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From the jump, you are in the action in this book. However, if you don't know military acronyms or can't pick them up quickly, you'll be lost. If you do or can, you are in for adrenalized enjoyment.
The now-obsolete hazardous task of airborne Forward Air Controller is material for a thrill ride of a read. Harrison's memoir exploits the material, but in a good way.
He opens in the action; he's flying a routine mission, putting in air strikes in a spot where the enemy probably isn't to be found. You are right in the cockpit with him when a stray bomb suddenly ignites a major battle. His failure to conclude this combat is a nice simile for the inconclusiveness of military action in Vietnam.
The next section, where Harrison pulls you back into the run-up to the battle, spares us the childhood stuff with his dog, parents, school, ad nauseam. By taking us instead through FAC training, it settles into the Air Force culture of pilotdom and quickly accomplishes the dual tasks of accustoming us to his viewpoint and pulling us quickly back to Vietnam.
Along the way, Harrison shows us both the camaraderie among pilots and the decisions he has to make as a commander managing the pilots and men who work for him.
He segues into flying covert operations for the CIA. When I came to this part, I expected these espionage missions into Cambodia to be comparable to the Raven FAC missions in Laos. Much to my surprise, they were more like the Jedburgh agent deliveries of World War II.
The book ends inconclusively with the loss of his wedding band while boarding his airplane home. It left me wondering if he had received a Dear John.
While this book has no blinding revelations, it is a good-humored modest account of his service with a knack for vivid phrases. Let me give two examples:
On his way home, a clerk exclaims that Harrison has a Silver Star, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and a raft of smaller decorations. Harrison's reply is, Hurry up with the paperwork that gets me home.
Vivid phrases: try "Shell holes dotted the base camp like pimples on a teenager."
All in all, a good book. Also, if you enjoy this sort of tale, you might try In the Black by Joe Lerner.

If you are in any way interested in FAC's Forward Air Controllers, LRP's, Air Cav, and Vietnam... BUY THIS BOOK. Superb.

If you are remotely interested in aviation (military or otherwise
you simpy must read this book.
I've read it twice and I am still struck by the courage and bravery
of the author and his compatriots.
I've read practically every first person account of pilots flying
in Vietnam that I can get my hands on and this one remains my absolute
favourite.

Marshall Harrison, my hat off to you sir. You are a true hero.

Very exciting and spellbinding account of an Air Force OV10 pilot and his experiences in Viet Nam. Historically accurate, yet very entertaining style of writing. If you want to know what it was like to fly the OV10 in combat, read this book. it takes you there.

This has to be the best written book on the subject matter. Throughout the book I felt as though I was living his experience and now when I remember the book sometimes I can't remember if it was part of a movie or the book, that's how good the visuals were while reading it. I highly recommend it and hope that the author brings more out into print

Fresh insights into the marketing game! That is what this book offers. These are things you don't learn in school - you learn by doing and experience. Lots of sound and practical advice that any sales or marketeer can benefit from. If you don't think so, read the chapter on Trade Shows and then go to any trade show in your area and see what Paul is talking about. It will open your eyes! I highly recommend this book to any and all marketeers, junior and senior alike.

Paul DiModica's newest masterpiece identifies in a comprehensive step by step approach the key elements essential to distance your business from the competition. The principles and tools found in "Value Forward Marketing" communicate in simple terms how to develop and deliver strong buyer content and value up front, educate buyers, and capture more qualified leads. No matter which business you are in, "Value Forward Marketing" will instill the importance of connecting marketing methods and sales processes with the strategic pulse of your organization.

Business can be a complicated game and business advisors with an academic bent can make it even seem more complicated. That is why business advisors like Paul DiModica are so refreshing. Just as he had done for the areas of sales and sales management, Mr. DiModica has distilled the essence of business-to-business marketing into a book that is simple and readable for a broad audience. Most importantly, he has clearly identified the business purpose of marketing: to generate qualified leads for sales! There is no "fluff" in this book, just straightforward business wisdom. Highly recommended for senior executives who want to grow their business in any economy.

