Customer Reviews:
Very helpful.......2005-10-13
My wife loved the book and has found it very informative. She was not aware that she knew so much through our trial and error methods, but now more errors....just more fun.
Mistress enjoyed this book.......2005-09-14
I Purchased this book for my Mistress. She read it entirely in one sitting! She very much enjoyed the look on my face as she described what she had read.
Why Didn't Anyone think of this before?.......2003-04-10
Let's get all the cliches out of the way first. "The Family Jewels" is a gem. It is precise, finely cut to spec and invaluable. In fact, the first time I laid eyes on it, my first thought was, why didn't anyone think of this before?
Hardy Haberman has filled a void in the SM literary canon that not only give tips to the experienced edge player, but to beginners as well. There are also a few chunks of anecdotal scene evidence to add the touch of hard-on reading that any book of this nature needs to keep the entertainment value at a maximum.
You may not be familiar with Mr. Haberman, who considers himself a "Pain Technologist." He specializes in CBT and has an unusual fondness for clips, clamps and clothespins, as well as more exotic SM play. I recommend this book to anyone with even a passing interest in learning about esoteric genital play.
Got male parts or play with them? This book is for you!.......2002-11-28
When we hear or see the term CBT we think "torture" and that usually makes us all cross our legs. But Haberman's book is really focused on creating intense or simply pleasureable sensations for male genitals in ways that do not involve intercourse. The book has four main divisions: anatomy, safety (please don't skip over this one), basics & toys of CBT, and finally a collection of nine short stories to demostrate the first three sections. The stories aren't really arousing, they are more instructive. If CBT is something you've thought about but know little about, this is a great place to get information. Read it with your partner and you can figure out what he is interested in.
Handy Guide for CBT Play.......2001-12-06
Being in the computer field, for years I thought CBT was an acronym meaning something other than Cock and Ball Torture. While those three words might make the average man cringe or instinctively cover their groin, there are those men who enjoy it immensely and other men and women who enjoy doing CBT to them! It is for these two groups of folks that this book is primarily written for.
Among the topics Haberman covers here include basic male anatomy (and there's quite a bit to know about it!), negotiation and safewords, play benefits and risks involved, safe sex play and cleaning CBT toys, all very important subjects to cover.
There's also a chapter devoted to various CBT toys, including clamps, ball stretchers and spreaders, cock rings and electrical toys just to name a few. There are also diagrams included on how these toys are to be used, as well as several diagrams on tieing up the proverbial cock and balls. There's even a chapter on CBT "recipes," guaranteed to give the proverbial Dom/me lots of ideas!
While CBT may not be my idea of a good time, I fully support those who do enjoy it. I enjoyed the book because it covers the topic well and Hardy's easy-going style makes reading this book fun and enjoyable.
Book Description
A collection of essays on workers' efforts in the 19th and 20th centuries to assert control over the processes of production in US. It describes the development of management techniques and includes discussions of various worker and union responses to unemployment.
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A Contemporary Classic.......2007-05-06
This is a wonderful book on the breakdown of workers control over both the shop floor and the production process in the United States. The story begins in the post-civil war era when skilled/craft produciton still held sway. Via the influence of craft unions (most notably Gompers' American Federation of Labor and its numerous national unions) workers in many industries (Montgomery focuses heavily on machinists here) were able to hold great influence over the production process. Due to their high level of skill, and knowledge of their craft - generated a kind of structural leverage - craft unions were able to develop "cooperative" relationship with captial. However, between the 1880s and the 1900s increasing capital competition led to an employer offensive on worker's influece of the production process as a means of reducing costs, gaining control over the workplace, and augmenting profits. Their main aim was then to take the knowledge of the produciton process that the workers possessed and rationalize it - that is break it down into simple units, deskilling the particular work of the given craft...and the story goes on.
This is a higly recommended piece of labor history, one that would be well read in addition to Harry Braverman's "Labor and Monopoly Capital."
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This book presents a theory of the firm based on its economic role as an intermediary between customers and suppliers. Professor Spulber demonstrates how the intermediation theory of the firm explains firm formation by showing how they arise in a market equilibrium. In addition, the theory helps explain how markets work by showing how firms select market-clearing prices. Models of intermediation and market microstructure from microeconomics and finance shed considerable light on the formation and market making activities of firms. The intermediation theory of the firm is compared to existing economic theories of the firm including the neoclassical, industrial organization, transaction cost, and principal-agent models.
