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Patsy became a high school dropout, a teenage runaway, a bride at 17, and a parent at 20. She soon began to suffer from agoraphobia and became a prisoner in her own home. But to look at her now, walking back and forth across a stage talking to thousands of women, it's quite obvious that something has changed!
I Grew Up Little is the story of how that transformation took place and how God can change each of us, as well.
I Grew Up Little is Patsy Clairmont's amazing story-told here in its entirety for the very first time. Her journey from a life filled with dark despair and depression to one of hope and complete transformation delivers a powerful message of hope and possibility to women of all ages.
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gives hope and inspiration.......2007-10-02
If you come to this book looking for some kind of structured plan of how Patsy worked through her agoraphobia years you are not going to find it. I understand the want for this being a recovering agoraphobic myself and seeking in the past anything that even held the word agoraphobia and hoping it had the "fix". She actually does give the answer to agoraphobia, but it's not an "easy" one and you will miss so much more in this book if that is all you are looking for. Read deeper and you will find hope and inspiration. You will learn to trust more deeply and lean on God through all things. She shows her spunky side that we all know and love, but she also shows a different side as she talks about areas of pain in her life. I just finished it and am going to read it again since I find things after a second reading that I may have missed through the first one...I can't wait.
LITTLE woman with BIG message.......2007-08-06
I met Patsy last year (2006) at the Women of Faith conference and later bought all books available by her! She knows what it's like to hurt and be fearful big time--yet she knows how to take care of those feelings! A most wonderful person and author.
Growing up Little, but finding a big God.......2007-01-19
Patsy has such a way with words that you could "hear her speak" through her book. I only wish she had focused more on the "how" she overcame the agoraphobia rather than so much history related to her family. But I loved it nonetheless and have already recommended it to others.
Not what I expected...............2006-04-13
Althought I did enjoy this book, it had so little to do with agoraphobia. Each chapter tells of a different person in her life. Her mother, father, aunts and so on. There was only like 2 chapters that I felt touched on the agoraphobia and then it was like she simply overcame it overnight. I gave it 4 stars because I do love the stories of her Maw Maw etc., but if you are looking for something specifically on agoraphobia, I think you might be disappointed.
I Grew Up Little.......2006-03-01
This book was a good read. However, I expected to learn more about Ms. Clairmont's agoraphobia. That was the reason I had bought the book. Still, if you enjoy biographies, this one is fun to read.
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The Legend and the Reality.......1999-05-13
In the 1970's a four volume project was designed to re-examine the life of filmmaker and ethnographer Maya Deren. Four authors worked within the structure of a feminist collective typical of the time with revolving editorship. According to Catrina Neiman, one of the authors, an anticipated outcome was to stimulate further academic study on Deren. Volume 1, Signatures concerns Deren's early and university life, involvement in socialist youth groups and early poetry and fiction. Chambers, part 2 ilustrates her development as a filmmaker through her first four films with documents on their production and reception. What is noteworthy of this project is the illumination of parts of Deren's life beyond the four year period between 1943 and 1946 which most people know about. The 40 year old Deren who was involved with ethnography and ethnomusicology as well as the young teen involved in political movements are areas new to us. The two remaining volumes are ready and have been so for years which publisher Anthology Film Archives has yet to release. ' Legend' embraces the transformative nature of Deren's work in different creative relationships and is the most comprehensive work to date on her life.
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Great!! Very Helpful!.......2003-05-02
Ever since I purchased this book, I look at it at least once a month. I have did several parties from the book, and all of them were a hit!! I want to encourage anyone to purchase this book, even if you have never been the "crafty type" its pretty much goof proof!! It has everything from the menu & recipes to the centerpeices & invitations. Happy Shopping!!
NOT THE BOOK TO BUY IF YOU'RE PLANNING A BIG PARTY.......1998-08-30
I was hoping for a book with numerous ideas and on a fair budget. I was planning a summer party for 50 friends and family and was dissapointed that this book had ideas for parties if you want to spend 1000.00 for a party. Some of the recipes and ideas were interesting but not for someone who has little time to make the decorations and all the food as prestented, sorry.
