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n the bestselling tradition of Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman comes the breakthrough book that teaches women how to stop sabotaging their careers-and start getting ahead. For every professional woman who wants to get ahead-but feels she is at an impasse-NICE GIRLSDON'T GETTHECORNER OFFICE comes to the rescue. When overlooked for that special assignment or promotion, many women point the finger outwardly, looking for someone else to blame. Now, Lois P. Frankel presents a different view in her empowering career primer that helps women identify ingrained habits they learned as girls that may be holding them back, such as couching statements in a question, smiling inappropriately, tilting the head while speaking, and others. Only by overcoming these self-defeating behaviors will the 'nice girl' learn to leverage her power in the workplace-and claim the corner office she so richly deserves.
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For every professional woman who wants to get ahead—but feels she is at an impasse—NICE GIRLS DON'T GET THE CORNER OFFICE comes to the rescue. Although it's less threatening and more politically correct for women to point the finger outwardly when assessing why they are overlooked for promotions and assignments for which they are superbly qualified, the real answers may lie inward. In this book, Dr. Lois Frankel, an internationally recognized corporate coach and author, reveals the 101 self-sabotaging behaviors women learn as girls-behaviors and habits that are now holding them back in the workplace, such as couching statements as questions, tilting your head when you speak, waiting to be noticed and pinching company pennies. From executive to entry level, every woman needs to know what she is doing to subconsciously sound, look, act, market herself, and/or be treated like a "girl". This book will help women to become aware of when and how they are damaging their career and it will give them the advice and tips they need to help replace these self-defeating behaviors with more effective ones—and finally claim the corner office they so richly deserve.
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic!.......2007-09-12
I sure wish I had read this book years ago. I finaly understand a lot of issues that had always confused me, and I didn't realize how much I didn't know until I read this book. I'm buying copies for all of my close women colleagues, and starting on it again from the beginning. In fact, I know a lot of men who could benefit from reading this book!
A good kick in the pants!.......2007-08-27
This book was a great eye opener to the "girl" mistakes I make on a daily basis. I have read the book several times and each time I find something new to improve on. I have found myself passing on advice from the book to other women in the office.
This Book is the Bible for Women Who Want To Get Ahead.......2007-08-26
Nice Girls Don't Get The Corner Office is by far the best book I've ever read aimed at helping women own their power not only in the workplace but in every aspect of life. It's essentially a complete strategic plan for growing and advancing in your career. As a female business owner, I didn't realize how often I diminished my power by falling into many of the mistakes that Dr. Lois talks about in her groundbreaking book. This is one book that you need to keep in your professional development library.
Cassandra Mack, host of The No More Drama Hour of Power and author of, "The Single Mom's Little Book of Wisdom: 42 Tidbits of Wisdom To Help You Survive, Succeed and Stay Strong."
Excellent book.......2007-07-22
This book examines how the messages schoolgirls in America absorbed about being "nice" are detrimental to them once they join the workforce where the rules of expected behavior have long since been set by men. I gave my copy to a young woman I was mentoring who was afraid to ask for time off, when her male peers tended to just inform the higher-ups. I immediately recognized this behavior from the book, and insisted that she read it.
perfect guide for women in the business world .......2007-06-08
I like the book very much. It helped me much in my career.I made many mistakes before I found this book. I didn't believe the normal behavior of the women sabotage their career, but it is absolutely true. It helped me to gain a lot of success. It is a perfect guide for women. I would recommend this book to every ambitious business women, who would like to progress in her career. Good luck to everyone!
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A feat of historical detection--the most significant, andcertainly the most enthralling, book on American prehistory to appear indecades.The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest relates to theAnasazi, the native peoples who by the 11th century converged on ChacoCanyon (now New Mexico) and built a flourishing cultural center thatattracted pilgrims from far and wide, a vital crossroads of the prehistoricworld. The Anasazis' accomplishments--in agriculture, in art, in commerce,in architecture and engineering--were astounding, rivaling those of theMayans in distant Central America. By the 13th century, however, the Anasazi were gone from Chaco. Vanished.What was it--drought? pestilence? war? forced migration? mass murder orsuicide? Craig Childs draws on scholarly research and a lifetime ofadventure and exploration in the American Southwest to pursue the mysteryof their disappearance. Considering many possibilities, he points the wayto a new understanding of how a vibrant civilization collapsed.
Customer Reviews:
Childs has done it with this book..........2007-09-11
It's been a long time since I was thoroughly captivated by a book but House Of Rain has managed to do just that. Craig Childs is arguably one of the finest non-fiction writers today. For those of us who live and breathe the Great Southwest, Child's descriptions will bring back vivid memories of Sleeping Ute mountain in the distance and standing where the Ancients stood at Mesa Verde, Hovenweep, and Chaco. For those reviewers who felt like they needed maps and an answer, you can get maps at the visitor centers all bound up in glossy little books with equally glossy descriptions of people and places. This is not one of those books - it's so much deeper. This book is not a souvenier, it's a vehicle that takes you to places that a relative few will ever see and even less will understand. Sometimes, there is no final answer - there's just the lingering questions. That's part of what makes it so interesting.
Excellent Read With Interesting Personal Point of Views.......2007-09-06
This is the first book by Craig Childs that I've read. I will say it is an excellent book on the Anasazi. Craig has spent his whole life in the desert Southwest and appears to be quite knowledgeable about his subject. If you are the least bit interested in knowing a bit more about the Anasazi but don't want to read a "dry" scientific book about the subject, this is "the book" for you. Craig has travelled, worked and talked with many southwest Archaeologists who study the Anasazi. His discussions on the Anasazi are not boring and dry and his writing style is superb. I have a passing interest in the subject matter and this is one of the newest books on the subject and based on reviews of his other books, bought this one. I'm glad I did. Craig covers some controversial areas in regards to the Anasazi and where they went. They didn't disappear, their ancestors are still here, spread out over the southwest. He hits on a few quite creditabal possibilities and presents material to support them. I not being an expert on the subject but none the less interested and with some of my own ideas, I think Craig is on to something in regards to some of the reasons for the abandonment of the ancient sites across the entire southwest not just the Four Corners area commonly attributed to the Anasazi. Craig's descriptions of his backcountry travels are excellent and gives the sense that you are there with him which makes it even more enjoyable to read. This one is a keeper which I know I will read over and over again.
