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WONDERFUL BOOK, GREAT INDEPTH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, GREAT STORY LINE. BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD NEVER LETS YOU DOWN

I don't think there will be any BTB books that equal her trilogy, "A Woman Of Substance", "Hold The Dream" and "To Be The Best". In my opinion, those three were phenomenal. I've read a number of her books, but I just consider them light entertainment. I heard this one on audio CD, as I travel quite a bit for my job, and it really passes the time while driving. "Angel" did just that, passed the time. Agreeing with others, yes, it was predictable. There was no closure to a few subplots but the reader, Lorelei King made it quite enjoyable to listen to. I'm not sure that had I read the hard copy, I would have liked it nearly as well. All in all, not bad, just not great.

This book was entertaining to me - I was reading it on a trip on the Airplane and it certainly did pass the time for me. I did enjoy it. Somewhat predictable but I do enjoy Barbara's Books.

Don't waste your time on this one. This was written in high-school simplicity and is just too predictible.

Don't waste your time or money. Everything-the characters, plot, etc.-was not believable. It was a chore to get through this "novel".

[[ASIN:007353062X Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Standard Edition]
As of today October 10, 2008 I have not received my book. I sent an email to the company several days ago and have not heard a response. This is my first and last time using this website to order. I am very disappointed!!!!! I would really appreciate to hear from someone and to receive a refund for my book if I don't receive it. Please and Thank You!!! Tracy Robinson

I never received the item from the seller. But I am very happy with amazon, they refunded me my money within two days.

I never got my shipment and not even my refund and the seller refused to respond to my inquiries

Hey, it's a TEXTBOOK. Since my professor didn't know JACK about the future value of my education, let alone money, I had to rely on Fundamentals of Corporate Finance to teach me. It wa clear, concise, and had some great practical problems. The CD-ROM made an excellent beer coaster, too.

This text is for intermediate level business and finance students, and is very informative and well written. I read it two times with great pleasure. It is not boring, even for those outside the field (I must admit I did not work the problems though!). I highly recommend it.

Gary isn't a Yuwipi (medicine) man. He isn't but why does he claim to be in a book! It is his way to make a profit!

I do not know NOT ONE medicine man who would even take this step to sell his way of life his spirituality. Shame on Gary! But in the end he knows it will all come back around and in some cases harm may come and hurt a loved one or Gary himself! It is the way life works.

Pilamiya

I read this book again, again , and wander where he got his teachings. I really wish he would be honest and tell the Truth that he is not a Yuwipi man. I want to know more of the Yuwipi men but this isn't appealing Please save your money and buy Black Elk Speaks Thanks

The subject of Native American healing and spirituality is one that is not easily approached in a world of juried scientific reviews and instant computer data analysis. The topic refuses to be measured, quantified or otherwise put into the boxes we humans like to safely file out own biases into.

As a Native American physician, I am faced with this dilemma every day: how to walk in two worlds with one spirit.

I met Gary and Rita Holy Bull several years ago and heard a number of these stories first hand. I had never repeated them to anyone as they are their stories and not mine to share. I was always impressed by his intimate and personal way of sharing his life and beliefs. I was quite surprised and pleased to see them in print and hear them on the accompanying CD.

This is no ordinary "New Age" second person book about Lakota spirituality: it is in the first person from the source itself. I wonder how long it will take those in search of Lakota Indian spirituality to discover his words. They are given great power as they are spoken from his heart. He discloses as much as he can. Much more cannot be written. Yet the well done art work from the Sun Dance Arbor to that of Gary and Rita at their home in South Dakota make this more of a personal letter and message to the reader rather than yet another opus on Indian spirituality.

Let the reader beware that Indian spirituality themes overlap each other but keep in mind that this work is specifically Lakota Indian in its focus.

Many Tribes and New Age Practitioners have adopted parts of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota culture both in dress and ceremony. The reader should remember that just as there are many different Indian tribes, likewise Indians take many different paths to ceremonies and practices that ultimately lead them to their own paths and relationships to Creator. This is but one of many.

The serious reader searching for his own path would do well to add "Lakota Yuwipi Man" to their library.

