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This book gives one a wonderful outline of how to study the book of Revelations as well as the rest of Scripture, especially for the lay person. Especially useful is the clarity that one can see when using the Old Testament as a way of interpreting the New. For example, the author shows how the santuary service in the O.T. is seen within the the book of Revelations. The outline of Revelations against the backfrop of the rest of scripture is emphasized, thus making the book more easy to understand. This book would be good within a Bible study group.

The biblical book of Revelation has probably had more ink spilled over it than any other book of the Bible. It is an engimatic book to most people filled will weird symbols that are a repository for an incredible range of theories and interpretations. How do we make sense of it? Is there a right way to intepret it? Are there principles that can guide us as we journey through its fantastic landscape?

Jon Paulien has written a brilliant guide to understanding this book in his The Deep Things of God: An Insider's Guide to the Book of Revelation. In an easy-to-read style, Paulien surveys the world of Revelation, the patterns of Bible prophecy from Genesis to Revelation, issues and problems dealing with the writings of dead prophets, safeguards for Bible study, tools to help in interpreting the Bible and Revelation, the overall structure of Revelation, the way that the writer of Revelation uses the Old Testament, and how to see Christ in the pages of Revelation.

Jon Paulien has spent 30 years studying the book and it shows in his gifted explanation of this important book of Scripture. Rather than tell the reader what Revelation means, Paulien's burden is to describe a method for understanding the book for ourselves which is faithful to Revelation itself. It is so easy to read our own agenda into Revelation. Paulien offers a way of avoiding that and genuinely hearing what the author of the book really wanted to say. On the way, though, he illustrates the method by shedding light on some of the most difficult passages in Revelation. This is truly an exciting book for anyone wanting to carefully and responsibly interpret Revelation.

Jon Paulien is a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) scholar and, therefore, has commented on various issues relevant to that denomination's members. Seventh-day Adventists claim that Ellen G White, one of the founders of the denomination, is a prophet whose writings are authoritative for members. In a few places in his book he comments on the relationship between White's writings and interpreting Revelation. These issues are not relevant to non-Seventh-day Adventist Christians and detract from the overall general nature of the book. This should not deter the general Christian reader, however. The general Christian reader can safely ignore those parts which are not relevant. These parts of the book are minimal and the majority of the book is quite brilliant and relevant to anyone wishing to understand Revelation. Seventh-day Adventists, however, should listen carefully to what Paulien has to say to them in particular as he give wise advice on using extra-biblical sources when interpreting the Bible.

If you are interested in uncovering the "secrets" of Revelation then this book is a must read.

I am currently a third year med student planning to go into emergency medicine. I picked up this book from a friend who already did a EM clerkship and highly recommended it. I wanted something to read before I do my EM audition rotation in June. It is the same format as the recall series which I like alot. Overall, I think this is a great book for bread-n-butter EM topics your bound to hit such as chest pain. I think this book is pretty comprehensive and an easy read. It contains some very nice useful charts like the NIH stroke scale and a toxidrome chart. I've gotten via half of it and definitely recommend it. I do notice it was light on the ortho stuff, something that hopefully will be fixed if they do a second edition. A big plus if your doing any EM rotation or week.

Reviewer: Fourth medical student going into emergency medicine

Overview: Deja Review EM is a question/answer book much like the very popular First aid series or Recall series. It is similar to the First aid series except this particular one has sections of brief, but high yield clinical vignettes that I thought were particular useful and some nice charts.

Positive:
1. It was packed with very high-yield questions, all bread-n-butter EM topics that attendings I worked with asked me.
2. Charts: It contained very useful charts I used a lot such as a tox antidote chart, toxidrome chart, and NIH stroke scale that was easy to refer to.
3. Clinical Vignettes: Short brief basic scenarios that one would normally see in the ED with brief diagnosis that was also very good to read.
4. Short and to the point: Much as I wanted to read Rosen's or Tin, I had little time to do that type of reading. I really needed a book that had sort of "just the facts" information for quick reference and something I can read in bursts like when I am in the bathroom.
5. Pretty small compare to other review books and would carry it with me on the wards.
6. Very well-organized by systems which I am use to.

