The reviews of the book vary widely about whether the book is useful for docents
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This book was suggested by a friend who is interested in art education in museums.  The reviews of the book vary widely about whether the book is useful for docents.  I visited the Frick Collection in New York,  where the author is director of education, to see for myself.  I discovered that there are no docent tours at the Frick!  Therefore it is impossible to see the author's theories about docents in practice.  The docents give ten minute talks about the history of the Frick and the collection.  The talks are informative, but the docents do not use the approach described in this book.  Visitors wanting a tour must book in advance for a fee, and the tours are not given by docents.  For that reason, I conclude that the author does not have much to offer on the practical reality of giving public docent tours in museums.
2187357
The book meets my expectations
The Review: is for me is an important book as many people do not believe on "Lessons of History" the book is useful to contradict them.
1259897
Professor and New Testament Scholar Bart D. Ehrman has written well over a dozen books on various New Testament issues. In this book he tackles the issues that the New Testaments popularly persona differs considerably from what one learns from a careful reading. Professor Ehrman argues that most scholars in both Protestant and Catholic mainline seminaries approach the Bible with the historical-critical method. One of the first things we must confront is that the books are, for the most part, not written by who we think wrote them and we do not have any of the originals. The editions we have, were laboriously copied by hand, a process that often invites errors. When placed side by side the different New Testament books contradict one another in small and sometimes large ways and show that the different authors write with different objectives. Those who base their religion on faith in the bible may find this book challenging and disconcerting. Those who base their religion on living in an ethical and moral manner may find this book a fascinating read that raises many interesting issues.
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The book is a collection of addresses given by the author (a former Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England) to ordinands and clergy.  The target audience includes "those who are in the ordained ministry, those who are preparing for it and those who are ready to think about its inner meaning." One of the distinctive aspects of the book is that the author focuses not on "the changing forms of the priest's work and role," but instead "tries specially to deal with the priest's inner life amidst the changes which surround him" and "[t]he inward meaning of all ordained priesthood."

I found this book to be accessible, informative, and true to the faith.  It is a very useful addition to the literature concerning the practice of ministry, which in my experience tends to be functional and driven by contemporary fads in social science or business.  The author has assembled a true prolegomena to ministry, a survey of the issues that must be grappled with before the budget or vestry or disgruntled pew sitters.  I was particularly heartened by the author's description of the priest as a "man of prayer," one who is "called, near to Jesus and with Jesus and in Jesus, to be with God with the people on our heart."  The emphasis placed by the author on the Daily Office helpfully reminds the reader that the objective of the round of Morning and Evening prayer "is to root your prayer in the scriptures and in the Church's corporate prayer."  The place of the priest today is (still) "on the Godward side of every human situation."

The book is not without certain limitations.  Some of the cited examples of contemporary challenges facing the priest "today" are somewhat "yesterday" (e.g., the death of God controversy).  And most of the counsel offered by the author is geared toward a priest functioning in a society that still acknowledges the possibility of objective truth, and it is unclear what advice the author might offer in response to the advent of post-modern perspectives and lifestyles.  My own assessment is that the advice is still largely valid but the priest of the 21st century "today" must also be able to make effective witness about worldviews such as that described in Lesslie Newbigin's "<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Gospel-in-a-Pluralist-Society/dp/0802804268/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Gospel in a Pluralist Society</a>."  Another possible limitation is that the author writes from within the Anglo-Catholic tradition in the church.  I think that some of my fellow evangelical Anglicans could find fault with the author's apparent neglect of those aspects of the inner life of a priest that are particularly relevant to evangelism, mission, and outreach.  That being noted, much of the author's prognosis and recommendations are largely ecumenical in nature and could be profitably read and applied by priests and ministers from a variety of traditions.

Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in the topic.
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The book highlights problems that many professors face today.  It reminds me of a similar book University Inc. These are problems faced by professors elsewhere in the world. However, I found the book has not offered many suggestions and insights to substantiate the title slow professor.

Earlier in the book, the authors quoted the saying the plural of anecdote is data, which set my expectation for these anecdotes. However, probably due to their background as literary critics,  the authors are more focused on referencing similar-minded authors. It would have been equally convincing to tell stories from colleagues or their own careers of teaching. William Deresiewiczs Excellent Sheep is a better approach.

The book could also probe deeper into the root causes of some of the problems, rather than describing the problems simply as they present themselves. For instance, why are classes getting larger? Why are universities hiring more adjunct faculty members? What is causing the transformation of universities into corporations?  Without answering such questions, the book gives one the impression of being an extended rant.

