Born to Run

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A great story and so much more5
Born to Run succeeds at three levels. First, it is a page turner. The build up to a fifty-mile foot race over some of the world’s least hospitable terrain drives the narrative forward. Along the way McDougall introduces a cast of characters worthy of Dickens, including an almost superhuman ultramarathoner, Jenn and the Bonehead–a couple who down bottles of booze to warm up for a race, Barefoot Ted, Mexican drug dealers, a ghostly ex-boxer, a heartbroken father, and of course the Tarahumara, arguably the greatest runners in the world.

Born to Run is such a rip-roaring yarn, that it is easy to miss the book’s deeper achievements. At a second level, McDougall introduces and explores a powerful thesis–that human beings are literally born to run. Recreational running did not begin with the 1966 publication of “Jogging” by the co-founder of Nike. Instead, McDougall argues, running is at the heart of what it means to be human. In the course of elaborating his thesis, McDougall answers some big questions: Why did our ancestors outlive the stronger, smarter Neanderthals? Why do expensive running shoes increase the odds of injury? The author’s modesty keeps him from trumpeting the novelty and importance of this thesis, but it merits attention.

Finally, Born to Run presents a philosophy of exercise. The ethos that pervades recreational and competitive running–”no pain, no gain,” is fundamentally flawed, McDougall argues. The essence of running should not be grim determination, but sheer joy. Many of the conventions of modern running–the thick-soled shoes, mechanical treadmills, take no prisoners competition, and heads-down powering through pain dull our appreciation of what running can be–a sociable activity, more game than chore, that can lead to adventure. McDougall’s narrative moves the book forward, his thesis provides a solid intellectual support, but this philosophy of joy animates Born to Run. I hope this book finds the wide audience it deserves.

A phenomenal book about running but more importantly a way of life5
My wife handed me Born to Run about 24 hours ago and said “you might like this.” Having run quite a bit but nursing an achilles tendon injury for about 3 years, I had almost given up on my dreams of getting back into marathon shape. 24 hours (and very little sleep) later, I feel inspired, awed, and enlightened, and I have Christopher’s wonderful book to thank.

In a nutshell, I have not been this entralled by a story since Shadow Divers, Seabiscuit and/or Into Thin Air. Christopher’s recounting of the forbidding Copper Canyons, the amazing Tarahumara, ultramarathoners young and old, and the greatest race you’ve never heard of is enough for me to give this a rave review. But like the aforementioned books, there is so much more to this story, not the least of which was Christopher’s own quest (and amazing resiliency) to run without pain. Finally, he put to words many of the thoughts and feelings I’ve had about running but am unable to articulate. And Christopher is a great writer – I laughed out loud many times throughout. He has a style akin to a Timothy Cahill – a great wit that was obviously aided by a wonderfully intriguing cast of characters.

As the sun was coming up this morning I was a bit sad to see this book end, and am already contemplating picking it up again. But only after I strap on the old, beaten up sneaks and get in a quick jog. Thanks so much for writing this book – I hope it changes lives and perspectives in the process.

The Cure for Modernity5
If, when you finish with this book, you don’t immediately get yourself outside and run like hell, then there’s probably not a drop of living blood in you. This book is the perfect antidote to everything that’s wrong with modern running and the way to find everything that’s still so right with it. Even if it were all a work of fiction McDougall’s tale would still be worth the price of admission. Fabulous.

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Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration, Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance runners and learn their secrets, and in the process shows us that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong.

Isolated by the most savage terrain in North America, the reclusive Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s deadly Copper Canyons are custodians of a lost art. For centuries they have practiced techniques that allow them to run hundreds of miles without rest and chase down anything from a deer to an Olympic marathoner while enjoying every mile of it. Their superhuman talent is matched by uncanny health and serenity, leaving the Tarahumara immune to the diseases and strife that plague modern existence. With the help of Caballo Blanco, a mysterious loner who lives among the tribe, the author was able not only to uncover the secrets of the Tarahumara but also to find his own inner ultra-athlete, as he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of Americans, including a star ultramarathoner, a beautiful young surfer, and a barefoot wonder.

With a sharp wit and wild exuberance, McDougall takes us from the high-tech science labs at Harvard to the sun-baked valleys and freezing peaks across North America, where ever-growing numbers of ultrarunners are pushing their bodies to the limit, and, finally, to the climactic race in the Copper Canyons. Born to Run is that rare book that will not only engage your mind but inspire your body when you realize that the secret to happiness is right at your feet, and that you, indeed all of us, were born to run.

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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

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Facing the dilemma I have been avoiding for years. 5
Since I read Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation” over five years ago, I have refused to eat any fast food of any kind. Both morally and nutritionally, my position is that if I were to eat that food again, I would be tacitly accepting an industry that is abhorrent on so many levels. Knowing what I now know, that degree of cognitive dissonance is simply too great for me to overcome.

When my son was born two years ago, my thinking about food choices returned and has become an important part of my day-to-day consciousness.

When I first read about “Omnivore” online, I found the premise compelling. What exactly am I eating? Where does it come from? Why should I care? Exactly the kind of book that I’d been looking for, especially as I try to improve my own health and try to give my little guy the best start in life.

I bought the book as soon as it came out and found it to be highly enjoyable, yet almost mind-numbingly disenchanting. We all know about corn and cows and chickens and how the government subsidizes their production (mainly through corn subsidies). But Pollan has given me a completely new view of corn, its processed derivatives, and secondarily, has made me rethink my view of the farmers growing this stuff and the industries who buying it. There is so much wrong with this picture.

Corn, in the wrong hands, can be used for some terrible things, among them high fructose corn syrup (a major player in the obesity epidemic) and as feed for cows (who get sick when they eat it, requiring anti-biotics!). I can’t compartmentalize anymore, just because meat tastes good. As Pollan clearly outlines, there is a very selfish reason why the beef industry doesn’t want us to see inside a slaughter house. Many of us would never eat it again if we saw how disgusting and cruel the process typically is.

In the section on the ethics of eating animals, Pollan compellingly summarizes animal ethicist Peter Singer’s case against eating animals, making a strong argument for vegetarianism. Then he tries to argue for a more moderate (read: carnivorous) world view, and I have to admit, I wasn’t convinced. I am a lifelong meat eater, but am seriously thinking about switching to a vegetarian diet. I can no longer reconcile the slaughter of animals with my own appreciation of them. And beyond slaughter, there are plenty of health benefits to eating a plant-based diet.

Here’s my bottom line: If you aren’t prepared to question your views on food, or are afraid of what you might learn, then you really need to avoid this book. This has all made my head spin and my heart ache over the past month. Faced with the facts, I actually feel as though I am mourning the loss of my old diet. But I am terribly ambivalent about becoming a vegetarian, not at all happy to be making such a drastic (yet healthy) change. I am embarrassed about it, and worried about how I will deal with a meatless lifestyle in the years ahead. I am glad Pollan opened my eyes to this, but secretly wish I weren’t so curious about these issues. The truth hurts.

The Trouble with Agriculture….3
I didn’t expect to learn much from Michael Pollan’s new book, _The Omnivore’s Dilemma_ – since I write and talk regularly about the problems of industrial agriculture, local food production and sustainability, I thought that while I’d probably enjoy his writing (I took a great deal of pleasure in his prior books on gardening), his book would be enlightening to a rather different audience than myself. But, in fact, I did learn a great deal. Pollan’s gift is to entertainingly present complexities, without being weighed down by his own excellent scholarship – it is a gift, to know that much about something and to know which bits of evidence will compell and which will merely bore. He’s an enormously erudite guy, without being even slightly dull. Several people I know who are far less engaged by food issues than I say they found it compelling and readable.

I will add up front, that one of the two things that most irritated me about this book was that in the mid-1980s, Margaret Visser, a brilliant food writer, wrote a very similar book, _Much Depends on Dinner_. Neither the book nor the author were particularly obscure – the book won several awards, and Visser went on to write another one about table manners (great book, btw, and highly recommended), and the books were published by Pollan’s own publisher. And yet, Pollan’s book does not cite or acknowledge the book, even though many of the chapters (those on chicken and corn especially) were very similar in their approach and analysis. Someone, either Pollan in his research (which, I think, was otherwise good), or his editor missed something – because the concept of eating a meal and being outraged by the history of its context is not his. Visser’s book, particularly the chapter on rice, which I read in high school, was my biggest early influence in thinking about food, so it rankles me (even though these things happen in books) that Pollan ignored her.

