Western Books

What a great read. Read it in one sitting. Can't wait for the next book. Great characters and a great story. You will really love this book.

It is refreshing to read a well crafted western by an author that is obviously very familiar with the subject. Mr. Flanagan tells a gripping tale in true western form that keeps the reader entertained. I am happy to recommend this book to anyone who enjoys this genre.

A great story.
Looking forward to the next installment.

A really good read! I couldn't put it down. The characters pull you right into the story.

Any attempt to disentangle the many threads of Adorno's rather confusing opus hinge on the fact that he never exhibited any sense of actuality. He was but mere unlived potential, a wasted and fragmented soul. Academics will read and enjoy. The rest of us will be stuck with Star Trek.

It is probably harsh to say of Pensky, "The parallels are with Star Trek", since surely they lie elsewhere, near the Bay of Fundy. When the villagers arrived to tell us that the basilica's southern tip had submerged we finally got it, Adorno had an acutality, but one very different than what we previously had assumed.

This is the best book I know that treats Adorno's relationship to postmodernism (esp aesthetics). Certainly written for experts, it presupposes strong familiarity with Adorno and some of the posty folk (esp Derrida).

(Non-)structurally speaking, Pensky's commentary on Adorno is an attempt to isolate the isomorphic tensions present in later works by Adorno. The parallel here, as is the case with much of Pensky's work, is to the later episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. But isn't that the point?

I've had this book for years and can truly testify that it's one of the best cook books in my collection which includes classics like the Joy of Cooking by the Rombauer mother and daughter, and Cookwise by Shirley Corriher.
"The AFrica News Cookbook" has delicious recipes, including curry chicken, fish stew, that come from all over the continent. The book illustrates the various cultural mixes that distinguish each region and country.
Plus, the recipes are easy to make.
More ingredients are available since the book was published in 1986. I can buy palm oil at my local grocery store and I live in Cleveland.
This book is worth the money, whether you're a novice (like I was when I bought it) or experienced with African cooking.

If you can only have one cookbook of African food in your collection, this is the one I recommend. I have had it for many years, after finding it in a library. I can't even count how many times I made the Jollof Rice recipe in this book - I've made it following the recipe explicitly, I've had chicken as the only meat, shrimp as the only meat, no meat - and it's been perfect. The recipes from Eastern Africa I know are authentic as I shared the book with a native Tanzanian while I studied Swahili, and she said that the recipes are very similar to hers. Same with a native Nigerian; in fact, she borrowed my book to make Egusi soup (Egusi is a gourd/melon whose seeds are used ground up as a thickener, which adds it's own flavor)when she misplaced her own recipe. I have made a lot of the recipes, but after the Jollof Rice, the Kuku na Nazi (koo-koo nah Nah-zee - which means Chicken in Coconut in Swahili) is my favorite recipe. I also make the Garum Masala recipe in the book. If you need a recipe for curry, there are several in the book including curry for fruit and curry for fish, and Berberé which is an Ethiopian Curry in liquid form.

The Africa News Cookbook is great. My child's school recently had a festival celebrating cultures around the world. My friend loaned me the cookbook and I shared the recipes with the other parents in the school. The recipes were fairly easy to make and the descriptions were easy to follow. We had a great time sampling food with an African influence and learned a lot in the process.
I am ordering my own copy!

If only for one recipe, Doro Wat (my spelling may be off, I loaned out my copy and have never seen it again!) Chicken Stew, it is AMAZING!!!! Don't be put off by the ingredients (lots of cayenne pepper!) And making the aromatic Berbere, and Ghee yourself is a bit time consuming, but worth the experience and effort. (You can use your old coffee grinder) I made Doro Wat chicken for a party, after having some at a food festival and prying the recipe source from the chef, and it was the most well received dish I EVER served,(to a room of critics!) and I'm a great cook! Plus there are loads of other authentic African recipes,(from various countries) a cusine that gets over-looked too often!

I highly recommend Age of the Soul to anyone interested in self-understanding and spiritual growth. The material is well written and easy to read. Knowledge contained therein is insightful and, in many cases, unique. Age of the Soul is a definite contribution to the emerging new Earth.

I do really commend Jason for this book and in allowing Rohan a clear channel. This work really is at a lack of words to describe in that the knowledge and truth from the book are limitless.

I urge others to buy this book because it really does stand for truth on its own. Again, I highly recommend this book to anyone.

Reading Age of the Soul was beyond the written words. Jason enabled Rohan to come through him so as to directly communicate to me beyond the physical. The truth and impact of Rohan's words touched my Soul. I felt Rohan with me in the healing meditation and the Chakra Clearing meditation which made it possible for me to communicate with my spirit guides. Rohan has a direct approach which is provocative and really makes you think about the way things are and the way the world is evolving. I especially liked his perspective on healing. This book will move you forward. Make sure you read it.

