High Stepping Through the Neighborhood

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High Stepping Through the Neighborhood
Jerry Van Amerongen
Manufacturer: Andrews Mcmeel Pub
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The Greatest Cartoonist of them All!.......2006-04-25

I realize that not everyone appreciates Jerry's absolutely
unique brand of humor (I have examples plastered all over
the wall of my office and I enjoy seeing how people react
to them), but anyone with intelligence and a fine sense
of the nuances and absurdities of our everyday speech
will appreciate the humor found in his cartoons.

Here are some examples from this collection:

(1) We see a door to a building on which it is
written "Brethren of the Fowl Social order".
In front we see feathers covering the ground
and parts of a man-sized chicken suit lying
around. The caption is:
"Upon leaving the club in full regalia, it was
Bob's misfortune to encounter a very large
bird dog"
(warning-Jerry has a thing for chickens-they
are really absurd creatures!)

(2) We see a woman sitting in her car wearing
a party hat, throwing confetti and blowing on
a party favor. The caption reads:
"At this very moment Claudia's odometer matches
up perfectly with her zip code"
(this is one of my very favorites!)

(3) We see a big, tough guy punching a little,
wimpy fellow in the eye. The caption reads:
"Carl is a person who has trouble with the
democratic process".

(4) We see a fellow with a silly grin on
his face who has dug a long row holes in
the ground. The caption reads:
"Jason is strong on "how" but weak on "why".

(5) We see a man with an extremely frustrated
look sitting at the wheel of his car.
The caption reads:
"The bumper sticker ahead reads "Retired Sock
Collectors for Tranquility", and hard-driving
Neal Sage knows he's picked the wrong lane again".

There are dozens more like this waiting for you
in this collection, so once you recover from
your side-splitting laughter, go out and get it!

When you need at outside look at YOUR neighborhood.......2000-05-13

Van Amerongen cartoons are sarcastic, original and amuzing, all adds to a refreshing point of view on life in this modern world. Sometimes the jokes are hard to get on first browse, but it's certainly worth a second glance.

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Brilliant colors, eye-popping designs, luxurious fabrics--all these and more characterize the unforgettable fashion trends of the late 1960s and early 1970s. This was a turbulent, exciting era in our history, and clothing styles clearly reflected the fast-moving, youth-oriented culture we remember now with a sense of awe. Sophisticated or casual, clothing became an expression of personal feelings, ideas, and attitudes. Consumers hungered for bold new looks, and designers--led by Emilio Pucci of Italy--were only too happy to oblige. Using more than 400 color photos and illustrations, this book showcases the wonderful assortment of dresses, blouses, jackets, pants, shoes, and accessories worn by the most stylish of psychedelic era men and women. Pucci's fabulous works take center stage, joined by a kaleidoscopic array of fashions illustrating the influence of Op Art, "flower power," the Eastern world, native-inspired prints, and much more. Author Roseann Ettinger uses her expertise in the vintage clothing field to provide an absorbing look at the history behind these '60s and '70s fashions--looks that are enjoying renewed popularity today. Current values, a bibliography, and an index are all provided.

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Yahoo!.......1999-07-20

I'm a Baby Blues reader. I've read every book twice at least. This is no doubt the best one

Yahoo!.......1999-07-20

I'm a Baby Blues reader. I've read every book twice at least. This is no doubt the best one

Please don't ever retire!.......1999-07-05

I started this strip several years ago, went back and read it from the start, and absolutely love it! It is one of my all-time favorite strips along with CALVIN AND HOBBES. If Mr. Kirkman and Mr. Scott take the suggestion that another reader-reviewer has made and retire, I promise that I'll throw a fist-pounding, foot-kicking, ear-numbing temper tantrum worthy of Zoe and Hammie combined! :)

Seriously though, BABY BLUES is wonderful entertainment. When I think of all the adventures in parenting that Darryl and Wanda have had over the years (from visits with Santa to visits to Cowboy Monkey Band Land) I just start giggling in fond remembrance. Someday I hope I can be half the parent these two are!

Read BABY BLUES. It's a feel-good treat that never gets sappy.

