach to all sorts of alarming situations (e.g. being buried in a snowdrift and having a bear and her cub wandering about outside her tent).

A great adventure story. Fascinating snapshots of turn of the century Alaska. Many of the most interesting parts of this book are those which talk about Alaska's relationship with Russia, particularly the power of the Czar and the Russian Orthodox church. Reading about this, Alaska seems more like a colony than a part of Russia. Maybe the Alaska America purchased wasn't Russia's to sell.

The book presents attitudes as they were without varnishing or apology. Some are decidedly racist. Hannah definitely saw her job as 'civilizing' the natives (nobody seems to have asked them if they wanted to be civilized). She talks about communities who lived underground - this was dying out as the US government didn't approve - the story of colonization the world over...

An excellent story with plenty of meat. Hannah Breece is a woman both of her time and ahead of her time. This book, although covering the early 1900's, really tells of a time when the balance and control of Alaska was switching from Russian influenced culture to American influenced culture. It is interesting to see that what was "correct" then is now "incorrect" and reminds the reader that values and judgements are culturally bound.

The action of the book takes place over most of the major regions of the state including the gulf coast, the interior and the southeast.

Jane Jacobs the editor did an excellent job of organizing and illuminating Hannah Breece's story. Without her careful introductions the story would have not had quite the same postive impact.

This book is largely alone in covering the topic of teaching in the early 1900's. For those of you interested in the early history of teaching in English in Alaska then this is your book.

In 1904, Hannah Breece (1859-1940), was recruited by the Department of the Interior to teach in Alaska. Alaska at that time was quite different than today. Preferring to work in poorer, more backward areas, she saw a side of Alaska that does not normally appear in the history books. This is Hannah stories, as told by her, and edited by Jane Jacobs.

This is a really great story. I found its depiction of life in 1904+ Alaska to be quite enthralling; Hannah certainly found her way into many fascinating adventures. The book shows life in 1904+ Alaska, as lived by the common people, including dealing with wild animals, sled dogs, fish famines, earthquakes, racism at many levels, and so much more.

All I can say is that Hannah Breece must have been a formidable woman. I have never said this before of a book, but I actually felt honored to be able to look in at Hannah's life. I highly recommend this book!

I fell in love with Alaska as described by Hannah Breece. She told an amazing story of a time that is long gone. She also showed great restraint in not "telling tales" on those who were her contemporaries. Her niece, Jane Jacobs, who compiled and edited her memoirs, fills in the "gaps," after Miss Breece's personal story is complete. I recommend this book to lovers of history, Alaskan history, early American history, education history and those with a romantic notion of how the "good old days," really were.

This book was the second book I got. I thought it was a very good book. I read in like 3 days. I liked the part when Ruthie was trying to act like a guy by doing those gross guy things!! I read over and over again until I got a new 7th Heaven Book. I love to watch the show. I watch it every night when I can or when I'm not doing anything else..... I really hope that you 7th Heaven fans will read this book if you already didn't. If you do I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!!

i thought this was a good book i mean it was very interesting (for me anyway) this is the only book i will read unless i have to like in school but that is the ONLY book i will read out of school, but i can't read them all as fast as you can make them can you make them. can you make some for the older age levels please because those would probebly be just as good.

I have read alot of 7th Heaven books, and Secrets was my 2ed favorit. I would recomend this book to kids 5-10 no younger because they will start to keep secrets.

Mary and her basketball team get there season cut shore because there grades drop. So Mayr and her team trash the schools gym and the get arressted will the camdens clear her name? read to find out! I would reccomend this book to anybody ages birth to death it has a great moral.

BOOK REVIEW

In this book Lucy one of the sisters. Is on her high school student court team.
Her sister Mary is in her signor year of high school and on the varsity basketball team. The girl's grades dropped so they can't play anymore. So they go out to eat and think about trashing the school gym. Then they sneak in and start to T.P everything and then they graffiti every thing and than they get caught by the police and the school principal and they get in a lot of trouble.

