Burns Books

This book gives all you need to know about when and where
Burns met anyone,wrote his poetry,whom the poem was
about and many other items of interest about Burns.

Och, every Scots should have a copy!! Maurice Lindsay is a well-known poet, broadcaster and writer on many aspects of Scottish life and Literature (see his Castles of Scotland for one). He has written several on Burns already.
If it touched Burns, it's listed here. This is not a collection of Burns poems, but a companion to them. An excellent work for people just becoming acquainted with Scotland's beloved poet and need to understand the poetry better. Many editions of Burns works have glossaries to help with the Scots, but it still leaves the general reader or student with a lot of questions. This book fills in the gaps, so should be used as a study companion piece to books with Burns' complete works.

Highly recommended for fans of Burns wanting to understand the man and the period he lived.

Just about every person, place, or thing mentioned in the songs and poems of Robert Burns (1759-1796) is given a paragraph or two. Indispensible encyclopedia on the "most gifted British soul" of the 18th century.

This book is full of facts about boats, it encourages questions which are eventually answered, and it puts safety issues into young minds to be pulled out if needed. Its story line is engaging and it is wonderfully illustrated. A joy for young readers and adults alike.

This book does what no other book of its class has ever done...teaches boating safety rules to children while being very entertaining for adults too! The storyline is charming and illustrations are tops. Dee Cache's book should get an award for saving lives!

As a father of 4 young children I find this book must reading for the entire family. Beautifuly and cleaverly illustrated. A long overdue book for boating safety.

I came across this book at a book signing at the Greenbriar and bought several copies as gifts. All of my nephews and neices in ogdensburg, nj loved it.

my autistic son, jimmy, rarely sits quiet when i read him a book, but this was different. he enjoyed the illustrations and the story. hats off to the author for giving us some fun together.

Schoolteacher in San Fran and i loved this book for my first graders. the humor and the funny illustrations kept my students attention and i was then able to turn it into a learning opportunity. a strong recommendation for all first grade teachers.

Author Susan Wells artfully weaves together inspiring stories from three points of view: social change-makers, her role as a mentor, and, for the reader, the power of open space to restore us. Her book is a counterpoint to today's obsession with benchmarks and metrics (in nonprofit and for-profit settings) rather than the people who create change.

While I'm not in the non-profit world, I found this book to be incredibly inspiring. This book is about community, supporting the people on the front lines, retreat and the difference one or two people can make.
The writing is poetic - so much so that I felt transported. I wish I knew of a way to get this book into a wider variety of bookstore subject areas as many more people would benefit from this than just folks in the non-profit world.

What a lovely story - full of simple truths that any one of us can benefit from. It's a pretty fast read (less than 200 pgs), full of heartfelt, revealing portraits of real people and their experiences of renewal. The author and the people profiled provide us with a solution to the always-present problem of burnout - specifically for those who work in the fields of social and environmental justice. I think the story is applicable for anyone who may have 'lost themselves' in their work and now suffers from the various symptoms that so easily creep in.

It's a beautifully written, personal reflection by one of the co-founders of an inventive program they call Windcall. I readily recommend this book to anyone who has a spouse, friend, sibling or coworker that could use an optimistic reminder that we are not simply our work. And that the vital life force and creativity that often gets snatched away if one's identity becomes too locked and identified only with work-related responsibilities can indeed be restored and renewed.

Just a short review of a book that I have read and reread for the last 3-4 years....it is the perfect book for you to read with and to your significant other. A blessing of a book that soothes the heart and soul. Also, when you get the chance look up other works of the authors referred to in the book ....and you will have some new wisdom added to your shelves courtesy of Khephra and Susan

This book is quite impressive and inspirational. The authors have included works from a wide range of spiritual and religious traditions. The universal wisdom from which it draws shines through. This book is a must for those who seek truth in a form that is unfettered by doctrine and dogma

It is unfortunate that the authors chose to name the book Confirmation. It immediately draws up images of religious indoctrination into one or another particular religious group. If that is what you are looking for in this book then you will be very disappointed. Instead it is a recounting of the spiritual growth of the authors as well as their collection of inspirational writings from around the world. The inspirational passages represent the wisdom and deep understanding of many cultures and are hard to read without some sort of emotional stirrings. Well selected to be appropriate to the section, it is not indoctrination designed to lead you to confirmation in a particular religion but inspiration designed to lead you into your own personal confirmation. A great book for keeping a healthy and positive perspective in life.

