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Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea.
Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making. In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like. --Barbara Mackoff
Book Description
Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea. Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making.In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like.--Barbara Mackoff
Customer Reviews:
Powerful.......2007-10-11
Amazing and insightful information written in a very engaging style. This book can help you be more objective, evaluate opinions of others, avoid prejudice, even help relationships including marriage. Very astute insights to help decision making. I highly recommend it.
Great Reporting on a Fascinating Topic .......2007-10-10
Gladwell takes a fascinating topic -- how the mind works without us knowing it -- and does some of his best reporting work. He covers a broad spectrum of research and events that are fascinating, especially when connected under the broader topic. I've read it twice and referred to it several other times. I was hoping for something at the end to give me clarity on what to do with the information now that I have it, but it wasn't there. That may have been intentional on the author's part; he might want us to draw our own conclusions. But that was an expectation I developed as I was reading that wasn't fulfilled in the end. That does not in any way take away from the quality of the writing and the expansiveness of the information. "Blink" quickly made my list of favorite reads.
An entertaining and thought provoking read.......2007-10-09
An engaging and easily read essay on the way we think, and how "shooting from the hip" isn't always such a bad thing...when it's backed up by experience. Gladwell's research into an area completely removed from his own arena of expertise is detailed and thorough. He approaches the subject with enough humility and honest curiosity that the reader feels he is more along for the ride than being lectured from the podium as are most tomes on psychology and sociology. Especially noteworthy are his many references to specific studies and the occasional invitation to participate in a few prove to be...illuminating to say the least (I swore I wasn't bigoted, until...).
a must read.......2007-10-09
I've been recommended to read this book by my mentor, and I have to say he was right (as very often he is). This is definetely the kind of book that make you say: hey, I didn't know, but know that I'm thinking about, that's true!
Interesting episodes that you have always lived, and know you can understand why
Not in a blink.......2007-10-02
I was about to buy the book, since the subject and the assumed hypothesis look appealing and interesting. Then my Amazon friend Conan wrote a rather lukewarm review and I delayed the purchase. Then I found the book on my daughter's shelf. Thanks to Conan for saving my money.
I borrowed the book and read it. In a blink I thought it was as interesting as it had promised. It took me more than a blink to find out, that it does not deliver: you learn some interesting anecdotes about marriage predictions and about malpractice suits (my other Amazon friend Joe Neuschatz will be interested) and such things, but you never really get nearer to understanding what the alleged special rapid intelligence process really is.
The book reminds me a bit of the style of articles in Der Spiegel: journalism well short of science. Sometimes entertaining, but mostly disappointing.
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In the Blink of an Eye is celebrated film editor Walter Murch's vivid, multifaceted, thought -- provoking essay on film editing. Starting with what might be the most basic editing question -- Why do cuts work? -- Murch treats the reader to a wonderful ride through the aesthetics and practical concerns of cutting film. Along the way, he offers his unique insights on such subjects as continuity and discontinuity in editing, dreaming, and reality; criteria for a good cut; the blink of the eye as an emotional cue; digital editing; and much more. In this second edition, Murch reconsiders and completely revises his popular first edition's lengthy meditation on digital editing (which accounts for a third of the book's pages) in light of the technological changes that have taken place in the six years since its publication.
Customer Reviews:
Seasoned professional's wisdom of his craft: film editing.......2007-08-04
This book was a required reading for my national university on-line class in digital video editing. The book is a short read that can be accomplished in two sittings. I read the second part of the book on digital editing first, as I have been editing for the past 10 years and have made the leap from analog to digital, myself. Murch relates the changes from a professional's point of view. He compares analog versus digital editing He outlines how the workflow of the editor and, indeed, the whole industry, as filmmaking is such a collaborative art, is changing due to the inevitable transition to a totally digital medium. I read the first part of the book next. Smartly, this saved the best for last as his most profound advice for editing is contained in the middle of the text, at the end of part one. Here he explains a moment in editing when he understood the essence of his editing choices on a particular movie, thus revealing the title of the book. This is a gem of a read for anyone interested in the working mind of a seasoned editor. I recommend it to film fans, students, and anyone interested in getting into the industry professionally.
