Baker Books

I would like to know this book.Only the cassettes

I discovered this book in the library, and have since used it to teach classes as well as individuals. Some of my students have even used this book as a self-teaching guide. It is an absolutely wonderful pronunciation guide for any level of ESL student! THE GOOD: The book employs a wonderful system for helping students learn the sounds of English. It has lists that differ by only one sound (ex. Sip & Zip) to illustrate the differences between similar sounds. It then tests the learners' hearing by having them choose which word they hear in a sentence where either word would fit! It goes on to provide practice with many words, sentences and dialogues. Then, after an activity, it summarizes all the ways that the sound can be spelled. THE BAD: There really isn't much! If anything, I would say that the mouth illustrations at the beginning of each chapter aren't really that helpful. And sometimes my students question me about the phonetic spelling that is used to introduce a sound. OVERALL: This is an absolutely wonderful book that can be used with anyone - from true beginners to advanced students! I would recommend it to anyone teaching or learning pronunciation. If you are going to use it to learn on your own I would recommend getting the cassette tapes.

This book is very useful for students who want to improve their fluency in American English. The usage of sounds in contrast is a powerful tool for those that have some difficult for distinguishing English sounds. The authors go depth on American pitch and intonation, driving the student towards the achievement of true American accent, just like a native has!

Those who want more Mary Baker Eddy and a more complete understanging of Christian Science should own this book.

An example of the sort of material is this from page 10:

We have no enemies. Whatever envy, hatred, revenge
--the most remorseless motives that govern mortal mind
--whatever these try to do, shall "work together for good
to them that love God."

Why?
Because He has called His own, armed them, equipped
them, and furnished them defenses impregnable. Their
God will not let them be lost; and if they fall they shall
rise again, stronger than before the stumble. The good
cannot lose their God, their help in times of trouble.

If they mistake the divine command, they will recover
it, countermand their order, retrace their steps, and
reinstate His orders, more assured to press on safely.

The best lesson of their lives is gained by crossing
swords with temptation, with fear and the besetments
of evil; insomuch as they thereby have tried their
strength and proven it; insomuch as they have found
their strength made perfect in weakness, and their fear
is self-immolated.

For those looking for a book ABOUT Christian Science, this is the best:
Spiritual Healing in a Scientific Age.

For a quick take on Christian Science, read Spiritual Healing page 16 to the end of the chapter and then the story beginning on page 54.

Wayne Dyer became a kajillionaire by writing countless books (which made it into the mainstream) that assert this simple truth: We have dominion over our thoughts and by exercising dominion in the mental relm, we can also prove and manifest that dominion in our physical experience.

Mary Baker Eddy made very similar statements in the 1870s, at a time when women were expected to sit quietly and demurely and speak only when spoken to. Whether you're a friend or foe of the CS church, you gotta *love* Eddy's boldness to create and establish an international religion, a church and a well-respected, international newspaper at a time when women didn't even the right to vote or hold property.

Prose Works is a collection of Eddy's writings and I've always found it to be a good read and it packs a powerful wallop of inspiration. Not just, "wow, that's a nice thought" inspiration, but the kind of inspiration that initiates a major paradigm shift in both thought and deed.

It is in this book that she wrote one of my favorite passages of all time: "A little more grace, a motive made pure, a few truths tenderly told, a heart softened, a character subdued, a life consecrated, would restore the right action of the mental mechanism, and make manifest the movement of body and soul in accord with God."

Powerful words. I recommend this book, but must add a caution that some of the language is Victorian and a little dated. However, it's still good stuff.

It has MUCH inspiration and answers questions in a different and sometimes similiar way about the application of Christian Science.

It becomes more meaningful after becomeing thouroughly familiar with Science and Health (and having practised Christian Science for a while), for some parts, whereas other parts like 'The Peoples Idea of God' or 'Unity of Good' or 'Christian Healing', 'Rudimental Divine Science'(all in Proes Works) can be useful and supplemental and occasionally introductory to Science and Health, while one is reading it.

It is a compilation of all of Mary Baker Eddy's writings other than Science and Health for quick and easy reference. You would require a separate Concordance for your index to these writings.

Some of the writings are meaningful to the person dealing with organizational challenges while participating in the church. Much of the information is transcendent and applicable, like Science and Health, to working out that 'science of being' in the context of Christian Science practise.

There are lectures and articles by and interviews with and early writings by or letters from and to Mary Baker Eddy to serve various and other purposes than that of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures which is a textbook and companion to the Bible (the two together serving as the Pastor of the church.)

It is the place I find continued metaphysical inspiration, sort of like a 'workbook', showing me other ideas in the Bible and ways Mary Baker Eddy shared Christian Science with the world in it's inquirey about what it is.

