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The only official book on the making of the new film from the director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon—a full-color, behind-the-scenes companion to the eagerly awaited blockbuster from Universal Pictures, featuring an all-star cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte. Acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee's concept for his film adaptation of the classic Marvel Comics series The Hulk combines all the elements of a blockbuster visual effects-intensive superhero movie with the brooding romance and tragedy of Universal's classic horror films. In depicting The Hulk as both a superhero and a monster, a wish fulfillment and a nightmare, Lee and his team have stayed true to the early subversive spirit of the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, while completely updating The Hulk and projecting it into the dangers and aspirations of contemporary times.
Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) stars as scientist Bruce Banner, whose inner demons transform him in the aftermath of a catastrophic experiment. Academy Award®-winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) portrays Betty Ross, whose scientific genius unwittingly helps unleash The Hulk; Nick Nolte (The Thin Red Line) plays Banner's brilliant father, who passes on a tragic legacy to his son; and Sam Elliott (The Contender) portrays the commander of a top-secret military research center.
With more than 120 color images, the Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook includes the motion picture screenplay written by James Schamus, behind-the-scenes photos in bringing the big green superhero to life through visual effects, creature design concept art, and many fascinating articles about the cast and filmmakers.
Customer Reviews:
THIS BOOK IS GOOD.......2003-11-26
MANY PEOPLE WHO EXPECT THE MOVIE TO BE JUST ANOTHER BIG EMPTY HOLLYWOOD FX-FEST WOULD BE TURNED OFF BY WHAT THEY SAW. YET IT WAS ANG LEE'S DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE HULK THAT MAKES THE STORY AN INTERESTINGLY UNUSUAL SUPERHERO FILM. THIS BOOK SPOTLIGHT MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS FROM THE MOVIE FROM FX TO THE CAST AND SCRIPT. WITHOUT BEING TOO LAVISH, IT IS AN ENTERTAINING READ HOWEVER.
Book Description
Bluegrass Guitar Solos (That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know) features 20 great bluegrass tunes in standard notation and guitar tab and al so contains six 1 hour CD's for play-along with the rhythm track for a low price of $69.95.
Customer Reviews:
Great resource to learn flatpicking tunes.......2007-04-16
The product description doesn't do this justice. This is a terrific resource if you want to flatpick fiddle/bluegrass/OT tunes. There are 20 standard tunes. Each has the following 4 parts laid out in notation and tab
1. A beginner's version;
2. An intermediate version;
3. An advanced "hotrod" version worthy of a contest;
4. An ending that can probably also be used to end any other tune in the same key, so it's very versatile.
It's recommended you work through all the beginner versions before going onto the intermediate; it'll take you several months do that.
The CDs walk you through each tune, though I'm not big on CD instruction. Nevertheless, the CDs also have a full speed version of each tune where Steve plays through all three versions (and then repeats the beginner version). I found that putting all 20 fullspeed versions on a CD makes its own great CD and is a good way to "get the songs in your head."
Here are the songs on Vol. 1: Ragtime Annie; Bill Cheatham; Gold Rush; Flop-Eared Mule; Forked Deer; Old Joe Clark; Soldier's Joy; Nothing To It; Red-Haired Boy; Salt Creek; Big Sandy River; Billy In The Low Ground; Under The Double Eagle; Fisher's Hornpipe; Blackberry Blossom; Turkey In The Straw; St. Anne's Reel; Arkansas Traveler; Sweet Georgia Brown; Whiskey Before Breakfast
All that's just to give a worthy description. As for my take on it all -- terrific. I was a beginner flatpicker and at first it took some time to get a song under my belt. As I've progressed it takes less time and it's just plain fun to learn good arrangements to standard tunes. And I've still got the intermediate and advanced versions to learn! Just a terrific resource for great tunes. I'm through the beginner versions and am half way through Volume 2 (same set up; same quality).
