This is a great little book I recommend it to anyone. No matter if your a CEO or a burger flipper you will find it useful reading for ones self. I'm a 25 years old going on 12, over paid, spoiled web designer that chooses not to spend to much time in today's many stream "reality" world of thinking. I love this book it full of stuff written and spoken by people past and present that have be there done that, and figured out. Buy it! read it again and again and remember "Don't take life to seriously no one get out alive anyway"

I originally bought this book for my father for Christmas, but after previewing it, I fell in love with it. Unlike many quote books I have surveyed, each quote provokes contemplation. Though small in size, I found its enlightened ideas much more valuable than other larger quote books filled with idle chatter. This is a great addition to any personal development library.

Like Tom Clancy writing a Robin Cook medical thriller. Got all the techno with all the medical details. GREAT -- do more!

CW Morton, (also known as CA Mobley/Rites of War and Rules of Command) has combined genres to create a wonderful mix of military/medical thriller. The driving force of this book is the characterization of the principals, including those you come to hate even though you understand their failings are not of their own making. Morton & Dr. Mobley, her father, have produced an admirable tag-team effort with a story-line that will keep you in suspense. Even when the primary issues are resolved, and you are content to read a few more pages of "happy-ever-after," Morton throws you a few curves - the true test of an evil and devious author who is determined not to let the reader get ahead of the game. She ticked me off so much I signed up to have Amazon notify me every time one of her books comes out. If it is true that newspapers have a finite number of column inches for news and lesser stories are bumped for hotter issues, the same probably applies to our available reading time. Fair warning: if your free time for reading is limited, don't read Mobley or Morton unless you are prepared to bump one of your other favorite authors.

This is a well written, concise and practical book that can serve as a valuable resource for members of any group, including the family unit. It inspired me and gives me hope that there is a way for people to learn how to come together in groups and solve our problems in a principled, creative process that works for the higher good of all concerned.

Frank Dukes, Marina Piscolish, and John Stephens have successfully collaborated on a book that takes a frank and honest look at what facilitators do in groups and how to do it better. The book is remarkably readable and has instant applicability not only to those of us in the business of mediation; the city administrator and elected official will also find the book extremely useful. I recommend it to my colleagues in the planning profession as a refreshing and rewarding approach to handling large group processes.

Loved the Spanish flavor of that brief period in the old Californio days before the Gold Rush which is so charmingly presented here. Alena is delightful as the gringo redhead who haunts the hide rancher who tries so hard to stay single in this land of lovers. A great heroine for a fascinating era!

A love at first fight in Old California that Mr. Bly manages to make believable. Another superb read with an excellant heroine. Thanks, Mr. Bly

This book is more than a story,it teaches the child dexterity,and helps focus their attention.It is a simple story about a dragon changing and adapting to new friends and surroundings,something that is hard for children to comprehend.It also lets the child interact by dressing the dragon up at appropriate times,better than any computer game.I am serching for more books like this one.

Part pop-up book and part puzzle, your young child will actively participate in this amusing tale of The Red Dragon. Forced to move from his former cave, the fire breathing reptile moves into new digs. Hungry and unsettled he looks to a cow, sheep and horse for food. They are fearful of their new neighbor and say they can only offer grass. FInally the dragon tries the green delicacy and realizes that YES it is quite tasty. He turns green and makes new friends.

William Stephen's writing style is so enjoyable and easy to read! I was caught up in this who dunnit immediately as well as his depiction of life in post WWII America. Watch for a significant historical reference regarding Lora Lee's old flame.

This romantic mystery unfolds amidst the beautiful Tennessee mountains and creeps up with the gentle ease of a lioness stalking it's prey

Chapters are bite size and can easily fill small snitches of time as one buzzes through the day, or you can dive into its unfolding adventure while snuggled in a favorite resting spot.

Hopefully there are more "episodes" on the way; it would be great fun to continue on the Reddy & Able trail.

Edited by Alexandra McClanahan for The CIRI Foundation, A Reference In Time: Alaska Native History Day By Day is a unique presentation of the history of Alaska's Native American community. It is divided into sections corresponding to just about every day of every month, and each day lists those profound historical events that directly affected Alaska's native peoples as recorded through down through the years of modern history. For example, the entry for May 2 lists both an expedition dispatched by Russian explorer Grigorii Shelikhov in 1785 and the adoption of the (then) Territory of Alaska's official flag in 1927. A fascinating, expertly researched, succinctly chronological reference, and featuring an extensive index for ease of use, A Reference In Time is a unique and welcome addition to the growing library of Native American Studies supplemental reading materials and academic reference works.

This book is the most comprehensive of it's kind. It definitely demonstrates the richness of Alaska Native history. If you are an Alaska history buff, I recommend adding this title to your collection. It's a remarkable reference!

