Dean Books

We were very unhappy we bought this through Amazon.The seller was asked to please put a RUSH on this book because our trip was planned in two weeks. We did not receive a response from the seller indicating it would be longer and we didn't receive out book before our trip to Colorado. It was a big disappointment. Never again.

F. Mitchell

The detailed and varied information in this book far exceedes other comparable travel books. It is well organized and concise. Especially enjoyable are the historical backgrounds provided about each place. Knowing Colorado better than my home state, as I travel there frequently, I would not go without this book!

The Colorado Guide (5th edition) is exactly what I was looking for in a Colorado guide book. Besides giving your usual guide information for Colorado, it also included some of the more unusual places to check out, like the Wheeler Geological Site for example, near Creede, CO. Wonderful history stories of areas of interest, and food and lodging info/ratings also. I use it to find new ares to explore and as a reference. I highly recommend The Colorado Guide, especially if your looking to explore this beautiful state.

I am a Colorado resident and use this book (and the previous editions) frequently for weekend getaways. In all the many times I have counted on the author's advice, they have never let me down. Excellent book!

Jim in Littleton

This book is a thorough review of things to do, places to see, state history, restaurants and places to stay. In brief, there is not a better guide anywhere!

...I became enchanted by the tale Goudge tells. The setting for the story is a cathedral city in the fens. The city is populated with charmingly depicted characters that ooze quaintness from every pore. The main character is the old Dean, known in the town as a fierce and relentless man due to his hunting down of the city's corruption. And yet, the Dean is a misunderstood man. His love and fidelity are often met with indifference in the town, and this is even more true of his own wife who is deterred by his ugliness and who finds his devotion to her repulsive. Yet help is at hand, for the Dean owns a beautiful watch: a watch that becomes the starting point for a new friendship for the Dean, and new hope.

Goudge's tale is clearly Christian in content. It is a tale of redemption, grace and love in a world of ugliness and pain. It is never, I think crass, and retains a note of ambiguity to the end, which is appropriate to her theme. Readers will find that something of this story can speak to them if they let it, and indeed, I suspect it speaks to Everyman. Yet it is never moralistic, didactic or triumphalist: often the worst sins of the Christian novel.

A lovely tale, with enough depth to grasp sceptical readers like myself.

This is my favorite Elizabeth Goudge book. I read this every December before the Christmas holidays. This is a very well-written story about people in a small English cathedral village thrown together by a humble clockmaker. Lives are being changed and we are told how and why. It's a gentle story, and told with much insight into human behavior.

My favorite by Goudge, by far. She takes you there on a flying carpet of words so that you can see, smell and hear, visiting the homes and lives of the rich and weak, the poor and strong, the bitter, the loving, the young, the old, and helpless. Central to it all is the Dean of the Cathedral, only now in his last year is he being truly changed under God's hand. And his "watch" is a timepiece, but also his alloted time on duty. Interesting things happen during his watch!

There are characters we love, rejoice with, sigh for, and laugh at. We see the joy of a little girl receiving a gift of a parasol (though the Dean's joy in giving it exceeds her joy in receiving). But his wife, who has greater riches, does not rejoice in what she receives.

Though non-Anglicans may need a bit of help with certain terms and concepts, grab the book and enjoy. Then share it with a friend, while you run off to get Goudge's Green Dolphin Street.

Elizabeth Goudge is a fine writer. Her language is rich as butter. All of her stories are interesting, but this one is beautiful. I believe that, after all the books I have read in my rather long life, books of all manner of styles and genres, this book is the deepest and best. Her characterizations are strong and complex, her consideration of the human state both honest and compassionate. There is great affection for humanity, even in her most honest and grieving portrayal of it. Beautiful writing, strong story, interesting and provoking characters - I enjoy so much the honor of spending a few hours with this woman and the depth of her faith, courage and love.

and I think perhaps she may be right, with the exception, perhaps, of The Little White Horse. There was a poetic, magical quality about Elizabeth Goudge's writing. I always imagined I could SMELL the English countryside when reading one of her books--which is particularly amazing considering that I don't have much sense of smell to start with!

Even the best Neurology Doctors have been wrong with the outcome and progress of many individuals who have suffered TBI. TBI is a wait and see situation. "Fighting For David" is a book about hope, when no hope had been given. With constant therapy and a unique therapy called PATTERNING, David has far exceeded the experts expectations of his recovery. "Fighting for David" is a heart warming true story. It is based on HOPE, FAITH, and LOVE.

