Bradley Books

I found this book to be extemely helpful and valuable for anyone in sales (aren't we ALL in sales as we depend on revenue from a product or service?)

The most valuable lesson for me was the discussion regarding purpose. So many of us focus on the "how" of improving our business but we seldom think of the "why". This extends far beyond the sale today, tomorrow, next month, etc. We must understand what our true purpose is and then focus on delivering value to our prospects, thus professionally helping them to buy.

The next most useful topic was the dicsussion of different personality types from the DiSC profile and how to communicate with them. This was very helpful in realizing that, when it comes to sales presentations and strategies, "one size does NOT fit all".

The third point that I found to be very beneficial concerns the conversion rate. If I don't measure it, it's probably much lower than I think and there's a great deal I can do about it if I take the points in the book to heart.

I recommend this book to anyone who has to talk to someone else about their product or service. Read this and sell more!

Aimed at the advanced physics or astronomy undergraduate student, this is an offspring of Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, often called BOB (Big Orange Book).

The one problem most often reported about BOB is its size, 1400 pages. Consequently this new, less expensive, smaller book has been produced that is smaller, more compact, and aimed at specific subject areas. In this book numerous subjects have been simply left out. These include: optics, the Solar System, and pulsars. Other areas have been greatly reduced in size: stellar evolution and radiative transfer. What's left is the core material needed for a course in Galactic Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This new second edition, badly needed since the first edition is now ten years old. In these ten years, there seems to have been just about as much discovered as in the centuries before. Discoveries like the universe is not slowing down but, rather, is actually accelerating, Dark energy wasn't even imagined at that time (and isn't easy to imagine now).

The book is aimed at the advanced undergraduate level after the student has had several previous physics classes and mathematics through differential equasions.

At first I thought, could following these prescriptions that take only 5 min. per day actually produce results? I realize now that if I don't know the answers to some of the questions in this book then I have no business in a relationship with my partner. I would never have done the things in this book if I hadn't read them here. Each day that I took one of the 90 prescriptions I ended up with results that more than paid off for the time spent. The most important part of the book for me is the 8 Levels of Love. I am looking for a true soulmate, so it's a real litmus test for me. If a woman isn't willing to at least read those pages with me and start using the 8 levels of love in our life, then I am not interested in her anymore. This is different for me because I used to give women way too many chances to grow and evolve and I ended up with the short end of the stick. Now I am attracting a totally different type of woman. The prescription about money and prosperity also hit home for me. I realized where my issues around money came from which gave me access to changing my ways with money. So the book doesn't just work in your love life. Well worth the money spent.

John Ed Bradley's book, out in paperback, is just a heartrendingly pretty and loving glimpse into a former college football player's life after the cheering stops. Mr. Bradley wrote an article for Sports Illustrated back a few years ago that the book is based on, detailing the death of his beloved LSU head coach and Bradley's conflicting emotions concerning his playing days and the aftermath of what was a solid playing career that ended in 1979.

This book is simply wonderful. I read it in a matter of hours, and enjoyed every page, every word. I have not read any of Mr. Bradley's fiction, having only grown familiar with him through his contributions to SI, bit can't recommend this book highly enough for any reader, no matter their age of devotion to college football.

I began reading Ms. Bradley's work probably around the time this book was published, but I never saw this in a store until 1998. I was very familiar with her writing style and had grown attached to all the Darkover, Avalon and Atlantis characters but I never knew of her short stories. Some of these are from her writing "beginnings" and I must say, they are the best I've ever read. Each is complete. That is not to say they all leave you satisfied. Some I don't believe are meant to do that, but instead seem to have an urgency in the telling that doesn't go away when you finish the last paragraph. I can still feel the family in "Jamie" and I can still feel my revulsion for the stress relieving mechanism is another of the stories. This is a wonderful collection with a depth that I don't think was always able to be realized in Ms. Bradley's popular novels. It's well worth the ordering wait.