This book can take you to a whole new level of spiritual evolution. Rohan is direct and to the point! If you really want to find and live your soul's purpose, this book is for you. This book helped me to look inside myself and to be honest with my life, to really get real with who I am. My intuition has opened up, and I finally feel like I belong in this world.
The chapter on being grounded is particularly insightful. It helped me to be totally present and conscious in my everyday life.

I'm only 29, but I bought the book because I have the desire to expand my knowledge on nutrition and who better knows about the subject of nutrition than the expert - Judy Lindberg McFarland. The book is truly an excellent resource on achieving optimum health and its pack with detailed information on vitamins, minerals, herbs, antioxidants, building immunity, brain nutrients, protecting the heart, lowering blood pressure, thyroid, arthritis, men's and women's hormonal needs, menopause and preventing a variety of illnesses. Judy McFarland refers to a lot of scientific and medical studies throughout the book. At the end, the author provides you with the famous "Complete Lindberg Nutrition Program", which emphasizes on eating healthy by choosing organic, fresh and less processed foods, avoiding refined carbs, protein, taking vitamins, exercising, etc. For price of the book, you can't beat the valuable information you will gain. This is worth reading. Highly recommended!

after only a few pages, i already new that this book is a holly- book on this subject.it covers all the aspects and diseases of getting old, and scientific works from the top science- researchers around the world, together with the world's greatest natural healers are exploring in a wonderful and easy to understand way of expression.linus-pauling, michael weiner, julian-whitacker,adelle-davis, and much much more briliant healers are quatated in this book with recieps, suplements, and specific strategy. case histories are also presented in this book, and this book is for everybody who wish to:aging without growing old!stop reading recomandations,-buy this book today.

From reading the book, it is apparent that this author doesn't just have book knowledge, but has been helping people with nutrition for a long time. It is not a deep, scientific book, but I would say more of a common sense and laymans explanation of what nutritional products work and which don't. Even though its easy to understand, most of the things that I was interested in such as prostate health, did have the references to the studies that documented which herbs help, which I like instead of just anecdotal information. I passed along the book to a friend who recently had an angiogram, since there is a good chapter on heart disease and how to minimize it once you have it.

A friend at work recommended this book to me after her sister helped cure her 5-year old son of candida (when Western doctors couldn't). They were never believers in alternative health care, but seeing was believing for them. I just finished reading the book myself, and made a list of all the vitamins/minerals I would need for what ails me. I went to the health food store, where the clerk was genuinely surprised that I had all the correct items listed, along with the correct dosages. This book also gave me suggestions for other books to read, which I have just ordered. The only criticism I have is the title: it seems to have been chosen to "sell" the book. If this book had not been recommended to me, I would never have bought it based on its title. The book has so much more information about working with your body and nature to achieve good health.

The Classics are not so-called because they are old, but because they are most worthy. Plays by Sophocles survive today because they have spoken to every generation between his time and ours. "Ajax" tells the story of one of the great heroes of the Trojan War and how he destroyed himself through his own overweening pride. Hubris remains very much an issue among the powerful today. Ajax's inability to accept that Odysseus could be awarded the armor of Achilles instead of him, Ajax's rationalization that Odysseus could only achieve such an award by scheming against him, and Ajax's unwillingness to admit his mistakes to his superiors, all seem like things that only someone totally foolish would do. Yet the world's political and economic landscape today is littered with leaders and businessmen who are jealous, paranoid, dishonest, and unwilling to admit failure.

There is real drama in reading this play, it does not feel stale or antique but rather resonates and makes the reader want to join the chorus in admonishing Ajax to do the right thing. Sophocles also gives us an engaging depiction of Odysseus. Odysseus shows the reader how to win graciously, lobbying for an honorable burial for a bitter adversary, which he does because he must answer to the gods for his behavior at all times -- the very lesson that Ajax refused to learn.

I recommend this play unconditionally, it is something everyone should read. I do not highly recommend this particular edition, however (thus the 4 rather than 5 stars). The translation seems good and a lot of the notes add interesting information. But some of the marginal commentary consists of overly simplistic questions (e.g., "How does X make you feel?") that seem like they would insult almost anyone's intelligence and not be all that helpful as a teaching aide. I bought this edition because I wanted a slim volume that contained only this play, and it may yet be the best purchase for that purpose. Whether you buy this version or browse for another, read this play.

