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THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS WITH MANY FORMER CELTIC STARS AND SOME NOT A STAR AT ALL. SOME OF THE PEOPLE INTERVIEWED ARE NATE ARCHIBALD, BILL SHARMAN, HANK FINKEL AND PAUL WESTPHAL. THE INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY 5 PAGES OR LESS AND INCLUDE A PHOTO. I REALLY ENJOYED THIS BOOK, FOR IT BROUGHT BACK SOME GREAT NOSTALGIA. GLAD THEY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING A CELTIC. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS MARVIN BARNES WHO SPEAKS FREELY ABOUT HIS ADDICTION AND HIS RECOVERY. SOME GREAT STUFF. VERY RECOMMENDED.

Interview sessions that take you out of the box....a must have for true Celtic fans.

As a retired lawyer addicted to suspense novels with a legal orientation, I think The Castration, by Carey & Barrett, rivals the best of Meltzer and Grisham.

Loved this book - a fascinating revelation of some of the inner workings of the Mafia although it is set in the charming area of Kennebunkport, Maine. It pulls you in and holds your interest almost immediately. The characters are well defined, and the locales well described so you can picture them in your mind's eye even if you have not visited there. The twist at the end wraps it up but leaves you wanting more. Thoroughly enjoyable reading but do not start at bedtime; you will be up all night!

This handsome collection of 115+ color photographs captures the romance and drama of cowboy life as it's lived on the ranchland of Colorado, where the Rockies provide a grand backdrop under deep blue skies. There are images here of men and women at work outdoors in all seasons. Many are the kind of richly visual images that adorn calendars and that used to find their way into Marlboro ads. There are silhouettes against spectacular sunsets, men around campfires or fording streams on horseback, close-ups of saddles, boots, and tack, horses running in snow.

Others are unexpected surprises, like a rancher with a horse-drawn hay rake, or the end of a wide rainbow falling between two dilapidated ranch buildings. There's a brief introduction by cowboy actor Harry Carey, Jr., and cowboy poet and humorist Baxter Black also makes an appearance, with a photo and a poem, "Cowboy Heaven." The book is well designed, with two-page spreads balancing pages with clusters of smaller photographs. A few pages include anecdotes as told by cowboys. Great coffee table book.

This book is so special to us..We are spending the winter in Ariz. and Denny, who appears several times in the book is our wrangler...we brought our horses with and he has cared for them as if they were his own..Our memories will live on forever in the beautiful pictures of our special friend and our time with him this winter...

This book is one of a kind, where Chuck gets below the surface to see major paradigm shifts in the style of mission. He did this long before the term postmodernism came into vogue, predicting what we should do structurally to enable a whole new generation of missions. His model has been foundational for the Servants, Innerchange, Word Made Flesh, Urban Trek and other incarnational missions. Essential reading for budding missionaries and missions executives.

This book looks at some excellent ideas on what Christians need to do to successfully evangelize in the current environment. The author draws on solid historical models of success and outlines what the contours of these task oriented communities look like. I think it is excellent and timely information!

In this book Van Rheenen presents a comparative analysis of western dualistic secular culture and its worldview with the dynamic integrated worldview of what are often referred to as "traditional" or "animistic" peoples. He explains the characteristics of an "animistic" understanding of the world in such a way as to clarify how characteristics of this worldview are found in various cultures, not just "traditional" ones.

I met Van Rheenen when were both working in Kenya years ago. Unfortunately, we were living in different locations and I did not get to know him well. I had various levels of acquaintance and familiarity with the work of various missionaries of the Church of Christ Mission.

Van Rheenen worked primarily among the Kipsigis people in the Highlands of Kenya, east of the Great Rift Valley. He presents many experiences from this culture and events from which he learned the cultural worldview of the Kipsigis. I have visited in some Kipsigis churches, but did not have an intimate familiarity with this people. I have read some of the sources he cites in his extensive bibliography.

Variety in Animism
Because of Van Rheenen's experience in Africa, many of the examples he presents come from various African peoples, Bantu, Nilotic or Atlantic from West Africa. The Kipsigis are part of the Highland Nilotic cluster of peoples. He explains the differences between various peoples whose beliefs and practices fall into this broad category called "animistic."

The definition he provides for animism helps the reader to overcome some of the misunderstandings and stereotypes of animism. It is clear from the great variety of practices and beliefs he presents that "animism" is a working term, not in any was a "religion." It is rather a category of worldview that is expressed in various ways, but can be seen to entail a basic set of beliefs about the world and our existence.

He provides a more comprehensive definition:
"The belief that personal spiritual beings and impersonal spiritual forces have power over human affairs and, consequently, that human beings must discover what beings and forces are influencing them in order to determine future actions and, frequently, to manipulate their power."

American Organized Animism
In his comparative description of animism, Van Rheenen refers to more traditional forms of organized animistic worship and practice in the Western hemisphere, such as Brazilian spiritism, Condomble and varieties of voodoo. Other sources explain that many sects of the latter are often organized in the form of the Christian pantheon of saints, with a dual name system, a sanit's name and a traditional African spirit name.

