Wallace Books

I agree that this is indeed the most important practice manual for Kalachakra practitioners currently available that I have come across, particularly for those practising the 6-session Kalachakra Guru-yoga text prepared by HH the Dalai Lama and his senior tutor, the great Ling Rinpoche. The book is a long, detailed teaching on this guru-yoga practice, explaining many of the subtle points that would be missed just from reading the text without instruction. It is wonderfully informative and inspiring. However, it is only for those who have received the Kalachakra empowerment.

I love working with this text. The text goes line by line through the Kalachakra 6 session guruyoga practice written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama(also included), explaining and amplifying in clear, simple language. It is a transcription of teachings given to an American dharma center: not just what to do, but why. My practice has deepened as a result of this book. I read a passage, then take it into meditation and immediately see that another level of meaning opens. Thank you, Ven. Lamrimpa-la. Thank you, Mr. Wallace. You are sources of sustenance.

If you receive Kalachakra empowerment, this is the book for you. Detailed explanation of six-session guru yoga and Kalachakra overall is excilent.

This book is beautifully wirtten. I recomend this book to anyone who for whatever reason does not feel happy, whether it's unhappiness from whithin or whithout yourself. It has enabled me to have more trust and confidence in myself and to live my life each day instead of getting caught up in what might be.
I have found the contents and little examples of the authors experiences like a hand in friendship held out to be taken as your elegantly guided towards inner freedom and self love.
If your not sure about purchasing this book take the plunge, it may just be the help that you need and that has been missing from your life. Let your curiosity get the better of you!!!
Amanda,
Sydney, Australia.
October 2nd, 2007.

this book is not about a destination but a journey, one which you can refer to over and over again. It's not only practical and easy to read, but very easily applied.

One of my favourite quotes... we are not called "human doings but human beings".... it's so simple but very true.... And how many of our us spend our life 'doing' instead of just 'being'?

This book is written by a humane, caring human being, who has been through some very tough experiences himself and learned a hell of a lot from them - unusually, because many of us have had hard times but didn't necessarily learn much that helps ourselves in the present and future, nor that is of much value to others. Indeed, Wallace teaches in this book just how to learn from your experiences, that indeed there is great blessing to be found from traumatic life events. Definitely worth reading and applying in your life.

My 2 year old loves the Wallace and Gromit movies and he was really surprised when he saw the calendar. He loves it. I will have to order him a book with more photos.

I've been a big fan of Wallace & Gromit for years,and I love this calender which features art from the short films of Wallace & Gromit. Guaranteed to bring a big smile each month! Now...to get some nice cheese and crackers!

I love this calendar because it has so many new images that I've never seen before. They're not from the movies, and they're not from any shorts. They look great, are colorful, and a must for any Wallace and Gromit Lover!

Work and Rewards is chock full of useful information. Crandall and Wallace write mainly for organizations that resemble their clients -- corporations that manufacture goods for profit. But I think this book is even of value for non-profits. While obviously helpful for human resource people, this book would be beneficial reading for CEOs, top organizational leaders, and even frontline supervisors.

"The job is dead," the authors declare. "Job" is part of the "old deal" marked by cradle-to-grave security. "The New Deal will require us to act as adults, not children." Employees will be increasingly responsible for acquiring the skills needed by their employers. Narrow job descriptions are already giving way to broader, more flexible skill sets. The authors claim this shift will help organizations run more effectively and will increase worker satisfaction.

Don't be mistaken; Work and Rewards is not a pie-in-the-sky futurists dream. It is based on the real life experiences the authors have had with dozens of clients, including Sony, Corning, and others. Work and Rewards is packed with practical models, steps, outlines, case studies, plans, and formulas. These tools can help organizations evaluate the cost of going virtual, determine what key drivers the organization wants to reward, and how to manage the transition.

I highly recommend Work and Rewards.

