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I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS INSPIRED LONNA TO RECORD AN EXCELLENT BLEND OF SPIRITUAL, WORLD AND PERSONAL VIEWS AND CAPTURED THEM IN A UNIQUE POETIC FORM. THE POEMS COVER A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, SO ANY READER WILL EVENTUALLY RELATE TO ONE OR MORE OF HER THEMES. I WILL CHALLENGE ALL READERS TO DIG BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THIS INK AND PAPER TO FIND HOW THEY CAN RELATE. THE WORD OF GOD IS PRESENT IN THIS WORK, ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS I CAN SEE SCRIPTURE STEPPING TO THE SURFACE AND BLENDING EVER SO BRILLIANTLY WITH LONNA'S THOUGHTS. THE BOOK IS VERY UNIQUE IN ITS OWN RIGHT. IT CAUSES YOU TO TAKE A SELF EXAMINATION OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THE CREATOR. AFTER READING THIS BOOK IT MAKES ME WANT TO SIT DOWN AND WRITE A FEW OF MY THOUGHTS. BUT, THE CREATOR HAS ASSIGNED SPECIAL TASK FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE AND I BELIEVE THAT GOD DEFINETLY INSPIRED THIS WORK. GOD BLESS YOU MY SISTER KEEP UP THE GOD WORK.

This is a very heart moving book. I felt that Lonna Traynor was right on all things of life, we must center ourselves back to GOD. This book will make anyone who reads it think of themselves are someone they know.

If I hadn't bought this book my computer would now be at the bottom of the swimming pool. While the Roxio program has good help tips and tutorials, having this secondary source on paper was absolutely necessary to me.

I haven't even begun to explore the depths of the full program but this book made it possible for me to cut my learning curve significantly - and enjoyably, too!

Even though I have now penciled in a couple of my own tips not included in the book, this book has got to be Roxio's best friend. If you going to buy and use the Roxio program then you certainly should include this book in your purchase plans.

It is an oustanding handbook on how to use Media Creator 8.

Colin Gunton believes (and rightfully so) that creation cannot truly be understood except in a Trinitarian conception. Understanding God as the Holy Trinity lays the foundation for all other theology and in particular creation.

Gunton weaves together both Historical and Systematic Theology to present a case for understanding the Trinity and Creation. He intertestingly notes that when the doctrine of the Trinity fell into dispute or was just placed upon the shelves of church history to collect dust that the effect was evident upon man.

Only a proper understanding of the Trinity will bring balance between the transcedence and immanence of God. God and his relation to his creation can only be properly understood when God is Trinity

This is an excellent book, but one that will take work to get through. In the end the effort put out will be worth while.

Gunton begins his study by showing the uniqueness of the Creation Ex Nihilo to the Christian faith. Other mid east legends are dim copies. Despite the universality of evidence, there is a corresponding universality of failure to read it correctly (Calvin). Creation is the outcome of God's unrestrained love.It is Christo-centric. It is through and to Christ. The incarnate one entered into history and creation to redeem it.

Gunton then sets the stage by showing the biblical context out of which the doctrine of Trinitarian Creation was realized. Old Testament. God's creation is rooted historically. It is not eternal. New Testament. God freely willed creation. velation 4:11). Christ is the mediator and sustainer of creation (Heb. 1:2).Christ's miracles over demons is a oretaste of the future liberation of creation (Romans 8).As Christ is the mediator of creation, the Holy Spirit is the animator of it. This ties together in the resurrection of Christ.The freedom of God in the created order. The destiny of the created order is related to the resurrection of Christ.

Next he examines the Greek Worldview, showing it be pessimistic and dualistic, incapable of answering the ultimate questions. Ontology:
Pantheism: Is the universe divine?
If God is not personal creator, we then have an impersonal force governing reality (c.f. John Frame, Apologetics to the Glory of God, p.35-40 for an excellent discussion of personality and deity). To personalise the non-personal is to succumb to crude forms of superstition.Only a theology which distinguishes God from the world ontologically justifies the practices of science.

The Hero of the study is Irenaeus. Trinitarian Mediation: Irenaus of Lyons
Goodness of creation
If God the Son takes upon himself a material body, then nothing material can be intrinsically bad. God creates out of nothing.
There are no degrees of being but only two realities: God and everything else. Although very good, creation, even before the fall, was not yet complete and perfected. It is waiting for an eschatological perfection. Salvation is that which returns creation to its directed purpose. The world is to be understood as a process, but not--as in contemporary process theologians--a linear process.

