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This is a really interesting book.Its a step-by-step guide to palm reading and learning more about yourself and lovers too.This books is an ideal book to have on your coffee table when friends visit.Everyone will be looking through it.

The book shows you each step that describes your character based on the lines of your hands and fingers,etc and what it means about you.It makes an ideal gift.Great value.

An easy to use and informative guide to your own inner psyche. I was initially suspect, but after five minutes I was sold on this fun, great book. Check it out or buy it for a special lady in your life.

An incredibly fun and easy to use guide to all things relating to your future -- through your palm. I wasn't a believer before, but when I recently received this book as a gift, a whole new world was opened to me. It is very simple to use and extremely insightful into the inclinations of your unconscious. Great gift for a wife or girlfriend.

Anderson and Braud are no armchair researchers or theorists in the transpersonal field. They bring a much needed dimension to the field in terms of research. The vast majority of transpersonal leaders are either theorists who ground their theories on top of other theories or those with very weak research designs. Anderson and Braud take no sides but present ways for every human science researcher to improve their methods of inquiry. Not only is the book the best in the field, it provides many outside resources to phenomenological, heuristic, action, case study, ethnographic, meta-study, statistical, and integral inquiry. A super book.

This book is an excellent resource for conducting transpersonal research. It's contents are clear, well-structured and comprehensive. This book has been much easier to understand and use than other books I have read on qualitative research methodologies.

During many times I red this amazing book. I think that this book is a landmark in development of methods to examine and experience the consciousness states. One of the most interesting aspects is to try apply this kind of knowledges to social dimension. Activity very well done. I recommend this book for psychologist, students and counsciousness researchers.

If you are a marketer or pricer, understanding value is vital. This book is an easy to read, yet powerful framework for understanding value to customers in a very tangible way with direct financial consequences.

Congratulations to the team of writers for the book "Value Merchants". As someone whose whole job responsibility is to implement a value sales strategy and culture at a global industrial company, I was amazed at the clear and concise roadmap the book laid out. Not only is it filled with theoretical ideas of why it is important to create and document value for customers, but it gives a practical roadmap of how to transform a company into a value "merchant."

As most people in the world of sales know; today you either have to be the cheapest by line item, or if you're the best - you need to find a way to `explain this" so the purchasing, finance, production people can clearly see they are getting the best value for their organization. Without the ability to document the value that can be created and has been, you're left with little more than wishes and hopes, and finance people won't pay you for those.

Weather your in the business of dealing with distributors, final end users, Original Equipment Manufacturers, or the general public, a clear concise value proposition that can be understood in financial terms and has the "proof points" to sustain it will be the only way to move forward and not be caught in the commodity trap of "lowest unit price".

Finally, for any procurement or finance people, what a great read. Learn how to partner with your suppliers to reduce true real costs, and really drive bottom line earnings per share. A Total Cost of Operation relationship with a supplier that can prove their value differentiators will make you more profitable today and in the future.

Todd Snelgrove, Global Manager; Customer Value
SKF

No one will disagree with James Anderson, Nirmalya Kumar, and James Narus that it is important for businesses to deliver "superior value targeted to market segments and customer firms" while getting "an equitable return on the value delivered." Hence the importance of effective customer value management (CVM) that relies on customers' perceptions of value to gain an understanding of what customers' requirements and preferences are. Only then is it possible to determine in economic terms what that means. In this context, I am reminded of Warren Buffett's observation that "price is what you charge and value is what others think it's worth."

The co-authors explain how to:

1. assess customers' perceptions of value
2. conceptualize value
3. formulate an appropriate value proposition
4. substantiate value
5. create "naked solutions" with options
6. sell on value, not price
7. earn an equitable return
8. become a value merchant
9. leverage information from various sources
10. continue to be a value merchant

The CVM program the authors recommend in this volume is comprehensive, cohesive, and cost-effective. It will probably be of greatest value to C-level executives who are convinced that their companies are delivering superior value to their customers but have not convinced them of that. At this point, I presume to share two thoughts of my own, all of which are consistent with what the authors of this book assert. First, whatever an organization's size or nature, its executives must nail the economic essentials by knowing (a) exactly what the organization's operating costs are and (b) what the margin is on each product or service offered. I agree with Jason Jennings: "If it's DOA, bury it." Whoever and whatever that does not add value (directly or at least indirectly) to the organization should be eliminated. Second, the same strict standard should be applied to the given offering as well as to those who sell or service it: Whoever and whatever that does not add value (directly or at least indirectly) to the customer -- and at a profitable margin -- should be eliminated.

