‘Book Reviews’ Archives
Rooms of the Mind: Quadrants for Success
Terry M. Brown, Ed.D. Outskirts Press (2010) ISBN 9781432755126 Reviewed by Christine Watson for Reader Views (08/10) Terry Brown offers some very interesting insight when he defines the different roles in public education and what they should be ideally doing to best help students. He breaks down the entire public education system [...]
It Simply Must Be Said
Hank Warren iUniverse (2009) ISBN 9781440134005 Reviewed by Christine Watson for Reader Views (07/10) I simply couldn’t put this book down once I started reading. Hank Warren delivers an incredibly accurate depiction of public school, particularly from the perspective of a high quality teacher. I couldn’t have been more [...]
Book Review: Predictable Success
Les McKeown Greenleaf Book Group Press (2010) ISBN 9781608320318 Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (06/10) While it has been quite a while since I’ve last worked in a rigidly structured, corporate environment, it only took me mere minutes to be deeply immersed in Les McKeown’s “Predictable Success.” The [...]
Book Review: The Boss
Reviewed by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson for Reader Views (04/09) In the preface to “The Boss” the author, Andrew O’Keeffe, explains why he decided to write this book and in doing so, lists some statistics. According to the Human Synergistic study, ninety percent of the people work in a negative culture of blame, indecision, or [...]
Book Review: Saving America’s Cities
Reviewed by Richard R. Blake for Reader Views (07/10) David McDonald observes “In the last six decades, no stagnant or decaying city has been globally or significantly saved – never!” In his book “Saving America’s Cities” he presents “a tried and proven plan to revive stagnant and decaying cities.” McDonald begins with [...]
Book Review: Da Vinci and the 40 Answers
Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (07/10) My first exposure to “Da Vinci and the 40 Answers” was through a 2-day workshop under the same name facilitated by the author, Mark L. Fox. The premise is based on the principles of TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) created by a Russian engineer/scientist Genrikh [...]