Chapters include:

1. Forging a New Compact Between People and Technology
2. Working in the Virtual Workplace
3. Exploring the Virtual Workplace
4. Work Design
5. Skills and Competencies
6. Rewards in the Virtual Workplace
7. The Blended Workforce
8. The Economics of the Virtual Workplace
9. Getting to the New Deal in the Virtual Workplace

"Economic and technological forces have converged in this last decade of the twentieth century to create an entirely new form of business competition. The New Competition", N. Fredric Crandall and Marc J. Wallace, JR. write, "encompasses a global economy and is driven by information rather than product and by time rather than space, creating a revolution in the way we do business...The New Competition has emerged in three parallel developments: (1). Former competitors forming alliances to command the market, (2). New marriages of technology, markets, and opportunity, and (3). The creation of new business entities that replace traditional ones, defining the entire length of a value chain-a form of organization that has been characterized as the virtual organization...The virtual organization requires a virtual workplace. The virtual workplace is a work environment where goods and services are created and delivered joining employees beyond the traditional bounds of time and place. Technology is a foundation for the virtual workplace, creating the means for innovations in working relationship such as teams of people who work together via teleconferencing or transfer work in progress from one venue to the next across time zones to keep work going on a continuous basis."

In this context, in Chapter Six, they examine how the role of rewards and compensation changes when an organization evolves from a traditional to a virtual workplace. Firstly, they define job in a traditional organization and argue: "The job concept served traditional organizations well. Work has been organized in a command-and-conrol bureaucracy characterized by functional specifications and hierarchy. It is a paradigm shaped by early twentieth-century thinking of Max Weber and Frederick W. Taylor, implemented by Henry Ford, and cast in the legislation of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal of the 1930s. Unfortunatelly the paradigm no longer serves us because the job has died. Globalization of production and technological revolution have forced us into a post-industrial model for producing goods and services. The work designs of the virtual workplace have forced companies to tear down hierarchy do away with functional specialization, and organize all activities according to entire business processes that cut across traditional departments and occupations."

Hence, they compare traditional and virtual base pay models, and argue that in the new workplace people are paid not for the job they hold but for the role they are expected to play.

I. Base Pay Model in the Traditional Workplace:

1. Unit of analysis: Job

2. Basis for determining value: Job evaluation

3. What pay is for: Work performed

4. Base pay progression: (a). Modest movement within grades to mid-point. Pay is controlled to mid-point. (b). Promotion required for significant advancement.

5. Base pay structure: Many narrow grades, hierarchically arranged.

II. Base Pay Model in the Virtual / New Paradigm Workplace:

1. Unit of analysis: Personal role

2. Basis for determining value: Personal evaluation

3. What is pay for: Capacity to perform

4. Base pay progression: Significant movement from entry rate to target rate based on capacity acquisition.

5. Base pay structure: Few, broad bands

Finally, they define this new paradigm as skill-or-competency-based pay, and argue: " the base pay progression policy that best serves the virtual workplace is skill-or competency-based pay.

I highly recommend.

Like the industrial revolution before it, the Information Age is giving rise to new types of organizations, new ways of working, and new approaches to human resource management. This technology-driven economy, with its virtual realities, is profoundly reshaping the nature of relationships between organizations, as well as between the organization and the individual.

On a macro level, the authors aim to show how a new social contract (New Deal) is developing between individuals and organizations, replacing the traditional employer-employee relationship. Through this virtual revolution, the conflict, as many see and experience it today, between people and technology will be overcome. And free market dynamics make it inevitable that virtual organizations will and must continue emerging.

Moving from the macro to the micro, the authors explore some of the pivotal changes taking place today; changes in the nature of the workplace, the design of work, the use of competencies, the characteristics of reward systems, learning, career opportunities, and staffing. Numerous tables and diagrams, as well as illustrations from company experiences, highlight key points and make the distinctions between traditional and virtual workplaces vivid. There is a lot to be gained from each chapter. Guidelines are presented to help practitioners address their needs for taking action. The authors are also helpful in laying bare serious problems that companies have faced in applying such concepts as skill- or competency-based pay and broad bands which I, as a consultant in organization and compensation, welcome seeing in print. Additionally, the authors present a model to demonstrate the economic value of the virtual workplace. This is an excellent book, impressive in scope and rich in substance.

Just bought the book because my Grandfather Stan Fuller was one of the eleven iron men of Yale..Thanks for writing the story of the Yale players-

Bill Wallace's book, Yale's Ironmen, is a treasure of knowledge, not just the knowledge of the Yale-Princeton football game of 1934 but the human history of the men who played in the game, their coaches, their families and how the development of television and professional football affected the attitudes of consumers for football and other sports activities

I bought this book as a long-time college football fan and found it to be one of the best sports books I have read. Much more than just football, this book tells the stories of the players and coaches and is a wonderful look at life and sports in the 1930's. All of this makes this a great read for sports fans or just those who remember what life was like in 1934. A truly inspirational story of one team's refusal lose against incredible odds.

