Joseph Girzone has written in this book his Christology. He follows the classical pattern of Christological works, but he expressed the simplcity of Jesus' message, as he does in his novels of Joshua. This simplcity can be very charming and inspiring. And at times it can be irrelevant.

In this book he sometimes repeats themes in separate chapters. For example, he writes about priestly celibacy. He believes that it is a discipline that should be changed. He writes early in the book about this and then repeats himself almost word for word later. This appears to me redundant and unnecessary.

Chapter 4, " A Humble, Casual Savior", sums up New Testament Morality. It is a very effective chapter, the best in the book. It is also the longest and needs to be digested carefully. Girzone also writes simply and that style can be deceiving. He summarizes Jesus' teaching in the chapter and manages to cover all the bases that New Testament moralists take books to write.

This simplicity of style is best appreciated when the book is read in small increments. Reflection should follow, even prayer.

The last two chapters concerning the end of Jesus' life seem unimportant. He simply narrates at that point. a point or two is made, especially about God's humor, but one would wish for a little more reflection.

Nevertheless as usual Girzone challenges the soul with his spiritual insights in the Savior.

Joseph Girzone writes this portrait of Jesus with a knowledge of the person of Jesus. He walks the talk. Because he knows Jesus personnally, Joseph Girzone can make a difference in his writings. This is not an intellectual account of Jesus, it is not fiction, it is a walk with Our Lord, his friendship with Jesus. This book does have an historical slant, you have to read in between the lines to discover Joseph Girzone's inner life with Jesus. This inner life is instilled in all of Joseph Girzones books but his first book Joshua is still my personal favorite. At last someone writes about the person of Jesus in an intimate, simple way. So simple that you have a hard time believing that this is why Jesus came on earth. Like the famous song from the movie Alfie, Is That All There Is?. I have heard the saying the hardest action to take is to see with the heart and not with the head. Joseph Girzone has a wonderful way of writing to make this happen. He does not force us to believe in his Jesus. This is not his way, nor is it Jesus' way, he simply and beautifully brings Jesus alive in his writings. I have personally read many many books on the theology of Jesus but Joseph Girzone's books have taken the log out of my own eyes and left me with a more open heart to try to live my life more fully. To walk the path of the Gospel in a more straight forward way.

Father Joe's humble yet captivating book made it clear to me why God loves us: he created us in His image, he made us capable of great love and He would do anything to keep us close. In "A Portrait of Jesus", Fr. Girzone provided me with a three-dimensional Christ who enjoyed being human, who celebrated it, loved his human family and companions and was not ashamed to live among us. Never before did I understand how God could live with us and yet be misunderstood by man; in "Portrait", Jesus is an ordinary, blue-collar guy, quietly living his life until the Father calls him to his ministry. He is so peaceful about his place in the human world that everyone, including society's outcasts, finds his company fascinating.

Written in ordinary language, this profound little book made me joyful that I, too, am human, and according to Jesus' life, death and resurrection, worth saving and renewing, every day.

Too much religion focuses on shame, unworthiness and our failures to be what God expects. Fr. Joe helps communicate that it is Jesus who makes us worthy, and religion should be a human framework to support our spiritual lives with Him.

In returning to church after decades of abscence, books like this one help keep my spirit united with God, despite all the human difficulties of working within a church organization.

Thank you, Joseph Girzone! Long may you write!

I liked How I Changed My Life by Todd Strasser alot. It is about a girl named Bolita Vine (Bo for short) who is a shy kind of student. She isn't very popular and isn't known around school much. She just goes to class and her theatre group. Her theatre group is mainly her life. She spends most of her time sitting on the cat walk above stage. But then one day she decides to change. She changes her self image from the hair she had since she was in 3rd grade to the new high school looking hair-do. people finally start to notice her after she loses a few pounds and changes her self image.She has always had a major crush on the former football captain, Kyle Winthrop. He espically never notices her since he has the great and most perfect and popular Chole for a girlfriend. But when Kyle and Chole's relationship starts to dicentigrate afte Klye's knee injury, they feel like the world is falling apart. It is a very eciting book! It can really boost a teen's self esteem. The only reason I gave this book four stars is because they talk about some mature types of things and they very often use foul language. But if that doesn't bother you, read it!

