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Indian outsourcers are now where the Japanese automotive companues were in 1969 - huge changes are coming
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A great wake-up call to American business leaders... it's all about process innovation
More than Offshoring

Bangalore Tiger
Steve Hamm
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0071474781

Book Description

Of all the tech tigers in India, Wipro is one of a handful that stands out from the pack. In the past five years, it has become one of the most accomplished tech services providers in the world, delivering business value through a combination of process excellence, quality frameworks, and service delivery innovation. Totally dedicated to customer satisfaction, Wipro is known to go above and beyond to make customers happy. It’s a move that’s paid off handsomely, with a 24 percent operating profit in its tech services division—more than twice the industry average.

Bangalore Tiger is the story of Wipro’s transformation and its impact on the tech services industry and the rules of global competition. BusinessWeek senior writer Steve Hamm takes you inside the halls of this transnational phenomenon to reveal the true secrets of Wipro’s superior business: its people, principles, and core competencies.

From Wipro’s triumphs to its missteps, Hamm mines a treasure of business lessons, explaining how and, more important, why it is necessary to:

Expand quickly without stumbling
Follow the new rules for outsourcers
Innovate every day—or else
Be obsessive about customers
Motivate employees the Wipro way
Plan three years ahead to prepare for rapid growth

Hamm also gives you a rare glimpse into the mind of Wipro’s charismatic chairman and thought leader, Azim Premji. Guiding Wipro’s growth every step of the way, Premji was one of the first business leaders in India to decree that his company would not pay bribes. You’ll see how his adoption of world-class business processes helped Wipro thrive—and how Wipro is helping to fulfill his dream of a better educated, more prosperous India. Removing the shroud of secrecy around Indian management principles, Hamm provides a real-world blueprint for operating a successful transnational organization, as viewed through the eye of the Bangalore Tiger.

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Indian outsourcers are now where the Japanese automotive companues were in 1969 - huge changes are coming.......2007-02-19

Steve Hamm has given us a useful book about an important company. The emergence of the big Indian outsourcers is one of the most promising developments of the past decade and is every bit as important as the rise of Toyota, Honda and the rest of the Japanese automotive industry. Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, HCL, NIIT (a smaller player, but important in learning and as an enabler) and of course Wipro are redefining the world of software services, and in all likelihood we are just at the beginning of the transformation that this will catalyze.

In Bangalore Tiger the story of the rise of Wipro from a small Mumbai food-oil company to a multi-billion dollar information services and business process outsourcer is well told. The discipline and vision of its management, led by Azim Premji, comes across clearly, as does the culture of efficiency, innovation, and customer service that he and his team have created. Extremely important for those of us who collaborate and compete with the Indian tigers is the way they have adopted and then transformed key management tools. The Indian tigers have shown true leadership in implementing CMM (the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model), making rigorous use of techniques such as UML (something Hamm misses in his book), ISO standards and even Six Sigma. Wipro's application of Toyota's lean production system to software and business services is an important development and one worthy of much more attention. The Deming is to Toyota as SEI CMM is to Wipro analogy works for me. And then to bring this full circle by applying the Toyota way to software is a lovely development.

So why only four stars? Part of this is a response to Hamm's irritating comments on US companies, which often seem to be poorly informed. In fact, people in Western services business work every bit as hard as those at Wipro, at least the ones I work with, and are as open and aggressive about applying new methodologies. The book also suffers from the occasional technical errors (I suppose his editors should have caught these). In order to get a fuller view of the rise of the Indian IT and business process outsourcers one must read much more widely on the overall structure of Indian business (the role of Indian generic drug manufacturers for example), understand the strengths and weaknesses of the Indian educational system, and put this in context of the emerging competitive partnership with China.

But read the book. I know Wipro reasonably well, have visited Indian companies in India, and try to keep current in the area, and I learned a great deal.

More Valuable When Generalized!.......2007-01-11

"Bangalore Tiger's" purpose is to provide insight and praise for Wipro, a large and growing outsourcing company in India. (Market capitalization 2/06 of $20 billion, vs. $13 billion for EDS - the original outsourcer.) However, the book's real value is to document outsourcing trends in the software and business process re-engineering areas. (Also remember that libraries are full of analyses of successful companies at the height of their impact, only to flame-out 2-3 years later.)

Hamm asserts that '03 profit margins at the top six Indian software etc. technology firms averaged 21.7%, vs. 4.3% for the top Western firms (eg. IBM, EDS, HP, etc.). While the Indian share was only 3% in '06, it had grown 33% in just the last year, and was projected to hit 10% by '08. Meanwhile, it is also expanding to legal, market research, online education, and medical areas. Experts believe India's economy will be the world's 3rd largest by 2050, behind China and the U.S.

Addition insight into the power of the Indian challenge is provided by returning to Wipro data: 1.2 million apply/year, but only 20,000 are hired. Wipro operates about 40 Centers of Excellence at any one time - these focus on integrating emerging technologies into business process.

Finally, as to the credibility of the Wipro (think India) threat - Hamm reminds us how people laughed at Toyota when it first sent cars to the U.S.