This is not an "easy read" but for those who absorb and digest the wealth of information and wisdom the authors provide, then apply whatever is relevant as their own organization' pursuit of its own objectives, this book can be of incalculable value. One final point: Merchants should be driven to provide superior value to two categories of customers: directly to their own, of course, but also indirectly to their customers' customers. I cannot think of a better way to lock in a valued customer than to do whatever is possible and (yes) prudent to help that customer to strengthen each of its own customer relationships. Think of that as Superior Value to the third or fourth power.

Should you read this book? That is a decision you must make but perhaps these questions will help: Does your organization now have a CVM program? Is it effective? If not, do you know why? Do your customers frequently thank you for helping them create value for their own customers? If your answer to any of these basic questions is "you," you need to read this book immediately.

Those who share my high regard for it are urged to check out Lawrence L. Steinmetz and William T. Brooks's How to Sell at Margins Higher Than Your Competitors: Winning Every Sale at Full Price, Rate, or Fee, Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad's Competing for the Future, Jason Jennings' Think Big, Act Small: How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive, Anderson's The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More, and The Dollarization Discipline: How Smart Companies Create Customer Value...and Profit from It by Jeffrey J. Fox with Richard C. Gregory.

I was not too familiar with the life of Marian Anderson, so it was
with some degree of anticipation that I listened to THE VOICE THAT
CHALLENGED A NATION by Russell Freedman . . . it did not
disappoint.

Anderson began her career, singing in church choirs . . . because
she had to quite school after her father died when she was in
eighth grade, she did not get to complete high school until
she was 24 . . . yet she continued to sing, helped along by
members of her church who constantly came together to raise
money for her lessons.

She eventually sang to sold-out concert halls throughout Europe . . . yet
the book's most moving part described her return to this country in
1939 . . . when she was denied permission to perform in Constitution
Hall in because she wasn't white, she staged--with help from
Eleanor Roosevelt--a breathtaking outdoor concert at the Lincoln Memorial.

I would have liked this CD to have contained some of the performances
of her actual songs . . . yet for that, I guess I'm just going to have to
spring for another CD of her music . . . it will be my pleasure to do so.

Writing a biography of a private person who led a public life is, by definition, difficult. So it only stands to reason that writing a children's biography of a private person who led a public life would be ten times as hard. Children's biographies cannot speculate over the sex life of the subject. They can't delve into shoddy rumors or dredge up conspiracy theories related to the person's sordid background. None of this is to say that Marian Anderson had such sketchy rumors floating about her person, of course. By all accounts she led an exciting life, had a fabulous career, and is regarded as a great American hero. But she was also a private person, which places Russell Freedman in a difficult position. As the author of, "The Voice That Challenged a Nation", Freedman's job is to tell Anderson's story while relying on as many good, strong, clean facts as he can get his hands on. Fortunately, we're talking about the premiere biographical children's author here. Alongside fellow genius James Giblin, Freedman knows exactly how to present a life this interesting and detailed. The book will not charm every child assigned it in school. But if you've a kid who's open-minded and able to get into Marian's struggle, this is an excellent resource. Even if, prior to this book, they couldn't tell Marian Anderson from Ella Fitzgerald.

The book opens with what is inarguably Anderson's greatest moment in the public eye. She stands on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with a crowd of 75,000 people below her, waiting to hear her sing. The date is April 9, 1939, and Anderson has been refused the chance to perform at Constitution Hall. Anderson is black and the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) is inherently racist. With this concert, under the shadow of Lincoln himself, Anderson gives a heckuva performance that stands as a dignified response to racism in America. It goes very well and from here we shoot back and see Ms. Anderson's life in full. From her early days as a choir member in Philadelphia to her triumphant European tour in the early 30s. Certain aspects of Marian's life repeat themselves. She was wholly dedicated to her mother and took her everywhere. She was uncertain of her own talents at times but continued to sing and conquer. Freedman expertly weaves fascinating aspects of Marian's life (example: her high school boyfriend waited some twenty years to marry her) with factual information about the times in which she lived. Kids who read this book learn just as much about Jim Crow laws and deeply imbedded segregation as they do about Ms. Anderson's life. By the end of the book you find yourself emerging with a fascinating look at a truly great woman.

