Warren Books

Massive in size, lizard-like, and armed with horns and teeth; it's no wonder dinosaurs capture children's imaginations. "Dinosaurs!" is a book to educate young readers about these massive lizards from millions of years ago, filled with full color illustrations and fun facts. Sure to please any young dinosaur lover, "Dinosaurs!" should be in the science shelves of every community library's children's collection.

This book is a classic for all young dinosaur fans. When my kids were into dinos, this was a favorite early book. The dinosaur pictures are clear. The dinos are all described, w/ enough detail to be able to identify them, w/out being a textbook. But my favorite part of this book is that all the dinosaur names are spelled out phonetically! It makes life so much easier when you know what to all the great beasties!

I will post a photo of the book, ASAP.

Enjoy!
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This book was a wonderful introduction to Dinosaurs for my son. It taught him the names of dinosaurs and what they eat in a way that was understandable for him.

This is the short of it... If I had to burn my books to stay alive, this would be the last one I would burn.

Mark has done a excellent job in reproducing the original "Shipbuilder" articles. If you are interested in oceanliners from the early 1900s, buy this book.

I gave this book and the Volume 2 companion to my husband for his birthday and he hasn't put them down since. These books may not be for those who have merely leaped onto the romantic bandwagon of the Titanic movie. These are for people who want to learn about the materials the floors were tiled with and what went into making the boilers. If you're into authentic details, these are wonderful books.

This is and excellent book for those who are interested in the great ocean liners of the early twentieth century. It features the original articles from the trade magazine "The Shipbuilder" with beautiful photos and detailed engineering drawings of great ships like the Olympic, Titanic, Mauretania, Lusitana and many others. It's all done on high quality acid-free paper making it a long term reference book. It's a very expensive book, but a must for any maritime enthusiast.

Warren Hunter taps into the power of intimate worship in his book "The Divine Attraction." The book is rich in scriptural content filled with examples illustrating the depths of God's love and how "God inhabits the praises of His people."

Warren challenges the reader to: "Allow the worship of God from within the Spirit of God to rise within you to meet God in heaven, and touch the face of God." He goes on to explain how worship is created in the heart and how important this is as the primary focus in approaching God.

Examples are drawn from the altar experiences of Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, David, Solomon, and Elijah to emphasize the need "to present our bodies as a living sacrifice" as we move into an intimate worship with God.

I found the meditations of the heart sections of the book to stir my heart in a new synergy of worship resulting in an amazing breakthrough in "establishing an environment of the Spirit."

Hunter writes with power, authority, clarity and conviction as he challenges the reader to examine true hallowed worship and supernatural closeness with the God of heaven as they respond by magnifying and praising Him with their spirit, soul, and body.

This is a book for anyone who wants to know more of the depths of God's love and the worship that follows when we release God's Spirit within us to reach into our innermost being.

This is a blessing book full of teachings for building a personal intimate relationship in Worship of our Lord. It is a God Working With God(GWWG)book. It is life building for all who are searching for intimacy with God. It is a book you read and re-read, and then place it in your stack of books to read for it is refreshing! At the end of most chapters the author provides for the reader GWWG Love and Worship - Meditations of the Heart.

WOW, what a great book about how God wants us to love and worship Him in purity. God wants to encourage and strengthen us through our worship to Him. God inhabits our praises and we should expect God to show up in power every time we praise Him.

Very good read! It was paced well, and the action was not so gory that parents would like it and a kid would love it! Definately a great suggestion for fantasy fans! Along the same lines as Harry Potter and C.S. Lewis!

this book is the best book I have ever read!!!!!It is cool because It is about a 12 year old girl a 10 year old boy and 5 dragons. It's funny, exciting, and fun to read!!!!!!!!! Return of the Guardians IS THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!
READ IT!!!!

I vastly enjoyed this book. It has a light airy feel with its short chapters, but then again has an addicting charm that leaves you wanting more. I enjoyed the inventive and creative powers and development of the characters of the story. The story has a real but other-worldly quality that I feel is refreshing and unique. This story can be enjoyed by all as a simple but unique escape from the mundane. I look forward to more from this incredible new series.

Wow! Have you ever wondered what a perfect kitchen would look like? You don't have to use your imagination, you just need to open the book. The book encapsulates more than most peoples imaginations. It opens the door to inspirational yet functional kitchens. This is a complete guide for designers, connoisseurs and builders. A must read for anyone building or redoing a kitchen!

If you are contemplating a kitchen remodeling project in the near future and don't want to live out of cardboard boxes for two years (been there, done that), do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this book. Eat in Kitchens is laid out in an ultra organized fashion and it is a visual delight. From the helpful and detailed but not overburdened information to the beautiful photographs, it is a book that will make your remodeling project a labor of culinary love.

