Kimberly Joseph Books

Loved this book. I printed up the list and put it on the wall in my kitchen. I refer to it every day when deciding how to handle challenging situations. This book made me realize, in part, how much work I needed to do on myself and why some persistent traits of my ex-husband bothered me so much. Worth reading.

Joseph Telushkin, in his latest book, "The Ten Commandments of Character," explores a variety of ethical dilemmas that make life challenging for people who worry about doing "the right thing" whenever possible. Most of the book is written in a question and answer format, and it includes material that was previously published in Telushkin's ethical advice column found on the Web site, Beliefnet.com.

Telushkin begins by outlining what he calls the "ten commandments of character," and he then devotes the eight chapters of his book to ethical questions that relate to family, children, friends, work, money, medical ethics, everyday dilemmas, and community.

It is a pleasure to read Telushkin's clear, straightforward, and always entertaining prose. He tackles a wide variety of questions that vary in importance from "Should I assist my child in writing his or her college essay?" to "Should I promise my father that I will help him commit suicide if he develops Alzheimer's Disease?" Telushkin is never flippant when he discusses grave matters. He is caring, compassionate, and at times, ruthlessly honest. Although I do not agree with all of Telushkin's advice, I find his ideas to be lucid and thoughtful. Telushkin is a rabbi, but this book is not geared specifically to Jewish readers. Many of the writers seeking advice are not Jewish, and Telushkin has the courage to admit that he holds some personal beliefs that are not strictly in line with Orthodox Jewish doctrine.

"The Ten Commandments of Character" is a practical book that ecourages people to examine their actions a bit more critically. Telushkin urges the reader to make ethical decisions based on an honest assessment of the right and wrong of the situation, rather than settling for a convenient rationalization. Admittedly, there are no absolutes in questions of morality and ethics, nor does the author claim omniscience or a special pipeline to God. However, Telushkin performs an important service by making us think about such diverse questions as, "Is stem cell research ethical?" and "Is it ever morally right to declare bankruptcy?" If Telushkin's book makes at least a few readers behave with more honesty, self-control, compassion, and fairness, then he will have accomplished a great deal.

Rabbi Joseph Telushkin is a noted and scholarly Orthodox Jewish rabbi, but this is a book that will appeal to anyone, Jewish or otherwise (even agnostic or atheist) who wishes to live an ethical life.

The book is built around a collection of Q & A's on moral dilemmas collected from a column Rabbi Telushkin wrote on Beliefnet.com. Many of his correspondents are not Jewish and although he draws on Jewish sources like the Talmud, his answers to questions ranging from "If my neighbor is a terrible person, is it okay to steal his paper on a morning when mine was stolen?" to "Should I agree to my father's request to kill him if he develops Alzheimer's"?

Rabbi Telushkin gives even the most basic questions a lucid and well reasoned answer. The reading and writing level is not difficult and would be completely understandable for a high school level reader. He wrestles openly with difficult questions and when he doesn't know, he says so. If he later changed his mind or added additional reasoning based on reader response, he acknowledges it. NO matter what, he is compassionate and caring to the people who write to him.

A fast but very worthwhile read, I recommend it.

but I've liked some of his other books better. Perhaps because Telushkin is more focused on borderline cases on this book (the sort of problems that hopefully will trouble most readers once in a lifetime or better yet never), I found this less moving and less useful than his "Words That Hurt, Words That Heal" or his "Book of Jewish Values." But if you have a few hours on your hands you could do much worse.

This is a thoughtful - and working - cookbook. It is trade PB size, to fit easily on the counter alongside the cooking paraphernalia. It has glossy paper covers that easily wipe clean. It is wire-bound AT THE BACK, so it lays totally flat, yet you can see the spine title when it is on the shelf. Finally, the dozens of authentic Southern Italian family recipes are augmented with charming anecdotes, sprinkled throughout the book, that communicate the very thought and feeling of Apulian cuisine. This book is a laborious, loving and accurate translation of old family recipes where the measurements often consisted of: "Some of this...", "A pinch of that...", and "How much? You know, just enough." I think that you will enjoy - and use - this book!

