I found the information in this book to be outstanding. Learning to recognize my personal symbols was fasinating and fun. Marcy's book gave me the ability to see patterns that repeat in my life and how I can take charge and change them. I love reading my personal symbols. It is exciting. Who knew I had all these clues around me just waiting for me to see them. I truely love it.

As a women studies librarian, I do a fair bit of reading on both feminism and glbt rights. If you're like me, it's been a while since you've read something truly "new" in this area -- ideas that take you by surprise and that you keep turning it over and over again in your mind for the sheer pleasure of thinking new things.

This book, broadly defined, examines the relationship between feminism and lesbianism. Although some have argued that the feminist movement and the movement for glbt rights are synonymous or at least closely aligned, Calhoun reveals places where they are brought into contradiction or tension. One of Calhoun's major arguments revolves around the family -- a place that heterosexual women have traditionally needed freedom FROM but that lesbians are still fighting for freedom TO. She also argues convincingly that fitness for family life is linked to fitness for civic life, and that it is precisely our "unfitness" for family, rather than our sexuality per se, that renders gay and lesbian people second-class citizens today. As someone who has always resisted the idea that marriage and family should be queer movement priorities, I was not an easy sell on this last point, but I found her arguments clearly articulated and ultimately convincing.

The book is academic, but accessible to those with some background in feminist thought. Calhoun is a philosopher, and the style of logical argument she employs may take some getting used to for those outside the discipline. As someone who generally reads social science, I found her style a joy at the beginning (how often are we treated to a feminist writer who clearly explains her assumptions in the first chapter?) and a burden by the end (now I will review where we are in my argument so far, and make my next point). Even so, this slim volume makes a major intellectual contribution to queer theory and it deserves far more attention than it has received thus far. Calhoun gives me hope that academic feminism is still alive and kicking and producing new ideas worth thinking about.

I'm not one who likes to use labels for different segments of Christianity but the so-called Faith Message/Movement has gotten a lot of press over the years. To some it's a revelation; to others, its repulsive. I, for one, agree with a lot of what this teaching says but as with all teaching, sometimes, things get a little extreme or at the very least "lop-sided" in its presentation.

Andrew Wommack has done a masterful job of walking the fine line between Grace and Faith. These represent two big "camps" in the Body of Christ. To put it simply, either God does whatever He wants without our doing anything or God only does something when we use our faith like a crowbar.

Neither is correct by itself. Andrew points out that our faith is very important in receiving from God--it is not a matter of waiting on God. By the same token, Andrew shows that grace is important as well because it is the basis for God's provision.

IN summary form, Wommack shows that it's neither totally grace nor totally faith. It is using your faith to appropriate what God has already provided by His grace. And this book brings wonderful balance to this topic.

You can't make God do anything. Unfortunately, for many in the faith movement, this seems to be the idea. That God only moves when we use our faith. Truth of the matter is God has already done His part (grace). We must now do our part and receive what He has already provided (faith)

A wonderfully balanced presentation, the book can be read from cover to cover in less than an hour. But you'll want to take yout time and absorb all of it!

Highly recommended!

I really loved this book because it was fun to read. It gives you a preview of how stressful modeling can be. This book also teaches you an important leson DON'T SPREAD YOURSELF TO THIN!!! If you do you won't do anything very well. I also like how detailed all of the modeling shoots were.

The Human Tradition In The Civil War And Reconstruction brings alive a decisive period in American history, examining the realm of generals and others and using the lives of fourteen selected individuals to examine personal experiences during Reconstruction on both sides of the issue. This college-level text reveals the abolition movement's influences, the roles played by blacks during the war, and the experiences of military individuals alike.

A dozen biographies of those opposed to or affected by Vietnam serve as the foundation for revealing how individuals were influenced by events of the times. Human Tradition in the Vietnam Era goes beyond most Vietnam books to provide a cross-section of opinions and experiences documenting the lasting effects of the war.

John C. Merrill. The Imperative of Freedom: A Philosophy of Journalistic Autonomy. Hastings House, Publishers: New York. 1974.

John Merrill's The Imperative of Freedom: A Philosophy of Journalistic Autonomy is a harsh commentary on the loss of individual autonomy in journalism. This book explores the philosophical history and present implications of the institutionalism of journalism.

Content: Part one is an in-depth lesson on philosophy, which is intertwined throughout the book. The Imperative of Freedom is broken into two sections, the first section, which outlines the major philosophies that are relevant to journalism. It is further broken down into 10 chapters, making it highly useful for a college textbook.

The thoroughness of philosophical coverage makes it is an excellent introduction to the relationship between and the necessity of philosophy and journalism. Merrill uses easily understandable and fun language with myriad lists and labels. He also includes several helpful diagrams, which clearly demonstrates the philosophies discussed in the book.

I have been a Katie fan since I was 9 and when I was 13 I found this book in the library and was so glad! I could identify with what Katie went thru as she begins Junior High and makes some mature changes. She begins to notice boys and then she has to choose which one is her Heathcliff! It is so good!

When I was a child the same things appealed to me as to other children. I had many of the same interests and beliefs--I followed as much as led. It was with this special book that I began to seperate my own child into the adult that would someday be. This book doesn't have fancily colored illustrations or a flashy narrative style that depends on shock or novelty. This book is a quietly absorbing tale that kept this child reading it over and over. It lets the reader bring his/her imagination to the story--then the story sets it on fire. Bravo, Ms. Calhoun.

Dr. Calhoun is the historian for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Ga. He is THE source for accurate historical information on US Federal Law enforcement. The Lawmen is a detailed and insightful book that portrays the story of the Marshals Service as it evolved over the years moving from cabinet to cabinet and interdicting in almost every major escalation of US evolution. The book reads like a history course offering minute details and golden tidbits of information about the deputies, the service, and their endurance over the last 200+ years. Calhoun also keeps up with more modern Marshals and describes the current status of America's "legitimately" oldest law enforcement agency. This is good reading for anyone interested in the Service.