Have you ever wanted to become someone you weren't to attract someone of the opposite sex. In this story the main character, "Bo Vine",is willing to change her whole life for a guy.

The author, Todd Strasser, has written many great works including Friends to the End, The Wave, and Rock'n'Roll Nights.

Bo Vine decides she has a crush on a football player and thinks the same old Bo just isn't going to be enough for him. So, she changes her hair, buys new clothes, starts to lose weight, and tries out for stage manager of the schools production of Anne Frank when Kyle decides to join. Only there's one problem. Chloe, Kyle's girlfriend who has to be perfect at everything. Bo's friend's say she's going to get herself into troble if she keeps taking chances but Bo just won't see the danger. Read this fantastic book to find out what happens!

Like the famous godfather of teen movies, John Hughes, Todd Strasser has captured what it's like to be a teenager in the 1990s (opposed to the '80s) with problems surrounded by the cliquey teen caste system. In this book, Todd Strasser introduces his first of the Time Zone High trilogy (opposed to John Hughes's Shermer High quartet), with the chubby and drama queen, Bolita "Bo" Vine and the handsome and injured Kyle Winthrop. Bo and Kyle are from opposite ends of the social pool. Bo is a smart, calm misfit who most likely be with the rebels and weirdos, while Kyle is a brave, hunky jock, who's knee is injured, and who is most likely invited to all the good parties by the rich and popualr students.

The action starts there.

The fall play is starting and Bo is, as usual, the stage manager, although she'd rather be center stage. Pretty shadowed, she hides with her Gothy bud and her artist-cute friend on the catwalk in the auditorium. Bo is tired of being the way she is--when she finds out Kyle is what she wants. Kyle is tired of sitting out, watching the games and being his pretty, smart and popular girlfriend, Chloe Frost's little puppet, not doing what he wants. So he does something rebellous--he signs up for the school play.

Bo and Kyle clash a lot while she babysits his half-brother, and they both go swimming--she to work out, him to get away and exercise his legs. When Bo changes her entire look from a drab, sulky look to a pretty, gorgeous look, she tries to win Kyle over, but it's not that easy. Kyle still has major feelings for Chloe, even if she is a real ... and she's always being the lead in the plays. Bo is lovestruck.

This book is a typical, but comedic, story about high school love from different social stratesphere. It cycles the life of two teens, who are different but have the same problems. It's a cross between Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles--but the outcome is not going to be so fair. Read this. It's amazing. It's like the John Hughes movies-turned-books.

Those of us who gained immensely from Kubler-Ross' first book "On death and dying" will be interested to read her final book. And what a dichotomy from the first! Instead of a carefully reasoned, almost scientific treatise on the subject of life and death, Kubler-Ross throws us onto the roller coaster that has been her life. Unsatisfactory relationships, a definite superiority complex (Kubler-Ross is always right) and a profound belief that her life has eveolved the way it has in order for her to learn the lessons she needs to - and yet mysterious and thought-provoking. The way in which she refers to her "spooks" (her term), the spirit guides which live with her each day, and her encounters with out of body experiences leave us more grounded souls with a high degree of scepticism. And yet ... Read this book and make up your mind for yourself.