Like Science and Health, which is deep and kaleidescopic with meaning and comfort and healing, one reads through the layers. With experience using Christian Science one returns to it to find new meaning and continued insight on the Bible and what one had proved to oneself. Reading Science and Health is a new experience in meaning. Proes Works holds many a spiritual insight along with some occasional practical wisdom to go with it.So, sometimes the language is like Science nad Health and other times it is a more traditional or familiar form of rhetoric.

Some of the articles speak to more specific or general issues than can be addressed in Science and Health. There are Christian admonishments to good behaviour and right thinking about God and our fellow man as well as metaphysical exactitudes and some allegory.

It can becomes necessary to have after pretty good familiariy with Science and Health. Science and Health stays absolute in what it teaches. Sometimes the various writings compiled in Proes Works are more relative.

[Just a personal comment, I do not like the Aquuas publishers copy of these books - I have one - because they are aesthetically very unpleasing. The authorized versions are created with a mind to the readers comfort and ease through large type and/or portable paperbacks. I feel comfortable to pocket or scribble all over them. The Aquuas books are kind of cheap, which is probably there whole point to keep cost down. I wonder if the authorized publishers will do an authorized version of the Proes Works like the nice big red and green book put out? It has nice big margins for note making and large readable type.]

I am in my first year of psychiatry training. For all the guys in the same boat this is one of the first textbooks to buy. It is covers all the basics of MSE very well, it is easy to read. If you can only buy one book on basic mental state examination in your first year and money is tight this is the one to invest in.

During my first two years working in adult mental health, I have found this book to be an invaluable resource in my day to day practice. Not only is it an excellent dictionary from which to draw when writing MSEs, it also explains just about every mental state term that one might come across in psychiatry. It has also been a particularly good tool for use in teaching and student supervision. A must for the psychiatry reference library.

This is one of my favorite reference books. It describes how to do a good mental status exam in very clear language. It provides definitions of all the terms used in the process and gives well-written examples of their use. The authors help you to develop a good conceptual understanding of how to assess and describe a person's mental status. A valuable primer for social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists.

The transaction was quick and easy. Book came within the week from when I ordered it. Also, the book was in perfect condition, as said.

This book is very complete introduction to psychology. It has clear diagrams and is written well. A good textbook to a more complete understanding of the basis of psychology. Woot.

As an alternative to the Hardcover edition, please consider the eBook (PDF Version) which is split into Part I and Part II. Pricing for the eBook versions is considerably less than the hardcover.

Search for "Psychological Science: Mind, Brain, and Behavior" in the toolbox, or directly to ASIN B0002VC6SG and B0002VC6SQ for the eBook versions.

I have always been puzzeled as to why Josephine Baker has always been catagorized as a Jazz Singer (or even a movie star), particularly in the USA. Never once out of the some 230 songs she recorded and the many shows she put on, did she record or perform Jazz.

Josephine Baker was a cabaret entertainer, in the best sense of the word. She was a child of the Jazz age yes, but she was an entertainer of the old Parisian Folies Bergere, and one needs only sample any of her recordings, particularly of her later years (when she was at the hieght of her vocal and artistic powers), or, if you are lucky, see a film of her performing live to see that she was the PINNACLE of a cabaret act, the greatest of them all!

I read this book because I was helping my daughter do a book report for Black History Month. It was such a descriptive book. It really gave me a look into the life of this little girl that was so full of life and love for music and dancing. What a joy to read!

That one-line summary is what my 7-year-old son said about this book, in addition to "I love Ragtime Tumpie!" I agree with him. This is a beautiful and inspiring book about Josephine Baker, the great jazz entertainer/dancer. The illustrations are radiant and evoke a sense of excitement, heat, and music. The story is emotionally engaging, and like my son says, makes you want to dance and jubilate along with Tumpie! This is a top-notch picture book!

Pot thieves looting ancient artifacts from New Mexico, ancient stories and warnings, murder, and mystery all converge in RAVEN, Laura Baker's newest release. Rheada Samuels was once known as Raven, a renowned pot thief. But she's put that life behind her, as she tries to find her place in the world. But sometimes the past won't stay buried. She finds herself drawn back into a life she never wanted. Kee Blackburn is also haunted by the past. He's looking for revenge, and his target? Raven. He's also discovering a love he never anticipated with Rheada Samuels, unaware of her past. Twists and turns abound in this story of a love that surpasses myths and takes on a legendary proportion of its own!

Laura Baker is a gifted storyteller who treats her readers to stories rich in the history of the southwest and passions that will ignite every heart.