I do recommend this book if they like the T.V show 7th heaven an like to read. I would recommend this book because it is interesting and funny. It was a page turner because at the end of a page it did not tell enough information so it was a cliff hanger . So I kept on reading the book. I did enjoy this genre because I love this T.V show and this was about a show I had never seen. There were surprises in the story like when Mary and her friends got caught and when they decided to trash the school gym and when Simon got suspended for a whole week.

I am finding this book to be inspirational and insighful. I feel called to reach out to seekers and this is giving me confidence that I can do it in a way consistent with the teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ, our mother father God.

This is THE manual for seeker small group leaders, or, potential leaders. It's clearly written by someone that has done it. Alot. Some books are written from a theoretical point of view, and that can be good, but this book is written by someone right off the front lines. It's obvious throughout the book. This should be required reading for anyone, or any church, starting a seeker small group program.

I cannot recommend this book more highly - it is the definitive text on how to run one of the world's most important ministries: seeker small groups. Garry has developed an approach to seeker small groups that is counter-intuitive, insightful, and most importantly, proven effective in his 25+ years of leading groups.

Not only does the book offer well-thought-out concepts for approaching seeker small groups, but it gets painstakingly practical in how to apply them. It even offers step-by-step instructions on how to prepare for and run the first few meetings, questions to ask, and logistical tips. Anyone that reads the book will be prepared and inspired to lead a seeker small group, regardless of his/her level of evangelical "giftedness" or experience.

Finally, the book is an engaging and enjoyable read, peppered with captivating stories of individuals whose lives have been changed by the very groups Garry has led or inspired.

If you are considering starting a seeker small group, this is a must-read before launching. If you are not, you owe it to yourself to read this book to understand the immense impact these groups can have on the lives of people far from God.

Not a fan of forming a group just to talk about spiritual things in hopes of being able to share the gospel.

I know for a fact, the majority of people love talking to strangers about spiritual things almost immediately.

Its a lie to think you have to arrange a time and place and to build relationships with people to share the gospel or to get them to a point where they are open to spiritual truths.

The good: This book is written by a great guy with a heart for God. I just don't agree with everything but thats ok. I like the chapters on how to facilitate a small group, keep interest, ask questions, etc. They are valuable insight into the psychology of group management and how people think.

I need to make clear: This book is good. Set up a seeker small group. Its great to do this. I've done it. But 1on1 evangelism is crucial too, even if you don't have the "skills". Just start spiritual conversations with strangers or friends and watch how far they go. The gospel can be shared easily and without force. These seeker small groups are good too, but should not be a major time taker like this book promotes.

Check out thewayofthemaster.com and especially Mark Cahills "One Thing You Can't do in Heaven" for some great evangelism literature that anyone can follow and be encouraged with.

Not sure of how, exactly, my glowing review of Garry's book would be conveyed, I surveyed some other reviews already posted. The most negative stated:

"Its a lie to think you have to arrange a time and place and to build relationships with people to share the gospel or to get them to a point where they are open to spiritual truths."

I would like to thank the author of this review for giving me the words with which to praise Garry's book. If I may paraphrase the line, above, it says that "you don't need to spend so much time in relationship-building in order to accomplish your agenda of sharing the Gospel."

The point of Garry's book, I believe, is that building a relationship IS sharing the Gospel!!! Loving people and creating a safe environment for them isn't a means to sharing the Gospel, it IS the Gospel!!!

As someone involved in vocational ministry, I would like to thank Garry for teaching me how to leave my hidden agenda aside, so that I may accomplish God's agenda. This book breaks the mold of our thinking, where evangelism is relegated to doing anything possible to force the Gospel down a person's throat at any time.

By putting into practice the philosophy of this book, we are able to BE the Good News in a person's life while, at the same time, providing a forum where a seeker may be comfortably introduced to fellowship and accountability as they take their first steps on a path which will eventually lead them to an intimate relationship with our Lord and Savior.

Shelby and the Shifting Rings is the first book in the Defenders of Time Series. In this introductory book, the reader is introduced to Shelby Shodworth, a curious girl with a talent for mischief. Since her mother's death two years earlier, twelve year old Shelby has been living with her uncle, Leviticus Pottsmore (the Colonel). Now, as per her mother's explicit orders before she died, Shelby is now going to attend Ms. Peabonnet's Academy. Shelby is conflicted. She is glad to be away from her strict, uncaring uncle but knows she will miss her best friend. Shelby need not worry, she is going to find quite a number of new and interesting friends at Ms. Peabonnet's Academy. She will also find a good deal of mischief and maybe even a few answers to her some of her most difficult and mysterious questions.

