It is the purpose of the authors "to help you better understand depression and to see that Christians can and do experience it, family can help you through it, and God can use it to enhance and enrich your life." This is an encouraging book for anyone experiencing depression.

One of the best descriptions of depression from a Christian point of view in print. This is particularly helpful to someone who has a depressed loved one or who has never been depressed but wants to understand it. It's also helpful to someone who is depressed and wants to understand what they're going through.

This was a wonderful book. I enjoyed reading it to my neice who also enjoyed it. It is good that most disney movies are also books. It gives children the chance to learn while they enjoy their favorite disney story. Aladin happens to be one of mine.

In 141 pages Karen Kreider tells the story of Disney's Aladdin and goes beyond it. Supported by full color images directly taken from the film. A recommendation for any Disney lover. Great way to introduce the story of Aladdin to anyone who wants to learn more about the movie but can't watch it.

We'll never know how far Mark Brickell male erotic vision would have gone. Sadly, he left us in February 1994. This second book in the series is a highly erotic and beautiful showcase of male nude photographs. This Canadian photographer had a way with displaying the male nude in a very simply but erotic vision, much like that of Robert Mapplethorpe. His models are draped in cloth, and symbolism, but presented in their stark nudity, displaying their well-endowed eroticism to the best advantage. These black and white images of young men are very bold and stunning in their sharpness & clarity.

This is a wonderful second edition to this series. A must for your collection!

"Mark Brickell's sculpture-like scenery for his photos of young men point to his veneration of Mapplethorpe. The Canadian's highly erotic male photos captivate lastingly." - From the publisher

If you would like to learn more stuff about people in the Bible who were still young with they did awesome things for God this book totally rocks. It tells you the stuff from the Bible but in really normal language that is totally easy to understand. I would definately recomend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the people of God.

If you want to learn more about people in the Bible who were still young when they did amazing things for God you will love this book. It takes the stories you've read before and puts them in totally normal language. It is a great book.

This is a very good book which is full of useful gardening information and Jerry Baker's writing style is entertaining to read. I have been gardening for about 4 years with limited success. This book has provided me with lots of valuable information to hopefully improve my garden in the years to come. It has also given me the confidence to expand my garden and to try to grow some vegetables I have been afraid to try in the past.

The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it is not as organized as I would like and not as thorough as I had hoped. Being the novice gardener that I am, some of the information actually caused me to have more questions than answers.

It is still a very good book that is enjoyable to read, and is darn well worth the money.

I've always loved Jerry Baker's tips and knew I had to buy his vegetable gardening book when I decided to start my very first garden in 2001. I liked the fact that he included both gardening organically and with the use of chemicals. His ideas and tonics are simple and environmentally friendly which I think is very important today. He also encourages planning first and then planting. My first time out I had great success and am looking forward to planning next years crop. I highly recommend this book for beginners as well as those of you who don't want to waste time experimenting but learning from someone who has been gardening for many years.

The authors have immense experience consulting with accounting firms. Every accountant in the United States should read this book and apply its concepts. Then, and only then, will accountants redeem themselves from the scandals that the "Final Four" and "Andersen androids" delivered to us. Accounting has dealt with irrelevant matters for decades now. How telling it was when the authors point out that the last service innovation promulgated by the accounting professional body, the AICPA, occurred back in 1974-29 years and ticking.

So, what's the problem with accounting firms anyway? The list is endless. I can summarize the problem with a simple statement-no guts. An old joke describes accountants as insurance actuaries without the sense of humor. It goes deeper than that. Too many prefer to review the game and announce the winners rather than actually roll up their sleeves and help their selected clients win. Sure, that's sort of messy but that is where true professional satisfaction lies. Also, it involves making real judgments too, helping clients who deserve our help because we really care about them and want to help make them more successful. Sure, that requires making choices. If you don't like a client, why in the heck are you working for them anyway?

Too many accounting firms operate on this principle. An old joke says that accountants are the sort of people who after the battle, bayonet the wounded. I can add another corollary to this. Not only do accountants bayonet the wounded, they also strip the corpses naked with fees not tied to real value but to a rate per hour tied to what they want to make, rather than what the client really got. If you believe you deserve to be paid no matter what you really did to help, this book isn't for you. But, if you believe your fees should relate to what you've really done to help somebody, these folks not only support your point of view, they prove it beyond all doubt.

I didn't give this book five stars because the author's really don't make their case as well for project based professionals like certain lawyers. Should lawyers be more upfront about their charges? Absolutely. But, I sympathize with the struggles they face pricing services without adequate experience with a particular client. Lawyers will find Baker's prior works on value pricing more applicable to their practice situations than this work.

Expanding on the principles discussed in Value Pricing, Ron Baker has teamed up with Paul Dunn to share their theories, insights and ideas on how professionals (in particular CPAs) view and price their services. The Firm of the Future is written around major themes and includes individual commentary from Ron and Paul.

