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Smart tips for staying in the loop when you're out of town.

One of the most crucial aspects of any job is making sure you're in control even when you're not at your desk. Now organization and time management gurus Ronni Eisenberg and Kate Kelly show business travelers dozens of ways to stay organized and keep in touch, whether they're away from the office for a day, a week, or a month.

Presented in the same upbeat, easy-to-read (and easy-to-carry) style that has made the Organize series so successful, Organize Your Business Travel contains short practical chapters that address every aspect of life on the go. It shows how to establish foolproof telephone and email systems and lets readers in on the latest technology, from portable scanners to wireless internet access. It offers tips on packing everything from a briefcase to a suitcase (as well as what not to bring). It suggests dozens of ways to make traveling safer, healthier, less taxing and more fun. And it shows how to manage the homefront during those trips (from taking care of the mail to taking care of the kids). Whether they want to or not, more and more people are taking their work on the road. Organize Your Business Travel can help make those trips a lot less stressful and infinitely more productive. ... Read more

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Organize Your Business Travel: Simple Routines for Managing
Very helpful! The ideas suggested are practical, applicable to real life business travel, and imaginative too. Highly recommend this book for business travellers and anyone else who needs to get things done while on the go.

Organize Your Business Travel : Simple Routines for Managing
Geared for the traveler who is beginning to travel on business. Much of the information here is not enlightening to the seasoned business traveler. More common sense than breakthrough information. ... Read more

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The biggest problem with Time Management is finding the time to do it. Instant Time Management is packed with over 70 exercises to enhance your time management in practical bite-sized chunks. You can use the book as a structured course, or dip in as and when to boost your effectiveness. This is an easy-to-use action kit, bursting with exercises guaranteed to help you get more out of your day. Don't think, though, that it's all about tidy desks and paper shuffling. At its heart, time management is about finding out what you really want to do, and making the time to do it. You owe it to yourself to get some instant time management. ... Read more

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Valuable tools, techniques, and framework for continuing personal development that are useful for appraisals, interviews, and planning career progression or a change of direction. ... Read more

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If you are one of the millions of people today struggling to bring balance into their lives and you don't know where to start, this nine-week study will help you begin the journey to buy back those wasted opportunities.This course is designed for individual and/or small-group study.

By completing five brief, daily studies each week, you will begin to understand and learn how to:

*deal with regrets
*make every minute count
*guard your precious time
*readjust your priorities
*multipy your efforts
*glorify God in your daily life. ... Read more

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Redeeming the Time - Where Do I Begin? Workbook
I am leaning a new aspect of God's holiness. Everything I do revolves around the way I view His holiness. Thank you for writing this Bible study which God is using to reveal Himself to me.

Redeeming the Time - Where Do I Begin? Workbook
Great companion workbook to her book Redeeming the Time. It really makes you think about your priorities and your relationship with the Lord and how to live life without regrets! ... Read more

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"As a primary teacher for 33 years, I thought I had made all the time-management adjustments possible-until I read Time-Saving Tips for Teachers. Now I know you can 'teach an old dog new tricks' about conferencing, planning, assessing students, filing, handling absences, and a whole lot more. No more 'Sunday Night Blues'!"
Marilyn Kirschner, Elementary Teacher
Taneytown Elementary School, Maryland

"This is a must-read for teachers who coach, serve on committees, have families, or do all of the above. New teachers will find that it makes that first year less overwhelming. The time spent to read this book will be recovered many times over. The reproducible pages are an invaluable resource."
Francis M. McCullin, Mathematics Instructor
Westminster West Middle School, Maryland

Lack of time to do all that's necessary is a major frustration for teachers at all levels. Time-Saving Tips for Teachers is a reader-friendly, practical guide to help you save time now. This workbook is filled with ideas and resources you can use to save time in all aspects of your teaching and other school responsibilities-without sacrificing quality. Today, teachers are required to do more with limited resources. The authors, who are experienced teachers, show you how to get more done in less time, and how to change some attitudes that get in the way of a healthy, happy life. These new ideas and attitudes will help you enjoy your profession more and increase your leisure time.

