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Book Description
In this retelling of the old French legend, a juggler offers to the Christ Child the only Christmas gift he has. “The full-color pictures with subtle tonal modulations are an integral part of the design of the lumious pages full of movement and vitality. The Italianate aspects of the setting are beautifully realized.”--The Horn Book
Customer Reviews:
Extraordinary.......2007-03-09
This retelling of an ancient moral story along with the superb pictures make it a necessary addition to the select library used by grandparents and parents for reading aloud, over and over again, to the young ones.
Clown of God .......2007-01-12
This book is a great read for all ages. A strong life lesson and a touching story that will reach out to those who are interested in a book that teaches something about life.
Loved this Book! .......2007-01-10
I love this book. Five in a Row has a great unit study on it. My children (3 yrs and 6 yrs) love it too. It has juggling to appeal to children and it has a beautiful ending. I have bought it for gifts as well as having my own copy.
The Gift of One's Talents.......2006-08-23
I remember this tale from my childhood when it was read to me by a nun. Tomie De Paola has beautifully illustrated this story and retold it by placing the events in medieval Italy. Since this is one of my favorites, I have purchased several copies for my grandchildren, and a gift to other grandparents who like reading to the little ones. Be prepared to feel the emotion of this story, it gets me all the time.
Wonderfully moving masterpiece.......2006-07-10
Some stories are offered and they are nice to listen to, and that is all. Other stories are told and they linger in your mind, they captivate the possibility that life, my life, can be live differently. The Clown of God remains for me an enchanting tale that I return to time and time again. My three year old son loves hearing the story!
The pictures are simple and reflect the simple nature of the story without overwhelming the words and meaning. De Paola has fashioned this story more than adequately.
As to its meaning? Well, a good story never has just one meaning and each time I read The Clown of God, something that was once hidden is revealed, even if just for a moment. Perhaps what is so captivating is the possibility that God delights even in something as a person who is a skillful juggler. God delights in people expressing the beauty of who they are, even in old age when everyone else ignores them or derides them.
A timeless classic which will remain on my shelves, and be shared with as many as possible, child and adult, for many years to come.
Product Description
Here's an innovative game that encourages children to think with numbers. Combining a custom-designed deck of 86 number cards with a full-color book of 20 games. Number Jugglers uses a unique equation approach to teach fundamental math concepts. Full-color illustrations throughout the 80 page book. Also comes with a boxed deck of 86 full-color number cards. 10 3/4 x 7 inches. For ages 5+.
Customer Reviews:
The best math learning book ever........2002-03-13
This book works for every kid, and adults enjoy playing the games, too! I have never seen a child try a Number Jugglers game without getting enthusiastic about math. It must be the feeling of success that comes with getting it right in Number Jugglers.
Whatever it is, Ruth Alexander has developed a truly great approach to math learning that works. And it's enjoyable enough to have at home, too. It has all the right elements of game play--adjustable for many age and skill levels, and for single or multiple users.
Number Jugglers is the most important math game in my class........1998-10-03
I have taught a multi-age class, grades 1,2, and 3 for 10 years and have found Number Jugglers to be the most popular and useful math game in my class's math program. Children who do not feel successful in other ways in math, find a place of comfort with Number Jugglers. Children are thinking, manipulating numbers, problem solving, and practicing math facts while having a great deal of fun. Number Jugglers is solid in current good teaching practices. I found Number Jugglers easy to understand and use. Kids love to leave school with Number Jugglers as their homework. I think Number Jugglers should be on every classroom shelf and in every home.
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Here Warren Kimball explores Roosevelt's vision of the postwar world by laying out the nature and development of FDR's 'war aims'-his long-range political goals. As the face of eastern Europe and the world changes before our eyes, Roosevelt's goals, dismissed during the Cold War as impractical statesman facing of dilemmas that defied quick solution.
Customer Reviews:
Concise, Authoritative and Fascinating.......2005-04-11
Chapter one of this splendid book begins with this incredibly revealing remark that FDR made on May 15, 1942:
"You know I am a juggler, and I never let my right hand know what my left hand does.... I may have one policy for Europe and one diametrically opposite for North and South America. I may be entirely inconsistent, and furthermore I am perfectly willing to mislead and tell untruths if it will help win the war."
Franklin Roosevelt was a very charming man. He was so agreeable to so many different people and interests. But as one historian put it, behind that charming mask was a cunning mind. FDR had the perfect temperament to direct World War II foreign operations. It may not have always been obvious what he was up to, but look at the results he achieved.
Another historian titled his FDR biography "The Lion and the Fox." Another historian compared FDR's sly foreign policy to that of looking into a kaleidoscope. You cannot see how the patterns are forming... unless you take apart the kaleidoscope and see its hidden methods.
