Succeeding with Difficult Students: New Strategies for Reaching Your Most Challenging Students

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Succeeding with Difficult Students: New Strategies for Reaching Your Most Challenging Students
Lee Canter
Manufacturer: Canter & Associates
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Practical strategies for developing positive relationships and rebuilding the broken trusts that have caused the fissures between at-risk students and the school community. For K-12 teachers.

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An action guide for teens on how to volunteer their time and skills for working with the physically and mentally challenged, working with the elderly, tutoring elementary school children, doing fundraisers, restoring cemeteries and cleaning up vacant properties, and other activities. Also a great source for teachers, parents, civic leaders, and others who work with teens.

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Workers' control of industry, a phrase coined by the Guild Socialists, recalls the libertarian aspirations of the first rebels against the slavery inherent in the capitalist mode of production. A history and analysis of the workers in Britain who own and control their workplaces....

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Natural First Aid: Herbal Treatments for Ailments & Injuries/Emergency Preparedness/Wilderness Safety (Storey Medicinal Herb Guide)
Brigitte Mars
Manufacturer: Storey Publishing, LLC
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An A-to-Z guide to using herbs to treat everything from ant bites to wounds. Create a natural first aid kit.

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the best book.......2000-07-29

Natural First Aid will help you to care for others with the natural remedies you have on hand. The key is to stay calm, move quickly, and know what to do. If you need to arm yourself with information for both emergency and non-emergency situations this is the book. After reading it I have come to the conclusion that it is one of those indispensable reference books everyone should have. It's definitely a book to have in the First Aid kit when camping. Brigitte Mars also tells us the most important items to stock in a natural first-aid kit for your car, backpack, and yes ladies even in your handbag.

Do you know that cayenne pepper can stop bleeding? Or that garlic can alleviate a toothache? Or that honey can soothe a burn?

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Dr. Mom's (Dr Mum's in the UK) is a must for any home with small children. In our modern-day, quick-fix world we have come to rely heavily on antibiotics and chemical drugs which can suppress the immune system and subject our children to short-term side-effects and long-term consequences. We have forgotten just how effective and reliable are the common, natural and safe remedies used by generations before us.

Herbalist and lay homeopath Kathy Duerr has successfully nursed her own three children without the use of pharmaceutical medicine. What she has to offer here are tried and tested physician-endorsed natural remedies for treating minor illnesses without having to resort to chemical drugs.

Some frequently asked questions addressed are:
* Is my child really hyperactive?
* Are immunizations really safe and effective?
* What do I need to keep in the medicine cabinet?
* Does my baby have colic?
* How can I get my child to sleep?
* My child has a fever, is it dangerous?
* How can I soothe a sore throat or cough?
* What is the best way to deal with minor cuts and scrapes?

The answer to these and many other problems is as easy as opening this book. We know that when your child is crying and miserable you need help immediately, you don't have time to search through long complicated explanations—you need simple, quick, down-to-earth advice from one parent "who has been there" to another.

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Highly recommended alternative health care reading........2000-09-08

What Kathy Duerr provides in Doctor Mom's Quick Reference Guide To Natural Healthcare At Home is tried and true, doctor-endorsed, and "parent friendly" information on natural, commonplace, effective, and safe remedies for treating minor illnesses without having to resort to pharmaceutical drugs, thereby avoiding antibiotic and chemical compound side-affects. Duerr address such parental questions as to whether a child is really hyperactive, the safety and effectiveness of immunizations, what should go into a family medicine cabinet; how to get a child to sleep, baby colic, childhood fevers, cough and soar throat treatments, and the best way to deal with minor cuts and scrapes. Doctor Mom's Quick Reference Guide To Natural Healthcare At Home is highly recommended reading for anyone concerned with alternative health care issues, naturopathy, children's health, and effective parenting.