Time-Saving Tips for Teachers will help you:

• Set goals for working smarter so you have more time to do what you really want
• Become more efficient with your communications, planning, and assessment
• Make the most of volunteers and substitutes
• Get more out of staff meetings and parent conferences
• Save time while maintaining high standards
• Includes reproducible sheets you can use for a wide variety of situations

Use these helpful ideas "as is" or as springboards for other strategies that meet your particular situation. Whether you implement just a few of these time-saving tips, or overhaul of all your habits in order to "get a life," Time-Saving Tips for Teachers will help you work smarter and get more accomplished in the time you have available.

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Excellent resource for all teachers.
This is an excellent book for all teachers. As a 35 year veteran teacher I found many new time saving ideas. My two favorite sections: 1) plans for substitutes, and 2) grading standards. New teachers might find the filing system suggestions an excellent way to manage all the paper. ... Read more

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Short and Sweet, Gets to the Point
At first review of this book I was somewhat disappointed-the first and second chapters. The information seemed a tired carbon copy of all the other organizational, self help books on the market. It seemed like it was all common sense and elementary in nature. My goal was to get hot tips quickly without the fluff. As I read on, I found what I was looking for. Great tips on saving time by clever delegation and eliminating useless information, meetings etc. I found the tips on what I call "filtering" masses of information very helpful. This book was an easy read and the information was easily digestible. They key points are called out as captions in the book for easy reference. The amount of common sense this book regurgitates is fairly acceptable. These bits of common sense we may find irritating are probably the ones we continually forget to put into action. If you are short on time and need ideas quickly, this book is well worth the small investment. ... Read more

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Time is of the essence -- and no one seems to have enough of it. But before people can begin to manage time and gain control of their lives, they need to understand why they got out of control in the first place. The Unofficial Guide to Managing Time covers every aspect of life -- not just the nine-to-five grind -- with inside tips on setting priorities and goals, scheduling that works (without wasting additional time!), organizing, delegating, and initiating rather than reacting in personal, business, creative, academic, and family spheres.

Readers learn to

• Ask for help -- and let go once tasks have been delegated
• Make best use of tools that help beat the clock, from calendars to computers to the telephone and more
• Maintain good time management habits by using relaxation and exercise
• Adapt timely skills for individual lifestyles -- parents (new, used, and single), fast-track career people, students, and creative souls.

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Not at all helpful. Totally useless
I have a family, work part-time, do charity work, try to squeeze in a few minutes for my wonderful friends.

I don't have spare time aplenty. I thought this book would be helpful, but it wasn't.

The ideas recommended were common sense, and worse the writing was wordy, dry and not at all engaging.

I realize this book is nonfiction, but even nonfiction should offer interesting language, and words, and delightful anecdotes.

This book had none of that.

In my opinion this tome should have been called THE UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO WASTING TIME.

more time yea!
As a student I have found this to be an exelant plan for saving valable time.

what I gained from this book as a student and author of poet
As a literture Student and Poetry Author. writing the for school on line magizine, as well as independent poetry contest. Working on several projects at the same time for my world novels class and creative writing class. Keeping a part time job and trying to have a home life is very hard when your at school four days a week from 8 am. to 9pm. This book has showed how I can organize my time better, and how to judge which things come first. I've had to ask myself a hard question, just how bad do I want to reach my goals. And was I willing to make some sacifices in my life to reach this goal. Once I had answered these questions the decision was easy. But if one is not serious about what ever their trying to do, if that person is not willing to make the sacefices to obtain it. Then they really dont want it nor need it or really care if they can save time and make their life a litle bit eaiser. This Author should be praised, and I hope she writes more on the subject.

Student help is excellent
i go to school and need real help managing the hourzzzzz it takes me to do homework and schedule time to keep up with projects like electornoics and science. this was reccomended to me by a friend and it has some real good tips. i learned how to schedule the end of the semester stuff that always gets me in trouble and maybe i'll get better grades because i can finish stuff now.

