Brandt Books

This is one of the missing stories of those close to Hitler. It is a sad note that many of these facilitators were true believers in the world that the Nazis were trying to create and even in the end they did not recognize that what they did was out of the norm. It is a sad commentary on what can happened to a very well educated, and well intentioned soul. Brandt is a good representation of the likes of Speer, Stuckhart, Lemmers et al. Very well worth reading.

This is the only biography of Karl Brandt available. It's also the penultimate biography of Brandt. I ordered this sight unseen, because I study Aktion T-4 -- but also because I know one can depend upon the author's source material. Schmidt's research is impeccable. Much of the book's information hasn't been readily available to English speakers.

Although Brandt claimed otherwise at his trail, he was neck-deep in T-4 and Nazi human medical experiments. For almost every one of Brandt's denials, there is a letter or document to prove He Lied. Brandt obviously believed in "euthanasia" (read: murder) of the mentally and physically disabled. And as he either tacitly and/or directly approved of human experimentation, he falls into the same category as Mengele and Clauburg. With Brandt, it was all about power. He began as one of Hitler's attending physicians and ended up a perfect monster.

Karl Brandt: The Nazi Doctor: Medicine and Power in the Third Reich should be required reading for all medical ethicists and students of the Holocaust; it should be in every library. I say this not only because the book is superbly written and researched, but also because it illustrates the banality of evil -- and how easy it is for the power-hungry to buy into the idea that one is superior to others.

The photographs of Brandt are disturbing. Brandt was a handsome man with a wife and child. He went on Nazi pleasure trips, which were photographically documented. In every picture, his face is serene. It's eerie.

I'm a disabled person. I'm also a scholar. This is one of four books I'll put in my "run kit" during fire season. It's that important.

The NY Sun gave this a glowing review recently, and they were right. This biography, which took over ten years to write, makes for compelling reading. The author is painstakingly honest.

I have struggled for years with being overweight, and I have some serious physical limitations from injuries. I found this book to be a compassionate and practical guide to making changes in a way I could manage. It is well written and intelligent, and surprisingly easy to internalize. Using yoga and meditation to develop a healthy relationship with my body has proven to be an important first step in losing weight and getting healthy. This is not a quick fix book - it is helping me make real and fundamental changes to how I live day to day. I highly recommend it!

It was okay; however, it doesn't give enough information to know if your posture is correct, then it tells you to meditate and suggests you buy another book to find out how.

This book serves as a guide to peace with oneself - in my opinion, possibly the "final solution" to life-long problems with food and weight, and other similar matters.

We got this book so that we would know what we were catching and how well it ate. Great pictures. Only problem is knowing where to start looking without having to search the whole book...

If you ever caught a fish and didnt know what it was and brought it home to find out it isnt worth eating - you should have had this book on your boat. This book has no knots or rigs but it helps ID all kinds of fish. It tells range and food preferences and other info. The fish are grouped by type making it easy to find fast enough that you might be able to let it go. For example - It has 24 sharks with color pics and ranges and descriptions. It is so much better than the laminated cards I have and I have a lot of those. This is like the Sibley Guide to birds but for fish. I put my copy in a ziplock bag and will bring it when I fish. The pages are not waterproof but they are shiny and strong. For $13 it is a great deal.

My 6 year old nephew has this book and loves it! He sits and looks at the pictures for hours. And now he is even able to identify the different fish by name. The pictures are colorful, very detailed and easy to understand. I recommend this book for the entire family. It is fun and educational for everyone at any age!

Anne Brandt writes about serious subjects such as death and lighthearted ones such as the value of a tanning booth with equal confidence. If you're a pet lover, there's the story of Patches. If you travel, you can visit Provence through her eyes. And, if The Square Root of Someone whets your appetite, the book's back cover says you can keep up with Anne online at http://www.annebrandt.com.

Ms. Brandt has a no-nonsense way of conveying touching and funny situations. From tales of childhood, to tales of dating and life in general, you think to yourself "yeah, I can relate." She does this without boring us and without a "poor me" attitude. In fact, you learn as she and her characters "learn."

Delightful read and a book you will want to keep and read again.

There are no belly-laughs in this book--nor are there any debilitating excursions into extreme angst. Just thoughtful, insightful essays on the business of living, including friendships, relationships between parents and children, what it feels like to be criticized when one is little, getting older, reunions, and what happens when your significant other goes after the dream of a lifetime. (Brandt saves the best for last as the final chapter, on when the author's boyfriend decides to become a policeman late in life, alone makes the book worth reading.) A compilation of essays in the Molly Ivins tradition, The Square Root of Someone gives you your money's worth.

This generous collection of fiction, poetry and memoir, all written by those with blindness and visual impairment, provides a stirring overview of what
it is like to live with serious loss of vision. The selections address the anxiety, uncertainty and depression experienced when one becomes blind and the
realization of how one can adapt--the personal and social as well as physical adjustments one can make to effectively cope with a changed world. A guide
dog who fends off a home intruder, a harrowing hospital experience that results in a set of guidelines for health professionals who deal with the blind
(worth the price of the book), the condescension and obtuseness of certain sighted people when dealing with those with vision loss, keeping an artist's
journal, and a humorous piece on the hazards of the long cane are only a few of the many wonderful selections in this volume, which is a powerful testament
to the resiliency of the human spirit. Heartfelt, informative, at times sarcastic and caustic, "Behind Our Eyes" is ideal for college classes and rehab
programs, and every library should have a copy of it on its shelves.

