Chamberlain Books

This was a very quick read, and not a very detailed book. I would wish the book to go into more detail, and not have so many references to "Deadwood" the HBO show. If I wanted to know all that, I would watch the show.
I would not recomend buying this book. It does not go into detail at all, is very basic, and leaves you hanging.
Once you find a part that actually interest you, it comes to an abrupt end and seems like some of the pages detailing the story fell out.

If you're looking for a fast, easy read about Deadwood with little detail, insight, or depth, this is the book for you. The book offers nothing new or interesting for those of us already familiar with Deadwood's history.

I also consider the strong tie in to the HBO series (which is, by the way, my favorite show) generally ill advised. The positive aspect of doing so is the author makes it clear early in the book that the series is not completely factual, the writers, producers, etc. do not intend for the show to be completely factual, and the book addresses some of these characters, events, situations presented in the series, and "corrects" the facts. Unfortunately, in a few cases, the author discusses fictional characters/situations from the series, it's important to understand the context and details of the reference, the context and details are not included in the book, so only readers who've watched the series would understand the references. I'm sure there are a lot of people interested in Deadwood and it's history who haven't watched or have no interest in the series. Overall, I found the constant references to the series annoying. I love the series, I wanted to learn more about the real Deadwood, I didn't want to read about the series, I didn't get what I wanted or thought I'd get from this book.

The book references the tv show "Deadwood" much too often. I didn't know if I was reading about the "real" Deadwood or the tv version. I was very disappointed.

The book give more insight to the tv show Dead wood....I wish they would not have canceled it....Any way I enjoyed the book quite a bit..and found the grave of one of them...here in St Louis....

One person reviewing this book wrote that if you're a fan of the Deadwood television series, you should avoid this book. Let me go a little bit further. If you've got any sense at all, avoid this book. It's easily the fluffiest 128 page book you're likely to read this year (or next). The content in the book could fit in a high school student's term paper, and I suspect that is actually how the book may have originated.

It's filled with lots of information that seemed lifted from various web sites I've seen, although I suppose that it is possible that various web sites may have lifted their content from this book, although why anyone would do this, I can't begin to contemplate.

To be perfectly clear, avoid this book. It is a clear attempt to cash in on the popular Deadwood TV series. (The series started in March 2004. This book came out in August 2004.) Go to your local Borders or Barnes and Nobel to glance at a copy before you decide to buy it.

If you are a fan of the TV series, "Deadwood: Stories of the Black Hills" is a far better choice.

If you are into getting down as close as you can to the real history of the town and it's periods of boom and bust, then I highly recommend you consider, "Deadwood: The Golden Years." (Published in 1981, 23 years before the TV show.)

After reading most of the books 'written by' Donald Trump, and reading some of those reviews, this book seems prolific. No, these lessons aren't astounding, but they are well meaning. I have definitely read a lot worse. The added information in the back of the book seemed like a futile place to add a few more pages. I bought this book for a buck at a bookstore which was going out of business, so I feel like I got my moneys worth.

I picked this one up in fond memories of the Apprentice's first season and after a quick flip through the pages. Though the book presents nothing new in terms of concepts, they're certainly tried and true maxims of business.

The lessons don't appear to be "learned" from the show so much as the writers picked 10 lessons and supported them with Apprentice asides. Does this matter? No. But I was expecting much more Apprentice analysis and specific examples of actions and their resulting successes and failures.

The bottom line: a fun, quick read during spare time, but it could have been more.

I originally chose this title because it was cheaper to add it to my order and get the free super saver shipping then paying the minimum shipping rate. However I can honestly say that I would have been better off if I had just paid the extra dollar as I would not have wasted my time reading this garbage.

Lets look at the title shall we "10 Secrets I Learned from The Apprentice". First of all I am highly skeptical that the author learned these 10 "Secrets" from the television show. More likely the author just wanted to write a book with some sort of tie in to a popular television show in misguided hopes of making some money.

Well guess what, the book is selling for scraps now. So if you want to learn how to end up in the metaphorical bargain bin of whatever your chosen profession get this book. If you want Apprentice like advice for business read one of the books authored by Trump that have made it to the best seller lists.

