Marilyn & Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends

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it doesn't get much better than this

An Honest and Sweet Tribute

Revealing book!

Better than most MM biographies

A Look at Marilyn and Me

Marilyn & Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends
Susan Strasberg
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it doesn't get much better than this.......2007-03-21

the best way to know someone is from people who knew that person, and to me, Susan seems to know MM more than anyone. they both slept together many nights in the same room talking and gossiping. Susan is a wonderful writer, excruciating-ingly intelligent, smart and articulate, which was one thing i loved about the book. from her, her hillarious mother Paula, her rebellious brother, and her iconic acting coach father, Lee Strasberg, you learn so much about life through their intelligent, sage comments on life. and of course infamously witty M will teach you things too from her sweet introspection. so i got more than i bargained for from this book. MM is shown as never before; in a sisterly way, daughterly way. but of course all the trademark innocence, humor, depression, death wishes, and sleep inability are all there. but i also was really drawn to susan, she is frank and expresses all her fears and it made me emphatically realize that she was just like me, just like everyone else. and i felt so sorry for her throughout the book that her father would not give her the attention and time like he did with MM. susan doesn't over do it, and make her problems whiny or irksome. it is real and raw, and you really feel for her. and if u r such a MM fan and don't want to hear susan's life, that is not a problem b/c she only talks about it so much and jumps right back into MM. but her life and problems are so exciting that i loved to hear it too. it was drama all the time, and shows that the rich, successful, and affluent have problems just like all of us. i liked how susan also included quotes from other people, so you could get even more a perspective of MM; her brother (extremely bright and a great observer just like susan), the chauffeur M shared with the Strasberg's, the chaperone they hried for MM, e.t.c. i think it took me probably 2 weeks to read this book (if i wasn't so busy it'd probably be a few days) and i enjoyed evry minute of those 2 weeks reading this. it has so much insight into M's character that it is a must-have for M fans. oh! and particularly interesting was the account of after M sang for Pres Kennedy what really happened at the after party (susan was there). i more than recommened this book. thank you susan for doing such a great job!

An Honest and Sweet Tribute.......2005-12-09

Susan Strasberg, the daughter of Lee, the founder of the Actor's Studio and teacher of the Method style of acting, and Paula, former actress and later coach of Marilyn Monroe, discusses her life and relationship during the time that Monroe was a part of her family. Strasberg was around Monroe constantly for several years until the blonde bombshell's unexpected death. The two met on the set of There's No Business Like Show Business; not long afterward Monroe met Lee Strasberg and joined his classes. Because Monroe was often in the Strasberg home whether it simply be for sessions with Lee, dinner, or even to sleep over, Susan Strasberg is well qualified to write a book about her experiences with the actress. The stories she has range from both personal anecdotes to objective interpretations.

This book is well written and easy to read. It discusses some aspects of the author's life as well as Monroe's to explain certain feelings Strasberg had for her rival. It is highly entertaining and an asset to the collection of books about Marilyn Monroe. This one is sweet, filled with information that has not been reprinted in countless other books, and does justice to Marilyn Monroe the person. It spends more time describing her as a person instead of speculating about her lovers and her death. It is an honest, compelling read.

Revealing book!.......2002-05-16

I really enjoyed reading this Book,Marilyn as seen from another's perspective, in this case a young Susan Strasberg.
It wasn't hard to understand how Susan could feel at once so jelous and insecure around marilyn, yet seek her approval and friendship. Ignored by her own parents in favor of her surrogate sister Marilyn, Susan recounts all her conflicting emotions during that time in her Life.
I found her recollection of her affair with Richard Burton equally interesting, as well as a closer Look at Paula Strasberg and her relationship with marilyn.
This is a good read for any Marilyn fan...a different Look at the Legend.

Better than most MM biographies.......2001-03-21

Why do I like this better than most MM biographies? Strasberg actually knew MM. So many authors, like Norman Mailer among many others, didn't even know her and that makes their biographies debatable in terms of accuracy. Sometimes Strasberg does go into too much depth about her complex feelings about MM, but there are antedotes that have never been published before. Now that Stasberg is sadly deceased, this book becomes even more valuable because this is her last words on MM. However, I do think "Conversations with Marilyn" by Weatherby is a much more revealing book; Weatherby also knew MM. (See my review of that book if this interests you.)

