Campbell Books

This is a good,clear, no nonsense book about cleaning. I am always looking for ways to make the cleaning process go quicker and/or do a better job at it - this book is a pretty good one. It really simplifies things, and does not go overboard on details - like some of the other books that are out there. It is really just for those jobs that need to be done once or twice a year, his other book about speed cleaning is a great one for the weekly cleaning list.

I couldn't figure out how to clean the miniblinds effectively. Now I do. While apartment dweller won't need all the info, there is something for just about everyone who needs it. Their company sells the best and most interesting cleaning tools you've ever seen. Customer service is also five stars. They know their stuff, and this book is a good example of it. Also: Talking Dirt, the newest book.

This book gives specific advice for tackling major cleaning jobs around the house. The focus is not on hints and tips for tackling the details but on the approach to use and how to do it. Speed Cleaning, another book by Jeff Campbell, is for doing weekly cleaning. Spring Cleaning is for infrequent large cleaning jobs, but it also has advice for tackling the weekly cleaning the first time if you're starting out from way behind. If only I could get results just from reading the book. . .

This is a very helpful book. Not only does Jeff Campbell explain exactly what the fastest way to clean your house is, but he also gives advise on what products to use and how to use them efficiently. This was not full of unnessesary "helpful hints", but was loaded with actual technique and procedure. I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like to spend little time cleaning house, but would still like to live in a clean home.

A true cleaning gem that will get your cleaning done in a jiffy, just you wait and see. No matter what kind of job you need done, whether it's moving drapes and heavy curtains out into the wings, or packing up furniture for winter wear, you'll find some useful tips from the smart team of CLEAN TEAM. They've got their own website and they're not afraid to advertise it, but don't run away in disgust, Jeff Campbell is actually a pretty relaxed pitchman.

I put on my apron to do my spring cleaning, just as Jeff has advised for the past 20 years. It's made of all scraps of muslin and cotton that were lying around the house. In its durable and roomy pockets, I can always locate the knives, cloths and sprays I need to do any particular job. Those of you who are accustomed to clean in the mude, however, will be disconcerted, that is strictly a no no with Jeff Campbell, who wants you to put on an apron, not just to cover your "block and tackle" but to hold different tools in for ease of use.

This is a great version of the story of The Steadfast Tin Soldier -- always one of my favorite stories as a kid. My son, age 7, loves this book and we read it over and over. The illustrations are excellent and I recommend it. My son found it in his school library but when we went to buy our own copy, it was out of print. So we had to buy it used but it was well worth the effort to have our own copy.

This book tells the classic tale of the one-legged tin soldier who falls in love with a paper ballerina. The soldier suffers a series of misadventures, including being placed at the helm of a doomed paper boat, being chased by a rat, and swallowed by a fish. It's a wonderful tale that will hold older children spellbound. The illustrations are delightful. All told, the book has about 2000 words.

I taught 1st grade for 4 years and all of the teachers in my grade passed this book around at Christmas to read to our class. I cried everytime I read it. It has a wonderful message and my kids in my classroom always loved it! I have now (finally) purchased my own copy of this book to read to my little girl. It is a classic and I know she will love it as much as I do. Every home should have this book to read at Christmastime.

This is a really good book. It has all the characteristic's that made the original a cherished and remembered fairy tale. It is a great gift for any young child, and can be enjoyed by adults too. It maintains the feel of the original tale, but is more like a poem. The art work on each page is beautiful, and the pictures are totally devine. I would recomend buying this for a different and fully enjoyable version of the original.

A little boy had a set of tin soldiers that were made from a melted spoon. One soldier was missing a leg because there was not enough metal left over from the melted spoon.

Tossed aside by the boy, the one-legged soldier sees a paper cut out figure of a ballerina. She is poised on one leg and he feels an instant bond. He has found another one-legged toy and believes this to be love.

The steadfast tin soldier has a series of mishaps. He falls off the window sill into a stream. From there, he is transported to a rat infested sewer. He is swallowed by a fish and through an unlikely stroke of luck, winds up back in the boy's playroom with the other toys and the ballerina.

The ending is what gets to me every single time. A gust of wind lifts the paper ballerina up and she flutters into the fire place, winding up a charred heap of ashes. Devastated, the tin soldier joins her. The remaining metal that was once the tin soldier is a charred piece of heart shaped metal.

I still think this is a very sad story. The photographs really emphasize the feeling this story evokes.

The family drama in Tears for Grandma is truly universal. Linda's family is your family, it's my family, it's our family. Like a long family visit on a cold winter night, this book is to be savored, relished, cherished, and read over and over and over again!