Finally, a marketing book packed with actionable steps that I can start today to improve business performance. Mr. DiModica has created a book that should be a must read by all CEO's, business owners and marketing professionals. The Value Forward Marketing book walks you through, step by step, how to develop a powerful marketing strategy and program that will make you stand-out from your competitors and drive new business.

Everyone in business should read this book.

Many businesses are still using 20 year old marketing techniques that don't work in the 21st century. Mr. DiModica's Value Forward Marketing is an excellent resource for any company that wants to create more inbound leads, which is his definition of what an effective marketing program should accomplish. This is a book full of practical ideas that can be implemented today, not just theory and hype. This book is a must read for anyone that owns or runs a business and wants to grow their business to the next level

Joy is a wonderful speaker (I heard her speak today) and has such a fantastic energy! This book is great with easy to accomplish "nuggets" which will only make your sales and interpersonal skills grow. Definately recommend! Joy IS the spark to get you going!

Very good book worth the time to rea

Don't just READ this book-LIVE it. And make sure everyone in your company that comes in contact with customers/clients has a copy. This book could very well serve as the sales training program for most organizations-that is how practical and valid it is.

If you want common sense, real world, sales/marketing advice, this book should be up front and center in your library.

I got the book because her seminar was so good. She has an enthusiastic style that comes through in her writing. Lots of great info in a handy format.

I had worked my way through all of the basic notes in the first position, and most basic chords. With this basis, I was able to really enjoy working with this book. It is all played at a moderate pace. The play along band makes it a lot of fun. My son wants to get the "Killer Metal Lead Licks"by the same auther because he liked what he saw in this book so much.

I bounced onto this page because I wanted to write a review. I've had this book for about a month. I'm a bass player originally, and am now moving over to guitar. Frankly, the content presentation (comprehensiveness and pacing) is just, well, excellent. I was surprised at my progress and how much I learned... and how good I sounded too. I think the book works best for those either just starting to learn lead guitar or those in an early intermediate stage. Also, the licks you'll be learning are straight ahead rock too, so you'll enjoy this book most if you like rock/rock 'n roll. Beyond that, I can only echo the comments in the Best of breed for beginners, November 8, 1998, post. They're right on target. In sum, I really felt like I got my money's worth with this book and, if you meet the criteria I note above, I think you will too.

I bought about 8 beginning rock guitar books from Amazon, and this is the best.

Several books include CDs, but this one got it right. Plays a lick for you, then gives backing for you to play it. Short and to the point, makes it easy to move from one lesson to the next.

Licks are great, the kind of sound that I like anyway- and leaves me quite impressed with my own progress. Took me about one month from start to finish, and I was really amazed how much I improved.

Author is obviously a skilled teacher, who writes to help students, not to show off.

Book only includes a touch of theory, focuses on learning fun stuff. Still I think to develop further I need additional help on understanding theory. He does introduce pentatonic scales, but doesn't explain much behind them or how to apply them. But that probably would have made the book too boring.

Highly recommended for beginners!

This book gave me the necessary techniques to be success in sales, Buy it!

The ideas in this book are absolutely invaluable. Over the years I've witnessed several companies blunder a product because of an antiquated, or in some cases, outright incompetent sales approach. The irony is that this book costs less than a steak dinner, but I'm sure plenty of proprietors and CEO's will pass over this text and miss out on revenue because of it. Not only is this book mandatory reading for anyone interested in moving product, but mandatory reading for anyone interested in the human condition.

One of the best reads ever for anyone wanting to know how to sell like the pros, year after year. I credit Sales SuperStars for helping me reach President's Club for the past 4 years straight.

I have no idea how this one fell through the cracks as it should have been one of the all time classics and a best-seller. It's absolutely fantastic, offering insight into a variety of salespeople's rise from various backgrounds and humble beginnings to superstars in many different industries. The individual accounts are easy to read in a short sitting. Each one inspires and motivates through relating real-life struggles and hurdles each superstar faced on the way to the top ... struggles that are strikingly familiar to all salespeople. It's a book to keep in the briefcase and review often as it's wisdom is timeless and encouraging without sensationalism. A must-have.

