I SAW GOD is absolutely fantastic! I haven't read any book as brief as I SAW GOD that caused me to think as much as it did. In our family, we have a tradition of reading to our children at bedtime every night. I SAW GOD will be a regular part of that. The book is a wonderful way to open a conversation on a very important topic. Get it, read it, discuss it.

This content of this little book is easily read but not so easily forgotten. The story of the people of Perfect is simple enough; a group of people once in harmony eventually set against one another by their own finite perception of a being they believe is God. When I first read the book my initial thought was that it was just more evidence of American relativism, in this case, one's perception of God being ambushed by each individual's perception. But in all fariness there is much, much more to the story than that.

Since the book's marketers said it would stimulate discussion and communication, I decided to try the book out on our three kids ages 11, 9, and 7. Our 9 year old boy took the book off the coffee table and read it one night before I could even suggest that he do so. He liked it but parts of it confused him, a long interesting conversation ensued. Next came our 7 year old boy, I read him the book while he occasionally sat and occasionally jumped about the room. He loved the pictures but the first question out of his mouth was, "Why would God do that?" Humm, a good question which was followed by another long conversation involving how we relate to people, who is God and even a bit about Egyptians (which he threw in). Finally our 11 year old daughter read the book upon request. She was the least interested in the topic but in her defense being an American 11 year old girl really offers enough stimuli so I suppose the topic of Ultimate Truths has stiff competition from a myriad of other issues.

Given the pleasing results of my little experiment with our three kids I would highly recommend the book to others. But be forewarned, if you read it with your children (or even other friends) they will ask legitimate, difficult and perhaps probing questions that one should be prepared to discuss. But in our home, that is a welcomed way to spend our time with each other.

The Lonely Planet guides are excellent for any locale..but this edition (covering Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Portugal and even Morocco) is a must-read for the quintessential backpacker jumping on a plane for Europa. These guides excel at recommending lodging of many price ranges (from youth hostels to 5-star hotels) and meal choices of the same range (excellent recommendation for outdoor markets.."buy a loaf of bread, a block of cheese and a bottle of wine here"..which is a plus as many guides catering to this area focus on only older travels with large budgets..or persons seeking to spend only a dollar a day or some insanity..it's always good to have the most information possible..and it's included here. Entertainments ideas from free plaza and park visiting to museums, discotechqes, architecture, boat rides etc. etc. are included..good for young and old. It even lists culture-sensitve information such as appropriate dress for visiting churches and monasteries as well as travel-safe tips for women. Book your Eurorail pass and get going.

Lonely Planet has great books and this one certainly was. It's very thorough and tells alot about things that interest travellers. They are up to date and tell you the pros and cons of the different countries. I liked it alot and I know that other people will too.

Great book and one of a great series. I am using these books to teach my children to read. My 31/2 year old has read the first three books. A great way to teach your kids to read. I would like to be able to obtain the full set

wonderful for beginning readers. I taught my daughter to read with the ladybird series when she was four years old.

I first read this book in 1994, and have just read it a second time this week. As I read this book, I had the opportunity to look back at how I have been profoundly influenced by her wisdom, humor, humility and strength.

Reading it this second time around, I chose to do so with for 3 purposes: Develop my ability to attract an excellent board of directors; create wonderful sales literatures that attract people to my seminars. And find more quotes to use, as opening to my seminar presentations.

Wow! I found what I was looking for. And I am sure that when I read it again, in the very near future, I will grow in my life's journey.

Another interesting point that I discovered during this second read is that years ago, when I finished my military career, I had often asked corporate civilians what the difference is between leadership and management -- Sheila Murray-Bethel definitely answers this in this book.

Read this book to get more out of your life.

"Making a Difference" covers many essential areas of leadership such as finding a mission, thinking big, ethics and maturity, mastering change, sensitivity, risk taking and decision making, using power, communication, team building, courage, and committment. Although these topics are covered in many other leadership and personal development books, Bethel does a fantastic job of explaining and supporting them with excellent examples and also showing how to apply them effectively. I found the book very informative, inspiring, and straightforward. Anyone seeking advice on becoming a "true" leader should get this book. It's a good starter book. This book has recieved praise from people such as Zig Ziglar, Denis Waitley, Harvey Mackay, Ken Blanchard, etc.

I would also recommend reading "Leadership from the Inside Out" by Kevin Cashman and "The Book of Leadership Wisdom" and almost any book by Ken Blanchard (like Gung Ho)or John C. Maxwell.

Making a Difference is a leadership classic! Get it now!

An easy read and visual feast, Monet's Passion exposes methods behind the color, texture, layout and scents of his magical gardens. It magnifies one's experience visiting the gardens or his works in galleries, and is a valuable companion to the painter's many works.

Beautiful photographs of the gardens at all seasons. Plant lists. The author tells about the history of Giverny and her experiences as a gardener there. It would have been helpful to know which US zones the plants would be hardy in.

I just finished reading this book and found that it filled in many inconsistencies that I have noted in my mainstream economic study. The author explains clearly and concisely the origins of and money and its importance to any economic system. He proceeds to describe the evolution of banking to its current inflationary state. He clearly shows that this inflationary states results from a combination of fractional reserve banking, the government's grant of monopoly powers through a cental bank (the U.S. Federal Reserve in the case of the U.S.), and the central banks open market operations to manipulate bank reserves (e.g., monetizing debt). Finally, Rothbard makes it clear that the banking industry's inflationary policies are beneficial to the banking industry itself and leave the reader no doubt that this industry has a vested interest in the status-quo.

