A book that "bears" a message....

This is not just another book about teddy bears. It has a much deeper meaning powerfully expressed in the beautiful full-page illustrations. The story is centered around the Great Bear in the sky who through acts of kindness and giving, brings hope and joy to the lonely children on earth. It is a perfect bedtime story and a book that can be read to a group of children because of the large, clear, and poignant illustrations.

I first read about Mercy Otis Warren in a biography of John Adams. The sister of James Otis, one of the first American patriots unfortunately silenced due to illness caused by a severe beating over politics, Mercy married James Warren and had six sons. She was involved with the politics of her time and spent much time with John and Abigail Adams. She also was a political writer and during the American Revolution penned many pamphlets crusading for the cause of freedom. Her relationship with Adams was temporarily disrupted during the dispute over the Constitution and her epic history of the American Revolution further served to facilitate this break.

This story is particularly interesting because Mercy and her husband James were relatively minor characters during the war and the reader gets a well presented viewpoint of what it was like to gamble so much on the new government. Neither Mercy nor James were personally rewarded for their efforts and yet their strength of character and perserverance helped shaped our country. Mercy was able to function as a beloved mother and wife and yet maintain a role in the intellectual life of the new country. I would strongly recommend this biography. Yet I would also hope that someone current author would undertake the project of a new biography on this interesting woman and her times.

Beautiful and collectable Crowley. A fine new Crowley publication, first issued in 1992 in a numbered edition of 750. No subsequent editions have ever been issued. If this book appreciates like past Crowley collectables it could greatly increase in value as it becomes increasingly unobtainable.

That's all well and good you say, but what about the book?

Well, this is one of Crowley's best fictional endeavors - at the level of the Simon Iff stories, though in his typical junkie fog it was never completed. It was a blatant attempt to make money off his writing that might of met with greater success had he actually finished the novel!

There is a complex magickal formulae that lies at the heart of The Fish, certainly beyond my limited powers of discernment to completely understand - though the Magickal Adepts who enjoy complex, intellectual ratiocination will find much to enjoy here.

This book includes a complex ritual based on it's Piscean fish metaphor.

All in all a 1st tier Crowley (rhymes with holy not foully) treasure.
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Anyone who wants a clear understanding of why public funding of businesses, that real business concerns will not fund, almost always fails and at the expence of the tax payers, this is the book to read.

The author has hit the bullseye with the young reader. They are caught up in the adventure from the first paragraph. They can identify with young Jack and the little dog he found and was able to help save. I reccomend the book and the author!

Zangger successfully embeds the search for Atlantis within a rigorously scientific archeological framework. The result is a startling conclusion: that the myth of Atlantis actually came from an ancient Egyptian interpretation of the Trojan War.

Most accounts of Atlantis were, and continue to be, written by amateur archeologists with a mystical bent; the result, of course, is speculation that is as much theology as science. A good example of the "mystic" orientation in most accounts of Atlantis is very well-known account of Atlantis was written by the "mystic" Edgar Cayce. Cayce predicted Atlantis would arise from the foam of the ocean sometime in the 1970s...alas, such is the condition of practically all written work concerning Atlantis.

Zangger's methodology is rooted in making inferences based on existing evidence--that is, he does not posit the existence of superconducting crystals which fired lasers into space! Rather, he approaches the topic as a scientific researcher who is deeply versed in the archeology of the region.

His work is original in that he draws new connections between previously discrete phenomena. For example, he uses his specialist's knowledge of the Trojan Plain's ancient appearance to construct a comparison between what the ancient Trojan Plain probably looked like and how the Egyptians described Atlantis (with many very intriguing parallels!). He makes many more connections between the specifics detailed in Plato's text and the condition of the Trojan Plain at the time of the Trojan War. The overall effect is powerful: I believe Zangger effectively answered the question of the location of Atlantis without resorting to mysticism.

I am a professional botanist so my standards are high. I checked Huxley and Taylor's book out of the University library and carried it in my backpack for a month. The only thing is you really need a backpack with an easily accessible pocket if you aren't going to just keep this book in your hands.

This is an excellent how to book for the fly fisherman going to Alaska. Each species of salmon and trout is covered with details concerning best time of year to fish, best fly patterns and what tactics will produce strikes. This is a how to fish rather than where to fish book although it does mention many areas worth investigating. I would suggest buying both this book and the book, Alaska Fishing, by Limeres and Pedersen, which gives detailed info. on where to fish rather than how to fish. Both excellent books that when used together will prepare the angler for the trip of a lifetime. Tight Lines.

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I read this book at least twice a year and always discover something new in it. You actually don't even really need to like Braxton's music to get something out of it, all you need is an interest in creative music and an open mind. The book covers a tour with Anthony Braxton in 1985 in England, the writer toured with the band for about three weeks. The book is his effort to process and distill the things he learned about Braxton's music and creative music in general. His approach is creative and engaging; there are three types of chapters - interviews with Braxton or the band, descriptions of individual performances, and necessary background to create a context for discussing certain concepts. The bibliography alone is almost worth the price, so many amazing and obscure resources, as is the great interview with Sun Ra and the appendices of the book that go into further background about some of the more spiritual ("vibrational") aspects of music and what it sets into motion. It's been an inspiring resource for me in trying to come to grips with my own music and as encouragement to try to follow a personal vision, and it's one of the few books I've read that makes a real attempt to deal with music not just at a theoretical or technical level, but also the human forces that has the potential to set in motion.