This is a wonderful book. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross has done the world a tremendous service by helping to humanize death and the process of dying, and in this autobiography she tells of all the surprises and inevitabilities that marked her own growth, and the growth of her work. Somewhere along the line, however, a few years back, Kubler-Ross adopted the role of an amateur prophet, and some of her later works deliver a confusing, inconsistent, and often strident set of contradictory neo-Jungian messages about matters spiritual. Those who think she lost her marbles will find plenty of evidence here as elsewhere to support their views. But this book is actually a whole lot more accessible, and far less preachy, than some of her other books have been. I think one would be unwise to ignore the complications entailed by Kubler-Ross's many spiritual injunctions, but one would be uncharitable to also dismiss the tremendous good that has come out of her life's work. I don't find in this book the accepting, non-ideological compassion of Stephen Levine, nor the unassuming experimental spirit of Raymond Moody, but Kubler-Ross remains incomparable as the initiating spokesperson for a humane death. Her tale is extraordinary, and this book is an exceptional, welcome, and one-of-a-kind read.

After I read this book,I know more about death and dying.But what really attract me?I think it's the writer-Elisabeth Kubler Ross-herself.This book is just like a autobiography of herself.Tell us all about her family and her school life.Let us not only know more about what is death and dying but why and how she would like to devote herself to study thanatology.Everyone should read it,because it is really a book about life itself.

This book is really the best book I have ever read. Well, I skimmed it more than I read it, but there are TONS of words and I'm wicked busy a lot of the time. Anyway, Odd Todd seems like he really knows how to spend a day accomplishing nothing at all. The book reminded me a lot of Pride and Prejudice, but is totally different. My best friend Claudia just ordered this book, and even though she hasn't read it, she can tell she's gonna love it.

I have been a fan since the first cartoon. Todd is very funny in this book, if you watch the cartoons you hear the voice through the whole book. I finally got my copy and laughed non-stop to the end. If you buy the book, read it as soon as you get it, you will have a much better day, week, life.....might be a stretch.

Keep 'em coming Todd!

Laugh out loud hysterical! A wonderfully written and brilliantly illustrated book. Like nothing I have ever read before. This guy is a true genius and a voice of his generation. Can't wait to see what happens next with "the Guy In the Blue Robe" and, more importantly, his creator, "Odd Todd." In these trying times, we all owe Odd Todd a tremendous thank you!

I've read a handful of Tao Te Ching translations and examined many more, but this one is by far my favorite. It's not because of its accuracy to the original text. Le Guin says up front that that wasn't her intention. Still, I find it a more faithful translation than most of the classics, which Le Guin discusses in the book's appendix. The reason is because Le Guin has captured the spirit of Tao. Her spare, gorgeous language goes to the heart. I came upon her version at a giant bookstore with dozens of Tao Te Chings. I wanted one, but I didn't know which. So I picked up a bunch that looked interesting and read the first three "chapters" of each. Le Guin's won hands down. It moved me in just that short of a time. Also, perhaps it's relevant, that I'm an anarchist (an issue that Le Guin coincidentally touches on in the book) as well as an atheist. This book connected with the sense of inner peace I get from these two beliefs.

I've bought several versions of the Tao Te Ching over the years, my favorite being that by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. Le Guin's "rendition" startled me with its everyday language and showed the Tao in a new light.

Translations of this work vary considerably, so I was particularly impressed with Le Guin's inclusion of material explaining what led her to this undertaking and why she cast Lao Tzu's ideas the way she did. This honesty and the bare, simple beauty of her language seem to me very much an expression of the Tao.

In a world where everything seems so strident and competetive, this simple account of what one person found in this very old and much-loved book is more valuable to me than shelves full of scholarly, definitive, acclaimed, or approved translations.

This book not only talks about the Tao, it exemplifies the Tao.