A Must Read.......2007-03-13
Whether you have a passing fancy with movie editing, or just want to understand the anatomy of one of our greatest media achievements, you will like this book.
It is brief, clear and drops you into the world of film in a blink of an eye.
It's a book about Story Telling and narrative design.......2007-02-23
Sometimes a book's own hype kills people's appreciation of it.
With Murch's classic, the problem is that it is considered a classic text about editing, simply because it is a biographical account of an editor at work.
It is not about the techniques or tools or modern equipment necessary to edit a film. If you seek a functional book to learn the fundamental skills of visual film editing, this is not something you should purchase.
It's very much more a story telling book. Most specifically if you are a writer, or, if you consider your film directing as 'writing with pictures,' this book will elevate your ability and understanding of 'writing with film.'
The old adage that 'film is a visual medium' is wrong.
Maybe that's why a get a little uppity about catchall phrases. Like "Film is a visual medium." It's not. Not really. It has music. It has dialogue. And, it exists over time.
One painting, is a visual medium.
Film, is 24-paintings per second with noise, weight, drama, visual, action, cognitive momentum, magic, and trust and hope. Film, as the casual and professional observer speaks of it, is more likely a cognitive medium. Film more closely approximates our external reality more than any other media, and it is Murch's perspective -- as the ultimate unifier of the other filmed elements -- that reminds us of that. He casually reveals what he knows about his art and how to design a dramatic narrative based on upon cognitive principles.
If you stumbled across this book just because you just dig making and writing films that much, than this book will excite you for the price of a Starbucks lunch. And it's better for your body than crumbcakes and coffee.
In the Blink of an Eye.......2007-02-16
It's a quick read, and somewhat entertaining. Not something I would recommend as a schoolbook for an editing class, but if you are interested in the editing process, it's a good read.
a editing classic.......2007-02-13
Every editor needs to read this, it will change the way you think about editing.
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By the mid-19th century, after decades of polar exploration, the fabled Northwest Passage seemed within reach. In 1845 the British Admiralty assembled the largest expedition yet, refitting two ships with steam engines and placing the seasoned if somewhat lackluster Sir John Franklin in command of the 128-man expedition. After sailing into Baffin Bay, they were never heard from again.
Drawing on early accounts from relief expeditions as well as recent archeological evidence, Scott Cookman reconstructs a chronicle of the expedition in Ice Blink. Cookman, a journalist with articles in Field & Stream and other magazines, excels when firmly grounded in the harrowing reality of 19th-century Arctic exploration. When he speculates about what happened to the Franklin expedition, however, he is on less solid ground and his writing suffers.
Particularly overwrought is the promised "frightening new explanation" for the expedition's demise. Cookman suggests that it was caused by the "grotesque handiwork" of an "evil" man, Stephan Goldner, who had supplied its canned foods. This is hardly new. As early as 1852, investigators determined that the expedition's canned goods were probably inferior and canceled provisioning contracts with Goldner. How a hundred men survived for nearly three years despite lead poisoning and botulism remains a mystery. In the end, as Cookman himself acknowledges, the expedition was ultimately doomed by its reliance on untested technology such as the steam engine, armor plating, and canned provisions. These criticisms aside, Ice Blink is an interesting narrative of this enduring symbol of polar exploration and disaster. --Pete Holloran
Book Description
Two of the most advanced ships of the time.
129 handpicked men.
A commander who had survived three previous Arctic trips.
Lost without a trace.
What happened?
For a century and a half, the question of what happened to the Franklin Expedition-the worst disaster in the history of polar exploration-has remained a puzzle. Now, based on original research in British Admiralty records, author Scott Cookman re-creates the full story of the ill-fated expedition and reveals a frightening new explanation for one of the most enduring mysteries in the annals of exploration.
Praise for Scott Cookman'sIceblink
"Ice Blink is a gripping tale of adventure overlaid with tragedy. Readers will come away from it with a fresh understanding-and a deep compassion-for the men of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated polar expedition."-Nathan Miller, author of War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II
Customer Reviews:
Intriguing but not completely satisfying.......2007-05-25
In 1845, Captain John Franklin and the crews of the Erebus and Terror sallied forth from England in search, once more, of the elusive Northwest Passage. Despite the best technology the time had to offer, not one soul returned from the voyage. In this book, Scott Cookman retells the known story of the voyage and adds some discussion regarding the potential causes of the voyage's failure. Most notably, Mr. Cookman spends several chapters discussing how food canning was done at the time and how it could have, oddly-enough, been the deciding factor in the mission's failure.