All in all it was a fascinating study, save a few faults. He tried his darndest to exonerate Darwin, to no avail. Despite all of Gunton's brilliant reasoning--and mind you he is sharp--Darwin, given Gunton's own admissions elsewhere, could not account for human personality and dignity given his premises. Second, is a faulty over-reliance on several flawed studies of Calvin, rendering his discussion of primary-secondary causes problematic. But other than that, a superb study.

Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (6/08)

Excerpts from the author's version of the Twenty-Third Psalm (Even in Menopause)

The Lord is my Shepard, I have all that I need (I'm fat, fatigued and fifty!)
He lets me rest in green meadows; (Even with hot flashes)
He leads me beside peaceful streams (In the middle of night sweats)
He renews my strength (when fatigue takes over)
He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name (showing me options)........Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever (wrinkles and all).

As I am approaching the age of menopause I have started adding books on the subject to my reading list. I found this one to be very well written and informative on the subject. The author delivers the information in a witty but respectful way. He also alleviates the fear for many Christian women that these therapies may be un-Christian through Biblical references.

I really appreciated that the author took such a sensitive and often scary subject and lightened it up with a sense of humor. Two great examples of this were "So estrogen can be swallowed, shot in the rear end, implanted in your tum-tum, stuck on your derriere, and lathered on your skin" and "Every party has a pooper, and every drug has a downside" (page 108).

This comprehensive book discusses keeping the mind, body and spirit in balance through chapters on traditional hormone treatments, including the natural approach through herbs, complementary medicine, prayer, diet and exercise. The information presented will help alleviate the fear about a subject that can be really scary for a woman approaching middle age. I walked away with a thorough knowledge of what menopause and multiple options for getting through it.

I highly recommend "A Woman's Guide to Hormone Health" for Christian women who are approaching menopause age. It will definitely dispel the many myths surrounding the subject and you will walk away with a good knowledge about this next step in life.

This is exactly the book my wife has been searching for for some time. It explains in very clear language the reasons for the previously confused series of moods and emotions. She is thrilled with it and now has a more relaxed response to the changes taking place at this stage of her life.

This is encouraging for those who have pussens with unusual personalities! Cats dance!!!! It says it all!

A pristine paperback copy of this extraordinary book. If cats are your thing, then this is a book for your shelf

"Dancing with Cats" has excellent photography, entertaining text and is purrrfectly delightful. I couldn't have found a better gift for my friend. Everyone who comes through her door is shown right to the book. Then chuckles and mimicking abound.

This book has appeared in my life several times, always with a mixture of joy and terror. The concept of the book is simple: through engaging one's cat in dance, a certain physical and spiritual equalibrium is achieved. Various people are interviewed and photos are shown of them dancing with their cats. Half of the time, though, it is not clear whether the cat is jumping or has been thrown into the shot by the photographer's assistant. Throughout the book you question yourself if cat dancing is "real"; by the end, it doesn't matter anymore.

Each one of the "cat dancers" is borderline schizophrenic, but the images are so whacky that one can't help from laughing histerically. Some people have actually recruited their children into the cat dancing way, which makes you feel sorry for them. (They will never have a normal existence.) The text that accompanies the images, however, is cause for brief moments of terror: these people actually believe they are making a spiritual connection with air-born cats. One is even concerned about creating too much spiritual energy and collapsing an astral vortex. Regardless, the book is a perfect ice-breaker, a coffee table book for all ages that allows strangers to point and laugh and sigh collectively. To say with a smile: "At least we're not them!"

When I first saw the cover of this book, I laughed out loud with joy and a sense of wonder about whether this book was for real. Surprisingly, DANCING WITH CATS is not a joke, and is an excellent primer on how to go about having some fun with your cats in a rather unusual way... by dancing with them. Since I don't currently have a cat, I borrowed one to get a feeling for how possible it might be to get a cat to dance. I succeeded in completely astonishing the cat as I began to notice the ways that the cat watched me moving around with movements that showed we were beginning to move together as one. Clearly, some cats enjoy dancing more than others, and this is one activity that may take a while to get fully into the swing of with your feline dancing partners. From the ancient history of cat dancing to modern age tips and techniques, this book provides a wealth of information about a subject most of us know very little about. The photographs are truly stunning, and you just might get some new ideas about what kinds of fun you can have dancing with cats. Highly recommended!