Like other reviewers, I have read some translations of the Tao Te
Ching (Daodejing) and looked at many others. Like Mrs. Le Guin points
out in her note at the end of the book, I also believe that the one by
Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English is the most satisfactory in a literary
sense. However, sometimes it lacks the simplicity and immediacy which
this rendition gives to Lao Tzu's "very easy to understand"
words. Also, Mrs. Le Guin stayed with me throughout the book, and what
she had to say amounted to a fantastic commentary to the wisdom of the
Tao. Take for example Chapter 11 in page 14. At the bottom is a note
that says: "One of the things I love about Lao Tzu is he is so
funny. He's explaining a profound and difficult truth here, ....[and]
goes about it with this deadpan simplicity, talking about pots."
This kind of comment conveys, in my opinion, exactly the essence of
Taoism as predicated by Lao Tzu. There's nothing complicated, nothing
intrincate about Taoist wisdom. And Mrs. LeGuin sticks to this
(taoist) simplicity throughout the book. Being a translator myself, I
dare say that some of Lao Tzu's translators became obsessed with
"extracting" deep meaning from the Tao Te Ching, trying to
retain the tone, now looking for complicated words to convey
"exact" meaning, now glossing over a passage, losing the
reader along the way. As Mrs. LeGuin points out in the introduction to
this book "Scholarly translations of the Tao Te Ching as a manual
for rulers use a vocabulary that emphasizes the uniqueness of the
Taoist "sage", his masculinity, his authority." The
result is dry, unsatisfactory, nihilistic, detached. This rendition
is, like Ursula Le Guin says of the original, "...the purest
water....the deepest spring". I daresay that if Lao Tzu could
read all the modern English versions of his work, he would enjoy
Ursula LeGuin's the most, laughing heartily at every page. There is no
way that someone who reads this version will not want to re-read it,
or fail to come out of the reading with a new perspective on life, one
that recognizes the simplicity, unity, and changeable nature of
everything. Thank you, Ursula Le Guin, for rendering Taoism for the
modern Western rader. This book is my bedside companion, I have given
it to everyone I love, and recommend it to anyone who has ever
wondered about Taoism, and to all other translators, not for its exact
use of English equivalents for Chinese words, but for the perfect way
in which the idea behind the words has been committed to
paper. "...I was lucky to discover [Lao Tzu] so young, so that I
could live with his book my whole life long" says Ursula LeGuin
in her introduction. I think I was very lucky to read her version,
which has helped me see the beauty, the magic, the simplicity, the
Tao.

Very good book if you are new to thin client technology. Covers new installation very well and has some excellent tips on setting up TSE and MetFrame. Also covers common pit-fall areas like user profiles and directory security. I passed the CCA exam but would not rely on this book as the only source. Get exp. with the product.

This is a great book to start with for those of you that are considering the Terminal Server / Citrix Metaframe environment. Although the detail is a bit low, the understanding of thin client technology and the connection topology of the Citrix product was great.

This book goes well beyond the manual. It gives useful information that will assist you in the design and implementation stages. It also gives critical testing tips that will aid you in determining your hardware needs. Must have for a successful Thin-client project!

Todd and Elizabeth Forever had been my favorite book out of all of them. The reason I llike it so much is because I loved the Sweet Valley High where Elizabeth and Todd were together. The best part is the end because I can just see Todd in his basketball shorts and an old shirt. I love it when they get together and then Gin yung comes back. I think that would have to be a hard spot for any person to be put in. I love Romance books and that is probably why I like it so much.

This was a great book! Todd, Elizabeth's 1st love, is back with Liz, bye-bye Tom! And Tom's with snotty Dana Upshaw, with fits his "Wildman" lifestyle perfectly. Meanwhile, Jess slams into Rhoda Fox's Lexus on an exit ramp on the way to meeting Nick. When she finds out its his mother, along come the migranes. After many false starts adn searching, Todd and Liz foreva! And Nick and Jess too

Elizabeth Wakefield is in love with her first love, Todd Wilkins again, after the breakup with herlongtime loved Tom Watts. Actually, Todd was only supposed to cheer Elizabeth up, but the familiar taste of his kiss had made Elizabeth's head spin. Tom is going to make Elizabeth sorry for lying to him and falling in love again with Todd. At the meantime, he met his half sister's cello teacher, Dana Upshaw, whom he THOUGHT was the most perfect woman he had ever met. Jessica Wakefield was in trouble again.She had "crushed" into a sports car on the freeway.She even blows up at woman who had driven the car. When she had found out that the woman was her boyfriend, Nick's mother, she knew that she was in deep trouble. Find out what happened to them in the book "Elizabeth and Todd Forever".

