Este pequeno libro esta estupendo por que nos ensena como saber de las piedras y cristales, con estas piedras preciosas que la madre naturaleza nos ha dado, y que por eso debemos ser conciente de no destuir nuestro precioso planeta..!!!!!

The Turtles are at April's apartment and Donatello is playing with some gadgets (as you'd probably expect), when Raphael complains that there's no hot water in the shower. So Don is asked to go & fix the hot water heater, but he has to watch out for this guy named Kirby, who is renting the office in the basement. Don eventually meets Kirby, who is drawing alien-looking characters that come to life because of a little magic crystal that he tied to the pencil for decoration. He drew a portal & he & Don enter it & step into the world where all the drawn alien characters live. There, Kirby & Don fight the evil aliens, & save the good guys. When they get back to the portal, it's shrinking & only Don fits through. He returns to April's apartment where Raph is mad at him since there's still no hot water.

Basically, it's a fantasy adventure with a plot that's hard to describe & doesn't really get anywhere in the end, but it's a cute Don story. A word of warning for parents with young children--it shows Raph in a towel, but his shell is still there & nothing's exposed; but kids will probably not stop talking & giggling about it.

This is a very interesting book but the writer is much too wordy asking too many questions before trying to answer them. I like the concept of the book but don't like the way it's written.

Basically an introductory college textbook on contract law, with particular emphasis on the Uniform Commercial Code. 268pp.

Vivian Schuyler Key is my maternal grandmother and I was somewhat surprised to even find the book here. There were many facts that I did not even know about my grandmother. The author did a great deal of research and spoke with many of the family members inorder to present a complete picture of what made this artist who she was. The historical information and photographs in the beginning of the book were fascinating. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking for a nonfictional account of a very ordinary person with an extraordinary talent who had the opportunity to do what she loved, paint, sculpt, create!

I was asked to review this book by an academic journal and discovered that it differs only in insignificant details from the first edition of 1996. Replying to an email I sent, the director of the University Press of Colorado, publisher of the new edition, admitted that the book "should not be called a revised edition--that was a bit of a screw up on our part. It should have simply said 'With a New Foreword' rather than 'Revised Edition.' We anticipated more corrections to the original text than we actually got, but we never got the title adjusted accordingly prior to publication."

Caveat emptor.

Aveni takes great pains to point out the porous boundaries between magic, science and religion. For example, he demonstrates that the premise behind phrenology isn't inherently absurd. Today legitimate scientists accept that bodily shapes, proportions and symmetry broadcast information about one's overall health and especially reproductive fitness. The phrenologists in the 19th Century just carried the program farther than the evidence warranted.

Similarly, Aveni points out that the popular enthusiasm for spiritualism in the 19th Century, while clearly magical, reflected widespread dissatisfaction with the institutional religious beliefs in a society roiled up by democratic politics and cut-throat economic competition. Many dislocated people turned to spiritualism as an empirical source of information about what was "really" happening in the afterlife, instead of taking the Bible and their pastors' word for it. These people were using magic to criticize and construct alternatives to the received religious authorities.

But I think Aveni doesn't emphasize sufficiently that the human brain falls into magical modes of thinking because it finds itself having to deal with anxiety on a daily basis. A great deal of our behavior, much more than we care to admit, isn't motivated by satisfying animal needs, seeking truth, or anything else that the older rationalistic psychology would have accepted as legitimate drives. Rather much of our behavior is motivated by the desire to manage anxiety in the face of an uncertain environment, even with all our technology and wealth. Hence our natural inclinations to fall back on religious and magical modes of behavior when we confront anxiety-provoking situations.

That fault aside, I found this book fun and eye-opening.

I was surprised this 1996 book is already out of print!
The book examines different ways that man through history has been attracted to "magic," seemingly defined as "that which does not bear up under the Western scientific method."
The individual chapters on types of "magic" in history, such as alchemy and mesmerism, are interesting, although episodic. They sometimes suffer from an over-abundance of fine detail and too much direct quotation of primary and secondary sources, in what is essentially a chapter review of certain practices.
The author shines best in his chapters labeled "summaries," and in the final four chapters and epilogue where he attempts to bring it all together. He suggests that no one theory or world view explains all observations, and that perhaps multiple realities exist simultaneously.
"'There is no system of truth with which to account for all aspects of being.' ... [B]oth science and magic ... have definite tools and methods, separate technologies, contrastable rational procedures, and systematic bodies of knowledge....
"When we cast modern scientific spells upon the world in order to control it we too are engaging in a form of religious ritual, albeit one that depends more upon the worship of the book and the computer than on eliciting the power of the spoken word. Incidentally, this religion too has its fanatics....
"Are there multiple realities, other subuniverses of the mind that lie beneath the concrete, sensible world in which we place all our faith? ... Perhaps the thought planes that we perceive are all there at the same time and we spend our days and nights switching channels from one to the other. Some of us give better Nielsens to the magic channel than to the reason channel because we enjoy its programs more."
While the author is generally understanding of the need to do "magic," he strangely distances magic from orthodox religion, although his book-opening quote is "one man's religion is another man's superstition." An examination of how Western man tries to reconcile scientific method with orthodox religious beliefs, which, even if "real," entail belief in unseen beings and a history that is largely not provable, together with a belief that unseen beings assist or hinder us in our daily lives, would have been beneficial in comparison to the unseen beings and cosmological history that Westerners see as untrue.