The subject of Native American healing and spirituality is one that is not easily approached in a world of juried scientific reviews and instant computer data analysis. The topic refuses to be measured, quantified or otherwise put into the boxes we humans like to safely file out own biases into.

As a Native American physician, I am faced with this dilemma every day: how to walk in two worlds with one spirit.

I met Gary and Rita Holy Bull several years ago and heard a number of these stories first hand. I had never repeated them to anyone as they are their stories and not mine to share. I was always impressed by his intimate and personal way of sharing his life and beliefs. I was quite surprised and pleased to see them in print and hear them on the accompanying CD.

This is no ordinary "New Age" second person book about Lakota spirituality: it is in the first person from the source itself. I wonder how long it will take those in search of Lakota Indian spirituality to discover his words. They are given great power as they are spoken from his heart. He discloses as much as he can. Much more cannot be written. Yet the well done art work from the Sun Dance Arbor to that of Gary and Rita at their home in South Dakota make this more of a personal letter and message to the reader rather than yet another opus on Indian spirituality.

Let the reader beware that Indian spirituality themes overlap each other but keep in mind that this work is specifically Lakota Indian in its focus.

Many Tribes and New Age Practitioners have adopted parts of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota culture both in dress and ceremony. The reader should remember that just as there are many different Indian tribes, likewise Indians take many different paths to ceremonies and practices that ultimately lead them to their own paths and relationships to Creator. This is but one of many.

The serious reader searching for his own path would do well to add "Lakota Yuwipi Man" to their library.

I have never heard of Gary Holy Bull Nor has he ever practice among the Lakota People on the Pine Ridge Reservation, I know there are many who say they are yuwipi Medicine men but I do like to think that this book can be honest atleast to say that Mr Holy Bull is not a Yuwipi Man. I do not tear this man down but the book and what is written about the ceremonies...Will the Truth ever come out?

IT IS GOOD BOOK FOR EDUCATIO

Why not just go to the library and pick up volume 1 of the Artificial Life journal. That's all this is. Did someone really have the gall to sell us a journal twice? Yes, Virginia, I guess they did.

Langton pulls together a number of interesting papers from the Los Alamos a-life conference, bound with the perspective only he can provide. Great for the technically-minded curious but most promising as storehouse of ideas for experimentors in dynamic adaptive systems.

This text is not adequate for an introductory finance course but not advanced enough for higher level finance classes. The textbook fails to provide examples in an easy to read manner. When giving formulas and mathematical examples the text never shows all steps taken when arriving at an answer. Basic definitions and concepts are not explained, but rather mentioned in passing. Chapter descriptions leave more questions than providing answers. Questions at the end of the chapter cannot be answered using the information in the chapter. Instead of requiring simple derivation, students are forced to make leaps of faith in working problems or must rely on outside information sources to complete problems.

This book is written in a simple, straightforward style. It's like you're sitting with a friend who knows this stuff really well and is explaining it to you, without loading you down with all the complications you don't need to know at first. That said, as the chapters progress, it introduces lots of "complications" and always gives a full treatment--derivation, intuitive justifications, and formal proof (where appropriate). The authors have given a lot of thought to how to organize the subjects, and they anticipate most of the reader's questions.

There are adequate exercises after each chapter, and each exercise starts by giving you a hint as to what the problem is about. These hints are a big help in getting started on the problem. However, they are a crutch as well, and, as I faced the test, I found myself thinking "what, no hints?"

My only complaint is that very few answers are given in the back of the book. If you buy this book, I highly recommend getting the separate solution manual as well.

I purchased this textbook for a class. The class is kind of advanced and I am having to teach myself from the book. Unfortunately, the book does not give very many examples and only shows the simplest equations then expects to be able to solve the harder ones. Overall, the book is not very helpful/ user friendly.

Listen, If you want to live in the mountains in the middle of a pine forest, then the only defense is to cut down all the folliage within flames distance of your home. You will then be living on the side of a barron mountain. This is like writing a book about buying home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and how to extract water from the basement after the next hurricane. The best defense is replacement insurance.

This book is amazing. This author lives in the mountains and does not do any of the things this suggests. Can you say Hypocrite???

