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I first bought this book as I considered opening a vintage goods shop with my mother. It was such a good resource, we each wanted our own copy. I found the information to be very useful as we mapped out our business plan and eventually opened our little shop.
The shop eventually closed when we had to give up our location, and cancer claimed Mom's life. I have been feeling the urge to have a shop again lately, and wanted to re-read the book. Apparently I've lent it to someone who never returned it to me! Mom's copy was nowhere to be found either, so I ordered another copy. A small price to pay for the information and guidance imparted within.

I just found this charming, useful and inspirational book on sale at a local book store. This collaborated effort by a Victoria Magazine contributor and successful small business owners like Debby DuBay, retired United States Air Force officer, was absolutely inspirational and had so many useful tips for a new business owner such as myself. I found information on my business plan and the small business administration, etc. In addition, I tried to contact many of the contributors to the book, but most I could not contact. I boldly contacted Ms. DuBay who enthusiastically provided me with many helpful tips on my new business! I love this book and highly recommend it for all! It is a timeless book!

Purchased this book in Limoges Antiques Shop, Andover, MA from one of the contributors; Debby Dubay, ret, USAF and author of her own series on collecting Limoges porcelain. This book is remarkable and if you are considering starting your own business or turning your passion into a profession this book is a must. Debby DuBay credits The Business of Bliss and Victoria Magazine for her success - but her input was invaluable with the success of this publication.

Wow! If you need a guide on how to turn your passion into a profession - I recommend this book. The experts have been used to provide input, and I love Debby DuBay's story in this book and in The Business of Bliss. The information provided about the Small Business Association is the best and I received a low documentation loan following the outline in this book! I owe my success to Janet and Ms DuBay. Highly recommend this book.

Written by the editors of Victoria Magazine who collaborated with successful women such as author, shop owner, retired Air Force Officer and Veteran Debby DuBay this book is a must. I have tried getting in contact with Victoria Magazine to no avail, but a few of the women they highlighted are still available to mentor women like myself. I am a professional woman who wanted to turn a passion into a career and Ms DuBay has been my mentor. Thanks to this book I was able to contact her. Highly recommend this book.

This book is excellent for fencers interested in physical fitness. This book helped me become quicker and more agile, and on a personal level just plain stronger overall. I'd highly recommend it, these guys know what they are talking about.

What a masterpiece! This is the number one book for all fencing enthusiasts. This book helped me with both strength and agility and it can help you too. Don't miss out on this gem of a book, I'll guarantee it helps you in your matches.

This is the best book I've found on this subject and is tailor-made for exactly what fencers need! I would definitely recommend this book without hesitation! It's a steal!

I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in improving their fencing. Now that my fitness has improved, so has my agility and my athleticism. This is a great book and it has really helped me!

I first found out about this series of book when I purchased the WeighTraining for Football book for my son. I was pleased to see that there was one for fencing. As an avid recreational and competitive fencer, I found that this book made serious suggestions that a true student of fencing should follow!

This short and concise book should be on the required reading list for all business school students and faculty,accountants, lawyers,CEO"s,CFO"s, corporate directors and shareholders. It emphasizes thhe view that there are other measurements of corporate responsibility than the "bottom line".

Such ideas as openbook accounting,executive pay for performance,independent outside directors,workforce diversity,and shareholder rights are advocated.

[...]"Value-led".

An extremely thoughtful, timely and portable book, very well documented. Should have been required reading for some very prominent business executives,accountants, investors who lacked perspective on what a value led organization could be. This is also important reading for the person who runs or is starting a small business, or not-for-profit organization. Particularly interesting is the chapter on E Dimension or the role the internet will play in the company's strategies. Carefully computing and comparing the cost benefits of various implementation modes is stressed. Hundreds of important issues are discussed, as for example, the efficacy of having workers tele-commute. Bloxham points out the pros and cons of these arrangements, and notes that a value led organization must weigh these factors before making a decision. Another key area is the discussion on globalization-must reading for a business person hoping to expand across national borders. If the book has a flaw, it is that the topic raised could all be greatly expanded and this reader feels a certain frustration in not being able to contact the author and discuss an issue in depth. But of course the book is intended to be an overview. On the basis of this I would also recommend the book to business students, because it will lead them to fruitful and in depth study of the more important issues facing entrepreneurship today.