Mr. Cookman does a fine enough job extracting the story of the voyage from the relative sparsity of the historical record. Similarly the digression into the nauseating world of mid 19th century food supplying and preservation is enlightening and compelling. Where Mr. Cookman falters , though, is in his somewhat less than convincing attempts to find a single villan of the story. Indeed, much of the discussion of the voyage's food supplier, Stephen Goldner, while quite possibly correct, seems based almost entirely on conjecture or the writer's imagination. Mr. Cookman should be applauded for retelling this interesting story and for adding additional important context. However, unsupported conjecture shouldn't masquerade as history, even pop history.
Repetitive.......2005-02-02
The author often describes events with novelistic details that he actually has no knowledge about. Most frustrating of all is the protracted discussion of canning in the 19th century. He goes on much too long about such things as cleanliness of the employees in canning facilities, details he cannot possibly know, but only assumes. Though perhaps correct, the obviousness of the matter makes the reading tedious. And on and on it goes. Once the chapter is over, he mentions the points again in the next chapter. But he is not through with it. You'll read it again and again.
Other reviewers here have mentioned that the canning episode is well documented in the book. Some facts are but not all. I also fail to see why this is the main cause of the failure of the exhibition.
Couldn't the failure be that there really isn't a realistic North West Passage in the first place?
The book could have used a few more maps. How can one possibly understand the circumstances without a map showing what Franklin knew of the Arctic. A map showing the escape route and the location of some of the artifacts found could have been very helpful. I am a bit confused about what freezes over in the Arctic, blocking routes, and what does not. How about a map showing that?
The author mentions that the passage was actually found during the escape, that is between Canada's main land and King William's Island. This is the route that Admunsen took, conquering the passage for the first time. I wonder if Franklin took this course, if he really would have made it.
More than Slightly Speculative.......2004-01-25
One reviewer has called the book "slightly speculative." That is too charitable. Cookman generally does not contradict known facts about the Franklin expedition, but he invents much more detail than he has evidence to support. The book is unsuitable for academic purposes, but it provides a compelling, though at times poorly written, story. I do not wish to be too harsh on the book. To its credit, many of Cookman's speculations are reasonable and provide information that serious historians withhold in their books on the expedition. It is best to read one of the many other books on the topic in order to know what parts of Ice Blink to trust, and which to take with a grain of salt.
FANTASTIC.......2003-12-20
I was flipping the channels on early Sunday morning when for some reason I stopped on Book TV on C-Span 2 and caught Scott Cookman talking about the search for the Northwest Passege. It was the Apollo mission of its time. I have read a number books over Sir John Franklin Polar Expedition and this one by far is the best. Polar Exploration the 1800's was pretty dicey, even today it is. If you have any interest Polar Expedions and true mystery this is your book and it all rally happend.
A good read, slightly speculative.......2003-11-27
The Fate of the Franklin expedition will most likely always be a mystery. This wonderful, speculative account is one of the best. The author does a step by step look at all the factors and issues leading to the disaster that cost the lives on 129 British Navy personnel in search of the Northwest passage. Franklin had left England in 1845 with two of the best equipped ships ever put to sea for arctic exploration, he had experienced officers and a compliment of 129 men. They were never seen again. Subsequently 50 expeditions searched and found only scraps of clues as to their disappearance.
This book claims the culprit was most likely Botulism in the canned meat. This speculation runs contradictory to that lead poisoning thesis put forward in `Frozen in Time' and the fact that admiralty investigations proved the meat tins were not thoroughly sealed(thus Botulism couldn't have formed). Nevertheless this is one of the best books on the fate of the expedition. The author describes the final `death march' south along King William Island and the subsequent cannibalism that took place. Excellent diagrams bring the ships to life and maps show the final route of Franklins last survivors. A must read for those interested in arctic survival and the riddle of Sir John Franklin.
