I bought Chris Thurber's book on Friday, and watched him on NBC's Today Show this morning (June 9, 2003). Seeing him in person confirms what I thought: he is a camping expert with a wealth of helpful information for parents and kids alike. I feel so much better sending my son to camp knowing that Chris and Jon's research has helped us prepare in a way that will maximize the fun and minimize the homesickness at camp. Buying this book is a small investment in a positive experience whose benefits, I am sure, will last a lifetime. (I found the perfect camp for my son by visiting the American Camping Association's web page: acacamps.org.)

This book really covers what you need to know before you send your child to sleepaway camp. The part that was most helpful to me was the research the authors have done on homesickness. Before I got this book I was guessing about how to handle my daughter's homesickness, and I came up with one or two of their recommendations. But after I read this book I felt I understood how to handle this with my daughter and also what the camp and counselors can do to help. There's a great list of all the things you can do. And everything the authors said rings true with my experience.

It's well written, easy to follow, and has parts written just for kids to read. There's even a section to tell kids how to get the most out of camp - from general guidelines on how to treat others to good advice on how to deal with living with lots of kids in a small space.

Every parent, camper, counselor and camp director should read this book! Parents will have a more relaxing time while their kids are away, campers will know better what to expect and how to have the most fun, counselors will know better what to do, and camp directors will have fewer problems with kids AND parents.

This is a must read book for any parent who plans on sending their child to camp. The information on homesickness is invaluable and based on studies done by Dr. Thurber. This is not a book of testimonials but is backed up by honest to goodness scientific studies and presented in a very readable and pleasurable way.

I have been a preacher for 42 years and have purchased more than 1000 books, When the Call Seems Small is without a doubt the best of all. I have purchased and given 24 copies away already. Recently, one was given to a bi-vocational pastor who had to sell his farm: I knew that this book would greatly encourage him!

When the Call Seems Small will help us all to realize that when we are in God's will our place of assignment is the most important thing in our life. If we take joy in being in God's will we will know that when He leads us, no place, nor position, is unimportant in His plan. You do not need a title, or a degree to be valuable to the Kingdom of God.

When the Call Seems Small will protect you from allowing Satan to make you discontent with your calling.

Read it, and pass it on to others.

Genuine, insightful, and practical, When the Call Seems Small delivers hope for our confused and frustrated souls who search for God's will. With every page we feel accompanied by W. Clayton Scott's upbeat genuine presence and we get the distinct sense that he has been where we are. Most importantly, Jesus' love and concern breaks through in abundance. What a relief and joy to know we can see God's side of our struggling dreams!

This is a wonderful book and each recipe I have tried is outstanding. The Double Chocolate Decadance with roasted almonds and the Caramel Walnut are the best. 'My biscotti' is now requested and expected for every holiday or visit. My mother and sister both asked for this book for Christmas and now even more family and friends are enjoying the results.

This Biscotti will keep your family and friends asking for more.I can't tell you enough about the Almond Crunch Biscotti, because it is that good.When you get finished eating one it is like the crunchiness and the after taste is so good that the biscotti actually has a spell on you and you just keep wanting more and more.And I am not joking when I make this biscotti everyone has said the same thing about the after taste making them want more.I love this book!!!And I try to keep some made because they go with everything from coffee to wine,so if someone stops over morning or night you have something to offer them.Plus they don't take long to make.

This slim volume of biscotti recipes is a winner - a visually appealing volume as well as having consistency good recipes. It provides a sufficiently broad selection of biscotti - from very sweet to mildly sweet, from very crisp to barely crisp. Everyone should be able to find a favorite.

In this extremely well told tale, Captain Josiah Peabody, USN leads the frigate Delaware against British interests in the War of 1812. This story nearly has it all. The action crackles like a thunderous broadside, and the duel, the romance, and personal complexity of the captain are sure to satisfy even the most glutted reader. My only problem with this work was that it didn't continue to include a multi-volume series.
As a single book, it is an outstanding piece of naval fiction, certainly ranking as one of the best sea tales of all time. It is difficult not to come away from this work with a spring in your step, and the images evoked will sing in your memory with all the infectious brilliance of the Marine Band aboard the Delaware powering the fife and drum. Anchors Away!

This book takes place in the war of 1812 and is about the story of an intelligent, brave American captain who manages to break the Brittish blocade. He goes on a journey of harrassment of trade and of raiding and destruction. It is a very interesting book that shows what a life of an American Captain at that time must have been like and also shows us an interesting story with lots of action to keep you entertained as well as a believable plot.

