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Leaders & Followers is about values and principles, people relationships, and the characteristics of effective leaders and followers. It's about ideas and practices that increase productivity and job satisfaction. It advocates the essential need for a strong moral dimension in business that guides behavior better than policies and rule books, and brings out the best in the people who do the work of the organization.

The premise underlying Ruch's essays is that without followers, there can be no leaders, a simple fact that often goes overlooked in the rush to praise individuals at the expense of their organizations.

As noted author Max De Pree notes in his foreword "there are no gaps between his voice and touch." ... Read more

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Too brief, difficult to read, little insight.
I had high hopes for this book. After 45 years with Herman Miller, you would expect more than 128 pages, many of them blank or filled with terrible, random photography. The book looks like it was put together by some 14 year olds. The writing seems excessively simplistic, much of it filled with quotes or the kinds of platitudes you expect to hear before a boardroom presentation.

Skip it. Save your money.

A great book about life, leadership, and business
I first met Dick Ruch as a Hope College student, where he was the donor for my endowed scholarship. We talked at a scholarship luncheon, and several days later I received this book in the mail along with a handwritten note. I knew that Dick Ruch retired from Herman Miller having held the positions of CEO, CFO, and chairman of the board, but I did not know he was an author.
In fact, this book is very good. Ruch writes in a personal and down-to-earth tone, which is just like the man that tried to know each of his employees' names. He brings a Christian worldview into the business realm, and describes how leading and following must go hand in hand. There can be no leaders without followers, and there is a time and place for each.
I would highly recommend this book, but it is hard to find in print. ... Read more

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An Excellent Tool to Start Building
I purchased this book more than two years ago and basically set it aside. A year ago I picked it up again and asked my pastoral supervisor to lead the workshop that is laid out within the book. It was a powerful experience for six members of our small congregation plus myself. Those of us who participated the first time around will be leaders for repeats of the workshop and a multi-week class covering the same material.

There is more depth in this study than most if not all of the other studies of Spiritual Gifts, further developing the themes shaped in Willow Creek's "Network" and Church of the Resurrection's "Serving from the Heart", both of which I have also used. This depth lies in the related areas of Spirituality Types and Leadership/Interaction styles.

As mentioned above, the book includes a retreat/workshop plan and further resources are available at a website listed on the back cover of the book. ... Read more

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Everett Dick was the first scholar to investigate the Millerite movement of the 1840s in depth. His work set the stage for the academic study of an important religious movement. Publication of his revised dissertation makes his work available to a larger public. This work still makes a significant contribution to its field of study. Much of the research and many of this volume's insights are found nowhere else. ... Read more

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Informative Apologetics
I wanted to know more about William Miller and his prophecy of Christ's inevitable return in 1843-ish, and this appears to be about the only book devoted to the subject.

It's written by a nervous Seventh-Day Adventist who portrays the entire story in as faith-promoting a light as possible, so you probably won't get as many good laughs from this one as you might have hoped.

The author covers the history of the new Adventist movement from its beginning up until shortly after Miller's death.It includes some good camp meeting material and lots of stuff about who ran/owned what Adventist newspaper and what type of stuff they put into that paper.The author covers the conventions and the other major players in the Millerite movement.

The author actually spends time debunking anti-Millerite writings, which seems odd given the fact that to my knowledge Jesus is not going to come again in 1843 or 1844.

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The Real Grand Slam of Golf
This is the story of the Grand Slam in Golf (US Amateur, US Open, British Amateur, and British Open) and the only golfer to ever win it.The Modern Slam ( Masters, US Open, British Open, and US PGA ) was conceived by the press when becomeing a pro golfer became an honerable profession and amateur golf went by the wayside. The story of Bobby Jones' 1930 Grand Slam is more exiting than any modern day golf story.Jones, who quit the competive game at 28 with 13 major championships is the greatest golfer who ever lived.Tiger is really chasing Jones not Nicklaus. ... Read more

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Very useful for library and information science professionals
This book is very useful for any library and information science professional involved in the "new web", that is, the web of XML. ... Read more

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At the onset of the Great Depression of the '30s, thirteen-year-old Bucky Ellis overhears two men talkingat his mother's burial service and learns she died froma self-inflicted abortion with a knitting needle. He alsohears their opinion that his father should "kick him out,as he's just another mouth to feed and is old enoughto be out on his own." His perception clouded by grief,and motivated by his desire to do the right thing, Buckyleaves home and joins a quarter of a million teenagersriding the rails in search of a better life.Bucky becomes fast friends with "K.O.," the son of aNegro prizefighter whose career had been ruined by anunscrupulous manager. Together they face hardship,homelessness, near starvation and targeted abusefrom "Crusher," an infamous railroad detective whoseface is disfigured as a result of a skirmish with Bucky.In seeking vengeance, Crusher retaliates as the psychotic,obsessive stalker of Bucky, seeking not to kill,but to "ruin" him wherever he goes. In relentless pursuit,he infl icts chilling and punitive acts against his preyto the story's end, when the two meet each other for afinal confrontation. ... Read more

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Boxcar Kid
Boxcar Kid gave me an inside look into the life of a 30s depression era boy and his adventures while riding the rails. Dick Miller did a superb job portraying Bucky, and gave me insight to a before-my-time world. An easy read and fast paced piece of writing, I would recommend it to anyone, but especially young people in their teen years.

