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A decade ago, Tim Low journeyed to the remote northernmost tip of Australia. Instead of the pristine rain forests he expected, he found jungles infested with Latin American carpet grass and feral cattle. That incident helped inspire Feral Future, a passionate account of the history and implications of invasive species in that island nation, with consequences for ecological communities around the globe.
Australia is far from alone in facing horrific ecological and economic damage from invading plants and animals, and in Low's capable hands, Australia's experiences serve as a wake-up call for all of us. He covers how invasive species like cane toads and pond apple got to Australia (often through misguided but intentional introductions) and what we can do to stop them. He also covers the many pests that Australia has exported to the world, including the paperbark tree (Melaleuca) that infests hundreds of thousands of acres in south Florida.
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Ecological Thought: An Introduction
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An accessible introduction to the implications of ecology for social and political thought. The book surveys debates about values in nature, the meaning of sustainable development, and such questions as whether human rights are compatible with ecological responsibilities. Sensitive throughout to the social dimension of ecological problems, it also develops a theoretical framework for ecological politics.
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Green Political Thought: An Introduction
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This highly acclaimed introduction to green political thought is now available in a new edition, having been fully revised and updated to take into account the areas which have grown in importance since the first edition was published.
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Andrew Dobson's highly acclaimed Green Political Thought is now available in a new edition. It has been fully revised and updated to take into account those areas that have grown in importance since the last edition was published.
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T. R. New
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Defensive Halfback Fundamentals and Techniques
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A great primer..........2007-04-01
I picked this book up a few years ago when I first got into NLP, and although not an NLP book, it does involve accelerated learning principles, and some interesting ideas of precognitive function. For a start, this is what I would call more of a "primer" type book. It's enough to wet your appetite to learn more *IF* you give the contents a fair shot and have enough behavioral flexibility to try the system without getting impatient for results.
Obviously, as interesting as the concept is in book form, you are better off getting the audio system or going to a live seminar. Are they more expensive and time consuming? I would assume so, but realize this: there is no such thing as quick and easy without a lot of effort and tweaking up front, then all things seem quick and easy. :)
It Improves you !.......2007-02-02
This is a real book, and I belive on PhotoReading techniques, But this book is not enough to get the SKILL, you need practice and trainer, Buy this book and Invest on T.M. technique too, It will boost your performance, To read about T.M. you can easily search in Amazon,Google, or Live. Good Luck
Photo Reading.......2006-11-10
I'm not sure I buy into his theory on the subconcious ability to absorb the material as he suggests. Other parts of his techniques are similar to other speed reading program
photoreading is an advanced concept, but not here..........2006-10-22
Photoreading is quite an advanced concept of the future of reading. There is no doubt that it can happen, but it takes much more than a book stating how amazing the idea is to actually happen. This book does not provide any real instruction on photoreading. It just hypes up the concept. Perhaps it may inspire an inventor to come up with a way in which to implement a real photoreading strategy/ tactic in educational methods...?
PhotoReading actually works. Donald Mitchell can do it. So can you!.......2006-10-06
I attended the four-day PhotoReading workshop in early 1992 under the instruction of the co-developer of the technology, Patricia Danielson. In fact, I was the organiser of that first PhotoReading workshop in Singapore & simultaneously, I was also one of the thirty like-minded participants. [It is pertinent to mention that I also started a small bookstore at about the same time. I love to read & so I thought a book store would certainly help to fuel & bankroll my reading hobbies.]
Frankly speaking, I had very ambivalent feelings after the workshop. This was partly due to my training as an engineer, since my logical mind kept censoring my thoughts & actions. I even had problems viewing the random dot stereograms as part of the training in developing 'soft focus'. It was only about one year later that I started to embrace the PhotoReading techniques. What I had done was just learning to let go...to get on with the PhotoReading tasks as instructed in the program...to go with flow, so to say...& stop myself from 'intellectualising' every move I made along the way. I managed to see the random dot stereograms without even 'trying'. I finally succeeded in PhotoReading. Since then, my reading pursuits went into warp speeds.
Therefore, I can relate quickly to many reviewers who threw pot shots at the PhotoReading book.
Here, I want to share with readers how to go about it, based on my personal experience. Actually, Donald Mitchell, founder of The Billionaire Entrepreneurs Master Mind, had already outlined how he had done it in his very positive review of PhotoReading. Please read his review first.
There are seven important process stages or steps in achieving PhotoReading:
1. Enter a resourceful state of mind, by practising a simple relaxation sequence & then using the Tangerine technique; [It is important to note than a relaxed mind is an alert mind.]