God's family... Scott Hahn explains wonderfuly what todays culture has wiped from our hearts. If you're a Catholic who wonders why you bother going to church, or if you are not a Catholic and you wonder what the difference is that seperates the Catholic church from every other, you'll find the answer very clear in this audio presentation. The message is clear, yet it is packed full of details. It brings the meaning of family back into religion where it was created!
I was raised Catholic and had been wondering why I still bother with the Church. It felt to me like the Church overcomplicated God and the Bible. But that was because I was looking at the Church as a creation of man rather than a family of God.
Hahn opens up the meaning of Family and explains why Christians are so devided, using the Bible as a guide!
Even if you are not a Catholic, this is an extremely wonderful look at the meaning of the word, Family.
This has been one of the strongest building blocks for me, I very hightly reccomend it.

This would be great for anybody who is married or thinking about getting married, or wanting to save their marriage, because Dr. and Mrs. Hahn give a powerful set of talks here about the mysteries of marriage and how God makes it so much more beautiful by giving it such rich meaning. (They also bring a sense of humor to the subject.) It's especially interesting to follow along with the path the Hahns themselves took, from a skeptical, "world-centered" attitude to an almost mystical (though very reality-based) perspective, by being open-minded enough to examine all the evidence and honest enough with themselves to make the logical conclusion a part of their lives. It will change the way you look at your spouse and children, if you are blessed with them.

This is an excellent, practical book. Very concise and to the point. The layout is super, the diagrams superb and has nice examples of CT and MRI scans.

I actually use the APA style book, but getting this for a few dollars, even though it is the 1999 edition, was good as it is printed on very high quality paper and has a unique lie flat binding that works well even though it isn't loose leaf or spiral bound. If you think a copy might be useful, I suggest you give it a try!

A must have for technical writing, this handbook is a resource that should be at hand for anyone writing for or about research.

AS a professor and editor of Research; this style guide has detailed information for the serious paper writer; and provides examples that show how to format difficult passages. Used extensively at the Community College level.

You must have this book! It is not just for research papers, as the title of the book suggests. Its a necessity for those who wish improve their writing overall.

I am from a French speaking country and was used to an academic style of writing different from the American method. The Modern Language Association is very helpful to international students in the sense that it helps to achieve a successful writing of research papers in most American colleges and universities. It is an efficient guide to a writing style which is simple and clear in order to satisfy readers. Other important insights from the MLA are the way it helps to avoid plagiarism and to use electronic resources in an academic research paper. The last is most appreciated because of the amount of information one can get from internet.

This has been an extremely helpful resource for framing and developing a good research paper. It takes the reader step-by-step through the process of finding a topic of interest, narrowing that topic into a question, making that question relevant to a wider audience, then moving to researching that question, developing arguments, and putting those arguments into a coherent structure. The authors have set up the book so that it can either be read through cover to cover or used as a reference guide for particular sections. For students beginning their first research papers, this is an exceptionally helpful book to make a daunting task much more manageable. Highly recommended.

It is very useful reference book for the person who want to write a paper for researching. It clearly describes the procedure for each step and gives some key points or thoughts for composing the paper. The method from the book is helpful for every field.

This book was on my book list for a college writing course. It is helpful but some of it is just tedious and common knowledge. Helps you write your paper if you have no idea where to start and some references to how to cite a book or article. There are some good tips when it comes to research, but take it with a grain of salt. Reusable, but there's a point to how much knowledge is just retained. Worth buying used, but not brand new.

This book is so well- written, that I actually enjoy reading it. All it talks about is how to be a good writer, but it was written as if the reader is having a conversation with the author. It is also offers extremely helpful strategies for improving academic writing.

As a seminary student in the midst of a master's thesis, 'The Craft' is a joy. It is helpful, and both easy to navigate and understand.

I always enjoy the Chicken Soup for the soul books. This is great for a college student, who doesn't have a alot of time to read but enjoys some short real life stories.

