This is in my mind Guy's best book. Paradoxically, it may be his best business book!

This is the story of Jonathan Alder, who was captured by Indians at the age of nine from his home in western Virginia in 1782. He was adopted and lived among the Mingos for 13 years along the Mad River in Ohio. Alder became a respected hunter and warrior and gives a vivid and detailed account of his life among them. He gives a fascinating retelling of his life in a late 18th century Indian village, in an age when white settlers were beginning to push north of the Ohio River from Kentucky and West Virginia in the years after the Revolutionary War and how that increased conflict between the two groups for possession of the Ohio Country led, eventually, to the loss of Indian lands. After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, Alder leaves the Indians to live in Pleasant Valley, near what is today Columbus, OH, though continuing to live as an Indian. Around 1805, he is persuaded by a friend to travel to Virginia and is reunited with his white family.

Alder's narrative is truly fascinating in all respects. He gives fully detailed accounts of his life among the Indians, from hunting and cooking, to relations with his Indian family which include a genuinely loving and kind mother and father, as well as an abusive sister who is resentful of the white boy and beats him for any infraction. Alder tells of his participation in several horse-stealing raids in Kentucky as well as his part in the Battle of Fort Recovery in 1794, . After Alder leaves the company of the Indians in 1795, he goes on to tell about his relations with the early white settlers in central Ohio and their often strained relations with the remaining Indian population. Although he is reunited with his white family in 1805, and subsequently drops his Indian dress and lives as a white settler, Alder, it seems, is never fully one of them. He views his neighbors through the eyes of one who lived a life far removed from their daily drudgery and often seems to reflect with nostalgia on his Indian days. One gets a sense of forelorn sadness and loneliness in his later years, as though he is the product of a lost time and place. His relationships with both his white and Indian family are intriguing, especially a poigniant encounter many years later with his Indian sister who abused him as a child.

This is a very intereing book and I recommend it highly.

This book is the greatest book that ever was or will be written. This book was inspired by God and copied down by holy men as God told them what to say. The Bible is a best seller and will never pass away, because Jesus said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." The King James version of the Holy Bible is the inerrant word of God. This edition is especially nice because it has large words so you can read it better, good study helps and maps, is bound with bonded leather so it will last a long time, and has a beautiful cross on the cover. I would recommend this, or any other King James Bible, to anyone.

The KJV New Open Bible is one of the most comprehensive study Bibles available. I really like the topical index, the introductions to each book of the Bible, the index to Visual Bible Study Aids, and many many different helps and aids in studing and helping to understand the Bible. I sell different Bibles at my church, and this is the Bible that I use the most, and personally take to church.

The Open Bible is already so filled with such helpful information, study guides, etc. to help, not only the new Christian, but one who is growing and maturing spiritually, and walking with the Lord and seeking His will daily. Yet, with the New King James Version, which is so much easier to comprehend than the King James, yet very close to the same language, so easy to follow along with the pastor when he is teaching from the King James, is a double blessing! And, the Large Print makes it easier for me to read altogether! I have had many eye surgeries, for detached retinas and cataracts, and so the small print of most books is so difficult for me to read. But, the Large Print is wonderful! I can read along with the pastor, or during my own personal study, without holding the book 1 inch from my face! The Open Bible, in the New King James Version, and in Large Print is the ONLY Bible for me! And, I strongly recommend it to my friends! (As well as new converts to Christ!)

I found the Vine's expository reference edition informatible, concise, and easy to read.

I have been reading and studying the Bible all my life, and just recently, I bought a copy of the Nelson Study Bible. Since I bought this book, the moment out of each day that I have spent reading God's word, and spending time with God, has become the one moment of each day that I truly look forward to. I thirst to read more and learn more and spend more time with God. The commentary provided throughout the text helps me confirm my application of the Bible to my very own life. I love reading the truth, then having it confirmed by godly scholars. I am thankful for these men who took the time to help create a tool to go along with God's word in order to help make it come even more to life. I recommend every person to read this Bible.

No translation of God's Word is perfect. Each one has its flaws. Each one hopefully casts new light on God's message to us (translation is inherently interpretation). So it is with The New Revised Standard Version. There are both flaws and moments of revelation.

