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Federal Indian law is a very complicated subject. This book starts out with a great overview of the history of Indian law and policy. It follows with detailed discussions of every aspect of Indian law. Whether you want to know about Indian gaming (casinos), water rights, civil rights of Indians and non-Indians under tribal law, or anything else, this book has got it all! I practice in the field and this where I always start my research. It's also a great source of background material for news reporters and those interested in policy information. It also gets updated every two years, so you know you have the current information.

This is an amazing resource--every time I have an Indian Law question (and I write and teach in the field) I turn to the 2005 edition and find the answer, or at least the sources to get me on the right track. Everyone dealing within Indian law questions should get it.

A new book written by the well known family therapist Harlene Anderson together with a number of colleagues is bound to be a unique reading experience. The vast diversity of situations in clinical work, teaching, and consultation, gave me a fascinating reading. The diversity also corresponds to the multifaceted cultural circumstances that we these days have to face in meeting people in difficult life situations. As our traditional ways of meeting people in the helping professions do not always work in these changing situations, the experiences that speak through this book give opportunities to rewrite the map of the professional territory.

The commonality between the different authors was not immediately visible to me. It took a while before I sensed their shared interest in collaborative work and their deep respect for the people they meet in their practice. I think that family therapy historian Lynn Hoffman gave words to their approaches in her contribution to the book: "The art of `Withness'".

This is a big book -- more than 400 pages! And while I have yet to read through all of it, I have read enough to recommend it. It's a collection of essays by 20 or so authors. Reading it has been, for me, like eating a box of fine chocolates. I eat a few, but savor the fact that there are more in the box for later. I know these authors, and for me its a handy collection, so I highly recommend it. Yet I am not one of them exactly. I'm a kindred spirit (see their page 1), with different roots in my background. However, I think that might make me a better reviewer. It's good to have people outside the clique to review books for the wider audience.

What is especially clear to me when I read this particular book is that Harlene Anderson and her colleagues are what I call "visionary postmoderns". I find that most postmodern therapists are either "nostalgic" or "visionary". Nostalgic postmodern therapists are focused on their disappointment in lost dreams, dreams that no longer inspire their therapy craft, typically the lost dream that therapy is, or soon will be, scientifically based. . Visionary postmoderns, in contrast, while they might be equally disillusioned with the lost dreams, are often simply soaring with a creative spirit and eager to share their ideas with their colleagues.

And before you get too worried that these authors will steal your creativity, creating just another school of therapy to also be lost in the wake of time, let me remind you, that in the realm of the postmodern, you can use the elements of postmodern authors to seed your own own innovations. This is not cookie-cutter therapy, one size fits all. While "[t]here [may be] a strong tendency to view collaboration [in therapy] as a unified or social process, one that can be transposed from one situation to another [, in] contrast, we find it more useful to think of the particular conditions confronting us in the moment and then to consider what kind of skills or moves are essential to bring about a positive end." (Gergen & Gergen, p.399).

Still, these particular authors do make some recommendations. What they recommend is the creation of a listening culture. This is done in part by us therapists suspending our usual sense of certainty (see, the Anderson chapters, and chapter 16 by London and Tarragona). Suspending a sense of certainty is much like what happens when a patron walks into a movie house. Before watching the movie the patron is certain there are no "spider men" hopping from building to building. But to understand and appreciate the movie, the patron suspends this certainty -- for a while. Similarly, a therapist can suspend disbelief in the client's stories, no matter how strange they may seem initially. And in doing so, therapy can awaken their clients' latent ability to talk through their problems, to discover solutions that simply had not previously occurred to them.

And you and I know such a listening culture can be therapeutic. Haven't you ever had someone who listened to you so well that you found yourself digging more deeply into your own ideas, and discovering solutions and promising paths that you had never quite recognized before?

But, of course, we should ask: How does a therapist suspend certainty? There are many ways. One might do it, for example, by using an "as if" model (Anderson, p.247). Or just by reflecting on the fact that we view the world through an "art of lenses" (Lynn Hoffman p.70) or just by "creating space" for people to talk (cf. Gehart, p.183).

In summary, then, all the pages in this large book are in service of the client "moving forward" but doing so without a map provided by us therapists to guide them. And since we therapists don't actually have such a map, not a good and validated one, anyway, it is wonderful, so I think, that people are now thinking and writing about how this might be done.

That's what I try to do, too. And, if this suits you as well, then you might also find this book like a box of fine chocolates -- so I highly recommend it to all potentially visionary postmodern therapists.

