This book is perfect for anyone who has a lot of questions about history! Everything is here including a break down of world history from the beginning to present day! It is fun to read and a great reference book. A college student must have (especially if you are a history major) and for anyone who is interested in history at all!

This book gives you all the answers about almost anything you can imagine. From Drouts in the United States to who the ForeFathers of the United States were. I am always looking for new information, and always wanting my mind to grow, so this was a great book.

In the very beginning it has a Timeline of World events which is very "Handy." It has information on wars I had never heard of, and plenty of information on Adolf Hitler, certaintly not my favorite person, but for writing a report on World War II, it was very nice to have around.

I got this for Christmas, and started reading it that night, so you go out and get this book tonight.

As a student, this book has been frequently helpful as a basic reference for any unusual questions I have. It is also excellent as a fun read, and I highly recommend it.

"How To" is most appropriate for this useful guide. I discovered this book at the very beginning of our international adoption process and it has been a wonderful guidebook. It is extremely well organized and explains the process and the paperwork required. It provides a lot of information but is not a thick, wordy volume that is intimidating to read. It is a source of information complementary to what my agency provides, and has increased my confidence that things are proceeding as they should. Tips like what kind to expect in a home study and what questions to ask when that important referral call comes makes this book compare to a knowledgeable friend who has been through the process.

As the Adoptive Parents of Vietnam listowner, I recieve questions about the complex process of international adoption on a daily basis. The Erichsen's guide will be a great resource to anyone interested in international adoption. I reviewed this book in detail on our website, but here is a quick synopsis. "How to Adopt Internationally is the best guide now available to the complex and sometimes frustrating experience of the paper chase required for adopting internationally from any country. The Erichson's include a step by step guide to every requirement and procedure, starting with the U.S. required home study and INS's I-600 all the way through post placement and final adoption requirements. For every major step, they include the actual or example forms, along with suggestions for completion. For anyone involved in international adoption (or even contemplating an international adoption), this book will get you started and be a welcome resource through the process. It provides an overview of the reasons and requirements of the international adoption process that is duplicated nowhere else. If your agency is less than helpful with the paperwork requirements, this book will be worth its price many times over."

We just recently purchased this book from Amazon.com and it's a wonderful guide for those just beginning the adoption process or those currently involved in adopting internationally. This guide is now currently (October 98) aiding us to expedite our adoption via the comprehensive information and step by step guide to fulfilling all international requirements. A great find!

At long last someone has come up with a new slant to WWII history. It is refreshing to find that after 55 years or so has passed an author can yet teach us something new about history, which can captivate, can sometimes even excite, and definitely can entertain.

I had no expectations when I started this novel. I had wanted to try an unknown author. WAS I SURPRISED! At every turn of the plot my attention was captured, the read was fast paced,and the descriptions made me feel as if I were there.

I was stunned by the creativity and descriptiveness of the writer. His remarkable grammar and way of writing leaves you interested the whole time. He is the next J.K. Rowling by the level of interest that he provides in his book. Congratualations, you are a wiz of an author.
Sicerely,
An extremely happy reader

The author is a new Tom Clancy. His knowledge of the government,the navy and especially submarines is vast. I really stayed up all night to read this book. I hope he has more in the pipeline....the book is fun and informative and a great read

This book is a fast-paced "page-turner." Every time I thought I'd take a break at the end of a chapter, I had to read the first few pages of the next chapter . . . and so on until I finished the book in two sessions. For those who love Clancy, but don't want to spend a month on a book, Blish is the author for you! Well-written, suspenseful, and with a surprising twist at the end, this book will leave you hoping Blish has another one going to print soon.

Sucks you right in. You can see it clear as if it were on the big screen -- which it will be if Gollywood is still up for the terrorist twist now that Uncle's saved the world from WMD. Blish knows human nature and the establishment -- the good, the bad and the ugly. You could learn something here. Characters are animated in tense, clever moves with keen sensitivity and 3-D clarity as the stakes ratchet upward. Clancy with feeling.

Nelson offers a thorough and engaging understanding of important ancient ways of knowing that blends the practical "how-to" with enough theory to appreciate their wisdom. It gave me a chance to step outside our usual perspectives and try out other ways of seeing myself and the world. This is a rich resource for personal change or theoretical interpretation.

Nelson offers a thourough and engaging understanding of important ancient ways of knowing that blends the practical "how-to" with enough theory to appreciate their wisdom. It gave me a chance to step outside our "normal" perspectives and try out other ways of seeing myself and the world. This is a rich resource for personal change or theoretical interpretation.

Nelson's book is a great for anyone seeking to blend ancient wisdom with current issues. It is easy to read yet full of important, well researched concepts. I highly recommend it!

I was given this BIble as a gift 5 years ago and I still read from it daily. ITs streghts lie in the fact that it is firmly evangelical and believes in the inspiration of Scripture. In the opening pages one will see that hundredrs of renown scholars have contributed to the articles and annotations. What I particularly liked about it was that it examined 'hard passages' in thier biblical context, offered the opposing views, and then gently espoused thier view based on solid exegesis. Also pf note are the word studies, in depth articles, and special excerpts that focus on a hot doctrine of SCriptre. Evem more amazing is the factt htat the scholars who contributed did not hammer their opinions down your throat, sometimes never voicing them at all! For example, many of the contributors came from Dallas Theological Seminary, yet you wil not find them throwing dispensationalism down your throat. However, the main editors, Dr. Earl Radmacher and others come from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary. Other institutions represented range from New Orleans Baptist to Princeton.
Bottom line:
I have over 20 refernece and study bibles and this one I will recommend over any, including Ryrie. This book changed my devotions and bible studies.

