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Book is coffee-table (9 by 12 inch glossy) format, ideal for gift-giving. Published in the USA. It has over 150 color pictures of Princess Diana's career and compelling text by Susan Maxwell Skinner, a noted royal author. Stunning pictures are by royal photographer Anwar Hussein. Every copy of this limited edition book is signed by the author. It is not available from stores. Exquisitely designed, it is printed on heavy, glossy paper. The text is Maxwell Skinner's fond reminiscence of her eight years as an accredited palace press member.
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Sensitive Well-Written Book.......2007-07-12
This is a beautiful, elegant coffee table type of book dedicated to the late Diana, Princess of Wales that any fan of hers will enjoy for years to come. I enjoyed seeing the variety of pictures (some I had not seen before) and I, too, found the chapter with the paintings to be a highlight of the book.
Although we all know that Diana's story ended in tragedy, this lovely tome does not dwell on her death, but rather celebrates her life through the author's memories of her and the memories of those whose lives she briefly touched.
As a caveat, anyone looking for 'dirt' on the Princess of Wales need not look here; this book is filled with positivity (but is in no way maudlin or worshipful) that brings a fair and balanced perspective to the epic 'Diana phenomonon'. Thank you, Mrs. Maxwell-Skinner, for your well-written contribution to the story of Diana, Princess of Wales!
Very touching and Very lovely. She's an angel........2002-08-15
Very touching and very lovely. You'll learn more about Diana and her biography. This is a definite recommendation for your free time. I haven't seen any loyal princes or princesses that are this determined to change the world for the poor and the unfortunate children.
Very lovely written.
Diana: A Fresh Perspective.......2002-05-25
The story of Diana Princess of Wales has been told many times - indeed, some would say too many times. Susan Maxwell Skinner's 'Diana: Memory of a Rose' therefore comes as a welcome surprise. The story she presents is both compelling and unusual for several reasons.
Firstly, it focuses on the celebrity factor in Diana's life and her success. Maxwell Skinner astutely notes that the Diana the public got to know and fall in love with was in fact the product of a celebrity culture; that is, a society that likes its heroes and heroines pre-packaged by the media, and Diana knew how to capitalise on that.
Secondly, it is told from the perspective of a person able to combine objective reporting with a highly imaginative and lively style of writing. Maxwell-Skinner was a feature writer long before joining the press gang who followed Diana's every movement during the period of her engagement and marriage to Charles, and as such she really knows how to interest and entertain a reader while communicating essential information.
This brings me to my third point-the story is detailed related so economically that I did not feel I was being overwhelmed by unnecessary or irrelevant information. The combination of word and image is particularly effective in this regard. The book is packed with a wealth of photographic images of Diana many of which have not been seen before (the photographs are by Anwar Hussein but selected by Maxwell-Skinner). Stunning though these images are in their own right they are given added life by the stories and captions which accompany them. The effect is that we forget neither the images or the text in a hurry.
For me the highlight of the book was the chapter on the Diana paintings. This helps underscore one of the main strengths of the book- its willingness to deal in variety. Not only do we see a variety of painters' styles, but the book offers a variety of topics (Diana's school years, the wedding, her role as mother and champion of humanitarian projects and causes, her clothes, the paintings and her funeral, her burial place, etc, etc). Variety is there in the photographs too for not all portray Diana at her most glamourous or beautiful.
Finally, the treatment accorded to the personality of Diana herself is fresh and original. Maxwell-Skinner does not make the common mistake of claiming to know or fully understand Diana as a person. Rather, the focus is on the difference that Diana made to the author's and other people's lives, and why and how she has attained her legendary status. The result is a book that is at once a delight to read and a great pleasure to look at. Highly recommended for seasoned Dianaphiles and also for those who are wanting an accessible and concise introduction to the Diana phenomenon.
An enthusiastic reader from Melbourne, Australia.
Best Diana Book In Years.......2002-01-20
I was very delighted to find Susan Maxwell Skinner 's Diana: Memory of a Rose
under my tree this year. Firstly the photos will knock any Diana fan flat.
So many were new to me and so stunning ...this alone makes it a must have for those
who love Diana.
But there's so much more! I loved the quotes from Diana and learning what went on at events.
We have see Diana pictures, but so often we are given little background about where
and what was happening! It's an unexpected treat to learn what was going on!
Ms Skinner was there, and after you read the book. you feel you were there too!
The magic that was Diana is conveyed wonderfully .
Ms Skinner is a professorial royal reporter and one can see her at work in her earlier Diana book.