This series is starting to run out of steam.......1999-04-19

I have all the previous 10 Baby Blues albums and would give every one of them five stars. But judging by this very uneven collection, the authors are starting to run out of steam. The problem is that the older Zoe gets, the more she encroaches upon the territory which rightly belongs to Calvin and Hobbes. Perhaps a well-timed retirement would be the best solution

Another Hit!!!.......1999-03-11

The creators of Baby Blues have done it again! They bring the humorous side to family life alive! Wanda, Darrel, Zoe and Hammie are back to tickle your funny bone. If you read the daily strips and or a collector of comic strip art don't miss this latest installment of the McPherson family. Kirkman and Scott have a real touch what is going on in the American family. Hmm wonder where they get their ideas from? Can you guess? So I hope anyone who has kids and those who don't will buy this book....its well worth it! Thanks from Las Vegas NT

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Beckys complicated search for the simple life. Stories of people, places, and thoughts that will encourage you to let go of stress and come out swingin instead.

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I laughed until I was INSPIRED!!.......2001-07-12

My non-christian friend bought me this book for 2 reasons: 1) I'd just moved to the country ro simplify my life, and 2) I'd recently renewed my dedication to Christ. Little did I (or she) know how wonderfully inspiring it is! I hope there are no men reading this review, but, let's just say I read Chapter 6 - "Cocooning In A Cabin" during an extremely stressful time of the month. AND, I had no idea what was going on since I had miscalculated, as Becky had! Needless to say, I immediately took some steps to slow down and REALLY simplify my life. What a God send! THANK YOU BECKY!!!

Impacting.......2000-07-06

My husband purchased this book for me knowing I indulge in the "simple life". Becky's graciousness reminded me that certain things are not worth getting bent out of shape about. Our life is unique and we need to enjoy the quirky way things happen sometime.

What a refreshing change!.......1999-08-24

This book is such a nice change from the "get organized books" This is a feel good book about enjoying the important things in life and Becky Freeman just delivers it with such a great sense of humor and a great outlook. If you find that life becomes too hectice, just read this book - it's helped me decide that my family life is so much more important than job status. I'm now enjoying "The Best of Becky Freeman." She makes you want to be just like her (happily and haphazardly married with kids).

A terrific heartwarming and LAUGH OUT LOUD read.......1998-07-19

A View from the Porch Swing is a must read for anyone- especially those who need a lighthearted view of everyday life. She's honest, funny, and loves the Lord

A wonderful woman's point of view on life........1998-07-10

The Garden series gave me a great insight into the parallel of my life and the Bible.

A View From The Porch Swing - Musings On A Complicated Search For The Simple Life

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A View From The Porch Swing - Musings On A Complicated Search For The Simple Life
Becky Freeman
Manufacturer: Broadman & Holman
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JZWW52

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This is an expanded edition of Kinoglasnost: Soviet Cinema in Our Time. The book examines the fascinating world of Soviet cinema during the years of glasnost and perestroika-the 1980s. It shows how the reforms that shook the foundations of the Bolshevik state and affected economic and social structures have been reflected in the film industry. A new added chapter provides a commentary on the dramatic changes that marked the beginning of democracy in Russia. This book will be widely read by students and specialists of Soviet/Russian history, culture and society, and film studies, as well as by anyone with an interest in the transformations of Russian society. "What makes Kinoglasnost pre-eminent among current studies of the subject is the sustained attention Lawton pays to changes in the formal organization of Soviet cinema and in the cinema industry." - Julian Graffy, Sight and Sound, vol. 3 (July 1993) "Lawton's book now stands as a valuable work of history on one aspect of a collapsed system...This remains as a testimony of a fateful moment that has changed the course of history." - Louis Menashe, The Russian Review, vol.53, No.4 (October 1994). "The author constructs a complex, multilayered narrative of a steady and significant movement toward radical change in Soviet society, an account of the growing anxiety and the hope experienced by Russian filmmakers and the intelligentsia." - Ludmila Z. Pruner, Slavic and East European Journal, vol.38, No.4 (Winter 1994).

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Ella Fitzgerald, who died in 1996, came from a poverty-stricken background. She was abandoned by her father, possibly abused by her stepfather and lived on the streets as a teenager. As a club singer she had to contend with racism, sexism and advances from predatory men. But in the 1950s, just when Billie Holiday, from a similar background, was falling toward drug addiction and a sordid death, Fitzgerald escaped the seeming inevitability of that fate. Her songbook albums relaunched her career in a new direction, and she became a beloved figure in American jazz, known for her musical precision and luminous clarity. This biography offers an assessment of the emotional strength apparent in both her life and music.

