Jacket Blurb: "A LORD'S PRAYER: Ever since he'd returned from Waterloo, Col. Richard DeLacey, Earl of Rochdale, could think of nothing save the angelic beauty who's appeared on the battlefield to tend his wounds. Her saucily up-tilted nose, serious blue-gray eyes, and soldier's courage were imprinted on his heart and soul forever. All he wanted now was to find his mysterious savior and make her his wife. ---A LADY'S ANSWER: Elizabeth Discoll, who's faced the guns of war with scarcely a tremble, quaked at the thought of the imminent London Season. A country doctor's daughter, she knew she was impossibly declasse at a rout hosted by society's greatest catch: Lord DeLacey. Until he embraced her in his library and announced that they must be wed! She thought him mad...and his kisses sinfully delightful. But the ton was in the worst snit of all, determined to stop a match that was shocking, scandalous-- and heavensent..."

This book is worth reading just to have a piece of the 4-book story. However, after reading THE LADY AND THE SPY which I really enjoyed and which motivated me to buy the rest of the 4, I was disappointed in this one. The storyline was very promising but Ellis took three of the key supporting characters over the top so much so that they started to really irritate and bore me rather than interest or amuse me. The Elizabeth character's father is also a baronet in addition to being a doctor. So what's the problem with the match being unacceptable to so many?

It seemed like Ellis' characters started getting out of her control and leaving her original storyline and character outlines to do their own things. A rewrite of the earlier part of the book might have avoided this feeling of inconsistency that I kept getting here and there. I just grew impatient to finish this book.

The entire series of books by Monique Ellis on DeLacey and the characters introduced here are wonderful. They keep you on the edge of your seat with mystery, twists of fate, and surprises popping up. I wish she would write more books on the people introduced through these books.

This book was wonderful in the depth of statistics and in its anecdotal approach to the difficult task of working with high conflict families. The background research was meticulous. I was disappointed in the lack of specificity of detail about "Clinical Technique" necessary to work with these families. I was hoping for an approach suited to the actual nuts and bolts of working in the trenches. Too many books in this area talk about how badly divorced couples act, too few actually address, or share, what works to get them through the maze.

This book is a must read for parents of divorce, psychologists, judges, lawyers, and most importantly gaurdians-at-litem. We have seen how effectively a child's mind can be turned against the parents with the return of Elizabeth Smart. This is an example of The Stockholm Syndrome similar to what Parental Alienation is as described in Ms Ellis book. It is important to note that this book is publshed by The American Psychological Assn: It is sad that the court system regarding divorce and the gaurdian-at-litem program is sexist in the extreme in denying rights to fathers. The prevailing notion is that: women are good and thqt men are bad. Ms. Ellis describes this in detail and gives us a prescription for change. Will the courts heed her?

In " The Captain's Doll" the reader experiences a relationship that is not well-accepted by society. The Captain Hepburn and his mistress Hannele. The love in an affair is not a twosided love, usually one person ends up giving themselves more than the other person involved. Hannele questions herself throughout her relationship with the Captain and the intergery of their love. He does not want to love her and all she wants to do is love him. The story is very easy to read and short. It is a great book and I truly recommend it.

I had to read this book for a literature class, and it was chosen to be our favorite by far. The discussions deepened from lesbians, co-dependancy, and control. Of the three main characters we actually found five. Each lady has a different personality depending on what name she is called by. We may be reaching but it was interesting backing it up with the text. If you enjoy D.H. Lawrence you will love this novella.

I like the book, but the translation seems confusing at times. For example, on p. 29: "The channels and network vessels include the channel vessels and the network vessels." What does this mean, exactly? Grammatically, the sentence says only that "channels" include "channel vessels" (since network vessels obviously include network vessels -- the sentence is redundant.) Also, grammatically, "channel vessels" should be a kind of vessel, related to channels (as opposed to networks). To make things more confusing, a few lines later, we get: "There are two types of channel vessels: the twelve channels and the eight extraordinary vessels." This sentence says that a "channel" is a type of "channel vessel", which seems to contradict the earlier sentence (which said that a "channel vessel" was a type of channel), as well as the notion that a "channel vessel" is a type of vessel. As a software engineer experienced in object-oriented analysis, I'm frustrated that I'm completely unable to determine the relationship between "channels", "channel vessels", "network vessels", "extraordinary vessels", and "vessels".

