Book Review: Html5 For Web Designers
In this review, I will be talking about a book, though almost a couple of years old, provides a interesting insight or rather how far HTML5 has come since this book came out. Titled "[url="http://www.abookapart.com/products/html5-for-web-designers"]HTML5 For Web Designers[/url]" was written by Jeremy Keith in which he talks about HTML5 and what is about to come and or available and while most of what is in this book is old news by now. This book gives a small idea on how complicated
Don't be so stupid as to say 'omg I well hate harry potter - I watched the movies and they were boring so I just didn't bother with it ever again! its just for kidz lolz' That's simply ridiculous The books are almost completely separate things from the movies MOST people who have read the books dislike the movies anyway I agree completely that the Harry Potter films are made for a young audience And books 1 and 2 are also made for a young audience But beyond that the book
Book Review: Thinking Web - Voices Of The Community
In this review, I will talking about of many books that has been published by Sitepoint over the years, but what makes this book unique besides being free to download [[url="http://www.sitepoint.com/thinking-web-voices-of-the-community/"]http://www.sitepoint.com/thinking-web-voices-of-the-community/[/url]] its practically 12 books in itself as this book was written by several members of the Sitepoint community and thus brings several different perspectives as you read this book. Of course, when
Book Review: Sitepoint - The Principles Of Beautiful Web Design 2Ed
In this review, I will be talking about second edition of Jason Beaird's book titled "[url="http://www.sitepoint.com/books/design2/"]The Principles of Beautiful Web Design 2ed[/url]". it is just one of many free books I have picked up from this great website and I would like to share it with you. In this book Beaird talks about all the various aspects of designing a beautiful website, from layout to color to typography to the usage of images and more. While this is pretty small
Book Review: White Space Is Not Our Enemy
In today's book, I will be reviewing [b][url="http://www.amazon.com/White-Space-Your-Enemy-Communicating/dp/0240812816/"]White Space Is Not our Enemy: A Beginner's Guide to Communicating Visually through Graphic, Web and Multimedia Design[/url] [/b]by Kim Golombisky & Rebecca Hagen. If you thought what I though, unlikely, I was thinking it was a book about work white space in your designs, well you be wrong as this book is more of a informal discussion of web design in general. Me
Book Review: Logo Design Love: A Guide To Creating Iconic Brand Identities
In this review, I will be talking about a book that is specific to graphic designers, called [url="http://www.amazon.com/Logo-Design-Love-Creating-Identities/dp/0321660765/"]Logo Design Love[/url]. Author David Airey book specifically targets one aspect of graphic design and that is logos, and the goal of this book is not to talk about iconic logos or what ones are bad or good, but rather the design process. It isn't so much a step-by-step guide, but more of the process one takes either fr
Book Review: Undercover User Experience Design
If you a designer or developer of the web regardless of experience and skill, odds are quite a few might be missing a key asset into their development process. Sure the pros know what to do and the beginners have an idea. However, what if I told you that there is more too it then sketching out your prototype and providing great content. "Oh come now SM I know everything I need to know to produce great websites, what could I possibly be missing?" A whole lot then you might think, an
The Great Gatsby And The American Dream
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is much like an onion. On the surface there is the hard outer layer, but to really understand it, one has to dig into the fresh insides. On the surface of The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald portrays a romantic love between a man and a woman, but inside the real meaning is much deeper. Fitzgerald depicts the 1920’s as a time of decay social and moral values, evidence of this is the greed and the pursuit of pleasure. Jay Gatsby’s constant parties epitomized the corr
Book Review: Joomla <Explained>
In my final of three Joomla book reviews, [url="http://www.amazon.com/Joomla-Explained-Step---Step-Guide/dp/0321703782/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323230456&sr=8-1"]Joomla <explained>[/url] is coming the boys and girls of the Joomla organization themselves, that's right, they came out with their own beginners guide to this book and so now I really messed everyone up if you read my other two reviews on Beginner Joomla books. Then you are either pulling your hair out or ready to hun
Book Review: Joomla: 24-Hour Trainer
The next book I like to talk about is called [url="http://www.amazon.com/Joomla-24-Hour-Trainer-Jen-Kramer/dp/0470928336/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323227423&sr=1-1"]Joomla 24-Hour Trainer[/url] written by Jen Kramer, who is also the author to [url="http://www.knowledgesutra.com/forums/topic/77376-book-review-joomla-start-to-finish-how-to-plan-execute-and-maintain-your-website/"]Joomla Start to Finish[/url] and just like her first book this one also provide a how to guide to get