Customer Reviews:
Providing ideas of intermediary firm.......2001-05-07
This book provides concepts of intermediary firm and its functions in economy. The author starts by introducing Princing Mechanism and Adjustment (with uncertainry) in the first part. He give use a fancy applications in Economic Theory (Gen. Eqlm.) and competition among intermediaries in part II. Part III, he seperates the concepts of matching and searching. Part IV, Adverse Selection and Moral Harzard problems are also given. Part V is Transaction Cost. Part VI is Agency Theory. All are presented with intermediary concepts. The author gives ideas about intermediary in many aspects by collecting lots of papers and conceptualization of thems. The concepts can be used in financial and physical markets. It is indispensable for students who want to study Market Microstructure, Intermediary and E-commerce Concept.
A theory of intermiadiation.......2000-04-08
Intermediaries play a significant role in market economies. The author identifies that role and develops a conceptual framework of the major functions of intermediaries in markets. The main idea, which goes beyond the classical dichotomy of firms vs. markets, is simple but powerful: firms create and manage markets. I think it is a book that should be read by everyone interested in understanding how markets work.
Customer Reviews:
Not just enjoyed by the kids!.......2001-02-07
Adults and children alike will enjoy this work. The illustrations are terrific and it contains many interesting facts. The only drawback with this book is the fact that it is a bit on the small side but I suppose it is reasonably priced.
If you don't have a Ripley's book try with this one, you might well enjoy it.
Awesome great and wonderful. Can't believe it!.......1999-05-25
This book really inspired me to pay attention to all of the differences in the world.
Great inspiration for school research projects!.......1998-09-05
I have used this and the other "Ripley's" books to inspire my students to do research projects. The students are captivated by the drawings and the odd facts presented. We have created a website using them!
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One of the most important critics writing in the past 35 years, Jonathan Cott has interviewed and reviewed major artists in publishing, art, film and music, often unearthing new voices years before they're discovered by the mainstream. In Back to a Shadow in the Night, his music interviews and essays - covering an astonishingly wide range of artists and styles - are collected for the first time in one volume. From pondering the links between Patti Smith and Rimbaud to revealing the introverted and eccentric mind of Glenn Gould, Cott consistently provides probing and fascinating dialogues in his interviews. In this collection, John Lennon gives insights on surviving fame four days before his murder, Bob Dylan contemplates identity in his film Renaldo and Clara, and Lou Reed explores the nihilism of New York City and the best lines he's ever written, to name but a few topics. Cott's independent writing on the music world is equally stimulating. With interwoven strands of Eastern philosophy and classical music, nursery rhymes and rock and roll, Cott's musings have a beauty and texture all their own. Jonathan Cott is the author of 12 books including Isis and Osiris: Exploring the Goddess Myth, City of Earthly Love, He Dreams What Is Going On Inside His Head and The Search for Om Sety. A contributing editor for Rolling Stone since its beginnings, he has frequently been published in the New York Times, American Review and The New Yorker. Cott lives in New York City. "Jonathan Cott, as an interviewer, reveals truths of creative spirits - especially those in the world of music - that they themselves may not have understood." - Studs Terkel
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For jazz, classical, and popular music enthusiasts.......2003-05-15
Back To A Shadow In The Night: Music Writings And Interviews 1968-2001 by music critic Jonathan Cott (who is a contributing editor to "Rolling Stone" magazine), is a selection of compiled interviews, articles, and reflections on and about famous personages of popular music, ranging from the late 1960's to the opening years of the twenty-first century. The unabashed thoughts of such luminaries as John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, and many others fill the pages of this erudite compendium which is strongly recommended for jazz, classical, and popular music enthusiasts.
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Wheels and Things: 1930s, 1940s, Places, Transport, Friends, People, Adverts, Events
Eric W. Russell
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Just who is this Mimi Smartypants, anyway?
She's 30 (but looks younger), 5'1" (but looks taler). She's never faced a situation she couldn't comment about -- especialy online! She lives in Chicago with her husband, LT, and her large cat, The Cat -- not to be confused with Kat (female friend, good for fashion advice, philosophical discussions, and getting into trouble in bars). She's never had a cavity and likes to look in other people's medicine cabinets. She's witty, urbane, outrageous, an international sensation; she's got a unique, smartypants take on ordinary life and its rampant surreality. And absolutely nothing is sacred or taboo -- not men, marriage, beer, religion, sex, marital aids, or motherhood.
Get ready world -- because Mimi's going to explain it all to you!
