Thursday, October 4, 2012

Five book review





First

Title:《A Technique for Producing Ideas》

Author:James Webb Young 

Printed: Crain Books in Chicago Illinois in 1975. 

It introduced the ways to produce ideas.

Quote(P15): "This has brought me to the conclusion that the production of ideas is just as definite a process as the production of Fords; that the production of ideas, too, runs on an assembly line; that in this production the mind follows an operative technique which can be learned and controlled; and that its effective use is just as much a matter of practice in the technique as is the effective use of any tool."

Bibliography : James Webb Young,A Technique for Producing Ideas,Crain Books,Chicago Illinois,1975.


Second

Title is《The fate of humor》.

Author:James M.Cox

published:Princeton University Press in 1966.

It wrote the life of a man.

Quote(P15):"But the snodgrass letters confined Clemens to the ignorant and illiterate utterance of snodgrass, whereas the literate Mark Twain allowed him a full range of style and expression.”

Bibliography: Cox, James, Mark Twain: The Fate of Humor. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1966.

Third

Title:《The development of memory in children》.

Author:Robert Kail, 

Published:W.H Freeman and Company in New York City. 

This book talks about the early education and psychology in early childhood. 

Quote:(p15) :" One simple way in which the age groups differed was in the number of ways they suggested of trying to remember the birthday party: The older children were considerably more resourceful, suggesting an average of 2.5 ways of remembering the party compared to 1.35 for the kindergarten children."


Bibliography : Robert Kail,The development of memory in children. W.H Freeman and company, New York, 1979.

Fourth

Title is《Thailand》.

Author:Roger Jones

Published: Kuperard in Great Britain in 2003.

It shows the customs and culture of Thailand.


Quote: (p15)" The average temperature in Bangkok in December is 77*F(25*C),but it usually feels much hotter because of high humidity, and there are plenty of fine days in the rainy season."

Bibliography: Jones, Roger.Thailand,Great Britain, United States,Canada,Kuperard,Random House Distribution Services,2003.

Fifth:

Title:《The best of London》

Author: Henri Gault and Christian Millau 

Publish:In the United States of America in 1982 

The Book provides many different restaurants,hotels,shops,sights,etc in London. 

Quote(P15):"Armagnac.The wine list is amazingly good for a bistro-not surprisingly,since Ronald Price did a four-year stint as a wine merchant."

Bibliography: Gault, Henri and Millau, Christian. The Best of London. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1982.






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