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Very concise and easy to read review of physiology. I found the clinical vignettes and correlations especially helpful. Extremely useful as a resource for first year medical classes or as a reference for board review.

The hybrid format of this text was very helpful. It provides more information than texts with simple outline formats without overloading like a comprehensive textbook. For me it is the ideal format for a review text. The many diagrams are clear and helpful, great for visual learners. The depth of information is just right for studying for USMLE step 1 and includes "notes" that tie the physiology in with relevant anatomy, pathology and pharmacology. There are even relevant "clinical notes" that I found useful on the wards.

I used this for a fine arts class. It is a very nice book and has lot's of pictures too look at while the prof drones on and on.

book was needed for friend's class at college.
she is quite pleased with it.

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Rules of Thumb for Business Writers By Diana Roberts Wienbroer, Elaine Hughes, Jay Silverman; McGraw-Hill, Two Penn Plaza, 212.904.5951, NY 10121; www.books.mcgraw-hill.com; ISBN 0-07-145575-7; May 2005; 223 pages

Reviewed by G.A. "Andy" Marken, Marken Communications Inc., andy@markencom.com



We may be slightly over enthusiastic about Rules of Thumb but this could be as enduring as Cutup & Center's Effective Public Relations book that is now in its unbelievable eighth edition.

But unlike Cutup & Center, the three authors cut a much wider swath across one of the most widely covered used and abused business tools...clear, concise and effective business writing. Perhaps it is too much to hope for but the ready availability and ease of use of email has only accelerated the use and acceptance of poorly constructed sentences, stilted and acronym laden correspondence, embarrassing grammatical errors and a toleration of poor spelling and punctuation.

Rules of Thumb isn't a textbook that should be read for classwork and then put in your professional library to gather dust. This is a workbook. One that you should read a couple of times and put into practice. It should be a part of your mentoring and staff training program to help ensure that PR people properly use a vital tool in their daily practice...writing. The discipline and guidelines the authors provide will also spill over into your verbal communications activities.

The book will probably never become a standard for use in business classes or a basic requirement in MBA programs and that's a pity because there is a decreasing number of assistants whose job it is to clean up and improve business correspondence for managers and executives.

Most of us today have our own computer(s), a low-cost printer sitting on the credenza and Internet access. As a result it is too easy for us to write our own letters, our own business proposals, our own management reports, our own editorial and management emails and even prepare our own PowerPoint presentations. All without the use of standard software tools like spell and grammar checkers.

Rules of Thumb is an educational, reminder and reference tool that seems to have been written just to help people avoid embarrassing grammar, punctuation, style and spelling mistakes. "Facts" will probably get in the way of every public relations practitioner and his or her boss picking up, reading and using the book - "I know how to speak and write good so I don't need a fundamental book on business writing!"

But the brutally honest fact is that we all need to work at writing more effective letters, emails, proposals, newsletters, resumes, articles and yes even news releases. The authors also give a wide range of work-saving shortcuts you can put to work immediately on using Word, PowerPoint and even writing for websites and blogs.

The authors have compiled an excellent set of bulleted lists of easy-to-read and remember guidelines. They have painstakingly developed hundreds of practical guidelines that make it easy for you to clearly understand the concepts they present.

Now in its second edition, the authors provide a large volume of insightful information and guidelines to help you improve the quality of your written work as well as how to write your correspondence more quickly and with better results. As if all of this isn't enough, the authors have also done a lot of research for you and included a valuable resource directory to enable you to more quickly and effectively find the information you want and need on the web.

Nothing in Rules of Thumb will make you suddenly say "Viola!!!" It won't be an epiphany to open the floodgate of your creative writing. But it will be a book you'll want to read a few times and revisit as a refresher course again and again.

If nothing else think of it as a working guide to help you find a bigger, better and higher paying job somewhere else...or get the promotion you've been angling for.

That should motivate you to take a serious look at Rules of Thumb....

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Rules for Bus. Writers is an excellent quick reference to keep handy at your desk. Plenty of material for beginners as well as advanced writers. I liked the quick tips and good resources. I'd rate it "concise and helpful plus very easy to use" - it's a short and to the point guide. You don't have to wade through long passages of chitchat and padding to get the help you need. Highly recommend it!

The best book for the money, and I have read them all! Clearly explains MP3 and other aspects of digital music. Great CD, too.

I have read several books on MP3, and this is definitely the best for beginners. It explains all aspects of finding, playing, and creating MP3 files. While it is easy, it contains enough technical information for advanced users, as well.

The included CD is worth the price of the book, and is the best suite of MP3 programs and utilities I have seen!

Hey! This book is the BEST! Sandra's sites deserve to be documented and this book really shows the best of them, including two of mine. Buy this book! It's the best! Sandra is the BEST!!! :) I love ya Sandy!

