Campbell Books

I first noticed this book on the shelves of my local ABC (Adventist Book Centre)store. Since I love animals, I decided to pick it up. After reading the back I was a little worried because it was written long before my time. I am glad that I picked it up, and am eager to read the others (there are 12 vol. in the Living Forest Serries). Sam Cambell's style of writing puts you right in the heart of the story. I was actually sad when the book was finished. It is amazing the way he describes the surrondings and best of all the actions of the animals. He is a true animal lover. Highly recomended for all ages, young and old!

I read and reread Sam Campbell's books when I was a kid. It didn't hurt my imaginings that my name is also Giny. These books keep me in stitches and I appreciate that there is no dumbing down, yet they can be read by kids. Its a great way to push the envelope on developing readers' vocabulary and comprehension skills and even better for reading to kids who think they might be outgrowing such a thing but could use a little subtle help with the book. I love Sam Campbell and his books. My greatest fear is that I will research his legacy and find that the Sanctuary is now a strip mall.

All of the Sam Campbell books are classics that are great for young people to read. All the books are based on the amazing life of Sam Campell and all his creatures. They are funny easy to read and very very entertaining.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher when I was teaching a university course on cartography. The textbook for the semester had already been selected, so I used this book originally as a second resource while preparing lectures. By the end of the semester, I found myself using this book as the primary source for topics and explanations and suggested it be used in future semesters.

This book explains concepts such as projections and coordinate systems in ways that are easy to understand, particularly for new students. The explanations are thorough without bogging down in details. The figures are large, many take up a full page. They are helpful, relevant, and excellently reproduced. The chapters on terrain representation, contours, and topographic features are exceptionally good (there are almost 40 examples of terrain representation) The remote sensing and GIS chapters are brief and introductory, but those are topics best left for other books.

I was a little skeptical when I first saw this book, since it appeared to be a somewhat thin, and we were using Robinson's book, which is basically a standard. But, I would recommend this to any map student, teacher, or user. It packs a lot of information in its pages. I still use it as a reference (...).

When you've been working in a field for 30 years it's really difficult to drag yourself backwards and review data you already know, so when I signed up for a GPS (Global Positioning Sattelite) software course I looked at "Map Use & Analysis" by John Campbell as something I could just skip over, but since it was required reading I finally got it out. I was really pleased with the depth of material and the extremely clear explanations of all those mystifying cartography words. Anyone who has no idea about mapping or is a begining student will be able to use this book. The format is excellent with terms higligted and the index and dictionary are well coordinated. I feel that this book is such an excellent reference that I am buying a copy for myself. The only negative thing I have to say is that the illustrations, which are plentiful seem to wander several pages ahead of text, but they are carefully numbered and correspond exactly to the descriptions. Well done! Les L. Johnson

If I were stuck on a deserted Island like Tom Hanks in Cast Away, and I could only have one book, it would be this one. It would help me to get off the island and determine my global positioning! Lots of help.

this book is an excellent overview if you are say.. having a problem with your landlord.. to workers comp to tryin to bail out a friend or family member. We all have misconceptions and notions about the law, and Miss Campbell clears up a lot of them. Questions that you can find answers to prior to calling a lawyer and sitting down for a consultation. Its particularly important in the black community where access to lawyers and legal help are limited. As a former police officer so many citizens would ask me legal questions that they needed answered. If this book had been around I could have referred them to it to clear up their preconceptions. Well written as well.

This is a must read for every black person. Even if you already know about the law, you'll find it useful. The information in the Resource Guide alone is worth more than the cost of the book. The examples are relevant. The book is a kind of "how-to" book that addresses our issues using examples that at least I, as a black woman, could relate to. Thank you Nedra Campbell.

Do you know your legal rights? No, not what you may THINK that they are, but what they TRULY are under the law? If you answered a big `NO' to either of my questions, then you need to pick up a copy of "More Justice More Peace" by Nedra D. Campbell (2003, Lawrence Hill Books/Independent Publishers Group, 270 pages).

While the book was released earlier in 2003, it is the subtitle that gets one's attention: "The Black Person's Guide To The American Legal System". One can sit down with a cup of coffee and finish it in one afternoon. However, it will quickly become one of those reference books that you may need down the road, as the work covers the legal rights and realities of those who are business owners, prisoners, voters, tenants, and married couples.

In this work, Campbell breaks down the complexities of the American legal system. No, this is NOT a book meant to replace the need for a good lawyer in certain situations. In fact, Campbell has a section that examines when one should secure the services of an attorney, and when one can handle a legal matter by themselves. She breaks it down for easy consumption, chapter by chapter. What I particularly liked about this work is the fact that it comes chock full of addresses, legal definitions, and some of the things that one should/should not do when stopped by the police, or faced with the prospect of opening their own business.