Box Car Kid
I am about half way through at this point. Lots of interesting experiences told in a readable manner. I Like it so far. Authors brother is a neighbor. ... Read more

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The second book in The Boxcar Kid SeriesThey were the "Glamour Boys," members of the elitist group of aircraft carrier fighter pilots who risked their lives and faced off as the first line of defense with America's enemies. Although everyone on board risked their lives to a degree, the glory heaped upon the flying Aces by every crewman eclipsed all adulation bestowed on those even of highest rank. The well being and needed resources of these death-defying daredevils stood paramount in every man's shared responsibility. This sequel chronicles the origin of Bucky Ellis' boyhood aspiration to be a pilot and the rocky road he must travel toward his goal, including the continuing chilling onslaughts inflicted by his nemesis, Crusher. His journey highlights Bucky's spiritual maturing and issues that try his faith throughout the series. Laced with intrusions of Crusher's vengeful activity, the story moves to a chilling confrontation between Bucky and his adversary. ... Read more

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Frank Millers Ronin
This series is a classic comic book from the 1980's and well worth picking up if you can find it. Amazon carries many of the series, but it is going to be hard to find them as a complete set. Overall though if you are a comic book collector, this is a series you will want to add to your collection, not just for the dark moodiness that started coming out in 1980's comic books, but for the post Shogun Television series fascination that America had with Feudal Japan.

Frank Miller was the author for DC Comics that did the series, and is generally a Japanese science fiction book that is very trend setting for its time. Like many experiments in the 1980's, this is a limited run series of six comic books, covering the entire tale of the Ronin. The story centers on the tale of a Samurai who wakes up the in future, and tries to blend modern ideas of ethics, duty and honor, with the Samurai Bushido code. There are going to be failures here, especially when the person is used to being a near despot overload of their lands, which suddenly has to deal with western ethics and the western legal code.

Add to that the dystopian view point of New York in the 21rst century, where the world has gone to chaos and you have the perfect setting for a classic conflict between old, new, and what happens when someone gets seriously displaced in time. One of the things that is rarely covered in Science fiction is the disjointedness that will happen when someone falls out of their time and into another. While Mercedes Lackey, Robert Heinlein, and Anne McCaffery have all used these as themes, the vividness of the comic book format helps tell the story better than it could have been told otherwise.

Overall this is a great comic book series to try to pick up, and well worth reading. If you like your reading disjointed and futuristic, then Frank Miller's Ronin is the comic book series you want to go pick up.

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Chapters: Yogi Berra, Casey Stengel, Ryan Howard, Bob Miller, Dick Williams, Mark Buehrle, Elston Howard, David Cone, Ken Holtzman, Zack Wheat, Joe Garagiola, Sr., Donn Clendenon, Clete Boyer, Ed Blake, Carl Hubbell, Al Newman, Walker Cooper, Smoky Joe Wood, Clark Griffith, Ken Boyer, Rick Sutcliffe, Art Shamsky, John Mayberry, Jr., Bill Mueller, Bug Holliday, Darrell Porter, Darren Oliver, Scott Cooper, Ted Breitenstein, Hoot Evers, Joe Crede, Jerry Reuss, Pete Reiser, Ron Hunt, Muddy Ruel, John O'donoghue, Roy Sievers, Mickey Owen, Mayo Smith, Mel Stottlemyre, Ross Detwiler, Dale Long, Charlie Kerfeld, Lou Sleater, Charlie Grimm, Harry Bright, Blake Dewitt, Pud Galvin, Al Smith, Jake Beckley, Dick Sisler, Jack O'connor, Steve Rogers, Bob Allison, Frank Shellenback, Lonny Frey, Murry Dickson, Max Scherzer, Mike Shannon, Morgan Burkhart, Herschel Bennett, Tom Henke, Mort Cooper, Zach Miner, Robert Person, Andy Ashby, Matt Whiteside, Buddy Blattner, John Fulgham, Shaun Marcum, Silver King, Patsy Tebeau, Bobby Byrne, Chuck Workman, Curt Davis, Dick Hall, Clem Dreisewerd, Dennis Tankersley, Art Croft, Jeff Tesreau, Harry Steinfeldt, Nick Cullop, Kid Durbin, Bill Joyce, Tom Funk, George Van Haltren, Nate Colbert, Steve Bieser, Creepy Crespi, Bake Mcbride, Vern Kennedy, Bernard Gilkey, Bob Scheffing, Tom Upton, Jay Marshall, Ival Goodman, Sam Agnew, Carl Morton, Scott Elbert, Phil Todt, Johnny Schulte, Brian Boehringer, Preston Ward, Kyle Mcclellan, Bud Metheny, Frank Saucier, Josh Outman, Tom Loftus, Ken Berry, George Tebeau, Kennie Steenstra, Brad Holman, Bobby Livingston, Bobby Hofman, George Stovall, Ken Sanders, Jumbo Elliott, Perry Werden, Kit Pellow, Jay Ward, Steve Luebber, A. J. Ellis, Ray Sanders, Bob Dernier, Mark Littell, Bob Keppel, Frank Huelsman, Glenn Wright, Scott Sanders, Norm Siebern, Sonny Siebert, Tyler Johnson, Joe Becker, Don Mueller, Heinie Mueller, Juan Eichelberger, Scarborough Green, Ivy Olson, Lee Ste...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2243106 ... Read more