Laura Baker has done it again--created a masterpiece with her new novel, Raven. I'm amazed at how she is able to come up with such intriguing, complex, and totally believable plots and characters. Each chapter drew me right into the next-ruthless. As with Baker's previous works, also set in the Native American Southwest, I found the book difficult to put down. I finished it at 4:15 AM on my third sitting. And woke up dreaming about it later that morning.

I loved the way the book started off, eleven years prior to the setting of the rest of the novel with two young girls struggling to survive alone after the death of their father, relying on the only means they know--the stealing of valuable artifacts. The story picks up again with the older sister out on her own, attempting to make a new life for herself. The overlapping and intertwining circles of love and hate and convictions built on fallacies and glimmers of truth and denials of reality are simply mind-boggling. Baker's ability to weave all of the pieces back together by the conclusion of the novel is equally mind-boggling. And thoroughly engaging.

I loved Raven. This latest release is one more indication that Baker is an artist of supreme talent. Those who have read her previous works will not be disappointed. Those who have not, what are you waiting for?

In Grand Rincons, Utah, sisters Rheada and Tilly Samuels helped their father find Anasazi artifacts. Their father convinced Rheada that they were just protecting the treasures, but in fact, he was selling them. When he is murdered, Rheada takes charge of the family pottery business so she can raise Tilly.

Eleven years later, Rheada wants to go legit. She begins a tour business guiding customers into the canyons that were once home for the Anasazi and Aztecs. On the other hand, Tilly, who always was the more adventuresome, continues in the old family line of work over Rheada's objections.

Bureau of Land Management agent Kee Blackburn goes undercover trying to capture the legendary thief RAVEN. Although he has official sanction, this case is personal as he blames RAVEN for the disappearance and probable death of his younger sister. He thinks Rheada is the elusive thief. Attaining a job as Rheada's tour driver, Kee never expected to fall in love with his prime suspect, nor she with her new employee. However, the past and the present leave little room for a future together.

The picaresque tour of the Native American ruins make for a wonderful tale. Paired with stirring characters, readers gain a fantastic blending of Native American mythos with a contemporary romantic suspense. The story line compels the audience to read it in one sitting. Kee and Rheada share more then just love. They are a caring, courageous, and capable couple, but seemingly star-crossed. The secondary cast adds depth to a breathless panorama that will send fans seeking more novels by Laura Baker.

Harriet Klausner

We haven't experienced everything in life though we may think we have. How many times do we give advice and are not in the boat. It is very important to have a second opinion. When in doubt, talk to someone else or read what someone else has to say that is a reputable writer and has been acknowledged by others. Get this books it will be like a ministry of helps to you as you attempt to assist others. Read some of Jay's other materials here at Amazon.

This book is a great review of Biblical counseling. It covers the basics very well, including some resources as to where further information can be found. The information is current (since it is Biblically based), but the resource list is somewhat dated because there has been much written in this field in the past few years.

This is a great resource for basic training. It is a must for all Christian workers, both vocational and volunteer. I would honestly say that it should be in every Christian's library. The ideas in this book are developed deeper in The Christian Counselor's Manuel, Competent to Counsel, and (Ready to Restore:)A Theology of Christian Counseling.

"Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted." (Galatians 6:1)

Ready to Restore is a high tribute to the authority of God's Word, as Dr. Adams actually expects Christians to take action on Galatians 5:1. Adams believes that each person is responsible to obey this passage, not merely the pastor alone.

To that end, Adams writes, "Is Christian counseling the work of a highly specialized group of persons? Does it belong to pastors and elders of the church alone? What of everyday man or woman-in-the-pew Christians; do they too have a ministry of counseling to which God has called them as laymen? ... The answer is simple, yet profound: God calls every Christian to counsel some people, somewhere, at some time about something..."

Adams addresses the barriers to obedience which the "you who are spiritual" must overcome: fear, knowledge, spiritual maturity, and integrity.

It is a short book, but worth every minute spent studying and reading. I simply love it when an author places his trust in God, God's Word, and assumes that God's people will obey. Adams demonstrates an immense respect for God and for Christians in this book.

This is the 1st edition of a truly epochal treatise in rationalistic theism. It is rare, having been printed in hardcover by Moody Press in 1957 in a printing of 2,000. Unfortunately, the plates were destroyed. Religious publishers aren't exactly the brightest stars in the universe when it comes to the importance of intellectual issues to belief trends in the overall culture.

Norman Geisler once told me in a phone conversation that Stuart Hackett is the greatest living Christian philosopher. I agree.

