At last, an Excel book that provides help and solutions in less time than it takes to complete a crash course in the program itself. I first purchased a copy for myself and found it to be the perfect resource for me (the most certainly less-than-advanced-Excel-user). Others in my office started noticing the new 'Excel Tricks' I learned in this wonderful book and it started to be hard to keep it on my desk. Now everyone in the department has their own copy and we all can't say enough good things about how helpful Excel 2000 Answers has been and how much more productive we've all become.

I'd recommend to anyone using Excel 2000 to purchase a copy of this book and keep it within arm's reach at all times. Thank you Ms. Perry for an absolutely wonderful and perfect addition to my resource library.

I have been working in customer service training for over a decade now and I've seen a lot of systems come and go. Lisa Ford's insights and ideas about customer service, however, are timeless. This book represent a compilation of the customer service ideas and techniques she has talked about over the years. It's great to have all of it in one place, and in a book format. I had been looking forward to the publication of this book for a while, and I have to admit that it exceeded my expectations. Not only did it talk about what good service is, but it goes a step beyond what other books do and talks about HOW to reach the level of exceptional service in your company. The book includes self-appraisals, ideas for team exercises, and numerous examples of good service and poor service. It is well written, very cohesive and, if sincerely adapted by a company, can turn-around any failing customer service program.

Dr. Perry is an excellen example of what mainstream moderate biblical scholarship is and should be! In this excellent work, he traces the evolving view of God through the Old Testament to the time of Christ. If you think that tradition doesn't evolve, you need this book. If you have been put off by the views of extemists on either side, you need this book.

I had the pleasure of being one of John Perry's students in school. An excellent teacher and an excellent man, his books have greatly helped me in my quest for the truth of the Bible, religion, and my relationship with the creator of the universe. This book looks at some of the inconsistensies in the more "traditional" views of the Bible and focuses on how the Bible should actually be used in our daily lives. A must read.

A FATHER'S PLACE is the fist of Marta Perry's books I've read, and it was wonderful. It was one of the few inspirational books I've read that don't preach at you or go on and on with scripture. The elements of faith were subtle but there, as it is in my own life, and didn't drag attention away from the characters and their struggles with forgiveness and trust--in themselves and in God. Definitely pick this one up; it's a book you don't want to miss.

Daniel wants the best for his little girl, but he doesn't know how to give of himself.
Leigh gives of herself, but she gives too much, people including her sister take advantage of this.
Sarah is deaf, and she wants Leigh, she does what it takes to get Leigh, and her daddy together, they haven't a chance as a snowflake in the Amazon.
This is one of the best books by Marta Perry, both male and female charaters are strong, with just enough weakness to be human.

I bought this book at a yard sale for 10 dollars. I knew it was a steal. Fabulous pictures, and every flowering plant suitable for cultivation is described. Arranged taxonomically. Alas...I was broke one Christmas and gave the book to a dear friend whom I had introduced to gardening. He won't give me the book back, so we have become great friends--so that I can visit my old book. I have been searching for a copy for 5 years. Please do not release this review until you find a copy of the book for me. --joe, aka dirtboy.

"Freedom, Feminism, and the State" offers a history of early feminist writings and how they influence feminist scholars today. Author Wendy McElroy draws a distinction between early feminists who supported the principles of the American Revolution and later scholars who favor a more activist government. In the book, she demonstrates that the feminist movement began as a quest to rid women of governmental infringement upon their individual rights, but gradually evolved into apologetics for a more intrusive state.

McElroy defines feminism as the principle that every person - female and male - has moral jurisdiction over her own body. Laws that infringe upon this principle are unjust. When such laws are enacted on the basis of sex, then - and only then - do women become a political class who must respond. As a result, McElroy states that "As a political class, feminism is a response to the legal discrimination women have suffered from the state."