Customer Reviews:
Great introductory book for the uninitiated..........2007-09-14
Anyone who has been reading her blog would find this book to be a bit of a retread, and the entries that appear in this book seem a million miles away from what she has been writing about more recently (mainly, her daughter Nora). But to someone who has never heard of mimi smartypants and has yet to experience her incredibly smart and funny meanderings -- they are in for a real treat.
Like her online entries, this book is probably best savored in small bites, not read straight through. It is pretty dense and sometimes repetative with its themes-- as most peoples lives tend to be! This is not a smack against the book, but rather an observation.
Overall, whether or not you're a fan (yet)... its definitely worth a read.
Fun - Certainly not 5 Stars.......2006-08-07
Please people, this book is quite and mildly amusing, but 5 stars? Please... It was OK, semi funny, but 'Mimi' is too weird in order to be able to relate to, and the little quips get a dull after a while. I finished this a couple of weeks ago and would be hard-pressed to remember any of it.
A Must Read!.......2006-04-25
I LOVED this book! So much so that I entered it into my permanent collection of books to keep. This is something I almost never do since I belong to a book trading club and always get rid of them. This book was so hilarious I had to hang on to it. If you are from Chicago or have even been to Chicago you will find the references even more funny, and if not you'll still laugh out loud at every page. So Funny!!
Ms. Smartypants amusing reflections on life are fun to follow .......2005-12-31
She is license-less so she rides the train in her morning Chicago commute. Thirty year old Mimi Smartypants decides to keep a journal of her thoughts on any topic. Mimi might type on her web blog a tirade about her family or friends, especially those Y carriers, raves on the latest punk rock group, or just how well her pension plan and other investments are doing. Nothing is sacred to Mimi except perhaps Browned Eyed Girl Van Morrison at least before he became famous. Mimi Smartypants sees the world from her 5'1 towering height as medicine chests worth exploring or her take on home décor (aside to Mimi: try being a book reviewer - worse on the home than rugrats or terriers).
Ms. Smartypants amusing reflections on life are fun to follow (easier to read in book form when riding the C-TRAN than using a computer on the Clayton County public bus system) as she pulls no punches when she knocks an icon down, but does so with humor. Readers will be amused by her observations and those who want more can do so at her bloggering site Smartypants.Diaryland.com which is filled with droll musings on the world according to Mimi Smartypants.
Harriet Klausner
A great book for reading on the el.......2005-11-30
This sharp new book reads like it was written by the witty, imperfect, cooler older sister you wish you had; the one who walks around with a dryer sheet unknowingly stuck to her back but manages to give the most spot on advice for any of those twenty something angst moments we all have had. She is down to earth, funny, and writes about things all of us twenty somethings have experienced.
This was great bathtime reading; the wisdom and humor have been pared down into pithy little essays and vignettes, which makes it great for on the go or beach reading. You can sit down and read the whole book at once or stretch it out and enjoy it bit by bit. Either way, this was a real hit with me and I will be recommending it to my friends.
Book Description
You just know that an improvement of the user interface will reap rewards, but how do you justify the expense and the labor and the timeguarantee a robust ROI!ahead of time? How do you decide how much of an investment should be funded? And what is the best way to sell usability to others?
In this completely revised and new edition, Randolph G. Bias (University of Texas at Austin, with 25 years experience as a usability practitioner and manager) and Deborah J. Mayhew (internationally recognized usability consultant and author of two other seminal books including The Usability Engineering Lifecycle) tackle these and many other problems. It has been updated to cover cost-justifying usability for Web sites and intranets, for the complex applications we have today, and for a host of productsoffering techniques, examples, and cases that are unavailable elsewhere. No matter what type of product you build, whether or not you are a cost-benefit expert or a born salesperson, this book has the tools that will enable you to cost-justify the appropriate usability investment.
·Includes contributions by a host of experts involved in this work, including Aaron Marcus, Janice Rohn, Chauncey Wilson, Nigel Bevan, Dennis Wixon, Clare-Marie Karat, Susan Dray, Charles Mauro, and many others;
·Includes actionable ideas for every phase of the software development process;
·Includes case studies from inside a variety of companies;
·Includes ideas from "the other side of the table," software executives who hold the purse strings, who offer thoughts on which proposals for usability support they've funded, and which ones they've declined.
