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Great book. Funny,intriguing, and sad. I really hate that this is the last one in the series. I will miss the great characters who have become almost like friends. The constant struggle between good and evil and the struggle of the bonds of family and the desire for power made this appeal to me as a reader and feel like I knew what they were feeling. Read and enjoy...

Outstanding book! This along with the other two in its trilogy has easily risen to the top of my favorite books. Amazing ending. Wonderfully ties up all lose strings. A wonderful piece of literature. Highly reccommended.

I love this series they just kept getting better with each book.I just hope Mr. Hill will start a new series like this.I loved the mix of supporters like the king werewolf and snowleopards.They were hilarious in the books.The vampire queen really got to me, so happy for her at the end.

My book came with an insert about the most recent changes in estate tax law. I was really impressed that the publisher would go to the trouble. The book was very helpful and I made a lot of notes, which I used when I checked out several lawyers about estate planning for my family. The lawyers were very surprised that I had such a good background and could ask questions. The book helped me decide which lawyer to choose. Everything worked out very well and I've given the book to my brother. Now he is doing estate planning, also.

Other books on subject were dense, overkill. This one is easy to read and very clear. Removes intimidation and preps you to make choices, talk with lawyer intelligently. Great diagrams and illustrations. Fast read.

It seems like "living trusts" are a fad and I was somewhat cynical, but I also admit I didn't understand what they were. The book gave me the info I needed to work intelligently with a lawyer, which I really needed to do. Before I read the book I thought I might go to one of those do it yourself paralegals, which would have been a HUGE mistake. I took my knowledge and shared it with everyone in my family and now we are all very pleased that we've done estate planning that really takes care of all of our concerns.

What I saw and felt at poker tables has been put into words! Dave Apostolico's "Machiavellian Poker Strategy" shows you how and why some people always seem to have the biggest stacks at their tables! Power is the key to poker, and one read will make YOU more of a threat at your very next game.

great book,couldn't put it down.easy to read and just as easy to apply.
beefed up my game when i needed that something extra.great value too!

As someone who was an English Lit major and an obsessed poker player, I can't think of a better book than Mr. Apostolico's Machiavellian Poker Strategy. I loved it! A real thinking man's approach based on one of the most compelling books of all time. Mr. Apostolico has written many great books, which I implore you to get. But, personally, this is my favorite.

This book is outstanding. It totally took control of me. I culdn't put it down for one minute from beginning to end. I can't believe the imagination of the writer. From one scene to the next I was under it's spell. The book, all in it and I became one. I read this book in 1999 and look forward to reading it again in 2002 and again in 2004.
I was part of an office book club and this book was passed around many, many times....... A MUST

This is a very interesting and entertaining book about how a poor Italian boy made his way in the world of crime and decadence. The dialogue is witty, and the charaters seem almost real. This is a book about loyalty to friends, and 'own people'. The way he conducts his business as a hit man is ingenious, hilarious and intelligent. I have read the book 8 times and I still find it highly entertaining.

The book was captivating when I first read it back in 1986. I thought the book just made very good reading and allowed your imagination to become one with the book. The detail of each scene and act was a credit to the writer's imagination. It had great direction which took you by the hand and led you on a incredible journey. Thanks for a great book!!!

If you're in business, you have an obligation to understand the people and trends before you to give you an understanding of the framework in which you currently work. Starting in 1900, Crainer talks about the impacts of Frederick Winslow Taylor's work in scientific management and its impact on such industrial giants as Ford and General Motors. Proceeding along, you'll learn why the work of Mary Follett (one of the first female management gurus) was so important to the rest of the decades and which gurus she has influenced since then. Max and Weber, they are in here, and Ray Kroc is too! The best part about this book is that it will give you a timeline, so you can quickly understand the century at a glance and understand which trends happened when and how they created a new future for managers and employees alike. From this book, you'll also get a list of the top 5 Harvard Business Review articles for each decade, starting from the 1950s on.

Stuart Crainer has written a very good review of management thought for the 20th Century. This is the perfect book for those who want a refresher from their principles of management class in business school or for those who never had one. The opening belongs, as one would expect, to Frederick W. Taylor and surprisingly Elihu Root. From there it is simply the progression of managment thought over the course of the twentieth century. Going by decade Crainer offers up the trend of managment theory and practice with insights from the important thinkers and practitioners of the times. At the end of each chapter there is a brief timeline as well as a sample of the companies on the Dow at that time and various bits of information that provide the opportunity for further study. All in all this is a wonderful book!!

This is one in a series of "Strategy & Business" books from Booz-Allen & Hamilton, published by Jossey-Bass. All are first-rate and well-worth checking out. In this book, Crainer devotes a separate chapter to each of the 20th century's ten decades, concluding each chapter with a timeline. In the final chapter, he provides an insightful analysis of "The State of Management."

