Sachs Books

I have bought this book in order to find a usfull guide in sleight of hand...instead I have gotten a lot of unusfull text with ONLY 57 illustration. Think twise before bying this book.

This book has been hard to find in the hardcover edition, since it was originally privately printed. Dover has done their usual great job in producing this edition, and making it available at a price well within the budget of every magic lover and performer.

The book contains enough information to take the beginner through his/her paces to become a finger-flinger capable of amazing audiences of lay people (and some magicians, too) using borrowed props. Not only actual sleight of hand moves, but actual routines built on the sleights and subterfuge are explained, and in many cases, illustrated with clear diagrams.

Not only is this an excellent introduction to the art of magic without gimmics (some call sleight of hand "pure" magic), but it will also serve as the cornerstone of the magician's working library. Ask a performer to name classic texts on magic, and this title will be one of the ones included. Magazine articles in the conjuring periodicals will often cite a particular sleight that appears within these pages. For that reason alone, a copy of Sachs' treatise is recommended.

Submitted by: Brett McCarron (http://www.olywa.net/blame

The amount of magic covered in this book is astonishing, a wide range of topics, that do not necasserily use sleight of hand.
A great book to turn an ammateur into a proffesional. Loads of proffesional techniques are covered and the language, though perhaps a little dated is stil easily understood. The odd reference to half pennies reveals it's age, but it truly is an incredible buy at great value...... if you've ever been interested in magic then this is a must buy

I bought this as it was a recommended companion to Tim Hawkinson's book... The Tim Hawkinson book is amazing - the Tom Sachs book is absolute crap. The "art" looks like something drunken college kids would set up in a dorm somewhere. Not impressed.

A brilliant look into a staggeringly creative vision, Nutsy's is represented well in this book. Tom Sachs will one day save humanity, if he has not already.

Tom Sachs is the "The most important American artist of his generation." An exceptional catalog documenting the artists "Nutsy's" exhibition.

Strongly recommended.

This book was so bad! I don't know how anyone could like it. And it's so predictable.

Katie meets Zillah.
They don't like each other.
They find stuff they have in common.
They become friends.

And katie seems so unreal. She was from the city, then she moved to the country, and it seems she didn't really care. They didn't even have a bathroom in their house!!!

Don't waste your time- or money! I reccommed Millicent Min. It's is one of the best books I've ever read about an 11 year old genius.

Helen Dunmore writes lovely books for young girls, that goes without saying. Even a mushroom like the moose, ultimate or not, was fascinated enough to eat this book in one gulp with no water. If you have a daughter, especially anywhere in-between 8-13 years old, this is a perfect gift guaranteed to have your child reading madly, with her cheeks flushed and mouth slightly agape. For just a few pennies, "Zillah & Me" gave the old mushroom of a moose so much sunshine... You sure you wouldn't like to share a mysterious ride back into the times when you were a young, small mushroom?

Katie and her mom have to leave their house London and travel to Cornwall. A new fish in the pond, Katie half-expects to be a stranger, the new one, which everyone stares at much like a raven at a bone. However, with her sunny character, she does not give it much thought, as at present there are things that worry her much more:

"If you need the toilet you have to go downstairs, out of the back door, then down the path to the outside toilet at the bottom of the garden. Can you believe that we've come to live for a whole year in a cottage without an inside toilet? In fact there is no bathroom at all. There's a sink in the kitchen where we can wash, and a tin bath that Mom says we can fill with hot water from the stove.

'We'll light a fire, and have our baths in front of it. It'll be really cozy. Just imagine, Katie, a bath by firelight.'

Hmm. I can see that we won't be having baths too often. I think of the power-shower in our house in London and feel a pang of homesickness. My friends would kill me if they knew that the first thing I missed was the shower. But at least we've got running water, and electricity, so I can read in bed. Imagine if we only had candles... But the outside toilet is going to be a problem. The spider angle was the first thing I checked out. My findings were:

1. an exceptionally large black spider crouched on top of the toilet door, ready to zoom down as soon as anyone got comfortable;

2. a nest of spidelings in the corner, waiting to turn into large spiders and join their mom on top of the door;

3. (last-minute discovery) a small brown spider with very hairy legs crouched inside the toilet roll, waiting for me."