House of Rain, A Great Read.......2007-08-16
If you'd like to take a journey into the SW United States looking for the "missing" Anasazi, you should crack open this book, and delve into Craig Child's riveting journey. Child's style of writing puts you there with him, and he's very skilled at creating images that draw you into the adventure.
House of Rain .......2007-07-07
Craig Childs and "House of Rain" took me to places I've been and most importantly, to places I've been unable to experience. As I was reading this descriptive narrative of the Southwest that I love so much, I felt I was walking right beside him...excellent!
Exception read for the non-archeologist interested in the Anasazi.......2007-07-06
I already own several of Craig Childs books which I enjoy reading so that I can vicariously explore the canyons with him. This book is Exceptional. I bought it just last week at the Anasazi Heritage Center near Mesa Verde and Canyons of the Ancients while vacationing there with my wife and granddaughter. Living in Utah, we make yearly trips to the Moab area and southeastern canyons of Utah always hopeing to find a ruin to explore and photograph. This book is great for the non-scientist but those interested in the cultures of the Southwest like me!
Customer Reviews:
Very esoteric.......2007-06-27
You really have to be a language weenie to care about many of these. If you're looking to become a better programmer, or simply to be entertained, this probably isn't the right book.
Great book for people who like puzzlers/Java .......2007-01-17
The book is very friendly and readable.
Some of the examples are real unique and in most cases you are not going to meet them but it's fun to read, use your mind and check you knowledge.
another cracker from Josh ..........2006-06-30
Disclaimer: the fact that I have known and worked with Josh on and off for around 10 years now has little bearing on my review of this book.
Anyone who believes they are a Java master should read this book, it is well written, captivating, informative and full of useful information!
In short it's a must have (along with Effective Java) for your Java bookshelf
Great book.......2006-06-07
This is really another excellent book I've seen on Java. Authors try to model/abstract real-world senarios into some "silly trivia" puzzles. You may say they are "Not puzzles, just silly trivia", but if you are experienced Java developer, you will figure out what they really mean and then smile on them. I have to say I was lost in some of those puzzles before in my real-world programming history...
It's not easy to address real-world problems in such a generic way. This book really makes the complication simple. Great job!
Unique book finds pitfalls in both programs and the language itself.......2006-05-26
This book is filled with brainteasers about the Java programming language and its core libraries. Anyone with a working knowledge of Java can understand these puzzles, but many of them are tough enough to challenge even the most experienced programmer. Puzzlers are grouped according to the features they use, but you cannot assume that the trick to a puzzle is related to its chapter heading.
Most of the puzzles exploit counterintuitive or obscure behaviors that can lead to bugs. Every platform has them, but Java has far fewer than other platforms of comparable power. The goal of the book is to entertain the reader with puzzles while teaching you to avoid the underlying traps and pitfalls. By working through the puzzles, you become less likely to fall prey to these dangers in your own code and more likely to spot them the code of others over which you have maintenance priveleges.
This book is meant to be read while you have access to a computer that has a Java development environment installed, ideally JDK 5.0, which is the latest release at the time I am writing this. That is because some of the puzzles rely on pitfalls in this particular release of Java.
Most of the puzzles take the form of a short program that appears to do one thing but actually does something else. It's the reader's job to figure out what each program does. It would be best if you first study the program/puzzle and determine what you think it will do. Next, run the program and see if its expected behavior matches its actual behavior. Try to fix the program if you believe it is "broken". Finally, read the solution and see if it matches your answer. What is really great about this book is that it sticks to pitfalls in the core language and doesn't delve into any of the add-on API's or J2EE. You'll be surprised that so many pitfalls can be conjured up in the core language. Amazon does not show the table of contents, so I do that here along with a brief description of the type of puzzles in each chapter.
1. Introduction
2. Expressive Puzzles - The puzzles in this chapter are simple but not necessarily easy and involve only expression evaluation. My personal favorite : the statement "System.out.println(2.00 - 1.10);" displays 0.8999999999999999 instead of .9. There is a solution, but it is not pretty and showcases a pretty bad weakness in the Java language.
3. Puzzlers with Character - This chapter contains puzzles that concern strings, characters, and other textual data. This section contains several puzzles involving unicode characters, and one is a cautionary tale for language designers in character overloading. Example: System.out.print('H' + 'a'); prints the number 169 not the word "Ha" as you might imagine.
4. Loopy Puzzlers - All the puzzles in this chapter concern loops, such as coming up with declarations that turn simple loops into infinite ones.
5. Exceptional Puzzlers - The puzzles in this chapter concern exceptions and the closely related Try-finally statement. Most exhibit odd behavior such that simple changes in the program cause completely different types of exception handling to occur.
6. Classy Puzzlers - This chapter contains puzzlers that concern the use of classes and their instances, methods, and fields.
7. Library Puzzlers - The puzzles in this chapter concern basic library-related topics, such as Object methods, collections, Date, and Calendar. One particularly interesting puzzler illustrates that, in Java, integer literals beginning with a "0" are interpreted as octal values. This obscure construct is a holdover from the C programming language and the 1970s, when octal was much more commonly used than today. Thus "012" is seen by Java as 10 base 10.
8. Classier Puzzlers - The puzzles in this chapter concern inheritance, overriding, and other forms of name reuse.
9. More Library Puzzlers - The puzzles in this chapter feature more advanced library topics, such as threading, reflection, and I/O. Here you will learn, for example, that "write(int)" is the only Java output method that does not flush a PrintStream on which automatic flushing is enabled. Thus you must explicitly invoke "flush" on its stream to print any message, making the "write" method seem unfriendly and outright pointless.
10. Advanced Puzzlers - The puzzles in this chapter concern advanced topics, such as nested classes, generics, serialization, and binary compatibility.
A. Catalog of Traps and Pitfalls - This chapter contains a concise taxonomy of traps and pitfalls in the Java platform. Each entry in the catalog is divided into three parts - A short description of the pitfall, how to avoid the trap, and pointers to additional information on the trap.
B. Notes on the Illusions - This appendix contains brief descriptions of the graphical illusions that appear throughout the book. The descriptions are grouped loosely by category. Within each category, the order is roughly chronological.
