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This expansive look at the versatile, popular colored pencil medium is packed with creative, imaginative demonstrations sure to help artists develop--or enhance--their skill. They'll learn about every aspect of color pencil drawing, from studio space, drawing tools and surfaces to sketching and color use. Readers will also find unique colored pencil techniques and advanced tips for creating textured surfaces and landscapes. It's all the information a colored pencil artist needs!
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Great book.......2007-04-08
Excellent artwork in the book. Don't judge the artwork by the cover, or even the back. OPEN IT, the work gets better.
Don't let the title fool you either. The author/artist even says in his introduction that he is offering you a "...'GLIMPSE' into the versatile and vibrant medium..." He is basically wanting to show the reader that colored pencil can render high value artwork just as those created in oil. Just getting the recognition it deserves. So, that is where the artist/author is coming from.
It is not a step by step book or how to draw book. He explains some techniques and gives alot of verbal information about each work presented in the book. He gives you things to think about when you start to approach your own projects, as would a college art instructor. But gives you the freedom to create your own and be an individual and expressive. Instead of step-by-step how to do the exact artwork in the book, he shows you how to do your own artwork, and inspires you to do so. Much of the work in the book is his, but he does show other artists work as examples as well. There are many subjects covered which is great. The best way to like this book and learn from it, is to really READ it and study it.
He is guiding you, not holding your hand. So beginners, don't buy this book.
Sorry, but Just Not Worth It..........2007-02-16
I've drawn casually for years, but when I finally got around to buying professional grade colored pencils, I wanted to learn specifically how to use them as a media. This was the first book I read on the subject, and it was a sore disappointment.
The author is a good artist, but the book does very little actual teaching. As someone else mentioned, it shows a lot of pictures of artwork and tells that they were made using certain techniques, but it never shows how to do it yourself.
What really bugged me was that there was a huge section just on the author's personal workshop--how he built it, what materials he used, even copies of the blueprints! How many casual art students are going to build their own studios, including tables and countertops and shelves and cupboards? It's obvious that the author is proud of what he did, and he has every right to be. But, he might have done well to write a separate book just on how to build and furnish your own studio, rather than wasting space he could have used to give instructions on how to draw with colored pencils.
Between that and all the examples of artwork with no instructions, it really seemed like the book was written more to show off the author's accomplishments, rather than teaching new artists. It might be better being read by someone who already has plenty of experience with colored pencils, but I wouldn't recommend it for beginners.
If you're looking for good instructional books, try "Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencils" by Kristy Kutch, along with "The Colored Pencil Solution Book" by Janie Gildow & Barbara Benedetti.
this really is a poor book.......2006-11-24
I always read the reviews before purchases and the very first one is as far as I got for this book. It said how great the book was and the person was speaking after purchasing a decent amount of books.
Well if I read a little further I would have read the negative one saying this book offers nothing.
THIS BOOK OFFERS NOTHING
It is just eye candy and not very much of it. All you see are pencil pictures and comments about them. This book teaches you nothing. It doesn't even go over how to do anything!! It just shows you pictures of what it is it is showing ex: this is a sample of texture.
Ok I knew that, but how did that happen? I wasn't looking for step by step although sometimes that helps out a lot.
This book was a complete waste.
Don't bother
Excellent instruction .......2006-09-23
This is one of the excellent books on Colored Pencil fine art.I have read or used nearly a dozen of such books.The author gives a nice balance between skills/techniques and the fine art aspects to develop masterly paintings.The text is simple and easy to follow.The author being a portrait artist, the chapter on portraits is well written and valuable.The art work and the illustrations are very instructive.
I like the author not only exhibiting his own work, but a few selected paintings of well-known CP artists like Vera Curnow and Gary Greene.Another nice aspect is that the author does not endorse any particular brand of Colored pencils or support, thus commercialise book writing,as many authors do, but give sensible and technical suggestions.The book is a good buy for any serious CP artist.