This is probably the earliest extant play of Sophocles. Sophocles is the earliest known playwright to use painted scenery. He also decreased the importance of the chorus, added a third actor, and abandoned the trilogy format (each play is complete by itself). Ajax is the classical Greek tragedy about the downfall of a man who is sinned against and has a tragic flaw; in this case, insolence and pride. Ajax becomes enraged when Achilles' armor is awarded to Odysseus instead of to him. Agamemnon and Menelaus also exhibit insolence when they refuse to bury Ajax after his suicide. But, Odysseus changes their minds. This play is probably the earliest known example of a play containing a scene of violence on the stage instead of offstage. The play should be required reading of all serious students.

I have always thought of the character of Ajax from the Trojan War to be the prototype of the "dumb jock" stereotype. Next to Achilles he was the best of the Achean warriors, but Ajax was deeply flawed in that he was stubborn and egotistical. I think his intelligence is further called into question by the myth regarding his death, which is the subject of this play by Sophocles. After the death of Achilles it is decided his glorious armor, forged by Hephaestus, will be given to the worthiest of the chieftains. Ajax expects the prize to come to him, but instead the other chieftains vote to give it to "wily" Odysseus. The inference to be drawn is that craftiness and intelligence are to be prize more than brute strength, which is why I tend to identify Odysseus and Ajax with that distinction between brains and brawn. Enraged by this slight, Ajax decides to kill Odysseus and the other chieftains who have slighted him, but Athena clouds his sight and he thinks the camp's livestock are his intended victims. When he comes to his senses, butchering a sheep he thought was Odysseus, Ajax is humiliated to the point he chooses to kill himself. The climax of this play, the oldest of the seven surviving plays written by Sophocles, is not the suicide of Ajax but rather a debate amongst the Achean leaders as to whether or not Ajax should be buried.

The issue central to the play "Ajax" is whether the title character should or should not be considered a true hero by the Greek audience attending the play. Homer, of course, has nothing to say regarding Ajax's fate in the "Iliad," although in the "Odyssey" when Odysseus encounters the shade of Ajax, the dead hero refuses to speak and turns away. However, in his telling of the tale Sophocles adds an important element to the suicide of Ajax. In his first scene when he is discovered amongst the slaughtered livestock, Ajax realizes that his intentions were wrong and that what he has done will make him look ridiculous; he decides to kill himself, ignores the pleas of the chorus, says his farewells to his son and departs. However, in the next episode Ajax returns, apparently reconciled to life; instead of killing himself he will bury his unlucky sword and live a peaceful life. Then a messenger brings the warning of Calchas that Ajax must be kept out of the battle that day. The next thing we know Ajax is cursing the Atreidae and falling on his sword. The change is significant because it makes Ajax's suicide a more rational act. Instead of taking his life in the heat of his embarrassment over what he has done, Sophocles has the character changing his mind twice and ending his life in the grips of a cold hatred against the chieftains.

This sets the stage for the debate amongst the chieftains regarding the burial of Ajax. When Teucer wants to bury the body he is forbidden to do so by Menelaus, who calls Ajax his murderer, focusing on the intentions behind his rampage. Agamemnon also forbids the burial, making an impassioned argument for the rule of law and warning against the reliance of the army upon the strength of a single man, whether he be Ajax or Achilles. Ironically (and we surely expect no less from Sophocles), it is Odysseus who makes the argument in favor of burial. For Odysseus the good outweighs the bad and it is not right to do a man injury when he is dead. This argument certainly echoes the moral at the end of the "Iliad" with regards to way Achilles treats the corpse of Hector. Certainly Ajax was a arrogant brute, obsessed with self-glorification and unfeeling towards his family and people. But when the Trojan army almost succeeded in burning the Achean ships, it was Ajax who stemmed their attack. For Odysseus, and for Sophocles, it is clear that such a man deserves to be considered a hero and demands an appropriate burial. "Ajax" is a minor play by Sophocles, relative to what little has survived of his work, but it does speak to one of the playwright central themes, which is to find that which is heroic in a tragic situation. Having found that spark in the life of Ajax, Sophocles seeks to redeem the tragic figure in this play.

Ajax is the perfect example of what happens to a man when he does not take God into consideration before an endevour. This book, in my opinion, should be read by all Christians and Stoics that like to read the classics.

What a great read!! Fabulous introduction to Alain Badiou. Clear and Concise. Well Done!!