Book Review: Joomla Start To Finish - How To Plan, Execute, And Maintain Your Website
The next book I will be reviewing is one of two this author has written, and here is the kicker I actually know this author as she was the former head of the Master's program I am in and a former teacher at the school, was a co-leader in the Adobe and Joomla User groups as well, runs a descent size Joomla designing business among many other things as well. Now on to the book. [url="http://www.amazon.com/Joomla-Start-Finish-Maintain-Programmer/dp/047057089X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=132322
Book Review: 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People
I will say this, I think the author, Ph.D Susan Weinschenk is going easy on us the readers and in short web designers/developers as well, but the question is how does this relate to the web design/develop world? Well that is where it gets very interesting think of this [url="http://www.amazon.com/Things-Designer-People-Voices-Matter/dp/0321767535/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323141056&sr=8-1"]book as 100 ways your life as a web designer/developer gets very difficult[/url] and requires a lot
Book Review: Simple And Usable - Web, Mobile, And Interactive Design
In this review I would talk about an interesting book in which can be best summed up in making your life as a developer and designer much easier. This book is called [url="http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Usable-Mobile-Interaction-Design/dp/0321703545/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323139423&sr=8-1"]Simple and Usable: web, mobile, and interaction design[/url]. Now i like to point out that this book is not sure fire techniques to instantly make your life better but more of a where to begin and how
Book Review: The Book Of Css3 - A Developer's Guide To The Future Of Web Design
The Book I would like to talk to you all today for all you web designers and web developers today is called [url="http://www.amazon.com/Book-CSS3-Developers-Future-Design/dp/1593272863"]The Book of CSS3 - A Developer's Guide to the Future of Web Design[/url] by Peter Gasston and would briefly like to talk to you all about what this book consists of and that of course is all the exciting and somewhat new and somewhat old features CSS3 has to offer. This book consists of 17 chapters of awesom
The Scarlet Letter is most definitely a novel to remember. This novel brings so much to the table, there is a little bit of mystery, deceit, evil, and so much more. The Scarlet Letter is full of symbols, themes and motifs. To fully comprehend the novel, an individual must read it more than once. Nathaniel Hawthorne uses very vivid imagery, yet the story unfolds quite slowly. One should have much patience while reading this classic, though in the end one will get rewarded. The Scarlet Letter has
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
It is set in WWII . It is cleverly written and displays the horrors of the holocaust in a subtle way. It keeps ahead of you , until it delivers the last final pages , which are heartrending I thought it was a great book. It is almost one of a kind , and The author , even though the book being less than 280 pages long , put two years of effort into writing it. I hope you will read it , because it will never become boring :]
Beside Novel Or Fiction, What Do You Read?
Anyone read sth like "The Goal", SuZe Orman's books, or cook book?
What's Your Favourite Book? Why?
The question is very simple, what is your favourite boook? And why? I have also added a small pool about how many books do you read each year. Anyway my favourite is L.A. Confidential written by James Ellroy. It's a very good police story with a intriguing plot, but it's also a masterpiece of politic and social analize. The power games of institutions, the corruption that have attacked police and government and the general undeground atmosphere are the pillars fo this beautiful book. It
A hanging Racism of Hindu people can reach really deep extremes. One of them is the hanging. In the story of “a hanging”, by George Orwell, is described the execution of a Hindu man in a prison and how is it from the point of view of one of the guards. This story describes his feelings, and it shows that the narrator is not as selfish as he seems and that he deeply has a good hearth. First of all, it can be seen that he actually cares a little bit about the prisoners’ lives. In the text he des
I really like the new TV show, Haven. It is based on a book by Steven King, about who killed the Colorado Kid. When the show first came on I headed real quick for the library to see if I could get the book, and amazingly enough our little local library had it. The thing that has me curious is that it is a really short book, just a thin thing, so unlike the usual thick volumes that Steven King normally writes. There is no way a TV series could suck very many episodes out of that one little bo
According to a post on Dean Koontz's webpage, the awesome book series is slotted to be made into a film. Koontz said he was happy with the casting and he likes the script. If the author likes the movie's production so far than I can only hope that we fans aren't disappointed. Thoughts?
