I used this book for years and had a love/hate relationship with it. It got me lost lots of times, but also turned me onto some great rides. The real negative is that the book is woefully out of date and some of the rides have changed drastically. If you use it in conjunction with a more recent guidebook like Mountain Bike America:Moab then you will indeed have a powerful tool for deciphering Moab.

This book is old school and it's obvious that the author really cares. Great photos, great maps and great writing. It was the first (I believe) guidebook for biking written about Moab area and having bought and subsequently tossed all the others, I think it is still the best. We have made the Moab pilgrimage every year for the last eight and this book is the only one worth lugging along.

Comprehensive and accurate descriptions of all of the most popular rides in Moab and the surrounding area. Great history, geology and insight into the local area. A must for any Moab cycling trip.

Interesting, even thought provoking arguments--however, the dialogue between the characters is so one dimensional and flat that I was quickly turned off.

I agree with those who have reviewed this book positively. In a short book (91 pages of trialogue) Moody covers the basics in an engaging manner. Too often this issue is clouded over by easy arguments or jargon too technical for the average person. Since it is written as a discussion between three college students, it goes quickly and smoothly allowing the mind to move easily from each position. This book is thought out and is certainly recommended for people who are just getting into the subject. The main point of the book is to expose the reader to what other thinkers have thought concerning the perennial question. At the end of the book, Sophia says:

"...No one is suggesting that you throw away the tools of critical reasoning. But we have spent some time talking about the arguments for God's existence. We haven't proved that he exists, but we have learned why the arguments are at least plausible to those who are inclined by their personal religious experince to believe in God. We also have shown that belief in God isn't bizarre or delusional. We come back to tolerance again. If God can give us the space to form a rational belief in him without compulsion, maybe we can learn to do the same toward each other."

Other books of interest may include: The Brothers Karamazov by Fydor Dostoyevsky, C.S.Lewis's A Grief Observed and Miracles (anything by him is enlightening), Philosophy of Religion ed. Brian Davies, The Psalms, and The Othodox Way by Bishop Kallistos.

Moody's conversation between 3 bright students is short (96 pages, 8 chapters), fair (no one "wins"), comprehensive (most of the classic issues are present), provocative (a well-versed discussion leader should be delighted), accessible (almost none of the traditional jargon), and rigorous (the arguments, though brief, require careful attention). This is not a "teach yourself" book. Though any reasonably intelligent reader can profit from it, the careful treatment it deserves calls for guidance from someone knowledgeable in the philosophy of religion. The opportunities for such an instructor to segue from the book into additional topics are abundant and are aided by an excellent annotated reading list.

My favorite book is Don't Get Caught Driving The School Bus by Todd Strasser. I chose this book because I was having trouble picking out a book so my sister recommended it to me. It looked boring but when I started reading it I liked it. This book took place around our time, now. The characters in this book are wild and funny, though one character is mean.
In this book there is one important event, because it is a fiction (not real) book. It was where the kids on the bus where trouble makers. They got in trouble and the bus driver pulled over in the middle of train tracks. He got up and yelled. When he went to sit down, he bumped his head on the bar and got knocked out. They got up and heard a train so one of the boys had to drive them to safety. I think the author was trying to say: 'Even if you're trouble makers you can be heroes too.' I recommend this book if you like humor or adventure and excitement.

This was a very funny book with a lot of humor. It was about three 7th graders, Wilson, Dusty, and Kyle. They had just received a new bus driver named "Sarge." Sarge used to work at a prison, and he treats all kids like they're criminals. But Wilson, Dusty, and Kyle can't take it. They decide to show Sarge who's in charge!

Kyle, Dusty, and Wilson are always in trouble. From the carelessness of eachother, they accidently left a wasp's nest in the school bus. Poor Grandma (the bus driver) was replaced by an old prison bus driver because she was sent to the hospital. Kyle, Dusty, and Wilson do everything trying toget rid of him. Now they have put themselves, the single digits, and the bus driver in a life and death situation.

This book may be fine for older children (12+), but I read the section where Lanny/Jake is in the office with the principal and found it totally inappropriate for my daughter (age 9).
Skimming through other chapters of the book, I found passages that were more suitable for middle school readers. I wouldn't reccommend this book for children under 12 years of age.

Great book I like the part were he goes into Amanda's Body it is funny.

i havent read this book but i am very interested in it. seein as how i read the one with him and his sister swappin bodies, i think ill like this one. i know that i wud like to be a super model for a day and ima guy. yea, i think this book sounds very good, and so im on my way to go buy it.

