Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities

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Its unified treatment of derivative security applications to both risk management and speculative trading separates this book from others. Presenting an integrated explanation of speculative trading and risk management from the practitioner's point of view, Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities is the only standard text on financial risk management that departs from the perspective of an agent whose main concerns are pricing and hedging derivatives. After offering a general framework for risk management and speculation using derivative securities, it explores specific applications to forward contracts and options. Not intended as a comprehensive introduction to derivative securities, Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities is the innovative, useful approach that addresses new developments in derivatives and risk management.

*The only standard text on financial risk management that departs from the perspective of an agent whose main concerns are pricing and hedging derivatives
*Examines speculative trading and risk management from the practitioner's point of view
*Provides an innovative, useful approach that addresses new developments in derivatives and risk management

Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities

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Risk Management, Speculation, and Derivative Securities
Geoffrey Poitras
Manufacturer: Academic Press
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There was a time, not too long ago, when employees were encouraged to check their emotions at the corporate door. The workplace was considered a strictly professional environment, in which personal emotions had no place. Management theorists finally woke up to the realization that this practice didn't, in the long run, actually benefit the company. In Peak Performance, Jon Katzenbach expands on this realization. He asserts that today's companies will get the best work from their employees and beat the competition only when they actively seek out, cultivate, and sustain the energy generated by their employees' emotional commitment to work.

Though many companies pay lip service to the notion of employee fulfillment, most do not actually focus critical attention on this vital component of corporate success. Those that do, Katzenbach contends, consistently attain higher levels of workforce performance than their competitors. While these companies share some characteristics in their employee management ideals, they do not follow identical methods of achieving and sustaining the emotional commitment of their employees. In the course of conducting extensive research into the high-performing workforces of more than 20 companies, Katzenbach has identified five distinct paths that, he believes, achieve a balance between enterprise performance and employee fulfillment: Mission, Values, and Pride; Process and Metrics; Entrepreneurial Spirit; Individual Achievement; and Recognition and Celebration.

To define the leadership philosophy and illustrate the defining characteristics of each path, Katzenbach uses case studies and extensive interviews with the employees of such enterprises as The Home Depot, Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Marine Corps, Avon, the Silicon Valley underwriter Hambrecht & Quist, McKinsey & Co., and Marriott International. He explores the different ways of aligning the workforce energy that is generated and demonstrates the necessity of enforcing disciplined behavior. The result is a book of evidence for company leaders interested in getting the best and the most from their workforce; it is not an altruistic plug in support of the happy worker but rather a pragmatic exposition of the best conditions for achieving peak performance. --S. Ketchum

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Outperforming the Competition with Employees' Positive Emotional Energy

It takes a fired-up workforce to deliver consistently higher levels of performance than its competition. What fuels the fire? Emotional commitment to company success, says Jon Katzenbach. Drawing on an in-depth study of twenty-five enterprises--including Marriott International, The Home Depot, Hewlett-Packard, Southwest Airlines, and the U.S. Marine Corps--the author found distinct patterns in how companies engage their employees to capitalize on emotional energy.

At the heart of Peak Performance lies Katzenbach's identification of five balanced motivational paths: the Mission, Values, and Pride Path, the Process and Metrics Path, the Entrepreneurial Spirit Path, the Individual Achievement Path, and the Recognition and Celebration Path. He contends that these paths create a framework of options for managers about where and how to generate emotional energy and how to channel that energy to achieve higher performance. Essential to each path is leadership's commitment to strike a balance between enterprise performance and worker fulfillment.

Through its detailed case studies, Peak Performance highlights the various sources of emotional energy unique to each organization and the discipline companies need to follow their chosen paths. The book concludes with guidelines for managers seeking to reshape their practices to achieve better performance from their own workforces and gain the resulting competitive edge.

