Rowe Books

I recently returned from a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, and was enchanted by the magnificent Vancouver Public Library, designed by this most brilliant architect. Since I had also been captivated by his work on the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, I just had to have this book filled with gorgeous photographs and fascinating descriptions of Mr. Safdie's work all over the globe. This "album" is a feast for the eyes and will be my treasure for years to come

I looked at this book in a museum shop and I was amazed. I thought it was one of the most beautiful books I've ever looked at.

A beautifully illustrated children's book. The Spanish/English vocabulary is great for children learning to speak a new language.

This book had extremely vivid and colorful illustration that caught both my eye and that of my son's. It was a creative story and taught simple Spanish words. The Spanish element of it made it more unique than most alphabet book on sale.

Lynn Rowe Reed's PLEASE DON'T UPSET P.U. ZORILLA! tells of a talented skunk who needs a job and who only has one problem: when he becomes rattled, he can't control his spray. So everyone has to watch out not to upset him - but that's a hard idea. Is there any job for a hardworking but sensitive sprayer? A hilarious tale evolves.

Ah, the smell of skunk. You just can't escape it. You're driving along a country road and WHAM!

So how do you cope when you're the Mayor and you receive the following letter?: "My home was replaced by a shopping mall. I am looking for a new home. I am kind, hardworking, generally smell fine, and am good with children and animal. May I come to your town to live? Sincerely, P.U. Zorilla."

The mayor is a kindhearted sort of fellow, so he welcomes P.U. Zorilla "with open arms." Unfortunately, the "generally" in P.U.'s letter speaks volumes. His gig driving the school bus goes well until a fight breaks out in the back rows. His job at the pet store begins swimmingly--until a snake slithers in. With every new job, there's a new problem.

Lynn Rowe Reed's "Please Don't Upset P.U. Zorilla!" will be a huge hit with kids who like talking about disgusting smells. Oh, wait, that's all of them--at least in the two- to eight-year-old range.

Reed's kinetic illustrations will please as well. "Please Don't Upset P.U. Zorilla" is bright, friendly, and funny. Reed uses collage, colorful childlike paintings, and real objects to illustrate this charmer of a picture book.

"Please Don't Upset P.U. Zorilla" is highly recommended for kids ages 2-8. It would make for a fun (and noisy) read-aloud in libraries, schools, and reading groups. Just gather a small crowd for maximum effect.

Sandra provides real down to earth tools and techniques that are proven and work in managing small projects. Let's face it that is what makes up the bulk of what Project Managers do in organizations. What is great about the content is that each chapter builds progressively on the knowledge and considerations that need to be applied during the different phases of a project's life cycle. An excellent reference to have and share with project team members too so everyone starts on the same page and stays in concert throughout the journey and learning experience. I appreciate the stories and personal touches she integrates into the book.

Very interesting book. Most of books I have read on Project management discpline are oriented to mega-projects, however most of projects we have to deal with in the real life, fall in the category of small projects. So it is plausible that somebody takes care about this environmet.

I have returned to this book several times for help in understanding why I have an "uh oh" feeling in my gut in regard to certain relationships; loving partnerships, business relationships, family relationships. All of us bring baggage with us and sometimes this baggage interferes with how we treat each other. If several significant women treated a certain man as a "credit card" rather than as an equal, loving individual with special qualities, then the next woman who comes along will likely be seen by him as a golddigger as well - even if she is completely innocent of this personality trait. This book instructs you to see how someone may be projecting their expectations on you and how to get them to stop, for the health of the relationship.
While many people know about the concept of "projecting," I think this book is really helpful to break destructive patterns and improve your own self-esteem by not allowing others to see you in ways that are not consistent with who you really are - but which are based upon how they "see" you, whether as clingy girlfriend, lazy employee, irresponsible friend, or ball-buster.

This books hits the nail on the head. I think we all are guilty of projection at times, and this book provides a sense of understanding of the hows and whys of projection and it's effects.

This book was about a dog that got separated from its owner. The man could not take care of himself. Skye was at the King Street Kennels for a while. But when Neil Parker lets Skye off,she will not come back! Where do you think she went?

I am 6 years old and I like this book because it is a part of my collection of Puppy Patrol books. I like Puppy Patrol, Jenny Dale's books!

Saving Skye is about a roughe collie that is named Skye. Her owner has to go to a nursing home where no pets are allowed. Sky's owner's daughter brings her to Neil and Emily, ath the puppy patrol. They try to find Sky a new home. They take her to the nursing home secretly, to see her owner. One day, while they were on a walk, she disappeared. Will they ever find her? Read to find out.

the book is very well written and summarizes the important facts and ideas within the topic of sexual conflict.

