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C-Reel Results: 12 Weeks to Permanent Fat Loss and Weight Management
By John Henry Creel, Bus ’91
In
this fitness book, nationally known personal trainer John Henry shares
his secrets to help readers shape and tone their bodies in just three
months. Topics include redefining your metabolism and reducing excess
fat through practices that tone muscle.
Creel has
been named one of America’s Best Trainers by Men’s Journal Magazine and
is the official trainer of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavalier Dance Team. He
also owns Mind & Body Fitness Studio in Beachwood, Ohio, and has
been featured on multiple radio and TV programs.
Order Information:
Amazon.com
ISBN: 1600373178
Profiling Your Date: A Smart Woman’s Guide to Evaluating a Man
By Dr. Caroline Presno, EdD ’98
Part
modern social commentary and part study in human psychology, Presno’s
book acts as a guide for any woman interested in figuring out the
inner-workings of a potential mate. She discusses warning signs for
women in new relationships, as well as offering advice to those still
looking for their male counterpart. Using real-world and celebrity
examples, Presno keeps the content fresh, making for an easy,
intriguing read that will serve as food for thought for the female
audience.
Order Information:
Amazon.com
ISBN: 0312362277
Fast Track: The Best Undergraduate B-Schools:
Exclusive Profiles of 121 Business Schools
By Geoff Gloecker
Geoff
Gloecker, a staff editor at BusinessWeek, shares his research and
knowledge of the best business schools in the country in this book
ranking the top 121 undergraduate programs. Gloecker covers everything
from school costs, admission requirements and what kinds of jobs
graduates can expect to find. He also profiles schools by the type of
education offered and features comments from current students to help
readers determine which school is right for them.
Visitor
information for each school – where to stay, what to do, where to eat
-- iwill assure prospective students and their parents a more effective
visit. And, Gloecker attempts to answer the question at the top of
parents’ and students’ minds alike -- is it all worth it?
Order Information:
Amazon.com
ISBN: 007196548
Legal and Financial Exploitation of our Elders
By Stephanie Siddall Germack, DAAP ’75
Germack’s
personal experience with the involuntary institutionalization of her
elderly mother spurred a dedication to helping others avoid the painful
process. Her book outlines the costs of losing guardianship: giving up
civil rights, life savings, right to live where and how you wish,
children’s inheritance and family relationships.
Beyond
sharing her own story, Germack offers advice to readers to keep
themselves from becoming targets. She also outlines the strategies used
to prematurely institutionalize and how individuals can help change and
improve involuntary guardianship laws.
Order Information:
Amazon.com
ISBN: 1430327626
Communication Tools Made Easy
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Among communication modes examined are public speaking, group meeting management, collaborative writing, interviewing techniques, productive Web site searches and strategies for overcoming writer's block. The author, who is also a teacher, designed the workbook as a help to both seasoned professionals and students. Among other topics of interest are computer hardware, software, graphics, photography and commercial printing.
This is BeckmanÂ’s third nonfiction book. Other works are, "National Parks in Crisis: Debating the Issues," see review online, and "Artists and Writers of the Harlem Renaissance."
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A former instructor at UC, Beckman presents easily understood data based on studies by psychologists, physicians, educators, statisticians and historians, as well as from candid interviews with young people. Written for a teen audience, the book also offers parents some helpful conversation starters. In addition to the main text are a glossary of terms, a suggested reading list, reference notes for each chapter and an index.
This is the author's third nonfiction book for the Enslow publishing house. Others are "National Parks in Crisis: Debating the Issues" and "Artists and Writers of the Harlem Renaissance." Read a review of two more Beckman books.
or Enslow Publishers
ISBN 0-7660-1948-9
From Eulogy To Joy
by Cynthia Kuhn Beischel, DAAP '71
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Grief
is an intensely individual experience. In 1992, devastated
by the sudden death of her husband, Jerry, DAAP '71, Cynthia
began to work her way through her sorrow by compiling
first-hand accounts of others who had survived life-shattering
loss. These moving, personal stories, written by people
from all walks of life, helped her find her way back to
peace and joy. Among those who contributed to the book
are Judy Belushi, who wrote "Samurai Widow"
after the death of her husband, John, and Neal Donald
Walsch, author of "Conversations with God."
