Associations Books

Great book outlining a proven method of setting up a successful program which was what I was looking for.

Coach Allan Trimble has a 111-9 record and six consecutive Class 6A state championship titles. And his winning list goes on and on...

His book is a step by step guide on how to start and maintain a successfull football program.

This book covers the I-formation (power running game with a wide open passing attack) and a versatile multiple defensive system. Which, he used to win a 32-2 career playoff record and 25 consecutive playoff victories.

This book is very user friendly. Coach Trimble uses tons of pictures and diagrams. If you do not understand what he is talking about, all you have to do is look at the pictures. If you are looking for a play book, here it is. This book is great for youth to college level.


If you want to read about another coach that has reached the same level of success, read "COACHING FOOTBALL SUCCESSFULLY" BY Bob READE

This isnt one of those x and o books but rather an inofrmational book. It details every single thing you could possibly use at any level. All around it's a great book!!!!!!

This is an excellent resource for trainers. It has many original exercises as well as clear guidance on what to do with the matierla. Also the introductory material gives a clear jargon-free explanation of the value of coaching. It is the best on the market, as far as I can see.

I have found this material very valuable for developing managers as coaches. The big plus for me is that the exercises are mostly based around real work. I find that managers do not like artificial exercises that seem too disconnected from real work. Also the provision of the material for use in workshops is first rate. Finally I liked the fact that the authors have given guidance on how to put the materials together to produce a coherent workshop.

This learning resource is an excellent addition to any developers' library of materials. It has clear, practical advice on how to develop effective coaches as well as a collection of fine exercises. The exercises are mostly based around real life practice. Too often these kinds of collections are full of exercises that look fun to do but are disconnected from work. This pack does not fall in to that trap. The exercises are graded - from easy to use to those that are more advanced. However the authors give very clear guidance on how to use them and show some examples of how the exercises could be put together to create workshops on different aspects of coaching.

I would recommend this pack unreservedly. It meets a real need - organizations desperately need to develop the coaching capability of their managers and this material will really fill a gap in the market.

I have been using this book a lot this year (2007-2008) and it has inspired me quite a bit. What particularly has inspired me is the strong case Judi makes for linking the library to literacy. It perhaps is a simple message in the introduction, but one that has guided me this year and given me a steady and sturdy focus. The best part of these lessons is that they dive deep into books, and the books she weaves her lessons around are some of the most wonderful out there.

Sara Paulson-Yarovoy
Teacher-Librarian, NYCDOE

In the day-to-day world of school library work, planning specific lessons is very time consuming. Judi has already done most of the planning for us in her book. All we need to do is revise her lesson plans a little and recruit a collaborating teacher to work with on the lessons. The lessons that have been included in this book are timely and relevant to the work that teacher librarians use. The format of the lessons make them easy to follow and implement. Because they tie so closely with the research skills that librarians are trying to review with students, they work very well. The suggested titles selected for use on reading nonfiction and note taking skills are fun and interesting. These books help motivate students to read the materials and we all know that great literature can be a key motivator! I would recommend Judi Moreillon's book to all teachers and teacher-librarians who need ideas and guidance for collaborative lesson planning to help make the greatest impact on student achievement.

No matter if you are a beginning or "seasoned" teacher-librarian and want to purchase just one book to support their professional development in 2008, this is the one! I have had the distinct pleasure of working collaboratively with Judi field testing several of the lessons included in her book. Implementing even one lesson of Judi's with your classroom-teachers will instantly increase your credibility as an educator in your school's professional learning community.


Diane C. Skorupski, MLS, Retired
The "Real" Mrs. Skorupski from the books by Toni Buzzeo
"Our Librarian Won't Tell Us ANYTHING!" &
"Fire Up With Reading"

I think this book is a real reference of Somalis existing problem, it tells how the problem was started and which ways it can be overcome and I believe the author is a very bright and intellegent man who is understanding the Somalis prolonged problems and I would like to thank him his outstanding views. Thank you very much indeed for your contribution.

Covering the whole subject about the Somali dilemma. A point which has been ignored for long time. Colonial impact is still the impact of the dilemma. What is happening is just an extention of the problem.

Rarely a book can cover everthing. This is truely a great work which took me three years to prepare. An indispensible material for Horn of Africa students and scholars.

