This book has really helped me understand when I am under spiritual attack and what to do about it. For example, when I hear the voices of spirits speak to me, I wonder if it is a message from God or if it is the Devil tempting me. Now, I am usually able to tell the difference!

Spiritual warfare is an often misundertood subject. The concept of humans doing battle with the forces of darkness conjures up bizarre mental images of exorcisms and demon possession; popular subjects in today's horror movie genre. In Christian circles, authors often approach this topic with either excessive zeal or great timidity. In these cases, spiritual warfare is either about yelling at demons or being nice to people. Either extreme repels most believers from adequately addressing this important subject.

In this balanced and insightful book, Dean Sherman demonstrates why every Christian should concern themselves with spiritual warfare. From the battles of the mind and the heart to the direct confrontation of evil, Sherman walks the reader through the process of defending themselves against the influences of spiritual wickedness. Using applicable Scripture verses and plain English, he lays out a plan for establishing a lifestyle of gentle but absolute contrast to the spirit of the age.

This book is a "required item" for the library of every Christian. Buy two copies. Once you read it, you will need a copy to give away.

This book was the first book on spiritual warfare I ever read. I had read many, many since. I have read it all from one extreme to the other. This book is very balanced. It changed my life becuase it teaches that the battle ground of spiritual warfare is the mind and how to wind there FIRST, and then proceed on to other areas of victory. I am buying this book again because I loaned out my original and never could get it back. I highly recommend this book for beginners or seasoned warriors.

It's the 25th Century, Humanity has settled dozens of worlds. The most dangerous species in explored space is other humans. The Confederation Marines are the descendents of the US and Royal Marines of our time. They keep order among the worlds humans have colonized. Life is good. The Religious Wars of the 21st Century resulted in Kingdom. Essentially, it is a reservation, where all the Religious Fundamentalists of all Religions have been "persuaded" to move.
It's a pesthole of constant religious war, but at least all the nutcases are in one asylum. The Confederation watches to make sure they can't escape from the planet.
And then come the Skinks - a bunch of xenocidal humaniform lizards who think that killing humans is great fun - and the survivors make good slaves.
The Marines show up, and the Skink Commander decides that he not only wants to defeat the Marines, he wants to humiliate and intimidate them. Trouble is, somebody forgot to tell him something - you can defeat Marines. It's difficult, but possible.
You can humiliate Marines. Difficult but possible.
But INTIMIDATE them? - that is a leetle bit closer to impossible...
This is a book of sweeping realistic vistas, from the Infantry "Line Animal" Grunt slogging in the mud, to Space Battle between 10 KM Starcruisers, to the internecine political wrangling on Capitol Hill.
The characters are three dimensional and highly believable.
Enjoy...and go back and get the rest of the series. It's worth it.

Wow! I've read all the books so far in this series, and this one is the best one yet. I can't wait for the next books. That was a wonderful twist at the end (which I'm not going to say anything more about or it will be ruined)! Totally unexpected. The whole book was well written and the different parts were very well integrated.

This is another masterpiece from David Sherman and Dan Cragg.
I woln't give anything away but the day it came I read the whole thing. If youv'e read the others you know you have to buy this one.

"Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all." ~Harriet Van Horne

This eclectic collection was first published in 1996 and since then, this literary gem is back in print with a new cover. Sherman Asher Publishing is trying to change the world one book at a time.

Poetry and Cuisine unite in a blissful expression of love of food, cooking and writing.
The pleasure of poetry and cuisine are given a voice in one volume.

The tastes and aromas in food are just as important as the recipes themselves. A great poem about food can recreate the powerful images and emotions that inspired the poet while they were cooking.

"The syrup should drip in an amber pool
Over the white flan, reflecting the light.
Uncomplicated, delicate
Cooked so it slides gently on the plate.
A taste like sun-dried roads,
Red geraniums in shaded patios,
And dreaming in the afternoon...."
-Deborah Casillas who also shares her Flan Recipe

60 contributors shared their heirloom recipes and each has a short biography at the end of the book. These recipes were tested by Lisa Sarenduc.

The recipes and poems often share opposite pages. The cook/poet is the author of both.

The Contents include:

Assembling the Pieces: Appetizers, Relishes, Salsas
Soups and Salvation
Grist for the Mill: Pastas, Grains, and Breads
Entrees
Desserts and Remembrance
Comfort Foods
Café Culture

In the first chapter Anne Marie Mackler writes a cute story about her brother Bernie chasing her about trying to make her eat a pickled pepper which she finally learns to enjoy. Her recipes included dill pickle juice and jalapenos and is called James' Winter Salsa.

