Katherine Ragsdale succeeds in her goal of "keeping the conversation going" regarding what constitutes ethical interpersonal boundaries in therapist-client and pastoral counselor-parishioner relationships. Chapters include viewpoints of psychologists, psychotherapists, theolgians, and clerics, with all viewpoints expressing varying feminist perspectives. Because contributors present very different ideas about what is or is not ethical in regard to interpersonal boundries, Ragsdale's book is both provocative and stimulating, leaving the professional to answer for oneself, how one will conduct oneself with clients and/or parishioners.

The introduction by the engineer's daughter gives some great inside info on the building. The pictures of Stollers give a great perspective of the building and show it during construction as well as just after completion and opening in the seventies. At the back there are great scaled floor plans that really give a sense of the building layout and design. i would definetly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in architecture in general or specifically the John Hancock Center.

This practical book contains lots of ready to use reproducible pages. A must have for busy teachers. Just reproduce, cut and assemble with a round head pin.

I remember having these Fairy Tales read to me at bedtime when I was little. I bought the same book to read to my son. The stories are bit anachronistic and may not meet modern standards of being politically correct, but we love them anyway.

I first acquired this book during Prof. Hancock's course taught at the University of Texas. Being a lover of languages, I was dismayed to see a lack of grammars or lexicons for Romani. This book is the definitive guide to Romani written in English. Do not expect a simple "Teach Yourself Romani in 30 days" work here; this book reflects both Hancock's linguistic background and an expectation of the reader's.

Very good book. Hancock is a very descriptive writer. If you are a sailer or not, you will love this book about what it takes to sail great distances.

"The Oxford Companion to the Earth" is one of the more recent titles to be published by Oxford University Press (copyright 2000). One of the defining characteristics of the "Companion" series is comprehensiveness and this volume is no exception. In 1,174 pages, closeto one thousand entries appear, from "Acid Rain" to "Zoogeomorphology." All the topics one would expect to find in an encyclopedia of the earth sciences are here: volcanoes, plate tectonics, earthquakes, glaciers, the weather and other such standard fare are represented. A pleasant surprise is the unanticipated subject matter, such as "Art and the Earth Sciences," "Geoscience and the Media" and "Wine and Geology." Think of it as a rounding up of the unusual suspects. This kind of inclusiveness is a double-edged sword. While many topics are touched on, many are given only superficial treatment. "History of Geochemistry," for example, is not particularly helpful, as it is litle more than an enumeration of dates and events, without any analysis or context. To be sure, this shortcoming is due partly out of necessity, as an in-depth discussion of every topic would result in an unwieldly tome. I found the longer articles more informative, such as "Mantle and Core Composition," which takes up better than four pages. On the whole, this book presents an overview of a particular topic, rather than an examination of it. While well illustrated,l the majority of visual material consists of line drawings. Photographs, what few there are, have been printed n black and white only and generally are quite small. One of the features of this series that I particularly like are the "extras" presented to the reader. In the case of "Earth," they include paleogeographic maps printed on the end papers and a number of appendices covering the gelogic times scales, comparatative data on the earth and other planets of the solar system, the periodic table of the elements and several pages of scientific units, conversion tables an abbreviations of scientific terms. All in all, I regard this as a worhty addition to the library of anyone who desires a "just the facts, ma'am" approach to topics in the earth sciences.

I FIRST STARTED USING THIS BOOK FROM A LIBRARY AND AS I READ AND RESEARCHED DIFFERENT AREAS OF IT I SOON REALIZED THAT I WAS READING ABOUT MY MOTHER'S FAMILY. THIS WAS THRILLING TO ME....ONE BECAUSE I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THIS PART OF MY FAMILY TREE AND SECOND IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE THAT MY FAMILY HAD MADE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION IN ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIVED. I THINK THAT THE AUTHOR DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN RECORDING A PART OF HISTORY THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME IF NOT TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL WRITE ABOUT OUR LIVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL HAVE THE SAME THRILL THAT I DID IN DISCOVERING MY LOST FAMILY IN MR HARDEN'S BOOK.

I used this book for a recent 3-day trip to Lisbon. The maps in the back are really helpful, but the info in here wasn't as good as other books in this series. It made it difficult to really get a coherent sense of the area before arriving. Still, it makes a good reference for a short trip and the small size makes it great for carrying around.

This book helped my kid's report on Old Man of the Mountain.

Lots of interesting history, on who owned it, when, lots of good interesting (to me!) details. It was written in 1980, so the history stops there...