But returning to the main point, I did learn a great deal from Pollan – I found out, among other things, exactly what Xanthan gum is (hadn’t you always wondered, even if you knew it couldn’t be good?), made a connection I’d never perceived before between the widespread alcoholism in America in the 19th century and the widespread obesity of today (both due to the need to use up agricultural excesses of corn) and heard as concise and compelling an account of the complexities of farm subsidies as I’ve heard before. I hadn’t thought, for example that anyone could give me any more reasons not to eat at McDonalds, but Pollan added a couple.

The first section of the book traces a meal at McDonalds back to its basic ingredient – corn. From the corn that feeds the chickens to the xanthan gum in the milkshake to the sweetener in the ketchup and oil in which the fries are cooked, McDonalds is mostly corn. Since Fast Food Nation and the other exposes, I don’t think there’s anyone who cares who doesn’t know how gross fast food is, and Pollan admirably stays away from the yuckiness factor (not that there isn’t reason to go there, but it has been rather overdone of late). Instead, he goes to the aesthetic one, accusing Americans who eat fast food of having become like koalas, capable of absorbing only corn, to terrible cost. In some sense, as someone who likes to eat, his description of our reliance upon (and the costs thereof) corn is more grotesque than any expose of slaughterhouses could be.

He then describes the history of two organic meals, one of them bought on a trip to whole foods, and an industrially produced organic meal, the other local, sustainable and produced to a large degree from Joel Salatin’s Polyface farm, where he acted as reporter/farm hand for a week. It may be here that Pollan’s book is most valuable, because it makes a distinction that your average Mom who buys at Whole foods has never made – that industrial organic food is more industrial than organic. This book has been roundly hyped on NPR and in the New York Times, and has the potential to change a lot of minds – and despite my later critiques, I will be enormously grateful if Pollan can simply convince people to look beyond the word organic and think about the costs of their food to the environment and the people who grow it. This is a potentially influential book, and Pollan does not make the mistake that many, many food writers make, of reading the word “organic” to mean sustainable.

While acknowledges that large scale, organic, industrial food is better than nothing, he doesn’t cut it a lot of slack for its drenching in fossil fuels, use and sometimes misuse of migrant labor, and general unsustainability. Perhaps his best writing in the book is when he attempts to analyze whether it is possible to grow food sustainably and well on any scale at all, and when he concludes that you can’t, someone like me, who is trying to grow food on a small scale, looks up ready to cheer. Because such a conclusion should lead inevitably to the next step – ie, to the idea that the only solution to the problem of industrial agriculture is that a lot more people have to grow food, both for sale and at home. But he never quite gets there, and that may be the great flaw of the book. Still, however, I think that the line that the distinctions Pollan does draw are deeply helpful, and could potentially change things a great deal.

In the final section, Pollan eats a meal that he has hunted, or gathered, or grown himself. In doing this, he spends a lot of time coming to terms with hunting and meat eating (he kills his own chicken for dinner at Polyface farm, and also purchases a steer destined for McDonalds, although its final end is as much of a mystery as such things could possibly ever be). Here is where, I expected, Pollan will figure out how we might reasonably eat, humanely and sustainably. But in fact, the last chapter could be described as “Yuppie Jewish guy goes hunting for the first time” – and not just any kind of hunting, but hunting for wild boar in the California mountains with a bunch of European chefs bent on recreating the food of their homelands for Chez Panisse. Pollan may be violating the traditions of his Jewish upbringing (Jews don’t hunt, not just because they are often urbanites, but because the laws of kashruth forbid it, and the sense of it as unfitting has lingered long past the observation of the law in other respects for many Jews), but he never actually leaves his class behind. And that is one of the deeper problems of the book – the meal he seeks to make is not a deer burger and homemade potato fries, but wine-braised leg of boar with boar liver pate and cherry something or other (admittedly, it sounded terrific).

Intermittently throughout the book, Pollan attempts to deal with the problem of elitism – whether or not sustainable food is yuppie food. And there’s a legitimate case to be made that there is. Pollan, of course, points out the illogic both of what we spend on food (less than anyone in the world) and the externalities that are not figured into the cost of the McDonalds meal, but he never gets down and dirty with the question of class. He quotes Joel Salatin on the subject that regulation adds more to his cost than organic production, notes the costs of meals and that Salatin’s customers are mixed in economic situation, but he never fully addresses who it is who mostly eats fast food and who it is who mostly eats organic, and the all-important whys of that question.

When Pollan finally gets down to the ultimate local meal, the chapter is mostly about his angst over killing animals and meat eating (although it was fun to watch Pollan duke it out intellectually with Peter Singer), but it all gets played out over a meal with class overtones so profound and powerful that you cannot escape them. Going boar hunting with a sicilian chef doesn’t seem to have much relevance to going deer hunting with a bunch of blue collar guys who live next door, nor is the meal he plans to produce something that anyone could make and eat very often. Speaking as someone who does not hunt (that kosher thing) but whose father did, and who believes that human predation is a perfectly normal thing, and preferrable, say, to having lyme disease from an excess of white-tailed deer (oh, it isn’t that easy, of course, but I’ll write more on vegetarianism and meat eating another time), I think Pollan ends up using the meal he decided to make as a way of choosing to avoid the logical conclusion of his writing, and the book is the poorer for it. The closing chapter is not about how we could eat, but about the impossibility of producing our own food, and, to a large degree, about the impossibility of even eating sustainably. And I think to a large degree that’s because he chose a meal that is unreproducable for millions – as opposed to the simple, ordinary chicken and corn or french fries of his organic and conventional prior meals.

His conclusions, drawn from his experiences on Salatin’s farm and of hunting and gathering (and presumably of eating at McDonalds) are implicitly that sustainable eating is never going to happen on any great scale. At the end of his section on Salatin’s farm, he likens Salatin to Luther, creating his own new denominations of people for whom food quality and healthfulness matters, small niches of (elitist) people who care about their food in the great wilderness. But implying this suggests that most other people (I wonder who – the ones who eat at McDonalds more and are mostly of a different class?) don’t actually care deeply about their food’s taste, health and environmental cost.

And his final set of conclusions are deeply disappointing to me, personally. Because he creates the ground work for a fairly simple conclusion – industrial scale food production, whether organic or non, is a failure, a disaster for those who care about ethics or the environment. In a way, it doesn’t matter whether what you care about is the suffering of animals (industrial slaughter) or the suffering of humans (malnutrition), the extermination of songbirds (pesticides) or rising cancer rates (pesticides) or the extermination of everyone due to global warming, the conclusion that Pollan expertly and gracefully leads us to – ie, that many more people need to take a role in their own food systems, both by buying locally, encouraging the creation of millions of new small farms instead of an expanding industrial system, and by growing some of their own (or hunting it, or foraging), is finally left off, in the interest of implying that the problem is irresolvable. This, I think, is rather a cheap ending, and an unfair one to the person who has sorted through the complexities of his arguments and analysis and comes out wanting to know what to do next.

Pollan tells us at the very end, referring to his home produced meal and the one from McDonalds, “…these meals are equally unreal and equally unsustainable.” But the fact that the home produced meal is unsustainable and unreproducable is his choice – because a dinner of potatoes and eggs with salad, equally local, equally gathered, is sustainable and available to anyone with a bit of backyard if they want it. By implying that self-provisioning is a fantasy in this modern world, Pollan essentially suggests we leave the farming to the farmers – but there simply aren’t enough farmers to have a small, local, organic farm everywhere. If we’re to reduce our footprint more than anyone can by hopping over to whole foods in the SUV and picking up a box of whole wheat mac and cheese and some organic apples from China, people are going to have to take some responsibility for feeding themselves. No, they don’t have to go hunt wild boar. But they might have to grow a garden, or make possible a nearby farm. They might have to encourage their children to grow up to be farmers. And they might have to imagine a world in which feeding oneself is not either a work of magic or a work of industry, but simply the ordinary job that ordinary people have been doing for thousands of years.

‘Omnivore’ may forever change the way you think about food 5
Michael Pollan’s beautifully written, eye-opening new book already has me thinking about everything I put into my mouth. Clearly, this is an important, even a ground-breaking book. The Omnivore’s Dilemma is much more than just an indictment of industrial food systems, or our treatment of animals, though. That’s what other reviewers are concentrating on, and they’re right. What I took away from this book, though, was just how thoughtless we have become about what we feed ourselves. More than anything else, Pollan’s book is a plea for us to stop and think for a moment about our whole process of eating. Just as we get the political leaders we deserve, we also get the food we deserve. Pay attention!