Little Substance in This Book.......2004-06-22
I have a personal library of over twenty books on colored pencil and unfortunately, this is the weakest book I own on the topic. There is very little on technique and there is a general lack of substance. If you are looking for an overview on colored pencil, there are far better books available. One that comes to mind is Exploring Colored Pencil by Sandra Angelo. And if you are looking for technique or practical information this book simply doesn't cut it.
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A bona fide publishing phenomenon, Lynne Truss's now classic #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves makes its paperback debut after selling over 3 million copies worldwide in hardcover.
We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the Internet, in e-mail, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species.
In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with. BACKCOVER:
Praise for Lynne Truss and Eats, Shoots & Leaves:
Eats, Shoots & Leaves “makes correct usage so cool that you have to admire Ms. Truss.”
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times
“Witty, smart, passionate.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books Of 2004: Nonfiction
“Who knew grammar could be so much fun?”
—Newsweek
“Witty and instructive. . . . Truss is an entertaining, well-read scold in a culture that could use more scolding.”
—USA Today “Truss is William Safire crossed with John Cleese's Basil Fawlty.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Lynne Truss has done the English-speaking world a huge service.”
—The Christian Science Monitor
“This book changed my life in small, perfect ways like learning how to make better coffee or fold an omelet. It's the perfect gift for anyone who cares about grammar and a gentle introduction for those who don't care enough.”
—The Boston Sunday Globe
“Lynne Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate.”
—Elle
“If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I'd nominate her for sainthood.” —Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes
“Truss's scholarship is impressive and never dry.”
—Edmund Morris, The New York Times Book Review
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"""You don't need to be a grammar nerd to enjoy this one...Who knew grammar could be so much fun?"" -Newsweek We all know the basics of punctuation. Or do we? A look at most neighborhood signage tells a different story. Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in email, and now text messages, we have made proper punctuation an endangered species. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss dares to say, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled. From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to George Orwell shunning the semicolon, this lively history makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with."
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Interesting Read Whether You Care About Punctuation or Not.......2007-10-02
This is a wonderful book. If you are a stickler for punctuation, and want a hilarious refresher course, this is the book for you. Among other topics, Truss covers commas, dashes, and little used punctuation marks. Her examples are funny and prove that punctuation does matter. If you are a stickler for punctuation, this is a must-read. If you are not a punctuation fanatic, you will still get a few laughs and learn something along the way- not a bad deal for a book on punctuation.
When was the last time a book changed your life?.......2007-09-15
Seriously, when was the last time you read a book where you could literally say, "This book has changed my life." Eat, Shoots and Leaves by Lynn Truss is one such book.
At first I thought a zero tolerance approach to punctuation sounded a bit extreme. That is until Truss mentioned one of my favorite movies ("Two Weeks Notice"), pointing out that the title should be "Two Weeks' Notice". I was shocked. I had always assumed an apostrophe was there. Then I started listening to The Plain White T's, a band whose name makes no sense with an apostrophe, and I knew things were getting serious.
Nonetheless I will admit that it was a challenge reading the chapters about the apostrophe and the comma (although I have learned a few knew tricks for commas). Then I came to a chapter entitled "Airs and Graces." From there onward, the book was a revelation.
I learned my punctuation from my mom and copious reading. I still have a hard time explaining dependent clauses and why it is appropriate to use "well" instead of "good" even though I can tell when a sentence is complete/written correctly if I can read it. I am sharing this background so that when I say Truss explains all of the punctuation rules presented in her book you will know I mean really clear.
Truss has illustrated that there is a time and place for the dash and double-dash in all good literature. She has also shown that, to avoid over-using the dash, a colon can easily replace a dash in certain situations. I never knew that!
What's nice about Eats, Shoots and Leaves is that it's not a dry read. Yes, Truss is talking about punctuation. Yes, she is deadly serious about it. But she maintains a sense of humor throughout: including witty examples and poking fun at punctuation (and punctuation sticklers) as much as she explains it. In addition, Truss includes abundant historical information about the punctuation marks she discusses ranging from the first names for parentheses to the first appearance of an apostrophe in printed documents.