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The life story of undisputed First Lady of Jazz

The life of the very private and media-shy Ella Fitzgerald has long been shrouded in a mixture of half-truths and fiction. What emerges in Stuart Nicholson's groundbreaking biography -- the first in more than a decade -- is the remarkable and triumphant story of a poor black girl's determination to realize the American Dream in the face of constant racial and sexual prejudice. Now nearly eighty years old, Ella Fitzgerald is the definition of jazz singer to millions around the world, and acclaimed as one of the greatest of all jazz musicians.

This is the fullest-ever account of Ella's life, and Stuart Nicholson draws almost exclusively on fresh research and on interviews with many of Ella's friends and colleagues who have not cooperated with other writers, including an interview with Norman Granz, Ella's longtime manager and the producer behind her legendary Songbook series. Within two years of her professional debut as a gauche sixteen-year-old, Ella had achieved stardom with a million-selling record. By the 1950s, she was feted by the rich and famous throughout the world and collaborating with all the greatest artists in jazz and popular music, from Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington to Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. Yet, as Stuart Nicholson shows, while hailed abroad as a cultural ambassador for her country, she had to endure vicious racism at home, including a sensational arrest scandal on trumped-up charges in the Deep South.

Nicholson examines the key influence upon Ella of bandleader Chick Webb, and provides the first in-depth analysis of Webb's career. He also considers Ella's complex relationship with Norman Granz, and traces her unhappy love life, involving two failed marriages and a series of casual affairs. But above all Nicholson celebrates Ella's music, live and on record, highlighting her finest work and considering her alongside her great rival and fellow icon, Billie Holiday.

Supplemented by an authoritative discography by noted jazz historian Phil Schaap and illustrated with many unknown photographs, Ella Fitzgerald offers a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most popular American singers of the century, and the only artist in jazz history whose work spans seven decades.

Customer Reviews:

Research of original documents, photos, and interviews .......2004-09-07

The revised edition of this survey of jazz lady Ella Fitzgerald will appeal to any who haven't already gotten too many jazz biographies of Ella under their belts. Ella Fitzgerald defined the female voice in jazz, and Stuart Nicholson's biography was considered a classic in the genre. This updated edition includes further research of original documents, photos, and interviews to expand upon Ella's life.

Best of the Bios.......2002-10-07

This is the best of the Ella bios. Authoritative, well-written, and insightful with a helpful discography. Avoid the much inferior "First Lady of Song" by Fidelman. THIS is the bio to buy.

MISTER NICHOLSON MISSED THE TRAIN TO HARLEM.......2001-07-11

Overall this book collects most of the facts of ELLA's life and career in nice perspective.However i must say this:Mister NICHOLSON while preparing the biography has not met his subject and has included some totally out of place remarks that makes his book a shameful attempt to collect royalties he does not deserve.Mister NICHOLSON who i beleive never conducted an orchestra try to demonstrate that BUDDY BREGMAN the conductor of the PORTER and RODGERS songbooks failed to deliver the goods,allthough millions of fans throughout the world consider them to be the best of the series.Mister NICHOLSON sad to say has caught a severe case we should call the RIDDLE syndrome.Still,you can buy that book and still get to know ELLA if you can read between the lines.

Dumb Book.......2001-04-05

I can only write about my few years with her - but I certainly have more insight about the woman not so much the singer than this whole dumb book.

Lots about recording - of course he was not there - and nothing about her other than "and then she did"...