But this book is personal and all she couldn't say while Diana was part of her job is here in the
heart felt text . A joy to read!
Two Journeys..One Rose.......2002-01-15
If you loved Diana, you will love" Diana, Memory of a Rose." I did.
The book recalls a young bride -- destined for world adulation --
through the eyes of a young reporter, who stood on the sidelines and
witnessed the transformation. The book is a personal reminiscence of a
magical time, when Diana and the world believed in happily ever after.
"Memory of a Rose" is a beautiful, sincere book, with many stunning
pictures and -- what lacks in so many Diana books -- heartfelt
affection for the Princess. Susan does not pretend this modern heroine
was a saint, but recognises that it was Diana's extraordinary courage,
humor and belief in love that triumphed over frailties and heartbreaks.
The book honors Diana as a mother, a humanitarian and someone who always
tried desperately hard. Throughout this compassionate account of the
Diana years, we are reminded that a rose who bloomed to inspire us --
with such beauty and courage as Diana -- was worth any and all thorns.
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Colin Chapman: The Man and His Car
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From penniless beginnings as an engineering student in North London, Colin Chapman went on to build the world-famous Lotus car company and establish himself, in Jackie Stewart's words, as the "most creative designer of racing cars in the history of motor racing." Written with the full cooperation of Chapman's widow and Lotus Company, and reissued to meet continuing public interest, this is the definitive biography of the brilliant engineer. All of Chapman's creations are examined, including the original Lotus Elites, Elans and Europas of the early 1960s; the Eclat and the mid-engine Esprit; and the Lotus Grand Prix cars that became world-famous, winning seven constructors' and six drivers' World Championships.
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The brains and energy behind Team Lotus. Enough said..........2002-11-02
I first read this book ten years ago. Buying it now I intend to enjoy it all over again. If you are at all interested in cars and have ever lifted a wrench in an attempt to wreak your own improvements, then you will appreciate this life story. The forword by Enzo Ferrari is the only reccomendation that you need.
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Essential for Wenders fans.......1999-12-23
'The Act of Seeing' is absolutely essential for any Wenders fan. His philosophies about film, art, life, and more are all explored in this, his third book of essays. One of my favorite film books.
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Legends and Lairs: Elemental Lore
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A bestiary of elementals and elemental creatures. Earth, air, fire, and water. Sonic, cold, acid, and electricity. From elder elementals and powerful dragons to minor mephits and mysterious outsiders, creatures major and minor are tired to the powers of the elements. Some are friends. Some are foes. All are dangerous. Continuing the acclaimed Lore series, this book focuses on a single creature type as well as related sub-types, opening a portal from the elemental planes to your campaign. The original elementals themselves have been expanded to include proud nobles, determined guardians, and pesky haunts. Each creature is designed with a role in mind, from grudge monsters to chase monsters. With more than 30 new elementals, six new creatures with elemental sub-types, and four new prestige glasses, Elemental Lore provides dozens of options for unleashing the power of the elements upon your gaming group.
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Interesting read, handy, but a bit limited.......2006-02-02
This is a very good book. A bit outdated now, having 3.0 design to it, but still interesting. This book is basically a MM book based entirely around elemental creatures. It only has monsters though, roughly 25 of them, although some have various 'sizes' or 'types'. Overall there is about 45 new fully detailed monsters. There is also 4 new PrC's, one for each element.
All of the monsters are quite interesting, varying from very simple low CR creatures, to very powerful CR creatures, like the Primal Spirits.
I am currently desiging a campaign world based heavily around the elements, and this book became very handy. Outside of a game that is not elementally focused, it may be much less usefull.
If your looking for a Monster Manual type of book with all sorts of creatures, this is not the book, but if you are looking for a monster manual set specifically for elementals, then there are none better.
I give it 4 stars, as it is excellently written, and I made great use out of the project. I had to convert a lot to 3.5 however. For the average buyer, I would give it a 3. It is a great book you will find use out of, but it can be a bit limiting.
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This Second Edition of the phenomenally successful Portable MBA in Strategy brings you the latest developments in strategic thought, analysis, and implementation from an all-star team of teachers, authors, and consultants. Harvard's Michael E. Porter shows you how to enhance competitive advantage through a global strategy. C. K. Prahalad explains how to create and leverage core competencies-a strategy that has led many organizations to overwhelming success. Jeffrey Sampler of the London Business School demonstrates how the Internet and the rapidly evolving e-business economy challenge many of our fundamental ideas about strategy.