A Look at Marilyn and Me.......2001-01-11

This book contains many of the essential keys to understanding Marilyn Monroe. Although told through the eyes of another actress, it focuses more on Marilyn rather than Susan Strasberg. The best part of the book, to me, was how they first met. It also shows that Marilyn Monroe was in a way a normal woman with many insecurities and sometimes just as scared as all of us sometimes are. It was good that someone so close to her could write a book looking back at not only her as being a legend, but someone we could relate to. I have read many books on Marilyn Monroe, but I don't think any of the books I read so far actually helped me to understand her point of view as this book did.

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MARILYN AND ME Sisters, Rivals, Friends
Susan Strasberg
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Marilyn and me : sisters, rivals, friends / Susan Strasberg
Susan Strasberg
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Another of Satan's Spiderwebs.......2004-09-02

If you decide to review Anton's "The Satanic Bible" this would be
an interesting read as well. It gives a further look into Anton's mindset and Frame of Reference. I found him to be a bit morose in his thinking and outlook. Anton's opinion is only one opinion on social commentary - which he was entitled to his opinion. Not everyone would agree with him - but he does make a few good points however. I don't find him totally off base in his thoughts. For the record - Anton did not invent the Church of Satan much against what some would like to believe - A little Research on the subject might suggest different. Bringing it into a more socially acceptable/public forum light might be more accurate. Satan likes and thrives on the uninformed and Satanic Prophets like Anton. 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Ehhhh.......2004-06-11

This book does contain a few good perspectives and essays, but I wouldn't waste my time. When I say a few, I mean a few. The further and further I got into the book, the less impressed I was with LaVey, and the more I considered him a JOKE. Just tonight, I read a whole list of LaVey's lies - on the churchofsatan.org website nonetheless! But anyways, this book sucks. Check out some Nietzsche or Crowley instead.

Chicken Soup for the Atheist and Misanthropic Soul........2003-09-12

You'll find LaVey's cynicism and dark humor intact in this book. This book is a fun read and isn't as bullet holed as his other work with LaVey's spiritually non-spiritual philisophy. Nice one-liners that can be woven into your own conversation and make you the silver tongued golden boy of your counter culture social cliche'. LaVey's life is filled with controversy, lies, and mild delusion. Truth being untold over his decades of involvement with CoS. Truth being lost to his grave. Truth likely being lost years before his own death. This is LaVey's last work and it's like he knows it. It's an interesting look at a man, without a god to answer to, facing his death.

Nice little collection of essays from good 'ol Uncle Anton.......2003-02-14

Published after his death, Anton LaVey's Satan Speaks does not focus on one immediate subject; but is instead a collection of essays from the founder of the Church of Satan on late 20th century culture. Such passages contain LaVey's rants on child abuse, connections between a Satanist and a Jew, abortion, and my favorite, the laugh out loud "Don't Bathe" which features LaVey's rampant celebration of body odor. Although it seems that most of Satan Speaks is more self indulged than any of LaVey's other works, it is still a great read nonetheless, and the bits of dark humor throughout will guarantee a chuckle or two out of any Satanist or fan of LaVey's work.

For completists only.......2003-02-02

The essays which make up the book "Satan Speaks" were written by Anton Szandor LaVey as his life drew to a close. His life would be considered exhausting by any standard, and in reading "Satan Speaks" his fatigue was apparent. Gone is the revolutionary spirit that went into "The Satanic Bible" and, to a slightly lesser degree, "The Devil's Notebook." It is largely replaced by crabbiness and an almost pathetic attempt at justifying his existence. For example, in the essay, "My Enemy" LaVey bemoans the fact that he can no longer by an ice cream cone for a nickle because of other people's greed. Where is the LaVey who called greed a Satanic virtue? Other essays seem to be aimed at puffing himself up as THE figure of evil. In a list of self-quotes he applauds himself for being the only person to codify Satanic thought. Was he expecting thanks for doing so doing so? Wasn't vain and empty self-promotion one of the things he heckled the Christian church for?

Despite this, "Satan Speaks" does offer some excellent essays. One essay on invisibility gives a free lesson in practical magic. Another titled "Sleepers, Scarcity and Orphans" articulately champions the cause of maintaining individual identity against the forces of mediocrity. In short, this isn't a bad book, but it is an inconsistent one. If one is simply curious about the founder of the church of Satan, I recommend "The Devil's Notebook." For serious students there is "The Satanic Bible." I can only recommend "Satan Speaks" to those who feel the need to read everything LaVey wrote.