I found this book to be the most interesting and revealing book I have ever read about the banking system and the Federal Reserve. Rothbard has a very different perspective than most conventional economists, but his explanations are very clear and compelling. He explains how fractional reserve banking makes banks inherently prone to bankruptcy, how the Federal Reserve and other central banks create inflation, and how money has evolved and been debased. Gene Epstein, the Barron's columnist, recently recommended The Mystery of Banking as the best book to read for anyone interested in understanding how our banking system works.

I too kept looking at the date, and still find it hard to believe it was written in the '70's. Todays conferencing systems still aspire to the functionalities that are described in this book.

Len Kawell attributed this book to being one of his key influences when he wrote Notes-11 at Digital, the precursor to the VAX Notes conferencing system. He left and became one of the founders of Iris Associates, the company that brought us Lotus Notes (also starring Tim Halvorsen and Ray Ozzie).

This book indeed is a part of history. After being told it had gone out of print, i've been trying to find a copy for 7 years. Thank god that the reprint became available! It was certainly worth waiting for.

While reading The Network Nation, I had to constantly refer to the publication date on the inside cover, 1978. Indeed, I was reading the revised edition dating back to 1993, but that didn't lessen my amazement. TNN was visionary when it was first published, but it is without question the defining document and perhaps standard reference work for the field of Computer Mediated Communication, or CMC. The authors highly major institutional and private applications of CMC and touch upon the impact of CMC, while addressing the legal and ethical issues intrinsic to the genre. They also provide a review of literature covering the field.

In Hiltz' and Turoff's future, the computer has become as common as the telephone, both at home and at work. Systems remove time and distance, hinting towards what is now referred to as the death of distance. These systems create a relaxed environment where thoughts are exchanged freely and easily, and relationships are formed, both online and off.

Hiltz and Turoff describe, among other things, the first virtual online community, which consisted of what we now call chat (synchronous communication), discussion boards (asynchronous), and customized news. Of course, this was created by the Office of Emergency Preparedness in the Executive Office of the President as they utilized technology to create what we would now call at virtual team in 1970. (For the records, the eventual system was called EMISARI, as it evolved from a Delphi conferencing system.)

We liked The Network Nation so much we named it a VB:Book-of-the-Week in our weekly publication VB:TechWatch, which covers the virtual community and knowledge management market spaces.

This scrumptuous little book is filled with delicacies for the spiritually hungry mind and heart. It is a feast of affirmations that provides comfort, peace, and the assurance that all is well. I always seem to open it to just the message I need to feel satisfied and content and replenished.

For those of us who believe in the power of affirmation but can't always find the words, Reverend Mary Murray Shelton's "Nourishing Thoughts" is a small but powerful treasure. This book provides the words for many of the circumstances of our lives which challenge and enrich us. I have found this especially helpful when in the midst of life my own clarity was too jumbled to put together a prayerful affirmation. In using the topic guide at the beginning of the book I could find an affirmation which spoke my truth before I had the words myself. Sometimes the affirmations expressed exactly what I needed to say. At other times, they served as a springboard, providing a touchpoint for my own expression. Each time I have referred to this book, despite its diminutive size and small portions, I have found the recipe for a full spiritual meal.

A very handy book that covers some of the key topics in Occupational Psychology. After a brief introduction to the subject, there are chapters covering attitude to work, job satisfaction & motivation including their application in the context of job design, performance and job evaluation, performance appraisal; selection, interviewing & training. It also covers topics like stress at work, age, gender & discrimination issues and psychological factors in the context of selection and unemployment.

The presentation style is user friendly especially with focus questions at the beginning of each chapter and a brief summary at end of each chapter. Suggestions are also make for activities and further readings besides the addresses of contacts where applicable. If you are studying occupational psychology at an introductory level and need a quick reference, this might just be ideal reference book you may wish to have. Even if you are an HR person and need a book you can occasionally dip into - this is it!

This was quite a good book introducing the area of Occupational Psychology, for both the student beginner and the workbased manager. The text covered a generous amount of very relevant topics, having its main strength in the area of selection. Future editions should include more graphics for better ease of use. This is one book I'll keep!!

Talking to other students of Greek, I'm fascinated by the ambivalence they feel for the Loeb series. For some, to read a Greek text in a Loeb edition is an act of sacrilege for which burning at the stake is not sufficient punishment. According to these Greek students, one should have only the Greek text furnished with an appropriately massive critical apparatus. Amusingly, the one person I know who is most vociferously against the Loeb series was quite upset when, a few months ago, I ran into him at a university bookstore and found, horror of horrors, that he was purchasing a Loeb. Needless to say, I have no such prejudice against the Loeb series and find certain volumes to be quite helpful in learning Greek.

Unfortunately, many of the translations that come alongside the Greek texts in the Loeb series are not particulalry faithful to the original text and are therefore useless if one is looking for a simple crib to help construe the meaning of this or that word or construction.

Fortunately, the translation for the Loeb edition of the Odyssey is a great crib. It is, for the most part, painstakingly faithful to the Greek, although there are a few strange lapses here and there where the translator(s) have decided to add a few words that are not in the Greek.

As for those who are Greekless and are simply looking for an accurate translation of the Odyssey, I'm not sure that I can recommend the translation. On the one hand, it is faithful to the sense of the text, but capture none of the sensuality of the text; that is to say, the rhythm and sound that make Homer so pleasurable are not reproduced in the translation. So, the translation is an excellent crib for construing the sense of Homer's text, but that's the extent of its merit.

Every generation must have its own translations of Homer, but a good place for an aspiring translator to start will always be the Loeb library: translations facing the original Greek, a reasonable price, a cover design that doesn't try to look especially modern. Of course, if you're just looking to read Homer in English, there are better translations (my own personal favorite is Fagles).