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  • Published on: 2007-08-28
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A national bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us— whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed—he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

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I read this book in part of one day – it’s a good, quick read. Unlike some of the people who didn’t care for the book – I never read the New Yorker article. It may be that the book doesn’t add enough new info to excite folks who have read that article. But to me the book threw out a good number of new ideas and concepts very quickly and very clearly. I found his ability to draw a nexus between things that, on the surface seem very divergent, was very interesting, and he did it smoothly, without jumping around a lot.

The thrust of the book is that there are three things that can converge to bring about dramatic and perhaps unexpectedly fast changes in our society. These are the context (the situational environment – especially when it’s near the balance or ‘tipping point’), the idea, and the people involved. His point is that very small changes in any or several of the context, the quality of the idea (which he calls ’stickiness’, ie how well the idea sticks), or whether the idea reaches a very small group of key people can trigger a dramatic epidemic of change in society.

“In a given process or system some people matter more than others.” (p.19). “The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts.” (p.33).

He divides these gifted people into three categories: Connectors, Mavens and Salespeople. “Sprinkled among every walk of life … are a handful of people with a truly extraordinary knack of making friends and acquaintances. They are Connectors.” (p. 41). “I always keep up with people.” (p. 44 quoting a “Connector”). “in the case of Connectors, their ability to span many different worlds is a function of something intrinsic to their personality, some combination of curiosity, self-confidence, sociability, and energy.” (p.49). “The point about Connectors is that by having a foot in so many different worlds they have the effect of bringing them all together.” (p.51).

“The word Maven comes from the Yiddish, and it means one who accumulates knowledge.” (p. 60). “The fact that Mavens want to help, for no other reason than because they like to help, turns out to be an awfully effective way of getting someone’s attention.” (p.67). “The one thing that a Maven is not is a persuader. To be a Maven is to be a teacher. But it is also, even more emphatically to be a student.” (p.69).

“There is also a select group of people — Salesmen — with the skills to persuade us when we are unconvinced of what we are hearing.” (p. 70). He goes on to describe an individual named Tom Gau who is a Salesman. “He seems to have some indefinable trait, something powerful and contagious and irresistible that goes beyond what comes out of his mouth, that makes people who meet him want to agree with him. It’s energy. It’s enthusiasm. It’s charm. It’s likability. It’s all those things and yet something more.” (p. 73).

He then goes into the importance of actually gathering empirical data about ideas, and not just relying on theory or assumption to determine quality, or as he calls it, ’stickiness.’ He gives examples of where assumptions have been debunked with data. “Kids don’t watch when they are stimulated and look away when they are bored. They watch when they understand and look away when they are confused.” (p.102). “Children actually don’t like commercials as much as we thought they did.” (p. 118) “The driving force for a preschooler is not a search for novelty, like it is with older kids, it’s a search for understanding and predictability.” (p. 126) Hence why your three year old can watch those Barney videos over and over until the tape breaks – it becomes predictable after the third or fourth viewing. This is probably also why Barney suddenly falls out of favor when predictability is less important than novelty.

Finally, there’s a point he makes he calls the rule of 150. He starts with some British anthropologists idea that brain size, neocortex size actually, is related to the ability to handle the complexities of social groups. The larger the neocortex, the larger the social group that can be managed. She then charts primate neocortex size against known average social group sizes for various primates, other than humans. Then she plugs human neocortex size into the equation, and out pops 147.8, or about 150. Now that would be not so interesting, except that he goes on to talk about this religious group, the Hutterites. They are clannish like the Amish or Mennonites, and they have a rule that when a colony approaches 150, they split into two and start a new one. He follows that by noting that Military organizations generally split companies at 150-200. And then he talks about Gore – the company that makes Goretex, among other things. They have a ~150 employee per plant rule.

“At a bigger size you have to impose complicated hierarchies and rules and regulations and formal measures to try to command loyalty and cohesion. But below 150…it is possible to achieve the same goals infomally.” (p.180)

“When things get larger than that, people become strangers to one another.” (p.181)

“Crossing the 150 line is a small change that can make a big difference.” (p. 183)

On the whole, I thought the book sparked thought and converstaion, and will make me look at life and business a little differently. To me that’s a good book.

Interesting Read5
Malcolm Gladwell, a staff writer for New Yorker Magazine, in The Tipping Point, writes a fascinating study of human behavior patterns, and shows us where the smallest things can trigger an epidemic of change. Though loaded with statistics, the numbers are presented in a way that makes the book read like an exciting novel. Gladwell also gives several examples in history, where one small change in behavior created a bigger change on a national level. He also studies the type of person or group that it takes to make that change.

Gladwell’s first example is the resurgence of the popularity of Hush Puppies, which had long been out of fashion, and were only sold in small shoe stores. Suddenly, a group of teenage boys in East Village, New York, found the cool to wear. Word-of-mouth advertising that these trend-setters were wearing the once-popular suede shoes set off an epidemic of fashion change, and boys all over America had to have the “cool” shoes.

Galdwell also examines the difference in personality it takes to trigger the change. For example, we all know of Paul Revere’s famous ride, but how many of us know that William Dawes made a similar ride? The difference was that people listened to Revere and not to Dawes. Why? Revere knew so many different people. He knew who led which village, knew which doors to knock on to rouse the colonists. Dawes didn’t know that many people and therefore could only guess which people to give his message.

There are several other phenomena that Gladwell examines, showing the small things that spark a change, from the dip in the New York City crime rate to the correlation between depression, smoking and teen suicide. If you want to change the world for the better, this book will give you an insight into the methods that work, and those that will backfire. It’s all in knowing where to find The Tipping Point.

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Great Insights into Mass Behaviors5
Despite an earlier reviewer poo-pooing this book for shallow insights, I beg to differ. This book is a fascinating and original take on what makes people behave in a certain way en masse. Tying together Paul Revere, Hush Puppies and many other very accessible ideas makes this book, that is in some ways very academic, read like a thriller. I read it in three sittings. It has an impact on several levels. One, as a marketer, it gave me insights into how word-of-mouth really works. I’ll be experimenting with these concepts for years. Second, as a member of society, I gained insight into why I am pulled this way and that by trends. If you enjoyed this, you’ll also enjoy the groundbreaking book by Robert Cialdini called “Influence, the Psychology of Persuasion.” It makes some of the same points. Finally, it makes me think that some savvy activists will find some ways to use these principles to start societal epidemics that will ultimately have a positive effect. I believe Gladwell has introduced a concept, “the Tipping Point,” that will have a wide-ranging impact on how we view the world and human behavior.

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This celebrated New York Times bestsellernow poised to reach an even wider audience in paperbackis a book that is changing the way North Americans think about selling products and disseminating ideas. Gladwells new afterword to this edition describes how readers can constructively apply the tipping point principle in their own lives and work. Widely hailed as an important work that offers not only a road map to business success but also a profoundly encouraging approach to solving social problems.

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This is a story told by Death. An interesting point of view perhaps, but as it is set in Germany during World War II, perhaps it is entirely appropriate. It is also a story of a young girl, who in spite of having a life that no one would wish on anyone, still manages to have glimpses of pleasure through many small things, including the few books that she manages to acquire (or shall we say, steal).

It is interesting to see that it appears to be targetted to young adult readers – please don’t be put off by this – it is very much an adult story about children who are doing their best to live a normal life in times of unspeakable horror. It would also be a good way to introduce more mature readers to the history of the times. But be warned, it is quite confrontational at times, and considering who the narrator is, very sad.

To add extra punch to the story, it appears that it is the true story of the author’s grandmother. When you consider this, you realise how truly resiliant we humans are, and how occasionally, and with a bit of luck, we can hold off death for a time.

This book deserves more than 55
I am not going to tell the plot of this book yet again, Amazon and some other reviewers have done it quite well…I will tell you that this is an astounding book, a beautiful book, and a book that I know I will read again and again……
I read a lot, two to three books a week, my family makes fun that I “love” so many that I read…but in the past few years there have only been a handful of books that when I finish reading the book I sit and try to think of who I can send a copy to, who can I share this wonderful experience with. A book that when I finish, I want to go back to the beginning and start over.
I am a little sorry it is listed as a young adult book, I feel that if the bookstores put it in the young adult section, so many people will be missing out on a wonderful experience. Yet it is important that younger readers, high school readers, read this book too. When I was growing up, I remember reading Diary of Anne Frank, and the feelings I had when I read it…and understanding the importance of everyone reading that book. Well, this book is that important, this book is a must read.
I am going to go back and read this author’s other book, I don’t know how it can measure up to this one, but if it is half as good, I am in for a treat.

Astounding5
Very rarely a book comes out that steals my breath away. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak is a revelation. Narrated by Death, this story follows Leisel as she steals books in Nazi Germany while she and her best friend Rudy discover the power of words, language and friendship. Zusak’s writing is mesmerizing; it’s sarcastic, emotional, sophisticated and wondrous.

