Usually, scholarly books which try to tell the story of the American Presidency can get very boring and dry. This book is anything but. It takes on the form of a narrative ... one gets the feeling that they are reading a novel. This really made the book quite easy for me to read. Even in light of this, the book does not lose the scholarly element - it is still written very precisely, impeccably, and insightfully. It is very attentive to detail, and does not miss a beat. This is just a phenomenal work. I plan on reading it many times.

The authors have done excellent research on almost all anabaptist churches in the US, from the far right to the far left. Good summaries of each group, with church locations, membership numbers, and ranking within the anabaptist groups are included. The authors are perhaps a little bent towards the "transformational" groups, which are on the other end from the "traditional" groups. Positive points of each church group are identified, which help us to learn from each other. The Apostolic Christian Church of America is also included.

THE ANGELS--The Catholic Teaching on the Angels. Fr. Parente. (Formerly: Beyond Space). From Scripture, Fathers & Doctors of the Church, St.Thomas, official pronouncements, holy writers. Their creation, test, fall, nature, powers, duties, Saints who conversed with, 9 choirs, famous Angels, etc.

This book is fantasic. It is a book of short stories that help warm your heart and soul. Great for bed time stories for children. Makes a great gift.

This book is a worthwhile read because it clearly and convincingly documents covert and overt attempts to silence feminist voices on college campuses. The book reveals the presence of Antifeminist Intellectual Harassment in the history of feminist activism, campus politics, and academic sites of power. This unambiguous, engaging text presents a history of the feminist and antifeminist movements and places them within the context of the university. For this valuable insight into academic life, the editors and chapter authors deserve abundant acclaim.

Jo Nelson presents a profound, yet simple method to help teachers, administrators, students and others effectively think, learn and work together.

The book opens with this quote from John Ralston Saul: Thinking, questioning, and imagining are the tools of human consciousness, the things that make us different from animals or machines. These are the tools of initiative; the initiative responsible individuals need in order to participate and to construct their lives.

The book proceeds to offer a process in which we can begin to use these tools of human consciousness. The text identifies five functions of the method which have the potential to: ·extend thinking and learning capacity. ·make learning meaningful. ·make communication in groups effective. ·help prevent and solve problems. ·strengthen the effectiveness of evaluation.

The focused conversation method uses questions at four levels: 1. The Objective Level- questions dealing with data and sensory observation. 2. The Reflective Level - questions related to personal reactions and associations. 3. The Interpretive Level - questions about meaning, significance, and implications. 4. The Decisional Level - questions concerned with resolution.

Canada's Institute of Cultural Affairs refined the focused conversation method as part of its Technology of Participation, which leads people through certain phases of reflection, enabling them to process their experiences as a group. A leader/facilitator asks a series of questions to elicit responses that take a group from the "surface of a topic to a topic to its depth implications for their life and work."

The book is divided into three main sections: theory, application, and examples of focused conversations. The book presents over 100 examples of planned focused conversations that address: ·Making learning meaningful ·Making communication effective in groups ·Preventing and solving problems ·Creative applications

There are examples of the method for use in the classroom, with parents and the community, teachers and staff.

This method has a great potential for use in the education profession.

My daughter is 16 months old and picks up this book several times a day. She just loves to open the flaps and pretend to count the goodies found underneath. Although we've read it her countless times, she enjoys just spending her own time with this adorable book.

My daughter can't do without this book. I am amazed to see how many different words she learned. I strongly recommend it to the parents.

This brilliant essay, wich won in Spain the prestigious Anagrama Prize, was writting by Eugenio Trias, the only spaniard philosopher who won Nietszche Award, the Nobel
in philosophy.
Since Plato and the ancient greeks there has been a " marriage"between" eros and poiesis, between life and
creativity,and the artist and his subjectivity and the common
laws and culture of the "polis" . There was also a changing
alliance between these terms trought the Rennaisance
thinker Pico della Mirandola, Goethe, Hegel and Nietzshe,
but there are a very divorce, as has seen for example novelist Thomas Mann, in modern art. because and excese of criticism. A divorce that we have to put end, or art will .never have again its own and lost fertility.