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My 3 year old absolutely loves this story and thinks it is very funny. However, she surprised me one night when we got to the page with the food on it, she started pretending to take the food and feed it to the goat. It really showed me she had sympathy for the goat. Now its a game - she can't wait for me to get to that page to "feed the goat" again.

Bill Grogan's goat is another great read/sing book. This is also one of the MENC recommended American folk songs that all children should know. It comes with the music in the front of the book. My students' ask me for this book often and I find it hard to resist them. It is an especially good classroom book, because the hardcover version is very big so all your students can see the pictures. You and your class can sing it in echo format or as written. It's hilarious from beginning to finish. Wonderful.

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I found this book to be inciteful and extremely revlevant to our modern understanding of the ethics of medicine. By posing questions that ask what the doctor's moral duties are and providing answers to the role of the doctor and patient in modern medicine, Gert, Culver, and Clouser highlight the important role of morality in medicine.

It is a summary of what a laser crystal or better a rare heart doping material could do. Special solution on particular wavelength could be found on this book.

The book "Laser Crystals" is dealing with the basic properties of doped single crystals. Stark level splittings, some (low resolution) spectras, any demonstrated laser transition (with temperatures) gives a survey of this topic, some new materials and dopands are not included (published 89), over 900 references! Unfortunately out of stock.END

Beautiful photographs and helpful guides and descriptions to every clam, mussel and scallop on the west coast. A must for any marine biologist or shell enthusiast! While this price is high, it is definitely worth every penny (and more).

If you have ever walked down the beach and noticed all the pretty shells and wanted to know more about them, then this is the book for you. It is a comprehensive guide to all the differnet species of shells that can be found from Alaska to Baja. You would probably not notice by looking at them, but there are tons of different species of shells. Even though they may look alike, there are amazing differences. This book will anwer neary every question one could possible want to know about the shells found along the west coast. Pick it up and head down to the beach!

First go see the movie, Kingdom of Heaven. Then read this book. Both the book and the movie define and try to deal with the current complex situation in the Middle East, where, once again, Christians are confrounting Muslims. The book is based on the author's experience living in Jerusalem. Having lived there myself, I can vouch that the geography and historical facts are exactly right. The perspective is based on a chapter of fiction alternating with a chapter taken from the New York Times. The effect is that the fiction looms much more interestingly and more convincingly, even as both fact and fiction begin to co-mingle and meld toward the end. Fast, fun, and funny - if you want something really different, try it. Not incidentally, the title refers to a statement made by one of the major characters, Duke Morgan: "The blood of a million Christs ain't nothing in this unholy holy land." The book already has a cult following among professors of English and the literati. Why not join in?

In The Blood of a Million Christs, Dr. Patten has created a satirical novel embedded within ancient and current affairs of the middle east, spinning the reader's time orientation bringing reality back in a Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In" style tying the story together with factual accounts of the events since the United States politicians convinced a lot of Americans it was necessary to attack Iraq to maintain national security. Patten's novel takes the reader inside the minds of these "great" leaders who seem lost within the Middle East trying to follow a map as it becomes more obvious that they have a lot in common ... unfulfilled desires that disintegrate into perverted thoughts and aspirations leading to participation in high risk behavior and the inability to sense any form of human suffering. This book evokes a full range of emotion from laughing out loud to pure revulsion about who we are ... who we can become as human beings. In his story, Patten seems to say that even if a million Christs came to save us ... it would not matter to those who sacrifice what is right to maintain power. Patten's brilliant character development demonstrates that even if a million Christs came to save us ... it would not matter to those who worship money sacrificing the best interests of others, themselves, or future generations.

This book has helped me tremendously with my lifelong problem with asthma and allergies. My copy is well worn from the many times I have desperately searched and reasearched it when I have been very sick. It is a book of much common sense, humor, and integrity. The author himself suffered from a terrible lung disease in his youth , and this helps him to write with insight, understanding and compassion. He writes that asthma is a mucus problem, and stongly suggests and list foods to eliminate from the diet that aggravate this condition. He also says that often asthmatic people have acidic bodies and need alkaline foods. Dr. Jensen places great emphasis on mental attitude in helping to overcome asthma, as it is often aggravated by stress. There are some great case histories in the back of the book, so you will not feel alone with your problems. Jensen also gives exercise suggestions which are tailored for those with varying physical capacities. Jensen lists many good herbs to make tea from that are beneficial for asthma, bronchitis, and colds. I highly recommend this heartfelt and inexpensive book to anyone who has these problems.