I was surprised that I liked this book (having been an apalled visitor to South Africa in the early post-apartheid days), but I love it.

Bosman is THE literary genius of South Africa. By turns, funny, ironic, sad and engry, he reveals all the foibles of South African rural Afrikaner life in the first half of the 20th century. If you can read only one South African writer, make it Bosman, you will be well rewarded.
The challenge is that Bosman is so little known outside South Africa, yet he remains perpetually in print in South Africa.

I grew up with Bosman on the family bookshelf, and launched into his tales of South African life at an early age - my family have teethed on his stories as he attended the same high school as my father, which therefore makes him almost part of the family I guess!

He gives a unique insight into the humour and pathos which characterised that country in the days before the second World War. Although he is best known for his short stories and poems of South African life, there are two of his book-length stories included in this Collection - Mafeking Road (perhaps my most favourite) and Cold Stone Jug (from his time spent in jail).

Some of the short stories are depressingly sad, but no matter whether they are sad or filled with humour - they do give you a realistic impression of what life was like in the years of apartheid in which he lived. Bosman has not always been popular with his fellow countrymen, mainly, I think, because of his ability to scratch below the veneer of their life-surface and expose their soft uderbelly. He pokes his finger with a toungue-in-cheek look at South African (mainly Afrikaans) life and relationships between the different colour and ethnic groups.

I was sad to learn that this book is out of print, as my copy is badly in need of replacing now ... might be worth a re-think by the publishers, perhaps!

This is an excellent, PRACTICAL, guide for communicating and negotiating in all facets of life. Imagine being a salesperson and receiving requests from 90% - 100% of seminar attendees for individual appointments (and closing on 90% of those!) This may sound unbelievable, but it's true. As a salesperson I was able to put many of the techniques in this book to immediate use. Beginning with the first chapter on becoming a better listener and better questioner, I have improved tremendously in my ability to hear what my clients and/or potential clients really are looking for - versus my preconceived ideas of what they should have. I have also seen a definite impact by using "Sensory Communication".

I feel this book is very easy to understand and non-intimidating. The concepts are readily put into practice and immediately useful. In hindsight, I wish I had had these communication skills many years ago as a public school teacher. I know I would have reached many more students!

This book is a must read for everyone.

Communicate and Negotiate by Rick E. Schroeder is a handy text for persons wishing to develop these skills. It is written in easy to follow instructional form using succinct examples to reinforce the techniques he discusses.

The chapter on listening skills is particularly helpful. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book.

I was really impressed by this innovative book. It will replace "Getting to Yes" as the reference guide for the negotiating industry. This book is practical and easy to use. The topical index and 21 step process are perfect when you are pressed for time and need a quick reminder. The alphabetical lists of tactics and countertactics are the first of their kind. Learning the tactics gives you the ability to identify the strategy of others, leaving you with the advantage. Also, the author's simple techniques to improving communication between employees and employers, spouses, and children is revolutionary. The ten steps to listening, covered in three pages, conveys what it takes other books chapters to address and it does it better. Just this chapter alone makes the book worthwhile. It makes listening easy. This book is also perfect for teaching, learning how to better communicate with customers or design marketing campaigns. This makes it essential to everyone in sales.

This book is an investment that you will want to read or refer to anytime you have to communicate a message or negotiate. It is well worth the price. It will pay for itself financially and personally, many times over and is designed for the novice as well as the expert. I have saved hundreds of dollars already and resolved family disputes with the help of this book. This author goes above and beyond by offering to answer any questions about the text for free after purchase, by accessing his website www.communicatenegotiate.com. I strongly recommend this book and hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Sullivan, Michael.2003. Connecting Boys with Books: What Libraries Can Do. Chicago: American Library Association.