2. Define your purpose for reading, by asking a) what is the significance of this reading material, b) how much time am I prepared to invest in reading it? c) do I need a global overview or detailed information? d)what do I already know about this reading material?; [It is important to note that your purpose actually activates the reticular activating system in your brain, which therefore acts like a servo-mechanism, exactly like the one in a Tomahawk missile!]
3. Design a road map by doing a quick preview/inview/overview of the book - look at the table of contents, if any, preface, introduction, chapter outlines, paragraph headings/sub-headings, graphical illustrations or pictures, key words in caps or italics, bulleted points, book or chapter summaries &/or review/discussion questions, if any, marginal notations, boxed selections, even the index, also the first & last sentences of key passages; all these little 'signposts' will trigger &/or create some sort of prior knowledge, allowing you to know what you don't know, what you need to know, what you want to know...you can view this step as a reconnaisance of the (book) terrain;
4. PhotoRead by adopting a 'soft-focus' view of the page (to be precise, it's just a wide angle view, with your peripheral vision playing a major role, in contrast to your focused vision) in the reading material & turn over the pages in a gentle rhythmic manner, then follow up with a Rapid Read; [It is pertinent to note that this process step is relatively similar to those reading methods of recognised experts like Evelyn Wood, Stephen Berg & Peter Kump, although they don't use fancy terms to denote.]
5. Pause to read & then annotate important passages; a good strategy is to use a pencil as a pacer, which is my favourite personal approach;
6. Personalise your information by creating mindmaps or using visual tools, by making use of the annotated information as key ideas;
7. Review/Reflect on your mind-maps & synthesise the key ideas or points, with a short summary, if possible;
The 'heartbeat' of the PhotoReading program lies at & between stage 1 & stage 5. As you complete your PhotoRead manoeuvre with 'soft focus', you generate an unconscious holographic blueprint of the book terrain, with all the little sign-posts in their places. It may be fuzzy but it's still there in your mind. When you Rapid Read, your prior knowledge from the blueprint, will guide you, in a conscious mode, as you navigate the book terrain again. You will instinctively slow down when you come across or recognise passages that have relevance to your purpose. In other words, your servo mechanism kicks into homing mode the moment you start to Rapid Read.
Research has shown that 4 to 11% of any given text contains the key words or phrases. Put it in another way, the 80/20 rule or Pareto's Law applies also to reading. One of the hallmarks of high performance reading is always going after the key ideas, which are often embodied in the key words or phrases. Applying the 80/20 Rule, these key words or phrases generally account for 20% of all the words within the given text & yet they hold 80% of the total meaning within the given text.
All these PhotoReading stuff may seem far fetched. All of us have been to the supermarket or hypermarket as we tag along with our spouses. As we move from aisle to aisle leisurely, our eyes (focused as well as peripheral vision) are always scanning the entire environment, with all the sensory impressions, consciously & unconsciously. Invariably, our spouses may turn around & say "Hey, we need to replenish this or that item." Instinctively, we often can direct them to the proper aisle & the correct shelf to retrieve the needed items. How is this possible? Research has shown that whatever falls within our entire field of vision, especially when we are taking our own sweet time, is always captured in our mind. The question is how & where to retrieve them. A relaxed & resourceful state of mind holds the vital key. This applies also to idea generation.
A lot of people thinks that the 'soft focus' in PhotoReading is simply hocus pocus. In reality, it is an ancient technique already practised by North American natives as they stalk wild animals. To them, it is 'the eye of the tracker.' Today, US Secret Service & FBI agents use the same technique to weed out potential assassins hiding among the crowds. They call it 'splatter vision.' Army snipers are trained to use it to spot enemy targets in both jungle & urban warfare environments. Have you watched Tom Berenger playing the hardened veteran army sniper in the 'Sniper' movie & its two sequels? In the martial world, it's called 'soft eyes'. Legendary Japanese combat strategist during the sixteenth century, Miyamoto Mushashi, had documented this technique in his famous 'Book of Five Rings.' Have you ever watched the late Bruce Lee & his stealthy anticipatory 'Jeet-kune-do' moves on TV & in the movies? In his book, 'The Tao of Jeet Kune Do', Bruce Lee apparently described his combat technique as 'diffused attention.'
The same technique, called 'soft gaze', facilitates the viewing of random dot stereograms. Just think about it: How is it that the human mind can discern a 3-D picture apparently hidden among all the dots?
A lot of people, including myself at first, get turned off by the Tangerine technique. Actually all of us already practised the Tangerine technique in our daily lives, unconsciously of course.