I had the good fortune to study with Dr. Bernard Jensen in 1980. He introduced natural cures used along with iridology, the study of the eyes for diagnosis. His careful concern for his patients, his delightful personality and wealth of information on natural treatments including foods, herbs, and exercise can be found in all his books.

He himself lived to his mid 90s in good health and with a positive, optimistic healing message: protect your health with God's natural treasures.

Breathe Again Naturally is easy to read and apply to daily life. The information about clearing toxins and catarrh from the body is vital now more than ever in our time of pollution, flu, SARS, asthma, and people who smoke.

Excellent account of CSA partisan rangers and the yankees that chased them in western Virginia. If you like soldier stories, you will enjoy this book, filled with exploits and accounts of actions and their impacts on a local family.

By the Banks of the Holly: Notes and Letters from the Desk of Bernard Mollohan by Marie Mollohan. 2005 by iUniverse, 649pp., $36.95 softcover; 46.95 hardcover.

Marie Mollohan has done a marvelous job of distilling decades of central West Virginia history through her great-grandfather's desk. Her sharpest focus is on the history and key characters related to Webster County, especially in the years covering the Civil War and Reconstruction.

The genius of her use of the desk is that those records were but a microcosm of what everyone in the region experienced during those years. Bernard Mollohan himself must have been a known union loyalist to have become the county surveyor after the war. Such was an important position when only "loyal" citizens could even vote, and much land was being contested for various reasons. But Bernard's loyalties did not keep Marie from giving a fair account of the tensions experienced by so many. Her family, and neighbors were divided into all three sides, as well, during this period. Why do I say all "three" sides?

Marie captures the irony of there being the obvious Union and Confederate sides of the war, yet none were stationed in Webster County. There were no serious battles about which one would read in a national text. That is because a third "side" existed. They were most often known as "bushwhackers". They were not in either army, and were a law unto themselves. People throughout the region experienced loss of life, destruction of property and a general sort of, unofficial, martial law. In the name of protection "bushwhackers" preyed on others, even apart from professed loyalties at times. It became very personal and dangerous in this period, especially for the families of those who chose to serve in a regular army, and left loved ones with little protection. Maybe we could say that Marie has helped to visualize what Webster County's version of the movie "Cold Mountain" might be. There was an insurgency not unlike what we see today in Iraq, and some took advantage of the ill-defined political chaos. Marie captures the personal side of this from true of accounts of family and their friends in the period.

Marie's chapters on the Civil War (pp.121-460) and related endnotes (pp. 547-592, 615-632) are a treasury of information for those interested in this subject. She has corrected lots of misinformation and added new light to this subject of the Civil War in that region. Key characters are treated with balance and insight. Such names as Tuning, Chewning, Haymond, Spriggs and Connely are among the several cited as leading Guerillas. Incidents such as the burning of Sutton (county seat of Braxton County), Gardner's Store and the march on Addison are given in a detailed and interesting manner.

Webster County's hills and rivers were said to have been a natural funnel through which contraband people and goods would flow when Union forces controlled the main routes. Guerilla forces could more easily hold this ground between the counties along the Little Kanawha River, and Greenbrier County, a doorway to the Old Dominion. Guerillas and others could find a ready market for the horses and goods of their neighbors with one army or the other.

Of special interest should be some little-known material on how the Union's 36th Ohio came to deal with the known and hardened irregulars. The whole tension today of legal rights for "terrorists" was a problem for Union troops. They dealt with people who were repeat offenders in murder, theft and destruction. The 36th Ohio evolved to a position of "take no prisoners" (not meaning "parole"), and all of this long before the national policy had hardened enough toward insurgency to be comfortable with the destruction of Sheridan and Sherman in 1864. There were what many would call "war crimes" today as Union forces fought in Guerilla fashion. One group, called "Snake Hunters", battled with such groups as the Moccasin Rangers. But, for the details, you must read it yourself.

This brings me to the point of where only a few regrets might be noted about the work.
The title doesn't seem to catch the gist of the content for a reader like myself. Because this is a history, done through a family lens, the fact they lived around the Holly River makes the connection to the Holly River seem right. To me, this is a history book, uniquely capable of being told through real people and their real experiences. The title, to me, just seems to miss the mark. But I have no alternative to suggest. It definitely needs to be cross classified as Civil War somehow. The final editing might leave the English major a little unsettled at the number of simple mistakes of punctuation, or subject and verb agreement. I also found myself wanting a better map to keep track of the references to the various rivers and their branches. That would have smoothed my enjoyment of an otherwise well written, well told story of a heroic people, and area, in tough times. It is a story of the founding of Webster County and the state of West Virginia (even our country) through the mysteries of a desk that intrigued a girl who delivered on a promise to tell this story.

