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A good read!.......2007-09-01
Like most reviewers, I found this delightful little volume a good read, without the detail one normally encounters in a biography. One gathers from this work that the the queen's unhappy childhood had a profound effect upon the rest of her life; including, in rather a perverse way, the relationship with her husband, whom she is said to have both adored and harassed.
I have to admit that I purchased my new copy for one pound in London (remainder!). I am doubtful if I would have paid full price. But a good read.
Superficial and uninspired.......2007-06-29
I was hoping for a lot more from this book after reading other reviews and noting how many biographies of famous women Carolly Erickson has written. Frankly this book read like a student's history project, that is, essentially a time-line with only a small effort to truly express who Queen Victoria was. The book was not very captivating and I only finished it because it was the only book I had on an 8 hour flight. There are probably better biographies of the Little Queen out there.
Unsatisfactory.......2006-09-19
This is a very brief and often inaccurate portrayal of Queen Victoria and the 19th century, during a time when everything that people knew and accepted was changing. For a more accurate biography about Queen Victoria, I suggest "Victoria Victorious" by Jean Plaidy. Much better.
Victoria's Secret.......2000-11-19
This book is very well written. THere are many similies and metaphors which put you back into the life of Queen Victoria. It is an educational book, yet it reads like a story. It is most definetly not like most historical non-fiction books.
Great for a quick over view..........2000-05-20
This is a small book for such a large subject. It keeps to the facts and indeed it does not overwhelm you with those. I found some of the expressions used in the book to be a little odd, almost as if the writer was trying to write in style that she thinks is "real" English.
I enjoyed the book and it has made me want to learn more about this quite remarkable woman. In short ;read it and enjoy , but don't expect to be turned into an expert by the end of the book.
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Her Little Majesty: The Life of Queen Victoria
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I Remember Tom Landry is a tribute to the man who, for 29 seasons, was the Dallas Cowboys. From 1960 through 1988, Landry was the only coach the Cowboys franchise had ever known. He finished with 13 division titles, five trips to the Super Bowl, and a legacy that will endure beyond his death. Former Cowboy stars such as Bob Lilly, Don Meredith, Tony Dorsett, Drew Pearson, Lee Roy Jordan, Randy White, and more than a hundred others all remember their favorite Tom Landry stories in a book that every football fan will want to read. Quarterback great Roger Staubach contributes the foreword. From players and coaches to media and fans, I Remember Tom Landry is a complete work of remembrances from the people who knew this Cowboy icon.
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Much better than Skip Bayless garbage! Landry, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Bud Grant, Marv Levy, Don Matthews are best Pro Coach ever.......2006-06-29
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The most comprehensive catalog of pool how-tos.
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Definite a worthy addition to your pool bookshelf.......2003-08-03
Though not nearly as in-depth as Byrne's Advanced (or Play Your Best Pool, and a few other books), this is definitely Mizerak's best published work to date, and you will learn a few things from it that are not covered by the other writers of such books. My strategy is to get and reads LOTS of these books, because no one author touches on every aspect, and long-time pool champ Mizerak has plenty to add, especially for newbie players, as well as experienced bar players who are not well-read on various nonobvious aspects of the game.
Good all-around book on pool, but no depth.......2002-04-04
This book covers a good all-around view of pool. but it fails to go in depth, especially on strategy. It's a good book at first, but after awhile you crave more knowledge of the game, especially specific games. I recommend authors like Byrne (not only does he write on pool, he also covers 3-Cushion inside and out, great job), Fels (Mastering Pool is a great strategy guide if you can hunt it down on the net. not complete yet still very helpful), and Capelle (great book on one great game...Straight Pool).
If you only buy one book on pool..........2000-09-30
this shouldn't be it. Steve Mizerak is a great player, and watching him play is always a pleasure. Unfortunately, his grace at the table barely makes it into this book.
I bought this book several years ago when I first started playing seriously, and it did little to improve my game. Once I started playing in the company of a few good players, I had no use for Mizerak's book. If you want that "if you could only have one book on pool" title, I highly recommend Robert Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards.