I would recommend this book highly to anyone with an interest in writing. Even if you know the basics, Truss has a few tricks up her sleeve that are sure to give your writing a little extra flair.
Perfect for grammar nerds!.......2007-08-27
This book was funny and informative. I recommend it to all English teachers and grammar nerds. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because the humor is redundant so I found myself rolling my eyes a bit by the end.
A must have for anyone without anything valuable to contribute!.......2007-08-05
Do you lack a sense of humor? Do you often find yourself lost in a conversation for want of facts or background? Does it bother you that you can't keep up while your friends are making nuanced and critical observations? Then you, my friend, have nothing valuable to contribute. This can often lead to feelings of inadequacy but, now, there's help. Thanks to this marvelous little manifesto of pig-headedness, you can learn how to be an enormous pedantic jerk in only a few days. Now you don't need to make valuable contributions to a conversation to make the others look stupid! You can just appeal to an arbitrarily contrived set of social conventions like grammar, and then sit back with a self-satisfied grin on your face. Your friends are guaranteed to love your newfound lack of personality, your smug demeanor, and your love of formalism and vacuous procedure. In no time at all, they'll be sure to stop assailing you with a misused jumble of symbols. In fact, they'll probably stop talking to you altogether. Call now!
A joy to read.......2007-07-29
This book was a joy to read for me, and it was also research at the same time. I never realized how many punctuation errors people make. Some of these errors drive me crazy, too. I can't stand when people confuse their, there, and they're. This book was good research for me because I wrote my own book about English grammar, but only one chapter deals with punctuation.
Brandon Simpson, Author of Learning Foreign Languages: Everything You Need To Know and If You Ain't Got No Grammer...
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torture.......2007-04-04
If you like reading books by patronizing, snobbish, and self-important authors, then this is the book for you. While I admit that I found some of it helpful with regards the basics of punctuation, I simply could not stomach Ms Truss's penchant for contemptuously bellittling anyone who was not as au fait with the correct use of the comma, apostrophe, semi-colon, etc., as she is. In the end, I got so infuriated with her elitist, superior, and at times deeply offensive tone, that I ripped the book in half and consigned it to the recycle bin. On the back jacket of my copy there are a number of quotations from reviews of this book. One of them reads, 'Ms Truss makes [punctuation] a joy to contemplate'. If you were to replace the word in brackets with 'toothache', I think you would be closer to the truth. Teaching correct punctuation is important, I agree, but not at the expense of denigrating people who, for whatever reason, are less 'punctuation-savvy' than oneself.
punctuation without pain.......2007-01-24
Best and most readable book I've ever read on this subject.
Perfecting Punctuation.......2007-01-19
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation provides clear examples of common gramatical errors. The examples are clever and easy to understand. This book allows the writer to perfect punctuation without putting him or her to sleep. This book is great for everyday use, but not reccommended for people writing technical works that involve more complex styles such as APA etc.
Perfect Gift.......2007-01-10
Since first reading this book when it first came out, I have purchased about a dozen copies as gifts for students and for friends and former colleagues whose jobs require a lot of report writing. Though toungue-in-cheeky, this very entertaining book provides all the how-tos and whys you'll need in practically every writing situation.
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Laughed so hard that the neighbors came to check on me!.......2007-07-22
Who hasn't received teacher newsletters or PTA flyers in the cubbybag of the sweet urchin returning to the family nest every afternoon. The parent sorts through the spelling tests, free-time drawings, and English writing lessons in search of the weekly newsletter sent by the teacher.
But first, have a spot of tea. Lean back and relax in anticipation of the sweet innocence and unfailing optimism about to be so touchingly crafted in this message from the teacher. The opening sentence of a paragraph about a recent field trip to the zoo is read. And read again. And reread one more time.
"The kides, excitement, new no bounds. The class brought along it's camera, All most from the time the gates open our class. Different assistant was given too supervise manage, and keep together their group's as their was so much to see and it was! Truly. a sight! . . ."
