Metropolitan College

"Project management has grown from a career path position to a strategic competency necessary for the survival of many firms. As a result, competency gaps in the education and training of project managers have developed. This book is a must-read if you wish to better understand and repair these changing competency gaps." -Dr. Harold Kerzner, Sr. Executive Director, Project Management, International Institute for Learning

"Well written, thoughtfully organized, and timely, this set would be a good addition to most reference collections. It would be especially useful for community college libraries and those supporting a large proportion of first-generation college students, as the topics covered will be particularly relevant. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All libraries. All levels." – Choice

“Cookbooks tell us who we are and aspire to be, and in this useful, deeply researched and witty guide to American cooking instruction, Megan Elias illuminates little-known facts and limns the evolution of our tastes—from Amelia Simmons’s American Cookery of 1796 to the reality TV chefs and food bloggers of today.” — Alex Prud’homme, author of The French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act

“Although it specifically features Boston, the work does have a broader theme that shows the changes that took place within the restaurant industry as the US grew. At the same time, the study is informative regarding Americans’ appetites and their evolving desire to leave the hot kitchen....Recommended.” — Choice

Winner of the 2016 Andre Simon Shortlist Book Award; a “Drink Special Awards” prize at the 2017 Gourmand International World Cookbooks Award ceremony; and a 2017 Special Mention Award in the “Monographs” category bestowed by the Jury of the International Organization of Vine and Wine.

“What authors Rich Maltzman and Dave Shirley have done in this book is to identify a key change that project managers need to adopt—that is, the ability to think beyond their project’s end-date—and to provide them with the broader view of their project…As a person who has studied change intelligence, I can say that this is a vital book for any organization and to you as a project, program, or portfolio manager.” — Barbara A. Trautlein, PhD

"Calling all program, portfolio, and project managers―pick up this book and read it today! Maltzman and Shirley have written a book to help anyone and everyone involved in managing projects―regardless of their size and complexity―to understand how project management supports sustainability as well as how program, portfolio, and project managers can help their organizations achieve sustainability and increase profitability. This book should be a part of every PMO and Project Portfolio Management reference library." ― Gina Abudi, MBA, author of Best Practices for Managing BPI Projects: Six Steps to Success

“The two-volume set is easy to navigate, with a thematic table of contents to help readers locate related topics and a detailed index with cross-referencing. Although the archaeology of food is a very specific topic, this encyclopedia is interdisciplinary in order to provide context and comprehensiveness. Therefore, it would serve as a great resource for college-age students in the fields of archaeology, anthropology, food studies, history, sociology, and other related disciplines.” — Booklist

“Schlopping is a beautiful dialogue that is only nominally about families and shopping. What it truly captures is all the spaces in between: the love, the pressure, the body image questions, illness, money, terrorism, parenting, beauty, materialism, and womanhood. And boobs. Mostly it is a lovely piece of window-shopping, a fleeting glimpse into the life of a family that has so much to say about life, and love.” — Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate

“I like the idea of mental synthesis very much…I quite agree that language evolved in a way that facilitates synthesis and transmission of the synthesized mental image…I don’t think there can be much doubt, purely conceptually, that language was a late arrival. Whatever mutation provided the key to it would have had no selectional advantage at all, and would have just been a useless “organ,” if it could not have linked up to pre-existing thought systems.” — Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT

“Pointing towards a vibrant new direction in food scholarship, Siniscalchi and Counihan have crafted a book that should be on the reading list for all students and scholars interested in food in the contemporary world. Food Activism showcases the work of some of the best and the brightest new writers in the field of Food Studies.” — Richard Wilk, Provost Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University

"Uncertainty, or risk, is an essential part of life so that thoughtful action can influence the success or failure of endeavours. This is nowhere more apparent than in projects, where poor risk management often leads to failure. Goncalves and Heda's new book makes a valuable contribution to the project risk management literature, highlighting the need to systematically and practically manage risks, and gives valuable best-practice advice on how this can be done effectively and efficiently. It is a concise, easy read for non-technical managers who will find it full of practical information." – Richard Whitfield PhD, President, East-West Institute for Advanced Studies, Macau, China

“Project Workflow Management has the potential of taking project management in a new direction. The concept of framing it as a process workflow makes the field accessible and easy to learn by almost anyone. It is like having a map in your hand and tracing where you want to go.” — Samir Penkar, Founder, Future of Project Management

“This book provides an outstanding description of 12-step programs and explains the neurobiology of change. The purpose is to provide a conceptual schematic for addiction recovery by linking the 12-step program and fellowship with insights from neuroscience...The audience is professionals interested in the treatment of patients with addictive disorders…This interesting book is the first attempt to review the molecular neurobiological aspects of 12-step programs.” — Marcos Modiano-Esquenazi, Doody’s Book Reviews 

Winner of the 2013 Andre Simon Book Award, Drinks Category

“Counihan and Van Esterik’s reader has long been a staple of food-related course syllabi and reading lists. This new edition reflects the vibrancy of food studies today with the inclusion of recent key contributions to the field. Anyone who is serious about the study of food should have a copy close at hand.” — Harry G. West, Professor of Anthropology, Chair of the Food Studies Centre, SOAS, University of London

“Counihan’s book is well written and will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers…I would recommend this book to those whose interests lie in foodways, gender studies, ethnography and folklore. A Tortilla is Like Life would be a good addition to any reading list, and a beneficial resource for those who desire to understand the complex associations of gender, food, culture and ethnicity.” — Cynthia Egan-Kiigemagi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Digest: A Journal of Foodways and Culture

“A first-of-its-kind book…links the necessity of going green with project management.… This book offers a flexible and adaptive approach to bridging the gap between going green and project management...a must-read for senior executives as well as project managers.” — Harold Kerzner, PhD, Senior Executive Director for Project Management at the International Institute for Learning