Excellent business info!
I'm married and work almost 60 hours a week. It's been insane to try to get more things done, but reading this book helped me put things in perspective. I got great tips on organizing my office, learning how to stop interruptions, and dealing with the electronic pauses in my day. I highly recommend it. You don't have to have children to feel stressed, and though I was surprised at the other comments, I feel that the book was quite valuable to me. Maybe people with kids should look for something more specific to the home? ... Read more

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Technology is supposed to make our lives easier. But sometimes it seems all the beeping and buzzing just makes you crazier. With sound, simple tips on how to choose the best in technology and use it to get the best out of life, this book helps readers get control-and turn technology into a source of sanity instead of a source of stress. Learn how to:

* Avoid being a slave to cell phones and e-mail
* Choose technology that suits your needs-from pagers to Personal Digital Assistants-and get rid of what doesn't
* Get electronic solutions to day-to-day problems
* Become more productive at home and at work
* Find more free time-and enjoy every minute of it
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One of the Most Useful Technology Books to Read
I happened to pick up this excellent book from a local library. It has everything I need to know about organizing my life in the tech era.It was written in a precise and straight forward language with selected amount of useful information. I have read quite a few books in organizing and technology management. This book amazingly covers most core principles in other books, and its texts are less than 150 pages.

Ms. Hedrick starts from simple decisions of purchasing/using PDA or a Cellular Phone, to sophisticated system of organizing your life with papers, electronic documents, as well as relationship with other people in term of staying in touch and sharing information. The progression of depth is very nicely planned.

When I think harder, I have found the concepts of this book are aligned with most 'new age' simplicity books. 'Get Organized' gives you every tool you need without the philosophical understandings. The steps and methodologies outline in this book are very easy to follow, and they are effective. If you want to
dig deeper with advanced techniques, this book has plenty of leads you can follow up with.

You can read 'Get Organized in the Digital Age' in an afternoon and reap the benefit of it for the rest of your life. Give it a try!

non-techie
This book has taken much of my fear out of using technology for organizing my life.It is written in avery simple manner that even a non-tech like myself can understand.Every busy person in American (and beyond)will benefit from reading this book. ... Read more

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The Audio Success Series from TOPICS Entertainment® is a premium audio line of personal productivity recordings featuring acclaimed content from renowned motivators and success coaches in convenient, easily accessible format. Look for other dynamic selections from the Audio Success Series, including Leadership, available on compact disc.

Store all your discs in the convenient carry case---included inside!

It’s a multi-session retreat in a box! And with Live Your Best on 14 audio compact discs, you’ll have unlimited access to the world’s top success coaches any time you want. From wealth-building to weight loss; time management to transforming the workplace, the Live Your Best audio suite offers hours of inspiration and practical steps to power-up your influence in all areas of the work environment and the home. Featuring a DVD bonus from the dean of motivators, Zig Ziglar, and comprising an award-winning faculty of international speakers with their own rosters of Fortune 500 clients, Live Your Best on audio CD is the self-paced, proactive methodology for successful empowerment.

14 dynamic speakers. 14 audio discs. 1 bonus DVD.
• Chris Widener
• Connie Podesta
• Marjorie Brody
• Loral Langemeier
• Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel
• Zig Ziglar
• Dianna Booher
• Donna Krech
• Glenna Salsbury
• Roxanne Emmerich
• Elizabeth Jefferies
• Naomi Rhode
• Laura Stack
• Marilyn Sherman

Professional coaching for personal growth!

CD 1
Chris Widener
The Best Test: Characteristics of Success
Let the man who has shared stages with U.S. Presidential candidates and pro athletes share with you the same leadership secrets he has revealed to executives at GE and Harvard Business School.

Subjects covered:
• What it takes to be "The Best"
• Optimism
• Pursuing excellence
• Dreaming big dreams

CD 2
Marjorie Brody
Market Your MAGIC
The author and entrepreneur shows you how to take charge of your future by embracing your own personal M.A.G.I.C.