Seth J Frantzman November 2003
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Inside each one of us is a BeliefWorks, a factory that takes the raw potential of belief and creates a unique worldview that drives everything we do: the thoughts we think, the words we say, and many of the decisions we make. BeliefWorks poses one simple question: With so much riding on what you believe, how can you harness its enormous power putting it to work for you? Based on his mentoring work with hundreds of clients, author Ray Dodd (The Power of Belief) takes an in-depth look at how unconscious beliefs affect us, both personally and professionally, and outlines a clear plan of action for realizing the life of your dreams. BeliefWorks provides a surprising look at the nature of belief from two different yet complimentary points of view: spiritual wisdom echoing from ancient times and cutting edge neuroscience. Simple and practical, BeliefWorks delivers, unveiling seven keys for unlocking the true power of belief.
Customer Reviews:
TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.......2007-09-09
THIS BOOK IS SO TOTALLY NOT WORTH YOUR TIME. i WAS PULLED INTO READING IT BY READING HE WAS A STUDENT OF DON MIGUELLE. SO TOTALLY NOT LIKE HIM AT ALL. GOOD FOR THE GARBAGE IS MY OPINION.
Insightful and clarifying.......2007-01-14
This is a book which rises to magnificent in it's insightfulness and clarity regarding how beliefs "run us". I highly recommend for anyone who is interested in transcending their current dream...
Good Advice.......2006-11-18
For some of us, Ray Dodd's book is a good reminder of what we know but often fail to apply. To others it may open a world of new ideas never thought of before. It is a book I intend to keep at hand to remind myself when I slip back into old ways of thought and habits, that I really can live my dream.
Magnificent!.......2006-11-10
I didn't believe a "secular book" (most of its content I think to be pure neurolinguistic) could present so biblical concepts, especially on fear vs love and the decisive influence our first life experiences will produce on every sense of our whole lifespan, in a way everyone (being or not christian or other religion) understands.
Every person should study this book and compare it with many teachings we find everywhere to understand their own life and others.
Magnificent!
The Next Level.......2006-10-25
Wow - this a great book that picks up where "The Four Agreements" leaves off. In fact the author studied with Don Miguel Ruiz. I love the readability and practicality - including exercise. I highly recommend it.
Book Description
Get off your skateboard and pick up that guitar! This book/CD pack teaches the unforgettable riffs and licks of the kings of modern punk/pop! Includes thorough analysis of a dozen tunes: Adam's Song * All the Small Things * Anthem Part II * Dammit * Don't Leave Me * Dumpweed * First Date * Man Overboard * Pathetic * The Rock Show * Stay Together for the Kids * What's My Age Again?, plus an introduction and info on Tom's gear.
Customer Reviews:
incredibly flawed.......2005-09-24
its odd because the writing itself in the book is very good. The Introduction is surprisingly entertaining to read. But after that the book falls short
Pros:
Good Writing
Cons:
Where is the bridge to "Dammit"?
What is up with the interlude for "Stay Together for the kids"?
Where is the second half of the main riff for "adams song"
Where is the second guitar part on the end of "dammit"
Its called a "tabliture" book for a reason. dont write how the music is played in scentences and paragraphs.
Its funny because, whats there is good.
Theres just not enough there
Great for beginning guitarists, or any for that matter.......2005-03-23
This book is the tablature for most of Blink 182's singles throughout the years. I will tell you that this book is very very fun to play, even if you don't like Blink 182's music. It is quite simple, and it has that catchy sound to it. When I got this book I was quite amateur on guitar (pretty much still am), but it didn't take long to master all of these songs. Basically, all the songs contained in the book are jam-packed with easy-to-play power chords and any intros involving picking are for the most part simple.
I also enjoy the fact that as you go through a song, there will be a paragraph labeled "Performance Tip" and it will give you a hint on the fingering for a certain part of a song which is so helpful and makes things so easy. This book really advanced my skill on guitar by that one feature alone because when I try to play a lot of other songs I will remember the fingering on a Blink song and it helps with it. It's a good thing.
Another great thing about this book is that it comes with a CD featuring a breakdown of each song in the book. Most of the tracks played on the CD have a faster version and they slow it down so you can catch everything that goes on. This is also a very helpful feature. It is nice to be able to hear it slowed down because on the tabs some things look kind of confusing or don't sound right the way you try to play it and then you just pop in the CD and away you go, and if that still doesn't help, you can slow it down and take it all in.