But he likewise references the variety of practices and beliefs commonly called New Age, as well as various practices of divining the future. A prime example of the latter is the constant practice of Nancy Reagan in consulting astrologers and mediums to determine the best time for President Reagan to make speeches, have certain meetings, etc. Her spiritist practices received great publicity during the questionable Reagan presidency.

Van Rheenen's analysis should be very helpful to naïve secular westerners in understanding the religious worldview of the majority of the world's peoples in traditional culture. The way Van Rheenen approaches this subject, readers and the "silent majority" of "developed societies" who follow what is technically called "low religion" rather than "high (formal, rational or theological) religions."

Secular Missionaries
It is unfortunate that so many American missionaries do not realize that they have a secular worldview, and the categories by which they organize reality, are not a world standard, but on the contrary are based on a minority rationalist worldview. Over my decades of living in Africa, I have seen too many westerners focus on information and structural characteristics of their form of Christianity.

Van Rheenen makes reference to such people also, and indicates that their unawareness of the underlying worldview, beliefs about the spirit world and categories of organizing realty will led to a dualistic system. They might accept a surface Christianity, but their real operating base, especially in crisis continues to be the animistic worldview. That is where they must live, and where decisions must be made.

Missionary Syncretism
Ironically, my analysis of the situation is that western Christian missionaries who insist on the "right doctrines" (information and formal vocabulary) and "proper church order" (cultural expression of organizational structure) are a primary cause of syncretism.

Van Rheenen's book is a great foundational resource in a field that has been neglected.

Van Rheenen has thoroughly researched the missiological writings about animism, but he has also experienced it on the field--both in Africa and in North America. He tactfully avoids the "demons and dragons" drama of Frank Peretti's fiction while providing readers with enough real-life anecdotes to take his discussion out of the classroom. He is especially good at helping us to realize that, if we don't live in a way which assumes the existence of the supernatural (God and angels, Satan and demons), then we are practicing logical positivists, if not atheists. The Bible demands their existence, and we cannot claim to follow the Bible if we ignore the reality of the supernatural in our world.

Van Rheenen helps readers to recognize the common threads in the various animisms around the world: witchcraft, voodoo, Asian ancestor worship, folk Islam, shamanism, etc. Then, by identifying Satan's strategies in these, he helps Christians to develop biblical strate! gies to resist their enemy.

While some of Van Rheenen's discussion may fly over the head of the average reader, most of it is a fine, balanced blend of scholarly study and real-life experience and advice.

Perhaps more Christians would buy this excellent book if it read less like a doctoral dissertation.

The term was first used in connection with a Hegelian dialectic concept that moved the contextualizer farther from the Bible at each step.

First attempt at describing how the process might be conducted in an Evangelical way.

Basic and very readable primer, traces introduction of the word "contextualization" and methodological presuppositions behind contextualizing theology by the two groups using the term.

For my generation, it's a foregone conclusion capitalism is synonymous with greed and selfishness; it is a zero-sum game where only a fortunate (highly connected and privileged) few succeed. My peers, many of whom are highly educated, believe the democratic ideals we've learned to appreciate--freedom, hard work, trust, and opportunity--have nothing to do with today's breed of capitalism, which evidently has more to do with maximizing shareholder wealth at any expense. I believe the time is ripe for our society to accept a new model by which individuals can work with dignity, where their contributions are genuinely valued and recognized, where job security is commensurate with hard work and dedication. I believe the time is ripe for a more democratic and honest form of capitalism, where short-term earnings and the "expectations" of someone who knows quite little about your business, and nothing about your people, is NOT the driving force behind the decisions a business makes about how it treats its most important asset: its people. I know Democratic Capitalism is the answer to many of the problems we've witnessed in business in recent years. I highly recommend this book and hope you come to share its vision for a better future. Democracy and capitalism need not be in conflict.

Carey's book teaches our students how to think about democracy and capitalism at the same time. Carey's revolutionary coupling of the two political/economic agendas that we affirm the most--democracy and capitalism--inspires optimism in students who think that business and finance is "some win/some lose." Carey's approach is an "everybody wins" affirmation.

Carey is the new Adam Smith, America's answer to Marx. Himself an experienced and successful businessman, he has a specific template for running real businesses in a democratic-capitalistic manner that means long-term higher profitability.

Carey has spotted the enemy: finance capitalists, the people who "make money on money" but do not produce anything. Finance capitalism is now running the world economically, and Washington is in their hip-pocket (e.g. Cheney and Enron). Carey names names, and he tells us what to do about it in no uncertain terms.

This is "must" reading for anyone who teaches economics, finance, business, economy theory, economic ethics. Carey appeals especially to academics, telling us how to do our job better. "One more business guru with a message for academe?" Yes, but his message is bang-on!

At over 1000 pages of rich complexity, "The Brothers Karamazov" is much to absorb without an instructor. The notes were quite valuable to me, as one not well versed in Dostoevsky's own opinions or in Russian history and culture during the 1800s, leading up to the revolution. If I were reading the novel as part of a class, as opposed to being a middle-aged person reading on my own, then there would be more context provided, discussion with the class, and suitable parallel research. Hence, I drew on the Cliff Notes for supporting information and sharp analysis to help avoid being overwhelmed by the novel.