Great Book for All Mothers!.......2000-04-07

I wish I had found a book like this when my kids were young, I know I would have had the courage to run to the doctor less often and relied more on my medicine chest. My daughter has been very worried about giving her children so many antibiotics, every time they have an earache or a sore throat, it seems to be more drugs. At last here is someone here who talks sense, and gives us advice on how to treat every day ailments without resorting to strong drugs and possible side effects. Kathy Duerr believes in foot baths, and massaging feet with oils and herbs, and gives advice on what to keep in your medicine cupboard. My daughter, who has three little ones, is over the moon about this book, and can't recommend it highly enough to all parents of young children.

Naturopathic First Aid: A Guide to Treating Minor First Aid Conditions With Natural Medicines

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Naturopathic First Aid: A Guide to Treating Minor First Aid Conditions With Natural Medicines
Karen Barnes
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Concise guide to assembling basic and specialized naturopathic first aid kits. Second Revised and Updated Edition.

First Aid for Dogs: The Essential Quick-Reference Guide

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Knowledge is Power

First Aid for Dogs: The Essential Quick-Reference Guide
Tim Hawcroft
Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Knowledge is Power.......2003-01-02

This book is concise and easily understood by anyone. I carry it in my car. If I happen upon an animal in distress, and don't know how to cope, I can find the information I need within seconds, put it to use, and perhaps even save a life.

It's a Disaster!... and What Are You Gonna Do About It? (2nd Edition)

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Prepare to Survive any Disaster!

It's a Disaster!... and What Are You Gonna Do About It? (2nd Edition)
Bill Liebsch , and Janet Liebsch
Manufacturer: Fedhealth
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ASIN: 1930131011

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Fedhealth's basic first aid and disaster preparedness manual helps individuals, families, and corporations prepare for many types of emergencies and natural or man-made disasters before they strike. The book is designed to help people examine how best to react in any emergency situation and prepare each family or corporate member to participate effectively. It also includes special sections that specifically address the unique needs of infants, disabled, and elderly family members.

A majority of the information was derived from materials provided by FEMA, Canada's OCIPEP and the Red Cross and is written at about a 6th grade level with a 2-color format for quick reference.

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Prepare to Survive any Disaster!.......2000-11-25

This is an outstanding guide. It brings together emergency preparedness and immediate action. Bill and Janet have painstakingly researched all facets of the most likely injuries to occur in a disaster situation. This is a must have resource guide because we know that in a major disaster situation local emegency services are beyond overtaxed and help may not show for hours or days. The second half of the book on preparedness steps are divided by specific types of disasters - hurricane, earthquake, etc. The guides, information, and just plain common sense solutions will save lives. I wish I'd had this book during Hurricane Fran in North Carolina and Hurricane Georges in Puerto Rico. With my flashlight, NOAA radio, canned food, and "It's a Disaster" book, I'll be ready for the next one. Buy one for yourself and one for everybody you care about.

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Natural Health First Aid Guide
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A Practical Guide to Survival: What to Do Before, During and After Disasters in the Home

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A Practical Guide to Survival: What to Do Before, During and After Disasters in the Home
Victoria Mason
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This book contains information designed to:

Make you aware of the emergency situations that COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
Familiarize you with the nature of some of the disasters that do occur
Help you plan ahead so you will be ready should any of these emergencies arise.
Teach you what to do during any given emergency or disaster situation as it occurs
Teach you how to survive after the emergency situation until you, your family, home, and community are back to normal.

Chapters include: CRIME PREVENTION, EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, FLOODS, HURRICANES, LIGHTNING-THUNDERSTORMS, NUCLEAR, TORNADOES, TSUNAMI (TIDAL WAVES), VOLCANOES, WINTER STORMS, PERSONAL DISASTER PLAN, SURVIVAL CACHE, SHELTER, WATER, FOOD, FIRST AID TRAINING AND SUPPLIES, UTILITIES, COMMUNICATIONS.

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Created in 1985 by Barry Vercoe, Csound is one of the most widely used software sound synthesis systems. Because it is so powerful, mastering Csound can take a good deal of time and effort. But this long-awaited guide will dramatically straighten the learning curve and enable musicians to take advantage of this rich computer technology available for creating music.

