Jones Books

Hacksaw is a book written by Edward Jones, escape artist extraordinare. He sucessfully escaped from prison fourteen different times, making him somewhat of a criminal legend. Unfortunately for him, escaping fourteen times means that he got caught that many times as well, which does not say much for his ability to evade the police and FBI. While excessively good at escaping from prison, he was absolutely stupid when he was out. He made all kinds of major mistakes which landed him right back in prison again.

This book, besides being a fun read, illustrates the contemporary prison problem in the United States. Mr. Jones was nothing more than a misbehaving child when he was first given a stint in prison. It was in prison that he became a real criminal. It was in the place that he was supossed to reform that he learned to purposely break the law. This same thing happens to many in prisons today. A teenager is jailed for reckless driving or the such, and while he spends his few months in jail, he picks up a new lifestyle from the experienced criminals he is living with. Hacksaw is an excellent picture of why the criminal punishment system in the U.S. is suceeding only in producing more criminals. Mr. Jones realizes partway through his life that he is in a Catch 22: he is running from the police because he has been sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple escapes, and either he turns himself in and spends his life in prison, or he keeps running but can never live a normal life because he must always be moving from place to place to stay ahead of the law enforcement. In either case, he loses. In the end, he decides to give up trying to keep escaping, and decides to write books from prison instead. I believe he finally made it out of prison on a legal technicality, and was freed to live a normal life.

Overall grade: A

I've read many books about escape but most are POW's or convict stories from early in the century. This is one of the few that takes place in more modern times & in North America. Even though I have read of lots of daring escapes this guys really impressed me with how good he was at escaping. Memorable book.

I recently read a book for my ninth grade English class, and I chose the book Hacksaw, By Edward Jones. It was an intense thriller with suspense and cunning wit. I was amazed at the writing level of this book and reccommend it to everyone.

A tremendous discussion and reference of the nuts and bolts for all kinds of teaming in the IT world. It's loaded with nuances related to teaming that you won't easily find in one place. It's also a good review, thinker, and is exceptionally well researched and written. I definitely reccomend this book to anyone who is serious about adding to their skills in this often overlooked but necessary specialty.

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the points throughout development life cycles where team collaboration is appropriate for creating deliverables. Formats and methods for conducting team workshops are set out in great detail, based on the organizational environment, project type, end result desired, and particular phase of the life cycle. Jones proposes a "framework" for development which he calls Team Design and which he contrasts with Joint Application Development (JAD) and other group methods. Jones defines five Formats (Business Process Design, Requirements Definition, Application Design, Team Planning, Decision Making) under which almost any development project or part thereof can be placed. He devotes separate chapters to each Format, defining for each Format the life-cycle steps within the Format, the workshop agenda activities that apply to each phase of the life-cycle, and recommended workshop methods (e.g., brainstorming, scoping diagrams, scenario analysis) that can develop the deliverables for the phase. Team Design comprises a generic set of life-cycle Phases (Initiating, Scoping, Visualizing, Usage, Packaging, Validating) that can be mapped to each of the five Formats. For each Phase, Jones then recommends certain workshop methods that can be used regardless of the Format. This allows flexibility in analyzing all the factors facing a Project Manager and Facilitator (organization type, project type, end result, life-cycle phase) and adapting a workshop plan that will apply best. It also allows for bridging of experience with workshop methods across different Formats. Jones also deals in depth with a wide variety of topics related to team-based development, including: · JAD and Participatory Design: A survey of the history of these two group-based methods, and an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses in various environments · Facilitation: The scope of Facilitation; the technical competencies required of a Facilitator in a development environment; in-depth description of facilitation tools (e.g., conflict resolution, problem solving) and workshop methods (e.g., brainstorming, diagramming, Pareto charts), and their applicability · Requirements: Analysis of the major problems faced by organizations in creating and managing requirements, and how Team Design can address those problems · Team Dynamics: The phases of team development; team-building techniques; special issues involving workgroups comprising members with different functional backgrounds · Organizational Culture: The impact of organizational dynamics on a company's receptiveness to structured methods and team-based approaches to development

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the points throughout development life cycles where team collaboration is appropriate for creating deliverables. Formats and methods for conducting team workshops are set out in great detail, based on the organizational environment, project type, end result desired, and particular phase of the life cycle.

