I really enjoyed this book. It's not boring. I read it from cover to cover in one sitting.It's an awesome work of Fiction. On the back it says it is a must read for anyone who loved The Lord of the Rings.So true!It would really be neat if this author wrote a prequel or sequel. It woud make an awesome series. It's more than worth the price of the book. Really great read.

This is a wonderful children's book that has black and white illustrations. The kids can read the story, or have it read to them, and they can color in the illustrations as they wish. If you are from Cleveland this book is a must as it is a story about Cleveland. It is a book that you will pass on down from generation to generation!

I purchased this book right after I bought an old house with a seriously overgrown garden. This book told me how to save the neglected fruit trees and rose bushes, and how to save the languishing perennial beds. Plus, it's a good guide to general garden maintenance. I'd love to see a west coast version.

Doug Porpora aims to explain a paradox: how can the American public's beliefs about God have so little influence on their lives? It is an interesting issue, one which has ramifications far beyond contemporary America: Barbara Tuchman's study of fourteen century France, for instance, raises similar issues of contradictions between the beliefs people espouse and their conduct. Tuchman notes that "empathy is . . . the final obstacle" to understanding the Middle Ages. She sees religious belief as the key difficulty here.

Empathy is one of Porpora's greatest strengths and some of the most remarkable parts of this book occur when he enters into dialogue with people who hold beliefs which many would dismiss as bizarre. Porpora is able to illuminate the beliefs of others, to make them intelligible. He elucidates the importance of tarot cards for one person, or another's belief that he has heard the voice of God. What Porpora brings out is the importance (or lack of importance) of these beliefs in people's lives, how they function to modify behaviour or why they have no effect on behaviour.

The book is aimed at the general reader and is extremely engaging at this level; Porpora takes advantage of endnotes to point academic readers on to other sources. Porpora sketches in an argument that the postmodern experience of the self is true phenomenologically but not ontologically, an argument which he pursues in detail in some of his academic articles.

One of the many aspects which Porpora explores is how a sense of larger purpose (in some cases provided by passionate religious belief, in others by a quest for social justice) influences people's experience of themselves. This book is more than a sociological analysis, it is a call to action.

Some book reviewers have assumed that Porpora's call is essentially Christian, but it is far broader and deeper than that. It is essentially a call to heal a broken world. Porpora's promise to his readers is that commitment to larger purposes, to the creation of a world in which social injustice no longer dominates, will enrich their lives. Selfishness, Porpora believes, is doubly impoverishing: dealing out injustice to the poor and a sense of purposeless to the comfortable.

"Language" can not adequately convey the importance/value of this book to those who seek to understand the "original meaning" of the United States Constitution. When I purchased this book, I was concerned that, upon close examination, I would discover that its purpose was to justify much of the Supreme Court's illegitimate jurisprudence over the past 100 years by misrepresenting (i.e. taking out of context) various historical documents. I quickly learned that this was indeed NOT the case. The Editor-in-Chief, Thurston Greene sums up the content of the book quite nicely in his preface, "It is strictly factual. There is no commentary, no speculation, no theorizing, no argumentation. Not a word that was written after the constitutional cake was baked . . . This book is a tool for the curious, for all those who realize how much more there is to know . . . ." Well said sir, well said.

This is one of those basic books for the educational bookshelf

This wonderful sourcebook is very similar to FR1 Waterdeep, or the City of Greyhawk boxed set, but it details a city more legendary than either - Lankhmar! Included are a hundred-odd pages of maps, adventures, lore, new monsters, mysteries, and much more... this one comes complete with the ever-elusive map booklet and full-color poster map! One of the best urban settings ever designed for D&D.

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This is a delightful retreat for both the preschooler and the reader, inspiring imagination and discussion. The illustrations are wonderfully clever and fun, while the tone is light and loving. Readers of all ages will eagerly anticipate similar dreams.

What do you think of when you think of World War I? The great naval battles? Hardly! There were only two: The Battle
of the Falklands in 1914 and the Battle of Jutland two years
later. How about the U-boat war? We never think of this as being part of World War I but it was. This was the first war in
which submarines were used. We usually associate U-boats with the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. Raiders? No, NOT TOMB RAIDERS or RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK! I'm referring to commerce raiders. Again, we usually associate these with World War II. This was the first
Douglas Reeman novel I ever read. I got it for Christmas in
1977 and read it in high school. I was surprised that there
were commerce raiders in World War I. This is the story of the Vulkan's last voyage. The Vulkan set sail from Kiel in February 1918 and was on its last mission when World War
I ended. Read the book to find out more. I'd love to tell you
but then I'd have to knock you out.