The book covers a lot but fails to get in depth in any area........1999-08-17
Steve Mizerak has a very recognizable face when it comes to pool (probably from his Lite beer commercial days) and that is why you see it on the cover of every product that he hawks-but beginners beware...Mizerak is not much of an author. Don't get me wrong, he has plenty of knowledge when it comes to the game, but he tries to cover every aspect of pocket billiards (hence the title) in 208 pages. I say impossible. He basically spends a lot of time giving little tidbits, but never delving into one topic for long enough for anything to be learned. Experienced players will gain nothing from this book (except maybe a little abstruse history) and beginner's will absorb its meager amount of instruction and be hungry for more in a matter of days. If you are just beginning your collection of books about pocket billiards, I suggest going with a book by either George Fels (more instruction and strategy) or Robert Bryne (technique, drills, trick shots...the whole enchilada)
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Forget Regis Philbin's Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Martin Fridson's How to Be a Billionaire sets its sights much higher, and therefore seems an even more appropriate (if somewhat less realistic) goal for today's tycoon wannabes. There are some 200 individuals in the U.S. alone who now breathe this rarefied air, writes Merrill Lynch managing director Fridson, and no reason why those who adopt their philosophies cannot join them. To that end, he studied more than a dozen of the self-made super-rich, including Sam Walton, Bill Gates, Wayne Huizenga, and Warren Buffett. He then synthesized their techniques for success into nine strategies: take monumental risks, do business in new ways, dominate your market, consolidate an industry, buy low, thrive on deals, outmanage the competition, invest in political influence, and resist unions. Dividing profiles of these high fliers into chapters focused on their prevailing principles, he shows how each played a critical role in the growth of an empire. Walton didn't invent discounting, for example; he tweaked existing practices for the late-20th-century marketplace. Likewise, Huizenga didn't start individual companies but integrated existing competitors into powerhouse organizations. While Billionaire may not be a true self-help manual, it does offer a fascinating glimpse at tactics used by those who've played the game and won. --Howard Rothman
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"A truly enlightening work filled with fundamental strategies that have worked for others.Martin Fridson documents the essential principles inherent in every billionaire's success."
-Gordon Bethune
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Self-made billionaires all have one thing in common: they excel at making money. But hard work, thrift, and focus are only part of the story-you hold the rest of it in your hands. How to Be a Billionaire is the first comprehensive picture of the real strategies and tactics that built the great business fortunes of modern times. Packed with engaging accounts of titans like Ross Perot, Richard Branson, Phil Anschutz, John D. Rockefeller, Wayne Huizenga, Bill Gates, J. Paul Getty, and Kirk Kerkorian, How to Be a Billionaire will show you principles that can increase your wealth and business acumen to the mogul level.
How to Be a Billionaire looks at the careers, the methods, and the minds of self-made billionaires to distill the common keys to titanic accumulations of wealth. Each chapter explores a specific strategy and brings it to life through extended profiles of past and present masters of the art of making money.
Do you think innovation is the best way to prosper in business? Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart retail chain, would tell you otherwise. The key to Walton's success was supreme devotion to copying the methods of other successful discounters.
What could be less complicated than buying low and selling high? But the ascent of
Warren Buffett, John Kluge, and Laurence Tisch to billionaire status depended on much more than an eye for good bargains. And if you're looking to thrive by outmanaging the competition, look no further than Richard Branson. When the founder of Virgin Atlantic needed to reduce his staff by 400 people, 600 volunteered to take off a few months on sabbatical.
How to Be a Billionaire identifies the methods, beliefs, and behaviors every businessperson must understand and emulate to reach the pinnacle of riches. A manual for success that can benefit every aspiring tycoon, it is a fascinating read for anyone intrigued by wealth and how it's gotten.
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"How to Be a Billionaire offers fascinating insight into the subject of building wealth. As a result of his exhaustive research, Martin Fridson is able to explain the wealth-creation process from a unique perspective. As the reader will discover, there is no single formula for success, but there are certain categories into which these concepts can be placed. My personal advice is to remember the words of Winston Churchill who said, 'Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.'"
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"Martin Fridson has created the ultimate roadmap to the American Dream. He comes as close to extracting a formula for the acquisition of wealth as any book I have ever read."
