Brooks Books

The author has a website I believe at cozybooks dot com and anyone who has appreciated reading the book might leave the author a note there. The other reviews have captured the impact of reading this book. It's so vividly clear that I too can imagine a new film with the likes of our favorite actresses - Jodie Foster and cameos for Glenn Close, Susan Sarandon, etc.

Janice Brooks Young's historical novel leads me to think, as many of us are today, about the meaning of war and peace in a climate of global conflict.* I'm reflecting on humankind's inability to live peacefully, not to mention equitably, within the limits of earth's resources.

This novel is based on substantial research into WW II Sumatran internment camps for women. I'm not a historian so I can't comment on how closely it portrays living there. But I do intend to take my own advice this Thanksgiving week; let me think not only about my comfy life in America 2007 compared to theirs. I continue to think of ways other than misguided war and accompanying atrocities that we can create a just world where generosity of spirit is valued and domination and cruelty are not.

* This book like the Iraq war is profoundly disturbing.

I read this book years ago, loved it and have for years wanted to read it again. However, I could not remember the title or the author. I searched every used book store I came across and finally found it again recently and was thrilled. It is a wonderful story of courageous women. It is a must read for any WW2 history buff. As someone else stated, I, too, wish Steven Spielburg would make it into a movie. This story comes alive and the characters are so real that I found myself forgetting that I was reading a novel. I was there, living this story with the characters. I could not put the book down. This is one of the best books I have ever read and I will guard my new copy closely. I do not want to ever lose it again!

This book gives an excellent "feel" of women under stress and in appalling conditions in an internment camp during WWII. The characters are very realistically portrayed, and the book contained a great deal of historical fact. I found this book hard to put down. My only regret is that I cannot find a copy of the movie, "Silent Cries", based on Ms. Brooks novel.If you can find the book, buy it. You won't be disappointed.
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I read this book about 10 years ago and it was one of the few stories that would pop into my head over time. I always wondered what happened to this book----2 weeks ago, I found the book in an old box and reread it with just as much enjoyment as I did 10 years ago. I NEVER reread books! But this story was just so vivid in detail, I couldn't put it down. Now that I know it is out of print, I will make sure it goes with my treasured (small) collection of books I want to pass down to my daughter. If you can get a copy, worth the read and my copy is a worn, yellowed hand me down--wish I could have see the movie they made! As other reviewers wrote, this is a book that you really get attached to the characters. The ending just left you wanting to know more about woman who went through this experience!

A member of my book club loved this book so much that she took it upon herself to purchase several copies and require it to be the subject book the next time she hosted the club.

Well, I did not get one of the copies she had so I ordered my own through Amazon. I can't put this book down, it is fascinating! The characters are all unique, each with their own depth. The author has obviously done her research well in order to make the story seem factual. The only thing that I do not like is knowing that I will truly miss these characters after I finish the book!!!

I found this book to be outstanding. It covers subjects in a different way than most others. It is a very good purchase especially if you're aware of a pending death because it has checklists for when clear thoughts are uncomprehendable. It also shares stories of people, real people who have suffered losses.

I found this workbook and its companion book, "I wasn't ready to say a goodbye" a tremendous help after the sudden death of our 36b year old daughter. It contains very practical help, but more importantly gave me a sense that I was not alone. The authors very effectively used their experience to help others work through their grief.

This book is helpful to my clients when dealing with a sudden death.

This is an excellent grief resource that provides a solid roadmap to go along with the book. The activities are meaningful and help one who has recently suffered a loss go through the grieving process faster.

You will get the most benefit if you read the book and do the activities provided in this workbook. However, you could work with each of these separately.

The The Grief Recovery Handbook : The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death Divorce, and Other Losses is also quite popular and geared toward losses of all types. This book is strongly focused on a recent loss, but will be useful to anyone who is grieving the death of a loved one.

"As we live our life, we can choose to become a light for those we have lost. We can carry their memory, their hopes, their dreams into the future." ~Brook Noel

The need to talk about loss can lead to a deeper healing process and having a comforting workbook provides a place of understanding. In order to move through the grieving process, Brook Noel and Pamela Blair explain the process of grief.

They start the book with notes for the first few weeks, lists of calls that need to be made and information on who needs to be notified. There are place to write all the information you need to remember.