[font="Calibri"][size=3]Dear friends recently I met a boy of just 14 years old. And he knows many techniques of Hacking and site moreover he has also written a full length book on Hacking and prevention methods. His name is Shailendra Devdhar. The most amazing thing is that he is from a very small interior city, where there is no exposure to new technology etc. is not there. I also discovered that he was having a very sharp memory. I was really amazed to see a boy in such an age with such a shar
[i]Angels and Demons is a book by Dan Brown. It is the first book in which Robert Langdon takes a part and the series of events in this book takes place one year before The Da Vinci Code.[/i] Robert Langdon is a professor in religious symbology at Harvard. When he gets a phone call 5 o'clock in the night, which says that he needs to come at once because it is of absolute importance, he doesn't take it serious, but when he gets a fax with a picture of a naked man with the word "Illu
Here is my top five list of books: [quote]1.Lord of The Rings 2.Harry Potter 3.Atonement 4.A Clockwork Orange 5.Agents of Light and Darkness[/quote] and what's your list? [note=truefusion]Topics like this should not be started. [b]Quote your lists[/b][/note]
What is the worst book you've ever read and why?
Me and my girlfriend are both pretty big movie buffs, but at the same time love to read. Lately we've been having a pretty big discussion about our distaste for books being turned into movies. The most recent "big" book title to be turned into a movie is, one of our favorite book series, Twilight. Twilight is an amazing book and I'm really looking forward to the movie. She, however, is very upset that they decided to make the book into a movie as it will "ruin her view
Anyone read the books, or are familiar with the title?
Tell in here... My favourite book is "herry potter"... because so funny...
Harry Potter(7) And The Deathly Hallows
As all Harry Potter fans may now: The last book is coming out soon. It is going to be released July 21th. I found some unresolved plot info from the previous books on Wikipedia[color="#FF0000"][b]*****SPOILER*****[/b][/color]: [quote] * Harry will return to the home of his non-magical (Muggle) relatives, the Dursleys (whose cooperation has been requested by Albus Dumbledore), during the school holiday. The magical protection Dumbledore arranged, which requires Harry to have a home with them, i
What was the last book you read? me was "Out of Avalon" the book had different stories about Avalon. Before, After, During King Arthur's Lifetime
Are You A Fan Of Sidney Sheldon?
If you are a fan, do you know why his main character are females? I thought he is a woman before
She has three books out to date. Her first, "Wasted: A Memoir Of Anorexia And Bulimia" was a huge hit when it came out because it told the story of eating disorders unlike any other book that had been published on them, and is probably still one of the best books out there on the topic. Her second, which was a novel, "The Center Of Winter," focused on a family after the father's suicide. I can't say much about that book because I haven't read it, but I intend to d
This books rock!! Their about 5 teenage girls who live in Los Angeles and they discover that they are daughters of the moon. When they discovered their destiny, they thought it was all a joke but I turned out all true. A great ancient evil is trying to destroy them but with their powers, they fight off the evil. To know more about this series read the book #1: Goddess of the Night
The famous book Mein Kampf "My Struggle", written by Adolf Hitler while serving time in prison. Was Translated from German to English [code]http://www.solargeneral.com/library/MeinKampf.pdf[/code] Hope you find it usefull, it's very interesting.
