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I have used this little booklet for the past 6 months to keep my illness "in check". I am on so many medications- they have side effects and interations with other meds and foods, and even heat and light. Stress level, lack of sleep, and qualilty of my diet have a big impact on my quality of life as I live with this illness. It's a lot to keep track of. I have found this to be so effective and so simple to use. Because of the severity of my symptoms and side effects, I use one page for the morning and one for into the night. For me this has been an easy way to see trends and ward off problems before they occur. I highly recommend this to anyone who has any type of chronic illness, or who is wanting to chart symptoms to report to their doctor to help to make a diagnosis.

This little booklet really helps even the less dedicated stay on track. I know because I am one. Good price and good info.

I bought this journal to track my allergy problems and found that certain foods were effecting my allergy attacks. I also used it to keep track of my vitamins and realized how little water I was drinking. This book is very helpful. Thank you!

I mistakinly created a wonderful children's sermon/moment that took me 2 weeks to get just right. When I was asked to create another a few weeks later I was distraught! How could I repeat something that I had poured so much effort into! I started searching the internet and found this book. It is exactly what I needed to incorporate ideas, scripture and fun into a children's moment during our worship. Now when I am asked to take another turn at a children's moment, I just ask when?

As the former director children's church at my church, I heartily recommend this book. The lessons are straightforward and easily understood and the craft/visual aids are simple and won't have you running all over town to find the components. If you don't want to weigh yourself down with bulky curriculum every Sunday, give this a try. Great for family time too!

There are several things I like about this book. The every-day, easy to find objects used in the sermons are items that children in my church quickly identify. The stories are interesting to adults and children and I don't have to add much to them. There are also special occasion lessons, such as Father's Day and Super Bowl Sunday. The book includes both a scripture index and a topical index that I found very helpful.

Not even a "man of God" can watch his very much loved mother (who was once very much in charge of her life) slip off into this very cruel disease without a sense of loss and heartache, but Houston was able to see the benefit of sharing his mother's life at this time, as well. There's a lot of love and compassion here, along with the frustration and sadness. This book should be on the shelf of every adult child who finds himself in this "role-reversal" situation with an aged parent.

The book touched me with its honest and thoughtful reflection of the joyful challenges of caring for an aged parent slipping into another reality. Houston shares his frustrations, his coping or lack of it, and his small victories in a honest yet upbeat and faithful way. Anyone coping with taking care of an aged parent who is slipping away slowly will find an encouraging friend in this book.

I've known the author through many of the years covered in the book. Reading his journal of those experience gave me the feeling of returning home again, seeing familiar landmarks and sharing joint memories. That feeling reverberates as I watch my parents go through many of the same experiences witht their parents. Circle of Years should find a similar home of warmth in the hearts of other readers facing the aging of their parents or grandparents.

Rich Ryall has done a marvelous job recounting the experience of a true baseball fan through a Season, Penant Race, and World Series. I could feel the anxieties, the frustrations, and the elations that such a fan experiences, but more importantly, Ryall has the ability to make every reader understand a fan's love of the game. He has a charming and intelligent wit that all will enjoy, baseball fan or not.

A Classic Fall is a great read for any fan of baseball. Well written, very funny, and you will see shades of yourself in many of the moments Rich describes in his book as he follows the Giants pennant race and post-season journey of the 2002 season.

I can't recommend it enough.

It is obvious that the author of A Classic Fall, Rich Ryall, is a true baseball fan. What began as a running series of weekly articles on the SF Giants and their trials and tribulations, posted on his website, evolved into a lyrical tribute to his team. The ups and downs, laughter and occasional pathos of the Giants, as they found their stride and made their way through the playoffs and World Series. Rich's observations capture the atmosphere of the ballpark; the excitement of the pennant race and Series. Whether you are a Giants fan in particular, or a baseball fan in general, A Classic Fall is certainly a moving and wonderful tribute to the Great American Game. A 5-Star Read, without question!!!

buy this book. it's brilliant. brilliant. hear me? brilliant!

Robert Vivian's prose is so creatively lush, unexpected and unpredictable, you can hardly believe the "stories" he relates (he calls them essays) are based wholly on personal experiences. They read more like poetic fictions, and yet the style is quite accessible -- nothing self-consciously obscure or tediously "literary." If this is how he treats non-fiction, I can only imagine the delight of reading his fictions.

