Douglas Books

Our church has used this book for several years as part of our Steps to Freedom support group. This group provides men accountability, practical tips and principles for becoming truly free from from struggles with pornography, adultery, emotional disconnection or sexual withholding. We use this book paired with Steps to Freedom, also by Weiss. This is for men who really want to break free of these struggles through God's grace.

Dr. Weiss does an excellent job presenting practical exercises to help the recovery process of the Sex Addict. His writing is simple at a high school or below level reading level, but the concepts and power of the exercises don't lose their effectiveness even for scholarly readers.

Although this is a "Christian Guide," Dr. Weiss does not taut theology and takes a very gentle approach to spiritual concepts, many times assuming the reader has no or little spiritual background.

This is one of the most powerful tools I've found in working with addicts to recover. Highly recommended.

This book is the number one resource of my speech pathologist. It organizes almost every common word in the English language by vowel and consonant placement, and is used to help any student of speech pathology, e.g. stroke victims, or in my case, a voice-over talent to help clean up my diction, so that I can find more work in this field.

Having a hard time coming up with word lists? This book does it all for you. It's organized by consonant phonemes, position, and number of syllables.

This book is an extremely valuable contribution to the history of American art. Kirschke carefully describes and explains the life of Aaron Douglas----from his childhood in Kansas, to the heights of the Harlem Renassaince, and to his teaching position at Fisk University in his twilight years. Kirschke captures the essense of both the Harlem Renassaince and the life of Aaron Douglas with superb research and excellent prose.

For those who have become interested in Douglas' art, this sets it and his life in a broader context. Very satisfying.

I read this book when I was a year two social work student. This book provides us a detailed examples and explanation for each type of mental disorders.

I liked all the case studies, it makes it easier to learn. Also it was interesting to read and

well writen.

As a former Seventh-day Adventist and current "card-carrying member of the ACLU" I have long pondered many of the themes dealt with by this very interesting book. I think Morgan and Marty deal with the subject-matter in a very unique and fairly non-offensive way and get quite a bit about Adventism right, although there are some errors. You guys know Adventist is pronounced with an emphasis on the first syllable and not the second, right? As in AD-vent-ist, not Ad-VENT-ist.

I think some of the more educated, liberal, and objective Adventists I know (especially ones secure in their faith) would enjoy this book. People interested in the intersection of religion and politics in general would definitely find it an easy, entertaining read.

I plan on passing it on.

"Faith-based organizations?" The odd term had not yet entered the media lexicon. American politicians had only seen a glimmer of the power offered by open alliances with conservative religious groups. But, in this adventurous probe of the odd-couple pairing of Seventh-day Adventism, a quintessentially American institution, and the Republican party, Dr. Morgan opens a clear panoramic view of one church's struggle with these reformation-esque issues.

Separation of Church and State? Money to do "good" things? Where do well-meaning people draw the lines? How do they decide? What goes on behind closed doors - in the cloistered halls of power on Capitol Hill and in the hushed offices of ecclesiastical politics?

Doug Morgan's "Adventism and the American Republic" is a scrupulously documented look at one church's awkward lurching toward civic engagement. The view ranges from sweet to painful and back again. But Doug's description carries the reader through the arc with a sense of being there -- in the rooms, reading the letters and watching the frustrating twists, embarrassing turns, and occasional successes in this theological/political pretzel.

If you've every wondered what "Faith Based" means for the future of American social or religious institutions, this book is a must read. If you don't care about church and state, but like a curious American tale, it's even better.

Somebody should make the movie!

For Croce, there are two kinds of knowledge: logical knowledge, intuitive knowledge. What Croce did at the beginning of the 20th century was posing Aesthetics as the science of "intuitive knowledge". Aesthetics is the logic of intuitive knowledge, as logic is the building blocks of logical knowledge, which can briefly be described as science and mathematics. Furthermore, he claims that intution and expression is the same thing and beauty is successful expression or just expression "since unsuccessful expression is not an expression".

The treatise in the first part is so simple, yet so deep. It's lucid and brilliant. There are no references in this part. The second part deals with the history of aesthetics and this is I think a much better reference for an aesthetic reader. Croce, does not only cite the references from antique Greek to Post-Kantians and German Idealists; he makes ingenious comments on them, which is quite thought provoking.

