D Books

Elia Kazan was arguably one of the most influential people that theatre has ever produced. He had an amazing life through his art, and outside of it.

Here, at the age of 77, past the point of modesty, conceit and pride, he tells his remarkable story of learning his craft, harnessing his incredible God-given talent, and channelling his drive into success.

We learn about his trysts and liasons with other icons, his marriages, his faults and missteps.

He owns up to many things that have not made him proud, including naming names during the deplorable McCarthy communist witch hunts of the 1950's.

He talks openly of his failures as a parent and a husband, his infidelity, and his loss of faith.

He also recounts his many astounding successes in film and theatre, including the many great actors and actresses he worked with.

His honest self-assessment is a breath of resh air.

This is one of the greatest autobiographies I have ever read.

This is the best show-biz biography I have ever read. Poor, Greek immigrant, Kazan fought his way up the entertainment ladder to direct my favorite movie (On The Waterfront) and my favorite play (Death of A Salesman). Along the way to these achievements he was an original member of the Group Theater; he relates his experiences there including an in-depth retelling of his relationship with Lee Strasburg. He met prectically everyone in the business from an aspiring Marylin Monroe, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Arthur Miller and what seems thousands of others in the theater and movie world. His antecdotes are fresh and revealing, even those that may be common knowledge. Of particular note are the chapters devoted to the making of Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront. His work with Brando, who was seldom better than when he worked with Kazan, is discussed. Along with his great movies and plays, Kazan tells his side of the House On Unamerican Affairs controversy that swirled about him until his death. While the book is massive at 864 pages, it is over too soon. It is a rare, literate portrait of the man Kazan, who changed American movies and theater forever-- and for the better.

One of the most honest, compelling, brilliant, wise, stunning books I've ever read. Kazan's life was awe-inspring, and to have it retold with such lucidness and unflattering candour is a gift for the ages. Not only was he one of the greatest theatre directors and film directors of the 20th Century, he writes like a blessed demon. This was a spellbinding, page-turning read. Immersed in its pages, I learnt so much about life, America, directing, theatre/cinema history, and myself. I also learnt more than I've ever known about how men think (wish I'd read this years ago).

It's such a pity Kazan's life has become simplistically defined by one act, and his artistry overshadowed - ironic, too, considering he made films with a deep, compassionate, liberal humanity. You can look at his life through through the prism of that one act, or read this for a much richer, fuller, deeper understanding of Kazan - the good, the bad, the ugly. And the genius.

This book made me want to live my life more fully, view myself less vainly, and create my work more honestly. Can't ask for more than that.

I was truly surprised by this book when I read it some years ago. I was surprised by how engrossing and powerful it was , all the way through. This man lived a tremendously interesting life, rich in great creative challenges and triumphs, rich in meetings and experience with remarkable people, rich in sexual adventures and complex human relationships. The story of how the child of Greek immigrants came to become the director of two of the classics of the American Theatre "Death of a Salesman" and a 'Streetcar Named Desire" and of two of the great American movies, "On the Waterfront" and " East of Eden" is told with remarkable frankness and perceptiveness.
Kazan does not come across in this work as a saint, but rather as a truly strong person who took what he wanted from life, even if this meant hurting others. His personal and inner torments however too make up an interesting part of this story.
One more point. His writing follows the rule of Henry James and is always interesting. This is a work whose richness in anecdote and event are so great that it fits into the 'couldn't put it down' category.

With a former Supreme Court Justice warning the USA today (March 10, 2006) about starting down the road toward a dictatorship, it seemes fitting to re-visit the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the 1950s when the right-wing was trying to scare our citizens into giving the government supreme power, just as neocons are trying now.

Elia Kazan defends his decision to name names during the Hollywood Hearings of the 1950s, saying that his ideas toward the Communist Party had changed and he thought the higher ups (maybe from Russia) were dictating policies to the American communists in the movie business.

Maybe so, but he also admits the Hearings already had all the communists' names and admits they were only showing their power to control people here in Hollywood,using intimidation to instigate the blacklist. In real life, the USA government was the bully, not the old, tired communists of the 1930s.