Shelby and the Shifting Rings is a fun adventure filled story. Shelby is a normal twelve year old girl who in seeking answers to her questions finds a little more trouble and adventure than even she could have imagined. Readers will fall in love with Shelby, wish they had a friend like Newton, and long for the next adventure of Shelby and her friends.

A good mystery keeps your mind active with questions, surprises, and takes you on an adventure throughout the book. Mysteries are good for children -- just perfect for their growing, creative minds :).

The book, "Shelby and the Shifting Rings," by A. M. Veillon, is one such mystery. This compelling story follows the adventures of 12-year-old Shelby, whose life is filled with mysterious situations when she is sent to live with her uncle after her mother dies. After attending boarding school, Shelby takes off on a mysterious journey. Throughout her adventure, she discovers missing pieces to her own life's puzzle, and learns her true identity. Shelby didn't consider herself to be anyone special, but after unlocking many secrets she learned that she was destined to save the world. The book ends with a lead in for the next book in the series.

MyParenTime.com highly recommends this book -- the story is so enjoyable and captivating...be warned: you may not be able to put the book down :). Shelby is very courageous and very likeable, and is a true heroine. Because of these traits, Shelby is destined to become a children's favorite. Readers will also get a chuckle from some of the names in the story (ie: Mr. Primprop, Mr. Lobnob, and Chef Porkpoke). We highly recommend this wonderful book and are sure it will be enjoyed by all who read it.

This was a refreshing story that shows girls being smart and adventurous without trying to hide it. Taking place in a girls school eliminates the problems of competition between the sexes and lets us focus on the story. Shelby goes through many of the same things all girls do and how she handles it should be an example to them.
Thanks A.M. Veillon and when is the next book coming out?

A quick and easy read full of page turning excitement. It is so easy to get involved in Shelby's life and feel the mounting questions she seeks answers for.
A great book to engulf young growing readers.

Not since the days of Nancy Drew have I seen such a strong role model for young women portrayed in literature. My daughter and I read each page together and could hardly wait for the fun and excitement each chapter would bring. Shelby's courage and positive attitude, despite the hardships she faced, were inspiring. We can't wait for Shelby's next adventure. Thank you A.M. Veillon for showing our girls they can be kind, yet strong and independent.

I read this short book within a space of an hour. It is straight to the point, and is written in the style of a story. The author is a Physical Therapist and tells the story of when he was a student and he visited a senior Physical Therapist in a hospital as part of his training. He learned how to motivate someone within 60 seconds to undertake therapy by increasing importance + confidence in the patient. Although this book was essentially about how someone was able to increase his patients' motivation, this can also be applied to other areas of your life - for any goal. It is an easily understandable read and if you are looking for a way to increase motivation quick then look no further than this book.

This is a great book for anyone to learn about how to motivate yourself or others. It's in a very simple story format without a lot of exercises like other self-help books. Very good book - I highly recommend it to anyone that needs to know more about motivation.

This is a great little book. It is written in a light style that makes it easy to read and digest the principles that Jim spells out. If you have ever tried to make a change and been unsuccessful in accomplishing your goal this little book will help you to understand why you failed and how you can increase your chance of success. I found it to be helpful both with my own personal goals and in better understanding what may help to motivate my clients to achieve their stated goals.

Like any book in this genre this book will not actually help you unless your "motivated" to change your own behavior. It's simple, easy to read, and practical. It shows you the keys to changing your perspective on on how motivation actually works in yourself and others. I enjoyed it.

Being a cardiac rehab nurse and spending a lot of time each day trying to get people to change their lifestyles to create better health, this book caught my eye. After reading it, I found the principles instantly useful for me to use at work. They can help anyone get motivated to get past the barriers that keep them from making changes to improve their health. Additionally, the book is short and to the point which is good for a busy Mom like myself.