Value-Led Organizations, by Eleanor Bloxham is a must for all companys, organiztions and those interested in money management. If corporations such as we have read, and heard about so often in the news these past few months had heeded what is expounded on in this book, we would not be in the terrible mess we now are. A must reading for financial people.

As an engineer I appreciate this well-organized book with its emphasis on the important elements of stewardship. It carefully explains the duties of management required for care over all of the resources entrusted to them. The key concepts of value enhancement and then implementation of the theory are dealt with in detail. Examples and illustrations abound. Yet, the book is short enough to be a good read on a plane trip. Anyone responsible for planning and executing a strategy for business success will find this book an excellent source of inspiration.

Today more than ever, corporate directors must focus their oversight efforts on organizational "value," ensuring maximum long-term returns to investors. As a guide for value-led organizations, this book is a gem: small--yet valuable, durable, bright, and multifaceted. Its 100+ pocket-sized pages compactly combine practical applications, theoretical foundations, and intelligent insights--all from a corporate director who knows how to think like a fiduciary, responding to multiple constituencies (e.g., both stockholders and employees) along multiple dimensions (e.g., both finance and ethics): 25-karat!

This is a masterful book full of poignancy, humor and the kind of suspense we experience in the normal path of life. Richard Haddaway has a great ability to draw characters who live. His descriptions of places and situations are vivid and compelling.

I found it hard to put the book down. I wish there were more. And I hope a movie will be made of this book.

Read it!

Really enjoyed this book. Had a hard time putting it down.

I'm a pretty picky reader...anything I read must be well written, interesting, intriguing and meaningful. This wonderful novel is exactly that for me and well worth reading. The character development is excellent. You won't want to put this book down once you start reading. The book very much comes alive the more you read. Even if you are not a Texan or have no knowledge or exposure to the unique culture of Texas, you'll love this one! Haddaway nails it!

Generally, university press novels have a hard time getting the attention
they deserve, except, of course, for THE CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES, the
posthumous novel published a dozen years ago by LSU Press. Too bad, as
sometimes one reads a novel such as WHERE THE RIVER BENDS and feels it's not
going to get the coverage it deserves because of the size of its publisher
(SMU Press).

But this book ranks with Philip Roth's DYING ANIMAL and the new novel
PRAGUE, which I have just read, as well as EMPIRE FALLS by Russo--which, by
the way, I do not regard as a "regional novel" even though it is all about
Maine. Nor do I regard WHERE THE RIVER BENDS as a regional novel, even
though it is all about Texas. Novels with hefty themes and universal
characters transcend their setting. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool New Englander,
and I loved this book. Let's hope the wider public takes notice of it. -- A
reader from Arlington, Vermont.

Set in Texas from the 1950s to the 1990s, Where The River Bends by Texas native and journalist Richard Haddaway is the compelling novel of a rich family dominated by its stern and rigid-minded patriarch. Alcoholism, despair, and the challenge to rise above one's family shadow mark this determined generational journey that captures family conflict and the essence of the human spirit. Very highly recommended reading, Where The River Bends clearly documents Richard Haddaway as a considerable literary talent.

Christy Scheck did not have to die. The mental health system is getting better but there is so far to go. Especially in the eyes of the public. People with mental illness are not lepers, they just need medicine as a diabetic needs insulin. The general public is so ill-informed. This book is about this young girl who got caught up in the protocol of management and money and greed, and she did not have to die. There is hope and with movies like A Beautiful Mind and Girl, Interrupted and others, like Mike Wallace and Kim Basinger to bring mental health to the forefront of society, it will not hide behind the doors any longer, and will be dealt with in the dignified manner it deserves.

