Berry Books

The following quotes are from the cover of the book:

"This book is of critical importance in our endeavors to leverage different world views in order to successfully develop software in combination with users, user interface designers, and programmers. I plan to incorporate this approach in my own work and hope you will see the worth of this in your work also."

Dr. Brad Cox, Author of Object-Oriented Programming: an Evolutionary Approach, George Mason University

"The effective translation of an understanding of the user into highly usable product design is one of the most significant challenges in the information technology industry. OVID directly addresses this challenge by defining a new, comprehensive approach that is based on solid, object-oriented methods."

Karel Vredenburg, Corporate Team Lead for User-Centered Design, IBM

"This is a very good book for introducing programmers to object-oriented GUI style, especially for applying programmers' object notations to OO GUI style. This is one of the rare sources on the critical topic of how to represent object "views" in those notations."

Tom Dayton, Senior Usability Engineer, Sun Microsystems Usability Labs & Services

"There has long been a need for a method which integrates Object Oriented Design of applications and their GUIs. This is it."

Paul Brebner, Software Research Engineer, CSIRO Land and Water, Australia

"Object-oriented interface design is an excellent way to bridge the gap between task data and fully realized systems. Object, view and interaction design (OVID) methodology provides indispensable guidance on bridging that gap successfully."

Christopher R. Hale, Senior Human Factors Engineer, Intel Corporation

User interface design has long been a mysterious area for many software developers. OVID blends the art and science of user-centered interface design and usability with the familiar and structured methodologies of Object-Oriented Design. I will use this book in my consulting work, seminars, and courses--and know its practical approach will be very well-received.

Theo Mandel, Ph.D., Interface Design/Usability Consultant, Interface Design and Development, Author of "The Elements of User Interface Design" and "The GUI-OOUI War"

"At the beginning of this decade, Don Norman characterized usability as 'the next competitive frontier.' Here at the end of the decade, OVID arms user interface designers for that competition, offering a series of proven design methods presented in a cogent framework, with the user kept at the center."

Randolph G. Bias, Manager, Usability Engineering, BMC Software, Inc., co-editor of "Cost-Justifying Usability".

Let's just say if you have lot of time, you can try using method described in the book. But for lot of people in business of delivering the products in time, this may not be a good book to get influence from. There are some interesting examples in there that may be useful, but using as a reference....hmmmm.....think twice. There was an article published in ACM Interactions magazine while ago where they reviewed using OVID method, and they also came into same conclusion: high learning curve and implementation time was too long.

Book itself was simple to read, well at least for me. There are lot of examples, but I found them inconsistent. You may want to try IBM's website to get more information on OVID if you don't want to buy the book.

If you like a little easy reading, and aren't stupid this is a great book.

Hong on the Range is good fun, filled with puns (like the title) and jokes. It's a parody of every pulp western ever written with the hero the lone outsider with a secret(his secret is he's fully human in a world of cyborgs). It's full of outlaws and clever gadgets, not to mention several women none of whom are what they seem to be. Because it's anon-stop tongue in cheek parody, the humor gets tiresome at times. One wishes it would go somewhere, but still, It's endlessly inventive and perfect for what it is.

Rosy's mother coaxes her out of bed on a shivery Chicago day with a tall tale of how Grandma Beatrice melted the snow of Minsk with her sunshiny, warm blintzes. Jewish content is implied by the presence of blintzes as a springtime food, and by names such as Rosy Levine and Moishe the cat, but is not made explicit in any other way. The fanciful story combines themes of girl-power, family tradition, magical realism, and of course, yummy food. The old world story is framed by modern American scenes, making it easier for young readers to relate to, and reinforcing the concept of lador vador (from generation to generation). The blintz recipe at the end is not only an invitation to participate in the story, but is also a call to action for readers seek out their own family recipes. Delightful illustrations by Holly Berry mix expressive characters with touches of Eastern European folk art. Sunny blintz-yellow warms the scenes, which swirl with movement and interesting "camera angles." A collage of bright fabric borders makes the pages pop even more. Like Mama's blintzes, this story tickles the fancy, warms the heart, and makes the reader hungry for more. K-3 Reviewed by Heidi Estrin

When you live in a climate that has distinct seasons, you learn basic elemental truths; at a certain point in any given year you are going to be sick and tired of winter. Usually that point happens sometime in the middle of February. It's after the groundhog has done his whole spot-the-shadow confabulation and you're gearing up for a long stretch of overcast skies, marrow chilling days, and general bleakness. Spring, it seems, is just this beautiful intangible dream. This has been the case for centuries and, global warming permitting, will probably continue to exist somewhere. When this happens, it's nice to have a book like "How Mama Brought the Spring" to help chase away the chill winds. The kind of book that warms you deep down to your very core.