This brief book takes apart the kaleidoscope. It was written by Warren Kimbell, one of the greatest foreign policy historians of the World War II era, after a long and distinguished academic career. He was the editor of the correspondenses between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt.
The text itself is brief - only 200 pages. The writing is interesting and concise. The footnotes are extensive - 77 pages - and loaded with useful tidbits. The book mentions the interpretations of several different foreign policy experts and highlights the most credible.
The book uses fourteen chapters to describe Roosevelt's strategies in several different arenas. For example, one focuses on Lend-Lease. Another focuses on Casablanca. Another part mentions FDR's ant-colonialism viewpoint. Another details FDR's vision for a safer, more secure post-war world.
Kimball describes Roosevelt's foreign policy as "Americanism," which was a profound change from America's role in the world before FDR came to power. Read this book to find out what he means.
An Important Book On FDR and His Foreign Policy.......2001-10-06
In The Juggler, Warren Kimball attempts to paint a new picture of FDRýs foreign policy. Warren Kimballýs thesis is that FDR had a vision for his foreign policy and did not merely react to events but attempted to craft a post-World War II world. From Lend-Lease to World War II, Kimball argues that FDR was consistent in his beliefs and desires. As a politician, FDR (unlike President Wilson) was willing to compromise to ensure his dream would come to pass.
The tragedy was the FDRýs vision was beyond humanity. Like Communism, he thought that the utopian ideal would allow humanity to transcend our weaknesses. War would no longer be profitable so nobody would want to wage it. This vision went beyond his grasp to attain. He did succeed (whether it was he doing or merely the geopolitical realities of the Russian threat) in ensuring that the UN would be founded and that the US would continue its presence in world affairs.
Warren Kimball wrote an important book to dispel the preconceptions of FDRýs foreign policy. Despite contradictions and vague notions, FDR did have a larger vision and didnýt spent his Presidency merely reacting to foreign events.
Kimball - The Master Juggler himself.......2000-04-18
An outstanding contribution to World War Two diplomatic history, Warren Kimball lays to rest one of the old chestnuts common to most people - that Franklin D. Roosevelt, the domestic reformer, had no consistent foreign policy, merely reacting to events. Weaving humour, deft insight, an unparalleled knowledge of the sources (Mr. Kimball is the editor of the FDR-Churchill correspondence) and diplomatic history together wonderfully, the Juggler is one of the central texts for anyone looking at the wartime Grand Alliance.
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The best.......2006-07-11
I am 12 and i got this book when i was 10. I learned much of the basics and went on and learned even more of the art of juggling. i can now do a diablo use tricky sticks and juggle clubs rings and balls and scarves. for adults and kids alike this is a must get for anyone learning how to juggle
Good Reference Book for Inspiring Jugglers.......2004-10-09
This is an acceptable book for beginners who can learn through reading. It does an adequate job of teaching the basics through illustrations. It also provides instruction for variations of juggling including: cigar boxes, devil sticks, hats and plate spinning.
Great examples of how to be a successful juggler........2003-12-13
This is a huge book. It's over 500 pages. If you do not know how to juggle, I wouldn't buy this book. I would reccomend that you get Juggling for the Complete Klutz first. Then, once you master that book, then buy this book. Although it doesn't give very detailed instructions on how to do the tricks, it kind of encourages creativity by letting the reader interpret the illustrated diagrams how they want and possibly coming up with their own tricks based on the ones described in the book so each juggler that learns from this book will have their own individual style.
The book has sections on juggling balls, clubs, devil sticks, diablo, cigar boxes, and many others. It also includes a section on old Vaudeville tricks that could be performed, and another section on how to make money from juggling and how to put on a really good show.
I have had this book for years, and I'd say I haven't mastered half of the stuff in it yet.
It's great!
the worst juggling book I own.......2000-07-09
If I ever meet a person who has learned to juggle using this book alone then I will shake his hand and name him as the most single minded, dedicated, fanatical juggler in the country.This book is almost useless as a tutor of juggling....it may interest people in juggling and show them some of the things that are possible, but it will not teach them how to do it themselves.The author tries to teach all aspects of juggling and fails - for each chapter in the book a book of similar size could be easily written without exahausting the subject. The author shows the trick but doesn't show you the mechanics of actually learning the trick for yourself. If a complete beginner were to start learning using this book then their attempts would end in frustration... it doesn't give a true impression of the difficulty of learning the tricks, some of which would take a juggler years of practice to build up to - if they ever get that far. so, I conclude by saying that if you are looking to learn to juggle don't bother with this book (juggling for the complete klutz is a good gentle introduction, or the encyclopaedia of ball juggling for an idea of what is possible and a realistic view of how much work it takes to learn certain tricks) and that if you are interested in learning a particular type of juggling (eg. balls, clubs, devil sticks, diablo) then buy a book that specifically deals with that apparatus and be prepared to practice!