This book is very good practice for anybody who enjoys programming in the Java language, but it will probably appeal the most to the geekiest among us of which I proudly count myself.
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The body of the Masters rules committee chairman is found floating in the pond in front of the 12th green on the morning that Sam Skarda arrives at Augusta National Golf Club to play in his first Masters. Skarda, a 37-year-old police detective on medical leave from the Minneapolis police department, is an accomplished amateur golfer who won the U.S. Publinx and an invitation to play in the Masters while rehabbing a shooting injury suffered on the job.
Evidence left at the crime scene suggests the murder might have been tied to the ongoing protest by a women's group that has been demanding that the club admit women members. Then a crusading New York Times columnist is murdered on the grounds of the club two days later. Local police suspect the murders might have been committed by a member and begin pressuring the new Augusta National president for access to the club's membership information.
The club chairman asks Skarda for help finding the killer before the police thoroughly invade Augusta National's legendary privacy. Skarda looks for answers from members, veteran journalists, longtime caddies and ex-employees who may know why someone is determined to bring this year's Masters to a halt.
He also falls for Caroline Rockingham, the soon-to-be ex-wife of one of the pre-tournament favorites, a former college golf teammate of Skarda's. Sam and Caroline themselves become targets as the murders continue and pressure to cancel the tournament builds. Meanwhile, the killer methodically prepares for a spectacular and deadly Sunday climax.
Customer Reviews:
Great fun.......2007-10-08
If you like murder thrillers and golf, this is a must read. It is very entertaining from start to finish, especially in the way that real-life characters are woven into the novel (under fake names, of course - guessing who they are is the fun part).
A really quick and fun read, highly recommended.
Golfers will love the courses, and the murder.........2007-06-05
Sam Skarda is a Minneapolis homicide detective and an excellent amateur golfer. A bullet to the knee while on duty requires long rehabilitation and a lot of walking--which for Skarda means golf. His dedication to practice gives him a shot at the U.S. Publinks championship--and when he wins an invitation to play in the Masters.
And this is a Masters like no other as he runs into his old Duke roommate, Shane Rockingham, now a star of the PGA tour and recently separated from his wife and caddy, Caroline. He connects with an old Augusta caddy, Dwight, who has caddied for former Master's champions, and who will be on the bag for Sam--if he's healthy enough. And there's a group of women protesting the Masters because the National doesn't allow women members.
But then things turn ugly. First one person critical of the "no-women" policy turns up dead at Amen Corner, and scarred into the green are the words "this is the last Masters." When a second turns up dead, the authorities are forced to look at the possibility that it is someone from the National's membership that is responsible for the murders. Augusta's chairman retains Skarda as a private advisor to work alongside of--and if possible, ahead of the police to find and stop the killer. No stone is to be left unturned, even though the chairman is convinced that no member could be behind the murders.
Though Shefchik identifies the murderer early in the book (and I prefer to keep guessing), he does lead the book's characters on a merry chase through a series of logical (and wrong) conclusions. Any avid murder mystery reader will enjoy watching he various characters follow the false trails and will admire Skarda's commitment to finding the truth--regardless of the cost.
Any golfer who's been to the Masters (and I have) will delight in the accurate descriptions of the course, the town, and the event itself.
Armchair Interviews says: Murder, intrigue, romance, a balancing of the books, and a moral to the story (several in fact) will leave the reader hoping that Shefchik has another book in the works.
For Golfers ............2007-05-29
OK, for golfers who enjoy a light read after playing 36, this is a fun little book. While I was looking for a little more details on the structure of the Augusta National club and membership, the book gave me enough details to hold my interest. Some day I'll get to Augusta to see the sights and walk Amen Corner .... but until then, this book can take gives a glimpse, and a different perspective.
Enjoyed it!!! You will too........2007-05-17
Greatly enjoyed Mr. Shefchik's work which weaves wit, action and knowledge into a tight, believable plot. Really enjoyed the main character, Sam Skarda and look forward to his apprearance in other books Mr. Shefchik hopefully has planned.
Father's Day Gift.......2007-05-12
Wonderful story referencing many things that golfers will be familiar with. A great Father's Day gift!
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Do you really think Martha Stewart never swept a little dust under the carpet seconds before guests arrived? Oh, how we’ve been damaged by the myth of perfectionism! We are slaves to microscopic specks of lint, hard-water smudges, and the relentless pursuit of dust bunnies. Brainwashed by Hollywood and slick photo spreads, we chase after unrealistic expectations. How to Cheat at Cleaning will change all of that. Part how-to bible and part liberating manifesto, this volume rewrites the housekeeping rules our mothers taught us. It does for housekeeping what Casual Friday did for office life. Learn the extreme shortcuts for cleaning your house from attic to basement. Learn about cutting-edge tools and technologies that will slash your housekeeping chores in half. Learn how to get family members–and even Santa Claus–to pitch in. And learn which backbreaking cleaning tasks you can walk away from forever. While most cleaning books are as dull as, well, dishwater, How to Cheat at Cleaning is a joy to read. Delivered in a swingy, conversational, irreverent style, this book is peppered with quick-read recurring boxes, including amusing anecdotes, easy cleaning formulas, great cleaning gear, cleaning emergencies, and eliminating dirt through design.
Customer Reviews:
Most Helpful!.......2007-10-17
This is a good book - many many helpful hints not just for quickness but to get the job done!!
Just a Warning, though..........2007-09-14
I haven't read the book, but I did read a tip from it on AOL news. It suggested heating water in your microwave for 5 minutes to steam off any baked-on food. I'm sure this works great, but a warning: super-heated water can actually blow up in your microwave! It happened to me when heating water for gelatin dessert. It blew the door open and sent scathing water all over the kitchen. (Thank God I was in the next room.)
I immediately "googled" the phenomenon and learned that many people have been badly hurt in taking hot water out of the microwave for tea, etc.
