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This book gives a well rounded look at the work of Edward Sheriff Curtis in a size that is easy to handle.

After viewing on PBS, a documentary of Edward Sheriff Curtis, I was moved to purchase this excellent work.
I was touched to my soul, by the photos, and how well they conveyed a race of people who have all but vanished.
The text that goes with the pictures is also quite good, and tells a remarkable story of a man obsessed to tell the world a story which we all need to hear and see. Curtis sacrificed his own finances and marriage, and did succeed in completing a very exhausting pilgrimage.

This is perhaps the greatest book authored by my uncle, Victor Hugo Boesen. He worked diligently with Curtis' daughter and other members and friends of the Curtis family to research and to write this book. The photographs are stunning. It is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the American Indian and Curtis' crucial role in recording this history. This book has been translated into French and German. Victor Boesen served as a war correspondent for Liberty Magazine during World War II and was present at the signing of the peace treaty on the USS Missouri. His writings appeared in Life, Look, the Los Angeles Times, and other major periodicals and newspapers.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE "EL ADN DE LAS RELACIONES " IN CD'S OR ANY ONE OF THIS KIND OF MATTER (SELF ESTIME HELPER) IN CD OR CASSETTE, PLEASE....

Este es uno de los mejores libros, si no el mejor, que e leido sobre las relaciones. Este libro me a ayudado mucho con mi matrimonio. Finalmente entiendo algunas cosas que siempre me frustraron. Este libro tambien me ayudo con mis amistades en el trabajo. Toda persona debe de leer este libro.

Los autores son conocido consejeros cristianos norteamericano. En este libro establecen el valor central de las relaciones en la vida y significado del ser humano. Abordan tres relaciones principales: relacion con Dios, relaciones con otros y la relación con uno mismo. Estas tres relaciones se articulan unas con otras.

Los autores tratan, tambien, acerca del circulo de elementos que destruyen las relaciones. Para ilustrar lo principios que pretenden compartir, van a través del libro tratando con las dificultades de cuatro parejas. Describen sus problemas, los analizan, y dan pasos de "tratamiento".

Por favor, tenga en cuenta dos aspectos:
1) Los enfoques tratados no son todos necesariamente correlativos a las costumbres, estilo de vida y relacionamiento de la gente hispana. Sepa que encontrará distancias culturales en la lectura (ya que fue escrito originalmente en inglés para la cultura norteamericana).
2) Este es, específicamente, un trabajo enfocado en la relacion matrimonial, y no en el "ADN" de LAS relaciones humanas en general... El título ni el subtítulo de la obra aclaran ese particular. Si usted está buscando un libro de relaciones humanas en general, que le sea util para con sus amistades, trabajo, la iglesia, etc... hay otros materiales. Este es un buen libro de ayuda para parejas, y bien se beneficiaran estas si lo leen y aplican sus principios.

Un excelente libro cristiano, recomendado para comprender y mejorar la comunicación y las relaciones es: Como Relacionarse Mejor: Manual de Tecnicas Para Desarrollar Relaciones Mas Satisfactorias, Dinamicas y Duraderas (Serie Recursos Ministeriales) Tambien:Los Cinco Lenguajes Del Amor: Como expresar devocion sincera a su conyuge (Five Love Languages, Spanish edition)

What's so striking about this book is its wonderful graphic design. Every gadget is layed out with its own full page graphic design treatment. I'm normally pretty tired of this whole 80's retro thing.... but this is the best of the best of it.

This book covers the art and design of those crappy little handheld games that were so popular in the 1980s...we're talking pre gameboy. I remember owning a few of these machines and also remember seeing a few in the stores that I wanted....this book really brings back a lot of memories and shows that we really have come very far in video game design.

This a book about nothing, really. Hundreds of eletronic pre- video-game-era games photographed sometimes with its original boxes, fully illustrated, colored and detailed. But what is it about? It's about when you had 8 to 16 years, wasting hours, days maybe of your childhood trying to get Mario upstairs where Donkey Kong lives. It's about making 999 points in each and every "game and watch" adventure. It's about dream with the lights and sounds of those games. Maybe it's a book about remembering old friends.

I have been involved in corporate turnarounds and strategic renewal for more than two decades. Many companies, unfortunately, attempt to rely on chance, fate, luck or magic to solve their growth issues or they continue to stay wedded to the same strategies that have led to their stalled growth while still expecting different outcomes. Now, there is a book and an author that has a better solution. Dr. Meyer offers a rigorous but pragmatic approach for enterprises that truly wish to ensure sustained growth. Moreover, he demonstrates in a tangible way that his approach really works by highlighting companies who have followed his methodology. If you are an executive who wants to learn how to leverage knowledge, innovation, and creative business models to ensure long-term corporate growth, this is a must read. F.G. Crane, Former President, QMA Consulting Group Ltd.

