Senses Books

This is by far the most valuable book I own!

"The Common Sense" is a set of incremental writing notions that can lead ANY writer toward mastery of the essay. It harnesses the innate power of language and the fundamental shape of one's attention rather than relying of prescriptives. Throughout the U.S., composition teachers in classrooms use this as their text book--the only one they need. A syllabus is in the back of the book. The Teacher accompaniment to this book is "Beat Not the Poor Desk"--the second most valuable book I own.

Although out of print, this book published in 1980 is still offering its challenging proposals for the solution of chronic problems including crime and punishment, education, monetary policy, unemployment, political corruption, fair allotment policies for use of public property by private interests, solving the social security problem, divorce wrangles, etc., etc. Over fifty specific solutions are proposed! Hard back copies still available from Amazon directly from the author

This more than a quorter-century old book is full of country doctor's insughtful wisdom, advises on healthy living, strengthening you immune shystem, sensible dieting, and much more!

Jeff Cox enriches our appreciation of gardens by working through our sense of sight, smell, touch, sound, taste and our intuitive sixth sense of what is right or wrong in garden design. It's a well-designed, well-written book full of wonderful photographs with great plant identification. The back of the book contains a detailed table listing hundreds of plants, their descriptions and the zone they grow best in. This book is a wonderful addition to any library be it at home or at the office!

I have used this book and shared it with many.
It has encouraged my family to create several books.
As a result, we have displayed our books in local libraries twice.
I recommend this book highly for those who want to create family heirlooms!

Art marketing, or market fine-art products, seems to distrack from any other known theory base. People evaluate these creative works via a "prestigious caluator," or less than a theory-based model. Liz and Hill's work systematically summary some findings and classical concepts on these issues, helping researchers and practitioners to better discover these ambiguious canon from known events in art markets.

Since I had worked for over 20 years in customer service related fields I was surprised that I still had a great deal to learn from reading "Customer Service in the Information Age."

The material I found most interesting did concern email messaging. The author clearly outlines the new rules of communication etiquette by email. I discovered that because I also used email on my personal home computer I was becoming far too sloppy and even too personal in my business email communications. Ms. Haberer's book could become the latest "Miss Manners" book on proper customer service etiquette that wins customers online.

Just when I thought I had customer service skills down pat -- along comes "Customer Service in the Information Age." I learned a lot of new skills I need to incorporate to be current and customer friendly by reading this book. I highly recommend this book not only for those entering customer service related occupations but for us "old dogs" as well - you'll be surprised how these tips will give you many cut above the crowd skills for use in today's highly competitive and rapidly changing electronic office.

I know that sounds a little extreme, but fans of his newspaper column believe that the man is the embodiment of common sense. This book is a little outdated by now, but his insights are still worth reading. I wish he would follow up with a collection of his '90's work. If you like tough-minded, intelligent, witty commentary Dr. K is the man for you.

I've been keeping bees for 32 years and "The Dancing Bees" still stands out as the best book on understanding bees I have read. "The Hive and the Honey Bee" has been described as the bible of beekeepers and "The ABC to XYZ of Beekeeping" as the text. These are both excellent books that any serious beekeepers have in their library but "The Dancing Bees" puts it all into perspective and gives you a very clear idea of just what goes on in a bee colony and how they think and communicate. I think this book is out of print and it's really a shame. I think it would be good reading for any high school biology class. Short, easy to read and very much to the point. It doesn't get bogged down in too much detail. Just the right amount.

Dance, a manifestation of our insatiable thirst for patterns. A spontaneous outbreak of joy or ritualistic expression of emotion and experience. For honeybees, it is their version of the powerpoint that they use in a daily attempt to enthuse coworkers.
Karl von Frisch won the Nobel Prize for his lifelong pursuit of the 'nectar' of knowledge. He was the first to understand and admire the honeybee dance. His other acheivement is the book Dancing Bees, an eloquent and delightful distillation of his life's work. He manages the acrobatic feat of weaving a gripping tale around bar-graphs and the arcane physics of light polarization ...and this, 55 years back without the help of any animated graphics or multimedia presentations or even a waggle dance.
The honeybee is a true marvel of engineering. Every wee bit of its puny body has evolved to perform some function. Breeches to carry pollen, two sacs to carry honey and nectar, a few thousand polarizing light filters, the honeybee is equipped from birth for a life of service.
Think about the gadgetry you are destroying the next time you swat a bee with the newspaper.
A few minutes with that little thing will probably teach us more about the world than the sunday magazine that ends its life.
Notions of our superiority are so entrenched in my mind that I find it hard to believe these bees can accomplish so much.
Every bee takes its turn in feeding the young, cleaning the comb, and fetching nectar. They have an exqusite inner circadian clock and can estimate the distances they fly with great precision. They can accurately home in on their residence from a distance of two miles. And they can communicate the location of the nectar-filled flowers to the other bees. They waggle enthusiastically only when they sip the nectar that has a certain percentage of sugar. With their exuberant dance, they communicate the type of flower that was so plentiful, the location of the flowers ,and the richness of the nectar. It must be a great sight to watch these bees get excited when they receive this bearer of wonderful news (and the author assures us that they do).
The researchers studying this behavior have taken some wonderfully quirky measures to ensure the cooperation of these suspicious bees. They hoodwink gatekeeper bees into letting in honeybees tainted by the touch of man (which the researchers do to identify the bees) by brushing them with honey, and bribe the scouting honeybees to convey enthusiasm by plying them with sugar-rich solutions. The bees oblige us by revealing their secret lives.
Should I be struck by the wonderful complexity of nature, or the unique human ability to comprehend this complexity?