Are you creating value for your clients and charging for the value you provide, or are you charging your clients based on the time you spend? If you are not thinking about the value you are creating for your clients, watch out! Every professional who reads this book will be thinking about the value they can add not only to their clients, but yours. What about fees? Do you think that you can match or beat my price? "Any firm can compete on price; it is truly a fool's game. In contrast, competing based on Total Quality Service, positive customer experiences, and transformations requires more thought, creativity and investment." This book could be your first investment in achieving Total Quality Service and differentiating yourself from the competition.

I read this book when I was in Jr. High (over 30 yrs ago) and has always loved it. My parents raised poodles and so I felt close to those in the book, Juliet, Ravel, and their pups and of course Poo-Cat---the cat who thought he was a poodle too. The story introduced you to the world of show dogs and those who love them. I'll never forget them.

Allan was the only one of the Grees who really wanted Cousin Fern to come from England to live with them at Pond Farm in East Texas. But as Aunt Lena said, "A Green is a Green, and Greens stick together." So Fern came. And with her came Juliet, a Champion silver poodle.

Pond Farm was never the same after that. Surprising things began to happen almost at once. A mysterious prowler, some unusual visitors, seven soot colored puppies, an unfortunate illness, the loss of half a valuable painting, a venture into business - all these brought new problems to the Greens.

But in training their dogs, Allan, Fern, Charley and Ann learn more than they taught, about discipline and fun. And after a few big surprises at the New Orleans Dog Show, the children and Aunt Lena found the answers to all their problems. The answers, of course, were supplied by the poodles - Juliet, Ravel, Lady, Ringo, Jujitsu, and the puppies - The Green Poodles who frolic through the pages.

The models for the Green Poodles lived at Poodhall Kennels in Nacogdoches, Texas. Here Charlotte Baker learned firsthand about puppy care, grooming show dogs, showing Champions and Obedience Training. Here also she met Ravel, a shy, kennelbred puppy. He needed the attention of one trainer, so he came to the author's home as a visitor; but as his Obedience Training proceeded, he soon took over both her home and her book. Watching from her desk top, he created a major role for himself. At the end of his course, Ravel achieved a permanent home, a place in literature, and his C.D. (Companion Dog). Miss Baker, on her part, finished the Green Poodles. You will meet Ravel and many of his Poodhall friends in the text and lively illustrations.

In private life, Miss Baker is Mrs. Roger Montgomery. She and her husband lived in East Texas, with Ravel and two cats.

This book does a great job on exploring the introduction of the Tomcat, and it's origins. It goes into depth about the techinical capablities and specificiations of the book. The author continues to give great details about the program and it's construction. The only bad part is that it's 200 pages long and 50 bucks. Over all, it's a great book to read if your an avid Tomcat fan like I am.

Mr. Baker finally has created something what I am looking for! And that's someting very explicit about the F-14. He goes indepth with the history of the F-14 and how it was designed, tested and production. He even gives descriptions of the USN squadrons that have used the F-14. The books explains mostly about the Alpha model but the B model is also given. It lacks some information about the latest D model though.

If you are F-14 buff this book is worth every penny in gold. Don't be intimidated by the 200pages.

Written from the screenwriter's point of view, Hard Core Roadshow is about the making of a brilliant Canadian film, Hard Core Logo. Having seen and liked the movie, I then read the book by Michael Turner. There is a long road between the book and the movie and Noel Baker takes you on the journey, showing how the movie came to be from the initial blind luck of his getting the assignment through the laborious writing process, casting, financing and finally filming. This book should be required reading for anyone contemplating a career in screenwriting and will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in filmaking.

What struck me most about this book was the harsh realities of writing for money.

Scriptwriting is a truly harrowing process. The process of the scriptwriter taking a book and turning it into a script is full of massive pitfalls and some truly cruel moments. Scriptwriters do not have the final say on what they write, there are many people who can tell the writer to change this, or completely destroy that whole section. As a writer myself, I found it frightening. One of the wonderful things about writing is being able to express your thoughts and ideas as they come to you. Artistic freedom, however, is not something that most scriptwriters have. And so this book has a touch of tragedy about it, as Mr. Baker watches his script get gutted and re-arranged again and again.

Nevertheless, I greatly enjoyed this book, both for the insight into the scriptwriter's mind as well as the behind the scenes info on HCL. It's definitely made me determined to view the movie again. The style it's written in, journal entries, creates an intimate feel to the narrative. By the end of the book you feel like you know this person, a little bit at least.

Very impressive.

good book about Indiana's legends and lores I live about five miles from spook light hill and have seen the mysterious light only once, I was amazed

This book is a fine collection of a range of legends from the state. Baker includes legends about historical people such as Belle Gunness, John Dillinger, Johnny Appleseed, and other known and less-well-known Hoosiers. He also includes numerous ghost stories, urban legends, supernatural tales, and countless stories from across the state. His introduction is a fine discussion of the study of legend, and he includes an excellent analysis of what these legends may mean to the people who tell them. Essential reading for anyone interested in Indiana history.