The newsletter goes on to share amusing stories of the students on their trip, their reactions to the various exhibits, and the gentle sound of snoring that filled the bus on its return trip home. (This remains still open to interpretation since the reader is left with only her own personal skill level in decrypting the remainder of the missive.)
As another writer who is compelled by a Higher (lower?) Power to enforce a Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, I am in a quandary. Red pen poised above the newsletter, I am ready to strike a blow not ONLY in the name of Punctuation, but Grammar, Syntax, and Spelling as well!
A timely breeze of reality blows through my mind. This was written by my daughter's first grade teacher. She is also the passer-outer of gold stars, smiles, band-aids, security and emotional support for my daughter. Perhaps bleeding all over the paper with what is sure to be a gallon of red ink before all is finished is not the best way to go. Once again, I will request a quiet parent conference for which I will leave my red pen at home and pack my happy pills instead.
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Title: Subordinate clauses without any pauses: why we need a language with some lawses.(Book Review)
Author: Diane Ravitch
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In this companion volume to her highly successful Callback, Ginger Howard Friedman, a veteran casting director, playwright and teacher, reveals her winning formula for a monologue audition that lands you the part. She explains her essential rules for a successful audition, then selects scenes from 16 plays and adapts them into monologues, comic and serious, for men and women of all ages.
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Great resource for original monologues.......2007-03-03
One of the things that handicaps actors in auditions is that the best contemporary monologues are so often used by actors that directors are tired of them and are not able to get a fresh look at new talent.
Friedman fixes this problem by showing actors how to take scenes between two or more characteres and condense them into monologues. Friedman condenses numerous scenes into monologues, which is itself a service to actors, but it is her comments that attend each monologue that I find most interesting. Why? Because Friedman does something that is not always taught by acting teachers: in example after example, she shows you how to find what drives the character. Such drives are not the same as goals: they are central, even universal drives that are shared by all people, but that are, in the specific monologue (or scene) at hand, literally what drives the character to do what he or she does at that moment.
This skill -- identifying universal drives -- is so important to acting (and to writing, as well), that Friedman's repeated drumming of it into the actor/reader's head makes her book a true gift. You can spend all day speculating about what really drives people and get no further than theory. Friedman, however, nails it every time, in her own inimitable way.
I've heard that Friedman is not a very nice person. I don't care. I once heard Sande Shurin -- also a great, great teacher -- tell a student: "I'm not a nice person. If you're going to be tough on yourself, don't take my class -- study with one of the other teachers at my studio." Niceness is not what characterization is about. Characterization is about seeing the truth inside another human being. I use Friedman's work in my "Archetypes for Writers: Using the Power of Your Subconscious" course and book. Both actors and writers can benefit from her courage and insight.
A classic on *creating* your own monologue..........2001-08-12
I think what other reviewers missed about this book is that its intention is to teach the reader to *create* their own monologue from the dialogue of a scene. Most monologues are boring diatribes on some story (I remember the time I...) and they don't work well in an audition. Ginger worked with Michael Shurtleff (author of "Audition") for several years as a casting director...she knows her stuff. This book shows you how to create an *active* monologue using dialogue between two characters. The examples from "old plays" are classics that are still performed regularly. They are not intended for use...they are examples of how to pull dialogue from a play to use as an audition. An excellent book, and highly recommended from a working professional actor. See also "Callback" by Ginger Friedman.
Disappointed.......2000-09-12
I expected more from this book. I don't know who all of Mrs. Friedman's students have been but I do know that Willem Dafoe trained with her. I didn't feel that I needed 200 pages or so to show me how to lift a monologue from a scene. The way she composed most of the monologues was pretty bad also.
I do, however, think that it is important to show beginning actors how to compose a monologue from existing material. Also, her personalization exercises(i.e. words and pictures) were fairly weak. I think that The Monologue Workshop by Jack Poggi is a bit of a better book. The bad thing about books like this is that they try to cram imformation about monologue work and an entire course on acting into one book. That just doesn't work. Another book that's pretty good is Larry Silverburg's book Loving to Audition.
