Breaking News Books

It's a nice book visually, but it does lack detail. They tell you who the designer or design house is, etc., and there are some great, unique things in this book, but a bit of information about the hows and whys would have taken it to an entirely new level.

If you are a design book collector, then I'd recommend it. If you're looking for a book that gives you enough detail and instruction that you might learn something from it, then I'd give this one a pass.

It is not what I expected. The book starts with a two page introduction where the author expose his point of view on how publication design is constantly changing. Then another brief paragraph to introduce us to every topic and on the next pages there's nothing but images with samples with no explanation of the purpose of the publication, or how the creative director solved the problem. The book doesn't give you any insight of the projects displayed in it. In other words, the book is nothing but pretty images with no explanation (other than the creative group and the page number). I was really disappointed because I have seen better publications from Supon Group like "Breaking the Rules in Graphic Design", but "Breaking the Rules in Publication Desing" is really bad.

This book is Rose's day by day account of his record breaking 1985 season. The most unintentionally funny moment is when he mentions being tempted to go to the dogtrack while on a road trip but ultimately containing his urges. Yeah, right!

If you have read Sullivan's older book then you need not read this one. I bought and read both and this one is a recap of the first with much of the identical material included.

This book glibly attempts to offer easy solutions to "just snap out of it" for people experiencing depression. The case studies are often presented in a mocking tone instead of offering compassion. While that approach might work for dealing with some symptoms of depression, it will not work to solve the real problem. The book is advertised as offering God's grace for women dealing with depression, but most of the book is void of any spiritual reference. If you are dealing with real depression, by the time you have decided to pick up this book, you will probably have tried all the solutions offered in the book and are looking for more meaningful answers and hope grounded in truth, not a quick-fix formula.