There is a website called Bookcrossing ([url="http://bookcrossing.com"]http://bookcrossing.com[/url]) where you can get and give books to random people. It works by just leaving a book in a random place and posting on the site where it is. Someone then comes and picks it up, logs it on the site and leaves it somewhere else. My sister is unnaturally obsessed with this for some reason [img]http://www.knowledgesutra.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif[/img].
well basically i got tricked but who cares[url=http://www.windows-7-key.co.uk/] Windows 7 Starter Product Key[/url] bout that. I have windows 7 ultimate and[url=http://www.office-2007-key.co.uk/] Office Pro 2007 Serial Key[/url] i need to buy a new key to get rid of all the activation issues. now[url=http://www.office-2010-key.co.uk/] Office 2010 Professional Serial[/url] i do not want to spend the money for the ultimate key so can i just downgrade to windows 7 home premium instead but keep al
Has anyone else heard about the new eragon book they have a release date for it. It's suppose to be released in September on the 20th
Has anyone ever read it?? I love Cirque Du Freak and I recmend it to anyone from 13-up. It's about a bo named Darren and he meets this vampire. He steels the vampires spider which then bits his best friend. So he makes a deal with the vampire saying that he will become a vampire if he cures his friend. So it all happens, Darren becomes a vampire and his friend gets jelous because he always wanted to be a vampire. It's really cool and there are about twelve in the sequal. Read it!!
How may of you people read the cherub books please vote in the poll personally i think there amazing ive read every book in the series and have found out there will only be 12 books altogether and i just wann akeep reading them!!
I love to read them. They are great authors! I have read a total of 15 of their books so far. My parents have almost all of their books. So I was wondering if anyone else loves them like I do?
Has anyone ever read this book? I found it to be one of the greatest books Ive ever read. It was so good I ran out and got the movie too. Ill try to sum it up but Im not too good at this so Im sure someone else can do better. Max Kane is a boy who doesnt think much of him self and faces many problems like bullies and such. His dad was arrested when he was young, anf like his dad he is also VERY tall. He has no friends until another boy moves in next door, Kevin. Kevin has a diseise I cant remem
Has anyone of you tried publishing with Lulu.com before? I'm looking forward to publishing an ebook on that site and was wondering if there are any downsides to using the site. So, any suggestions from previous users?
One of the biggest headaches for most web designers is SEO or Search Engine Optimization, and the reason is that is because the major search engines have different ways to index websites. Of course, there are plenty of CMS software such as Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal that have SEO built in, but if your building a straight website then your in luck. SEO Warrior written by John Jerkovic, gives an intensive look how to understand and code SEO into your websites. This book is 18 chapters long and s
Book Review: Html5 Designing Rich Internet Applications
One of the biggest things going on right now in the web design world is HTML5, a lot sites have either converted or about to convert to one of the most simplified languages out there. Of course, there is a lot new things HTML5 has to offer and of course a lot things either removed or giving an interesting update to be more effective in web design. In order to understand what is going on with HTML5 you best start your book collection to get a good idea what is going on in order to use HTML5 pro
[size=2][b]'The Secret' By Rhonda Byrne[/b][/size] I want to review this book, because this book is the concept of how the mind should work to get what we want. Some people says to me, that what this book teaches is unorthodox or it violates the rule of religions, since religions believe that human has their own destiny so being rich and poor is not what they choose, its their destiny, that is what is believed in my country. With such a thought, people cannot advance in their life, th
I am a huge fan of sci-fi books. Arthur C Clarke, Robert A Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, the list goes on... My favorite ones are the old dusty copies. The tiny books, yellowed with age, crisp to the touch, and aromatic of the dusty bookshelf they once inhabited. That's sci-fi to me. I suppose I really am not heading anywhere with this post, so let me give it purpose. Does anyone recommend one such classic to me? I am looking for a really good one, one of your favorites. Please PM me with [i]
Beginning Javascript And Css Development With Jquery: Review
[img]http://nettuts.s3.amazonaws.com/354_wrox/javascriptAndjQuery.jpg[/img] If you been getting into Web 2.0 in recent years and been messing around with Javascript you might have bump into a known framework called JQuery. In this framework you able to design websites with a sense of interesting functionality such as designing arrays, manipulating data and developing AJAX applications as with the use of CSS and even use effects and developing plug-ins to use with your jQuery run website. The
Online Communities Handbook: Review