This book has all the makings of a series that could have been created to parallel Hornblower but in the American Theatre and with an American captian.

The plot is tight, the book well written and the problems of neutrality and family that face Peabody and his foe are interesting and keep you reading further.

Peabody has a totally different set of bias, beliefs and weaknesses than Hornblower. They are played out very well throughout the entire book.

It is a shame that we haven't seen more of the captain, but then no author lives forever.

Before you buy however I would point out that first editions of this book are fairly easy to come by, at least here in NE. But whatever edition you buy, buy it.

This book cuts through the fog of competing standards and methodologies in the software engineering domain. It gives a clear picture of a process and associated procedures that can be effectively applied to any capability model (CMM, SPICE), process and procedures approach (TickIT, ISO 9000-3), and does so without drifting into any particular methodology. This is a key strength.

What I found especially valuable is the way the authors clearly illustrate processes as well as artifacts. For example, the Quantified Product Integrity Attributes illustration in chapter 6 distills on a single page a highly complex concept into an easy-to-understand storyboard. Another example, on the facing page is the Requirements Specification Evolution, which portrays a complex sequence in a single illustration. Since the book has around 200 illustrations, most of which are page size, in the book's 745 pages, getting a clear picture of the software development domain and its associated processes is easy. The text is clearly written and hits all of the key areas of software development, starting with business cases and project planning.

In this one book I have found processes, procedures and techniques that I can apply to both application delivery and service delivery for clients. Also, for the first time I was able to clearly see the "big picture" and how carefully thought-out development processes can be used to deliver value to end users instead of mere applications.

I highly recommend this book and give it a solid five stars.

Rare is a technical text that can serve as a real world reference for practicing professionals as well as a college-level text, but this outstanding book manages to completely satisfy these two audiences.

The authors have structured the book's contents along the lines of a sequential life cycle; however, they are not promoting the classic waterfall development approach - just presenting processes and procedures in a logical order. The chapters can be read in sequence or you can skip around without getting lost. The book starts with a chapter on business case development, followed by chapters on project planning, software systems development, change control, product and process reviews, measurement, cultural change, and ending with a chapter on process improvement planning.

What I like most is the book starts with a strong emphasis on making a business case, followed by an in-depth look at project planning. These PM practices are essential to organizations seeking CMM Level 2 and above. I also like the way the book is illustrated because the processes and concepts depicted in the 200 illustrations distill the complexities of software engineering into easy-to-understand process areas.

This book will align nicely to SPICE, CMM, Bootstrap and ISO 9000-3, making it an excellent reference for mature organizations. I strongly recommend it to serious practitioners who are committed to mature practices. I also think it would be an excellent college-level text because it shows how the theoretical aspects of software engineering can be used in the "real world".

The 2nd edition (the first was titled Cultivating Successful Software Development) is a major improvement over the first edition. This edition covers all of the KPAs from the CMM and aligns nicely to the RUP as well. No serious software engineer should be without a copy near her desk.

On first reading, I did not see any point in the book. This prompted me to read it again, to take a second look. This time I appreciated its content, and the continuity of thread of thought.

I felt that the title did not truly reflect the content. There was not much which takes or directs one to the Now, as grand as the title sounds.

There are no new ideas. The treatment of various topics is more basic. 'Clarity of Motive', 'Clarity or onepointedness of mind', and 'Clarity of View' i.e 'go ahead and be what you already are' - form the main analysis and prescription of the author.

Page 39: " True love is, in fact, what you discover you are, the instant you cease to be preoccupied with yourself as a separate entity with its endless ambitions, problems and worries."

Page 44: "To be enlightened is to be unconditionally intimate with this moment. There is no other time or place to give yourself, totally, to all that is."

Page 45: "If you are willing, completely willing, to let go of every thing you think of as "yourself" and "your life", to bring it all to an absolute STOP, right now, then something profoundly sensitive and beautiful will be free to reveal itself."

Page 51: "If you completely abandon your compulsive preoccupation with your mental/emotional versions of yourself, with their endless ambitions and the constant flow of problems that arise because of them, it's an absolute shock !"

Page 58: "The way of Realization is not difficult. All you have to do is open your eyes ! If you allow yourself to see things as they actually are, without confusing yourself with prior opinions, every thing will be clear and freedom will be everywhere."

Page 75: "Question to the core this fundamental assumption: that there is a separate "you", as pictured or heard or fantasized or remembered in your mind, and that "he" needs to be improved, because he is somehow incomplete or unacceptable."

