When my Mom died, I experienced grief for the first time. It was a very odd experience. A friend gave me this book. It helped me to understand my feelings and to cope with them. I have given it to each friend since who is experiencing grief. Although written from a Christian world view, my non-Christian friends have appreciated the practical approach the authors take.

I have been given, bought and read (or tried to read)many books since the death of my husband 2 years ago. This little book was given to me by a friend three months ago. Perhaps it is where I am in the grieving process, but I found it to be THE most helpful book I've read. It consists of 70 one and a half page daily meditations. I started reading it that way but I couldn't put it down after a few chapters. I have underlined areas that I have successfully gone through....bookmarked those that I want to return to at a later date. It is a book of hope and help not just for someone who has lost someone they love by death but for anyone who is grieving. I gave copies to my adult children for Christmas and plan to keep copies on hand to share with friends.

My husband died totally unexpectedly four weeks ago and a friend pressed a copy of this book into my hand about a week later. Even though I was shell-shocked it was very easy to read - you can pick up and put down easily - skip the chapters that do not yet pertain to how you are feeling and repeatedly read the ones that do apply to the myriad of emotions you are experiencing. I am returning the book to my friend but will buy at least three more copies, one for myself and the rest for friends/family going through similar experiences. The book provides hope when you feel things are at their most hopeless.

This book has revolutionized the way I approach evangelism. Ray Comfort comprehensively outlines the Biblical approach to evangelism, using God's law to bring people to realize that they are sinners before God and will face judgement because of their disobedience (such through the ten commandments). It seriously addresses the modern gospel preaching problem where we talk about God's love but not sin, which produces so called "back sliders" in church... people who haven't made a concious decision to turn from their sin and live for Jesus. At the same time Ray explains and gives a balanced view on the different approaches on evangelism, such as lifestyle and such and their place, but importantly that we need to bring sinners to understand that they already are under God's judgement and need to turn to Him.

If you are a church leader, are an evangelist, or just obeying God's commandment to preach the gospel, you should definitely read this book! I've ordered ~120 copies (60 of this, 60 of another of his books) and given them free to people at my church retreat because it is really that good. (...)

I was talking to a friend whose church has recently begun using the Law out on the streets, and receiving the backlash for it. Christians scream at them for condemning sinners and not being kind...all because they do not understand the purpose of the Law.
In Hell's Best Kept Secret, Ray Comfort will teach you the purpose of the Law and how to use the Ten Commandments when speaking to a sinner so that he sees himself as he really is: a condemned sinner. Not condemned by you or me, but condemned by his own actions.
Ray will also teach you how to approach a person using the RCCR Principle - Relate, Create, Convict, Reveal - based on John 4.
I first read this book in late 1989, and it revolutionized the way I witness. The message contained in this book is so important that I've shared it on three continents, plus with people all over the world through the internet. One read of the book, and you'll find yourself wanting to purchase other copies to give to friends. The teaching is THAT important.
For more practical advice about witnessing, you may also want to purchase Ray's "How to Win Souls and Influence People." For more understanding of the purpose of the Law, you may want to purchase his soon to be re-released "God Has A Wonderful Plan for Your Life: The Myth of the Modern Message." And coming soon, "The Evidence Bible." Sorry for sounding like a commercial, but Ray's stuff is important for the Church. You can find out more by visiting his website.

This is an amazing book! It's contents have the ability to change your life forever! Great book to encourage and motivate christians to act out their faith and would cause anyone to ponder the evidence of God and the direction and purpose of their life. Highly recommended, it could impact your of others around you for all eternity!

This book is a fun read for both veterans and newcomers to San Fermin. We follow Ray Mouton as he rambles through the streets, bars and barrios of Pamplona during a day at the Festival of San Fermin. His unique writing style effectively describes the flavor and feel of ambling through the Festival.

The photos are terrific and the layout and design of the book is professional and stylish. And for those of you that know Ray Mouton, a lawyer by trade, knows that he is not shy about expressing his opinions. He also shows his knowledge of the corrida and the encierro and his experience gathered during thirty plus years of participating in los sanfermines.