[img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4133Hc7EWyL._SL160_.jpg[/img] This is rather a interesting book or rather in its title a handbook for developing online communications. This book written by Anna Buss & Nancy Strauss helps lay a foundation in developing social and community driven websites They talk about planning your website, how to develop SEM and SEO strategies and the ever popular how to get members to join your website. They also talk about one of the basic cores of runnin
Professional Adobe Flex 3: Review
[img]http://www.communitymx.com/content/source/6D226/profx3-cover.gif[/img] I am going to talk about a little book of almost 1400 pages of good information about Adobe Flex 3. In which it covers everything from the basic functions of Adobe to Flex to making complex applications such as IM (instant messaging) client. Authors Joseph Balderson, Peter Ent, Jun Heider, Todd Prekaski, Tom Sugden, Andrew Trice, David Hassoun, and Joe Berkovitz give a detailed look at the Flex 3 software and break it
Book Review: Foundation: Flex For Designers
The book I am going to review is based off the [url="http://saint-michael.trap17.com/gallery/main.html"]flex gallery I did[/url] and the title of the book is ”[url="http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=9781590598771"]Foundation: Flex for Designers[/url]” which was written by Greg Goralski and LordAlex Leon. I actually enjoyed this book or rather the Friends of Ed company that produces these books as they provide good information in a step-by-step process, they gives you files that are based
Hello again! ANother quick question - has anybody out there ever read any works by Haruki Murakami? If so, which books did you like? The first stories I read was "A Wild Sheep Chase" and its sequel "Dance Dance Dance". Some time later, I also read "South of the Border, West of the Sun". I've liked all of them, although "Sheep" and "Dance" (both set in Hokkaido) made an impression on me. Anyone out there with their recommendations?
Five Point Someone By Chetan Bhagat
Book Name -[b] Five Point Someone[/b] Author - [b]Chetan Bhagat[/b] In the Introduction Writer says thanks to Mr. Bill Gates For for giving such a wonderful text editor MS Office! This is a [b]story of 3 Engineers[/b] and their life at IIT (A Famous Engineering Institution in India).It tells you about how these people screwed their life in between and how they managed to get out of everything. It also tell you about the fun they had in the college.Right from the fist year to the last... [q
Has any of you guys ever read a Darren Shan book? there are 12 of it now, and the 12th is the last one :'(... It's about a boy who goes to a Freak Show with is friend, then his friend says he sees a real vampire and Darren's friend goes to the vampire and wants to be one too, but the vampire says he has bad blood. Then Darrens friend gets sick and darren goes to the vampire to ask for help. But the vampire says he will only help if Darren is gonna be a vampire too....
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
This book is absolutley brilliant. I read a fair amount I suppose, I don't know maybe a book a week. I had never, however, come across this book or anything like it until one day my grandmother lent me it. I flicked through the pages and thought with it only being a short novel I should give it a go. The general theme of the book is that a small boy, the son of Hitler's right hand man, and his family all move from their beautiful home in Berlin to a place called Out-with. The real
I have to read, [u]Of Mice and Men[/u] for school (I'm going into ninth grade). I was trying to take the easy route and buy sparknotes, but my mom wouldn't let me. So far it's pretty boring. I have to take notes on it too. Has anyone read this book? Is it a good book?
Yesterday, I was re-reading [i]Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[/i], and I have deduced that Snape's allegiences indeed lie with the Order of the Phoenix. Here is why: [highlight="black"]At the top of the Astronomy Tower near the end of the book, Dumbledore admits to Malfoy that he knew about the mission Voldemort entrusted to Malfoy. However, he knew that Malfoy is not a murderer and therefore would not kill dumbledore, so he asked snape to kill dumbledore instead so that
For the most part, I don't like watching movies that have been made from books that I've already read, though for some reason if I read the book after watching the movie, I can still enjoy both separately, like [i]The Princess Bride[/i] or [i]Memoirs of a Geisha[/i]. There have been a few exceptions, like [i]Lord of the Rings[/i] and the recent version of [i]The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe[/i], but it had been so long since I read the books that many of the details were vague, I ju
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, by David Lubar, is a story about a freshmen named Scott Hudson. He has one goal for his freshman year: to survive. To cope with the expected (friends dumping him) and unexpected (mom's pregnant!) changes of his first year of high school, Scott keeps a diary in the guise of writing advice to "Smelly," his unborn brother. Full Cast Audio evokes the humorous growing pains of Scott, his friends, and family. Ryan MacConnell does an especially good turn a
What Are Some Good Short Stories?