I really enjoy reading through this book and my best friend is finding ways to now use it with her kids.

As a born again Christian I find this book to be a very good reference. The authors arranced so that topic anr easy to find and written in layman terms. My copy is placed near my desk. --- Kenneth Whitman

Aloha Summer is very good. Actually, I think Bill Wallace is good. In fourth grade, I met Bill Wallace at the Belle Isle Public Library. I think Bill Wallace is very funny. He had some funny stories to tell. Bill Wallace is also a very nice man. I also got to see Bill Wallace's wife, Carol Wallace. I understand that Bill Wllace lives in Chickasha, Oklahoma. I also live in Oklahoma. I think Aloha Summer is the best book Bill Wallace has written.

I bought this book for my daughter before we went on a trip to Hawaii and afterwords she couldn't wait to arrive. She is already a HUGE Bill Wallace fan. If you read all of his other reviews you'll soon see why he is so loved by kids. Anyway, I thought the story my daughter told me was very interesting and so when we returned from Hawaii I myself read the book. The book was amazing. It depicted Hawaii as we saw it and related how it had been before all the developement. The characters were very real to life and I could see how my daughter could relate to the story. Hawaii is a magical place and so is this book. I read the Horn review and found it to be completely wrong so I just had to write one from a REAL reader and parent of a beloved fan. Not to mention a new fan-- ME!

Peter Canning succinctly tells the history of The Reader's Digest, from its humble beginnings to the story of the mighty direct mail machine it became. The style is clear and concise (as matches the subject), and his careful and comprehensive research is clearly evident throughout. After the salacious nonsense by John Heidenry, (Theirs Was The Kingdom -- 1993) it's refreshing to see how an insider deals with the subject.

This is undoubtedly one of the best books ever written about the building of a truly American business empire, (The Reader's Digest Association) and how that empire affected the lives of its founders, Dewitt and Lila Wallace.The author poignantly details how the founders,who were undoubtedly handson managers of the Digest for most of their lives,became prisoners of their empire, and how those who inherited the reigns of the Digest abused that powerand abandoned the original goals the Wallaces developed for it.

First published in 1951, American Jewry And The Civil War by Rabbi Bertram Korn is a striking, comprehensive look at how the 150,000 American Jews were involved on both sides of America's deadliest conflict. Chapters include meticulous discussions on such matters as Rabbinical positions on the issue of slavery; Lincoln and the Jews; and anti-Semitism in both the North and the South. A wealth of references permeate exhaustive study, including transcripts of original correspondence that noteworthy Jewish leaders had with President Lincoln. American Jewry And The Civil War is a welcome and impressive contribution to Civil War studies and nineteenth century American Jewish history.

Half a century after it was written, Bertram W. Korn's AMERICAN JEWRY AND THE CIVIL WAR remains the definitive work on the topic of Jewish-American participation in the American Civil War. Unlike other Judaic historians, Dr. Korn displays no partisan bias, neither "Union" nor "Confederate", neither "Orthodox" nor "Pluralistic." His research is impeccable, and his scholarship is objective and pleasing to all.

OUTSTANDING!

from: "Jewish-American History on the Web"

This book consists of a series of teachings on several topics by the highly respected Tibetan lama Gyatrul Rinpoche, skillfully translated by B. Alan Wallace and Sangye Khandro. It's divided into three parts, titled "Transformation," "Dream Yoga" and "Meditation," and each of these three parts consists of a "root text" by a renowned Tibetan author and a commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche. The first root text is a wonderful "lojong" (mind training) text called "Transforming Felicity and Adversity into the Spiritual Path," by Jigme Tenpe Nyima. The second is a dream yoga text called "Releasing Oneself from Essential Delusion," by Lochen Dharma Shri, and the third is a Dzogchen text called "The Illumination of Primordial Wisdom," by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche. Taken together, these three texts and their lucid and practical commentaries give a very complete introduction to the essential teachings of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, and will be a great treasure for anyone interest in practicing these profound methods.

very useful....profound...... a variety of topics