This is the one study Bible that I have given away to young men entering the ministry. The word studies, charts, articles, and the running commentary at the bottom of every page are excellent. Cross references are consistent with the NKJ translation and are always helpful. This study Bible is not for the lazy scholar, but for serious Christians.

This bible is very informative in helping one to understand the Bible. Thanks for creating it.

I bought this as a reference guide, but found I had a great deal of difficulty putting it down. The explanations are comprehensive, informative and not only guide you through the bible, but give you a history of the people and their time.

If you are only going to buy one resource to go with your Bible then this is it! A Bible dictionary is very important for looking up not only key Biblical terms to help you understand an unfamiliar term, but this Bible dictionary has a vast amount of archeological & historical data, color picutes and maps, outlines and concise summarys for each book of the Bible and information about it's authors. This book has a nearly unlimited amount of reference potential. I highly recommend Nelson's Bible dictionary.

If you are a student of the Bible and you can only afford one quality Bible dictionary, get this one. If you already have another dictionary, get this one - it will soon become your favorite. Big, colorful, READABLE print and index - it is exactly what a student needs to find things fast and to have a clear explanation when he finds it. Worth the investment.

I enjoyed this book well enough to send a copy of it to my Father and an Aunt, who also grew up Lutheran. They enjoyed it, too.

. . . grow up Lutheran and in the Midwest, you may not appreciate the total humor of this book, but it's still a delightfully witty, tongue-in-cheek commentary on a by-gone era. Once started, I couldn't put it down, because it called up a flood of memories, everything from Sunday School pins to Mother-Daughter banquets to cemetary upkeep. It was MY life they were talking about. For those of you who did (grow up Lutheran in the Midwest), it a journey back into time; for those of you who didn't, it's an education about a whole bunch of us who sit quietly here in the Midwest doing what come naturally.

This book reignited old memories of growing up in the Swedish Lutheran Church. My grandmother was a member of the legendary Martha Society and probably cooked more chicken that Perdue has ever processed. I roared with laughter over the church characters portrayed. Unfortunately they are not unique. This is a must buy!

The main attraction of the book is the photography. Large, well-reproduced photos of important or interesting naval items. Most are dynamic and excellent shots, though a few have depth-of-field problems--Lengthy objects sometimes have the close or far end slightly out of focus.

The accompanying text for each item is brief, basically a lengthy caption. In some cases, I wanted more detail. Some of the petty details that are included are very interesting, though. My favorite was the reaction of dockworkers in England to the Navy effort to build ships of long-lasting teak in the Far East. When their jobs were threatened by foreign competition, the English shipwrights began spreading rumors of how teak splinters were poisonous!

The selection of subjects is EXCELLENT, with almost all of them in wonderful shape. The collections of a number of museums were used, as well as the ship HMS VICTORY at Portsmouth. Oddly, I don't remember any items from the outstanding naval museum at Portsmouth, however.

Highly recommended for the illustrations, though if you really want to know details of how items of rigging and such were used, you will want to supplement this book with another that has better text (and probably has greatly inferior illustrations). The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea would be a good choice.

Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey and Maturin novels are unsurpassed for their historical accuracy, their swashbuckling plots, and for piquing the desire of non-sailors (like me) to learn more about the nautical technology of the Napoleonic era. HEART OF OAK answers the need of the nautically-challenged for an illustrated glossary of this technology. But even better, it offers both the non-sailor and sailor alike an "insider's view" of life on board a typical British warship of the time. Through its brilliant photographs of common everyday items, it answers the small but nagging questions raised by O'Brien's descriptions of shipboard life, such as what did the grog cup of a common sailor look like, how big is a holystone, and what's a deadeye and how does it work? HEART OF OAK is a great improvement over the usual dry nautical encyclopedias that merely catalog the naval equipment of the time. Like the Aubrey and Maturin novels, it pumps blood into the sinews of history. Handsomely designed, elegantly and sparely written, McGuane has given us a treasure trove of images and visceral insights that enhances O'Brien's works, but also stands solidly on its own as a poetic pictorial history of Nelson's navy.

I'm so glad I found this fabulous book for my husband who is a HUGE Patrick O'Brien fan. Not knowing much about naval history myself, I found myself immersed for an hour or so in this great, visual history book. The photographs are wonderful - the subject matter is by turns exciting, majestically beautiful, and sometimes a bit gruesome! - the writing is concise and leaves you wanting to learn more. I'm now inspired to hit the O'Brien books myself! A perfect gift for history buffs.

this book brings smiles and sometimes belly laughs as one navigates the trials of grandmotherhood. it makes a terrific gift for any age grandmother.

WHAT A DELIGHT ! COULDN'T HELP BUT TO RELATE TO HER FAMILY SITUATIONS. FOUND MYSELF LAUGHING OUT LOUD. SORRY THE BOOK WAS SO SHORT. HOPE THAT THERE IS A SEQUEL.

Incredible! This book is the perfect gift for the first time grandmother (or for the any time grandmother), and it wouldn't hurt to give it to grandpa, as well. You know that all of the incidents that are described have to be true. They couldn't be anything else. Read it and learn. You cannot find another book that conveys the same message ...