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Useful, well written book, maybe a little lightweight in terms of improving your chess

Good for improving your chess

Wrong title

Nice ideas!

This book is solid!

How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess
Christian Kongsted
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Useful, well written book, maybe a little lightweight in terms of improving your chess.......2006-02-10

Note: This review first published in the Irish Chess Journal, February 2006

How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess is a book that will appeal to rather a lot of chess players. From the upper echelons of the super-GMs polishing their opening theory to club players getting in a little practice, computers permeate the modern chess world. The problem is, it's not exactly clear how to make the most of what they can do.

Kongsted, who you might remember as the winner of Limerick 2004, is a very strong correspondence chess player, and rated around 2200 over the board. However, his claim of journalistic training seem dubious in the face of a book that is both carefully researched and very readable!

The book title is a little misleading. Only half the book is directly about improving your play. Part one of the book (How the Computer Works) contains a short history of computer chess, followed by a detailed examination of how they work and then advice on beating them. While much of the material here will be familiar to anyone who's read about computer chess, you'll be surprised at the details you've missed.

Kongsted builds up the material methodically. After the chapter on the history of computer chess, he begins the meat of the book by introducing the various methods computers use for position evaluation and to prune the search tree.

Next, he writes about the limitations this manner of analysis introduces on the computer's play. He demonstrates each of his points with examples from games between strong commercial programmes such as Fritz and Rebel and strong human grandmasters - the likes of Kramnik, Shirov and Anand. The annotations to these games are detailed and interesting.

Kongsted concludes the first part of the book with a chapter on how to beat your computer. He advises on good anti-computer openings without resorting to junk like 1.d3, as well as appropriate strategy and mindset.

Part one of the book is very interesting, well written and will unfortunately do very little to improve your chess. Kongsted makes up for that in the second part of the book (Improving with the Computer), where the knowledge just gained of the strengths and weaknesses of computers is useful.

First up is a quick review of the available software. While he ultimately uses Chessbase as his database tool of choice for examples in the book, Kongsted unreservedly recommends Chess Assistant as its equal. He also explains how to expand your games database via the internet, as well as where to get endgame tablebases.

He looks at eight playing programmes in detail - Fritz 8, Junior 7, Hiarcs 8, Shredder 7, Nimzo 8, Gandalf, Chess Tiger 15 and Chessmaster 9000. He has a couple of paragraphs on each one, covering things like strength in the endgame, positional play and materialism. I would have liked to have seen what benchmark tests he applied to each of them, but I guess space constraints wouldn't allow it. That chapter also has sections on hardware (RAM and processor speed are important, in a less than shocking revelation), chess CDs (don't bother), optimising your programme's performance (turn off everything else and allocate lots of RAM for hash tables) and electronic chessboards.

Now, we come to the really interesting bits. The next four chapters are on how to use chess software correctly for analysis, opening preparation, tactical practice and endgame study.

For the analysis, Kongsted warns against the kind of lazy thinking that sees the computer doing all the work. Each section recommends a method of overcoming weaknesses in the computer's thinking. He also has a section on automatic analysis. The latter was enlightening, such as the example of the computer's incorrect initial assumption that Black was winning lead to it rejecting a repetition of moves - this was a line it had thought overnight on.

The recommendations on using computers for opening preparation consist of a chapter on how to use your database properly, the kind of thing that should really be explained in a manual, but isn't. Kongsted really packs in the tips and tricks (which are heavy on the key-board shortcuts). This is probably the most useful chapter in the book. The tactics chapter again warns against using the computer as a crutch. There are a number of problems given, which is not all that necessary, but a nice touch. The endgames chapter is similar in structure, but with much more detail on using the computer properly.

Overall, How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess is an enjoyable guide to chess computers and their correct use. A rarity among chess books, you could go through it in detail in a few days, making it particularly helpful for the time invested in reading it. Recommended for average club to strong players.

Good for improving your chess.......2004-09-10

This book taught me a lot about how to use computers for improving in chess. It speaks about ChessBase and Chess Assistant and a few others, about how to use databases and playing programs for chess training. There is also an interesting chapter on computer-assisted analysis, and info about how to study opening and middlegame ideas with computer programs plus some suggestions for how to train tactics with the computer. The part I got most out of is how to learn a new opening, which can be done much easier with computer programs. I can recommend this book to anyone that wish to understand more about computer chess programs and improve their chess.

