Ben Nicholson

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Ben Nicholson Rediscovered.......2000-01-23

It is no small pleasure to view once again the cool, elegant work of Ben Nicholson. Unlike many of our neon palettes of today, Nicholson's tones were often subtle and delicate, especially in his reliefs. He seldom discussed the subject matter of his works, since it was the process that fascinated him. Lynton describes him as "a child-man, whose best joys and fullest sense of being alive came from his delight in the perfect flight of a ball or a bird."

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121 b/w photos, by Ernst Fuhrmann 1886-1956; poet and author; manager of the Folkwang-Press, last director of the Folkwang-Museum a book of cultural artifacts of Africa

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1978 (Volume XCVIII, No. 1)

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Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1978 (Volume XCVIII, No. 1)
Sam Nicholson , Dean Ing , Ben Bova , and Arsen Darnay
Manufacturer: Conde Nast Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000PD29D8

Appliance House (Chicago Institute of Architecture and Urbanism)

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Appliance House (Chicago Institute of Architecture and Urbanism)
Ben Nicholson
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Ben Nicholson's work reflects the concerns of a generation educated and influenced by Daniel Libeskind and John Hejduk but establishes a highly individual search for rigor, precision, and craftsmanship in architecture. Here he analyzes the structure and form of everyday objects such as appliances and bread tags to construct the theoretical and physical framework for an Appliance House, a shelter from Sub-Urban life, a receptacle for all the forgotten objects of society. This book brings together numerous sketches, pencil drawings, color collages, and models that provide a detailed account of this unique fouryear project.

Ben Nicholson is Studio Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He completed Appliance House as a Fellow of the Chicago Institute for Architecture and Urbanism.

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ART IN PROGRESS: BEN NICHOLSON.

Manufacturer: Methuen
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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BEN JONSON
NICHOLSON
Manufacturer: T FISHER
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000S5INNS

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Ben Jonson
Nicholson And Herford
Manufacturer: T Fisher Unwin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PD63S0

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Ben Jonson
Brinsley Nicholson
Manufacturer: A A WYN INC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PYL1KE

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basically a text-book; not many pictures; pix not in color.......1997-12-19

If you are looking for a textbook approach, this is the book for you. I was not; I wanted something with lots of colorful photos to give as a gift to an adolescent girl interested in the subject. The book is, however, well-written and researched and is informative.

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Those buxom buccaneers are back, displaying all the cold-blooded charms they brazenly showcased in the first collection of Treasured Chests! There's just something about a semi-nude sea-faring brigand that shivers one's timbers! The scurvy lot of illustrators that have signed aboard to make this second voyage possible include: Arantza, Blas Gallego, Esteban Maroto, Rich Larson, Mitch Byrd, Mike Hoffman, J.L. Marin, Roca, and many others! Special wrap-around cover painting by Blas Gallego.

Kings in Disguise: A Novel
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An average 3 star graphic novel.

An excellent portrayal of life during the depression.

Kings in Disguise: A Novel
James Vance
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0393328481

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"One of the most moving and compelling human stories to emerge out of the graphic story medium."—Alan Moore

This award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time by The Comics Journal, Kings in Disguise now reemerges as a classic. It is January 1932, and movie-loving Freddie Bloch is trading his father's liquor bottles for the cost a matinee: "Dreams were only a dime, but empty bottles [only] brought a penny apiece." When his father disappears and his brother gets arrested, Freddie finds himself homeless and adrift, trying to survive during the Detroit labor riots and amid the furor of violent, anti-communist mobs. Winner of the Eisner Award and the Harvey Award for Best New Series and an additional Eisner Award for Best Single Issue.

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An average 3 star graphic novel........1999-03-18

Nothing special here. It did have it's moments, but overall it was an average to dull read. I only paid 5 bucks for this book, so at that price it was a good value. Pay any more and your certainly wasting your money.