The Bible is full of stories about humanity's interaction with the Divine. As a whole, it is the story of God's redemption of humanity through the death of his Son: Jesus Christ. The NRSV is a rather literal translation (from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek) of these stories.

The greatest weakness of this particular translation is its needless neutering of the Hebrew and Greek generic male pronouns. This cause difficulties (especially with the Psalms) when translating "he." They often pluralize such cases to "Those" and "They." This causes passages to lose personal immediacy and force.

That said, I feel the NRSV is a fine overall translation. It ranks right up there with The New American Standard Bible as the best literal translations. The NRSV has the extra benefit of having been overseen by Bruce Metzger--one of the finest modern Bible scholars.

The greatest strength (and probably the main selling point) of this edition of the NRSV is its extensive Apocrypha. Books recognized by Roman Catholic, Greek, and Slavonic churches are all included. They are placed in between the Old and New Testaments. They are divided into four sections based on who accepts them.

The Hardcover edition that I own (from Oxford Press) is extremely well made. It is far more durable than most other hardcover Bibles I have used.

If you are looking for a good literal translation of the Bible, you would be well served by The New Revised Standard Version. I highly recommend this book.

Going to the hospital? This book resolves and explains your problems. What you should bring to the hospital or what to expect before and after surgery-details given-will relieve a lot of stress. Facts and information given will help make your stay in the hospital stress free-medical or surgical.

Once again I wish I could give a book a negative number of stars due to the poor quality of the book.

Lisa G. from UT and the book's promotional material try to lead you to believe that the transition from the Twain text and the Nelson text is seamless, when the truth is that the change is so abrupt and annoying that I could hardly finish reading the book. Twain starts the book as another narrative written by Huck Finn. When Nelson takes over, the voice of Huck Finn disappears to be replaced by some sort of stilted, sportscaster style of reporting events as they unfold. While Twain would have Huck write something similar to "I warn't cornsarned about how far he would get. He lit on his horse and high tailed it out of there. I dasn't call out to him. I dasn't resk it.", Nelson would write that same passage: "I don't worry. He gets on his horse and rides out. I don't risk calling out to him." The style is so stilted it is very painful to read. Ironically Nelson seems to try to defend this style in his introduction by pointing out that Twain has Huck drift in and out of the past and present tense. This is true to some extent, but Twain tends to restrict the use of present tense to passages containing a lot of dialogue. Appropos of dialogue, Twain writes more dialogue than Nelson, most likely because Nelson is incapable of writing authentic dialogue in the dialects that Twain had given them (particularly in the case of Jim). Nelson seems to think that some sort of pidgin English is the equivalent of the dialects spoken by Twain's characters.

As far as the story goes, it just isn't consistent with anything Twain would have written. The relationship between Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn doesn't ring true, nor does the relationship between Jim and any of the other characters. Somehow Tom and Huck age about eight years in the course of a single summer. Nelson (LDS himself) introduces Mormonism into the story and seems so intent on portraying it in a positive light that he even goes so far as to bring in the real life LDS criminal assasins Porter Rockwell and Bill Hickman, portraying them as some sort of wild West heroes equal to Wyatt Earp. Anybody who knows anything about Twain knows that he had nothing but disdain for the LDS.

If you are a real Twain fan, you won't want to read this. Even the parts that Twain wrote were not edited and there are a few places where it is apparent that Twain would have changed what he wrote had he continued this work. You also won't want to suffer through the butchery of the characters that Nelson performs. If you are not a fan of Twain, you won't want to read it either.

Lee Nelson seems to channel Mark Twain in this riveting story of further adventures of Huck and Tom. Had I not known that a second author (in modern times) penned the majority of the book, I would not have noticed; it feels like Twain all the way. I had to specifically follow the reference to identify where Twain ended and Nelson began. This book is full of adventure, discovery, romance, friendships and loyalty, and it deepened my enthusiasm and respect for Mark Twain. It also introduced me to another great author, Lee Nelson.
I challenge you to read this book without looking for the division, and I dare you to find a break between Twain and Nelson. This book could be included in an official Twain study. Huck Finn lives!