Large business managers and politicians need to read "Bangalore Tiger," as well as other books summarizing the China and illegal Mexican immigrant threats to the U.S. One may be OK - all three provide serious challenge.

A great wake-up call to American business leaders... it's all about process innovation.......2006-10-15

As the book description says, Hamm gives you a rare glimpse into the mind of Wipro's charismatic chairman and thought leader, Azim Premji. Premji's adoption of world-class business processes helped Wipro thrive. Indeed, the Wipro Way will soon be a baseline for management, as was The Toyota Way in years past.

It's all about "Extreme Competition," as described in Business Process Management guru, Peter Fingar's book by that title. Here's what Premji wrote on the back cover of "Extreme Competition, "In an interconnected world, the services sector has seen varied levels innovation, often inspired by historical breakthroughs in manufacturing. At Wipro we are pioneering the use of Lean manufacturing techniques in the digitization of business processes. This innovation is our key to surviving and thriving in the world of Extreme Competition. --Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Ltd., Chennai, India

Taken together, "Bangalor Tiger" and "Extreme Competition" will arm you with the knowledge you need to get ready for total global competition. And you'd better be ready, for globalization is the greatest reorganization of the business world since the Industrial Revolution.

More than Offshoring.......2006-10-14

While the book focuses on WIPRO (an Indian high tech company), it really is an insightful description of a major global economic shift. While the book focuses on a particular Indian company, it carries significant messages for North American companies - not only what we need to learn to be competitive, but also how we need to adjust to take advantage of the things that "WIPRO" brings to our businesses. I discovered that these Indian companies provide much more than low-cost labor for things like programming or phone services. They are building a whole new infrastructure to engage in the full gamut of development and innovation in high tech.
Thoroughly readable and comprehensive, Bangalore Tiger is a must read for those of us who care about staying competitive as this economic shift evolves.

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Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual
missing manual
Very Informative Book
Breadth but missing depth in places
Just the book I was looking for!

Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual
David Pogue
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Release Date: 2005-07-01

Book Description

You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time.

With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention.

Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time. Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser.

And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands.

There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.

Customer Reviews:

Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual.......2007-06-17

I wish I had purchased this manual a year ago. Great information regarding the MAC and Microsoft interface ideas and problems.

Fantastic information regarding the operation and what can be done with the Intel MAC.

missing manual.......2007-06-09

This book is a boring technical manual and not what it was advertised to be. I would not recommend this book for purchase.

Very Informative Book.......2007-06-07

I found the book 'Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual', by David Pogue, to be very informative and detailed, but yet not difficult to read. This large book covers many areas of Mac OS X, and includes sidebar tips & hints, and suggested software downloads. Overall, I found the book to be excellent.

Breadth but missing depth in places.......2007-06-01

This is an excellent book for somebody new to this or any operating system. It could provide more details for those with some operating systems experience. If you're totally new to the Mac OS X, it's a great reference. It has too many anecdotes. It would be nice to remove the journalism and focus on the topic. Removing the extraneous asides might cut somewhere between 1 of 6 pages or more from the book length.

Don't get the book if you want to understand how the command line, tweak the firewall or do something non-standard. There really isn't any meaningful command line coverage in the book.

Just the book I was looking for!.......2007-05-14

Like I said - this is just the book I was looking for! Firm expedition!

Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type--Revised and Updated Edition Featuring E-careers for the 21st Century

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Learn about yourself with insightful tools
A ray of hope in the darkness of chaos...
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Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type--Revised and Updated Edition Featuring E-careers for the 21st Century
Paul D. Tieger , and Barbara Barron-Tieger
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For over 10 years Do What You Are has helped hundreds of thousands of people find the job that suits their personality type best. It lists the wide array of occupations that are popular with your personality type, including todays hottest career tracks in growth areas such as e-commerce, biotechnology, new media, and telecommunications. Throughout, the authors provide savvy career advice and highlight the strengths and pitfalls of each personality type with real-life examples.

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Learn about yourself with insightful tools.......2007-04-27

I've taken personality tests before as part of my college entrance exam and for work and to be honest most were outdated, general and at times mind-boggling. Authors Paul Tieger and Barbara Barron put a stop to these confusing tests as they pool their years of expertise and share their knowledge in their revised and updated, Do What You Are.

Readers will walk away with a thorough understanding of the sixteen personality types and correlating job fields that will enable readers to preview recommended career choices and learn how these personality types apply to their field of choice.

As I read Do What You Are I especially enjoyed one area: Part Two: The Formula for Career Satisfaction. In this section of the book the authors explain that while our basic personality type doesn't change, the ability to access all type preferences does change, and it is in this process, which happens naturally, that most of us allow ourselves the opportunity to become a well-rounded person. Simply stated, we age, experience life, and mature.

Another key element is realizing that we may choose jobs based on pressure. As the authors state, "Pressure to be what you aren't can cause lifelong confusion. If you are obliged to fit into a certain group mentality that really doesn't suit you (this could be a family dynamic, a school or community setting or a professional environment), you may end up denying your true nature and not enjoying your required role." How many of us have fallen into that trap? Our parents want us to be doctors or lawyers yet we yearn to be an architect so we spend years in jobs we hate to gain acceptance from those we love.