If you only read one book this year, read this one. Share it with your friends and family. I don’t expect to read anything better this year, or next year either.

About The Book Thief detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #50 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-09-11
  • Released on: 2007-09-11
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 576 pages

Product Description

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .

Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.

This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.

From the Hardcover edition.

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The Twilight Saga Collection

On July 30, 2009, in Books Bestsellers, by admin
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The Twilight Saga Collection

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The Complete Hardcover Twilight Saga5
This set includes all the books from the Twilight Saga, which includes; Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and lastly Breaking Dawn. The books themselves are exactly likes the ones you find at any bookstore, in hardcover. The case it comes in has all the book covers displayed on each side minus the names of each book.
What is included that you couldn’t normally get by buying each one individually elsewhere are 4 5×7-ish cards that have the cover picture on one side, then quotes from the corresponding book written on the other. for example: one 5×7 has a picture of the twilight cover, hands holding a red apple, then the other side it says, “About three things i was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him–and i didn’t know how dominant that part of him might be–that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.” (I included some pictures so you can get a better idea of what they are)

I would recommend this set to those who do not already own the twilight collection(like me) and would like to own all the books(i borrowed them all from a friend). Or of course obsessed twilight fans. There’s nothing truly remarkable about the set so i wouldn’t go buying this if you already own all the books.

I am very happy with my purchase nonetheless. This saga is one of my favorites.

Gorgeous keepsake collection of all four books in the Twilight series!5
This is a value buy for those who are contemplating sinking their teeth [pun intended] into Stephenie Meyers’ Twilight series as it not only offers all four books, i.e. Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn for a great price, they all come housed in a gorgeous keepsake box. I have all four of the books in hardcover, but I purchased them individually as they were released, and am seriously contemplating getting this boxed set which I can keep as a souvenir, and then use the other books as my reading copies.

Well, for those who are new to the series, the books are in the following order:
Twilight – Bella Swan moves to a small town near Seattle called Forks and meets Edward Cullen, an enigmatic student at her high school who turns out to be a vampire and lives with his clan in a magnificent mansion. As the romance between Bella and Edward blossom, they have to face obstacles such as the physical ‘constraints’ of being in a mortal-vampire relationship, facing objections from their respective families, and threats from other more vicious vampires.

New Moon – Edward and Bella are parted and Bella is so heartbroken that her life becomes empty and without direction. Enter Jacob Black, the tall, dark and handsome friend from the reservation, La Push who provides Bella with not only friendship but someone she can trust and rely on during a desperate time. Of course, nothing in Bella Swan’s life is ever quite so simple and complications crop up once again.

Eclipse – Edward and Bella are back together, much to the disappointment and disgust of Jacob Black, himself now an other-worldly being. Will he convince Bella that he is more worthy of her love or will Edward prevail?

Breaking Dawn – the final instalment in the series. Edward, Bella and Jacob feature prominently here, with the most pivotal question – will Bella sacrifice her mortality for an immortal life with Edward? If so, what are the repercussions?

All in all, the Twilight series makes for an interesting and fun reading experience and this beautiful boxed set for the price offered here on Amazon is definitely a keepsake for fans and new readers alike!

A great collection!5
I bought this to have an untouched set of the books, as my original set has been a bit abused from loaning them out and my own obsessive reading! The box is gorgeous [and sturdy!] with a cover picture of the books on the sides.

The four lithographs are approximately 4 x 11. Each one is the cover of the book [without any of the words]. The back of each has the blurb from the book it corresponds with, in the Twilight font. They are a nice little addition to the set.

All in all, if you were to buy the hardback versions separately, this boxed set is only a little more and you get the lithos with it.

About The Twilight Saga Collection detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #26 in Books
  • Published on: 2008-10-15
  • Format: Box set
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 2560 pages

Product Description

This stunning set, complete with all four hardcover books as well as four collectible prints, makes the perfect gift for fans of the bestselling vampire love story.

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Best Friends Forever: A Novel

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Best Friends Forever: A Novel

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Funny and poignant5
I finished the novel last night and really enjoyed it. Jen Weiner has such a lot of range. She can go from poignant to laugh-out-loud in just a few sentences. The novel is about a friendship that goes sour and then is resurrected and often has a madcap, Thelma and Louise-feel, especially when the two friends are “on the lam.” Weiner fleshes out minor characters –her self-assured brother who meets with tragedy is particularly memorable–and keeps the pacing brisk, serving up a bit of a twist at the end.
My favorite part of the novel was the flashbacks to the girls’ childhoods. Jen brilliantly captures what it feels like to be ten and to have a very best friend with whom you share everything.

I think this just made tops as my favorite summer read…it has it all!5
When Addie and Valerie became neighbors as children, Addie was certain they would remain BFFs forever. However a negative high school incident left Addie (the overweight and loyal friend) hurt–and tore the two into two directions where they remained until, 15 years later, Valerie (high school cheerleader, now weather girl) entered Addie’s life again…and with blood on her sleeve and in need of help.

Best Friends Forever is a story of suspense, friendship, adventure and secrets and is told via 1st person and 3rd person from two different characters and also weaves tales of the past into the present via flashbacks. Where these elements could be awkward if not done well, it actually not only flows perfectly, but adds great interest for the reader.

In spite of having read several great books recently I hadn’t realized that the range of emotion (humor, suspense, love, tears, revenge…) within “Best Friends Forever” was just what I needed til I read it.

The character development is so deep that I felt certain the author must “know” pieces of these characters somehow in real life or experienced some of what she described within her own–Great depths to their personalities and interactions. You truly read into their souls and she captures details in her words that make for deep insight.

I also felt I was taken from childhood to adulthood in great detail (some will feel as though they are right back in highschool with her descriptions. ) and I both cried and laughed…it’s actually a very deep story and nothing felt forced or contrived to me.

You’ll want to go through the adventure of Addie and Val so much that you may need to grab your booklight for this one…I found it to be a true “page turner”.

I felt empathy for Addie’s struggles and adored Jordan and was captured by a roller coaster of emotions for Valerie.

And…I’m typically not a person you can surprise with a twist at the end of a book; I always see it coming it seems. But this one was a surprise.

To wrap up a tale and include such a range of emotion…suspense, heartbreak, humor, romance, and surprise all intertwined made for a truly great summer read.

Afterall, what more is left?!

Conclusion: excellent read…includes great characters, descriptions, adventure and a range of emotions spliced with some humor. A+

I miss the charm of the first book3
I have been a fan of Jennifer Weiner since her first book. However, in the last few years, I have felt as though she has walked away from her “chick lit” writing and has created more contemporary fiction for women and although I have seen Best Friends Forever referred to as chick lit, I would have to disagree.

Best Friends Forever is the newest book by Weiner and features Addie and Valerie who were best friends in primary school and ended up at opposite ends of the popularity chain in high school, which pretty much separated them until they meet up again as adults. Although they haven’t kept in touch at all, Valerie will show up on the other’s doorstep, in full bloom trouble – asking for help in this whoddunnit type of mini-mystery, intertwined with the two women trying to find themselves and each other throughout the storyline. There is a message here – which basically is that you never know what will happen in your life and looks and appearance can be deceiving and that, in your life, friendship and support are extremely important and worth fighting for.

While there are some cute episodes and some actually touching moments, I did not find this book all that interesting. The premise is kind of usual and I feel as though I have read this story, in different installments, throughout the years. The main characters are okay and the writing is fine, but I just did not find myself getting all involved and committed to this book and I certainly would not qualify this one as chick litty at all.

About Best Friends Forever: A Novel detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #23 in eBooks
  • Published on: 2009-06-25
  • Released on: 2009-07-14
  • Format: Kindle Book
  • Number of items: 1

Product Description

Jennifer Weiner’s newest novel, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, depicts the nuances of female friendship with her incomparable humor and heart.

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The Time Traveler's Wife

On July 30, 2009, in Books Bestsellers, by admin
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The Time Traveler’s Wife

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Powerful, well-written, original5
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” is one of the most interesting, powerful books I’ve read in a long time. Audrey Niffenegger did a beautiful job taking some of the most complex ideas – time travel, marriage, love, children, friends, literary and artistic allusions, religion, death, drugs, childhood, growing, loss, and what it means to be human – and weaving them together poetically and with amazing clarity. Her characters are wonderful, “real” people with strengths and flaws, and I really grew to adore them. Despite skipping around time at the same rate as Henry, the time traveler, the events are sequenced in such a way that you still witness each character’s growth as a person, as well as discover many surprises along the way. Clare and Henry’s story is one of the best love stories I’ve read in a very long time. This book also echoes important modern-day questions about the appropriateness of gene therapy, and what it means to be a human being. I highly and enthusiastically recommend this book.

