Brandt Books

When a person first starts through this workbook there is a temptation to think that it's mostly about Henry Brandt and his advice. However, careful and thoughtful study, coupled with the workbook questions and activities by Kerry Skinner, can bring about realization and permanent changes in the reader's life. I believe this book is carefully written and the stories and scripture can be used by the Spirit to expose area(s) of our life that require repentance and not just relief. I have personally found this book to be a very effective help when dealing with a difficult situation.

Apart from the Bible, this workbook is the best tool available to show people how to know Christ and how to live the Christian life in the power of the Holy Spirit. It teaches people what sin is and how to deal with it. I have used this book for 20+ years with individuals and groups and it is the best tool I have found to help people live the victorious Christian life.

Do you want to learn how to cope with a problom or would you rather find a solution to your problem? If you are searchng for real answers on how to live in this very busy and hectic world you need to read this book. Dr. Brandt will give you wonderful insights on how we can live life to the fullest.

This book is great in cutting through all of the psychobabble, helping us get to "The Heart of the Problem", and discovering God's powerful life-changing solutions from the Bible. This book is not secular psychotherapy with a thin veneer of scripture, it is scripturally based from the beginning. I use it as a workbook for those I counsel with great success. I have never heard anything but praise for this book from anyone who has used it. It is worth far more than the current price!

"This fascinating account of a dark side of American history takes its title from the first words Jimmy Hoffa spoke to Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran.
To paint a house is to kill a man.
The paint is the blood that splatters on the walls and floors.
Sheeran lived a long, violent, passionate life.
As a boy, he took on older kids in bar fights to win beers for his dad.
As a highly decorated infantryman during World War II, he showed a willingness to "follow orders" during 411 days of active combat,
As a hustler and hit man for crime boss Russell Bufalino, he was one of only two non-Italians on the FBI's La Cosa Nostra list.
Made head of the Teamsters local by his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, he was later a leading suspect in Hoffa's disappearance.
Sheeran died in December 2003.
NOW HIS STORY CAN BE TOLD."
[from the book of the back cover]

This book takes you through the union wars of Jimmy Hoffa. It also covers Hoffa's death, as well as Crazy Joe Gallo's death with enough evidence to convince you that Frank Sheeran was atleast in the know, if not the shooter. I'm always skeptical of guys pumping themselves up in these books, but this guy convinced me. Just a fantasic read!!!!

This is the guy who kiled Hoffa and the author lets him spak int he 1st person and adds narrative to it along the way. At first, I was going to put this book down, but I kept going and found it to be an excelent account of life during those times. Some very nasty people accounted here.

The print in this book is large as advertised.This hard cover has a good,sturdy binding.
It's a smooth flowing read.Sheeran's words are in quotations while Brandt's words are in bold type.
The Prologue in this book lays the groundwork for how Frank Sheeran eventually came to confess his involvement in the Hoffa disappearance.
He explains why there would be no body to recover and how trusted people close to Jimmy Hoffa had to be involved.

The information in this book verifies information in other mafia related books that I have read.
Some examples:
Hoffa's claim to possess audio sex tapes involving Bobby Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.
Joe Kennedy recruiting Sam Giancana to steal the 1960 Presidential election.
Multiple mafia figures and their involvment in the assassination of John F Kennedy.

A lot of the organised crime figures in this book are mentioned in most JFK assassination books.
It's interesting that Frank Sheeran claimed that he deilvered three rifles to David Ferrie in Baltimore shortly before the assassination.

Jimmy Hoffa strenuously opposed the mafia's aiding Kennedy in the election.He was right in the end.

The Nixon administration's corruption was detailed.

One of the bigger contributing factors in Jimmy Hoffa's murder was the access to Teamster funds.Hoffa apparently was not as lenient as Frank Fitzsimmons in collecting debts.

This book is believable to me.Each individual reader will have to assess for themselves whether this book is credible.
It's one of the best mafia related books that I have read so far.

I became engrossed with the book 'Learning to Walk Again' as soon as I began reading it. I read it in one sitting. I learned about the difficulty of getting a correct diagonosis when dealing with various doctors and hospitals.And how you have to be persistant. It was a nightmare for Ann because of the pain she felt, until a diagonosis was found.Patients must not be seduced in believing that they just need therapy, and that it's all in their head! This book is on the cutting edge when it comes to information about Guillain Barre disease. Ann's first hand experience with the disease will help patients and families struggling with similar issues. It will act like a road map for them. It will help them to push and ask questions of their doctors. The book is well-researched about this little-known disease.
In addition to the excellent information this book shares, it also delves into the important relationship between family members and how supportive and helpful they were to each other. Caregivers carry a heavy burden, and this book discusses the give and take that is necessary between partners and other family members.
I also liked the writing style. Although the topic was difficult, the writing style was easy and conversational and even touched on humor. I visualized many of the scenes, a great indication of a good book, which this certainly was.
I recommend this book to anyone who has a family member or friend suffering with this disease or other challening body problems.