Written by the world's leading educators, programmers, sound designers, and composers, this comprehensive guide covers both the basics of Csound and the theoretical and musical concepts necessary to use the program effectively. The thirty-two tutorial chapters cover: additive, subtractive, FM, AM, FOF, granular, wavetable, waveguide, vector, LA, and other hybrid methods; analysis and resynthesis using ADSYN, LP, and the Phase Vocoder; sample processing; mathematical and physical modeling; and digital signal processing, including room simulation and 3D modeling. The book comes with two CD-ROMs that include more than forty additional HTML chapters; hundreds of musical compositions; more than 3,000 working instruments; the Csound application for Macintosh, PC, and Linux; and a number of Csound audio and score-generating utilities.

Book/CD-ROM Contributors include: Bill Alves, Stephen Beck, Mike Berry, Riccardo Bianchini, Kim Cascone, Michael Clarke, Richard Dobson, Archer Endrich, John ffitch, Rajmil Fischman, Michael Goggins, Matt Ingalls, Richard Karpen, Eric Lyon, Gabriel Maldonado, Hans Mikelson, Jon Nelson, Dave Phillips, Jean Piché, Russell Pinkston, Paris Smaragdis, Erik Spjut, Barry Vercoe, Scotty Vercoe.

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An opus work on both Csound and computer music.......2006-04-12

This book is one of a relatively small number of texts that are essential for the library of the computer music practitioner. The book has two CD-ROMs full of several books worth of material. This book is not only a remarkable reservoir of information specific to the Csound compiler, it is also very useful as a general source concerning many aspects of computer music techniques and synthesis methods.
Many have lamented the terse documentation of the Csound manual since it does not provide sufficient examples of how the various opcodes and features of the language may be used by composers and researchers. The Csound Book succeeds brilliantly in filling the void. Even for the seasoned computer musician, the text provides numerous opportunities for "ah ha!" moments and spurs renewed creative responses to musical problems. Part of the reason for this lies in the abundant resources of the language itself and its continued development and refinement by members of the Csound community.
This is a great companion book, allowing the reader to explore practical applications of concepts such as Fourier synthesis, digital filter theory, chaotic systems, reverberation, and algorithmic composition. This is accomplished very elegantly and always with reference to direct experience with the aid of numerous examples of Csound code. The book serves an important function by providing concrete examples of myriad synthesis methods, digital signal processing techniques, and specialized applications within one conceptual framework.
This book is full of excellent graphics, uniform and well commented coding examples, illustrative instrument-design flowcharts, thorough indexing, appendices of various kinds, all of it extremely well edited. There is an impressive unity to the text even though different authors have written the various chapters.
There is a treasure trove of instruments and compositions contained on the CD-ROMs. Many of these are by established composers of computer music and by the authors of the various chapters. Others, however, are by students from around the world. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in computer music in general and Csound specifically.

The Definitive csound Book.......2005-06-08

If you want to learn csound this is THE book to buy in conjunction with csounds.com you will need nothing else. Beware though, it takes lots of time and effort to learn this language and it is not easy. Buy this book only if you are very serious about trying your and at csound. As to Michael S Rempel review, if you are going to drop names to try to sound knowledgeable

" Most of the sound designers in Hollywood use CSound. I know more than a few of them. The guy who invented Trance music, BH is a CSounder. Everyone in his studio owns a copy of this book! I could keep name dropping for a long while, but you get it. CSound is one of the best kept open secrets in the world."

at least drop them correctly. It's BT not BH and he most definitely did not "invent Trance music." He is however an avid csound user. Sorry I just could not let that slide.

Nobody Does it Better.......2005-02-19

Beginners be warned. This is not a book that is designed to hold your hand. For that go to www.csounds.com and check out the beginners secton. Also join the online forums.

This is the site that the author, Dr. Richard Boulanger maintains for people looking to get started with Csound. It is also the place most of the really good CSound software developers and users hang out.

If you have explored synthesis on another platform, then this is the book for you. If you have explored CSound a bit, and want depth then this is the book for you.

