I purchased a copy of this book and found it to be phenomenal! I shared the information with my friends. It opened up my eyes (no pun intended) to a lot of everyday things. The information about the meaning of the symbols on the American dollar bill was indeed interesting. After reading the book I began to think about a lot of the stereotypes and "tapes" that we play in our head. Great book. I would highly recommend this for anyone. I will be sharing it with high school students that I mentor.

Jack and Jenny are on their third trip to Hong Kong when Jack Carlton and Tim Chen find an envelope with $2,000 in it and a mysterious quote about hot money. It leds them on a great discovery of a counterfeit ring in Hong Kong. Tim's father is seriously hurt in a car accident as he searches for his son. The exciting escape from the warehouse with the evidence of the counterfeiters makes a sensational arrest possible. Strong Christian principles make this wholesome reading and the guarantee that the young reader will not want to put the book down.

A lot of classical myths are hard to read and stiff in their telling. These versions are told in modern prose with a sense of humour, without losing the spirit of the original tales. Some schools in New Zealand use this as one of their English texts at about 9th grade level, and it is very popular with kids and teachers. It's a well-thumbed book on our home bookshelf, returned to again and again. Recommended.

It's a mystery how this masterpiece came to be so misunderstood. Burgess' favorite among his novels (and mine), this work is a tour de force: a novel about Napoleon in four movements that follow the structure of Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony (originally dedicated to Bonaparte; then, when Boney crowned himself Emperor, re-dedicated "to the memory of a fallen hero"). Burgess has reconciled the repetitive, cyclic nature of music with the novel's need for narrative forward motion brilliantly, yet his text mirrors the musical structure with uncanny detail -- both short- and long-term. Tempo, texture, key changes, rhythm -- all are there in the book. (For rhythm, check out the beginning of the third chapter while listening to the Eroica's scherzo.) The true miracle of this book, however, is that independently of its stylistic conceit, it is profoundly insightful and profoundly moving. Try reading the second chapter -- counterpart to Beethoven's Funeral March movement, and describing the retreat from Moscow -- without emotion. Or the final chapter, about Napoleon's exile on St. Helena, his surprising friendship with his English gaoler's young daughter, and his death. (Here, Burgess replicates Beethoven's theme-and-variations structure with passages in different literary styles: Austen, Henry James, et al., yet without any feeling of pastiche.) Musicians resented the book because they thought it trivialized Beethoven by "making" his symphony "be about" Napoleon. Literary types resented it -- well, probably because they could never bring off such a feat, themselves. Or because they thought a book about Napoleon should be at least four times as long. Try this book, enjoy it, and be grateful for such a gift of words.

Anyone who wants to understand the complex dynamics of the culture of Ulster and Northern Ireland would do well to include this very readable book in their study.

The text of this book is based on a series of lectures delivered by Smith in Jerusalem in May 1999. Although intended to be an analysis of theories of nations and nationalism in recent history and the historiography on this topic, the book also provide a good introduction as any to Smith's vast and important body of work on nations and nationalism. The chapters of this book offer an excellent summary of some of the main streams in contemporary nationalism theory and interesting critiques of them as well. Smith's own theory of the origins of nations is based on what he calls ethnosymbolism. Basically he sees modern nations as having their roots in previously existing ethnicities ("ethnies") and the associated traditions and customs, although he does not strictly adhere to the organic continuity of nations throughout history (a view generally held by nationalists themselves). Also, he emphasizes, quite correctly, the importance of myths, memories and especially symbols and their role in fomenting and maintaining a sense of common identity among the people unified in a nation. This often places him at odds with the major body of theorists who see the nation and nationalism as strictly political instruments or functions of economic change, even though Smith does not refute the validity of such arguments. Smith presents his arguments very clearly here, and this book is well worth reading.

I read this book for the preparation of an in-class discussion of Evolution in a university biology course. Well, lucky me (possibly by God's Grace), I find that book by M A Corey who smartly and intelligently reconcile both the "fact of evolution" and "the truth of Bible". His sound arguments based on modern cosmology, quantum physics, relativity, and biology neatly demonstrates how the "Science" discoveries really is "Supporting" the Bible accounts of creation rather than denying it. M. A. Corey is the new Hero of our time in terms of liberating the long-withstanding, painful struggles of christian intellects from those stubborn, over-defensive approach of some rigid kind of "religious authority" who had also burnt Galileo on a stick.

A text that reads like a novel. It flows, with gripping information and substance on every page. Well presented. I recommend this book highly to anyone who is interested in the American environment.

Anthony Mitchell profoundly captures the extent of the terrorism that is invading the Global World in the new Millenium Year: With his graphic, excellent informative insights into the lives of the terrorist Osama Bin Laden and his followers, who are devoutly fanatical in their attempts to cause destruction, death and ruination to the Western World through Bin Laden's Holy Jihad war. "Nazarene Eleven" is factual, realistic, chilling and it exposes the intensity of the danger that terrorism represents.

hey mike, great book, i can tell you spent lots of time on it. i am also proud to know you!