Steinlen Cats (Dover Art Library)

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Cats were Steinlen's perpetual study and signature. He put them in his famous belle epoque posters, lithographs, and magazine illustrations, and sketched them endlessly. These 66 drawings and 8 picture-stories represent the best of his scattered, rare cat depictions, available nowhere else. Artists will learn cat dynamics from the spare, expressive lines.

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Wonderfull.......2003-05-08

Many wonderfull drawing of cats. Mostly gesture type, but beautiful studies.

Cat person.......2001-01-17

The drawings in this book all include cats in different positions. Sleeping, eating, and playing. They are beautiful and simple drawings of cats. Great book for the cat lover.

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Steinlen's Cats
Francois Fossier
Manufacturer: Harry N Abrams
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Binding: Paperback

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Steinlen Cats (Dover Art Library)

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Steinlen Cats Notecards

Manufacturer: Pomegranate Communications
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Two Cats Mouse Pad
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
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Two Cats Pocket Address Book
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Manufacturer: Pomegranate Communications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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From the Publisher.......2005-12-06

"Pretty on the outside, handy on the inside, Pomegranate's delightful pocket address books fit snugly into your pocket or handbag. Once there they stay safely closed, thanks to the built-in elastic band. Spiral bound to lie flat with 112 information pages providing space for over 400 names, addresses, home and business telephone numbers, cell phone/pager, and e-mail addresses, these useful books make wonderful remembrances or stocking stuffers! ¶ Features 'Two Cats' by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen on the front cover. ¶ ISBN: 0-7649-1773-0; size: 3 5/8 x 5 1/4"."--© Pomegranate

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Winter: Cat on a Cushion Mouse Pad
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
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ASIN: 0764917870

Katter: Bilder utan ord (Suecica rediviva)

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Katter: Bilder utan ord (Suecica rediviva)
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Manufacturer: Rediviva
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Outstanding reference spans 300 years of fashion history — from the extravagant costumes of the Stuart period to such innovations as cycling knickerbockers for late 19th century women. Over 400 illustrations (including 28 plates in full color) provide important details of hair styles, beards, hats, and cravats.

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For years, fans of Sherman's Lagoon have been clamoring for a collection that captures the rarely seen early material from the popular strip. Now, here surfaces Greetings From Sherman's Lagoon, the answer to the long-time pleas of loyal followers of Sherman the shark and his sea urchin pals.Those who regularly read the silly yet sophisticated strip will enjoy seeing how its art, humor, and characters have evolved. In the early '90s, cartoonist Jim Toomey was just starting to develop the look and personality of the creatures that its readers have come to love: Sherman and his significant-shark-other Megan, Fillmore the turtle, Hawthorne the cranky hermit crab, and other coral critters. "Just as early Snoopy drawings more closely resembled a beagle," says Toomey, "the characters more closely resemble fish." Toomey adds that his early strips adhered less to story lines and were more focused on delivering a "gag-a-day." Longtime fans and newer readers alike are sure to enjoy noting similarities and differences for themselves in this hilarious turn-back-the-clock collection.

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A must-read for the.......2003-02-14

It's "Sherman's Lagoon" before people really saw it! Cartoonist Jim Toomey presents the earliest incarnations of his immensely funny sea-dwelling goofballs, and I am loving every little page of it.

Sherman tries his fin at being a rapper, the Loch Ness Monster makes a cameo at a stamp machine, Sherman learns where he is on the speed dial of love, Hawthorne gets antenna extensions (yes, we see this storyline later in the strip, but it's different and still funny here), and Fillmore makes another doomed attempt at finding his soulmate.

There are some differences between these strips and the later ones. Hawthorne has long eyestalks and almost invisible mouth, there's more emphasis on secondary fishie characters, and some even take place ("Calvin & Hobbes-like") in a classroom with a forbidding teacher. The artwork is a bit rougher, the humor a little more scattered. But these are the same weird, dumb, gag-infested sea creatures we know and love.

Back to the Strip's Origins.......2002-05-16

In this collection, Jim Toomey takes us back to Sherman's Lagoon in its beginings. While the artwork is a little bit rought back then, the humor is still there. Sherman is a "Great White Shark" and the disposal of all things edible. Together with his girlfriend Megan, friends Hathorn and Filmore, you'll never look at underwater life the same again! Highly recommended for those who enjoy comic strips.

