This book is for anyone serious about studying the origional thought of the Franciscan school of theology or philsophy. There is such an integrated vision between the two disciplines within the Franciscan school that the text can be used for either. The thinkers covered include Alexander of Hales, St. Bonaventure, Peter John Olivi, Blessed John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham. The core of each theologian's thought is explained with biographical information and pertinent historical details by experts in the Franciscan school from the Franciscan Institute in Bonaventure, NY. This is an excellent book for the interested scholar, or the seeker of Truth who wishes to see the world and our God through the eyes of St. Francis and his spiritual sons. As a side note, this text is also used at Franciscan University of Steubenville for their class Franciscan Traditions in Philosophy.

As a Christian Educator, I constantly search for ways to help children and adults relate their faith to the "real world." This book does a fabulous job of combining useful information in an entertaining and easy-to-comprehend format. Issues that children of this age face (such as: "Why go to church?" "Why are there different churches?" and "Why should I get involved?") are dealt with lovingly and biblically. I particularly liked the way the author dealt with the issue of denominations. Many adults will gain a new perspective of their own beliefs after reading this book. From the basics of Christianity, to church history, and even into cults, this book dares to answer the challenging questions that children often ask. I consider this book and the others in this series to be of vital importance to parents and church workers who wish to help children in their spiritual growth. You'll be surprised what YOU learn from this book!

As with other books in this series, "I Want to Know About the Holy Spirit" is bibically based, beautifully written, and full of inspiration. This book about the least understood member of the Holy Trinity helps children (and adults!) understand who the Holy Spirit is, and how He relates to them. The format is engaging, exciting, and easy to understand. What a wonderful gift to give to parents and to those who work with young people within the church!

This play is the second I read in my life, but I am sure it is one of the best ever written!
It is witty and funny, a social satire everybody should read.
Wilde played with words and stereotypes in a wonderful manner.
Two thumbs up!

This is one of the world's best books on Pakistan. Christine Osborne's gives a lot of information about Pakistan's history, civilizations, culture, education, physical features, food, travelling info, etc. This book also has many pictures taken in Pakistan.

Maps: Osborne shows us many maps in this book. Some of the maps include maps of Pakistan, Punjab, major cities, and many more...

Pictures: In this book you'll find many pictures of markets, mosques, universities, people, Mohenj-daro, other Indus ruins, mountains, rivers, tombs, cities, and many more things.

Recipes: She tells us how to cook some Pakistani delights in this book. Some include how to make Chapatis, Naan, Dhal, Raita, Chutney, Lamb Tikka(Kebab), Shami Kebabs, Sheesh, Chapli, Chicken tikka, Rogan Josh, Alu Gosh, Palak, Lamb or Mutton Biryani, Chicken curry, Nargisi Kofta, Passsanda, all Masalas, Neharis, Sagai, Bullay, Sauce, Prupu, Fish, Firni, Shahi Tukra, Gaja Halwa, Zan, Bullay, Chickpeas Bullay, and Masala Gurda Kalegi. She also tells us all the spices and what they are in English.

History: She tells us the whole history of Pakistan from the 3000 B.C. ruins of Indus Valley Civilization to the independence of Pakistan.

Ancient Cities: Pictures, facts, and a lot of Information show us the cities of Pakistan that date back to 3000 B.C. Such great cities include the two oldest, Mohenj-daro and Harappa.

Sights: There are many sights to visit in Pakistan like the shores of Karachi, huge mosques including the world's largest, emperor tombs, ancient areas, great walls, Victorian areas, Karachi Churchs, and other great places.

Victorian: When Pakistan was ruled by Britain, many monuments were made marking the age. Such monuments include the Victorian Clocktower, gothic church, Lahore gates, and other structures.

Natural Wonders: There are many natural wonders to visit in Pakistan like the deserts, rainforests, woods, fields, mountains, lakes, rocky areas, and rivers. Among them are the Thar desert,Mount K2 (world's second tallest), and Indus river (one of Asia's longest).