The book shows how to self-referentially analyze statements to eliminate the possibility of opposing views, and to argue from the impossibility of an actually infinite temporal sequence or an actually infinite set of discrete extra-mental objects to a cause of the universe. It then uses the purpose argument, to discover that this cause is the ultimate personal mind that sentient beings are limited approximations of.

Hence, believing that God exists is the result of a series of metatheoretic and first-order steps of inference, an intellectual cul-de-sac from which there is no logical escape, only a chosen one.

Analyzing statements that refer to or qualify themselves dominates the entire work, even in relation to self-referential analysis itself and the prior structures of conceptionalization through which such issues are adjudicated.

But the refutation of an infinite series, which is decisive for his cosmological argument, is ironically brief and cursory, so you'll have to check out other sources for a development of that refutation (Hint: using a principle of construction with no assigned limit does not imply an actual or actualizable infinite series.)

The whole point for the common person exposed to general universal statements about knowledge, truth, or reality---"Everything is X (determined, person-relative, illusion, maya, false, subjective, biased, hopeless, meaningless, futile, etc.)", is to ask: What about that statement ITSELF?

How can relativism mean the same thing to any mind from one moment to the next, as well as from one person to another?

Was Marx's view itself merely economically determined and therefore not capable of being true?

Do the anti-reason and anti-rationalist views mimic rationality in spite of their claimed point?

Once you start asking those kinds of questions, you realize that those views are always stated as if *they* get a free ride. Statements about statements.

The next time you hear someone throwing around universals, try asking that question. In time, the lights go on and you recognize self-referring/self-contradictory statements rather quickly.

Most of the time, you'll find that this boils down to someone not wanting anyone to do any thinking, while criticizing other views without any self-questioning or examination of their *own* background assumptions.

Sound familiar?

"You're so bigoted, and I'm so objective and dispassionate about bigotry."

Got it?

There's no mention of this convenient little self-exemption for a reason.

I became street-wise about these kinds of remarks, just by asking that simple question.

What about that statement itself?

There is still no single work that even *attempts* to cover virtually every argument and counterargument that has ever been put forth concerning the existence of God. Like business and software development, there is a failure to listen to what people are actually saying or asking.

There really aren't that many arguments, objections, or views. There's maybe two dozen irreducibly distinct philosophies. But by the same token you'll find very little concerning metaphilosophical mind-commandments, mind-principle relations and obligation, value assumptions of epistemology or reason, performative inconsistency, self-referential analysis, starting points and the burden of proof, and whether the nature of a deistic or theistic God implies any obligation to save the world. Theists and atheists are for the most part oscillating insanities with hidden agendas that protect their most basic second-order assumptions. The real questions are: who has the best arguments against their own views, do they blink when it comes to scrutiny about validity or ultimate assumptions, and are they genuine when it comes to belief optimization in relation to the imminence of death.

For a list of no-bs resources, see my Listmania List, "Atheism and God".

This is the 2nd Edition of an epochal treatise in rationalistic theism. The 1st Edition is extremely rare, having been printed in hardbound by Moody Press in 1957 in a printing of only 2,000. Unfortunately, the plates were destroyed.

The bottom line of this book is to show how to self-referentially analyze statements to eliminate the possibility of opposing views, and to prove the impossibility of an actually infinite temporal sequence or an actually infinite set of discrete extra-mental objects.

Hence, believing that God exists is the end of a long metatheoretic journey, an intellectual cul-de-sac from which there is no logical escape, only a chosen one.

Analyzing statements that refer to themselves dominates the entire work, even in relation to self-referential analysis itself and the prior structures of conceptionalization.

But the refutation of an infinite series, which is decisive for his cosmological argument, is extremely brief and cursory, so you'll have to check out other sources for a development of that refutation (Hint: using a principle of construction with no assigned limit does not imply an actual or actualizable infinite series.)

The whole point for the common person exposed to general universal statements about knowledge, truth, or reality---"Everything is X (determined, person-relative, illusion, maya, false, subjective, biased, hopeless, meaningless, futile, BS, etc.), is to ask: What about that statement ITSELF?

With relativism, for example, how can relativism mean the same thing to any mind from one moment to the next, as well as from one person to another?

Once you ask that question, you realize that those statements are always stated as if *they* get a free ride.

The next time you hear someone throwing around universals, try asking that question. The lights will go on, and you'll get to where you can recognize self-referring statements rather quickly.

Most of the time, you'll find that this boils down to someone not wanting anyone to do any thinking, while criticizing other views without any self-questioning or examination of background assumptions. Sound familiar?

"You're so bigoted and I'm so objective about subjectivity." Got it?

And of course you'll hear no real mention of this convenient little self-exemption.