This book is basically music theory for the beginner, written in a hip and readable fashion. The title however is misleading. Obviously, you need to know chord structures to do jazz improvisation, and the book does contain a laundry list of jazz CDs to pursue. But that's about it. There is absolutely nothing about jazz instrumentation, arranging, rhythms, or scoring. If you're an absolute beginner, you may find this book useful. If you're a working musician, forget it.

IN TODAYS MODERN WORLD OF 5 MINUTE MUSICAL BLISS METHODS MANY OF US LOOSE SIGHT OF THE BASIS OF WHAT ALL THIS INCREDIBLE NOISE WE CALL MUSIC IS ABOUT. THEN .... LOW AND BEHOLD A BOOK APPEARS THATS NOT TRYING TO TEACH YOU THE NEW LICKS OR HOW TO STILL MAINTAIN YOUR COOL WHEN YOUR ON STAGE WITH HEAVY PYROTECHNICS AND 40,000 SCREAMING FANS IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT THE REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF MUSIC THAT EVERY PRACTICING, NOT TO MENTION GIGGING MUSICIAN SHOULD KNOW.(I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD YOUR EAR IS OR IF YOU CAN PLAY THIRTY-SECOND NOTES AT 220 YOUR GONNA REALLY BE IN TROUBLE WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU TO PLAY IN THE KEY OF F AND YOU THINK THEIR SPEAKING LATIN) EITHER IN THE ORDER WRITTEN OR IN SECTIONS OF INTEREST THIS BOOK IS A STEP BY STEP PRIMER WHICH ALL MUSCIANS SHOULD HAVE IN THEIR GIG BAG(OR HEAD FOR THAT MATTER)

I have recommended this book to many and can't remember the last person I let see it. That's why I'm ordering another copy today. I knew little about reading notes of music, let alone understanding jazz arrangements. This book is an excellent starting place to understanding music in general, let alone jazz. I highly recommend it to everyone. And it's very reasonable.

This book is a terrible waste of a tremendous amount of money. Halfway through you are asked to make a list of jobs you could do, then pick the ones you like. Hasn't everybody thought of this? If I had any idea as to what kind of careers were available to someone such as myself I wouldn't need a book like this at all. Not only do I wish I had my money back, I'd also like my time back too.

For months, I had been struggling with being laid off and trying to figure out how to re-start my career after being with the same company for over 20 years.

This book was just the medicine I needed. Bermont does a good job of asking thought provoking and insightful questions that make you really think about the situation you are in and the best means to re-capture career satisfaction.

If you want a Myers-Brigg study or a book that tells you your ideal career then this book is not for you. However, if you want a book that will make you dig deep into your passions, interests, and expertise to discover what you really want to do for a living, then I highly recommend this book!

Is this book rocket science? No. However, "10 Insider Secrets Career Transition Workshop" is a great roadmap to making a career change.

The questions asked in the workshop made me think about things I didn't realize were so important in finding a job. It also helped me articulate in my mind what aspects of jobs I enjoyed and what I did not.

Overall, I thought the process the book took me through was just the right medicine I needed in this difficult time of change. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has an ability to look within themselves to bring out the answers that may have been there all along but needed a little prodding to bring out.

Mary Todd is a professor of history at Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, and a "feminist" by Missouri Synod standards. Martin Marty, in the book's Forward, wrote that she is "a partisan for ordination of women" in the LCMS (xii).

Nevertheless, Mary Todd does have some valid points in her book. Her contention that the LCMS--even in the beginning with Martin Stephan (Missouri Synod's only Bishop!) and Walther has never adequately defined its concept of ministry. We see this unclarity expressed in the old intersynodical conference days, when the LCMS, WELS, and ELS were all in fellowship, yet the WELS began having quite a different understanding on what the ministry is with the Wauwatosan theologians: Hoenecke, Schaller, and Koehler. Because Missouri could never define its concept of ministry with one clear voice, such differences did not lead to any conference splits.

Despite some of Mary Todd's "feminist" views, her book is still enjoyable. Her detailed description of the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to LCMS adopting women's suffrage at its 1969 convention is quite fascinating. To get a complete behind-the-scenes picture, a reader also may want to find "A Layman's Guide to Woman Suffrage in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod" by James Hoke, 1998, Morris Publishing.

Unfortunately, Mary Todd also hopes that the same gradual acceptance of women's suffrage (and she goes over the gradual changes intra-synod wide in her book) will lead to the ordination of women pastors. Culturally, none of us would have problems with such a move; those of us, however, who hold to the scriptural position of women not having spiritual authority over men will disagree with her position.