People: Osborne tells a lot about the people of Pakistan. Some pictures show the lives of people in different parts of Pakistan like Punjab, Jacogabad (Asia's hottest place), Thar, Karachi,etc. This book also shows a picture of the world's tallest man.

Travelling:She tells us a lot about travelling like flights, time differences, sights, brochures, and major hotels.

City info.: She tells us a lot about major cities like their area, population, sights, and culture.

Crafts: Many crafts are done in Pakistan like pottery, weaving, embroidery, ornaments, sculptures, etc. Pakistan makes many expensive Lahore rugs that are world famous and can be seen in over a million museams in the world in the Islamic exhibits. These are very similar to Persian and Turkish rugs and mats.

I have told you only some of the things you can find in this book not all the things. I'm sure Osborne wrote almost everything you want to know about the Beautiful Nation Pakistan. This is one of my best books! By reading this you'll know all about one of the world's most beautiful countries, Pakistan.

The apostle Paul's task included providing an avenue of intentional discourse between Judaistic Jewish theologians and Christian Jewish theologians. Dr. Bruce Fields has stood on a similar ground in being instrumental in building a bridge for theological dialogue between conservative and liberal Christians who claim African ancestry. This book "Introducing Black Theology" is a must read for all Christians who seek unbiased truth. It should be placed next to works rendered by the likes of Professor Cone and other scholars who dare to deal with the ethnic orders of Christianity. Thanks Dr. Fields, we were anticipating this work. From one of your theology students from Trinity.

It's easy to get lost in the spew of "-isms" and sub-disciplines that pervades the social sciences and humanities these days. This illustrated intro to sociology illustrates fairly clearly how we got there from a few simple questions (E.g., what is the nature of society?) The book provides a broad, historically structured overview that accounts for most of the major thinkers, from Comte and Spencer to Adorno and Baudrillard.

I've read most of the books in this series, and this is one of the best. It is concise, not condescending. And although it offers a wide range of theories and thinkers, it takes pains to distinguish between all of the information presented, even offering some comparisons between different sociological perspectives. This covers methodology, Marxism, Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism, Chicago School, Frankfurt School, Feminism, Media Studies, Culture, and almost everything else. Of course, you only get a few paragraphs on each, but then that it what this book is designed to do...give a short introduction to each of the sub-areas as well as a general overview. The illustrations are of a fairly good quality, and while they don't really enhance a reader's understanding of the material, they help sustain interest in it.

This or one of many other equivalent 'introduction to computer' books will be useful to introduce the general reader to the concept of computation and the techniques used in commercial computers, often assumed background knowledge in other references discussing alternative computational architectures such as neural networks. This book is the revised edition of the 1976 classic that introduced the world of computation, albeit in the form of microcomputers, to thousands of readers. The binary arithmetic, CPU and memory architecture, logical operations, instruction sets and programming, are concepts that are still relevant to modern computing. At the time of this reference, Adam Osborne was a well known personal computer-related writer. In 1971 he was involved in the documentation for the Intel 4004 microprocessor, and at the time of this book was running a company manufacturing one of the first widely purchased portable microcomputer systems.

Respected Sir,

I am Professor in the department of English in Maharshi Dayanand University, rohtak, Haryana (India)I have done my Ph.D on topic "Social content in the major plays of John Osborne". I am very much interested in reviewing the book "John osborne: Vituperative Artist. by Luc M Gilleeman published in Dec. 1, 2001 but unfortunately the book is not available in the library as well as inIndia it will be better if you will please send a copy of above mentioned book for review or send the whole text through e-mail .

With warm regards
Dr. Asha Kadyan,
Profesor
Deptt. Of English
M.D. University, Rohtak-124001
E.Mail= kadyanasha@rediffmail.com
Haryana (India)

Luther and A Patriot for Me are excellent plays. The passion, drama and elements of surprise and the succint turning points testify to Osborne's talent. Even better than his landmark Look Back in Anger.

Playwriting at its best.