H. Kurt Christensen and Anil Gupta map strategy alternatives for the corporate organization and its business units. Irene Duhaime demonstrates the relevance of strategy for small businesses. And John F. Mahon, Barbara Bigelow, and Liam Fahey explore political strategy-the need to manage relationships with the concerned segments of the public, trade associations, governmental agencies, community groups, and other stakeholders.
You'll find penetrating insights about strategy-making from David Collis of Yale, George Day of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Ellen Hart of Gemini Consulting, and many others. To take advantage of the newest, most innovative, most effective ideas in business strategy from minds that thrive on the cutting edge, start reading The Portable MBA in Strategy, Second Edition today.
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Over 525,000 Copies of the Portable MBA Series Sold
Learn the best new ideas in BUSINESS STRATEGY from the brightest lights in the field
This Second Edition of the phenomenally successful Portable MBA in Strategy brings you the latest developments in strategic thought, analysis, and implementation from an all-star team of teachers, authors, and consultants. Harvard's Michael E. Porter shows you how to enhance competitive advantage through a global strategy. C. K. Prahalad explains how to create and leverage core competencies-a strategy that has led many organizations to overwhelming success. Jeffrey Sampler of the London Business School demonstrates how the Internet and the rapidly evolving e-business economy challenge many of our fundamental ideas about strategy.
H. Kurt Christensen and Anil Gupta map strategy alternatives for the corporate organization and its business units. Irene Duhaime demonstrates the relevance of strategy for small businesses. And John F. Mahon, Barbara Bigelow, and Liam Fahey explore political strategy-the need to manage relationships with the concerned segments of the public, trade associations, governmental agencies, community groups, and other stakeholders.
You'll find penetrating insights about strategy-making from David Collis of Yale, George Day of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Ellen Hart of Gemini Consulting, and many others. To take advantage of the newest, most innovative, most effective ideas in business strategy from minds that thrive on the cutting edge, start reading The Portable MBA in Strategy, Second Edition today.
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great book received in great condition.......2006-08-03
a high level volume of sophisticated articles on corporate officer level strategic issues.
If you're in business to WIN, read this book!.......2005-05-05
Strategy and tactics are essential to all entrepreneurs wanting to not only be successful, but to win! Playing to win is a mindset as pointed out in the April 2004 Harvard Business Review - "Hardball: Five Killer Strategies for Trouncing the Competition." In "The Portable MBA Guide to Strategy" you will learn to formulate and execute effective marketplace strategies that enable you to transform your ideas into marketplace reality.
Divided into four parts, numerous experts expound upon what is strategy and how to use it to win in business:
Part One - Strategy: Winning in the Marketplace
Part Two - Strategy Inputs: Analyzing the External and Internal Environments
Part Three - Strategy Making: Identifying and Evaluating Strategic Alternatives
Part Four - Managing Strategic Change: Linking Strategy and Action
If you went to business school, this will be a great refresher. If not, this book will cover all the bases and create a solid strategic foundation applicable to the real world.
It's hard for me to say where to start; The Portable MBA is a cornucopia of indispensable knowledge. Chapter 5, Strategy for the Small Business seems like a logical place to start. And, if you're looking for funding, pay close attention to Box 5.4 on p. 124 for key questions to ask yourself. Chapter 6 on Digital Strategy is also compelling in its own right. While much of the book applies to larger entities, it is wise to study the material for two reasons; 1) It will help you learn how to build your company and 2) Studying larger competitors is tantamount to military generals learning the ways of their adversaries.
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Winning Ways for Planning Pilots.......2001-05-09
Strategic planning was once the sole responsibility of senior management. In today's business climate of shortened product cycles, ruthless price competition and global access to markets, the burden has spread to include middle managers. This new Portable MBA volume is the eighth in the series. It offers insights from 16 leading business school professors at Harvard, Boston University, Maryland, Northwestern, Dartmouth, Michigan, Stanford, Wharton and the Cranfield School of Management in England and five prominent consultants. Each contributor is not only an expert, but experienced putting into practice the principles and methodologies discussed in the chapter.
Whether tackling business, corporate or global strategy issues or analyzing industrial, technological, organizational and political factors, The Portable MBA in Strategy defines the planner's current vocabulary. It also offers practical solutions to implement plans in any business environment.
The book reduces a successful strategy to its four component parts -- the marketplace for the strategy; the inputs required for a successful plan, the opportunities for corporate transformation and the steps required to transfigure the plan into reality. Each chapter starts with an engaging case study to illustrate its theme. The result is a practical, readable, and comprehensive look at business strategy; appropriate whether the reader is the owner of small business or the manager of a vast global enterprise.