Katie meets Zillah, a local girl, daughter of her mom's good old friend. Initially, the girl seems to be very unpleasant, closed in her own shell, but our goodhearted Katie does not give up, being more mystified than offended, and so begins the uneasy acquintance, which over time transforms into a great friendship, cemented by a great secret the two of them share. Yes, says the old mushroom of a moose (when I was at Katie and Zillah's age, I thought the age of 30 was much like being a prehistoric fossil. Well, didn't you?), yes - that's exactly what one can expect from girls. Secrets! Always secrets, haha. The old mushroom of a moose is smiling as he writes these words, being as far from serious as he can get, for due to this lovely little book he was just transformed into a little boy, feeling the unmistakable scent of the world, the scent of childhood. Moose is an old grump - by golly, almost thirty years old, but he sure can enjoy a good, bright story like "Zillah & Me", and can only wish he had his own children to tell these stories to, or read aloud much like Katie's mom in the Cornwall cottage, by the fireplace...

Zillah & Me is a book that everyone would give 5 stars to because there are so many exciting events happening in this book. Katie was a girl who lived in London, she was so happy until... her father died. He was working on a ladder and the ladder fell backwards and when he was put in the ambulance he died. Then Katie and her mom moved to the country where her friend Janice lived. Janice let her live in a cottage that her aunt lived in. Jancie had a daughter, Zillah, who is about Katie's age but she has an attitude problem. Katie has to figure out what Zillah is so upset about. And it's your turn to figure it out! Read the sensational book to find out what Zillah is hiding and how Katie will help her.

It would, perhaps, be unfair to say there is no value in the book for those who are interested in Eichmann. However, Sachs' book in a very inferior source, in part because it is poorly researched, and sometimes the author seems to have a poor grasp of the meaning of her research materials.

The author's comments in the editorial section above, which completely mischaracterize the arguments made by Hannah Arendt in her book on the Eichmann trial and which also suggest that Sachs holds the ridiculous belief that Arendt had something to do with crafting the arguments used by the Defendants in the Nuremberg trials, should give any potential reader pause.

Although this book is written for the adolescent student, do not let its brevity fool you. Ms. Sachs went to the heart of the matter of the life of Adolf Eichmann, his association with the Nazi Party, and the stamp he placed on history in connection with the unnecessary slaughter of European Jews in the 1930s-1940s. The weight of this book leans towards Eichmann's simple nature, yet shows how ironically this simple man played an important role in a complex scheme of death. My highest commendations for this work in these days of plurality and remembrance.

This is an excellent, easy-to-read booklet that we recommend to all new supervisors in our company. It highlights charts, facts, checklists, guidelines which makes it easy to refer to after completing it. Good examples are given for situations and exercises for the reader to complete as well. We are ordering extra copies for the high demand for this book.

This book has some good ideas regarding performance review, but is more general than necessary. Could use better examples. About a third of the book is "filler", apparently an attempt to hit 100 pages.

Alice's teacher gave her a "C" for her book report on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a story Alice thoroughly disliked. The teacher believes Alice has misjudged the story and offers her an opportunity to reread the book and submit another report. While she is rereading Pride and Prejudice, magical shifts occur in Alice's relationships with her family and friends. Alice is a strong protagonist -- intelligent, observant and refreshingly assertive. What I really like about Alice is that her self-reflection is so brutally honest. Alice does not hedge.

Though I have a grandson the same age as Alice (thus telling my own age), I never felt frustrated by the youth and inexperience of the young characters in this story. The pacing of the plotlines held my interest in the story and I was a little sorry when the book ended, as I liked the young people and the few adults in this story.

This author must have ADD. I kept turning pages back because she doesn't finish one thought before she starts another. My head was spinning trying to keep up.
Basically the whole book is about how great Pride and Prejudice is. So instead of wasting your time reading this one, read Pride and Pejudice. Trust me, don't read this book

Alice, the middle child in a family of 5, understands what it's like to be forgotten. When reading Pride and Prejudice, she immediately connects with Mary, the forgotten sister and bases her opinion of the novel on her character's impact on the story. When she receives a C on her book report, she is given the chance to reread the novel and write a new report for a better grade. As she reads Pride and Prejudice again, she sees things in a different light. First, she begins by trying to rewrite the story by changing Mary's personality. Then, her life begins to change. She gets her first boyfriend, she learns about true friendship, and her relationship with her parents and siblings change. Slowly, she learns about her purpose in life, as well as the importance of leaving Mary's character the way she is.

I thought that First Impressions was a cute book. It was clever how the author incorporated Pride and Prejudice into this story. I have not read Pride and Prejudice before, and reading this made me want to read the classic. I would recommend this for younger teens, as the main character is younger, but anyone can relate to Alice's problems. This is definitely a book that should not be overlooked.

