Mr. Cobia has captured the essence of an American icon that everyone thought they already knew. Many of the illustrations I've never seen before. The writing is creative and informative. This book is a must read for any fan of the well known frontiersman.

This is a very well written book that covers a period of Crocketts life that is often glossed over..It is an informitive book but also one that is an easy read
The author uses primary sources but also points out how conflicting these sources can be. He is not afraid to give his opinion on what he expects to be true and accurate but also, he is not afraid to give various other viewpoints
I feel like I can "trust" this book and this author and I think this says alot
This will make the perfect Christmas present for anyone interested in David Crockett and the Texas revolution
However , I do want to point out that this is not a biography of Mr. Crockett or a detailed study of the Alamo.

This was the required text for a 2003 graduate Biostatistics course, so you should already know the basics. If you don't, buy the Study Guide and Solutions Manual to help you out.

I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CONTENT OF THIS BOOK AND THE SINCERITY OF THE MATERIALIn a lot of cases I find that channeled material can either be very dull reading, to philosophical ...or at best lack any real substance.The beings channeling the messages may be aliens or angels....but often they just dont cut the mustard when it comes to giving us something tangible to think about. Some of the material in this book may be a wee bit dated but it is in my opinion among the best channeled spirituality you are likely to come across.If you are into the Ashtar Command or Space Brothers get this book.Chances are you will read it over and over and tell your friends.

I own the 1924 edition of this guide and have given 3 others as gifts to family members.
This guide (I would recommend 1930 editions or earlier) gives an insight into travel in Europe when "Tours" lasted from 3 to several months. This guide specifically states it is designed for "... the vacation tourist who can spend but three or four months abroad." Each country is broken down from point-of-entry into proposed routes, with worthwhile sites being detailed along the way. Recommended means of transportation once abroad include walking trails, char-a-banc, trains and the possibility of hiring a motorcar (in certain areas). The editions with their maps still intact are especially intriguing as the maps detail major cities in europe as they existed in the early 1900's.
If you have traveled in Europe or if you plan to travel there this little book will provide you with insights into whatever area you travel and will allow you to see beyond the current veneer.

This review appeared in Christian Library Journal.

Weaving a Life of Prayer is a combination devotional/Bible study/how-to book on prayer. In the introduction, author Marsha Crockett describes her frustration with making time to pray. She says, "I wanted my prayer life to become a life of prayer, to breathe with the reality of God in the earthiness of my everyday living."

Crockett explores the role of prayer in the lives of women in the Bible: Sarah, Rebekah, Miriam, Deborah, Ruth, Martha, Mary Magdalene, and others. She relates the scriptures to events in her own life, experiences that drew her closer to God as she learned to turn her disappointments and struggles toward Him.

The book is arranged in thirty daily readings. The front and back covers have generous flaps to help the reader keep her place. A firm believer in the value of journaling, Crockett strongly encourages the reader to apply the book's principles to her own life by recording her thoughts in a journal. The end of each daily reading contains suggestions for journal entries.

Weaving a Life of Prayer is an excellent tool for the person who wants to pray with abandon.

--Andrea R. Huelsenbeck

I thought that the Publisher's statment that Nostradamus was an Alien from another world (several times) was just ridiculous. All of his conclusions are subject to interpretation, and in my opinion missed the mark several times. I wonder who the other "reviewers" really are?!? I bought this book on their recommendation. I'm sorry I wasted my time and money!

Years ago I went out and purchased about 6 or 8 books dealing with the prophecies of Nostradamus. A lot of them are pretty unreadable. Unless you are a history buff what happened in France or throughout Europe 3oo or 400 years ago is going to have very little meaning. Also, unless you know French you will have to plow through page after page of translations which - often -- will bring you no closer to making a determination about if the seer actually predicted a particular event or not. UNPUBLISHED PROPHECIES has two things going for it. It gets right to the point, pretty much dealing with the works of Nostradamus that have meaning in our modern every day lives. The editors have sorted everything out for the reader in a reasonable number of pages so you dont have to take a course in French. Furthermore, there are some predictions in this book that supposedly have never been published before. Additionally, I just obtained a recent printing of this book to find out that the publisher have added some material on the terrorist attack on America. In fact the sub title deals with this new threat and there is even a special update you can get by writing to the publisher.

There has been a resurgence of interest in Nostradamus in the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Along with a widely circulated hoax prophecy that was quickly unmasked by astute students of the prophet, the authentic prophecy found in Century 6, Quatrain 97, seemed to uncannily predict the World Trade Center's destruction.