One of the added bonuses of the book is that it contains some of the legal decisions that have shaped African American society. It provides parents and teens some practical, realistic, and `down home' advice on legal matters, taking the time to answer some of the more obvious questions in FAQ form at the end of each chapter. It even includes an overview of copyright, patent, and trademark law...as well as updated information as to where to find legal resources on the Internet to further help one get answers and information on some of the heavier aspects of law and justice. The diagrams and charts are easy to follow, and further illustrate the care that Campbell took in putting this work together.

"More Justice More Peace: The Black Person's Guide To The American Legal System" is going to be one of those `word of mouth' success stories. To obtain your copy, check with your local bookstore, or go on line to your favorite bookseller's site. Once you get your copy, you may have to get an additional one to `loan out' to family, friends, or those whom you may know who need some `extra' ammunition to untie some legal knots.

I really like the movie "Newsies" that was made in 1992, so when I found this book at our library, I just had to read it. The only thing bad about this book, is that it doesn't have alot of stuff about the strike. The entrees were only 2 paragraphs long. Other than that I think it was a great book. I like Racetrack, Being that he is my favorite in the movie, and in this book, he's not much differant. he's still a smart alac in the book.

"The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie" was a very interesting book. I'm sure you've either heard of your father or grandfather selling newspapers on the street corner. My father did, so this story brought back the stories he used to tell me as a child. Today, the newspaper is delivered to your front doorstep, or you can buy it at stands or supermarkets. In the early 20th century, you relied on tween and teen boys to get your daily dose of news, and this "My America" book explains the daily lives of these boys. Times were most certainly different, since you could let a 12-year-old work a street corner until dark, without any immediate worries. Each day was a struggle, and the money a family made was used immediately on that day; and to think that the Great Depression hadn't hit yet. If you're interested in journalism and newspapers, then this story is an interesting one. I recommend.

Yet another great My Name Is America book has been published. This one, The Journal of Finn Reardon, take place in 1899 New York. Finn lives with his family in a crowded flat in New York's notorious Lower East Side. In addition to dealing with school, Finn is a newsie. A newsie was the most popular occupation for teen age boys then. Let the author take you on a journey as you learn about Finn's life including gangs, the strike, and his unique friends. You'll really enjoy this book.

I have to agree with my brother. Our grandfather was an excellent writer and person. He has an awesome way of expressing his feelings and thoughts through his poetry. I never get tired of reading his books over and over again. He is greatly missed.

I am always on the prowl for good poetry- and by that I mean poetry that I can relate to, and makes me smile. When I was rummaging through my Dad's old books, I found this small gray volume. Once I started reading, I was hooked! My Dad said he received the book in college. Back in the 70s he was an RA and worked with writer Clarence Campbell, then a dean at his university. I know that if poetry can touch lives a generation apart, it deserves as much attention as it can get. Campbell's words on the future, love, and life in general are honest and remind me of a grandfather giving heartfelt advice to the younger generation. ...

This book was written by my grandfather. He was a wonderful man as well as a wonderful writer. He wrote poetry right up until his death, and this book, as well as his other book, The Promise of Shily, are two of the best poetry books I have ever read. I know I am biased, but I would strongly suggest this book to anyone. If you ever get the chance, check out this book.

This poets art form is simple, but intense and yet complicated and direct. He offers a style unlike anything I have ever experienced. It's as if he's combined several previous poets techniques, such as Keats, Thoreau and Poe and somehow incorporated his own twist. This really is a must read, I have no other way to explain it. This poet deserves attention and I hope he continues to write more.......

This book of poetry contains some of the most diversified types of poems I have ever read. Written in classic rhyming style, he's talking about spiritualism on one page and then life on another. It ranges from severely demented, playful, meaningful, nonsensical, horrific, to heart felt experiences. A definite mind blowing experience. This authors mind is truly a dark, yet wonderful place.....Just amazing....

This is one of the most diverse books of poetry I have ever read. It's really refreshing to read poetry that is written in old fashion.

Born: 26 March 1904, Died: 31 October 1987, he was raised Catholic but had a fascination with Native American myths at a young age. He is well know for several books and "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and different lecture series.

The Myths and the Masks of God include:

Interpreting Symbolic Forms
Using the Garden of Eden and the symbols including the two trees and a few beings, they are compared to earlier versions from societies 7000 BCE through 1900 CE. Concluding with "feel free to read any form you like into these symbols and realize it will be a symptom of you."