Even a miracle needs a hand! Leone Nunley did not waste her suffering. With love and support from her family and community, Leone turned a tragedy into a miracle. "Fighting for David" witnesses that "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, `move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing is impossible for you." (Mat 17:20). I am a mother of four year old Kyli who is considered profoundly brain injured. We have set out to do what Leone and her patterning team did for David. David and Leone's story has strengthened our resolve and validated our belief that our child can and will reach her fullest potential with the love of others. A hurt brain does not mean a broken spirit, and all spirits deserve a chance to be set free. The journey of one life has the potential to touch so many, in ways beyond our comprehension. David's spirit is whole and his purpose, extraordinary. What's especially moving is that those who helped David experienced that in giving they in turn received. That's love in its purest form.

Not only a wonderful read, but such an inspirational family story of the true power of love and dedication. Doctors are limited to science and their human skills; the smart ones admit that a mother's love, dedication and prayers (family and friends, too) can achieve unbelievable results. Leone and David's story was such a joy to read, discovering that it had one of the happier endings.

This book gives hope to all who wonder if there is life beyond the diagnosis of "persistent vegetative state." Together Leone and David have proven that it is possible, with hard work and the grace of God, to become once again a contributing member of society. This book should be required reading in all medical schools across the country.

This is an easy-to-read story of high interest. It is wonderful to see what God can do when we turn to Him for direction and hope in life's most hopeless situations. Anyone will have their faith renewed by reading this book and will be able to identify with Leone when they put themselves into the impossible situations they have faced. How we face them makes all the difference in the world. We highly recommend this book for all.

Bill and Joy Campbell

This is more of a guide book that fits quite nicely in your lab coat pocket. As nutrient and medications are explained, there are many more advantages such as references to specific lab values and thier normal limits, nutrient and micronutrient food sources, height-weight tables, ideal body weight calculations and more. A must for any health professional not directly working with medications.

I purchased this book because it's a standard reference book for us dietitians. Even so, my family and friends also use this book to research their current prescription medications. The information is easy to follow, even if you're not a healthcare professional. The back of the book contains additional handy reference pages, such as the normal ranges for many blood tests and common causes for out-of-range test results; dietary sources of vitamins, minerals, oxalates, and phytic acid (especially important for people with certain chronic illnesses to know); and a list of meds that are affected by grapefruit. I feel this book can be very helpful for people who need to cope with chronic illness(es) that require dietary adjustments and/or multiple prescription medications.

This book was required for a nutrition class, and it's quite a wonderful resource. Everything is neatly labeled and in order, making it easy to find the medication and all interactions/warnings. A great resource for anyone who wants to understand more about the meds they are taking, or for those who care for them!

Excellent pocket refrence for any dietetic student, dietitian or nutritionist. Fits easily into pocket for easy access and provides valuable information for todays healthcare enviroment.

I'm currently a Dietetic Intern. This book has been, and still is, a useful pocket book guide that I use everyday for my internship. The book has almost all the medications that I currently deal with in my clinical rotation. The type of information that this book gives are as follows:

1. Alternative Name(s)
2. The drug's affect
3. Diet (with our without food), what foods to avoid with the med (ie. grapefruit)
4. Oral/GI affects
5. S/Conds
6. Affects on Pregnancy
7. Blood/Serum affects
8. Urinary affects
9. What to monitor
10. Ways to be adminstered (the drug)
11. and more

Additionally, the book provides (what I find to be very useful) are Lab Values, their normal ranges, and reasons why they might be elevated or below normal limits.

There is more within this pocket guide.

The only thing I don't like is that it says "Pocket Guide"; it's not really that small, it's quite big. Don't expect it to fit in your pant pocket. It will fit in your lab coat pocket, but it's quite still big. I suggest to carry it with your binder. Just don't misplace it; I've done it many times already on the different hospital floors.

I highly recommend this food and drug medication guide -- especially those in the dietetics profession.

When I read the book, Getting the Best Out of College, I immediately thought of how helpful it would have been for me, as a parent, to read it BEFORE my children went off to college. But that time for me has come and gone.

For upcoming high school graduates and their parents, the book presents a lot of very helpful information on college life - dorms, social encounters, and personal responsibility. One aspect I thought was wonderful was the encouragement to the new college student to look at the support system around him or her and appreciate and acknowledge it, whether it's parents or people who work in the dorms or campus to keep it clean and safe.

Better yet, I think the book is a great first-time read or re-read for a student IN college. The authors encourage students to contact their professors - THEY are people with interesting ideas, knowledge and contacts who are there to educate AND to give assistance with papers, internships, and recommendations for jobs and graduate school.