I remember when I was a child and we had a breakfast nook in the kitchen; what a great place it was to eat, laugh, talk and share confidences. The resurgence of eat-in kitchens hearkens to that bygone era when life was a little simpler. Now, we have wonderful modern conveniences like microwaves, dishwashers and trash compactors to make the work a little simpler, but we still need that personal connecting point that an eat-in kitchen provides.

All the important aspects of creating the eat-in kitchen are covered in chronological order. Beginning with a brief history, through layout, cabinets, color, storage, accessories, and styles, the information is presented in an uncluttered sidebar style with artistic illustrations and sumptuous photographs. The book concludes with a resource guide, a very helpful glossary and an index. Scattered hroughout the book are Green Tips which incorporate new, eco-friendly building materials and techniques. The book is also a Green Edition, printed on recycled paper and made in the U.S.A.

Kudos, Catherine!

The kitchen has always been the heart and hearth of the home, but never has it come into its own as today. "Eat-in Kitchens" is beautifully photographed, written with substance and there isn't a page, chock-full of ideas, that doesn't inspire. This is one of the best kitchen resource books I've had the pleasure of reading from cover to cover. From help with comfortable and elegant layouts to delightful color schemes to skillful organization, every light-filled page abounds with excellent suggestions about design and decor to fit today's lifestyles.

The kitchen is the heart of every home and the center of daily life. "Eat-In Kitchens" is an impressive compilation of interior designs, concepts, and examples from fashion and home design expert Catherine Warren Leone of what can be done to enhance the beauty, utility, and efficiency of the kitchen as a place for all occasions including breakfast, brunch, lunch, mid-afternoon snacking, dinner, and late night dining. Profusely illustrated with full color photography by Mark Samu, "Eat-In Kitchen" is a visual and conceptual celebration of the conveniences and pleasures of creating a single space in which the acts of cooking, eating, and enjoying quality time with family and friends. A welcome and invaluable contribution to personal, professional, and community library Interior Design reference collections, "Eat-In Kitchen" is specifically intended to help the non-specialist general reader to select just the right layout to maximize the available space; create individual 'kitchen zones' for food preparation, cooking, serving, and cleanup; select eco-friendly and visually appealing cabinetry, paints, flooring, and appliances; and crate an overall color scheme in compliance with professional standards of quality. Whether creating a new kitchen in a new home, or seeking to rehabilitate, update and modernize an existing kitchen facility, "Eat-In Kitchens" is the perfect source of ideas as to what can be done by anyone, anywhere, anytime, and on any budget.

I was very impressed with this book and the author's writing - the characters are much developed and the story line more complicated than the silly cover would portend - I'm going to check out more of her books and probably read them.
Check out - Blind Spot - Romantic Suspense with environmental theme

Eighteen years ago Emily Cooper and Jackson Talbert connected in a way that was profound. At twenty-one, he was struggling with his family regarding entering the family business. At seventeen, she was struggling with the embarrassment of her mother's recently announced pregnancy. Together they found mystery and magic beneath the moon, loving one another deeply and passionately. Their last night together, they ran out of condoms, reusing one in an effort to be responsible. It wasn't enough.

When Emily learned of her pregnancy, she repeatedly tried to contact Jackson. All his promises of phone calls and return visits disappeared in the light of day, leaving her alone to cope. She didn't know his mother was terminally ill, and as she struggled to cope with birth, he was learning about death. Lost in his grief, Jackson never knew that Emily was trying to reach him.

Emily's mother reacted strongly to her teen daughter's pregnancy. Harsh words and judgment pushed Emily into a decision she would regret for the rest of her life. She gave her daughter up for adoption. She never told anyone of those days, and the wounds are still fresh. Even fresher when she's working as a doctor and Jackson unexpectedly arrives at the hospital to demonstrate his new software. As all the old feelings come rushing back, Emily's secret holds the power to destroy their relationship yet again. Or provide the healing they both need.

Author Linda Warren creates a poignant tale of family, forgiveness, and redemption in EMILY'S DAUGHTER. While the plot might be a bit predictable, the play of family dynamics and the resolution of the past result in poignant, memorable read. Emily Cooper is flawed, admirable, beautiful heroine as is Jackson Talbert an equally flawed, worthy, memorable hero. These are characters that believable, that readers can identify with, and that remain in the heart and imagination long after the last page is turned. Highly recommended.