..Lois Shawver
author of
Nostalgic Postmodernism: Postmodern Therapyscript writer for
When Wittgenstein and Lyotard Talked with Jack and Jill

This book is the last installement in the Comanche saga books, starting with "Comache Moon" "Comanche Heart" "Indigo Blue" and then we have "Comanche Magic" the story of Indigo's brother Chase, and the woman he falls in love with, Franchine.

Chase returns to Wolf's landing after several years of absence as he worked the timber business. Now he's back due to an injury. Life has made him a hardened and cynical man. He first meets Franchine when she is visiting his sister Indigo. He doesn't know that she is a prostitute. Later when he learns the truth about her work, Chase rudely and coldly tells Franchine to stay away from his sister and her family.

Franchine is a victim in every meaning of the word. Her story is heartwrenching. She conjures images in her mind, of good memories, of the beautiful life which she lost at the tender age of 13, when she was forced into prostitution. Through these images she escapes the horrible reality, when she is working in the Saloon at night. No lights are allowed to be turned on in the room either. And that is the way she keeps her sanity. The shame, guilt and incredible pain she feels is just heartbreaking. But having to feed eight siblings, the youngest of whom is sick and needs a very expensive elixir to survive, and a blind mother, force her to continue in this proffession which she hates. Mrs. Anderson does a great job showing how very few options were open to women back then, hence forcing the desperate ones into prostitution.

As things progress, Chase and Franchine get to know each other through events that are both funny and tender. The more Chase learns about Franchine, the more he sees that she is a victim, and his heart breaks for her. Hence he begins to buy her services for the entire night, but instead of having any sexual relation with her, he takes her out on picnics, and moonlight walks. Franchine realizes that Chase is playing with her heart, and that is something that she can not afford to lose. For if he broke her heart, she would most definitely break down, and this time lose her mind completely. And her family would starve. She couldn't bear more heartache or afford to dream of the wonderful things that Chase was making her believe in again. So she tries to push him away, only Chase isn't so easily discouraged.

I thought that Fanchine's mother got off too easily. I wanted to slap her for what she did.

This story is about the power of love, and faith. How a completely shattered life, a hurting broken woman, found her dreams and her life again. How a hurting, cynical man learned to dream and to love.

A very good read.

This is a wonderful love story between a man and a reluctant prostitute. The story will tug at your heart and make you think of Chase and Franchine long after the book is over.

This book provides excellent coverage of sperners theorem including multiple proofs ,like the original one by sperner and more concise proofs using closely related concepts. The various proofs of sperners theorem provides a firm understanding of its connections with many other fundamental topics in finite combinatorial mathematics.Great book for those that have a good grasp on algebraic concepts.

When one thinks of combinatorics of finite sets, he or she might first think of codes and designs. But this book introduced me to an area of combinatorics which I knew very little about, namely extremal set problems and their solutions which fall under famous Theorems by famous mathematicians: Erdos-Ko-Rado, Sperner, and Kruskal-Katona to name a few. I found these topics fascinating and fun to think about, which is in large part due to the author's coherent style, organization, explanation, and expertise of the subject-matter. Moreover, the author provided solutions to *every* one of the 150+ problems!!! How many math books can boast such a claim? Aside from may be a rough presentation of Lemma 4.3.2 the rest of the book is a masterpiece which I hope will gain more recognition within the next twenty years.

I highly recommend this book to both mathematicians and computer scientists. Although the book has very few "algorithms" in it, the thinking and reasoning about discrete structures (e.g. families of finite sets and multisets) will do wonders in developing the mind of a computer scientist, whether advanced or undergraduate. Yet it is quite sad that many cs departments (and math for that matter) invest little if any curriculum in discrete mathematics. Hopefully this will change at least to the point where the cs major will take two or three semesters of discrete math instead of two or three of calculus. For, as this book demonstrates, calculus is not a prerequisite for engaging one's mind in some quite fascinating mathematical problems related to finite sets.

Finally, it should be noted that Bela Bollobas also has an interesting book titled "Combinatorics: Set Systems, etc...." which significantly intersects with this book, but not to the degree where the reader should think they are interchangeable. I recommend both, and to read Anderson's book first; as I believe this book lays a better foundation than the latter.

You will love the blending of the case stories with the conclusions and implications. The book gave our men's study group worthwhile discussion material.

This is essential reading for church leaders. Paul Hill, David Anderson, and Rollie Martinson are involved in research and writing that will significantly change how we think about church, and the relationship between home and congregation. Their earlier book, Frogs Without Legs, set the stage, and now they are focusing more specifically on how to put the legs back on the church.