Ann's personal story is an an amazing meld of
knowledge of Guillain Barre and the painful (and
humorous)process of her Recovery. A good read
for anyone seeking hope and progress through a
chronic illness, whether patient or caregiver.

I am going through recovery from GBS. Reading this book has been a great experience for me; once a received it, I couldn't put it down until I finished it. Ann's experience is very similar to mine and her book helped me in a therapeutic way; I re-lived many emotions, situations, funny moments, etc., and learned a little bit more about this syndrome. I recommend this book for people who are going through recovery as well as for those caregivers around them.

As a fellow GBS survivor, I was eager to read Ms. Brandt's account of her experience. This disease does not discriminate when it strikes, and every person has a different journey. I suppose when you've been struck with such a life-altering experience, from out of nowhere, you seek connection and explanation.

The book touches upon the elementary aspects of GBS, and poses some important questions. Like Ms. Brandt, I spent a good deal of time while in my recovery stage trying to prevent what had happened to me from happening to others. She reaches out to others who are in the acute phase of the disease through patient visitation, to other survivors through meetings and symposiums, and to the medical community through this book.

Why had we been promised that we'd "get it all back"? Why isn't post-rehabilitation fatigue addressed as a separate phase of the syndrome?

This book asks some important questions, and I hope that its publication will serve as a catalyst to get them answered.

I have read quite of few books on this subject. This book not only covers they how and why but offers real tools for dealing with this issue, which I have never seen. This books has changed my life and has helped in a lot of other areas I was not accepting. I better understand why I ate my feelings and all the things that were really eating at me. I strongly recommend reading this book and doing the exercises she recommends. I am confident that I will never regain my weight again without ever having to diet again! I can enjoy eating. Thanks Jackie and Diana, you have changed my life by writing this book!

I am a fitness professional and I always end up disgusted and disappointed when I get asked to look at yet another dieting book. This book contains 1) solid information in regards to eating and calories; 2) an enlightened approach to viewing yourself! What a pleasure to read. Thank you Jackie and Diane!

This book is fantastic. It espouses a philosophy about living life to its fullest. Jackie's book helped me realize that Anger, Jealousy, and all negative emotions can make you fat. Who could have guessed that emotions have calories? So, I stopped eating my emotions.

Thanks to her book I saw the reason that I kept getting fat and why NO DIET ever seemed to help me in the long term. Thanks to the wonderful insights in her book, I have lost 45 pounds and am halfway towards my goal of 100 pounds. Thank you, Jackie.

For years I had been trying to figure out why I could not seem to be successful in my weight loss efforts. I seemed to be always "shooting myself in the foot". From the very beginning of "Un-Dieting", it became very clear that these two women had shared some of my own problems and questions. I have never read a book that addressed my needs as this book did. It may be a small book but it is very powerful. It got my thinking straightened out and I now know that by keeping it near me and re-reading it I will finally achieve my goal and get my weight under control. It is an answer to a prayer. I cannot recommend it too highly. I think it will prove to be a welcome aid for a lot of people.

To the author: I can't tell you how fantastic I think it is that all of your hard work on this book really paid off. To me, it wasn't merely a history book; it was an opportunity to stand beside the men you described and to watch them be who they are. I could see the wear and tear on their clothes and almost smell the baked-in odors of days and months without baths.

From Home Guards to Heroes is a thoroughly researched, creative, and engaging history of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry and the primary location from which its members came, Adams and York Counties, Pennsylvania. (Reviewer's disclosure: my great-great-great uncle, Daniel P. Reigle, was a member of Company F of the 87th, leading to my personal interest in this unit.)

The foundation of this book is Brandt's extensive research: U.S. census records, nearly 2000 Compiled Military Service Records, and over 1000 pension files for 87th Pennsylvania members, in addition to those records for over 800 men from the Adams/York areas who enlisted in other units in 1861. This study yields descriptive data on the 87th and comparative data relative to men in other units on factors such as their professions, age, physical characteristics, age at death, life expectancy, American-born and foreign-born, and their personal worth in personal property and real estate at the time they enlisted. The data on 1861 enlistments (both 87th and other units) is presented with the 1860 Lincoln vote for each of the fifty-five townships and boroughs in the two counties.