There is a tremendous amount of information in this book which would benefit college students and parents. Even the last chapter deals with preparing for life after college. The book has become my favorite high school graduation gift this year, plus I have also given it to my rising college senior to read now. I highly recommend Getting the Best Out of College.

This thoughtful book is a great read for a high school senior preparing for college as well as parents and educators trying to shephard them through this rite of passage. It takes us beyond 'getting in' to the importance of going to college well prepared to take advantage of all the experience has to offer.

I enjoyed reading this book as well as learning what it had to say. The insights from the writers are helpful as a parent. My son is reading it now and I have given it to two new grad's. Simple, focused, funny and insightful. The obvious insights in the book are great for a parent who wants to share their college wisdom but time or communicatin may be an issue. It is modern with current challenges, dangers, and obstacles that a student might encounter. It also steers a student, new or transfer into areas that are fun and exciting that may lead to future interests. The area on working with the professors is very good and the whole book was terrific.

I bought this book for my cousin who is about to graduate HS.....it is full of helpful ideas and an overall good-go-to for the transition for HS to College. I really wish this book had been around during this time in my life. Thank you for a wonderful, helpful book.

As a teacher I am surrounded by students about to make the transition from high school to college. When I heard about this book I went out and got a copy. I read some passages to my husband out of the "Leaving Home, Phoning Home, and the First Trip Back to the Mothership" chapter. We were both laughing hard by the end of it. The true to life vignettes and insightful advice prove to be an engaging mixture throughout the book. Overall the book is informative, thoughtful, and humorous. The trio of authors blends their voices and experiences smoothly. I recommend this book to students and their parents.

Icerigger is a fantastic book that would probably make a good movie. On a frozen planet with skating tigers, giant slugs, and little human influence, we get a good story about humans being stranded with a medieval-type race.

The book is action packed through out, you like the main characters, and the plot is simple, making for a nice easy read.

This is another book in the THRAX Universe. Foster has created a viable and realistic universe that he is able to explore many different concepts and yet still work within a frame work that always makes sense and gives the reader a feeling of history. It is a shame that it is out of print, because it is the beginning of an incredible series.

I have always loved the cover of this novel. Usually covers don't really add to the story inside, or worse yet, aren't even done for that particular novel. But this cover, which wraps around to the backside, takes you right into the world of Tran-ky-ky, and illustrates one of the most memorable moments in the novel.

I love this novell. Hey, the dialogue is poorly written, and the novel goes on a few chapters beyond the point where it should logically (and strongly) have ended. BUT IT IS STILL GREAT! there are some elements in the novel that are remeniscent of Dune, but although Dune is a much more sophisticated and artistic novel, I've only read it twice, but I've read Icerigger at least twenty times since I bought it as a teenager. The plot is totally engrossing.

I used to fantasize that if I ever become a director, I'd want to make this novel into a movie. That will probably never happen, so i will just have to settle for reading it another twenty times!
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I consider this to be one of Foster's very best tales of Science Fiction adventure! It's one of his earliest, but definitely a must read for the avid Science Fiction fan! It was a classic rolling Science Fiction adventure! I loved it!

This is a kinda obscure out-of-print (but easy to find) novel from 1974. Another Listmania selection (as most of my recent choices are), and as usual, very enjoyable. Icerigger is a swashbuckling tale full of heroes and battles, where 6 people crash land into a medieval civilization just in time for them to fight a war (of sorts). This is purely a story, there is no deeper meaning and nothing to think much about, but a very solid story indeed, what! The first in a trilogy.

This Audio book is life changing! When you hear and recieve the truth it shall set you free! We all have a purpose and this book makes us take a transforming look within ourselves to mature, fully examine our life choices, take responsibility and move into the destiny we are created for.

This very well thought out audio book is illuminating, insightful and provocative. It challenges readers to examine obstacles that may be hindering them from the pursuit of their life's dream.

It's Your Move! is goal oriented. It provides a unique perspective along with specific practical tools to help us to move forward. These principles can be applied in business or in relationships.

John Dean Williamsen, the primary narrator, has a smooth, strong voice that is easy to listen to. That's important for books on CD! I highly recommend this pensive metaphysical book.

Sigrid Macdonald, Author of Getting Hip and D'Amour Road

This is the FIRST, the ONLY, self-help program I have ever found to be motivational. The more I listen, the more I learn, the more motivated I am to transform my dreams into reality and to spread my spiritual wings and fly! I highly recommend this to anyone in pursuit of a dream and/or seeking spiritual growth. Thank you John Dean and Dannye Williamsen.