One other neato thing about this book is that it has some background info on the songs. I learned some interesting stuff about the band and the writing of a few of the songs. It is always fun to learn trivial things.
So, in all, if you are beginning at the guitar and would like to learn some simple "punk", get this book. If you'd like to learn some classic Blink 182 songs, perfect. If you'd like to impress your friends with all those songs they used to sing along with on the radio, there you go.
Most of all, if you want to have some good old fun, get this book, I hope you aren't disappointed.
Customer Reviews:
Good Exiles with some shaky issues..........2007-07-07
this was a goodTPB. The battle with Hyperion was great and it was fitting for Magik to go out the way she did. Looking back at this book after reading the whole "no time broker, just time breakers" stuff, it doesn't really make sense for the bugs to have the heroes fight each other to the death since they could simply have had the time broker appear and tell them that they have completed their last mission and sent them home. If they wanted Hyperion to die they could have scoured the multiverse to find the biggest, baddest fighters to handle him. But forgetting all of that, it was still very enjoyable. Hyperion makes a great foil.
Some of the best issues of this series..........2006-10-31
Along with the "With an Iron Fist" arc, the story arc here involving Hyperion is by far the best of this above average series. Sure, the Hyperion arc is violent, and while there is shock and horror, the violence is not done for shock and horror's sake. In comics, I prefer violence to be more or less realistically depicted, rather than 10 city blocks being destroyed and only a few people barely hurt scenarios we see so much in the mediocre comics.
The advantage that the Exiles has over most other comics series is that here, you could actually see your favorite heroes (or alternate reality versions of them) sacrifice themselves in combat. Or, at the very least, know that there is the potential for them dying. Likewise, in this series you could see what actually happens when our heroes fail and the earth dies, what Spiderman would be like were he psychotic, what Sabretooth would be like as a good guy, etc. And this series has maximized the potential of peripheral and largely forgotten characters like Hyperion.
The action and pacing here is top-notch. The art, especially in the first Hyperion arc, is exceptional. But the main highlight of this TPB is the non-gratuituous shock, horror and pathos you feel watching heroes and worlds die.
What if Superman was bloodthirsty?.......2006-01-18
The Basics: The Exiles are a team of mutants from different realities. They travel randomly from reality to reality, fixing things in each that went wrong, or preventing them from going wrong. Weapon X is another reality hopping team, a dark counterpart to the Exiles. Weapon X is given the "wetwork" jobs, the Killing-Hitler-as-a-Child scenario.
This book collects issues 38-45 of the monthly comic, consisting of three story arcs. In the first "King Hyperion," written by Chuck Austen, and illustrated by Jim Califiore, Hyperion, a mock Superman character Marvel uses, joins Weapon X. The world they land on is almost devoid of superheroes and Hyperion wonders what would happen if they disregard their assignment and take over the world instead. He defeats and/or kills the remaining local mutants as well as memebers of the Weapon X team. Ultimatley things end very very badly for this reality's Earth. It's a very violent story, and very different from what we've come to expect from the Exiles book, and from comics in general. I assume that was the point. Shock and horror.
The second story written and illustrated by Jim Califiore (his first written work for Marvel) is about Nocturne, one of the first members of the Exiles. Instead of an adventure in fixing a world, this is a story of her past, her relation ship with her father, and her life before the Exiles. I've been a fan of Jim Califiore's art since his run on Peter David's Aquaman. His writing seems to be equally as goog. The story is well told. The alternate history of the world is well thought out, and you can really get a feel for the main characters.
The third story "A Blink in Time" written by Chuck Austen and illustrated by Jim Califiore, continues where the first story arc left off, and also where the previous Exiles collection left off. Blink has rejoined the Exiles, after the death of Sunfire. Sunfire had been killed by Mimic, who was infected with a brood egg. Morph, who was in love with Sunfire, is pissed at Mimic. In this state they land on a world occupied by Weapon X. Hyperion has again taken out the world's heroes, and is currently occupying New York, threatening to kill hostages unless the President turns over control of the country. The mission this time has nothing to do with fixing the world. The Timebroker, the etherial representative of the Omniverse, isn't happy with Hyperion so this new mission is housecleaning. Of the twelve reality hopping mutants of the Exiles and Weapon X, only six move on two the next world. The rest need to be eliminated.
