Arnold Books

The use of imagery is shown to be of great value to many clients. This book shows you exactly how to incorporate mental imnagery to excellent effect

Hey Folks this book is great. I'm using the audio examples from muse-eek's website which plays these exercises using a midifile player. What a great concept, I don't need a teacher to know whether I'm right or not!

Individual Differences was recommended to me by a friend so that I might better understand personality, intelligence and psychometrics. I now understand these concepts thanks to the easy, readable style of writing. As well as listing theories the author also evaluates them, referring to the emperical literature - a pleasant change.

Based on a longitudinal study of children starting in the 1930's, this book describes behavior of children at certain ages. It does not tell you how to raise your child. It simply tells you what to expect at 3 months, two years, eight years, etc. Instead of perceiving your child's behavior as peculiar or bad (and therefore punishing the child), the parent can see the behavior as normative. It enables acceptance of your child as he or she is and should be.

Though largely unknown today, Eberhard Arnold was widely sought as a public speaker in his native Germany before and after World War I . He influenced thousands during his lifetime. As far as Arnold's writing is concerned, Innerland was his life's work, he tried to include in it every experience he had ever had of God. Buried during the Nazi era, recovered and translated into English, this is one of the most important spiritual books I have ever read. Not a quick read, be ready to invest some time and thought.

Engrossing fictional portrait of the strange marginal surrealist Richard Oelze as viewed through Mina Loy's friendship and scrutinizing curiosity of him.

Wonderful book which allows the kids to interact and help with the reading. My kids (2 and 3) have some of it memorized. Great pictures which gets them asking about things in the story. Awesome!

In my limited readings on desertification (about 10 books), this is the only book that covers desertification comprehensively. While other books tell you that desertification is a long-term land degradation and is caused by mismanagement of land, this book covers the climatic factor as well. How climate influences the hydrologic cycle, vegetation and soil, and how in turn these factors affected by human actions lead to qualitative changes in soil and vegetation. It also suggests a few steps towards mitigating desertification. In overall, this book deserves a 5!

Interviewing Appapachia is a rich collection of interviews from some of the forerunners of Appalachian Studies and Literature, such as James Still, Marilou Awiakta, Fred Chappell, Lee Smith, Jim Wayne Miller, Appalshop, and SAWC, the Southern Appalachian Writer's Cooperative. This collection of articles was gleaned from the pages of the Appalachian Journal, founded by co-editor J.W. Williamson in 1972. Published at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, this journal has been on the cutting edge of Appalachian Studies for over 30 years. Though Interviewing Appalachia is not a complete spectrum of every great interview to ever grace the pages of the Appalachian Journal, you won't find such in-depth interviews in one collection anywhere else. A must-read for anyone interested in the literature and culture of the Appalachian region.

This book is a thought-provoking discussion between an eminent historian and philosopher and an influential religious leader, who represent different traditions but share the same commitment to finding answers to the urgent and profound questions that confront humanity. It covers a range of topics: the environment, the intellect, sexuality, health and welfare, man as a social animal, arms and war, religion's role, and the nature of good and evil.

According to the authors, "a human being's perennial spiritual task is to overcome egotism by expanding his ego until it becomes coextensive with the ultimate reality, from which it is, in truth, inseparable." They believe that "spiritual exertion, made by individual human beings, is the only effective means of social change for the better," and that "Changes of institutions are effective only insofar as they are symptoms and consequences of the spiritual self-transformation of the persons whose relations with each other are the network that constitutes human society."

Arnold J. Toynbee, raised in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and Daisaku Ikeda, a product of East Asian culture and a Buddhist, both recognize that human survival is threatened by our own capacity to destroy the natural environment and by the imbalance between our moral immaturity and technological prowess.

The two men posit an underlying choice in the way humankind can respond to such universal challenges as burgeoning population, dwindling natural resources, and technological sophistication. They explore the dilemma facing the individual and society: self-mastery or self-destruction. Their search is less for abstract answers than how individuals can live in such a way as to derive meaning from the real world.

Compiled from two years of discussion and correspondence between the authors, this volume has been widely acclaimed as a major contribution to the ongoing debate on the flaws of modern civilization.