All in all, Do What You Are is an excellent reference tool that can be used over and over, year after year. So whether you're getting ready to graduate high school and are trying to figure out what to study or whether you're contemplating a job change, I think you'll find every aspect of this book helpful and insightful.

Armchair Interviews says: Helpful information for many aspects of your life.

A ray of hope in the darkness of chaos..........2007-04-21

An invaluable guide, written in an easy to understand and conversational style. I have used this book often - for myself and also to guide others. It helps to know your type before hand - however - even if you dont, the book will help you figure it out.

The tips the authors have given on ascertaining the personality type are extremely useful: "if you are not sure how to answer or make a choice - ask yourself what would you rather do or be." This helps you get off the hook - when you struggle with I think I am an 'I', but behavior wise it feels like an 'E'. This they have done for each of the 4 dimensions.

I have read several books on MBTI; however - found this one to be of the most value in identifying natural fit careers as part of my coaching work.

Very highly recommended - read it early!

Advisable information.......2007-04-18

Well this book is good but not good enough. Because it truly puts you in a category and provides you suitable careers according to your personality type, i.e., what careers you'd possibly find enjoyable based on the functioning of your brain.

But each type offers varied fields of career. For example, as in my INFP type, you could be an actor as well as a psychological counselor. That means you have to pounder into what your abilities and interests are before you can find the right career.

Thus I worked with "Discover What You Are Best At" by Linda Gale, which shows your aptitudes(abilities) to narrow the focus. And now I've found the right direction thanks to both books.

My First Choice for Career and Self Development Counseling.......2007-04-15

I borrowed the 2001 edition of this book from the library and was so impressed I purchased the 2007 edition as soon as it was released. I strongly recommend you purchase this book if you want to understand yourself and/or others better.

Readers of this book will have the opportunity to understand:

1. That there are others like the reader, and that what may seem like a character "flaw" of the reader is a totally normal way for the reader to behave. This alone can improve one's self esteem.
2. That there are four different types of temperament and how the temperament impacts relationships and decision-making.
3. Their own "Personality Type's" strengths and some problem areas.
4. Why the reader, and others, do things the way they do.
5. How things change as we grow older.

The authors list 10 specific situations that "define" what could be the "ultimate" job for each Personality Type. I have read these 10 situations to a number of high school students and young adults with differing types and in each case the person said, "yes - a job like that would be fantastic".

Then the book presents a number of occupations that the person might find enjoyable, gives suggestions on how the person should "Customize Your Job Search" (different for each type of person), various Pathways to Success, and Possible Pitfalls of the type.

They then have a chapter on "Putting It All Together" which has "Ten Steps to Creating a Personal Career Plan," complete with questions and blanks for the reader to complete.

This is a book that is worth buying and keeping on the shelf, after you have used it, for reference as you deal with others and have to deal with situations where understanding yourself and others might result in a better outcome than if you don't understand yourself and the people you are interacting with.

This book will help the reader, or the reader's friends, children, or relatives understand themselves and in fact enables them to improve their decision making process.

This book is not intended to be the final step in finding a career or job, but it is the best place I know of to start.

I have found it useful to use this book along with:

1. Nurture by Nature: How to Raise Happy, Healthy, Responsible Children Through the Insights of Personality Type to help myself and parents understand how to best deal with their children and to help the children to better understand themselves, and

2. Just Your Type: Create the Relationship You've Always Wanted Using the Secrets of Personality Type to better understand how to improve my interaction with the people I am counseling. I understand that this is a book designed to deal with, how shall I say it, possibly romantic relationships, but I have found that it helps me understand how my type can interact most productively with other types. I read the appropriate section just before having a meeting with a student and the student's mother and the meeting went much better than my previous meetings and I could clearly see how changes I made, in response to reading just two short sections of this book, really made a difference.

Courtesy of Teens Read Too.......2007-04-09

Choosing a career based on personality type is not a new concept; in fact, the first edition of DO WHAT YOU ARE was released in 1992 (and I can actually remember reading it when I was a junior in high school). In this, the fourth edition, hopefully even more teens will be exposed to this great resource.

The authors, both experts in personality type and career development, put forth the idea that choosing a career path based on your individual personality will be beneficial to your success. For those worried that discovering your personality type is a difficult process, don't despair, because the authors make it quite easy.

There are four dimensions to personality type:

Whether you are extroverted or introverted.
Whether you notice things by sensing or intuition.
Whether you make decisions by thinking or feeling.
Whether you prefer to live by judging or perceiving.

Once you've discovered the answer to each of these four questions, you'll be able to discover which of the sixteen possible personality types you fall into. Once you do, you can quickly skip to the relevant section in the book.

In my case, my personality is ESTJ - or extroverted, sensing, thinking, judging. According to the authors of DO WHAT YOU ARE, my strengths lie in organization, being objective, working alone, and being a good decision maker. My weaknesses are also outlined, and include impatience with those who don't follow procedures, a tendency to overrun people, and difficulty listening to opposing viewpoints. Some suggestions for careers, based on my personality type, are as a teacher, government employee, sales, supervisor, or a manager.