As a current college student, I loved Chicken Soup for the College Soul. It captured the uncertainty, exciting, nervous, and thrilling feelings of college and bottled them into a fabulous book. I enjoyed the book because the stories were relatable. Even though I have never experienced many of the situations in the stories, having the stories written by real people made me feel like I could. It motivated me to not only cherish the four short year of my college experience, but to take the knowledge that I will obtain in and out of the classroom, and contribute to the world in positive ways.
Many of the stories tugged on my heartstrings and made me tear up. Other's had me laughing so hard my sister wanted me to read them to her. I also learned how my parents must have felt leaving me at my college while they went home. Of course I was homesick the first few days, but that's nothing compared to the feeling of letting go of a child. I gained so much appreciation for my parents after stories like these.
I recommend Chicken Soup for the College Soul for everyone- those about to go to college, those in college, and those who graduated college. It is an inspiring read- and it made me want to stay in college FOREVER! College is a time to meet new people, learning interesting things, and learn and come to terms with who you really are. It's great to have a book that captures these special moments.

All the Chicken Soup books are very sweet. I got this one and the one for teenage souls for my son. He liked reading the intimate stories about college, since he'll be there soon. But more personally meaningful was a copy of "Words to Live By: A Journal of Wisdomfor Someone You Love" that my wife and I filled out for him, with our own life lessons and experiences. It started some wonderful conversations. I highly recommend it too.

I enjoyed reading these heart-warming stories that touched my soul. They relate my own feelings of confusion, doubts, and excitement I had during my first college experience. I got this book for a gift from my mom, and having this book helped got through my first year. It is a perfect gift for any new college student.

This book prepared me for getting into Algonquin. Algonquin is a huge campus filled with thousands of students, and I was this small town girl going through a big change. I expected the workload to be intense, and that it was a lot different from high school. In college, no student needed discipline, but in high school you did. I was responsible enough to be treated like an adult. I was now entering into adulthood. Unfortunely, getting to school was always frustrating, because every day I travelled on the bus for a least an hour. I did not own a car and still don't. My home was far, far away. I missed my mom so much that I wanted to go home and drop all my courses. I needed her more than anyone or anything. The thing was I just needed give myself some time. I just couldn't give up on everything I worked for to get into college. I was slowly adapting new surroundings. Then I remembered one of the messages in the book that you should go for your dreams and never give up. I decided to continue with my studies, and get on with life - life's a journey. I'm learning new things every day.

These stories have given me love, hope, and encouragement. First year isn't always easy, you just have to hang in there. This book guided me through tough times. I learned to stand strong whenever trouble comes my way. I highly recommend to all college students.

As a college student myself , I really enjoyed reading this book over the summer. The stories made me laugh a little as well as tear up a little, after thinking about my first year of college, as I am a rising sophomore, and the stories were classic Chicken Soup-very fun !

Let's give credit where credit's due. Mark Twain would give it to Robert Green Ingersoll, America's great agnostic. Read Colonel Bob's many lectures and you'll see what I mean.

This "compilation" is more for a STUDENT of MT, then for someone casually reading his finer, posthumously-published works. If you are in a college literature class, then this is probably a textbook in it. If not, it's probably TOO "academic" to be digested in one sitting.

I am a fan of Mark Twain and have read all of his major works: Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Connecticut Yankee, Prince and the Pauper, etc... and so I was excited to discover this book at my local library. After reading it I realized why it is not as well-known as the other works; it is not as entertaining, endearing, humorous, or heart-wrenching. In short, this book is a collection of several writings. These include Twain's writings on the Bible, and commentaries written by others on Twain's writings on the Bible. The former is not one continuous work, but actually several different works written to parallel different parts of the Bible, primarily the Old Testament. The most notable of these is the story that mocks Genesis. Told from both Adam's and Eve's point of view, it retells the Genesis story and the life of the first humans with a touch of wit, dry humor, sarcasm, and ribaldness. Though funny at times, and probably at the edge of decency when they were first published, the humor and points made in these stories are nothing significant in today's world. All in all an alright edition to the canon on Twain.

In this book Mark Twain aims his satire at favorite stories from the Old Testament. He worked on these essays for most of his life but was afraid their irreverent nature would damage his career, therefore, he just kept re-writing and re-editing them. Most of them were not published until after his death and for some this is their introduction.