Eh, borrow if from someone, it's not worth buying.......2000-08-07
This book covers some basic info on the "monologue" and has many interesting pages about monologues and the audition process. The monologues aren't that great and it's not worth the effort to study them. I hope this helps...
Well............2000-07-01
When I bought this book, I think I expected more than what I got... It was somewhat helpful... There are actually only about 30 pages of info on monologues. The rest is just a bunch of worthless scenes from old plays.
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Music in Rural New England Family and Community Life, 1870-1940 (Revisiting New England)
Jennifer C. Post
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Today music in New England homes and communities is broadcast through the airwaves, preserved on audio recordings, and reinforced in jam sessions and dance clubs. Before 1940, however, residents in rural New England communities listened to and performed music in more limited social spheres. Their performance venues were largely in the home, neighborhood, village, or work place. Fewer opportunities existed at that time to bring new music into the community or to share local music more widely. When commerce and the media began to dominate the music scene with the phonograph and, later, the radio, exchanges among musicians and fans transcended the local and broadened spheres of influence and radically altered the musical landscape.
Drawing upon interviews and archival primary source materials, this book presents new insights into the musical practices and traditions of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century rural Northern New England--a context that includes traditional ballads and hymns and, surprisingly, popular songs and commercial dance music. Jennifer Post lets the voices of ordinary people--the participants--tell us about their music and cultural history. Their stories are infused with issues of concern to ethnomusicologists, historians, and social scientists about landscape and community, gendered expression, imagined traditions, and historical representation.
The author conveys that historical traditions are not always what they seem. Post offers a startling new interpretation of vernacular music of the region: In contrast to many traditional scholars who have viewed ballads and folk music, particularly in Appalachia, as somehow a "purer" brand of lost musical traditions, Post finds that across Northern New England everyday people equally enjoyed and expressed themselves through an amalgam of folk ballads, dance music, and popular musical favorites. At the heart of this study is the recognition that the musical lives of individuals, their families, and their communities were constantly being negotiated in relation to social status, gender relations, local geography, and economic needs.
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Fresh, original, and exciting new quilt designs in various sizes, based on equilateral triangles: Rose's Star, Spider Web, Night Sky, In the Clover, 7 more. Designs suitable for beginners and more advanced quilters. Over 160 illustrations, including 17 in full color, enhance the text.
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The authors of the New York Times bestseller Crucial Conversations show you how to achieve personal, team, and organizational success by healing broken promises, resolving violated expectations, and influencing good behavior
Discover skills to resolve touchy, controversial, and complex issues at work and at home--now available in this follow-up to the internationally popular Crucial Conversations.
Behind the problems that routinely plague organizations and families, you'll find individuals who are either unwilling or unable to deal with failed promises. Others have broken rules, missed deadlines, failed to live up to commitments, or just plain behaved badly--and nobody steps up to the issue. Or they do, but do a lousy job and create a whole new set of problems. Accountability suffers and new problems spring up. New research demonstrates that these disappointments aren't just irritating, they're costly--sapping organizational performance by twenty to fifty percent and accounting for up to ninety percent of divorces.
Crucial Confrontations teaches skills drawn from 10,000 hours of real-life observations to increase confidence in facing issues like:
- An employee speaks to you in an insulting tone that crosses the line between sarcasm and insubordination. Now what?
- Your boss just committed you to a deadline you know you can't meet--and not-so-subtly hinted he doesn't want to hear complaints about it.
- Your son walks through the door sporting colorful new body art that raises your blood pressure by forty points. Speak now, pay later.
- An accountant wonders how to step up to a client who is violating the law. Can you spell unemployment?
- Family members fret over how to tell granddad that he should no longer drive his car. This is going to get ugly.
- A nurse worries about what to say to an abusive physician. She quickly remembers "how things work around here" and decides not to say anything.