Fortunately, very common non-intellectual people are becoming street-wise about these kinds of remarks, simply by learning to ask that one simple question.

What about that statement itself?

Drives the loud champions of intellectual humility absolutely crazy.


Unfortunately, there is still no single work that contains virtually every argument and counterargument that has ever been put forth concerning the existence of God. You'll find very little in print concerning metaphilosophical mind-commandments, mind-principle relations and obligation, value assumptions of reason, performative inconsistency, self-referential analysis, starting points and the burden of proof, and whether the nature of a deistic or theistic God implies any obligation to save the world.

For further investigation, see anything by William Craig, Norman Geisler (The Terminator of christian apologetics, in print but especially his many debates), or Germain Grisez; Joseph Boyle's 1975 dissertation, "Self-Referential Analysis: The Current Discussion"; Against Relativism by James Harris (possibly the finest refutation of relativism of all time); "Atheological Apologetics" (one of the most difficult but clever articles ever written against atheism) by Scott Shalkowski (American Philosophical Quarterly 26 {1989}, pp. 1-17).

I strongly recommend, for analytic background: The Nature of Thought (2 vols) by Brand Blandshard, Language and Reality by Wilbur Marshal Urban, Critique of Pure Reason, Monadology by Leibniz, anything by Alvin Plantinga, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer.

On January 6, 2002 on Stand To Reason radio (rebroadcast on strradio.org), Dr. William Lane Craig, a prolific Christian philospher and theologian, was asked about his favorite apologetic books. This book was high on the list as one that has affected him deeply.

Compiled and edited by David Alan Black, (Professor of New Testament and Greek, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism is a selection of essays by five learned authors concerning interpretations of the New Testament and the various methods to determine the original text among conflicting readings. Topics addressed include the case for reasoned eclecticism versus the case for thoroughgoing eclecticism, the case for a Byzantine priority, and more in a thoughtful account that spans debate from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The essayists include: Eldon Jay Epp (Issues in New Testament Textual Criticism: Moving from the Nineteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century); Michael W. Holmes (The Case for Reasoned Eclecticism); J. K. Elliott (The Case for Thoroughgoing Eclecticism); Maurice A. Robinson (The Case for Byzantine Priority); and Moises Silva (Response). Enhanced with both a Subject Index and a Scripture Index, Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism is a work of confidently recommended scholarship and a welcome contribution to Christian Studies reference collections and reading lists.

This is an excellent book that tries to fairly portray the three major streams of N.T. Textual Criticism; Reasoned Eclecticism, Thoroughgoing Eclecticism, and Byzantine Priority. Eldon Jay Epp writes an extensive introduction and talks about some of the main issue facing modern textual criticism. He is followed by Michael Holmes who presents the case for Reasoned Eclecticism. Then J.K Elliott argues for Thoroughgoing Eclecticism, and Maurice Robinson sublimely conveys the Byzantine Priority point of view. Moises Silva consummates the book with a tongue in cheek critique of the all of the views presented, making no apologies for his own bias in doing so. All in all, an excellent book, Epps article was especially engaging, and I'm afraid the dust is still settling in my attic. This book is definitely worth the price.

This is an excellent book that tries to fairly portray the three major streams of N.T. Textual Criticism; Reasoned Eclecticism, Thoroughgoing Eclecticism, and Byzantine Priority. Eldon Jay Epp writes an extensive introduction and talks about some of the main issue facing modern textual criticism. He is followed by Michael Holmes who presents the case for Reasoned Eclecticism. Then J.K Elliott argues for Thoroughgoing Eclecticism, and Maurice Robinson sublimely conveys the Byzantine Priority point of view. Moises Silva consummates the book with a tongue in cheek critique of the all of the views presented, making no apologies for his own bias in doing so. All in all, an excellent book, Epps article was especially engaging, and I'm afraid the dust is still settling in my attic. This book is definitely worth the price.

This commentary cuts through the mire of cultural stereotypes placed on the last book of the Holy Bible. Simple, to the point, and a continual companion/handbook to revisit over and over and share with others discouraged by the current popular religious trends that abuse John's Revelation.

As usual, Homer Hailey is ever the teacher. This commentary on The Revelation is concise and well-developed. His intro is worth the price of the book.....but, I am convinced that the value of the book would have been immeasurably increased had Mr. Hailey taken pains to critically examine the claims for a late 1st century date. Had he done so, I am further convinced that, with his consummate skill as an expositor, he would have provided an even better commentary that hinges on the early date. As conservative a development of the 1000-year nonsense as you will ever read!

Definitely a must read.

Homer Hailey's treatise on Revelation is one of my two favorite books on Revelation. It is clear, concise, and to the point.