Most enterprises understand that they must innovate if they hope to survive and grow. The quest for radical, new-to-the-world innovation is one way to go, but is costly, uncertain, and often takes ten years or more to bear fruit. The other path--the path most often taken--is incremental innovation of existing product/service lines for current customers and markets. This incremental approach is safer and faster, and keeps the cash registers ringing, but cannot revitalize the business.

In THE FAST PATH TO CORPORATE GROW, Marc Meyer provides a third option for business managers and R&D professionals: innovation in markets and in business models. His book offers a practical method for leveraging existing technical capabilities and know-how to new customer groups. He provides an answer to the question: "How can we serve new customers and create new businesses from the technological capabilities we have already mastered?"

Well worth reading. Many examples of successful implementation.

All enterprises are in transition whether they like it or not. Marc Meyer presents explicit examples of how enlightened management address the inevitable "transitions" they face in the pursuit of corporate growth by leveraging knowledge and technologies that have the latent potential of stimulation of their paths to growth. He presents compelling approaches that have produced signification growth and revitalization of their established methods of new product or services development. His methods require disciplines that, at first blush, seem difficult and too rigorous to implement within the organizations. However, his examples of IBM, Mars, and Honda give confidence of successful outcomes if applied. His general principles can be applied and are aptly suitable to arrays of product or services with unexpected positive results even in the face of difficulties, impediments, and risks. This book requires a serious "reading" worthy of the effort. Alvin P. Lehnerd

"The gobal brain" and the models for networks elucidated therein in detail provided an highly interesting theoretical basis for a newly developed IT technology ("collaborative network portal (CNP)") by our start-up company, bv cluster (the Netherlands), dedicated to improve the efficiency/efectiveness of open (R&D) innovation projects in network environments.
It ("The global brain") helped us to identify important dimensions in open R&D projects in network environments. We can use it for improvement of our implementation methodology of this CNP technology. Great stuff for our company and it confirmed that we are on the right track with our approach.

The Global Brain is absolutely brilliant. The authors build upon insightful theoretical and practical bases to guide managers through the vast array of innovation sourcing options. They employ an eclectic combination of practical examples from numerous industries and sectors, indicating the global appeal of the ideas of this book.

Managers have four models, which they can choose from:

(1) The Orchestra Model
(2) The Creative Bazaar Model
(3) The Jam Central Model &
(4) The MOD ("MODification") Station Model

The use of these inspiring entertainment industry metaphors to model network-centric innovation enables the authors to describe how managers can make sense of the vast array of innovation opportunities that exist in their ecosystem. The notion that a company can play different innovation roles while employing one of the four models of network-centric innovation helps bring home the fundamental caution of this book, which is "in a world of network-centric innovation, one size does not fit all".

With regard to the term Global Brain, Satish Nambisan and Mohanbir Sawhney refer to "the diverse set of external players that constitute the innovation network for the companies" discussed in this book such as P&G, IBM, Boeing, and Apple]; and Network-centric innovation to describe "the underlying principles of collaborative innovation in such a context." They add that a common theme n their research was their interest in the concept of distributed innovation. That is, "innovation initiatives that are spread across a diverse network of partners." Their vehicle for exploration was the Kellogg Innovation Network (KIN) -- "a forum for senior innovation managers of large companies - affiliated with the Center for Research in Information and Technology that [Sawhney] directs at the Kellogg School of Management. The KIN is an excellent example of the power of the Global Brain in action."

Nambisan and Sawhney carefully organize and present their material within five Parts. During the course of their narrative, they respond to questions such as these:

Why should companies seek innovation externally during a transition from being firm-centric and network-centric?

What are the core principles of network-centric innovation?

What are the four basic models and key elements of network-centric innovation?

How to develop a contingent framework that maps the context for innovation?

Which guidelines can help managers to evaluate the different types of opportunities that are most appropriate to their organization's resources, capabilities, and strategies?

What are the implications of network-centric innovation for the emerging economies?

What are the common trends in various countries' emerging economies?

How to analyze the potential for companies in these countries to "plug into the global brain"?

I especially appreciate Nambisan and Sawhney's provision of dozens of real-world examples that illustrate their key points. For example, in Chapter 5 they examine what they characterize as "the orchestra model" that can take two quite different forms: The Orchestra-Integrator model and the Orchestra-Platform model. With regard to the former, they examine Boeing's 787 Dreamliner project and include Table 5.1 (Pages 96-97) that portrays the project's specific elements of network-centric innovation. With regard to the Orchestra-Platform Model, they examine Salesforce.com and the AppExchange Forum. Figure 5.3 (Pages 110-111) illustrates the elements of its network-centric innovation.

"In both the Integrator and Platform model, the innovation architecture defined by the dominant firm becomes the context for the network partners to innovate...In both cases, the tricky part is to bring together a diverse set of capable partners who are sufficiently committed to the innovation architecture and to orchestrate their activities in a manner that leads to outcomes that are beneficial to all the network members."