I used to read a lot years ago, but as the Internet got more interesting, I stopped reading before bed, heck, I stopped going to bed! I'm thinking that I should start reading a bit more, something other than Wikipedia (Heh, anyone else a Wiki addict like me?) and short stories seems like a good place to kick-start my interest in reading. Does anyone have any suggestions? Preferably something that's well known and available online. I'll read just about anything, from horror stor
I'm looking for a bible, now heres the kicker, I want a bible with full thickness pages, I don't care how big it is and price is not a real interest, I know there are a lot people here who believe in Christianity and Might know, and for your information, a King James bible is the type I want, I don't want a good news bible, and It needs both old and new testaments. I'm also looking for a Qu'ran, English Translation obv. because I don't speak arabic, and likewise I want
Does anyone know if it came out? I thought it came out last summer but I guess I was wrong... So does anyone know the date for it to come out?
The whole town attended to Emily Grierson’s funeral, but did they actually knew who she was? And that was exactly the problem. Emily was a very mysterious lady, with a lot of secrets and eccentricities; it was impossible to know what was going through that woman’s head. But that did not stop the people talking and supposing things about her; “poor Emily” they used to say, and it was impossible not to talk about her due to her weird personality. Emily Grierson not only was
A Slander is a short story that reflects the behavior of society concerning on the public image. In the story, Serge Kapitonich Ahineev is an important writer gathering with other important people. He got into the kitchen with Marfa, the cooker, to check the sturgeon, and amazed by the delicious smell he smacked his lips emitting the sound of an ungreased wheel. Suddenly, he heard a voice on the next room; it was Vankin, wrongly interpreting the noise he just heard and making up a story about Ah
What are your top 5 favourite books (1 being the highest, 5 the lowest)? I think mine would be: 1. The Survivor's Club by Lisa Gardner 2. Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman 3. The Tutor by Peter Abrahams 4. Fearless (series) by Francine Pascal 5. Claws by Will Weaver
Does Anyone Like The Book Faefever?
Does anyone like the book [u]FaeFever[/u] By: Karen Marie Morning? If so do they know when the next book is coming out?
I don't know if this is allowed in the forum, because its Chinese orientated. But never the less, let me make this post. Do anyone of you read Chinese Swordplay Novels? I find them very interesting. Some titles are Legend of the Condor Heroes(She Diao Ying Xiong Juan), Return of the Condor Heroes(Shen Diao Xia Lu) and Duke of Mount Deer. All there are written by Mr. Jin Yong, though there are other authors as well but Mr. Jin Yong is one of the most famed ones. There are many other titles
Minima Moralia: Reflections From Damaged Life
i've been working on this adorno piece on and off for a month or so now. needless to say, it's an incredibly heavy read... as is just about anything from him. "life does not live" being one of the books opening statements, you can really only imagine where it goes from there. from specifics to broad assertions of an inhuman society, adorno really digs deep on this one. if nothing else, it is certainly a social philosophy book worth taking a look at. just one warning, don't