I came to this book via Kaplan's "The Nothing that is", and was advised to read B's book on numbers - until I found it was in French! The difference here is that there is no history of zero, which B calls the void, apparently because the development of the set theory which has the void as main key term is a name which doesn't present anything. It's a discourse without, from what I could see anyway, any social or historical implication. "Nothing" is what orders multiplication but its discovery doesn't do much for civilization, esp. given all the space and attention the authro gives to Badiou's belief in dodgy Marxism. Not sure I got the idea behind the political application of set theory, since if the truth procedures are absolute and a-social how does maths relate to politics? I looked at Think Again the other Badiou tome in a bookshop and thought it better to read this one more time. Somewhere between bananas and brilliant

Unlike previous reviewer I came to Badiou with no prior knowledge or expectations apart from his claim to be a 'platonist of the multiple'. This perplexed me because if there is no transcendence of the One then the truth Badiou talks about would, philosophically, make little sense. It seems that his way round this lies with a key distinction between the procedures OF truth which include politics and truth itself. So Badiou is making a category distinction between "generic" procedures and philosophy which governs their truths, and without which these truths wouldn't be able to function. So without truth politics is just a violent set of power relations which cannot be proved true. Well, this is one way of extending the French Revolution into the 20th century! (Brings to mind the alleged remark of Lin Piao when asked what he thought of the French Revolution: "It's too early to say")
Also the psychoanalysis dimension is something I hadn't picked up before and that the author makes clear for the novice. One passage that stands out is where we read that for Lacan "language", although a social contract, "threatens the integrity of clinical practice by undermining the presentation (as the scientific proof by replication) of APPROVED psychoanalytic procedures." So in other words Lacan has started a religious sect?! Ok, so "scientific proof" takes precedence, but this passage opened up a whole new way of looking at the relationship between sceince and the question of religion for me.
Whether Badiou has started up a religious sect, or that's what he aims to do, is something I'm still not sure about. But one thing is for sure that after reading this book I'll never look at Lacan in the exact same way.
One other thing: save yourself the trouble of sending back this product as I did because "Alain Badiou: Strong Thought" doesn't exist. The book's real title is "Alain Badiou: A Critical Introduction".

This is the best introduction to Badiou I've read, it's main advantage over shorter and much lengthier pieces by Gillespie and Hallward is the style and focus of Barker's argument. Barker manages to condense a huge amount of material in 189 pages, no mean feat, including an appendix and comprehensive index (a more detailed bibliography of Badiou works would have helped). One criticism would be that far too scant regard is paid to Badiou's mid-period work Theorie du sujet, especially since the parallels Barker does draw between this book and Being and the Event are disputable and under-theorised , although consistent in terms of the main thrust of the book.

Barker concentrates on two of the four so-called generic fidelity procedures that define Badiou's philosophy, science and politics. I would have preferred to read a bit more about art which is rarely given much treatment, and Badiou's own comments in this field I find rather obscure and sometimes baffling (having said this there was the appearance recently of the film essays in Infinite Thought). Barker explains the link between set theory and mathematician Cantor's ultimately doomed attempts to "solve" the continuum hypothesis and the quest for political emancipation and universal "democracy" superbly well, however he takes no account and makes little mention of the role of Sylvain Lazarus' work in leading Badiou towards a more sophisticated political stance. Whereas in Being and the Event the social multiplicities appear to rule out any role for workerist politics, in Abrege de metapolitique (1998) workers are given a more active and subjective role in deciding the course of political events.

I particularly enjoyed Barker's Mao references in the treatment of "forcing" although an equivalent mathematical formulation would have certainly helped me digest this difficult concept. But overall this book is set to become an invaluable reference guide as Badiou's major works begin to come into English. Full marks!

I bought this book several years ago because I'm a member of the Junior League of SLC, but it has some of the best recipes of any cookbook I own (>20). All of the recipes I've made from this cookbook recently have elicited "Wows" and "Yums" from my husband. We especially enjoyed the lamb chops and the pacific rim flank steak. The lemon thyme cookies are very unique and "grown-up" tasting. Old favorites include the spinach and apple salad and the cranberry glazed brie.

Always In Season: A Collection Of Recipes From The Junior League Of Salt Lake City, Utah showcases over 200 favorite seasonal recipes from Utah, as well as eight season oriented menus. Contributions from award-winning chefs are combined with scenes of gorgeous full-color Utah landscape photography to make Always In Season an excellent souvenir and cultural celebration as well as a just plain tasty cookbook. From Cache Valley Cheese Souffle; Picture Perfect Macaroons; and Great Salt Lake Caesar Salad; to Cafe Diablo Pumpkin Seed Crusted Trout; Deep Creek Ranch Fajitas; and Cranberry Eggnog Cheesecake, Always In Season will enable even the most novice kitchen cook to prepare gourmet quality dishes that enhance any truly special meal time occasion.

This recipe book is one of the best I have ever seen!