Some criticism is misguided. For instance, there is much lament about the permeating influence of technology, which is seen as a cause to many problems. But all around me, I see how other professors use technology as a solution, to save time, create community, and give better feedback to students. Their experiences are quite the opposite to the authors, who probably did not have people to help them use technology efficiently.
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It's pretty useful and has a lot of good stuff related to the process of thinking, biases and how we can improve our lives through correcting those biases and acquiring knowledge. It's not great at story telling though, it's the quality of striking me with insight and brilliance that's missing. And maybe that's fine.
4399410
I am always interested in books that teach me new things, make me a better person and a better leader. What I think about this book probably depends on the question asked. If the question is - "Did you learn something from this book", my answer is "Absolutely Yes". If the question is - Is the book interesting, my answer would be different.

Although I admire and truly respect the author for the work he has done, my personal feeling is that the book is probably not very captivating. Although several parts of the book are very interesting, there were several times when I had to pause and re-read (sometimes more than two times) to make sense of what the author is trying to say. You have to use System 2 and you will understand what this means once you start reading the book.

The book is very long too. If you really want to learn something and if you don't mind investing time - purchase the book.
Although this book is already a big hit, I feel that it could do even better if the length is condensed to about 75%.
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Bought this book because my Professor requires the class to read it. In my opinion, this is actually a good book. It talks about a lot of things you can and can't do while you're working as an IS/IT person. However, I think this book is a bit bias to the point that I feel like the author is definitely defending the IS/IT person. In addition, I also believe the author is a long time experienced IT person because the way he wrote the book is completely different than other types of book I've read.
3937441
As my teacher put it, the book is basically the bible of the subject matter. You learn something but it is not always an interesting read.
2666563
There are several occasions which can test what this book claims, like 30th class reunion, or monthly meeting of professional interest group.  In both of the cases attendees have similar background and ability, yet few of them excels far beyond the pack.  I observed those who excels either intentionally or unintentionally practices what this book claims.  This can be applied to the organizations as well.  Caution:  This is not a know-how book. Unless practiced, it would not give you the effect.  There are no guarantee that  practicing of what this book claims provides a claimed effect, but I have seen in numerous occasions it does.
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Take a close look at the reviews for this book, and the reviewers who write them.
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For me it is THE book of the last few years.

My background is technical. Some reviewers have complained that it touches too much on biographies and too little on "complexity". There may well be a lot of "humanity" in it. The end result, the overall effect, though [for me, of course] was spectacular.
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As a future history teacher, I was eager to read this book and see what lessons I could learn. There are a lot of good arguments made in this books, but we should be clear about something up front: this book is designed to be sensational and controversial.

In reality, this is a criticism of textbook authors and publishers. It is only correspondingly critical of teachers who blindly use those textbooks.

There are a couple chapters that are unnecessary, especially those regarding the events of the past decade. And not everything suggested in this book is practical to the HIGH SCHOOL classroom (college, sure, but we're talking 10-11th graders here). I think this is a book every history teacher should read because it does force you to think critically about the content discussed in it, but also all other topics that are covered in the classroom. But for those in the general public, don't get your feather too ruffled. There are a lot of good high school history teachers out there. Even in Texas. Those who teach 100% from the book are few and hopefully dwindling.
2871140
Presentation on aspects of the Catholic Faith.  Some chapters are better than others. It varies from being somewhat scholarly to folksy. Some subjects could use further treatment.  Good for someone not overly knowledgeable about the Catholic Faith. The book might be described as an after dinner conversation about various religious questions.
1493845
Useful to some extent, but many of the questions offered to provoke conversation are ones that seminarians or theology professors might be able to tackle and find interesting...my folks would have no clue what I was talking about.  I also have found that many of the conversation-starters reappear in more than once section of the book.  This will prove to be an occasional resource....
2884620
The book is meh... I think it is a very important book for students of esotericism and Qabalah. It is very good for meditating on the various aspects of the sephiroth and the paths as you work through the book. However, it is too much wrapped up in the psychological model for my taste, and is a little bit biased in this regard. As I said, I do think it is one of those books that should be considered a must read for students. The books focuses almost entirely upon the Tree of Life, its use and structure, the 10 sephiroth, and 22 paths. It does not really go much into other aspects of the Qabalah or into practical applications or techniques. It is almost entirely theoretical text dealing specifically with the Tree of Life diagram.
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I recommend it.  That said the book seems more a collection of multiple author notes or a transcript of an instructor talking about different topics while giving a lesson; an instructor talking to a student with tips and tricks along the way.  This is not bad and perhaps what makes it easy to read, but it is not a text book for a novice.