A book like this really works better in Hard Back. Not a bad deal in soft, but really calls out for the solid feel of endurance. You will read it over and over. Normandy Ellis is a treasure and you will hold this book with reverence.

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Normandy Ellis is to literature what the Allman Brothers and Little Feat are to music. Culture and tradition are woven together with grit and realism as beans and rice find their place together on the plate. In short, you must read this book to consider yourself literate (unless you are an ignorant carpetbagger).

"He who testivies to these things says, 'Yes, I am coming quickly.'" Revelation 22:20

Verses like this in the Bible have plagued me with doubt as long as I can remember. How could the Lord be coming quickly if these words were written 1900 years ago? Throughout the last two millenniums, Christians have always believed the Second Coming was at hand. Doesn't this seem to take away from the validity of the Bible? I struggled with this problem until I read this book.

SOZO by Ellis Skolfield is a must-read to any Bible scholar, skeptic, or student. It is intense reading filled with historical facts backed up by prophetic scripture. From the Islamic mosque, the Dome of the Rock, sitting high on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, to the uncanny victory of Israel in the Six-Day War, this book does what no other book on the market does: its shows us how Bible prophecy is real.

This book challenges your beliefs....makes you get into the WORD and question what and why you have been taught the doctrines of your church..... make your minister and friends read it to begin a worthy discussion

The late great satirical magazine SPY took upon itself the duty of harassing those oh-so-fashionable novelists of the 1980's: Tama Janowitz, Bret Easton Ellis, and especially Jay McInerney (who got a cover story by his angry ex-wife.) This book is a parody of Cliff Notes and features SPY's trademark withering sarcasm. It's really quite nastily entertaining. Most of it was written by Paul Simms, who later went on to write and produce the marvelous sitcom "NewsRadio." (One of the authors mocked here at the beginning of his career is David Foster Wallace, who has gone on to reveal himself as a major talent.)

For anyone who had to read any of those dreadful 1980's "voice of his/her generation" books, and I find it hard to believe that anyone ever read any of them voluntarily, this sendup is a must. This sort of satire is what made the old Spy great.

The best literate companion for a trip to the four corners area of US. It has selections from writings touching all areas where curiousity may take you as you travel through the deserts and canyons of the Anasazi.

Stories and Stone: Writing the Anasazi Homeland is a beautifully conceived, designed, and engaging work. The book sheds new light and understanding on the ancestral puebloan people. Reuben Ellis' forward and introductory essays to each excerpt engender a deeper appreciation and cultural awareness of the southwest and its history. Excerpts from Tony Hillerman, Wallace Stegner, Marietta Wetherill, Frank Waters, and Terry Tempest Williams were among my favorite--leaving me with a strong desire find and camp in a secluded canyon beneath the silent, ghostly ruins of the Anasazi

I have many good gardening books but this is the one I refer to constantly and suggest to my friends. Arranged alphabetically, the mini-chapter on each plant contains all the information I need to make decisions on purchasing, choosing a site, planting, growing tips, and propagating. The final section in each chapter suggests companion plants that mix well and like the same conditions. To top it off, this is a beautiful book with excellent photographs of the entire plant in its natural surrounding. GET THIS BOOK.

This is the best guide to home gardening I have seen, combining ease of use with authoritative information. The brief notes are to the point, the photographs are excellent, information is easy to find, and the full entries are exceptionally well done. A pleasure to read, this work will surely become the standard reference on home gardening.

In the most conversational tone, Dr. Ellis invites new teachers to create classrooms that fully engage real children in real situations that result in real understanding. Infused in each chapter is a reminder of the ultimate purpose of education, which is the development of inquisitive and thoughtful people who can investigate life and solve problems cooperatively. He does a remarkable job of avoiding the trap of sacrificing depth for breadth. A good portion of this book is actually a literacy text encouraging every teacher to develop thoughtful and effective reading, writing, and communication by establishing a culture of inquiry and response and shared culture. His introductory chapters are actually short outstanding synopses of educational theory.

Ellis communicates a deep respect for the subject matter concepts and how children can grasp them as opposed to the random collection of facts. Considering other texts of its type, this looks like Joy of Cooking compared to Betty Crocker.

I enter graduate school in the fall in elementary education. I have no education credits in my bachelors, so I picked up this book to give me some background about social studies. My first graduate class will be "How to teach social studies." This is an excellent overview and is written in a very easy-to-understand fashion. The "sidebars" of information and the "checkups" on assessing your personal values system are very helpful. I am grateful Dr. Ellis took the time to write it and I am sure it will help prepare me for the graduate class on the subject.

Technology and the Future of Health Care, by David Ellis, has been named Book of the Year (2001) by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Chicago, IL. HIMSS is a membership group of approximately 12,000 health care information technology and management professionals. The award will be formally presented in February, 2001.

An important titles on issues in health care which will appeal to any examining the future of health care, David Ellis' Technology And The Future Of Health Care examines the implications of technological change and health care management. Chapters explain how new technologies will change health care throughout the system, from artificial intelligence and cyborg developments to patient management and information systems.

This is the best book available regarding the little-known and mysterious transient orcas. In addition to having a detail catolgue of each transient whale in B.C waters, the book analysis and discuss the distinct behaviour and hunting styles of the transients, which are completely different from the salmon-eating resident killer whales.