For the ambitious beginner through advanced flatpicker........2006-10-05
You will get your money's worth and more with this Book/CD combo. It's a great way to expand your flatpick repertoire. The tunes are brilliantly arranged, you'll find signature phrasings as well as surprises as you work through the book. I've had it a year and have only learned about half the material. But I have come to understand that Kaufman has a consistent, well organized approach to flatpicking. He is a great teacher, and this is the best resource I've found for learning solid arrangements of flatpick tunes. Also, I've won contests using arrangements in this book. Highly reccomended.
Book Description
Steve Kaufman's third set of popular lessons for Parking Lot Pickers teaches how to work out guitar breaks to well-known bluegrass songs. Once again, turn off Steve's lead guitar on your stereo and play along with the rhythm tracks. Perfect practice for a "live" picking situation. Twenty songs, including: Nine-Pound Hammer * Blue Ridge Cabin Home * Dark Hollow * Foggy Mountain Top * How Mountain Girls Can Love * More Pretty Girls Than One * Gold Watch and Chain * I Am a Pilgrim * In the Pines * and more! SIX CDs * INCLUDES 100-PAGE MUSIC + TAB BOOK * LEVEL ALL
Customer Reviews:
great songs, and great licks.......2006-12-14
I chose this volume of the Parking Lot Series first because it teaches guitar licks to vocal songs. There are great songs here, and what's nice about bluegrass guitar is that the licks you learn will fit in a lot of different tunes. Nine Pound Hammer is great, the version of Blue Moon of Kentucky is impossibly fast. Some songs are harder than others. There's a lot of things to learn here, and Kaufman is a great teacher, not too much and not too little. I would recommend this most strongly for someone at the intermediate level, because the beginner versions are boring and the advanced player might become bored. Intermediates can grow into the advanced version with enough practice. The Amazing Slow Downer has really helped me use these CDs more effectively, you can slow down CD tracks without changing the pitch.
Book Description
Few would disagree that the Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings in chess. It has a long and distinguished history and has been played by virtually all the strongest Grandmasters: Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Vishy Anand--the list goes on and on! From the very beginning White develops actively, takes the initiative and strives to dominate the center. Most agree that the Queen's Gambit is White's best chance for an opening advantage after 1 d4 d5.
Despite its many advantages, some prospective Queen's Gambit players are put off by the possibility of having to learn a labyrinth of different variations. In Play the Queen's Gambit Chris Ward solves this problem by presenting the reader with a concise and workable repertoire, offering a solution against each of Black's possible defences, whether it's a critical major variation or a tricky sideline. Ward examines the tactical and strategic motifs for both players and arms the reader with enough information and self-assurance to begin playing the Queen's Gambit in his or her own games.
>Explains an opening favored by the world's elite
>Written by a renowned Queen's Gambit expert
>Covers all of Black's defences
>Ideal for club and tournament players
Customer Reviews:
A fine repertoire book on the Queen's Gambit.......2006-07-23
My favorite opening move with White is 1 e4. But sometimes I play 1 d4. And this book is really useful for those who want a 1 d4 opening repertoire.
I would like to point out that it is also good for those who want a 1 c4 opening repertoire:
1 c4 e6 2 Nc3 d5 3 d4 is, of course, the Queen's Gambit Declined or the Semi-Slav, both of which have big chapters in this book. And for those who play 1 c4 Nc6 2 d4, there's some material on the Chigorin Defence. Over half the book is devoted to these three defences.
Still, I confess that I prefer to play Queenside openings by starting with 1 d4, not 1 c4. And that means that I can use the whole book. As a matter of fact, looking through my games, I noticed that I've actually played three games with White using lines recommended in this book. And I won two of them!