Every step in recording studio and no other informations.......2000-09-30

I read this book in for the first time in 1996. and now, second time around, still have the same feeling - Stuart Nicholson had obviously find easier to trace every step Ella Fitzgerald ever made in recording studio,than what she thought,felt and reasons behind her behaviour."A model in research and musical insight?" There is a year-by-year recording dates discography but not one single interview or even quotte!!Yes,Ella was a wonderful,gifted singer,but what eventually came out of this book (between the lines,if you bother to read) is that she was easily and ruthlessly pushed around by Norman Granz (manager) and made him a millionaire,toured 365 days in the year so Granz could collect Picasso paintings & move to Switzerland and that same Granz didnt have understanding for her,making a scene when she couldnt perform as her sister had just died (Duke Ellington stepped to protect her and got a slap on HIS nose instead).If Stuart Nicholson didnt have acces to do interview with Fitzgerald herself or at least some of her close friends,I wonder why did he bother to writte a book at all (just to dig some dirt & discover that she was - maybe?- a victim a child abuse,something that she kept behind her and didnt want to discuss,which we should understand and respect).No matter how appealing singer Ella was,I find repulsive idea of this big woman being lead around by her manager as beast of burden.And they said Billie Holiday was a tragic figure - hey, Billie at least had a good time! At the end of 245 pages,I find this book simply overrated - you can easily find Fitzgerald's discography in every jazz dictionary and perhaps as a subject of his book Nicholson should have consider Norman Granz instead.

Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Jazz (Fact Finders Biographies: Great African Americans)

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Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Jazz (Fact Finders Biographies: Great African Americans)
Megan Schoenberger
Manufacturer: Capstone Press
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Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song (Carter G. Woodson Honor Book)

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Ella Fitzgerald: First Lady of Song (Carter G. Woodson Honor Book)
Katherine E. Krohn
Manufacturer: Lerner Publications
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First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record

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A Little Disappointing...
Geoffrey Mark Fidelman LOVES Ella
Not as bad as reviewed
Laughably unprofessional
Unworthy Bio of the First Lady of Song

First Lady of Song: Ella Fitzgerald for the Record
Geoferey M. Fidelman
Manufacturer: Citadel
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0806517719

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A Little Disappointing..........2006-07-20

I'm a huge Ella fan, but not much is available about her personal life. This is a decent book if you want to know more about Ella's career; in that respect, it's pretty exhaustive and very detailed. I was a little disappointed in the overall quality of the book, however. It has a cheap feel to it, the paper is shoddy, the pictures look as though they were run through a copier, and there are many, many typos and punctuation errors. I also wasn't crazy about the writing style. But for you die-hard Ella fans, I would suggest that you read the book and get what you can out of it.

Geoffrey Mark Fidelman LOVES Ella.......2006-04-06

Ella Fitzgerald is my favorite singer. I think that her best work is outstanding. I wish that this book was too. This is an okay biography of Ella's life and career. The author is clearly a fan and has some trouble being objective about some of Ella's work (especially her later work in which she had clearly lost a lot of her voice due to illnesses); however, the book gives you a detailed overview of Ella's numerous appearances on television, her performances with Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong, and her extensive recordings.
There is another book about Ella by Stuart Nicholson that you may want to read too. It is rather dry in comparison to this book, but I found that by blending Mr. Fidelman's almost-giddy prose with Nicholson's workman-like style, I did come away with a feeling for the woman who Ella was.

Not as bad as reviewed.......2005-03-24

The reviews are a little unfair. This is accurate and written with passion. The tone has clearly offended. However I do believe that the definitive biography has yet to be written. I hope somebody is putting it together as I write; maybe Will Friedwald or David Ritz will do it.

Laughably unprofessional.......2003-12-29

I must first commend Fidelman for his relatively thorough documenting of Ella's recordings, concerts, and television appearences; if this book is at all worthwhile, it is to learn more about the lady's career.

That being said, the author has here penned one of the most unprofessional works of biography ever published. He sets the tone early, recounting the ways he was denied access to Fitzgerald's inner circle with all the righteous, catty anger of the dorky girl excluded from the popular group in middle school. He punctuates various passages with tangents that have little or nothing to do with Fitzgerald's life and legacy, including a plea for record labels to reissue the works of the great stars of the mid-twentieth-century, and mentions of his having written liner notes for certain Fitzgerald releases. The majority of the book's narrative is written in a silly tone which belies any attempt by Fidelman to cast himself as a serious biographer. His insight into Fitzgerald the woman is nil. This is all in addition to his highly questionable and tabloid-esque recounting of a tragic interview with Joe Pass, suffering from terminal cancer, which seems only to be included due to Joe's saying he doesn't know why he's telling Fidelman this - perhaps an attempt by GMF to indicate some sort of personal relationship with the legendary guitarist.

I would not go so far as to tell Fitzgerald fans to avoid this book, nor would I send them running to Stuart Nicholson's dull, fact-heavy tome; a compelling, authoritative biography of the great jazz singer has not yet been written. I would instead advise possible readers to approach "First Lady of Song" with very low expectations, and then purely from an informational standpoint.