Contributor Rosalie Nichols points out that women's rights are the objective natural rights that belong to them based upon their status as rational beings. These include their rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Because women exist independently of men, their rights exist independently of men. Thus, the goal of the early feminist movement was to secure and guarantee women's objective natural rights.

McElroy asserts that throughout most of history, feminism has stood for this ideal. Early feminists believed that equality between the sexes meant equal treatment before the law and its institutions. Their goal was to be a part of society - not to remake it. They believed that women's freedom was a political concept - securing protections from unjust intrusions by the state. However, over time, some feminist scholars came to believe that existing laws and institutions were the source of women's problems, not the solution. They viewed equality as an economic concept rather than a political one. They are responsible for converting the feminist movement into what it is today.

McElroy draws a distinction between what she considers to be non-political, historical feminist literature and modern feminist literature that deals with politics. Like most scholarship from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras, historical feminist writings were highly individualistic in nature and called for women to stand up for their independence and liberation. Today's political material mostly calls for governments to impose regulatory regimes to solve women's problems.

McElroy begins her discussion of historical feminist literature by tracing its roots to the abolitionist movement. As many women were key contributors to efforts to free slaves, they became conscious of their own lack of rights and began to demand similar respect. However, many abolitionist men refused to support their cause. Even worse - some of them attempted to stifle it out of fear that it would undermine support for the campaign to end slavery. This led many early feminists to become suspicious of men and to strike out on their own.

Feminism advanced before the Civil War because it adopted abolitionist William Garrison's viewpoint of how institutions evolve. Garrison believed that revolutions must alter people's ideas about particular institutions before those institutions can be reformed. Combined with their belief that individuals should act according to their own conscious and be held accountable for their own actions, early feminists were prepared to change people's minds regarding women's status in society.

However, after the Civil War - and the exponential intrusion that the government made in the economic sphere in its wake - the feminist movement began to focus more on enfranchisement of women as its overriding goal. Unfortunately, this led some feminist scholars to sympathize with misguided popular crusades - such as eugenics and social purity reform - to achieve this goal.

McElroy provides a number of key essays to show how individualist feminist ideas evolved over time. Contributor Angela Grimke praises 19th Century women for not allowing men to fool them into thinking that society should have separate moral codes for women and men. Contributor Voltairine de Cleyre, another Civil-War era activist, laments women's (and men's) complacency toward the growth of their government after the War of 1812.

The highlight of the book is Lillian Harman's essay on the problems of contemporary marriage. She begins by discussing how society harms women in their efforts to build friendships with men: "Every expression of friendship which she gives is practically held to be an implied contract to further steps. A coldness and reserve in the attitude of men and women toward each other is the natural result of this condition - a reserve which is broken only by the impelling force of strong and unreasoning passion. This passion compels people to do that which they believe to be wrong, and so long as they believe it to be wrong, it is wrong for them. The result is that when the imperious passion is satisfied, remorse takes its place, and shame and misery ensue." Harman asserts that what both men and women need is the freedom to interact on their own terms: "I consider uniformity in mode of sexual relations as undesirable and impracticable as enforced uniformity in anything else...I do not want to spend my life converting the world to my method of existence. I want the world to have reason of its own, and use it."

"Freedom, Feminism, and the State" is an excellent introduction to the early women's movement. Individuals who read this book before reading other works by McElroy and her colleagues Christina Hoff Sommers, Joan Kennedy Taylor, and Cathy Young will better understand how these authors structure their arguments and why. More importantly, the book demonstrates that women have achieved extraordinary successes by protecting their interests from state infringement. As more and more contemporary feminists begin to understand this, these extraordinary gains will continue.

This is an excellent book to remind us that friends are a gift from God. The book gives great illustrations, and really places value on the connection between friends and God. I recieved the book, as a gift, from a very special person; now, I believe everyone should own a copy.

I have just started RN school and this is the main book we use. It is very informative,easy to understand,comprehend and has excellent examples. I think every nursing school should have this book as a requirement