It seems that when heated too much, water molecules become unstable and can explode. This is no urban legend-it's true. One thing that can prevent this is to add a bit of rice, or a tea bag, or anything that can absorb the molecular instability. But as for me, I'll just grab my good old tea kettle now,thanks...
cheat at cleaning book.......2007-06-13
Useful tips. It is a good book to keep around
Don't keep this a secret!.......2007-05-25
I bought one for myself and one for each of my 3 daughters. Everyone loves it. Wonderful ways to clean in the kitchen without having chemicals where you cook your food. Great hints for the whole house--saves hours of cleaning time.
doesnt really tell much.......2007-05-21
the book is nice,
but doesnt tell me anything i didn't already know. sorry i was disappointed
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If there's one thing that's consistent in today's business world, it's rapid change. So how do you not only stay steady but actually grow—and quickly enough to stay safely ahead of your competitors? Built for Growth delivers specific solutions to create a brand and presence that generates true customer passion, as you lay a solid foundation for long-term success. Author Arthur Rubinfeld was a major driver in Starbucks' unprecedented retail expansion from 100 stores to more than 4000-- and its transformation into one of the world's most recognized brands. Here he draws on his singular expertise to present a proven, holistic approach to conceiving, designing, and executing your business plan: creating exciting concepts, growing them to fruition in local markets, expanding rapidly, and keeping your brand fresh and relevant as it matures. His revolutionary approach to business strategy embodies strong personal values, promotes exceptional creativity, leverages scientific methodology in finance and market analysis, and brings it all together with 'old-time' customer service. Each lesson is clearly distilled with detailed examples from one of the best business writers, Collins Hemingway, co-author with Bill Gates of the #1 bestseller Business at the Speed of Thought. So whether you're seeking to reignite growth or planning your first store, Built for Growth will be utterly indispensable. Foreword by Jeff Brotman, Co-founder and Chairman of Costco, the world's #1 warehouse club.
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"""A valuable primer on all aspects of retail: brand, location, people, finance, property management, expansion strategy, and long-term thinking. Rubinfeld understands the difficulty of the small guy getting started and the big guy keeping the brand fresh. Even an experienced retailer will want to stop and reflect at his insights, which come from many years in every aspect of thebusiness.""
¿From the Foreword by Jeff Brotman, Chairman, Costco
Built for Growth shows exactly how to create winning retail brands, how to create a unique, compelling brand even as you establish a rock-solid foundation for long-term success. Arthur Rubinfeld architected Starbucks' expansion from 100 stores to nearly 4,000, helping to establish Starbucks as one of the world's most-recognized brands.
Now, drawing on his singular expertise with Starbucks and as a consultant to Oakley, Gateway, adidas, and Washington Mutual, he offers breakthrough strategies and techniques for all facets of retail: choosing locations, recruiting management and associates, defining organizations and systems, designing stores, merchandising, day-to-day execution, and more.
Together with Collins Hemingway, coauthor with Bill Gates of Business @ the Speed of Thought, Rubinfeld introduces a proven, holistic approach to conceiving, designing, and executing your retail business plan: creating exciting concepts, growing them in local markets, preparing for aggressive expansion, and keeping the brand fresh and relevant as it matures. This revolutionary approach integrates strong personal values, exceptional creativity, the latest scientific methodology, and passionate customer service. Whether you're seeking to reignite growth or planning your first store, Built for Growth will be absolutely indispensable.
- Retail brands that win, brands that last
- A complete framework for retail success: conception, design, and execution
- Imagination, courage, and drive
- Start by believing: you can become a national or international brand
- ""Go long"": execute on rapid growth
- Retail organizations and models that scale rapidly and ""put the game out of reach""
- Your retail presence: capturing the essence of your brand
- From locations to store design: generating real customer passion
- ""Main & Main"": own the best locations and markets
- From demographics to street traffic: all you need to know about choosing locations
- Push the envelope: innovate to maintain brand leadership
- How to reinvigorate product, design, service, and quality¿over and over again
Arthur Rubinfeld achieved breakthrough results for such premier companies as Starbucks, Oakley, Gateway, adidas, and Washington Mutual. In Built for Growth, he shares his unparalleled knowledge about envisioning, building, launching, expanding, and sustaining winning retail brands. The book delivers battle-tested advice for crafting retail plans that work, executing them systematically and aggressively, generating genuine customer loyalty, and innovating to keep your brand fresh, year after year. The lessons herein can mean the difference between success and failure. So whether you're opening your first store or you are an ""old hand"" in retail, don't just read this book¿live by it."
Customer Reviews:
For Big And Small.......2006-05-28
Rubinfeld has credibility, being the person who commanded the domestic and global expansion of Starbucks. Here, Art Rubinfeld gives very specific advice on not only the "what" but the "how." His well-rounded and varied background has has enabled him to perceive things the way he does and then implement his ideas. He worked as an architect and as a construction manager. Later as Brand Development Consultant for Adidas and Washington Mutual Bank, prior to joining
Starbucks. He took Starbucks From 100 stores to over 4,000
worldwide. The concept of Starbucks is, and has has been unique. Who thought, back in the early 1990s that this new coffee outlet would do what it has done? I didn't.
Rubinfeld presided over and directed the Starbucks corporation's
growth in the 1990s, but he's also served as an independent
consultant for many other companies, so this adds to a more
multi-dimensional level of knowledge and numerous experiences of which to draw from. He specifically sites successes - and failures - with specific and detailed examples. Because of his background he can apply theory and also apply actual practice: from upper-lever strategy to front-line consumer. ( E.g. the 80:20 rule.)
Another concept: location plus people. The emphasis is on the
concept of retail and retail expansion, and the author doesn't stray from this as the foundation. Even of course, down to the store design which (Starbucks contains elements of the natural Earth, and presents the entity of the coffee bean and it's progression to the cup of java you get in-store). The complete retail puzzle involves many pieces. Strongly integrated throughout this book on retail is the concept of brand.
This book is categorized into 4 categories, with each category having a couple, to seven chapters. The Chapters zero-in on such areas as creativity, and customer loyalty; finding the best locations for your brand, management, staff and organization, for the big or small operations; implementation (translation: doing it). How to adapt, and continue to being dynamic and change, to maintain your customers. One useful term is what Rubinfeld calls "ideation." This is the
creation of new ideas. In the changing market place, this is the corner stone separating those who stay, from those who fade. Lots of proven ideas and concepts in this book.