VERY helpful with wonderful recipes!.......1998-06-06
I have given a couple of showers within the last six months (bridal & baby shower) and used several recipes from this book. ALL the recipes that I made from the book got raves & I even got requests for several of them. I consider this my party bible. The ideas are so cleaver. I hope another one comes out with even more ideas & recipes.
Book Description
Simulations and the Future of Learning offers trainers and educators the information and perspective they need to understand, design, build, and deploy computer simulations for this generation. Looking back on his recent first-hand experience as lead designer for an advanced leadership development simulation, author Clark Aldrich has created a detailed case study of the creation and deployment of an e-learning simulation that had the development cycle of a modern computer game. With this book Aldrich, a leader in the e-learning field, has created an intriguing roadmap for the future of learning while taking us along on an entertaining rollercoaster ride of trial and error, success and failure. Simulations and the Future of Learning outlines the design principles and critical decisions around any simulation's components— the interface, the physics and animation systems, the artificial intelligence, and sets and figures. Using this accessible resource, readers will learn how to create and evaluate successful simulations that have the following characteristics: authentic and relevant scenarios; applied pressure situations that tap user's emotion and force them to act; a sense of unrestricted options; and replayability.
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read it before you take decisions!.......2007-02-21
Aldrich knows what he is talking about and it reads like a novel. Before you know it you have read most of it and you can reproduce it because of the catchy examples and arguments.
Gave me food for thought while designing e-learning for prisoners and stops me going down the tracks the market wants you to follow.
Ernst Duvert
what it takes.......2005-08-03
This book is really a case study of creating developing and working through the giant project of making a true simulation game where the gamer can be in control of who things go. In the business leadership scenarios mentioned one can learn a great deal
Infotainment and Evangelism.......2004-10-26
High profile e-learning industry analyst Clark Aldrich became disenchanted with the yawning gap between the promise of e-learning and the reality. Attracted by the potential application of computer gaming techniques for training simulation purposes, he quit his job with the Gartner Group and joined a project team attempting to design a computer-based leadership development simulation. The result was Simulearn's Virtual Leader. Aldrich's book recounts the experience in this book.
Despite the promise of the title, the book is a curious mix of speculation, case study, and product promotion. Aldrich provides accessible frameworks for thinking about the underlying design considerations for the development of simulations, and some useful insights into the analysis of content and development of simulation architecture. Yet the book is not a tool kit or primer for would-be designers - the advice is rarely actionable - nor is it a deep study of the concepts and application of simulation models. As such its greatest value is as an introductory case study into aspects of simulation design. The case in question is the development of Simulearn's Virtual Leader product, and the book gives little insight into other forms of electronic or other simulations. The author is a Vice President of Simulearn, so his views are not impartial.
Aldrich makes some refreshingly provocative assertions: e-learning has failed to deliver because it's not sufficiently user-focused - it has been sold to senior managers as means of lowering the cost of training, rather than enriching the value of learning. Aldrich believes that education and vocational training are too "linear", emphasizing the acquisition of facts in a sequential, guided way rather than "open-ended", allowing the development of decision-making, interpersonal communication and creative capabilities required for success in work. In contrast, simulations offer rich combinations of linear, cyclical and open-ended learning, with the freedom to make mistakes, try new approaches and hone skills in a secure environment.
The book is often entertaining. Aldrich's account of the analysis of the leadership content in order to arrive at an underlying simulation model and architecture is amusing - framed as a quest to find the meaning of leadership and render it into electronic simulation, with himself as hero. It is slightly clouded by digressions on the nature of leadership - Aldrich seems to approach the subject with little background, and is suprised to find that (to paraphrase Warren Bennis) so much been written by so many to so little effect.
A number of glaring issues go unexamined: the leadership model and the simulation design of Virtual Leader require a standard of behaviour and ethics that are possibly more ideology than reality. Success in Virual Leader requires a degree of conventional virtue that most organizations espouse but is not always practiced by those in power. A fundamentally Machiavellian approach apparently won't work in Virtual Leader, but it is arguably an effective means of gaining and retaining power in most organisations. The player's experience of Virtual Leader is not evident from the descriptions -despite extensive descriptions of the design process and interface, the book gives little insight into how the player interacts with the game.