In short, her book is noteworthy--if only for its historical value. However, her theology is not biblical, nor in line with LCMS's understanding of Scripture. Thus, this book gets a weak recommendation: the good in the book is too interesting to ignore. Besides, the book also contains an including Walther's 1875 theses on church and ministry, the 1945 Chicago Statement, and a thorough bibliography.

If you are in the LCMS and interested in your synod's history and current mindest, you will find this a great read, even if you disagree with some of the author's premises or conclusions.
It will be all the more worthwhile to read if you are curious about the role of women and men as leaders in the synod.

As the question of women's ordination in any denomination is typically a milemarker as to where the group is heading doctrinally, socially (ethically and politically), and liturgically, it is no big shock to see the issue causing such torment among both "conservatives" and "liberals" in the LCMS.

While I do not quite agree with the author's understanding of the priesthood, the very fact that she has wrestled with the issues and can present a reasoned defense laeds me to give the book four stars.

A final plus about the book: it has an incredible bibliography, which is used exhaustively throughout the text.

Other books that may be of interest on the question of authority and ministry are: "Priestesses in the Church" by C.S. Lewis found in his "God in the Dock"; of course Manfred Hauke's monumental "Women in the Priesthood?" is essential reading. WHile he is Roman Catholic, much of his theology could be used in the LCMS context (and is); "The Church and Women" with contributions by Von Balthasar, Kasper, Ratzinger; "God or Goddess" by Hauke; "Deaconesses" by Martimort; "Women in the Early Church" by Clark; "Women in the Church" by Louis Bouyer; "What Paul really Said About Women" by Bristow; "Women and the Priesthood" by Peter Kreeft and Alice von Hildebrand. These books are almost all oppossed to the ordination of women to the priesthood, but they are both scholarly, often rather neutral (not always!), and charitable.

For an Eastern Orthodox response to the question: "The Female Diaconate:An Historical Perspective" by Gvosdev; "Feminism in Christianity: An Orthodox Response" by Belonick; "Women in the Priesthood" ed. by Thomas Hopko; "Discerning the Signs of the Times" by Behr-Sigel.

For some thoughtful arguments that support "theologies of women's ordination" see: "Discerning the Signs of the Times" by Elizabeth Behr-Sigel; "Women at the Altar" by Lavina Bryne; Bristow's aforementioned book has an interesting chapter on the leadership of women in the New Testament. In my opinion he is sloppy in some of his exegesis (or should I say isogesis?) but it is worth the read if for nothing else but to understnad his approach, which is representative of the priestess position.

Enjoy!

Mary Todd has done a good job of giving a basic historical overview of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod with details hard to find elsewhere. Granted, the historical analysis is designed toward her personal objectives (as she clearly states in the beginning of the book) with editorial comments along the way leaning toward a more negative bias in reference to C.F.W. Walther & friends than other historians have written. Even though her conclusions are a hotbed of debate, her clear comments are engaging and extremely informative, putting forth a very good analysis of the subject historically.

As Mary Todd suggests right from the get go, if you tie verbal inerrant inspiration of scripture with authority in the church then this book will be a challenge to your view on the subject doctrinally and historically as it was for me. If not, then this book will be foundational for you.

We use this book in our AP Computer Science class, and although it is easy to read, it lacks a lot of detail. I do not recommend this book to anyone studying for the AP Computer Science AB exam.

Introduction to Computer Science Using C++ is a great textbook. I am currently a Junior at Fairfield High School and this is my textbook for my Computer Science II class. We're preparing to take the AP test and this text has done an astounding job. While books such as Sam's Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days Third Edition may be a better choice, this is still a great source for learning C++. It covers a wide range of topics, from file I/O to matrices, vectors, and more. If you're looking for a book that's easy to understand, this book is definitely a great buy for you.

I love this book for its clear, detailed descriptions and explanations of every aspect of computer programming with C++. I have read some APCS textbooks but none of them were clear enough. I highly recommend this book to any computer programming novice.

Novelist Greg Rucka came aboard the Batman books during the groundbreaking "No Man's Land" epic. I loved that story arc, but since then, I've found Rucka's work, both on Batman and other comics (Whiteout, Batman/Huntress, etc.) to be either hit or miss. He is capable of great work, as the Two-Face story in this book shows, but when he's off his game.....oh boy.

The biggest problem here is Editorial; When DC rebooted Detective Comics, post NML, they made a few awful decisions- Artist Shawn Martinbrough's work is boring and nondescript, and it's made even worse by the "Limited" Colors used. The book looks like someone spilled a mug of Hot Chocolate on it. Just awful. Why bother to color it at all? It would be much more palatable in black and white.