Some come to Pamplona in early July and fall in love with a festival, the Festival of San Fermin. Some poor souls go away without San Fermin capturing their heart. Many arrange their lives around their return to the eight days of Fiesta. This book is almost a love letter to Fiesta.

I recognize the feeling. I have not missed a day for over 25 years. Although slower, I still run with the bulls at every opportunity.

Ray Mouton enthusiastically came the first time and now returns time after time. Mouton presents a mix of factual and personal comments, reminiscences, and anecdotes about some of his friends. Through a personal prism, this book provides a good way to understand the attachment that someone can come to have to an annual event.

Those who return to Pamplona for the Fiesta of San Fermin year after year are a difficult group to describe. They are not macho thrill-seekers, though that's the way most of the Anglo world sees them. If you have ever been to Pamplona you will know that they are complex, articulate, friendly, acerbic, hospitable, loving, vainglorious, philosophical, generous, noble and maddening. That's the ex-pats, the genuine aficionados, the Hemingway-wannabees and the college-age wanderers in full backpacker regalia ---- Mouton has painted them exactly.

And what about the people of Pamplona-- grandmothers, fathers and sons who host this mad feria, this test of endurance, this descent and ascent into madness, year after year? It's their festival, after all, and they provide the energy and allegria that so many Americans, Germans and Frenchmen have found irresistably intoxicating. Allegria-- the spirit of Fiesta-- Dance, Song, Wine, Ceremony, Music, Food,-- Apartado, Encierro, and Corrida-- Mouton has got it all down here in this book. This is better than any guidebook, since Mouton tells you not the outward details of this eight-day flight into an Alternate Reality, but something of the soul of the Feria, and of Navarre, and of Life itself. This is a loving book, full of advice and humor and good spirits. A glance though its magnificent illustrations (photographs by some of the best, genuine lovers of the fiesta) will tell you that Mouton wants us to glimpse something more that a travelogue or a guidebook. Anyone who has visited Pamplona during Fiesta will recognize it all instantly. Mouton's love and enthusiasm are infectious.

Not a nostalgic fantasy, not a mere celebration of the corrida this is the Best Book to read before going to the Fiesta, --- "Pamplona" catches its shimmering essence.

Other than the original three books this is one of the best in the series. The later volumnes are not nearly as informative as some of the earlier works. This one is full of clear and concise guidance. You can read all of these books over and over and learn something new each time.

One book, that if you understand it (in your mind and heart) will change your life for the whole eternity.

Para aqueles que buscam a Verdade, a Luz, O Caminho é mostrado com simplicidade através dos ensinamentos de Saint Germain. O volume 17 da Série"The I Am Discourses" - Discursos de AYAM , continua a mostrar a todos como alcançar a Graça, como se tornam Um adepto da Grande Fraternidae Branca, como ser vitorioso no caminho. Portanto, amigos, buscadores da Luz, estudantes da verdade... não desanimem, leiam, estudem, selecionem com mestria as fontes de ensinamento e saber, e afimamos com certeza, ser esta série de livros, publicados por Saint Germain Press, o porto mais seguro e verdadeiro para o iniciante. "Hosana, Bendito seja o Senhor que abriu o Sétimo Sêlo permitindo, assim, a Terra entrar numa Era de Paz e Felicidade". Obrigado.... Riva - Belo Horizonte

If you were to cross Dostoyevsky and Hemingway you would arrive at something similar to the style of Ray Norsworthy. The stories contained in the book masterfully weave together to form a coherent novel of short stories about the small imaginary town of Indiahoma. It unpretentiously and unapologetically lays bare the cold hard world of small town Oklahoma.

If you are tired of old plotlines and predictable characters, this is a book for you. Ray has created a cast of characters filled with quirks and eccentricities that strike a chord in reality. The storylines are fresh, raw, believeable.