Expert advice on retail chain locationing.......2006-04-14
Rubinfeld is one of the masters in the retail locationing process. I own about 50 books in English and German on retail management, but none has included the expert advice on the very specialized retail locationing process. At least not compared to Rubinfeld's understanding. Both from a very strategic point-of-view and down to the nitty-gritty details of the legal agreement.
Rubinfeld's experience from Starbuck's rapid expansion in the 90s is very helpful, but he also adds a lot of other interesting retail cases from his work as an independent consultant.
The book's website includes very interesting checklists, but is not as impressive as you would expect based on the references made in the book.
The title's focus on "Expanding your business ... across the globe" is misleading in my opinion. Rubinfeld's advice hardly crosses the Atlantic nor the Pacific Ocean. But if you are interested in his ideas and concepts, you'll soon see that it doesn't matter. The principles remain the same with some adjustments for local responsiveness...
Being a chairman of a small retail chain, I have already put the author's advice into practice in the negotiations for a new retail location. They are easy to follow.
I also highly recommend the book's excellent chapters on retail chain financials. It is one of the first books that clearly distinguish between retail chain earnings and store earnings. Rubinfeld's focus on having a robust proforma economic model is key - also in my experience. And this is irrespective of whether you own all the stores yourself or also include a franchise system.
Peter Leerskov,
MSc in International Business (Marketing & Management) and Graduate Diploma in E-business
Star of Starbucks gives insight into retail success.......2006-02-13
Author Rubinfeld took Starbucks to its place in retail dominance by creating a brand identity, yet assuring that stores did not have a "cookie-cutter" feel to them. The author points out for retailers, the store is the experience, and this is key to estabilishing a foothold. The way Starbucks stores were put together allowed them to be located even in historical building and other places where a normal outlet might not be desired.
The book doesn't just cover marketing strategy. It also discussing hiring the right team, and how locations are chosen. This information is golden.
Chapters include
* Make No Little Plans--core values, first store, maximizing retail experienc
* Go Long: blueprint for execution
* Own Main & Main: location, hot spots, how to grow rapidly without stumbling
* Push the Envelope: Path to Growth
Can't think of another book that outlines how to get to mega-success in retailing as well as this one.
A roadmap for retail strategy.......2005-12-24
“Who doesn’t want to run his own business? Who doesn’t want to have her own store? If you’re young, you think about it from time to time. If you’re older, you wish you had opened that little shop before the kids came – or you plan to open it when you retire. We all want to control our destiny. We all want to express our creativity. We all want to build something that will last. But how do you start a retail operation? That’s the question I am most often asked. How do you create a going concern, one that will grow and build long-term value? That is another common query. ‘Built for Growth: Expanding Your Business Around the Corner or Across the Globe’ answers these and related questions (from the Introduction).”
Arthur Rubinfeld, the architect behind Starbucks’ expansion, helped build Starbucks into one of the world’s top brands, says that ‘Build for Growth’ distills what I have learned into a comprehensive view of what it takes to develop a winning retail concept. This shows you:
• How to combine core personal and company values with your business expertise to create a meaningful brand.
• How to creatively craft your on-the-street retail presence to capture the essence of your brand and develop customer loyalty.
• Hot to identify the best locations for your concept.
• How to build your management team, organization, and systems – whether you want to have one store or 1,000.
• How to systematically and aggressively execute your plans.
• How to successfully operate your business to keep customers coming back.
• How to innovate and renew your brand.
In addition, he says, “Other books deal with one or two of these topics, but none has taken a holistic approach to retail development, combining theory and practical ideas to cover the entire scope of what it takes to succeed in retail.”
In this context, this invaluable book has been organized into sections based on four fundamental principles: (1) Make No Little Plans, (2) Go Long, (3) Own Main & Main, and (4) Push the Envelope. Each of these sections has covered a major aspect of retail strategy, in order in which you will normally experience them as you grow your business.
I highly recommend.
At Last a Book On Expanding a Low-Tech Operation.......2005-12-04
There are any number of books that have come out in recent years on high tech business, how to start them, how to grow them and everything else. In spite of this, the really big growth companies in the past few years have been other areas, like Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Home Depot and the others.
For once, this book is on working with standard companies, not high tech. This book is written by the architect behind Starbucks expansion from some 100 stores to nearly 4,000 stores worldwide. He tells the story of evolving the stores as experience teaches what works and what doesn't. He concentrates on the details, always the details that have proven over and over to be successful.
Beyond the story of Starbucks he has generalized the experience to be useful in a wide variety of low-tech specialty stores. The lessons taught in this book can be used in a wide variety of operations and literally worldwide.
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Very informative about staging.......2007-04-05
I was very impressed with the information within this book and CD!!! She shows you how to do it on the CD. It's a must read if you are planning to sell your home. I wished my realtor told me about staging my house. It makes a huge differences in how one presents their home for selling. You need to give your home that model home look for a quick sell and your asking price.
Home Staging or Redecorating...this is the book.......2007-01-22
I bought this off the web with little insight into the contents. I actually purchased the book with the DVD, but haven't even had time to look at the DVD yet because I'm still trying to absorb the wealth of knowledge in the book. Great photos! Awesome content (read the blurbs), I have definitely been able to absorb more knowledge from this single book than all of my decorating and home staging experience up until now. This book is a must-have for everyone who loves their home or is in the need of staging. This is a must-have for Home Stagers as well, with incredible ideas I would otherwise not have thought of that are easy and inexpensive, but look fabulous! BUY ME NOW!
Peggy's Corner: Staging Your Home for Profit.......2007-01-19
I bought this on a whim - thinking it would probably be "light." Even though it is an easy, fast read, it's actually very helpful, well organized and covers new information from other staging books I've purchased. The CD is a bit amateur but again, covers the information and has great examples. I'm glad I have it in my library and I've put the information to use, successfully, already.
The ideas in Peggy's staging book work magic.......2006-07-22
Peggy recently staged our home to get it ready to put on the market. Our home was beautifully furnished and well cared for, but dated. Peggy, using the ideas outlined in her book, made suggestions of things we should do to make our home look up to date and ready to put on the market. We were amazed at the transformation that Peggy's simple changes made to our home. As a matter of fact, we liked the new look of our home so much that we would have had second thoughts about selling it if we hadn't already bought another house.