Negatives:
1. I think the thing that makes the book so useful on the EM clerkship can be a negative. Since it is just Q/A format, it does not have pathophysio that may be important to know, but if I needed to know that I would just use a major text.
2. I think the organ-based system is great, but I know some books out there use more of a complaint-based approach much in the way you would see a patient is. Some people prefer this method of learning which is totally fine, if that is the case, the system-approach of this book may not be the best for you.

Overall:
I honestly thought this book was an excellent read that was fast to read and very high-yield. I do really felt it helped me immensely on my EM clerkship as I could quickly look via it after I saw a patient. My clerkship was a good experience and my attendings actually encouraged me to look things up after I saw a patient. I know not all clerkships work this way. I also choice this book since it seems to be really new, I think it came out a week before my rotation. I also used Recall, which I thought was good, but a little too dense. Anyways, I highly recommend this book to anyone doing an EM clerkship.

Comprehensive, plausible, interesting, classic...... makes you experieced classic neurologist, without it, you will not understand the word : "Neurology"

I knew this book from previous editions that I had found in Libraries. I decided to buy this Edition. Still follows the Anatomy and Physiology type of organization of previous editions. The Physiopathological approach to the Physical Exam and the Syndromes discussed in the Text, makes easier to understand and keep available in our memory the information learned in this text. The New Editor comments on the possibility that maybe Neurological Exam could become obsolete, I still think that despite the prodigious Technological armamentarium that we have, the ERRORS in Diagnosis are committed not because of a test not ordered, but because a poor History and Physical Exam. This Text will keep us in track to do good Neurological Examinations.

Ellen White's masterpiece on the life of Christ. Be prepared to be taken back to the culture and day of Jesus. You will feel yourself there and what's most important you will be drawn into His presence. You must read this book!!!!!

I was given this book years ago and read it regulary with my Bible. Mrs. White's insight into Jesus and His mission on earth and what His life means to me is a blessing to my soul. Regardless of how far you have walked with Jesus, this book can and will refresh your soul and give you a new understanding of our Lord.

I couldn't put the book down. This book pulls you in from the first page and holds you to the last. It is an eye opening book that gives a true look at what life was like in Russia after WWII for Christians.

This book is also extremely inspirational. If a boy between the age of 10 and 12 could find the courage and faith to with stand the persecurtion dipicted in this story then we who live in freedom should find it easy to stand up for our faith.

Sasha is a young boy in Stalinist Russia. He must make a truly important decision, will he follow God, and be a Christian, even when he is beat up by former friends, publicly ridiculed by previously favorable teachers? How about when the decision will take him away from his mother? This is no book for cowards, nor for those who like to compromise with truth. It will hit you smack in the eyes. But if you want to read a true story of one boy's answer to God's calling, read this. You will not be sorry you did.

From the Cover: "Skillfully combining mysticism and history, [this book] brings to life the plight of the residents of Presidio, a village on the border between Texas and Mexico that neither side truly wants to claim as its own. Beginning in 1883 and continuing through 1970, the lost souls of Presidio - both living and dead - tell their own stories, revealing the history of their town to be one of desolation and poverty, where the Devil is the only visitor, and the original occupants and their ancestors have lost their land and consequently the right to rule their own lives. narrated by the villagers' voices - including a lawyer, a renegade, and even an unborn child - the residents of the town strongly evoke through their own words the troubled life of the displaced Mexican. Brito's powerful imagery and passionate writing bring us to a clearer undersanding of these people and their lives than is likely to be found anywehre else."

ARISTEO BRITO'S NOVEL IS AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY. HIS SINCERITY IS OBVIOUS AND HIS IMAGES ARE TRUE PRINTS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.I HAVE NOT BEEN SO MOVED BY THE INTENSITY OF A NOVEL IN A LONG TIME. THE PLIGHT AND HEROISISM OF A PEOPLE SO OPPRESSED COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED SO ELOQUENTLY BY ARISTEO BRITO. I AM ONLY SADDENED THAT I COULD NOT READ IT IN IT'S FIRST EDITION OF SPANISH, BECAUSE I IMAGINE HIS WORDS WERE EVEN MORE COMPELLING AND BEAUTIFUL.