An excellent portrayal of life during the depression........1997-06-13

During the 1930s, Freddie Bloch is forced to leave his home in search for his alcoholic father. During his travels he becomes a hobo, riding trains, living in much the same way we imagine the homeless do in the 1990s. Bloch's companions make the best of their poor circumstances by convincing themselves that they live undercover, and are "kings in disguise." The story resolves in a way that both allows Freddie to grow and realistically accesses the great depression. This is a graphic novel as opposed to a prose novel, but the illustative quality(direct, understated, black and white drawings) add to the novel's power rather than diminishing its overall effect. This is accomplished in great part because Vance's dialogue sounds novelistic rather than like a movie or what one often associates with comic book writing. Kings in Disguise is Tom Joad in picture

Dark Horse Presents #42 (DHP, Number 42)

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Dark Horse Presents #42 (DHP, Number 42)
Paul Guinan , James Vance , and Bruce Zick
Manufacturer: Dark Horse Comics
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Binding: Comic

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ASIN: B000UFP5GE

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Contains: Aliens; Kings in Disguise; The Argosy. Front cover art by Paul Guinan.

Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity (O'Reilly Digital Studio)
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Look Ma! I can Animate! And Interact!

This is great for the beginner

VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

Learning Flash animation for beginner

A Good Channel through which to learn Flash interface and action script

Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity (O'Reilly Digital Studio)
Rich Shupe , and Robert Hoekman
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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ASIN: 0596102232

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Macromedia Flash is fast becoming the Web's most widely used platform for creating rich media with animation and motion graphics, but mastering Flash isn't easy. Most entry-level books teach through simple examples that concentrate on either animation or scripting, but rarely both together. To get the most from Flash 8, you not only need to be proficient in programming/interface design, you need the creativity for story telling and the artistic insights to design fluid animation.

Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity teaches Flash design rather than simply Flash itself. With a standalone series of walkthroughs and tutorials for Flash beginners coming from a graphics field, this book teaches Flash in the context of real-world projects. Rather than learn a Flash tool for the sake of it, you learn which areas of Flash are important, and which are less used, simply by seeing how typical content is actually created. And rather than a text-heavy approach, this graphically rich book leads you through hands-on examples by illustration.

Each project in the book starts with goals and broad sketches before moving to design and scripting. This helps you understand design intent-the why of the process-rather than just learning the interfaces and the how of it all. Along the way, you'll create Flash content that includes traditional animation techniques (as seen in full-length animated features), and ActionScript-based interactive animation, such as custom web site interface designs. You also learn how to combine both traditional animation techniques and ActionScript to create feature-rich Flash assets from the ground up.

Co-authored by educational developers with years of experience creating compelling content, interfaces, and applications, Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity offers a content-driven approach that is also inspiration-driven. You learn because you're accomplishing something tangible, not because you think you need to know how a tool works.

If you want to understand how various features of Flash come together to create a final end design, this book provides you with both the insight and the know-how.

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Look Ma! I can Animate! And Interact!.......2007-04-19

I like this book. It's easy. It's clear. It reminds me of the wise words: "Keep it Simple Stupid!"

I used this book to teach a class of teenagers about Flash and it was great. I gave it to a marketing guy who professed an interest in making some stuff in Flash and it was great. And I've used it myself. Again, great. The authors have filled the book with practical mini-projects that explain various concepts in Flash.

This is a book about the basics for beginners. It covers the basics of a whole range of methods and techniques. And it touches upon more advanced concepts briefly and helpfully. All the way from the drawing tools in Flash to using some action script and bit map effects. It has a very clear explanation of what a conditional statement is, for example. And also exaplins variables and scope succintly and accurately. It also tells you how to make a roll-over button in Flash. Awesome! (Hey... remember the first one you made? I still get excited about swapping images on the fly with code, so I can dig it.)

If you know somebody who has NO CLUE - and I include myself in that category at times, obviously - how to: center something on the stage (Align), undo to ten steps ago (History), make a photo move around (Importing, Tweening), have a cartoon character walk believably (Walk Cycles), display only part of a photo (Masking), make a volume knob for your own web radio station (Sound Control), let people email them from their Flash website (Form Data)... Well, then! This is the book for them.