The game plan in Mark Burnett's hit reality TV show The Apprentice is to ruthlessly eliminate 15 of its 16 contenders, in its bid to identify the best man or woman for the top job in one of billionaire Donald Trump's corporations. In the event, it sheds light on the ways and means Trump, estimated by Forbes to be worth US$1.74bil (RM6.6bil), and the likes of him may have undertaken on the warpath to building their own business empires.

The contenders are divided into two teams: Protege and Versacorp, where they are expected to compete against the rival team and against members of their own team for leadership posts while maintaining teamwork throughout 15 frenetic episodes.

They are thus put through a series of tests to gauge their team leadership skills, competitive spirit, business acumen, passion, gumption and more. These tests have included an advertising campaign for a card that allocates private jet service by the hour, an AIDS benefit auction, art exhibition, running a lemonade stand and selling bottled drinking water.

Although Trump appears only at the end of each episode to eliminate one person from the losing team - and briefly at the start - he really is the star of the show which is an induction into his world. Choosing his apprentice by shrewdly assessing their strengths and weaknesses, with the help of assistants George and Carolyn, Trump cuts a clear picture of the type of person that will fit in his world.

According to Parinello, a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and Gottfried, a regular columnist for The Apprentice on www.the-trades.com, the ideal candidate will be familiar with all or most of these 10 Trump-approved methods:

Think Big. Show the Competition No Mercy. Defend Yourself Aggressively. Remember, Consensus Is Overrated. Identify All Possible Resources, and Use Them Strategically. Cut Your Losses. Get Face-to-Face With Key Decision-Makers. Step Up - Take Intelligent Chances, and Then Take Responsibility. Advance the Most Profitable Deal. Negotiate Tough.

Employers look for people who dare go after a riskier but more potentially rewarding path, who will pull through more often than not. These are what Trump calls Big Thinkers. The apprentice will have to be this and much, much more.

The apprentice will have to be able to Show the Competition No Mercy. He does this by identifying and neutralising competition - both outside and inside. He recognises there will be team-mates who are not above stealing his ideas or credit for his work, or sabotaging his ambitions.

If things take a turn for the worse and they sometimes do, the apprentice will Defend Himself Aggressively. It doesn't matter whether he is right or wrong, what matters is that he steps up and defends himself aggressively. How he tackles false charges and inaccuracies will be perceived as a measure of his fighting spirit.

The problem with group-think is that the watered down solution that is agreeable to everyone is rarely often the best solution, that Consensus is Overrated - so, when in a leadership position, his team cannot come to a compromise, he takes what he thinks is the best idea and runs with it.

Being able to Identify All Possible Resources and Use Them Intelligently, especially non-cash resources like getting things one needs without paying full price for them, ingenious methods of attracting potential customers, getting people to work for free, goes a long way to aiding continual business survival. The apprentice recognises this and uses the resources to his advantage.

And if things somehow don't work according to plan, the apprentice will Cut His Losses, and move on. In a leadership position, these include reshuffling a team, changing a design, approach or product line and firing someone. Continuing with something or someone that is not working is a waste of resources, time and energy.

To win over a position or a business, the apprentice will Get Face-to-Face with Key Decision Makers as often as possible, and make his case with passion and style. Non verbal communication counts and face time will give him the chance to feel out his contact's distinct way of interacting with the world. More importantly, he will get to bond with that person.

Failure comes with the territory but the apprentice knows how to Step Up - Take Intelligent Chances, and Then Take Responsibility. He recognises the right risks as the ones that present the possibility of a high payoff, have manageable downsides, take advantage of his demonstrated strengths and resources and neutralises his competition.

In any business situation, the apprentice knows that he only has a certain number of hours to work on it, so it makes sense to Advance the Most Profitable Deal. Business propositions that can't be expected to realistically deliver a minimum level of profit are a dime a dozen - he recognises those.

The apprentice will Negotiate Tough but flexibly, remembering every negotiating partner is different, thus no two negotiations will be alike. So, he researches beforehand, adapts his strategy to the person he is talking to, pushes when he can and walks away when he should.

The TV series is dramatic and addictive for its soap-opera-like quality, the way knives are constantly being hurled into the backs of rivals, metaphorically of course.

The authors of this book appear to have cleverly gleaned the lessons from the series - presumably towards good profit. So that after the show ends, you can still hold in your hands the book, 10 Secrets I Learned from The Apprentice, to be referred to again and again in quieter moments.