Futhermore, there are numerous rare and spectacualr photos showing transients launching into the air and attacking their preys. This shows why Killer Whales are called "killers". For while these whales do not attack or eat man, they are highly efficient predators, no marine mammal is safe from transient whales. Read this book and you will understand why.

This is the definitive source for information on the transient or mammal hunting race of killer whales of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. If you are serious about learning what there is to know about these fascinating superpredators-this is THE book to buy. I am a naturalist on a whale watch boat in the San Juan Islands and we use this book constantly to inform our guests about the "alter egos" of our salmon eating Resident Orcas. Fabulous pictures and incredible stories.

I bought this book about a year and a half ago and my daughter who is now 6 still enjoys this book. I used to read her stories from it every night because it is her absolute favorite. Eventually, she started picking up the book and reading me stories from it. It is not only great because it is written in a way that small children can understand, but, as stated before, it allows children to develop the skills to read alone.

It is a great buy.

When we received Treasury of Bedtime Stories as a gift for our 4-year old, I never dreamed what a favorite this book would become. Though we have hundreds of books to choose from, she has requested this every night for nearly three months.

More amazingly, our 7-year old son (a fluent reader) and our 18-month old toddler clammer up on our 4-year old's bed so they can share in these stories too.

Why did I rate this as 5 stars? Two reasons: (1) Your children will love the illustrations. The illustrations are colorful, realistic and plentiful. There's a BIG picture on every page for the children to study, and often they'll notice things such as Little Bear's expression (in The Three Bears) or how much Goldilocks looks like a person they know. Or, how the Little Billy Goat (in the Billy Goats Gruff tale) looks surprisingly happy as he bounces across the Troll's bridge. The pictures are detailed enough to convey this kind of realism. (2) Both you and your children will love the quantity and selection of stories. There are LOTS of stories, and these are classics that we know will help prepare our kids to be "culturally literate" (see E.G. Hirsch books). From Rumpelstiltskin to Little Red Riding Hood, from The Ugly Duckling to The Pied Piper of Hamlin, you'll find you and your child can discuss life lessons conveyed by these stories, and refer back to them later. There are 19 stories in all, each a hearty 20 pages (10 pages of text, 10 of pictures) in length.

Why do I write this review? I always wonder if the folks writing these reviews are actually the publishers (or illustrators, etc.) of these books. (Cynical, aren't I?) My reason for writing this is that I logged on to Amazon.com hoping to order this as a gift for two of our children's friends. Unfortunately, I learned that it will take 4 to 6 weeks (!) to get the book to the birthday children in question. So, I hope that those of us who discover how wonderful this book is will encourage Amazon.com to improve the availability of this book to other readers.

Happy reading!

Ellis Rivkin has written a book that confronts head-on the erroneous perception that the Jews crucified Jesus. This would be a surprise to most Christians. It was to me. With a reasoned and enlightened style, Rivkin takes us back to the historical, religious and political context of the New Testament, with special analysis of what it was like to be an observant Jew living in Israel under total Roman domination at a time when Jews, as today, were doctrinally divided on key interpretations of Scripture, such as the resurrection from the dead, temple worship, and messiah. Essentially what Rivkin does for us is to provide the vital historial, religious, and political context to the New Testament (NT) narratives, a context that is missing or out of focus for most Christians, who, wanting to focus mainly on the Gospel message, also absorb the palpable anti-Jewish tone throughout the narratives. Rivkin points out repeatedly that the anti-Jewish tone must be understood in the right context and cannot be construed as being anti-semitic in intent or interpreted as some kind of justication for the Christ-killer libel that has been propagated against Jews for centuries. In other words, for Christians, there is no justification based on NT Scripture that the Jews crucified Jesus; and, for Jews, there is no justification for slandering the writers of the NT by saying that they hated the Jewish people and thereby have spread their presumed hatred to the world through the NT Gospels, Letters, and histories. There is much more to this book, and it is worth the inexpensive price. It should be read by itself for the analysis and style, although it is repetitive in places because it is apparently an edited compilation of speeches by the author on the topic of Christian anti-semitism. An if any Christian doubts the extent of Christian anti-semitism in Church history and today, let him or her also read another seminal title, "The Anguish of the Jews" by the eminent and scholarly priest-author Edward Flannery, who died in 10/98 in his 80's. These books deal with a topic that is as current as today's headlines, on an issue that is at the heart of peace and justice in the world today, and at the heart the prophetic stories in the Bible. Importantly, Rivkin's book can give Jews and Christians another reason to understand and even trust each other a little bit more because of their common heritage and their G-d, in spite of doctrinal differences.

The author uses a unique style of analysis to bring new meaning to the documents and events we have read about for years. His understanding of the need for adaptation of social organism, imitation of structure and the need occasionaly in the crisis of survival to mutate old belief is crucial to an understanding of both historical Judaism and the subsequent development of Judaism's most powerful idea: monotheism. The reader will under stand all of historical religious development when the central question of religious history is kept in the foreground: How do we explain that the one God of the universe will take care of the covenant that was revealed to Abraham. Each stage of faith is a result of any answer to that question.