Great product. Found detail about the book great and was enough information for what I needed to know. Received the book in time and found to be good quality.

I read "The Creators" years ago as a teenager and rediscovered it when cleaning out the old book chest. I highly suggest opening ones mind with this work. "The Creators" is a how-to manual of human thought. It is not meant to be a thrilling adventure story. Boorstin takes you step by step through the imagery and imagination that dawned civilization. "The Creators" is for anyone who ever asked, "Why?"

Question: I read well enough, but don't feel all that well educated. I am too busy or too broke to take college
classes in the evening or whatever. Can acquire a fair bit of liberal education by reading in my spare time?

Answer: Yes. Read Boorstin's "The Creators" and "The Discoverers," and Barzun's "From Dawn to Decadence." You will thereby encounter what is glorious about us humans.

Most books I read, I think, are on an intellectual level commensurate with my own. Usually I think, "I could probably write this, if I took the time to learn enough."

This book is not one of those. Sure, maybe Daniel didn't pull every bit directly out of his head- he was the Librarian of Congress, which gave him access to plenty of source material.

I don't think I could ever come close to matching this, or any other of Boorstin's achievements. Read this book! It's not as engaging as some- I got through it by making it my permanent bathroom book. It took forever to read it, but it was well worth it.

The Creators by Daniel Boorstin is an excellant read. This book was more reader friendly then The Discoverers and just as well researched. As Boorstin does in the Discoverers, each chapter tells the life story of an artist/musician/architech and while doing this goes in depth on this person's works.

The areas of focus for this book are:
1. "The Riddle of Creation" (creation stories in differant cultures)
a. Worlds without beginnings (eastern religions)
b. A creator-god (mostly western religions)
2."Creator Man" (stone age through middle ages)
a. The Power of Stone (early monuments)
b. The Magic of Images (writing)
c. The Immortal Word (the first books)
3."Re-Creating the World" (middle ages to 1920's)
a. Otherworldly Elements (religous art)
b. The Human Comedy (books of the late middle ages to more modern books)
c. From Craftsman to Artist (Paintings)
d. Conjuring with time and space (light, buildings, etc.)
4. "Creating the self" (modern times)
a. The Vanguard Word (famous books)
b. The Wilderness Within (authors and painters who excluded themselves from society)

These differant areas cover the main areas of the arts through the ages.

The only problem with this book was the music sections. For some one with no musical experiance, the book was a little over my head. This is about 50-100 pages of the book.

I would suggest this book to others.

Now this was a great book I thought. I enjoy all her books but this one showed me new things.

Again as this was a Christmas gift for a Sylvia Browne collector, she absolutely loved it and will continue to collect and read her books. Delivery was fast, safe and all for a reasonable price. I will continue to purchase from Amazon.

Was disappointed that Ms Browne kept to 'the God--He' issue so much instead of being more open.

I haven't read a book yet by Sylvia that's disappointed me and this was no exception. From the second I opened the book I was hooked.

The book doesn't go into enough detail about God as I would have liked. But it DOES have a great deal to offer, and it DOES talk about god throughout the various religions and how he's been changed or altered. Such as with Moses who, while trying to free his people from slavery had to make God into a vengeful, wicked entity (while still trying to be 'perfect' somehow), and how we haven't really let go of that since.

It also talks about various spiritual leaders such as Christ, Buddha and Mohammad. all in all it left me feeling a little bit better about myself and my relationship with God. There is a line in there I particularly loved, in which she says something like: "Never doubt for a second that you are a God." meaning we are part of God, therefore we ought not be ashamed of failing or making mistakes because God knows all and he loves us just the same.

I would also recommend people getting several other books by Sylvia. She's great. Such as: Mother God: The Female Principle to Our Creator, Past Lives, Future Healing, Sylvia Brownes Book of Dreams, Light A Candle, Secrets and Mysteries of the World. Phenomenon. Etc

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Sylvia's report about our Heavenly Father is so enlightening and positive, as well as her references to the Mother God. I was left with the feeling that in fact They are the Ultimate Parents, the kind of parents that everyone would benefit from knowing - loving, comforting, accepting. How much better would our world be if we had always had this kind of picture of God? Thank you, Sylvia.

