The Collaborative Leadership Fieldbook

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When the landmark book Collaborative Leadership was first published in 1994, it described the premise, principles, and leadership characteristics of successful collaboration. The book outlined an innovative way of building partnerships to solve the civic problems too big for anyone to solve alone as well as a new type of leadership that brings together diverse stakeholders to solve a community's problems. While that book provides a much-needed framework for working together, The Collaborative Leadership Fieldbook offers nonprofit practitioners, community leaders, and public officials a practical, hands-on resource. It presents the tools needed for applying the lessons learned, powerful approaches that get results, and guidance for solving complex community problems. In clear and concise terms, the Fieldbook

Presents a wide range of tools and concepts that can be readily applied
Provides a comprehensive guide to collaboration from conception to implementation
Describes how to establish effective civic leadership development programs to support collaborative efforts
Contains stories and examples that clearly illustrate the book's concepts and tools

Helps readers find-quickly and easily-what they need for their specific situations

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Building a coalition? Read this book first.......2007-06-24

In 2004 a group of 100+ nonprofit, business, and government entities in Rhode Island began collaborating on one goal: to get thousands of new affordable housing units publicly funded and built. It was a long shot at best. Yet, in 2006, the HousingWorks RI (HWRI) coalition could claim a major victory when voters overwhelmingly approved a $50 million bond for affordable housing. A post-game analysis of the HWRI success story discovered that, by accident or design, the coalition, in building itself, had followed every best practice set out in Mr. Chrislip's practical, balanced, authoritative Fieldbook. If you're attempting to move mountains using a civic coalition, skip the trial-and-error phase and read this book before you start.

The best book on collaboration.......2002-12-10

This book will be the standard for all other books about collaboration to measure themselves. Mr. Chrislip is among the best facilitators of collaborative processes anywhere. The author is also a skilled teacher and is able to convey both his knowledge and lessons of experience in this book. Clearly written, this book is well balanced between intellectual knowledge and practical experience. A step-by-step pathway is presented as well as specific examples of successful collaborations. Anyone interested or involved in collaboration in the public or private sector will benefit from this book. Facilitators of collaborative efforts will find themselves pulling this book off the shelf often as a useful guide and reference.

The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques

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Excellent Resource!!

The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook: Strategies, Tools, and Techniques
Jill Nemiro , and Laurie Broedling
Manufacturer: Pfeiffer
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0787963755

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The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook is a comprehensive reference that offers practitioners a resource for dealing with the challenges of designing and implementing collaborative work systems in value chains, organizational networks, partnerships with stakeholders, web-based teams, cross-functional teams, strategic alliances, and team-based organizations. The Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook is filled with ideas, examples, and tools and includes a wealth of matrices, margin notes, and symbols that make locating relevant information easy. Part of The Collaborative Work Systems series and based in part on principles introduced in the flagship book— Beyond Teams, This Fieldbook is written for change leaders, OD managers, steering team members, design team members, line managers, and functional leaders who need a hands-on resource for dealing with collaborative work systems issues.

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Excellent Resource Book.......2005-02-22

The collaborative Work System Fieldbook is one of the best reference books about teams, leadership, coaching, and a wide variety of collaboration topics that I have found. Working in the consulting industry for over 12 years you see a lot of books about similar topics but they are not well researched or well written - this book is both!

Excellent Resource!!.......2003-05-08

Over the years the Center for the Study of Work Teams has published a number of books describing the theory and practice of team dynamics. The latest edition of the Collaborative Work Systems Fieldbook simply sets the standard at a higher level. This book provides readers with a wealth of practical, team-oriented perspectives and applications for improving individual, team and organizational performance. If you are on a team, thinking about starting a team, leading a team or interested in creating a high performance culture, this book is for you.

Introduction to Data Compression, Third Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)
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Accessible textbook on compression does not sacrifice rigor

A great textbook

Very good coverage

"The" Definitive Guide

Very well-written book, software not so good

Introduction to Data Compression, Third Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Multimedia Information and Systems)
Khalid Sayood
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ASIN: 012620862X

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Khalid Sayood's textbook-style Introduction to Data Compression is the definitive guide to all kinds of compression schemes. Early chapters establish the mathematics involved in basic compression techniques, including lossless and lossy compression as well as the fundamentals of information theory that lay the groundwork for common forms of compression. (The book contains all the relevant formulas, although those who don't need such mathematical detail will still be able to understand the book.)