I read this little tomette and thoroughly enjoyed its content, despite the somewhat disjointed manner in which it was written.The in depth knowledge of the inner workings of Yankeedom displayed, cut far deeper than the typical mudslinging rot engaged in by Yankee -haters.There is no way that a Yankee hater would be up to snuff on the Ed Whitson Phantom Gastroenteritis due to his Yankee stadium phobia, or the homophobic attack against the dugout assistant by Mariano Rivera et al, which were almost invisible in the main stream media.Only a a yankee fan would be so embarrassed and outraged by Mariano`s, all too human foibles and dumbstruck by the Whitson meltdown, as I surely will never forget!No, folks,you all missed it!This author wrote this as a paragon for the Yankee hater, but from the perspective of a Yankee fan, clearly with some glossal mucosa wedged in cheek!Now, go back and re-read this, knowing that the author is a yankee fan and then review the book.You`ll be amazed how much more intelligent of a read it makes when you pursue it without the reflex revenge of your own pro-yankeee prejudice.In other words, many of you hated the book, simply because you assumed the author was a yankee hater.How foolish of you and how perceptive of me!

The book is an absolute a piece of trash. Red Sux fan or not. The Fact is The New York Yankees are the most storied franchise in sports history and everyone needs to stop whining about how much they hate the Yankees and worry about their own team. The book shows No valid points and I would never recommend it to anyone. My cousin says it sucked and he is a boston fan. If you're going to have an opinion about the greatest franchise of all time then at least let it be an intelligent one.

If you want to read a more intelligent take on this increasingly popular topic, take look at "Why I Hate the Yankees" by O'Connell and Pahigian. These guys, who also wrote "The Ultimate Baseball Roadtrip," are much more insightful and infinitely funnier.

It is too disorganized to keep your attention for very long. But that doesn't matter. You can read this very quickly with half your brain. Steinbrenner is a felon. Aside from that he is a greedy grasping swine with very little knowledge of baseball. He's just better at it (& rich). Very little in this book that will make a Yankee hater feel better.
However, every year that the Yankees don't win the World Series is good for baseball. When the playoffs, pennant & the World Series are not brought (See the Mets this year) or won by the teams with the highest payrolls, that is good for baseball. Go parity! I paid $0.01 (plus S&H) for my copy. That's about right.

"Yankees Suck" is a quick read that requires no brain power, and unfortunately very little brain power was used by the author either. The text is rambling and disorganized, and instead of any kind of summation, the book simply winds down to nothing. If you're a die-hard Red Sox fan you might find this book mildly amusing.

I found that this book gathered facts from myriad sources and placed them in a concise, compact, easy to read format. It is my belief that, given today's volatile atmosphere, the population should be educated in this subject. It was apparent after reading this book that the government has not provided citizens with enough information about "dirty bombs" to protect them from the unfortunate consequences of a detonation. The author correctly points out that the goal of an individual placing a "dirty bomb" is to terrorize and this can be accomplished very easily. Although the publisher could have eliminated some pages filled with nuclear reactor locations data, this book is a succinct, instructive account of a global threat.

Sadly, we live in a time when we need to know all we can about protecting ourselves, and the possibility of a "dirty bomb" attack is very real. This book gives you all the facts and tips you need to know about how likely an attack is, how dirty bombs are manufactured, and what you can do to protect yourself in the event of an attack. The book's pretty dry, but then again it is meant to be a handbook, not a novel or expose. If for no other reason, you should read it to keep yourself informed.

This book is so indescribably awful that it is actually funny, in the same painful way that watching "the office" is funny. It was written by someone who blends no knowledge of his subject, with a non-existent grasp of english grammar:- A lethal cocktail indeed. He also did not bother to engage the services of an editor, which presumably kept costs down, but which lead to some pretty troubling typographical side-effects. There is, I grant, an "editor's note" - which for some bizarre reason appears well into the book - but it is so clearly written by the author (no two people could actually write this way) that I would apply a pretty high discount rate to it.

The book is a random stream of disorganized and unrelated statements, is vastly repetitive, full of enormous contradictions (it either is, or is not easy to build one of these things - the book forcefully asserts it is both) and is padded out to a commercial length by vast chunks of utterly irrelevant material. It has the EXACT feel of a poor quality, sensationalist, high school term paper.

The only redeeming thing about this book is that the author frequently cites experts who actually do understand the subject and can speak in coherent sentences. Their observations are reasonably useful, but as another reviewer notes, all of this could be googled in about 30 seconds.

