I have always taken my studies in the Bible very seriously. The scriptures teach us in Acts 17:10-12, to examine the scriptures daily. I needed to do an extensive study on the levels of authority in the church. I found the NIV Encyclopedia of Bible Words in addition to the NIV Bible Dictionary by Zondervan to be very helpful. It truely gives a background history to the different degrees of Authority in the Bible and to what extent it should be impressed upon one another. For example, husbands over wives, the authority that Paul used for building others up and not for tearing someone down and the authority that God gave Jesus...just to name a few. I recommend it for anyone truely wanting to be like the "Bereans". This book will help you with the root meaning(s) of words or with specific books of the Bible.

Although I have purchased many SAT Prep books, not a single book has reached the godly status of this math workbook. Focusing on each genre of material your will encounter during the real test(example: number lines, area and perimeter, roots and divisors), the assorted reviews will iron out any kinks in your mathematical reasoning. Each lesson displays different levels of difficulty using each form of question found on the real SAT. Additionally, the explanations for the answers are clearly written and often display a calculator trick or a general shortcut to improve your time management. I have found that I have gained expertise on the questions that contain the content that I have studied from this book. Baron's Math Workbook has shown itself to be every bit as useful as the good folks at Baron's claim it to be.

Good evening, my book of poetry arrived yesterday. What book to read, I could hardly put it down. The way Neil Philip, has broken the book up into eight chapters is great. The drawings by John Lawrence, to me are just what a book of poetry should have. Many of the poems brought back memoris of the simple life, others brought joy to my heart; while others tears were shed. The red explaning of some words, is great and meaningful. This book should be part of every high school English class. If you are homeschooling your children, besure to include this book. Come read Lavender's Blue with me; and Poor old Horse by Tradtional or Windy Nights by R. L. Stevenson. Just to mention a few. Thank you for allowing me this pleasure. I am a published poetry and prayer author and a homeschool teacher.

24 of the best sci-fi and fantasy tales ever written about the Big Apple, edited and compiled by the award-winning Lawrence Watt-Evans. From invasions by aliens and long-forgotten gods to city survivors and babies on the fast track, how can even Newer York encompass it all? Lawrence Watt-Evans tries and succeeds. A great book!

Larry Wallack, Katie Woodruff and Lori Dorfman are recognized experts in media advocacy. This book was a textbook for my media communications course in a graduate school of public health. I would recommend this book for anyone who would like a better understanding of how to work with the media to support advocacy and policy issues, in any subject area. It incorporates a workbook style, with examples of press releases, letters, etc. It's a how-to for hands-on folks. There are also other books focusing on media advocacy, written by Wallack and Dorfman, that I would highly recommend. But News for a Change is an excellent starting point for anyone who needs the media to cover an advocacy/policy issue.

This book affords the scholar and novice alike a wonderful foray into the thought of Nicholas of Cusa. A fine collection of principal titles by Cusanus, this book is one full of enigmatic charm and probing insight! The forward and introduction provide a helpful entryway to the texts which are supplemented by a useful glossary of key terms and several notes.

NIGHTSHADE is a classic police story with a twist. When a family man's wife and child are brutally murdered and the system doesn't provide him with justice, his 'inner avenger' arrives to fill the void. Launching himself into the role of judge, jury and executioner, he sets out to attain that justice.

In the process, the Detective who originally felt deep sympathy for the man's loss becomes obsessed with catching the killer, in spite of his own revulsion for the criminals of this world. As the Detective and the killer are both forced to face their inner selves, what transpires is a deep, insightful look into how modern society is changing in its attitudes toward crime, the justice system and themselves. Readers are, in turn, also forced to examine their values in this increasingly lawless and dangerous world.

I found NIGHTSHADE to be one of the best police stories I've ever read, and I've read many. For once, the criminals are dealt with in the same brutal, unfeeling way that they've been allowed to treat society without punishment, and society applauds.

To his credit, Mr. Lawrence deals fairly with both sides of the problem we all face as law abiding citizens; to shrug off our civilized veneer and really fight back or to let those who live outside the law ruin what we've worked so hard to create? The conclusions that are made about the issue are left to the reader.

NIGHTSHADE is well worth reading and I hope to see more by this author in the future.

Ariana Overton writing for Sharpwriter Reviews

Richly satisfying artwork, with text that rhymes. Out of a large basket of small books, our kids choose "Noah's Ark" by Amy Flynn & Linda Hayward to be read time and time again. A classic "chunky book".

"North Star to Freedom" is a matter of fact Canadian view of the American Underground Railroad and the historical periods it existed written for children. Considering that Canaan and the Promised Land were used as code words for Canada in spirituals used in the Underground Railroad it is an intriguing viewpoint. People weren't happy as slaves but being a fugitive slave in another state or country was a tough situation. People risked recapture, started out poor, and struggled against racial prejudice. The Underground railroad is portrayed as varying from kind people acting on impulse to help a runaway to highly organized conductors and stations. Slavery is honestly shown as existing throughout Canada and the United States in different degrees. Occasional freedom from slavery through manumission and self-purchase through savings are mentioned. The only problem I have with the book is that it covers freedom earned by slaves fighting for the Loyalist Cause and emigrating to Canada but not the Patriotic slaves earning their freedom on the American side in regiments such the First Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War. The result was a stable population of free African -Americans in Canada and New England sometimes assisting others to freedom and often camouflaging them. The 1793, Canada legislated the eventual freeing of all its slaves and declared any American slaves crossing the border were free. In contrast, The United States of America passed the first Fugitive Slave Law in 1793 to give slave catchers the right of search and seizure in any state. The Underground Railroad became organized around that time. Some slaves went all the way to Canada but many disappeared into the communities of free African-Americans in the North. Some became active in the Underground Railroad to help others escape, some became well-known abolitionists, some struggled to create a new life for themselves. The Second Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 put all fugitive slaves and some free African-Americans at risk of being captured and sent into slavery on the word of a slave hunter and any white person claiming to be their owner. Active abolitionists who had escaped slavery years previously were especially at risk. Roughly forty thousand fugitive slaves went to Canada. Some returned to fight for the North in the Civil War. After the American Civil War, about two thirds of the fugitive slaves returned to the United States. "North Star to Freedom" describes succinctly how and why the Underground Railroad existed. I would recommend it as a reference book for elementary and middle schools that could also be read for pleasure. The historical treatment of slavery and the Underground Railroad is excellent for the age group. The period illustrations create a parallel story to capture readers.

Northern Latitudes showcases the prose poetry of travel writer Lawrence Millman who writings evoke the people and landscapes of the far northern climes of Canada, Greenland, Labrador, Iceland, and the northern reaches of the British Isles.

The Last Angakok (Angmagssalik, Greenland, 1984): Bedridden he is, this bundle of age, who once could fly merely by flexing his index fingers. Songless he is, this man of songs, who once could chant away avalanches and piterag winds with the great guttural of his voice. And full of sickness he is, this healer, who once could cure everything from rheumatism to possession by unfriendly spirits. Now there's no one left to cure him, and so his sleeping skins mark the compass points of his universe. Yet his eye, slitted half moons, remain bright: they still inhabit a numinous realm. Flying is easy, they say it's the not flying that's hard.