Early Sherman.......2002-05-10

If you like the later books you'll like this one as well. If you are new to Sherman check out the later books (and their reviews), and if you get hooked come back and get this one. You can also find recent strips on-line (with a one week delay). Just search a little ... ...

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SOME THINGS AGE WELL - THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS!

The Way We Were!

How to eat like a Child, too true to real life!

How to Eat Like a Child: And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up
Delia Ephron
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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ASIN: 0060936754
Release Date: 2001-10-23

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Universal and timeless, Delia Ephron's How to Eat Like a Child is a delightful revisiting of the joys -- and tricky ploys -- of childhood. Made into a children's television special and a musical theater revue performed across the country each year, How to Eat Like a Child offers advice beyond the artful etiquette of food consumption. Ephron also teaches us "How to Laugh Hysterically," "How to Have a Birthday Party," "How to Torture Your Sister," and much, much more. As the Washington Post Book World noted, `After the giggles of recognition have subsided, one thing will be very clear: all adults are kids in grown-ups' clothing."

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Some content not appropriate for youngsters.......2007-07-13

My 4th grade teacher gave me this book to read in 1985. She thought the title was fitting of me and never read it herself. Needless to say, I was uncomfortable with the 'f' word seeing as how I was only 9 years old, and showed the book to my father who immediately called the school board. My 4th grade teacher was asked to leave at the end of the school year because of this book. It should NOT be at schools or marketed to children. It would only be appropriate if a parent could explain some of the context. We lost a dear teacher because of this book.

SOME THINGS AGE WELL - THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS!.......2007-06-02

I think this book was first published in 1977, which, when you think about it, makes it thirty years old! What is even more amazing, again, if you think about it, had the book been published in 1877, it would still hold many truths and facts about kids which would be pertinent today! The author is an absolute mater of observation and has the ability to articulate her observations. As an example: There are two pages devoted to how to eat a cafeteria lunch. I can remember doing the exact same things when I was a school boy in the late 1940s and early 1950s. As a subsitute teacher, now in my retirement, I have the opportunity to observe the cafeteria in several different schools. The behavior is identifal to my school days, identical to that described in the book, and I have no doubt the same will hold true fifty years from now. From the caring of pets to the ritual of hanging up the phone after talking to a friend, it is all here. The book is well written, funny, and so very, very true. Childhood does indeed age well!

The Way We Were!.......2001-12-18

Caution: Although this book might at first seem like it is made for children as one of the audiences, be aware that How to Eat Like a Child contains two instances of a vulgar four letter word beginning with "f."

How to Eat Like a Child would be a great gift to new parents . . . especially from their own parents!

This book has two appeals. First, to those who wish to remember their own youth. Second, for those who wish to remember what their children were like. In either case, you will find yourself feeling the situations in your body, in your mind, and in your emotions.

Ms. Ephron is a very good observer, and has a good memory for the way things work.

The title is actually just referring to one five-hundred word essay, that leads the book off. Ms. Ephron wrote this for The New York Times Magazine in 1977 and got a tremendous response, including an invitation to write more material. The result is this book which is filled with wit, wisdom, and love. I've captured a few brief excerpts to give you a flavor of how you will eat up the contents of this book:

Eating: "Cooked carrots: On way to mouth, drop in lap. Smuggle to garbage in napkin."

Watching television: "Your mother is calling you. Do not hear her . . . ."

Hanging up the telephone: "Are you still there?"

Playing: "After using your bed as a trampoline, transform your room into a giant spider web . . . ."

How to laugh: "Call a pizza parlor and send your teacher seven pizzas."

Caring for a pet dog: "Each day, procrastinate and complain until your mother finds it easier to feet it and walk it herself."

Birthday party guest: "If reminded, say thank you.
Go home.
Throw up."

School: "Tell your teacher for the second time this week, that you do not have your homework because the dog ate it."

Arranging to be excused from the dinner table: "Lean back until your chair rests precariously on its two back legs. Fall over."

Being sent to room: "Slam door."