There is only one lesson to be gleaned from this book - the right timing of the right title can be very lucrative. Shame on the publishers for this disgrace. Perverse credit to Mr King for making a lot of money out of 20 minutes of internet research.

First, this book is full of random thoughts and contradicting statements made by an uneducated author who appears to have done most of his research from internet sites.

Second, I have never been a scholar of English grammer, proper puncuation, and sentence structure, but this book looks more like a high school book report. One that warrants a poor grade.

Third, as a scholar in the subject matter, the book contains many ideas and concepts that aren't fully investigated or researched. I am truly suprised that this book was even allowed to be published. All ideas and thoughts were committed to print with no investigation as to the sources. I would have definitely done more research if I were going to quote internet web sites.

If you are someone interested in learning more about the subject, I would recommend other books on the subject. Hopefully one that has been researched better.

I read this book just to see what type of information is being portrayed to the average citizen and ended up very dissappointed about the content. It has almost inspired me to write my own book.

This book is a waste of time for the informed reader. The author tries to scare the uneducated. The facts are qualitative and have no valid references. I had to put the book down and never finished the last 20%.

Very little biographical info exists on Millard Fillmore, and this reprint will do little to provide reader fulfillment. Clearly written as a serving piece to the "American Party" platform (protracted naturalization process to inhibit "foreign" vote privilege during the blossoming immigration period), it merely trumpets Fillmore's suitability to like-thinking audiences. Additionally, the (in reality) pamphlet peddles Anti-Masonic rhetoric nearly as strongly. It's interest lies merely as am example of a period piece political rant....beware also of the arcane literary style and poor printing mode evidenced in this reprinted 19th century pamphlet. Do not expect what the title describes!

When I read the subtitle of this book, "Modularity, language, and meta-cognition", as well as the description, I thought it would present a scientific discussion of the interaction between archaeology, evolutionary psychology, studies of animal behavior, linguistics, and so forth. Some of this book does indeed provide such discussions. However, seven of the sixteen authors are philosophers, not scientists, and while philosophers do a good job of discussing philosophical topics, they make lousy scientists. I slogged through several of their chapters, slashing through the dense prose philosophers are wont to write, trying to find the lost treasures of meaning I was sure had to be hiding somewhere in their chapters. Alas, this intellectual Indiana Jones came up empty-handed: there was nothing of scientific value in those chapters.

This book is the end result of an interdisciplinary project organized by the University of Sheffield. They selected a distinguished group of scientists and philosophers and brought them together for a series of workshops and a final conference. The intention was to kindle some interdisciplinary fire among these disparate scholars. Unfortunately, interdisciplinary efforts such as this suffer from a terrible law of diminishing returns: the value of the end result is inversely proportional to the number of scholars multiplied by the heterogeneity of their disciplines. In other words, you can get good results by getting together a lot of scholars from closely similar backgrounds, or just a few scholars from disparate backgrounds, but otherwise, you're doomed to failure. There is no evidence in the chapters that anybody paid much attention to anybody else in the workshops. The book has thirteen chapters presenting thirteen independent and unconnected approaches to the problems of the evolution of human cognition.

As I mentioned earlier, some of the chapters are valuable. Steven Mithen has a chapter, and everything he writes is worth reading. The same thing goes for Robin Dunbar. A few other chapters are interesting. But I don't think that the book overall is worth buying.

Kierkegaard's body of work is so extensive, and the individual texts often so lengthy, that it's impossible to do justice to them in an anthology--so none of the anthologies available are entirely satisfying.

However, this one is probably at the bottom of the list. The selections are puzzling. For example, from the very important text "Either/Or," it includes only 20 pages from the chapter "Crop Rotation." This chapter by itself (an "either/or" without the "or") is a bit hard to make sense of, and such a small clipping from a text consisting of two lengthy volumes makes me wonder if it's best left out entirely.

The selection from Fear and Trembling includes problemas I and III--when I and II are the essential bits (and III makes little sense when you skip the middle section).

Philosophical Fragments completely leaves out the main chapters and main topic: the contrast of philosophical and religious ways of approaching truth--it includes what is, basically, supplementary background material for understanding the passages left out.

Concluding Unscientific Postscripts completely leaves out the chapter on subjectivity as truth, which is, quite frankly, the only part of that enormous work worth reading for anyone other than specialists.