Jones proposes a "framework" for development which he calls Team Design and which he contrasts with Joint Application Development (JAD) and other group methods. Jones defines five Formats (Business Process Design, Requirements Definition, Application Design, Team Planning, Decision Making) under which almost any development project or part thereof can be placed. He devotes separate chapters to each Format, defining for each Format the life-cycle steps within the Format, the workshop agenda activities that apply to each phase of the life-cycle, and recommended workshop methods (e.g., brainstorming, scoping diagrams, scenario analysis) that can develop the deliverables for the phase.

Team Design comprises a generic set of life-cycle Phases (Initiating, Scoping, Visualizing, Usage, Packaging, Validating) that can be mapped to each of the five Formats. For each Phase, Jones then recommends certain workshop methods that can be used regardless of the Format. This allows flexibility in analyzing all the factors facing a Project Manager and Facilitator (organization type, project type, end result, life-cycle phase) and adapting a workshop plan that will apply best. It also allows for bridging of experience with workshop methods across different Formats.

Jones also deals in depth with a wide variety of topics related to team-based development, including: (1) JAD and Participatory Design: A survey of the history of these two group-based methods, and an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses in various environments; (2) Facilitation: The scope of Facilitation; the technical competencies required of a Facilitator in a development environment; in-depth description of facilitation tools (e.g., conflict resolution, problem solving) and workshop methods (e.g., brainstorming, diagramming, Pareto charts), and their applicability; (3) Requirements: Analysis of the major problems faced by organizations in creating and managing requirements, and how Team Design can address those problems; (4) Team Dynamics: The phases of team development; team-building techniques; special issues involving workgroups comprising members with different functional backgrounds; and (5) Organizational Culture: The impact of organizational dynamics on a company's receptiveness to structured methods and team-based approaches to development.

I brought this book for my mom who loves interior design and she adores the photographs in the book.

This wonderful coffee table book won't be on the coffee table long! It is chock full of beautiful pictures with practical ideas. Although many of the rooms are decidely high-end, there are several ideas that can be applied to more moderate tastes.
I highly recommend that this book be added to any home design library.

If you enjoyed Spirit of African Design, then you will love this book. There are nice room pictures showing african art in primarily a contemporary design style.

It's a great coffee table book for anyone who loves both African Art styles and contemporary interior design.

This is an excellent book and of interest to anyone who wants to improve their communications with health care providers and patients, and to those in the areas of health literacy or health communication.

If you can purchase only one book about communicating health information to consumers, make it Helen Osborne's "Health Literacy from A to Z!" As a consumer health librarian working with people with disabilities, their caregivers and service providers, I have been a health literacy advocate for several years. Helen's articles and books were among the first I discovered. She continues to be a pioneer in the field, inspiring people to seek creative and effective ways to make health information accessible for everyone.

"Health Literacy from A to Z" is comprehensive (as one would expect from the title), offering practical tips in a conversational manner. Each chapter is concise but packed with information, including "Starting Points," "Strategies, Ideas, and Suggestions," and a carefully selected bibliography entitled "Sources to Learn More." Some chapters include short vignettes or cases for illustration. Content is clearly organized and bold headings and sub-headings facilitate quick access to information.

"Health Literacy from A to Z" encompasses the broad range of factors affecting understanding and decision making as well as the diversity of content, technology and contexts. Health literacy is more than low literacy skills and this book explains why. The chapters entitled "Y - You: Empathy and Humanity" and "Z - Zest & Pizzazz" convey the critically important role that we play--as service providers, educators, librarians, or caregivers--in communicating health information effectively.