In his Preface, Crainer observes that "the historical and theoretical strands that go to make up management are many and varied. The great management thinkers are drawn from a bewildering variety of disciplines and professions." He then explains that his book "aims to gather together many of these gloriously varied strands and provide a concise and insightful guide to the major developments in thinking and practice during the twentieth century." Here in the proverbial "nutshell" is what this book is all about. Given the wealth of rock-solid content contained within a single-volume, presented with a crisp writing style, Crainer's is indeed a brilliant achievement. Here are the ten periods and some of the "great management thinkers and practicioners" discussed in each:

1900-1910: Stopwatch Science [eg Elihu Root, Henri Fayol, and Frederick Winslow Taylor]

1911-1920: Modern Times [eg Henry Ford, Frank & Lilian Gilbreth]

1921-1930: Discovering the Organization [eg Max Weber, Chester Barnard, Billy Durant, and Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr.]

NOTE: Throughout the book, Crainer inserts his comments. For example: "Taylor discovered work. Ford discovered work on a massive scale. Sloan organized work. And no one discovered the people doing the work." That is, until the 1930s....

1931-1940: Discovering People [eg Mary Parker Follett, Bill Hewlett & David Packard]

1941-1950: Lessons in War [eg William S. Knudsen, Walter Shewhart, Akio Morita, Konosuke Matsushita]

NOTE: In 1950, Peter Drucker becomes professor of manager at New York University. "The first person anywhere in the world to have such a title and to teach such a subject," he later said.

1951-1960: Living the Dream [eg Ralph Cordiner, Thomas Watson, Sr. and Jr., Peter Drucker's The Practice of Management, Theodore Leavitt, Abraham Maslow, Frederick Herzberg, Douglas McGregor]

1961-1970: Understanding Strategy [eg Drucker, rediscovery of Sun Tzu and von Clausewitz, Alfred Chandler, Igor Ansoff, Henry Mintzberg, Harold Geneen, Robert Townsend]

1971-1980: Organized Paralysis [Alvin Toffler, Thomas J. Peters, Elliott Jaques, Reg Revans, E.F. Schumacher, Meredith Belbin]

1981-1990: An Excellent Adventure [Robert Hayes & Bill Abernathy, rediscovery of W. Edwards Deming, William Ouchi, Kenichi Ohmae, Joseph Juran, Michael Porter, Gary Hamel, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Warren Bennis]

1991-2000: The New Balance of Power [eg Michael Hammer, Percy Barnevik, John Francis Welch Jr., Michael Dell,]

As indicated previously, in the final chapter Crainer provides his own analysis of "The State of Management." It is very well-done.

Obviously, this is more of an overview than a traditional book review. My purpose is to suggest the cope of the material covered, and, to suggest also how valuable I consider that coverage to be. I wish a higher rating were available.

This book by Joel Goldsmith is one of his best. Goldsmith was a spiritual healer with a very high success rate. In this book he reveals to the reader how they too can unleash the power of God within to heal their lives and how they can utilize that power for others as well. As with all of Goldsmith's books, the reading can be dense, but those who stick with it are rewarded tremendously.

This book is one of the best by this author. It is a clear and easily understood teaching of the art of spiritual healing. Reading Goldsmith is like eating a very thick chocolate cake - you have to take each paragraph and ingest it fully before proceeding. This is not casual reading, but if you are open to the Truth teaching in here, you life will be transformed.

A book based on an earlier work by Mr. Goldsmith published shortly before his passing.Classic Infinite Way principles are presented for students in depth with topics including healing, God, error, consciousness, meditation and truth. Any student of mysticism will appreciate the broad range of truth presented in this book

This books clearly and simply describes the process of meditation. It explains many of my experiences. I have found this book to be very helpful and inspirational.

I must confess I had to edit my initial review on this book, so here is the reason why:

When I purchased this book, I did it because a meditation teacher recommended it to me because he felt it would help me to understand the correct approach and attitudes towards meditation practice. As a westerner, I believed that I was going to buy an instruction manual, step-by-step ingredients and mixing and cooking instructions on how-to-meditate almost as if it were a recipe book. As I read on, at first I could not understand most of its teachings, since (according to my expectations) the book had little or nothing to do with meditation. Nowadays, I find these teachings inspirational, since they relate to the overall loving attitude that naturally arises towards meditation practice.

This is the first book I read of Trungpa's. This is the first time that I discovered that there was a "Chogyam Trungpa". I greedily took it home from the Bodhi Tree, read it, and then grimaced as I realized that you needed a teacher (not so today!). So I took some Valium and went into the Dharmadhatu Center in L.A. and received meditation instruction. This was 1977 so it was a brave deed. And since I had no feeling in my brain or body, I did quite well. A brunette sat down with me and taught me about the famous "outbreath". Chogyam Trungpa was officially my "teacher". Later, I would find out that he was an outrageous madman (no slander, Amazon.com. Even his present students admit this!) The book is a brillant way to begin to "read up" on Trungpa. It's a soft blow. It will give good insight into Trungpa's teachings. But this series of lectures were given in Scottland in 1968, I believe. Trungpa wouldn't hit his stride until years later. After reading this, read "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" and "The Myth of Freedom". The title is a bit misleading. In the Kagyu (just say "cog-you" and you will get away with it) Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, they more or less depend on sitting meditation to trigger off mindfulness. As one student told me, "They sit like pigs". They have been criticized by the other three Tibetan traditions for it. So if you are buying this book from Amazon.com because of the title "Meditation in Action" - forget it. Buy "The Miracle of Minfulness" by Thich Nhat Hanh and vote for my review as you examine it! But if you are buying this book as an introduction to Trungpa's brillant teachings, then BUY THIS BOOK! Thank you.