Covered a lot of essential fundamental skills. It gives you a better understanding behind HTML coding. You will need another resource book if you're planning to create a more technical site, however, it gives you a brief idea of what JavaScript & CGI look like. Great coverage on HTML frames, forms, grahics, links, dynamic styles,etc.

If you are not a good reader, prepare to spend extra time on this book. It tends to bore you out after a while.

The book lives up to it's tagline (if only Netscape and Microsoft would). I found the book very useful for explaining big picture concepts as well as useful detailed examples. I would recommend it to anyone starting out up to advanced users seeking a html 4.0 reference book.

I have read at least 10 books on HTML and this is far and away the best!!!! With an excellent lay out and format, Lee Anne Phillips starts at square one and progresses to more advanced topics. You will not get bored or lost with this book. Co-Author Bill vernon's support and interest is the best seen to date! If you want a homepage, buy this book!!

High Trust Selling emphasizes the foundation of a solid sales career. Not everyone is prepared to develop High Trust relationships, but those who do become people of great influence. Todd understands tecniques essential for succesful selling, but more important, he knows the underlying qualities of life essential for genuine and long term success in a selling career.

Don Cartmell, Pres.
Toward Effective Management Inc.

Most people in sales go from one deal to the next, always wondering if the well is going to run dry. This is a long, hard way to make a living. It's so much better to become a person of such high integrity and trust that customers come to rely on you--not so much your product or service, but you personally. This does not happen overnight. But readers of High Trust Selling will get a head-start on changing their lives from salesmen to those who seek to serve and help. Highly recommended to all who sell anything.

Let the bestseller lists speak for themselves. With "High Trust Selling" Mr. Duncan has written a book that seems to be meeting salespeople right where they need to be met. As a writer I keep up-to-date with numerous book bestseller lists, and I have seen the book on many lists including Business Week, the L.A. Times, and the Wall Street Journal (last week) to name a few. It has also received several positive reviews in reputable publications.

In my profession, I've found that it's not difficult to size up the worth of a book. Great marketing can give a book success right away -- but it takes great content to keep a book buzzing; and "High Trust Selling" is still buzzing quite well after nearly six months on the bookstore shelves.

I was actually given this book by Todd English after dining in one of his terrific restaurants. As such, I just had to give some of the recipes a try. What incredible taste sensations! The fried green olives stuffed with sausage and goat cheese were outstanding and incredibly easy. I was also intrigued by his pointing out the dishes that his little daughter liked. I've cooked them for my own kids with tremendous results. Can't wait for the next book!

Many restauranteurs publish cookbooks featuring recipes from their restaurants. I have a fair number of these books.

This is the *only* such book that I return to, repeatedly. I've made the goat cheese and sausage stuffed olives, the Falling Chocolate Cake (many times and is as excellent as another reviewer said), the Fennel Salad, the Tuna Tartare, and probably a good number of other recipes. The outcomes are consistently good.

I've also eaten at Olives a fair number of times, so I'm confident that I'm capturing the essence of Todd's cooking.

This is a high-quality hardcover book with high-quality paper, meaning that it should survive in the kitchen for a good long time. The recipes are well-laid-out on the pages and easy to refer to while you're cooking (a stark contrast from my "old" Joy of Cooking - which I love but does have a shortcoming in this area).

Todd English has put together a masterful book that is at once imaginative and yet full of simply executed dishes. The new and different salad creations are the perfect start to the meat and vegetable entrees. He combines elegance and practicality flawlessly. I especially love his strong opinions about what to use and what not to use in his recipes. (He has a particular prejudice against cello spinach!) He also gives lots of helpful cooking hints along the way. This is a must-have for any cook who enjoys intimate dining.