In Connecting Boys with Books, Michael Sullivan, a children's librarian and director of library services, has created a book that helps librarians far and wide tackle an age old problem, how to get boys interested in reading books. This book focuses on boys that are mostly between the ages of eight and twelve years old. This is the age group that has been identified, through careful research in Sullivan's book, as the time when boys stop reading. Sullivan identifies several reasons as to why boys become disinterested in reading though his introductory and first two chapters. He identifies reasons such as lack of male role models in schools and libraries, the lack of making boys feel welcome in libraries, and most importantly lack of effective programming that targets boys.
We all know that boys and girls have different needs, yet more often than not, libraries inadvertently perpetuate the notion that libraries are quiet places for girls to use and don't make libraries "boy friendly." One of the main keys to getting boys into the library is making the library a welcoming and inviting place for boys by appealing to their wants and needs. Sullivan identifies the most significant thing that can be done to attract boys the library is by offering effective programming. Sullivan suggests that bringing men into the library is one of the most pivotal actions that can be taken to achieve keeping boys interested in the library. This can be best achieved by offering programs in the library that focus on fathers and/or father figures and their children for activities in the library. Invite male guest speakers to the library, not only can they lead a book talk or just talk about subjects that interest boys, but boys will feel welcome when they see other men or boys in the library. Sullivan suggests that men are willing to participate in library programs but librarians need to be more proactive in actually inviting them into the libraries.
Sullivan also suggests that librarians familiarize themselves with what boys are reading and how to use the genres that interest boys to promote reading. Especially useful is the section in Chapter 3 It's Still about Books, which gives lists of authors and book suggestions for each of the genres that interest boys. He suggests giving book talks that have boys' needs in mind can make the difference in boys reading the books or not.
Providing games and other competitions within the library is another way to welcome boys. Providing boys with challenges and competitions will appeal to the competitive nature of most boys. Sullivan outlines the use of successes of other libraries through the inclusion of chess and other board games in libraries.
Lastly, Sullivan suggests the power of stories and storytelling in the library. He discusses how to get boys involved in storytelling and how to make boys more confident in their storytelling abilities. Sullivan offers useful strategies and techniques to keep in mind as well as several stories that can be used in storytelling activities.
I think this is a great book that all librarians both in the school and public library domains should read. The information provided is useful for not only librarians but I think teachers can greatly benefit from the suggestions in this book as well. I believe that parents of these "tween" aged boys can find great use in the chapters involving the reading interest of young boys and parents will find the suggested reading list most useful. Sullivan makes easy and helpful suggestions to librarians on how to best work with these reluctant library users and he does so in a comforting way. His writing style made me feel as though I was talking to another colleague and not reading a "how to" book. I especially appreciated that the book was written in a non-didactic form. This book is a great addition to any professional's collection in order to help our boys become life long readers and users of the library.

Sullivan, Michael. Connecting Boys with Books: What Libraries Can Do. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.

"If you care at all about kids and reading - read this book. If you don't care about kids and reading - read this book. In fact, you probably shouldn't even bother to read the rest of the forward. Just go ahead and read this book"(Scieszka, ix). After reading Connecting Boys with Books: What Libraries Can Do, most readers will agree with the above statements written by Jon Scieszka in the forward. This book focuses specifically on boys in the "tween" years (between eight-years-old and twelve-years-old) when most boys stop reading. It discusses reasons that boys are falling behind in reading and "...the difficulties boys face in becoming readers: cultural factors that discourage boys from reading, stereotypes that keep boys away from libraries, the lack of male role models in schools and libraries, and the absence of fathers in the library experience" (Sullivan, xiii).

Girls read more than boys. Boys learn differently from girls. Boys are not girls. Yet, often times we, as librarians, will ask boys to be girls. For instance, "[b]oys tend to be more loud, boisterous, and physical than girls. When they exhibit these traits in the library, they are shushed, glared at, and made to feel unwelcome in a hundred different ways - that is, if they are not actually told to leave" (Sullivan, 10). This makes boys feel that the library is not a place for them.

The main focus of this book is how to make the library more inviting for boys. Bringing men into the library is one of the suggestions Sullivan gives readers. He submits that this can be through offering programs that focus on father-son or father-daughter time in the library. The library can ask guest (male) speakers in to discuss various topics such as sports, careers, or books. Men, like boys, need to feel welcome in the library also, and we can do this by simply inviting them. When boys see their fathers or male role models excited about books and reading, they will become enthusiastic as well. This provides a better opportunity for boys to become life-time readers.

Sullivan also focuses on the kinds of literature that boys prefer. Boys like sports, fantasy, and humorous books. They enjoy books that involve the external struggle as opposed to an internal struggle. Sullivan provides readers with many book suggestions that might appeal to boys. He also gives readers several suggestions for including boys in library programs designed with their learning styles and mental capabilities in mind. Book talks given with boys' needs in mind can make the difference in boys reading the book or not.