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"Martin Fridson's book has a number of very insightful and thoughtful analyses, something you don't pick up in many business schools."
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"How to Be a Billionaire is a powerful arsenal of dead-on strategies for increasing your personal wealth and business acumen. Marty Fridson details the tactics of self-made billionaires with great intelligence and insight. I wish this book had been available when I was starting my career."
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Customer Reviews:
Not for everyone..........2007-01-28
I was quite amused how some locals bought the book hoping the author's would enlight them with something realistic. The book is not for the general public and most of the solutions are basic financial management. I didn't bother buying the book since it was available at my local library. For those wanting inspiration to make a business, go for it and read this book.
Exceptional addition to any business library..........2006-12-07
I came across this book at my local library and after reading it, brought a copy and been re-reading it for the last year. With Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, it is my blueprint to my personal goals of amassing one billions dollars.
Though much of the information is pretty tough to understand at first, with much persistence and open-mindedness, this book has motivated me more than ever with every page I turn.
What can I say? Get the book and see for yourself.
Definitely worth more than its flashy gold cover.
That's Right - Shoot for Billion with a "B".......2006-05-11
This book, more than any other book on creating wealth, spells it out. If you want a get rich quick plan - sorry - this book is about the slow and steady! Can you say Tortoise and the Hare? Just like everyone else, I was taught to get a good education, get a job and live happily ever after until reaching retirement - get my gold watch and the company will take care of me. Hah! The truth is, the old ways don't work. The people who are profiled in this book were all successful in their own way.
I believe that if you model yourself after a successful person you will be successful. That's not new. What's new is to follow in the footsteps of one of these giants and success will be yours!
Great read - well worth your time!.......2006-04-16
This is a terrific book & I highly recommend it to aspiring business moguls of all ages. Though the title and the cover are a tad "over the top," the substance delivers. This is a thorough analysis of some of the more common strategies used in achieving great riches. Throughout the book, the author introduces us to a dozen or so most accomplished businessmen in history. Specifically, we learn of what is it that they actually did that helped them achieve great success in - arguably - the most competitive field of human endeavors - accumulating great wealth. The book is well balanced as business strategy descriptions seamlessly intertwine with historical and biographical insights. Martin Frdson, a terrific writer, is one of the very few people who could pull it off. A bit of context here is in order: Martin Fridson is a very accomplished guy. With an undergrad in history and an MBA (both from Harvard), he gives the reader a unique vantage point on combining both history and business strategy. Specifically, Mr. Fridson is one of the biggest authorities in the field of high-yield bonds (a.k.a. junk bonds) - and has been for a long time. High-yield world is often a treacherous mine-field dominated by marginal companies with weak balance sheets. Stories of great deals and disastrous failures are abound. Mr Fridson has seen many fortunes both created and lost and he brings this balanced perspective to the readers of this great book.
The bedside book for every moneymaker and aspiring billionaire!.......2006-03-09
This book is the ultimate guide to moneymaking! If you wanna be a huge player, this book is for you! The author, mister Fridson was doing a wonderful job by exposing the strategies employed by the best teachers you can have, the billionaires themselves. Their way of life, their way of thinking, the way they make deal. The hard way!
How to be a billionaire is the perfect tool if you want to emulates the titans of wealth. As you can see in my others reviews. I'm a self-taugh business student and a fan of those "How to be rich" book. And I've never seen a book as valuable as this book. And I never heard of something as useful and inspirational for any accumulator of wealth.
Some passages of this book are long and boring, but nothing is pointless. Every single line of this book are of worthy academic value in your quest of being superrich.
Before receiving this book, being billionaire was somewhat out of reach. But now, I'm fully loaded and inspirated by the strategies from the titans of wealth. I love to go to the extreme and I know everything is possible if you really want it.
So how bad do you want it?
The higher you aim, the bigger your gains!
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Title: The Secrets of Billionaires.(Brief Article)(Review) (book review)
Author: Henry Holtzman
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Alaska Business Monthly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2000
Publisher: Alaska Business Publishing Company, Inc.
Volume: 16
Issue: 5
Page: 56
Article Type: Brief Article, Book Review
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