Mythic Vision

Experiencing the Devine

History of the Gods

The Religious Impulse

This series of lectures was given in the seventies and it is interesting to see how it holds up today. He brings a different vision for most of us when he compares a religion where we identify with God vs. having a relationship to God. Of course those that have followed Joseph Campbell Already have the concepts but find it useful to hear his thoughts and compare them to what we already know.

The nice thing about the lectures is that every time we hear them we get a different slant on what we originally heard or glossed over. Learn more www.jcf.org

The subject of the question of if Joseph Campbell's attitude towards the christian tradition suffers from a certain sort of prejudice is a somewhat complicated subject in Campbell's body of work. As another reviewer has noted, Campbell's criticism of christianity is of its emphasis of facts... as a pose to the poetry... But I think Campbell himself would acknowledge ..or its a part of Jung's work.. who Campbell follows... that an emphasis of subject over object, or object over subject.. has more to do with psychology typology then truth.. That is God is about transcending the idea of God... Which is to say.. you can sort of argue that Campbell is right in his criticism and Christianity is right for talking about its valuing of a factual grounding as being one of the virtues of the Christian tradition... What I'm saying is that this is a complicated subject.. and in some way I think we have to try and understand Campbell's position in a historical perspective and what it meant in relationship to that historical perspective.. And anyway.. one can come to one's own positions on these sorts of things

Further.. this stuff is a little complicated for anyone who hasn't spent some time with Campbell... but on the other hand.. one of the virtues of a book on tape is you can always listen to it more then once.. So I don't think the issue of the complexity of the material should be taken as a strike against it.. if anything.. I'd argue that it adds to the value.. because it gives you a reason to listen to it again and again.. to contemplate it.. etc..

The last thing to be said is that Campbell is at his best as a lecturer.. Sure, his books are great.. but there's a whole other dimension to the man that is really only to be captured in his lectures.. on tape.. and In my view.. this is the best way to take in Campbell..

In the editorial review printed below from some audio magazine, the reviewer accuses Campbell of having anti-Christian biases. If anything, Campbell cuts Christians too much slack in this series of lectures. Here Campbell explores the reasons for the decline of Christianity in our culture, and concludes that the problem lies in organized religions tradition of emphasizing the Christian mythology as historic fact. Campbell claims that this diminishes the effect of Christian symbolism, because when we discover scientific evidence that proves the mythology could not have been actual fact, we abandon the underlying truths the mythology was meant to illustrate. Campbell calls this a problem of reading poetry as prose, of reading metaphor as fact. This is the only thing in this series that could be remotely considered anti-Christian, and then only by a myopic pinhead. Anyone--Christian or otherwise--whose head wasn't firmly embedded in the nether regions of his or her anatomy would realize that this line of thought was liberating rather than negating.

It's about time someone began some dialogue on something that should have been addressed a long time ago. It's voices like this that allow me to rest a little easier...just a little. I'm recommending this book to all my students and friends.

Just a wonderful read. It is about time a book like this came out.

Thought provoking ideas spring from every page, cover to cover. A must for journalists or those studying journalism and those who simply want to be more informed about what is going on in our media today. In this time, when understanding diversity is so important in our current culture, I couldn't recommend this book more.

Great book for any cat lover

author of "Hobo Finds A Home"

What a very catchy, fun book to read! My 2 year old loves this book from beginning to end. He laughs, he likes to look at the fun pictures and he likes to repeat the phrases. And if you are a cat owner (we have two cats), the descriptions are so true that you will smile or laugh too. This is a keeper.

This is going to sound very inarticulate, but I'm not sure that there's any other way to say this: the words in this books are just cool. Some are jazzed-up and made-up to fit the bouncing cool cat rhythm of the book. The illustrations are bold and the array of cats depicted display the wide true range of feline personality. Which is what the book's about, really: feline personality, which all cat lovers know is wide and varied. They're nosy, cozy, lovey and rotten, aloof and adoring and the many wonderful opposing forces that make cats fabulous, and this book depicts that in a fun way. Best of all, this is a book that loves and revels in word play. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but when the right words are put together they are far more evocative than any illustration.

that's the best book i've ever read about the flying wings of jack northrop. i highly recommend this book!!!

There aren't a lot of books around about the Northrop flying wings but this one is really an invaluable tool. Quite a bunch of historical and detail photographs you wouldn't find anywhere else. A must have if you're interested in flying wings or aviation history.

If you have a serious interest in John Northrop's Flying Wings, this is absolutely the best book available on the subject. Authors did a wonderful job pulling together photos, including many in color. The color photo section also includes some B-2 pictures.

But more important, the written narrative is excellent. The book covers Northrop's earliest days in aircraft design, and deals with all of his flying wing and tailless aircraft designs, especially the N-1, N-9, B-35, & B-49 projects.

Worth the money if you're a flying wing fan!