How to torture sister: "Pretend to eat shaving cream . . . . Wanna try some?"

Ride in car: "Ask if you are almost there yet."

How to sleep: "Fall out of bed and don't wake up."

This book really deserves a sequel that focuses on how to be the parent of the child who is behaving like a child. I suspect that subject would be a lot funnier!

Think back. How would you behave if you were not constrained by so much socialization, guilt, and desire to please? Where would it be appropriate to adopt some of that wonderful freedom of childhood?

How to eat like a Child, too true to real life!.......2001-03-12

My mom had this book when I was a kid, and I thought it was funny then as it portrayed my brother and I when we were kids. Now I have three kids of my own, and they think it's pretty funny too. Anybody who has, or works with children would really enjoy the humor in this book.

HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD AND OTHER LESSONS IN NOT BEING A GROWN UP

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How to eat like a child: And other lessons in not being a grown-up ; based on the book by Delia Ephron (French's musical library)

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Great Children's musical!

How to eat like a child: And other lessons in not being a grown-up ; based on the book by Delia Ephron (French's musical library)
John Forster
Manufacturer: S. French
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Binding: Paperback

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Great Children's musical!.......1998-09-29

This musical is laugh-out-loud funny! This play was perfect!

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How to Eat Like a Child and Other Lessons in Not being a Grown-up
Delia Ephron
Manufacturer: Ballantine
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000P7ZWPQ

HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD AND OTHER LESSONS ON NOT BEING A GROWN UP

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HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD AND OTHER LESSONS ON NOT BEING A GROWN UP

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ASIN: B000H1PH8M

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A great book for anyone who was ever a kid!

How to Eat Like a Child: And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-Up
Delia Ephron
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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ASIN: 0140110003

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A great book for anyone who was ever a kid!.......2000-03-25

How to eat an animal cracker, from novice to expert. The correct way to eat an Oreo cookie. Mashed potatoes, peas, blowing bubbles in milk. My favorite helpful hint is the care and feeding of the pet goldfish: overfeed and flush down toilet. You will laugh at yourself, and look at the children in your life a little differently.

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How to Eat Like a Child : And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-up
Delia Ephron
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEQVUU

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How to Eat Like a Child and Other Lessons in Not Being a Grown-Up

Manufacturer: Viking Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HF3J7Y

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Derek Jarman's widely acclaimed Edward II reworked Christopher Marlowe's original 1594 play for the 1990s. Queer Edward II is a poetic commentary on the making of this luscious film--a lavish book that leaves no holds barred and brings the film to life with luminous stills from the set.

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Queer Edward II.
Derek. JARMAN
Manufacturer: London: BFI
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ASIN: B000U2L14C

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Neat Li'l Reference Book!.......2005-05-13

For what this book is, a handy reference for the best pop albums, this book is super. Right-on picks, covering all the pop music fields, not confined to just one style or category, thoughtful and well-thought-out selections, this book is a perfect bed-side companion or overview of one of the greatest and most creative and varied decades in music. The 60s was a decade where instrumental rock and roll, psychedelia, country, sacred, Herb Alpert, Lawrence Welk, and rock were all found in most record shops at certain periods of time. This book captures that time--and with insight, research and eclectic viewpoints. More detail would be appreciated, along with statistical charts such as "Best-selling", "Grammys won", Grammys nominated", etc., but for what it is---a small volume---this book is a 5 star for enjoyable!

Steer clear of this one.......1998-12-09

Steer clear of this one. Though the choices of albums is fairly good, it is amateurishly written and the contents are hollow, filled with the authors self-indulgence. Tobler does not speculate about the artistic importance of the albums but rather decorates the book with statistics concerning chart placings and so forth. "You don't become a writer by writing a book". This book is a prime example of that statement.

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Chess expert helps beginning players grasp essentials of playing chess to win. Over 100 diagrams.

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Good, but really works well only in combination with other resources.......2007-06-28

Fred Wilson's 101 QUESTIONS ON HOW TO PLAY CHESS is an explanation of the basics of the game in, as one can imagine from the title, question and answer format. Wilson starts from the very beginning, listing how the pieces move, how the board is arranged, and the rules of check and checkmate. He introduces the concept algebraic notation very early, and then proceeds to use it throughout. The book runs through some very basic strategy, and then ends with some guidance on periodicals and joining a club.

