Foreword

My first exposure to the unique writing style of Clive (call me “Max”) Maxfield was a magazine article that he cowrote with an associate. The article was technically brilliant (he paid me to say that) and very informative, but it was the short biography at the end of the piece that I enjoyed the most. I say enjoyed the most because, as you will soon learn, Max does not necessarily follow the herd or dance to the same drummer as the masses. Trade journals have a reputation for being informative and educational, but also as dry as West Texas real estate.

Anyway, Max’s personally submitted biography not only included a message from his mom, but also made mention of the fact that he (Max) is taller than his coauthor, who just happened to ...

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