Of course the above is not a full list of the strengths, weaknesses, or recommended career choices for those whose personality type is ESTJ - the above is merely a sampling. But I can say with truth that DO WHAT YOU ARE can be a great resource for those beginning their search for a career choice. I can agree that ESTJ is definitely my personality type (faults and all!) and have no doubt that this book has the power to help everyone looking to correctly match their strengths to the perfect career.

Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"

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nice book
No Roaring in the Library
Great book.
THE PRIDE OF ALL LION STORIES . . .
Thus Spoke Melvil Dewey

Library Lion
Michelle Knudsen
Manufacturer: Candlewick
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Release Date: 2006-07-25

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An affectionate storybook tribute to that truly wonderful place: the library.

Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. He makes a comfy backrest for the children at story hour. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how. Michelle Knudsen's disarming story, illustrated by the matchless Kevin Hawkes in an expressive timeless style, will win over even the most ardent of rule keepers.

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nice book.......2007-05-22

Really enjoy this book. I think I like it more than my son

No Roaring in the Library.......2007-05-14

Library Lion pokes gentle fun at library rules and makes us all wish we had a lion at our library. Libraries need a helpful, polite lion who loves story hour, lets children rest against his soft fur, and never roars... unless the librarian falls off her chair and needs help. After all, lions can't yell or call 911.

Great book........2007-05-07

A really sweet book with lots of interesting personalities in it. And I don't mean syrupy sweet. It's just a nice story.

THE PRIDE OF ALL LION STORIES . . ........2007-04-12

If an important part of your growing up has been reading, you realize there are many people to thank. Author Michelle Knudsen is saying 'thanks' with her (2006) story about Library Lion, and her story is welcomed by hundreds of children plus many adult readers.

An Ithaca (NY) connection (such as the author's) defines a special person according to reviewer mcHaiku. My first library experience was in Ithaca (1931) just a block south of home with only Court Street to cross, an important consideration at age five. Some of us never outgrow our love of children's books and are protective of the memories they conjure up. We remember with gratitude the stability and encouragement found at libraries like Ithaca's, and Petit Branch in Syracuse.

The Library Lion is destined to become an all-time favorite for it not only stirs the feel-good memories of childhood, it tweaks the funny bone of any who may recall a particular frown, or raised eyebrow when they were misbehaving in the stacks. There have been so many outstanding librarians in my family and life I thought that those negative remarks or film images were jokes.

This story is wonderful fun because it is written & illustrated with great affection. Miss Merriweather, the librarian, has her rules, and her assistant Mr. McBee loves to enforce them. The lion's helpfulness extends to licking envelopes containing overdue notices, and he does that with galumptious fervor. Kevin Hawkes draws a wide gamut of human-like emotions in the Lion for adults and children to laugh over and discuss. Does one illustration hint that Ms. M 'has a thing' about McBee? So be it; these times call for sweet distractions, and moral lessons a la "Black Beauty." The lucky children hearing about Michelle Knudsen's "Library Lion" at storytime are on their way to building strong lifetime relationships with libraries everywhere. CHEERS all around!

Thus Spoke Melvil Dewey.......2007-04-10

I've been a fan of Lion protagonists ever since Lafcadio turned the gun on his hunter assailers. Who could help but feel empowered?

"Library Lion" is a lovable lion story. But it is also a lot more than that. It is also about librarians and the inflexible, authoritarian worlds they occupy.

Like any bibliophile, I've spent good deal of time in contact with librarians. Like a friendly postal clerk or a helpful DMV employee, there is nothing better than a cool librarian but- I'm sorry to report- I've found them to be the exception. Most librarians seem permanently arrested in the conventional stage of moral reasoning, the law-and-order world where the rules are of the highest imperative, taking precedence over the very principles from which the rules were generated. There is no room for utilitarian overtones in the hushed hallways of the library. The rules are there to be obeyed. So, the key factor in determining whether or not a lion may sit in with the children at story time is whether or not he can conform to library law. If he can modulate down his growl to an acceptable volume, then he's more than welcome. But, trust me, they would show no mercy if the lion had the misfortune to have a pager go off.

Besides being, at its most superficial, a cute story, "Library Lion" is a good launching point for discussing rules and principles with kids. But grown-ups know what it's really about: The story is actually the love story between two severely repressed librarians with a domesticated carnivore playing interference in the role of step-child. Ultimately, the triangulation proves to be a service, allowing Miss Merriweather and Mr. McBee to displace both their affection and hostility and finally take notice of their feelings for each other.

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition

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It's little wonder that longtime Windows users are migrating in droves to the new Mac. They're fed up with the virus-prone Windows way of life, and they're lured by Apple's well-deserved reputation for producing great all-around computers that are reliable, user-friendly, well designed, and now--with the $500 Mac mini--extremely affordable, too.

Whether you're drawn to the Mac's stability, its stunning digital media suite, or the fact that a whole computer can look and feel as slick as your iPod, you can quickly and easily become a Mac convert. But consider yourself warned: a Mac isn't just a Windows machine in a prettier box; it's a whole different animal and a whole new computing experience.

If you're contemplating--or have already made--the switch from a Windows PC to a Mac, you need Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition. This incomparable guide delivers what Apple doesn't: everything you need to know to successfully and painlessly move to a Mac.