If so, then why did he ever think the movie he directed, "On The Waterfront," was a good analogy for what he faced? The USA government caused the black list and precipated suicides and family break-ups in their Hollywood investigation.

It was the mob who caused the deaths and intimidation in "On The Waterfront." Is Kazan saying that Congress behaved like the mob? Or that the mob behaved like Congress?

Granted, Kazan was a great director, brilliant at times. But to him the bottom line was the bottom line, and to keep his position as an all-star director, he had to name names. While he tries to seem noble, the reader can see his 'reel' motivation was money and his career. So what if he named names! He was working.

Today, we see the right wing using similar tactics in the Bush administration: questioning people's patriotism, using smears and mud-slinging against opponents, trying to get people fired if they disagree with neocon policies, keeping a blacklist of university professors who oppose them, and most recently, equating the AARP group of loving gays instead of our troops.

After reading Kazan's book, I did gain a firm insight into right-wing politics, and these politicians use juxtaposition of images to label their opponents. Right-wingers still don't care if they distort the record. To them, winning is everything.

I read the 2003 paperback edition. Having read previously the 2002 Sexual Selections: What We Can and Can't Learn About Sex from Animals by a liberal feminist biologist, one could get the impression, women can't ejaculate. Reading that, I had had it with false information and ordered this book to make sure. The choice of literature may have been a bit arbitrary, as there are numerous books on the subject available by now (in 2008).

Clearing up the myth of female ejaculatory denial by giving precise and easy-to-handle instructions is worth 5 stars already. I mean, really: Here we are in the age of finding traces of water on Mars, but can't find the well in our lover's or our own vagina! The book touches upon the control of ejaculation without orgasm, orgasm without ejaculation and multiple orgasms in both, females and males. The author doesn't provide instructions for males, though and remains tentative on the ways for males to achieve all of this. Which is partly a good decision, as the one way she is referencing is the Taoist procedure of "inhibitatory ejaculation", which can turn out to be risky to your health, if not adequately taught. And many books which specialize on that issue actually fail to do so. However, there are other and easier ways of "alternative" male orgasm, which she isn't even mentioning. But then again, all of the latter isn't really the content of the book according to its title, so that's ok.

Chapter 7 claims to be for both: Male and female lovers of women, but on a closer look I would say, it's not REALLY going beyond heterosexuality. I am a bit sceptic that you would have to take anything out of the vagina for ejaculation in every single case. For sure, she doesn't write anything about the possibility of female ejaculation via sole or added anal stimulation. The book is mildly repetitive and might have suffered not too much without the sex kitsch fiction included here and there, though I wasn't really bothered by that either.

I seriously considered subtracting more than one star for the blatant disregard for safer sex. The main reason why I ordered this book was actually to find out, wether the female ejaculate carries the HI-virus or not. As of 2003, according to the author, no studies have been done. Which is a scandal, but hardly the author's fault. Yet, there wasn't really a study of the consistency of the female ejaculate either. That didn't stop the author from carrying it into a lab for analysis. Which begs for the question, why she didn't carry an HIV-positive female's ejaculate to the lab, too, for analysis. Recognizing the lack of such studies, she's is giving the following (PSEUDO) safer sex advice: If you are HIV positive, tell you lover! That advice (alone) is problematic on so many levels, including that many HIV-positives don't know that they carry the virus, but are especially virulent shortly after their own infection, that I have to complain most vehemently against that ill advice and the tip to "flood your sweetie's mouth". It gets worse still when she writes about stains on the bedsheet during parts of the menstrual cycle. She doesn't really specify, what causes these stains, but by all available suggestion, she's referring to menstrual blood. If not, she is making the mistake of not clarifying that. Her advice for the lover against such stains: "Gulp it down", for "swallowing could be the tidiest option available". If this book and similar ones with the same utter neglect for safer sex turn the public into a wave of stained female ejaculate gulpers, the AIDS pandemic has the potential of reaching new and unseen peaks.

I know this criticism is a downer. The message is: Enjoy the new found ecstasy and engage in it responsibly. Till the time, studies of stained and unstained female ejaculate have been proven as harmless as saliva or a male's precum, act wise and refrain from mucous membrane contact with it.

You may be interested in reading The Science of Orgasm and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.