Why would you buy a book from someone who writes it for money but does not live by the things she professes. I would call the woman and ask her why????

Last summer, my husband and I almost lost our home. We watched the fires close in and only due to luck were we spared. We found Living With Wildfires and purchased it hoping it might make a difference. Well it did! We have since changed our house and made it defensible. We have changed our insurance coverage (you won't believe what you need to do to be covered!) and have made steps to be ready to go if the next fire causes us to have to leave our property. There is nothing out there like it. I thought it a little expensive before I bought it, but I think it is worth every penny. If you live anywhere near where wildfire threatens, you need this book! If you have kids in the area, you really need this book!! It tells you everything you need to know. Thank you Janet Arrowood for writing this book!

Petrinovich does an excellent job of laying out and then applying his particular theory of morality based on the implications of evolutionary biology -- essentially, Petrinovich believes traditional morality is governed to a large extent by sociobiological considerations and that in turn we can learn how to apply morality to controversial issues such as animal rights by examining the evolutionary implications of our actions.

Much of the book is concerned with the debate over animal testing for medical research, and this part of the book is outstanding. Petrinovich aptly defends medical experimentation and punctures holes in both the factual and philosophical claims of animal rights activists, while at the same time presenting a realistic look at genuine problems and debates over medical research.

Unfortunately the book is marred by the final two chapters, one on meat eating and and other on zoos & pets, which seem tacked on to the book as an afterthought. Neither chapter even comes close to the level of the rest of the book -- whereas Petrinovich is very familiar with the literature on medical experimentation, for example, his review of issues in animal agriculture are cursory and rely on a handful of sources with little attempt at a balanced review.

Still, Petrinovich's book is an important contribution to the debate over how humans treat animals.

The book disappoints. Factually, there are very powerful cases of non-human animal bonding that exceeds even so-called normal human bonding. Secondly, the author neglects to take seriously the 'argument from marginal cases'. So, for example, autistic children, senile and retarded adult humans and the like, are simply incapable of even the minimal bonding that the author believes inhabits 'normal' humans. The result, on parity of reasoning, is that these marginal humans deserve lesser moral treatment. This seems at odds with our considered moral beliefs; indeed, many of us would think that these humans deserve extra care and consideration. The book is rather philosophically naive and leaves obvious objections unaddressed.

Calvin bases his ideas on this 'observation' in chapter 7:

"The axon acts like an express train, skipping many intermediate stops, giving off synapses only when about 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 mm away from the tall dendrite (and sometimes continuing for a few millimeters farther, maintaining the integer multiples of the basic metric, 0.5 mm). "

This is a plain lie.

The so-called "reconcilation" promised by the title is not entirely delivered. Both Calvin and Bickerton seem too taken with their respective ideas. It is an interesting discussion nonetheless, and good points are made by both writers.

This books got nothin 4 u 2 lurn. If u want 2 get more studeis for your money check out some newr books, cuz this ones 2 old and nuer studys hav come out sinse.
T-Ron.

This is a scholarly book edited and written by leading researchers in the area of human development. It includes contributions from several respected scholars on insight that are very thought provoking. It isn't a book that will deliver answers as much as promote more questions.

My purpose for reading this book was to look at several different ways of explaining insight....what is it? How does it work? Where does it come from? Can it be taught or is it something we are born with? Is it tied to intelligence or is it an independent variable? This book helped me gain all of that and much more.

The authors provide theories about insight that are well grounded in empirical research, including ties to organization development and social insight, where my interest lies. As an extra bonus, there were several pages of visual puzzles that can be used to test and promote the development of insight, that I will try using in my research.

Right off the mark - What a ridiculous and condescending title. I'm a quad and my life is not "still". Not when I'm going to work as a physician & not when I'm chasing around my two year old! People with weakness or paralysis are not "in chairs" - many need to USE wheelchairs to get around - just like someone without a spinal cord injury might use a bike to go a long distance.
Maybe we should leave the writing about people with spinal cord injuries to those who've had one - say, Christopher Reeves for example!

I purchased this when I became friends with a man in a chair. I think it helped me understand better some of what he has had to deal with, and I hope it has made me a better friend to him.