Freedman follows up this book with an extensive bibliography (which gives props to fellow fabulous child biography, "When Marian Sang" by Pam Munoz Ryan). There's also a discography, a series of picture credits, and a wonderful index. It seems petty to demand that an author (or publisher) bend even farther backwards after producing such a gorgeous book, but I was a teensy bit sad that "The Voice That Challenged a Nation" didn't have a small cd accompanying it. When you read a quote, like the one from opera and concert singer Jessye Norman saying that, "If the planet Earth could sing, I think it would sound like Marian Anderson", you want to hear that voice. Not just read about it. But as I said, them's small potatoes. As it is, this may be one of those few children's books that inspire kids to search for Marian Anderson recordings on itunes (which has a lovely selection, by the way).

With some authors, you know to trust them. You pick up their latest work without a smidgen of doubt in your mind that what you're about to peruse is going to impress you. After Freedman won my respect with his glorious, "Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery" (Eleanor shows up quite a lot in this book as well, I'm pleased to report), I expected nothing but the best from his Marian Anderson bio. And the best it is. A fine selection for any library, whether personal or public, anywhere.

"This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, 'My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.'
"And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

"Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

"Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

"But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

"Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

"Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring..."

--Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963

Dr. King must surely have had a thought or two of Marian Anderson as he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on that historic afternoon and delivered those words.

Many of us know Marian's basic story:

Marian Anderson was a helluva singer.

Despite being celebrated in Europe as the voice of a century, and despite having the strong support of the President's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Anderson was denied the opportunity to perform in Constitution Hall in Washington, DC because it was owned by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and those ladies didn't allow no black folks to be singing in their hall. That refusal led to Marian performing instead from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for a crowd of 75,000 people on the Mall and a nationwide radio audience.

She stood up tall where Martin would stand a quarter-century later and led off her performance with a rendition of My County 'Tis of Thee.

Her performance is seen as a historic event at the dawn of the modern Civil Rights movement.

Two years ago, Pam Munoz Ryan and Brian Selznick created the stunningly beautiful 40 page picture book, WHEN MARIAN SANG (Scholastic Press, 2002), which won all sorts of awards including a Sibert Honor.

Now Russell Freedman has written a beautiful and more detailed biography of Marian Anderson which will similarly captivate readers with its engaging text and its clear, oversized photographs of the singer herself and of supporting characters in the story of Marian Anderson.

The most precious of those supporters were also some of the earliest. Through the chapters focusing on her earliest years, I was moved by Freedman's portrayal of how Marian's childhood community came through time and time again to insure that her dreams would not be in vain:

"Again there was no money for lessons. Most of Marian's earnings from concert appearances went to her mother, who was still taking in laundry and scrubbing floors, and to her sisters, who were still in school. And again the congregation at Union Baptist Church came to Marian's aid, organizing a benefit concert that raised $566 so that she could study with Boghetti."

Equally moving is the subplot of her life that involves Orpheus Fisher:

"I don't wanna wait in vain for your love" --Bob Marley

Having had to quit school after eighth grade in the wake of her father's death, Marian did not complete high school until she was twenty-four. It was during her delayed high school years--back when America was engaged in the First World War--that Marian met Orpheus Fisher who, "like her, was still in high school. He fell for the shy singer with the soft laughter and huge sparkling eyes who was almost as tall as he..."

Decades later, America was midway through the Second World War when Marian finally relented and married Orpheus, who has tirelessly and faithfully pursued her all those years, while she was single-mindedly focused on her career.

And what a career it was:

"During one ten-month period she gave 123 concerts in fifteen different countries, performing a repertoire that included over two hundred songs and arias in German, Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, and other languages."

It must have been amazingly disheartening for Marian Anderson to return home from entertaining European royalty and once again come face to face with Jim Crow. Like black sports stars of that era, Marian faced dangerous and humiliating conditions when traveling and performing around some regions of our "sweet land of liberty." And yet, in photos, she appears both to have left that all behind and to be channeling some kind of higher power as she sings.

" 'It was music-making that probed too deep for words.' "

Marian Anderson remains a symbol of the historic fight to let freedom ring for all Americans. In VOICE THAT CHALLENGED A NATION, Russell Freedman goes far beyond the symbolic to provide us a memorable look at the life of a singer whose talents knew no bounds.