tells the story of how one of the US's most profound archaeological sites almost ended up a trailer park,but was saved thanks to some efforts of concerned citizens. Then this book gives a good concise overview of the site itself.But i had some questions,at it's peak just what was the population of Cahokia. How far from the center of the Monk's Mound is the population considered to be a part?I've read as high as 38,000 and then as low as 2,000 at it's peak,about 1100.From reading this book,it seems that Cahokia actually had a very short span of influence in regard to years,how about territory as well?Then there is the question of Mound 72,where there was evidence of human sacrifice.Too often this info is pushed under the rug or dismissed as propoganda from early catholic missionaries.Actually instead of making the Amerindian look like a bloodthirsty savage the effect is the opposite.There are some accounts i've read that allude to the overthrow of the Cahokia chiefdoms because of this practice,not revelry in the ritual of holding a live beating heart up to the sun as in the case of the Aztecs.Maybe this was the reason for the short span of years for the rulership of the Cahokia chiefdoms.No book i've yet read deals in any length on this subject except a few archaeological journals,most of them only lightly.The fact that not much info is available on this could mean that maybe this although a shocking practice,it was not a frequent or popular one and this type of ceremony only took place once in a "blue moon"

The series, Digging for the Past, is always intelligible, informative and fun to read; and I found "Cahokia Mounds" is no exception to this.
The book was an eye opener to me, as it is a geographic area that I would never have expected archeologists to discover such a major site peopled by what seems to have been an advanced civilization. As in the Southwest, some of the "mystery" of the Cahokia indians appears to be similar to the Anazasi around whom there also are numerous theories of their lives and disappearance. In addition to this, the authors explain the discovery and subsequent excavations and studies in such a way as to make the mounds and the civilization they represent relevant and accessible today.
After reading "Cahokia Mounds" I would be interested in knowing more about this Native American culture that lived in the Midwest. In conclusion the book was well-written and enjoyable, and I continue to look forward to other books in this series.

I just finished reading the richly rewarding "On Loving God by Bernard of Clairvaux, Emero Stiegman." It was serendipitious for me, as I was only looking for the author [an old lost friend and my daughter's godfather] on the internet. When I found out he wrote this book, I just had to read it.

It was not easy. Only 42 pages of Bernard's text and another 108 pages of commentary, [plus notes, bibliography and index] make up this slim volume. But don't be fooled: what it lacks in size is more than balanced by its density. It took a long time to read, even though Emero's style is gentle and fluid. But each sentence is packed with solid meat, and one needs time to digest. My conclusion is that Bernard is a genius whom I never really appreciated until I met him again through Emero's eyes and heart. Emero is also a genius for being able to digest and interpret Bernard so lucidly and lovingly.

Emero's conclusion to his commentary reveals much about the two men: In speaking about Bernard's treatise on loving God, he says: "In the strength of its fidelity to the most elemental truths of consciousness this interpretation of the data of experience is justly prized by the phiolospher, who is satisfied in the unity of its vision, and by the theologian, who discovers in it, not applications of doctrine but a source of doctrinal clarification. The philosopher and theologian in everyone who reads Saint Bernard has succumbed to him, What wins attention is not so much his personality - though history agrees he was a charmer - or his style - though his craft was finely honed - but a powerful simplicity in his perception of the human struggle. Breaking though the successive barriers left by cultural evolution to reappropriate this vision is a richly rewarding task. What the man or woman of the spirit, or the student of spirituality finds in it is the reassurance and guidance of a clear witness to God's presence in human life." To which I can only add a resounding "AMEN"

This brief book On Loving God is a wonderful summary of God's love for humanity. It is a rich text, studded with support from biblical passages. The running theme throughout this book is, appropriately, love. The book will raise some interesting questions in your mind, such as why you love that which you love. For instance, he mentions that if you love a certain being for what it offers, it is actually that object which it offers that you love, and not the being himself. There are many other fine expositions on the subject of love. . . but I will leave them for you to digest on your own, as I will not be able to relate them to you sufficiently in this review.

A great companion to reading the works of George Bernard Shaw. It helps to understand the literary techniques singular to the author, the socio-political background of his writings and the themetic structure prevalent throughout all his works. This is truly a necessary companion to reading his work.

A great companion to reading the works of George Bernarnd Shaw. It helps to understand the literary techniques singular to the author, the socio-political background of his writings and the themetic structure prevalent throughout all his works. This is truly a necessary companion to reading his work.