...she bought it for the Cowboy Caviar recipe alone (Cowboy Caviar is a recipe for a salsa type dish - no real caviar - just SOOOO GOOD)! Also, the Chili Blanco is TO DIE FOR! I love the way the recipes are grouped into seasons, but any of the recipes could be used any time of year. This book has everything from the recipes mentioned above to flavored butters, delicious margaritas and roasted chicken with rosemary. This is the best cookbook I have ever seen.

Literatura especial para ser leida por adolescentes,ya que el autor se expresa de una forma muy amena y con un buen sentido del humor.Sobre el tema creo que hace una buena descripcion de los conceptos que van encadenados a lograr una buena manera de vivir, con alegria y con inteligencia y sobretodo con LIBERTAD.
NO existe un codigo de etica, el cual debemos acatar, sino que la Etica, la hacemos nosotros mismos,con nuestras decisiones , con nuestras actitudes,con nuestros conocimientos y sobre todo con nuestra conciencia.

I have read hundreds of books. When people ask me which one is my favorite, I always say Amador by Fernando Savater. I do not have children, but when my nieces and nephews turn 14, I will surely give them each a copy. The most important tidbit of wisdom is clearly and compellingly explained in this concise book. Very few writers can make you a better person just by reading their book. If you can only read one more book in your life, this should be it.

En un mundo donde tienden a expanderse los espejismos que nos conducen a buscar nuestra realizacion personal o felicidad en falsos valores, es muy alentador redescubrir que la riqueza, el poder, el conocimiento o la fama, solo adquieren sentido y tienen plena justificacion si nos sirven para mejorar nuestras relaciones personales con quienes nos rodean. Es lastimoso pero frecuente ver que en demasiadas ocasiones nos arrastran a deteriorlas.

Se trata de la obra cumbre de un docto filosofo español que solo alcanzo mundial reconocimiento cuando decidio darle un regalo trascendente a su hijo adolescente, que le sirviera de guia para escoger los valores que dan real sentido a la vida, y con amor simplifico y concentro lo mejor de sus conocimientos e ideas en este breve texto de sabia y sencilla filosofia practica.

I'm on page 70 now, not quite halfway through this quick-reading little gem.

If a book doesn't grab me in the first three pages, I don't read it. I broke off reading Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon at page 680 to read this wonderful little book, which I bought and it is beautifully printed and bound. What a find! This man gently addresses his son as I would mine, but so much more clearly. He explains concepts like freedom and self-discipline, bringing in superbly appropriate quotations of the great thinkers, ancient and modern. This reminds me of the better philosophy courses I had in college. It was written so recently that he also refers to things we have in daily life such as computer games. This book is as accessible and lucid an introduction to ethics as I could hope to find. I am going to buy two more copies: one for each of my children.

Why on earth did they take it out of print so soon?

I am not going to give a synoposis of the story-it has been done by more intelligent and literate than I.
however, this story is a romp of laughs in the saga of Letty and Eulis. A stand
alone story although part of a triology it is best read in bed so you have room
to laugh and kick up your heels. I highly recommend this book and the other two
readalongs. As long as Sharon does this I will be first in line to buy.

This sequel to Whippoowill is even funnier than the first book. When I read parts of The Amen Trail I was laughing so hard I was glad I was at home because if I had been in public people would have thought I was crazy. Letty and her partner are even funnier than in the original book.

I am a Sharon Sala/Diana McCall fan. I have read most of her books. When I started reading "Whippowill" I was surprised and did not know at first if I would like it. When I read it, I laughed so much I fell in love with the book. Then I read "The Amen Trail". I read it in one day because I could not put it down. I had tears rolling down my cheeks because I laughed so hard. When the book was finished I felt bad because it was finished. I think Sharon Sala out did herself with this one. I hope she adds another book to this series. Thoroughly enjoyable. Laughter is good for the soul and this book really makes you laugh.

This is quite a departure for Sharon Sala. A wonderful departure. This is a sequel to Whippoorwill. I did not read the first, and had no problem getting into this story.

Lettie and Eulis are not the quintessential heroine and hero...at the beginning of the story. However, by the end of the story they are truly hero and heroine material.

Lettie is a reformed good-time-girl. Eulis is a reformed alcoholic. They are fraudulently presenting themselves as a nun and a priest. It may sound sacrilegious, but it is truly not. They have turned their lives around and are attempting to do good, bless the lives of the people around them, and make restitution for their sins.

The people they meet along to way to Colorado are wonderful. The blessings that Lettie and Eulis bring to the lives of the people they spend time with, and vice versa are priceless.

I laughed out loud as I read this story!

Please, read it - you won't be disappointed!