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The James-Younger Gang was a legendary 19th century gang of American outlaws that included Jesse James. The gang was centered in the state of Missouri. Membership fluctuated from robbery to robbery, as the outlaws' raids were usually separated by many months. At various times, it included the Younger Brothers (Cole, Jim, John, and Bob), the James Brothers (the infamous Jesse James and his brother Frank), Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette (who was married to Cole's sister Josie), Bill Chadwell (alias Bill Stiles), and Matthew "Ace" Nelson. Contrary to frequent report, the James brothers and Younger brothers were not related, at least not by blood. Starting in 1879, after the demise of the James-Younger Gang, The James brothers committed further crimes with Clell Miller's brother Ed, the Ford brothers (Robert and Charles), Bill Ryan, Dick Liddil, and the Hite Brothers Wood and Clarence. The James-Younger Gang had its origins in a group of Confederate bushwhackers who fought in the bitter partisan conflict that wracked the divided state of Missouri during the American Civil War. ... Read more

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Chapters: Larry Jones, John Brisker, Len Matuszek, Steve Mix, Casey Shaw, Chuck Chuckovits, Dick Miller. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Larry Jones (born September 22, 1942 in Columbus, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the NBA and ABA, from 1964 to 1974. A 6'3" guard from the University of Toledo, Jones started and ended his career with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, who drafted him in 1964. However, Jones would have his best years in the rival ABA, playing for the Denver Rockets, The Floridians, the Dallas Chaparrals, and the Utah Stars from 1967 to 1973. A high-scoring jump shooter, he averaged at least 22 points per game during each of his first four seasons in the league, and during one stretch with the Rockets in 1968, he scored at least 30 points in 23 consecutive games. He was also named to four ABA All-Star teams, and he was the first president of the ABA Player's Association. Upon retiring from professional basketball in 1974, Jones had tallied 10,505 combined NBA/ABA career points. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4384864 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lance Henriksen, Dick Miller, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Xander Berkeley, Paul Winfield, Joe Morton, Earl Boen, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Cástulo Guerra, Nick Stahl, Danny Cooksey, Franco Columbu, Rick Rossovich. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Arnold Aloïs Schwarzenegger est né le 30 juillet 1947 à Thal, un petit village proche de Graz en Autriche, est un culturiste, acteur, homme d'affaires et homme politique autrichien naturalisé américain. Surnommé le « Chêne Autrichien » (Austrian Oak) pendant ses années de culturisme, puis « Schwarzy » pendant sa carrière d'acteur, et plus récemment « Gouvernator » (mélange des mots Gouverneur et Terminator), il se fit connaître universellement en devenant un des plus grands culturistes de l'Histoire, avec notamment 5 titres de Monsieur Univers et 7 titres de Monsieur Olympia. Son physique exceptionnel lui a ouvert les portes d'Hollywood, dont il devient l'une des plus grandes vedettes du cinéma d'action dans les années 1980-1990, ainsi qu'en témoigne son importante filmographie, dans laquelle figurent aussi bien le genre fantastique que la comédie, en passant par la science-fiction : Conan le Barbare de John Milius, Terminator, Terminator 2 : Le Jugement dernier et True Lies de James Cameron, Predator et Last Action Hero de John McTiernan, Total Recall de Paul Verhoeven, Un flic à la maternelle, Jumeaux et Junior d'Ivan Reitman, etc. Engagé politiquement avec le Parti républicain, il est depuis le 17 novembre 2003, le 38 gouverneur de l'État de Californie, comme le fut Ronald Reagan. Il est réélu à ce poste le 7 novembre 2006. En 2004 et 2007, il fait partie du Time 100, classement établi par le magazine Time des 100 personne...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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disappointing...
We'll have to see if I leave it at two stars, or reduce it to one in the next few weeks....