Ok I consider this a must read book for Klassens brilliant and at times hilarious dismantling and critiquing of Christianity, Judaism and the old and new testament. I agree wholeheartedly with Klassen that Christianity from its very inception was a conspiracy to destroy the white race. White people lost their true culture, heritage and folk soul when Christianity was accepted in Europe. We had a religion with Gods of honor, courage, knowledge, even a sense of humor. They had a reverance for, and connection to animals and nature. All the male Gods were warriors. All the female Gods were loving, family oriented and were as noble and virtuous as the male Gods. We went from that to a religion that revolves around a self debasing Jew that teaches pacifism, that to seek knowledge is "Satanic" and that the Gods of our own Aryan pantheon were demons of the Jewish Satan. Like I said before this book is a must read for Klassens entertaining and precise dismantling of Christianity that comprises most of this book.

That being said I have major issues with Klassen and Creativity. For one the whole idea of trying to pawn off Creativity as a religion is a farce. Klassen is a militant atheist who referred to anything of the supernatural realm as being "spooks in the sky". Its not that the basic ideas of Creativity are necessarily bad (to put it in an overly simplified nutshell, whats good for the white race is the ultimate good, whats bad for the white race is the ultimate evil) but to make what is basicly a personal philosophy of a dogmatic atheist a religion is a joke. Some of the ideas for the CotC that Klassen went into in his later writings did get out and out weird, especially with his fetishizing the Roman empire to the extent of giving people in the Church of the Creator Roman titles, like Pontificus Maximus for the guy in charge and saying that whites should make Latin their universal language. He also got into this thing where people should only eat a natural diet of only fruits, vegetables and nuts, which while I think eating healthy is a good thing Klassen took the dietary laws to such an extreme that it would be unrealistic to expect to find many people that would adhere to them. Its of little wonder that the CotC has attacted so many loons over the years. He also neglects that white people had their own religious pantheon before Christianity. Dismissing and discarding the whole Aryan pantheon in a brief (like one sentence) mention of Greek mythology!

Another thing about Klassen is while he points fingers at the Jews and Communism non stop in this book he says little about white capitalists who have and are doing destroying the white race with a great enthusiasm all in the name of making a buck. He should have read books like "They Were White and They Were Slaves" by Michael Hoffman to see you can't lay EVERY destructive element in the white races world at the feet of the Jews. While I will neither downplay nor excuse what the Jews have done throughout history to overlook the role that rich and powerful white scum have played in the degradation of white people is utterly retarded. Klassen himself was a highly successful capitalist in his own right, holding patents on the electric can opener and being a wheeler dealer in the real estate market so I'm sure this had a lot to do with his omision of the destruction that capitalism has caused. Another great irony in all of this is much of Klassens Jew bashing has its roots in Christian sources and Christianity itself.

Holding Hitler up as "the greatest white man who ever lived" may be the least well thought out thing in Natures Eternal Religion though. Klassen seems to overlook all the money that Hitler took from those Jew bankers and his handholding with the Japanese and Muslims, including allowing Turko-Armenian racial types into the SS! But above all what about the oceans of Aryan blood that Hitler had on his hands, as well as his hatred of white Slavs? Sorry but I can't think of anything more foolish than these people who idealize Hitler without looking at the fruits of his labors, which continue to this very day and you better believe its not white people who are benefitting from those fruits. Whether Uncle Adolf meant well or not he his legacy has become a curse to the white race.

All that being said I still consider this a five star book for the anti-Christian writings and most of the basic ideas of Creativity are good.

This is essential reading material for white persons. It is quite clearly a racial religion founded for the survival, expansion and advancement of the White Race alone.

As it says on the cover of my copy: "A powerful new religious creed structured for the survival, expansion, and advancement of nature's finest."

There are two main parts of the book: The Unavenged Outrage, The Salvation

The Unavenged Outrage has a great beginning which portrays a scientific view of our situation in the world and "Nature". It then describes a number of issues concerning the jewish religion priorly held by most members of the white race, Christianity, but also regards others shortly.

The second part, The Salvation covers the 16 commandments, some conclusions, ojectives, and more.

This is a great book that completely changed my outlook on life. The contents of this 480+ page book can not be given justice in this small space. It is definitely worth such a small price to discover the fundamental creed of the rational, logical, practical and promising White Racial Religion that is Creativity.