Proves that you don't have to be a celebrity to lead an extraordinary life. Perhaps, in fact, Tears for Grandma proves just the opposite: I know few celebrities whose lives are as touching, poignant, giving, honest, and loyal as the family members portrayed in this engrossing memoir...

One of the better memoirs out on the market today. Campbell should be applauded for her gritty, honest, and often hilarious look at the house she grew up in, and the family that occupied it with him, warts and all ...

If I could use only one word to describe Tears for Grandma it would be this: bittersweet. Linda Campbell�s rich prose, like her life, is full of ups and downs that are at once heartbreaking and hilarious ...

As a male reader I found myself tearing up as I went thru Linda's life. It was not easy, but yet you have the feeling of Hope, that if she just sticks to it, she will get thru it. The words just jump out at you, and I could not wait to turn the page. I recommend this book to everyone of all ages. It has humor at just the right places. I got the feeling that her life was being directed from above. Excellent Book.

Users will find Sherry Lebed Davis' book inspirational and valuable. It is easy to follow with many useful photos.

I fully recommend "Thriving After Breast Cancer" by Sherry Lebed Davis. Buy a copy for yourself and a friend or family member in need. You will be glad you did.

Thriving After Breast Cancer is a revelation to breast cancer survivors. The models used are all survivors, all ages and shapes, and all beautiful, even with compression sleeves on! Sherry Lebed Davis has done a wonderful service for survivors by bring out this book of easy and accessible exercises for women who are going through an extremely difficult time. It is good to see the light at the end of the tunnel and to know that you can come out healthy, vibrant and alive! I highly recommend this book to breast cancer survivors (thrivers!) no matter how long ago they had surgery. The chapter on lymphedema, alone, is worth the price of the book.

This book also addresses exercises and information for those with Lymphedema. However when you go to Google, Yahoo.com or any search engine.......this book does not come up when you type in Lymphedema. It does come up for a lot of other needs like cancer, exercise, health, disease, fitness, etc which is also what the book has in the way of exercise and information, but perhaps people with Lymphedema are missing out by not including the connection to Lymphedema as well.

Thank you for your time.

Upbeat, inspiring, innovative, medically sound, and therapeutic in the broadest, most uplifting sense! I was privileged recently to have been present at a Book Signing attended also by many women who had been members of the Focus on Healing Classes, some of them for a long time period. You have never seen such a vibrantly beautiful collection of "winners" gathered in one spot to celebrate the joys of participating in the program described. Sherry herself is Positive Force personified, and her cup-half-full take on life shines through every page of the book, as it describes her wonderful program. An absolute must-have for anyone whose life has been touched by breast cancer. Buy it!

this book has all of the information to keep your body and mind focused after breast cancer surgery it helped me get through my most devasting time of my life. i sent this book to 5 of my friends and family that have been diagnosed with breast cancer. it was my savior and i recommend this book to every woman that has been diagnosed or has a friend or family member who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

This is a great book! It's a little outdated (i read my mother's decrepit copies) but it is very warm and happy, but realistic- maybe her friends are a little nicer than natural, but Trixie has her share of faults. This mystery is suspenseful and fun- find it somewhere!

This story gives you the chills. It's spookiness declares it is the best of the Trixie Belden Series. Whenever she comes face to face with that man I have to find the courage to read on. I read this book over and over it is so interesting.

This is the one that introduces Diana Lynch to the Bob-Whites club, as she despairs of her recently arrived obnoxious uncle. Di doesn't bring much but bubbleheadedness to the party, but she does make Trixie look like a rocket scientist in comparison. And we get to see some of Trixie's snarky side as she makes sarcastic comments to Di on the school bus at the beginning of the book (but Trixie does come around later, thanks to Honey's gentling influence).

Note especially the ominous picture in the Deluxe edition (illustrated by Marvin Besunder) of Trixie alone on a field investigation to a seedy neighborhood. (For a discussion of the various illustrators, editions, and authors, check out the Trixie Belden Library website.)

This book climaxes with one of my two most memorable moments from the entire series (the other being in the Mystery of the Blinking Eye). Let's just say that it can be advantageous to stay on good terms with one's occasionally annoying siblings.

This was my first exposure to Trixie Belden; I borrowed it from a friend and I didn't want to give it back! Perhaps the sentimental value biases me, but this has always been one of my favorites.