Dr. B has compiled resources and brings together the best of the CSound community in a compilation that is really a collection of CSound essays. Many of the articles are regretably brief. A few sections are missing all together. (Most notably the midi section is not included, and is still not written)

But what is written in this book is the best information you can get anywhere on the subject of computer synthesis in ANY LANGUAGE. I need to clarify that a bit though, two new projects are on the way which will change that. Csound 5 is in developement, and MPEG 4 also has a world class sound engine. But in both cases these new technologies are based on the stuff in this book. Yes, that is right, MPEG 4 has a csound like engine in it.

Csound is first rate. Nothing beats it. I have done the plugin thing, and downloaded or bought just about everything in synthesis available from anywhere. Some tools can offer you nice canned sounds, or pretty patch chords and knobs. But for pure raw power, flexability and creative oomph nothing can equal CSound. This book will take you from the world of patch chords and knobs into the world of programming. That is where the power is baby, in programming. Where anything can plug into anything. All you need are some programming chops and any music or noise you can dream up is at your finger tips.

If it happens in any synth anywhere in the world, then eventually it will happen in CSound. And mostly it already does. And what is more, in CSound you can combine ANY methods of synthesis you want AT THE SAME TIME. No other synth can do that. Period.

BTW the CSound software is free. That is right, free on the PC, free in Linux, and free on the mac. So buy the book, download the software, and meet everyone who wrote the book, and most everyone who writes anything to do with the CSound software on the CSounds web site.

If that is not enough to convince you, consider this: Most of the sound designers in Hollywood use CSound. I know more than a few of them. The guy who invented Trance music, BH is a CSounder. Everyone in his studio owns a copy of this book! I could keep name dropping for a long while, but you get it. CSound is one of the best kept open secrets in the world.

The definitive Csound compendium.......2003-01-19

A word of warning to electronic music newbies: Be sure to learn the fundamentals of synthesis and MIDI before venturing into the realm of Csound. This book assumes a level of knowledge regarding these subjects and will present an insurmountable challenge to someone with no programming experience. However, for those that do, it will present a whole new universe of possibilities.

As a composition tool, there is nothing quite as extensive or powerful as Csound, which is why there is an equally extensive learning curve for its students. I feel that this book is probably better suited as a text for a college course rather than a stand-alone guide for DIYers. But in its defense, I belong to the latter category and have fared pretty well in learning the language.

While I must criticize Mr. Boulanger for not giving thorough enough explanation to some critical topics in his book, overall--this is by and far the best resource for anyone attempting Csound. You will find the contents of the included CD-Roms to be an immense supplement to the book's chapters.

Not for beginners.......2002-12-22

Csound is probably the most powerful digital synthesizer software available. And it is essentially free. But writing code to produce music can feel like creating your own custom draw program from scratch to create a painting. There is no noodling with a keyboard or twisting knobs and listening to instant results. No, you create an .orc and a .sco file, one for the instruments and the other for the "notes"(though the language can be used to create filters and process sound). This gives you unlimited control, but you pay the price of programming headaches e.g. debugging, crashes, etc. There is also a very steep learning curve. Csound is a work in progress, though. Matt Ingalls's (and others) tireless work has made Csound easier to use, and has even updated it to Mac OS 10. He has also created an extension that allows Csound to interface with Max/MSP, perhaps simplifying the composers task. Nevertheless, Csound has a long legacy as a musicN language, and it has its roots in computer science.

If you are getting started in electronic or computer music and have little background in the field, this book may ultimately prove frustrating. Chapter one provides a perfect example. It opens with an .orc file and uses terms like control rate and sampling rate, but it isn't until much later that we find out what these things mean. Much of the first section is difficult to work through because of this approach. I think that the book would benefit from a rewrite, and I mean truly rewriting section one from scratch so the foundation is Basics of Synthesis. A section written like a "Dummies" book would be helpful for beginners like me, while the Csound mavens could simply flip to chapter X,Y, or Z and read at their level. Otherwise, the author should dispense with the basics and focus on making this a book for those already familiar with Csound. Obviously, the author/editor put tremendous effort into this book, so it seems a pity that it is kind of poorly organized. Finally, The Csound Book would benefit from careful spell checking (the author refers to GEN21 creating "Poison" distributions).