If you are interested in aesthetics, this is an essential. I am doing research on the German Enlightenment, and only Croce offers a detailed discourse on thinkers whose importance only matches their obscurity. The first half of this book presents Croce's own aesthetic theory: an atheistic theory with a Hegelian twist (he wrote what is living and what is dead of Hegel) that is spiritual without being religious. The second half of the book is the real gem. This is a detailed history of aesthetics, in all its obscurantist glory! Do not deny yourself a book that is both an illuminating introduction to aesthetics via its history, a penetrating theory of aesthetics, and a great reference book for an aesthetician. The man who coined the term aesthetics, Alexander Baumgarten, is developed in this book ... one of the few books that goes beyond mentioning his name and importance.

Both of the Cooley's, MGLC (Melvin Greek Latin Classics) especially, have demonstrated with lapidary concision that they are without a doubt, legends of the classics universe. I have seen several spurious accounts of the Age of Augustus but I know these to have been written by enemies of Classics and Classicists everywhere. I implore all readers of the first account to ignore it and give it the contept it deserves (a note to you gentle reader, i am not Melvin) (ha, that fooled them) (mwahahahahaha, now the world is mine, and all of pompeii with it) In all seriousness though, this is a really interesting and informative book, ideal for anyone studying Augustus.

this book has to be the best evaluation of the age of augustus i have ever seen not only is it easy to understand, it has a few quite witty gestures such as the name melvin.... no only kidding i am very surprised to se that the book has not sold more copys, i have told all my friends and foes about this book and will continue to do so until the fire i made with the book runs out so if you are cold just buy the age of Augustus and be warmed by a hart warming heat.

I found this book very engaging and spellbinding. The characters were well developed, as well as the descriptions and settings. Even though I did not understand all the intricasies of the computer, it did not affect my following the unfolding of solving the mystery. Once I got into the book, I found it very compelling and hard to put down.

Set in New Beford, Massachusetts it revolves around a computer service provider chief named Bennett who opens an email and is drawn into a "game" with a serial murderer familiar with whaling, using that knowledge to commit his crimes, and snaring Bennett in the loop. The book has enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the end, but to also make you wonder if it really is going to be an "all is well" ending.

I was curious about this cookbook, so I got in touch with the author - Ron Douglas. He began putting together his collection with a web site RecipeSecrets.com and then self published this book and a follow up.

After talking with Ron, I got his books. They are really great. There are recipes to make things like Boston Market Macaroni and Cheese, KFC Honey BBQ wings, and Applebee's Baby Back Ribs. These recipes are developed and then tested out on the web site, so they are very close to the real thing.

The recipe book is small and has around 100 restaurant recipes. There aren't any photos, but these are dishes most people would know from eating out.

I've been enjoying making some of my favorite dishes from restaurants. I showed the cookbook to my Mom, and she wants to try out some dishes too. Many of them are Southern favorites. I asked Ron about that. He is from New York. His Grandma grew up in the South, so that's how he came to especially like Southern cooking.

I've tried a bunch of the "secret restaurant recipes" from this cookbook and my friends can't believe I made them myself. They taste just like the restaurants! Last night I made the Applebees Fiesta Lime Chicken and there were no words spoken at the table - only the sound of lips smacking :-).

I highly recommend this cookbook and their Volume 2 version is well worth the money as well.

I was very impressed with this book. Some of the other evangelical histories I've read (namely the ones by Mark Noll) have been very detailed, but not always interesting to read. Now, from the keyboard of Douglas Sweeney, we have a tight history of the evangelical movement that reads like a novel. He traces the origins of evangelicalism to the first Great Awakening in the 1730s. We learn of how Christians from different denominations banded together to support the revival preaching of men like George Whitefield, John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards.

We also read about the more Arminian leanings of the 2nd Great Awakening in America, which spanned much of the 19th century and featured the thunderous preaching of Charles Finney and Francis Asbury.

The role of female preachers in evangelicalism is discussed, namely Phoebe Palmer, and Aimee Semple Macpherson, who eventually founded the Foursquare Gospel Church.