To top it off, Johannes Climacus, which is far from a key text, is included in its excruciating entirety.

Overall, it's a terrible selection for beginners--who are the ones in need of a good anthology. (Advanced students should be reading the full, primary sources.) I would strongly recommend considering other anthologies, such as the princeton press "kierkegaard anthology" edited by Robert Bretall.

This book provides fun and creative ideas on turning a pregnant belly into your own creative canvas. Who knew being pregnant could be so much fun? This book would make a great gift!

The only reason I'm giving this 2 stars instead of 1 is because it inspired me. It was a cute gift from my mom, but the paint colors are AWFUL. The brush it comes with is WAY too stiff. The stencils pictured on the box are not the ones it comes with. They could've used the book to SHOW designs rather than name ideas, but they didn't. I agree with the first poster. Go out and buy your own body paints and brushes and do it yourself. There is no white or black!? How can you mix pink?? Lavendar?? Soft pastel colors?? Come on makers... put some effort into your product.

This "kit" was a complete waste of money. The book included is completely ridiculous, and really doesn't offer *any* great ideas that a group of women couldn't come up with on their own (for example, their list of themes includes "America," "Baby's Name," "Curtains" (what?), and "Emoticons"). In addition, the four colors of paint (blue, green, yellow, red) do not allow for a great deal of creativity, not to mention the fact that the paint was so dry that it was essentially impossible to use. I'm glad I purchased additional body paint (white, black, and gold) from a costume shop; without it, we wouldn't have been able to do this project. The stencils were also pretty pointless; they are made of hard plastic, which would be difficult to contour to a pregnant belly if you decided to use one. We came up with our own design (Tree of Life) and it turned out much more beautiful than any of their samples. Bottom line: Don't waste your money!!! Go buy some body paint at a costume shop and come up with your own idea!

may be the worst true-crime book I've ever read. probably was written and edited overnight.

It is difficult for me to believe that this "author" has actually written (and published) other books. This book is supposed to be about Charles Cullen, nurse serial killer, but instead is a way-too-long (at just over 100 pages), poorly written diatribe against the sloppiness of our health care system in patrolling its hospitals, nursing homes, etc. for suicidal, homicidal employees. It took me so long to slog through the grammatical and spelling errors, the disorganized, redundant chapters, and the obviously slapped together "bibliography", that I wondered how George Mair had the gall to offer this mess to a publisher, and moreover, why I was wasting my time attempting to get any sense out it! If you ask me, the real crime here is that Chamberlain Bros. would publish such humbug and ask people to pay for it.

I live in New Jersey and work in the hospital industry. This book is, simply put, an embarrassment for the publishing industry. Mair writes at a sixth-grade level, and either "edited" this book himself or had an equally inept editor. Obviously written to capitalize on the Cullen story while still fresh, the 100-page book fails to provide any insight as to why Cullen (and similar murderers employed in healthcare) committed the crimes to which he had confessed, or to adequately address the shortcomings of the system that allowed him to get away with his killing for so long. That Penguin is behind the publication of this book is surprising. Avoid at all costs. The Internet and local newspaper stories will give those interested in this case a much better understanding than this book ever will.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!! The other reviews are correct: this is a superficial, inaccurate, poorly written piece of junk. I got more information from the Star-Ledger newspaper. Evidently, in an opportunistic effort to get this book on the shelves first, the author didn't bother to do much, if any, research. I disagree with the first reviewer (above), however. The book does not even make a good coaster.

Reads like it was researched and written by an 8th grader. Charles Cullen may have murdered repeatedly, but more grueseome is the author's grisly butchering of the english language. I can't imagine this actually passed under the nose of anyone who seriously calls themselves a copy editor (truly about a glaring mistake in punctuation, syntax, or grammar per page), and I have no idea why even the most obscure subsidiary/branch of Penguin would put their name anywhere on this disaster. Yet another mystery is why Barnes & Noble continues to display this dreck so prominently on their "New Releases" display. I mean, T.V. Guide was a new release that week, and is Shakespeare by comparison. The only two redeeming qualities are 1) it points out that lawyers suck, which is incontrovertible fact and 2) it does indeed make a fine drink coaster.

Well I have not read the book. please send me by e-mail. some chapters so that I can reveiw and let u know.