Bridges Books

This book is a valuable educational resource about hearing loss and cochlear implants.

Read about the emotions and real life experiences of individuals of all ages, who have lost their hearing or have been born deaf.

You'll be in awe as you read about their miraclous journey into the hearing world through the help of cochlear implants.

Wonderful book with inspiring stories.

Ms Farley, herself a user of a cochlear implant, brings together extensive literature on the implants, news of the latest technology, plus many many stories from people who went through the decision-process and opted for a cochlear implant. If you or a loved one might be helped to hear by an implant, you need this book to help in making an informed decision.

This book has given me new insight into and appreciation of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. Dr. Resnikoff's model promotes flexibility and balance in the use of medication and therapy: His model demonstrates how crucial it is for the therapist to observe and listen to client(s) initially, and as therapy proceeds. The examples that Resnikoff offers should help individuals and especially therapists in training learn the value and importance of integrating therapy and psychopharmacology.

As a non-professional in family therapy, it took me a couple of chapters to fully understand Dr. Resnikoff's model. My bias against using drugs in therapy was also a hurdle I needed to overcome in appreciating Resnikoff's thesis which is that therapists need to be less dogmatic and adopt a kind of post-modern approach to therapy. Rather than dismissing one approach or school of thought for another, the author has developed a multi-dimensional model incorporating "talk therapy" and "drug therapy" in the treatment of patients. At the end of the day, Resnikoff's inclusivity and open-mindedness won me over where I understood and fully appreciated his complex approach. The "read" gets good too when he introduces case studies and examples from his own life to the text. Although not a simple book for a non-professional in psychotherapy, I found the book very rewarding. I find myself using Resnikoff's model as I go through life.

I found this book entertaining and instructive concerning the different techniques used by the author to treat family problems. I particularly enjoyed his "real-life" case examples.

If you love Central Park, you will enjoy this book. The history of the park is fascinating. This book focuses on the bridges in the park and the stories behind them. Many of the old photos are captivating. Enjoy!

This is a wonderful pictorial history of Central Park, pictures from the past and current pictures.
This history of the park is well depicted.
I would recommend this book to any one who enjoys history and/or New York City. Linda Steele, Largo, Florida

Must have history of the bridges. If you have ever been to Central Park then you will love this book. If you haven't then????????

It has been over ten years already since this anthology was first published, but the writings, photos, art, and interviews contained within it are still as stimulating, inspiring and necessary as when Behar's beautifully edited book first came out. Despite what was hoped for in the mid-90's, relations between Cuba and the United States have worsened and it seems that the possibility for dialogue between the two countries has narrowed even further. But at least we have the dialogue that Behar has so elegantly revealed in this volume.
Bridges to Cuba presents a diversity of perspectives in an attempt to piece back together the fragments of what politics and exile have divided. An excellent interview with poet Nancy Morejon succinctly summarizes this project. Morejon says, "the miracle that we could hold a conversation. That we could confront each other. Without imposing exile as a precondition, and without us imposing the precondition of being revolutionary islanders... it was only through [Cuban] culture that we could establish those links, recognize each other" (134).
The conversations are physical, between Cubans on the island and exiled Cubans, as well as intertextual. Fundamentally, however, this book converses with the reader, challenging his or her notions of the Cuba that resides in the popular imagination. Until the embargo is lifted, this book is the closest the average American reader can get to Cuba.

I had the pleasure of being a student of Ms. Behar and she is a wonderful woman. It's no surprise that her book is as informative and exciting as the class. I only wish I had asked her to sign it...

Bridges to Cuba is a collection of art, poetry, personal essays, and fiction written by Cubans on both sides of the straits of Florida.

A magnificent attempt to bring together all who are Cuban by birth, to share the complexities of what it has been like to be separated these many years. The submissions in this book capture magnificently the diversity of experiences, thoughts, emotions and conflicts caused by the separation of Cubans from each other, and for many, from the land of their birth. Having been born in Cuba and having lived in the U.S. for the last forty years, the contributions in this book spoke personally to me in a way that nothing I have ever read before has done. But the beauty of this book and the gift Behar has given, is to present the challenges and emotional depth of separation that all us feel in our lives. Each contribution gives us a different perspective, a unique view of the subject, and a deeper understanding of what it is like to be separated from that and those which we love.

Ruth, thank you.

Practical, rich in clinical wisdom, chock full of fascinating case illustrations, Bridges to Recovery is a comprehensive and enlightening book -- an appropriate book to lead our addictions work into the twenty-first century. It transforms our understanding of addiction and offers us a clinical and theoretical head start for the complex cultural tasks ahead of us. This is the first book in our clinical literature to comprehensively address addiction treatment from a perspective of multicultural competence. It should be required reading for all those in the health care field who deal with substance abuse. Every physician, psychologist, social worker, nurse and counselor should become familiar with the ideas in this book.

