THis is not the best book ever, need I say more.

This book has 4 maps of Florence which I used over and over. It also has info organized into what there is to do in each little area. This was really helpful when we were in an area and had time to catch another museum, palace, etc. I would recommend it. Next time I travel to a city for any amount of time, I will look for another Let's Go Map.

This is a great story of how God does work all things out for our best, even if we don't understand at the time. A very easy book to read and somewhat of a biograhy of Marshall that really captures her emotions. Her husband took her journal entries and that of others to write this book, so we get to see exactly how she felt during her trials. It is a great book to see her learning how God works and watch him conform her to His image. Marshall really battles it out with God at times, but in the end, they both win. Very similar to Elliot's Passion & Purity in its style, content and outcome.

This short work has wider implications than its title suggests. While a SCAP-sponsored education experiment on language reform is the centerpiece of the book, J. Marshall Unger has broadened the scope of his piece to include short but interesting write-ups on literacy in the Tokugawa, Meiji, and pre-war periods as well as Japanese indigenous efforts to reform their script during that same time frame.

This work might appeal to you even if you have no interest in what SCAP was doing during the occupation. An interest in the romanization of East Asian scripts or literacy issues would be enough. Unger writes well and has a certain fiery opinionatedness to him that belies what most people would consider his dull subject matter. He is passionate about the topic, and takes sides, but always with evidence and arguments.

As a native of Monroe, Louisiana, living abroad, I was somewhat amused by the treatment of my home town. Lonely Planet publishes marvelous guides, and this is no exception; however, if you're in Monroe, please go to Geno's Restaurant and Trattoria off Louisville Avenue--the writers missed this one, and it's a shame. Also, Enoch's Cafe is perhaps THE place for entertainment at night--just reopened! Also, the guide didn't give enough credit to Northeast Louisiana University and the area around Bayou DeSiard. Still--I'd swear by Lonely Planet. Their guide to Israel was spot-on.

I bought this book shortly after my Mother died and found it helpful enough to pass along to my siblings. The first section deals with terminal illness so if you are searching for help during this difficult time, buy this book. It will take you through those latter stages of illness, through to death and the grieving afterwards. Of course, sudden death of a parent is also covered.

It is easy to read and understand. It is obviously written with compassion and continues to comfort and give practical guidance during a most difficult time. I recommend it highly and am recommending it to bereaved friends and family. There are more complex books out there about death and dying but at least start with this one.

This book is a very detailed, verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Luke (based on the NRSV translation). Used as an aid to help understand the meaning of phrases, words, references, etc., it is a good resource-- but be wary of limiting your understanding of the passage to the way it is explained in this book. This book is probably most appropriate for ministers or as a useful reference for someone who reads the Bible from a faith perspective.

Schrempp demonstrates his wide knowledge in this book as he grasps both the ancient and the traditional firmly in his theories. It is clear that he has spent time in each culture, learning and analysizing their mythology. Since high level theorizing, however, makes the book unaccessible to the layperson and even difficult at times for those less familiar with either culture. Likewise some of his translations or interpretation may cause discomfort for the experts on either culture. The book is an interesting addition to the field of comparative mythology and should be read by any seriously engaged in either ancient or traditional systems.

The author describes what a family entrepreneur needs to know in order to run a successful family business. The autor also highlights three major management functions - communication, cooperation and control for a family business owner such as how to evaluate relatives in a family business. It is practical and valuable because small family business owners may not know how to handle such situations effectively. After reading this book, it helps me to understand how to manage my family business practically. In the last two chapters the author also address the problems of succession and retirement that I haven't thought before. Anyway, I recommend this book to those people to plan or just started his or her small family business.

Mr. Cavell's McLuhan in Space is an important academic examination of Mcluhan's provenance and legacy; and that praise is also its chief handicap, for its style will please only those in the ivory tower. And that is too bad, because his assessment of McLuhan is accurate. If it fails to escape the formal dialectical style McLuhan eschewed, it does describe the method McLuhan used in sympathetic and insightful terms. The theme here is the resonant interval, in and between different sensory spaces, and between discordant, seemingly unrelated ideas drawn from physics and rhetoric. Cavell handles the first easily, and casts profound hints about the second. He does not leap himself, but traces the trajectory of many leaps McLuhan made; or, if you prefer, he solves the crime after it has been committed. For those who need proof of McLuhan's importance it is a valuable work.