Aldrich is evangelical, which gives his writing energy and persuasive power, but like many evangelists, he is strong on belief and short on evidence for his views. While he is right to question the validity of conventional models of education and learning, his opinions are largely speculation, or based on the anecdotal evidence of others or his own experience.
And despite the evangelism, if Aldrich's predictions hold true, most organisations will never design a simulation using his approach. They are prohibitively expensive, costing many millions of dollars. At best, they may purchase an off-the-shelf simulation, and customise it to some extent, which is possibly one of the promotional intentions of the book.
An easy read that will have you thinking for a long time........2004-09-20
This book has a great casual style that makes it accessible to anyone, yet the ideas are significant.
It's pretty cool - he describes the process he went through to create a game to help people learn leadership skills. What I found interesting is how he came to define leadership, since he had to do it in a way that would permit 'quantization' and definition as a simulation. He admits that the ideas are not new, but I think his perspective is a fresh one. The way he has put them together is definitely new. The result is a visualization of leadership that plays on in your mind - great stuff.
It is also an interesting account of the process he went through when designing his simulation/game. When organized and well written, accounts of groups solving complex problems can be very illuminating, and this one certainly succeeds there too.
I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in leadership; e-Learning; and problem-solving.
Timely, Needed, and Important.......2004-07-12
Every person who has played a modern-day simulation game has had to wonder how that level of interaction can be used to teach and train. Simulation and the Future of Learning doesn't just explain that it's possible, it proves it.
Aldrich's extensive background in e-learning products gives him a very qualified view of what needs to improve in the future of learning. The answer is simulations. Real-time, engaging and realistic simulations. He explains in detail the hurdles, headaches, and horrors of developing what has become one of the best leadership training tools on the market--Virtual Leader.
While there is little explanation of instructional theory and methods, this book is HIGHLY recommended to any organization looking to get into the educational simulation business. It provides a realistic picture of the decisions designers will face when building the next generation of learning products.
Amazon.com
With Amazonia, James Marcus adds to the ever-simmering stew of Amazon.com analysis a new, almost quaint perspective: that of an employee hired for his expertise in literature. Marcus traces the company's familiar climb, plummet, and re-ascent, but this time we witness the pyrotechnics from the book-strewn hallways of the editorial department.
After an abbreviated heydey, editorial talent lost cachet at the burgeoning Internet behemoth, replaced by metrics worship and automated innovations like "truncating widgets." Despite the demoralizing shift, Marcus makes evident the loyalty editors continued to display, a "quasi-religious devotion… almost impossible to explain to outsiders." The concept of making history was just too intoxicating for most to abandon (as were the stock options).
Marcus's writing has enough genuine humor and self-deprecation to squelch any accusations of "optimizing for optics," or worse, whining. Aside from a few sections that feel somewhat adrift (oblique mentions of an imploding marriage and an extended Emerson sidebar) the prose is driving and the voice engaging and remarkably fair.
For anyone who worked at Amazon.com in the early days, reading Amazonia is akin to leafing through a high school yearbook (I was an Amazon editor from 1997-2002). Nostalgia is inescapable--even for the irritations of the time, like All Hands Meetings (pep rallies) and the exaltation of MBAs (the popular kids). The thing about yearbooks, though, is that we're really only interested in our own. Whether outsiders will be as captivated by this surf down virtual memory lane is questionable. For alums, it's a lasting keepsake. --Brangien Davis
Book Description
Employee #55's story of the first five years of Amazon.com, which "brims with fascinating Amazoniana." (The Los Angeles Times)
In a book that Ian Frazier has called, "a fascinating and sometimes hair-raising morality tale from deep inside the Internet boom," James Marcus, hired by Amazon.com in 1996, when the company was so small his e-mail address could be james@amazon.com, looks back a decade later at the ecstatic rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable comeback of the consummate symbol of late 1990s America.