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Execubooks are eSummaries of books for mobile professionals, available in single-copy or by subscription, and optimally formatted for onscreen reading on laptops or handhelds - so you can stay abreast of leading business wisdom, wherever you have a moment! Draws from an in-depth study of 25 enterprises from a range of industries to show how the best organizations harness the positive emotional energy of their workforces. Presents case studies of successful companies to reveal five distinct paths to building and sustaining exceptional levels of employee performance. Describes these paths and shows how managers can use the five paths as a framework of options for making choices about approaches to use in improving performance and instilling discipline. The author is senior partner of a firm specializing in leadership, team, and workforce performance.

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Hollow summary full of fluff.......2005-12-29

I did not realize this was a summary when I purchased it. It is about 7 pages of overview which reads more like a "buy the book" pitch. I found very little meaningful info in this ebook and would have done as well to read "Mary had a little lamb". Maybe the full edition is better.

Explaining Workforce Alignment is no small challenge and Jon Katzenbach does a fine job meeting it!.......2005-10-22

Katzenbach defines the value of having higher-performing, energized workforces aligned with company goals. His real world success stories reinforce the elements of success and profitability and the power of buy-in from the employees. Inspiring for those executives who wish to take their businesses to the next level of superior performance.

Achieving and Then Sustaining an Emotional Balance.......2000-08-16

In the Preface, Katzenbach explains that "The central topic of this book -- energized workforces that deliver higher (peak) performance -- can be defined as any group of employees whose emotional commitment enables them to make or deliver products or services that constitute a sustainable competitive advantage for their employer. By peak performance [italics] we mean the norm, better than expected, better than the competition, and better than similar workforces in other places." These clarifications are important, especially the reference to "sustainable", because Katzenbach is not talking about the "hot groups" which Lipmen-Blumen and Leavitt analyze nor the types of groups which Bennis examines in Organizing Genius [italics].

In Chapter 1, Katzenbach suggests four criteria by which to identify "higher-performing workforces. They are: More than one-third of the workers consistently exceed the expectations of their leaders and customers, the average worker outperforms the average competitive worker, a strong emotional commitment to higher standards and aspirations is manifest throughout the entire workforce, and finally, the collective performance of that workforce or of critical segments (typically at the front line) creates the core of the organization's competitive advantage...and is extremely difficult to copy.

Katzenbach organizes his material within three Parts: Maintaining the Critical Balance, Exploring the Five Balanced Paths [Mission, Values, and Pride; Process and Metrics; Entrepreneurial Spirit; Individual Achivement; and Recognition and Celebration], and Applying the Lessons Learned. He then provides an Appendix in which he skillfully summarizes key points about 27 "Participant Companies and Organizations" and "Outside-In Cases" which include The Home Depot, McKinsey & Company, NASA, Southwest Airlines, Toyota, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the U.S. Navy Seals.

It would be a mistake to assume, however, that Katzenbach has only larger organizations in mind. On the contrary. If anything, the "critical balance" between enterprise performance and employee fulfillment is even more important in small-to-midsize organizations than it is in organizations such as those previously listed because, in a smaller organization, an individual worker can have greater impact...be it positive or negative. For Katzenbach, having an appropriate "critical balance" will enable any organization to "stay the course and successfully climb" any "mountain" it may encounter because it has "an emotionally committed, peak-performance workforce."

Characteristics of the Five Balanced Paths.......2000-06-12

"This book is concerned with energizing people for performance and the different successful paths to that end". Jon R. Katzenbach writes, "It describes how each path concentrates management attention on worker fulfillment to harness the emotions of many people in sustaining a higher-performing workforce. This is a different challenge than simply motivating people to meet demanding financial performance objectives. The latter is what most companies do, and it implies setting unambiguous goals, establishing clear measures, and holding people individually accountable for results (consequence management). Logical, rational motivation is certainly a good thing, but it is no match for engaged, emotional commitment...Energizing people for performance elevates the game significantly, to the point that many employees go well beyond leaders' expectations, individual accountabilities, financial resuts, and short-term market objectives. This book describes how to unleash the full individual and collectve potential of people to achieve and sustain higher levels of performance than the workers themselves thought possible, than management or customers expected, and than competitors can realistically achieve. Unleashing the full potential of people is undeniably a tall order; few institutions have managed to do it consistently. This book explores the approaches of those who apparently have gone far beyond any conventional notions of managing solely to meet ambitious financial objectives. It looks at how such institutions tap into worker fulfillment to develop the extra quotient of emotional commitment that deeply energizes many people to perform well beyond conventional norms".