The skeptic's response to all such apparent fulfillments of prophecy is to argue that since the actual wording of the quatrain is so vague, it can be interpreted any number of ways. However, it is even less logical to assume that Nostradamus was working totally blind and that future events correspond to what he predicted simply by chance. It has been said that if you put a monkey in front of a typewriter, he will eventually type out the words of Shakespeare. But again, it simply isn't possible for Nostradamus to be as accurate as he is working from within a total vacuum, is it?

Which brings us to "Nostradamus' Unpublished Prophecies" by Arthur Crockett. Crockett opens with a crash course for the uninitiated on the life history of Nostradamus, beginning with his humble yet nearly supernatural birth in 16th Century France through his time as a medical doctor working with victims of the Black Plague. Beginners to the subject will enjoy reading about the early years when Nostradamus first became aware of his gift of prophecy and the fame he acheived in his own lifetime, including his eventual championing by the French royal court.

Next Crockett gives an interesting overview of some of the prophecies already assumed to be fulfilled, such as quatrains that seem to predict the rise and fall of Adolph Hitler and the end of the Cold War. The accuracy with which Nostradamus predicted so many future events that are now in our past is the best testimony one can make for him being the real thing.

From there, Crockett moves on to the heart of the book, the prophecies by Nostradamus that were omitted from the seer's official collection.

"The legend goes," Crockett writes, "that shortly before his death, Nostradamus penned a series of prophecies so startling that he never had them included in his published works, too afraid was he of the effect they might have. These predictions were circulated only to royalty and were thought destroyed for many years until they were uncovered in the basement of the house where Nostradamus died. They were sealed behind a wall which only recently was torn down to reinforce the old building which is now a landmark."

So we are given something new to ponder over and wonder about. Many of the unpublished prophecies have to do with the Second Coming of Christ and visitors from Outer Space as well as several appearances by the Virgin Mary.

Also included with the book is a two-page insert called "Nostradamus' Black Prophecies," one of which is a story in itself. Keeping in mind that the book was published in 1983, the insert contains a prophecy that declares, "In the year eighty plus nine, the vast East collapses." You may recall that it was in 1989 that the student revolt in China happened, followed by a bloody massacre and the complete breakdown of law and order in China that lasted for several weeks. It's just such moments that keep students of Nostradamus hooked.

In any case, I heartily recommend "Nostradamus' Unpublished Prophecies" to both the adept scholar and the newcomer to the prophet. Whatever lies ahead of us in the future may have already been seen and documented in the four-line poems of a man who spoke through time itself.

Topic intrigues me, but I was disappointed in this volume. The author has grabbed a lot of different theories from art therapy, spirituality, and shamanic practices, but the synthesis doesn't ring true. The exercises seem stiff and lifeless and it seemed that the author was stretching ideas to make them fit the points he wanted to make. The book itself was not aesthetically pleasing, is rather *pop* in its presentation which also deters from its message. I felt like I was being sold a future workshop series by the author. Many of the topics discussed in this book are better expressed in other books such as Trust the Process by McNiff, the Mission of Art by Grey, Art Therapy Sourcebook by Malchiodi, and Art is a Way of Knowing by Allen. I recommend these books as paths to the *artist inside* for those who want to explore the idea of art as healing.

Whether we recognize ourselves as artists or not, our inner dream artist is inviting us on a path of self-exploration, spiritual deepening, creative expression, and self-healing. Tom Crockett offers sacred perspectives and practical tools which link the creativity, inspiration, and ceremony of journeying, making art, and perceiving our inner and outer experiences. The process invites us into the sacred realm that dwells within each of us and all around us, as well.

In his own words, Tom says, "... there is no way I can convince you logically and rationally that objects can have spirit or energetic consciousness. What I can do, on the road to helping you develop a spiritual practice around art, is to help you shift to an energetic way of perceiving the world. It is through the technique of vision-shifting that I believe you will come to agree with me that objects can, indeed, have spirit." This book holds invaluable keys for everyone -- especially for those in touch with, and those wishing to be in touch with, the inner artist, dreamer, therapist, and spiritual guide.

I read Judd's other book (Boone)about early frontiersman Daniel Boone and liked it so much i ran out and grabbed a copy of Crockett as soon as i could get my hands on it. I expected a similar tale of long hunting and trapping excursions, encounters with Indians, and an overall historical/fiction representation of this great outdoorsman's life. Unfortunately, as I read on, the main emphasis was more on Crockett's political ties and town life.