It's amazing and truly sad what greed and money does to people, at the expense of someone else's life and a families happiness.

I can relate to this book. The author did a fabulous job bringing this story to life. I was actually encouraged to write the book about the wrongful death of my son from reading this book. More books need to be written like this. It proves to the world that one should never put all their faith in a doctor or the system. Hats off to you.

I was one of those kids in Southwood. Wow does this book bring it back and now it all makes sense to me.

i read an article in Roling stone.. it in first paragraph stated the parents took this kid out of soccer coed... or something of that nature.. mostlikely the parents have all to do more with the death as much as the hospitals who take advantage .
i happend to be a honors student in art school no drugs or alchol and recovering frm bulima when my father intended to keep me from school by trying to tell a doctor iwas ill.despite he was told to leave me alone .. the next fifteen years of my life were draged into hospitals on lies and hysteria. i was subject to for no reason .. ect. and drugs and i had nt even suffered depression i was a higly educated and adjsuted happy person till my father began to do this.. he admitted this to but not to doctors my father was a md so it was easy to get away with this . my fahter was also a food aholic and gamblerand sick.. see a movie called terror in the family it goes into the lies parents tell of children and who realy is the sick person...
my life was destroyed by these places and i saw first hand what goes on and parents who realy need the places not kids who ar exposed to sick families dysfunction who are basicly reacting to an illness.....
they realy need to have the parents admitted along side the kid id they do this ...
i was kept sick for 115 years and negelcted of anything i said that would have saved me . as a reslut my life suffered ill from truama.... i saved my own life when i escaped this cycle of doctors looking for insurance. butthe effects of damge it left on my life eventuly despite i live about four to five years very happy super healty like i was before this happened i will now die from thethings that were done to me inthe years i was [mistreated] by this system.....
parents have all todo with this kids death .. if they were functional parents they would not need a shrink . they mighttry communcation and being honest with them self.. somewhere they failed and it is not just the system...

WOW - this book is amazing! Marty gets what most business Gurus do not - it's all about you! This book reduces the usually complicated methodology of business wisdom to the simplest common denominator! No kidding, if you have a business or are looking to start one - this book is a must!

Many people dream of starting their own business but feel that they don't have the book or street smarts to be successful in business for themselves. Marty Grunder's new book titled The 9 Super Simple Steps to Entrepreneurial Success tells you that neither book nor street smarts is the key to success but rather several easily digestible steps are the necessary keys to become successful in your entrepreneurial venture. Marty basically tells you that whoever performs the basics of entrepreneurship the best will be successful. The book provides numerous examples of how people started businesses in various industries and how they applied the 9 Super Simple Steps. You will also find that suceeding in business is like winning a basketball game. Nine times out of ten you will find the team that makes the most free throws in a game comes away the winner. A free throw is a simple fundamental part of the game that more often then not is not practiced nor emphasized enough. In the same vain, 9 Super Simple Steps to Entrepreneurial Success tells you how to apply and master the basics of business ownership to whatever venture you are planning to start. No fluff. Just basic truths exposed in real life.

Although most "Success" books are helpful, Mr. Grunder's book provides not only solid, very basic guidelines for entrepreneurial success, but also provides the inspiration each of us needs to keep the fire going as we develop our business. His steps are clearly stated, his examples are enlightening, and his sense of humor helps keep the reader on track in keeping things in perspective. The book is an easy read, is a great reference for reinforcement of ideas, would be a super tool for training "team members" of any company, and is a true page-turner! Clearly, Mr. Grunder has provided a much needed resource for all companies to follow--making customer service a priority along with the success of the business--one can not happen without the other!!

What does motivation and landscaping have in common? Read Martin J. Grunder Jr's book and you'll find out!

This book is unusual because it's written by a person who created a landscaping company -- not a high-powered Fortune 500 CEO. That's not to say Mr. Grunder's a slouch! He's got a university degree majoring in business to back him.

Mr. Grunder's nine super simple steps to entrepreneurial success are not totally revolutionary to anyone who has spent time studying the topic of being an enterprenaur.