In this context, Jon R. Katzenbach introduces five paths (balanced paths) that explain all the higher-performing workforce situations. As argued by Katzenbach, "each path constitutes a clearly different approach for energizing a workforce for higher performance. Certainly, there are overlaps and similarities among the paths, but the primary focus and value proposition of each is quite distinct". Hence, throughout this invaluable study, he explores these five paths as the overarching concept or framework for this book. And he defines (1) top management philosophy, and (2) characteristics of the five balanced paths as follows:

I- Mission, Values, and Pride:

(1). Employees will feel truly proud of what this enterprise stands for, what their specific work group can accomplish, and what they can contribute, both collectively and individually; their pride will be continually reinforced with external and internal recognition.

(2). a. Noble purpose

b. Rich history

c. Strong values

d. Group cohesion

II- Process and Metrics:

(1). Employees who consistently meet and exceed their metrics and adhere to the critical process requirements will be recognized and respected by their peers and conspicuously recognized and rewarded by management.

(2). a. Clear measures and standards

b. Focused processes

c. Performance transparency

d. Collaborative and collective effort

III- Entrepreneurial Spirit:

(1). Employees will be rewarded directly in proportion to what they create and the personal risk they incur; those rewards have virtually unlimited upside financial and ownership potential.

(2). a. High earning opportunity

b. Strong ownership interests

c. Personel risk

IV- Individual Achievement:

(1). Employees will be recognized and rewarded directly in proportion to their personal accomplishments. They will be paid and advanced based on those contributions, and they will work alongside talented individuals in the field.

(2). a. Lots of opportunity

b. Individuals given freedom to act

c. Focus on individual performance

d. Performance-based advancement

e. Healty competitiveness

V- Recognition and Celebration:

(1). Employees will be recognized, rewarded, and celebrated in dozens of ways-by supervisors and colleagues as well as top management-for their collective and individual contributions. As a result, they will work in an environment alive with enthusiasm, excitement, and fun and wherein formal compensation is of secondary importance.

(2). a. Widespread recognition/reward

b. Lots of specific events

c. Visible high energy

d. Social interaction and fun

Strongly recommended.

Another Hit From Jon Katzenbach.......2000-04-15

Using exciting companies such as The Home Depot, Southwest Airlines and Marriott, Dr. Katzenbach weaves a strong case balancing care of the workforce with top-notch organizational performance. His formula includes a number of possible tracks to follow. Any one, or a combination of the alternatives, can surely add value to your organization.

The book is a primer for line leaders and human resource executives showing how companies can have their cake and eat it to. He builds a powerful argument suggesting that strong companies can be built on a compelling story that satisfies both the workforce and the bottom line.

I strongly recommend this book to those seeking the "secret sauce" of workforce alignment. It is clearly another Jon Katzenbach winner!

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Islam supercedes secular rights.......2006-03-27