Observing "how it was to be in the right place (Seattle) at the right time (the 90s)" (Chicago Reader), Marcus offers a ringside seat on everything from his first interview with Jeff Bezos to the company's bizarre, Nordic-style retreats, creating what Jonathan Raban calls "an utterly beguiling book." For this first paperback edition, Marcus has added a new afterword with further reflections on his Amazon experience.
In the tradition of the most noteworthy and entertaining memoirs of recent years, Marcus offers us a modern-day fable, "a clear-eyed, first-person account, rife with digressions on the larger cultural meaning throughout" (Henry Alford, Newsday).
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I enjoyed Amazonia........2007-09-26
I liked it, it was worth reading. What amazes me is the length of the reviews and depth on this book. The authors point is well proven that idiots will write reviews for free, Jeff smiles as the cash register ads to the rocketship fund.
Excellent Insight - Stunningly Honest.......2007-02-04
An exceptional, exclusive, and original look into the inner workings of the web retail giant Amazon. Follow Marcus from his initiation as employee #55 to the highs (and lows) of his lost $9 million dollar stock fortune, and finally, his frustuartion and eventual decision to leave Amazon. Though Marcus was one of the earliest employees to be hired at Amazon, beginning his career when CEO Bezos had only dreams of becoming a retail giant, he describes the company as if he were only a passerby, a spectator. This detachment is apparent especially as Marcus laments his lost fortune, and criticizes Amazon's "culture of metrics" and their constant hiring of MBA types while continuely pushing editors from office to office like a stack of old books in their corporate warehouse.
Marcus reveals the less pretty side of giant corporations, even ones who exist in the web world, and he destroys any perception of Amazon as a caring book company which exists only to serve you to find new and creative books. Instead, Marcus paints a picture of Amazon as a money frenzied monster manipulating visitors into buying books and items sponsored by their companies, not reccomended by Amazon editors or staff.
Overall, Marcus's ramblings must be taken with a grain of salt. (Remember, he did miss out on $9 million from this company, and he was being mistreated increasingly in his last years). But, this insight into Amazon and other corporations is valuable, and insightful. Its a quick read, and it will change the way you look at Amazon - for better or worse, read it.
James captures the virtual insanity of the dot.com era.......2006-07-30
This book does far more than tell the story of one person's career experiences in the middle of the dot.com Amazon boom era. James captures throughout the book the psychological roller coaster of the paper money insanity that was the late 90's gold rush. Speculation drove insane price multiples for companies with no assets and no profits, creating millions in wealth for book editors who also spent time time packing books into boxes.
The book is written well as a first person narrative, and is quite interesting to read. James shares the events and emotions and blends them so the reader experiences some of what it was like from the trenches. I laughed out loud at his depiction of MBAs and absurd corporate speak which started to permeate the once pureness of literary service provided by Amazon on line editors. While most of the moves Jeff Bezos made paid off for Amazon, it was hard for the author to write about some of the dot.com ventures and the insane prices paid for acquisitions, many of which are comical in retrospect.
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the book is the manner in which he captures the conflicting emotions of paper wealth created by the dot.com frenzy. He depicts the simmering resentment of other corporate employees as Amazon moved to an office building downtown and the unconventional Amazon employees, with their paper millions, began to rub elbows with banking employees working hard for normal wages.
The only complaint I had was when he veered off subject with a chapter long diatribe on literary commentary. Granted, he was a book editor and therefore is knowledgeable on the subject, but it seemed a bit pedantic and detracted from the commentary on the company.
Overall, I really enjoyed the prose and the internal perspective on the rise of one of the dot.com survivors. Writing a review on Amazon, on a book about Amazon, by an editor of books for Amazon, is a bit surreal. The irony aside, I recommend this book as a fun personal story and a historical retrospective on a unique era.
Entertaining look at a "utopian frat house"..........2006-05-27
Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.com Juggernaut by James Marcus is an entertaining little book about one man's experience working as a book reviewer for Amazon.
James Marcus signed up for Amazon as employee number 77 and watched the company soar to over 8000 employees. At the beginning, the author calls the company a "utopian frat house," and something that "resembled a science project executed by the smartest kid in the class." Jeff Bezos was going places, and working at Amazon in the beginning was as exciting as a thrill ride. While pay and benefits weren't always the best, the stock options were mind boggling. At one time, Marcus' stock options were worth $9 million on paper.