Mr. Grunder brings a combination of motivational encouragement and simple down home truths that can help a person to be a better entrepreneur and business person.

For instance, the Chapter "Get Paid to Learn" suggests that a budding entrepreneur should spend some time working in the field of their chosen passion to both learn the ropes and determine if their passion is truly lifelong. That's a good idea, but a fairly commonly understood one.

Chapter "Ask Questions" seemes to be the most important chapter. Mr. Grunder asserts that we should never be afraid to ask questions, gain knowledge and learn best practices from our mentors and competitors. Excellent advice.

Mr. Grunder even offers a free critique. Just fill out the form in the back of the book and mail it in for some free feedback from the author. Beware, you may find yourself mentioned in his next book!

This is a good read for entrepreneurs who need to revisit the basics and build up their motivation and courage.

If you want a simple, practical book to help you achieve your ultimate goals in your business, then you must pick up Martin Grunder's book, "The 9 Super Simple Steps to Entrepreneurial Success." It's living proof that anyone can make it. And I do mean ANYONE. When I worked as a National Trainer for the well renowned, Tony Robbins, I found that most people believe that only extraordinary people or highly talented, smart individuals have the ability to become successful. Mr. Grunder proves with his research and stories that ordinary people can become millionaires and they don't need to be a "rocket scientist" to do it either. This is a quick, easy read and it was hard to put down! With the thousands of business/personal development books that I've read, I truly believe Mr. Grunder's ranks up there with the best. Therefore, I feel compelled to tell you that this really is a must read and to order this book because you will quickly find that the ideas in this book will help you to grow your business immediately. It's living proof that anyone can make it!

This was just a fun book to read! It brings a very cute story together with the feel of the North Country. The Adirondacks are my favorite place to visit and Rebecca Leonard got it right.

My daughter and I hunkered down one blustery winter night and as is our custom we had a glass of milk and read a book. Fortunately, this night we chose to read a recently purchased copy of "Adirondack Halloween". It was wonderful. The characters were interesting, the accurate references to the area were very good and the suspenseful tone was fulfilling. I especially enjoyed " the spooky walk home from the diner."
Some of my fondest childhood memories are of books that I read as a child that had a special kind of magic that keeps my joy of having read them alive to this day. I believe that for my daughter, this was one of those experiences. Easily one of the best "quick reads" I've had in a long time.

A nice spooky story that appeals to a wide audience. I loved the Adirondack theme and it really was spooky for this eighty-something reader!

Not too spooky for a wide age range. Catches local "Michigan" flavor; did he like it ? Awesome illustrations.

This is one of the best "spooky" Adirondack tales I have read in years. Being from the region makes it even more exciting to read. The illustrations completed the perfect reading experience!!! Although it is aimed at a younger audience, anyone, young, or old, with a love of the Adirondacks and an exciting tale will surely enjoy the journey of this book.

Orlando, FL- We've all heard amazing tales of people performing incredible feats of courage, survival, or superhuman strength in life-threatening situations--a swimmer who wrestles a shark and wins, a frail, elderly woman who batters a would-be attacker, or a mother who carries her injured child for miles to seek help. While some of these jaw-dropping tales turn out to be urban legends, when you hear these fantastic accounts of bravery, you can't help but wonder; how far would you go to rescue or save a loved one?

That's one of the primary questions author J.A. Leary raises in his new book, The Angel Hunter. Most medical experts chalk up those bursts of extraordinary strength to a momentary rush of adrenalin. However, the effects of the so-called `fight or flight instinct' are short-lived, lasting long enough to remove you from the dangerous situation. But Leary explores what happens when people need more than that one-time surge of super hero strength to save those they love the most.

A nail-biting saga of a mother's unwavering devotion for her twin infants, The Angel Hunter probes the depths of love, bravery, and family bonds. The novel's heroine, Victoria Hunter, is a recently widowed young mother mourning her husband's death. Then her world is shattered yet again when someone, or something, kidnaps her twin sons. The mysterious kidnapping catapults Victoria into a frightening and dangerous new reality. Her agony is magnified when everyone around her fears that she may have harmed or murdered her baby boys.