This collection is very violent, and not at all in keeping with the overall tone of the Exiles book before or after this. Even when Judd Winick, the creator of the Exiles, did a darker story starring Weapon X, he would tell the history of the world they were on, and how, though they didn't know it, their actions benefitted the world. The two Weapon X stories in this collection are just intensely violent, with no redeeming qualities.
Chuck Austen has gotten a lot of negative press. I have liked some of his work quite a bit. But his stories here have no real sense of structure, and mediocre characterization.
This set of stories does come before new regular writer Tony Beddard joins the team, so I wouldn't be surprised if this was meant to be a cleaning exercise, tying up some loose plot threads before handing the book over. If that's the case, then I can understand the point of the Hyperion stories, but I still feel they could have been executed better (no pun intended).
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- My Favorite Corsi Staub Book to Date
- Always a Twist
- Took too long to get to a good ending
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Customer Reviews:
exciting, well-written suspense.......2006-10-16
I have read several books by Wendy Corsi Stuab, and I have enjoyed them all. "Fade to Black" is no exception. The story is exciting and mysterious. The characters are well developed and appealing, and the heroine is a nice, normal, sensible woman (in spite of being a spiritual medium). One of the things I really enjoy about Staub's writing is that you really get a good idea of the setting of the story. This book is set in the real New York town of Lily Dale, a historic town that has been a center for spiritualists since Victorian times, and from the descriptions of the people, the houses, the businesses and restaurants, I feel like I have been there. Another thing I find refreshing about this author is that her books, while centered around female protaganists, are not romance stories. I emphatically agree with the reviewer "Book Maven": romantic cliches really annoy me too, and I waste a lot of time and money buying books, only to find that what looks like a thriller is really a Harlequin in disguise. I look forward to reading all of Wendy Corsi Staub's books. "In the Blink of an Eye" is a great book to curl up with on the couch on a cold evening.
My Favorite Corsi Staub Book to Date.......2006-08-28
"In the Blink of an Eye" gives you a double whammy. The book's heroine, Julia, is anything but a helpless, dimwitted female who goes for solo walks with a killer about, or some other such nonsense that you find in some books. Julia is a strong willed, intelligent, capable single woman. "Eye" also delves into the supernatural, which makes for some fascinating reading from Ms. Corsi-Staub. Maybe the ending seems a bit too pat, but the journey itself is so enjoyable, with twists and turns, that you really won't care.
Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of this great little read.
Always a Twist.......2006-08-25
This is another fast-paced mystery from Corsi-Staub. As in her other books, there are numerous characters, some necessary to the plot line, others there to throw the reader off track with no real use to the story. Her short sections of text keep the reader's interest and the action moving. When the reader thinks they have guessed the murderer's identity, a fact will be thrown into the mix to cause the reader rethink their conclusion. The story is a fun read, and only receives a 4 ranking for "facts" that any average reader, from the Midwest at least, would know are false, for example, she has Iowa located on Lake Erie.
Took too long to get to a good ending.......2006-07-07
Too much unnecessary detail in these 420+ pages. This book could have carried the plot, characters, setting, and denouement in 250 pages or less.
I did enjoy the ending, but it was mighty cumbersome getting there.
She has obviously done her research into the Lily Dale community, but I wonder how the spiritualists of Lily Dale feel about one of the mediums in this story being a fraud?
WOW....Just WOW.......2006-01-23
I've read all of her books and except for "Dearly Beloved" I've found them all to be amazing. The first book I read was "Lullaby and Goodnight" and the only reason I bought it was because the cover looked interesting:)))))) I got hooked on her books right away. And I can't wait for the new one to come out in April I believe. Read her books, you won't be disappointed.
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Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of "The Tipping Point", campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid storytelling. Building his case with scenes from a marriage, heart attack triage, speed dating, choking on the golf course, selling cars, and military maneuvers, he persuades readers to think small and focus on the meaning of "thin slices" of behavior. The key is to rely on our "adaptive unconscious"--a 24/7 mental valet--that provides us with instant and sophisticated information to warn of danger, read a stranger, or react to a new idea.
