Arthur Books

This book has everything a person need to assist with progress notes.

It just doesn't get any better than this!

Working as a counselor with proposition 36 clients is a tedious and fast paced job, dealing with monthly progress reports for probation and courts. This has just solved alot of the difficulty and saved loads of time!

This is another winner to add to my bookshelf at work; my patients benefit greatly, as do I, from the many creative assignments to work through. Great to use for group work also!!

This has saved me many times when I sudddenly find out I have to run a group minutes before it starts. It also has been a great supplement for indivdual needs that go beyond our curriculum.

I had a co-worker a few years ago that had this book and I borrowed it alot to help me write treatment plans this is a fabulous tool! It gives a step by step means that is clear and simple. I finally purchased my own book when I changed jobs and would recommend it to anyone in the field.

This book is awesome for many addictions, as well as addresses issues that are correlated to addiction, such as grief or past family trauma. It is ASAM oriented, so you can pick out what dimension you want to address. The verbage is concise and makes you sound real smart ;) It identifies the problem, gives goals, and recommends objectives w/strategies. Great for interns or anyone who can always use a hand developing an all-encompassing tx plan. Get the supplemental homework planner and you are set.

I love this book! I would like to buy all of the Jongsma books. These are great sources not only for finding information on diagnosing disorders, but they provide a wealth of information including long-term and short-term goals, as well as the interventions that can be used to reach those goals. This book could save a therapist a ton of time and research!

Thank You, before this book Progress notes were like pulling teeth, normally articulate, somehow blank in front of those clinic forms. Thanks.

James Josiah Webb was a young enterprising man in his twenties who made several trips down the Santa Fe and Chihuahua Trails in the 1840's and this is his account of what life was like then. While not exactly filled with tales of high adventure or edge of your seat drama, it is a good character study of relationships between Americans, Mexicans and Native Americans. The chapters on his 1846 trading venture during war time Mexico are very insightful and gives the reader a feeling for what it must have been like going through those tense and turbulent times of political unrest. A good book.

In January 1888, a few months shy of his 70th birthday, James Josiah Webb sat down in his Connecticut home and began writing his memoirs of his days as a Santa Fe trader, which had consumed 17 years of his life from 1844 to 1861. Unfortunately, a year later, after writing about only the first three years of that experience, Webb died. Although unfinished, this is Webb's manuscript as it lay in his desk the day he died.

After settling in St. Louis from his family's home in Connecticut, Webb became interested in the trade caravans that took goods between Independence, MO, and Santa Fe (and other points in Mexico). In 1844 he made his first trading expedition; although it wasn't a huge success, he returned to St. Louis and, with a partner, planned another trip. This second venture the following year was a big success. But the war with Mexico threw a monkey wrench into things, and on his third trip the partners decided to bring their goods beyond Santa Fe to near Mexico City. They were arrested in Chihuahua, where they remained prisoners for a month, and when finally released, proceeded on to San Juan de los Lagos, where they sold their goods. His account ends with their return to St. Louis.

Webb must have had a phenomenal memory because his narrative is packed with anecdotes and encounters with other traders and trail travelers that seem fresh and complete. He apparently kept all his account books and business records for all his years spent in the trade, but there is no mention of him keeping journals. His style is breezy and informal, and the book hasn't been "doctored" in any way by the editor (except for spelling and grammar corrections). The editor, Ralph Bieber, has done an excellent job (in footnotes) in identifying geographical features mentioned and expanding on various people encountered by Webb. The only criticism I have is the book is lacking an index, which would be useful. It's a fascinating first-hand account of life on the Santa Fe Trail (and Mexico). Webb's manuscript ran some 250 pages yet covered only three years; one can only imagine had he lived longer to complete his memoirs how many volumes they would comprise. If the rest were only half as interesting and informative as this volume, they would still be worth looking into.

Why grade 9 and above? How about 5th/6th graders?
(disregard the rating, as I have not yet listened to it)

Though not necessarily the best Sherlock Holmes stories, David Timson does a wonderful job bringing flavor and color to stories of our favorite Victorian "consulting detective." Picturing the flat at 221B Baker Street and 19th century London is easy through Watson's naratives and Timson's excellent voice characterizations. David Timson does the best readings among all the Sherlock Holmes audio books I own. I highly recommend any Holmes story read by David Timson.

The book was well-researched with 176 endnotes and 14 pages of bibliography, but you will not want to put this book down! My only complaint is the outrageous price, $60 for a paperback. Damn Cyr, give those graduate students a break. Don't be a bunghole.