Chris Ward does warn us about 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cxd5 cxd4. This is the Hennig-Schara Gambit (I call it the "Trash Gambit" but I admit that I have never beaten it). Ward shows some of the trouble White can get into here, and he calls it a "very dangerous opening." He's right. For one thing, many of those who play it for Black know it very well. In addition, there are very few lines against it, so even after 12, 15, or 18 moves, you may well still be in Black's "book." And chances are good that you will walk into some surprise from Black, not vice-versa. Witness what happened to me: I think I played the opening and middle game really well, but I still didn't win:
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 cxd5 cxd4 5 Qa4+ Bd7 6 Qxd4 exd5 7 Qxd5 Nc6 8 Nf3 Nf6 9 Qd1 Bc5 10 e3 Qe7 11 Be2 O-O-O 12 O-O g5 13 b4 Bxb4 14 Bb2 g4 15 Nd4 Nxd4 16 Qxd4 Bc5 17 Nd5 Nxd5 18 Rfc1 (incredibly, we're both still in book; Ward shows all of this and recommends it for White; I thought I was winning easily here) 18...Bc6 (I didn't expect this) 19 Rxc5 Rhe8 20 Qxg4+ Kb8 21 Qc4 Nxe3 22 Qf4+ Ka8 23 Qxe3 Qxe3 24 fxe3 Rd2 (is Black going to win that piece back?) 25 Bc1 Rxe2 26 Kf1 Rxg2 27 Rxc6 Rxa2 28 Rxa2 bxc6. Yes, I kept that extra piece, but Black had two pawns for it, and eventually drew the ending.
The openings that Ward recommends are sharp and definitely suit "aggressive" players. Such players like to attack, and try to play moves that will allow them to win huge amounts of material or deliver mate should their opponent make a decisive error. We see 3 e4 against the Queen's Gambit Accepted, the Shabalov Gambit against the Semi-Slav, and some lines I like against the Queen's Gambit Declined, the Slav, the Chigorin, and the Baltic Defence (as well as an interesting line against the Albin Countergambit). But I think we need to realize that such positions tend to come up more often in Kingside openings than Queenside ones, and that the bulk of one's wins may come when one's opponent simply falls apart positionally and offers very little further resistance. Here is a simple example of a Queen's Gambit Declined that I played:
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 (Ward's recommended line!) 5...Bb4 (not in Ward's book) 6 e3 h6 7 Bh4 g5 8 Bg3 Ne4 9 Nge2 Be6 10 a3 Nxg3 11 Nxg3 Bxc3+ 12 bxc3 Nd7 13 Bd3 c5 14 Nf5 c4 15 Ng7+ Kf8 16 Nxe6+ fxe6 17 Bc2 Qf6 18 O-O Kg7 19 f4 Raf8 20 Qg4 Qe7 21 fxg5 Rxf1+ 22 Rxf1 hxg5 23 g3 Rf8 24 h4 Rxf1+ 25 Kxf1 Nf8 26 Qxg5+ Qxg5 27 hxg5 Nh7 28 g6 Nf8 29 Kf2 Nxg6 30 Kf3 Kf6 31 g4 b5 32 e4 dxe4+ 33 Bxe4 Ne7 34 Kf4 Nd5+ 35 Bxd5 and White easily won the endgame.
I was also victorious in a Queen's Gambit Accepted which followed Ward's line for the first five moves:
1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 (at this point I wished I'd played 1 c4, avoiding the whole line) 3 e4 Nf6 4 e5 Nd5 5 Bxc4 (Ward's recommended line!) 5...e6 (not in Ward's book) 6 Nc3 Nb6 7 Bb3 Nc6 8 Nf3 Be7 9 O-O Bd7 10 d5 exd5 11 Nxd5 Bg4 12 Bf4 Bxf3 13 Qxf3 Nd4 14 Qe3 Nxb3 15 Nxb6 Nxa1 16 Nxa8 Qxa8 17 Rxa1 O-O 18 Rd1 Rd8 19 Rc1 Qc8 20 Qxa7 c5 21 Qb6 Qf5 22 g3 Rd7 23 Qb5 Qd3 24 Qxd3 Rxd3 25 b4 cxb4 26 Rc8+ Rd8 27 Rxd8+ Bxd8 28 Be3 Kf8 29 Bc5+ Be7 30 Bxe7+ and White won the pawn endgame.
