This is my grandfather's book. So read it! I'm sure it's great. (If a bit costly...)

One of the best books I have ever read! An intrepid hero, Ruiz Aw, facing impossible odds - battling powerful foes as well as an internal "death-net" installed in his mind (and which will automatically activate if he is captured or fails to complete his mission). Ruiz Aw is truly awesome!

As a Critical Incident Stress Management team member, this book reveals many details that can assist in the overall management of stress in the emergency services (medical, fire, police) workplace. Ray sheds light on both the big and little details tht help us survive and flourish in this type of work. We use this book often in the debriefing and stress management work that I'm directly involved in. A great book to have and refer to often. Do yourself and your department a favor, get this book.

Dixy Lee Ray, former head of the Atomic Energy Commision, writes the scientific facts to counter environmentalism. The truth about who is behind Earth Day, how your aerosol cans are really affecting the ozone layer, how much oil seeps out of the earth and into the ocean every day. The earth is not fragile. Mt. St. Helens erupted with the force of 500 atomic bombs, and spewed 220,000 metric tons of sulfur dioxide, aerosols and other gases 15 miles into the stratosphere! She explains that man has little effect on this earth, but environmentalists use natural occuring changes as fuel to tax us to death. Just follow the money.

I really want to Thank Sondra for all the information she provided in this book, it helped me look at some of my own behavior pattens and in turn the realationships I have created. I feel I will be able to create stronger relationships with family and friends now.

The power of an inevitable fate drives this story towards an impossible dream come true.

The Evidence Bible is the New Testament + Psalms & Proverbs in the KJV. Throughout the entire Bible there are quotes from every revivalist you can think of in addition to some from well known scientiest. This Bible has the answer to any question - Athieism, evolution, dinosaurs, etc.. Great for skeptics & so awesome for street witnessing.

"Explorations" demonstrates why Ray McSavaney is one of the premier black & white photographers of our time. This collection of his photographs explores many of his eclectic areas of interest including: landscapes, urban landscapes, urban blight, the Southwest, the Anasazi, Yosemite... Yet, the layout of the book and the vision of the photographer help tie these diverse subjects together. Of particular interest (to me, at least) are the wonderful series of photographs of the 'Walking Tree' in Yosemite Valley (which was unfortunately destroyed not long ago by a 'controlled' burn) and the unexpected series depicting freeway supporting structures in Los Angeles! The photographs are beautiful and expressive. But they're not just pretty pictures. They actually have something to say to the viewer. And the accompanying text could serve well as a primer on the philosophies of photography, ecology and man's place in the environment. A truly great book

As Marilyn J. Vangraber's dedication points out, the essays collected in this volume is less "in memory of" and more "because of" Douglas Ehninger (1913-79). The nine essays are all written by students and colleagues of Ehninger, who had ended his distinuished career at the University of Iowa: (1) Michael McGuire, "The Structural Study of Speech," synthesizes mechanical and empirical models of reality as they converge in language, which therefore becomes the nexus of both empirical and social reality; (2) Michael Calvin McGee, "A Materialist's Conception of Rhetoric," argues for a materialist approach that would dervie rhetorical theory entirely from practice; (3) Samuel D. Watson, Jr., "Polanyi's Epistemology of Good Reason," offers another synthesis, this time of Michael Polanyi's views concerning human reason that gives to "knowledge" more reliability than can actually be justified; (4) Richard A. Cherwitz & James W. Hikins, "John Stuart Mill's Doctrine of Assurance as a Rhetorical Epistemology," brings Mill into the debate to consider how the belief system accepted in social reality represents more than mere consensus; (5) Bruce E. Gronbeck, "On Classes of Inference and Force," makes a compelling argument for how premises can "force" conclusions and looks at the nature of inference-making; (6) Donovan J. Ochs, "Cicero's "Topica": A Process View of Invention"considres the problem of how rhetorical knowledge is generated and of how argument is formed from the historical perspective of Cicero's writings; (7) Eric Wm. Skopec, "The Theory of Expression in Selected Eighteenth-Century Rhetorics," looks at the rhetoric-as-expression emphasis developed by the Romantic movememnt in Britain; (8) Ray E. McKerrow, "Whately's Theory of Rhetoric," reasses teh importance of Richard Whateley in terms of not only his influence on 20th-century views of argument but also the nature of rhetorical knowledge; (9) James L. Golden & Josina M. Makau, "Perspective on Judicial Reasoning," considers rhetorical knowledge from the specific perspective of legal reasoning, using both Toulmin and Perelman to critique the decisions of hte Supreme Court. In his introduction, Michael Osborn makes the case for what Ehninger would have thought of the arguments presented in this volume, which, rather surprisingly, manage to address a common theme. It is a shame this book is out of print, because it contains several of the better think pieces on rhetoric since the writers were unencumbered by the necessity of making journal editors happy.

I love science fiction, and I must say that Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" is a masterpiece.
One example is the lifestyle of the people. TV's that cover four walls to make it 3D; fireproof homes; 'news radios' which fit in your ear for convenience; etc. There is just on thing missing - books! It is against the law to read/own a book. So, they are burned. And who does that burning? Why, the firemen.
It turns out that once houses got their fireproof 'shells,' the firemen ran out of a job. Therefore, they were given the job of burning books, which the public had rejected. The people had forgotten what it used to be like. When Montag, a fireman, was asked: "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" he assures her that houses have always been fireproof.
In the end, Montag, the main character, meets people who are books. They have memorized books of the Bible, or chapters of a novel, thus saving literature. Their plan - to pass on the books by word of mouth until they can legally print and spread them once more.
This book intrigued me so much. I really appreciate Ray Bradbury's sense of fantasy vs. reality so we can avoid such mistakes in the future.