Page 76: "If you are willing to accept yourself and your life so thoroughly, such that "you" are no longer an issue, all seeking, all searching, all longing will cease. (And even if it arises again, it will be seen for the sham that it is.)"

. . . is all the help one gets about the practice/technique for Realization.

The chapter on 'How delusion works' is a helpful tool to understand the mental prosess of individual self.

In a way, the book teaches the same conventional do good and be good lesson, and some vertically typed lines - what people call as poetry. It only says that without taking things for granted, please see every thing afresh, and you will discover 'something'.

I happened to read 'As It Is' by Tony Parsons, just before this book. I read it twice and hope to read it several times more. 'As it is' seems to be more helpful teaching, as it seems to present some conclusions and techniques directly. Also, 'Consciousness Speaks' by Ramesh Balsekar will make a better reading. Probably one can read "There is only now" as a preliminary preparation to "Consciousness Speaks" or "As it is".

This book is as warm as the sun on a hot summer's day and as refreshing as a breath of fresh air. Finding peace, happiness and balance in one's life is not easy these days, but this author has brought some very important messages to the forefront and written a book that both inspires and teaches. The thoughts and words will cause readers to do some serious soul searching about who they are and where they are proceeding on life's path. "There Is Only Now" is a book well worth reading and definitely worth a five-star-plus rating.

This book is an intellectual discourse on someone's view of religion but a guide for people having personal spiritual experiences. I loved the book. I would also recommend the book An Encounter With A Prophet for the same reasons I appreciated this book

If you are trying to learn how to use ASP.NET to create Web Forms, you will find several books that are a good place to start. But when you try to implement Web Controls like the Repeater, Data List, and Data Grid (the book mainly covers these three topics in detail), you will find that most of these books don't go very deep. In fact, they just touch the basics. This book is the only exception we found.

What are these three Web Controls? Imagine a typical website where someone wants to search a database through a browser interface, like a book database. They search for ASP.NET books and the browser displays the 30 books on the subject, 10 rows to a page. The user also needs to select only a few of these books to narrow down the list and then maybe place an order for 3 of the final list. This involves using Web Controls that can accomplish this. In this particular case, the favored Web Control may be the Data Grid due to its inherent support of pagination (where the results are split into multiple pages with 10 rows to a page or whatever number of rows you want per page). That's what you need these Web Controls for.

Once you are far enough into using ASP.NET to create dynamic database driven websites, you will need an in-depth introduction to these three very important Web Controls - Repeater, Data List, and Data Grid. That's where this book comes in. It does an excellent job of going into the intricacies of these three Web Controls. As a beginner, you absolutely need this book to go to the next level in website development.

But this book has some limitations. Even though it is great to use the book and get to the next level of website development as a beginner, you will quickly run into problems. When you try to create a real live website that is complex and destined for production, you will find that this book is not adequate.

Simple example - let's use the above example of accessing a book database through a browser. As mentioned, you will most likely need to use the Data Grid Web Control to display rows of data in the browser for your user to take some action on this data. It is normal to expect many rows to be displayed in the browser with a whole column full of check boxes that the user can select to narrow down the selection. And click on some button to take a specific action like buy the books that are checked. So the question for you as a web designer would be - how do I insert this extra column of checkboxes with the rows full of data? And how do I link the buy action associated with the button click to the Data Grid that is indirectly connected to the database that needs to be updated?

Well, the Data Grid Web Control only has Select, Edit (Update & Cancel), and Hyperlink, as choices when creating the control using a tool like Visual Studio. To insert a column full of check boxes, you need to write a custom control (based on CheckBoxList) that integrates neatly into the Data Grid Web Control supported by ASP.NET. And you need to write the event handlers that respond on the application side when people click on the buy buttons next to the check boxes. The hard part being the event handlers you write need to connect the check boxes and the buy action the user wants to initiate.

The book spends a few pages towards the end of book explaining how you could accomplish something like what is described above. At this point, it becomes a theoretical text book with very little direction on how to practically implement it. It would have been wonderful if the book finished the excellent job it started by having another 50 pages covering these topics that are absolutely essential.

Unfortunately, there are almost no other books in the market that reach the level of depth on Web Controls that this book reaches. So you can almost forget about trying to find a book that goes deeper addressing the issues above. There IS one book that actually publishes all the code you need to get to this next level but lacks in explanation. There have been complaints that the code in the book doesn't work. We realized that in many cases, the code doesn't work because of problems on the Visual Studio side of things and when we found some workarounds to overcome the VS.NET problems, we were able to make most of the code in this book work. That book is 'ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook' by The ASP Alliance. So if you get to the Intermediate/Advanced level in using ASP.NET, you can use these two books to figure out how to accomplish the desired results.