A good portion of the book examines various compression schemes, their strengths and weaknesses, and what content they work best for. Introduction to Data Compression begins with lossless compression schemes, which lose no information during the compression/decompression process. Huffman Coding, a well-established compression scheme, and arithmetic and dictionary coding also receive excellent treatment. In addition, the author takes on lossless compression for images.

For lossy compression, Sayood discusses schemes that use quantization, where a range of values is compressed in some way. He also describes scalar, vector, and differential encoding and fractal compression. A final chapter looks at video encryption (which often combines techniques from earlier chapters). Many of the compression schemes include examples from image and sound files, but the book considers a wide variety of video schemes too. This rich and confidently written text collates a lot of research and can serve as both textbook and source for designers who need a readable and mathematically solid introduction to data compression.

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Each edition of Introduction to Data Compression has widely been considered the best introduction and reference text on the art and science of data compression, and the third edition continues in this tradition. Data compression techniques and technology are ever-evolving with new applications in image, speech, text, audio, and video. The third edition includes all the cutting edge updates the reader will need during the work day and in class.

Khalid Sayood provides an extensive introduction to the theory underlying todays compression techniques with detailed instruction for their applications using several examples to explain the concepts. Encompassing the entire field of data compression Introduction to Data Compression, includes lossless and lossy compression, Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, dictionary techniques, context based compression, scalar and vector quantization. Khalid Sayood provides a working knowledge of data compression, giving the reader the tools to develop a complete and concise compression package upon completion of his book.

* New content added on the topic of audio compression including a description of the mp3 algorithm
* New video coding standard and new facsimile standard explained
* Completely explains established and emerging standards in depth including JPEG 2000, JPEG-LS, MPEG-2, Group 3 and 4 faxes, JBIG 2, ADPCM, LPC, CELP, and MELP
* Source code provided via companion web site that gives readers the opportunity to build their own algorithms, choose and implement techniques in their own applications

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Accessible textbook on compression does not sacrifice rigor .......2007-05-19

This is one of those books that only gets a new edition when the author has something genuinely new to say, and this third edition of Sayood's excellent introduction to data compression is no exception. This particular edition is different from the second mainly in that there is a new chapter on audio compression that includes a description of the mp3 algorithm. Also there is additional information on the new video coding standards as well as the new facsimile standards.

As to the target audience for this book, if you are tasked with designing hardware or software implementations of data compression algorithms and you have some background in either electrical engineering or computer science, then this is a good book from which to learn and then to practice what you learn via some very good exercises. Some prior knowledge of information theory and random processes wouldn't hurt either. There is also an abundance of examples that are sprinkled throughout the book to illustrate concepts as they are presented. The author's approach in each chapter is to explain each concept in as an accessible manor as possible, present relevant equations, and then work an example using what has just been presented.

The book presents the mathematical preliminaries in chapter 2, and chapters 3 and 4 are dedicated to coding algorithms which include Huffman coding, arithmetic coding, Golumb-Rice codes, and Tunstall codes. Chapters 5 and 6 describe many of the popular lossless compression methods and their applications. These methods include LZW, BWT, and DMC. Chapter 7 describes various lossless image compression algorithms such as JBIG as well as their applications. Chapter 8 discusses the mathematical background of lossy compression standards. Chapters 9 and 10 concentrate on quantization since it is the basis of most lossy compression schemes. Chapter 11 discusses differential encoding techniques such as DPCM and delta modulation. Included is a discussion of the CCITT G.726 standard.

Chapter 12 is the third and final chapter dedicated to mathematical foundations. It is meant to prepare the reader for the chapters on transform, subband, and wavelet based methods that encompass the following three chapters. The JPEG standard is covered in chapter 13, the CCITT G.722 standard in chapter 14, and the EZW, SPIHT, and JPEG2000 standards are covered in chapter 15. Chapter 16 focuses on audio compression and includes descriptions of the various MPEG audio compression schemes including mp3. Chapter 17 switches gears somewhat and covers techniques in which the data to be compressed is analyzed and a model is produced. This model is then used to synthesize the data and is quite useful in speech compression. Chapter 18 deals with video compression and diverges from the book's central theme of dealing with techniques rather than applications. The chapter discusses the H.261 standard as well as MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 standards.