Best one volume introduction to this subject........1997-10-26
The title is misleading. The careful reader will develop a more thorough grounding in business strategy than any MBA course can provide. Especially useful for non-MBAs who want to understand the concepts that get tossed around during strategic planning.
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To understand and profit from Total Quality Management, companies must pay particular attention to the first word in the phrase-total. The spectacular rewards enjoyed by top companies like 3M, FedEx, and Ben & Jerry's were earned through a total commitment to achieving superior quality and customer satisfaction across all company functions and processes.
Total Quality Management, Second Edition gives you a completely up-to-date look at how 51 of the world's most successful companies put the total into TQM. Each of these companies, including 13 new additions and 23 Baldrige Award winners, is cited as a benchmark performer in a particular business function. Their examples help you set your sights on specific goals and learn a variety of ways to go about achieving each goal. Each chapter features the best practices of one manufacturing company, one service company, and one small business. Following the examples set by these overachievers, you'll discover how to:
* Lead the transition from traditional management to management by quality
* Identify customer needs and use that knowledge to drive the organization
* Integrate strategic quality and business planning into a single strategic process
* Communicate customer and company requirements throughout your organization
* Recognize and reward employee efforts and promote improved quality
* Establish uniform measurement systems and manage by fact, not fiction
* Borrow shamelessly from industry leaders to encourage breakthrough thinking
* Build strengths and eliminate weaknesses through an annual assessment process.
Fully updated-the book that puts the total into.
Total Quality Management.
In this book, the former chairman of the Baldrige Award panel of judges teams up once again with a leading quality consultant to bring you a Baldrige-based TQM model that covers every aspect of your business. Built from the best practices of 51 companies (including 23 Baldrige Award winners) whose star performances have made them benchmark corporations, this book brings you:
* Best practices and TQM applications from small businesses, huge corporations, and everything in between
* TQM practices from retail stores, service companies, manufacturers, and more
* Hundreds of real-world examples, tested processes, and innovative techniques
* Proven ways to boost profits, inspire workers, and delight customers.
Praise for the First Edition
"Alive . . . vivid, entertaining, successful. . . . Even the most inexperienced can understand and implement TQM using this book."-Charles A. Aubrey Vice President, Juran Institute.
"If you read only one book about quality management, read this one . . . the definitive management handbook of the decade."-Lynn A. Moline Former Executive Director, Minnesota Council for Quality.
"A great book about a better way to run a company."-Bob G. Gower President and CEO, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.
"Packed with strategies that can be implemented in any organization . . . must reading for those interested in proven quality strategies."-Ellen Gaucher Senior Associate Director, University of Michigan Medical Center
"Get it. This book is jammed full of practical case studies from a management and profitability perspective."-C. Jackson Grayson Jr. Chairman, American Productivity and Quality Center.
Supplemented with an updated list of resources and a contact list for all profiled companies, Total Quality Management, Second Edition shows you how to lead your organization straight to the cutting edge of quality and keep it there.
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Quality Textbook.......2006-05-26
This book explains the concept of Total Quality Management (TQM), which is a management strategy that seeks to embed awareness of quality in all organizational processes. TQM requires that an organisation maintain quality standard in all aspects of its business. This entails ensuring that things are done right the first time and that defects and waste are eliminated from operations.
ISO defines TQM is a management approach of an organization, centered on quality, based on the participation of all its members and aiming at long-term success through customer satisfaction,and benefits to all members of the organization and to society.
The book explains how 51 companies in a wide range of industries successfully employed TQM to achieve outstanding success.
This is a great book for any manager from any company, large or small, in a manufacturing or service organisation.
How should TQM be implemented, read the examples!.......2000-04-27
he Baldrigde Quality System quantifies the quality of a company with a score from zero to a thousand points. Even the best companies are far behind the thousand point limit, but the writers found 53 examples that, at least for one aspect, owe almost the maximum of the available points. Ben&Jerry's, Ford, 3M and AT&T are just a few of the companies that have provided information for the book. Still the book is not a list of 'perfect case examples' but the writers managed to let the theory and practice explain solutions to daily problems and improved management techniques. Although none of the issues dealt with is explained in the smallest detail or with an extensive number of examples, but this books provides a broad view for new managers or managers new to TQM.
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Updates strategic thinking by delivering a wide assortment of empowering tools that not only work but have also been site-tested in more than 50 companies. Also shows members of self-directed teams how to use these tools together to improvise operational strategies. Uses an inside-out and outside-in approach to strategic thinking by paying coincident and equal attention to both organizational capabilities and opportunities in the business environment.
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