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Well Done Biography.......2005-04-23
This book tries to convey a more human Bruce Lee. It includes his triumphs and his mistakes and allows the reader to judge what kind of man Bruce Lee was. While not everything in this book can be verified as truth Bruce Lee's life is portrayed in a respectful but in my opinion honest manner. I must point out again that the so called facts in this book have not been verified but it what is told here seems to correlate well with what I have been told by meeting and training with people who knew and trained with Bruce. My only complaint is the authors obvious bias for chinese martial arts. He claims to be a Wing Chun Gung Fu student and in certain parts of the book it becomes clear that he feels that this method is superior to others. However this is still a good read and the author is not obnoxious with his opinions
Good book.......2005-03-02
A good book and a plesant reading by a good writer. There's not so much new information in this book, but it puts facts in perspective a gives a good general body of information for those wishing to begin to learn about Bruce Lee's life. And what a life...
Like Bon Scott of AC/DC, for example, Bruce died when he was starting to reach his full potential in movies. It was a shame.
Solid biography.......2005-02-28
This is far from an official biography. It has not the endorsement of Linda Lee, and it also lacks interviews with some key member of Bruce's life. Also, the excuse given for the total lack of photos was not convincing at all.
But you will soon forgive the author for these minor flaws, because once you begin to read this book you will not stop it. Bruce Thomas, a bass player with Elvis Costello's band, writes with passion, but without bias. He tries to be objective all the times, including the "conspiracy theories" surrounding Bruce's death.
This book has a serius side effect: after reading it, you will not watch ever again the movie DRAGON (1993). Although Jason Scott Lee gave a great performance, it is clear that the movie was a total absurd, it's amazing how Linda Lee gave her support to it.
Good, But Beware: The Enthusiast's Point-of-View.......2003-12-09
Generally speaking, this is a fair and somewhat gritty bio of Bruce Lee. There is much detail here on Bruce's disillusionment with fame, and also his health problems -- stunning to learn that he was taking back-pain injections while filming Big Boss, and had even sprained his ankle at one point. And the unpleasant details of the Enter the Dragon shoot were also somewhat shocking, especially the scriptwriter's obnoxious plan to make Bruce say the letter 'R' as much as possible. There is a lot of text on Bruce's early struggles, and then a way-too-quick zip through his first two movies.
But in some ways, this book falls in with the other Bruce Lee tributes. The author is a kung fu practicioner, and as such takes almost all pronouncements of Eastern-thinking or Chinese superstition as having complete validity -- so, for example, you'll be intellectually face-to-face with someone who is describing "chi" as if it actually physically exisits, as lungs do. So he hasn't the sceptic's eye for really talking about martial arts in an objective way, but this won't bother a lot of folks.
The best.......2003-01-28
Of all the many books I have read on Bruce Lee I think this biography is far and away the best. The previous reviewer reflected my thought exactly, that the author, Bruce Thomas, is "respectful but not caught up in hero worship". I would add that this is the only Bruce Lee book I have read that manages to walk that line. Bruce Thomas clearly has a personality and spirituality that is mature enough to have captured and integrated the essence of Bruce Lee. The biography is well-researched and detailed but this is more than a biography...it is a great book.
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Music and Performance during the Weimar Republic (Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice)
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Following the collapse and ultimate overthrow of the Wilhelmine Empire, a new generation of artists found a fresh environment where they might flourish. Their optimism was accompanied by attempts to negate their recent past in various ways: by affirming modern technology, exploring music of a more remote past, and celebrating popular music. The essays contained in this volume address these fundamental issues. Examining the way in which German music was performed, staged, programmed, and received in the 1920s not only offers deeper insights into Weimar culture itself but sheds light on our contemporary musical world.
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- good but needs more codes for wcw/nwo revenge
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Nintendo 64 Game Secrets, 1999 Edition: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
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Release Date: 1999-04-14 |
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Covers twelve N64 games:
• 1080° Snowboarding™
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• Diddy Kong® Racing
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• The Legend of Zelda®: Ocarina of Time™
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good but needs more codes for wcw/nwo revenge.......1999-04-24
in my veiw it is good but not so goo
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Another book in the bestselling "Big Book of Business Games Series,"The Big Book of Sales Games delivers dozens of 5-20 minute games and activities designed to motivate salespeople, teach key selling principles, or just liven up a sales meeting.
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I expected something workable.......2005-09-07
My expectation from the big book of sales games was to find an informative book that can provide creative ideas for making training more enjoyable. However, the content was very ordinary and nothing creative. Especially, ideas on objections was not applicable.
Great way to get your sales team going.......2005-08-21
I have a combination of seasoned and new sales people this book provided great games to help build relationships between the team as well as in the field. I highly recommend this book!
Creative, specific ideas you can use.......2000-04-17
I found this book user-friendly, with sections that cover a variety of topics. There are activities for new sales associates as well as energizers for veterans. I started putting "flags" on pages with ideas that I liked and quickly filled up the side edge of my book.