Mr. Norsworthy's stories illuminate beauty and wonder in one moment - and rip the breath from you over harsh realities the next.

I would define this collection as a MUST READ.

From the first page of this collection, the reader is drawn into a world peopled with characters who are brought vividly alive. Ray Norsworthy writes with understanding of human nature, its frailties, its strengths. In the first story, we are immersed in the life of a man who thinks he has nothing left to live for; in another, a woman whose decision will salvage someone else's life. Indiahoma provides us with a close-up look at the interiors of rich multidimensional characters. What the author gives us is a viewpoint on this world that ultimately sings of hope and redemption. To the age-old question about life - "Is this all there is?" - Indiahoma answers clearly, "Look deeper. There is much more."

If you're looking for inspiration for your quilt making, this is the book. It's like taking a walk through a museum of history and culture. Filled with color photos.

I received this wonderful book from my son,(via an Amazon gift certificate) for Mother's Day. It is very meaningful because I've had the pleasure of meeting and viewing the works of several of the featured artists including the author. The women are as warm and vibrant as their creations and willing to share their God-given talent with emerging quilters like myself. The colors in this book leap off the pages and wrap themselves around you , just as the original quilts were meant to do. I agree with another reviewer; even if I didn't know which end of the needle to thread this will be a most cherished gift. I am extremely & excitedly inspired.

The book is displayed proudly in my home. I read the book and enjoyed the narratives on each chapter and the comments of each artist. I was very pleased to see the different "twists" and "spins" of each artists work. Looking at the pictures, you can almost touch the colors, textures and the spirit of the work. I've been to several art shows in which some of the featured artists work were on display. I had the opportunity to attend a quilt show in Huntsville AL to hear Yvonne Wells talk about her work and I was extremely pleased that the works of quilt artists are being highlighted in one woman/man shows. The book was long overdue!!!!! Thank you to the artist C. Mazloomi!!!

Ray Elliott has written the definitive book about growing up in a small, rural post WWII community. From hanging out at the general store and pouring peanuts in your bottle of pop to playing in the "cricks," woods and old barns, going to one-room schools or spending summers baling hay and growing up ... it is all there, exactly like it really was. And by telling the story through the eyes of a boy who lost his father in the war Elliott gives us valuable insight to the psychological damage of war on the home front. If you grew up in a small town during this time, read this book and remember. If you did not, read this book and learn what it was like. Ray, John Walter is at the crossroads. Please, continue.

I was simply fascinated with this story. I am just a few years older than the author and I grew up in the very same area of southern Illinois which is described in the book. Mr. Elliot captures the essence of the era and the area so well and the characters are very real. The young boy's thoughts, actions and yearnings are beautifully described. I couldn't put the book down.

Wild Hands Toward the Sky is a beautiful piece of work, both in form and substance. Elliot captures the poetry of rural Illinois -- simple and honest, like wash on the clothesline. Against the backdrop of hog farms, cornfields, and family cemeteries, John Walter craves the stories of the war from those who have come home, in an effort to know the father who didn't. He emulates the manhood he sees, marathon days of hard work, grabbing smokes off cigarette butts dropped by his elders, brawling, risk-taking, longing for the day when he, too, can be a marine, "standing proud and tall." John Walter's coming of age is the story of the Viet Nam generation, and how a "good" war led a generation to a "bad" war. As we battle to the close of yet another war, the novel takes on special significance -- the tree will grow as the twig is bent.