Since Mri has a variety in Pathiology i strongly recommend this book to any radiologist who wants to have a full view in this sector.

This is a really great book for MRI. It's clinically oriented and very practical to use. Most of the text is in chart form and is packed with facts. They also gives you tips on interpreting subtle and difficult cases. The images are excellent. I bought one for each of my offices locations.

This movie is beautiful. It is a long movie, but you will never know it because you become so engrossed in the story. The actress is beautiful and you really feel for her character. The gentleman who plays her father is great! The singing, dancing, and clothing are wonderful. I watch this one as often as I can.

The only thing I did not like - the special features did not have English captions, so you really couldn't enjoy them.

I also purchased the soundtrack to this movie. It is excellent and has more songs that were used in the movies.

As an American who only recently discovered Bollywood movies, I absolutely loved the classic Hindi movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge so much that I bought this book about it. The book is intended to be used as a college textbook for critical studies of the film in the context of motion pictures as an art and entertainment medium in contemporary culture. While I am not a student, I am interested in movies as a medium of art, and I am very interested in the Indian film industry in particular. This book helped satisfy those interests.

I found this book very helpful in understanding the movie's effect on Indian people, both those who have dispersed to other countries and those who remain in India. It also gave me insight to the actual making of the film and some history of Indian cinema and the careers of the cast and crew who made the film. Most importantly, it gave me greater understanding of Indian movies in general and the meaning of metaphors typically used in those films.

I would recommend this book to 1) students studying films and the film industry, 2) Bollywood enthusiasts, and 3) fans of Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and director Aditya Chopra.

Dime Store Erotics is a splendid book of poetry, by a real up-and-comer! It is lyrically rich but also riveting--familial, sexual, natural. The poems range from the experiences of motherhood to buying dime novels in a busstop store, from gardening to drunken revelries. In addition to the strong narratives, the poems are themselves extremely well-made, tight, formally coherent but flexible. Ann Townsend surely knows how to write!

i own a copy of this book, and i had the pleasure of spending a week at a workshop taught by dr. townsend. this book never leaves my bag. my highest praise for a spectacular collection of poems and its lovely author.

I was a student of Harris Stone's for several classes during my career at KU's School of Architecture and Urban Design in the 1980's. The book "Dispersed City of the Plains" is just so very typical of Harris. Harris was one of the best Critics (that's the code word for Architecture Teacher, Professor, etc.) that I ever had. He was truely wise. Stone had a way of looking beyond what was fashionable to print in the Professional Journals to see the truth in the Architecture. Harris always taught us, as students in Kansas, to be proud of our herritage. He had the ability to see the art in what others disregarded as mundane and below their recognition. Harris was a proponent for the masses, the end users of Architecture. It didn't matter to him how great a building was proclaimed if it didn't serve it's purpose for it's users. Stone's books always remind us to design for the people, and the environment, not the Journals.

This is a challenging, original analysis of the meaning of the built environment of the Great Plains. The author begins much the way that Walter Prescott Webb did in his pioneering work on the same subject, by analyzing the building blocks that organize space and the economy of the region, in this instance grain elevators, barbed wire, and windmills. He then moves through types of housing, and communities from hamlet to major city.

Harris Stone's basic thesis is threefold: 1. The Great Plains experienced a fundamentally different pattern of settlement than the Eastern U.S., because the land was subdivided before settlers arrived; 2. European models of city form are not valid for analyzing the built environment of the Plains; 3. Instead, the settlement pattern of the Plains is a work in progress that anticipates the impact of today's information-age economy, and it should be evaluated accordingly.

The author's text is handwritten, with his own drawings illustrating his points. His ideas are spare and challenge the reader to participate and "fill in the blanks." His style is somewhat akin to the way Jane Jacobs analyzes city life, while his conclusions contrast dramatically with hers.

There is also a poignance that permeates the book, because Harris Stone was dying of cancer as he wrote it. Too weak to finish preparation of the text for publishing, his wife and colleagues at the University of Kansas School of Architecture completed the final few pages, in a different style of handwriting and illustration. One mourns the loss of so original a thinker, as one is simultaneously stimulated by his text.