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I've read some excellent books over the past few months, and thought I could pass along a couple of titles for anyone interested.
"How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci" by Michael J. Gelb is fabulous...a must read for both the creative and non-creative person. Leonardo's genius was unique because it wasn't limited to one subject, like math or philosophy; He had a multiplicity of intelligence. This author reminds us that we all have the capacity to be geniuses...hmmm.
I really enjoyed reading "The Pig Goes To Market", by David Cork. It deals with demographics and baby boom issues... it's really great to dive into that head space and think about how my business will be impacted over the next decade.
I also picked up a book entitled, "1001 Ways to Reward Employees". This always seems to be a hot topic among sign industry employers. It's hardly ever about the money...and this book will offer tonnes of ideas that you can use to reward your staff.
Please pass along good titles to me...I'm always anxious to make another trip to the book store.
------------------ Walldog Jam June 7-10/01 Sign It Signs Nancy Beaudette Cornwall, Ontario nancy@signit-signs.com
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Oh sure, I get and read about 6 sign, pinstriping & airbrush mags but I've also been reading: Financial Peace, Visual Basic 5 Study Guide, Dreamweaver 2 Bible, Linux Red Hat 7 for Dummies, Sam's Teach Yourself Python, and oh yea, Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets. Hey, it was my Granddaughters. She loved it and brought it to me to read too.
I try to teach myself something new every month. These "lessons" often come with test. Some months the test are essays and some multiple choice. I rarely pass them all. I often have to re-take the lesson.
Wayne
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Bill Bryson!!!! I'm reading two of his books simultaneously!! He mostly writes about traveling experiences, his!.......very funny! If you've ever traveled in the UK read 'Notes from a small island' laughed so hard I wet meself! Also 'A walk in the woods' about the Appalachian trail, The lost continent, about traveling the small towns of America, and In a sunburned country, about Australia. I love humorous books
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Stone of tears by Terry Goodkind is the novel I am reading at the moment... for the second time. It's one of the sequals to Wizards First Rule, by the same author... GREAT NOVELS, if you're into the fantasy scene
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Hi Guys, I read all sorts of things on all sorts of subjects. I'm a triva buff at heart and love to read mags like Discover, Scientific American, etc. Also into "lite" sci-fi, fantasy and most anything that will keep my attention. Some of the "heavy" sci-fi I can do without. I think hard enough at work all day not to want to have to follow some wild plot that doesn't have any idea where it's going until the end of the book. I was on a Michael Crichton binge for a while , but I've about extinguished all he has to offer at the moment. I've been reading a lot of John Grisham lately too, but I'm almost through all of those. I always keep a lot of trade related mags around just in case I can't make up my mind who's novel I wanna read next. I went a lotta years not doing much reading other than mags so now I'm kinda making up for lost time. Any good books that you guys can point me towards? See ya, R.T.
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I know this hasn't got anything to do with signs, but, hey, YOU ASKED!
Besides, the latest book on "airbrushing techniques" or a book on "color managment and the Gerber Edge" are not going to help me coach my baseball team right now.
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I am currently reading alot of remodeling books about cottages. Old time really cool cottages. I want to make our plain square little house into a cottage. I am reading about 5 books on cottages. Lots of great ideas! (minimal actual reading.....LOTS of pictures!)
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Gosh Nancy I'm going to put that Leonardo book on my wish list at Amazon.. I just made another order... tsk tsk.. I must be an addict. I just finished "Ending the War on Drugs".. I know how to do it now.. Also reading Robert Ingersol, "The Mistakes of Moses", and Allen Johnson, "The Gender Knot", and Harley Brown's "Eternal Truths for Artists" which I highly recommend to people interested in art principles. It's geared toward fine arts, but art principles are the same in commercial art. A book I read a couple of months ago that I really enjoyed was titled, "The Age of Spiritual Machines" by Ray Kurzweil, which is his conception of where computers, (and the human race), are headed. Really fascinating book. Book-a-holics, unite! LE
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Recently finished Daniel Boorstin's _The Seekers_, a history of prophets and visionaries. My fave in the series is still _The Discoverers_, a history of discovery, and my fave chapter the one about how Erastothsenes measured the circumference of the earth at least 100 years BC.
Boorstin used to be the Librarian of Congress. I had to read him a lot when I was in school and he was only a historian. But he's a historian who can surely write.