Robert Vivian has taken the personal essay to new heights, expanding poetic language into a deeply inspirational journey into the human experience. If ever you believed the essay genre to be dull and pedantic, Vivian will change your mind forever with his gorgeous language and important insights. The essay is boring no longer

After reading (and enjoying) "A Youth in the Argonne," I decided to pick this one up. I like Triplet's writing style. He has a self-effacing sense of humor and is pretty witty. Besides that, he was a good soldier and a respected troop commander. This book provides an interesting look into his experiences as a field-grade commander in both training and combat. I noticed a few minor mistakes in the footnotes and picture captions (as one of the previous reviewers commented), but overall, I enjoyed the book.

Tripp, as I am told he was called, wrote a wonderful triology of his military life from WW2 through the post ww2 period. He paints a wonderful picture of life in the army, and my regret is that it looks like some of the mid-war material may have been left out. (Oh yeah, and there are some errors in the footnotes - oh well.) other than that just a wonderful set of books. I am told by men that served with him, "Yup, he was like that, a great guy!"

"A Colonel in the Armored Divisions" by William S. Triplet, Edited by Robert H. Ferrell, sub-titled, "A Memoir, 1941-1945". University of Missouri Press, 2001.

Robert H. Ferrill, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University, has again taken the writings of William S. Triplet, of Sedalia, Missouri, edited the writings and produced an excellent first person history of an Army colonel's experiences in the Second World War. William Triplet had served as a sergeant in the First World War, began West Point in 1920 and graduated with the class of 1924. This book is really a professional diary of the years from December 1940 up to the cessation of hostiles in Europe, May 1945.

The front half of the book is devoted to Triplet's experiences in weapons testing and in developing amphibious craft for the many beach invasions by General MacArthur. At the command for testing the effectiveness of various weapons and devices, Triplet recorded his efforts in examining the effects of the Molotov Cocktail, (ineffective against armor), the prototype for the Jeep and various forms of sleeping bags. With the amphibious craft, Triplet discovers that many (most) Navy personnel do not understand the effects of ocean waves and tells us, quite a few times, that the Navy makes strong coffee. "I sipped the black brew and got it down without wincing. ... tough people these navy types". P. 64. Again, no love is lost between Col. Triplet and "Admiral Buships", who questioned the veracity of Triplet's reports on the seaworthiness of the M8 howitzer-turret on the LVT(A-1) hulls. P. 84. The Admiral even "Declined my offer of a cup of coffee, which is the lifeblood of the navy". P. 84.

Perhaps of greater interest to World War II buffs is the last half of the book, recording the Colonel's combat experiences. Triplet appears to be one of the few higher-grade officers to actual go up to the front line during combat. For example, he recounts his surprising an Army sentry who calls back that there is a chicken colonel up here. Unexpected! Triplet mildly disguises his impatience with privates, or generals!, who are reluctant to advance or who appear to be bordering on incompetence. In many cases, he does not record the names of the offending parties. He received one excuse so often that it is used for the title of a chapter: "They've Got a lot of Stuff in There". At the very end of the book, Triplet recounts, in a matter of fact fashion, the gunfight he had with two German soldiers. After being blown out of his jeep, Triplet draws his .45 Automatic Pistol and shots at two Germans who thought they had finished everybody. Triplet is wounded in the thigh, but escapes and limps back to his command.

Professor Ferrell's editing is so unobtrusive that you are only aware, once in awhile, that you are reading the corrected and revised words almost fifty years or so after Triplet had been written down. For example, Prof. Ferrell will italicize the word "illegible" to denote that he could not decipher what Col. Triplet wanted. An excellent job of editing.

Not only has Frank Miller influenced my writing (available right here on Amazon), but he changed the entire face of the comic book industry. "The Comics Journal," a magazine that produces some of the best interviews with comic book creators you'll ever read, delves into Miller's mind with some probbing, in-depth interviews that don't shy away from call the creator on his own personal faults. It may sometimes be uncomfortable to read (especially for fans who think Miller is untouchable), but it is always interesting.