It isn't that Rosy Levine doesn't want to get up . . . okay, maybe it is. And who can blame her? Outside the sun hasn't shown its face in days and it seems like spring will never come to Illinois. Fortunately Rosy's mother understands, and to cheer her daughter up she tells her the story of how her own mother once brought spring to Minsk. On a day very much like this one Rosy's mother was also buried deep under her covers until she heard her mama up to something. In the kitchen the two of them start to make a mysterious food that involves yellow circles as bright as sunflowers and a blue tablecloth like a deep blue sky. As the two continue to cook the day grows warmer and warmer until the whole family is sitting down to delicious blintzes and the air outside has grown warm and balmy. And so Rosy and her own mother set out to do the same, hoping to bring a little bit of sunshine to a cold Chicago day.

While weeding the "little book" section of my library's picture book collection I happened to stumble across one of Fran Manushkin's earliest titles, Baby. It was a fun spin on a baby fully intent on not leaving the womb, no matter what its relatives promised it. I know some mothers who can relate. Manushkin has always liked the inner workings of a family, to say nothing of the inherent magic in the everyday. And "How Mama Brought the Spring" really does make blintzes sound like the most delicious food conceived by man, woman, or child. The recipe in the back contains everything a person would need (though what's "farmer cheese"?) and this might mean that the book is a good food related story to include in world food classroom projects.

I wasn't familiar with illustrator Holly Berry's work, though I'd seen copies of I'm a Pig and The Gingerbread Cowboy in my library. She uses a combination of watercolor and colored pencil that happens to complement this particular story very well. Her cold drafty rooms very gray and chilly. Her warm spring winds are the same buttery yellow as the blintzes themselves. And Berry is continually playing with the . . . . should I call it "the borders" of her books? That doesn't seem quite right. When I say "border" you're going to imagine a pattern running up, down, and across the edges of the pages in a neat little fashion. Berry, on the other hand, is hardly so exact. The bottoms of her pages may show a man shoveling snow or the view of a frozen village sometimes. Other times the page skews and we're looking at the wild angle of two different patterned cloths overlapping one another. Speaking of patterns, I was particularly taken with Berry's penchant for giving unpatterned natural objects, like the sun, a style entirely of their own. I was also fond of the blue blintz tablecloth forming the book's endpapers. They're all little touches, but together they give the book zing.

I was a little baffled by the review of this book in the publication Booklist. While almost all the professional reviews have been positive, Booklist wondered why the book didn't discuss the fact that this was a Jewish food created by Jewish people. I'm not entirely sure what the objection is here. I mean, the main character's name is Rosy Levine. Just because the characters aren't dancing the Horah around the table doesn't mean the book is ignoring the characters' roots.

As I stare out my window at the bleak winter weather, I daydream about the warm months. It doesn't hurt to have a couple books to help me with these daydreams. "How Mama Brought the Spring" is just one of those books that feel good to read when you need a reminder of what's to come. A delicious and warm little book.

This book does a great job of describing the interest group communities in the United States. The author effectively discussing how interest groups are formed and their most (and least) successful strategies in lobbying all three branches. It was not only intellectually provocative, but also compelling as leisure reading. Enjoy!

This book explains how organizations attempt to influence the political system. There has been a large increase in the number of interest groups in the past three decades. The book explains the types of interest groups and why people join them. It gives a good explanation of lobbyist and the role they play in the political spectrum.

THIS IS ANOTHER EMPTY ATTEMPT AT A BIOGRAPHY. THE BOOK IS LOADED WITH MANY GENERAL FACTS BUT NOT MUCH DETAIL ABOUT HALLE. IT DOES CONTAIN SOME GOOD STORIES AND FACTS BUT OVERALL JUST READ A MAGAZINE OR A GOSSIP TABLIOD AND YOU WILL FIND THE SAME INFO. IT HAS SOME NICE PHOTOS OF HALLE THRU THE YEARS AND IS NOT A BAD READ BUT NOT A GOOD ONE EITHER.