As kids, we were often annoyed by our parents' tendency to trust our charming, rotten classmates and dislike our loyal, less polished friends. Therefore, it's easy to sympathize with Trixie, Di, and their friends when they can see through Di's uncle's trickery and her parents can't. Campbell shows real skill in making Uncle Monty subtly creepy without overdoing it.

How ironic that this warm, intelligent, realistic series is out of print, while the two-dimensional all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips Nancy Drew is still around! Trixie is an imperfect human being with real faults and limitations. Nancy was a great role model in many ways (she could change a flat tire - I never have!), but for a kid having growing pains, Trixie and her friends were so much easier to relate to. There is a real sense of warmth in these books that most of the old Grosset & Dunlap series (Hardy Boys, Dana Girls, Bobbsey Twins, Beverly Gray) lacked. Nancy's friends George and Bess were essentially ciphers; I used to wish that I could meet people like Trixie and her friends.

There's also a real sense of continuity - old friends don't just disappear from one book to the next, and the new friends they make get mentioned from time to time in subsequent stories.

And, to the best of my knowledge, the Trixie Belden books never had to be revised in order to remove racial slurs. Some elements seem slightly outdated, but with the emphasis on people rather than things, the books hold up surprisingly well.

Diana discovers that she has a 'long lost uncle,' who is suave to adults but manipulative to Trixie and her friends. Trixie is, of course, convinced that he is a fake, but no one believes her. As his behaviour becomes more and more threatening, Trixie decides that she must convince the adults of the truth, and the only way to do that is to search his room for evidence. The story takes place near Halloween, and the whole atmosphere is decidedly creepy. Definitely the most engrossing of the Trixie Belden series.

As a very amateur web builder, I find this to be an excellent reference tool. Concise, to the point explanations are provided and I found the answer to my problem right away. Cuts to the chase without all the fluff.

I read this book in about three days. It is so clear and concise and packed with simple yet extensible examples to do just about anything a designer would want to do on a web page. It is also full of practical, pragmatic pointers that really get you to think about the goal of your site and how to acheive that goal. I was thoroughly impressed with this book - worth the money, a great reference, and a nice-paced read. You want to design web sites? No experience? Pick up this book. You been dabbling and want to improve? Pick up this book. Do you finally want to see what all the to do is with CSS? Want to stop using html the wrong way? You want to make your sites more accessible for the impaired and do it the right way? Pick up this book.

I've been doing HTML work for almost 10 years now. I currently own or manage four different web sites. Because of always changing standards regarding HTML and more recently CSS, trying to keep a web site compliant with these standards is not an easy thing. One of the more problematic issues is how certain functions are employed that seem to work on every browser out there, but suddenly a standards verification says that what is being used doesn't comply with official standards. Grrr...

Another problem is trying to get information that the average Joe can understand. More often than not, web sites that are dedicated to providing HTML and CSS information are very poorly done because they look like someone with no taste or style just threw the page together. (I'm sure that we've all seen the pathetic web sites with huge, dark letters on a black background, centered throughout the page, with needless graphics scattered about.) Other sites regarding HTML and CSS are far too technical and give a lot of details but no practical instructions, examples, or usage. The only thing to do at that point is to find a web site that does what you want to do and try to figure out what was done through that page's source code. Sometimes that alone is enough to make you want to give up.

Web Design Garage is one of the few books about HTML and CSS that actually is written for the starting web author who doesn't know where to start as well as the intermediate author who is looking to fine tune his (or, of course, her) web design skill and perhaps clean up the site a bit.

This book is divided into eighty-six separate chapters with each chapter covering a very specific topic, such as image maps, text elements, paths, forms, and so forth. This is very beneficial because you know that the whole topic deals with one subject, rather than have one larger chapter that deals with a number of topics for which you have to go searching. What's also very nice about the chapter design is that for appropriate topics the HTML chapter is followed by the equivalent chapter to do the same thing through CSS. This is a great way of letting the reader compare the two formats back-to-back for the specific goal that the reader wants to reach. This certainly beats the more commonly used method of having a larger topic dealing with a lot of HTML topics followed by another large chapter of the same number of topics in CSS, forcing to you to hunting through the chapters for comparisons or differences.

This book also contains hundreds of images, screen shots, and code examples. In a visually oriented world like the Web, being able to see how each bit of code works as well as a graphical example of the theories behind that bit of code make it easier to understand exactly what that chapter is attempting to accomplish.

The book also covers some functions that might not appeal to the beginner but would likely be considered to be of value for intermediate HTML/CSS designers. Such topics include blogs, forms, form validation, some Javascript, and even how to validate so that the code is up to W3C standards.