They explain the emotions of fear, anger and depression and also provide calming exercises. There are helpful guides for anyone helping others with loss and the section on Learning through Loss provides an excellent list of positive affirmations. There are ideas about Memory Books and ways to honor someone through donations or a living memorial.

The third chapter answers many questions that need to be answered. Should you take medication to get through the process or would a natural therapy work better? I have found the Bach Rescue Remedy to be very effective and comforting.

Explaining the situation to children and dealing with the holidays are also issues to consider. Writing poetry and memories in a journal are also ideas that are helpful and healing. The quotes and poems throughout the workbook are beautiful and carefully chosen.

Understanding grief can also help you with all areas of loss in your life, because I think we go through them when we lose anything or anyone we truly love. So in that regard, this book is for everyone and will be appreciated by counselors, pastors, family members, friends and especially by anyone who is currently experiencing the affects of loss. Additional books and CDs are also available.

~The Rebecca Review

This book has the best recipe for potato salad, BBQ chicken, and salsa!

I got this book as a gift. It was a cute book - something that brought me back to the days of "Dad Knows BBQ Best." Sadly, I don't really use the book too much.

As a cookbook: ok
As a cute gift for a dad who likes to cook: priceless

This is such a fun book, plus it has some great summer recipes (easy, too!)! It's even just a "fun" read for us "babyboomers", takes us back to the good old backyard bbq days with the family!

Being an excellent cook myself, I read cookbooks more for ideas than anything else. This book not only gave me lots of ideas, it brought back memories of my Grandmother's cooking. Also, it wasn't filled with a lot of endless, useless, chatter.

This book has incredible graphics - 50's style. I've stood it up on my counter and everyone who comes over says, "Patio DaddyO!" Unfortunately, it hasn't inspired my husband to take over the tongs. Ah well. This makes a great gift for any BBQ'er or yourself - especially if you're into the late 50's/ early 60's style of anything. Worth the low price and more.

My new favourite cookbook, and I haven't even tried out the recipes yet! Everything about this book seems so fresh even though the graphics are items that are over 50 years old. The copy is vividly written, just reading the recipes makes you want to throw on an apron and get grillin! The titles of recipes are fabulous, such as "Slab o' Fun Barbequed Meat Loaf" and "Cheesy-Drippin, Garlic Fumin' St. Louis Salad" and the recipes are equally creative. I love how they take classics and give them a twist! There is not a single recipe in this book that I expect to find in any other cookbook. Even if the recipes didn't look delicious and interesting I would still want this book. It's a wonderful reference for the 50's kitsch collecter...all kinds of bbq items and pictures illustrate each page, all appropriately chosen. The graphics add so much! This is a gem of a book! I can't wait to display this wonderful conversation peice on my chrome bakers rack in my retro kitchen and have my friends over for a classic patio party!

What a wonderful, helpful book. I don't know these ladies personally, but I am proud to call them my sisters. Everyone knows Phi Mus throw the best parties!

As a young professional who enjoys entertaining & misses all of her friends being together all the time, this is a great book! It is full of creative ways to have a great time without digging deep into your pockets. The book is light hearted and can easily be used by anyone, but cherished by the true sorority girls!

Wow. And, thought "growing up" and writing a book on how to create pockets of joy every single day was extending my college giddiness as far as one possibly could!
As the President of Ohio University's Alpha Xi Delta Chapter ('84), I wholeheartedly applaud everything about this book. My book helps women to realize that every day can be a celebration, and Deandra Brooks' book tells them how to do it with style. Perfect.

Not only did this book take the stress out of planning any party, but it made me laugh! You can read this for fun, or for planning your latest shindig. I found that the recipes highlighted for the various parties can be mixed and matched for any occasion. Who knew I could throw a party for the Kentucky Derby? The party plans outlined in the book are easy to follow, use easy to find ingredients, and are not expensive to create. Also, the additional commentary, lists and suggestions are helpful in preparation for the party as well as making you laugh! I highly recommend this book for anyone, sorority and non-sorority girls (& guys!) alike!

I was in a sorority as a collegiate and we threw and attended some great parties in my day. As a result, I knew how to throw a great party and keep with a theme, but had some trouble coming up with ice breakers that weren't cheesy but still managed to help my guests mingle and get to know each other. Thanks to Morgan and Brooksie, I have some great ones now! I especially loved their ideas for the New Year's Martini bash (Happy New Martini!).