Presented in an oversize format, with great reprints from Miller's work, this book looks great sitting on a coffee table, and may even introduce the uninitiated into the wonderful world of comic books.

A must for any Frank Miller fan. See every interview ever published by the comics Journal. See him talk about his early work on Daredevil and Wolverine to reaching his mainstream peak with the dark knight to the Nexus of some of the most successful creator owned work in comic's history, Sin City and 300. miller is one of my heroes in the comic world and I love this insider look into his thoughts of comic, politics and the world we are plunged in now and how that translates to his work. Lots of no holds bared and uncensored dialog about his entire catalog of works in the past two decades.

I've owned this book for about four years now and go back and give it a read offen.

For fans of Frank Miller's work, this book is a must-purchase. Essentially a collection of interviews that he has done over the years with The Comics Journal, this book covers the man's entire career, from his early fanzine work right on up to DK2.

In typical TCJ fashion, the interviews are quite in-depth and span a wide range of topics. Miller has always been a big proponent of fighting against censorship and sounds off on the self-imposed censoring that the comic companies do on a regular basis.

Fans of his seminal works, Ronin, The Dark Knight Returns and Sin City, will be delighted to see him talk at length about each of these titles. He also goes into detail about his stint on Daredevil and his motivation for doing a Dark Knight sequel. He also touches upon everything in between -- including Martha Washington, Hard Boiled and 300. Also, Miller talks a bit about his feelings on 9/11 (he moved back to NYC when it happened) and how it informs his work.

In short, this is a fascinating book on a true artist and a genius in the comics field. In addition to the interviews there is a great collection of art from all of his major works and also rare, unpublished stuff as well. Highly recommended!

I went through this book with my mother and I was amazed at how much I learned about her and also vice versa! It was a wonderful tool in our relationship. This guide gave me a more in-depth look at the topics presented in the book Beautiful Girlhood. We had an oppertunity to discuss things we may have never talked about before. I would highly recommed this guide to any one who is interested in gaining a closer mother/dauther relationship or just a better understanding of "girlhood" and its difficulties.

"Every time my daughter and I go through a chapter of The Companion Guide to Beautiful Girlhood after reading Beautiful Girlhood, I come away with the desire to be a better wife, mother and woman. Camille and I enjoy reading the chapters together and going for the challenge. There have been times where Camille and I would groan because we knew we had been the opposite of what God would have us be. This book teaches, rebukes, corrects and encourages us." C.A.

I went through this book with my mother and I was amazed at how much I learned about her and also vice versa! It was a wonderful tool in our relationship. This guide gave me a more in-depth look at the topics presented in the book Beautiful Girlhood. We had an oppertunity to discuss things we may have never talked about before. I would highly recommed this guide to any one who is interested in gaining a closer mother/dauther relationship or just a better understanding of "girlhood" and its difficulties.

I thought this article provided good insights into government contracting and the future direction of this industry. Very helpful to those managing contracts and working with the DoD as a contractor.

I had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Cavadias speak on this journal at a symposium earlier this year in Washington. His insights into the government's need to invest more specialized and dedicated resources toward managing contracts rather than just awarding them is long overdue for action. Taxpayers' investments into government-outsourced services could be better protected if this common sense paradigm shift is provoked. I'm certain that the Congressional Subcommittee on Government Reform would agree with the premise of this journal because it makes good business sense.

This is an amazing article. We were completely lost in the administration of our performance base acquisition until we read this article.

The cornell architecture journal is really coming to maturity with its sixth issue. A school which has for a long time relied on its superb theoretical foundations presents here an intersection of theory with practice, a subject that must be adressed by more architects before the chasm between architects who use theory, and those who do not become too big to traverse. Buy this journal if you are an architect, and make Mark Pasnik's "Who's afraid of Architectural Theory" The first article in it you read.

The latest installment in the series of Cornell's journals of architecture raises the bar on student architectural work. Not only does this well put together journal wonderfully display student theses, its articles are well written and very relavent to the practice/study of the profession of Architecture.

I found this book to be both interesting and informative. The section writen by Jason Tapia was not only enlightning but extremely well written. As a Dean of Freshman, for a small college, I focus my attention on acedemic journals that are thought provoking and original!! I must say I was very impressed by the content of this journal!!