Thanks to Peggy we sold our house in less than 2 weeks in a very slow market. Three houses of the same model as ours have been sitting on the market for many months and still haven't sold. The ideas in Peggy's book really work!
Great primer for staging your home.......2006-06-20
I loved the format of this book/DVD. The book is divided into a chapter per room, with tips on staging that room. While all of us may not have a pool house or guest quarters, the rest of the information is given in easy-to-follow checklist format. The DVD is the best part. The first part of the DVD is a little boring, but the last part (where you actually watch Peggy as she step-by-step stages a home from scratch) is extremely helpful. If you're looking for some quick and easy staging tips, this is the book/DVD combo for you. I finished the book in 30 minutes and the DVD takes 45 minutes to watch.
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Horrormeister Koontz looks heavenward for inspiration in his newest suspense thriller, which is chock-full of signs, portents, angels, and one somewhat second-rate devil, a murky and undercharacterized guy named Junior Cain who throws his beloved wife off a fire tower on an Oregon mountain and spends the rest of the novel waiting for the retribution that will surely come. But not before a series of tragedies ensues that convince Junior that someone or something named Bartholomew is out to exact vengeance for that crime and the series of other murders that follow.
Bartholomew's own troubles begin with his birth, which transpires moments after his father is killed in a traffic accident as he is taking his wife to the hospital, and continue with the loss of his eyes at the tender age of 3. Young Bartholomew has visionary gifts, though to his mother, a nice lady who's renowned for her pie-making abilities as well as her sweetly innocent nature, he's just a particularly smart kid who can read and write before his second birthday. Eventually, Bartholomew regains his sight, Junior Cain gets his comeuppance, and fate conspires to bring love into the Pie Lady's life, reward the faithful, and put a happy ending on this genre-bending tale. Koontz will no doubt rocket right to the top of the bestseller list with this inventive, if somewhat slower-paced, read. --Jane Adams
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His birth was marked by wonder and tragedy.
He sees beauty and terror beyond our deepest dreams.
His story will change the way you see the world.
On the heels of his #1 bestseller
False Memory, Dean Koontz brings together his most compelling themes and an unforgettable cast of characters to create what is perhaps the most thrilling and emotionally powerful work of his critically acclaimed career.
Bartholomew Lampion is born on a day of tragedy and terror that will mark his family forever. All agree that his unusual eyes are the most beautiful they have ever seen. On this same day, a thousand miles away, a ruthless man learns that he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew. He embarks on a relentless search to find this enemy, a search that will consume his life. And a girl is born from a brutal rape, her destiny mysteriously linked to Barty and the man who stalks him.
At the age of three, Barty Lampion is blinded when surgeons remove his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancer. As he copes with his blindness and proves to be a prodigy, his mother counsels him that all things happen for a reason and that every person’s life has an effect on every other person’s, in often unknowable ways.
At thirteen, Bartholomew regains his sight. How he regains it, why he regains it, and what happens as his amazing life unfolds and entwines with others results in a breathtaking journey of courage, heart-stopping suspense, and high adventure.
Customer Reviews:
Evil gets it in the end.......2007-08-06
My daughter is a Dean Koontz fan so when I asked her for her recommendation as a first read she gave me From the Corner of His Eye, and One Door Away From Heaven. The first read was tempting enough to get me to read both. From these two reads I've identified the aspect of Koontz's writing that appeals to some and frustrates others. Dean likes to engage in multiple parallel story lines that have no discernable connection at first, although you quickly suspect what the connections might be. For a reader like me that may have up to half a dozen books on the go at any one time - fiction and non fiction - if one of those books embeds its own multiple stories, it complicates my life and I get slowed down catching up whenever I return to a Koontz book after it's been closed for any length of time because I've been reading other things. So I find Dean cramps my style by insisting on my undivided attention to his divided parallel story line approach. That's the reason for four stars instead of five from me.
Nonetheless, he provides a great read with quirky and engaging characters and a good deal of suspense. This gets tossed with some supernatural or other-worldly aspects for good measure, and even dollops of humor. The character come alive as you get to know them.
[Warning: Spoiler follows]
I must admit, Dean really tossed me a wallop on page 12 (or was it 14) - and if you've read the novel you know what happens. I wasn't prepared for the nonchalant shove by Cain of his "beloved" wife. Perhaps Cain's unlikely name (names seem to have deliberate meanings in Dean's books, from what I see) and the hint of something unsettling in the climb up the tower would have been sufficient omens for long term Koontz readers. I'd be interested to hear other comments. I suppose this is part of Dean's engaging style. As you get to know Cain you get the sense of someone that epitomizes what some call the banality of evil. Actually, it may be the single mindedness of evil - Cain's focussed obsession - that is both its greatest strength, and the seeds of its ultimate downfall as we are ultimately brought to an expected and satisfying conclusion.
All in all the elements of an enteraining read, and highly recommended.
I have to admit, one of my faves!.......2007-07-16
Now, I am the first to admit that Koontz is NOT the best writer. His style is one that can both frustrate and infuriate a reader. He has the tendency to go off on unnecessary tangents, explaining the way the light reflects off a penny in the main character's ashtray, but then a tragic event receives very little detail. Either this is his way of letting your mind imagine the gory details or he's too exhausted from describing the blade of the knife the killer is wielding, to describe the actual aftermath of the blade repeatedly stabbing someone.
For instance, in the beginning of the book, the hiking scene. I won't go into anymore detail, but if you've already read the book, then you know what I mean.
Why am I giving this book 5 stars? Because of the story it tells. The book takes you a rollercoaster through years and years of life, love and tragedy. As normal Koontz seems to run out of steam towards the end, but the wrap up is nicely done.
Koontz tends to be a somewhat "religious" writer; think TS Eliot. He deals with the supernatural a lot, and this book is no different. If you are a staunch atheist, this book may rub you the wrong way since the presence of the supernatural is quite prevalent in this novel. Even still, the story is an amazing one. In my opinion a very original one.
Definitely worth the read.