D. Adams Lives On: H2g2 Part 6 Of 3 Published.
There is a new book in the official Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, the famous trilogy featuring science fiction, british humour and the intriguing and dramatic tale of man searching the universe over for a good cup of tea. The book is called "..and Another thing". It wasn't written by (The late, great) Douglas Adams, but it received good reviews for retaining Adams' signature writing style and received the blessing of his family. Haven't read it myself, but se
Book Review Good To Great Companies - Chapter 3 Summary
In chapter three, Collins would begin by saying when it comes to producing good to great companies it was the matter of putting the right people on the "bus" and getting the wrong people off the "bus". However, had talk briefly about that in chapter one, chapter three would seem to get to the important aspect of defining the right people and wrong people. Collins talks about three truths when it comes to using the right people and the wrong people, the first one he talks ab
Book Review Good To Great Companies - Chapter 2 Summary
To Continue on with my review I have completed chapter 2 for everyone to enjoy. I find chapter two to be of interest for those in the management area, the reason I say that because it would seem that Jim Collins is saying this is what you shouldn’t do when you are at a high level position. He talks about how some of the good-to-great leaders were humble and thought of the company and not themselves. Jim Collins talks about Level 5 Management, in short is a position that blends both perso
Book Review Good To Great Companies - Chapter 1 Summary
For one of my projects in a management course, I had to pick out a book and read and then provide an overall summary to at the end of the course and so I thought I would share with every my thoughts about this book. It is called [url="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Companies-Leap-Others/dp/0066620996"]Good To Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't[/url]. Now each summary are based on notes I have taken in a essay like writing format to make the transition for the fin
What Are Some Stupid Things You've Read?
Today whilst buying lunch, I went up to the school canteen and read what I could order. About 3rd on the list was [color=#000099][b]Italian Pasta[/b][/color] which nearly made me laugh. What about you, have you ever read some stupid things?
Any Legend Of The Seeker Fans Here?
I dearly love sci-fi/fantasy books, and always head to that section of the local library first thing. I've read so many it's hard to find good new ones, and lately the pickens have gotten really slim. But last week I saw a good large collection of books written by a Terry Goodkind that I have not yet read. I noticed he had written quite a few books, so I picked one out, "Wizzards First Rule" and mentioned on the way home to my hubby that I really hoped the guy was a good wri
I recently had a professor who avowed that Chaucer was one of the 4 most influential writers in the English Language. He included Shakespeare, Milton and some other dude that I can't remember. The point is: CHAUCER? I would have never guessed. Anyhow, he said that Chaucer was so influential because he started a trend of realism in characterization (everything before this point was written like a legend or a fable or whatever) and rhyme in poetry (english writers just used alliteration, rhyt
not to many posts in here hehe so what are a few books that changed your life or way of thinking?
Did You Read Dan Brown's New Book?
I just opened today's newspaper to read a story about Dan Brown's latest book [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Symbol"]The Lost Symbol. [/url] [/i]Based on the report, sales of the book have been really strong, although there was nothing clearly mentioned about how good (or bad) the story was! All the report seemed to care about was the hype surrounding the sales figures of the book. All this has made me curious about this new book. It is the third one to involve Rob
This is going out on a limb here, but does anyone else read the vast amount of material located on teh site: Divine Cosmos.Com?
What is your favourite book ?
Animal farm is a great book we should discuss it! [note=BuffaloHELP][center]Trap17 forum asks you to post contributes with substance.[/center][/note]
I just recently got the summer job of my dreams - BUT, it comes with a 1+ hour commute each way. Fortunately for me, I can take the commuter bus and put those extra 2.5 hours a day towards reading! And so, having exhausted my intended summer reading list all too early in the summer and with many long commutes to go, [b]I need your suggestions of what to read next! [/b] I enjoy just about everything, fiction and nonfiction (with the exception of dense war histories and formulaic romance
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What Books Are You Reading This Month?
what books are you reading this month?? I'me reading THE WATCHMAN, by Robert Crais. What about you guys??
Who are your favourite author(s)? My favourite authors have to be J.R.R Tolkien, Philip Pullman and Douglas Adams.
I just bought a book written by nostradamus, it contains all of his sayings. Almost all of his sayings have been true so far. He predicted That there will be two dictactors for france and germany and there were mussolini and hitler. His predictions about thwo world wars was true, He lived in 1564, how can someone predict a world war 3 , When even 1 and 2 have not even taken place, crazy isn't it. He also predicted that there will be bin laden that will rock the world, and also he predicted 9
Hi I was reading throw quite a few post here and yet to find where any one has stared a book reading group. The kind where we pick a book each month and read it then post and discuss about it. Any one like this idea? IF so we can start by Discussing what type of book to pick out to start with next month. If you have suggestion to as what a good book to start with add it here, then when we have a good group wishing to try this I ll post up a poll to vote on which book to read in Auguste.