"The Deadlock of Eastern & Western Kufur Secular Concepts of Rights: Islam in its Own Right" by el-Yacoubi; Large-size paperpack, 1996, Boulder, Colo. Synopsis: the Muslim Allah set forth in the Quran the moral principles that man should live by rather than trying to replace them with non-Islamic secular beliefs. From the book: That which is labeled as "kufur" (meaning veiled)...is one system of deviation which vehemently declares that it chooses not to submit to Allah without opposition. "While originally being associated with religious rights, the Western pursuit of rights soon became, in the 18th Century, associated with a secular and self-styled liberal political theory that began by making the pursuit of wealth and property a right. ...Under the guise of the right to freedom of expression, secularism became a disoriented religion in itself which promoted personal differences and deviations and forbade public imposition of ethics and morals. As such, religion was eliminated from the public realm, thus leading to a form of secular totalitarianism.....In other words, the kufur rights movement took on its own direction until it turned into a cacophony of conflicting secularist demands for welfare and entitlements, and a basis for claims against victimization....Ultimately, the establishment of direction for any assertion of rights needs to follow the divine principles expressed in the Generous Qur'an and the sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad." Chapters include: 1-Introduction to the deadlock of Eastern and Western Kufur secular concepts of rights. 2-The Credibility of Non-Muslim Approaches to Islam. 3-Islam in its own right (Enlightened pluralistic ignorance vs. the Straight Path). 4-The Christian Search for God in America. 5-The first generation of Kufur secular political rights: Kurfur constitutionalism is the theology of Satan. 6-The second generation of kufur social, cultural and economic rights (the failure of the kufur socialist project; the western liberal decade of the sixties that failed). 7-The third generation of kufur human rights to 'Development' (The processes of deviation from the individual to the nation-state to the New World Order). 8-The failure of the kufur 'new lift' and 'new right' (the domestic entrenchment of the Shaytanic New Left). 9-Conceptions of rights in Islam vs. kufur secular concepts of rights (Homo Islamicus). 10-Dimensions of Haqq rights in Islamic jurisprudence (the role of Haqq in Kukum Shari'ah rulings). 11-An authentic Islamic critique of apologetic Muslims. 12-The final analysis: the supremacy of Islam in its own right. The authors believe in fundamentalist Islam. No Western critical analysis: the Quran is simply the 'Truth' -- the Straight Path.

Justice for all? In rural Mexico, the army continues to operate under its own supervision. (Spotlight).(Brief Article): An article from: Business Mexico

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Justice for all? In rural Mexico, the army continues to operate under its own supervision. (Spotlight).(Brief Article): An article from: Business Mexico
Mitch Deacon
Manufacturer: American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico A.C.
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This digital document is an article from Business Mexico, published by American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico A.C. on June 1, 2002. The length of the article is 619 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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Title: Justice for all? In rural Mexico, the army continues to operate under its own supervision. (Spotlight).(Brief Article)
Author: Mitch Deacon
Publication: Business Mexico (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2002
Publisher: American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico A.C.
Volume: 12 Issue: 6 Page: 22(1)

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Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics, 2 Volume Set
Erika Bohm-Vitense
Manufacturer: Cambridge University
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Binding: Paperback
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Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics: Volume 2, Stellar Atmospheres
Erika Bohm-Vitense
Manufacturer: Cambridge
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LZQ5OY

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A supplement for courses with a qualitative analysis component, this lab manual contains explanations of the chemistry of metal ions and anions. It includes pre-lab exercises, experiments, and lab reports.

Qualitative Analysis With Ionic Equilibrium

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Qualitative Analysis With Ionic Equilibrium
Robert K. Wismer
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Ionic equilibrium as applied to qualitative analysis,

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Ionic equilibrium as applied to qualitative analysis,
T. R Hogness
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Ionic Equilibrium as Applied to Qualitative Analysis
T. R. and Johnson, Warren C. Hogness
Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Company
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ASIN: B000O6JGJG

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Ionic Equilibrium as Applied to Qualitative Analysis.

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ASIN: B000IBNKSU

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The new edition of this introductory graduate textbook provides a concise but accessible introduction to the Standard Model. It has been updated to account for the successes of the theory of strong interactions, and the observations on matter-antimatter asymmetry. It has become clear that neutrinos are not mass-less, and this book gives a coherent presentation of the phenomena and the theory that describes them. It includes an account of progress in the theory of strong interactions and of advances in neutrino physics. The book clearly develops the theoretical concepts from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks. Each chapter ends with problems, and hints to selected problems are provided at the end of the book. The mathematical treatments are suitable for graduates in physics, and more sophisticated mathematical ideas are developed in the text and appendices.

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Review for An Intoduction to the Standard Model of Particle Physics.......2007-10-04

According to my opinion this book is well written and well organized and also quite short so that you are not lost in details.