If you are a total beginner at chess, this book may work as well as any other introduction to the game. However, you'll want to pick up Tim Harding's Better Chess for Average Players (New York: Dover, 1996) because Wilson's book doesn't really prepare you to hold your own against stronger players. If you are no longer a total novice at chess, this book may still be worth buying. There's a totally annotated game here that holds some interest, as well as a bibliography of various useful books for players from beginning to intermediate. Since the book was published priced as low as the Dover Thrift Editions, it may be worth it.

A great book in combination.......2005-04-02

I got this book in combinatation with "Chess For Juniors". Wow! I really improved. These books go very good together for a new player or person who has been playing but has not read much on chess before.

I bought this book for my 12 yr old & me.......2000-12-12

Everyone complains of not spending enough time with their children. We are constantly involved with electronic pursuits. For less than four dollars you can buy a passport to an hour of thoughtful pursuit and conversation with your child. Chess improves thought patterns and encourages long term thought. The book is easy to read, helpful, concise and you can buy the game of Chess on Amazon. Nuf said.

A great beginner book and a quick refresher for others.......2000-08-09

This is an excellent beginner's book as well as a quick refresher for intermediate players. Fred Wilson poses and answers 101 questions ranging from "4. Is there a special way the board should be placed?" and "26. How does the knight move?" to "73. What exactly throws off beginners in the endgame?"

The book is only 76 pages and, as a Dover publication, costs about a dollar. I give one of these away to every friend and acquaintance I teach chess to, and so far I've always been thanked for it. Of course, I also keep one for myself, to help me remember the important points of endgames and what terms like "fianchetto" mean. Fred Wilson covers a great range of beginning chess topics in a very small and inexpensive volume. There's no reason not to buy a copy or two.

The perfect primer for the complete beginner.......1998-07-21

If you are a scholastic chess coach I highly recommend that you by a stack of these and give them to your kids. At this price anyone can afford to get a good start at chess!

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Gary Klein studies decision-making in the field, tagging along with firefighters, standing by in intensive-care units, and watching chess masters play lightning-fast "blitz" games to learn how people make choices with time constraints, limited information, and changing goals. From this research, he and his associates have developed a theory of "naturalistic decision-making."

Sources of Power essentially lends the validity of scientific research to techniques that many of us use every day. There's intuition, which is based not on instantaneous insight but on the rapid (perhaps even subconscious) interpretation of perceptual cues. There's mental simulation, a finely honed method of visualization. There's storytelling and metaphor, which enable decision-makers to devise meaningful frameworks and compare their present situations to previous events. Nobody is born with an inherent mastery of these and other techniques, Klein tells us, but we are all born with the capability to develop, through experience, the skill sets experts call upon to make good decisions.

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Anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victims. How do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? Most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilled. Gary Klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision-making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced.

Since 1985, Klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situations. Sources of Power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditions. In addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult tasks.

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Not what I was looking for.......2007-04-14

I was interested in the topic of decision making, both for professional and personal motives. And I decided to settle for this book. Unfortunately it turned out not to be what I was looking for. It is not that the book is not well written, it is just that the scope of the book is limited mostly to, shall we say, "quick" decisions.

The author outlines his model explaining such decisions, arguing that this is quite different from other traditional models. But even if he does a good job at explaining it, some of his findings seem rather obvious, at least to me.

Though it was interesting reading (that's why it gets 3 stars), definitely I wished I had chosen a different decision-making book more suitable to my interests.