• Manner
• Advocates
• Growth
• Involvement
• Commentary

CD 3
Connie Podesta
The Journey
Counselor, consultant, and comedienne: this noted author and radio host shares her unique perspective on choices and relationships, with her uncannily astute one-woman show combining the wisdom of a therapist and the edgy wit of a stand-up comic.

Subjects covered:
• The peaks & valleys of life
• The common mistakes that women make

CD 4
Dr. Sheila Murray Bethel
Leading Under Pressure & Making a Difference
With a PhD in Communications, this Public Television host offers real-world guidance to a client list reading like a global Who’s Who of business and government.

Subjects covered:
• The 3 leadership drivers of the 21st Century
• Flexibility, Focus, Fostering, Family: the 4 Fs of effective leadership

CD 5
Loral Langemeier
Consciously Designing & Achieving Your Financial Freedom & Abundant Life
Long recognized for her commitment to helping clients create wealth and prosperity, this success coach brings home the fine points of financial literacy.

Subjects covered:
• Defying gender myths about wealth building
• Designing a blueprint to financial freedom
• Creating & protecting your family’s wealth
• Teaching your kids how to create prosperity

CD 6
Laura Stack
Leave the Office Earlier
Specializing in productivity improvement for high-stress industries, this international consultant shares her original principles on information overload, stress reduction, and life balance.

Subjects covered:
• Reclaiming your time
• Why burn the midnight oil?
• Abolishing "logjams"

CD 7
Dianna Booher
Get a Life: How to Find Time for the Really Important Things
Join Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Boeing, and Pepsico in accessing the wisdom of this industry expert on subjects such as public speaking, interpersonal skills, and customer service.

Subjects covered:
• Aligning time with your values
• Changing the way you think about time
• Creating ... Read more

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Have you been striving to please man? Succeed in Life? Manage your time and get your priorities straight? Now you can stop doing all those things and enjoy the freedom that comes from only doing what God wants done in His timing.

Gone will be debilitating and negative thoughts from phrases such as "I have no time" and "I can’t do this!" You’ll discover that God grants you time and ability to do everything He calls you to do and that everything is possible through Christ who gives you strength.

You’ll learn the P-Squares Decision Process along with the Attitude Sack and Medic Kit that provide the framework, tools and techniques for a renewed attitude. You’ll enjoy work, create time for your family, and benefit from My-Time. This biblical view of success frees you to become the person God wants you to be.

Experience God’s grace, mercy, and peace as you begin tending to the important things in life rather than just reacting to the urgent—all for His glory! ... Read more

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The author's suggestions are ineffective
I ordered this book to try to help the people in my office become more effective managing goals. My co-workers and I have tried some of the author's suggestions, but they have been unsuccessful. Rather than buy this book and read about goal management at work, your time would be better spent communicating with your co-workers. The book does not talk enough about the crucial aspect of communication, and focuses too much on how cognitive abilities affect goal management. Goal setting is extremely important, but Hilgermann's book fails to acknowledge how multidimensional goal setting tends to be. ... Read more

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disappointed - not the bob bly quality of old
bob bly has written a lot of great books. this is not one of them. i have bought and read most of his books. this one is not up to bob's usual quality.

i have learned a lot of useful things from his other books, but not this one. the little content that had potential did not tell me how to actually use his advice. much of it was unusable by normal people and almost seemed like padding to a magazine article to stretch it to a book.

this book stated the obvious things to do but did not tell how to do them. any time management 101 book would tell more than this book.

some of his advice is similar to the simple-minded simplicity books that would have you using the same towel all week to save laundry. obviously bobs stuff works for bob but we are not bob -- we are us and he should tell us stuff that works for us.

bob works hard and is very successful. but i do NOT want to work hard -- i want to work smart. i just want to know how to get the most out of the time i do work because i plan to have some BALANCE to my life and some fun too not just use every minute to make money.

if bob had just explained all of his lists and how he uses them then the book might have been worthwhile. as it is, it seemed like he ground out another book to make money. the quality of the content was just not up to his earlier books.

if you want to use your time more efficiently then read get control of your time and your life by alan lakein.

bob has some 5star books this one is barely one star.