This internet guide is really wonderful. Not only does it list the names of the websites and their URLs, but it also provides some wickedly funny descriptions of some of the sites. It's humorous without being unkind, informative without being boring -- in a nutshell, it's fantastic. A must-own for any Sandra Bullock fan.

As the webowner of "Borderline Personality Disorder Sanctuary" & "Bipolar Disorder Sanctuary," I was absolutely delighted to find this book! This book is so needed and will lead many people suffering from many different disorders to finding help. I highly recommend this book to everyone.

I worked in a health library for years, & this was our most valued & dog-eared reference book. For those lay-people who feel like despairing over the lack of information available on their particular condition (rare or not), this book will provide them with references to support groups, ways to form their own support group, & suggestions for dealing with life-altering conditions.

I am not a librarian, but I found this book to be an excellent survey of tecnologies with relevance to anyone with a need to more effectively utilize the internet.

I have spent the last year fairly bewildered by Web 2.0; what it means and how it's used. This tiny book cleared the fog considerably, and the examples of how the various technologies and web features are exploited in the library world are probably more informative and stimulating than if they'd been directed at my specific problems.

If I had a criticism, it would only be "book versus web", as the web is a river and a book is an island. Printing it 'fixes' it in time, and the highly dynamic web will outrun the content of this book in a few years, maybe sooner. Meantime, its succint, direct and practical nature recommend it as a map out of the bewildering tangle of what's out there. Now is the time to buy it.

SOCIAL SOFTWARE IN LIBRARIES: BUILDING COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ONLINE is for any college-level collection catering to library science students as well as practicing librarians: it surveys social software, which lets libraries interact online with the communities they serve. Chapters provide librarians with the information needed to implement blogs, RSS, wikis and other types of social networking systems, even down to podcasting and IM. Tips include how to assess, implement and use such software successfully, offering real-world scenarios and examples all along the way. An outstanding, practical reference.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I'm using this textbook and study guide for an online course from UC-Berkeley, so I don't have the advantage of physically present professors or students who I can ask questions. However, they are entirely unnecessary for this book.

Gelles is nationally reknowned for his work in sociology, and he conveys his love for it in this textbook. He and his co-authors write with skill and portray their inside-and-out familiarity with the subject. They also pass on some of their love for it. Sociology is the subject I look forward to studying each morning.

The pictures and excellent examples also make this book easy and fun to read and study. It's straightforward and written so clearly that an 8th Grader would have no trouble using the book either. Each point the authors make is backed up with fascinating historical scenarios or illustrations from sociological research.

I highly recommend this book!

I was spoiled to have Dr. Gelles be my professor while I was using the textbook for my intro course at Penn. The textbook itself draws in many interesting sociological concepts using examples from real research and historical data. I don't see why someone who wants to learn about sociology, history, and a lot of other things wouldn't just read this book. The book is well organized and designed to culminate knowledge from previous chapters to develop the sociological imagination.

This was my first Jeanne Guyon book i ever bought. it was great. the variety of subjects she wrote about were very encouraging. Her analogy of trees in comparisson to a believers life was life changing and challenging. highly recommended

Mdm. Guyon had an INTIMATE relation to her Lord and Savior. She knew Him, she really knew Him. And her commentary on the Song of Solomon is required reading for anyone involved in the ihop aka Harp + Bowl movement; Her insight is phenominal; a good read!

After deciding to focus on building my own spiritual businesses, I decided I needed some help (or maybe some distraction from actually WORKING)...anyway, I came to Amazon and began looking at various Spiritual Marketing titles. This book was one of a couple I picked up and I am thrilled I did!

It is written in a very conversational style...easy and FUN to read. I could not put it down when I started reading...plus, I just could NOT stop. The ideas are easy and presented in a manner that even the most computer or marketing shy lightworker can grasp (I hope). The concepts also make sense and anyone should be able to see how your business wil grow exponentially!

Ironically (hmm, is anything ironic?), I had just gotten back from a big conference in a networking marketing opportunity and was grappling with some of the VERY ISSUES that Robert covers in his book! So, if you had been considering that type of route...lots of good info here.

If you are ready to build your business, take control of your own destiny and get going on financial freedom...buy this book! I am going to be recommending it to all of my friends...and their friends...and their friends...

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The exercise is 'Breathing for Meditation and it's from my book Kundalini Awakening for Personal Mastery 2nd Edition

Have fun,
Robert :)
http://SpiritualEntrepreneur.biz

This is a great book to help holistic healers and spiritual people learn to balance spirituality and money.

Fans of Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!),
Esther Hicks (The Law of Attraction In Action, Episode IV) and Robert Allen (Multiple Streams of Income: How to Generate a Lifetime of Unlimited Wealth! Second Edition) will find a lot of tools and resources in this book.