The editor, Jo-Ann Krestan, one of the senior clinicians and thinkers in the family therapy field, and a seminal teacher and clinician on issues of addiction, has brought together a remarkable and diverse group of clinicians who have front line experience and knowledge of the struggles of those suffering from addiction. They have done a superb job of summarizing the research and articulating their own and their group's cultural wisdom for intervention. The chapters take account of each group's cultural and political history and the impact of oppression and marginalization within the dominant culture in the United States.

Monica McGoldrick, Director, The Multicultural Family Institute, Highland Park, N.J.(www.MulticulturalFamily.org), whose books include Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture and Gender in Clinical Practice, The Expanded Family Life Cycle and Genograms

The section from the Native counselor which includes the cultural belief systems of Natives is the best I have come across in the literature. Their version of the 12 Steps is included also. This extensive section is worthe the price of the book!
Katherine van Wormer,co-author of Addiction Treatment

"Bridges to Recovery" shows the greatness of diversity to enrich our recovery with other people's ideas. It embodies something new for each of us to learn about the spiritual aspects of personal growth and find comfort in the healing process. I found it full of information for newcomers to sobriety as well as for old-timers like myself. Where else could you find reflected the brillance of God as you understand him in its impetus to spiritual growth? This book urges you to begin your healing journey and creates and open atmosphere that just might save your life.

Lots of interesting facts I never knew about the internet. Made my internet experience a lot more enjoyable and productive than I ever imagined!

Wao - everybody thinks they know the Internet! But they have not seen even a fifth of it until they have gone through the exercises in this book. Gopher and Archie? Most people have never heard of these services. They are out there and are very useful. I downloaded a ton of documents for my research paper this weekend.

The step by step intructions in this book make it easy to use. It taught me a lot about the Internet. It is a very user-friendly manual. A must have.

I'm stealing a part of a review written by "a reader" for the reprint edition of this book, as I think that it will give you a very good idea of the scope of this book: "The significant substories within the book describe the development of wire rope; the construction of the first successful suspension bridge across the Niagara Gorge; the details of construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; and the comparison of the sway bracing of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and its ultimate fate. These could all have been the subject of separate books and each was fascinating in itself." There are 16 excellent black-and-white photos on glossy paper and two wonderful engravings of building the Brooklyn Bridge. You don't have to pay $80 plus, the reprint price, for this First Edition published by Harcourt, Brace in 1945.

I read this book over 45 years ago while completing my undergraduate studies in Engineering. I have never forgotten it!! The significant substories within the book describe the development of wire rope; the construction of the first successful suspension bridge across the Niagara Gorge; the details of construction of the Brooklyn Bridge; and the comparison of the sway bracing of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and its ultimate fate. These could all have been the subject of separate books and each was facinating in itself.

This fascinating book descibes the the story of the brooklyn bridge in New York, and the story of their builders, the roebling brothers. Roebling had the great idea of building a bridge not with stiff beams, but with two big soft ropes made of fibers of strong and elastic steel. An idea, which now is used with nearly all Bridges of wide span. I love this book, because it is not an engineering report, but the touching story of the life of mainly the elder Roebling brother, who dedicated his health and his life to this bridge.

I could read this book nearly 40 years ago, and still it is one of my favorites. I do not posess it, and I deeply regret that it is not available any more. Hopefully AMAZON can find some and put them on their stock...

I'm an occupational therapist and have taken entire courses in sensory integration that were not as clear and helpful with ideas as this book.

This is a great book for any parent with an autistic child. Occupational therapist use this book them selves. The book gives good fundamental info on sensory issues and provides good strategies on how to help your child. Outstanding book

As an occupational therapist, I love this book for the suggestions it provides to the very practical everyday difficulties parents face when their child has sensory integration issues. To me, the only downfall is that it refers to children with autism so much. I have used it with any child with sensory integration difficulties, but have had to create my own handouts based on the book to avoid offending parents whose children are clearly not autistic. It addresses things like brushing teeth, getting to and staying asleep, and problem behaviors like biting, hitting, and so much more.

The Challenging Counterfeit by Raphael Gasson published in 1966 still challenges us today.

I was struck by how very pertinent and up to date the information in this book is to the church of the 21st century.

Many of the things described by Gasson, a former Spiritualist medium, as taking place in the meetings of Spiritualists interacting with evil spirits (demons) during previous decades have taken a quantum leap forward and are now seen as everyday occurances in church meetings today.

I found many parallels between the healings, miracles, signs and wonders taking place at so-called "Christian" meetings today--especially those involved in the Prophetic movement--with those occuring at the Spiritualist meetings Gasson was involved in.

Truly counterfeit miracles and lying wonders are happening with greater frequency now than ever before.

In reading this book, I was also challenged, more than ever before, to 'seek the best gifts,' as Satan only counterfeits gifts that are real to begin with. Gasson never loses sight of this fact as he compares the real gifts of the Holy Spirit with Satan's very subtle, very clever, and very real counterfeits.

The people of God are challenged in this book not to neglect the real gifts He has given through the power of His Holy Spirit.

Woman Submit! Christians & Domestic Violence

This book is extremely helpful in uncovering the subtilties of the enemy's workings to seduce even the True believer in todays world. Today there are christians who emphasize "Experience" over the Written Word. This book defines the individual workings of the occult.