Im 28 years old, and up until recently I had only vague knowledge of the G-spot, and I thoughjt female ejaculation was a myth.After all If it existed I would have been doing it for years...

But I have, and didnt realize it.That fluid after sex that wet my husbands boxers, and other things wasnt just alot of lubrication it was leaking ejaculation.

About a week ago my husband shared with me a video clip that he found via internet of a women squirting enough fluid to drench the wall.I was amazed, and a bit jealous I must admit.It looked like the most amazing orgasm, and I wanted to do it myself.

I bought this book after research on the web about the subject.The internet has alot of info , but not enough to "teach" how to do it with control.

Honestly I havent recieved the book yet, but I read enough info on amazons "look inside" option.I used that information to "practice", and after 30 minutes of using the tips inside the book, I did it TWICE.

It is an amazing experience, I cant stop smiling, I called my husband to tell him "guess what I just did?".I cant wait to show him in person.

Im still very interested in reading this book and learning even more.In fact Im more interested now that I know it is 100% possible.

Be prepared, there is alot of fluid.More than I was prepared for.

This was an awesome book, I would highly reccomend it for all ladies once they have reached puberty. It is very informative and knowledgable in the female body and ejaculation!

This is a great book for women and couples who really want to learn and understand how to please yourself and your partner sexually.
To say that I am pleased on what this book has done for me is an understatment!

When I first heard about female ejaculation I was a bit skeptical. Now I am a very satisfied believer. This book covers basic female anatomay and the different types of orgasms a woman experiences. She gives detailed instructions on how to stroke and achieve ejaculation. I wanted to surprise my husband and thought it would take some practice to be able to ejaculate. I was wrong. I followed her instructions and gushed in pure pleasure. I couldn't wait until he got home to show him. Needless to say it was a great night. He loves it when I squirt on him. It makes a great massage fluid.

I would recommend this to anyone wanting to learn how to female ejaculate, or wanting to add a little spice to your love life.

I notice among the comments how wonderful this book is ... it really and truly is!... there are no comments from grandparents. As a grandparent,
I was so pleased to see there is a book that can protect grandchildren! Often we get left behind, with the majority of the messages geared
toward parents going through divorce; it is often a sticky subject,
and even though a parent might come in contact with such a great book,
they do not want to add fuel to the fire by giving it to their grown
children, who are often behaving immaturely. As a grandparent we have more latitude, we have earned the right to state our opinions... It is my
opinion this is the best book on the market regarding this subject!
It is also a great parenting tool in itself with so many valuable pointers. It certainly is a shame all parents, even those happily married,
don't read it!

I for one, will be sending it to all my children , my children's friends,
and everyone I know who is a parent, or is about to become a parent.
Well done! I certainly got my money's worth! Daphne Tai

Sometimes we get so caught up in our feelings and anger that we forget who is most important. This book wakes you up to the common pitfalls and gives you the fundamentals to help your child(ren) get through this rough period. Divorce is not about you when there are children involved - it just can't be! A one of a kind manual.

This book is amazing every one is right on this forum it was hard to put down . This is a must read for any parent.This book is truely a manual for Divorcing Parents i only wished i had stumbled on it sooner.

This book about divorce and how it affects our children is very personal and touching as well as an easy read . Bravo ! I wish more books about divorce and parenting were like this .

There are so many decisions involved when ending a marriage. This book is a basic guide to the process, while reminding you to always make your children's well-being your main concern. If couples could understand how destructive negative behavior can be to their children, they may think twice about manipulating or lying. This book should be required reading BEFORE the process starts.

A lovely book. Translations from another culture and time that we can still relate to. A pleasure to read and reread.

Wonderful poems showing the power and of two woman poets of the Heian Jidai. Exposes the "nature" poetry prejudice that derives from the unfortunately all male cutesy pie abbreviations of Westernized haiku. Waka yes, Haiku no.

The Heian period of Japan was artistically fertile time that produced numerous classic works of literature. It was even more remarkable in that most of the major literary figures of the time were women. Among those great women, Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu were two of the best. Their waka poetry (now called 'tanka') is some of the best literature ever written in Japan and the poetesses themselves have become the stuff of legend.