I must say that this is the most charming children's book that I have read in a long time. George Ella Lyon brings so much imagery into her words, along with the amazing illustrations. As you journey through the farm with the weaver you are transported to the old days, when we had to live off of what nature provided us. The imagery I mentioned is great for small children. The stories of the weaver seeing the "rainbow sheep" in the field caught my attention and I am an adult!
The watercolor illustrations by Stephanie Anderson are absolutely beautiful. Any page from this book could be taken out and framed as artwork. She brings so many beautiful colors into her work, and captures the pastoral landscape beautifully. The detail that she uses in the sheep, before and after shearing, is amazing. They look so lifelike!
Being from a farming background, I found the information that she uses extremely accurate and detailed. The use of organic dyes and the methods used by the weaver are adapted to today's living, to show children that these tasks can still be performed today, and are still performed today. The mention of Kentucky fields and the native plants also bring another level to the story. Children love it when they are connected to the stories in some way; it really helps develop an interest in reading.
I would also recommend this book to teachers for their classrooms. This is a fantastic book to use in a science class with small students, or even into the middle grades. I think students would enjoy learning about something new, and you could incorporate many of the events in the story to your classes. Things like field trips to sheep farms, lessons on wool and fibers, making dyes out of plant materials, just to name a few. Each of these lessons could be adapted to a classroom in multiple age groups.

The warm and deceptively simple text of this book is attractive, and it leaves space for the expansive and simply astonishing watercolor illustrations which give the book its spellbinding power. Not every child will take to it, and our child "grew" into it near 5, but the pictures simply glow as they follow the young sheep through the seasons, shearings and ultimately follow the weaver and the wool to the loom and her work. This is a wonderful gift and a pleasure for grownups and children alike.

I loved it. It is a story about a child who has sheep, sheers them, dies the wool spins and weaves it. The story is very simple. You know what is happening but it is a wonderfully comforting and serene story. Most compelling is the beauty of the illustrations. I fell into the pictures and relished absorbing each part of the imagery. Go ahead and click on the see inside button to see some of the illustrations but I would recommend that you go to your local library and take a look at this excellent work.

If you feel a little guilty after reading `The Well Ain't Dry Yet 'you were probably raised to believe eavesdropping is impolite. Sure, eavesdropping on the lives of fictional characters may not seem such a crime-after all, we do it all the time with books, TV, films, etc. But there's something about the characters and settings of Belinda Anderson's collection of eighteen short stories that just might fool your conscience.

We know these characters as people before even turning the first page. They are our friends, our enemies, our neighbors, our relatives and sometimes even ourselves. We wouldn't be surprised to find them in line with us at the grocery store or sitting two pews down from us at church. And like any community, Anderson's characters pass through one another's lives (stories) just as easily as the people they remind us of pass through our own.

For instance, if you don't currently have a cranky, troublesome neighbor like Mr. Wood from the story `Rainbow Ranch', you either have before or one day will and can take a tip on how to deal with him now. Or if you haven't yet been run off the road by a de facto member of the crazy old lady drivers club, who meet monthly in the story `Delivery', count yourself lucky and keep both eyes on the road when driving near the Princeton Cracker Barrel. And though you probably haven't driven around for years with your dead sister's ashes taking up space in your trunk, you can probably sympathize with the long-standing jealousy leading the main character of `Hauling Evelyn' to do so.

Some of Anderson's tales take on a dark subtext, such as `Marital Bliss', or infuriate you at the pure selfishness of people, as the story `Junior' does. Ultimately, though, even these stories remain hopeful that a better day is just around the corner.

`The Well Ain't Dry Yet' is cross-section of life as we know it in West Virginia. Anderson's characters feel as though they were living their lives before we opened the book and will go on living them after we've closed it again. She's merely allowed us to eavesdrop on them for a little while, with perhaps a little guilt for having done so. This is Anderson's true accomplishment.

(This review originally appeared in the Reader's Corner weekly column of the West Virginia Daily News, April 1, 2002 edition.)

This is a touching book with realistic characters that could almost be our neighbors or friends. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this book is the ability of each character's tale to stand on its own, but also work together as one book or "novel." Anderson is a very talented writer whose work will indeed delight her readers. She is truly one of the most memorable writers of Appalachian fiction as well as one of the most talented writers I have ever known. Her work is very touching and her characters' tales tug at our heart's strings and invite us to feel something for someone we have never met before. But a closer look shows that these characters may not be such strangers at all. Their pain is so real and so familiar.

A great work, certainly meant for the shelf or even the coffee table of all frequent readers of fiction.