The book is only 90 pages, and I was impressed with the summaries and the commentary, which I would read after finishing major sections. Many times I found myself agreeing or picking up thoughts or explanations I never would have determined on my own. This is not a simple novel where you can skip a bunch of material and still get the essence. Therefore, I have no guilt at all for using the notes, and I suggest other readers consider doing the same if they are hesitating before the magnitude of Brothers K.

The notes' summaries were handy for reviewing where I had been, as I read BK over the span of nearly three weeks, and for going back to check some details about the plot and its themes.

Keep in mind that some characters' names and quoted phrases may differ from the translation used in the notes, which won't be a problem.

Notes are essential for this great russian novel. It will take anybody at least a few hundred pages to reslize who evybody is, with those wierd russian names, but the notes eliminate that. Also since this book is very long you might forget something from the begining or you just might stop reading it for a while, which makes these notes very helpful

This collection of short stories from Australian author Peter Carey is daring, original,and brilliantly written. The scope of Careys imagination is awesome, and the landscape he paints for his readers is beautiful, and haunting. Extremely absorbing, they are the kind of short stories you don't want to stop reading, the characters are engaging, and the storylines always supremely entertaining. This is Ian McEwans 'In Between The Sheets" with a nightmarish twist and a slight bent towards the realm of fantasy. Careys prodigous talent is a joy to behold.

I was given a copy of Exotic Pleasures by a boyfriend years ago and I panicked when I saw the title.. I thought it might have been some sort of guide to tantric orgasm. I was pleasantly surprised. Peter Carey is such an original and talented story-teller. I've read many of his novels since receiving this collection of short stories. He takes you to places in your imagination that are sometimes unpleasant but always memorable and fascinating. Favourite stories in the volume: 'Peeling' & 'The Chance'. I'd bear this man's children if I could.

An excellent book for anyone interested in California History, US History, the Great Depression or the history of corporate agriculture. Originally released the same year as Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, McWilliams' book relates the history of not only migrant farm labor in California, but the corporate farm as well. Having included extensive background on California's 19th Century land grab, McWilliams presents a comprehensive look at corporate agriculture, including its effect on various labor groups and the economy of the State of California. Written with a definite bias toward the underdog (the migrant worker), Factories in the Field nevertheless provides the reader with an understanding of the beginnings of corporate economy in California and its true beginnings in agriculture, including an explanation of the power of the ag growers--a political hot potato that continues in the state today.

A quick look at the index of Carey McWilliams's "Factories in the Field" finds not a single reference to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Should that be surprising? Given that the book was first published in 1939, I believe it should. But in this "Story of Magratory Farm Labor in California," neither the New Deal or the Great Depression followed the same script as in the rest of the country. 1939 was also the year of publication of John Steinbeck's great novel "Grapes of Wrath." The two books have been linked ever since, one as documentation for the other, even though McWilliams published first.

The "dustbowl refugees" of Steinbeck's fiction were white Americans, fleeing from the Depression and the folly of pioneer agriculture in an area unsuitable to family farming. They do turn up in Factories in the Fields, as victims of exploitation and violence, but Steinbeck knowingly overlooked the majority of migrant workers in California in the 1930s (and earlier and later), who were not white transplants from the poor South but rather Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and eventually prodominently Mexican. McWilliams describes in convincing terms how the nascent "industrial farmers" of California used racism, inter-ethnic competition, anti-union sentiments, and the pro-business partiality of American labor law not only to exploit the poorest of the poor unconscionably but also to consolidate huge holdings in some of America's richest farm land. The landest land-holding, that of the King family, is still around, and if I remember correctly it's larger than any of a half-dozen small states. The chapters in which McWilliams describes the violence, cloaked in legality, with which all efforts to organize migratory workers to defend their right to the Pursuit of Happiness are graphic and heart-rending.

One era's historiography often becomes the source material for historians of later eras, and this is surely the case of Factories in the Fields. Sixty years later it's a vivid window into the mentality of earnest reformers of the New Deal, who had plenty to be passionate about. But Factories in the Fields not only was history; it also made history. Few books on such an obscure subject have had such long-term influence. I can state with certainty that without this book the efforts of Cesar Chavez, one of America's greatest heroes, would not have had half the chance of success; the boycotts that created the United Farm Workers were led by people who knew about migrant labor chiefly through McWilliams. Even today, the cautious distrust many people feel toward the Bush Republican proposals to create a pool of non-immigrant guest workers reflects the memory of the exploitative "bracero" program that was terminated in the 1960s through protests from, once again, people who'd read Factories in the Fields.

I've recently reviewed two other studies of the New Deal era - "The Political Life of Floyd B. Olson" and "The New Deal and the Iroquois". My central point in these reviews has been to remind people, especially conservatives, of the complexity of conditions, and of political responses to conditions, in the Depression decade. FDR was not the whole story. There was no New Deal for migratory workers, though there should have been.