After having spent a year with the Csound book, I can make some recommendations for someone wanting to start electronic composition. You must read Curtis Roads's Computer Music Tutorial, probably the best electronic music book written. Don't let the dry title fool you, it is great reading. It will teach you the fundamentals and will serve as a reference if you decide to tackle Csound. Or, consider using Max/MSP instead of Csound. It isn't free, but it does have a graphical interface, yet it does not sacrifice flexibility. And you can now use Csound as a sort of "plug in" for Max/MSP. If you want to make popular music, Csound will probably only prove useful if your current software can't make a sound that you want.

As I said, Csound is a work in progress. A new book called "Virtual Sound" by Riccardo Bianchini and Alessandro Cipriani, reviewed in the Spring 2002 Computer Music Journal may be a better resource.

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The Csound Book: Perspectives in Software Synthesis, Sound Design, Signal Processing,and Programming
Richard Boulanger
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OQTYS4

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Presenting unique and in-depth collaborations with leading international artists, Parkett No. 58 features the work of Sylvie Fleury, Jason Rhoades, and James Rosenquist, three artists who work with everyday matter to produce lively and expressive paintings and installations. Contributing writers include Adrian Dannatt, Jutta Koether, and Beatrix Ruff on Fleury; Russell Ferguson, Roberto Ohrt, and a conversation between Christian Scheidemann & Eve Meyer-Hermann on Rhoades; and Constance Glenn, Pontus Hulten, Michael Lobel, John Russell, and Zdenek Felix on Rosenquist with a conversation between Jeff Koons and Rosenquist. The issue also contains essays on Hans Peter Kuhn, Jane & Louise Wilson, and an interview with Chris Ofili by Paul Miller. Parkett No. 59, featuring collaborations with Maurizio Cattelan, Yayoi Kusama, and Kara Walker, will include essays by Francesco Bonami on Cattelan; Midori Matsui on Kusama; and Hamza Walker and Elizabeth Janus on Walker, among others. In addition, the issue will feature articles on Anna Gaskell and Annette Messager. Parkett No. 60 will be published in December, 2000.

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Parkett No. 58 2000
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Manufacturer: Parkett-Verlag / Zurich, 2000
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H28RYM

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For eight wonderful years The Waltons, the story of a family living in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains during the Depression, entertained America and the world. Yet this television show was more than entertaining. Each episode combined wonderful stories and "teachable moments" in which adults and children alike learned the importance of honesty, hard work, respect, responsibility, self-sacrifice, and kindness. As is true in most families, the Waltons faced many challenges, occasionally stumbled along the way, but they struggled to live their lives within the framework of the values they believed and taught. Goodnight, John Boy is a memory book of The Waltons, the number-one television show of its time. Filled with behind-the-scenes anecdotes and profiles of people who appeared on the show, it introduces readers to the Hamner family members who later became characters on The Waltons, suggests events and locales that inspired many of the episodes, and traces Earl Hamner's life as a writer from Virginia to New York to Hollywood. Included is a description of each episode plus reminiscences, comments, and personal feelings from numerous people connected with the series—writers, actors, directors, producers, family, and fans. Heavily illustrated with publicity shots and personal photographs taken by cast, crew, and others, Goodnight, John Boy will be a welcomed book by millions of loyal fans. When The Waltons first aired in 1972, it was at the bottom of the Neilson ratings—by December it led the list. That dramatic leap came about because fans told their friends about it and wrote the CBS network to praise the show and to plead that the show not be cancelled. Thirty years later, Goodnight, John Boy is sure to touch the hearts of the show's fans again.

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Good story, John Boy.......2007-07-03

This is a genuinely lovely book that explores the life and work of Earl Hamner but, more importantly, this book has a synopsis of each episode and comments from the actors. I would highly recommend "Good Night, John Boy". It was a terrific summer read!

