This book is pretty much the anecdotal story of the author's life and spiritual journey through her childhood conversion to the Southern Baptist church, her later "backsliding," and her adult experiences as a mother in a secular home. Mixed in is some exposition and essay on fundamentalism.

The style is very chatty and not particularly focused--it has many generalizations based on the author's personal experiences, with little apparent effort at outside research or fitting her experiences into a larger context. As a result, the book suffers from some definite weaknesses in writing, style, and content that may frustrate readers looking for something more.

That said, this is a very personal, real story that will appeal to anyone who is interested in fundamentalist religions.

I applaud the author's courage in writing this book and her effort in self-publishing. I encourage you to visit the author's website where you can also buy the e-book or paperback directly from the author.

I read this book with great interest. Initially, I was intrigued by the title and as I read, I became fascinated with the story. The author weaves a brilliant tale of her experiences with religion and her personal journey away from the grip it had on her mind. Readers are offered intimate entry into the life of the author and may find solace in the degree of honesty and humility provided. I became envious of the courage shown and I was able to gain insight into the process of losing one's religion. For those of us unable to understand the hold religion may have upon a life and the struggles of altering one's view of the world, this book provides a window of opportunity. Not only has my understanding of this expereience improved but my respect for those who travel similar journeys has increased tremendously. Even my compassion for those contemplating such a life-altering analysis of their beliefs has deepened. It is a difficult road to take but with this book in hand, it may be easier - the results certainly seem to make it all worthwhile. I am confident this book would be a useful read for many audiences and I, for one, am looking forward to the continuing saga of the author's life.

"Your Preacher May Not Want You To Read This" is a must read for Christians and Heathens alike. I say Christians, because I believe that they would benefit from a secular view of their religion, especially as told by this engaging and honest ex-Christian.

"Your Preacher May Not Want You To Read This" is interesting, humorous,and has a happy secular ending. I highly recommend this wonderful book.

I found this book to be a wonderful teaching aid for an osteology student. It shows realistic pictures for each bone and helps students to learn indepth information about each. This book works great as a lab guide but lacks in some areas. There are times when measurements could be better explained or additional information given. Overall, this is a great companion to other osteological text.

I was a student of Dr. Claud Bramblett, and this book teaches as wonderfully as he does! The pictures are excellent, and show every angle of the bones, and the book also gives basic regression formulas for estimating stature.

If you like to hike, but don't like to spend too long in the mountains, this book is for you. Very well thought out and rich in detail, I've found the suggested hikes to be quite accurate in their descriptions, times, etc. One of the hardest things about day hikes is knowing how long it will take, and how you will get started and finished. the authors of this book went to great lenghts to make sure that they give you exactly the kind of information you need. I've hiked about 10 of the trails mentioned in this book, and I loved every mile of them--i even made it back in time for dinner :-)

It was incredible to have somewhere to look that didn't give me 45 day journey's. I found the best trails and the steepest trails right at my fingertips. Because of this book, my husband and I decided to spend our week long vacation hiking the trail instead of day trips in NY, NJ and PA!

In its roughly 50 parts, all written by experienced cooks and cook book writers, HP Books' "The Book of ... Cooking" series takes you to the cuisines of various regions of the U.S. and around the world; all in easy to follow, well-explained recipes.

This installment, the Book of Hot and Spicy Foods, starts with an A to Z listing of the zesty and tangy spices used in this collection, and then presents suggestions for all major courses, from appetizers and snacks to desserts and beverages. Special chapters are dedicated to main courses, sauces, chutneys and pickles. Classics such as baklava, barbecue sauce, spareribs, satays, assorted curries, chicken tandoori, chili con carne, falafel, gado gado, guacamole, gluehwein, hot mulled cider, lassi, mulligatawny soup and nasi goring appear next to unique dishes such as berries with pepper sauce, curry cream mussels, apple chutney, mustard mozzarella pork, pears in pineapple cream, and wine and pepper cream sauce.

From anchovy spread to yogurt tomato cooler, this collection of recipes, while not all-encompassing, is a great introduction to the endless possibilities of spicing up a meal - and at a relative bargain price, to boot.

The Book of Hot & Spicy Foods is nicely illustrated with color photos, usually four per recipe.

I picked out fourteen recipes to try: Mussel & Saffron Soup, Oriental Gingered Shrimp, Creole Gumbo Pot, Mulligatawny Soup, Chili Bean Tacos, Clam & Shrimp Chowder, Nasi Goreng, Lamb & Mushroom Korma, Ceylonese Chicken Curry, Indonesian Coconut Sauce (for my Indonesian coconuts, of course) Mango Chutney (great with pork roast) Pickled Red Cabbage (serve it with the pork roast) Pickled Cabbage, Berries with Pepper Sauce (an unexpected flavor combination) and Ginger Beer.