The latest reprint of this book has been updated to reflect the new generation of Mac models that run on Intel chips. There's even a new appendix that guides you through the installation of Windows XP on your Macintosh (using adapter software like Boot Camp or Parallels), so that you have the best of all worlds: a single, beautiful machine that can run 100 percent of the world's desktop software. (Note to people who've already bought the book: This appendix is available as a free PDF download from missingmanuals.com.)

Missing Manual series creator and bestselling author David Pogue teams up with 17-year-old whiz kid and founder of GoldfishSoft (www.goldfishsoft.com) Adam Goldstein to cover every aspect of switching to a Mac--things like transferring email, files, and addresses from a PC to a Mac; getting acquainted with the Mac's interface; adapting to Mac versions of familiar programs (including Microsoft Office); setting up a network to share files with PCs and Macs; and using the printers, scanners, and other peripherals you already own.

Covering the latest in Mac OS X v.10.4 "Tiger," Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition explains the hundreds of innovative new features to the Mac OS and how you can understand and make the very most of each.

Whether you're a novice or a power user, Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition, teaches you how to smoothly and seamlessly replace (or supplement) your Windows machine--in a refreshingly funny and down-to-earth style--with a mighty Mac.

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first time using a manual of any kind.......2007-06-05

I'm taking the time to write this review because it was what i read from other's reviews of this product that convienced me to buy it. I'm no IT techno geek but i have worked with windows PC's now for 15 years at work and i am amazed at what i learned from this manual and how easy it made my transition to the mac. I had some serious doubts about going mac but with the help of the manual i learned a ton fast. Alot of my friends see me with the manual and ask where i got it and then say they wish they had bought one at the same time they bought their mac's. Spend the money you won't regret it.

Good Primer.......2007-06-02

It's been a while since I used a Mac. The last operating system I used was System 7. This is a simple to read and understand book. The writer tries hard to make it light and not a dry technical manual.

was really hoping for something else..........2007-05-28

The book is FULL of apple button commands. They are like short cuts. Only thing is, that its like teaching DOS to a guy that only knows Windows. Who can possibly remember even a quarter of these commands. The one important thing I gleaned from this book was the software they recommended for changing your files from your outlook mail box to apple mail. Coming to think about it, I pulled that off the apple site O2M by Little Machines, 10 bucks grabs the files you need to transfer. Or just take it to the apple store and have a genius do it for free. I did learn how to alt-tab, its apple button tab. there, I just saved you a few bucks.

Useful indeed.......2007-05-10

For those who are switching from a windows machine, this book is very helpful when you go looking for things like how to do different commands for the same result (i.e., how to get the same results on a mac as you do on a pc). That's the main use for it. Otherwise I'd just get the regular Missing Manual for your product. But still useful. I got some good use from it.

Comprehensive.......2007-05-10

I found this book really useful. I have used a PC for more than ten years and managed the basic changeover stuff, like new names for similar objects. But David Pogue has a knack of explaining the detail of things to make sense of the differences which helps greatly. I would recommend Switching to the Mac (Tiger) Missing Manual.

Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

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Waking the Tiger
The Rave of the Ignorant
Our Healing Instincts
PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder)
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Waking the Tiger : Healing Trauma : The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences
Peter Levine , and Ann Frederick
Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books
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ASIN: 155643233X
Release Date: 1997-07-07

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Waking the Tiger.......2007-06-14

great service, book arrived in excellent condition

The Rave of the Ignorant.......2007-05-12

This book fundamentally ignores major aspects and driving forces that need to be addressed in our country and world regarding abuse, violence and resulting trauma, especially in regards to specific contributing factors of complex trauma and abuse. It seems as though Levine takes on minimal aspects in the healing of trauma, but fails to realize that trauma in some areas of this world are everyday occurrences and some types of more complex trauma will not be curtailed or remedied by such simple "healing methods". Levine also seems to completely deny that in many situations, the inherent fight/flight response in nature, especially those attached to memory, could just save your own life.

Before you order this book, (or any book on trauma) you should be aware that most people who profess "professional ability to address and cure trauma" have apparently never really been a true victims of serious and/or complex trauma and apparently don't understand certain key elements of how SEVERE trauma and abuse affects individuals, as well as their community, workplace and families. The few examples Levine offers are extremely limited examples and seem to be part of a marketing objectives for his trademark invention of "somatic experiencing"...think he'll treat you for free without some sort of financial compensation?

I will give him some credit for recognizing some aspects of the body and mind's innate natural responses as an aid to cure itself through its own accord, but he fails to exemplify or recognize that healing comes in varying degrees of personal capability, but this isn't anything new...it's what the body and mind does on its own through time, and especially with personal effort and awareness and a keen willingness to escape continued abuses and trauma! Levine's approach to "ignoring memory", stating that memory is even "false", is something that needs to be seriously considered, as memory is what often saves us from being victimized in the future by similar or repeated circumstances.