My overall feeling is that once out of book, White has to play more good moves to win a game in these Queenside openings than in most Kingside openings. But the winning moves in Kingside openings might be harder to find. So it is a matter of taste which one wants to play. And if one's opponent is clearly worse at defending Queenside openings than Kingside ones, I think one ought to try to take advantage of that.
I highly recommend this book.
A welcome learning tool, highly recommended for intermediate to advanced chess players seeking to improve their game.......2006-05-03
Written by chess Grandmaster and former British Champion Chris Ward, as well as an expert in the Queen's Gambit tactic, Play The Queen's Gambit is an in-depth examination of everything about this well-known tactic, in which White takes the initiative from the beginning and strives to dominate the center of the board. Play The Queen's Gambit discusses Black's many defenses and popular variations of the initial gambit, offering a wealth of sample games illustrated with figures to clearly make its point. Indeed, Play The Queen's Gambit lives up to its title by demonstrating its points almost entirely through sample games, and is best read with a chessboard nearby to act out the moves and reveal the nuances of chess technique discussed. A welcome learning tool, highly recommended for intermediate to advanced chess players seeking to improve their game.
A strong Queen's Gambit-repertoire for aggressive d4-players.......2006-04-12
British grandmaster Chris Ward is known for the quality of his books. His works about the Sicilian Dragon are outstanding, full of ideas and inspiration. His books about the Nimzo-Indian, especially about the "Kasparov-Variation", are good to very good - for one simple reason: Ward practises what he preaches and knows his stuff! As a reader of his books, you can be sure to have an expert at your side guiding you along. And - unlike just too many other authors - he does not shy away from giving away secrets that other grandmasters would have kept their own. Ward truely knows the Queen's Gambit!
First the sad thing, then the critic followed by nothing but praise: Ward dedicates the book to his cousin who recently died tragically. The critic: though I had been looking for it for some time, I could not find a biography. So, unfortunately, we do not know which sources and books he used which is a pity in my eyes. But at the end of the book there is a very good
index of variations.
Ward's book is aimed at first players who like to play the Queen's Gambit. Thus, he deals with everything after the moves 1 d4 d5, 2 c4. The presentation was quite unusual for Everyman: first of all, the pure theory is given in good old famous tree-format with complete annotated games following thereafter. Of course, there is nothing new with this concept, but I like it very much and hope to see more of it in future chess literature.
The repertoire itself is quite sharp and will suit aggressive d4-players best. Ward offers 3 e4 against the QGA, the exchange variation with Bg5 and Nge2 against the QGD plus 3 Nc3 followed by 4 e3 against the Slav with Shabalov's gambit with g4!? (of course, you will say!) against the Semi-Slav. He also gives quite good antidotes to rare lines such as the Albin countergambit, Tchigorin's Defence, 2 ...Bf5, 2 ...Nf6, 2 ...c5 etc. Ward's repertoire in the Queen's Gambit differs almost completely from what Palliser gave us in his "Play 1d4!" and that is what I like about both books! While Palliser presented a whole d4-repertoire - including e.g. the Indian defences, the
Dutch etc - his choices in the Queen's Gambit were well chosen, but rather solid. Those who own Palliser's book and would like to add some more aggressive lines in the Queen's Gambit, should definitely buy Ward's book! I strongly recommened Ward's book to all the other Queen's Gambit-players as well, of course!
In a nutshell: a strong Queen's Gambit-repertoire for aggressive-minded d4-players, written by an expert on this topic who knows how to fill a book with enthusiasm! Great stuff!