Since I've never read any of Ms. Wilson-Harris's previous work, I expected this novel to be something really special given the high ratings it received. I found this novel to be a huge disappointment. Ivy Daniels, on her wedding day decides to not to marry, Keith, a guy she's been dating for years, as she realizes she doesn't love him and runs from the church in full wedding attire only to run into a complete stranger (Ben Stephens) she meets on the subway and then proceeds to go to baseball game with him just so she doesn't have to go home and face the music. Ivy's friendship with Ben eventually blossoms into something special in a very short period of time. After forming a relationship with Ben, Ivy discovers she's already pregnant by Keith, the guy she was going to marry and now decides in the best interest of baby she should try and work it out with Keith by attempting to tie the knot once again. Give me a break!! The biggest mistake one can make is to enter into a loveless marriage, even if a child is involved. Sure a child should be raised by two parents but by two parents who are willing to go the distance. Fortunately Ivy realizes her error and once again backs out of marrying Keith. Although the story ends on right track, getting there was definitely a rollercoster ride.

This latest book by Crystal Wilson-Harris was a good read. The story open with Ivy having second thoughts about marrying her long time boyfriend. In the process of getting away from the church her dress gets caught in the train and she is rescued by Ben.

Ivy has a lot of things going through her mind as she tries to get her life in order. I believe this topic was very realistic. Many women and men face the obstacle of marrying the right person. And if the woman becomes pregnant, she has to decide if she will keep the baby even if she no longer loves the father of her child.

I really loved Ben's character. He was very patient with Ivy while she was trying to figure what steps she plans to take in her life. All the while he knew that he was falling hard for Ivy.

Ivy Daniels is getting married, but just before she and her father are to walk down the aisle, she changes her mind. Ivy wanted to do some soul searching. Deep down in her heart she knew she didn't love Keith Jamison. Her mother kept telling her what a great catch he is and she was lucky to be marrying him.

She catches the train and her wedding gown gets caught and this is where she meets Ben Stephens. Ben helped her get her dress and veil free. Ben is an easy going kind of guy. Ben invites Ivy to a baseball game. When they return she finds Keith impatiently waiting for her in front of her apartment. He feels humilated that she stood him up. She explains that she doesn't really love him, but I guess he just didn't get it. He still tries to pursue her. Meanwhile, Ivy and Ben become closer. She just wanted to be his friend and he agrees. Ben knew that he was falling for Ivy spending so much time with her.

Good Intentions was an easy read. Once I started, I wanted to see how it ended. Ms. Wilson-Harris put a couple surprises in this book. It made the book more intriguing and made me think, I wonder when she is going to find out about the real Keith.

Ivy learned that her life was her own. She needed to do things and make decisions that made her happy. If you want a book that is kind of easy going, this is a good one.

Okay. This book is not, definately not, a good Star Wars book. I wish that I had more nice things to say about it. Vonda whats-her-face gave it a good shot. Unfortunately, maybe she should have tried watching the movie before she started writing. The characters we all know and love are flat. I mean zip. Luke, Mr. Jedi Master, they guy who resisted the Emperor and Vader is a whining crybaby who gets under the influence of some blob. Come on! Leia is flat. The Chief of State is not going to run of like that. Yo, she has a government to run. Were is See- Threepio? Our prissy chatter box spoke, maybe five words in the whole book. Han has a strong will, and would not practicly cheat on Leia. Since when does he let an inkeeper push him around? Hethir or how ever you spell it? Get lost! Waru? Bring me a basin! I'm going to be sick! Overall, stick to Star Trek, Ms. McIntyre.

First of all, I an exasperated with these people calling this book "trash," or saying Ms. McIntyre is a "horrible writer." This book is probably my favorite! I know it was different. I know that some of the aliens, locations, and plot seemed like fantasy, or had a medieval flavor.

Aren't they supposed to? Isn't Star Wars SUPPOSED to be like a myth?

This was certainly a twist on the old format of a huge superweapon or plague as the main threat. I LIKED its bizzareness. It really gave me the feel of "a galaxy far, far away." The characters were very interesting. I did tire of the simple talk the children related the story in, but they certainly had an individual view on everything!

Lord Hethrir and his Empire Reborn were quite intersting. The search for Jedi and the encounter with Waru was, at times, strange, but I enjoyed it. The search for the kids kept me on my seat, and that quantum crystallization was really weird, but interesting! I really enjoyed this book, and would reccommend it ito a diehard Star Wars fan or someone looking for a very different kind of book.

"The Crystal Star" was probably one of the most unusual SW books I have ever read. But it still deserves 5 stars for three reasons.

1)Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin are main characters in this story. Except for the YJK series, no other SW book had portrayed the kids as main characters.

2)This book introduced brand-new characters- such as Rillao, Hethrir, Waru, and Xaverri. Most other SW books just use up characters over and over again.

