Fred Howard's Headlong Into Quicksand: The Tale Of Today In America is a dark but revealing commentary on the decay and decline of America's Democracy. From a hard-line, fundamentally Christian and Constitutionalist perspective, Headlong Into Quicksand compares America's 220 years to democracy to the short-lived Greek and Roman democracies, both of which eventually became decadent empires and paid the price in a slow, painful, inevitable downfall. Headlong Into Quicksand uses a religiously conservative Christian viewpoint as well as a secularly conservative perspective to explain why the America of today is more decadent than ever before in its history, -- and what changes are essential for its political and physical survival as a nation. A dire and powerful warning about our national destiny, Headlong Into Quicksand is highly recommended reading for anyone with concerns about our apparent abandonments of the original, traditional, democratic, colonial, religious and political traditions upon which our country was founded.

I have the great fortune to live in the same community as Drs. Hammerschlag and Silverman, so I heard them talk about this book at a recent signing. I have always believed in the power of the human spirit in health, and the power of prayer in healing. How encouraging to find two credentialed medical doctors who embrace the whole person in the healing process. These two men have great hearts, and provide the type of compassionate care I wish everyone could find from their physician, especially those facing frightening, life threatening situations.

This book contains stories and suggestions for how you can incorporate your whole being into healing not only your body, but your heart and mind and spirit, too. These don't just apply to people having medical emergencies. I encourage everyone who believes that physical health is influenced by emotions and thoughts to read this delightfully encouraging book.

This book has all the basic information one requires to understand the role of proper dieting and exercise for healthy living, and how our lifestyle impacts various health risks. It is superbly written, easy to understand and follow. It lacks glamour and fanciness, does not promise miracles, and maybe it is for that reason the book is not well known to the masses. It only speaks the scientific reality, which is the only one. For two years, I applied Dr.Elliott's simple scientific formula, which accounts for one's built, calories consumed, and impact of exercise on metabolism, and monitored my weight and shape. Theory matches with the outcome with reasonable accuracy, both in periods of dieting/exercise and sedentary lifestyle. I wish Dr.Elliott publishes new edition. One problem with this book is that it is pretty old. People like me would like to hear from him,on what had changed in the past 15 years. Nonetheless, great work, great book, buy it...

I bought this book hoping for a Linda Howard story I hadn't read, only to find the one in here is An Independent Wife. Good story, if you haven't read it yet, though. And if you like Stella Cameron, her contribution was worthwhile, as well.

The World Eskimo Indian Olympics (WEIO) are competitions and demonstrations of Alaska Native music, dances, and games that have been held annually for over thirty years. In this unique festival, six Alaska Native groups are represented as they demonstrate and compete in traditional activities such as seal skinning, the blanket toss, the high kick, kayak races, and dances.

All of the Heartmath Institute's information is wonderful. Another Heartmath publication, The Hidden Power of the Heart by Paddison, is one of my favorite books. I first encountered the Heartmath message at a Institute of Noetic Sciences Conference where they were teaching Freeze Frame. The Heartmath books hadn't been selling in the conference bookstore but after the Heartmath presentation, they flew off the shelves. Heartmath has done compelling, peer reviewed research demonstrating the connection between the heart and the mind - physically, emotionally and spiritually. If you can't afford to take one of their seminars, this is the next best way to begin. It will teach you the difference between care and over-care. Fabulous stress buster. Music on the included CD has been proven to have positive physiological benefits -said to boost immune system and DHEA production. If you are interested in the mind-body connection to healing, this book/program is for you. You can find out more about the Heartmath Institute's work on the web.

This book is a must for anyone who is wanting a christian home, and needs some advice and pure godly knowledge. This is required reading at Pillsbury Baptist Bible College in MN, where my husband attends.

This is an excellent book. I am an art teacher who uses this book to help children appreciate other cultures and their traditions. I use the book for inspiring children when we do a clay project. I do not have the children copy the clay figures, but come up with ideas of their own. The media specialist at my school also uses it to encourage children to create their own stories.

This is a terrific book. I would recommend it to anybody who is depressed, stressed out, nervous or alcoholic. The authors provide 50 strategies to make you happier and build your self-esteem. The book is a super easy read. It is humorous, lively and very practical. I must admit that I am kind of a self-help book fanatic (I have literally purchased hundreds of them) and I would rate this one at the top of the list. It gives numerous techniques that none of the other books even mention!!! This book will set you back about one-fifth of what it would cost to see a shrink or a personal coach for one session and will probably do a heck of a lot more. I'd give it six stars but the system only goes up to five!!! FORGET THE BIG NAME SELF-HELP TITLES. BUY THIS ONE AND GET A TON OF INFORMATION YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BEFORE THAT MAKES SENSE.

The Earl of Surrey was the co-founder, along with Sir Thomas Wyatt, of modern English poetry; the whole procession from Spenser and Shakespeare down to Yeats and Eliot starts with Surrey and Wyatt. Surrey's most notable contributions were the creation of English blank verse and the development of the English sonnet from Italian models; without Surrey we should not have Shakespeare as we know him. Surrey was also a distinguished soldier and a loving husband, who was executed for treason at age twenty-nine.

The nineteenth century produced two excellent lives of Surrey, those of G. F. Nott and Edmond Bapst, the latter in French. The twentieth century had not done so well, as the principal accomplishment of Surrey's 1938 biographer, Edwin Casady, was translating Bapst's discoveries into English. William Sessions swings the balance the other way, his Henry Howard, the Poet Earl of Surrey being a magnificent tour of Surrey's life, his poetry, and his world.

Sessions offers the first fully integrated biography of Surrey, addressing his art, family, society, culture, religion, travels, and military career. The book is based on a massive amount of research, both archival and geographical, for Sessions visited virtually every site of importance in Surrey's life. The illustrations alone, some never published before or not properly identified, almost justify the cost of the book.

Sessions corrects many key facts of Surrey's unevenly documented career. He shows, for example, that Surrey was a moderate Protestant, whereas Nott, Bapst, and Casady simply assume that Surrey shared their own religious views--an approach complicated by the fact that Nott was a Protestant while the other two were Catholics. Getting Surrey's religion straight is absolutely essential to understanding a short life spent at the center of the escalating violence of the early Reformation. Finally, Sessions uses the full texts of the original documents concerning Surrey's downfall (instead of reading the published summaries), thereby untangling much of the mystery that occurred amid the religious strife, dynastic uncertainty, and naked ambition at the end of the reign of Henry VIII.