Obviously the guy from AudioFile doesn't have a clue about metaphysics because this is incredible! It takes you outside your normal view of your day to day life and inspires you to look further on your own. The added bonus is that you will want to listen to it again and again. Every time I do, I have a new experience. In my humble opinion, if you are tired of living inside the "box", and you are ready to live out your dreams, this is a great place to start!

IT'S YOUR MOVE!
Transform Your Dreams
from Wishful Thinking to Reality
by John Dean and Dannye Williamsen

Do you understand the rules of the creative process---or do things happen to you by
chance, as a fluke? IT'S YOUR MOVE! enables the listener of this fine audio book to
initiate change and then channel that change to your benefit. We hear "Your conditioning
causes you to be unaware, not only of the beliefs that underlie your choices, but also of
the source of your beliefs. It causes you to be asleep most of the time, unaware of the
genesis of any of your experiences."

Husband and wife team John Dean and Dannye Williamsen have given us the tools, all
twelve of them, in this delightful, friendly, helpful and sincere 5 CD set. The result is a
pragmatic approach to self-transformation that integrates goal setting with esoteric
interpretations of the Creation story and the twelve disciples.

This culminates in your ability to become a Conscious Creator and attract success by
transforming your dreams from a state of wishful thinking into your experiences. If your
life is subject to "The Law of Fluke" (when you leave yourself open to whatever comes
your way), you can change it by understanding these rules of the creative process. We
learn that the creative process is always working. You can't decide to turn it on one
minute and off the next. It's fully operational every second of your life! John and Dannye
show us how to become aware of this process and then how to use it.

IT'S YOUR MOVE! takes beautiful fibers of truth and creates a blanket strong enough
to withstand the heat of change. Authors John Dean and Dannye Williamsen teach us how
to consume life, not be consumed by it! In this reviewer's opinion, this fine CD set
contains an awakening to self-satisfaction, power and happiness!

Richard Fuller
Senior Editor

I've read all the Clancy and Clancy clones. They're ok but somewhat comic-book-like (e.g., weapon systems always work flawlessly and the bad guys come straight out of central casting). So if you're looking for a war comic sans-pictures, this isn't it (although Ross' battle scenes are pretty hairy).

This book is part epic, part comedy, and part expose on the ridiculous nature war (and no, I'm not a dove by any stretch of the imagination).

It is told from the wry perspective of a self-described "coward" who goes on to win the CMOH (our nations highest military decoration). Character development and plotting (usually mutually exclusive) are both first rate.

I strongly recommend this book to anyone, not just those interested in our armed forces or history.

I don't know where Dean William Ross came from (or where he's been subsequent to the publication of this book) but we want more!

This book was written by someone (Ross) who has "been there and done that". Consideraalbe cloak and dagger revelations. Interesting events accentuated by well drawn characters. Adds important information for Korean War historians. Much more than a war story. Wonderful depth, warmth and humor.

This book was written by someone (Ross) who has "been there and done that". Consideraalbe cloak and dagger revelations. Interesting events accentuated by well drawn characters. Adds important information for Korean War historians. Much more than a war story. Wonderful depth, warmth and humor.

This may be one of the finest insights into war ever written.

This book covers the Korean era accurately and with just the right amount of personalization. It brought back many memories from a time and place that haunts us still. Very entertaining, and incredibly interesting.

Live a Praying Life is one of the best small group study books I've done. I highly recommend it for every Christian seeking a spiritually transformed life.

This is a study that I refer to constantly! I have given it to many people and the result is always the same....."this is one of the most awesome studies I have ever done....."! I bought it for my 4 sisters and mother and we started it together at Christmas, which has resulted in several group Bible Studies and a weekend seminar on Prayer!

MORE THAN JUST A HOW TO BOOK. LESSON S IN PREPARATION, DISCPLINE, OBEDIENCE, PATIENCE, FAITHFULNESS, & GAINING A NEW LEVEL TO ONE'S SPIRITUAL LIFE AND GROWTH. MUCH NEEDED MATERIAL WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH CONTROVERSY REGARDING HEARING FROM GOD AND ACTING ON HIS PROMISES. INTERCESSORS SHOULD NOT MISS THIS ONE!

This book isn't just a book. It's a 3-month journey through what prayer is. Jennifer walks you through the deep truths about prayer so that you will know them AND apply them. It also brings out the freshest and truest views on what prayer really is. You will not leave this book unchanged.

