Album Notes: The difficult-to-categorize outfit Why put out one of its most cohesive, consistent, and engaging efforts with 2008's ALOPECIA. A staple for the ever-adventurous Anticon label, Why offers up their usual blend of hip-hop, indie rock, and experimental elements, but also opt for a more organic approach, sacrificing their usual samplers for a live, full-band sound. Yet Why's eclectic musical approach keeps things from ever sounding conventional, as does Doseone's inventive, half-sung, half-rapped vocals. Best of all, ALOPECIA has strong tunes, so the band's experimentalism is balanced by accessibility.
Album Reviews: Alternative Press (p.163) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Songs like 'Gnashville' and 'Good Friday' show signs of his roots, with a lyrical structure that's still quite poetic in its flow."
Advantages: Well-explained, easily adaptable ideas, very amusing, authors practice what they preach Disadvantages: Focuses on business and 'big' ideas
...Have you ever wished you could be more like those people who seem to solve problems in the blink of an eye and come up with easier, more effective solutions even when there didn?t seem to be a problem in the first place? Those people aren?t that different to you and me ? they?ve just learnt how to think in a way that allows them to see problems and solutions that the rest of us miss. So how can you learn to think more like the world?s innovators? An excellent first step would be to buy or borrow ?Why Not??
As the tagline says, ?Why Not?? is a guide to using ?everyday ingenuity to solve problems big and small?. It?s relevant to everybody, whether you?re the CEO of a major international company or a housewife in Milton Keynes. Most of the examples used feature large businesses and ideas that probably won?t apply to the average person...
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Advantages: An easy to read humourous yet helpful book Disadvantages: None
...copies. He travels the world lecturing on human communication and has written four other bestselling books.
His wife, Barbara, is CEO of Pease International, which produces training courses and seminars for business and governments worldwide.
'Why Men Lie and Women Cry' was written after the success of their previous book : 'Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps', which I have also read and enjoyed.
Once again, they disarm readers with their inimatable blend of expertise, years of people-watching and side-splitting humour, to unveil practical and easily digestible advice, that teaches readers how to communicate with the opposite sex and improve relationships.
The result is an illuminating and often hilarious read through many relationship issues.
The book is set out into chapters, which then have numbered sub-chapters which makes...
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...Tell Me Why Mummy is a Sunday Times bestseller. `A little boy`s struggle to survive`. A mother`s shameful secret`. The book cover is eye catching with the above wording and a little boys face on the front. David Thomas is the author and he paints a very vivid picture of his life. The child on the front looks angelic. It does not take long to realise that the life of the child inside the book, is far from angelic.
The book is heart wrenching though impossible to put down. It is necessary to pause regularly due to the upsetting nature of the book. I kept thinking of my little boy when reading the book. His life is so innocent in comparison. I just hope and pray that nothing similar will ever happen to him.
The book is very easy reading, apart from the emotional implications. What I mean by this is that the content is not...
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