This is great for the beginner.......2007-04-18

Flash 8 Projects for learning Animation and Interactivity
By Rich Shupe & Robert Hoekman, Jr.
Publisher: O'Reilly
Copyright 2006
IBSN: 0-596-10223-2

Review by: Linda Weller

The books learning style is organic. They pair topics with goals. You learn by doing. Shortcuts are highlighted. Self teaching is encouraged by allowing you to expand on the projects using what you have learned. Sample files are available online or on the CD Rom.

They try to spoon feed you a little ActionScript in the sidebars of the book. Then you get to the chapter on creating a form and wow your using somewhat complex ActionScript and a PHP form. I hope you have a server installed that allows PHP for this one.
This book is filled with lots of special little tips. For example they tell you the difference between object level undo's and document level undo's. I bet you thought it was just ctrl +z.

Some of the Flash 8 features that are covered are Object drawing and Merge draw and when to you each one, metadata fields to make your Flash files search engine friendly, copy to grid assistant and, the distributed duplicate assistant.

Productivity tips are covered using the align panel, timeline effect assistants and the history panel. Have you ever needed to change a symbol's registration point after it is made? Go to the Info window.

Usability is covered. The author's show you how to add an active content bar to your menu buttons so the user knows where they are in the menu. Also, using the anchor from the label type drop down menu which is like an HTML anchor enables the back and forward buttons to work when navigating browsers.

There is information on all the basics: making an invisible button, tweening, shape tweening and, masks. How to work with assets is discussed. They show why we use PNG format in Flash with a rather graphic example. You can access round trip editing with a program of your choice.

Chapter 7 is loaded with lots of animation techniques such as using shape tweening to have a house draw itself, gradient masks, enabling bitmap caching with ActionScript on the mask and masked movie clips. There is a whole exercise to help you learn to decide when you would use scripted and when you would use timeline animation.

The chapter on sound give you some great tips on trimming unused portions of your sound and using short loops to optimize your files. They even tell you of a free sound editor. You create an MP3 player and a video player with ActionScript as well as creating players using the components.

All the new Bitmap caching and filter effects are discussed. You make bevel filters using ActionScript 2.0 classes.

They close off the last chapter with lots of web resources and tips. For example for file optimization purposes you can go to "file--save-- compact new" this totally removes deleted files from the system and reduces file size.

VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!.......2006-10-10

Are you a beginning Flash user who wants to bring their project ideas to life? If you are, then this book is for you. Authors Richard Shupe and Robert Hoekman, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that includes everything you need to get started in Flash.

Shupe and Robert Hoekman, begin by showing you how to use Flash's vector drawing tools. Then, the authors describe how you can set up your work environment the way you feel most comfortable. The authors then show you how to use a few essential techniques to create your first animated Flash movie. Next, they show you how to give your audience some control through the use of buttons and ActionScript. The authors also show you how Flash can work with other applications to help you meet your project needs. They continue by showing you how movie clips allow you to create animations that play independently of one another. Then, the authors show you how to create an animated advertisement for the sale of a home; as well as, other experience with some of these techniques. Next, they show you how to work with sound. They continue by showing you how to add video to your projects, with and without Action Script. Then, the authors describe how you can composite bitmap and vector assets on the fly and learn how to inject a heightened sense of expression into your files with real-time filter effects. The authors then show you how to use text. Next, they focus on solving one problem: Keeping initial download times to a minimum without compromising too much quality or creativity. The authors also show you how to use a template and components to construct a three-question quiz about what you've learned so far. They continue by exploring two slightly less conventional distribution methods for Flash content. Finally, they show you a few projects that demonstrate some of Flash's less common uses.

Several techniques are used in this most excellent book to help you better understand and retain the information you are given. More importantly, the preceding approach is what makes this book more effective learning tool than other books on the shelf.