What's really great about this book is not that it's written in layman's terms. It's not that this book keeps the specific topics relegated to their own, individual chapters. It's not that this book contains lots of information that even experienced HTML coders might find of value. What's great about this book is that is does all of this for a list price of US$29.99, so you know that it will be available for less than that in most bookstores. This is not a large book (roughly 530 pages) but the information that it gives for the price make is a great value.

I've been doing web pages for many years and have gotten many rave reviews on their designs, non-bloated implementations, and compatibility across almost all browsers. And even I found things in this book that I've been thinking of implementing but thought that they'd be too difficult to implement. Web Design Garage has proved me to be wrong. And if I can get value out of this book, I know that just about all beginner and intermediate HTML/CSS coders will be able to get value out of it as well.

If you're looking to impress people with fancy Flash animations or other such multimedia overload, this isn't the book for you. But if you're thinking of starting your own web page or you already have a basic web page and would like to spice it up, buy this book.

marc campbell shows one the things everyone know in their subconscience about a well designed site, but does realize when designing a site.

"Web Design Garage" is a remarkably clear-headed, concisely-written and feature-rich book about contemporary web design topics. It is part of a "Garage" series of hip-looking, style-laden books published by Prentice Hall (Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference -PH PTR) and is targeted at the "garage" level designer - small business professionals, hobbyists, and technophiles. It assumes some modest familiarity of HTML and working with Javascripts.

This is not a primer, tutorial, or concept-bound book. It is meant to provide practical guidance and solutions to the most common web design issues dealt with by web designers. Author, Marc Campbell, offers a set of 86 topics about web design problems and solutions. The format for nearly all of the 86 topics is to highlight a design issue and offer solutions using pictures, examples, and code snippets. Although a good and quick read from beginning to end, the book can be read piecemeal for information and guidance on a specific issue. One can pick and chose topics depending on interest or need.

There are no traditional chapters, but only a set of design topics of relatively short length organized into 8 general categories. Those categories include design and usability topics, layout, images, text, links, forms, and two others, - one of miscellaneous items and the last being an explanation of basic web design material. There is also an index and a short glossary of HTML, CSS, web, and graphics-related terms.

The fundamental theme of the book is that design and usability are, or should be, the same thing. Usability is paramount, of course, but the author's approach to web design emphasizes creating a "sense of place" so that good design unites pages so that they look like they belong together.

This is not an earth-shattering idea, but like most of all of the design treatments, the goal is to design pages which make it easy for visitors to use the site. Many good design virtues are virtually invisible to the casual user. There is a blend of design and usability. It's only when a design element doesn't work well that it comes to the attention of the user, and that occurrence is meant to be avoided. The author shows by example how design and usability are intertwined.

There are a handful of themes which guide the book. Admirably, the author emphasizes for every design element, a concern for accessibility. Many of the design guides refer to accessibility by screen-readers and non-graphic browsers. A second major concern is for compliance with contemporary web design standards as promulgated by the World Wide Web Consortium. Consequently, there is much emphasis on the separation of page structure from content where HTML is used for structure and CSS is used for content. A contrast of HTML and CSS formatting is highlighted in many of the chapters.

There is a large handful of sections which express HTML and CSS formatting differences on page layout, text and image positioning, and other web design elements. There is clear discussion on how to work with Javascripts and stylesheets. The emphasis is on "forward-looking" coding, i.e., clean, standards compliant, and accessibility conscious. Campbell offers an experienced designer's insights on choices to be made in design components. There is much value for both inexperienced and seasoned designers.

Each topic is richly expressed with clear and straightforward text, illustrations, screenshots, and sidebars on a variety of related matters. Throughout there are sidebars titled "FAQS" and "Geekspeak" explaining concepts or terminology for the less-knowledgable reader. Then there are those called "Tips" which usually offer an insight to practical problems, especially dealing with browser compatibility issues. There are many useful tables and charts indexing specific tag attributes, with examples. In addition and most useful are the "Toolkits" which are sample code snippets. It would have been nice to have the code snippets available for downloading from the publisher's web site (www.phptr.com/garageseries).

This is a dense volume containing all sorts of information useful for the "garage" web designer. For some reason, the depth and weight of the content is reflected in the book itself, which is remarkably heavy, weighing in at a well-produced 29 ounces.

There are many books available on basic web design, but this one is unusually clear and well-expressed. This is the type of book one keeps handy in the bookshelf next to the computer to access for quick solutions to everyday web design problems.