This is a book no guitar player should be without. I love the CD accompaning the book. In a short time I sould like a professional guitar player... Great Jamming!

Fred Gleeck is cheap! And so am I. Any savvy entrepreneur wants to be able to use the same technology that the Wal-Marts and the Microsofts of the world use--at a fraction of the cost. Gleeck sowed me how to do with this book.

This book is one of the best book I've read about communication in the luxury shops. Great hints about breaking the barriers in communication in the shop

Last-written in the Foundation series, this book slots in chronologically close to the beginning, explaining some lose ends and providing more detail about Hari Seldon. Still not that good, but at least well-enough written to be readable without cringing.

I am a huge Asimov fan, but I have always been dissapointed by his later fiction, which never seems to have the life and tight plotting that his earlier stuff does. That is, untll AI read Forward the Foundation. Returning to the style of the original books, Forward the Foundation is a series of short stories, each separated by ten years, rather than a single narrative. And much like in the originals, it work very well.

I guess what I like most about the book is the way it ties up loose end left after Prelude to the Foundation. It also seems more in the spirit of the original than the other prequels and sequels. The characters all shine here, as is typical for any Asimov work. Particularly good in my opinion is the characterization of Emperor Cleon, who trun out to be a rather likable person after all.

Maybe not the best book to just pick up, but certainly a fitting end to the Foundation series and Asimov's brilliant career.

The last of Asimov's Foundation books, and the second of his Seldon prequels.

Forward the Foundation : Eto Demerzel - Isaac Asimov
Forward the Foundation : Cleon I - Isaac Asimov
Forward the Foundation : Dors Venabili - Isaac Asimov
Forward the Foundation : Wanda Seldon - Isaac Asimov
Forward the Foundation : Epilogue - Isaac Asimov


Seldon is robot replacement.

3.5 out of 5


Removing the boss.

3 out of 5


My wife's a dead robot killer.

3.5 out of 5


Another one bites the dust, lucky I have a useful granddaughter.

3 out of 5


Looking back.

3 out of 5

It's part of the great Foundation saga from I. Asimov.... i really enjoyed every word of it.... you must read the saga!..
This book explains a lot of the beginnings of psycohistory...

In terms of Asimov's writing, this is the last work exploring the Foundation; the copyright date is actually after his death. However, in terms of the Foundation chronology, it comes early on in the series of novels exploring the Foundation and Second Foundation. Over the past few months, I have felt a need to go back and reread the Asimov works again (it's been quite awhile since I last read these), and this review is one of the byproducts of that.

As some have noted, there is something of a contradiction here. By the time the Foundation series ends (with "Foundation and Earth"), the Foundation is kaput in terms of the future, and Galaxia is to take its place. So, to make his last novel a Hari Seldon novel is a bit strange. Still and all, though, this is a fascinating novel.

There are a couple other books that link the Robot series with the Foundation series. In some senses, this represents the apogee of that linkage, as we see in the first part of the novel, "Eto Semerzel." This character is a top advisor to King Cleon I, one of the last competent royals of the already declining Empire. And, oh boy, what a link is revealed in this segment to the Robot series.

There are three other main episodes, one focusing on Cleon himself; one is entitled "Dors Venabili"; the final part is "Wanda Seldon." Then, a very brief epilogue representing Hari Seldon's last moments. The varying parts of this novel are not seamlessly welded together. However, by the end of his career, Asimov was capable of creating characters (compare with the essentially lifeless, cardboard figures of the original Foundation trilogy). As a result, this work is fascinating in that it is also an index of Asimov's growth as a writer. He went from an academic teaching Chemistry (if memory serves) to a pretty skilled author.

Anyhow, the work is not tightly pulled together, but it is fascinating in its character development, its place in the Foundation series, its linking of the Robot series to the Foundation series. Surely not the best of the Foundation series, but one of the most intriguing.