The website for the book, found at the publisher's site, contains a large number of C programs dealing with compression. I haven't tried to use any of these yet, so I can't speak to their validity.

A great textbook.......2006-02-11

This book has all the ingredients for a great textbook. It provides good theoratical background without going into unnecessary details, gives lot of discussion about applications, provides great exercise problems, and above all it has outstanding examples that makes some of the difficult concepts easy to understand.

Data compression needs a lot of background in information theory and other areas specific to speech, image processing etc. It is impossible to give a rigourous theoratical treatment of all of those in one volume. A strong point of this book is that it gives you just enough background on a variety of topics - without making the whole book obscure. In that respect, it is very application and implementation oriented. It is in fact what it says it is: A very good "INTRODUCTION to Data Compression"

Very good coverage.......2004-12-27

The best thing about this book is the coverage and organization of the material. Sayood covers a wide variety of compression topics without getting into the nitty gritty details of them all. Thats why its an "Introductory" book. This book is a valuable resource for those who want to know the basics of various compression techniques and can be used as a starting point for further details. Some topics like arithmetic coding are covered in more detail than others. The book is also organized nicely with mathematical foundations provided as and when necessary.

"The" Definitive Guide.......2004-02-16

Amazon claims that this is "the definitive guide". I have to agree with them because this book is the only broad grey pages introduction to data compression that I have been able to find, and it is very well written.

If you are only casually interested in data compression this book is not for you.

If you are interested in adding compression to your application and your data falls into a common category, sound, video, text ect this book is probably not for you. You should look to the open source community or buy an off the shelf product.

But if your data is odd or unique like say telemtry data (I'm sure there are other examples I just can't think of any) and you need to design a compression scheme for your data this book is "the only" book for you.

If you want to begin research into data compression and you are a newbie this book is a must have.

Very well-written book, software not so good.......2003-04-25

The book is one of the clearest I have read as a text book. Why cant everybody write like this?? There is very good flow throughout the text.

Only complaint is the software. It looks the software has not kept pace with the book itself. Some additional software has to be added (for Transform coding, for instance), and some references in the text book to the software are incorrect. If the accompanying software is upgraded, as it should be, I will rate this book a clear 5-star.

Introduction to Emergency Management, Third Edition (Homeland Security Series)
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George Haddow , Jane Bullock , and Damon P. Coppola
Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Introduction to Emergency Management, Third Edition provides a comprehensive update of this foundational text on the background components and systems involved in the management of disasters and other emergencies. The book details current practices, strategies, and the key players involved in emergency management, especially in the U.S. but also around the world. Expanded coverage of local and state issues, particularly as they need to interact and work with FEMA and other federal agencies, adds value to public administrators locally tasked with protecting their community. The Third Edition is fully updated to cover FEMA's continually changing role within the Department of Homeland Security and the impact and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Lessons including proper planning, mitigation, in-crisis decisions, evacuation, and recovery shed light on how managers can avoid devastating breakdowns in communication and leadership during an event. Not only terrorist events but many such natural disasters require similar preparedess planning. Emergency planning is vital to the security of entire communities and thus an essential focus for research, planning and training. This new edition continues in its tradition of serving as an essential resource for students and young professionals in the discipline of Emergency Management.

* Case examples provide current specific examples of disasters and how they were managed
* Extensive focus on Katrina includes full coverage of events leading up to the crisis, response and recovery issues, lessons learned, and an event timeline
* Written by 2 former FEMA senior officials who draw on first-hand experience in day-to-day emergency management operations

Introduction to Management: Third Edition

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Introduction to Management: Third Edition
Richard Pettinger
Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
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The third edition of this highly successful text will prove invaluable to introductory undergraduate and MBA/masters students coming to the subject for the first time. Containing much improved pedagogical features including learning objectives, case vignettes throughout, summary boxes, key points and concepts boxes, discussion questions, and longer end of chapter case studies with questions, the text offers an accessible introduction to the study of management.