The quantitative research is complemented by extensive use of newspapers, including not only major city newspapers, but the local newspapers in the Gettysburg, York, and Hanover, important for understanding the political landscape and personalities in the area. For example, in addition to the rich contemporary information yielded by those newspapers, this research also yielded the valuable recollections by Michael Heiman in the York Gazette in 1891-1892. Further, Brandt has made use of any available manuscript sources, such as the George Blotcher papers at the excellent library of the York County Historical Trust, the Thomas Crowl papers at the U.S. Army Military History Institute and Penn State University libraries, and other materials provided by 87th descendants. He uses this information to create "sketches" of each company in the 87th, and the primary officers who were instrumental in its formation and its four years of service. I have seen many of these names "on paper" in years of reading about the 87th, but I found Brandt's sketches to provide an entirely new level of perspective on the men themselves.

This is a "real people" approach to the regiment's people and history, and it does not hesitate to share information that is delicate or uncomplimentary. For example, in the unit's rush to organize, there was no attempt to make any pre-enlistment physical examination of the potential enlistees. Brandt presents data to show that this resulted in more than 11% of the 1861 enlistees leaving the service for illness or injury; by comparison, the 7th PA Reserves' Company H, recruited in the same area, conducted full physical exams and experienced less than half that level of attrition. At another level that paints a less-than-heroic picture of some of the 87th's men, the unit was chartered and recruited primarily to provide security on the important Northern Central Railroad between Harrisburg and Baltimore. Although this was critically important to the Union effort in the first year of the war, such duty was not expected to involve major combat, long marches, or significant hardships at great distances from home. As a result, there was significant consternation among some parts of the 87th when their mission changed to becoming a fighting unit in the Union Army. Brandt examines the subject of desertions in detail, both real and on paper only, especially those occurring in the aftermath of the 87th's loss of 293 men captured at 2nd Winchester during the prelude to Gettysburg in June 1863. Drawing on Ella Lonn's classic Desertion During the Civil War for perspective, he provides many details on the individual cases of some men who intended to desert and did so, but also includes cases that illustrate how men could be tagged as "deserters" unfairly due to cumbersome administrative processes,. Finally, the chapter on "South-Central Pennsylvania and Race" will undoubtedly leave readers with roots in the 87th's home territory with a better understanding of the complex views of the community on race, slavery, emancipation, and the meaning of citizenship, but also with some embarrassment in accepting in our 21st Century the opinions of our ancestors in the 19th Century. These are difficult subjects to tackle objectively and fairly, and I commend the author for doing so. It provides additional perspective for the 87th's solid performance as part of the VI Corps in 1864 and 1865.

A difficult choice for the author of any regimental history is how much detail to include on the battles in which the unit participated. Brandt made the choice to not attempt to relate in detail the battles at 2nd Winchester, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, 3rd Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, the Petersburg Campaign including the Breakthrough on 2nd April 1865, and the Appomattox Campaign. He does include a more extensive analysis of Monocacy because of the 87th's pivotal role there in slowing down Early's advance on Washington D.C. This is clearly the right choice, in my opinion, because it enables Brandt to use the space of his book to focus on the 87th, while the reader interested in more depth on the 87th at the major battles can readily turn to other excellent studies.

This book will be of value to anyone studying the genealogy or local history of the York/Adams County area. However, I also believe this book to be of significant value to anyone interested in an indepth understanding and history of a Union infantry regiment. Although the 87th was, of course, a set of specific individuals and events, the themes, dynamics, and patterns likely have a high degree of similarity in other units. I will not only be re-reading this book more than once, but will use it as a valuable reference in my own Civil War genealogy and history research.

If you are looking for a Civil War story that is new and different this is the book for you. I was held captive from start to finish. Dennis Brandt tells, after 10 years of research, the story only he can tell. The story of the 87th Pennsylvania. It is a story about the lives of the boys from York and Adams county. Yes, Gettysburg is in Adams County but this is not another tired tale of that great story. It is instead about how the boys started their Army life rather dull, guarding railroads ect. as many battles raged on in other parts of the U.S.A. But our boys get taken captive, they escape, they die and in the end we ponder over whether The Grand Old Flag would still fly over those states south of Mason-Dixon if not for these HEROS.

Kriegel and Brandt are so direct in their approach, so simple in their ideas, so refreshing, it begs the question, why didn't someone think of it sooner? As a strategic planning consultant, I believe that any manager in any business will benefit from reading this book. But BEWARE, reading this book can lead to frustration, as you try to implement these heretical concepts in organizations that are not run by Change Ready people. I would love to see them attack our tax code next!

Highly recommended for any supervisor or manager who acts as a change agent in their organization. Reflected my own organization in each chapter and I appreciated the specific strategies suggested.