Updated New Edition.......2007-05-15

In this second edition the authors have upgraded their book to incorporate recent discoveries in several areas including:

o the successes of the theory of strong interactions
o the observations on matter-antimatter asymmetry
o advances in neutrino physics, especially as it has become clear that neutrinos are not mass-less
o the theoretical concepts from the electromagnetic and weak interactions of leptons and quarks to the strong interactions of quarks.

The book is aimed at the graduate student in particle physics. It has a rigorous mathematical structure. After all, the Standard Model is basically a mathematical theory that describes the interactions between leptons and quarks.

Throughout the book there are many references to open questions that likewise reflect the state of the Standard Model.

workout with the Standard Model lagrangian.......2005-10-25

This book is about the experimental facts and the theoretical principles that lead to the construction of the Standard Model lagrangian. It is NOT about calculating scattering crossections. Some of the problems ask you to calculate decay rates but only at tree level and the fields are treated like classical fields not operators, with the exception that the fermionic fields anticommute. There is a 12-page chapter on quantizing the fields and renormalization but I find it rather sketchy so don't expect to understand a lot from it if you don't already know it.

You should have some background in varying lagrangians otherwise the book will frequently seem difficult to you. The authors obtain symmetry currents corresponding to a symmetry of the lagrangian not in the standard way of Noether's theorem. Their method is entirely correct but it took me long time to understand because they didn't explain it with enough details the first time they used it (section 7.1, page 65). I think that will throw off the horse many readers.

The style is wonderfully concise which makes the logical structure easier to follow and there isn't the usual fluff `to motivate' things that are simply put guesses like the principle of local gauge invariance. On the other hand, some places definitely need more detailed explanations like signs of certain quantities or the symmetry currents I mentioned above.

The treatment of the Dirac equation and spinors is the least messy I've seen. The way they obtain the nonrelativistic limit of the Dirac equation with EM field is again the best and least messy I've seen.

The book has nice appendix on the groups of the Standard Model which covers what you need to know about SO(3), SU(2) and SU(3) in a very efficient way. There are about 5 problems after each chapter most of which have a solution outline at the end of the book.

Things I understood from this book:

-- why time reversal, space inversion and charge conjugation of fields are defined in a way that previously seemed to me quite arbitrary
-- how demanding local gauge invariance necessitates introduction of gauge fields which leads to interaction terms
-- how local gauge invariance can't be proven, it's just a guess that has worked so far hence it's called `principle' (my own interpretation)
-- global and local symmetry breaking, Goldstone bosons and Higgs boson
-- how the Lagrangian densities of the electroweak and strong interactions were constructed from the experimental input by demanding local gauge invariance and guessing the symmetry group to be SU(2) and SU(3) correspondingly
-- what's Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix that mixes the quark fields and how it arises
-- how symmetries of the lagrangian density lead to conservation numbers
-- how neglecting some terms in the lagrangian leads to effective lagrangian and effective theory
-- how to work with the terms in the QCD lagrangian where different matrices multiply different indices

well written book but..........2005-09-24

This is a very short resume of Standard Model, but well written,
the misguidance here, is the title "introduction" ... this text
is not for beginners.

Excellent Introduction to Particle Physics.......2002-04-01

This book is an excellent introduction to particle physics. The chapters are short, clear and very readable. As the previous reviewer mentioned, there are a series of reasonable exercises at the end of each chapter with answers provided in the back of the book. Many concepts that field theory or particle physics books leave mysterious or have a difficult time explaining are clearly laid out in this book. I would judge it superior to Griffiths particle physics book, and if you are looking for a nice supplement to serious study of quantum field theory, this is it.

