Stanley Hauerwas belongs to that minority,{along with Will D. Campbell, Clarence Jordan, Daniel Berrigan, S.J., William Stringfellow, and a few others} who shake the rafters of conventional christianity. The literal,fundementalist's who have dominated the media for the past 20 years would be sent into shivers by much of what Hauerwas writes. Essays such as Why Gays{as a group} are morally superior to Christians{as a group} are brilliant, though I'm certain would disturb many{which ,is one of the reasons Mr Hauerwas writes.} Mr. Hauerwas has been on a crusade about the mentally handicapped, and how we can LEARN FROM THEM,and how we can better serve them and become better ourselves{much of this has been covered by henri Nouwen and the living saint, J`ean vanier]Still, with essay's on Karl Barth and William Stringfellow, My Hauerwas once again is challenging in his views of what it means to be a christian in America. Challenging, thought provoking. What better compliment to afford a theologian?

The author uses her prolific style to paint a picture of what is. Your attention is drawn away from the Utopia that becomes many literary works and focuses on the reality and significant obstacles that we ALL must face. Prepare yourself for the gaunlet of real issues that "Diversity in Families" presents...A+

The Divine Yes is crucial to understanding the life and ministry of E. Stanley Jones. For more than 60 years Jones, a Methodist Missionary & Evangelist, was a voice of reason in a world that was often on the brink. He was a personal friend of Gandhi, had an influence on Martin Luther King, Jr., and preached before the crowned heads & political leaders of East and West. Though respected for many things, he was best known for his desire to bring every facet of life in this world under the Lordship of Christ. It was he who declared that, though many matters of religious faith were "points of question," Jesus Christ himself was the "Point of Decision." He wrote that when we decide what we believe about he creation of the world, or who wrote the Pentateuch, we don't really decide anything. God decided those things long ago. By contrast, when we decide about Jesus Christ---we make a real decisions, for we decide something personal, something existential.

Jones made his decision for Christ at an early age. He lived it until his death in the early 1970's in his mid-eighties. The Divine Yes was written after a stroke that left him partially paralyzed, and his speech severely restricted. Jones said that, thanks to Christ, he was still the same person after the stroke as before. He said, "Since I can no longer preach a sermon, I must be a sermon." The Divine Yes sums up his ministry in more ways that one. It is Stanley Jones personal, life-affirming "Yes" to the Divine Yes that has already sounded in the person of Jesus Christ. As the scripture says, "For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why we utter the Amen through him, to the glory of God." 2nd Corinthians. 1:20

A book well worth reading. A man well worth remembering.

Worth Green, Th.M., D.Min.

"Doing What Comes Naturally" is perhaps one of the best recent expressions of a certain type of American literature. That type can be found in the writings of such persons as Mencken and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Philosophically, the expression for it is "pragmatism," but what it really is is probably best expressed by a phrase written by Fish for another book. The book is called "Professional Correctness," and the phrase is "how stupid can you be?" That, in a line, pretty much sums up the thought of Fish's predecessors, and sums up the book Fish has written here. Fish's book is a fairly good one to read if one needs to have one's stupidities pointed out; a better source, however, of this sort of thing is still Mencken's "Chrestomathy." Nevertheless, Fish has the advantage over Mencken of being alive, and is thus in a better position to call our own most recent stupidities by name. So from that point of view Fish is worth reading.

Donald Lam was down-and-out. He'd been a lawyer, but disbarred for his claim htat a client could commit a murder and escape prosecution. So when he applied for a job with Berhta Cool's detective agency, he didn't expect much. He argued that he was smart, and found ways to make those that teased him were made to regret it. He got the job.

It seemed to be a simple job of serving papers, but it mushroomed into a murder case. Worse yet, a woman he fell for was destined as the fall person for the crime. Instead of allowing that, he puts into operation the very plan he had devised to commit a murder and escape punishment.

This book gives the artist a special perspective from which to view and draw nature. Stanley Maltzman focuses on the basics of different seasons, weather, water, rocks, etc., but also takes the reader into specific shapes and characteristics of individual elements. For example, he shows you the differences between drawing an oak and a maple tree. This is the strength of the book over other landscape drawing books.

There are demonstrations and samples on almost every page in a variety of mediums. He even shows the student how to mock up a natural setting in the studio for practice. Having taken a class from this author, I can easily say it is like having him explain the material in person!

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Everybody that is interested in historical geology and paleontology must have this book. It is clear with a lot of informations, has beautifull pictures and a fantastic CD ROM. One of the best I bought last year !

Have 13yr old grandson, with reading problems. He, WE, were so engrossed in this book, it became the first he ever finished and I read it through the first night, had to know how it came out. I couldn't wait! My first experience with David A. Adler, it will not be our last. WISH IT WERE A SERIES. Interesting, Easy reading, Holds attention, well written, realistic, broad age appeal. It is in our local library...should be in everyones!

This book serves to inform the reader of the current progress of research on eicosanoid signal transduction in invertebrate organisms, namely insects. The author is an expert in the field not only in the United States but in Europe as well and has published extensively on this subject. David Stanley's discussion of eicosanoids as signal molecules illustrates the biological significance of these molecules from the cellular level to their impact on physiological ecology. After reading this book I concluded that eicosanoids are likely to be biologically significant to all animals. This book is a standard reference in my laboratory. I recommend it to students interested in invertebrate biology and scientists conducting research as well.