Highly Recommended!
Robert W. Bly's helpful, amusing and slim volume is jam-packed with wisdom and plenty of tips to help you organize, manage your time better, cure procrastination and increase your productivity. While some of his advice is plain old common-sense information that you've probably already heard, it may well bear repeating. Just one look around your office may show you how many people have heard some of this counsel before but are still hopelessly disorganized time wasters. Bly includes pertinent data from surveys of leaders and working stiffs who feel overwhelmed by information, too many demands on their time and the constant struggle to fit 25 hours of work and real life into a 24-hour day. He also sprinkles witty and instructive quotes throughout the book, which we at getAbstract.com recommend to anyone who'd like to have a little extra time left over (and that's everyone). ... Read more

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Technological capability is driving what has become known as the Information Age. As we enter the 21st century, we face a paradox in that computers have caused many companies to fall behind rather than leap ahead in how they use the information technology being provided in ever-increasing volumes. The problem is not with the information systems, but with the people who use them. This book presents new ways of handling and presenting information. This readable, timely, and useful book:

• provides new ideas on making clearing house information available and immediately useful to companies.
• gives greater market leverage.
• generates competitive advantage for companies.
• includes a definitive roadmap for business professionals.
• teaches how to collect, package, and use feedback.
• comes interspersed with dozens of case studies.
• includes Internet humor and insights about working with complex information.

Winning the Information Game offers new thinking about collecting information and making it instantly consumable for your company and its customers. ... Read more

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Winning With Information the Timmerman Way
WINNING THE INFORMATION GAME is 153 pages of insight into using information, feedback and communications to the betterment of you and your company. You find yourself agreeing with the author because he has the knack of telling a good story, and explaining the rationale behind his recommendations. In many cases he points out the pitfalls from doing it other ways - which should make a few re-think their modius operendi. I've read many of the books and references Tim Timmerman cites such as "Unleashing the Killer App..," "Real Work," "A Complaint is a Gift," and the Scott Adams' books, et. al. In my mind, they all belong in your library - after you've read them and put their knowledge into practice. Tim's book belongs right next to all the other great management and leadership books you already enjoy. His seven steps will help you take a giant leap by taking advantage of some very well thought out strategies and battle tested learning experiences. I strongly urge you read this book and put its lessons into practice.

Information Age and People
Timmerman's WINNING THE INFORMATION GAME is a refreshing look at what is happening with the onslaught of information technology and, more importantly, what needs to be done to master this seemingly unbridled monster. The seven steps to market domination provide an excellent map for executives traveling the information highway in a way that adds knowledge value, not just information or data. Each addresses a critical issue in the capabilities of technology and our ability as managers to know and use it. The book's emphasis is not so much on knowledge management as it is on effective knowledge use.

Timmerman points out the essential requirement that today's executives and managers need to be very savvy about information technology as a business lever. The emphasis in the book on the need for a mind-set change for business leaders as it pertains to information and knowledge management as part of their managerial tool kit is well-placed.

This book offers a different and, in my view, a much needed new approach to the integration of knowledge as it pertains to the customer and to a company's people. Timmerman has successfully joined the hard stuff of information technology with the soft stuff of managing (or more critically, leading) people.

The chapter on avoiding the information highway pitfalls is a must read for business executives. Clear and straightforward, it is a non-technical guide well thought out.

WINNING THE INFORMATION GAME needs to be on the desk of any executive who wants to enhance his or her effectiveness in the next century. I see the book's message as: information technology needs to be in the hands of the managers, not the technologists. ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of Getting Organized and The Organized Executive, a powerfully enlightening yet practical audio program for restructuring your life to meet the conflicting demands on your time and energy.

• Do you ever feel that there simply aren't enough hours in the day?

• Are you worried that your schedule gives your children short shrift?

• Has your career fallen short of where you had hoped it would be by now?

• Is your schedule too tight to exercise as often as you would like?

• Are you frequently late for appointments or meetings?

• Does the pace of life sometimes feel downright overwhelming?