Before reading Introducing Halle Berry all I really knew about her was that she won the Oscar for Best Actress in 2002 and that she is one of the most beautiful actress in Hollywood right now. The book tells her story, from struggling with diabetes to begging Spike Lee for a part as a crackhead in one of his films. Christopher Farley touches upon very interesting topics, not only about Halle, but he also looks at the bigger picture. He touches on black actors in Hollywood, or lack thereof. I am a huge Spike Lee fan and there were very interesting tidbits about Spike which I never knew and I was mezmorized reading about. The book also gives a true account of Hollywood and how Halle Berry really paved her own way. Just because she is so stunning it seems as though she had it easy, but that is simply not true. She is a wonderful person and I really enjoyed reading about her life. The book is a fast read and I feel more knowledgable about Hollywood, Halle, and the history of Hollywood after reading this book. I recommend this book to everyone.

I was having a hard time putting this book down. It is a really good intro; I came in not knowing anything about the subject really.

My main complaint is that the maps are severely lacking.

Those readers who dare not venture into the thicket of controversial rhetoric blanketing the Arab-Israeli Conflict had best start with this slim pamphlet, which serves as thumbnail history of post-Ottoman/post-colonial Middle East, Zionism, and four generations of strife and state creation.

Meanwhile, the authors pause occasionally to note disagreement among their sources, highlighting forks in the socially constructed path of Arab-Israeli history.

This book is best used to help you decide what book you should read next on this difficult but important topic. But if you don't know much about the Arab-Israeli Conflict and have questions about current crises, reading this book alone will provide a quick and valuable lesson, up to but not including the 2006 Summer Lebanon War.

I read this collection of short stories when I was about 14 years old. At that time in my life, a compendium of depressing tales was probably the last thing I needed, but they were so fascinating and bizarre I couldn't put the book down. I mean, who wants to read stories about boring average people who have no personal demons, no monkeys on their backs, no crosses to bear? Nobody.

What makes characters interesting (amongst others things) are their challenges and the attitudes they take towards them. Berry's characters aren't heroes and rarely overcome their demons, but this is the point: real people usually aren't heroes either. More often than not, we carry our crosses and our burdens, in some part, throughout the course of our lives.

Either way, this book is grossly underrated. Read it!

The stories went right over my head. I knew that there was supposed to be some sort of meaning to them, but they were pretty bizarre. They are like portraits of ordinary life with a twist of weirdness. I figured these stories were supposed to have some kind of moral, but it escaped me.

And the characters all seemed ruthlessly unhappy, so much so that I became depressed myself. They didn't need to be recklessly happy, but their lives were so messed up and in the end, their problems were unsolved, and that's why it was so depressing.

This is a collection of stories that need to be read and re-read so that one can understand the meanong of them. Because I certainly don't.

I love Dr. Brazelton and have for years. However, this book was very disappointing. Luckily, I picked it up from my local library before I purchased it on here. It states a lot of facts about the "how and why" children act out, but it is VERY short on solutions. The book is "all over the place" and not logically organized. There are a few places where the same suggestion is repeated numerous times. My suggestion is to pick it up from the library...it's a quick read...and see if it helps your situation. I can say that the section on biting seemed extremely informative, but that was not an issue with my child.

I have many of "The Brazelton Way" books. I love them all and now give them as baby shower gifts. This one has really given us insight into our 5 year olds recent outbursts and we now have the tools to enable us to give him the loving guidance he needs to work through this stage and master self control.

Very average book and definatley dated. Could be a good book for the Junior football coach that is just starting out. Not for veteran coaches. Some of the material is "old hat" information that has either changed or has been greatly improved on.

Not sure if the other reviewer actually read this book based on their comments. This is a very good instructional/reference and one of the only books ever written just on the subject of football recievers and coaching recivers. While fundamentals for pass receiving techniques are covered, the book also does get into more complex applications for the various receiving core positions. The author was not only a successful coach, but one of the greatest wide receiveres of all-time (that's why he's in the Hall of Fame).

The book is good as an introdution to statistics, explaining the concepts mainly through examples. (Which i prefer) The way the material is devided into chapters is not the most obvious way...

One can hardly expect much novelty from a book written in such an established field as statistics. Conditional approach is given satisfactory treatment, although some examples in the study-guide are not error-free.