This book will not only give you the insite but even the courage to identify, corral, and even eliminate many of the sacred cows which encumber your daily work environments. If for no other reason you can use some of the ideas in this book to have a little fun buy just calling attention to sacred cows at the office

Extremely well researched and uniting for the first time an extensive body of Brandt's photomontage, this book brings together a critical study of interwar Germany with an abundance of visual material. The author (Art History, SUNY Buffalo) places Brandt's forays into montage in the context of wider social, economic and technological changes arising out of the World War I. Reuniting collections previously fragmented between the United States and the former East and West Germanys, she demonstrates the myriad ways through which Brandt drew meaning and significance from the splinters of the past and on topics as diverse as gender, militarization, and the transformation of modern urban life. Readers interested in Bauhaus design or in Brandt's metal work will find this book a fascinating complement to a little known side of Brandt oeuvre. A thoroughly pleasurable book, I highly recommend it to all those interested in the arts of the Weimar era, the study of gender in interwar Germany, or to anyone interested in art history more generally.

Tempo, Tempo! is a highly informative, beautifully presented, and intriguing look at a set of photomontages by one of the few women members of the Bauhaus collective, Marianne Brandt. Elizabeth Otto's selection, analysis, and interpretation of Brandt's work gives us a fascinating glimpse of part of the history and culture of Weimar Germany. Brandt's photomontages, and the images she used to create them, drew on a number of themes--global militarism, changing perceptions of masculine and feminine gender roles, industrial development and machinery, metropolitan spaces, images of the "exotic"--that have as much resonance today as they did when she created this body of work. The photomontages reveal more and more as you study them, and Otto's accompanying texts, in both English and German, guide the reader to further insights on how to read these complex works of art. It is an erudite text, but not an inaccessible one. It is an enjoyable read, and the photomontages themselves are fun to study. I definitely recommend this text for anyone interested in Weimar history and culture, women in art, or art history generally.

Tempo, Tempo! The Bauhaus Photomontages of Marianne Brandt is a comprehensive look at the works of this fascinating woman. One can read the book in English or German, or attempt to go back and forth between the two. The author does a tremendous job interpreting Brandt's images and relates them to the culture of the time. One can learn a lot about Brandt and history through this book.

Very good book but not too much information. I believe people should read this before they get too envolved into the field of Cosmobiology.

This book is for the moderately advanced student of astrology. It provides interpretations of astrological aspects and can be useful in the interpretation of individual horoscopes, both on a psychological, social, and interpersonal level. It allows "three point" interpretation of three astrological points, such as the interaction among three planets, or planets and the personal points in a chart,- the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Sun and the Moon.

Cosmobiology also works with midpoints between the planets or personal points and how other planets "activate" these midpoints.

Its a remarkable work that will likely always be relevant to the study of astrology.

First of all, all astrologers should thank AFA to have translated the key parts of the encyclopedia of J.-B. Morin. Isn't it pity that the master piece of a key astrologer cannot be found in a french translation as well? Congratulations, Astrology is well alive in the USA.
Now, the book 23 is definetely no an introduction to the revolutions (solar and lunar), but an unavoidable reference for the trained astrologer. It is not also a cookbook but it needs a lot of personnal work to introduce the main concepts in the daily work of the astrologer. The freshmen in astrology can indeed find the content somewhat difficult to read.
On the other hand, what is really interesting is the fact that, when Morin was writing Astrologia Gallica, the precision of the positions of a lunar return were at times questionable. Amazing: this book is not only a translation, but contains nice references and even control of the accuracy of charts. Well done, Well done...

James Holden has done an excellent job translating Morin's rather terse academic Latin into modern English. Book 23 details Morin's system of delineating solar and lunar revolutions. It gives a clear glimse into the mind of this brilliant 17th century astrological master. The reading is slow going but worth the effort. Morin always interprets the return in terms of the natal promise and the current directions, eclipses, transits, fixed star contacts, etc. I came away with a greater appreciation of Morin's encyclopedic knowledge of astrology and his ability to put all the various predictive techniques in perspective.

This book is an excellent resource for anyone facing the challenges of caring for a loved one who needs long term support. The book contains cases which describe the experiences of several prototype situations and the emotions that those involved deal with on a day to day basis. This book highlights the fact that caregiving is a difficult task and that the emotions caregivers feel are common and normal. The book exonerates caregives who feel guilty for the difficulties that they face and provides the support that we need to carry on. A must read

This book helped me so much feel not so alone with the enormous strain I am going thorugh with my parents, who are both starting to have odd behaviors. I just sobbed at all I was going through until I read this book. Now I have some real tools, techniques, understanding, and I know how to get back to compassion when I start to lose it. Take this book with you to a support group, as I found that being around others helped me so much. Another MUST read that will help you cope is "Elder Rage" which is full of practical advice too, delivered with so much humor it is a fun read that you can't put down. Two wonderful books of hope.