"We've all experienced rough times in our lives," says Leary. "Some of us have triumphed over enormous loss or heart-breaking tragedy, and it's truly a testament to the resiliency of the human soul. So for this story, I was interested in exploring what happens when you're shaken to the core of your very being. And that's what happens to Victoria."
While Victoria struggles to prove she's not to blame for her boys' bizarre disappearance, she begins unraveling a dark family secret. As she ruthlessly forges ahead in her quest to bring her boys home, Victoria must confront the painful and sinister truth about herself and her sons' destiny.

"To me, one of the most fascinating, universal questions we ask is whether a person can be inherently good or inherently evil," says Leary. "And that's a question that we've debated for centuries. Was Hitler born evil? What about Stalin--was he capable of goodness? And on the flip side, did Gandhi or Mother Teresa possess an innate goodness? Then if you want to take that another step, you have to wonder how goodness or evil might affect our ability to cope with a crisis, or face dangerous situations."

Although most us will hopefully never find ourselves running into a burning building to save our child, or trying to carry an injured spouse down a treacherous mountainside, we'd all like to believe that we could harness that super-human strength to save our loved ones.

I consider myself an avid reader and have a personal library in my house. A frend tipped me off to this new author and I'm on the edge of my chair waiting for his next book. It is packed with gripping suspense. It's a fast-paced thrill ride. YOU MUST READ THIS ONE.

The strongest element of this story is J.A. Leary's ability to transport the reader to time and place. I've visited the Notre Dame campus for a brief tour when I attended a christening many years ago, but it was nothing compared to the exquisite details portrayed in this mysterious tale. (I confess what made the strongest impression on me was "touchdown Jesus!") But now I want to go back and see the grotto--the setting at the center of The Angel Hunter.

Short chapters weave together the characters--Victoria and her babies, as well as her mother, the FBI agent investigating the disappearance of her twins, the priests embroiled with the history and goings on of the grotto, the doctor looking into the presumed case of postpartum depression to name a few. Leary's disciplined writing is rich in detail and feeling. The story moves forward quickly, laying out the details in a way that makes what is actually a bizarre tale highly believable.

Reading this novel was an interesting departure from a summer filled with memoirs and women's fiction. It was both creative and intelligent and J.A. Leary is clearly a talented novelist. I'm really looking forward to next book.

The Angel Hunter kept me intrigued from the very first page! I am now reading this book for a second time and find so much depth in this novel! The story weaves it's way through so many levels and leaves the reader wanting more! I can't wait for the sequal, or better yet, I can't wait for the movie! J.A. Leary is destined to be an author who will become a household name some day!

I just finished your book. It took me a while to read it, as I had to
stop and think about some of it quite a bit. My comment is WOW! I
have done a lot of reading and am familiar with some of the books you
had mentioned. I also believe the premise that we only "reap what we
sow" in this world of ours. But now I have to go out and get hold of
a couple more so that I can answer some of the questions your book has
raised.

My hope for your book is three-fold. One, I hope everyone enjoyed it
as much as both my husband and I did, two, that it makes people stop and think about their beliefs, and their lives and the world we live in,
and three - that it's a fantastic seller!

Anyway, we both really enjoyed it, and have had a few conversations
about it. I really can't wait for The Tantalus Key.

If you're a small company (or maybe an eBay Power Seller) auctioning online, this book can take you up a level. Also a good book for medium to large companies that want to use online auctions to establish another selling venue and to gain new customers.

This book is quite useful if you want and/or need an overall introduction to the Auction Process both in the Business field and in the private management of eBay auctions.
I used it for understanding how companies organize their e-procurement.In particular this book is among those few dealing with Covisint, which is a common auction platform for automotive brands.
It starts with very simple concepts and classifications of auctions and ends up with real examples. I would rather advise "The Auction-App" only for those who want to get in touch with B2B approach to auctions.It does really worth its price.