Doing justice in translating ancient Japanese into modern English is no easy task, but Hirshfield and Aratani have created translations that are as beautiful as the originals. Anyone who enjoys poetry, who loves love, or who is interested in other cultures and finding the universal passions of the human heart will enjoy this book.

--M. Kei, editor of Fire Pearls : Short Masterpieces of the Human Heart

Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratani have done a marvelous job with the translation of these lovely tanka-- manages to capture both their fragility and robust complexity. I had an acquaintance who was a scholar with a focus on Japanese literature. She explained to me a little bit about the complexity of translating waka. I have nothing but admiration for those who can do it well. Hirshfield actually has an essay at the back of this book called "On Japanese Poetry and the Process of Translation". I recommend it highly, even if you do not normally read this kind of essay.

I am a little bit afraid that the focus on the love poems and the emphasis on Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu as female writers may give the wrong idea about the strength and importance of the poetry. Shikibu is widely considered the greatest poet of her period and Ono no Komachi was one of the Rokkasen-- the six best waka poets of the early Heian period. The reason that I am not giving this volume five stars is because of this packaging and not because of the poetry itself.

These poems are a joy to read aside from any issues of scholarship. They are strong and sad and very affecting. There is actually no stronger recommendation to read this than the poems themselves, so I will close this review with one of the poems by Shikibu:

What is the use
of cherishing life in spring?
Its flowers
only shackle us
to this world.

Unlike other reviewers, I am not an aficionado of Japanese poetry or culture, nor have I ever studied this period in Japanese history. I found this book entirely by chance buried in an obscure corner in my college library. I read a couple of random pages and fell in love. I checked it out repeatedly throughout my academic career, then bought it.

These women so effectively communicate, in few words, universal feelings of love. While the poems are deceptively simple, they manage to be so beautiful that I am amazed every time I pick it up.

Even more impressive than the writing is how easy it is to relate to the emotions behind it. As I have grown older and experienced so much more of life, I am surprised to find my own feelings mirroring one poem after another. What once seemed pretty words are eerily my own thoughts. It's amazing, considering they were written one thousand years ago!

If you're thinking about buying this, I suggest using the preview to read the few sample pages. If you like what you see, just get it. You won't be disappointed.

This is a good place to start before getting a tattoo. We get a lot of people in our shop who just come in and basically point at something in a book. It's nice to know some history and symbolism before you place it on yourself for good. The author has good insights and a few illustrations. This is not a picture book.

This book is fun and easy to read. I would recommend anyone who has infinite questions about getting a tattoo to read this book first. It contains rich information on about everything tattoo related. Did this book definitely help me make a decision? Oh yah!

I was a bit skeptical at a book with this type of format and approach but it was amazingly well done. It covered many of the questions I knew to ask and didn't know what the best answer was as well as the questions and answers I had yet to even consider. A very very useful guide to the entire process behind getting a tattoo and one I'd recommend to everyone who wants to feel fully informed before making such a permanent decision.

Very informative and easy to read book. Her advice matched my own tattoo experience exactly. I had a great tattoo experience but wish I had read her book before making my first tattoo appointment.

Honestly, for people like me, who have thought about a tattoo for years, not seriusly enough to do it, but not with so little importance that the idea is forgoten fast, this is a great start. If you have had many doubts about tattoos in general, this is a good start, and an interesting reading anyway.

The past is prologue so they say and it couldn't be more true than in the case of Elias, Ian and Jill. A few short summer days, an accident, and what brought Jill into the world of Elias and Ian took her away.

Ian Hamlin grew up to be a tough FBI agent, Jill became a meteorologist and Elias a spoiled rich man. Ian and Elias lost their friendship after reaching adulthood to become bitter enemies while Jill put them out of her mind.

That is, except for Ian. Her memory of a boy could still stir her senses as a woman. Because of him, she never found any man she wanted to stay with. Until Elias came back into her life and she thought maybe he could be the 'one'.

But fate played with their lives again. Eight dead women with the same name as Jill, brought Ian back into her life as an investigator intent on protecting her and catching a serial killer. And Jill was back to square one romantically.

