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reviewed Holding On to Reality: The Nature of .... January 11, 2000
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Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information
Albert Borgmann examines "the nature of information at the turn of the millennium." In his Introduction, he examines Information vs. Reality. He then makes several distinctions which serve to organize …
reviewed The Leadership Engine: How Winning Co.... January 11, 2000
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The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build
The subtitle suggests the book's objective: To explain "How Winning Companies Build Leaders at Every Level." According to the authors, there are certain "fundamentals" common to winning organizations: …
reviewed Confidential: Uncover Your Competitor.... January 11, 2000
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Confidential: Uncover Your Competitors' Top
Many organizations do little (if anything) to protect their most valuable information. I don't know why. The first objective of Confidential is to explain what an effective intelligence gathering system …
reviewed The Java(TM) Developers Almanac: 1998. January 11, 2000
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The Java(TM) Developers Almanac: 1998
Given the large size of the current class libraries in Java, the quality of your references is now more critical than ever. In my work as a technical editor of Java books, I have found this book invaluable. …
reviewed Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of .... January 09, 2000
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount
Pros: The glory of it all     Cons: The loss of it all     I gotta tell you the truth, I never real books like this. I am a King/Koontz fan. Blood and guts, that's …
reviewed Print the Legend: The Life and Times .... January 09, 2000
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Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford
I was eager to read this biography because I have seen most of the films directed by John Ford and was interested in knowing more about "his life and times." I learned a great deal. Eyman provides a wealth …
reviewed The Last of the Mohicans (Bantam Clas.... January 09, 2000
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The Last of the Mohicans (Bantam Classics)
Set in upstate New York in colonial times, Cooper here tells the tale of the stolid colonial scout Hawkeye, nee Natty Bumppo (don't ask), who, with his two Indian companions Chingachgook (the Big Snake) …
reviewed Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove). January 09, 2000
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Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove)
This is a harsh tale of the earliest partnership between Woodrow Call and Gus MaCrae, the marvelously heroic anti-heroes of LONESOME DOVE. In this tale the two, as young men, stumble into the early Texas …
reviewed Ivanhoe. January 09, 2000
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Ivanhoe
Not to put too fine a point on it, but this nineteenth century novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in the medieval England of the Third Crusade, was the progenitor of what was to become a venerable tradition …
reviewed Lonesome Dove. January 09, 2000
Lonesome Dove
The Western in the latter part of the twentieth century has become almost a forgotten form. True there's been an ongoing pulp tradition in genre fiction reflecting the shoot-em ups of old, cowboys & Indians, …
reviewed AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, A.... January 09, 2000
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AntiPatterns: Refactoring Software, Architectures,
In 1994, a book was published that caused a mini-revolution in the field of software development. The book was _Design Patterns_ by Gamma et. al. Their approach was to describe software in terms of patterns, …
reviewed Extreme Programming Explained: Embrac.... January 08, 2000
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Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change
Extreme programming really is not what the name suggests. In many ways, it is a throwback to the earlier days of programming. When I was teaching at the college level in the decade of the eighties the …
reviewed Rembrandt's Eyes. January 07, 2000
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Rembrandt's Eyes
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Rembrandt's Eyes. For me, there are certain books which convey me (as if on a magic carpet) to worlds I could not othgerwise experience. The novels of Tolstoy, Dickens, Balzac, …
reviewed Race for the World: Strategies to Bui.... January 07, 2000
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Race for the World: Strategies to Build a Great
According to its authors, this book "offers a new and useful way of thinking about strategy in a world economy that is rapidly integrating....[therefore] the pace of economic transformation will continue …
reviewed Net Ready. January 07, 2000
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Net Ready
Books about the "E-conomy" continue to appear daily and many of them are first-rate. Hopefully, reviews by readers such as I suggest which are worthy of consideration. Recently published Net Ready is …
reviewed Now or Never: How Companies Must Chan.... January 07, 2000
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Now or Never: How Companies Must Change to Win the
In my opinion, the title does a disservice to the extraordinarily valuable content of the book that bears that name. Those with extensive experience in the so-called E-conomy have learned (with the scar …
reviewed Women Breaking Through: Overcoming th.... January 07, 2000
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This important book examines the "stories" of 300 women who have somehow overcome all manner of barriers in a work environment to achieve success in their career. Swiss duly acknowledges that many of …
reviewed The Practice of Programming. January 07, 2000
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The Practice of Programming
In computing, the learning curve is doubly steep. Not only do we have to learn very complex operations, but we have to learn them at a pace unrivaled in any other field. Furthermore, the equipment improves …
reviewed Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intell.... January 06, 2000
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Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: How Intelligence
Hare Brain Tortoise Mind has created tremendous interest among those who want to gain a better understanding of human intelligence. According to John Cleese, author Guy Claxton provides "The essential …
reviewed Peter Drucker on the Profession of Ma.... January 06, 2000
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Peter Drucker on the Profession of Management
This is a collection of articles written, over a period of many years, for the Harvard Business Review and now published by the Harvard Business School Press. They were selected and organized by Nan Stone. …
reviewed The Lexus and the Olive Tree. January 06, 2000
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The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Friedman is a distinguished journalist. (He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting for The New York Times.) Over time, he has earned prominence as an interpreter of world affairs. His earlier book, …
reviewed Sun Tzu and the Art of Business: Six .... January 06, 2000
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Sun Tzu and the Art of Business: Six Strategic
In recent years, a great deal of nonsense has been published concerning similarities between the military battlefield and the business world. Authors frequently invoke military terms such as "attack", …
reviewed How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital.... January 06, 2000
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How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You
According to D.A. Benton, there are 22 "vital traits" which one needs to develop fully. In How to Think Like A CEO, she examines each of them in detail while providing numerous examples of the success …
reviewed The Omnipowerful Brand: America's #1 .... January 06, 2000
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The Omnipowerful Brand: America's #1 Brand
According to Delano, "...the first half of this book is focused on the seven proven principles and a proven process to find a great brand name -- a brand name that launches the product, service, or business …
reviewed How the Mind Works. January 06, 2000
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How the Mind Works
Steven Pinker's How the Mind Works is a brilliant work in which he attempts to explain what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, create, invent, discover, …
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