This is among the best scholarly works I've encountered in the course of a long academic career. It is both meticulously researched and beautifully written and it has quickly become one of the books that I reference most frequently in my work. Holifield has written the definitive book in his field and although those readers looking for a light and easy primer on theological history would best search elsewhere, those with serious interest in the American theological past will find no better book out there than this one.

E. Brooks Holifield, though I have never met him, has been a writer-mentor ever since I read his early work, "A History of Pastoral Care in America." Holifield brings his same passionate precision to his latest book, "Theology in America." His humble title belies the depth of the book, yet at the same time communicates clearly the comprehensive task that he has undertaken. His subtitle says it all, "Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War."

Holifield writes in a magesterial style, fitting for his topic. As Grant Wacker notes, it is "massively researched and elegantly crafted." The author leaves none of the proverbial stones unturned, as his control of his subject ranges from high church to low, from free white to enslaved black.

As with his study of American pastoral care, so here Holifield ably sees and shares themes and threads that others often miss. In particular, Holifield highlights the ever-existing tension between theological truth and practical relevance evident in the American theological pursuit. Thus the reader receives the big picture as well as the summary, the forest and the trees.

Reviewer: Bob Kellemen, Ph.D., is the author of "Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction," and of "Soul Physicians" and "Spiritual Friends."

E. Brooks Holifield at Emory University pays his Yale mentor, the late Sydney E. Ahlstrom, the supreme compliment of writing a book that takes American religious history studies miles further from Ahlstrom's landmark book of 1971. Many American religious histories are more sociological than historical, studies of histories, practices, and distinctions of religious bodies, most often mainstream Protestant. Holifield's book is pure intellectual history, extraordinarily researched and well-written. This is a dazzling achievement.

Theology in America is a fascinating read. Dr. Holifield illustrates the fragmentation and diverse thought of theology in antebellum America from its colonial beginnings until approximately 1850. Regarding the negative reviews, I would certainly agree that this is not light reading. However I would also absolutely disagree with the premise that the effort is not worth pursuing. For this book holds a lot of gems and like other precious jewels the discovery, while maybe a difficult undertaking, is definitely worth the effort.

One caveat should be stated: the style of writing assumes that the reader has a good understanding of church and theological history along with a basic knowledge of the popular philosophical schools of thought of the 17th and 18th centuries. Dr. Holifield writes with an erudite style with his primary academic audience in mind, therefore it is not meant for casual reading. With that notation given, the reader will have profited tremendously in their knowledge of the beginnings and maturation of American theology when they have completed the book. I certainly did. I plan on rereading it within the year to further solidify my understanding of antebellum theology.

Holifield's book is simply outstanding. Granted, you do need some basic grounding in theology, philosophy and church history to really get into the text. But Holifield's theme of American Christian thinkers seeking to understand the relationship between reason and faith is extremely helpful. The dawning of America is intricately tied into the rise of the Enlightenment. As American Christianity develops, the leading theologians of the church must contend with challenges raised by modern rationalist thought. From the philosophical footwork of John Locke and Thomas Reid to the limitations of Baconian reasoning in dealing with the subject of slavery in biblical interpretation, Holifield weaves a very full and engaging intellectual historical narrative. Some of Holifield's subjects, such Jonathan Edwards, are fully involved in the Enlightenment struggle, whereas others retreat from the intellectual challenges of the modern era. Nevertheless, God's Kingdom marches on in all of its amazing (and, frankly, discouraging at times) diversity in the life of the church. Holifield's history is very thought provoking, and it really gives you a hunger to learn more. It deserves another read in the future, for sure!As an observation, I find it really incredible to realize that most modern Americans have very little exposure to the thoughts that are expressed in this book. For example, Thomas Reid is a central figure but most modern historical reflections on philosophy regard him as a point on the conservative fringe. With the exception of today's conservative Reformed Calvinists, you hardly find any mention of Jonathan Edwards, except for his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon in our public education (and even Christian private education). Many thanks go to Holifield for setting the historical record straight.