Talented J. D. Tynan has a surprise in store for the reader as the story unwinds and the plot thickens. Like a magician, who has you looking at one hand while another pulls a coin from your ear, she points your focus on a possible killer, but lurking in the background is a shadow that moves into the foreground as the story moves along.

Recommended for any fan of suspense or romance. A well told tale with interesting characters who move the plot along. Enjoy. I sure did.

This book has it all! Jill is being stalked, but around every turn, you come up with a different bad guy. It's almost like the author did that on purpose!! Great job with this first novel. I'm really looking forward to her next book, Charlie Ford Meets Secret Agent Man!

Very few authors can pull off putting that much sexual tension and intense heat into a GREAT suspense novel! This author's style is refreshing in a world of repetitive romance novels. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a great gripping plot with a side of steamy sex! Five stars...plus two more for making me blush! Buy this book today!

When my friend suggested this new author, I had doubts because I love to read Lilian Jackson Brown and Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I have to say that J. D. Tynan far exceeded my expectations and I highly enjoyed her wit and humor. The dialogue itself was incredibly real. I felt as if I were in the room with these characters. The detailing was not overly done like a lot of new authors tend to do. It was subtle, yet again, I felt as if I were in the same room with these people.
The story itself was GREAT! A love triangle with the twist the author threw in. Who would have thought? I give this my best rating of five stars because I want this author to succeed. I want to read every word she has ever written. Buy one today, you won't be sorry.

Jill has been targeted, but by whom? Oh boy, what fun you will have figuring it out...Or trying to figure it out. I was shocked that this new author did such an amazing job with misleading the reader.
When you are finished, you will be sad because the great characters stay with you and you just want them to go on and on. Someone convince this woman that a sequel is in order. Don't plan on putting it down after the 3rd chapter as it gets way too good! I give it my highest thumbs up.

Lessons has turned out to be my favorite book by Kim Pritekel. Her stories are absolutely amazing and for someone like me, who lives in a small town I can really relate to the characters she portrays, anyone can relate to them. This book brought me great comfort and hope, I highly recommend all read no matter what kind of love story you prefer.

This was a great book that took unique turns that pleasently surprised me. This is not a cookie cutter book. This is so much more and I highly reccommend for those that want more from a book. If you want more, this is for you.

I love this book. I've read it about a dozen times and I am most definitely buying other books written by this author.

I adore this book. The characters seem so real and it's so easy to fall in love with both of them. It starts off slow, and I felt that sometimes the description of what the characters were wearing was a bit much but it picks up. There are quite a few editing errors in the novel (like Dagny's name being spelled Dagney some of the time) but nothing that I felt would take away from a five star rating. The story is easy to become absorbed in and, unlike most books, I enjoyed this book even more the second read.

In a world with too few lesbian novels, especially those surrounding the younger generation, Kim Pritekel brings us a wonderful novel.

Lessons is very well-written, and it is a fantastic story that is both believable and realistic. There are many reviews that already described the story itself, so I won't go into too much detail, but I just wanted to say that I loved this book.

(And just incase any of you care, there is a very beautiful love scene, that is tasteful, not trashy! read thissss!!)

Doug Moo offers a great exegetical and expositional commentary with the PNTC series offering on James. Well worth the buy, if you don't have a solid commentary on James. Nothing too crazy, and lots of compelling argumentation for his positions.

I have five critical commentaries on James (Lenski, Bruce, Woods, Martin, and now Moo). This one will more than likely be the primary source for me when I study the book in a critical fashion. He is thorough and that is what I want. If you are a preacher looking for something quick and in summary form, a smaller work might be more useful. For me, as a preacher, if I am in the circumstance where I need something quick I am already in trouble. I like the Pillar Series. Not long ago I read of one's review that was overly critical of the work on the epistles of John - I do not subscribe to that sentiment at all. It is a good series!

If you are looking for an answer to a question raised about the meaning of the book of Phillipians, you could not find a better treatment. This is a wonderful resource and fine treatment of the text. I used it in a series of sermons, and found it very easy to acess and get the gems of the book.