Probably one of the more touching books to read, the whole story centers on angst, which is ok, and while the drawings are rich, the setting is interesting in that it takes place in the back water of wet moon, rather than a downtown large city view point. The book and the characters cover much of what it is like to be a kid, and be an outcast, with both issues influencing who they will become. The story is touching; book two is equally as touching, but a bit slow.

Overall it is a great book to get, book one was more interesting, book two is more about plot characteristics, nothing new happens here.

I picked this volume up the same time as I did the first volume. While I love this series so far, the second volume didn't thrill me as much as the first one did. Everything seems to be character development, but no real plot progression (at least until the very last chapter or two of the book, that is).

This book continues the story of Cleo & her friends. We learn much more about them in this second volume and we watch many of the secondary characters (who may become main ones eventually) finally get introduced to Cleo. It's interesting, but it's just a little slow coming along. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but as a slice of life series it just lacks something I can't put my finger on. Even so, this series is a gem that's sure to please the indie comic fanbase.

This one's as good as the first "Wet Moon", so stop worrying if you thought the sequel wouldn't hold up. Campbell's art is second to none, and the characters ring true and close to home.

The continuing adventures of a group of girls, some boys and a mysterious monkey-owning FBI agent, who are (mostly) students at a college on the outskirts of the marshy and gothic southern town of Wet Moon.
The heroine is Cleo, her occasional diary entries add so much to the character of both volumes, but all the characters get a chance to shine.
This volume takes up the story where vol.1 left off the story is very much about characters and relationships and all the story threads feel like sub-plots such is the delicate touch of the authors style.
The drawing and presentation of the book is beautiful and indeed qualifies as a mini work of art.
Like the first book you need to let yourself become immersed in the atmosphere of the place/characters and as with the first book you will find it finishes far too soon.
I would suggest that it is essential that you read Vol.1 first.
Roll on Vol.3(Which is out now!).

the title of this review is stolen from the new ditty bops cd which makes a great soundtrack to this volume.

well, it was a little while in coming, but ultimately worth the wait. wet moon 2 is another dose of goth froth in the supiciously savannah-ish hamlet of wet moon. fans of the first volume should be very pleased with this latest installment, especially all the folks who hoped ross would stick to his guns and keep things ambling along at a remarkably slow and steady pace.

this volume, remarkably enough, seems even less plot-oriented than the first book. i found it refreshingly spontaneous and closer to what life is really like (er, from my perspective anyhoo)at art school. little moments take on great significance while larger events are glossed over. all the main characters are simultaneously sympathetic and/or mysterious, annoying and/or adorable.

the art, it almost goes without saying, is simply gorgeous. others have already pointed out that ross is one of the very few comic artists who actually draws REAL women. some are waifishly thin, others are downright chunky...but all seem perfectly comfortable in their own skin and you never get the idea that ross is mocking anyone for refusing to conform to stereotypical concepts of physical beauty. most comic artists have only one template for "cute" girls and this usually calls for long, long legs and balloon shaped breasts that defy physics. in addition to this, the storytelling in wet moon is just right and some panels made me physically gasp with surprise or joy.

i am not an objective reviewer as i have known ross for a number of years. still, if i really thought wet moon 2 wasn't worth your time i could always just refrain from commenting here...and yet i took the time to write this because i genuinely enjoyed this book. support this series and buy a copy for a friend you really like.

AMAZING book. Ross Campbell is amazing and his books are an awesome read. The whole wetmoon series, The abandoned ect. VERY cool books

This is a gift so have not read it but arrived on time and as ordered.

An outstanding graphic novel! The characters sparkle with personality, and the story and art seamlessly flow together. Ross Campbell has outdone himself with this one!

Ross Campbell's work never ceases to impress... Wet Moon 3 picks up where the last one left off, and the series just seems to get better with each new volume. The art is beautiful, the story captive, and I'm looking forward to another installment in the future. R.C. is one of the best out there, so if you haven't read any of his work yet, get to it! You won't be disappointed!

...is essentially like the first two. Very little plot with heavy focus on the character's ever evolving sexual tension and emotional states. Beautiful shading work, as is typical of the first two books. Not digging the sudden huge, headlight eyeballs on Cleo, but I realize every artist goes through period of change, for various reasons, and takes their characters along for the ride. Myrtle is weirding me out something awful, and Trilby remains my favorite character out of the bunch.

And for the record, ST:NG is nothing to be ashamed of - wear that tat with pride.