Right now, there isn't much out there that you can readily use to accomplish your website goals. Even though there are a ton of books published, they don't adequately address the practical issues. But the next release of ASP.NET is believed to change al this. So we'll keep our fingers crossed till then. In the meanwhile, good luck with your own real world .NET implementations and we hope that the results of our experiences we shared in this review are helpful.

I just want to say that I have gathered quite a few programming books, and several on ASP.Net. This is definately up there in my list of top books I have bought. If you do, or want to do, ASP.Net development, you have to buy this book.

You want to learn how to page data in the datagrid? The author gives multiple ways to do it. You want to know when to use the data list or data repeater control? He breaks it down for you and tells you why and how. You want to fully customize these controls to get a unique look and acurate display of your data? This book helps there too.

I just can't say enough good stuff about it, and I highly recommend it. I like that it doesn't go off into all the other subjects as normal ASP.Net books do. It takes a subject (data controls) and does it best.

Buy it, you won't be sorry.

A must have book for anyone responsible for developing asp.net data-centric web applications. The book provides concise, yet in-depth details about the diverse functionality of the three major web data control objects: DataGrid, DataList, and Repeater, and when to use each within a given web application.

Moreover, with numerous, step-by-step hands-on examples, this book is not only a great reference, but also a fantastic teaching tool. A terrific book for asp.net developers at all development levels.

I'm sure that when Steve Wood, Benedict Groeschel and the rest of the gang got together on May 10, 2003, to submit reviews of this Scott Hahn book (see the reviews below this one), they meant well. Of course they did.

The problem is, this book just ain't that great.

The first problem is that only half of it is by Scott Hahn. The book's second half consists of excerpts from an antique translation of four Church Fathers. Although Augustine and Chrysostom have some great things to say, the other two have less value. Moreover, you can find these writings on the web at no charge -- they're in the public domain. That means you're paying $... for 76 pages of new material by Scott Hahn.

Another problem is that Hahn's writings in this book don't seem to have anything to do with the patristic writings. Although both the Church Fathers and Scott Hahn have recognizably Catholic points of view, they are very *different* points of view. That means that Scott Hahn has basically done nothing to show what his family-covenant theology has to do with patristic theology, as represented by the excerpts in this book.

A third problem is Hahn's puns. They are quite irritating.

A fourth problem is with Hahn's commentary on "On Earth as it is in heaven." He writes from the same perspective he used in his book on Revelation and the Mass . . . but he makes no effort to show that that's what this verse of the Lord's Prayer is actually referring to. Hahn seems to be free-associating here.

Those are the problems. That still leaves a lot of good stuff. The rest of Hahn's commentary on the Lord's Prayer is easy to read, inspirational and insightful. If you can borrow a copy, I recommend reading it.

If you want to read what the Church Fathers say about the Lord's Prayer, however, I recommend tracking down (probably in a good Catholic library) more recent translations. If you want the 19th century public domain translations, you can find them quite easily with a good search engine.

This is a great book for all Catholics, but it is an essential book for Catholic fathers, like me. At the center of the modern crisis in family life is a crisis of genuine fatherhood. The essence of restoring fatherhood is turning the hearts of fathers back to God the Father. The renewal of family life will proceed from the renewal of our life with the Father. Read this important slowly and prayerfully. It will deepen your faith and transform your family life

Scott Hahn has helped so many of us grow in our appreciation of Scripture in Catholic life. He has done so again in a very practical way. His book on the Our Father will assist people not only in their personal spiritual life, but also in their praying together. I hope that this book will become part of a prayer movement in the Church to lead us to reform and renewal.

I've read a lot of tinnitus books. This is one of the handful that actually doesn't beat around the bush with audiological theory or bogus natural remedies.

Hogan has put together a remarkable book that anyone can use to reduce the volume of their tinnitus. (He is careful to note that the profoundly deaf are often not as easy to achieve good results with.)

I found the information about medications to be an eye opener. I never dreamed there were so many medications that can help someone who suffers with this maddening sound.

I also believe what Hogan calls "SPADES" (stress, panic, anxiety, depression, emotional difficulty) play a role in tinnitus generation and resolution.

Maybe most compelling was the authors personal story about how he suffered with tinnitus. His very real pain that he experienced. His daily decision about suicide and the final victory which he was told could never happen.

Highly recommended.

This revised edition of Tinnitus: Turning the Volume Down is excellent.