Bruce Williams Lexington • KY
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I read PC magazines,Sign magazines & photography magazines & Design magazines Oh & Playboy but I don't read them I just look at the pictures,you know their photography is great.
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The National Enquirer Mad Magazine Bodybuilding Magazines Harlequin Romances
Not really.
I read National Geographic, Scientific American, Archaeology Magazine, Signcraft, Sign Builder, and various books on these subjects. Seldom read novels.
Nancy, Ever read "Amelia Bedelia" books? I get a kick out of reading those to the kids. Anyway, the Leonardo da Vinci book sounds intriguing. My thinking and creativity processes could use a little help sometimes. Thanks
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Nancy, I'm currently reading Die Repetieregewehre der Schweitz. I've been enfatuated with the Swiss Military for years.
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Quite the group of bookworms. Impressive. I haven't read any Amelia Bedelia, though I'd bet my nieces and nephews would know her books. I am curious to see what the harry potter craze is about, but I'll probably wait for the movie.
We subscribe to most of the sign mags here at the shop. For my personal enjoyment, I pick up the occasional Adventure Magazine, Guitar and gear Mags, Music mags, astronomy mags.
What do you do, or where do you put old magazine issues? I can't bear to throw away my sign mags. O.k., let's be honest. How many of you keep your back issues in the water closet?
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Right now I'm reading the last of the Hary Potter books. My 11 yr. old son has been devouring them and I wanted to see why. They're a fun read, easy on the digestion. I finished William Least Heat Moon's Riverhorse a few weeks ago. Not as much fun as Blue Highways, but a good read. BTW Bruce, I read Boorstein's The Discoverers twice. Always been fascinated with history. Check out Stephen Hawkins A Breif History of Time. And A History of God, I forget the authors name; she was a Catholic nun.
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I forced myself to start reading a book last winter that my boyfriend was crazy about. It's called "Ain't Got Time To Bleed" by Jesse Ventura. I didn't want to hear about a stupid loud mouth ex wrestler. Wow, I was surprised when I started getting into the book. There is either another side to the guy or someone wrote the book for him. You won't find any skeletons in that politian's closet. He tells you himself the questionable things he's done. I'm into the second book now, "Do I stand Alone?" but have been too busy to read much more than my sign mags and the bullboard lately.
I wrote down the names of many books listed here today for winter reading. Thanks everyone.
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Hi Nancy.... Paperback romance novels, I average about 1 every 2 days, after a long day of signs, it's a great escape. Even if all men don't have long flowing hair, rippling biceps and bulging manhoods...I know it's all fake & schmaltz-y...whatever gets ya thru the night, OK? Love- JILL
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Hey Nanc......your supposed to be too busy with that fancy meet of yours to be reading books!....but since you asked, I also love the Bryson books, but for business....the "E Myth Revisited" by Gerber....(not the 'pooter or baby food variety) is a serious winner. He says....start working ON your business and not IN it! see ya in a few weeks.....the "old fart"
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The Patrick O'Brian "Aubrey / Maturin" series about the escapades of Jack Aubrey, sea captain in the Royal Navy at the time of the Napoleanic wars, and his sidekick, Steven Maturin, spy and Physician. There are 20 different novels, sort of a Hardy Boys adventure series for sea minded adults. I can't imagine not going to sea with Aubrey about every other month or so. Excellent reading if you're into that sort of thing. hk
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I use to read ALOT. I quit reading approx 2 years ago. (the age of my son )
These days, I get the Rosie magazine (Oprah was good but too healing), Parenting, SignCraft. I'm able to read in very short bursts, so I choose short reading materials.
I'm looking forward to be able to sit down one day again and read a novel. I miss that quiet time.
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Black Elk Speaks. Gives one of mind an outside view of our industrialization philosophy of "conquer and control" and suggests peace through cooperation rather through organization.
Kurtzman... did a sign recently for a Spanish/negro restaurant nearby called "Natcho-Momma"... Several Hispanics were arrested at that location last Friday night when a bar fight broke out over a disagreement over as to "what time it was" in "Communist Cuba" as opposed to "Bushes" Mexico. The police who were called to the scene were suspended without pay for not speaking Spanish at the time of the arrests. Coincidentaly the officers names were "Ben Franklin" and "Thomas Paine"...
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