`The Epistle of James' by James B. Adamson, 1976, 227 pages in the series The New International Commentary on the New Testament; `The Letter of James' by Douglas J. Moo, 2000, 271 pages, a volume in the series The Pillar New Testament Commentary; and `James' by Ralph P. Martin, 1988, 240 pages, A volume in the series Word Biblical Commentary are all `full featured' and recent commentaries on the first of the short `catholic' epistles in the New Testament.

I find it amazing how different the material is in these three volumes. After 1800 years of commentary, one would expect a fair amount of uniformity in thinking about this short letter, but there is a remarkable range of differences in emphasis among the three.

Those of you who are familiar with the world of biblical commentary will recognize that all three are part of major series of commentaries. Adamson and Moo belong to series dedicated to the New Testament, while Martin's volume is an offering of a larger series on both Old and New Testaments. And, each volume is organized in a way to match the editorial style of their series. This is most clearly seen in Martin's volume, as his work is organized in virtually the same way as the much larger work on Paul's Epistle to the Romans by the distinguished scholar, James D. G. Dunn. This is no surprise, as Martin is the New Testament editor for his series, the Word Biblical Commentary.

Ranked by scholarly detail, Martin has the most and Adamson has the least, with Moo somewhere in between; but don't take from this that Martin is heavy on the Greek and Adamson has no original Greek. All three are specifically written for the scholar and assume that the reader either knows classical Greek or is willing to slog through all the Greek words and expressions. The irony here is that while Martin is the most heavily scholarly, it may also be the most accessible to the lay or strictly pastoral user, since this series divides scholarly observations into the `Comments' on each paragraph, while more general thoughts are spelled out in straight English in the `Form/Structure/Setting' section and later in the `Explanation' section following the `Comments'. Adamson organizes all his `special' or more technical topics in `Excursus' sections following his main commentary. I found this just a tad distracting, especially when I discovered some mistakes in references to these Excursus sections in the main text.

All three authors give us their own translations of the text, and all three agree on where the difficult phrases are to be found. If I were to pick a volume purely on the basis of their translation, I would prefer Adamson, as he seems to give translations that best resolve these difficult sections. But, in all three cases, the authors agree on where the difficulties lie and, in general, the nature of the difficulties.

In the three authors' introductory chapter on the author, themes, and canonical status of the letter, all three agree on the major points. They uniformly agree, for example on the belief that the letter does, in fact, represent the thoughts or writings of James, the brother of Jesus, who was head of the Christian Jews in Jerusalem up to about 62 CE. They also agree that the final form of the letter was rewritten and polished sometime in the early 2nd century, CE. The authors are also uniform in their citing Martin Luther's misunderstanding of James; however, I would give Luther credit for seeing scriptural support of many Roman Catholic doctrines, even if any sound reading of `James' shows that this support is probably stretching James points just a little too far.

On the major themes of the letter, I generally prefer Martin's emphasis on the three topics of `Wisdom', `Perfection', and `The Piety of the Poor' to the other authors' interest in theology and the law. James is clearly spending less times on these typically Pauline topics than he is on lessons for a Christian life.

Among all the other differences, it is most remarkable to see all the differences between how the three authors structure an outline of the short letter. If you didn't know better, you may think they were talking about two different writings. This is just a symptom of the fact that `James' is much less a theological argument a la `Romans' and much more a collection of lessons on prayer, right Christian behavior, and the implications of faith. This is consistent with the fact that the letter has much in common with the Gospels, especially the Gospel of Matthew (See Martin).

One last difference I detect between the three is the fact that Martin makes more connections to modern theology of, for example Dietrich Bonhoffer, while Moo and Adamson have more citations to the great reformers, Calvin and Luther.

If I had to pick only one of these, I would go with Martin's volume in the Word Biblical Commentary series. If I were interested only in pastoral interpretation, I would go with Moo or the article `The Letter of James' by Luke Timothy Johnson in `The New Interpreter's Bible', since both refer heavily to the standard NIV and NRSV translations. If your interest is in a scholarly study of the letter, you will probably want all three.