When Marian Olson speaks of onions as "pearls of the earth" wanting tears, I keep wanting to find her and ask her if she has put the onions in the refrigerator. I no longer cry when chopping onions, most of the time.

Some of the recipes:

Fig Cake
Golden Spanokopita
Chicken Ginger Soup

New England Strawberry Pie
Chicken Breast A L'Orange
Sukiyaki

Many of the poems will make you laugh, some are quite profound and will make you nostalgic for times gone by. Many poems take on a more narrative style. You might even add a few tears to the recipes now and then by accident. ;)

Essential for your culinary collection! Suddenly food becomes an unforgettable sensuous and emotional experience. Don't be surprised if all of a sudden you start
writing a poem in a moment of inspiration. To put it mildly: "I LOVE this book!"

Inspirational and Highly recommended.

-The Rebecca Review.com

Written With A Spoon: A Poet's Cookbook is a unique compendium of poetry and cuisine. First is a wonderfully crafted poem in celebration a food or a dining experience, followed by a mouth-watering recipe. For example, Mary Connell's "Celebration of Apples" is followed by Apple Onion Soup; Trinidad Sanchez's "Mama's Tortillas" is followed by Bertha's Mother in Law's Tortillas; Lorraine Lener Ciancio's "Suddenly From a Gentle June Day in the Mountains" is followed by Elvira's Kitchen Cake. Each poem is exquisite. Each recipe inspiring. Written With A Spoon is a perfect blending of nourishment for the mind, food for the soul, and sustenance for the body!

Here is a great review from Internet Bookwatch on one of my favorite cookbooks. Don't miss this treasure.

Written With A Spoon: A Poet's Cookbook is a unique compendium of poetry and cuisine. First is a wonderfully crafted poem in celebration a food or a dining experience, followed by a mouth-watering recipe. For example, Mary Connell's "Celebration of Apples" is followed by Apple Onion Soup; Trinidad Sanchez's "Mama's Tortillas" is followed by Bertha's Mother in Law's Tortillas; Lorraine Lener Ciancio's "Suddenly From a Gentle June Day in the Mountains" is followed by Elvira's Kitchen Cake. Each poem is exquisite. Each recipe inspiring. Written With A Spoon is a perfect blending of nourishment for the mind, food for the soul, and sustenance for the body!

Ms. Sherman has a way of making history come alive, and her latest book is no exception. The interview technique helps make the characters very life-like and gives the book a very contemporary feel. Even readers who usually find history a bore will be kept turning pages late into the night on this one. I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about two exceptional American women.

There are a few biographies on my shelves that I've had since childhood, history books intended to entertain younger readers, but not very many, and none as good as this one. When I returned home after a very long, tiring day and found that my copy of "Abigail and Mary" had arrived, I opened the package and immediately started reading. The next thing I knew, it was three in the morning and I was done with the book. This is an entertaining pair of tales that really bring Abigail Adams and Mary Todd Lincoln to vibrant life -- not just as presidential wives, but as full and fascinating people in their own right. What a wonderful way to flesh out U.S. history. Ever so much more fun than a typical history text, and really great for getting kids interested. It's particularly nice (and unusual) to read such a good work for middle-graders about *women* from this time period. I'm getting a copy for a friend of mine's daughter; I think she'll love it.

Probably my favorite Alexie poetry book. This book also contains short stories, the meager beginnings of "The Lone Ranger and Tonto..." novel he was soon to write. Prepare to transport yourself into Alexie's world and share pain, joy and frustration, but prepare to walk away wounded, battled and bruised as you find yourself falling deeper and deeper into an introspective study of self.

The Business of Fancydancing is a collection that will make the hair on the back of your neck stand up while you laugh, cry and stare at the written page with stunned amazement. Alexie uses language as a paintbrush, creating a complex mosaic of life growing up Indian and walking through a world that is not quite yours. The author slashes at stereotypes of what it is to be an American Indian. All too real tragedy and pain is laced with black humor, revealing a poet/essayist who I sincerely hope rises to be a Steinbeck of his generation.

Those who consider themselves New Age may not care to venture into this work unless thick-skinned and self-aware.

Then again, maybe the children of the New Age SHOULD read this remarkable window on the world of Sherman Alexie. Enjoy.

The Buzz On Wine is a masterpiece. Finally there is a wine guide that goes beyond the typical, dry language used by wine industry experts. Learning about wine should be fun, not painful. There's no dry, boring technical jargon here, just pure buzz on everything from reislings to port. Sherman takes you all over the world and covers more ground than other books of its type. His writing style is hip and clever. Even The Wine Spectator applauds Sherman's approach in this months Book Review section. Bravo!