--Christopher Fahy, author of "Breaking Point" and former vocational rehabilitation counselor for the blind, State of Maine.

These stories are heart felt and provocative. All writers must
dig deep into their souls to come up with stories that speak to their
readers. These stories take the reader a step further into a world that
is different and challenging, where the written word and the effort to
produce it are even more difficult that usual to evoke. And though the
outer world of the disabled person may be different, these excerpts prove
once again than we are all the same in our longings, our struggles and our
feelings of triumph when we beat the odds.
Sonia Levitin, author of THE CURE, DREAM FREEDOM, THE GOODNESS
GENE

As a Mom who enjoys birdwatching, and a Mom who wants her kid to enjoy birdwatching too, this book is a great way to help record a youngsters sightings and observations about birds. This log consists of many pages, that ask great observation questions concerning birds that are sighted. It also offers fun facts, games and projects. My son and I have a great time filling out the pages.

Easy to use and understand. Useful questions help develop accurate records. My granddaughter has used this every day since I gave it to her.

For anybody who's ever been in band, or has survived the wonderful experience we call High School, you'll love this book. With plenty of characters returning from The Line, and some fun new additions, you won't be able to stop reading. A great gift for any Young Adult or the Young at Heart.

After I picked it up, I couldn't put ut down. For me it is probably better than "The Line". With strong characters and a racy plot, "A Fine Line" delivers what we have come to expect from Courtney Brandt.

Keep 'em coming!

This is a book about big science in space. The hubble telescope was the most complex piece of scientific equipment that was ever built to operate off of Earth. From its initial "mistake" in a poorly honed hyperbolic mirror - its "correction" became a major media event that nearly busted Nasa's budget - to the innumerable failing subsystems in constant need of adjustment, its success is something of a phenomenon.

But a success it indisputably was, one of the greatest in the history of human endeavor and easily the equal to, say, the creation of the Gothic cathedral. Images from the telescope have become so uniquitous, such as its use as background in Star Trek, that we would be shocked if they disappeared. Of course, the advancement of virtually all fields of astronomy that it spawned will enrich us forever. Not only can we plumb the composition of stars and search for planets more accurately, but such scientific givens as the Hubble constant are coming into question with the precision measurements not coming available. Even amateurs, if they come up with an interesting proposal, can get a crack at making scientific history.

Peterson and Brandt cover these developments competently and clearly, with gorgeous photos throughout the book to add to its wonder. While they do not cover they public policy angle alll too well, the science is enough (even if it gets a bit too gee-whiz for my taste at times).

Warmly recommended.

To the average person like myself it is simple uncomprehensable that way out here is all of this energy, peacefully and sometimes horrifically looming around us. Reading this book, and particularly looking intensely at the wonderful colour photographs, I cannot feel anything else but awe for the sheer original beauty of our universe, and the great bridges that we need to cross scientifically to even make an inch of sense of it. The text is easy enough for the pure enthusiast to understand the concepts, but for those with a thirst for knowledge, these pages reveal centuries of human time devoted to exploring milleniums and milleniums of universal time. It really does make you feel as though the only thing between us and the secret of everything is our humble mortality, not our need to know. Hubble Vision gives you a snapshot of the heavens, and beyond, something we'll never experince first hand in our life-time at least!

I have used several of these NavPress Lifechange studies and enjoyed several aspects of them:
1) They discipline me to ask the standard questions - observing, interpreting and applying the Bible; and
2) They provide enough background information to be helpful, but not so much that it is overwhelming.

For the first time I am using them in a group setting and I have found the discussion questions in the sidebars to be very stimulating and allow us to discuss real issues.

The Shepherd's Notes series on the Book of Galatians is a very well done and concise overview of Galatians. But it is more than an overview. It also provides:

A Capsule Thought -- an overview of EACH section; Old Testament References; Historical Background; New Testament References; Personal Applications; and a Word Picture.

All these elements together in a small 80+ pages book provide for a great study guide for either an individual or as a group (we used it for a study at our church). The guide is also filled with probing questions and thoughts.

The only drawback may also be the book's strengths. While it provides lots of information in a small amount of space -- ideas like the word pictures can be interpreted in many ways. Sometimes this leads people to misinterpret Scripture (this is a small part of this book). Of course this is not a problem for a class lead by a knowledgeable teacher, but could be a problem for individual study.

The application ideas are at a much higher discipleship level than many other similar type of study books. All in all, the book is a great study guide for booth individual and group study.

A masterpiece in the field of literacy studies. A must-read for anyone concerned with education in this country or abroad.

Literacy in American Lives is an astounding work that cuts across so many disciplines, you'll lose track. It's a remarkable social history, it's ethnography, biting social commentary, educational historiography, psychology, an essential resource for curriculum development. The book catches up with and defines that moving target: What is literacy? Certainly anybody who has anything to do with education, school boards, curriculum developing, funding for our schools, should read this book. Politicians, journalists, teachers, especially. The research is painstaking. Conclusions are vital and well-grounded. It reveals how the very institutions that are supposedly designed to foster literacy may actually be contributing to its uneven distribution by continuing historic patterns of discrimination, and how private interests continue to threaten to hijack our schools. And it reminds us, that's not the way it's supposed to be in our democracy.