This is one of the better introductory texts to the study of Chinese medical theory. What it has and others lack are helpful footnotes along the way to solidify the many, often confusing and sometime non-discernable, concepts in Chinese medicine. In addition, readers are eased into the basics of Chinese materia medica by having such information intertwined within the theoretical discourse. A real gem.

I read this book primarily for two reasons. I am a nursing student and I have to do a review on this book, as well examine this book for myself. I thought this book had realistic ideals on how people handle their anger as well as what we feel. When it came to discussing the ABC's of anger it left me in a stump. When you write a book you should in lamins terms explain everything as if the audience has no clue in what you are talking about. I believe that in this book they wrote it as if we knew exactly what he was pointing out when in reality it was confusing. It helps there again point out views but it doesn't really lay it out in fine print on what to do with your emotions, and feelings of anger.

The authors present both an overall framework for controlling anger and a multitude of specific techniques you can use. This very practical book is written in a much more modern style than most of Ellis' previous books. If you want results and are willing to work for them, order this book--and start working. These methods work!

Maybe it's me but I prefer to read Dr. Ellis' books to the tapes. The tapes just don't seem to have the impact,at least for me.This one went on and on about some guy's sex life and learning how to come correctly. I'm not a prude but I would hesitate to loan this to my mother or someone not as comfortable with blunt sexual language.Still I have a great deal of respect for REBT and like the books.

At the time I bought this book, I was unaware of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, had never heard of Dr. Albert Ellis, and wasn't really looking to solve any particular anxiety problem of my own. Always a fan of Dale Carnegie's "How to ..." instructional writings, I figured this would be a new perspective on a popular and important subject. What I learned was that Dr. Ellis has extensive experience (since 1943) in psychotherapy and actually devised REBT in 1955. Like Carnegie, he is quite good at putting his research and wisdom into books (more than sixty), and turning this knowledge into useful information for those who might be trying to solve a problem related to emotion and personality.

To me, the most important part of REBT is "Rational," the exercise of thinking through what is causing anxiety, why your beliefs about it are unfounded (i.e., irrational) and unnecessary, and what you can do to convince yourself that anxiety can be lessened, if not eliminated, through a formulaic rational process. Throughout most of this book, Dr. Ellis clearly describes nearly twenty very specific methods for controlling anxiety. This was all new to me, but I found the methods to make total sense, and imagined that almost all of us could find any number of these helpful in addressing specific anxiety scenarios.

The way in which Dr. Ellis sets forth the varying aspects of REBT is impressive. He's easy to read, and almost grandfatherly in his tone. Each method is portrayed first by explanation, then by documenting a real example using one of his psychotherapy patients. The last three chapters contain 231 "Rational Maxims" which sum up the main points of the methods discussed in detail earlier, and are written in the first person for us to recite when REBT enforcement is needed. Good idea! Some might find this book to be a little repetitive (therapy is like that), and thus may be better off with the abridged version. For someone new to REBT, I'm glad Dr. Ellis presented these methods in a comprehensive manner, and I'll always have the Rational Maxims for review on short order.

I was the final editor of this book. I spent a week secreted at Lake Tahoe making the corrections. I thought the cover was rather garish, but this is a book with a lot of heart. George Ellis spent a lot of time helping people who, otherwise, would have had little hope.

This book is an inspiration and should be put back into print.

I am the editor of this book, and I'm sorry to see it out of print. It had a rather garish cover, but the heart of the book was one of compassion and deep caring.

George Ellis spent countless hours working behind bars to bring this meditation technique to prison lifers. I helped George teach the program at San Quentin, and every Tuesday evening, deep within the bowels of San Quentin, we would sit with men who would be there for the rest of their lives, to meditate and bring them a little understanding about the world within themselves; to help them find a little peace.

This book is a valuable history lesson about alternate rehabilitation techniques. At Folsom, the TM technique was taught to men who were to be released within 3 to 6 months. The rate of recidivism among these men was half of that of the general population.

This book chronicles the teaching of the TM Technique behind bars at San Quentin, Folsom, the Redwood County Jail, and other institutions around the world. I highly recommend it as a text for criminologists, psychologists, and all incarcerated people.