Another way to welcome boys is to provide challenge and competition in the library. "If we view competitiveness as a social evil, then we will project to every boy who crosses our paths that a basic component of his psyche is wrong, so he himself is flawed" (Sullivan, 110). One suggestion Sullivan gives is providing chess or board games in the library.

Storytelling can be another draw for boys and literature. Sullivan suggests providing classes to boys on how to tell stories so that they realize that each of us has a story. Also provided is a list of stories to include and how to use the stories when teaching boys how to tell stories. In addition, he suggests that older boys read to younger boys instead of struggling readers reading to adults. Boys like to feel helpful and useful. If paired with a younger child, the reader will feel helpful; however, if paired with an adult, the reader will feel intimidated.

This is a fantastic book that anyone and everyone working with children, especially boys, should read. Librarians, teachers, parents, and anyone working with boys can benefit from the information provided in this book. The reasons why boys resist reading or going to the library are revealed and discussed. Easy, helpful, and applicable suggestions are given so that those working with boys can help them feel welcome in the library and around books. By doing this librarians, teachers, and parents can better assist boys in becoming life-long readers and learners. Michael Sullivan presents the information in a non-threatening way using professional but genuine language. In addition to Sullivan's use of his own personal experiences and observations in the library, the bibliography provides readers with further reading and/or research. This book is a must-have for understanding, accepting, and helping boys become life-long readers and learners.

"The author suggests ways that librarians and educators can attract preadolescent boys to library programs that are built on the unique developmental needs and interests of boys in the 'tween years. The goal of these programs is to create and maintain in this age group an interest in books and reading that will last a lifetime." (summary by South TX Library System)
This fills a need for librarians trying to target this hard-to-reach audience.
Why is it important? Check out these dismal statistics:
Boys are generally 1½ year behind girls in reading.
Girls at the age of 15 read twice as much as boys.
80% of high school dropouts are male.
95% of hyperactive elementary students are male.
85% of special education students are male.

I have spent my entire career writng and teaching about the therapeutic relationship, and this is one of the best books by far on the subject. Her thinking is bold and progressive, and she has done the work to support it. I highly recommend this book to any therapist in training, any practicing psychotherapist, or anyone interested in learning more about psychotherapy or other intimate relationships.
Avrum Geurin Weiss, Ph.D.
Director, Pine River Psychotherapy Training Institute
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The author provides an insightful review of countertransference responses to trauma victims and discusses appropriate use/management of same. I found the book to be readable and interesting. This material has been very useful in working with trauma victims and in supervision of clinical staff.

Connie Dalenberg is a brilliant research-clinician and this, her first book, is absolute proof. Don't miss it.

I was looking for a CPT book that would not break my budget. Buying it used allowed me to purchase it. My book came on time, wrapped and looked brand new. I am so pleased with this company.

This is just a book with the medical codes in it. Obvisouly up-to-date.

Amazing book! I have just completed a medical billing course through the US. Career Institute and this book has been the only reason why I have this job. This cpt coding manual has all the latest medical terminology and codes that you will need to know. It was a very smart purchase for very little money.

The 2003 edition of Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis by Fred Saibil is an outstanding reference guide. The book provides a comprehensive review of symptoms, treatment and complications of IBD. An excellent chapter offering practical suggestions for those living with IBD is also included. Dr. Saibil masterfully anticipates every question that a person may ask regarding IBD and answers it here in a simple and straightforward manner. I strongly recommend this book to everyone who is suffering from IBD or who is interested in gaining an understanding of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.

I have been a Crohn's patient for over 30 Years and found Dr Saibils book the BEST resource I have yet to see.The book is written in clear no-medicalese and is easily read by patients , friends and family.Its very up to date and covers all the new treatments available.Crohns and Colitis patientsa should rush to their bookstore or library and obtain this book.

I recently bought this book to learn more about IBD. I have to say that this book is excellent. It is very easy to read and makes us, as a non-medical people, knowledable and aware. It is a must read for everyone - people who have IBD and even those who do not. The ease of language, coupled with the excellent diagrams and clear explanations, make it a must read.