Might have been a good history lesson for some but sure wasn't what I was looking for. I had to put it down. Get Boone if you can find it. It's a much better book.

Since we homeschool this book fit right into our curriculum for daily story time...the kids couldn't wait to hear what would happen next... I found myself sitting up late at night just to read on, as each chapter unfolded to provide dramatic insights about what the life of Davy Crockett may have been like...This book has creatively woven historical FACT with creative insight into the thoughts and life of this almost mythical man...After reading this, we had the opportunity to visit Crockett Tavern near Morristown,TN, and it really re-inforced the history that my children absorbed from this book. We had hoped to read "Boone, a Novel" also by Cameron Judd, but were disappointed to find that it was no longer in print...

Four Views of Hell is one of the best books available on the subject. Unlike other books on the same topic, the book dares to allow differing voices to be heard. But, this book may tell us even more about the prejudices and preconceptions of those who contributed to it than about the afterlife.
John Walvoord is dogmatic in his "Literal" view that hell is a place of actual flames combining physical pain with mental and emotional depression and misery. I believe that literal is a particularly bad naming and this should have been called the "Traditional" view instead.
William Crockett allows more credence to other views but still suggests that his "Metaphorical" view, hell is a state of mental and emotional depression and misery without physical features, are the only reasonable views.
In the "Purgatorial" view, Zachary Hayes, gives an excellent synopsis of the development of this controversial idea, but the reader is left to wonder whether purgatorial is 'hellish' in the traditional sense or merely cleansing and refreshing. His treatment of the Roman Catholic doctrine is historical, fair, and unapologetic.
Clark Pinnock writes one of the best articles, to date, on the "Conditional" view. This view holds that in the end, most of the unsaved will become saved, and those who persist in rebellion and hold fast to doing evil will enter a state of oblivion and annihilation. Pinnock's article and counterpoints are excellent and by far the least prideful of the lot.
The flaw, not with the book but with the contributors, is that they don't seem to read what the others have written. In their rebuttals they pick and choose their attack points often missing the very solutions to the problems they point out.
I would be delighted if this book were revised in the future to include views on "Soul Sleep" and deeper coverage of the included views. Despite the pugnatious attitudes of some of the contributors, I would want to read a broader and deeper coverage of the different views rather than avoiding them or this book.
While Hell-ologists (to coin an understandable term) may be dogmatic and sometimes arrogant in their views, the book allows the reader to see what their views are about and to fairly weigh the views. I've yet to find another book on the subject which accepts counterpoints as well as this book in Zondervan's Counterpoints Series.

While delivering 4 views of hell, and a response to each by the other authors, this book presents the top contending views on the nature of hell. However, at times each author tends to get too defensive of his own view, and tends to defend it with an "It's just right 'cause I said so!" view. But overall, it is an excellent group of essays!

This book accomplishes its objective of presenting four differing views on hell. Obviously, it consists of four authors submitting defenses of their particular positions. A couple of the writers are more persuasive than their colleagues. This persuasiveness, however, stems more from the positions themselves rather than from the skill of the persons penning them.

Walvoord begins with a simplistic, fundamentalist position of literal, eternal fire. Walvoord does a decent job of making his point. The issue is muddled, unfortunately, with the mantra of literal interpretation as the only method for persons who believe the Bible is inerrant. The connection with dispensationalism is apparent in the frequent, literal application of passages in Revelation.

Crockett steps to the plate next with the metaphorical view. His presentation is the most convincing of the four, partially because of his skill but mainly because of the strength of the argument itself. Crockett sticks to the point and drives it home.

Hayes takes his turn defending the purgatorial position. I was a bit surprised to find a serious consideration given to the idea of purgatory in a work of this nature. Hayes deserves credit for making a valiant attempt to communicate a Catholic belief to a predominantly Protestant audience. He offers little Scriptural support for his position, simply because there is little Scriptural support to be found.

Pinnock concludes the presentations with his view of annihilation. Pinnock is not as convincing as Crockett, but gives some substantial Scriptural evidence and theological reasoning to support his position. Crockett does an excellent job of refuting Pinnock's argument in the brief response he offers.

I intially planned to give this volume three or four stars, because at least two of the arguments presented are extremely weak. On second thought, however, the presentations are all fairly well done -- the problem is with the positions themselves. For anyone wanting a good overview of four doctrines of hell, I strongly recommend this book.