Lacked details.......2007-07-02
I have read the following novels by Dean Koontz: STRANGERS, MIDNIGHT, BAD PLACE, HIDEAWAY, DRAGON TEARS, ICEBOUND, STRANGE HIGHWAYS, INTENSITY, SOLE SURVIVOR, FEAR NOTHING, SEIZE THE NIGHT, FALSE MEMORY, and FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE. I have also read LIFE IS GOOD: LESSONS IN JOYFUL LIVING by his dog, Trixie. I enjoyed reading all of them but particularly enjoyed the Christopher Snow series. In fact, I promised myself NOT to read any Dean Koontz novels until after he completes the Christopher Snow series (FEAR NOTHING and SEIZE THE NIGHT). I am still waiting for the 3rd novel.
While searching for something to read while giving exams in my statistic course, I found a copy of FROM THE CORNER OF HIS EYE in my office closet. I know I never read it and I don't recall buying it. As his other novels, Koontz takes me away. I forget where I am and move with the characters in the story. Like his other books, his vivid details create pictures in my mind which makes reading the novel more like watching a film. However, the quality of getting lost in a novel ceases when there the storyline becomes disjointed. There is a disconnect toward the end. The lack of adequate details brought me back to reality. That was a disappointment.
This type of disconnect can not be found in any of Koontz novels I have read. All in all, it is a well written novel that can take a person away from reality - except toward the end.
It happens.......2007-06-19
OK, I understand that a lot of you guys liked the book and the thought of how it's possible escapes me, but you are entitled to your opinion and I do respect that a lot. But I am sadly one of the few that do not like it simply because it reminded me of every other book that he's written, with the same plotline, same people (just given different names) and same black and white perspective. OK, I'll stop ranting and explain myself in a clearer light.
The plotline is a three-year-old prodigy named Bartholomew (nicknamed Barty) is born at the night of his father's untimely death. Out there, several hundred miles away, a man named Cain realizes he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew and goes to the ends of the world to find him and kill him. And somewhere else, a little girl named Angel is born from a teenage mother who dies shortly afterward, a teenage girl who was raped by the same man who hunts for Barty.
Now let me just pull that plot apart and narrow down my opinions.
The book is extremely long and not that I don't mind a 730+ page book, but it dragged way longer than it should, and I mean a lot longer that it should've been.
The bad guy, Cain, who was once a really sweet guy (god, how many times has that word been used in Koontz' novels?) suddenly has the urge to push his wife over the edge of oblivion and kill her. And out of nowhere, he immediately starts to turn into a killer, with no explanation. It just happens.
So, how does Cain find out he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew? Well, according to Koontz, Cain had a freak attack when a detective who assumes Cain is up to no good, named Vanadium, tells Cain that he had been saying 'Bartholomew' in his sleep. So Cain immediately had a feeling that Bartholomew has to do with babies and that he must find this Bartholomew and kill him. Why? I can't seem to explain that either. It just happens.
And why are all of the good guys in the book so perfect without any flaws whatsoever and the bad guys are bad cause they're bad? It just happens.
Well, I assume the reason why Barty and Angel are so perfect is because they came from perfect parents. Is that even possible? Why haven't I met these people? Angel's mother is so ditzy perfect, Barty's mother is so ditzy perfect as is her entire family and...a three year old prodigy? Are you kidding me? And the way Angel and Barty meet is so painfuly bad that I had to constantly re-read that part over and over to see if maybe I've missed something there, or that the book I bought had a few pages missing. Nope, wasn't the case. It just happens.
Vanadium, is killed, but somehow--somehow--comes back alive. Sorry to say but it just happens.
OK, if you're not upset at this point and wondering if spending money on this book or even checking it out at your local library is worth the pain and torture, then check this out. 2/3 of the book is wasted on 'oh, Barty! He's so wonderfully amazing! He can read and write and do all sorts of things...at age 3! Wow!'. Angel is even more horrible than Barty, who is also a child prodigy because she bears the intelligence of adults and even talks like one. Oh, and did I mention Barty's blind? A blind prodigy with superpowrers. And being blind isn't even a flaw, as you've seemed to notice. I mean, these good guys were simply so perfect, so happy, so utterly stupid that I wished some inhuman force would just kill them and begone with it. Nope, it didn't happen. Barty and Angel beat Cain by sending him to this other place that Barty and Angel can somehow enter. This 'other place' is never mentioned fully so it's immediately uninteresting to begin with, and they get married, have kids, and sooner or later, Barty regains his eyesight. Like a true Koontz book. It just happens.
For the heck of it, I forced myself to read the 32 reviews inserted in my paperback copy. I've noticed that most of these reviewers cannot be skeptics, simply because Global News Wire said, 'This book isn't for skeptics. You have to believe in miracles.' Are you implying that skeptics don't believe in miracles? Are you implying that the only people who read this guy's stuff are not skeptics? I am a skeptic and I do believe in miracles, but this book left me stranded in so many potholes that the only obvious answer in it screamed 'it just happens' and that's what miracles are, right? Things suddenly 'just happening'. No, I want an explained miracle of why this happened, not a bunch of ritzy, ditzy crap. Even miracles are explained. This one just didn't even show.
What made me laugh the hardest is that the reviews always stated that this book shows how people are really like. Have you looked into the mirror recently and said that with a straight face? Maybe the people in the book are just people you wish you were, or people you'd wish came upon in your lifetime. Koontz, do you honestly believe this is how people act? Mary sues and Sarah Lous populate this book by the thousands that it makes me laugh for the sheer stupidity of it, and makes me cry knowing that somewhere, a left-out writer holding the book that explains how savage people are is being left out and made fun of. But what can I say? It just happens.
I will wait for that day when he comes out with another stereotypical good guy character who has all of these good things and a stereotypical bad guy character who dresses all black and associates with the devil. Man, that would be such a classic, I can feel it now.
So what is it that makes Koontz so popular if he's such a sell-out? What makes people go back to the same stuff over and over? Who likes reading about characters with no flaws whatsoever and the bad guy is bad simply cause he's bad? Why doesn't this depress anyone who reads this and goes 'god, why am I not like that'? I can't seem to explain that, folks. It just...happens.
Deep Connection Sensed.......2007-05-05
Maybe it's because I'm physically disabled, but I really connected with the story here. My mother in particular used to tell me that I could do anything the other kids could do. I just might have to find a different way. Barty definitely found a "different way" to live his life.