Arthur Cyr, who is the former President of the World Trade Center in Chicago, puts his years of experience and perspective to good use in this book. Dr. Cyr's views on the influence and impact of Ronald Reagan in shaping the post cold war world is a topic that is often overlooked by political writers. Although I do not fully agree with Dr. Cyr's views on the utility of multinational organizations and NATO expansion, he is correct on these type of organizations playing an important role in the future. My only real critisism of the book is that the book is somewhat dry. This is a good book to assign to a graduate level academic class but it is above much of the general population.

The "Agent Arthur" books are a sub-series in the Usborne Puzzle Adventure range, stories that centre around the secret missions of the youngest member of the Action Agency. All of the Usbourne Puzzle Adventure series are reliant on reader participation in solving problems throughout the story, whether it involves navigating mazes, deciphering codes or finding clues in the illustrations, but the "Agent Arthur" books are the only series-within-the-series that contain a reoccurring protagonist: the enthusiastic, energetic, talented and (slightly) nerdy Arthur, as well as his tracker-dog Sleuth.

Martin Oliver has penned all the Arthur books, and successfully mingles international espionage with adventures that are reminiscent of Johnny Quest or Rin Tin Tin. All of the books have been illustrated by Paddy Mounter, who perfectly captures the exotic locations and action sequences that the narrative demands.

This is Arthur's third mission (following Agent Arthur's Jungle Journey (Usborne Puzzle Adventures) and Agent Arthur on the Stormy Seas (Puzzle Adventures Series) - Oliver obviously loves alliteration) which takes him to the frozen frontier town of Hudlum Bay in the Arctic Circle to meet a fellow Action Agent. However, when Agent Alex goes missing Arthur realizes that it's up to him to rescue the kidnapped agent and expose a plot for world domination by the evil Spider Organisation.

As usual, Arthur is a resourceful and intelligent protagonist (though not above making a few mistakes) and the puzzles are varied and challenging - but not too impossible, ranging from decoding secret messages, following maps, finding objects in the illustrations and even defusing a bomb! There's also a password in the form of a riddle and a situation that demands the use of logic that I recall quite impressed me when I was a kid! The story stretches from the somewhat sinister town of Hudlum Bay to the wide open stretches of the Arctic, lending the story a sense of scope and movement.

Mounter's illustrations are beautifully coloured and detailed, as well as filled with clever puns and in-jokes (for example, in a bar there is a menu on the wall that lists Polar Beer, Ice Burgers and Cold Slaw as possible dinner choices). The darkened log cabins and smelly factories of Hudlum Bay are contrasted with the icy landscapes of the Arctic, and the characters are full of animation and liveliness. Fans of the series will also enjoy the final page, in which Arthur is joined by several familiar faces from the two previous books - nice touch!

Agent Arthur's adventure is about Arthurs third action packed adventure when he is sent by his uncle,Jake Sharpe the founder of the action agency to the artic to figger out and foil another one of the evil spider oganisations devilish plans. I really enjoyed reading this book because I loved the plot of the book and its challenging, fun codes to unscramble, puzzles to figger out and mazes to cross. That is why I rated it five stars. I recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the earlier Agent Arthur books.

I like this book because you can open it anywhere for anecotes about the famous people the author took pictures of for Life Magazine and business magazines. It's funny, and in parts about his own life, is quite touching. I gave a copy to a friend in the hospital. He said he liked looking at the pictures because the captions told little stories and his visitors had something to read while he dosed. I gave it to another friend who keeps it on her coffee table, as she adores dogs. The picture on the cover makes her feel good. Its a wonderful, beautifully written book to give as gifts to friends and relatives. Its nuttier than fruit cake, sweeter than chocolate, and it last longer.

We expect photographers to reveal the world of the 'other'. Art Shay has been doing this for 50 years. "Album for an Age' depicts the lives and deaths of the famous and the infamous, as well as the ugly and the beautiful. We see them in social and historical contexts, and in private and public settings. There are portraits that Hollywood celebrities, artists and poets have posed for, and photos of underworld characters taken in secret by cameras hidden in his or his wife's clothing. There is humor in timely juxtapositions of people and places. One of my favorites is a close-up of a disheveled, grinning, toothless man, living in an Indiana poorhouse, holding aloft a bottle of Coca-Cola in a bizarre evocation of a slick advertisement. The unique contribution of this book, however, is when Art Shay turns his lens on himself, his family , and his feelings. The camera, no longer hidden, becomes a personal journal and a probe. He contrasts photos taken as an observer of an early heart by-pass procedure, with those taken 30 years later of himself, being prepped to receive a pig's aortic valve to replace his own, his only "non-Kosher" part. Most poignant are Art Shay's reminiscences about his oldest son, Harmon, named for his father, Herman, who was murdered at the age of 20. The man who has spent his life photographing celebrities and world leaders, as well as murderers and their victims is now the subject. This book, with its cover photo of a very young Marlon Brando playing with his dog, should appeal to a wide variety of people.