Unworthy Bio of the First Lady of Song.......2002-10-07

This alleged biography of Ella Fitzgerald is seriously flawed and not recommended. At its most basic, the book is simply not a serious biography written in a professional manner. For example, the author CONSTANTLY interupts the narrative to give the reader HIS opinions of each and every song she sings, her weight and even her wigs. Even the captions to the photos are annoying ("Still hiding her figure for Verve"..."Oh those awful wigs") This is not acceptable or serious writing for a biography. He also seemingly attempts to convince the reader that he knew Ella personally, sometimes referring to her (annoyingly) as "Miss Fitz." Another complaint: the author talks knowingly about live recorded concert albums leading the reader to believe he has some inside knowlege of a concert, when in reality he is simply relating what is on the actual album for everyone to hear. He also refers to others he supposedly interviewed by their first names ("Keeter" Betts, "Danny" Kaye). Was he really on a first name basis with these people? Of course, we don't know who he interviewed, or when he interviewed them, because there aren't any notes in the book to prove it. If you want a serious bio of the great singer, instead of this thing, I recommend the much-respected "Ella Fitzgerald" by Stuart Nicholson.

Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz

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Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz
Ella] Nicholson, Stuart [Fitzgerald
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Better Signaling Now
Mark Horton
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E-Myth \ 'e-,'mith\ n 1: the entrepreneurial myth: the myth that most people who start small businesses are entrepreneurs 2: the fatal assumption that an individual who understands the technical work of a business can successfully run a business that does that technical work

With The E-Myth Physician, bestselling author Michael Gerber focuses on the business of being a physician, rather than the work of it. He reveals a radical mind-set that will free physicians from the tyranny of the unprofitable, unproductive, perpetual routine -- juggling patients, hiring, firing, doing everything that needs to get done.

The E-Myth Physician will teach you how to:

Implement the ingenious turn-key system, a means of creating a business model that produces consistent, predictable results
Recognize, understand, and manage the four factors of money -- income, profit, flow, and equity -- and understand the impact of each on your practice
Transform your practice and your people while enabling your business to grow exponentially without your having to be there all the time.

Drawing on more than thirty years of experience working with tens of thousands of small business owners, Gerber provides revolutionary, practical, and enlightening insights on how to produce the best real-world results not only in the physician's practice, but, even more important, in a physician's life.

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Grade School Lessons & E-Myth Acadamy Advertisement .......2007-10-04

This is, at best the beginning part of a working business solution. Yes, Gerber makes a valid point about the E-myth concept (read other reviews if you don't know the concept) but it's really for beginners (newbs). All his books are really just advertisements,for his E-Myth Academy consulting business in the back of all his books. There is nearly no practical information. He makes his point about the E-Myth, then masterbates it endlesly, re-making that point six ways to Sunday, add nausium and leaves you wondering, well, but what should I do? Well, little lost lamb (newb), go to E-Myth web site or call the 800 number where they have a fast talking sales crew and sign up for 2 years of 700 plus a month (I haven't checked lately) consultation/classes.

After you get the point that to make your technical skill pay/function as a business you need to have business skills/know how. You can sign up for the 700 plus per month for 2 years advertised in the back of his books. Start looking elsewhere for actual practical information. Because there are no E-myth books or tapes that have that information. You can do a lot for your business with that kind of money. I'm always shocked at how newbs starting businesses throw money around. Something to buy and a place to buy it, no matter how pretty it all is, doesn't make a successful business, In my observations, it's the major reason new businesses fail. I'm sure some of you with deep pockets or You corperate types who have never had to find the guts or earn the money to build a small business without Sugar Daddy Warbucks help will think I'm wrong. This E-Myth stuff is valid but it it's grade school lessons made to look like some kind of super-profound truth/solution. Well, it is, grade school true, now what Mr. Gerber, where's the solutions, spend, what, nearly 17,000 Sign up for what I thought I was getting when I bought the Books and tapes? What a greedy little tight wad! When are you going to write a book with substance? Hey Newbs! Trust me, yes you need real business skills, there are plenty of great business books out there, take some of that 17,000 and buy some and be careful with the rest you're going to need it.