Top four fiction books, not neccesarily in this order. -Thus spoke Zarathustra -Edgar Allen Poe collection -LOTR book -Catcher in the rye
Is anyone else an absolute fan of this novel? I can't get enough of it. I think I've read it five or six different times. Every time it is great. And I really love the theme and the story's basis. <3
Just finished the book and i must say its pretty awesome Can be a bit missleading for some but all together its a pretty nice concept. What do you think?
What you think about this book? The most readed book in the world. My opinion is that the book worth for reading, it has what to read, and on you remains do you belive in that what you are reading.
is it anybody who can really like this? it is the worst writer ever... it just so simple and... bleah... and every teen ager thinks that if you read paolo cohelio's books your smarter... silly ones.. i'll better read harry potter that cohelio. by the way... harry potter... bleah too
Anyone reading the amazing[i] Autobiography of a Yogi[/i], by Paramahansa Yogananda? It is such a great book--i really do recommend it. It is about the life of the yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda, who spent his beginning years as a disiple to the great Sri Yukteswar. Some of the accounts in this boook are amazing, and even though i am only a thrid of the way through it, i can tell it's really life-changing. I have been thinking about things in different ways. That is what this book does, it op
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare This book is free, it is in text format, so it is not organized like if it was in pdf format but, you can convert it to pdf with programs like: "OpenOffice" or "PDF Creator". This Ebook is really useful for those that love Shakespeare works, especially "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet" or even "Othello", as well as others well known and good to read. For the ones at school, this ebook is going to be a g
Audrey Niffenegger is the author of this absolutely brilliant book! Her writting is very 'real' and the story line is definitely one you have never read before. The Time Traveller's Wife is an absolute must for anyone who enjoys reading. The main plot is about a guy, Henry, who time travels and basically meets his wife when she is 10 and he is about 40 years old! I will not tell you any more so as not to reveal more of the story..... 'HERE'S THE NEXT THE LOVELY BONES
I was wondering whether we could start a book club at trap17, serious members only. Any book goes as long as the member reads it and talks about it instead of simply disappearing. Not much to say right now but I hope we can start this because it would encourage other members to read books of different genres
Does any one also think harry potters dumb??
I think harry potters ok wen ur about 8-10 years old but past that come on, grow up. lol no offense to any admin mebers who like harry potter. Do u hate itas well or do u disagee?? You be the judge.
Hi, I have never been a big reader up until recently. Could somebody tell me where I could perhaps find dirt-cheap books so I could buy? thanks. PS: I am interested in sales and anything that is beneficial to my life books. THanks
I've just finished reading Eragon and now I'm moving on to read Eldest, and I gotta say, what a great book! It's a fantasy novel by Christopher Paolini about a young boy about 15 years old who finds a blue stone. It turns out to be a dragon inside and he and his dragon, Saphira, travel the world seeking revenge for the death of his family. The story unfolds as he forms alliances and enemies and travels to exotic locations. I'll not say anything else in case someone is only a
Have you read the God Slayer Chronicles by James Clemens??? There are 2 books published for now which are Shadowfall and Hinterland. The plot is really well planed and the characters are very alive. It is a fantasy fiction book with magic and medieval stuff. If you like lord of the rings, you should take a look at this.
Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy
im just posting in to see if anuone has read The Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy if so can u tell me if its good [size=1][color="red"]I edited the title of this thread since search engines crawl this forum. [/size][/color]
Map of Bones by the author James Rollins is a great thriller and mystery mixed book with fast-paced actions with intellegently put puzzles lying around every corner of the book, but on the other hand it's kind of boring on some parts because of the repeating of the activites. I borrowed it from the library 4 days ago by a recommendation of several friends and couldn't stop reading it, [i]very[/i] addicting! [b]Short plot below:[/b] A band of intruders, highly armed dressed in r
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