After completing their exploration of the Global Brain and "painting a picture of the landscape of network-centric innovation," Nambisan and Sawhney urge their reader to chart her or his own organization's "journey" to position it as a player in the same rich and diverse landscape. "We have a simple mantra for [achieving] this: Think BIG, Start SMALL, Scale FAST."

Bon voyage!

"It [Green Marketing: Opportunity for Innovation] will help you become better organized, recognize your company's strengths and weaknesses, and work toward the changes that should improve your company's environmental performance" -Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy Summer 1998

"..a good introductory text for a company that was new to the field, at the same time it provides a clear understanding of the multitude of interconnected issues involved."" -In Business March/April 1998

"Ottman knows her stuff, and you'd do well to heed her wisdom if you plan to pursue a green-marketing strategy. Lots of good advice and perspective, backed with real-life stories from the trenches." -Joel Makower Editor, Green Business Letter

"...an illuminating book, full of ideas, lessons and case studies." -Warmer Bulletin UK May 1998

"I am certain that I will be able to utilize this book, with its practical examples, as a guide for providing information to our customers on the environmental quality of our products." -Thomas J. Dagon Director, Health, Safety, and Environmental Affairs Worldwise Business Units Eastman Kodak Group

"Green Marketing provides an enlightening look at the importance of the environmental perceptions to marketplace consumers.... A key insight, substantiated by HP's experience, is that investing in the environment pays solid dividends in improved customer loyality." -Doug Johnson General Manager Hewlett-Packard Laserjet Supplies

"The last 10 years have produced an explosion of opinions and theories on environmental marketing..... But those-in-the-know know that Ottman's Green Marketing" is the authorative text on the subject.... It's required reading for anyone involved in marketing any product or service." -Sol Salinas Director of Strategic Planning EPA ENERGY STAR Buildings Program

Ms. Ottman's writing style is easy and clear. Her points are timely and actionable. As packaging designers, we recommend it to all our new clients to help them get the most out of the design process. All in all a must read for anyone involved in moving product, and a well crafted argument that eco and profits need not be mutually exclusive.

"In recent years most books about our environment have been dismal. Advertisers have struggled with their reputation of deviously twisting public perspectives. How refreshing it is to read about ecological, honest marketing! As an environmental fashion consultant, I consider myself knowledgeable in materials and derivative uses. Yet I learned from this book about utilizing milkweed for pillows and how natural scrap fabrics can be applied as garden mulch. I'm hoping for a third edition." -Delia Montgomery, Chíc Eco Directory Author

Hobbs brings forth great information that is not available elsewhere in English. Just the information about Schizopyllum commune and PSK is worth the price of the book. After reading this book, I no longer pass the medicinal mushrooms by on my forays.

As an herbalist who has had this book for several years, I find that I return to the book again and again. Chris Hobbs puts together research and his own clinical background on a wide variety of mushrooms. Highly recommended.

Where else where you find such a great work on medicinal mushrooms. Hobbs puts it all together here; read, learn and enjoy better health.

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I want to encourage a healthy lifestyle for my family, but it is difficult with all the changing data from the news media, web sites, etc. This is a good book to help you make informed decisions on a variety of health care issues. I suggest reading it to help you come to your own decisions about what is the best choice to make for your lifestyle.

Finally a book that isn't afraid to take on the drug makers and public interest groups who (guess what?) don't always have our best interests at heart. From cholesterol drugs to sunscreen, this book will save you 10 times its cost by telling you what health info is really worth paying attention to--and what isn't. Smart, great read.

Robert Davis has given us a good wake up call here. He reminds us how easy it is to get complacent in our lifestyle, going from diet to diet, falling prey to the latest fad health tips. "The Healthy Skeptic" doles out a good dose of common sense, backed up by a book-full of reminders to check out the research behind what we think is good advice - those "health" claims may not be supported by anything more than the air it took the promoters to utter their words aloud. A good read!

In this book, Eric Bergman surveys some of the most influential and thoughtful people in the user interface design world - Don Norman, Chuck Clanton, David Haitani (designer of the Palm Pilot) and more. Their comments are insightful, practical, and visionary at the same time. I particularly liked the chapters by David Haitani and the one by Chuck Clanton on computer game design. This book will be helpful to anyone who has designed software user interfaces for desktop machines or web sites and is now wondering what the brave new world of wireless devices might look like.

I find that I like read the chapters in order of what interests me, not necessarily in the order they are bound together in the book. And that is a strength of the book - it acts more like a reference than like a novel. In this way, it reminds me of Brenda Laurel's excellent book "The Art of Human Computer Interaction."

Many information technology designers forget that the purpose of product design is not to display technical virtuosity, it is to help their users solve problems in the real world. This book, alone among those I've read, confronts this issue in a compelling and useful way. It's a "must read" for anyone thinking seriously about how to design information products.

Well written and interesting to read, Information Appliances & Beyond is the lone book (at least that I've come across) that helps product designers create Information Appliances. The Interview with the creator of the Palm Pilot is excellent, as are the examples of the Nokia 7110 mobile phone, and the i-opener. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the future of consumer computing.