Eighteen years ago Emily Cooper and Jackson Talbert met and fell in love. They made love, but on their last evening together they recycled a used condom. Emily became pregnant, but failed in her efforts to inform Jackson of her condition. Though he promised forever, he never called her after that last night. Instead, Jackson struggled with his mother dying, which left the teenage Emily in the untenable situation of having to give up her baby for adoption.

Almost two decades later, Emily, who is now a doctor, sees Jackson, who visits her hospital to exhibit a new software program. Though their old feelings surface immediately, Emily has never recovered from the betrayal of eighteen years ago. With that baggage and her secret, a relationship between them seems remote.

Though written within the confines of category boundaries, EMILY'S DAUGHTER is an engaging tale that grabs the reader's heart. The flaws and demons both lead protagonists carry make Emily and Jackson authentic and very human. The story line grips the empathetic audience who will want this couple to regain the happiness they lost. Linda Warren provides readers with a tearjerker that never lets up on the angst until the ending.

Harriet Klausner

This review is a shorter one I wrote for the journal Personnel Psychology.
I couldn't resist reviewing this book. Its title is beguilingly ambiguous. I had to see what it really meant. Are the authors describing a reality I have yet to discover? Or are they prophesying? Or writing a manifesto? Or wishfully thinking? The authors, both organizational consultants who "have drawn on over thirty years experience with hundreds of organizations," raise and dismiss in the same sentence the fourth interpretation. But can it be so confidently dismissed?

The book was written "as a tool to help build more collaborative, democratic, self-managing organizations." Note the use of multiple qualifiers. Done occasionally would be tolerable, but the authors' habit of frequently tacking three and four onto nouns and of also running trains of verbs and nouns in a single sentence annoyed me a bit (e.g., "---we have separated, disengaged, detached, distinguished, and divided---in order to clarify, categorize, and recommend---.").

Part One is devoted to "making a case for the end of management" through a review and a critique of hierarchies and their management. In tracing the evolution of management, three of the influences posited by the authors had never occurred to me before yet seem quite plausible. They are slavery, then serfdom, and much later on, increasing governmental regulations that the regulated have to increasingly manage. Nor was I aware that the French novelist, Honore de Balzac, and I share the same sentiment, namely, that bureaucracy is "a gigantic power set in motion by dwarfs." I also learned that "hierarchy" stems from the Greek word hieros, which means holy, implying sacred power at the top, and that a contrasting word, "heterarchy," stems from heteros, meaning neighbors.
The authors dust off and briefly examine Taylorism, scientific management, and Theory X rationales. I wish they had gone further in their review to present and debate more recent and starkly opposite arguments, including those that are unabashed paeans to hierarchies and bureaucracies (e.g., du Gay, 2000; Jaques, 1990).

Making their case includes presenting, each in a separate chapter, the familiar arguments that management "reduces communication, morale, and motivation," "constricts quality," and is intransigent, resisting change and innovation. While I think a separate chapter should also have been given to the moral inferiority of hierarchies, it's very clear throughout the book that the authors recognize such organizations foster unethical conduct by their members, and a separate chapter in Part Two is devoted to suggestions on how to "shape a context of values, ethics, and integrity."

The authors argue that hierarchies are the source of bureaucracy, the formal mechanisms that support the organizational structure and provide a "safe haven" where managers can escape accountability and exercise autocratic power. Each of these elements reinforces the other. They also violate, the authors contend, four "value-based propositions" about all people in organizations. One, everyone is a human being, not merely an employee or a human resource. Two, everyone is fully capable of acting responsibly and thriving on challenges. Three, the only natural relationships of any worth aren't hierarchical. And fourth, human beings deserve all of the different dimensions of freedom that should be available to them in an organization, such as the horizontal dimension of cross-functional teams and the "hyperdimension" of community. Regarding this latter observation, the authors' argument most appealing to me affectively is that it's incongruous for people to live in a democracy where they can vote for their country's leaders, yet work in hierarchies where they aren't free to select their organizations' leaders.

Time and again the authors remind us that their case is being made against management as a system rather than against management as a class of people. But the authors often contradict themselves (e.g., "Managers who hold these assumptions---micromanage---restrict----and institute---."), and I wonder if they aren't being a bit disingenuous, for as consultants they do feed off the hands of that class of people. Furthermore, not all management processes or systems are dysfunctional. Performance management, for one, is both inevitable and essential as a process. It couldn't end if you tried, and you wouldn't want to try. It can be done well or poorly, but it will be done. I think all species instinctively manage their own performance.