Wrong title.......2004-08-25

I agree with the introduction and the first part of the book "History of Computer Chess" (About 18 pages). But then, The author spends 2/3 of the book trying to explain how to beat your computer! Only a minimal part tries to explain what the title says: "How to use Computers to Improve your Chess". Even then, there's nothing realy valuable on those pages worth your time and money. Nothing new for a common and average database and playing program user, nothing you already know or cannot find out with a little common sense. If the title were "How to beat your Chess Playing Program" (Which is what the book should've been named), I would've given it 2 1/2 stars. Do yourself a favor, enjoy a latte at Borders and browse through the book, put it back on the shelf and you are done with it.

Nice ideas!.......2004-03-09

This book tells you how computers think and points out their strong points and weaknesses. It explains how to use the computer for learning.
Though sometimes it was not clear in a few places.
A good book.

This book is solid!.......2003-10-28

This book really hits the nail on the head. Suggests real ideas for lower rated chess players on the role the computer should play in analysis and skill improvement. It saved me a lot of time which would have been spent staring at a computer screen, or playing fritz and trying useless tricks hoping to swindle it.

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Excellent book that teaches important principles for beginners in an easy to understand manner
There are better books
I recommend this book to everyone I beat!
Not a bad little book...
just awesome, baby

How to Improve Your Chess (Primary)
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"How to Improve You Chess" is devoted to the player who already knows the rudiments of the game and wants to become more proficient. The book is designed specifically for the average player-- to help him tighten his game to the point at which he can take genuine pride and pleasure in it. The authors, great chess authorities, give pointers on what objects to pursue and how to meet specific kinds of attack. Their method is to take several games and play them out, and the reasons for victory or defeat made clear. Special attention is paid to openings, including Sicilian Defense, Queen's Gambit Declined, and Bird's Opening, and to strategy, especially the management of bishops and the playing of pawns for the formation of a strong pawn center.

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Excellent book that teaches important principles for beginners in an easy to understand manner.......2007-02-02

I would first like to mention that I am a fan or both Horowitz and Reinfeld. While their books are not very dense, they are extremely readable and focus on the most important concepts without getting lost in a lot of unnecessary detail. I believe that to some extent, what books work best for different people depends upon how they learn. For how I learn, this is a great approach and in addition to learning new things I enjoy the process of learning. This makes it more likely that I will actually finish the book!

As many other reviewers mention, this book is not for the absolute beginner. For example, it doesn't teach how the pieces move and basic rules. It is for a beginner who wants to take their game to the next level by understanding elementary openings, the principles behind various tactis and get a sense for strategic planning.

The authors achieve their pedagogical goal by looking at illustrative games between amateurs for the most part. They discuss alternative lines of play, but not in such detail that it is distracting. You can probably follow most of the chapters without pulling a board out, but I recommend putting the example games in a computer and reviewing the various lines until you digest all the principles completely.

As the book proceeds, it develops various themes in an overall context. I think this helps a lot with recall and integrating the knowledge so that it is useful. For example, the first game introduces the Ruy Lopez opening, pinning, tactical use of pawns, how oversights tend to occur, etc. The next chapter builds on this and looks at a different opening and some traps that can occur. All the examples are carefully chosen and by the time you finish the book you will understand a lot more about position, tactics, planning, etc. In short, you will improve your game significantly!

A lot of chess books teach various aspects of the game, but sometimes they fall short with respect to getting the information across in a way that is practical for direct application. This has NOT been the case for me and I have found this book and others by these authors good. They have withstood the test of time and I have no problems with the old chess notation at all. It is quite logical and straightforward. If you are not familiar with it you will catch on quickly. This book provides integrated learning. In this sense, I think it is a simple, but ingenious approach because it gets you thinking like a better chess player without you hardling noticing the learning process.

If you are a beginner, you may want to read HOW TO BE A WINNER AT CHESS by Reinfeld first. This book contains more basics and a good foundation in the game as a whole. The book I'm reviewing is a perfect follow up. If you are looking for something more modern, but that also requires more dedication then HOW TO REASSES YOUR CHESS is wonderful and well thought out. You can also get the HOW TO REASSESS YOUR CHESS WORKBOOK, which is a useful tool to accompany this book.