Introduction to Electroweak Unification: Standard Model from Tree Unitarity

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Electroweak theory in a very physical language

Introduction to Electroweak Unification: Standard Model from Tree Unitarity
J. Horejsi
Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
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Electroweak theory in a very physical language.......2000-02-02

It has become standard to emphasize the gauge symmetries - those spontaneously broken by the Higgs mechanism - as the origin of the electroweak interactions. The author instead follows a different route. He does a masterful job of deriving the electroweak theory by adding more fields and terms one after another in order to maintain the tree unitarity, i.e. a sufficient power law decrease of various tree amplitudes with the energy. This leads to the electroweak theory in the physical gauge without any recourse to the gauge principle. It is easy for the reader to appreciate the logic, the experimental and/or theoretical inevitability, and the physical principles behind the construction that ultimately leads to the electroweak theory.

An introduction to relativistic processes and the standard model of electroweak interactions (UNITEXT / Collana di Fisica e Astronomia)

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An introduction to relativistic processes and the standard model of electroweak interactions (UNITEXT / Collana di Fisica e Astronomia)
Carlo M. Becchi , and Giovanni Ridolfi
Manufacturer: Springer
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These notes are designed as a guide-line for a course in Elementary Particle Physics for undergraduate students. The purpose is providing a rigorous and self-contained presentation of the theoretical framework and of the phenomenological aspects of the physics of interactions among fundamental constituents of matter.

The first part of the volume is devoted to the description of scattering processes in the context of relativistic quantum field theory. The use of the semi-classical approximation allows us to illustrate the relevant computation techniques in a reasonably small amount of space. Our approach to relativistic processes is original in many respects.

The second part contains a detailed description of the construction of the standard model of electroweak interactions, with special attention to the mechanism of particle mass generation. The extension of the standard model to include neutrino masses is also described.

We have included a number of detailed computations of cross sections and decay rates of pedagogical and phenomenological relevance.

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A delish read!

Myers at her best!

Totally fun!

A Total Fun Romp

Duller than most but more sexual

What Phoebe Wants (Harlequin Flipside)
Cindi Myers
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A delish read!.......2005-06-28

I stayed up all night reading this book, and I loved it! The writing is superb, but aside from that, the story is hilarious. Seriously, you can't go wrong. It's a super fun, feel-good book.

Myers at her best!.......2005-06-22

Who wouldn't love this book? There is nothing better than reading about a female in charge of her own destiny who refuses to take crap from anymore (especially men) anymore. I applaud Cindi Myers for writing about a heroine who stands up for her rights instead of a female who allows herself to be a doormat. Rich characterization, plot driven, sexy, emotional are just a few words to describe Cindi's work. I have long been a fan of her books, and What Phoebe Wants only further proves why.

Totally fun!.......2005-06-22

I thought WHAT PHOEBE WANTS was wonderful and absolutely funny! Cindi Myers has an amazing ability of creating lovable characters who are not perfect and putting them into situations that make me laugh. I always look forward to Ms. Myers' next book.

A Total Fun Romp.......2005-06-22

I loved this book, which is totally charming and a lot of fun. It's chick lit of the most enjoyable kind. The writer has a sensational ability to get inside her character's down-to-earth head and the guys are very sexy and great reads, too. I liked this better than *Bridgett Jones* and I'd loved to see a movie made from this book. Reading this was a great way to spend a couple of hours in the AC on a hot day.

Duller than most but more sexual.......2005-06-18

THIs book was capable of being a rockin dominitrix story with a sexy love story.AT LEAst that's what could have happened with this poor excuse for a funny book.THe book has absolutely no charms about it.IT feels like a very heavy and humid summer's day.THe character's aren't just doomed to unoriginality but to the primal lack of emotion and character.Dull characters combined with the disappointing story make this one not worthy of a 2.What does make it worthy of it's rating is the hot sex which is set periodically throughout the book.THis book deserves a mass burning for it's crappiness

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Harlequin Flipside (#20 What Phoebe Wants - #21 Suddenly Single - #22 Out of Order - # 23 Who Wants to Marry a Heartthrob - #24 All Shook Up)
Cindy Myers , Millie Criswell , Barbara Dunlop , Stephanie Doyle , and Natalie Stenzel
Manufacturer: Harlequin
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