This is Moo's second commentary on the epistle of James. He wrote his first one in 1985 as part of the Tyndale series. This commentary is the result of fifteen years of reflection on that work. The content of this commentary makes it evident that this is the mature thought of a noted scholar on the letter of James. Those fifteen years left him more convinced "that the heart of the letter is a call to wholehearted commitment to Christ" (x).
Moo provides a lengthy introduction to this epistle (46 pages worth). This introduction includes the history of James in the church, nature and genre, authorship, theology, occasion and date, and structure of James. Concerning authorship, Moo holds that James, the bother of Christ, is the author. He presents arguments against this traditional view and then answers them. The section on the theology of the book is a feature more commentaries would do well to include. He dates the writing of the letter around the middle of the 40s AD. This is important because the date of writing has great implication on the relationship of the letter to Paul's teachings. Moo does not place a ridge structure on the letter. Instead, he finds "several key motifs" which "are often mixed together with other themes in paragraphs that cannot be labeled as neatly as we might like" (45). Denying the assertion of some commentators that the letter has no unifying purpose, Moo argues that the central concern of the letter is spiritual wholeness of the readers (47).
Moo's analysis of the text is insightful. His word studies are well done. He presents a wide range of possible meanings but uses the context to determine which meaning is James's meaning. Moo also does a good job in showing James's relationship with Paul. James is not writing against Paul. James means something different by faith than does Paul. They are addressing different problems.
The format of the commentary is user friendly for the most part. One helpful aspect is that Moo's introductory notes precede the verse by verse exposition of major points and most sub-points. Moo transliterates Greek words making the commentary usable to those who do not have the advantage of knowing Greek. One slight critique concerns the chapter divisions. The chapter divisions of the commentary are based on the chapters of James. This is fine, but the table of contents is broken down by his outline. One would whish the editors would choose a method of division and stay with it. The only other criticism is that Moo's writing style can be difficult at times. These two minor criticisms in no way change the fact that this is a masterpiece. It is short at only 251 pages not counting indexes. Anyone from a layperson to a scholar will benefit from this commentary. This reviewer would recommend it without hesitation (something he does not do often).

I agree that this is one of the better books out there on the highly controversial topic of male hormone replacement. If you are seeking treatment however, you would do well to look elsewhere. Dr. Kryger handled my case with a lack of judgement and a level of incompetence that was simply appalling in my opinion...but yes, I would still recommend his book.

I've read several HRT books and found this to be the best. Dr. Kryger writes clearly and the book is a nice balance between referenced science and approachabliity. He knows his hormones and provides a practical, broad introduction to the challenges of maintaining youthful hormone balances in men throughout their lives.

I've purchased several of these books and given them to friends. If you're a man, even if you don't have low testosterone, you owe it to yourself to get and read this book. I would call it "required reading". If you're a woman, this book will help you understand the way your man's body works better than he does.

I'm looking forward to more great work from Dr. Kryger.

I found this book to be an excellent read and would give it very high marks and a strong recomendation. Dr. Kryger has done an superb job of making the subject matter easy to understand and very informative! A friend of mine who happens to be an author mentioned how "Listen to Your Hormones" is also very well written which is rare with many medical and research books. I eagerly await Kryger's next book!

Simply an answer that I couldn't even find from my own doctor.
We get tested on so many other things by our doctors but never get the real importance of hormones. Thanks Doc!

This book does a great job of explaining the growing problem of mae hormone deficiency and it's causes and treatments. Dr. Kryger gets to the root of the problem and sheds light on things that aren't covered in medical school. Every man should read it and learn about how to prevent and treat hormone problems

Este libro te será de compañía para cualquier gira que realices, es hermoso ya que te enseña a comprender y amar a los demás ...

LIBROS PARA LEERSE MIL VECES Y SABOREARLOS CADA VEZ MAS...
ESTE ES LA MEJOR MUESTRA

One of the most unusual book of quotes I have seen. A great take along book for those time spent on bus, subway or at the mercy of the teen driver,a great distraction. Just open up to any page at random and pass the time. Beneficial.Entertaining.Enlightening.

LE DIO A MI VIDA Y A MIS EMOCIONES LA FACULTAD PARA COMPRENDER Y ACEPTAR A LOS DEMÁS...
Hermoso en verdad !

Well, let me assure you this book is more beautiful than any sunset you have ever seen.
And it's a SUNRISE FOR YOUR MIND !