Clever and Compelling4
I admit: I am an easy touch when it comes to time-travel books. I have loved such diverse books with this theme as “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”, “A Wrinkle in Time,” and “Time and Again.”

I was not disappointed by “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” The book both moved me and challenged me to think about a number of deeper issues in life (most notably, the true meaning of love in a romantic relationship).

The underlying story concerns Henry, a librarian at the Newberry Library in Chicago, and Clare, his artist wife. Henry suffers from CDP (Chrono-Displacement Order) which whisks him from the present to another point of time (usually the past). One minute he may be in the stacks of the Newberry Library in 2003, the next minute he may find himself in a field (probably naked) in Michigan with his future wife as a child sometime in the early 1980’s.

The author does an excellent job of sequencing the book. Even though Henry is shuttling back and forth in every chapter, she manages to move the plot forward. You do feel that you see Henry and Clare meeting, falling in love, starting a marriage and going through the stages of their lives. You do get to know their family and friends and see life happen to them.

However, I do feel that the author could have better developed all of her characters, particularly the supporting ones. I wanted to learn more about their close friends, Gomez and Charisse, and their troubled marriage. I felt that the landlady from Henry’s child-whom he constantly visited in his time-traveling modes-was a sketch figure that could have been better developed. I wished that the author could have mined deeper into the inner feelings of Henry and Clare.

Still I would highly recommend this book to most readers. (If time-travel books bother you, this won’t change your opinion.) It is a good, hard-to-put down read. And at the end, you’re exhausted by all the travel!

Beautifully written!5
I stumbled across this book by mistake and hesitated to read it simply because it was 518 pages. To my surprise, I devoured this book in a few days and felt a pang of sadness when it was finished. The author crafts a story of something that is quite unbelievable and yet deftly makes it so very believable. I was hooked after the first chapter. Niffenegger managed to suck me in to this story so that I felt emotionally bound to the characters and their plight. It’s a tragic story that weaves so much love/pain/joy/disappointment that it fairly bursts with emotion. Read it!

About The Time Traveler’s Wife detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #3 in Books
  • Published on: 2004-05-27
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 560 pages

Product Description

A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger’s cinematic storytelling that makes the novel’s unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.

An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler’s Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.

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Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Camcorder (Pink)

On July 27, 2009, in Camcorder, by admin
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Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Camcorder (Pink)

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This day I’ll introduce you about Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Camcorder (Pink) You can see Now!

Become an instant celebrity or paparazzi with the Kodak Zi6 pocket video camera. Just hit record to capture the action, adventure and all the juicy details in stunning HD quality video. Make your cinematic debut on any HDTV. Or just pop the USB in the nearest PC and you’re ready to share the fun on YouTube.

Kodak Zi6 Highlights

Edit, add music and personalize your flick and then easily share with your adoring fans. There/s no such thing as “you should’ve been there” with the Zi6. Catch life as it happens.

Kodak Zi6 Highlights

Catch life as it happens

  • Capture HD quality video (720p at 60 fps with 16:9 aspect ratio)
  • Record hours of video with the expandable SD/SDHC card slot that can hold up to 32 GB

You’re the director

  • See it all on a vibrant 2.4-inch LCD screen
  • Catch the highlights with slow motion playback right in the palm of your hand
  • Choose the video quality that works for you: HD at 60 fps, HD at 30 fps, or VGA (Video Graphics Array)

Be creative with great video software

Kodak Zi6 Highlights
  • Edit and trim videos
  • Add pictures and music to your videos to make cool mash-ups
  • Grab still images from video frames to get that perfect shot
  • Email your creations or upload to YouTube right from the software

Who needs Hollywood?

  • Upload your videos to YouTube quickly and easily using the built-in USB and software
  • Experience your videos on an HDTV in stunning HD quality with included cables

Show off your unique style with cool accessories

  • Great cases help keep your Zi6 close so you never miss the moment
  • Use a tripod to keep your video steady or star in your own show
  • Mount your Zi6 on your bike handles or helmet and catch a new perspective
Kodak Zi6 Highlights

Save the planet — one battery at a time
Go green with included pre-charged AA Ni-MH rechargeable batteries and battery charger.

What’s in the box

  • KODAK Zi6 Pocket Video Camera
  • (2) AA pre-charged Ni-MH rechargeable batteries
  • Battery charger
  • HD and AV cables
  • Wrist strap
  • Camera pouch
  • User Guide
  • ARCSOFT MEDIA IMPRESSION Software for Kodak (PC only)

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A solid alternative to the Flip series with a few nice improvements4
The Zi6 is a clear competitor for the Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder (and now the Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder). It has a USB arm that swings out, just as the Flip Video pioneered. It uses two AA batteries and has a very similar form factor. But along with the copycat vibe, Kodak’s managed to do what other competitors (such as RCA) have pretty much failed to do. That is, they took a great idea like the Flip Video and made some excellent improvements.

The most notable improvement is the addition of HD video. It’s not Full HD (1080p), but my opinion is that people only want that because it’s advertised as better. And to be honest, a 1080p picture is very capable of being a much better picture, however when it comes to consumer camcorders (especially cheap ones like this) it’s more of a bother than anything. Most computers, even some of the newest, have some difficult playing back, or at least importing, 1080p video. It’s a lot of data and if you don’t have a 23 or 24 inch monitor you probably don’t have the adequate resolution to even watch it on your machine. Your TV may be able to handle it, but remember that these small camcorders must have small sensors. Packing a huge HD picture into a small sensor is tough. Even 720p doesn’t look that good when the sensors are tiny. Here, my point is, don’t discard the Zi6 because it records 720p video. It’s a blessing, I promise.

That said, the picture quality still isn’t great. It isn’t bad either. It’s better than what you’d expect from a device this tiny but it does suffer from some other issues that make the better-than-expected picture quality lose it’s edge. For example, there is no stabilizer on this camcorder. That’s not the sort of thing you come to expect with a cheap handheld, but it can be a problem when walking around or recording while on a moving vehicle. Generally it wouldn’t be all that bad, but the Zi6 uses a sensor reminiscent of cell phone cameras. Along with other drawbacks I’ll get to shortly, the picture wobbles the way many a cheap CMOS sensor does. Heavy motion recorded with this device can be a little hard to watch. Additionally, low light performance is bad. It never gets all too grainy but it does get blurry. In addition to the blur I can guess is due to a wide aperture and a poor auto-focus unit, the Zi6 reduces it’s shutter speed greatly to compensate for the lack of light. This produces an exceptional amount of motion blur that is very undesirable and pretty much makes the device useless in such spaces. All the other drawbacks are tolerable for a camcorder of this class, but the motion blur makes me think iPhone camera. In fact, the video the Zi6 produces looks very much like photos from the iPhone.

But enough bad news. I don’t want to give the Zi6 a bad reputation because there is a lot it does very well. When you’re not wobbling around in the dark, the picture quality is surprisingly sharp. Highlights get blown out at times, but for the most part you can get a pretty nice picture from the device. Compression artifacts are to be expected and are certainly present, but they’re not as bad as you may think. They’re certainly more significant than, say, what you’d get with a Sanyo Xacti, but it’s nothing too bad. Chances are home videographers won’t even know. If you’d like to see for yourself, however, I’ve taken some samples and posted them in a link at the end of this review.

The feature set on the Zi6 is where the device really shines. HD video is certainly the selling point, but there are some delightful little surprises I wasn’t aware of until the camcorder arrived. I’ll start with the most useless so we can end on a good note. The camcorder actually sports a small zoom. It’s digital zoom, though, and therefore completely useless in my book. I would have preferred they left it out entirely. The biggest surprise for me was macro focus. I’m not sure why Kodak thought to put it in a camcorder of this class, but it’s certainly welcome. You have to get very close for it to work, but it’s as easy as flipping a switch and getting yourself too close for comfort. While this isn’t really a feature, Kodak’s USB arm release is a button rather than a sliding switch (which you’ll find on the Flip). I didn’t think I’d ever have a preference for a USB arm-activating button but Kodak made it so comfortable and easy that I’ve been won over. Another wonderful feature is Kodak’s approach to batteries with the Zi6. AA batteries are great because you can take a bunch and pick them up just about anywhere. The problem is that they’re disposable. You could buy rechargeable batteries, but most people don’t. Kodak saves you the trouble by providing you with two rechargeable AA batteries and a miniature charging station that plugs directly into the wall without a cord. It’s smaller than most charging options, doesn’t ruin your vacation if you leave it at home, and is environmentally friendly. The only thing that could make things any better would be the option to charge the batteries in the camcorder via USB. Of course, you can always pick up a pair of USB Cell AA Batteries and really make things easy for yourself.