Cynthia also is the author of a children's book: "Discover
The Past (A Tale of Cincinnati's Living History)." Order information: Xlibris, 888-795-4274, ext. 273; major Internet booksellers; local bookstores |
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Gardner, an assistant professor of history and women's studies at the University of Texas, San Antonio, points out that the legacy of womenÂ’s long support of the medical community is what empowered the late 20th Century feminists to lobby for more cancer research funding, especially for studies that looked at gender differences and first-hand experiences of women cancer patients. Women wanted effective, less radical cancer treatments and information about what causes the disease. Women are still waiting for some of those answers.
or University of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807856827
The Strength Within
by Barbara Hansen, Professor of English, RWC
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Barbara Hansen has taught more than 5,000
students in her 28 years in the Raymond Walters College English department.
Along the way, this survivor of a life-altering accident that severed
her spine at the age of 19 has found herself often serving as a sounding
board for those struggling with feelings of hopelessness and discontent.
Since she understands what it means to pick up the pieces of a shattered
life and search for "wholeness," Hansen hopes her book will
challenge readers to focus on what is most important in their lives. "Our choices and attitudes shape the person we are and cultivate an inner strength that endures despite life's ups and downs," she says. "By focusing on who we are, rather than on what we have, meaning comes splashing back into our lives." Order information: Major Internet booksellers, HiddenSpring Books/Paulist Press, 800-218-1903 |
Back of the Envelope
by Frank Jankowski, MS (Eng) '47 and PhD (Eng) '49
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Historically, the
back of an envelope is where geniuses doodle and create great inventions.
Jankowski contends that anyone can profit from this type of off-the-cuff
creativity, that his techniques for quick calculations and analyses
have business, science and general life applications. He presents
his advice with wit and insight, basing it both on research of the
topic and his own life experience as engineering professor (Wright
State), engineer and physicist (U.S. Air Force), husband, father and
grandfather. Order information: Major Internet booksellers, Dorrance Publishing |
The Legal Writer
by Judge Mark Painter, A&S ’70, JD ’73
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If you've ever sifted through pages of legalese at a mortgage closing, pretending you weren't confused, you'll appreciate Mark Painter's recent effort. Written in an approachable, often humorous style, the judge wryly observes, "There are two things wrong with legal writing. One is style. The other is content." Beginning with the startling premise that legal writing shouldn't be different from any other writing, Painter's book offers 30 rules for improvement. Specific, concise topics include examples that can help all of us -- even lawyers -- improve our prose. Chapters such as "Know Your Audience" and "Edit, Edit, Edit" confirm what many of us have always suspected: Those legal documents just don't need to be so darn difficult. Most admirably, this short book follows Painter's own maxim: "The fewer the words, the more memorable the point." A self-described "plain-language crusader," Painter is a UC adjunct professor of law and judge for the Ohio Court of Appeals. Order information: Attorneys and law firms can purchase the book online at http://books.lawyersweekly.com. The rest of us should write to Jarndyce and Jarndyce Press, 2449 Fairview Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45219. Include a check for $24.95, which includes tax, shipping and handling. |
Creating Lean Corporations --
Re-engineering from the Bottom Up to Eliminate Waste
by Jeffrey Morgan, Eng '88
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To
transform a large company into a "lean corporation," Jeffrey Morgan
defies conventional wisdom by beginning at the bottom -- with the
employees who perform the manufacturing tasks. Each worker is empowered
to create and manage his own part of the business process. As each task
is examined, relationships between them become clear, as well as the
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What does Jack have to say? He wants to ask Libby how angels grow their wings and whether he will recognize her when he gets to heaven. He wonders if she got the colored balloons he sent skyward on her birthday. Does she still love and miss him and her family?
Jack remembers that Libby was unable to hug anyone or crawl around when she was alive, so heÂ’s glad to think that, now, sheÂ’s free to zoom around the sky and move any way she wishes. Because Libby must know God pretty well, he asks his sister to "give him a big hug from me."
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