When I first laid eyes on this charming book I knew that we had to have it for our library. Scott Franson's illustrations are expressive, masterfully rendered and magical. Our kids love discovering the story and find new elements every time they look at the pictures. The idea is fresh and fun, and the message empowering. You will not be disappointed with this lovely little gem of a book!

Un-Brella is a delightful little picture book. Scott does a wonderful job telling the story without writing a single word. I have seen some of Scott's other work and personally own some of his illustrations. I would highly recommend this book for children and parents to enjoy together.

This book is delightfully whimsical, very clever story and it has the best artwork I've seen in a long time. I'm looking forward to the next book from this author/illustrator.

This book is a visual delight! The author is a graphics design professor and he definitely knows his stuff. The story is completely visual, with absolutely no text, and my kids (ages 5 & 6) continually get a thrill out of "reading" it out loud to me. The gist of the story is that a little girl has a special umbrella that creates weather under it that is the opposite of the actual weather -- so she wears a swimsuit in the snow and makes a sunny path of green grass and flowers wherever she walks, etc., etc. It's simultaneously gorgeous and cute.

This is a charming and clever picture book that reaches many ages for many reasons. In each scene, you can look for the daisy or daisies that are sometimes hard to find (even inside the front cover!). All the many drawn snowflakes are actually different. The story plot line unfolds easily and imaginatively as the little girl uses her magical unbrella to make the weather she wants, where she wants it and when she wants it. The art work is really beautiful.

At one point in everyone's life our imaginations will become reigned, made barren that it is. Whether the reigner was a lost love, a detrimental failure, or just the everyday trials of life, we lose that little piece of us that craves the impossible. In The Barren Twelve, a Spire is spoken of, and this has the capacity to restore that which is lost. While reading this book, I slowly began to feel my imagination reignite with the wonder and innocence it was once had. To be able to read a book and have that sense of wonder rekindled through Todd VanHooser's writing is a true gift. The writing is sensible, you won't get lost in futile Shakespearean wanna-be writing like that of many fantasy writers. Additionally, each character deals with the temptations, trials, and triumphs like anyone else here on Earth, the only difference is that they are elves, orlocks, drawves, seekers, and magicians. Nevertheless, the battle between good and evil blurs the lines of black and white, making the story fast-paced with a genuine brush of humanity. You will be missing the chance of a lifetime to enter the Spire of Imagination and Adventure if you do not read this book. Don't cheat yourself.

A great entertaining book. Once I started I wasn't able to stop. Vanhooser wastes no time pulling the reader into the exciting action of this adventure. Vanhooser's characters become very real in the readers mind. Read this book and you will be left waiting for the next one!

This book is a fun ride that leaves you guessing until the end, which will leave you gasping for breath. Great strong characters- both heroes and villains are multifaceted. Kiernan and Loreena are both great heroines. BTW, I am totally in love with Keth.

Van Hooser has created a world rich in detail and danger, magic and morality. The key to writing excellent fantasy is creating 'real' characters in an unreal setting, broadening our own understanding of what is...and what can be. If ever there was a book that took the entire genre to the next level, this is it! Read it at once!

Todd VanHooser's first effort is more than surprising, it is incredible. His writer's voice and ability to paint a colorful fantasy world tapestry reminds me of the greats of this genre. The plot is outstanding, easily followed, and complete. Don't underestimate the potential of this author....my guess is that he'll be around for years to come. I, for one, anxiously anticipate whatever is next.

Dr. Dale Moffitt's stellar editing of Brook's spoken words is a feat of great importance and magnitude. Cheers!

This book is should be required for all students of theater. Not only does it offer inspiration, practical insight, and thought provoking questions, it is an exciting read. It is an indispensable companion to "The Empty Space." Brook's ideas are vital and timeless, and Dr. Moffitt serves as both guide and translator through them. No theater Library would be complete without this tome of wisdom from two living legends: Peter Brook and Dr. Dale Moffitt.

Dale Moffitt breathes clarity into Brook's words and often circular ideas that may have been missed otherwise. As a member of the theatre community, I feel blessed that someone was able to illustrate Mr. Brook's forum to the Dallas area. We are lucky to have such a thoughtful insight into the week-long visit of Brook's.

Dale Moffitt, a wonderful acting teacher in his own right, presents this wonderfully useful insight into the often complex world of Peter Brook. Moffitt's own spirit shines through this book, illuminating Brook in an marvelous new light. For me, this is the next best thing to having Brook or Moffitt right there in the classroom with you!