Student resource manual, Managing, a contemporary introduction, third edition [by] Joseph L. Massie, John Douglas

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Student resource manual, Managing, a contemporary introduction, third edition [by] Joseph L. Massie, John Douglas
Joseph L Massie
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Instructor's manual/test bank Introduction to management, third edition

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Instructor's manual/test bank Introduction to management, third edition
W. Richard Plunkett
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Calvert's Gold - Book Review.......2004-02-25

The story in CALVERT'S GOLD, by Phyllis Johnson, gives a very accurate, detailed account of rural life in the 1920's and 1930's in the very historic Maryland county, celebrating its 350th anniversary this year. A reader can find humor in the story, may reminisce while reading about the Southern Maryland traditions, may want to try the old recipes, and may experience vicariously the peaceful life before televisions and computers. The book also makes a plea to save the small farms. This story highlights a way of life that is worth remembering.
CALVERT'S GOLD has all the "ingredients" for a worthwhile, real life movie that will appeal to viewers of all ages.

Authentic picture of rural life in the 1920's and 30's.......2003-12-29

As a teacher, I would recommend using the story in Calvert's Gold, by Phyllis S. Johnson, as additional reading in literature classes or in history classes. It is interesting reading for old and
young. The writer uses great detail and explanation to help give the reader an understanding of the way life was on a small family farm in the late 1920's.

The Dr. Calvert L. Emmons Collection of United States and Foreign Gold, Silver and Copper Coin, Public Auction Sept 19, 20, 1969

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The Dr. Calvert L. Emmons Collection of United States and Foreign Gold, Silver and Copper Coin, Public Auction Sept 19, 20, 1969
Stack's
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British justice in Africa: Developed in official and other documents concerning certain recent proceedings at the British forts on the Gold coast : to which is prefixed, an introduction

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British justice in Africa: Developed in official and other documents concerning certain recent proceedings at the British forts on the Gold coast : to which is prefixed, an introduction
Anthony Calvert Hutton
Manufacturer: J. Innes
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0008B1C5I

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This book presents the latest advances in ultrafast science, including both ultrafast optics technology and the study of ultrafast phenomena. It covers picosecond, femtosecond, and attosecond processes relevant to physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering applications. Ultrafast technology has a profound impact in a wide range of applications, among them biomedical imaging, chemical dynamics, frequency standards, materials processing, and ultrahigh-speed communications. This book summarizes the results presented at the 13th International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena and provides an up-to-date view of this important and rapidly advancing field.

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Simple beautiful scenes of wandering & solitudes of Jesus.......2006-02-07

When I picked-up this book from our best-reader Friend, who gave us a chapter from SIMPLE TRUTHS, I expected it to be equally as simply written! Not simple in the ways of writing or organized! Since his Prologue, entitled "A CANTICLE OF ECHOES, Kent grasped my attention with his first quote from a - Pueblo saying, "We do not own the land. We belong to it. And by our sweat & breath shall she know us, and welcome us upon our return."

Kent begins: "We are children on this land a shadow on the still life of time.." Employing words as far more than commentary to his Pueblo saying. He measures words economically descibing past generations "whose arrival is scribed upon the line of history...(yet not adrift) on winds of story, or float upon the shrouds of myth!" I read in his brevity, layers of past, present & future!

From earlier pages he takes us back to BURIAL, "My home is over there. Now I remember it." - A Tewa song..."I am standing before a northern lake on a windswept point of land as a young Indian boy is lowered into the earth by his friends and family.

"It is a strange and lonely funeral-- they all are in their own way...In the Indians who made their home here-- like my young departed friend-- Something lives that invests this harsh land with spiritual values."

Kent never misses chances to relate the present back to the past history of his Northern Lands, even in his continued quoting of Indian Tribes: As in NATVITY: "What is life?...It is the breath of the buffalo in the winter time..." A Blackfeet death oration. After a gripping mysterious picture of a giant buffalo, Kent is at home with his short Essays based on, BLUE, JANUARY, URN, COPSE, GOOD FRIDAY, OFFERING, WIND. Poignant quotations are adopted from Sioux, Papago, Iroquois, Delaware & Crow Tribes. There are parallels between his essays based on tribal quotes and Haunting Reverence of Christian worship in all Nerburn's books... newly birthed from his majors of Religion and Art!

