Nevada Books

I bought this book years ago when I first visited Reno, Nevada and Virginia City's Comstock mines. Years have passed and I'm buying again because of all the books every written on the Comstock, this book has it all. If you want to know what it really was like in those mines, read this book.

Katharine Coles's book, "A History of the Garden" isone full of beautiful, personal poetry that reveals an intelligentauthor behind the scenes, playing with words and situations. Even in her first poem, "Fear of Falling," Coles, playing with the ideas of gravity and death, writes that the night she was born "a moon as full and hot as August scraped the rooftops." The rest of the poem builds on this, drawing on links between gravity, lightness and death.

In a later poem, "Natural Disasters," she describes a "mother's lifelong rage" as the "slow burn of a wire behind an old house wall," and continues to describe the mother's rage internally and externally, building up to an emotional crisis that, surprisingly, doesn't occur.

What the sum of these poems represent is a clear, scientific approach to poetry; it is poetry that uses science to illuminate and compare, but which is not dehumanized by science. Her poems are full of love, for the earth and for the people in it.

Dr. Cage's book is a comprehensive scholarly work on the meaning and purpose of the Holy Spirit in biblical, religious, and secular literature in ancient times. This six hundred and thirty-page work including bibliography will challenge many of the current and popular assumptions about the Holy Spirit among evangelicals. Dr. Cage, whose primary training is in philosophy, writes with a direct and logical flare. His work is organized in a clear and readable way with succinct conclusions at the end of each chapter. This book will aid the serious student who is interested in original research and indepth biblical exegesis.

The first section of this book begins with a listing and discussion of every reference to spirit in the OT. The last section lists and discusses every reference to spirit in the NT. Sandwiched in between is extensive research on the concept of spirit from the intertestamental period as well as a section on Graeco-Roman literature. Dr. Cage discusses how these non-biblical sources influenced the biblical writers and help us in our understanding of the Holy Spirit.

It is difficult to classify this work within any particular theological tradition. Though Dr. Gage believes miracles have ceased, he argues much in the same way as Pentecostals in emphasizing the miraclous nature of the work of the Holy Spirit. He concludes that the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in biblical literature was exclusively associated with miraclous powers, especially prophecy. He says, "What needs to be realized is that the work of the Holy Spirit in the NT is not normative" (p. 619). This is a particularly challenging position considering the popular view today that the Holy Spirit is a moral guide and spiritual help in the personal life of the Christian.

Dr. Cage has written a condensed version of this book entitled, Clothed with Power: A Brief Study of the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

This is an outstanding guide--the best I've run across--for anyone planning a Sierra vacation that won't be consisting entirely of backpacking. There is somewhat of a greater emphasis on the eastern Sierra, but the whole range is pretty thoroughly covered--in two long chapters on the eastern and western regions and four shorter chapters on the northern Sierra. (Yosemite gets split into two parts, one devoted entirely to hikes off State Road 120--the Tioga Pass road.) The book is written with real warmth, intelligence, and good humor. The trail descriptions, including directions to the trailhead, are lively, detailed and accurate, with good maps, though there's not a great deal of information on the fauna, flora, and geology. The introductory chapters, tables, and appendices are very helpful. There's a good bibliography and detailed reading recommendations for each region. I suppose some readers may quibble about hikes that were omitted, but for the areas I'm familiar with, the author made good choices.
As far as the lodgings go, all the necessary information is provided, including altitude. But while they are divided into two categories, "mountain" and "of interest" (a third category, "other," mentions any nearby town), the resorts are not rated, regrettably. The author says she's easy to please and is happy to be anywhere in the Sierra, but it would be nice if the next edition at least singled out those in particularly attractive settings.
Otherwise this a first-rate trail guide--like having an enthusiastic and knowledgeable companion at your side (or in your daypack).

Gailmarie Pahmeier's work is as beautiful and heartbreaking and funny as anything you'll ever read - she cuts to the guts and the lovely underbelly...

I loved this book.

The book is really good, I used it to form my Corporation. It has a CD with all the documents you need to incorporate, so you do not need to write them, just modify them. It saves a lot of time and money!
It works even if you want to form a Corporation in a different state, like in my case.