As a scholar of International Relations with specialisation in Regionalism and Globalisation I think it is a great area of interest among the contemporary scholars in this field of studies.Regionalism has been especially viewed as a threat in terms of trade relations and multilateral approach.Nevertheless it has relevance in the contemporary international relations.

I have a suggestion regarding this book.If only it had highlighted the lacunae in regional aspirations of the south asian region it would have captured the interests of the readers all the more.South asia is one region in the world where there is a constant underlying tension.It would be in the best interest of the academic world if the author ,in the revised version,highlights this perspective.Nonetheless it is a highly valuable contribution with a very relevant information.

I would just like to notify you that this book has also recently been published as a paperback.

Mitchell's book opens up psychoanalysis to various perspectives, seeking to integrate a variety of theories without sacrificing their specificity and unique contributions.

Mitchell cares deeply about pain -- so deeply, in fact, that he eschews jargon where he can, to speak to directly to laymen and experts alike. Particularly helpful here are his explorations of Hans Loewald, whose humane and idiosyncratic vision offers great comfort to those whose deepening investigation of psychonalaysis doesn't always seem to offer more enlightenment, only more confusion. Mitchell, with an eye to that confusion, finds clarity and hope.

This is the final book published by Dr. Mitchell's during his tragically shortened lifetime, and it is a gem.

The main theme is his attempt to integrate contributions from a variety of relational psychoanalysts whose approaches are extremely different from one another. He does this by pointing to the many possible dimensions that simultaneously coexist in any given relationship, and how these various authors focus differentially on one or another aspect. He highlights what he calls the four modes of relatedness, defined as (1) nonreflective interchanges reflecting patterns of interpersonal influence, (2) deeply felt shared emotions where boundaries seem to melt away, (3) roles recognized as conforming to earlier models of the self and important figures, and (4) intersubjective exchanges between individuals recognizing each others' distinct individuality.

He critically and appreciatively reviews the work of major authors, including Loewald, Bowlby, Fairbairn, and others, and attempts to fit their contributions into his heuristic scheme.

As with all of Dr. Mitchell's writing, discussion of theory is interspersed with pithy and compelling clinical examples. This is an excellent book and an important contribution to current psychoanalytic thinking. I found his heuristic device of Modes 1,2 3, and 4 a bit confusing and somewhat off-putting at times, but it serves his purpose well enough.

Those of us who have cherished Dr. Mitchell's work over the years will savor this book and imagine what might have followed.

Stephen Blaha's book on the compatibility of science and religion covers a wide scope. Moving effortlessly from the deepest theories of the nature of the universe, through linguistics and computer science and on to religion, Blaha tries to show that all of modern physics, the so-called Theory of Everything, can be expressed as the reading of a sentence in a language with symbols and grammar, somewhat like computer programs in Java are parsed and read by compilers on computers.

The evolution of the universe, from the Big Bang to the present and into the future, is determined by the language determining the physics of this theory. In this way, Blaha argues, it is really literally true that "In the beginning was the Word."

The book does not just restrict itself to science and religion. Blaha also provides a stimulating and yet thoughtful account of all sorts of spiritual phenomena that are often regarded by scientists as unproven superstition. He tries to show how they can fit into the scientific framework.

Many scientists claim that science and religion are in conflict, or at best have nothing to do with each other. Blaha's book provides a self-aware account of how a deep belief in the practice of the scientific method can live in harmony with a religious or spiritual nature and with a pragmatic willingness to examine all phenomena in the world without prejudice. As a side benefit, it also provides a high-level and entertaining account of the way physicists think about the universe. I recommend it strongly to anyone with an open mind who "believes" in science and yet senses that there is something else behind the appearances too.

Are science and religion diametrically opposed to one another when it comes to God? It's a truism that science deals with matter and its causes, while religion deals with the spirit. In his insightful new book "The Reluctant Prophets: Has Science Found God?" Dr. Stephen Blaha challenges the concept that science and religion are opposites, and instead looks for a common ground that unites their efforts. He finds it in the notion of "the Word." Just as religion sees the universe as originating in "the Word of God," so science sees the universe in linguistic terms, indeed as one powerful word. His exploration of the Word in religion and in science is tantalizing; and his suggestion, in the second part of the book, that phenomena which we ordinarily think of as spiritual may be considered in a scientific way, is truly fascinating. Looking at these phenomena scientifially, he says, by no means debunks their religious validity, but rather enhances it by adding to it a new and exciting dimension to the search for Truth. Thus seen, religion and science become partners in the search for ultimate reality, rather than opponents.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book for the groundbreaking concepts it offers. Dr. Blaha is himself something of a prophet, for he challenges the commonly accepted and instead shows how these two pillars of human thought converge in their search for the ultimate. In other words, we do not need to abandon religion in order to embrace science; and we do not need to abandon science when we embrace religion. And all of this in clear and simple language that makes this important discovery available to all. I highly recommend it.