Ideally, if you are serious about getting better, but are intimidated by most chess books, I think you will benefit from HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHESS. It will also prepare you for the more rigorous HOT TO REASSESS YOUR CHESS, which is a nice intermediate step to some more advanced books. You can get Horowitz's and Reinfeld's books very inexpensively used. You might want to try one of these and see how their style appeals to you. If you are intimidated by the average chess book, you might also like Chris Ward's style of teaching and writing. He has books on the VERY basics of the openings and logic behind them, endgame strategy, etc.

The more straightforward books like Chris Ward's are also useful for younger people who haven't quite developed a passion yet, but still have some desire to know more and improve their games incrementally. I know there are other more popular and perhaps better written books out their for various audiences, but for some specific readers I think these might be an even better fit. I was a Director of Education for a major company and taught at both the university and high school levels. Based on my experience, different people have different learning styles and each person needs to find what works best for THEM. Often a mixture of styles is the best approach and actually what I use to digest large amounts of information quickly.

There are better books.......2003-12-06

First, this is not a book for a complete novice. It does not teach the rules. It is for a beginner looing to improve.

This was once a fair book amongst those available (certainly better than most of Reinfeld's rushed pot-boilers). But not anymore. It's very wordy, maybe too wordy. On the plus side, refutations of bad moves are often mentioned. But that doesn't make up for the plain-jane presentation.

For a similar book, try any of the following:

Purdy: Guide to Good Chess
Seirawan: Play Winning Chess
Capablanca: Chess Fundamentals
Idiot's Guide to Chess
Chess for Dummies

If you like Horowitz (and note that most of his old books are in Descriptive Notation) then look for this used. But if you like that sort of book, then Euwe's Chess Master v. Chess Amateur is a much better choice.

I recommend this book to everyone I beat!.......2000-09-28

I've read and enjoyed this book several times and keep getting new insights each time. It took me from making almost random moves that seem good at the time to playing with purpose and patience. I have started winning more often and when I lose, I can understand and analyze the reasons why. The sample game explanations are clear and entertaining.

Not a bad little book..........1998-08-31

I actually like this book, but I do have some reservations. I think players in the 900-1200 range will learn quite a bit from this book. There is lots of good instruction in here -- Horowitz, in particular, has a knack for clear explanations of topics that can seem very murky to beginners. The opening repertoire, however, doesn't seem especially good for beginning players. I think the Queen's Gambit is a good choice and there is something to be said for the Bird's Opening for beginners, but the Sicilian Dragon is way too complex for players of this level. There are too many tactical possibilities to keep track of and in quieter variations the strategic aspects are way beyond a "D" player's comprehension. Additionally, theory in the Dragon has come light years from the days when this book was written. The Yugoslav Attack is not even covered and I can foresee loss after loss coming for players uninformed of even a few of its mind-spinning variations and transpositions. Still, an aspiring player could do a lot worse than to study this little book. Just stay away from that Dragon!

just awesome, baby.......1998-07-30

want to improve your chess? read this book. most of the people i brutilize think they can win just because they want to. not so. these are the players i smash to smithereenes. and they do pack it up and run. you want to enjoy brutalizing your opponent? read this book.

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How to improve your chess: Second steps,
I. A Horowitz
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Chess for Amateurs - How to Improve your Game

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Chess for Amateurs - How to Improve your Game
Fred Reinfeld
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CHESS FOR AMATEURS HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR GAME
REINFELD
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Chess for Amateurs: How to Improve Your Game
Fred Reinfeld
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How Good Is Your Chess?: Rate Your Skill and Improve Your Strategy by Participating in 35 Master Games

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Refreshing
extremely fun
one of a kind book

How Good Is Your Chess?: Rate Your Skill and Improve Your Strategy by Participating in 35 Master Games
Leonard Barden
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Refreshing.......2002-10-31

In this fine book you are given 35 well annotated GM games. The format is similar to the Chessmaster "rate my play". you go through the games, (covering all the moves) and when you begin the critical stages of the games you receive points if you get the correct move. you add them up after a certain stage and you get a good idea of what youre rating is.
concepts covered: centrel control, superior development, positional chess, attacking play, defense, combinations, constriction tecnique, and ending.
the games are from well known players. Tal, botvinik,Keres, bronstein,kotov,spassky, korchoi,larsen, tolush, and others. The players as you can tell have VERY unique styles and i feel that keeps the book fresh because you dont just see posional masters, or only calculative wizards.
if youre looking for some well annotated games you should definetly consider this book. just to figure out youre rating would be fun, although like the other reviewer mentioned it does not consider youre opening expertise. (descriptive)

extremely fun.......2000-03-15

I wouldn't trust the rating this book gives; my rating seemed a couple hundred points too high. Maybe this is because I didn't employ any time constraints, or maybe it says something about my openings (Barden gives you the first 10-15 moves, so he's not rating your openings.) Regardless, the most helpful part of the book is Barden's summaries. He'll write things such as "If you went wrong on moves 16-20, it indicates you need to rely less on general judgments and more on calculating the exact consequences of each move".