5D Leadership demonstrates the value of each of the 5 leadership styles and the importance of flexing styles based on the situation or context. This book reinforced my beliefs about leadership and put those beliefs in a model that makes sense and is useful.

Internationally recognized consultant Scott Campbell and leadership development specialist Ellen Samiec, cofounders and directors of the Toronto-based leadership development and coaching consortium 5-D Leadership, present 5-D Leadership: Key Dimensions For Leading In The Real World, a self-instructional resource for improving one's capabilities in the five dimensions of leadership: Commanding/Taking Charge, Visioning/Pointing the Way, Enrolling/Getting Buy-In, Relating/Creating Harmony, and Coaching/Devel-oping People. Chapters cover the importance of knowing oneself and one's abilities inside and out, identifying contextual dynamics, leveraging one's strengths, and more. Written in no-nonsense language with an abundance of examples taken from everyday events, 5-D Leadership is a valuable tool for practicing and prospective managers to hone their skills.

This book stands out among the many on the subject of leadership by providing a clear framework of 5 dimensions (tools), each with strategic objectives and appropriate contexts for their application. The dimensions are further made applicable by specific core building blocks (actions to take), made more meaningful by distinguishing between the intention behind the action and the manner in which it is carried out. Numerous tools are provided to help the reader develop leadership competencies, flexibly using the 5 dimension framework. Central to the authors' approach is the use of dimensions to suit specific situations; chapter 8 provides an overview of seven common business contexts and their appropriate leadership dimensions. The book also helps you identify the size of the gaps between leadership dimensions you have and those your current context requires; the next chapter offers a four-step process for overcoming large gaps. The authors also explore ways to apply your strengths in unique ways that fit the demands of your business/organizational context. This is a highly valuable book that is well written and organized. It may be extremely useful not only for those who want to strengthen their leadership skills, but for those who train and coach others in the art of effective leadership. Very highly recommended.

Having spent many years in a management type roll, and
only recently finding myself needing more leadership
skills, I found 5-D Leadership not only easy to follow
and informative, but incredibly inspiring at the same time.
I have finished the book feeling able to tackle situations
that I was potentially dreading in my line of work.

Scott Campbell and Ellen Samiec have written a book that is
to the point yet wittily written. It includes a wide
range of practical techniques that are all given with real
life examples making 5-D Leadership a must read for leaders
at every level of the game.

Our body system is nature's most perfect creation, balanced by intricate systems of feedback and communication. Our personal lives and organizational lives are often devoid of feedback; somehow we have lost these essential skills. This book teaches us how to become Aware of our Behavior and its Consequences through an eloquent description of how healthy feedback can change us personally and corporately. As a Family Physician and teacher of Family Physicians, I am certain that the ability to give and receive feedback promotes more healthy relationships. This is the essence of sustainable growth and change. We all have the power to change ourselves and this book is a good way to start that process!

The authors summarize their vast experience teaching executives how to give feedback to others...whether they be subordinates or equals. What needs to be fed back? How to "package" that feedback? What barriers keep us from trying? Why do we all think we are good at this basic function, when most of us are miserable and uncomfortable at it? This guidebook tells us how to do it and more importantly, tell us why we must. It stimulates and challenges and ends up inspiring us. It makes it fun. Our professional life is like our personal life. We have a duty to make others better and more productive. We need to invite others to help us to improve. Without feedback, there is no learning. Without constant learning, we stagnate. If we stagnate, our life was not worth living. So this book helps us to be better human beings. Read this book, then reread it. It's like a fine wine, getting richer with age.

As a consultant and trainer, I found "The ABC's of Effective Feedback" to be so very useful to all my work in Career Development. I have advised all 35 trainers who work with me to read it so they can use its gems of wisdom in their delivery as well.

This book could easily have been retitled: what I really should have learned in medical school about effective communication...but never did. The authors present an effective framework for not only learning basic communication skills, but for understanding the more fundamental behaviors which drive our language and communications. Always balancing their message with a caring, sensitive clinical perspective, (including several "right on target" examples) their message should hit home with every physician and caring professional who chose the healing arts as a labor of love, passion, caring and commitment. All too often, in today's healthcare environment financial pressures seem to take us further away than ever from the patient...changing us from patient advocate to adversary. The frustration is further heightened by the sense that "nobody really listens to us anymore." This book lays out a coherent, comprehensive, and compassionate approach to communication which, at its best, should enable and empower us to hear and be heard more effectively - not only with our patients, but with our colleagues, other healthcare industry leaders, and our families. I heartily recommend this book!!!