"Between Two Silences: Talking With Peter Brook" is the account of a conversation between Peter Brook and an academic audience over a period of several days. Intelligently edited by Dale Moffitt, it displays Brook's first rate mind. I assume the book would be helpful to students of drama and of Brook's work; my purpose is to recommend it to more general readers. Brook has keen insights into human nature and motivation, with zesty comments about ego, hierarchies, awareness of one's surroundings, and focusing on the material at hand. I profited from his comments about working with what is available, in terms of budget, personnel, setting, and so on. Anyone who needs to work with a team with limited resources, whether in business, academia, government, or even the church, will find here a comrade and a masterful intellect. Brook was clearly "present" to his audience during these conversations. One can understand that the same presence is the key to his remarkable accomplishments in directing.

My favorite author when it comes to strength training. This book is gonna change the way you think when you think of training for more muscle mass. it can be easily ordered at the authors site just type dinosaur training in the search. Also worth reading are Struat McRobert and Randall Strossen if you like this author. If you r just starting out in search of that elusive physique you got to read this one and even if you have been doing this for a while its even more important to have this book. Any strength training fan can tell you what dinosaur training did to there world. Carry on Dino brothers and sisters. Strength and Health all the way.

Hi,
words are not enough to say how this book is. In fact, this is the STRENGHT TRAINING BIBLE, not more than that! This is a classic master piece. Everything you need to know about really productive training or how to develop tremendous strenght is cover in this book. If bodybuilding leaved you alone with no gains, if popular training method doesn't works for you, if REAL strenght (strong man like) is something that interest you, if you are tired of book consisting of nothing but 5 pounds exercises with stretching, if you want to know nearly everything about productive traing : What are best exercices, How much time do I have to train, What are single and why do them, How many reps should I do to became stronger, How old timer strong man that lifted near 400 pounds arms lenght over head WITHOUT ANY CHEATING GEAR (supplement, wrist, steroid and other widgets) develop their strengh? How to increased substancially your poundage on exercise, how to improve your grip strenght and close 150 pounds or more spring cruncher, How to raise your physical fitness to a super level and so on... BUY THIS BOOK! YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT! Nothing else to say. Best 20 bucks ever invest in training in my life.

In writing Dinosaur Training, Brooks Kubik has blessed us with the finest strength training book written in more than thirty years, and one of the greatest and most inspirational strength training books of all time. If you want to learn the real, no-nonsense secrets to building true, functional strength that will last a lifetime, each page of Dinosaur Training is packed with those secrets. No gimmicks here, just hard work and how to do it the right and most productive way.

Kubik is no armchair authority. A former world record holder in the bench press, he is a lifetime drug-free lifter and athlete who practices the tried-and-true, old-school strength-building methods he details in Dinosaur Training. Today, past the half-century mark in age, Kubik is far stronger and fitter than the vast majority of much younger athletic men, a living testimony of Dinosaur Training's effectiveness.

In conclusion, I give Dinosaur Training my highest recommendation, and I strongly urge you to do yourself a special favor and purchase a copy. It will be the best strength-training investment you will ever make.

First, I don't know where the previous poster gets his info, but Kubik DOES still train with weights. On his website, in an article dated March 08, he mentions working with dumbells.

Second, this book is still available in many online stores. I don't know why it is going for over $100 on Amazon. I bought it in summer 08 for 17 bucks.

The book: As my title suggests, DT is the best book on training I have ever read. And I have read many over the last 20+ years. The book provides, in incredible detail, the prescription for bigger stronger muscles. The problem with so many other books is that they tell you what you want to hear instead of what you need to hear. DT tells it like it is. Hard work + heavy weights + progression + compound movements + abbreviated workouts = success. After 25 years of weight training I have finally gotten stronger and bigger, at age 39, following these principles. Ironically, I gradually figured it out on my own in the last couple of years. DT confirmed what I learned on my own, though it did also add to my knowledge base. There is no hype in this book, no pictures of steroid freaks, and nothing complicated. Kubik makes it clear from the start that this is a book for people who are drug-free, willing to work brutally hard, and not get swept up by what the crowd is doing this week. Following DT's priciples you will be successful. After YEARS of complete failure using every other training theory out there, it is a dream come true to finally have some success. The only thing to remember about DT is that 99% of the people in this world are too mentally weak to do it properly. I've watched videos on Youtube of people doing 20 reps squats for example. I've yet to see anyone doing them with the necessary intensity. I only wish I saw the light sooner. I must have spent THOUSANDS on books, suppliments and those idiotic Joe Weider magazines over the 1990's! Joe weider is a con man and manipulator who should be in jail! But "that's a whole other can or worms" as they say.