For a complete summary of the research, see http://www.exemplarym.com/ .

I was lucky enough to hear Dr. Rowing speak, and afterwards was able to pick up a copy of this. His humor and style make this a joy to read, while taking a look at many sides of rowing.

There are stories and ancdotes from all over, which are entertaining and informational. There are also many letters that have been written to him, so, much of the book is in Q&A format. These questions range from myth-busting to speculations, to situations, and everything inbetween.

Here is the table of contents, so you can imagine what may be in them:
Preface
The Legends
Port vs. Starboard
Coaches
Coxswains
Gluckman's Theorem
Strange Boats
Strange Folks
Head of the Charles
Joe Burk
Short Pieces
Mysteries

I have read it from cover to cover, many times, and will probably do so again. It is an excellent and enjoyable book, I highly recommend it.

Since Dr. Rowing is, of course, the quintessential expert on the subject, there is no better book to read. It is excellent.
I must comment on the cover illustration, however. It was obviously designed by someone with great talent and class. Could it have been designed by his sister, Sally Anderson?

Being a person who enjoys disecting words and phrases,in any given paragraph, my view of this book is high on my list, the author is my kind of writer!!! I'm still getting surprised at the level of understanding I didn't think I had only to find this book is right at my level, on the "same page"!

I had a copy of the the US Constitution from another source and was considering, disecting word for word, and phrase for phrase, and I had not quite got to it, when I found the right price for this book on www.amazon.com , I never dreamed I would get such a kick out this subject. Criminals won't like it, but legal eagles like me sure do!

I had to buy this book for a college class I was taking. I walked into the class with the attitude that I was there only because I was required to be. I didn't have high expectations that I would enjoy the class.

"Constitutional Law" was a great book and left me wanting to learn more. I still review and read the book on my own out of pure enjoyment.

The front of the book has chapters broken down discussing the different amendments to the Constitution and how they apply to law enforcement personnel. The end of the book has different U.S. Supreme Court cases that help to relate what the chapters were teaching you to real practical situations and cases. The very end of the book has a copy of the U.S. Constitution for even further reference.

I highly recommend this book! I definately plan on buying other books done by these authors as they are clearly written and for the most part very easy to understand.

I have used this book as the text in my Costume Design class for years and find it is the only one to my knowledge that covers both the conceptual aspects of costuming for the theatre as well the craft of rendering and construct. It even addresses historical information briefly. I was saddened to hear that the book was out of print. I am hoping a new edition will be out soon

I have Cletus as my design teacher at Carnegie Mellon University this year. I have looked at the book, and it is definitely worth using and referring to regularly. The main thing to know is that Cletus has done everything, knows everything and really, he is the end all source of theatre, costume and artistic information and advice. He got through Yale School of Drama Grad program without ever turning in anything late... think about that. Now why would you choose another book?

l am sorry to use this space for an entirely different purpose.l have been on the internet trying to find a book which l can recommend to my students who are doing a course, Legal Issues in Counselling, and a course l am teaching for the first time.l urgently need a copy of this book to determine if it is suitable, in which case, the University will order copies for my students and for the library.Please, l would be very grateful if you could respond immediately and if possible give me an idea of its table of content.

Thank you very much in advancefor your understanding and speedy response.

The Doctor from Botswana, below, is exactly right, and this book is so superb in its organisation and function that it deserves more elucidation.

Highly, highly recommended for all student counseling programs! (This is a RARE find!)

It will, necessarily, have an American orientation, but the general benefits are applicable to the world-wide audience, and can be adapted.

CHAPTER 1: The Counseling Profession
CHAPTER 2: Overview of Law and Ethics
CHAPTER 3: The Counseling Relationship (Including Consent to Treatment, Monitoring, Fees, Dual Relationships, Consultation With Colleagues)
CHAPTER 4: Protecting Client Confidences
CHAPTER 5: Avoiding Liability
CHAPTER 6: Managing Your Counseling Practice
SUGGESTED READINGS
REFERENCES
APPENDICES (ACA Code of Ethics, ACA Insurance Trust, Checklist)

Highly recommended.

Amzon is a good seller. I got my book in five days and am highly recommended.

I took both of the macro and micro exams this year. I had a kaplan guide from my teacher, which was very, very confusing and had very few graphs or visuals.
this aide explained concepts much better and had more graphs. I studied more for the micro exam (i didn't take a class in it - I think I easily got 4 just from this book), but what i reviewed from macro was also pretty good.