Gladwell includes caveats about leaping to conclusions: marketers can manipulate our first impressions, high arousal moments make us "mind blind," focusing on the wrong cue leaves us vulnerable to "the Warren Harding Effect" (i.e., voting for a handsome but hapless president). In a provocative chapter that exposes the "dark side of blink," he illuminates the failure of rapid cognition in the tragic stakeout and murder of Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He underlines studies about autism, facial reading and cardio uptick to urge training that enhances high-stakes decision-making. In this brilliant, cage-rattling book, one can only wish for a thicker slice of Gladwell's ideas about what Blink Camp might look like. --Barbara Mackoff
Customer Reviews:
Airport science book.......2006-06-05
The author makes the following points: 1) sometimes you can make a correct decision very quickly; 2) sometimes a very quick decision is wrong. In his book he states that he has taken a whole year to write this slender volume. This book is the scientific equivalent of a trashy airport novel - it passes the time and then you forget it. It would be a very good buy if you don't read novels and are taking a trip - a short trip.
Don't judge this book too rapidly.......2005-12-03
Blink! explores the phenomena we have all experianced, that initial feeling we get when exposed to something new.
Initially I was a bit skeptical of the premise. It sounded like one of the New Age self-awareness books. I was mistaken. Instead, Gladwell makes two, very important, statements.
First, those gut feelings can be very accurate when an expert gets them. That is, someone who has a lot of experiance with an item or situation is able to judge that situtation rapidly and fairly accurately. Further, expertise does not mean college diplomas but experiance. We are all experts, to a large degree, at reading faces because we have been doing that all of our lives. So we can rapidly, subconciously, arrive at a conclusion about someone we meet for the first time because of their expressions. Our brains perform activities below the conscious level, and our conscious selves can access the results. (In a way, this is a neat argument for consciousness being an artifact of cerebration and not the other way around.)
Second, even experts can be fooled when the cues we subconsiously use to size up an item or situation lead us down a the wrong path.
Blink! is about intuition, and illustrates the power, and flaws, with intuitive thinking. It is another demonstration of the superior power of rational thought over intuition.
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They're young. They're sexually active. And they play their own instruments.
In a time when overproduced boy bands and teen sensations are saturating the music market, the boys of blink-182 are a breath of fresh air -- proving that sugarcoated acts aren't the only thing that can get nominated for MTV's "Video of the Year."
Blink-182 Tales from Beneath Your Mom is chock full of the outrageous band's behind-the-scenes antics, juvenile sense of humor, and never-before-published photos. Bandmates Mark Hoppus, Tom Delonge, and Travis Barker join Mark's sister, Anne, in this exciting tell-all book about life on the road and backstage.
From their early days jamming in Tom's garage, to dominating MTV's TRL, to going multiplatinum with their album Enema of the State and being voted "The Sexiest Rock Band" by Teen People, fans can at last get an inside look at the video-streaking, toilet-joke-living, self-styled punk/pop band that has all the kids asking, "What's My Age Again?"
Customer Reviews:
SWEET!!! (like apple flavored lollipops!).......2007-01-19
Tales From Beneath Your Mom is an AWESOME book! It takes you through the history of Blink 182 step by step. By the end you feel like you grew up with Mark, Tom, and Travis. It's also hilarious! Full of Tom's famous jokes and pranks. Fun facts and stories! The pictures are another treat. Lots of old pictures of Blink 182 that not many have seen and pictures of Blink 182 backstage passes (all very fun and juvenile!). I absolutely love this biography! I love Blink 192 to death and any Blink 182 fan should own this book. It's very, very cool. It's the BOMB! It makes you wonder "what went wrong?" and how could their band and friendship fall apart. Anyways, get this book! It'll complete your life!
A must have.......2006-02-20
This is one of the only books I own. It's also one of the few books I've read all the way through.
AWESOMENESS!!.......2005-06-08
This Book is Awesome!! Must read It no matter what even if u dont like Blink 182! it was funny and informing! READ IT!!!!
thumbs up!!.......2005-04-22
Tales From Beneath Your Mom, the biography of blink 182 was a fantastic book. It tells you blink's history from start to finish clearly, and vividly. The facts are truthful and thorough from Anne Hoppus, who happens to be Mark Hoppus' sister (bassist) of blink 182. The book is told from Anne's perspective in every which way. From the band to their jokes to the potty humor, pranks and tours, Anne is descript about it all.