This is a very interesting look at sexual conflict across various species. In true lifelong monogamous species the reproductive interests of the two sexes converge, reproduction is a joint cooperative venture, and the two sexes also are normally very much alike in body and behaviour. But this is very rare in nature. Most species are not monogamous and, because of the different potential reproductive output of the two sexes and different degrees of investment in offspring, conflicts between the sexes are ubiqitous.

Examples are given of the occurence of injury or death to females during male-male competition for mating such as dungflies, elephant seals, otters and toads. In mallards, 7-10% of female mortality is due to male sexual harassment. These deaths are, of course, incidental and not intentional as a dead female is of no reproductive use to the male. Another example is that of the garter snake where the waiting males all converge on a female as she emerges from hibernation. The pressure of the males is such that she cannot obtain oxygen and her stress response involves cloacal gaping which thereby permits male intromission.

Male infanticide has now been observed in many mammalian species where a male will kill a female's dependent offspring so that she will become fertile again and he will be able to father her next offspring. This has also been observed in a well-studied spider species. And most people are aware of the female spiders cannibalizing the male. The funnel-web spider male uses a toxin spray to knock the female out so he can mate and the scorpian male stings the female to overcome her appression.

Whilst males have evolved persistence traits, females are more likely to exhibit resistance traits because they have more to lose and less to gain from mating - it wastes energy or it interferes with their feeding or it increases her predation risk or the male is low quality or she has enough sperm already. And at least in the case of some fruitflies, the chemical cocktail that comes with the sperm and acts for its benefit can harm the female and accelerate senescence. The sperm of some insects can cause an extended refractory period in the females or make her unnattractive to further males. Sometimes though, the male is providing a large spermatophore, such as a butterfliy's which can be 10-25% of his bodyweight or 14-20% for a bush cricket, so the male is likely to be choosy about the quality of the female.

These are just a few examples of conflict between the reproductive interests of males and females. And there is conflict too in hermaphrodite species. As the authors say: "....sexual conflict is not about males or females per se but rather is an inevitable consequence when two unrelated individuals make a joint investment in reproduction. Since males of most species have a higher potential reproductive rate, males are often selected to exploit female investment and females are selected to avoid being exploited." Also: "Some forms of sexual selection also promote extinction by a sexual selection 'load'. All models of sexual selection predict that males should become more or less maladapted as they accumulate traits that are costly in terms of natural selection. Comparative studies have found male survival rates in relation to female are lower in sexually dimorphic species than in monomorphic species."

The authors concude by saying that we need more information on sexual selection in females. Indeed, the more obvious differences between males in reproductive success and the more obvious traits that result in males from male-male competition has always grabbed the limelight. But females too vary in their reproductive fitness so female-female competition and male mate choice certainly need more attention. This book, though, is a very important collection of research information on the sexual 'arms race' of adaptation and counter-adaptation, on what sexual asymmetry means for sexual behavior, and on what the implications are for sexual selection, natural selection and evolution.

Children will love this entertaining tale of a writer, an illustrator, and a duck. Besides being laugh-out-loud funny, this clever story introduces children to the basic elements of fiction: characters, setting, and conflict. In addition, it humanizes the people (authors and illustrators) who create books like this for children. There's nothing quite like this one on the market!

Kids, teachers, and parents will LOVE this delightfully nutty post-modern picture book that explores the art of creating a picture book. When an author loses her way while writing a new story, crazy things start popping up to keep her on her toes and inspire her creativity.

For elementary teachers and parents who like to talk about the books they read, "A Story with Pictures" will inspire great discussions of how stories are put together and what choices an author must make when writing. The writing and illustrations are light and whimsical and will keep the kids laughing while they learn.

This book will teach and train you to become a world class strategic management consultant using the BCG methodology. A very practical book!!

Cases and techniques about management strategic. Knowledges about techiques from Boston Consulting Group. Examples for each chapter.

This is a really amazing book containing all the information necessary for graduate study and research on TE. I am fully satisfied with the contents and quality of this book and I will recommend my colleagues to purchase it.

A great intro and general reference into a very niche but interesting study. I am currently using this book as a main reference to an energy related project. A great resource for the student, professional or just someone who is curious.

The book is well organized and each chapter can be read in sequence or independently as a reference. Plenty of information on the sources and tables. .

A great book and a must have for the professional or amature.