If you've answered yes to some or all of these questions, it may be time to make adjustments, or even some major changes, to your life. From daily work and home-related tasks to the larger, long-range concerns of career and family ambitions, Getting Out From Under will help you break vague discontents into manageable problems and offers concrete solutions to ease the pressures of an overwhelming world. Listen to this audiobook and start getting out from under! ... Read more

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A Must-Have for everyone who is OVERWHELMED Daily!
Having prevously enjoyed Stephanie's writing, I was not surprised to see her newest book, but was extremely pleased at the appropriateness of the content. Who hasn't felt OVERWHELMED by the responsibilities thrust upon them each day? This audio is especially useful for those pressured for time and desiring to frequently review specific topics such as reflection on priorities, etc. A real investment that will keep on giving back to you- day after day! ... Read more

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This is the perfect gift for those who love golf lovers.
I was in the bookstore wondering to get for my friend. A golf neophyte, he finds the sport both rewarding and relaxing. He once told me that golf was the perfect game and sport because, ''you aren't competing against yourfriends, you're competing agianst yourself." This was the perfect bookfor him and anyone who respects the game. Golf can be so very relaxing andit's nice to have a book that tells you where the fun is. I also enjoyedthe book because it was easy to follow and inexpensive. This is a greatFather's Day gift as well. Bravo.

loaded with great information!
I've lived in this area for over twenty years, and this guide provided information that I was unaware of, for my own town. It'll be invaluable as I travel to other cities this year.

If you travel a lot, and you love golf, this book is an ace
What a great idea for a book! Why didn't somebody think of this sooner? I can't tell you how many times I've skipped an opportunity to play on the road simply because I didn't know anything about the courses in that area.Never again. The next time I'm hacking up a course during some spare timeon a business trip, I'm going to blame the guys who wrote this book.

Excellent research, informative, a must for all golfers!
At one time or another, any avid golfer is traveling...but wants to still be able to get in that golf game.What a great way to guide golfers to the courses on their route!One can tell that much research went into thisbook to offer the golfer all the information needed to handily find acourse when they are traveling.Well written, very organized, helpful,insightful...no golfer could ask for more when it comes to locating acourse while they are on the go!

To a golfer on the go, as vital as a reliable putter!
This is more than just a listing of great golf courses, although it is jammed with great places to play.The book offers a travel-guide approach to golf. It is written for the business traveler on the road with ahalf-day to kill, or for those unlucky enough to visit non-golfing in-laws.It's for the best man at a wedding with free time before the rehearsaldinner. Or for any golfer who finds him or herself in a strange citylooking for a nearby place to tee it up. If you're on the road and wantto golf, Business Traveler's Guide to Golf takes the worry out oflogistics. Time spent wasted wondering and questioning is a thing of thepast.It offers quick access to fine public courses in major metropolitanareas from coast to coast.Quickly and simply, the out-of-town golfercan answer these vital questions: * Which courses in this town are worthplaying?* Where is this course relative to the airport or downtown? * Howdo I get there? * Can I rent clubs, is there a driving range, restaurant,locker room? * How much does it cost to play?Business Traveler's Guideto Golf includes extensive information on airports, taxi, limo and busservices, and also offers detailed maps with pin-pointed locations ofcourses in each of the 38 metropolitan areas covered. There are more than1,000 courses listed, and more than 80 courses featured with breathtakingphotos, stories, scorecard information, etc. Every course in the book isopen to the public.This book is designed in a reader-friendly mannerwith information that can get you from the airport terminal to the firsttee by saying one word, `Taxi.' There are plenty of golf guides on themarket, but this one is unique in that it deals with the details of gettingto and from the course with no worries. And, you don't have to be richto enjoy the courses in Business Traveler's Guide to Golf, although thereare many pricey courses included. Included among the courses listed areregular stops for the PGA Tour, outstanding neighborhood courses, as wellas executive courses that allow a golfer to quickly complete a round.Prices range from $10 to upwards of $200, so there is a quality place toplay in each city with a price tag to your liking.This book should be inevery golfer's bag and every traveler's suitcase. ... Read more