We often think our patients understand us fully when we provide them with information regarding their diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan. In fact studies show that over half of the adult population has trouble processing and acting on this information correctly. Poor compliance often leads to poor outcomes. We need to ensure that our patients get "the whole picture".
Health Literacy from A to Z is a wonderful resource for all health professionals. It touches on all aspects of patient care and provides simple, easily implemented strategies to enhance understanding for your patients.
This is a tool I will use over and over again. I keep it easily accessible so I can refer to it as needed. I suggest you do the same.

I have to confess that I have not read the book, but I did order the book today, along with my sister Dorothy & our cousin Teretha. Skeet, I had no idea that you had written so many books. When you came to Clarksdale years ago to research your first book, I had no idea that it would lead to several more. Wilbert Jones or "Skeet" as I know him, lived in Clarksdale, MS for quite some time and later moved up North (as we say in the South)to Chicago (I think). Anyway, Mr. Jones was my neighbor and I would love to hear from him. If there is a way that you can get this to him, I would appreciate it. By the way, this is Ms. Nancy's daughter. I can't wait to get the book.

The book begins with an insightful glimpse into the world of traditional "soul food": its origins and components. Wilbert Jones does a wonderful job of making simple adaptations to create healthy, extremely flavorful, and virtually fat-free recipes of my time-worn favorites. I was introduced to Jones' work in the form of the Black-Eyed Pea Veggie Burger...a flavorful alternative to fast-food albeit not as fast a meal as I initially estimated. Since that introduction, I have prepared his Skillet Corn Bread, Collard Greens, and Red Bean and Rice. Absolutely, positively delicious!!! Even my picky eaters had no problems with "Mom's experiments!!" My only criticism of this cookbook is that it is too short!! I look forward to more of Jones' work in the future!

This is a wonderful recipe book! My husband especially appreciates it, because I am a horrible cook. The recipes are very tasty. I learned how to make a great cole slaw, black eyed peas & chicken! Yum! I recommend this book to everyone!

This chef makes magic with the soul food spice mix.

I work for a government agency which isn't always known for drawing the best and brightest. This book has helped me understand the motivation (or lack of) behind my coworkers approach to their work ethic. I find this book a valuable resource that I turn to again and again as I make my way through different levels of my organization.

Having worked in the public, nonprofit and for profit sectors, I have found collaboration to be all too rare. Author Tom E. Jones spells out the conditions for successful teamwork. Leaders and followers each have their own dynamics that have the potential of blending in a mutually beneficial manner. This books offers a perspective on what it takes to work productively by focusing on tasks rather than personalities and styles. His chapters on levels of initiative, and assembling a team are priceless.

In Help! I'm Surrounded By Idiots: A Workplace Survival Guide, author Tom E. Jones draws upon his many years of experience and expertise working with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, health care providers, and small businesses to offer a jargon-free presentation of what working men and women can and should do to create rapport with colleagues and work with their associates to build better careers and better companies. Help! I'm Surrounded By Idiots argues against the traditional "one size fits all" approach so common to standard personnel training and typical workshop gurus. Tom Jones has a natural writer's gift for making sophisticated concepts and complex work place relationships readily understandable and instantly recognizable to the reader. Very strongly recommended reading for anyone wanting to successfully deal with staff and management generated workplace stress should give a careful and instructive reading to Help! I'm Surrounded By Idiots.

The book is an edited volume of some thirteen chapters that are arranged within four major subsections plus an introduction. The book covers a very wide range of topics and each chapter is written in its own style. The climatic time scale is from about AD 1000 to close to the present day. The book is accessible to the advanced undergraduate onwards. The book would be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching as well anyone with an interest in past and recent climate change or variability and to some extent its impact on past societies.

"The book has been well edited, with tables and figures well integrated into the text; the standard of English is also uniformly high. Each chapter is also followed by its own extensive references list... Overall, this book is an invaluable addition to any climatologist's bookshelf, but is best read selectively, depending on your own interests, rather than slavishly from cvoer to cover." - Ian D. Phillips, University of Birmingham, UK.