My assessment of Part One is that the authors make a better case against management on rational than on empirical grounds. What supporting evidence is offered is mostly piecemeal and largely anecdotal. Further, no footnote citations are provided for the few surveys and research studies briefly mentioned, and numerous assertions are made (e.g., "many managers report," "many organizations seek," etc.) with no corroborating evidence given. Even so, the evidence that is provided and all of assertions made do seem relevant and plausible, and I have no reason to doubt the authors "who have been inside enough organizations to know how dysfunctional most of them are."

In Part Two, the authors explain how to use their book as "a practical guide to organizational democracy." It does indeed seem practical, but a caveat is necessary. Almost all of their consulting experiences appear to be with limited interventions in hierarchies, not heterarchies. I found only one instance where the authors' intervention, in this particular case the design of a conflict resolution system, was for a large corporation they say had already been reorganized into self-managing teams. Their guide would thus appear to be untested for making the wholesale, even revolutionary changes they believe are required but apparently have not fully tried anywhere.

I don't mean to be dismissive of the second part, however. To the contrary, I would guess that any business organization that followed the "seven key strategies" the authors describe, each in a separate chapter, would "shift from management to self-management," "hierarchy to heterarchy," and "autocracy to democracy." The authors begin, logically and necessarily I believe, with a strategy for transforming the values of the organization's culture. Then there's a strategy for forming "evolving webs of association" (in contrast, say, to rigid functional departments in a hierarchy), for developing leadership skills throughout the organization, for building self-managing teams, for implementing "streamlined, open, collaborative processes" (e.g., teamwork as opposed to the adversarial processes common to hierarchies), and for creating "complex, self-correcting systems" (i.e. the kind of feedback you won't find in hierarchies). The seventh is having an overall strategy to ensure that all changes are integrated together.

The book ends with a final chapter on "the consequences of organizational democracy." The authors argue that greater organizational democracy is bound to have positive effects not only on members of the organization but also on society and politics.

While I basically agree with the distinguished business professor, Ian I. Mitroff, who endorses the book very favorably as "bristling with wisdom and practical advice," I don't want to conclude without mentioning two more significant faults I find with the book.

Nowhere in the book do I get a sense of whether heterarchies are gaining in number over hierarchies. I don't think the authors know or even tried to know, yet I would have expected them to know or try to know given the book's title and their treatment of the subject. They waffle on the matter, too. They say, for instance, that "---management continues, with few exceptions, to manage autocratically---." Then they turn around and say, "We have reached---the end of management---." Perhaps their waffling simply reflects what may be an accurate observation during a transitional period, for when I read the research literature on organizations, some findings suggest a shift towards heterarchies, (e.g., Purser & Cabana, 1998), some don't (e.g., Koch & Godden, 1996), and some are totally silent on the matter (e.g., Collins, 2001; Collins & Porras, 1994).

Secondly, the authors fail to differentiate sufficiently between business and government organizations. The latter have an endless lifeline to taxpayer pockets and no market incentive whatsoever to undertake the seven strategies toward heterarchies, no matter how strong of a case is made for making the shift. It will be the 12th of Never, I say, when heterarchies prevail in government.

In closing, if you are simply interested in the subject of if you do consulting in the subject area and regardless of whether you already appreciate arguments for heterarchies, I would recommend you read this book. If you are also empirically bent, then this book alone won't totally satisfy you unless you already know what's happening out there.

References

Collins, JC. (2001). Good to great. NY, NY: Harper Business.

Collins, JC. & Porras, JF. (1994). Built to last. NY, NY: Harper Business.


du Gay, P. (2000). In praise of bureaucracy: Weber, Organization, Ethics. London: Sage Publications.

Jaques, E. (1990). In praise of hierarchy. Harvard Business Review, 68, 127-133.

Koch, R. & Godden, I. (1996). Managing without management: A manifesto. London: Nicholas Brealey.

Purser, RE. & Cabana, S. (1998). The self-managing organization: How leading companies are transforming the work of teams for real impact. NY, NY: The Free Press.

Newscasts are filled with reports of democracy's relentless spread across the planet, but less is heard of its expansion through the corporate world. Just as dictators and oligarchs everywhere are being toppled from power, the hierarchical management structures that have governed organizations since before the industrial revolution are falling. Their usurper is self-management - the concept that motivated employees empowered to make their own decisions will work harder, faster and smarter than their rigidly controlled counterparts. Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith document this organizational coup and instruct executives on how to incite the revolution in their own companies. While acknowledging the scarcity of hard data to prove some of the book's assertions, we from getAbstract highly recommend The End of Management to all executives for its innovative take on modern organizational theory.

This is the best book on the changing face of management that I've read in 10 years. As part of the new Warren Bennis Management series, it provides the framework for the new Organizational Democracy and how it can (and should!) replace the outdated, ineffective heirarchical forms of management most common today. If you manage or lead a team, department or organization and desire to manage less and produce more, this is the book for you. I felt the same excitement in reading this book as I did when I read Drucker's classic many years ago.