This is a valuable book (resource) for budding entrepreneurs. It seems to try to cover all the bases for starting a small business, but it can't do them all well in the space available between its covers. The book is only 288 pages long. If you are in the planning stages of starting a small business, then I highly recommend you get a copy of this book. Read it, study it, and outline it. There are helpful checklists to help you grasp the subjects. You will come up with a plethora of keywords and terms that you will want to google to find Web pages giving more detailed (and maybe more current) information.

I am a SCORE counselor (Senior Corps of Retired Executives) who typically does face-to-face counseling sessions three nights a month. It would really be neat if my clients would read this book BEFORE they came to their session with me because they would pretty much be "educated customers" ready to ask educated questions. Our sessions would be so much more beneficial.

My favorite chapters were:

1. Initial business concerns
2. Your business' structure
3. Business start-up details
5. Sources of business assistance (SCORE is mentioned here)
7. Your smart business plan (and a good sample plan is included)
8. Obtaining the financing you need

The book is weak when it comes to how the Internet can be used in corresponding, hiring, and marketing. But this is just one example of how googling keywords and concepts found in the book will make the book more complete. Don't treat the book as authoritative on the law. It isn't. Nor was it ever intended to be. It is light on tax information as it relates to small business.

I was particularly impressed with the material presented in Chapter 2: Choice of Legal Entity. That subject is sorely ignored in most small business books, and it is critically important. It is a subject I regularly must spend a great deal of time discussing at my SCORE sessions. This book does a pretty good job on the topic.

Chapters 4 and 9 through 12 are easy to find fault with. The topic of each could fill a book. But having these topics covered definitely will help a budding entrepreneur know some of the issues they raise.

I would have liked the book more if Chapter 6 (marketing) had been less superficial. When I read it I got the impression that the author was more a public relations expert than a marketing expert. I generally categorize public relations as a subset of marketing. Marketing includes advertising, public relations, and a whole host of other promotion techniques. I did not get this message when I read the book. I also would have liked the book better if the Internet, email, and Web sites had been discussed more. But there are many books on those subjects. Therefore, I can't complain too much about the limited discussion of computers.

When you read this book it may feel a little like it was produced on an assembly line. Maybe it was? There are 51 versions of this book sold; one for each state and the District of Columbia. Content is king, and this book has it. 5 stars!

Spiritualy overwhelming! This book makes you feel all the emotions of loss, pain and suffering and leaves you with a glorious effect from a divine encounter. There is also much information listed about mental health issues that serves more than just Nevada residents, but instead for people everywhere.
In The Realm of God, A True Story of a Miraculous Visit from Jesus (subtitle)My Walk Through Nevada Mental Health Law

Out of all the writers who discuss gambling--and, more specifically, poker, which is the only form of gambling I'm really interested in--I would have to say that David Spanier is the finest. Certainly, he was no Al Alvarez in terms of poetry, but his clarity and excellent narration make him a pleasure to read. His death at age 67 was a tragedy as his opinions are greatly missed.

The best compliment I can give Spanier is that, due to his exceptional ability, he establishes reader enthusiasm for subjects normally outside the scope of our interest. Nowhere is this more true than here as, unlike in Total Poker, he brings up topics like the founding of Monte Carlo, and the numerous ways in which players have attempted to decrease the house advantage in games like roulette. This is not riveting material on the surface, but Spanier's attention to detail and masterful knowledge base make them relevant. . His essay on gambling addiction was definitely the high point of the work as he proves within it that this is no run of the mill book. It's a work of psychology examining the motivation behind the act of wagering and the statistics which make or break the lives of the millions of individuals for whom gambling is, at least, a monthly activity. I highly recommend this one. It's "used" only, and cheap.

THE INSIDERS' GUIDE TO LAS VEGAS is a great book which, when coupled with TIME OUT LAS VEGAS, gives you a good idea on how to survive in Sin City, whether you're relocating or just vacationing there. Of course, some of the information in this book IS a little outdated, being that it was published in 2004, but if you pair it with TIME OUT LAS VEGAS, published late last year, that shouldn't be an issue.