4.5 Stars-Intuition comes from experience.......2006-04-20

Gary Klein has written a very good book on decision making in the real world that I recommend be purchased.His major point is that the vast majority of decisions people make are not based on the deductive rationality model of neoclassical economics.Such a decision making approach requires far too much relevant,reliable information and far,far too much time.The neoclassical model can't satisfy the time and information constraints that are operational in real world decision making processes.Klein argues persuasively that ,based on the empirical and experimental evidence carried out by many psychologists over the last 35 years,most decisions are based on pattern recognition:"This is one basis for what we call intuition:recognizing things without knowing how we do the recognizing...My claim in this chapter is that intuition grows out of experience...we can say that at least some aspects of intuition come from the ability to use experience to recognize situations and know how to handle them..."(Klein,pp.33-34).The reason I did not give this book five stars is that Klein appears to be completely ignorant of the nearly identical definition of intuition ,and its role in decision making, emphasized by J M Keynes in his 1921 " A Treatise on Probability "and his 1936 " The General Theory....".Keynes's understanding of the importance of intuition in decision making has been badly butchered by economists like R.O'Donnell,Bradley Bateman,and Roger Backhouse ,who identify Keynes's views on intuition with either (a) a priori thinking,(b)the "grey,woolly,fuzzy,monster" in one's head or (c)metaphysical vision.Keynes's seminal understanding of the importance of inductive reasoning ,argument from analogy,and pattern recognition are reproduced more effectively in Klein's book.Klein also recognizes that intuition may lead to the wrong answer.However,it is a self correcting process over time.Keynes would have agreed completely.Familiarity with the literature surrounding D.Ellsberg's concept of ambiguity would have also strengthened Klein's conclusions because an intuitive approach works better in decision contexts where the information and knowledge base is incomplete, unclear and ambiguous.The rational-deductive approach works,then,in the limit in the case of information that is not complex and is total,complete, and clear.

even high schoolers loved this book ..........2006-04-14

... because it affirms the way they believe they think and act.. at least that is what they told me when I proposed Gary's book to five classes of senior (restless minds) then had lively discussions with them through which I found that most had, indeed, read it... and as they get older, with more experience under their belts, they may need to be reminded of these tools. Also read Howard Raiffa, (e'st al) book, Smart Decisionmaking. - Kare Anderson, SmartPartnering

Recognition primed decisions.......2006-02-13

The book tries to characterize 'time critical decision making processes' . The author went out and interviewed guys leading firemen into burning houses, medics saving people in shock, soldiers deciding to fire a missle at an unknown airplane (fighter or commercial jet?), etc. When he started, he expected to find experts using the rational choice model. In this model, the decision maker collects data, then identifies 2 or more options, and picks the best. This was the academic model. Once in the field, he found none of the experts using 'rational choice'. Instead, they simply took a look at the situation, imagined what would happen if they acted on their first impulse. If the 'imagined future' looked acceptable, they would act. If the imagined future produced a disaster, they abandoned the line of thought and let another concept emerge from their subconscious. This new idea would be subjected to the same visual process. It was something like conjuring up a movie about what would happen. If they didn't like the movie that their subconscious provided, they trashed it and called up a second. The whole process was very fast. At no point was there a 'choice' between 'a' and 'b'. There was only 'will it work', yes or no.

There's no time for a whiteboard when you're facing an inferno........2005-09-26

Sources of Power is a fine volume that systematically dismantles classical "rational decisionmaking" (lets get a whiteboard and compare strengths and weaknesses shall we?) and sets out a wide array of decision-making techniques that we use, often quite unconsciously. These include (and the list here is far from exhaustive):

- Recognition primed decision making.
- The power to spot leverage points.
- Seeing the invisible, or the big picture.
- Storytelling, metaphors and analogues.
- The power of the team mind.

Rather than grind us through the theory, Klein packs this book with analogies and case studies, well told, that illustrate the points and provide a platform for explaining what it is that's going on when people - often in critical life and death situations - need to make the right decisions. There's no time for a whiteboard session when you're confronting an inferno.

Plenty of people can benefit from this volume. It serves as an excellent introduction to decision theory, an insightful approach to understanding the human mind and a practical manual for qualitative researchers who wish to gain more from their interviews. Quite often, as Klein demonstrates, people make massive decisions without even being aware they're doing so.

Is there a downside here? My only gripe is Klein's tendency to promote his own firm and to remind us that Klein Associates does things to a high degree of professionalism. This occurs to the point where an excellent text takes on, just slightly, the patina of self promotion. But that's a minor thing in the big scheme. "Sources of Power" is useful reading.

Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions

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Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
Gary Klein
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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ASIN: B000OQT2GI

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Gary Klein
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