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Put on your thinking caps and get ready to solve some SCRABBLEgrams: the pen-and-paper reinterpretation of the favorite board game played by more than 100 million people around the world. These innovative puzzles, just like the popular ones syndicated in newspapers nationwide, provide endless fun in an easy-to-understand Scrabble-based format. To play, make a 2 to 7 letter word from the tiles pictured on the page. Then add up your score in the boxes on the right. Compete against your own best scores, or compare your words to the "best answers" given in the solution. Once you've started solving SCRABBLEgrams, you'll never go back to ordinary word games again!
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scrabble fun minus the board. .......2007-01-10
Good book. Puzzles are enjoyable and doable. If you can't scrounge a scrabble partner this will get you a scrabble fix.
For Scrabble Fans.......2007-01-04
Good practice. Use post-its & you can use it over & over.
Review of Scrabblegrams.......2006-02-24
This book contains many more Scrabblegrams and for anyone who enjoys this type of Scrabble play the games are excellent. I only hope that they put out a book called "Another Big Book of Scrabblegrams"!
From the Board Games Editor at BellaOnline.com.......2005-12-01
A ScrabbleGram is a simple word puzzle which gives you a "rack" of seven letters. Your job? To find the longest word playable on the rack. Often the best words are 7-letter words, but sometimes the longest ones are only 5 or 6 letters long.
These puzzles are a great way to practice your Scrabble rack strategy and "anagramming". They're also a really nice twist on puzzles (fans of Crosswords, Sudoku and especially Jumble will definitely enjoy these as a nice change). I found that doing a couple of the puzzles before playing a Scrabble game was surprisingly helpful, it made for a great warmup.
I've found most travel editions of Scrabble to be somewhat unwieldy, they seldom lie flat and the little letters often get lost, so I've long since given up on travel Scrabble, but these puzzles are a great way for me to enjoy my favorite game even when I can't play a full-length version of it. Wonderful! I'm really hoping these catch on and a whole line of the books become available, because I'm nearly done with mine and I'll want more soon!
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a lot of fun.......2006-08-23
I bought the big book of tv guide crosswords recently and absolutely love it! The book is laid out great and I love the different theme pages. I would definitely buy more of these books. They're a lot of fun!
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A new volume featuring astonishing 3-D pictures. Slip on the special glasses provided and prepare yourself for an amazing, in-your-face encounter with nature's scariest creatures. Fascinating facts are included about the animals—learn why T-Rex is no longer around today, how high a flea can jump, and more. Nearly 100 amazing illustrations.
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- Have your MLB official rulebook handy
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The Big Book of Baseball Brainteasers
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ASIN: 1402713371 |
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Here’s one big baseball book for big fans of the game. They’ll find plenty to enjoy and challenge them: fun facts, questions and answers, cool quotations from the greats, and amusing line drawings. And the trivia covers all the bases, focusing on bats, the pitcher’s mound, the infield, base runners, and the dugout; and even taking a look off the field and into the press box. What does an umpire do when a blackout occurs midway through a game? What team had one of the most potent lineups of all time, with an incredible five men who had more than 100 runs in a season and three eventual Hall of Famers? Perfect for those with baseball on the brain.
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Have your MLB official rulebook handy.......2005-12-31
"The Big Book of Baseball Brainteasers" is a good addition to any baseball junkie's library. However, I do not think that I would necessarily recommend it to casual fans of the game. I will discuss the layout of the book and the information provided in hopes to educate potential buyers as to whether or not this book would make a good addition to their libraries.
This book is divided into different chapters that each focuses on various parts of the game: the infield, the outfield, the umps, the dugout, base runners, and others. Each section starts with some interesting stories and trivia about historical eras and historical players. There is even information about current (at the time of print) players and teams. After these "fun facts" comes the "brainteasers." There are many situations in this book that will more often than not be overlooked or missed by the casual fan; but, for the baseball junkies, these situations are what they yearn for while watching games. It is these classic crazy aspects of the game of baseball that make it enjoyable and great conversations, even years after the play in question (as discussed in the book about some of record disputes from Babe Ruth's era).
These brainteasers are fun to read but not necessarily to "solve." The book poses a question about rule interpretations and then immediately gives the answer. My problem with this book is that many times it seems like the answers needed more information other than what the others provided. Many times a rule from the official MLB rulebook is listed, but not explained in enough detail to fully grasp the reasoning behind the final decision. Other times there is a great description followed by the rule that would back up the decision if the reader were interested in looking up the specific rule. Of course I understand that it would get repetitive to list each and every rule that is involved in every play throughout the book (like a base runner missing a bag while running - which already happens quite frequently in the first chapter alone) but it would be nice for some greater clarification.
For these reasons I would recommend this book to die-hard baseball fans. It could potentially provide some great discussions and intellectual stimulation for an individual or a group of people. However, I see the greatest benefit for those who know the MLB official rules from top-to-bottom or for a person who has a copy of the MLB official rules and doesn't mind referencing it frequently.
Of course, this book is also fun and interesting to just read through, no matter how much knowledge the reader has (or does not have) about the game of baseball.
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I really thought these were wonderful!.......1997-11-12
Very good, Bible Crosswords. They were a real challange!!
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The Complete Book of Fishing: A Guide to Freshwater Saltwater & Big-Game Fishing
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