The chapter entitled "A Brief History of Management" is worth the price of the book -- and its just 10 pages. In the rest of the book you will be given step-by-step guidance for implementing a new way of managing. Among the many practical applications of this book, you will learn:

How to shape Values
How to create Webs of Association
How to develop Self-managing Teams
How to implement Effective Process
and How to produce Self-correcting Systems.

Management (Drucker) is dead, long live management (Cloke).

Nelson Searcy, Chief Innovation Officer, Smartleadership.com

Like another reviewer, I had read KOP and pre-ordered Ex-KOP. It is as good as the first and I can't wait for the third. All the elements are there: deep interesting characters, a complex environment, and a plot that doesn't try to out-think itself. BTW- anyone have any good guana recipes?

As a reader of Hammond's first novel, KOP, I pre-ordered Ex-KOP and read it in two days. I loved it!

There are so many themes that Hammond plays with here: an aging detective (Juno) who fights the good fight when he can but has made more than his share of bad choices, a younger and more idealistic detective (Maggie) who still believes that Juno has "the right stuff" in him, and a world beset by poverty and crime.

But at the heart of this story, as with KOP, in my view, is the relationship between Juno and Maggie. The book begins with the descent of Juno, and while Maggie may have no other choice than to turn to him, you could look at her attempts as giving him an opportunity to redeem himself.

Hammond's writing is raw and unadorned, and he is much heavier on psychological insight than on flowery passages. People comment frequently on the "noir" aspect of his writing, but I see hope glimmering through as well. I am eager to see where he takes these characters.

A great book!

In 2788 in the gritty town of Koba on planet Lagarto homicidal dirty detective Diego Banks forces Koba Office of Police cop Juno Mozambe into premature retirement. Juno knows he has no moral stand as he sold out to the powerful crime lords. Before losing his job he was despondent, but now feels like a failure as his efforts as a private investigator proves futile; he feels old, worn-out, and finished with only boozing giving him relief.

His former police partner detective Maggie Orzo quietly hires a reluctant Mozambe to investigate the homicides of the parents of Adela Juarez; the daughter was convicted of the murders and sentenced to be executed. Maggie believes Adela is not only innocent, but her current partner Ian Davies framed the girl. Mozambe works the case muddied by police corruption and attempts to drive him off the inquiry by threatening his family.

The sequel to KOP retains the gritty helplessness of the first futuristic police procedural science fiction (see KOP). Readers will feel they walk the mean streets of a town with no pity alongside of Juno who works a case he does not want to investigate. Fans will appreciate Warren Hammond's excellent but extremely bleak future Noir as abject poverty leaves everyone harder than the carbonite that froze Hans Solo.

Harriet Klausner

This is an excellent guide for hikers to the wilderness areas in Arizona. It includes many fine areas, such as Apache Creek , Cedar Bench, and Pine Mountain not covered in the newer "Guide to Arizona Wilderness Areas."

Each of the 87 areas includes a quick summary of important info such as distance & elevation, detailed instructions to reach the areas and find the trailheads (and whether 4WD is required), a basic map of the wilderness area (including access roads and designated trails), discussion of geology, plants, wildlife, and sometimes historical notes. Many areas include B&W pictures.

Some areas have descriptions of activities beyond hiking, such as river running, rock climbing, and cross-country skiing.

Covering over eighty designated wilderness areas you will be suprised. The focus of the book is to provide valuable information. Geology, history, plants, wildlife, and seasons to explore are well documented. Areas rarely published make this a great book. I agree with Todd Tiddyman's review, you will enjoy this book time and time again.

People say that Patton was a man of action. Ridge manages to draw a perfect parellism between what is needed in warfare and what is needed in business. There is a saying "All is fair in love and war" I think Ridge just added "Business" to that list.

Excellent book. A must read for the management professional

Warren Ridge uses the most prolific military man of the 20th century as a conduit to show us that the business field and the battlefield are in essence the same type of place. He shows us in great detail that applying General Patton's rules of battle to common everyday business situations will give us the edge over the competition.

This book is extremely well written and the Author is truly a scholar of Patton. The jacket of the book calls it the difinitive book on Patton and this comes through "Loud and Clear".

A Must read for the business professional.

Warren Ridge captures the essence of how to expertly manage people and projects. He uses General Patton as a blueprint for excellence in leadership. Ridge applies Patton's methods, experiences, and "words of wisdom" to the modern day corporate world. And it works! This book will help anyone managing people, from middle management all the way to the CEO.