Miller certainly has the resume to write a book like this.Unfortunately, he has the ego for a shelf of books like this, all condensed into this one volume.

While I enjoyed the facts of Miller's experiences, and even his judgements and choices, I kept choking on his tremendous self esteem.I found two of his targets particularly troubling.His venom towards Lee Iacocca was unjustified.As an Iacocca fan, I knew most of Lee's foibles before reading this book, but have never seen him in the overall negative context that Miller portrays here.Secondly, I found it downright uncomfortable when Miller pointed out so many of his wife's flaws, but none of his own.

There are many egocentrics who see the world as Miller does, fortunately they have the judgement to NOT publish their internal monologue.

Interesting, maybe oversimplified, but good work if you can get it.
In this book, the author has the luck to be given a role in a major corporate bankruptcy restructuring.He had no training in business restructuring or bankruptcy, didn't go to college to learn it. But, through hard work and practical intelligence, the author was able to parley this event into a career. Kind of like multimillion dollar on-the-job training.
The author seems like a nice, decent fellow. Certainly, I'd want a guy like that turning around the company i work for. He's no Al Dunlap. He tries to rebuild the business, make it competitive, and actually talks multiple times about keeping the employer in the community, as a way for the people to fend for themselves. He reveals the scams the bankruptcy vulture executives pull, like attorneys and other execs who belabor minor issues just to create billable hours. It's in their best interest to NOT wrap things up.
The reason i give this three stars is the 1st few chapters are irrelevant to most readers, and the author doesn't really feel the pain of the troubled company.He comes across as a nice guy who through stroke of luck became really rich by having his name in the rolodex for corporate bankruptcy executives.When he steps into a company like H&G or Aetna or Bethlehem Steel, his tone is one of nonchalance, like "another bankruptcy, another 3 month standard restructuring (ho-hum)". He probably needs that perspective. But as someone who's seen the terrible devastation that happenswhen companies falter and near bankruptcy, i know there is much more emotion involved. A better book would have discussed this very real part of the process.The author never met with Chambers of Conference, never met with workers and their families.
A third knock is that the descriptions he gives for how to fix failed companies sound so simple. The author just flys in (on the corporate helicopter, literally), determines a few industry benchmarks, determine where the failing company is in relation to those benchmarks, and then takes action to attain the goal of the benchmark. He makes it sounds so simple! Anyone with a bachelor's or 7-10 years in business would be able to come to the conclusions the author presents. I don't think that's unintentional. I think it really isn't too difficult to do these jobs. The difficult part is to be in the club that chooses you to do these jobs.
For the employees, those who care about the area, those with houses and schools to maintain, the pain is much more real than restructuring the balance sheets. But, it's good work (if you can get it).

Interesting look at troubled businesses
Yeah he wears out his elbow patting himself on the back, but it's a pretty good look at what you do when you're dealt a weak hand.

People matter
Steve Miller, the former CEO of Delphi, narrates the events that thrust him into being a turnaround expert. Steve, because of his childhood experiences on the family lumber mill, strives to achieve turnarounds at his companies while ensuring valuable jobs are not lost.
The initial chapters are a tad bit slow because of the focus on family and personal life, but build a good foundation for the later one on his fast moving corporate career. The main takeaway I got from this book is that people in your life matter and can be a good influence, i.e., if you let them be.

Superficial
There is no depth here, no how to, no clear industry analysis, no clear cut metrics on his record, nothing beyond, "I went here and did this."Seemed to me he was there for Chrysler, got chummy with other CEOs and boards and just took jobs that no one wanted, skating in and skating out.I expected some real insight, some hard hitting analysis, some real fortunes made from good judgement, but got none.The guy just came in, did some superficial things (like eating in the company cafeteria) and either went BK, merged or hired the next CEO.Dull and uninteresting. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from American Gunsmith, published by Belvoir Media Group, LLC on February 1, 2009. The length of the article is 369 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Erma 22 parts?(hand gun parts)(Brief article)
Author: Dick Miller
Publication: American Gunsmith (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2009
Publisher: Belvoir Media Group, LLC
Volume: 24Issue: 2Page: 24(1)

Article Type: Brief article

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