This book is the handiest wine guide to wines of today as the old concepts have fallen by the wayside, i.e. French and Californian is the only way to go. But even in this period of great wealth real wine lovers are willing to try wines of Chile and Australia. I reccommend you keep a copy in your car and smuggle it in restaurants to check on what's what.

Celtic Myth And Arthurian Romance by Arthurian scholar Roger Loomis is a fascinating, persuasive, documented argument for the theory that the King Arthur of history was not an Englishman, but rather a Celtic warrior. Carefully annotated and researched chapters draw connections between the Camelot legend and Celtic lore, and bring to life a new side of the debate about who King Arthur truly was. An exciting and original analysis of one of history's most beloved eras and leaders, Celtic Myth And Arthurian Romance is a welcome and highly recommended addition to Arthurian studies reading lists and academic reference collections.

For anyone who's ever been fascinated by the tales of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, here's a book that puts it all in the fascinating context of Celtic mythology. The stock elements of Arthurian legend--the enchanted castles, the abducted princesses, the contests with mysterious knights--are revealed to have a coherent esoteric meaning.As Loomis writes, to understand the relationship between the familiar tales of Camelot and the wilder Irish myths "is to open suddenly the mountainsides into the glittering palaces of the Sidhe"--the home of the Celtic gods.

The brilliance of Roger Loomis--who wrote in the 1920s--is that while he draws the same kind of fascinating connections as Robert Graves, Loomis does so through careful argument and documentation. His work should inform any serious discussion of the origins of the Arthurian tales and the meaning of the Holy Grail.

I've been in hospital middle-management for more than 20 years. Very early in this book, Sherman states that the reason why hospitals fail is because of bad management. Not the government, not the insurance companies, not the high cost of technology. He offers a terrific approach and identifies the need to totally change how hospitals are run, based on seven Key Result Areas. His principles are quite similar to those of Jack Welch - the importance of great people, integrity, and "the customer is king". This should be required reading for every CEO and department head in every American hospital.

V. Clayton Sherman has written a wonderful dissertation about how the hospital system in this country is run. He also gives a wonderful blueprint of how to correct one of the most mismanaged businesses in the country. The hospital system today is struggling under HEAVY regulatory and monetary restrictions. But if these regulations had been in place from the beginning, like the banking industry, the participants wouldn't be running around like "chickens with their heads cut off" to fulfill "minimum standards" of Joint Commission and other like entites. What the industry desperately needs is a complete overhaul. Mr. Sherman gives the plan to follow in redoing the management of this industry, by throwing out the antiquated notions of management, and starting from the ground up to rebuild on a customer satisfaction driven premise. He sites Wal-Mart and how Sam Walton's idea of keeping the customer number one would work well in the hospital too....but this would require some different rules and some very different thinking. I strongly feel this should be REQUIRED reading for ALL hospital management!

Very good introduction to the subject. I am a EE working in the RF and data communictions fields and still refer back to it every so often. Lots of narrative. Maybe a little dated now in some areas, but there are other books for this. What this book does is clearly explain basics like data coding, modulation, data links, etc., etc. I find that moving to the more advanced books is easier after you nail down the concepts with a book like this.

Dr. Ken Sherman's book on data communications is a must for any novice or seasoned person interested in enhancing his/her understanding of telecommunications. I am a communications specialist for the Federal Aviation Administration and have a need for such material. Dr Sherman really covers the spectum you might need.

An excellent book on the life of Hubert H. Humphrey, by the subject himself. I have read others pieces on Humphrey, but this work comes through in his own voice, as if he is sitting there talking to you. As biographies go, I think Carl Solberg's book on the late Vice President is the most thorough on the subject, but Humphrey's account is the most readable. The subject is also well done by Dan Cohen.

This is a great read. Here, Humphrey sums up his life, his beliefs and his goals for the coming years. Those who want to know what our nation should be like ought to read this book.

Humphrey dreamed of an opportunity society in which the public and private good made sure that all of our citizens had access to such basic human needs as health care, a human and living wage, education, day care, family leave, a job and a safe neighobrhood and environment. He dreamed of a society in which we would all be equal, regardless of who we are or what our skin color is. Has his dream come true? Of course not. The 'new right' in America has declared war on all that is good about our government and its humanitarian goals. They have declared war on the workers and unions which Humphrey so adored. They have declared war on basic labor regulations. They ought to read Humphrey's autobiography and grow a heart!

Hubert Humphrey in his last speech before Congerss said something which has touched me and is my political motto:"The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped." We need to make sure that America does not fail the 'moral test of government.'

For those who see Humphrey as a has-been civil rights leader and as LBJ's Vice President, I urge you to read this book and see how radically pro-labor and pro-civil rights he was. It's a good read!