A couple of good ideas and filler.......2007-04-11

The author has a couple of good ideas: management is about building processes not about managing people, and the value of a practice is it's process. The problem is that we get no details about how develop such processes. Instead we get a bunch of meaningless psychobabble about change and motivation and the same two presmises simply repeated over and over again. This is nothing like a practical guide on how to rework a medical practice.

highly DO NOT recommend.......2007-02-24

The following is my opinion: As a physician myself about to start my own private practice, I came across this book and thought "well, it's only ~$13 and I'm sure it is worth at least that much and I'm sure I'll get at least one or two pointers." I was wrong on all accounts. Let me save you some time by giving you the answers he offers to his two questions: 1)why most medical practices don't work, 2)what to do about it. Answers: 1)because physicians don't have a system, 2)create a system. Makes promises and keep them. That's it. If at this point you are saying to yourself "that's it? You have to be kidding!", then you know exactly how I felt after reading the book. Through most of the book, he would bring up provacative questions and I kept thinking to myself "here it comes, I wonder what his answer/solution to that question is,I can't wait, that is such a good questions." And time after time and for the entire book, it left me disappointed. He provided no real answers, or answers that only a child or a moderately mentally challenged adult may take as plausible. It is like being promised a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and then finding it filled with a pot of manure. He often makes very strange comments. The one that comes to mind right now is: doctors don't understand time with a capital T, they understand time with a lower case t. When I came across comments like this, I was waiting for something profound to be said, which of course left me disappointed and wondering "what the heck was he talking about?" He would tell stories of how patients hated waiting for long periods and that resulted in patients feeling frustrated. Duh! He speaks as if doctors like their patients to be irritated and as if doctors enjoy running late for appointments. His solution to this problem? Stop it, stop being late! and promise patients you will see them on time and keep your promise. You heard me, that is his real solution! He tells a story of a doctor he knows who adopted this philosophy and promised his patients that they will be seen on time or else they do not pay!! I would love to meet this doctor, wouldn't you? He didn't comment on this particular doctor any further. Why do I get the feeling there was much more to that story that is being left out? What made me realize he has no idea about the medical profession is the following: he feels and states that physicians can predict how much time is needed with each patient and that if doctors apply this, that they would never run late. He states that physician don't have to estimate how much time each patient needs but that they can exactly predict how much time is needed. Too bad he didn't share his secret of how to do that, I would paid him big bucks to learn that secret. He would give extremely unpractical advice for physician how to make sure patients do not become dissatified, for example: to always listen to the patient and never interrupt them and always let them say what they need to say. For those of you who are doctors, I'm sure you got a big chuckle reading that just as I did when I read it in his book. In summary, his books has many intriquing questions, no answers which are practical. In my opinion, when I read the negative evaluations of this book on amazon, I thought "well, cheap book, sure I'll get something out of it, maybe those negative ratings are exaggerated." In my opinion, book is less than mediocre and the negative ratings are exactly on target. I rec if you have to check out the book, go to the bookstore and skim it for 10minutes, trust me, you won't buy it.

fluff.......2006-10-26

I thought that the first couple of chapters were enticing at first. Then I realized that this book was really all fluff. Basically, a pep talk to get you to do what you want. He fails to address so many issues and has a very simplistic attitude towards them.
He starts off saying that doctors who want to go off on their own do, so that they can rid themselves of a boss who is controlling and runs everything. However, he then explains how later on, you have to hire doctors and basically train them to be a replica of yourself. I see a problem there. Because unless you hire followers, doctors want to have their own autonomy. How does he address this problem that made the doctor go off on his own in the first place?
Basically a fluff book. read it in the book store.

Disappointing.......2006-06-20

The book is a quick read, but honestly did not provide solutions. Sure it discussed problem areas, but pretty much the book just identified what the problems are. I already know what they are. For example, in the section regarding problem patients I thought that it would address how to handle a variety of "problem" patients. No, it just skimmed over the topic offering no new information. I don't think I really gleaned any pearls of wisdom from this book. I'm just happy that I didn't waste more time, as it was a quick read. Overall, I was very disappointed.

The E-myth Physician: Why Most Medical Practices Don't Work and What To Do About It

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The E-myth Physician: Why Most Medical Practices Don't Work and What To Do About It
Michael E. Gerber
Manufacturer: Collins
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The E-Myth Physician: Why Most Medical Practices Don't Work and What to Do About It
Michael E. Gerber
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