Everyone knows how to run for cover, or if adequately provoked, step up to these confrontations in a way that causes a real ruckus. That we have down pat. Crucial Confrontations teaches you how to deal with violated expectations in a way that solves the problem at hand, and doesn't harm the relationship--and in fact, even strengthens it.
Crucial Confrontations borrows from twenty years of research involving two groups. More than 25,000 people helped the authors identify those who were most influential during crucial confrontations. They spent 10,000 hours watching these people, documented what they saw, and then trained and tested with more than 300,000 people. Second, they measured the impact of crucial confrontations improvements on organizational and team performance--the results were immediate and sustainable: twenty to fifty percent improvements in measurable performance.
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The authors of the New York Times bestseller Crucial Conversations show you how to achieve personal, team, and organizational success by healing broken promises, resolving violated expectations, and influencing bad behavior
Discover skills to resolve touchy, controversial, and complex issues at work and at home--now available in this follow-up to the internationally popular Crucial Conversations.
Behind the problems that routinely plague organizations and families, youll find individuals who are either unwilling or unable to deal with failed promises. Others have broken rules, missed deadlines, failed to live up to commitments, or just plain behaved badly--and nobody steps up to the issue. Or they do, but do a lousy job and create a whole new set of problems. Accountability suffers and new problems spring up. New research demonstrates that these disappointments aren't just irritating, they're costly--sapping organizational performance by...'
Customer Reviews:
IF You Could Buy Only One Book.......2007-09-24
I read this when it was first published and then bought it for each staff member as one of our required primers. I also gave one to each of my Board members. If there is one book I wish had existed 30 years ago, this is it.
A Relational Guide to Confrontation.......2007-08-24
In this example filled guide to crucial confrontations - those times when holding someone accountable is critical to what is important to you - the authors present a relational model for what to do as you become aware of a gap between your expectations and what has or is happening in the specific situation.
The concept approaches the crucial confrontation in `before', `during', and `after' steps; requiring you to spend some `before' time deciding `what' is the specific issue to be addressed and `if' you should enter into the crucial confrontation - what do you desire out of the relationship is a key question to help identify the real issue. Also in the `before' phase, you are asked to master your emotions by considering not only `your story', but also by considering the other person's context and thus `their story' - are they really doing this because they want to fail with you? Probably not - they just have an entirely different perspective (their story) on the situation!
The `during' step requires that you confront with safety and stay with the facts; assuring the other party that mutual respect and mutual purpose are present. The `after' step requires agreement on an action plan and follow-up. Along the way, there are tools to avoid getting side-tracked, with ample examples of situations that may arise and suggestions for dealing with them. The book is recommended for anyone interested in improving any of their many relationships, business or personal.
Crucial Confrontations.......2007-06-27
A must read for supervisors and managers. With outstanding proven approaches to knowing what you want from a conversaton, what the other wants, and watching out for the relationship. Found it useful at work as a reference book, plus a great read for personal relationship communications as well. Would suggest reading Crucial Conversations first to really get the full view.
Crucial Confrontations.......2007-05-08
Excellent book. Easy directions and explanations to implement the Crucial Confrontation Model.
this is IT!.......2007-05-07
exceeded my expectations...a must read for all those seeking practical strategies to lessen the 'drama' in face-to-face accountability discussions.
Book Description
The New York Times bestselling authors show you how to tackle any complex and difficult issue, and achieve both personal and professional success
Your ability to handle a crucial conversations and confrontations—no matter how difficult—is the single most important factor in your personal and professional success. The Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations bundle offers readers a terrific cost savings on these life-changing books.
These invaluable guides show you how to communicate best when it matters most—at home, at work, and in every aspect of everyday life. You'll gain the tools to approach the person you need to work with, say what's on your mind, and achieve positive outcomes that will amaze you.
* Make it safe to talk about almost anything
* Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want
* Permanently resolve failed promises and missed deadlines
* Transform broken rules and bad behaviors into productive accountability
* Strengthen relationships while solving problems
Once you learn the crucial secrets of navigating any difficult meeting or conversation, you can resolve any issue with anyone, and improve every aspect of your life.
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