In the course of his five year tenure, the author wrote reviews, interviewed authors, selected featured books, took care of the homepage, and gave interviews to CNN on holiday book selections. When the holidays approached, almost all employees were expected to spend time in the warehouse. Marcus writes a witty account of working the conveyer belt trying to package book orders, "surely we were in Lucy-and-Ethel territory here."
Unfortunately, Amazon stumbled as it grew and it started accumulating other companies and trying new products. Soon they were selling toys, internet cards, tools, electronics, kitchen wares and featuring an on-line auction (similar to eBay). Some of these ventures sunk like a stone, and soon weeds were starting to take over this "high-tech hot house." The dot.com market also tumbled and Amazon stock prices went with it.
I thought that Amazonia could have included a little more about the author's personal life. He gives only very brief snippets of what is happening on that level. Also, Marcus likes to impress us with his giant vocabulary, which gets distracting at times. I also thought the comparisons between Emerson and the internet a stretch. But Amazonia is still a fine book and I walked away with a better understanding of the world of Amazon and the genius of Jeff Bezos. I also wrote down a number of book recommendations. Marcus also has a shrewd eye for observing books, authors and readers. One observation I liked is "READERS AND WRITERS: their mating rituals are as strange, as intricate and engrossing, as anything you'll ever see on the Discovery Channel." So, Amazonia is a must read for a serious Amazon reviewer.
Not a diatribe, but an entertaining look from the inside.......2006-04-20
Marcus' work is often portrayed as an indictment of Amazon, or the work of a disgruntled ex-employee. Even the cover of this book shows the Amazon "smiley" logo upside-down as a frown. But these are not adequate descriptions of this book. From the time where Marcus joins the staff at employee number 60-something through the majority of the book, until the dot-com bubble bursts, it is a mostly positive look at Amazon, and the experience of working there. And his portrayal of company founder Jeff Bezos is unfailingly positive. Why should it surprise anyone that when the bubble burst, and the stock tanked, and people were laid off, that the narrative of life at Amazon would lose its glow? This is a tail of the heady days mostly, but also of the corporat-ization and disillusionment that followed. The negative coverage of Amazon.com is the not baseless complaints of the disgruntled, but is an acute observations of staff demoralization, and the ham-handed (and brief) presidency of Joe Galli. Amazon's pendulum did indeed swing from the heady early days, to the funk at Marcus' departure, and now rests stably at the middle: a place offering some cool perks and big corporate "Dilbert"ism in equal shares.
Marcus' coverage of the ride is an enjoyable read. He never claims knowledge beyond his station as some other reviewers seem to imply. He does however offer clear observations of what he saw, when he saw it. His propensity for using a $20 word where a nickel one would suffice is irritating, and his "pointy-headed" academic references (the worst being an extended Emerson sidebar taking up an entire chapter) make you want to simply skip such passages. But overall he is a good story-teller, and he is after all telling it in his own voice -- officious as it may sometimes be. Overall he comes off very genuine, and ultimately entertaining.
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Aprenda a tocar el bajo sexto con este excelente y único método musical. Escrito por el afamado autor Victor M. Barba (creador del método Easy Music), este método le enseñará todo lo que necesite saber de una manera fácil, gradual y autodidacta. Además de ejercicios, diagramas y explicaciones, el libro incluye un CD donde se demuestran todos los ejemplos musicales y las pistas para practicar con el mismo. En complemento con los métodos de Armonía y Solfeo, este libro es la opción más completa para aprender a tocar el bajo sexto desde el primer día. ¡Ideal para principiantes!
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An insightful and practical book that reveals the ins and outs of the editorial world for aspiring freelance writers. 6 EASY STEPS TO FREELANCE WRITING is an essential tool to equip young scribes on how to get started on writing for their favorite publications . . . and get paid for it!
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VERY HELPFUL!.......2003-11-26
This book gave me a lot of insight in regards to how writers get magazine assignments and also how to secure jobs writing for these same magazines. The contact names and numbers at the magazines and newspapers at the back of the book were also REALLY helpful.
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