This has some dazzling reviews of untaped concerts from SRV and DT. Also it has lots of information on Stevie Ray's life with other bands, Jimmie Vaughan, girlfriends, parents etc. Keri Leigh was a friend of SRV's and his chosen biographer. Hower this book does have big problems. The quality of the literal material like the binding of the book has almost completely fallen apart since December of 2000. I only read it once! Also, there is no direct interviews of any of the 4 members that past through Dt. Not Tommy, Chris, Jackie Newhouse or Reese. And no interviews from Keri of Jimmie Vaughan either. Only quotes from other publications, no real stories. That seemed alot less personal and to add to it, Keri Leigh his ''friend'' really didn't have any anecdotes of her own of Stevie Ray to tell. I loved the book in general though, and actually shed tears a few times, however was surprised in many of the things I just mentioned. Also, there were a massive amount of typos through here that just don't show up in professional books usually. There were great sections on the Vaughan brother rivalry and Srv and Bonnie Rait and Buddy Guy though. There were definetely some mysterious happenings with Stevie and the last few months of his life. Many horrifying coincidences. There was plenty talk of Stevie's amps and strings and so forth that should be interesting to any electric guitar player. That was a redeeming quality not to be overlooked. There were some odd choices in pictures here, but 80 percent of them were worthy of making into posters, that's how good they are. Another good reason to get the book. You get a real sense of Stevie's feelings of inadequacy and vulnerability, as Keri quotes him talking about his idols and his manner towards them. I really did expect far more rhetoric about Albert King who really did have more respect than King Fans might be able to imagine. Albert didn't give much credit to more than a few bluesman, [particularly guitarists] but as he said on the In Session album and Tv show- something like this anyway- '' Lots a guitar players out here. They play loud and they play fast-don't concentrate on no soul... But you Got 'em both....You pretty good.'' And so on. But only a few lines of Albert show up here. That was surprising. All in all, if you're a fan you shouldn't be dissappointed with what is there, and should get lots of enjoyment out of it too. However if you only want one book about Stevie, remember that this one does have some faults though lots of good reading. Also There is quite a large portion of the pages devoted to keeping you up with the Jimmie Vaughan, The Thunderbirds, and many Austin players to grow up with SRV and their intertwining timelines.

Ever since I was a kid, I loved Stevie Ray's music, but never knew much about him or his dedication to the music he loved and shared so emotionally with anyone who would listen. "Soul to Soul" is the story of his short life by someone who cared about him and felt the need to tell others who loved him all about him. I was riveted from the first page to the last, and found myself turning back and forth to reread some detail or laugh again at something Stevie Ray did or said. The only problem with this book is that, tragically, the hero dies. But then again, You know that going in. If you think you're over it, that you've shed your last tear for him, think again and read this book. I love you Stevie, wherever you are, Thank you so much.

This book is an excellant read for anyone who is remotely interested in Stevie Ray. Unlike 'Caught in the Crossfire', this book told the story of Stevie Ray's love for music and later on, for life. There are lots of great photos and bits and pieces including set lists, lyrics on napkins, etc. Well done Keri for telling the story how it should be told. All Stevie is now is a memory, but a memory that will live forever in our hearts and soul. SOUL TO SOUL! Go get it!

This book fell into my hands at the store. I was weeding through the patch of offerings on subjects like Tao and Zen when, literally, this book fell into my hands. I peeked. I had the sense the the author knew how to organize his subject and so I took it home and began to read immediately.

I have a Ph.D. in History, so the first part of the book, the history part, was relatively easy to get through, even though there were a lot of unfamiliar names in unfamiliar languages. The author keeps the number of names one needs to remember to a minimum.

The second half of the book is about the doctrines. It is a gem beyond compare!! It is succinct, there is no mystification added by the author to skip over things he does not himself understand, and it is to the point. These three are rare in the field.

This could be a text, but I think it is better thought of as a "home companion." Beyond a doubt, Grieg has mastered the unmasterable and spoken the ineffable.

The most definitive and readable work on Zen that I've ever read. In all my years as a student of Zen Buddhism (Soto), I've had a difficult time with the sutras and other Buddhist doctrine. Yet, I continued to enjoy the practice and the members at the Zendo where I studied. I often commented that I felt more a "Zennist" than a Buddhist, but was unable to describe or define the feeling..... Then I stumbled on Mr. Grigg's book. I'm re-reading it now, for the third time in one year. Mr. Grigg's history of Zen and the split with the sixth patriarch:Hui-Neng, was one of the best "enlightenments" I've experienced in my studies. I'd die to study with Mr. Grigg! I'm heading for a small island off B.C.!!