As the publisher's cover-notes suggest, the merit of Sister Ritamary Bradley's study of Mother Julian's 'Showings' (or 'Revelations of Divine Love') is that - by "exploring Julian's long text by themes, instead of analysing it chapter by chapter, new perspectives and fresh insights are opened up for Julian studies, for students of mysticism, for women's studies and for spiritual directors, as well as for the general reader who is trying to find a guide for prayer and a context for healing. "


The ubiquitious presence of the so-called 'Julian meetings' - now a world-wide phenomenon, says a lot about the appeal of Mother Julian's spiritual counsel. As a Christian of the pre-reformation era, we might feel tempted to categorize Julian's outlook as 'dated' - or at least, expect it to be bounded by patriarchal assumptions that no longer wear well with us in our own age. However, drawing on orthodox patristic and biblical themes, Julian develops her idea of God and Christ as Mother, thus anticipating the contemporary tendency to stress the 'maternal' and 'feminine' aspect of the Godhead. Here, we must remember that Julian was doing her best to articulate what was shown to her via a mystical experience, or a series of such experiences - another matter from devising or formulating theology. Like other Christian mystics, for whom living experience of the divine 'word' was paramount, and the rational justification of it - secondary, part of the challenge involved with trying to understand Julian's showings, is that while never declared to be heterodox, certain elements present in the 'shewings' are, in some respects, hard to reconcile with the Church's more rigid definitions of 'original sin' (cf. St. Augustine)and divine 'wrath' etc. In Julian's experience, that kind of wrath has virtually been expunged from the image or presence of God. While Julian saw that 'sin' blinds us spiritually and thus effectively alienates us from God, she was inclined to stress our original unity with, rather than our alienation - from God. Rather Taoistically one might say, Julian saw that our awareness of 'sin' - is what helps to bring us back to the Godhead. This is not antinomianism, but the rightful state of affairs, if we are not to confound the Christian doctrine with that of Manicheism, which posited an absolute evil. In this respect, I dare say that the material appearing between pages 60-152 (How Does Julian Behold Reality?)will garner much attention.I have stressed these aspects, bcause they seemed of contemporary relevance. All too often, Christianity is presented as a guilt-ridden doctrine. As a late medieval Christian contemplative, Julian of Norwich evidently recognised the existence of sin. However, she endeavoured to understand it, declaring it to be 'behovable' - in God's scheme of things, and promised that "All shall be well" in the fulness of God. The small chapel dedicated to Mother Julian on the site where her recluses's cell used to be, in Norwich, has a tangible aura of spiritual peace and well-being. I feel that Sister Ritamary Bradley's study will aid a true appreciation of Mother Julian's 'Revelations of Divine Love.'

This is a great NEW book. It is well presented, attractive, has lots of very good pictures of stances, kicks, blocks & punches etc. It won't teach you anything about karate, but what it will do is dispel any myths or misconceptions you may have about it.

The book says that it's designed for the Shotokan enthusiast & goes on to say that Shotokan is the best style to keep children fit, motivated & on the right track, however the book shows one kata/form which is from the Goju Ryu style.

The best parts of the which I have not found fully described in others of this kind are the chapters on "Diet for Karate" & "Choosing the Right Club" - this really is important as there are so many karate clubs around now that don't have adequate training, supervision or qualifications.

It's not designed to teach you anything about actual karate and so is designed for non-karateka, but if you think you fancy taking up a martial art, and karate IS one of the best budo forms, then once you've read it, you'll understand exactly what's involved & expected from you.

The layout of text & pictures is very attractive, modern and inviting.

Take your favorite Darkover novel, compress it into a few pages but leave all the emotional impact in place -- that's "The Keeper's Price." I notice that MZB and Lisa Waters kept coming back to Hilary Castamir's charcter, and I wish there had been a novel about her. :)

Leaving aside the brilliance of the title masterpiece, the rest of the collection is strong and well-organized. Even the stories I didn't like as much at first ("A Simple Dream" comes to mind, as does "Ambassador to Corresanti") have grown on me. I've read and re-read this collection probably twenty times in the past year. I still want to read it over again. These are wonderful stories!

I also appreciated how well-organized this collection and _Sword of Chaos_ were, and wish the anthologies had continued to print stories in approximate chronological order.

Oh well.

One of the first books ever written for the general public regarding the hazards of food-borne illnesses. It's a practical guide to protect your family from the suffering inflicted by salmonella, staph infection and other avoidable illnesses.

This is a wonderful book as my husband was raised in Kirkwood and his family home is in it. Even if you do not come from Kirkwood it is a beautiful, detailed description of a perfect American town.