3)The adults were written good as well. It was cool when Leia and Chewie disguised themselves as bounty hunters and found all those disabled refugee ships. I laughed when Han almost cheated on Leia and when he got drunk. I just wished that Ms. McIntyre had written more about Luke, though. We barely saw him in the middle of the story.

Of course, this book had some cons too as well as pros.

1)It lacked any action whatsoever. No blaster battle, no lightsaber duels, and no space battle. And those Proctor guys made stormtroopers look good.

2)Who or what is that Waru blob?

3)Chewie and Threepio were poorly written. Chewie limped around throughout the whole book (I thought he had healing powers), and Threepio wasn't as annoying as he usually was.

Overall, this was a very great book. It's worthy of the name Star Wars.

I must agree with the two most recent review writers, David Haven, and the writer from USA who titled his review "Goofy and scary".

I consider myself to be a very spiritual person, so I am not deriding new age or "new spiritualism" material per se. But there is so much material out in print now, claiming to be channeled messages, claiming to bear the Truth, and so on. It is quite difficult to be discerning, and to know what is real versus what is just commercialized [stuff], written by authors who would cash in on the movement, or worse, who are completely deluded and actually believe their own nonsense. Some of these people just make up terms as they go along, mixing and matching whatever sounds exotic; e.g., "crystal-angel", "clair-sentient", and many more such examples.

The abovementioned reviewer correctly states that there is no command structure in the Higher Realm. There are deeper/higher states of enlightenment and, perhaps a good word would be, sponsorship, but referring to a spiritual being as a "Commander" only betrays the author's complete lack of knowledge as well as attributing all-too-human qualities to that which cannot be defined by our limited physically based habituations involving control, command hierarchies, domination, etc.

Our spirit guides, helpers, angels, however one wishes to refer to them, are among us to assist and inspire, to gently lead through private revelation. One cannot become enlightened, cannot attain the higher states of being, by submitting to anyone claiming to be a higher authority or by becoming a sycophant to a channeler. This is particularly true (and a sad spectacle) with expensive weekend seminars given by the self-proclaimed voices of higher energy beings. True spirituality, and Truth itself, is not for sale, nor should one ever be induced to pay dearly for it through false claims of wisdom.

Choose wisely, Travelers. Your path is your own, and only you can find it. Do not be beguiled by words that purport to be more than you are. We are all One, vessels of God's essense, moving continually towards reintegration with Him. It is the divine inner journey that matters.

After hearing great things about The Crystal Stair and The Inner Door, both wrote by Eric Kline, I decided to order five of each for gifts to friends. Upon receiving The Crystal Stair, I opened it and began to read it.

Within the first six pages, I found it is just another "money maker" from one who does not Know. Eric Kline is writing of things that he does not know. As he states; "Jesus who is Sananda is the Ashtar Commander of the extraterrestrial masters." The Other Side does not contain chain of command, for All is equal. He also states; "We are in the third-dimensional reality, and will leap into the fifth-dimensional or higher level." The Other Side it the ulimate, there is no higher. He writing indicates teaching from higher beings, but they do not teach they Inspire.

Two foolish books wrote by a foolish man. Do not buy!

Let me first say that I appreciate *GOOD* Ashtar material, of which there is VERY little in print. This book is not good Ashtar, and not very good channeled material at all, to be honest. Each of the entities in this book sounds like the others. In short, this book is more Eric Klein than Ashtar, Sananda, etc.

Many years ago, Eric Klein's "The Crystal Stair" was THE channeled book to buy, and lots of people did buy it, including me. Personally, I could never get through it, as I found the contents kinda pointless. Now, with a new edition, I thought I'd take a look again and see if it came off any better, nearly a decade later. Frankly, I was horrified! It talks of disasters and cataclysms and all kinds of alarmist fear junk, pretty much missing the point of any meaningful spiritual, metaphysical or channeled text, which is to help people grow more peaceful!

Channeled books which rattle on and on about earth changes and mass ascensions and liftoffs into space miss the mark and do more harm than good, crippling people and breeding dependency. What's more, most of these books believe there's a hidden agenda behind society and government and events in the news and create a kind of paranoid bunker mentality. Do we need this nonsense?

Friends, the earth changes and ascension are spiritual states; inner experiences. Get over the outer and seek the inner! That is what is important, and is where the Truth of your being dwells, not out in the ethers!

I've now had this book for over 6 months and have yet to find an answer to any question I may have. This book is essentially the Help files in printed form and gives extremely basic information on how to work the GUI. There's no in-depth explanations and any advanced items are covered in about a paragraph.

Very disappointing.

I purchased this book before doing enough review of it. Hopefully this review will help you to make a better decision ... and keep looking!

The book was not thorough enough and lacked much needed depth. The author seems to know her stuff, but there were holes in the coverage of material. The book also had numerous spelling and grammatical errors.

I think there are better books out there on Crystal Reports. One that I found and like alot is: Seagate Crystal Reports 8: The Complete Reference, by George Peck.

This book is intended for someone new to computer science. For example the book spend many pages explaining what is a database, what is a DSN (Data Source) and how to configure it in Windows...

Keep looking please!