I had previously bought the "Just Enough Dutch" book, which was great because I haven't heard enough Dutch spoken to truly get the distinct sounds down pat - as you know, there are certain nuances in every language that you really have to hear to really get the language - and the phonetics used were fantastic. Well, I HAVE heard German spoken, so I have quite an idea as to how it's supposed to sound; when I was at a local bookstore, I browsed this "Just Enough German" book - and was pleased at how closely it captures the true German sound.

For instance, in most "teach yourself German" books, you'll read some rather vague (if well-intentioned) explanation as to how the "ch" sound is supposed to sound. Well, it's not easy for most English speakers to really get unless you hear it; it's not exactly a "sh" sound, but it sounds closer to "sh" than most other sounds we use. And THAT is how you'll see words like "Ich" or "mochte" (forgive the lack of umlaut dots over the o) represented phonetically in this book. So, while you won't EXACTLY capture the sound of Standard German used officially in Germany today, you'll get the sound closely enough to be well understood (and, by the way, I once spoke to a fellow who had resided in Germany for several years; he informed me that, in certain dialects in German, the exact "sh" sound IS used!)

Well, in any event, I'd recommend the "Just Enough" series for anyone who wants to learn a language that they're interested in but not all that familiar with. These folks really get the sounds and grammar down on paper in a way that you can easily grasp.

This is a compact book that provides a big service to the traveler. It is easy to carry, which is no small matter when travelling. The book's sections are divided by types of conversations and/or day-to-day scenarios in which a traveler would likely find him/herself. Examples of sections include: transportation, shopping, accomodations, dining. It is easy to read and has all the basics to get you through your travels in Germany. The only downside is that it lacks a dictionary section, making it difficult to look up an unknown word quickly. As the title implies, this is not a comprehensive guide, but it will get you through most travel situations.

...So we won't make much effort writing a book. This guide to the Hungarian language begins with an explanation that locals will "feel gratified" that you're making an attempt at Hungarian and will "probably go out of their way to understand you." The editors' view is that Hungarian is very difficult to pronounce, so why bother with much of a pronunciation guide, so "just wing it." Hmm, well. To be fair, they do offer phonetic transliterations beneath each phrase that approximate the proper pronciation while still being pronounceable by English speakers. Still, since they offer three (whoo! three!) pronunciation hints in the pronunciation guide, they might have made a point of also mentioning something pretty major such as "J' apparently is pronounced as a "Y". However, they let you figure that out as you go along. Again, to be fair, the book is very economical and should be sufficient for a short trip.

I was deployed to Hungary last year and this book was extremely helpful. It not only spells out commonly used phrases but tells how to pronounce them. It also gives tips on Hungarian pronunciation in general, as well as the alphabet. I showed this book to our Hungarian translator and he said it was very accurate. I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone traveling to Hungary!

As a Ladino novice (with a good background in Spanish), I hoped this dictionary would help me gain the skills I need to understand and compose messages in an online Ladino e-mail group. I was somewhat disappointed to find that many Ladino words encountered in everyday writing are not included, but I understand that this is a problem inherent in all but the most comprehensive dictionaries. More seriously, the English-Ladino section is only about one third the size of the Ladino-English section. My biggest complaint is the absence of a language synopsis, showing the forms of personal pronouns and the conjugation of irregular (or even regular) verbs. Instead, a few of the verb inflections are included in the body of the dictionary, but this is very hit-and-miss. For example, in the E-L section we see that BE is SER or ESTAR (with no explanation of the difference between those two), but in the L-E section I could find ES (with no explanation that it is part of SER), SOMOS, and SON, but not the other parts of the present indicative active of SER.

Most of the entries have only one- or two-word definitions, but for some of the uniquely Ladino words an extended definition provides a nice window into Sephardic culture. I get the impression that the authors provided such definitions for topics that specifically interested them.

I was particularly delighted by the list of Ladino proverbs. Overall, the dictionary is helpful and well worth the money. Still, if I had been able to find a better Ladino/English dictionary, I probably would have given this one only two stars.

It is amazing to find out that something I thought was so distant (the Sefardic culture) returned so clear and present when going through this Kohen's (Elli and Dahlia) masterpiece. All the words that I looked for, (which are part of my childhood, since it was the language mostly spoken at home), were easily found and explained. Expressions, proverbs and popular sayings are unseparable parts of the Sefardic culture and way of being. The authors have exactly caught the spirit.The book is not only a dictionary, but a very interesting source of research that has given me many hours of enchantement. Mashallah!