I was disapointed before I even started to read this book. First of all, the pictures are black and white so you really can't even begin to understand the beauty of these wonderful anamals. Second, and most suprising of all, a good half of the dogs featured in this book are not even CLOSE to rare. As a matter of fact, most all of the breeds can be bought at a local pet shop. Lastly, the breed discriptions are marginal at best. The breed standards are way off and most of the text is babbling commentary rather than usefull information. You would get better information from a part-time pet shop clerk than this book. I may not be an author but I think a better title for this book would be, "Blah Blah Blah, Dogs, Blah Blah".

This book is fantastic. It is often very hard to find information on rare breeds. This book provides the reader with all the information needed on many rare breeds. From the American Bulldog to the Tosa you are sure to all of the information you want. Each breed is full detailed. They are presented with no Bias. I stongly suggest that all rare breed and "real dog lovers " purchase one of these masterpieces!

Well I do agree with the previous reviewer's comment that this book isn't that user friendly. And, answer his dosage question, I went to the site where I buy my supplements, iHerb, to see what they said about Chitosan. They have two different products and each offers detailed explanations of what Chitosan is and how much to take. A friend at the gym takes two with water one half hour before meals. That corresponds with the iHerb information. I think Hennen and Elkins were a little hasty in getting their book to press and didn't take time to proof and edit.

This little booklet (31pages) is crammed with information about chitosan. It discusses the benefits of chitosan, uses and its history. Unfortunately, its not reader friendly. It is written like a science text. However it does offer hard to find information on chitosan. Hennen (the author) compares chitosan to other fibers in terms of its effacy. He gives information on how it works as a fat blocker. He also suggest substances to use with it, to improve its effectiveness. Though the text does have alot of information despite its slim size I think he should have covered some other important details. For example though, he alerts the reader to use caution when taking fat soluble vitamins at the same time as chitosan, he does not discuss the long term possible effects. Though I personally feel careful use of chitosan is safe, long term useage could possible deplete calcium, vitamin E and other nutrients and this issue needs to be addressed. Though he lists substances that increase chitosans effectiveness he does not state why. The main problem I had with the booklet though was the lack of information he gives on how to effectively use chitosan. He says to take before a high fat meal but does not detail how much per meal or how long before. Still the booklet is very informative and helps get the message out that though chitosan when used correctly can be an effective fat blocker, it does NOT work like the TV commercials for chitosan type products would like you to believe!

I buyed, thinking was a biography and it's not!. It's a story with facts of Rav Kook life writen in a biography way but not a serious one. For a giant like Rav Kook I don't like the way the author describe his life...Rav Kook deserved more.

A good book describing the unique personality of the greatest Jewish thinker of the 20th century-Rabbi AI Kook. Presents stories from Rav Kook's biography in anecdotal form. Good introduction to Rav Kook's biography

Precise and clear with well referenced scientific research (mostly with rats so far). My cold diabetic feet have returned to warm and pink since using this amazing chemical. Rita Elkins gives some of the reasons for this miracle.

The strength of this book is that it sustains a pretty good sociological perspective on a topic that is usually addressed psychologically. It is, however, somewhat dated, and not particularly good on gender issues

Dov Peretz Elkins deserves credit for taking a complex subject and trying to make it accessible to a broader audience as his mentor Jack Canfield (author of "Chicken Soup for the Soul") has done. Unfortunately, in his effort to offer a degree of breadth regarding the usage of guided imagery, he sacrifices depth. Since this book is primarily about the use of Jewish Guided Imagery for pedagogical purposes, the reader would have been better served had Elkins limited his scope to addressing imagery in a religious learning context. Instead the book attempts to address vast topics such as the use of imagery in stress reduction, psychoneuroimmunology, and therapeutic interventions. Greater emphasis on learning styles, the emotional aspects of relgious education, and traditional uses of imagery in Judaism would have been beneficial. In addition, given the target audience of this book (educators, rabbis, etc.), a more academic approach would have better substantiated his stance.

Despite these drawbacks, Elkins has provided the reader with dozens of examples of guided imagery exercizes in addition to teaching us how to immediately begin to use imagery in religious education work. The book outlines important considerations for providing successful experiences with those who have had little exposure to guided imagery. Overall, this book is a helpful tool despite a somewhat simplistic presentation. It is recommended as a jump off point.

Published in 1959, Stanley Elkins' Slavery opened up new avenues of debate in the historiography of American slavery. Though a generation of historians would later prove him wrong, Elkins argued that there was little uncharted ground left to explore in our knowledge of slaves' material conditions, and that the debate should shift to consideration of the psychological effects of bondage upon slaves. Regarding the role of whites in the institution, Elkins cared less about their economic motivations than their philosophical views, arguing that the lack of a true intellectual class or established institutions exerting moral authority prevented the United States from settling the slavery debate in a peaceful manner. His approach to the subject was thus vastly different from previous historians, yet with the exception of abolitionist literature he relied almost entirely on secondary studies to reinforce his arguments, preferring to break new ground in interpretation rather than in presenting new evidence. His sources include not only historical studies, but also go beyond the field to include philosophy and psychological studies as well. To determine the effects of bondage upon the slaves themselves, Elkins compared them to Holocaust survivors and drew upon studies of mass psychology in the concentration camps, arguing that the brutality of slavery was much like that experienced by victims of the Nazis. He asserted that the horrors of the Middle Passage stripped slaves of any previous cultural values or expectations, allowing masters to completely rebuild slaves' personalities in a manner that suited them. Because masters were the dominant figures in slaves' lives, slaves became like children; dependent, lazy, dishonest but cheerful "sambos". Confronted by the fact that the "sambo" personality was unknown in Latin American slave societies, Elkins argued that the Spanish system was less totalitarian in its treatment of slaves, allowing them legal and family rights, spiritual growth, and the chance for eventual emancipation, and therefore did not psychologically damage them to the extent that slaves in the American South were. Later historians, outraged by Elkins' comparison of slavery to the Holocaust, and his assertion that slaves were stripped of their native culture and reduced psychologically to the status of children, have succesfully disproved most of Elkins' conclusions. However, this is still an important source for the serious student of American slavery, for it was the first to consider how slaves themselves experienced slavery, and the impetus for a good deal of further research.

I find the approach suggested in this book to be too radical to be realistically followed. The book refers to and has positive quotes from some popular experts but contradicts their nutrutional approach by advocating a high carb, low protein diet.

I am new to LBS and needed some books to become informed. This book gave me some good information but the recipes are boring and don't whet your appetite.

This is an absurdly overrated piece of work. Elkins starts with the not particularly earth-shattering thesis that non-territorial forms of identity are challenging the traditional link between territory and identity, and that this requires a rethinking of our assumptions about politics and government.

This is hardly an original argument, and Elkins contributes little to the literature. Far too much of this book is based on the speculations of pop economists and futurists, which should hardly be acceptable in a Masters thesis, much less a book published by a major academic press.

As well, Elkins tends to extrapolate from the privileged life conditions of a tenured professor to speculate about a future in which there is apparently no inequality...all will be able to afford computers with internet access to participate in new electronic communities, and so on.

On a related note, Elkins glosses over normative issues about democracy and participation in his non-territorial world.

The only redeeming part of this book is some moderately interesting discussion of aboriginal and francophone communities in Canada.