A great companion to the television series........2007-06-15

This is an excellent companion guide to the television program (now up to its fifth season in DVD). It offers some good general info on how the series came about, as well as a description and some personal commentary on every episode. For anyone who may be interested, I am putting together a Bible study using The Waltons. It can be found online at AC21DOJ.org/AFruitfulBibleStudyWithTheWaltons.html

Oh, well..........2007-03-09

The photos are great, and there was just a little information about the "real-life Waltons", but unfortunately the vast majority of the book is taken up with episode summaries. Not really what I was looking for, but it is valuable for a Waltons fan.

Goodnight, John Boy: A Celebration of an American.......2007-01-19

Great book, Tells of Actors and history

had to read it before giving it as a gift.......2006-09-23

I was a baby when this was on the air.. but recently i have been buying the walton dvd's for my parents as gifts, and got hooked on the Waltons as a result (wathing with mom is great bonding). so for my mom's birthday i decided to buy her this book (since season 4 isnt available yet). I was sure to order it in time to read it before i had to give it to her and I Love it, i will order the two movies Earl talks about that lead up to the series.. and i had NO idea he was the producer of the version of Charlottes web i adore. This is a wonderful gift for anyone who loves the waltons.

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Good Resource.......2007-03-05

As malware and other vicious threats evolve, security professionals must stay abreast of the methods and strategies used to mitigate them. If you're looking for additional information to strengthen your security management posture, this book will get you started. The only downside is the lack of "deeper" information on phishing. Phishing is becoming a prominent threat to organizations, and requires the immediate attention of executives and security specialists.

This Book Is The Corner Stone of Your Security Initiative.......2005-08-22

This guide on security is OUTSTANDING. No one book can embody everything; however, this short but powerful book should encourage every person in our organization to accept responsibility for security.

If you are looking to continue the growth and development of your team (as well as improved security for your organization) then buy and distribute several copies of this book.

I sincerely believe that the experience and information that this book offers can help any organization to become better and more effective at security management.

Dean Lane
CEO Varitools, Inc.

This book rocks!!.......2005-05-31

if you want to really, really, really know info sec, read this book.

all meat, no filler.

Lives up to it's title.......2005-03-25

This book is a very useful tool for getting non-IT executives to understand the imperative behind maintaining an information security management program.

Great resource, but boring at times.......2005-02-10

A fun book on security for executives and managers? Unbelievable, you'd say? This one ("The Executive Guide to Information Security") comes pretty close.

On the down side, do not look at this book for technology coverage. Almost total lack of coverage of intrusion prevention, spyware, spam as well as some Symantec bias (understandable, considering the publisher) make this book much stronger on the policy, process and "big picture" coverage rather on modern technical threats and countermeasures. Slightly confusing coverage of vulnerability management also falls in the same category. However, given the target audience of CEOs and CFOs, this is certainly excusable.

The book introduces the executives to basic security concepts such as "defense-in-depth", "people, process, technology", etc, and goes into details on using them for organizing security for their organizations.

I also appreciated the sections on planning and executing a security strategy and measuring security by using various included checklists and questionnaires. 50-point security evaluation framework based on"best practices" was another valuable piece. The books also address one of the important questions of organizational security: in-house vs outsourced security.

Regulations and laws also occupy a significant part of the book. The coverage is high-level and provides few details, appropriate given the target audience. A section on future security was pretty insightful and enjoyable to read!

Overall, I think the book will be one of the first (and, so far, best) books about security for the "C-level" crowd.

Anton Chuvakin, Ph.D., GCIA, GCIH, GCFA is a Security Strategist with a major security company. He is an author of the book "Security Warrior" and a contributor to "Know Your Enemy II". In his spare time, he maintains his security portal info-secure.org

The Executive Guide To Information Security: Threats, Challenges, and Solutions

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The Executive Guide To Information Security: Threats, Challenges, and Solutions
Mark Egan
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
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ASIN: B000OU7T0U

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