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After 9-year-old Fran Ellen's mother was found to be suffering from depression and neglecting her children, she and her four siblings were put in foster homes. Now, it's several years later, and Mama has recovered enough to reclaim her children.

They don't have much money, and it's hard on the children, who have become used to living without Mama. But four-year-old Flora was just a baby, and she thinks of her foster family as her true family, not these strangers whom she's just supposed to love.

Fran Ellen, who loved Flora like her own baby, is desperate to help her adapt. But sometimes, in order to help someone, you have to be willing to let her go.

If you enjoy this book, check out the prequel, "The Bears' House."

This is the sequel to The Bear's House. The Bear's House ended very abruptly and we didn't learn what became of Fran Ellen and her family. Well years later I was in highschool when this sequel came out. I was so excited. Fran Ellen's family flew apart and she and her siblings were distributed among various foster homes. Her father had walked out on them which had started the whole problem. We never learn what happened to him. But Fran Ellen's mother goes crazy and has to go to the hospital. In this book Fran Ellen and her siblings and mother are reunited and begin to reconstruct their broken lives. Fran Ellen's poor beloved doll house was in shambles, however. There were a lot of sad parts. Fran Ellen did a lot of self parenting in The Bear's House (I cannot imagine not having a sane mother to come home to!) and she was a mother to her baby sister Flora, whom she loved best in the world. Flora was sent to a different foster family and so the bond between the two sisters is broken, and Flora doesn't even remember her sister Fran Ellen. SAD! Instead Flora becomes very attatched to her foster folks so she goes to live with them. Poor Fran Ellen is torn up inside! These two books are the perfect example of how devistating it is to live in a broken home without a father and in poverty. It is really very tragic. However there are some humorous parts and a lot of positive changes occour in Fran Ellen's relationships with her mother, and other siblings. All in all, this family rises up and stands tall despite the father's absence...

As a successful, self-taught business owner and entreprenuer for over 20 years, I have read them all and this simple book, that can be read in a matter of hours, has some of the finest insights around. It's easy. It's simple. Author Sachs gives examples of what to ask, what not to ask, and the way to word the question to get the best answer. I have owned this book for five years and continually refer to it for a refresher, give it my managers to read before they interview and recommend it to friends. You can spend a lot more money, but I have yet to find a nuts and bolts book that's any better.

There are many more comprehensive books available, this book wasn't even useful as a "quick brushup" or as an initial primer because it was so generic. Also, too much time is spent on really minor things - one sentance would have sufficed rather than several pages on how a messy office versus a clean office makes a different impression on the interviewee. Fleshing out how to ask useful and incisive interview questions and how to identify warning flags would have been much more useful.

I've been very impressed with "Hiring the Best: A Manager's Guide to Effective Interviewing", and both newbie as well as experienced interviewers in my team have greatly benefited from it.

The author of this book is my own sister, she has viciously attacked our deceased father in search of fortune and fame. The devil lurks deep within her and always has. Please do not buy it or believe a word of it. Cathy you are sick sick sick!

This book made me laugh, and cry. I couldn't bring myself to put it down!! I highly recommend it to all readers.

There's no such thing as too much men's studies: this privileged group needs to see itself and not think of itself as universal or de-sexed. Also, men's studies fulfills the most when it covers the intersectionality of masculinity and other areas. Books have been produced about older men, black men, bisexual men, rich men, poor men, and finally this book publishes work on rural men. Like much men's studies, the contributors are both male and female.

Though this book includes photographs of men of color and non-Christian men, not one article spoke of rural men of color. There are articles that speak of racist, and religiously intolerant rural men, but that did not suffice in terms of diversity. Because many men of color and immigrant men work on farms, this is a sore absence.

I applaud the editors for including articles about the UK, New Zealand, Sweden, and the US. However, this book only mentions rural men in industrialized countries. What about the countless rural men in developing nations? The status of the US is intriguing here. Only a few chapters cover this nation and they are placed somewhere in the middle of the book. Did the contributors need to cover Americans in order to get published or did they want to prove that the US is just one country of many that has rural men?

R. Connell is the godfather of men's studies. Having him contribute a chapter somewhat blesses the text. Cornel West once did that in the book about Black men in academia. Now that I think of it, Patti LaBelle blessed the young songstresses who remade "Lady Marmalade." Still, I didn't think Connell's entry was strong. It just proved that he can write on history, rather than just sociology.

I wasn't wowed by this book, but I truly appreciate its addition to the genre.