"Many books have been published on climatology although few are dedicated to the study of climate and history, which makes this book worthy of investigation for those interested in such a subject matter... Overall, the book contains much interesting, useful material that students and researchers from a variety of disciplines will benefit from reading... A flick through the chapters will almost certainly find something that suits your interests, and... it should retain a place in every library where there is an interest in either climate or history, or maybe even both."
-Pete Langdon, University of Exter

W.T. Jones' "History of Western Philosophy" series is the cream of the crop when it comes to philosophical surveys. Dr. Jones covers all the main thinkers of a given time and attempts to present their thoughts from the original author's perspective. He does this by non-judgementally discussing each thinker and by allow the reader to read long excerpts of the original author's work. You get a very good flavor of the thoughts of the time period and of the struggles that went on in between each thinker.

This is true of "Hobbes to Hume" just as it is of all the other books of the series. I appreciate the fact that Dr. Jones presents these incredible thinkers work in a manner that is not derogatory to the educated reader but is not beyond the comprehension of the beginner (there is a superb glossary). The investment in this book (and the rest of those in the series) are well worth it for anyone who wants to understand why we think the way we do.

W.T. Jones' "History of Western Philosophy" series is the cream of the crop when it comes to philosophical surveys. Dr. Jones covers all the main thinkers of a given time and attempts to present their thoughts from the original author's perspective. He does this by non-judgementally discussing each thinker and by allow the reader to read long excerpts of the original author's work. You get a very good flavor of the thoughts of the time period and of the struggles that went on in between each thinker. This is true of "Hobbes to Hume" just as it is of all the other books of the series. I appreciate the fact that Dr. Jones presents these incredible thinkers work in a manner that is not derogatory to the educated reader but is not beyond the comprehension of the beginner (there is a superb glossary). The investment in this book (and the rest of those in the series) are well worth it for anyone who wants to understand why we think the way we do.

This book, 'Hobbes to Hume', is the third volume of a five-volume series on the history of Western Philosophy by W.T. Jones, professor of philosophy in California. This series is a very strong, thorough introduction to the course of Western Philosophy, beginning at the dawn of the philosophical enterprise with the pre-Socratics in ancient Greece to the modern thinkers such as Wittgenstein and Sartre. It has grown, over the three decades or so of its publication, from one to four then to five volumes. It has remained a popular text, and could serve as the basis of a one-year survey of philosophy for undergraduates or a one-semester survey for graduate students. Even advanced students in philosophy will find this valuable, all major topics and most minor topics in the course of philosophy are covered in these volumes.

Jones states that there are two possible ways for a writer to organise a history of philosophy -- either by addressing everyone who ever participated in philosophy (which could become rather cumbersome if one accepts the premise that anyone could be a philosopher), or to address the major topics and currents of thought, drawing in the key figures who address them, but leaving out the lesser thinkers for students to pursue on their own. Jones has chosen the latter tactic, making sure to provide bibliographic information for this task.

This volume, 'Hobbes to Hume', starts where the last volume leaves off, as the medieval world is beginning to change in social, cultural, and political terms as well as intellectually. The world of feudalism, over-arching church authority and local absolute monarchies was giving way to feelings of nationalism, shared government, and, perhaps most crucially, an end to absolute dominance of a church that had become problematic in many ways.

The Renaissance began in Italy in force, drawing intellectual force from thinkers and artists who espoused a more humanistic outlook on life. Shortly thereafter (historically speaking) the Reformation began, first in Germany and then spreading across various parts of the West. Both the Renaissance and the Reformation attacked the medieval mindset, but from different directions. But perhaps one of the key ideas upon which both agreed was that the individual is largely more important than the institutions to which he or she belonged. This continues to be a tension to this day politically and philosophically, as ethnic, national, communal and religious ties still call for common emphasis.

Part of the rapid development of intellectual fields included science -- Leonardo da Vinci, Copernicus, Bacon, Galileo, Kepler and others made great strides in advancing science and technology, and worked in many ways to separate the new discipline from philosophy and theology, which was more of a joint enterprise even at this stage.