An Editor should also have stepped in to stop Rucka from using a ridiculous designer drug as his plot device; The drug doesn't just addict, it turns it's users into animals. Literally. Snakes, Wolves, etc. After years spent trying to keep The Batman books (Semi)believable, the sight of addicts turning into snakes had me howling with laughter. Is this the best the great Ra's Al Ghul could do? Pathetic! Ra's Al Ghul is not my favorite Batman villain, but I think that's why he never used to turn up much: It took a really talented writer to do something with him. Rucka was not that writer. After all of that buildup, the story doesn't end, so much as stop. It's almost like Rucka ran out of writing paper....

With the great array of Batman books out there, you can't really be in bad enough shape that you'll want to waste your cash on this....

Great read. Not so great art work but you can't blame that on rucka can you. Rucka did a great job with the villans i think. i purchased this along with batman broken bat. Broken Bat was a little better cause of the art work. BUY THIS BOOK!

Frank Miller, Jeph Loeb, Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka. What do all of these guys have in common? Apart from being absolute masters of the comic book medium, and also being able to tell cracking good mystery tales, they have the distinction of being able to give us the BEST Batman tales. Greg Rucka's take on Batman/Bruce Wayne is at once both believable and fantastic! Do yourself a favour and check this book out. The story flows along at a brisk pace and the art is done in a psuedo film nior style. Very groovy.

I've been growing less and less enchanted with the series as it goes along. This continues its decline.

Initially, the spectre haunting Rutledge held me fascinated.
Was the Rutledge nuts or haunted? However, as the series continues we get no deeper into Rutledge resolving his psychological conflicts. (It would have been better, if he was just haunted.) I assume he's going to have to visit every county in Britain, Scotland, and Ireland (at one book each) before its resolved.

Also, this book continues the author's recent perchant for making the least credible character to be the murderer.

In Legacy of the Dead, this mother and son writing team hit the wall. In A Fearsome Doubt they've managed to put the machine into reverse--just barely.

While the first four books in this series relied heavily on the interior machinations of hero Ian Rutledge (and his exchanges with the dead [but-alive in Rutledge's head] Hamish MacLeod,) and the intense interaction between Rutledge and the characters he encountered, the device has worn thin. As well, Ian is no longer as profoundly engaged with the other characters--especially the females--as he was at the outset.

The two cases at the core of this narrative are only mildly interesting yet sufficiently so to keep one reading. What detracts terribly from the construct are the anachronisms and errors in British behavior and speech. One glaring example is having a well-bred fellow veteran say, " ... They end up aggravating each other ... " Well, no. This is a purely American misuse of language, not an English one. Then there is a reference to a character being, " ... bent and determined ..." Well, no again. Bound and determined. Definitely not bent. It's a word that has a number of British meanings, none of them positive.

But the worst errors all have to do with food. Hot milk is never offered with tea. The upper classes would not have had tea but coffee after an evening meal. Nor would a young waitress at the inn greet the hero in the morning by saying, "I expect you'd like your tea." At this point in history, tea was considered a meal, not merely a beverage. Finally, the hero eating "thick wedges of egg salad sandwiches" is so anachronistic as to be hilarious. This is a reference to a food item that one would have difficulty finding in England even today.

Sadly, mistakes like these detract greatly from a narrative. And while the author(s) may be unaware, it's the job of the editor and copy-editor to fact-check a manuscript for accuracy. The end result is a hero who is becoming tiresome, involved in a couple of not particularly engaging mysteries in a novel more notable for its errors than its for its entertainment value.

This is the sixth in the Ian Rutledge series. I agree that this outing is less than the others, but when the others were so far above the genre, that says much for A Fearsome Doubt.

In this outing, Rutledge's self doubts are aggravated by the possibility that he may have aided in the wrongful conviction of a man fairly early in his career. He must unofficially investigate the allegations recently put to him that the wrong man was convicted of three elderly women. But where to start since the man convicted was executed and the main witness dead.

He is officially assigned to investigate three murders in Kent. Someone is murdering veterans who lost a limb in the war. Who would do such a thing? The murderer is clever and has left no clues as to his identity. While he is searching for clues, Rutledge runs head-long into his past.

The writing continues to be remarkable, the character is ever evolving, and the mysteries still remain mysterious. That said, there was something missing from this entry in the series. I think it was that the author had events moving at a lower pace than usual. Thus, it wasn't the page turner that others in the series had been.