He refers to religion in MEMORY of TREES, "I see men but they look like trees, walking." Again in Solitudes: "The holy silence is God's voice." Golden treasures wait being discovered! Retired Chaplain Fred W Hood "Barbara377" (Fayetteville, GA United States)

A Must Read Book.......2000-07-22

I loved this book; it is about nature, spirituality and seeing things in a new way. The author helps one to see and feel what he is.....I have used many of his books as gifts...they are a forever treasure.

why doesn't anyone know about this book?.......2000-05-07

I found this book by accident. I liked the title and I love nature writing. But this isn't nature writing like anything I have ever read. This is some of the most beautiful poetry and storytelling I have ever read. It is the most spiritual nature writing I have ever read. This book took me to a place like prayer. Kent Nerburn is a genius.

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Be part of a winning team on the court! Doubles Tennis Tactics teaches you what positions and movements to use and what shots to make using proven patterns of play. These patterns will increase consistency, put more pressure on opponents, and result in greater success in competitions.

Developed in conjunction with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and world-renowned coach Louis Cayer, Doubles Tennis Tactics presents 103 playing patterns and drills that are most effective in specific match situations. Court positioning and movement patterns are covered for all four players—server, server's partner, receiver, and receiver's partner—as well as court coverage and special formations for the serving and receiving teams. Practice drills reinforce the patterns so that smart tactical decisions become automatic on every point.

Study different styles of play and learn how to choose the patterns that will accentuate your own strengths as well as those of your partner. Use Doubles Tennis Tactics to play smarter and better with a partner, and become a winning two-player team!

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Must reading for doubles players and doubles fans.......2006-02-05

"Doubles Tennis Tactics" is the most authoritative book written on this subject. Doubles requires specific shot selection, court positioning and movement patterns for each player: the server, server's partner, receiver, and receiver's partner. Louis Cayer, a distinguished coach, analyzes all that in depth. The chapter on playing styles analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the five major playing styles, and that alone is reason enough for tournament players to buy this book. But the timeless question is: how can teams maximize teamwork to accentuate their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.
"Doubles Tennis Tactics" answers that brilliantly with expert tactics as well as more than 100 drills that will improve the skills and increase confidence so that those tactics work during competition. How do you become better at poaching? What is the I Formation, and why can it be highly effective? What are the best options for the receiving team to neutralize the serving team. Read "Doubles Tennis Tactics" and find the answers to these and many other important questions. You'll be glad you did -- whether you're a tournament player, recreational player or a fan.

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Women's Tennis Tactics
Antoun
Manufacturer: Human Kinetics
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Binding: Paperback

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Women's tennis has come of age. Players today are taller, stronger, and faster than ever before. The distinction between traditional baseline, all-court, and serve-and-volley games continues to diminish as players learn how to dictate the point at the earliest opportunity.

The top players know how to play to their strengths and their opponents' weaknesses, and Women's Tennis Tactics shows you how to do the same:

More than 68 drills to practice match tactics
Breakdown of match situations and tactical solutions
Guidance on developing a personal style
Strategies for tracking performance
Tactics for singles and doubles play

Whether serving, returning, playing the baseline, or playing the net, Women's Tennis Tactics provides you with the strategic arsenal to elevate your game and enjoy greater success on the court.

Doubles Tennis Tactics: Book/Video PKG
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Doubles Tennis Tactics: Book/Video PKG
Human Kinetics
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Tactics in women's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles (Tennis instructional series)
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Rex Lardner
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Tennis doubles: Tactics and formations
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Paul Metzler
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Tennis Tactics: Singles and Doubles
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Bruce S. Old
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Tennis Tactics: Singles and Doubles
William F. Talbert
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Winning tennis: doubles tactics.
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Winning tennis: doubles tactics.
C.M. and Buxton, Angela Jones
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Tennis Doubles Tactics & Formations
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Tennis Doubles Tactics & Formations
Paul Metzler
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Tennis Tactics Singles and Doubles
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William F. Talbert & Bruce S. Old
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Very helpful.......2007-10-07

For someone learning Tagalog this is a pretty comprehensive dictionary. It's easy to use and not too bulky. I highly recommend this dictionary.