Short commentary from an extremely satisfied reader. I read this book in 1982 or so during a Biblical research class. The Challenging Counterfeit, in my opinion at least, has to be the best book of it's kind. It is most descriptive and detailed. Authored obviously by a person who has been there and survived well enough intact to write about it. Should you ever decide you want to dabble in spiritualism I highly reccomend this book as you may change your mind. Definitely food for thought.

No, the title is not a typo! This book takes place in an ancient China that existed long ago (or perhaps never at all), and Hughart's storytelling is just amazing. He builds a world that is noisy, colorful, alive, but also overwhelmingly funny. I laughed out loud many times throughout all three stories.

Other reviewers talked about Hughart's imagery and prose, but they gloss over what I consider to be the best part of these books (now bound together in one volume): they are funny. Truly a romp through ancient China and an escape from modern life!

The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughart is a work of sheer outlandish fiction. It is a beast of a book at 652 pages long and is not for the faint of literary heart, but once you finish the book, you realize how much you really loved it and wanted more. This book fulfill the axiom of "you don't know what you have until it is gone".
The use of cliffhangers made this plot of coming of age a truly fast and addictive read. In the book, a country boy named Number Ten Ox from the village of Ku Fu must embark on a journey across China with the sage Master Li, who has a slight flaw in his character, to save the children of Ox's village from a terrible affliction. On the way they meet up with any number of foul and despicable villains and foil them with a devilishly clever series of tricks concocted by Master Li and inflicted by Ox. A great example is their sales pitch of a goat that can defecate gold while eating nothing but garbage, but what the buyer doesn't hear is this description. " The servant brought up the rear dragging a cart filled with garbage and cheap copper disks covered in gold leaf with a goat tethered to it."
I found the book unique because of the characters. Characters often recur and appear in different roles each time. Several villains, after being tricked by the dynamic duo see the error of their ways and come back into the story as supporting protagonists. However, the role of protagonist is slightly blurred, and this gives the book its strange appeal. It is hard to distinguish which characters are right. The villains are seen through the eyes of Ox and Master Li, but some of the tricks of these two are just as dastardly as the plots of the villains. However, with the fate of the children in their hands, Ox and Master Li seem to have Right on their side, and that makes you care. The moral ambiguity in the book reflects life and I believe that Hughart was trying to apply this story to real life. As with real life, there is nor a clear sense of Right and Wrong when it comes to some issues.
This is a beautifully written book in the sense of pure, rich description. "Master Li and I dazzled the eyes in tunics of sea-green silk that were secured by silver girdles with borders of jade. The jeweled pendants that dangled from our fine tasseled hats tinkled in the breeze, and we languidly waved gold-spattered Szech'uen fans." Also, the story construction leaves the reader interested and, often, wanting more and more. The author uses cliffhangers, such as this one, to help the book along. Ox and Master Li cause a disturbance in a resort town owned by a powerful duke and they have been sentenced to death in a labyrinth flooded by the tides. "Slim dark shapes were sliding across the dark floor like snakes. It was water, and the tide was coming in" There is a distinct uncertainty about how it is going to turn out for our heroes and the reader wants to find out more. The author also keeps the story moving with humor as when Ox meets the beautiful Lotus Flower and falls instantly and implacably in love with her. "'My surname is Lu and my personal name is Yu, but I am not to be confused with the eminent author of The Classic of Tea, and everyone calls me Number Ten Ox,' I moaned. She laughed softly and she said, 'I shall call you Boopsie.'"
You can tell by the above description and quotes from the book that the characters were not exactly designed by a Chinese author. Barry Hughart was born in the Midwest and was raised in Arizona. He did serve a tour of duty in Japan, and, interestingly, he developed a love affair with China from his experiences there. However, the critics seem to agree with me. They say that it should not be missed and are " a witty and original romp" and an "Oriental bouillabaisse of adventure and mystery". The critics and I seem to be in agreement that this is the perfect book for those who thirst for adventure, but need it mixed with some humor and fantasy to drink a whole glass. In other words, if you are an avid fantasy fan, a fan of Oriental literature, or just someone who likes a well written, funny book, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox is truly the book for you

This special edition is quite beautiful, with all three books bound into one edition. Of course, the individual books still contain the same wonderful story, but this edition is perfect for anyone putting together a bookshelf or collection.

These novels are a must-read for anyone who is a fantasy lover, history buff, mystery fan, or a myth enthusiast. Hughart is a terrific storyteller and clearly knows his ancient Chinese lore and legend. The thrid book, Eight Skilled Gentlemen, is not quite as top-notch as the others. The first two (Bridge of Birds and The Story of the Stone) are both fantastic and fun to read.

All three books can be violent and bloody, as well as sexually explicit, but anyone who is a fan of anime will be familiar with the tone of these novels. Some of his metaphors require close reading, but an intelligent and close reader will have no problem enjoying these books.

Give these books a read-- pay attention to the well-constructed mysteries and brilliantly told legends. It is a shame Hughart did not write more of these.