I used this book to write a report on Colombia. Within the first 10 pages of text, I had 3 pages' worth of material for my report. The report ended up being a total lenghth of 17 pages, when it only needed to be 5. This book is JAMMED w/ info.

I have read the 1993 3rd edition several times. This is more than a finalncial planning book. It provides information on time management, wellness, and human support systems in planning for personal fulfillment in retirement.

"Cottonmouth" by Bruce Marion promises lots of action and suspense that grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. Likeable down-to-earth Brian Cole leaves you laughing, crying and just plain angry with the mysterious bad guy whose bag of tricks include...you guessed it...snakes! Not your common garden-type variety, these deadly snakes will have you squirming in your seat until the fatal end.

"Crosstalk" is a useful compilation of academic papers on communications during the presidential campaign of 1992. The foci are on campaign discourse, public, candidate and media agendas, and voting. I characterize this book as "useful," not "compelling," "engaging," or "stimulating" because it is none of those things. It is not a non-fiction version of "Primary Colors," nor is it a campaign journal like "The Making of the President," or any sort of linear story at all. If you are reading this book, there's a good chance it has been assigned in a class, you are doing research or you are a political scientist yourself. If this is the case, "Crosstalk" is certainly the best academic treatment of its subjects that I have come across thus far.

"Crosstalk" is packed with facts, charts, interviews, endnotes and references. It is meticulous in its methodology. Many of the observations about the 1992 election are useful in observing the current (2000) race.

"Crosstalk's" major shortcoming is that it is unnecessarily dry. A campaign is full of anecdotes, has a natural story line, and many dramatic moments. There's no reason, except possible maintaining academic propriety, that the book needs to read like a biological journal. The human element is injected through interviews with voters, but the effect comes across like the voters are specimens. They come off as amusingly ignorant.

But "Crosstalk" is not about narrative. It's about political science. And it serves its purpose well. While "Crosstalk" may not make the short list of political pleasure readings, it should be right up there as a source for academic purposes.

Professor Bell does an excellent job examining the city of Philadelphia during the great revivals of Charles Grandison Finney and Dwight Lyman Moody. Essentially, she finds that changes in urbanization and industrialism made the city ripe for revival fever. The problem with the text is that it fails to explain why Finney and Moody were both extremely popular in non-urban settings. Changes in industrialization only go so far as to explain religious phenomena.

Nowadays Celtic countries are experiencing a renaissance of their culture. Da mihi manum is a good example of how de pan-Celtic feeling is growing. Is a book I have been looking for many years ago, since I appreciate it as an affectionate fan of the Celtic thoughts, specially language, that I consider the mirror of the mind.

This book allows to compare in simple phrases the different modern Celtic languages: the three Gaelic tongues, in one side, and Welsh, Cornish and Breton in the other side. I think the aim of this book is to have a concise way of intercommunication between the different contemporary Celtic speakers, exposing ways of saying basic things in the six sister tongues.

I understand this book as a first step for further publications and further personal efforts for deepening in the knowledge and fluency in the different languages, and considering this I appreciate Da Mihi Manum as a linguistic treasure.

I could criticize about this book two things; first, the lack of an extensive introduction that explains the importance of the book as a communication tool and its value as the first work of its kind, and second the absence of a pronunciation guide that is useful for those persons not involved in Celtic linguistic matters, but who pretend to get deeper knowledge of it.

I consider this book more than a simple phrase guide; it is a way of participating in the re-birth of the Celtic culture and lore. I definitely recommend it.

I've bought the six sisters' series in the wrong order with Daphne being the last one in the series that I got. The book is good and typical Marion Chesney. Daphne, who knows she is a beauty, finds another beauty in the handsome Cyril Archer, but in typical Marion Chesney style, there is more to meet the eye. The Vicar is indebeted to a Mr. Simon Garfield, who is able to read Daphne like a book. He knows she knows she's a beauty and putting up a front because it's easier that way. The way Marion Chesney gets these two finally together is delightful.

This is not the best of the six sisters' series, that's why I gave only four stars. I was somewhat handicapped since I had the read all the other in the series before I read Daphne. I would recommend you read the series in the correct order, but even if you don't, this book is still wonderful to read.

For those who have been reading the "Friends of Darkover" collections of fan fiction that MZB has edited, most of these stories will be familiar; only a couple of them are new. These are the stories, written by MZB herself, that have appeared in the various collections, collected here in one place for those purists who refuse to read the Darkover fan fiction but want to read everything that herself has had to say. They include "To Keep The Oath", the story of how Camilla came to be a renunciate; "The Keeper's Price", written in collaboration with Lisa Waters about the failed keeper Hillary Castamir, "Everything But Freedom", about the Lady Rohana, and several tales of Dyan Ardais.

The writing is excellent, as any regular reader of Marion Zimmer Bradley could have guessed, and the stories give us interesting glimpses into the interstices between the full-length Darkover novels.

If you've collected all of the Friends of Darkover Collections, you may not feel that it's worth the price of a whole book just for two new stories (although the new ones -- "Hillary's Homecoming" and "Hillary's Wedding" -- are both quite good) but if you have not been willing to buy collections of fan fiction for the one or two actual MZB stories per book, this is the book for you.

This was former book named Earth Magic: A Dianic Book of Shadows
marion decided to change the name because she not dianic and also the book was changed and had things added Still over all a nice book with some good infomation i still like my old cover but this edition has some new info. enjoy!!

Blessed Be;

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