This book seriously fails to recognize that certain people in life are inherently in a vulnerable position to begin with, (i.e. elderly people or foster children with no family, psychiatric and medical patients) whose doctors seem to enjoy the facilitation of keeping them drugged to bypass deeper issues that could otherwise be resolved, but keep the financial wheels of the machine turning. And then there are the individuals whose families have victimized a family member through scapegoating measures and have even turned their backs on that child, while using him/her as a scapegoat for their own agendas. Levine's book fails to address those aspects of even more serious trauma resulting from that type of victimization!
It seems that this book addresses the more mundane types of trauma as with auto accidents or situations one CAN take measures to more easily prevent. He certainly overlooks some important key factors of the importance of memory and specific strategies for avoiding future abuses. Certainly the industry doesn't want you to know that you won't be treated or "cured", unless they are financially compensated for their efforts, and most can't or won't even address the deeper interrelated problems connected with continued abuses in the legal and justice systems, financial markets and businesses, government and political abuses of everyday life!

Failing to bring to light these other aspects of abuse and potential for "preventing or healing them" is a serious flaw of this book. I think Levine needs to do much more research in this area before writing another book that can actually help those in such situations.

This book does not adequately address situations where you are forced to live in dangerous conditions or address dangerous living conditions, such as bad neighborhoods, disaster prone areas, violent and manipulative agendas with political, legal and social problems that face society everyday that continue to be the root of trauma that is being completely ignored by professionals! These are serious aspects of serious abuse issues that are unfortunately being overlooked and/or ignored by policy makers, as well as "therapists". The latest legal, political and psychological catchphrases of "spousal abuse", "child abuse", and others at least address some family issues, have some legal recourse, but what about political, legal, medical, financial, and justice system abuses? If your lawyer is screwing you, do you think your therapist will really tell you the truth of the political situation of the legal system, even if he/she is aware of it? It's doubtful!

The only way this author could ever change my opinion after my extensive experiences with severe trauma, abuse, and serious corruption that has facilitated public illusions that I have witnessed in the mental health fields, legal fields, law enforcement fields, medical fields and many other professional fields bombarded with rampant and latent corruption, is for this author to address those absolute traumas by those responsible, contributing entities that Levine horribly fails to confront in this book. I personally know what kind of guts it takes to be willing to be hated for the truth...

It makes me wonder if the "rave reviews" aren't the undertakings of fellow members of academia, or if they are from those who are not fully capable of addressing abuse, absent of self-serving outcomes.

Our Healing Instincts.......2007-03-24

Waking the Tiger is Peter Levine's book on healing traumas. Although I am not a psychologist or therapist, its powerful and natural method is intensely appealing. Everybody in his or her life is bound to obtain traumas. This need not be due to serious accidents or maltreatment, even supposedly harmless events suffice to shock our system. And not only people, animals too, are subject to trauma.

And it is this world Levine put his attention to. He observed the ways in which an animal 'shakes off' the intense energies after a traumatising event subsides. A human however, with its sophisticated and reasoning brain, has a tendency to thwart this instinctive reaction. As a result the intense energies have no way to discharge and the body has to find other ways to stay in balance. Symptoms arise that can seriously and structurally impede a person's healthy and joyful experience of life.

Levine's method to heal does not involve long term therapy in which the traumatising event is relived again and again. It involves sensing your body and tracking the trauma energies. Once these are discovered you are encouraged to make the instinctive and natural body movements needed to discharge these energies. His method is as simple as it is effective because it knows how to harness the instinctive and natural capacities to heal. Capacities we all possess.

PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder).......2007-03-02

I happen to have this book on my bookshelf. Good basic PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) work for the beginning and advanced practitioner. Also, a fairly easy to read introduction to PTSD treatment for the layman.

The only downside is that it offers more conclusions than exercises for the layman, and this can lead the uninitiated to assume they know all about it now, on "authority".

Otherwise, Good Show Levine!

James Nemec LMT, CST-D
Author, TOUCH THE OCEAN, THE POWER OF OUR COLLECTIVE EMOTIONS

Really interesting.......2007-02-25

I own it. It's really awesome and simple at the same time. Just read it carefully, you'll find lots of useful information...

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You want tips, this is the book for you
Generally I don't praise killers but .....
not worth the money
S.Kelby does it again! Wonderfull !!
The Book For All Mac People

Mac OS X Tiger Killer Tips
Scott Kelby
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0321290542

Book Description

Tips rule!

Have you ever noticed that in just about every Mac book, the author will include a couple of tips in each chapter (you'll usually find them in the sidebar, or at the bottom of the page in a tinted box). Sometimes it's a shortcut, a faster way to do something, or a clever workaround that just makes your life easier. People really love those tips, but there's only one problem--there's never enough of them.

That's why Scott Kelby, bestselling author and Editor-in-Chief of Mac Design magazine came up with the idea to create a book that's nothing but "sidebar" tips. That's right--this entire book, cover-to-cover is packed with nothing but those cool inside secrets, slick workarounds, undocumented shortcuts, and sneaky little tricks that will make you faster, better, and have more fun using Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger).

Nothing but the tips!

You're not going to find complicated descriptions on how to configure a network, how to partition a hard drive, or lines and lines of scary-looking UNIX code--instead this book is nothing but cool tips--and it's all written in Scott's casual, plain English style so you can start using these tips today. Plus, this book does the standard "sidebar tip" one better by including a clear screen capture with nearly every tip, so you can see exactly how it's all done.