Customer Reviews:
Great book on QGD.......2003-04-03
This book covers the QGD, the Slav, and the Semi-SLav, and does so in a highly instructive, readable manner. It is a great book, easy to follow, jam-packed with practical tips and strategies. This book is never far from my reach. The collection of games (Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Kasparov, Karpov, Petrosian, etc.) it presents is phenomenal. Marovic is the best at picking games to annotate, and really explainaing what happened. Great index at the back.
Wonderful!.......2003-01-25
This is a meaty (370 pages) and instructive book. It is a complete chess intructional course in itself; that is how good Marovic's explanations of concepts are. Everything about this book is wonderful. There is only one small quibble I have with it; that is, although Marovis is telling you to play the Queen's Gambit, about 90% of the games in the book are wins by white. Of course, normally black made a mistake at some point after the opening, and Marovic annotates these moments well; however, it does not inspire confidence if you just look at the wins and losses in the book. That aside, this is the best book on the Queen's Gambit, and I have Sadler's book and Polugayevsky's too.
Simply the best.......2002-06-06
In my opinion, this is Marovic's best work. It is laid out extremely well; for instance, each game has in bolface the spot where moves differ from the previous game. Also, it considers all the variations that I run into in practice. I love that it includes the Slav and Semi-Slav too. True, it does not include the QGA. But for the Queen's Gambit Declined, it is the best book in extistence. perhaps not for Kasparov, because it is heavy on textual explanations, and does not drwon you in variations. This is a wonderful book, and is my favorite openings book. Marovic's book on the King's Indian is great too, but this one has a special magic.
Good solid book.......2002-01-31
This book has more to do with understanding closed games found in queen's gambit declined rather than a repretoire book. The book gives you a brief thumbnail sketch as to what to expect and why when you play those closed systems. This book gives some of the best background material found for these lines. Although not as detailed as Mednis, Marovic has a very accessable style that betrays him to have a soul of a good chess trainer as seen in his more recent books Dyanamic Pawn Play. All and all a very worthwhile addition for the queen pawn player.
Title needed to be more specific.......2000-08-27
I originally purchased this book looking for a nice introduction to an opening i knew little about, mainly the Queen's Gambit Accepted lines. I couldn't find anything locally, so i ordered over the internet even though there were no reviews for it. I got the opposite of what i was looking for however: practically every main variation of the Declined systems (1.d4 d5, 2.c4 e6) and Slav (2.c4 c6), but nothing on how to readily take advantage of 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 dxc4 with the lesser player as Black attempting to hold onto the proffered pawn. Don't get me wrong, this is a good book with over 360 pages of material. It's helpful to both sides who get involved with the Declined and Slav systems. I rarely saw those lines however when i bought the book around 4 years ago because i was facing 'coffee house' players for the most part and i wasn't looking to play those variations as Black either, as it didn't appeal to me. What i needed at the time was a way to punish Black for accepting the Gambit and setting up an a6 and b5 pawn structure, attempting to hold on to the extra pawn. Also a way as Black to play the Accepted variation, how to know when to give the pawn back, while developing correctly and letting my natural ability win. So if you're looking for symmetrical Queen's pawn systems that are closed or 'stodgy' as one writer wrote concerning the Queen's Gambit Declined or Slav, i do recommend this book if you can't find anything more recent.
I've taken up the task recently of offering reviews for all the Chess books i've amassed for this very reason: to let the unwary know what exactly they are getting before making a purchase over the internet. This was a... mistake that i had made, even though at some point i would become interested in what this book had to offer. My position now is to NEVER purchase a book over the internet unless it has some form of review, unless the title is much more descriptive and i've researched it a little better using Modern Chess Openings or Batsford Chess Openings. I don't know what the ratio is for strong club players who know exactly what they're looking for compared to the beginner or novice who needs a little advice that visit Amazon looking for Chess books, i can only relate my experiences and i'm sure there are a few out there who could use this practical advice before spending their hard earned money.
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How many managers have stalled their own careers by hiring the wrong person? Too many.
The most common mistake is believing that if a person can do the job, the person is a good hire. Actually, there are three broad areas that must be probed thoroughly to make the best decision.