Learning Flash animation for beginner.......2006-08-13

The Flash 8 projects for learning Animation and Interactivity book is a good resource for beginner to learn animation. It takes you step by step using practice examples to teach you basic animation techniques. The title of the book show two issues the first one is learning animation and I think the writer covered this part very well for beginners. The second issue is Learning Interactivity, which is covered along with the animation. The chapter that causes confusion for me is the 13th chapter. As it talks about e-learning in Flash, which is a very big issue that can not covered in one chapter, even for beginners. I think this part needs another book to cover deeply and give the beginner a strong beginning step in the field of e-learning.
Regardless the 13th chapter I see the book focused well and this helps the beginners to grasp the idea of the animation in Flash.

A Good Channel through which to learn Flash interface and action script.......2006-05-17

As the title states, this project-based approach to learning Flash 8 covers everything from becoming familiar with the interface to using both vector graphics versus pixilated images to the power of writing action script.

For the beginning Flash 8 user, this book starts from scratch on how to draw objects. It begins by having the reader draw a simple box; by then end of the third chapter, what started as one object has become a movie, complete with alpha effects, motion effects, and even a first stab at action script. The remainder of the book builds off these core aspects of Flash. As a beginner, the book made it easy to follow through the step-by-step processes required to make Flash 8 work as desired.

Not only does the book walk Flash users through the step-by-step processes, it also includes very useful sidebar notes and separate comment boxes (not to mention the wide sidebar space that just happen to be perfect for note-taking). These features are helpful in understanding how Flash `thinks' about the commands given in the projects. Also, the side notes will oftentimes refer the reader to the chapter in which a process is discussed in more detail to aid those more experienced users who have skipped around rather than reading the book cover-to-cover. Another handy feature of Flash 8: Projects for Learning Animation and Interactivity is the appendix titled "Tips and Resources," which lists some optional websites to extend Flash 8s possibilities; there is also a list of sites to practice with more tutorials.

One potential downside of working through these projects comes with any book that uses the project-based approach: time. It takes time to work through the examples, even the ones that start out with some of the background work already done for you. However, this approach also gives a more thorough understanding of Flash 8 and should be beneficial to anyone who prefers a hands-on approach to learning the software. As such, it may be best suited for beginning users, but definitely has some information throughout that all semi-experienced Flash users should know.

Macromedia Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity

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Flash animation made easy
A competent book for learning
Good Book For Beginners
Good for non-programmers
Master

Macromedia Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity
Derek Franklin
Manufacturer: Macromedia Press
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Flash MX can be an intimidating program for the beginner. Multiple windows, an array of tool palettes, and remarkable depth make it a rich and powerful tool, but with a steep learning curve. Derek Franklin, however, in this updated version of his popular Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity, has managed to make Flash not only accessible, but relatively painless to learn.

Written for the serious developer new to Flash, this 900-page volume serves as both an introductory course and a handy reference volume for going much deeper. Parts 1 and 2 focus on learning the language of Flash: the interface, menus, and working paradigm. Part 3 begins the production process and mastering of all the features that Flash has to offer. Going beyond Flash's graphic capabilities, Franklin has allocated 200 pages to ActionScript, the internal language of Flash that opens up all the bells and whistles to the developer.

For users with some Flash experience who have yet to dive into Flash MX's new features, there are Flash MX "alerts" scattered throughout. Some are no larger than small sidebars, while others span pages. There are six sections containing a total of 21 chapters, but perhaps the book's best feature is the set of video tutorials on the CD-ROM. The full-screen tutorials, complete with full color and sound, illustrate many of the concepts in the book; following these is akin to sitting in a classroom listening to a real instructor.