I also appreciated the discussion of black evangelicals and mourned with the author over the sad history of segregation and apathy between whites and blacks in the evangelical movement.

There is also a chapter about the holiness and pentecostal movements, and the fissure that developed between neo-evangelicals and fudamentalists. Sweeny concludes with an epilogue about the uncertain future of the American Evangelical movement, including a brief glance at the major division with Southern Baptist circles.

This is the best book I have come across on the American Evangelical movement and I heartily recommend it.

One of the first advantages for Sweeney's study can be seen in how he opens up the word, definition, and conception of evangelicalism. By no means does he have rose colored glasses about the history of evangelicalism, but at the same time he is not afraid to declare the greatness of the movement itself. In fact, it seems that he regards the movement as one that carries the beneficent ideals of the European Protestant Reformation[s] and Protestant Great Awakening[s], both of which are influenced through the American experiment.

Sweeney first opens up the box, as it were, of Christian presuppositions with respect to the global presence of Christianity, and then gives commentary on how evangelicalism fits into that global structure. His intent here is to demonstrate that there is diversity within evangelicalism, to be sure, but also that evangelicalism is perhaps the most vital movement on the scene of the Christian religion. On this point Sweeney is correct. There is an advantage for Sweeney's study here because he is not merely trying to be ecumenical, but to be realistic that Christianity is encompassed by much more than just the word or designation of evangelical. However, at the same time Sweeney is by no means apologetic about his own evangelical presuppositions. He also humbly counts himself within the movement.

One example within Sweeney's study is the subject of the Great Awakening within early New England, which Sweeney labels, "the regional center of American evangelicalism." Thus, it seems that Sweeney regards the dynamic of early Puritanism very important. He is right on this point because this period within American evangelicalism sets the precedent for much of American Christianity. In addition to this, he gives a very positive view of Whitefield and Edwards. One of the eloquent segments of his writing deals with the dichotomy between the "New Divinity" and the "Old Calvinists." He says, "The New Divinity of the Edwardsians dealt primarily with the experience of revival and conversion. As Calvinists, they taught that none could come to faith in Christ except by supernatural grace, but as evangelists, they knew that saving grace came through the gospel." This is a very good description of the rationale of the New Light Calvinists and thus shows how the major theological perspective of Calvinism was nuanced for the American evangelical context.

Where Sweeney does a particularly good job at painting a high-quality picture of evangelicalism, he also is quick to point out its historical scars. In his chapter, "Crossing the Color Line without Working to Erase It", he unabashedly admits historical mistakes within the evangelical movement. Some of these include "heroes" of the faith such as Edwards and Whitefield preaching the universal gospel, and yet "paradoxically" owning slaves at the same time.

However, as fast as Sweeney admits to the now irrational and unspeakable atrocities committed by evangelicals of the past, he adamantly argues for the substantive good that has been accomplished by evangelicalism. He says that "...despite such undeniable moral failure, God has used the evangelicals to promote the gospel of grace among literally millions of African Americans...Ever since the Great Awakening, white evangelicals have engaged in Christian outreach to black people--never adequately but faithfully and consistently." To this quote, Sweeney must be commended. Not only is he honest about evangelical failures of the past, but his main point is that God's purposes are being fulfilled through morally stained people--black or white. His sections on black evangelicals demonstrate this perspective very well. Further, he does a particularly good job in the same chapter by describing the dynamics of the black evangelical movement. Thus, Sweeney expresses something very profound: being evangelical does not have to do with color, creed, or denomination, but with being a gospel witness.

Although Sweeney says that his study is intended to show the history of evangelicalism, which it of course does, it also conveys much more. Sweeney says that his hope is that the book may be a memorial that bears witness to God's faithfulness. Furthermore, Sweeney hopes not just to educate persons about historical evangelism, but to help believers regain their "spiritual bearings." This strategy by Sweeney is a refreshing perspective that demonstrates his zeal to be a faithful interpreter of evangelical history, and also to communicate that same history with the purpose of showing God's faithfulness. Thus, Sweeney's portrayal of evangelicalism can be helpful for all persons hoping to understand this movement within the broader Christian church.