Good... but a little vague on certain definitions.......2007-09-17

My fiancee is Filipina and I have been learning Tagalog. She always gets a good laugh whenever I try to formulate a sentence by looking up words (I'll always end up putting something in the wrong order or using some word that isn't exactly appropriate for the context). This dictionary has been very helpful in learning new words. Occasionally, however, there will be a definition that needs a little more than what is given. The best example I can think of is the word "syota". The dictionary defines it as "boyfriend / girlfriend". When I lovingly referred to my fiancee one day as "aking magandang syota" ("my beautiful girlfriend"), she asked me what I meant by the word "syota". When I explained, she told me that "syota" is a colloquial term that derives from the word for "short" and typically means a short-term boyfriend / girlfriend.

Overall, this is a very good dictionary with a lot of great information. It won't teach you everything, but you will typically learn the most of a language by practice and studying. This is a very handy reference supplement.

easy to carry with you.......2007-06-08

I like to carry this dictionary with me while learning and speaking Tagalog. It is comprehensive enough that every word I've searched for has been in it.

A good product.......2007-01-16

This is a really good dictionary to use while learning the Tagalog language. My only word of advise it to have someone who knows the language who can help you on what words to use. The dictionary covers many dialects and also covers words that are everywhere from very formal to very crude.

A Must Have For Anybody Interested In Tagalog.......2006-08-14

To start off with I love this dictonary. I have used this book for over 4 years now. I used when I lived in the philippines for 2 years and had to learn tagalog. I've been home now for 2 years and still use it all the time. It has almost any word you will ever come across and then some. It gives a list on Tagalog Orthography, affixes, infixes, suffixes, prefixes and others. It has a basic grammer chart and explanation. My experiance learning tagalog would have been much harder with out this must have dictonary.

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Josh?s life is great. He?s an baseball player with a beautiful girlfriend. Abigail?s life couldn?t be worse. What do they have in common? Their past. He thought he was happy. Until she came back and showed him what happiness was.

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enjoyable and sweet.......2003-11-08

I honestly really loved this book.

The strongest point, I feel is the dialouge. I personally like a book with a lot of talking opposed to a lot of useless detail. Every girl can see theirself in Abigail and every Abigail knows a Josh. That first love you just can't get out of your heart.

The book was sweet and innocent a wonderful choice for girls 13 and up. No emphasis on sex or drugs, so it's real and yet wholesome.

The user below couldn't be more wrong. It's called demographics, I'd highly doubt a male to enjoy a book that was meant as a real life romance for teen girls.

Yawn..........2003-10-02

This book is boring. It was written by an 18-year-old aspiring literary agent who only wrote it to get her foot in the door. The way I see it, she's going to need bandages for all five toes, because the plot is underdeveloped, the characters are transparent, and the flow is poor. Save yourself the trouble of self-inflicting pain.

Angels, Tears, and Teddybears.......2003-05-31

I read this novel when the author had it posted on writing.com (sadly its off now, but anyway), and I LOVED it! This book is...so real and...what's the word...amazing! Its been awhile since I've read it, but I remember the links between the characters and how strong they are. This is an excellent book, and I think that 1-Jessica Kosko is going FAR in life...

One to delight the young and romantic.......2002-05-01

I read this book out of curiosity. The author was from an area of Pennsylvania I once knew well. Most new authors write about what they know. I thought it would be interesting to read about old haunts...however very little of the story took place in PA. Most of the book took place in a small town in New York. Although I am long passed the teeny-bopper era, I must admit it held my interest.

It is a sweet love story, so like the first romances many teens experience...the intense, painful first-loves that awaken new emotions, confuse and overwhem the young. Many will relate to the teen problems, experience the thrill of proms, first dates, teenage problems, hangouts, relationships, the aches and pains of young adults coming-of-age; competition among peers, baseball games, parental problems, jealousy, secrets, whispers, first jobs, coffehouses, pizza parlors...typical teenage situations.

Characterization is strong and easy to visualize. Kosko writes dialogue easily, although at times it can be repetitive, but not enough to not want to finish the novel.

I recommend it for young adults, especially those who enjoy romance novels.

All in all, I enjoyed watching the development of her likeable characters. I am sure young girls will be reading more of Jessica Kosko novels in the future.

Angels,Tears,and Teddybears.......2002-04-25

Angels,Tears,and Teddybears is one of the best books I've ever read. I can really relate to Abigal. Everything she goes through seems so real, it's like reading someone's diary. The other characters are great too. I wish I could find a guy like Josh. Even though he seems like a jerk at times, his intentions are good. This book was written by a teen, which is why I think it's so believable. I have two more words for you BUY IT!

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