Not just tips. Killer tips!

To be in this book, every tip has got to be a "Killer Tip" (the kind of tip that makes you nod and smile, then call all your Mac buddies to tune them up with your new-found power). Scott's a total "hip hound" (in fact, it was Scott who created the entire smash-bestselling "Killer Tips" book series), and he doesn't hold anything back--it's all here from the man who literally "wrote the book" on cool productivity tips.If you like doing things the easy way, if you like getting twice the work done in half the time, and if you get a kick out of knowing all the "inside secrets and undocumented shortcuts" that will wow your friends and coworkers, you're absolutely going to love this book.

Customer Reviews:

You want tips, this is the book for you.......2007-05-12

Very good book for getting hints that are not only helpful and productive, but just increase your knowledge.

Generally I don't praise killers but ............2007-02-07

Great tips delivered with a terrific sense of humor

not worth the money.......2007-01-15

Most 'killer' tips are basically only telling what is in the menus of the application. They are of the kind: "Did you ever wonder how to create a new Document? Here is the secret killer tip for doing this: got the the 'file' menu and select 'new document'!" --> total worthless ... I can read the menu myself. There are two or three ok tips in there, but not worth buying the book. Other killer tips are plain dangerous: They recommend as power tip not to do any automatic security updates or not to use a administrator password because it is too annoying to remember it --> this is just asking for trouble .

S.Kelby does it again! Wonderfull !!.......2007-01-10

You can immediately see that this very fine edition is a product of true love,from a writer whose writings the last few years do nothing else but illuminating us all on how to make the best out of our MACS.

The Book For All Mac People.......2006-11-12

This book promises killer tips and that's just what you get: every possible tip, shortcut, convenient action that the Mac user might need - and won't find anywhere else!
A great book with an interesting presentation!

Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia

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Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia
Barbara A. Weightman
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Binding: Hardcover

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This book explores conditions, events, problems and trends of the Asian region and its individual nations. Using a cross disciplinary approach, the author discusses evolving physical and cultural landscapes. Nature-society relations will provide the foundation for social, economic, political and environmental problems.

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Important historically, but not delightful
Rembering the good old days
Noteworthy Because of its historical context
Bodacious
FUN AND EXCITING

The Story of Little Black Sambo

Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0397300069

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The jolly and exciting tale of the little boy who lost his red coat and his blue trousers and his purple shoes but who was saved from the tigers to eat 169 pancakes for his supper, has been universally loved by generations of children. First written in 1899, the story has become a childhood classic and the authorized American edition with the original drawings by the author has sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

Little Black Sambo is a book that speaks the common language of all nations, and has added more to the joy of little children than perhaps any other story. They love to hear it again and again; to read it to themselves; to act it out in their play.

Customer Reviews:

Important historically, but not delightful.......2007-04-26

To me, it is not a matter of being offended or not. But if you can read this without any discomfort you need to review your history. Of course kids can like it, but they like throwing rocks at ducks too. What is disturbing to me is how anyone can be nostalgic for a colonial past. Sambo is very lovable, but that is the point. It paid to maintain that the 'primitive' races were childlike, endearingly innocent. This idea of a paternalistic love actually supported Western dominance. They were the 'white man's burden,' permanently in childlike relation to the West, incapable of self rule or living in a modern world. In exchange for being guided to civilization, their natural resources could be had for the superior races. The childlike, innocent native is cut from the same cloth as the threatening cannibal, or the easily scared servant, or the lazy slave. All of these stories came out of that system of beliefs. This is not an Indian folk tale, however clever and tricky Sambo is. This is not, as one reviewer writes, "A loving attempt to reach across the racial divide." The historical record contradicts this reading. Read just a line or two from the official reports written by colonial administrators like Helen Bannerman's husband. This kind of nostalgia erases the history of colonial rule. Maintaining divisions between a ruling class (British) and a subaltern class (colonial subjects) was the whole point of colonialism, of which this tale is a product.You and your children may find this character cute and cuddly, but stop and think about that. So are puppies. It is quite possible to love your mammy or your servant, just as you love your dog. (The mother in this tale is a direct relation of Aunt Jemima and her pancake mix, introduced at the Chicago World's Fair just two years previously) Exactly WHO is nostalgic for this past? I understand how remembering black slaves and coolies as 'happy darkies' is a lot less painful than actually remembering the truth. This was not a simpler time but one in which brutal subordination of a people was sanctioned by the state. If you miss that 'simpler time' I hope you don't live next door to me. My children would not be safe.