This book is too basic if you're counting on it to earn big bucks. It does touch a few aspects of opening a online auction business - finding the right marketplace, marketing, etc. However, the lessons are too basic which I think most of us already knew it without reading this book.

The biggest benefit of this book is lots of examples & reference. About 1/3 to 1/2 of the book is case studies, resources/reference. So you're already know how to run online acution business but just lack of information, this is it. If not, better look somewhere else.

I only recommend this book to people who know about online auction business but just don't have time to collect information themselves. This is an easy solution.

If you're a small company (or maybe an eBay Power Seller) auctioning online, this book can take you up a level. Also a good book for medium to large companies that want to use online auctions to establish another selling venue and to gain new customers.

Harden does it again. Mr. Harden, the Internet Marketing expert and author of "Net Results" and "Net Results 2" (books that set the standard for setting up company web sites and THE primer of Internet Marketing), has focused on the niche, but growing, Internet segment of Auctions. Whether you're a "consumer buyer," the owner of a "Mom & Pop" store (who might sell trading cards, comics or antiques) or the Sales executive of a manufacturing company who needs to move excess inventory, everyone can learn how to make auctions build revenue and increase the customer base for their enterprise. With the Internet, and company, large or small, can gain worldwide attention (and business) through advertising their products via various auction sites. From one-time customers those companies can now develop on-going relationships and referrals. Thinking of starting your own home-based business? Look at what you can advertise and sell via Internet auction sites. Did I mention the minimal cost of auctions "advertising" vs. the more traditional forms of newspaper ads, yellow pages, direct or co-op mail, etc.? Harden leaves nothing out. Auctions provide one of the most cost-effective marketing media available; lower cost marketing = greater profits. As a Vice President of a sizable regional company, I'm glad I've got "The Auction-App" on my "refer to again and again" book shelf.

A great collection of information, but I'm struggling to keep up on all these publications and which one is the best. Too many baseball books giving you the same thing for about the same price. And this one doesn't really stand-out.

As a veteran fantasy leaguer and two-time defending league champion, I have been looking to broaden my horizons when it comes to projecting player stats. This was my first year buying Shandler's book, and I am amazed at the wealth of valuable information he includes.

In his projections, Shandler includes a host of statistical measures that you won't find anywhere else, and they have led me to a lot of insights I wouldn't have had without the book. The highlight for me was the PQS pitching log, which turns a subjective look at starting pitcher performance into a valuable quantitative tool. I also enjoyed the essays that he and his staff put together, looking into the minutia of baseball performance.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants to gain an edge in fantasy baseball or to anyone with an unsatisfied curiosity about predicting baseball players' stats.

I started participating in fantasy baseball last year. It was a great time, but I became inundated with magazines and endless articles on what to do. It was too overwhelming that in retro I choked when it came to picks from rounds 5-10.
This book puts the mind at ease and also is a great read if you're getting into baseball and wanna understand the natural progression of talent and skill. Yes, it does come with an oh-so-handy spreadsheet and chart, but it does give you the tools needed to make educated choices and sleeper choices that are above "sleeper" quality.
Definitely a great tool to use and parlay come draft day. If anything you'll appreciate the number 26!

I just got the 2005 Baseball Forecaster. The tech analysis is great and it broken down very well.

It wiil be a great addition to your fantasty baseball draft overall.

Have subscribed to Shandler's Forecaster since 1997. Believe me, I've been through all the other mags and publications, both by noted fantasy gurus such as Bill James, John Benson, etc in addition to Spoting News, Fantasy Sports and so on. I still read and buy the others, as I consider them interesting and enjoyable reads. Yet, when I want the crucial info that will lead me to league titles, I refer to Baseball HQ. The Forecaster has guided my preseason and in season ship for 6 yrs now. The best, no questions asked. Projections based on empirical data, trends and base skill indicators. I could go on and on..... Play Ball!!!!!!!