All the steps from Beginner to Beginner+ !.......2000-04-27
This book cover only the VERY basic concepts of juggling. I have lots of juggling books, and this is not one of the best. If you want to learn how to juggle 3 balls to start with, get a book on ball juggling. If you want to learn another thing, get a book on that one thing. This book misses what is sets out to do - learn you to go from a beginner juggler to a professional one. One of the few books I've bought that really disappointed me. In addition, the instructions on HOW to do the tricks are not good enough. After all, you want to LEARN YOURSELF these tricks, don't you? Yes, and not only KNOW ABOUT THEM.
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It was published by permission from Hyperion Books.
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Let Me Have a Soul, That I Too May Sing and Dance........2006-08-23
"I keep asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing."
What's so important about a name? Does it give you something? Does it lay out a path for you to follow? Does it tell you who you are?
Crispin doesn't know his name because his father died years ago in the plague. "Asta's Son" is all anyone has ever called him. Doing their best to survive in meager conditions, he and his mother live among the poorest of the poor in fourteenth-century medieval England. Until his mother dies. Then, on a midnight trip to Father Quinel's quarters to learn the truth about his father, Crispin interrupts John Aycliffe, the steward in those parts, meeting secretly with a strange man in the forest.
Next thing Crispin knows, Father Quinel has been murdered and people are trying to kill him. He is labeled a Wolf's Head, which means anyone who finds him can kill him without impunity. On the run from everything relating to his prior life, without a name or a plan, he is stopped by an enormous man who calls himself Bear. In exchange for letting him live, Crispin if forced to vow service to Bear as his Master now. Where this will take Crispin, he doesn't know, but he isn't sure he wants to find out. People are still hunting for him, but why? And how will he ever find a new life under these conditions?
Avi's CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD tells the heartmoving story of a young boy in search for his name, and not just any name, a name he can live by. Set against the backdrop of medieval Christianity, Crispin's prayer is this: "Let me play the music well. Let me be a credit to my master. And I beg Thee, let me have a soul, that I too may sing and dance."
Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
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The front board illustrated in color. Picture depicts a juggler in action with four balls
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Learn fractions step-by-step. What's Greater?, Fraction Rummy, Make It Whole, and 16 other games to help understand fractions and their real-world applications. Use the Fraction Jugglers Math Cards to manipulate instead of memorize and to develop problem-solving skills by converting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. Full-color, illustrated book with 128 pages comes with a boxed deck of 86 full-color fraction flash cards. Package is 10 3/4 x 7 inches. For ages 8+
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Having Fun Learning Fractions.......2002-02-09
Fraction Jugglers is the best book we have ever seen to help kids (and adults!) learn how to use fractions. It starts from the very beginning (naming fractions) and gradually teaches everything you need to know. The illustrations are cute, the text is easy to understand, and the games are fun. We watched children laughing and excited to play as they were competing to see who would win the most cards. Meanwhile they were figuring out equivalent fractions without even realizing it. Definitely a great book. The fraction cards and fraction chart that come with the book are very helpful.
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How should a manager handle different accountability expectations? While a commonplace term in government lexicon, accountability has escaped precise definition, leaving managers at a disadvantage when trying to monitor the performance of their programs.
Including more than 300 programs, over 60,000 employees, and a budget of over $400 billion, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an ideal canvas for starkly illustrating competing accountability demands. With a bird's-eye view of the agency's inner workings, Radin tackles big issues such as strategies of centralization and decentralization, coordination with states and localities, leadership, and program design, while using the apt analogy of a juggler to show how managers must keep in the air disparate demands and developments.
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Hooray! The circus has come to Busytown and Lowly Worm has decided to try out to become a performer, He amazes everyone with his juggling and acrobatic skills, but when the show is over he realizes that if he joins the circus he'll have to leave his family. What will Lowly do?
Book Description
In the past, most project management books have focused on managing one project, but in today's increasingly busy and stressful world, it has become necessary to calmly and efficiently manage more than one project—often several projects—successfully at the same time. This learned skill is valuable not only for project managers, but also for anyone responsible for the successful outcome of multiple projects, whether it is at the office or in the home! Dobson says that you must first have a strong foundation in time management and priority setting, then introduces the concept of Portfolio Management to timeline multiple projects, determine their resource requirements, and handle emergencies, putting you in charge for possibly the first time in your life!
The Juggler's Guide to Managing Multiple Projects does not forget the paperwork. Dobson supplies examples of business-tested forms, charts, logs, tables, and worksheets—everything project managers need to crash, level, analyze, plan, and control tasks. Forms were never better explained or illustrated. To ensure creative success, Dobson adds tips, shortcuts, and tricks of the project management trade with each example.