Koontz, being of sound body and (questionably) sound mind, does a brilliant and accurate job of depicting the life of a disabled person. A person so tragically rendered into this world, facing the horrific set of circumstances with courage he doesn't even realize he possesses.
After the disappointing book that was FALSE MEMORY (it was disappointing to me, despite critical acclaim) I felt that this book was a refreshing "come back" of sorts for Koontz.
I would highly recommend that anyone read this book!
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Discover 75 of America's best out-of-the-way escapes -- from historic small towns and quaint villages to unspoiled coastal regions and remote deserts and mountain ranges.
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* Includes scenic itineraries, descriptive essays by seasoned travel writers, and easy-to-use, full-color maps that key you to the must-see sights.
* Detailed practical information highlights unique inns and B&Bs, annual festivals, hiking trails, antiquing -- everything you need to plan your perfect getaway.
* Vivid, color photos capture the beauty and special quality of each hidden corner.
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Here's a great book about some not well known great places........2002-07-24
Although you could probably find books on the Four corners, the Gulf Coast, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Chesapeake Bay, the Great Basin, the Ozarks, and the badlands/prairies of the Upper Midwest, it would take you a very long time, and a lot of money to find books covering these regions as well as they are covered in this single book.
As usual, the National Geographic photographers have done an excellent job, particularly with the Upper Peninsula and the Four Corners.
The text is simply excellent. The writers rhapsodically catch the essence of these lesser appreciated pieces of the American fabric, and of the lives of their inhabitants. I enjoyed this book for weeks after it came in the mail. I still do. This is truly an unqualified five-star book. Get one ASAP.
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From multi-platinum rap star C-Murder comes his debut novel--a gritty, compelling, and unforgettable story of surviving on the deadly streets of New Orleans...
There's A Time To Go Hard, And A Time To Chill...
The day the cops took his daddy away for murder, a new emotion gripped five-year-old Daquan Watson's heart: Hate. It would stay with him as he came up in The Calliope, New Orleans' most notorious, drug-infested housing projects, where every brother is a soldier goin' to war every day. Grandma Mama does her best to raise him the right way, but those streets keep calling. Trying to get ahead in such a harsh environment can make your heart turn cold--unless you learn how to listen to your guardian angel...
There's A Time To Take One For The Team...
But the violence at The Calliope is nothing compared to what Daquan experiences doing time at Scotland Correctional Center for youth, watching cats get stabbed over card games, young boys get raped, and racism of the worst kind, even from the black guards. A voice inside tells him he'd better learn to use his anger--instead of letting it use him, ya heard?
And A Time To Think For Yourself...
From the moment Daquan heard his first blast of hip hop, the music spoke to him, and for him. While his friends are getting their street hustle cracking, his way with words is leading him in another direction. With a good woman by his side, he's owning up to his responsibilities and building a new future with New Orleans' biggest rap label. But what about his homies in The CP3--will they ever be truly free? Daquan knows his hardened heart will never allow him to become a victim. He can only pray it won't allow him to become a predator...
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Our "Book of the Year" Selection Hands Down!.......2007-10-16
"Death Around the Corner" by C-Murder is easily Conversations Book Club's choice as "Book of the Year" for many reasons. We had the privilege of hosting C-Murder's trip to Mississippi October 11, 12, 2007 to promote the book, and we were blown away by his humble spirit and the passion he feels for the book. Something that many of us emulate.
"Death Around the Corner" is one of those books that you wish didn't have to be written because of its message that not all good people make good decisions. Such is the case with the main character. He is someone who knows what to do and not to do---but the call of the streets allows him to be caught up in situations that don't work for his benefit.
I found myself rereading the book a few times to try and understand why all of us---regardless of where we are from or our current circumstances---revert to a life or lifestyle that we know doesn't mean us any good.
Even though we might be blessed to have great people in our lives---people who care about us and want only the best for us--- it seems that we can't help but fall victim to circumstances.
One of the many lessons in "Death" that resonated with me personally is how our actions can affect those around us. It happened between the main character and his grandmother, as well as with his best friend. The same is true with all of us. Either in a good way or a not so good way, we have an affect on others. It is up to us to see how the things we do can lead to our happiness or just destroy us.
If you haven't read "Death Around the Corner" I advise that you put it on your "To Do" list for 2007. It is one book that covers a host of issues that all of us need to address in our lives.
Hotest Book.......2007-08-09
The book Death Around The Corner by C-Murder is about a boy named Daquan growing up in the hard streets of N.O. projects but for Daquan it wasn't always like that. When Daquan was 5 years old he witness his father getting taken away by the police for murder. Once his father was taken it went all downhill from there. Daquan's mother had left him and he was force to live with his grandmother and the mean streets of Calliope Projects, and the streets doesn't give nothing but takes everything.
While living with his Grandmother Daquan seen things kids his age would never see in there life time. Join Daquan as he leads you to a wild roller coaster ride about his life.
This book has got to be the hotest book of the summer. The way C-Murder wrote this book is making it seem like its REAL! This book is a real page-turner and the ending was like ....DAMN.... But Kudos to you C-Murder, and now you can add Author to your resume. 5 STARS!!!!
Good Book.......2007-05-28
I really enjoyed this book. It is very real and doesn't hold anything back. To be truthful the only reason i got it at first is because C-Murder is one of my favorite rappers so I wanted to just have it and see what it was about. But once I started reading it, it was very engaging and kept me wanting to read and see what was going to happen. So I do encourage others to get this book.
Breakthrough book.......2007-05-25
I had been anticipating this book for months, and the wait was worth it. C-Murder did a great job with this book.
Daquan witnessed murder at a young age, and grew up so fast when he moved with Grandma Mama in CP. Jerome helped him age quicker than Daquan needed too, but he adapted to his environment. It was hard to remember that Daquan was so young, because the things he saw and did in his young life, no one should have to ever go through, and some never will. But thats the game.
The book was so real and not hard to believe. The events were dipicted in such detail, but not overdone. A great read, and I hope this won't be C-Murder's only book. GREAT JOB!
C-Murder did his thing .......2007-05-07
Read the book about 2 or 3 days after I received, it was real easy reading. He could definetely make a movie out of this book. I recommend this to fans of Donald Goines, Nikki Taylor, and all the other real life reality authors.
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