Brooks Kubik wrote the most inspiring strength training book of all time. I defy anyone to read this book and tell me otherwise.

What is it? Brooks has compiled a book of old strong-man techniques for building incredible, superhuman strength. The old school training methods were written before you could shoot yourself full of chemicals and puff up like a distressed blowfish. In the old days, bodybuilders were not expected to look pretty or be "hooge" veiny looking ding dongs they are now a days; they were expected to be exemplars of terrifying strength. Men who could bend pieces of iron, or tear up solid objects with bare hands, or toss around human beings as if they were nerf toys. Brooks book is a manly bellowing back to the days of tossing around giant logs, pushing around enormous dumb bells and bar bells, and picking up objects that ordinary human beings would have a hard time moving with a fork lift. He isn't hearkening back to the golden, "muscle beach" days; he's hearkening back to some atavistic time when weightlifters were men who wore singlets, and grew giant walrus moustaches, and worked in a circus.

The book outlines many exercises and odd lifts which have been forgotten. It also advocates for use of odd shaped objects, and away from the use of machines to achieve functional strength goals. Personally, I actually do find machines occasionally useful, and I figure Brooks probably did once in a while as well, as he hints here and there, particularly in the first edition of the book. But abhoring such things as evil is a good and necessary thing to do.

This is not a complete training book. It doesn't talk much about nutrition, and disdains the idea of periodization (probably out of spirit more than anything else, but it is still necessary to rest sometimes). This is a book that, when you read it, makes you want to get out and train. Preferably using some kind of scary impliment made out of rusty iron girders, anvils or anchor chain. But even if not; it makes you want to acquire old fashioned herculean strength.

I'm a book work but only for teen books with some type of romance in it. This book was captivating and I could not put it down. I cried and the main character was so unfortunate. It made me want to reach into the book and hug her for being so unlucky...

Falling in love and its aftermath felt like "falling through darkness" for 17-year-old Ginny; fast and uncontrollable, not knowing what to reach for, and seemingly nothing to hold on to. Once a shy and studious girl, Ginny begins to go out with the untamable Aiden, but their wild, secret relationship ends tragically one night when he dies after driving off a bridge, but Ginny, his passenger, survives. Without the love of her life, Ginny goes into a deep depression, and her confusion and grief even lead her to try to pursue a relationship with her neighbor, Caleb, a much older man. Ginny's thoughts and emotions continue to have her mind in disarray; could she have prevented the accident? What if she had died, too? Will she ever get over Aiden and what happened that night?

Falling Through Darkness, MacCullough's first novel, is freshly written and readers will easily get hooked into the story. The novel begins after Aiden's death, but you steadily find out more about the events that led up to the fateful night of the crash. Things then begin to unravel; you discover that Ginny's grief goes much deeper than first believed, and you will learn more about Ginny and Aiden's relationship, but readers, and not really the characters, seem to know what is going on inside Ginny's mind, emphasizing just how alone she must feel. This is not your ordinary story about coping with loss and learning to live again, but instead it reminds us that the answers are not always easy to come by...and neither is finding such original fiction like this author has written. This is a highly recommendable novel for teens.

Amazing. Just get it. I read it in one sitting.

As one reviewer said, teenage and adult "girls" alike can relate to the protagonist. The story flows from one page to the other; it wasn't very hard at all for me to put myself in Ginny's shoes, remembering that sense of isolation, that "in between" stage. Carolyn's writing is pure poetry. So, will we see Caleb again? Waiting for the next book.

This novel grabs you from the very first page - I couldn't put it down. The characters are real and engaging, and the plot unfolds at just the right pace. The intense, yet ambiguous, relationship between Caleb and Ginny is especially well-drawn. I can't wait for Ms. MacCullough's next book!