While Kodak gives you a miniscule amount of internal memory (128MB), even that memory is mostly eaten up by the included software leaving you only 30MB of recording space (which translates to about 30 seconds of video). Clearly this isn’t enough and you’ll need to buy an SD or SDHC memory card to cope. Personally, I prefer the option to use external media because it’s endlessly expandable and easy to replace. Nonetheless, when you get the camcorder out of the box and you can’t record it’s a little disappointing. Luckily I have an SD card graveyard, and I believe most people are used to buying additional cards, but with the Flip (and it’s other competitors) setting a precedent for built-in memory I believe Kodak made the wrong choice. What would I have done? I would have included a 2GB SD card. It’s cheap, gives you approximately 30 minutes of recording time and you’re all set to go out of the box. Nonetheless, this is a small oversight and hopefully most people will either have a spare SD/SDHC card or know to order one when purchasing the camcorder.

One other nice little feature is the mode selection. The Zi6 is capable of not only standard 720p recording but also 720p at 60 frames per second. In addition, you can record in VGA (480p) as well as take photos. While I wouldn’t necessarily recommend the photo mode, as the quality is pretty bad and there is option for using a flash in low light situations, it’s nice to know it’s there if needed. VGA is also nice if you need space or you just don’t care about HD resolution for the moment. While I don’t ever see myself using anything but the standard 720p mode, the other options are welcome additions as they could very well come in handy in certain situations.

Once you get down to recording, however, the camcorder is a breeze to use. If you’re actually planning on using digital zoom it’s very simple. You can simply push up or down to move forward or back (respectively). Changing modes is also very easy. Left or right shifts between HD, HD at 60 frames per second, VGA and photo modes. One of the unfortunate realities of the Zi6 is the inability to use the camcorder’s playback features without tethering it to a television. Playback is very simple as well, but it must be plugged into a TV with one of the included cables. This doesn’t bother me at all, as I could care less about watching videos on the camcorder, but I think I may be alone there. Many people like to see what they just shot, or their subjects do, and it’s just not possible with the Zi6 as far as I can tell. Getting back to recording, however, there is really only one drawback and that is the screen. It’s a decent screen and does fine indoors, but in heavy sunlight it’s very difficult to see. The reflective plastic over it doesn’t help matters as you may end up unable to even look at the dim screen in the first place if the sun catches the wrong spot and hits you in the eye. Nonetheless, with this sort of camcorder you generally understand what you’re capturing without seeing the screen. It tends to record just about everything in front of itself as the lens is fairly wide.

Another minor but understandable drawback brings us to post production, if you will. The video you take with this camcorder doesn’t work with Kodak’s own multimedia digital frames. While this seems kind of silly and a bit of an oversight, the frames weren’t designed to handle HD video. They top out at 480p. The unfortunate part is that the video specifications (in detail) for these frames are very hard to come by and many people with a frame and the Zi6 might expect a good partnership. You can put your video on the frame, but you’ll have to convert it first. This will be, for most people, too much effort. Converting video isn’t exactly the easiest and fastest thing, but Kodak’s video codec support on the frame is limited and highly specific so you may find yourself trying again and again to get it just right.

Being a Mac user I haven’t had a chance to try the included software. If I ran Windows I would appreciate how Kodak created a separate partition on the Zi6’s flash storage to hold the software installation. Software being included on the camcorder isn’t new to Flip owners, but the partition is. It’s a welcome addition as it separates your ephemeral videos and photos from the software that you’ll probably want to keep. To me, it’s a nuisance as it’s another drive I have to eject before removing the camcorder and I won’t ever use the software, but nonetheless I can appreciate Kodak’s intentions and believe it was the right move to make. While I haven’t used the included software it seems fairly simple in that it helps you upload to YouTube and make minor edits. I would expect major similarities to the software included with the Flip. On a PC this may be welcome but on a Mac I would imagine people will be using this camcorder with iMovie. Unlike the Flip, the clips will just import and that is something Flip owners have wanted since the camcorder’s introduction.

While I was impressed with Kodak’s inclusion of rechargeable batteries and charging station, they’re not particularly generous with accessories. For the price you can’t really expect to much, but along with an included SD card they could have included a software installation disc in case you did, in fact, delete the software off the camcorder or simply want a backup. These are both trivial things and minor criticisms, but they’re also both very cheap and wouldn’t have affected Kodak’s margins terribly. Nonetheless, you do get most of what you need. Though not for long, you can use the camcorder out of the box and the software is easily accessible. You get both kinds of AV cables (standard and HD), the batteries and charging station, a very simple and easy but overly brief manual, and a carrying case. It’s a little bit above satisfactory.

In fact, that’s what I’d call the Zi6 as a whole: “a little bit above satisfactory.” Either that or a glorified cell phone camcorder on steroids. It’s a great little device for the money, but I’d rather see it priced at $200 and see a nicer sensor in the device. If you’re in the YouTube demographic and are interested in HD (which is almost a contradiction, but I won’t go there), this camera is for you. Kodak’s betting on it.

I’ve put together some sample footage and photos you can download here (go to the bottom of the page for the link):

http://honestbydesign.com/2008/8/16/kodak-zi6-stops-in-early-and-gets-reviewed

Depending on your expectations and needs, it might be a good choice.3
The Kodak Zi6 HD Pocket Video Camera follows in the footsteps of the Flip series of small, pocketable video cameras. In many cases the Zi6 ups the ante in this area however. With a significantly larger LCD screen as compared to the Flip series, your eyes will be much happier. The resolution of the screen is great as is the brightness, except when viewed outdoors in bright sunlight. In bright outside conditions, the LCD becomes more difficult to see, but this is a common problem with most LCD displays.

The camera gives you three ways to record video and also captures single still images:
1. As HD movies at 720p and 60fps
2. As HD movies at 720p and 30fps
3. As VGA movies at 640×480 resolution
4. Still images at 3MP interpolated

What does that mean? Well it means that you get pretty good quality HD video in good lighting at either 30 or 60fps. And VGA movies are pretty good quality as well. But in lower lighting conditions, the quality suffers greatly.

The still image quality is barely acceptable and certainly not up to par with a dedicated point and shoot camera. The quality is comparable to what many cell phone cameras would provide.

The Zi6 has a SD card expansion slot which is a huge advantage over the Flip series of cameras. You can put in up to a 32 GB card which will hold several hours of video.

The major downside of this video camera is its lack of image stabilization and the awkward placement of the button that controls recording. It takes much practice and concentration not to get visible “jumps” when turning off the recording. If you are recording a long segment of video, it can become quite tedious to hold the camera still for any great length of time in spite of it’s lightness. The lack of image stabilization really becomes apparent when you are panning while recording, unless you are using a tripod. Using a tripod for such a tiny camera is awkward and diminishes the usefulness of such a small video recorder.

The camera itself has a nice “feel” to it. I do not get the impression of cheapness or flimsiness. The LCD display is a joy to look at indoors and in shaded outdoor situations.

Although the camera has a built-in speaker, there is no way to mute the volume of the starup and shutdown chime. It is always on. The built-in microphone is quite good and because the unit is solid state, there is no motor noise or any other such mechanical noise picked up while recording.

Battery life is good. On fully charged NIMH batteries, I recorded a continuous segment of 15 minutes and then several other segments of varying lengths and the battery indicator was still showing two bars. I would estimate that fully charged batteries could give you an hour of recording… less in cold weather.

As a small video camera that can easily be put in a pocket, this provides a great way to capture spur of the moment snippets of video. The included software is pretty weak, but it is easy to import the video into other image editing programs. And Mac users will happy to know that the video is formatted as .mov H.264 so you won’t have to deal with wmv files.

One other feature worth mentioning is that there is a Macro setting that let’s you get remarkably close macro photographs and videos. As close as 2 inches basically. While it isn’t something that most people will use very often, if at all, it is a great feature for the times that you do need macro capability.

Pros:
-Great tactile feel
-Large sharp and bright LCD screen
-Quick startup time
-Decent battery life
-SD slot lets you use large capacity cards for hours of recording capability
-Amazing macro capability

Cons:
-Lack of image stabilization makes shooting steady video difficult
-Still image capture is not very good
-Very poor low-light performance
-No volume or mute control for the startup and shutdown chime

I think Kodak has brought to market a great little video camera that will certainly put some pressure on Flip. As it is right now, it’s a wonderful little video camera that easily fits in a pocket and gives you the ability to virtually instantly grab video whenever you want.