Let me use an analogy to explain. When we drive a car or ride a bicycle on the road, our mind through our visual attention is always focused on the road, at a moving & floating point which is about 30-40 metres ahead of our vehicle. Yet, our eyes are always 'roving' about...looking at the instrument panel (in a car); at the rear view mirror (in a car; on a bicycle, we turn our head to look back momentarily); at the wing mirror on either side (of the car); sometimes, looking at the front seat passenger (in a car); sometimes, something fancy in front of our vehicle or alongside our vehicle strikes our eyes...but our eyes always instinctively fall back to focusing on the road ahead from time to time, at the moving & floating point & yet our vehicle does not even move in a zig-zag manner...sometimes, we pass or turn through 2 or 3 road intersections (with traffic lights) without even realising it. Bear in mind that our powerful unconscious mind is constantly processing all these vital as well as trivial information.
If I draw an imaginary straight line from the moving & floating point on the road all the way back through our eyes, it will come out of our head, just above & just behind it, where the tangerine is supposed to be positioned. It is this imaginary tangerine that helps us to maintain the 'soft focus', while driving (or riding a bicycle) & also while doing all those little tasks I have just described. It keeps us on track on what we are doing, unconsciously. This is also how it works when we read a book. The imaginary tangerine helps the reader to maintain the 'soft focus'. Get it, now?
I trust I have enlightened readers on this working mechanism of PhotoReading. I want to say this: There is no vodoo in PhotoReading & Paul Scheele is definitely not a con artist!
PhotoReading actually works. I can do it. Donald Mitchell can do it. (Please read his very positive review.) So can you!
The book by Paul Scheele, the principal developer of the technology, captures the essence of PhotoReading very well. It's also very easy to read. It also introduces another useful technique called 'Syntopic Reading', which actually has its origins in Mortimer Adler's 'How to Read a Book', written in the 40's. I wish to add that with PhotoReading techniques, your 'Syntopic Reading' can move exponentially.
Let me share with readers some vital research findings pertaining to high performance reading, some of which have already been mentioned in the book:
- The mind moves by bounds;
- The mind uses peripheral vision to anticipate what is coming next;
- The mind is faster than the eye;
- The mind can grasp up to fifteen words at a glance;
- It's OK to sift & select as well as read at different speeds;
- Reading faster means better understanding;
- Understanding takes less time than reading;
- The mind moves spontaneously from synthesis to analysis;
- Reading is personal - our past history determines our reading habits;
- Context gives meaning to words;
- The meaning might lie ahead;
- The mind needs a purpose - & precise commands;
- The printed word is not sacred - it's there to be challenged!
- AVOID subvocalistion;
- AVOID regression;
Have great fun with PhotoReading!
My final advice to interested readers: Don't get too engrossed or obsessed with fancy terms in the book, like "25,000 words per minute", "one page per second", "mentally photographing"...just enjoy & stay with the reading process as described in the book &/or in this review. Accept the fact that the mind has the innate ability to absorb & process information at very high speeds! For a moment, just imagine how Gary Kasparov could out-smart & out-manoeuvre IBM Deep Blue in their first man-machine contest over a chess game in 1989. (He lost in subsequent contests because machines got more powerful processors - with evaluation capabilities, could not get intimidated by him, & could not get tired at all!).
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Greetings from Andy: Christmas at Tiffany's
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Before achieving fame and glory as a leading Pop artist, Andy Warhol was a successful commercial artist who contributed illustrations to women's magazines and designed windows and promotional materials for department stores. Among his clients was Tiffany & Co., for whom he created a series of designs for holiday greeting cards. The whimsical drawings and paintings he produced for Tiffany's Christmas cards are the subject of this charming gift book.
Exuberant cherubs and acrobats, a reindeer snacking on watermelon, a playful monkey dangling an ornament from its tail, a gold-embossed Nativity, a high-heeled red ankle boot stuffed with holly, and Santa's sleigh packed with presents are among the 50 black-and-white and color illustrations featured here. In his preface, John Loring, Tiffany's design director, recounts the artist's working relationship with the famed luxury retailer through entertaining anecdotes and quotes from those who knew Warhol. Andy's own bon mots about Christmas, sprinkled throughout the book, add to the appeal of this sweetly irreverent confection. AUTHOR BIO: John Loring, Tiffany's design director for the past 25 years, is the author of this season's Greetings from Andy: Christmas at Tiffany's and seven previous Abrams books, including Tiffany in Fashion, Tiffany Flora & Fauna, Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co. , and Tiffany's 20th Century. He lives in New York City.
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