It's important to note that this book covers Flash animation but isn't written specifically for animators. There is no information here on lip synch, talking characters, or cartoon methods, but the book does cover Flash MX features and development of complex interface design using Flash. The Web animator looking to make cartoons and squeeze the most from the medium might not find what he or she needs, but the developer looking for a solid, well-rounded book on Flash MX will find it here. --Mike Caputo

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Derek Franklin is back, with his fully updated and expanded Macromedia Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity, one of the best-selling guides to Macromedia Flash on the market. This book will provide you with the skills and inspiration you need to make creative use of Macromedia Flash MX to produce your own visual and interactive masterpieces. Whether you're a beginning Flash user or an advanced-intermediate user, Macromedia Flash MX Creative Web Animation and Interactivity provides you with a thorough reference to Flash MX's features, as well as step-by-step video, text-based tutorials, and hands-on exercises that will teach you to use Flash in the real world. Within its pages, you'll find everything you need to master Macromedia Flash MX, from basic drawing to complex interactivity.

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This digital document is an article from Community College Week, published by Cox, Matthews & Associates on May 12, 2003. The length of the article is 975 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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NY meets LA: Henry Rollins publishes Alan Vega

Cripple Nation
Alan Vega
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NY meets LA: Henry Rollins publishes Alan Vega.......2004-06-02

This is a scrapbook of Vega's lyrics and poems accompanied by his own charcoal and pen-and-ink illustrations, edited by Henry Rollins and published by Rollins's 2-13-61 books. It's a real labor of love, as these two musicians -- one east coast, one west coast -- have a great respect for each other. Vega, one-half of the electronic music duo Suicide (with Martin Rev), has an extremely dark vision of life in the city; his lyrics are grim but not without hope, and descriptive without being judgemental. His art, quick and sketchy, is an effort to translate that urban feel into black-and-white. The result looks sloppy, rushed, and incomplete, as if the next thought might complete the picture; but there's no resolution, just pieces of the puzzle. "Cripple Nation" is not a book for the faint-of-heart, or whose sensibilities lay in admiration of pretty pictures. Vega has been making challenging art for thirty years, and this book is no exception.

The romance of Cripple Creek,: The nation's treasurehouse of gold,

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The romance of Cripple Creek,: The nation's treasurehouse of gold,
Earl M LeVeque
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More Games for the Super Intelligent
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More Games for the Super Intelligent
James F. Fixx
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The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success
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A collection of timeless principles explained well

Common sense is not always common knowledge

Excellent book by the master of business turn-around

Motivational, Practical, Valuable

Powerful--it exploded my business

The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success
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The scrappy spirit of Horatio Alger is alive and well in success guru Brian Tracy. He may not be a household name yet like his colleagues Warren Bennis and Anthony Robbins, but (his publisher tells us) he still lectures hundreds of thousands annually on personal and professional development, including top cats at IBM and Arthur Andersen. This, his latest of some 10 books (including the "bestseller" Maximum Achievement), is exactly what its title suggests--100 maxims and MOs everyone must learn and live by to make it big, broken down into the laws of Life, Success, Business, Leadership, Money, Selling, Negotiating, and Time Management. Each law is followed up by anecdotes and quotes through history, plus bulleted points on "How You Can Apply This Law Immediately," which provide welcome structure and practicality.

In fact, Tracy's 100 laws are so cheerily practical, such an astoundingly uncomplicated affirmation of good old American bootstrap self-determinism, they recall the days when Alger's fictional bootblacks and newsboys finally made it big through pluck, elbow grease, and wide-grinning high hopes alone. (And, consciously or not, Tracy does seem to reside in a boys' world: among the countless men of means he cites here--from Emerson, Twain, and Lincoln to Henry Ford, Sam Walton, and, uh, Jesus Christ--this reviewer counted a whopping two women.) At times, Tracy's laws read like a Rotarian's shameless plug for capitalism ("The free market is the most efficient way for millions of people to have their needs met at the lowest possible cost"), an expression of Nietzschean contempt ("People are poor because they have not yet decided to become rich"), or, in a few instances, the kind of declaration that sets survivors of totalitarian regimes all a-tremble ("Power gravitates to the person who can use it most effectively to get the desired results"--yikes!).