Make no mistake, this is not going to suffice if you are looking for a really small yet great quality video camera for movie making. It will suffice for spontaneous video capture of life’s unexpected events. It’s easy to operate, attractive and fun to use.

For its intended use, I give it 4 stars. If it had image stabilization, it would have earned 5 stars.

Buy Zi6 or minoHD? Answer: Zi64
I did alot of research & read many reviews for both Kodak Zi6 and Flip minoHD. I decided to go with Zi6 and I’m happy that I did it. I already had Flip Ultra & also tried Flip mino recently. Compare to Zi6, both Flip ultra & mino have lower quality built & feel cheaper in your hand. The Kodak Zi6 is more Pro. Flip Ultra takes brighter & sharper video than mino though. Comparing the video quality of Zi6 & minoHD, almost the same but colors & blacks look better with Zi6. Replaceable batteries & memory card slot of Zi6 are big advantage over minoHD which has built-in battery & no memory card expansion slot. You get alot more accessories with Zi6 like component cable, RCA cable, Mini Tripod, x4 AA rechargable batteries, x2 Cases, Battery charger, Lens Cleaning Kit & Strap (I didn’t buy it from Amazon though). The 2.4″ bright LCD display is much better than 1″ LCD on minoHD. Unlike minoHD, Zi6 gives you 3 modes to shoot video: VGA (640×480), HD (30fps) & HD (60fps). Does MinoHD take Still photos like Zi6? NO! Also recorded sound quality is better with Zi6. Both models claim that they shoot in “HD”, but they don’t. They should name it “High resolution Widescreen” not true “High definition”. The “ArcSoft mediaimpression Software which comes with Zi6 is better & more effective than Flip software (The one I tried with Flip Ultra & mino crashed many times in Windows -I did not try minoHD Flip software yet). For your money, you get alot more & better built quality with Kodak Zi6 and as I mentioned before, The video quality of Zi6 & minoHD are almost the same (Both models lack in low light situation) but I prefer Zi6 because of richer colors & better blacks….And, Kodak Zi6 has cheaper price which is better for your pocket :)

About Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Camcorder (Pink) detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #478 in Camera & Photo
  • Color: Pink
  • Brand: Kodak
  • Model: 1232487
  • Original language: English
  • Dimensions: 2.50″ h x .90″ w x 4.50″ l, 5.00 pounds
  • CPU: AMD Athlon 1 GHz
  • Memory: 128000MB DRAM
  • Hard Disk: 1GB
  • Processors: 1
  • Native resolution: 640×480
  • Display size: 2.4
  • Included Software: Yes

Features

  • Edit videos, add pictures and music and share your creation anywhere with the included video software CD
  • Go green with included precharged AA Ni-MH rechargeable batteries and battery charger
  • See it all on the vibrant 2.4-Inch LCD screen
  • Catch the highlights with slow-motion playback right in the palm of your hand

Kodak Zi6 Pocket HD Camcorder (Pink) Description

Become an instant celebrity or paparazzo with the Kodak Zi6 Pocket Video Camera. Just hit record to capture the action, adventure and all the juicy details in stunning HD quality video. Make your cinematic debut on any HDTV. Or just pop the USB in the nearest PC and you are ready to share the fun on YouTube. Edit, add music and personalize your flick and easily share with your adoring fans. There is no such thing as “you should’ve been there” with the Zi6 pocket video camera. Catch life as it happens.

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Kodak EasyShare M893IS 8.1MP Digital Camera

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Kodak EasyShare M893IS 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver)

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I’m being generous with 1 star1
Kodak EasyShare M893IS 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver) Worst camera I’ve ever owned. I have had 3 Kodak EasyShare cameras before and loved every one of them. I bought this because of that but have regretted that decision ever since. First the lens kept getting stuck either in or out and the camera wouldn’t take any photos. I sent it back for service. Got it back with a note that said nothing was wrong with it. Same thing happened when we were on vacation, I got stuck using the throw away cameras. Sent it back again, they said they fixed it but it happened again. The third time they did replace the camera with a “reconditioned” one. It has worked for 3 months but now the lens is starting to stick again.

Along with it not working properly the pictures are just horrible. The action pictures are to dark if you are inside. IF you use the inside setting there is no action setting. Everything is blurry, low light and just plan bad quality.

Don’t buy this camera if you have children and want to take quick and fast photos. Focus is extremely bad and very very slow. Image Stablization is a joke.

I think I’m giving up on kodak and going with a Nikon or Canon.

Kodak M893 IS (Silver) is A-OK4
I purchased a Kodak M893 IS (Silver) about three weeks ago from KodakAuctions.com on eBay for about $70 refurbished at auction. I have previously owned three other Kodak digital cameras. All three still work great with no problems whatsoever. I bought my first one (DC3400 2.1MP 2x zoom with Compact Flash Card memory)) over seven years ago at Walmart on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) for $99. There were almost no other digital cameras on the market at that time and definitely nothing over 3MP(It retailed for over $200 at that time.) It is a real dinosaur that weighs a ton and uses 4 AA batteries, but it has never failed to take a perfect picture. I don’t use it anymore because of its size and weight and its’ little 1.5″ LCD and the AA batteries (even though they were Ni-Cad rechargeables – it was a hassle because I had to remove them to recharge them.) My second was a DX6490 (4MP 10x zoom with SD card memory and 2″ LCD) that I bought for over $400 at Sam’s Club about four years ago. It took (and STILL DOES take) beautiful pictures as long as you allow the autofocus enough time to focus in on whatever you happen to be shooting. It has an electronic viewfinder (which is a little tiny LCD in the viewfinder eyelet). I didn’t like this feature at first because the screen would black out for a second while it loaded the picture that you just shot to memory and then it would show you a picture of what you just took for a second after that, meaning that you had at least a two second delay between shots unless you used burst mode. It has no dedicated optical viewfinder, only the electronic one. In fact, that was the reason that I returned this camera within the 30 day return period that Sam’s Club offers. I then shopped around and still decided that I liked the DX6490 better than anything else that was available at that time. I went back to Sam’s to purchase it again and they were sold out – including the one that I had returned. So I had to wait two more weeks until they received more. I still love this camera and have no regrets about repurchasing it, although you can get a Z712 (7MP 12x zoom) which is very similar to the DX6490 for less than half the money that I paid. The Z712 is is mostly plastic, though, and the DX6490 is all rubber-coated metal(kind of heavy and bulky – but solidly built). It uses a proprietary Li-Ion battery that has exceptional shot life. Plus, it came with the charger dock included. It is so nice to just plop the camera down in its’ dock and it automatically charges AND you can use the Easyshare feature to download pictures to your computer at the same time. I don’t use the Easyshare feature very much because it sends your pictures to a separate Kodak file. I find that it is just as easy to just pull the SD card out and plug it into the SD slot on my computer which sends pictures immediately to my Windows “My Pictures” file. It is nice to know that I have the option to use the Easyshare whenever I might desire to do so. Then there is my third Kodak – the V550 (5MP 3x zoom with SD Card memory). This is really an exceptional camera. It has a dedicated optical viewfinder (a feature that is very rare nowadays in point and shoot cameras)and a 2.5″ LCD screen. It has an all metal body and is also solidly built. The V550 is the best all around camera that I have ever owned. It is compact yet comfortable to hold and takes great pictures all the time. It even shows a little green hand in the corner of the LCD screen after taking a picture to let you know that it was perfectly focused. It will show a yellow hand if the picture could have been better and a red hand if the camera thinks that you should delete the picture. The V550 also came with a charger dock included. The whole package retailed for $379 and I purchased it on the internet through AMAZON.com for $225. My wife really loves this camera, too. We always take it with us on vacation and anywhere that we think we may want to take a few pictures. It uses a KLIC-7001 Li-Ion battery (which is the exact same battery that the M893 uses) and has a very acceptible battery life – although not quite as good as the KLIC-5001 that the DX6490 uses. I must have charged this battery hundreds of times on its’ charger dock and it still works great every time. I did buy a spare KLIC-7001 battery on the net just to have for a spare to bring along on trips and such and I have only had to use it twice since I have owned the camera. And now, the purpose of this review: the M893 IS camera.(8MP 3x zoom with SD card). 8 megapixels really seems like overkill. Since my V550 takes excellent pictures at 5MP and I don’t plan on printing anything larger than 8″x10″ anytime soon, I adjusted the MPs down to 5 MP on this M893 temporarily. This saves a lot of memory space on both the SD card and on my computer. This camera is almost exactly the same size as the V550, although it weighs only about half as much because of the mostly plastic body. The LCD screen is 2.7″ and takes up about half of the back of the body. I don’t like the fact that it doesn’t have a dedicated optical viewfinder, but I guess that this gigantic LCD kinda makes up for that. The main reason that I bought this camera (besides the ridiculously low price) is that it has OPTICAL image stabilization(IS) whereas most of the other Kodak M-Series cameras come with DIGITAL image stabilization, and the fact that it uses the same battery as my V550 so I can swap them if I so desire. It has “Face Recognition” focusing firmware and “Perfect Picture” firmware and the ability to edit the pictures right in the camera before you ever download them. It will also shoot in 16:9 widescreen mode if you choose and it also has a panoramic stitching feature. This is really a nice little camera. It does not come with a charger dock like the V550 or the DX6490, but I can plug their AC chargers (5V DC 2A) directly into the M893 and it charges right up. The only thing that I really don’t like about this camera is: when I press the shutter button there is a brief delay (noticeably longer than the V550) before it takes the picture. I suppose this is because of the Facial Recognition focusing and the optical image stabilization. It also seems to take an extraordinarily long time to load the picture that you just took into memory, all the while showing you a picture of what you just shot on the LCD. I have found that I can avoid this delay by pressing lightly on the shutter button and it immediately moves into focus mode for the next shot, bypassing the time it takes to show you the last picture taken. I have read several reviews from people who seem to really dislike Kodak cameras. I personally have had great experiences with all of mine. I have found that digital cameras are not toys and that if you treat them with care and protect them from abuse, they will last a long time and provide many years of great service and memories. I always keep mine in protective cases and never carry them loosely in my pocket or throw them around carelessly. This doesn’t mean that there won’t be an occasional bad apple or lemon, but overall I feel that Kodak is as good or better than any other camera for the money. I have owned this M893 for almost a month and I am very satisfied with it. I only gave it a four* out of five* rating because it did not come with a charger dock included as did my V550 and my DX6490. I would give each of THEM 5 out of 5 stars. By the way, I do recommend purchasing the M893. Even refurbished cameras from Kodak come with a full one year warranty. Thank you for taking the time to read all the way through this. I know that it was kind of long.