This book is great and I'm buying more. Provides the negative as well as the postitve and ranks each section on a standardized scale that the authors use for each college so that comparisons can be made. Gives detailed information os many things that the school info does not take into account.

College Prowler books are well worth the investment for students and parents investigating colleges. They give a detailed picture of the school, written from current students' perspectives. Once you have narrowed your list of schools to 10 or fewer, I would recommend buying the College Prowler titles for all of those. It's a small investment compared to the cost of visiting the campus, application fees, and -- of course -- TUITION!

College Prowler books are stupendous for helping you with your college search. The Cornell University guidebook is especially great if you are considering applying to Cornell, if you have already been accepted, or if you would like to compare it to other Ivy League schools. It is even a good resource if you are visiting the school, as it contains tour information, addresses and recommendations for restaurants, and information on places to visit in the surrounding community. As for the school itself, the Cornell College Prowler book considers subjects admissions officers would never tell you about like what the drug scene is, how the parties are, and even if the population is hot! It also gives you the down and dirty on academics, stress, professors, and more. It's a great resource and a small price to pay for having piece of mind on your school of choice.

This imaginative first book author has executed some interesting twists and turns from a believable hard scrabble early life. A reader's heart bleeds for a fine, upstanding person's recalling such a painful young life--(I know him as a fine person today).

David Burns then takes us on a flight of fantasy that is thrilling, interwoven with locales which are familiar to Oregonians as well as to those who have visited Oregon... I would sense there is another book brewing in D.H. Burns' prolific mind and I can't wait for it to be produced!
--Vyrne Samco

This is a romp and a great retrospective on the Baby Boomers generation of growing up in alcoholism, abject poverty and coming of age in the tumultuous 60s... It's a man's man kind of read too! It's a terrific insight into the male psyche for all us boomer fems too! It's a hoot, a page-turner, a real unique yarn!

This novel was over 20 years in the making and has proven thus far to be well worth the wait! It's a debut novel, but the author is not a newcomer to story-telling, having completed it and found a publisher in his later years after having mostly recovered from a childhood not unlike the protagonist's.

Take an adventure of a lifetime, as you follow little Everett Carson from pre-World War II times in the Pacific Northwest, learning how his parents struggled, fought, and drank their way toward carving out a living for themselves and him, seeing how badly things can go wrong on the smallest of miscues in an historic spring flood that wiped out a growing city between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington as it swept young Everett's beloved mother from him.

In a narrative that artfully employs flashback and inner dialogue, we observe the times that follow his mother's death and later his father's. We see a lovable, sensitive boy bounced around like last week's grocery ads. We gain trememdous insights into our own demons as our hearts ache for "the kid," hoping he'll find some inner peace and joy in a succession of so-called homes that amazingly afford only momentary respite from a violent and disconnected childhood. Everett learns survival skills at the hands of strangers, drunks and tormented ne'er-do-wells.

What's a child to do, but invent some imaginary friends, when life provides no real ones? Their presence in Everett's life helps save his sanity (or does it?) and his very life more than once. In the coming of age chapters, as hard-drinking Everett and his imaginary associates join the US Navy to learn and find a way in life, we get rich glimpses of life aboard ship, life in the exotic Caribbean and a symbolic revue or two of the wrenching times in the American fabric during the Sixties.

Throw in some intrigue, some deftly drawn characters,sparkling dialogue, some life and death drama, and a chase across country from New York City to Oregon and you have all the makings for a truly fine and captivating novel.

Suspenseful, funny, quirky, written in a lean and sparse style that makes the reading easily absorbed and thoroughly enjoyable, the reader is hard-pressed to put it down before completing it, and the reader then feels as though on some level he/she has also "lived" through some pretty horrific circumstance and some very different times in the U.S. than today!