I enjoyed the fact that Anne included quotes and blurbs from Tom, Mark, Travis & even Scott (blink's first drummer) themselves, as well as unseen photos from early on in their years (so cute!!). If you are a big music fan or a fan of the boys of blink in general, this would be the book for you to read.
The best punk band ever!!.......2004-06-03
All I can really say is this book is awesome and you should read it if you are a true blink 182 fan.
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- Unbelievable!!
- *BLINK* See book *BLINK* Read book *BLINK* Love book...
- Three stars for 3/5 of this novel. The last 2/5 was a shame
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Book Description
The future changes in the BLINK of an eye...or does it?
Seth Borders isn't your average graduate student. For starters, he has one of the world's highest IQs. Now he's suddenly struck by an incredible power--the ability to see multiple potential futures.
Still reeling from this inexplicable gift, Seth stumbles upon a beautiful woman named Miriam. Unknown to Seth, Miriam is a Saudi Arabian princess who has fled her veiled existence to escape a forced marriage of unimaginable consequences. Cultures collide as they're thrown together and forced to run from an unstoppable force determined to kidnap or kill Miriam.
Seth's mysterious ability helps them avoid capture once, then twice. But with no sleep, a fugitive princess by his side, hit men a heartbeat away, and a massive manhunt steadily closing in, evasion becomes impossible.
An intoxicating tale set amidst the shifting sands of the Middle East and the back roads of America, Blink engages issues as ancient as the earth itself...and as current as today's headlines.
Customer Reviews:
Brilliant!!.......2007-07-13
Again.....another excellent Dekker novel. This book was outstanding as well as anything else I have read from him. Mystery and suspence, romance and intrigue.
Incredible!.......2007-04-24
Ted Dekker is an amazing author. I've read almost all his books and he completely captivates you with his stories. I couldn't put this book down. I was also impressed with his knowledge of islam. He really did his homework before he wrote this book!
Unbelievable!!.......2007-03-07
As always Ted Dekker is amazing, to say the least. His books are great and this is no exception!! This was an incredible storyline with the clashing of cultures. A genius and a princess from another country are brought together by a powerful force. Every Ted Dekker fan must read this!!
*BLINK* See book *BLINK* Read book *BLINK* Love book..........2007-01-02
Seth is the smartest person on Earth. He zips through his advanced college courses with ease and creates new equations as a hobby. But his world is about to get rocked.
Halfway across the world in Saudi Arabia a princess is to be married to a man she does not love. She strikes up a plan to flee Saudi Arabia and fly to California.
There the two worlds collide as Seth becomes convincingly clairvoient and helps the princess run from her pursuers. Can Seth save the middle eastern beauty? Can the feelings between the two of them ever be anything more? And will Seths dismissal of religion change?
Check out this must read from Christian fiction writer Ted Dekker to find out!
Three stars for 3/5 of this novel. The last 2/5 was a shame.......2006-12-19
I found Blink in a bin of used books at the Goodwill of all places, and figured it couldn't hurt to pick it up. The book started off quite well, and I enjoyed how the 2 storylines slowly came together. The book seemed to present a well-balanced portrayal of 2 cultures on the verge of conflict, as well as interesting possibilities of what the future really is.
Then, in the middle of the desert, Ted Dekker wrote of a little experiment proving that the God of Jesus listened, and the God of Mohammed remained silent. I read through the rest of the novel, willing to give the benefit of the doubt. While the pace remained fast and fairly interesting, slowly but surely I was faced with the dissapointing realization that this author had written Blink not only from a biased viewpoint, but with an underlying agenda.
If I was a moslem i would have flung the book across the room. What began as a mature and contemporary look on current events and subtle science fiction became a childish propaganda piece.
I wish I would have had the warning of the strong christian influence of this book; it seems deceptive to lead into it slowly halfway through. Ardent christians may appreciate this work, those who are made uncomfortable by religious tension or evangelism, steer clear.
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