That said, Tracy's pronouncements are more than usually correct; an unfailing boost to the indecisive, underconfident, or fatalistic soul ("You are completely responsible for everything you are and for everything you become and achieve"); and even occasionally astute, especially in matters of sales ("Top money-earners in sales are viewed as consultants, helpers, counselors, and advisors to their customers, not as salespeople"), where he had his own humble beginnings. You won't find anything especially new in Tracy's 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws, so think of it as all the best advice for improvement of your self, career, and business you'll ever read or hear, packed into one turbocharged go-getter's almanac. At the book's start, Tracy promises us that just by writing down 10 of our goals in the first-person present tense ("I actually AM too rich and too thin!"), eight will have come true in a year's time. I ask you: Did even your own mother ever have that much faith in you? --Timothy Murphy

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Brian Tracy has traveled and worked in more than 30 countries, studying business, economics, philosophy, psychology, history, and entrepreneurship. The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success is based on those years of study and provides a wide-ranging view of the things that make some businesses -- and lives -- work, and others fail.

The author provides a wealth of practical advice distilled into 100 easy-to-follow laws covering the major areas of work and business, such as leadership, money, economics, selling, negotiating, and time management. He includes numerous examples to show how each law functions in the real world and practical guidance on applying it to one's life and work.

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Why are some people more successful in business than others? Why do some businesses flourish where others fail? Renowned business speaker and author Brian Tracy has discovered the answers to these profoundly puzzling questions. In this eye-opening practical guide, he presents a set of principles or "universal laws" that lie behind the success of business people everywhere. Learn how to: Attract and keep better people Produce and sell more and better products and services Control costs more intelligently Increase your profits And much, much more A wealth of practical advice distilled into 100 easy-to-understand and easy-to-apply laws covering the major areas of work and business.

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A collection of timeless principles explained well.......2007-07-08

"The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success" is a collection of principles that range from the popular law of attraction, that has become even more popular through the book "The Secret" and "Ask and it is Given", to the law of compensation which Emerson wrote about brilliantly in his essay titled "Compensation". Readers will find many examples like these of books that cover one of the "laws" from this book more extensively and prior to this book. However, the brilliance of this book is its ability to bring so many of these principles into one volume that is easy to read and explained well. Tracy has put together a winning book that will give you a guideline of the key principles for business success. I found value in almost every page of this book. I have learned a lot from Tracy's books, this is definitively an achievement enhancer. Enjoy!

Common sense is not always common knowledge.......2005-12-09

I have to chuckle when I read reviews that say this is all common sense. I do agree that it is not all new. And I do agree that it is a lot of common sense, but not necessarily common knowledge.

I also have to wonder if the reviewer who claims this is all basic really understands all of the principles and techniques that Tracy discloses in ths book. Reviewer does not indicate what business success he has if any.

Granted, this information may seem to be odd for someone who has read those big thick college textbooks and sat in classes listening to college profs teaching business management classes who have never been in business. For me, I'd rather learn from someone who has done it...as Brian Tracy has..

If you are in business or want to be, this book is must reading.

Excellent book by the master of business turn-around.......2005-12-09

While Brian Tracy is known primarily as a master motivator and sales trainer, how many know that Brian is also a master of business strategy?

Aside from creating his own super sucessful businesses, Tracy has also helped launch and turn around many businesses. The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success is must reading for all entrepneneurs and is written by a man who has done it. No paper tiger self publishers with no real world experience here.

Great book by Brian.

Motivational, Practical, Valuable.......2005-05-09

I first read this book several years ago and find that I keep picking it up. The laws are short and easy to read. So, if I want to focus on, say, optimism, then I read those few pages and think about it for awhile. Any book that I pick up so frequently and appreciate so much appreciates at least this brief review. Good work, Mr. Tracy!

Powerful--it exploded my business.......2004-07-12

The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success is 300 pages and 8 chapters of powerpacked information that will help any business.

The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success will show you how to:

* Attract and Keep better people

* Produce and sell more and better products/services

* Control costs more intelligently

* Expand and grow more predictably

* Increase your profits, and much more.

The fourth law in chapter 60 was very beneficial to me. The ideas in this book exploded my business. Nobody does it better than Brian Tracy.

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