I had a ton of fun going through this book. It's much more engrossing than most other chess books.

one of a kind book.......2000-01-23

While many chess books either show positional play, openings or defensive play, this book has everything. The games that are illustrated show strategic and tactical principles such as center control, positional play, constriction, and so on. All the games are illustrated and explained. The author shows why a move is good or bad and you are quizzed to see what move should be made along with the explanation. A table is given in front of the book to see if you are in master class and how to improve. Dover has come out with a splendid book and it is reasonably priced.

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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHESS
I. A., And Fred Reinfeld Horowitz
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I. A. & Fred Reinfeld Horowitz
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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHESS, Practical Advice for the Average Chess Player w/ 100 Illustrated Tactical Situations

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HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR CHESS, Practical Advice for the Average Chess Player w/ 100 Illustrated Tactical Situations
I.a. Horowitz & Fred Reinfeld
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Kevin Cashman, one of the world's leading executive coaches, takes readers on a transformative journey to a new way of leading and a new way of living

"Once you start reading Awakening the Leader Within, you won't set it down. Cashman doesn't let you off the hook until you contemplate how you will live your life differently."
—Tom Debrowski, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Mattel, Inc.

Awakening the Leader Within guides readers through the Six Seeds of Growth, which Cashman has used to help thousands of business leaders change their personal and work lives for the better. He draws on his renowned executive coaching techniques in order to lead the reader on a path to self-discovery and personal betterment. Based on the premise that you need to grow the person in order to grow the leader, this inspirational and interactive story centers on Benson Quinn, a CEO facing a deluge of personal and professional crises. As Quinn confronts the defining moments of his life, the reader learns valuable lessons about authentic and purposeful leadership, applicable at home as well as in the boardroom. At a time when issues of business ethics crowd the headlines-causing many leaders to question whether profit should be a leader's only goal-the practical applications of this book are more timely than ever. Awakening the Leader Within has been endorsed by more than thirty CEOs, thought leaders, and bestselling authors.

Kevin Cashman (Minneapolis, MN) is the founder of LeaderSource, the nation's premier executive coaching consultancy. He has been featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Harvard Management Update, and Human Resource Executive. He has also been a contributing editor to Executive Excellence magazine.

Customer Reviews:

This is a GREAT leadership development read.......2004-04-20

Cashman does a wonderful job integrating the challenge of business managemement with the host of challenges many of us face outside of work. Wow, this one really "hit home." The built in interactivity allows the reader to personally engage as the story unfolds. There were numberous times where I had to stop and really think how effective I have been leading my life vs. just leading the business. This book is both enjoyable to read and very profound.

Wisdom Literature for the 21st Century.......2003-09-01

This story of transformation is a juwel of profound and timeless wisdom being practically applied to business, leadership and coaching. It shows a way out of the present days miseries in both corporate and private life. Here is a bright and realistic vision for individuals, business leaders, organizations, nations and our planet as a whole, presented in the form of a most catching and touching story. This is a precious piece of exquisite literature for our new century. It should be made an obligatory textbook in all business schools.

Awakening the Leader Within.......2003-06-17

It was phenomenal! I read it in one sitting. It was engrossing, thought-provoking and a very compelling look at business values. I would love to see a series of such books on a variety of specific topics. The fictional character interwoven with relevant teachings is a format that needs to continue.

Awakening The Leader Within.......2003-06-05

Kevin Cashman's book is a classic. It combines his soulful insights about authentic leadership with a gripping and realistic tale of the realities confronted by a contemporary executive torn between the bottom line and what's really important in leadership and life.It addresses the greed seeking, short term focus and trends so prevalent in executive suites today. If you are a father and a results driven executive you'll weep when you read this book. I did. IT'S A SINGULAR CLARION CALL JUST WHEN WE NEED IT THE MOST.

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