These are pretty representative of the book and they're delicious. I wish the book had been longer.

This book is a competently written biography. It puts into an easily-grasped perspective the full gammut of Shipton's climbing and exploring career and it gives much on his personal life and what he did between expeditions that is not available from his own books. It deals dispassionately but sensitively with such issues as the leadership debacle that preceded the '53 Everest expedition, and shares Shipton's views of his climbing companions, Tilman's reticence, for example. One thing that tickled my interest was that it reveals the sources of many of the pithy comments and aphorisms that have passed into mountaineering lore, such as Tom Bourdillon's comment on food: "The main thing is that there should be some". I couldn't put this book down.

This book together with Shipton's "The Six Mountain- Travel Books" and "That Untravelled World" let you fully understand the life of the great mountain explorer. Blanks in his life, never told in his books, are finally filled up!

I am new to the internet so I needed a book written for a dummy. This book was not as easy for me to understand as some of the other books I checked out from the library. I got lost and fell asleep.

This book can take you from ground zero to up and running your own web page through its clear consise graphics and explanations. There are also plenty of easy-to-follow exercises that put the subject matter to use. I learned more in less time than with any other book I have seen on the subject

The illustrations are wonderful. The language is simple enough for even my not-quite-four-year-old to answer. But every culture in the world, from Incas to Arabs to Englishmen, get at least one illustration and one explanation. There's an illustration of a church, a minaret and a Moslem school. The word "Jew" appears in the book twice. You're kidding, right? Apparently, all cultures in the world, including ones that sacrificed children, are equal except for the Jewish one. Ironically, Jews were a strong presence in the Middle Ages throughout the world, so the omission is glaring, and offensive.

Both my children (ages four and nine) love this book! It has great visuals and excellent explantions about questions kids ask. Of course, they loved reading about how people didn't bath and threw their waste out the windows! They argue over who gets to read it in the car. We paid much more for the book in England! I would also recommend this book for older students (grades 4-8) with limited reading abilities

I have just finished reading this book and to be honest I found it quite tough going. Recommended to me by an academic of Lawrence's work, he had to concede afterwards that perhaps it wasn't the ideal introduction to a new reader. What this story lacks mostly is a good old fashioned yarn, but instead seems to be a vehicle for the author to convey many of his thoughts on relationships between men and men, men and women and politics in general.

I can't be too specific on the authors ideas as I freely admit that much of this went "in one ear and out the other" as I frequently found after reading certain paragraphs I was left thinking "I have no idea what he was just talking about". Concentration therefore was fundamental to enjoying this book, and on the few occasions when I was truely focussed and emmersed, some of the ideas were interesting and rewarding.

This is a semi autobiographical account of Lawrence's own experiences in Australia, but strangly I found the most interesting part of the book was the "Nightmare" chapter, dedicated to the character's account of being in England during World War One. This too, mirrors the authors own experiences during this turbulent time.

Maybe I should go for the better known novels next time...

Tnis was the book that made me realize just how clever Lawrence was. His spiritual and analytical insight into the nature of a bastardized and inconquerable continent is just breathtaking, and it truly is a work of a supremely sensitive and perceptive individual.

Lawrence explores such depths that there are sometimes sinister truths and realizations that erupts from Lawrences mind, in the guise of the main character. This is a haunting and sad book, that pulls your mind completely into the wonder of Lawrences intellectual capacity and genius for seeing the imperciptible, where so many fail to. I love you Lorenzo, thank goodness for your genius.

you've honked at those crazy mthrfkrs weaving through traffic with bags of cargo and walkie talkies--but you've never asked yourself if they can write poetry; or if they represent the last stand of american fashion--postpunk primitive mad max though it may be. if you live in the sticks, buy this book and pretend you see bicycle messengers all the time. if you're the city mouse, quit your worthless job and get yerself 2 wheels.

The photographs in this book are amazing...this is one of the coolest books on street style to come out in a long time. The cover and packaging are kinda funky too (it comes with this rubber belly band). If you live in New York, there's a good chance you'll recognise one of these whacky looking messengers. Original.

No, he's not quite like Golden Age Heinlein. I doubt GA Heinlein would've had anything like a biker in his work. Nor would he have approved of weed in the hydroponics chamber. But he fits into the hard-SF groove, and y'know, he's just much less depressing than Gibson, too.

"Reads like Golden Age Heinlein" my butt. It's a down-to-earth (eventually) yarn about a blue-collar construction crew in orbit, a pack of misfits as fascinating as they are bored. They happen to save the free world but, honestly, that's incidental to the drift. A treat for anyone who can't stand swords, sorcerors or space opera.