Customer Reviews:
Libro necesario para los que gestionan múltiples proyectos........2006-01-31
Este libro merece las cinco estrellas simplemente por cubrir un espacio que hasta su aparición y algún otro título no se había cubierto y es el de la gestión de Múltiples Proyectos.
El libro es muy asequible, la idea fundamental ("Gestiona tu proyecto a partir de los recursos más limitantes") se desarrolla a partir de un caso que evoluciona en todo el libro.
Las ideas básicas, están salpicadas de ejemplos de otras industrias, que ayudan y motivan al que se ve frente a un proyecto. Especialmente si el proyecto no está directamente relacionado (o nada relacionado) con la experiencia profesional previa (así se construyó el puente de Valdazanno en N.York).
Curiosamente, la idea básica de gestionar teniendo en cuenta fundamentalmente el recursos más limitante (sea éste una persona, máquina, o un elemento: impresora, ordenador, etc) es la idea básica que también se transmite en "The Goal" (La Meta) y efectivamente, la gestión basada en este principio conduce al éxito sin duda.
Para aquellos que han de lidiar con múltiples proyectos, este libro es una referencia válida y necesaria. Poco complicada y que va directamente a la idea, quedando al margen complicaciones innecesarias debidas fundamentalmente como ocurre en otros libros al uso de software especial.
Carlos Ortega
2006-01-31
Best short intro to handling one or more projects........2005-09-19
The tools you need for one or more projects are there. This is one of the handful of PM books that I have read more than once and one of the very few that get loaned out on a regular basis.
It is not a comprehensive book, but if you are inexperienced and need to ramp up quick, this book gives you the basics.
Even experts will find the templates useful.
It's a short book so it is long on practice and short on theory. Don't underestimate it's value though, it may be brief, but it is concise and most of all of immediate practical use to project managers, or managers with multiple tasks. Like, who doesn't have multiple tasks...
Not worthy of your time and money.......2004-03-19
This work sheds very little light on the real work of managing project portfolios. Way too much of the text describes basic PM tools such as gantt charts, network diagrams, and work breakdown structures that any decent project manager already knows. Further, use of such tools by themselves does not make a portfolio manager...managing of with organizational strategies/goals and proper management of sponsor and major stakeholder expectations are equally, if not more, important at this level - and this book completely misses this.
Great job of identifying types of multiple projects........2003-04-07
We have all at one point or another in our Project Management careers, dealt with the issue of managing multiple projects. There is limited knowledge out there on how to manage multiple projects. Dobson starts out by identifying three different types of situations in which you may be managing multiple projects.
The first situation which he labels as 'Task Oriented Project Portfolio' deals with multiple projects that are very short in duration (a few hours of 1-2 days at most). The basic problem in this situation could be that there are a lot of these small projects and the PM has a full-time responsibilities on top of these projects.
The second situation is labeled 'Independent Project Portfolio' where there are a lot of similar type projects that are not related (no dependencies between the projects). The problem here is resource availability that is fixed but there ends the dependencies between the projects.
The third situation is called 'Interdependent Project Portfolio' where there are large projects with many small projects identified as tasks in the large projects. Here, the main problem is the different kinds of expertise that is demanded of the resources under the overall time constraints. An example of a move is utilized where it is a large project with many sub-projects that have time dependencies but are not related in content (computer setup, ordering utilities etc.).
Entrepreneurs in start up companies especially run into the first situation where there are so many of these small projects that the business owner is just plain overwhelmed. I have recently found myself in this situation and I was very thankful to read Dobson's book and apply the simple techniques and worksheets provided in the book.
Dobson briefly develops the circumstances surrounding each type of multiple project scenario and provides techniques and worksheets that a PM can use to manage in each situation. He also creates new definitions that apply in these individual scenarios.
This is not an in-depth treatment of the complexities involved in handling multiple projects. The book is only about 134 pages long. It is an expensive book but I would highly recommend any serious project manager to at least borrow the book from some PM library that you may have access to. Dobson also spends almost half the short book on explaining simple project management concepts like WBS, Gantt Charts, etc. that most project managers are already familiar with. Hence it makes for a very quick but valuable read. Don't miss out on these neat techniques. The ROI is very high.
Light at the End of the Tunnel!.......2000-11-30
Michael Dobson has placed one of the first stakes in the ground by defining this grey area between Project and Programmes. We (ProgM - the Professional Body for Programme Management) are looking to form a BoK (Body of Knowledge) to define the delineation between these areas and we will draw on this book as a point of reference.
Michael uses clear reasoning and definitions backed up by proven methods eg. PERT and CPM. He defines projects into portfolios and gives sound analysis for scoping and reasoning. The book distinguishes the juggling between Task-Orientated Project Portfolios, Independent Project Portfolios and Inter-Dependent Project Portfolios.
This book even covers the distinction between urgency and priority which is a issue for all Project Managers.
Excellent reading and comparatively light reading for a book rich in information.
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