In The Well Ain't Dry Yet, prize-winning author Belinda Anderson shares with her audience her insider's eye about a collection of people who come from the hills of West Virginia, but who could have come from just about anyplace where the people have spunk and care about each other. Characters in The Well Ain't Dry Yet, such as quilter Twilight Dawn Johnson, who puts bits of other people's lives in perspective to patch together a lifetime of memories and hopes in each quilt for her friends and neighbors, remind us of ourselves and our neighbors at our best and funniest moments.

This work is a must read for anyone interested in southern history, or in demagougery in the U.S., or in southern politics! The author does an excellent job -- in a very interesting and readable narrative -- of truly capturing the colorful Eugene Talmadge, four times elected Governor of Georgia! He captures the real Gene, from Talmadge's red suspenders, to his plants at political rallies, to his outlandish, dogmatic ways -- such as the time he caused the Univ. of Ga. to lose its accreditation. As a teacher and historian, this book is one of the very best I have ever read!

AN outstanding literary piece. I would highly reccomend it for all especailly children. Eugene Talmadge's life, as expresses in this book was spent in th ebetterment of the ordinary working people of our nation.

A sweeping, incisive, colorful view of the life and times of the man in red galluses, Eugene Talmadge, famous for his slogan, "The poor Georgia dirt farmer ain't got but three friends who never let him down: God, Sears Roebuck, and Ol' Gene."

To tell the truth, I have only browsed this book. But, if you are like me and have ever wondered what the purpose of the password is on a Windows 95 or 98 computer, this is the best place to start learning. The only other place I seen this discussed is in the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit, a huge 1300 page volume. The book is mostly oriented around a computer running Windows on a network. If you are the only user, your concern is with a "stand alone computer" application which Stacey Anderson-Redick does address.

The strong part of this book to tell the reader the security holes of System Policy Editor itself. If anyone knows the hole he knows how to secure the network. Due to System Policy Editor's limitation it needs to use third party software, the writer suggested.

The week part is, the writer suggested something in one chapter and the same thing to other chapter. Duplicate suggestioning. First few chapters details the System Policy and it's implementation. Rest of the chapters details each template files structure. As to implement the policy a Network Admin don't need the unnessary details. It could save some pages and price would drop.

Though it's limitation I like the writer's expert writing style and give the book ALL STARS.

I have been trying to use system policies on our Win98 systems for several months with some success. This book helped me to not only improve my existing Win98 policies, but to solve some very annoying problems. The troubleshooting pages were very helpful, as was the chapter on other ways to increase Win98 security. Hopefully there will be a second edition including Win2k before I'm ready to upgrade our systems.

Suddenly I started having panic attacks, the first in my life. Where do you turn for help? Wings of Faith was the answer, finding and facing my fears, strengthing my faith and daily I began to walk out of the panic. I recommend this workbook to anyone who would like to strengten their faith,overcome fear, or like me had panic attacks.

I went through the program about nine years ago. It changed my life. I used to do everything I could to make sure that everyone around me was happy. The problem was that I was very unhappy and very stressed. The program has caused me to see that I am not the source of everyones happiness. It also helped me to gain the self value to be able to lose 100 pounds and keep it off because I feel good about myself. Feeling bad about yourself is a vicious cycle and never gets you anywhere. I can now say no to others when I need to and not feel guilty. There is such freedom in knowing who I am and how I am put together. I have led 3 groups through this program. It is easy to use as a leader especially if you go through it first in a group or on your own first. I think the best thing of all was when I led my family through the program. We all grew as individuals and as a family. It changed our attitudes and the way that we deal with each other in good times and bad. Wings of Faith not only helps you to understand yourself but it gives you insight into why other people act the way they do. It helps you not to take things personally and to think the best of others and give them the benefit of the doubt. Try it! You will never be the same!!

Wings of Faith offers practical, Scriptural guidelines in facing the challenges of every-day life.

Simple and life changing. Affordable. Be free and walk into His light,
He's been waiting to deliver you for so long. Really feel what it's like to be the person He created you to be.

After reading this book my life has changed forever! Mr. Anderson maps out a simply 7 step plan to freedom in Christ. After reading this book I bought 50 copies to give out to other people. It is one of the greatest books I ever read!

If you want peace and knowledge in the stength and power you have over the enemy. If you want to know the processes involved in protecting yourself and loved ones, then GET THIS BOOK! I was somewhat skeptical at first, but this book has helped myself and others. Get multiple copies and give them to the people you most care about!