This is a great book packed with useful information. It is a useful book for people who study United States history as well as fo those who want to have a history reference book.

This is simply an excellent reference work -- but also a
wonderful general reading work -- filled with the detail
and chronology -- and flow of American history. It is
difficult to try to convey what the experience of using
this work is like. The "history" of the United States is
presented in crisp, clear, but meaningful style and
point. Each year of the history of the United States
(starting with the 1st section of the CHRONOLOGY, cited
as 1010-1013, but actually beginning with the date of 986:
"Norse navigator Bjorn Herjulfson is blown off course
while searching for Eric the Red's coastal Greenland
settlement, founded in 986." [There is a bit more to
this citation -- the delightful irony, of course, is
the subtle inference that the discovery of "America"
has always been a sort of accident, or unintentional
error...]is filled with the citations of events for
that year arranged in chronological order.
Though there are numerous citations, by day-month-year,
in the work, concerning not just what is happening in
the English colonies, but also in the surrounding land
adjacent to the colonies, the main thrust after 1607,
is to concentrate the citations on the events within
the colonies, and later states. But still, the flow
of the work is what is so amazing -- for one sees the
events unfolding before one's mind on a day to day
basis (instead of reading a clipped general sentence
or two in a general American history book).
This work is divided into 5 major sections -- each
introduced by a noted writer. The "Introduction" is
by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., the General Editor.
Schlesinger beings his "Introduction" in a very
provocative fashion: "'In the beginning,' wrote John
Locke in the _Second Treatise on Civil Government_, 'all
the world was America.' Locke intended only a metaphor
for the state of nature that preceded the establishment
of civil society. But his metaphor evokes much more.

It implies a way America was first seen in Europe -- as
a new beginning, a break in the long, sad continuities
of history, a fresh chance for fallen humanity."
From there, Schlesinger writes of the major sources of
paradox which he sees in American history. The first
paradox, he says, is that though Americans seem to live
by experiment (William James's "pragmatic tinkering"),
they also show a recurrent weakness (Schlesinger's term)
for ideology. The second paradox lies in the antagonism
between the American affirmation of equality and the
American tolerance of inequality. The third paradox
is the continuing tension between order and violence
in American life. The fourth paradox lies in the question
of conformity versus diversity. And the final paradox
has to do with the nature of the American experiment
itself -- how Americans, themselves, have seen their
vision, or mission, or goal.
Schlesinger discusses each of these sources of paradox
in the "Introduction." The 5 sections of the work are:
Founding a Nation (986-1787), introduced by Gordon S.
Wood -- Testing a Union (1788-1865), introduced by
Marcus Cunliffe -- Forging a Nation (1866-1900),
introduced by S. L. Mayer -- Expanding Resources
(1901-1945), introduced by Richard C. Wade --and
Emerging as a World Power (1946- ), introduced by
Robert H. Ferrell.
An example of the sort of detail which is available
in this marvelous reference/general reading treasure
is this set of citations -- under the year 1762:
3 November 1762 War: In the secret Treaty of

Fontainebleau, French monarch Louis XV deeds to Spain
all French territory west of the Missisppi River and
the Isle of Orleans in Louisiana to compensate Spain
for her losses at the hands of the British [in the
French and Indian War/Seven Years War]. The French
are anxious to bring an early end to the Seven Years
War. (p. 97)
Then on p. 174, under the year 1800, comes the citation:
1 October 1800 International: In the secret Treaty of San
Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France at the command
of Napoleon Bonaparte, who envisions a French colonial
empire on the North American continent. [This ownership,
of course, allows him to sell it to the Jefferson
led government, as the Louisiana Purchase (1803), when
Napoleon's dreams of empire die in Haiti at the
hands of Touissant L'Ouverture.]
There is also an excellent Index in the back to
find people, places, and events in the CHRONOLOGY.