I was one of Kevin's clients five years ago. I found him by his first book. It helped me enormously. After all those years of suffering I don't anymore!

Kevin doesn't have hearing aids to sell or a practice he's looking to fill. Instead he puts everything into this book that can be done in a book...and there is a lot.

He explains what medications can help the vast majority of people with tinnitus. (Yes, they do work as I can attest to.)

He also exposes in a gentle way the frauds and shams of the tinnitus "cures" without quite labeling them as frauds. (Save your money and buy this book.)

The relationship between stress and emotional problems with tinnitus seems to be quite high. Most of the books I read about tinnitus seem to focus on the ear. Hogan points out that half of all cases of tinnitus are not improved when the 8th nerve is severed. Hogan brings tinnitus relief by showing how to utilize the brain. His strategies including reducing stress, changing lifestyle, hypnosis, medication, psychotherapy, behavioral techniques and surprisingly osteopathy.

Hogan's doctorate's is in psychology not otolaryngology and I suspect he means it when he doesn't understand everything there is to know about the human ear. But clearly he understands tinnitus and it's reduction. He helped me and the original edition of this book which was also good was where it all started.

Thank you!

Kevin Hogan has a clear insight into this problem, being a tinnitus suffer himself. He has done his research but presents the material in easy to read lay terms. His research data is current and varied. He offers hope to everyone suffering from tinnitus without giving false claims. Someone should find as least one thing helpful in this book, I found many.

I have to admit expecting NOT to finish this book. It's such an oddity, unpredictably moving from the mundane to the profound. I kept waiting for the, "we will save you" promise from the alleged extraterrestrials, or for the, "Brian Scott is our only hope" admonition. I kept waiting for the usual cliches, or the little inconsistencies and contradictions that would place this book next the works of "the literature's" shucksters and fantasists.

But it never happened. Over 700 pages later, I finished the book and found myself inspired and awed. It's hard to describe why.

The story is somehow real and mundane, despite the fact much of the book is utterly incredible. It's not a very well polished book. There is no glossy coating, everything is there in all its coarse detail, from bitter domestic disputes to failing friendships, love affairs, etc. But the story is riveting and frequently moving and frightening. It delves into dangerous territory (e.g., aliens and demonic possession) without preaching one explanation or another.

And when it's all over, what's the bottom line? There is no easy way out. To grow in wisdom, we each have our own work to do. Brian Scott's story shows that we need balance. We have to live in the world and yet grow in spirit. These two, united, allow us to realize our greatest potential. Everything we need is right here, with us now.

In Brian's case, he had some extraordinary guides and was privy to amazing insight and revelations. But it all boils down, ultimately, to you and I. We can travel the dark road of stagnation and fear, or strive for growth and transformation. Brian made his choice, and life continues. We, too, have our choice. Let this book guide and inspire you to choose the right path.

I will never forget this book. It still lingers in my heart and mind, and will likely remain there.

This is one of the best books I have ever read. It is a non-stop rollercoaster ride. This is the tip of the biggest Icebergs ever seen. It starts out slow but picks up speed like no book I have ever read. I know Brian Scott personally and he is the most honest man I have ever met. He is very down to Earth these days. He is very open to talk to about all of the things that have happened to him. The story has not ended yet. We are going to South America this spring this June to retrace Brian's steps of his Transformation. I highly recommend reading this book then send me an e-mail and then let's talk.
With All the Respect: Jim: Bachurski

This is one of the most eye-opening books I have ever read! Jim you did an outstanding job of bringing Brian's story to the public. Very interesting diagrams that Brian has drawn found within the pages, especially the Photonic Matter drawing superimposed on the Cuzco time clock, found on page 537.

Fascinating the Quantum Displacement passages staring on page 350..."The displacement of time, by the mind at nous 4, allowing matter and energy to be transported through space."

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From the Earth, the water and the people, I am.
From the Island of the Sun, I have come, and I wish to return.

I am Viracocha--I have knowledge of the People from my existence here, and within.

My promise shall be kept--I shall comply to the people, within.

With the first light of the sun, on the day of December 22, 2011 A.D., and from the Island of the Sun, I shall return.

I am Ticci Viracocha, from the People.

I am the spirit of the People, and of the Earth.

I am from the Earth--

Viracocha.

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"Nous Laos Hikano"--The God-Mind Returns to the People, indeed.

Thank you Brian for finally getting this message to the common people. You are a remarkable man in every way. You have literally changed my life, opened my eyes, and set me on an inevitable path.

I have turned over my rock and like what I see. A small, good thing, yes?

Peace and love Brian.

From a future hill walker.