This by far is the best book I've read in a long time. I am only 21 years old but this book hits pretty close to home not only because I also attended a catholic school but also because I attended the same catholic scool as the one mentioned in the book (in Iowa) many many years later (i am only 21) but most of the facility is still the way he described it. Mr.Byrne really hit the nail on the head with this one.

I read this book many years ago and laughed until I cried. It was so typical of growing up and attending Catholic Schools. I swear that Mr. Byrne attend the same Catholic School that I attended many years ago. I am searching for a copy as I lost my original. I know that I will enjoy reading it again for the fourth or fifth time.

I did not grow up Catholic, but found this wonderful book to be *the* funniest book I have ever read. You are guaranteed to laugh yourself silly many times as you read this short book. The best line: "Not only had I shit my pants, I had shit my pants for nothing." The fun just never stops as you follow a 13 year old boy through the trials and tribulations of Catholic School.

Knowledgeably written by a professor emeritus of food science, Milk: Its Remarkable Contribution To Human Health And Well-Being is a scientifically researched and presented response to modern-day claims downplaying or even attacking the health of milk as a food. Unashamedly pro-dairy consumption, Milk backs its fervent emphasis upon the importance of regularly consuming dairy products as part of a balanced diet with research, statistics, and modern scientific wisdom on everything from the nutritional benefits to the flavor of milk. Directly addressing and rebutting animal rights activist advocacy against milk - to the extent of comparing the animal rights advocacy movement to that of a religious movement driven by faith rather than reason - Milk may be passionate in its own advocacy yet its defense of a widely useful, inexpensive, and nutritious foodstuff seems to clearly be needed in the wake of so many media attacks against it.

This book contains everything you ever wanted to know about milk and more. Written by someone with extensive knowledge and background, the author demystifies the myths about milk and explains its benefits in clear, easy-to-understand language. The book offers good, solid information about a food vital to health; it's great for students, teachers, families. This is a book for everyone!

Milk is a fascinating read. Dr. Patton has excellent style and is easy to undestand (it's been quite a while since my last biology class). I am more convinced than ever of the need to get milk.

Book Description: NOW YOU SEE HIM... The man who called himself Michael Dowd wasn't exactly what he seemed. Wherever Michael went, it seemed to Francey Neeley, danger followed. But she couldn't escape an attraction to him. He was trying to pry information from her about a terrorist group, a group that was trying to kill him - and her. Soon, Francey became swept into a world of death and deceit, but she couldn't stay away from Michael. Somehow they had won each other's hearts - a dangerous combination for both.

Romantic suspense as only Anne Stuart can do it. Just when you think the story is going in one direction there's a twist then a turn and the plot thickens. The required, multi-talented bad-boy is present and making things happen. A must read for any Stuart fan.

Description from the book back cover:

Who was this enigmatic stranger with the sexy smile? He called himself Michael Dowd and he came into Francey's life under mysterious circumstances and had her heart fluttering in no time at all. But there was something odd about Michael. Danger followed him wherever he went. Michael knew that falling in love with Francey could endanger not only his life, but hers as well, but love knows little reason. The two seemed destined in a deadly combination, and as the danger escalated, they were swetp into a web of death and deceit that appeared impossible to escape ...

This book is very similar in style as Moonrise, and since that is my favourite Anne Stuart book that is high praise.

Francey Neeley's life is turned into a nightmare because she thought she loved the wrong man. She fell for The lilt of the Irish voice, the dancing blues eyes and the charm of a man from Ireland, but learn all that was a facade, a mask to hide his real purpose in marrying her - to gain her fortune and use her to get back into Ireland. He planned to kill her afterwards. Francey learns this from his 'sister' who was actually his lover. She tells Francey of the plot to kill the Queen of England when she is visiting the United States, but says someone has blow his cover - she believes it is Francey and both rush to see if they can stop him from the suicide mission.

They arrive just in time to see her attempt to kill the Queen, but she is saved by her guard who takes several bullets before killing the Irish Terrorist.

Now months later, Francey is hiding out on a Jamaican island trying to heal her soul, when her cousin says he is sending a man to stay with her. A man supposed hurt in a car accident, named Michael Dowd. She instantly sees the man is weak and recovering and her heart feels for his pain.

He is recovering all right, but not from a car accident, but the bullets her boyfriend pumped into him while he nearly gave his life to save the Queen. He has come to find Francey, find out what she knew about the incident, how much she is involved. Make love to her to get the information, and then kill her if he discovered she is one of the terrorists.

From the instant her arrives on the island, it is clear someone is trying to kill them both so they must run from their lives.

This again is one of those beautiful gems that Stuart conjures so well!! Another of those Gamma rogues with black hearts and even blacker souls that you cannot help but love!