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The beginning of the 17th century promised that England's golden age would long outlast its Elizabethan namesake. Within a few years, that promise would end in civil war, political unrest, and international conflict, a period of strife that would last for two centuries, but produce the modern British nation. In this swiftly moving narrative, the second installment in a three- volume companion to the BBC/History Channel television series, Simon Schama examines key events that would utterly change British life: the collapse of monarchy and republic, the establishment of the beginnings of empire, and the ever-wider division between court and country. The wars that accompanied these turns of fortune were, Schama writes, "eminently unpredictable, improbable, and avoidable." With them came the Glorious Revolution, the bloody suppression of religious dissent, the conquest of neighboring kingdoms, and the wide-scale movement of large populations from one place to another--including the deliberate introduction of nearly 100,000 Scots, Welsh, and English settlers in Ireland, which, Schama writes, "utterly dwarfed the related 'planting' on the Atlantic seaboard of North America." Along the way, Schama considers actors major and minor in this tumultuous play, from the unlucky king Charles I to Oliver Cromwell (who "lacked the one essential characteristic for true dictatorship: a hunger to accumulate power purely for its own sake"), from the writer Daniel Defoe to the pragmatic politician Sir Robert Walpole, from William Pitt to the African slaves who peopled Britain's American colonies.
Though understandably rushed and sometimes unfocused, Schama's narrative ably captures Britain's transformation from island outpost to global power. -- Gregory McNamee
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Inside these pages lies the bloody epic of liberty, the British Iliad.
The second volume of Simon Schama's A History of Britain brings the histories of Britain's civil wars -- full of blighted idealism, shocking carnage, and unexpected outcomes -- startlingly to life. These conflicts were fought unsparingly between the nations of the islands -- Ireland, England, and Scotland -- and between parliament and the crown. Shattering the illusion of a "united kingdom," they cost hundreds of thousands of lives: a greater proportion of the population than died in the First World War.
When religious passion gave way to the equally consuming passion for profits, it became possible for the pieces of Britain to come together as the spectacularly successful business enterprise of "Britannia Incorporated." And in a few generations that business state expanded in a dizzying process that transformed what had been an obscure, off-shore footnote to Europe's great powers into the main event -- the most powerful empire in the world.
Yet somehow, it was the "wrong empire." The British considered it a bastion of liberty, yet it was based on military force and the enslavement of hundreds of thousands of Africans. In America, the emptiness of British claims to protect "freedom" was thrown back into the teeth of colonial governors and redcoat soldiers, while the likes of Sam Adams and George Washington inherited the mantle of Cromwell.
Simon Schama grippingly evokes the horror of the battle, famine, and plague; the flames of burning cities; the pathos of broken families, with fathers and sons forced to choose opposing sides. But he also captures the intimacies of palace and parliament and the seductions of profit and pleasure. Geniuses like John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, and Benjamin Franklin stalk vividly through his pages, but so do Scottish clansmen, women pamphleteers, and literate, eloquent African slaves like Olaudah Equiano.
Customer Reviews:
Road to the wrong empire.......2005-08-18
Having Irish-Americans in your family can prejudice your take on British history especially during the epoch period of 1603 to 1776. Many an evening has been spent sitting in my in-laws living room discussing the evils of English tyranny and religious intolorance that sent the McCormick's, Tooey's, O'Brian's and O'Toole's across the Atlantic. That said, I am glad to say that volume II was an enlightening read and is a good overview of the circmustances which lead to British colonialism. As was the case in volume I, Schama does an excellent job of storytelling and bringing to life the personalities and contemporary social gestalt which ends up as history. I actually think this was a better book than volume I in that the limited scope of the time period covered enabled a deeper discussion. I especially enoyed reading Shama's description of Oliver Cromwell and the Rump Parliament; and I do agree with his subtle suggestion that it was perhaps a crude template for the government of the United States of America.
Not as good as the first volume.........2005-08-15
After plowing through the first volume, I couldn't wait to get started on the second volume. This book was going to be incredible. After all look what was going to be covered.. Everything from 1603-1776.. This volume would climax with the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Given Schama writing style in volume 1, this was going to be incredible....
But alas.... Although not as bad as the final volume, when compared to the first volume, this could have been soooo much better. Schama starts to depart from his telling of historical facts and gives way to relating aspects of British culture. It is almost like Schama can't quite decide on what type of book he his trying to write. Is his audience one with limited knowledge of British History, or is he writing to people looking for a more in depth discussion of certain aspects of Britich Society?
His writings about the religious upheavals is interesting and I was particularly intrigued by his detailed account of Oliver Cromwell, but as I finished this book, I could only feel somewhat cheated by his lack of detail in relating the middle part of the 18th century.
