Loads of good information. Very well indexed. Can be used as a secondary source of information for lots of look ups. This book is also a good place to start your research. I don't know how she found all those cemeteries!

Very thought provoking. Makes you look inside yourself to take a true measure of your relationship with God. Reminded me of Paul's command "Examine yourselves to see if you are in the faith". Excellent reading.

This is an excellent reference for all costumers. There are extensive pictures of garmets, hairstyles, shoes, and textile patterns for every period from early Byzantium to at least the 40's. Although it is (currently) out of print, seek it out at your library or bookstore till they bring it back!

montana has the best whitewater. this book shows all of it. if you're gonna yak in montana, get this book.

First of all, this book is written for people who are familiar with the Torah. Ide moves systematically through each of the five books and analyzes everything from who Moses was, to how the stories were created, to why Moses did certain things. Almost every page is half-covered with footnotes, many of them in Hebrew and Greek.

The book explains how Moses got his name (from the sun-god Ra-moses), how the Moses story was created and used in various cultures and religions, and how or why certain things were added in each book, particularly Numbers and Deuteronomy. Ide reveals the Hebrew leaders as religious zealots who lied to and manipulated their people in order to retain power and continue living like kings off the sacrifices and offerings of their people. He does this, however, quite academically, and these conclusions are easily drawn with the mountains of primary-source evidence Ide lays out.

This was my first experience with Ide, and he's shown himself to be an accomplished researcher, writer, historian and linguist. He regularly quotes original languages, even hieroglyphics. His conclusions seem to be academic, not bias-motivated, which I consider very important in religious studies. This book is a must-read for anyone who is a Christian, Jew or just interested in Judaism.

The book is divided into two main parts. The first part takes a look at the "family of man" from a sociological, anthropological, historical, and every other point of view it seems. Mr Shoumatoff is the consumate renaissance man the way he blends all these facets. The second part is a capsule history of the Mormon Church and even though it sort of exposes some things, I found it fair and even handed. As a genealogist interested in more than just putting names and dates on a pedigree chart, I highly recommend this book. This book was preceded by an article of the same name in New Yorker magazine in 1985, and went on to become a bestseller in expanded book form

This small book gives you the principles and the different techniques of moxibustion.
When to use it and more importantly when NOT to use moxibustion.
I had read this book almost a decade ago so I don't remember if it discusses the botanical names of the plants used in making moxa. For e.g., mogusa japonica or artemesia vulgaris etc. For that kind of information get any of Jayasuria's books.

I found this book in the Adult Video Warehouse in Boynton Beach, FL and then saw it on Amazon. This book is strictly a reference work, no narrative, but the book is very useful if you are a business traveler. The tasteful cover and interior make the book presentable in an office or on a plane. They even had a listing for a club in Enid, OK where I went on my last trip. A must for the frequent male traveler. The book also has its own web site.

A truly excellent, well-structured and beautifully written overview of the history of the Muslim world. A must for anyone wishing to study the history and religion of the Islamic Near East at undergraduate level. I recommend it most highly.

I read this book as one of the first books I ever got to check out of a library and 16 years later hunted it down. Its the greatest book . So cute and entertaining. A story of a little girl with a crazy little cat.