Very pleased with this camera!5
I had been using an eight year old Kodak digital camera (DC280 2.0 megapixel) and felt it was time to upgrade!….I narrowed my choices down to the Olympus FE-340, the Canon SD1100-IS, and this one….I actually purchased the Olympus for the extra Optical Zoom that it has but was so disappointed in that camera’s picture quality that I returned it and purchased this one….I would still like to see what the pictures look like on the Canon but the screen on that one is considerably smaller and I just don’t care for the way the controls are situated….this camera is very easy to use, my old camera still takes sharper pictures I believe but this one produces great pictures for the most part, 99% of my usage is for online so I can’t really utilize all of the megapixels, but a huge plus in my opinion is that the battery charges right off your computer’s USB port as well as coming with an AC charger, and I love this particular purple color!

About Kodak EasyShare M893IS 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver) detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #6018 in Camera & Photo
  • Color: Silver
  • Brand: Kodak
  • Model: 1274596
  • Released on: 2008-03-12
  • Original language: English
  • Dimensions: 2.30″ h x 3.70″ w x 1.00″ l, .97 pounds
  • Memory: 32MB
  • Display size: 2.7

Features

  • 8.1-megapixel resolutiono for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches
  • 3x optical zoom lens with optical image stabilization, 5x digital zoom; HD still capture and VGA video
  • 2.7-inch indoor/outdoor color LCD; in-camera charging using the included Li-Ion rechargeable battery
  • Optical image stabilization, blur reduction technology; High ISO (up to 1600) captures the details in low-light conditions and fast-action situations
  • Compatible with SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)

Kodak EasyShare M893IS 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver) Description

Take amazingly sharp pictures with the camera you can take anywhere. The stylish Kodak EasyShare M893 IS 8.1MP 3X Optical Zoom digital camera gives you the power to capture any moment. And with features like image stabilization and HD picture capture, this compact and affordable camera was designed to make everyone look good.

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Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera

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Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Black)

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With the CORRECT Battery, a Fantastic Little Camera…5
I’ve been using the Kodak Z712 for the past couple years and LOVE it. However for vacations, it was a bit bulkier then I liked. I didn’t want to downsize from a 12X zoom to a 3X, so I just continued using it till something else caught my attention. Enter the Z1485. An AWESOME little camera.

I received the camera in mid-December. I used the battery that came with it, a non-rechargeable KLIC-8000 Li-Ion. It lasted about a month, all through Christmas (during which I took MANY pictures) and regular daily pics (I have an 11 month old, so I take a lot!). I just changed the battery a few days ago to a rechargeable KLIC-8000 Li-Ion. If you purchase this camera, MAKE SURE you buy the correct battery for it. Of course it’s going to suck up regular AA batteries, it’s a powerful little point and shoot.

The picture clarity is fantastic (keep in mind, I’m just a casual picture taker. Day-to-day pics of my son, and family trips). All the pics I’ve downloaded to my Kodak program and printed out have come out beautifully. I normally use the smart-scene, but sometimes (like during Christmas) I use other settings, like the candle light setting for pics of the Christmas tree. They came out perfect, all nice and soft. The size of the camera itself is perfect…I actually bought an ipod jogging case for it so I can wear it around my wrist or arm during vacations (nice to always have the camera handy), and it fit just fine.

I’ve always used Kodak for their simple no-brainer approach to picture taking, and this camera fits that to a tee. I’m so glad I upgraded. I’ll always love my Z712, but this little guy has everything I need. PLEASE do not be dissuaded by the mediocre reviews here. Most people know NOT to put regular AA batteries in a digital camera. It sucks the life out of them in no time. With the proper batteries, this camera is light, clear, and does an all around GREAT job!

AN EXCELLENT CAMERA FOR THE PRICE5
Kodak calls this camera 14 mega pixels but it is actually 14.2+ mega pixels. Some less scrupulous manufacturers would call it 14.75 mega pixels because of the CCD used, not the actual image area. I bought this camera to replace my Kodak Z1285 12 mega pixel camera, mainly because Kodak eliminated just about every complaint that I had about the Z1285 with the Z1485. These two cameras look similar and seem to use the same 5x optical “zoom” lens, although the lens has different names on the two cameras. 5x “zoom” is about as far as you want to go on a camera that doesn’t have a true zoom lens and still have a lens of acceptable overall quality (a true zoom lens maintains the same aperature throughout the zoom range instead of increasing the aperature number as the lens “zooms” {in general, the higher the maximum [smallest number] aperature is the less desireable the lens is}). I have bought wide angle/”macro” and teleconverter magnetic mount lens through Amazon.com for the Z1485 but they do not work well. I don’t at all understand why the Kodak Z1485 is selling for so much less than Nikon, Pentax, Canon, Olympus, Sony Camera Division (formerly Minolta) and other cameras that seem to be either no better than it or inferior to it. The Z1485 does need a much better tripod socket, though. Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Black) Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Blue)

Very Nice Camera5
The past year, I have been searching for the perfect camera and I can finally say that I am done buying and returning cameras. I have purchased so many digital cameras and gave them to my daughter if I wasn’t able to return or sell them. I love all the features on this high tech camera and it meets all my needs. I don’t have to be an expert on taking pictures, because the camera does everything for you with the smart capture features and it automatically detects the right lighting mode for you. I also love all the extra features that come on this camera. I won’t be buying another camera for a long time. The pictures are very nice. The only complaint that I have about this camera is that it is very bulky and I wish that it was one of the slimmer models, because I like to carry my camera every where I go and it’s always in my purse, but other than that, I am very satisfied.

About Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Black) detail

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #152 in Camera & Photo
  • Color: Black
  • Brand: Kodak
  • Model: Z1485 Black
  • Original language: English
  • Dimensions: .98″ h x 2.44″ w x 2.83″ l, 2.54 pounds

Features

  • 14-megapixel resolution for stunning prints up to 30 x 40 inches
  • All-glass 5x optical zoom lens (35mm equivalent: 35-175mm); optical image stabilization
  • Capture beautiful HD pictures in 16:9 format; capture HD-quality video
  • 2.5-inch LCD screen; Smart Capture feature
  • Capture images to SD/SDHC memory cards (not included)

Kodak EasyShare Z1485 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5 inch LCD (Black) Description

14-megapixel effective recording * 5X optical zoom (5X digital/25X total zoom) * optical image stabilization * 2-1/2″ LCD * 35mm equivalent lens focal length: 35-175mm * top JPEG resolution: 4352 x 3264 * 16:9 widescreen photo mode *

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