Rembering the good old days.......2007-03-09

My wife and I had this book when we were children. We are now in our late 60s.And often talked about this book. Didn't know we could still buy them. This was a great little book.Think every one should read this book. keep up the good work. Thanks

Noteworthy Because of its historical context.......2007-03-05

I recall Little Black Sambo from my childhood as well. My Aunt worked as a domestic for a Jewish household and they would give her their children's discarded playthings to take to her nephews. Little Black Sambo was among the offerings. I remember reading with fascination the story of this child and I knew nothing at the time of its racist connotations. Unfortunately, despite the denial of some of the prior reviewers, it cannot be ignored that this book might be considered offensive to some. Just like the black lawn jockeys that were so popular at one time, and the Aunt Jemima pancake box before they took the bandana off of her head, these icons represent post cival rights era reality. I supppose some of you see nothing wrong with the Little Rascal character Farina with the rags tied in his head, or Buckweat either. I would not advocate banning any of the aforementioned symbols, because I think they should be cherished as a sign of just how far we've come. I have mammy salt and pepper shakers, cookie jars, etc., because as a Black man in America, I want to remember and cherish the past. If I find the version of this book I had as child in which Sambo was jet black with white eyes and huge red lips, I'd add it to my collection in a heartbeat!

Bodacious.......2007-01-18

The children's book was shipped in good order and the prodcut arrived promtly. The book itself has long been a favorite among children. Clearly wirtten and very understandable.

FUN AND EXCITING.......2007-01-11

AS A CHILD VISITING A SAMBO'S FOR BREAKFAST ALL THE PAINTED SCENE'S FROM THIS BOOK WERE ON THE WALLS. WE WOULD GO HOME AND TAKE THE BOOK OUT AND READ IT OVER AND OVER. WE LOVED IT. MY FAVORITE PART, WAS WHEN THE TIGER'S TURNED INTO BUTTER.I LOVED THE FAMILY IN THIS BOOK, AND HOW SMART THE MOM WAS TO COOK SOMETHING WONDERFUL FROM THE BUTTER. OVER THE YEARS MY BOOK GOT LOST, BUT I NEVER FORGOT THE WONDERFUL STORY. SO ONE DAY I CHECKED AMAZON AND THERE IT WAS. I BOUGHT TWO COPIES. ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR MY MOTHER WHO READ IT TO ME OVER AND OVER. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS AVAILABLE. WE ALL LOVE THE BOOK.

Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!: Pearls Before Swine Treasury

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Pastis is a mad genious
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I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Pig
Laughs For All Ages
FAN-tastic

Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My!: Pearls Before Swine Treasury
Stephan Pastis
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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The Pearls Before Swine crew are at it again in their new book, Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My! But even the wonderful Wizard of Oz couldn't help this bunch of merry misfits. Collecting strips from his last two books, Nighthogs and The Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised, cartoonist Stephan Pastis takes you on a magically malicious journey over the rainbow and into the rat trap of Lions and Tigers and Crocs, Oh My! As in the previous Pearls treasury collection, Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic, the comic strips are annotated, as only the smart-alecky, misanthropic-but-lovable Pastis can do. Following his yellow brick road of notes, readers gain great insights into the making of such classic Pearls bits as Rat's stint as a New York Times reporter, Angry Bob, Pig's plastic surgery, the Mallet o' Understanding, Mrs. Bootyworth, and the fraternal order of the Zeeba Zeeba Eetas.

A special bonus feature included in Lions and Tigers and Crocs is "The Good, the Banned, and the Ugly," a section of never-before-published and unedited Pearls strips.

So go, as fast as lightning, to the Emerald City¿or the cash register¿and buy this book, before a twister drops a Box o' Stupid People on you!

Customer Reviews:

Pastis is a mad genious.......2007-05-09

I am fifty Years Old, and have been reading the daily comics in newspapers since the age of seven. Pearls Before Swine is without a doubt one of the most entertaining strips of all time. Stephen Pastis' wit is razor sharp, I look forward to reading Perls every day, and my of my best friends at work calls me every day and we laugh like all get out. I am glad he left the legal profession, and hope he never stops doing Pearls.

humor for the open mind.......2007-04-12

This book is very good. However it is one that some people need to take with a grain of salt. Stephen Pastis is a very gifted comic strip writer for the fact that he knows the English vocabulary very well and knows how to play with it. Also Pastis likes to venture on some of the territory that other comic strip writers would find taboo which in turn makes him highly controversial which is strange for the fact that he doesn't step to far over lines like most of the comedians now days that don't believe a joke is worthy unless he/she sees someone gag. When it comes the art, I at first was naive enough to take his simple drawings as bad or unpolished drawings when fact most of his strips would be ruined if the drawings were not simple and to the point.
Overall I think this is a book well worth owning and the author might not have the artistic flare as the author from "get fuzzy" or have the same view of comics as Bill Watterson where bigger is better or isn't as warm and fuzzy as "Mutts" and "Family Circus" but he is definitely a gifted writer and I believe and hope will go on for many more years.

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Pig.......2007-04-04

It's fun to know what's going on in Pastis' mind when he writes. I have all of his books and also cut out his strips from the Norman Transcript.

Laughs For All Ages.......2007-01-21

My fifteen year old son laughed and laughed while reading this book. We all need more laughter and Stephan Pastis' humor reaches a broad audiance.

FAN-tastic.......2007-01-20

i am a HUGE fan of Steven Pastis's comic "pbs"... this collection of strips is hilarious, the behind the scenes info is a wonderful treat and its exciting to learn about his thought processes and beginning stages of his ideas. Fabulous book to purchase if you are a pbs fan or love a good laugh!!

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