As with the first volume, the pictures and maps were outstanding.
Fun Read.......2003-05-17
If history bores you and you enjoy reading, I think Schama intends more to educate through entertainment than to simply educate. This is not the typical history book and is well-written. There are plenty of funny, interesting, and most often brief acounts given that help one understand and provide laughs at times. Schama is not a British historian and has lived in the US for maybe the last 25 years. But on account of being British, a Columbia professor, and--based on reading his three volumes on British history--an excellent writer, he has been encouraged and has writen about British history.
After reading this book I got a good feel of the life at the time, and I think that is largely due to the historical records Schama uses that show the emotions and logic of the times. The beautiful pictures also help in fostering a sense of what Britain is and was like. This book is a very easy and enjoyable read read, and I think this book is perfect for the reader unfamiliar with British history but does not take to history per se.
Don't Let the Size Scare You Away.......2003-04-03
If you have any interest in British history at all, you will love this book. Granted, it is huge, but the size won't bog you down. Actually, readers will probably grow to appreciate the size (unless they carry it with them, as I did) because it lends itself to a smooth flowing structure. And the paintings and illustrations look terrific as well.
If you have read some other works by Schama, such as Dead Certainties or Embarrassment of Riches, you'll probably be pleasantly surprised by the author's relative clarity in this book.
My one complaint, though, is that the 500 pages are only organized into chapters and not broken down any further. Sometimes the transitions can be a bit jarring. But this is a minor quibble in an otherwise impressive book. And to think that it is only one-third of a series makes it that much more impressive.
If you have any interest in how Great Britain was formed or how it acquired its early empire, then Wars of the British is a perfect fit.
Popular History Based on the TV Series.......2003-03-02
This is popular history for those who know little but those who know a great deal will also find it enjoyable. Sure, it is a coffee table book, but so what?
I loved it as I loved the two other volumes.
It would also make a nice gift for anyone interested in British history. So what if they know everything? They can look at the pictures.
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Treasury of revelation and religious wisdom offers authentic, intimate insights. Birth of Islam; biography of Muhammad; rise, decline, and fall of caliphate; development of modern mentality; evolution from basic piety to specialized sects; dervish life; Sufi ideas. Incorporates numerous examples of Arab literature, speeches, letters, and songs.
Customer Reviews:
The starting point to understanding; and a treasure chest.......2003-03-24
This book is an ingenious collection of translations woven together, sometimes one line from one source with pages from another, to form a continuous homogeneous narrative using only original materials. Here history and theology become exciting and fascinating, and very real. There are no comments from the author, only authentic texts; yet thousands of mosaics fit together to form a true vision, a feeling that one has actually experienced the events and the ideas. The reader feels as if he has lived and seen several centuries of history first hand.
The book begins with passages from Doughty's "Arabia Deserta" to set the stage and then carries the reader from pre-Islamic times up to the Seljuks in the actual words of the historical players: prophets, peasants, believers, unbelievers. soldiers, princes, cooks, doctors, mystics, and miscreants. It should be read from beginning to end because the material builds upon itself. The book contains the cream: the most compelling, instructive, and genial passages from the original Arabic and Persian sources: fables, stories, poetry, speeches, history, theology, mysticism--even humor and all the spice of life. In a painless fashion the reader, even one without any background, begins to feel a familiarity with a civilization because he sees the first occurrence of an idea and its subsequent reappearance in changing times and places in an amazingly accessible way. Harun al-Rashid acts and reacts, utters statements, in an understandable context that the reader recognizes and "remembers" from centuries before because the reader was there when it all began. The reader is himself the continuity of consciousness as he sees cities rise and fall. The result is an extraordinary, rich education about the Islamic world in considerable depth achieved in a short time and very enjoyably. Indeed, it is a book to be read for pleasure and entertainment, a scholarly thousand and one nights.
Interspersed in the text is about 1/10th of the Koran in the best translation ever made, one which conveys mystery and beauty. Schroeder's "Muhammad's People" is a magisterial introduction to Arabs and the Islamic world. It is a sourcebook with a difference because of how all the material works together so successfully to make scholarship read like a gripping novel. It is an anthology of translations, some reworked by Schroeder. some translated by him for the first time but is nevertheless a work of genius in its own right by an author with remarkable insight and intelligence.
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Man on the landscape;: The fundamentals of plant conservation
Vernon Gill Carter
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