* Is the candidate able to do the job?
* Is the candidate willing to do the job?
* And is the candidate going to be manageable?
In Hiring the Best, over 400 questions thoroughly probe these areas and give you the necessary material for the perfect choice. The updated fourth edition of this proven management tool also features an extensive review of the pros and cons of hiring temporary workers, part-time employees, consultants, and independent contractors.
Customer Reviews:
Nine Years of Use And Nine Years of Success.......2007-01-15
I have been using Martin Yate's "Hiring the Best" since the late 1990s. This is an excellent reference book for human resource departments, hiring managers, and, also, for those in-transition. I refer to the book when hiring key employees and I encourage those who work for me to use it for interview preparation.
Yates provides a review of situational, personality profile, stress, and behavioral interviewing approaches; knock-out questions; and over 200 questions that will be useful in assessing ability, willingness, and manageability.
Hiring capable, motivated people is considered to be the most important management task. A poor decision results in a whole host of negative outcomes including lost time,expense,poor morale, and, possibly, irreversible negative outcomes. "Hiring the Best" will serve you well when filling open positions in the private, public, or the social sector.
Good Resource for gaining broad perspective on Hiring.......2006-06-30
This book if full of helpful information and is organized in a way that makes it easy to use for reference purposes. Give it a once through and then shelve it for reference purposes. This one is worth having in your management collection.
Basics on how to hire.......2006-02-10
Any manager with hiring authority knows that selecting the "right" candidate for any position is a nerve-wracking task. Professional processes can help you screen, interview and review, but the final choice is often as much art as science. Author Martin Yate's basic book can help inexperienced managers hire effectively, although this useful primer on interviewing and hiring is a little wordy. Yates provides great detail about key steps, such as when to schedule a phone interview, what to ask and how to conduct an interview. He even provides numerous sample questions for each major job category, from entry level to management. Is it a little too basic? Perhaps for some, but we recommend it for new managers who are inexperienced at hiring. Although this book covers the fundamentals of hiring, it can't guarantee that you'll make the right choice every time. Then again, that book probably hasn't been written.
If You Hire, This Is A MUST Read.......2005-08-21
Like many small business people, I was a complete bozo at hiring for many years. Fortunately, at some point I woke up to that fact and decided to educate myself. I took classes, read books and did everything I could to become a skilled interviewer. Without question, one of the most helpful tools to escaping Bozoland was this book. Although I am now a freelance business consultant and have no employees of my own, I frequently assist my clients with their own hiring processes, and in so doing I still refer extensively to Martin Yate's excellent book.
The best book on hiring & interviewing.......2005-06-27
This is an extremely well written and very useful book on hiring techniques and methods. The author analyzes all aspects of the hiring process beginning with the different types of resumes and when each type is used; what flags to look for and how to evaluate an applicant's overall resume. Chapter five focuses on short-listing through a `phoner' while the subsequent chapters are devoted to interviewing techniques and the science of asking questions.
The author introduces four different interviewing techniques - Situational; personality profile; stress; and & behavioral - and also gives a very useful and informative analysis of the different types of questions that can be asked in a hiring interview like half-right reflexives; hamburger-helper questions; and question layering. In the following chapters, the author focuses on evaluating the candidate's ability and willingness to do the job as well as manageability. The questions and the author's commentary on what to look for and red flags in an applicant's answer are informative, highly usable, and extremely useful. These are not your 'standard' interview questions (though there are some pretty standard questions included). They are well formulated and clever probes into the applicant's skills, knowledge, personality, and background.
The rest of the book is devoted to functional areas with a chapter devoted to clerical, management, sales, contingency workers and law hires. Again, I found the advice and suggestions relevant and informative. In formulating the hundreds of question suggestions scattered throughout the book, the author has given a lot of thought to the qualities, experiences, and areas of concern that hiring managers and HR people focus on.
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