This is the greatest book ever written for White people on religion and race, and is followed up by the incredible "White Man's Bible", also by Ben Klassen, the founder of the World Church Of The Creator. This book will smash all of the childish preconceived notions people have about race and religion, especially Christianity. Ben Klassen picks up right where Friedrich Nietzsche left off when he died.

For many, this book will be too harsh as an introduction to White Racialism, so for those who may need some background info first, I recommend "My Awakening" by David Duke as the best introduction to the topic. It is unbelievably comprehensive and well-referenced.

After reading Nature's Eternal Religion, you will never look at the world the same way again...

Mr Klassen has "created" a new racial White religion that actually imitates Judaism. Like Judaism he asks "Creators" to have a restricted diet, vegetarian as opposed to kosher. A revival of Latin which he wants all Whites to speak as opposed to Hebrew revivied by Jews. A list of commandments (16) as opposed to the Biblical 10 and foremost "Racial Loyalty" which in the past Jews practiced and today seemingly only by Orthodox Jews. I heard imitation is the sincerist form of flattery. Ben Klassen has taken it to the extreme that makes it a fascinating read ! Rahowa as opposed to halleluyah !!

I personally think that Nature's Eternal Religion is essential and should be read by every single person! The author has very good writing abilities and it is easy to read. HOWEVER!!! This book lacks realism. It is extremely racist and is basically based on nothing. It is well written but a person with such talent as the author of this book should not be wasting time on trying to convince the whole world that one religion or race is better than the other. Americans, especially, should realize that this book is written from a perspective of someone who is a pure racist and nothing else. Every race has its best and its worst and since, we, Americans live among so many different nationalities, religions, and all the races in the world, we should know this and try to work together to form a better community! Read the book though, see how stereotypical and uneal it sounds for yourself!

I use this book over and over. Kerri did a great job in writing it.
It's a fun small book to read and learn from.

This book is O.K. There are better books out there and Patricia Telesco's book "Spinning Spells, Weaving Wonders..." is one of them. This is book is compact, but really doesn't possess enough information for the price.

The information in this book is not filed for quick reference, even though that is what it touts. If I were casting a spell for money, I would look up "money" and hope to find ingredients or directions. This book is set up like a dictionary for ingredients and you have to search through the descriptions of the ingredients to figure out what goes with your need. A better book is "Spinning Spells, Weaving Wonders" by Patricia Telesco. It is filed by need.

A small book packed with handy references. These references are applicable to almost any metaphysical need, not just spells, so it is a good short but sweet type quick lookup. Simple and to the point. Has information about directions, colors, stone properties, herb properties and more. Not bad for a small pocket size reference.

I bought this book at a local store a few months back and I don't know how I managed with out it.
I use it daily for various things.
It holds perfect information for incense, oils and chants,
a full list of herbs and colors with there attributes and even some worksheets to make your own spells.
This is a wonderful book and it's size is perfect to keep anywhere.

The winners write the history, and the history of Silicon Valley is no exception. Until this book William Shockley, if he was known at all, was thought of as the eccentric Nobel Prize winner who became an intellectual outcast because of his eugenics beliefs and as the bad manager whose employees quit and founded Fairchild and Intel.

For those who know a bit more about the history of Silicon Valley technology, William Shockley is known as the founder of the Valley's first semiconductor company. Shockley recruited and assembled the seminal team that was the progenitor of every other semiconductor company in Silicon Valley. His instincts for talent-spotting were phenomenal, but they were matched by a massive lack of judgment about how to build products customers would buy and a complete lack of the insights necessary to motivate and manage an entrepreneurial company.

Joel Shurkin does a good job in telling the story of not just Schokley Semiconductor, but the interesting life surrounding it all- the rise and fall - of William Schockley. A great read.

I am an engineer with particular interest in William Shockley because I was once barred from hearing him speak. This book presents an excellent recap of Shockley's entire life, concluding with the events that led to his downfall among the general public. I found the coverage to be generally fair and unbiased. Although the book provides the expected analysis of Shockley's later years, ample coverage is provided of his most productive years which, even under close scrutiny, show him to have indeed been a genius in several technical fields.

Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age

Compliment to the writer who made the life of William Shockley so much more interesting than it really was. Shockley's inventions in technology is profound however, Shockley's life is really not that interesting. In essence, Shockley was a smart man, went to top schools, recruited by top people and top corporations, invented a lot to help our country (during the wars) and invented a lot to help the world (especially in his transistor and silicon invention), married twice, made some babies, toward the later part of his life, he got into study of genes and racial profiling in IQ and then he died at 80. If you are curios about what Shockley's inventions were, you would be fascinated by this documentation and litany of items listed. If you want to know the history of IQ controversy or whether blacks' IQ are truly inferior to whites, you will see lurid details on this. However, if you are like me, reading this book looking for fascinating human stories (ala Huge Hefner of the Playboy enterprise or Rupert Murdoch of the News Corps or even Mao Tze Tung of Communist China), you may be disappointed. In reality, Shockley lived a typical American suburbia life (the most exciting part of his life may be going to Norway to obtain his Nobel). You don't see him hanging out at the Playboy mansion at 70s with the hottest super models like Huge Hefner or flying to China to close a major media deal like Rupert Murdoch. Shockley's life was boring. May be he had bad relations with his kids (but then who does not?) and he was also not good at being nice in dealing with people but most engineers are like that, nothing new here. So, full credit to the writer who successfully made William Shockley's life so much more interesting than it really was - by applying an approach of story telling to add context and flavor - for example, in the story of his first company and the departure of the 11 original scientists Shockley hired, the writer discussed how Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore left and started their own company. This made the whole story more interesting. Now we know Gordon Moore was rated by Shockley's IQ tests as "not a good manager". Making dull topic interesting, one win for the author.

Five Stars to the author for making a dull topic interesting.
Three Stars to the content (the life of William Shockley - boring stuff). A reminder that we should go out and truly have fun in life. Go to a night club, fool around with some girls, go to a foreign country and do some bumgy jumping. Don't live life like Shockley.

William Shockley generated some mild controversy as a co-winner of the Nobel Prize for the transistor, and a firestorm of controversy as an investigator of supposed linkages between race and intelligence. Mr. Shurkin sheds considerable light on both disputes, as well as on those facets of Shockley's personality which occasionally drifted from merely difficult into the scarier modes of overbearing and compulsive. The author's own attitude toward his subject leans, quite understandably, toward an uneasy blend of admiration and exasperation.

The transistor Nobel was awarded in 1954 to Shockley and his Bell Labs colleagues John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. A problematic aspect of the choice to honor all three was that although Shockley nominally led the research group, his direct involvement in the original (point contact) transistor invention was minimal. He did, however, have a legitimate conceptual claim to the later junction-type device, which became the practical transistor we know today. Shurkin's description of the contentious priority issues involved, and the human interactions among the principals, is fascinating.

One might say it's ironically fitting that a self-assured, iconoclastic, socially tone-deaf character like Shockley would blunder into the potential minefield of race/intelligence studies. On top of that, he chose the most politically radioactive combination possible -- white vs. black. The spectrum of opinion on that topic was (and is) bracketed at one end by bigots who just knew there must be an intelligence gap, and at the other end by knee-jerk egalitarians who just knew there couldn't possibly be one. The bigots embarrassed Shockley with unwanted support, and the egalitarians excoriated him for even looking at the question. The most recent and reasonable consensus seems to be that racial differences, genomically speaking, are too trivial to account for intelligence variations beyond the normal and expected spread due to both intra- and interracial gene mixing.

The biography is well-written and consistently interesting, but there are too many glitches to ignore. For example, "Schrodinger's atoms" on page 25 should be electrons, and the claim that Shockley wrote "the first textbook of the electronic age" (p.122) sounds preposterous to anyone who remembers vacuum tubes. Perhaps the author meant solid-state electronic age. For a similar reason, the book's subtitle needs revision. On page 105, the translation of 0.04 centimeter to 0.16 inch is too high by a factor of 10. The name of the strength program a youthful Shockley modeled for is spelled "Trelor" three times on page 18, but the ad reproduced on the same page conspicuously says "Treloar."

Shockley worked at Bell Labs for many years. I, too, worked there and had no idea why we did what we did, why we had the philosophies we did, etc... Almost 35 years later, I still saw the footprints of Shockley's world. That, to me, was very interesting. His life was extraordinary and a huge lesson in something. I'm not sure what that something is yet but after this all soaks in, maybe I can make heads or tails of it. It was all so strange. A brilliant mind is all so strange and the author did such a superb job of letting us into the secret. Thanks Joel!