P.S. And I live with her oldest son. He's tall.

This is the best book on prayer, that I've read. I will confess, even after reading this book, I still don't understand all the mysteries of prayer, but I understand a lot more. This book tackles hard questions such as 'can we really change God's mind with prayer?', 'why does prayer seem not to work', 'how to pray', 'what is the purpose of prayer', etc. It gives concrete steps on how to develope a praying life and is heartily, biblically, referenced.

With the four part story arc titled Inferno, ends one of the most ambitious and extraordinary dark fantasy sagas of modern fantasy.
Comprising of about thirty two numbers that began on the first trade The Devil in the Gateway, Carey's epic of power and ambition ranks among the best theological/urban/dark fantasies ever written.
Carey is a master of continuity, allusion, indirectness and oblique multilayered narrative, metaphor and arcane religious symbolism.
Like the majority of comic book writers, Carey's visual imagination(sometimes disturbingly surreal) and plotting are strong, unlike them his attention for style, characterization, tone and atmosphere is remarkable.He is a literate who chose the comic book medium to express his vison about power, arrogance and ambition.
It's the many levels of significance that puts Lucifer apart of other comics books.
I wouldn`t do the book justice if I didn`t mention the excellent artwork and coloring of the artistic team.Regular artists Peter Gross (story arcs) and Dean Ormston (single issues)did an excellent job; the equally excellent artist Chris Weston left the book early.
Gross` drawings on the first issues seems to me rather crude and sketchy but in later issues gets much better.Ormston's disturbingly creepy gothic drawings gives the perfect mood for the single issues, I love his work.The colour pallete is rich; sometimes dark and moddy, sometimes bright and colourful.
For the true conoissieurs Lucifer is an indipensable comic book.

Inferno marks the conclusion of a major story arc: whatever happened to those blasted wings of Lucifer? Last seen in the possession of Susano-O-No-Mikoto, they left the battlefields as the Basanos committed suicide, apparently into the mists of time (or whatever passes for cryptic walking- off- into- the- sunset in Lucifer's world anyway.)

Lucifer duels with Amenadiel - that duel promised in Lucifer #2, Children And Monsters (p.196), but sends his deputy to deal with the wings. Along the way, she meets... someone from her past. A Lilum like herself, which would technically make the union incest, but hey, this is 'Lucifer', after all, and there are no taboos.

The duel fought and won (sort of, on a technicality), Lucifer ends the book by taking on a loan from Loki, setting the stage for Lucifer #6: Mansions of the Silence.

As usual, there's a kooky laugh-at-it story within this collection as well: look out in particular for the bizarre-bittersweet "Bearing Gifts", with Dean Ormston's distinctive art.

This is the end of the first big story arc that has been foreshadowed in the divination of the Tarot deck in part one. And, please note, this part one is not 'Sandman presents: Lucifer' but 'Lucifer: Devil in the gateway'. (That's why the first review by millernw was not helpful, although I fully support his message.)

Well, almost all that has been foreshadowed. Except the divination of the 'innocence' card where Lucifer has been told that he'll have to repay the favour of Elaine Belloc. The last two-parter 'Come to judgement' that nicely ties up loose ends such as the fate of Cestis starts Lucifer's quest to do exactly that.

In the main story arc I particularly liked the re-telling of the old Venus-Vulcanus-Mars story. (The ugly engineer and his pretty wife ...) I know that the originals are Greek gods, not Roman gods, but few readers would know 'Hephaistos' would they?

Also very impressive how the whole story is told by the Duke of Gly. His comments show that Carey has not lost one bit of his ability to surprise the reader with a sentence that you may think about for a long time afterwards. (As you may do about the last words of the inspector at the very end of this book.)

You'll do yourself a disservice if you think of this book as anything other than a fantasy fiction novel. The engrossing, inventive storylines and the detailed characters will capture you from the first page. Mike Carey has taken Neil Gaiman's version of the fallen prince of angels and developed him into a calculating, reflective manipulator on a cosmic scale.
This collection begins right as the last one ends, and just when you thought Lucifer was beaten and his plan completely unfolded, a completely new layer emerges, rising from the ashes like our prideful protagonist. Pick it up for something new, complex, and original.

Man, I just stumbled onto this series after getting turned on to the Sandman library, Lucifer is a science fiction fan's dream come true-

Incredible plots, great art, it's the best thing I've seen since, well, Sandman.

I sure hope this series runs for a long time, I'm amazed at the creativity that has gone into this title!