A perfect escape! And at the same time, an important read that allows some homage paid to the "walking wounded" among us in society today. Far too many children grew up in the Boomer generation, (and in those generations immediately preceeding), with alcohol controlling the lives of their families and themselves. The psychological damage is still being paid-out in the lives of the younger generations who saw what it did to their parents and with new cultural awareness, are beginning to stem the boozy tide of a debilitating legacy. Hopefully in time.

Portions of the proceeds of this wonderfully well-crafted debut novel are being donated, the author tells me, to a non-profit organization called the Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The author is my husband; I know much of his childhood story. Much needs to be done to bring enlightenment to those who need it most: the beaten and abused souls who have long-suffered psychologically and physically at the hands of violent drunks, drunken guardians of tender souls.

Praise for the literary achievement! Praise too for the potential social benefits and societal contribution! A must read--for fun and wisdom!

Everett Carson is the dysfunctional main character. His Psychological journey from orphaned child to mentally ill adult is wrought with heartbreak and humor. The descriptions and details of his mental illness are more authentic and creative then "A Beautiful Mind". (You will never forget "The Wedge")
If you happen to be from Oregon you will find the historic backdrop to be fascinating. D.H. Burns first novel is as poetic and soul stirring as one could ever hope for me in a good read. I can't wait for the movie!

I am using this book for my academic needs, and it tells all relevant subjects in a straightforward way, without messing up with any unnecessary mathematical extravaganza. I advise to everybody who wants a good headstart in this field.

"Digital Audio" is the book to have for anyone interested in using digital audio for ANY purpose. It is real world, practical information that will enable you to get the most out of your digital audio requirements and help you keep it leading edge. It is also simply a fun, interesting, techno read. Two Thumbs Up !!

This book, "Digital Audio" is absolutely wonderful. This has to be the best money I�ve EVER spent!

I am a Musician and a Teacher. The topics covered so well are the very things I have struggled to learn - on my own- since 1985. This book covers it ALL!! Thorough,comprehensive, easy-to-understand and well presented with humor and REAL knowledge of the various elements of digital music today (AND yesterday). Everything one needs to know to create first rate recording projects is right here!

I recommend this book to anyone who needs to know how to create music for digital distribution - be it on CD, the Internet, in a Multimedia presentation - wherever. It is an awesome distillation of the knowledge and experience of a Master.

I only wish I'd had it ten years ago!

This set of books is the best refrence material anyone interested in American foreign policy. I myself had a project on this and without this set, I would have been lost!

To summarize our earlier review, this is one of the most comprehensively educational works we've ever come across.

We'd wanted to include the full dust jacket blurb for the 1978 1st Edition, ahead of its complete 3-Volume Topics List, as an additional public service (since Amazon doesn't happen to display an editorial review for these scarce but valuable works) -- but we were concerned about exceeding our 1,000 word limit.

So, here it is as a supplement (again, we'd like to REQUEST A COMPARATIVE REVIEW from anyone familiar with the additions and changes incorporated into the 12/2001 2nd Edition; diplomats and/or scholars, please pass this along):

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"The Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy is a selective reference work containing specially commissioned essays that explore concepts, themes, doctrines, and distinctive policies in the history of American foreign relations. The essays range in coverage from broad concepts such as isolationism and national self-determination to specific topics such as the Monroe Doctrine and the China Lobby.

This topical approach presents to serious readers - students, academicians, government officials, journalists, politicians, and the interested layman - an authoritative compendium of essays that analyze the development, application, and meaning of basic concepts in foreign policy.

The ninety-five essays in this volume are all based on the most recent scholarship, and many of them deal with topics that have not previously been the subject of consistent investigation and systematic analysis. Even in those essays that deal with material that has received considerable scholarly attention, the authors offer original syntheses and interpretations. All topics are discussed within a meaningful historical context and in a manner not available elsewhere.

The authors were not required to adhere to any standard methodology or ideological model. Among the foremost scholars in their respective fields, they have written with complete freedom. The result is not the conventional chronological account of American foreign policy but wide-ranging discussions that cover a broad political spectrum, from Left to Right.

The Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy: Studies of the Principal Movements and Ideas reflects the importance of American foreign policy in the contemporary world. It is a comprehensive survey of thoughtful analyses, which enriches and clarifies foreign policy and the concepts and rhetoric associated with it. It is an undertaking unique in the historiography of American foreign relations."

This is one of the most comprehensively educational works we've ever come across. The older 1st edition is now a bargain, with the bulk of its articles, covering pre-1978 events/issues, still holding great validity. They would make valuable supplementary copies in a school or public library, or highly informative reference works in a private one. We're anticipating as much fun with our copies over the next couple of years as we had with War And Peace!

WE INVITE A COMPARATIVE REVIEW from anyone familiar with the additions and updates in the 12/2001 Second Edition; diplomats and/or scholars, kindly pass this on....

Here for your delectation is the 1st Edition's complete 3-Volume Topics List (if it all fits: Volume 3 ends with "Unconditional Surrender"):

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Volume 1:

ALLIANCES, COALITIONS, AND ENTENTES, Warren E Kimball ~ AMERICAN ATTITUDES TOWARD WAR, A. Russell Buchanan ~ ANTI-IMPERIALISM, E. Berkeley Tompkins ~ ARBITRATION, MEDIATION, AND CONCILIATIONS, Calvin D. Davis ~ ARMED NEUTRALITIES, I. Mugridge ~ ASYLUM, William 0. Walker III ~ BALANCE OF PAWER, A. E. Campbell ~ THE BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TO DIPLOMATIC HISTORY, J. David Singer ~ BIPARTISANSHIP, C. David Tompkins ~ BLOCKADES AND QUARANTINES, Frank J. Merli, Robert H. Ferrell ~ THE CHINA LOBBY, Warren I. Cohen ~ THE COLD WAR, George C. Herring ~ COLLECTIVE SECURITY, Roland N. Stromberg ~ COLONIALISM, Edward M. Bennett ~ CONGRESS AND FOREIGN POLICY, Bruce Kuklick ~ CONSCRIPTION, Thomas C. Kennedy ~ CONSENSUS HISTORY AND FOREIGN POLICY, Lloyd C. Gardner ~ CONSORTIA, Warren I. Cohen ~ THE CON- STITUTION AND FOREIGN POLICY, Alfred H. Kelly ~ CONTAINMENT, Barton .L Bernstein ~ THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM, Marvin R. ,Zahniser ~ DEBT COLLECTION, Richard W. Van Alstyne ~ DECISION-MAKING APPROACHES AND THEORIES, James N. Rosenau ~ THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Jerry Israel ~ DÉTENTE, Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. ~ DISARMAMENT, Merze Tate ~ DISSENT IN WARS, Russell E Weigley ~ DOLLAR DIPLOMACY, Eugene P. Trani ~ THE DOMIN0 THEORY, Ross Gregory ~ ECONOMIC FOREIGN POLICY, Joan Hoff Wilson ~ THE EISENHOWER DOCTRINE, John A. DeNovo ~ ELITISM AND FOREIGN POLICY, Richard S. Kirkendall ~ EMBARGOES, Jerald A. Combs ~ ETHNICITY AND FOREIGN POLICY, John Snetsinger ~ EXECUTIVE AGENTS, Kenneth J. Grieb ~ EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS, Diane Shaver Clemens ~ EXTRATERRITORIALITY, Jules Davids.

Volume 2:

FOREIGN AID, lan J. Bickerton ~ THE FOURTEEN POINTS, Daniel M. Smith ~ FREEDOM OF THE SEAS, Armin Rappaport ~ IDEOLOGY AND FOREIGN POLICY, Paul Seabury ~ IMPERIALISM, David Healy ~ INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, ,Jr. ~ INTERCULCURAL RELATIONS, Akira Iriye ~ INTERNATIONALISM, Warren E. Kuehl ~ INTERNATIONAL LAW, Adda B. Bozeman ~ INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, Inis L. Claude, Jr. ~ INTERVENTION AND NONINTERVENTION, Doris A. Graber ~ ISOLATIONISM, Manfred Jonas ~ JOURNALISTS AND FOREIGN POLICY, James R. Boylan ~ THE KING COTTON THEORY, Gordon H. Warren ~ MANDATES AND TRUSTEESHIPS, Edward M. Bennett ~ MANIFEST DESTINY, David M Fletcher ~ THE MARSHALL PLAN, Gaddis Smith ~ MILITARISM, William Kamman ~ THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, David F. Trask ~ MISSIONARIES, Paul A. Varg ~ MISSIONARY DIPLOMACY, Roger R. Trask ~ THE MONROE DOCTRINE, Richard W. Van Alstyne ~ THE MORGENTHAU PLAN, Warren E Kimball ~ THE MOST-FAVORED-NATION PRINCIPLE, Justus D. Doenecke ~ NATIONALISM, Lawrence S. Kaplan ~ NATIONAL SECURITY, Gerald E. Wheeler ~ NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION, Betty Miller Unterberger ~ NATIVISM, Geoffrey S. Smith ~ NAVAL DIPLOMACY, William R. Braisted ~ NEUTRALITY, Ruhl .J. Bartlett ~ THE NIXON DOCTRINE, Thomas H. Etzold ~ NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND DIPLOMACY, Kenneth J. Hagan ~ OPEN DOOR INTERPRETATIONS, William Appleman Williams ~ THE OPEN DOOR POLICY, Richard W. Van Alstyne ~ PACIFISM, Charles Chatfield ~ PAN-AMERICANISM, Thomas L. Karnes ~ PEACEMAKING, Berenice A. Carroll.

Volume 3:

PEACE MOVEMENTS, Robert H. Ferrell ~ PHILANTHROPY, James A. Field, Jr. ~ POLITICS AND FOREIGN POLICY, Fred Harrington ~ POWER POLITICS, Thomas H. Etzold ~ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISERS, Albert H. Bowman ~ PRESIDENTIAL POWER IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, David M. Pletcher ~ PROTECTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD, Burton E Beers ~ PROTECTORATES AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE, Raymond A. Esthus ~ PUBLIC OPINION, Melvin Small ~ REALISM AND IDEALISM, Paul Seabury . RECIPROCITY, Robert Freeman Smith ~ RECOGNITION POLICY, Pablo E. Coletta ~ REPARATIONS, Carl Parrini ~ REVISIONISM, Athan G. Theoharis ~ REVOLUTION AND FOREIGN POLICY, Richard E. Welch, Jr. ~ SANCTIONS, J. Chal Vinson ~ SUMMIT CONFERENCES, Theodore A. Wilson ~ TRADE AND COMMERCE, Paul S. Holbo ~ TREATIES, J. B. Duroselle ~ THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE, Walter LaFeber ~ UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, William M. Franklin. --END.

This is an excellent collection of essays on what prayer really is and what it is not.

Ruth Burrows provides an enlightening look at Carmelite Spirituality. And, illumines the reader to an aspect of prayer one might not think to consider, that one does not do prayer but rather, is the recipient of God's action. The book also provides for some very good history on Sts. Theresa of Avila, Elizabeth of the Trinity and Therese of Lisieux. Anyone reading this book will feel the time spent was of spiritual value.

This book is a collection of 19 articles, 13 of which have been previously published but have here for the first time been conveniently gathered. Despite the disparate and repetitive nature of such a collection, there is an underlying unity, and important things bear repetition. The first half of the book concerns the nature of prayer, the second half Carmelite history and the spirituality of Carmelites whose lives and doctrine illustrate those principles of prayer: Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, Elizabeth of the Trinity. Burrows is a Carmelite nun whose works include Guidelines for Mystical Prayer, Fire Upon the Earth (about Teresa of Avila), and Ascent to Love (on John of the Cross). She reminds us in particular that prayer is much more what God does in us than what we do for God. Rather than spending time worrying about methods of prayer or seeking conscious experience of grace, we need to be present in faith, trust and surrender to the Lord, allowing God to work in us. "We must remember that prayer takes place at the deepest level of our person and escapes our direct cognition; therefore we can make no judgment about it." This, of course, is a blow to our ego, and that on the whole is a good thing.