Adam and Eve, in their diaries, present bittersweet divergent stories of their dysfunctional relationship. Their accounts could be prototypes from a marriage counsellor's office, or short versions of "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus."

Captain Stormfield has a dream about ending up in Heaven when he thought he was going to the other place. "He was deeply religious, by nature and by the training of his mother, and a fluent swearer by the training of his father." In this original and inventive story, we learn all those things about heaven that were left out of the Bible - but would be included in an imaginary book, "How to experience Heaven in six weeks on $10 a day."

An "Etiquette in the Afterlife" excerpt: "Do not try to show off. St. Peter dislikes it. The simpler you are dressed, the better it will please him. Above all things, avoid overdressing. A pair of spurs and a fig-leaf is plenty...leave your dog outside. Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay outside and the dog would go in."

In the masterpiece, "Letters From The Earth," Satan has been temporarily expelled from heaven and is wandering around the universe. On a lark, he decides to visit earth, an outlying little spot in an outlying galaxy that God had once played around with for a few days. Satan is astounded at what he finds, and writes home:

"This is a strange place, an extraordinary place, and interesting. There is nothing resembling it at home. The people are all insane, the other animals are all insane, the Earth is insane. Man is a marvelous curiosity. When he is at his best he is a sort of low grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm. Yet he blandly and in all sincerity calls himself the 'noblest work of God'...if I may put another strain on you - he thinks he is the Creator's pet. He believes the Creator's proud of him; sits up nights to admire him; yes, and watch over him and keep him out of trouble. He prays to Him, and thinks He listens. Isn't it a quaint idea? Fills his prayers with crude and bald and florid flatteries of Him, and thinks He sits and purrs over these extravagancies and enjoys them. He prays for help, and favor, and protection, every day; and does it with hopefulness and confidence, too, although no prayer of his has ever been answered...he thinks he's going to heaven! He has salaried teachers who tell him that. They also tell him there is a hell, of everlasting fire, and that he will go there if he doesn't keep the Commandments."

Of course, Noah makes an entertaining appearance, and through it all, Mark Twain has an opportunity to expound about those things in the Old Testament that do not quite make sense to him.

The authors offer scholarly histories about these essays for those who are interested. When they finally let loose with the words of Mark Twain, the reader feels a breath of fresh air. This is a fine collection of satires on religion by perhaps America's premier homespun author; a very definite five stars, and well worth your time.

Its facinating how religious fanatics blindly believe every fairytale putforth in a fiction book written by early man with one hell of an imagination. Even when Mark Twain has ripped their world apart with deductive reasoning they will still hold on to their primitive beliefs with a vengence. Enuf of the soap box, I luv how this author gets deep into some of the Bibles fallicies and reveals it in a straight forward and sometimes comical manner. The story in paticular of God sending Moses to ravage the Midinaites slaughtering innocent men women and children even the livestock and houses and selling the young girls into prostitution has touched me deeply. Would I personally believe in a murderous vengefull God, Not unless I was brainwashed from early childhood and cud seriously overlook these atrocities and blindly believe everything I was force fed.
I wud reccomend this book to every one sitting on a fence wondering and thinking about things that dont make sense. I cant get off that soap box.

This was exactly what I was looking for. Got it within a reasonable time frame....very pleased

This text is very complete and goes over all the concepts of biology like five kingdoms, cells and ecology. It is written with the student in mind and a very helpful text. I also used The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations by Patrick Leonardi (Volume 1, 2, 3)
These 3 study guides were very helpful for exam preparation and showed me what I needed to study before the test.

The previous reviewer was complaining about a shipping error, not a comment on the text itself. There is a huge and amazing lab book that goes with the text and that must have been what had been delivered. The book that goes with this ISBN number is a terrific Biology text. I researched several high school biology books, and this is the best I found. The writing is clear and makes difficult concepts easy to understand and the graphics make it easy to read. Add the biology lab book and it makes a complete high school biology program. I would highly recommend this for any homeschooling family.

My kids (and I) found this book hard to follow. It is much too complex for the age grop it is intended. Hard to follow, follow, follow ... Try to remember this next September!