It was perhaps Descartes and Hobbes who were the first to develop philosophy as something mostly distinct from theology in this period. However, even they (and Spinoza, who came along shortly thereafter) could not escape the theological influences of the community entirely. As philosophical development continued through Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley and Hume, the ideas of epistemology, ethics, politics and metaphysics were becoming firmly established as ideas apart from the dogmatic reign of the church.

Each volume ends with a glossary of terms, and a worthwhile index. The glossary warns against short, dictionary-style definitions and answers to broad terms and questions, and thus indicates the pages index-style to the discussion within the text for further context. The one wish I would have would be a comprehesive glossary and index that covers the several volumes; as it is, each volume has only its own referents.

This is minor criticism in a generally exceptional series. It is not easy text, but it is not needlessly difficult. The print size on the direct quotes, which are sometimes lengthy, can be a strain at times, but the reading is worthwhile.

I've ready many outdoor books and have read all the great writers from yesteryear as well. I have to say that this is one of my favorites. I appreciate the sense of humor along with the down to earth and rather frank wording that Mr. Jones uses throughout this book. The range of topics covered is a good one, especially considering the adult content in a couple of the stories, which honestly was unexpected but quite funny as well. Great read.

Robert F. Jones brings an illumination to the sport of hunting that is often missing from other writers. There is an insight, a special gift that Jones has that brings us to the hunt wide eyed and ready. He speaks of favorite dogs without being soppy and sentimental. He makes passages glisten with newness even though the scene is lived out daily during the hnting season. If you are a dog lover, a hunter, or someone intereste din good writing, Jones is the man for you.

My wife gave me this book for Christmas. She told me that I was the hunter of her heart! Well enough with the sappy stuff, on with the review. I recently went on vacation and took the book along for a read at the beach. I read the book in two days! It was one of those books that was hard to put down. On my flight back to the states, I began to read some of the stories again, and was just as intrigued during the first read. Mr. Jones talks about hunting in with his Lab and a Jack Russell (definite twist). That would have been a pair to see in the field, a Jack Russell pointing and a Lab flushing!?!?!?! Mr. Jones has the ability to make you feel like you are right there with him. Not many authors have that ability. If you have a true passion for good hunting and great dogs, this book is it. Now that I am back to reality (cold, snowy weather), I have picked up the book sevral more times and began to read the book from cover to cover again, while I am waiting for my most recent Amazon order of bird hunting books. Spend the money and take the time to read this great book. It wont disapoint you.

Every relationship will benefit from the exercises and the wisdom in this book. This is a great 'do-it-yourself' tool for couples who want to be in synergy but don't know how. This book is written clearly and gives practical exercises to help understand your partner and to heal the emotional baggage that we all carry. Three cheers for Danyelle Beaudry-Jones!

Danyelle Beaudry-Jones and Ron Jones have found a unique way to pool together a profound understanding of what we go thru in our daily life as a couple with a systematic supporting tool to get an intimate relationship with the person we have select to be our special companion and friend in life. Jocelyne and I, we warmly recommend this book to all of those who prefer action instead of promise!
Robert Beaudry, Montreal, Canada.

The most important reading of my life, no more psychologists for me! After 20 years of doing therapies on and off; The author touches the core issues that are keeping us from living in synergy with ourselves and in our relationships. With the tools that are presented in this book, I have discovered what it means to be responsible for my emotions, I have learned how to contain and process those emotions. I have learn to express myself from a calm and centered place and to discern the facts from the judgements. If you think that your relationship is all that it can't be right now and/or you have settle for mediocrity or just an OK one, if you have lost all hopes of ever seeing it transformed, buy this book right now; it will transform yourself, your family dynamic and above all, your relationship. This book is easy to read, the chapters are extremely well organized and you can start using the tools right away and notice transformation of how you communicate and interact with your partner. I wouldn't be surprised that Danyelle Beaudry Jones and her husband Ron, are the next Oprah's favorite relationship experts! Suzanne Perrault, Kansas City