My reading has included various Buddhist doctrines, even some Tibetan, but the earliest Zen and original Tao have rung truest for me while Buddhism feels too much like the idle promises of organized religion. As soon as I began this book I knew Ray Grigg had done the work of "proving" a hypothesis that Alan Watts and Thomas Cleary often suggest.

Culture.com is at its best when it describes the effect that the Internet revolution is having on the corporate cultures of modern business. Of special merit are the book's lists of suggestions that managers and human resource executives can follow in attempting to develop a new culture that adequately addresses the changes and strains brought on by the rise of the virtual revolution. Also intriguing is the book's analysis of the dangerous transition period in which companies shift from old cultures to dot-com cultures. While the book is less effective in its look at the more general trends of technology, business and leadership, we from getAbstract nevertheless recommend it for its innovative take on virtual corporate culture.

I read this book and enjoyed it, even though business is a fright word for me. I hate business, but this crew made our current computer based business sound liveable. Anyone who hopes to succeed in today's world, whether as a lone wolf or an administrative manager, needs to read this volume. It is easily understood, clear and to the point, and offers a lot of worthwhile ideas. Workers arise. Buy this book and move forward.

The authors explain how to build a corporate culture in the connected
workplace. Your organization already has a culture which is, at least
to some extent, connected. First question: "How appropriate is that
culture to the needs, interests, problems, and opportunities it also
has?" Next question: "Will it be sufficiently flexible and
resilient to sustain itself as change continues to be the only
constant?" The authors can help you to find the correct answers
to these basic but critically important questions.

In their
Preface, they identify what they call "Nine Challenges for Turning
Your Corporate Culture into a .Com Asset":

1. Making the jump to
warp speed

2. Building a corporate culture in a virtual
organization

3. Living with parallel cultures during the transition
of e-business

4. A new breed of terms in a .com
culture

5. Communication belongs to everyone in a .com
culture

6. Knowledge management is managing people's brain
power

7. The new corporate IQ and getting smart

8. Linkages and
relationships outside the organization: a culture
challenge

9. Leading the journey to the wired
enterprise.

Throughout their book, the authors include relevant
quotations real-world examples rom a wide variety of sources as well
as a number of Tips which will assist the implementation of relevant
strategies. At the end of each chapter, they provide terrific
suggestions re Applying This Information in Your Organization. They
also make generous use of various graphics (eg Three Layers of
Culture)) for purposes of illustration. Then in the books Conclusion,,
they provide Ten Final Tips on Building a Corporate Culture for the
Connected Workplace which increase and enrich even more their
fulfillment of what the books subtitle promises.

(By the way, have
you also noticed how many subtitles of other business books make
extravagant promises which even a combination of Elizabeth I,
Michaelangelo, Merlin, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Thomas Edison,
and Peter Drucker couldn't possibly keep?)

The authors conclude
with some key points: "Corporate cultures will continue to change
as companies race to implement their e-business strategies. We remind
you once more that the two must work in synch. If your business
strategy and your corporate culture are pulling in two different
directions, the culture will win no matter how brilliant your strategy
is." I now presume to conclude this brief review with a few
suggestions of my own to decision-makers in any organization now in
need of building its own corporate culture in the connected
workplace. First, read and then re-read this book. Then have other
decision-makers in the organization also read and re-read it. Finally,
have everyone participate in a 2-3 workshop (emphasis on
"work"), preferably offsite, and use this book's table of
contents for the workshop's agenda. The primary objective is to
collaborate on an appropriate "game plan", to be completed by
the workshop's conclusion, which the organization then
implements. When problems occur (and they will), reconvene the
workshop participants and collaborate on an appropriate response. Be
sure to keep in mind what the authors of this book have correctly
observed: "If your business strategy and your corporate culture are
pulling in two different directions, the culture will win no matter
how brilliant your strategy is."