Elliott Books

This book is definitely fascinating. It includes interesting vignettes and gives great insight on how to talk with people about their spirituality. The authors are open-minded and share from their personal experiences with clients. I would highly recommend purchasing this book.

This is a great compilation of essays from the top evangelical biblical scholars.

Highlights include: - Greg Beale on eschatology as the chief interpretive framework in Biblical hermeneutics - Daniel Block on Gog and Magog in Ezekiel - Ben Witherington on Paul and Imminence - Alan Garrow on interpreting Revelation - Earle Ellis advocating annihilationism - Richard Bauckham rebutting Moltmann's millenarianism - Stephen Williams provides an overview of the work in eschatology in the past 30 years

Overall, there is enough here to keep any student of biblical studies satisfied for a good while. Even though many of the essays are unconvincing (Beale and Ellis for example) they are nonetheless stimulating and enjoyable.

This is an excellent survey of the crucial events in European history during the second half of the 16th Century. Phillip II of Spain and the revolt of the Netherlands naturally have pride of place in this volume, but Elliot also gives coverage to events in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and the Meditteranean (far too many histories of Europe give excessive emphasis to western Europe at the expense of the eastern and northern parts of the continent). The chapter relating to the waxing of Spanish power is particularly exciting and well written, but then the author is an expert of this period of Spanish history. I would thoroughly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in European history.

This is a very impressive and timely book on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) by 74 contributors in the field of pediatrics and child health from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Holland and Italy.
The term EBM was developed by Sackett and colleagues from the McMaster University (Sackett DL et al. Evidence based medicine. BMJ 1996;312:71-2) as "the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients" or in other words, good medical practice based on as much facts as possible for the benefit of your patient. Since 1991 this field has been incooporated into many medical schools around the work, textbooks published and now we see it reaching pediatrics and child health.
This superbly edited book (updates will be regularly posted on www.evidbasedpediatrics.com) is devided into three sections: "Finding, evaluating and applying the evidence"; "Evidence for routine practices: screening/prevention" and finally "Common pediatrics conditions" with a good and comprehensive index.
The steps in the practice of Evidence Based Pediatrics (EBP) are: to evaluate the clinical situation (by history, by examination and laboratory tests), identify information needs and structure clinical questions, search for relevant information from the literature, evaluate the evidence found or identify lack of evidence and finally apply the evidence to your patients.
You will find many useful and structured entries in this book from the issue of the "well child" to the common pediatric problems of otitis media, constipation, short stature or croup.
We believe that this important book should find its way to the desks of the practicing pediatrician, the lecturer in child health and the researcher in pediatrics.

Professor Joav Merrick, MD
Medical director, Division for Mental Retardation, Box 1260, IL-91012 Jerusalem, Israel, email: jmerrick@aquanet.co.il

Mohammed Morad, MD
Family physician, Division for Community Health, Ben Gurion University, Box 653, IL-84105 Beer-Sheva, Israel, email: morad-62@barak-online.net

This collection of poems, which was actually a study by Clarke for his novel George and Rue, Is a masterfully crafted tale of two ill fated brothers. Told from their perspective as poems they wrote, the language gets a little rough ended, but is put together beautifully. Read it again and again to truly grasp this dark portrait of the minds of two accidental killers.

Great series of books. This one was one of my favorites.

This is a thorough and comprehensive resource for any therapist interested in understanding how to utilize empty-chair and two-chair dialogue, or for any therapist wishing to understand process-experiential therapy. This resource includes the theoretical foundations of chairwork and how to directly apply process-directive techniques in the therapeutic setting. Excellent.

It's not the average Wisconsinite that would choose to spend forty days in the hottest of deserts, but William J. Elliott is not average. If you are lucky, you have discovered this writer's previous works in which he travels worldwide to interview the great spiritual leaders of our time. In both of his must reads, Tying Rocks to Clouds and A Place at the Table : A Journey to Redicover the Real Jesus with Guidance of Various Teachers, from Billy Graham to Deepak Chopra, Elliott wanders far from his native Madison, WI to seek the wise words a far flung array of folks from Mother Teresa to Neil Douglas-Klotz. In this narrative, however, Elliott goes on his own inner journey to experience the Judean desert as Jesus did. Elliott writes, "...my going to the desert was the next step in my relationship with God. And this relationship demanded a consummation; a confrontation of both love and anger..."

My guess is that during most of his heat tortured days in the Judean desert, Elliott would have gladly traded his saunalike tent and gecko-infested cave, for the relative comforts of his motor home which gave him shelter and wheels on his previous journeys. But in Falling into the Face of God, Elliott has no choice but to share his days and nights with flies, ants, bees, lizards and other unsavory types with only a mosquito net between them. What gets him through all this? Mediation, getting up at 4:30 a.m. to cook when it's only 100 degrees and Clif Bars to name only a few things.

One of the many things I adore about Elliott's writing is his wide range of references. Whether he's quoting the Gospel of Thomas, likening an event to Bill Murray's Groundhog Day or conjuring up Louis Armstrong singing "What a Wonderful World", you know Elliott is once again turning the ordinary occurrence -- not even observable to most of us -- into an extraordinary, exquisite moment. I also appreciate his ironic sense of humor and perspective despite the fact that he is pushed mentally and physically to his humanly limits. Elliott crawls to the edge of a 250 foot cliff for fear that he'll trip and fall. While unbelievably rappelling down the same cliff when rock climbing enthusiasts passing by adopt him, Elliott compares the desire to quickly end the experience to speaking with his girlfriend about some emotional issue.

Elliot's writing reminds me of the spiritual quest of Anne Lamott or C.S. Lewis with a dose of Nick Hornsby's humor and spot on observations. Hard to believe? Try reading one of Elliott's books. If nothing else, if you make the right decision to read and hopefully purchase this book, you'll learn about the rules of the desert including "....from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., do not move!" From this WI native to another, thanks, for taking us on another incredible journey. Can't wait for the next trip!

In the Fall of 1983, while working on both my second M.A. degree
from Butler University in Indianapolis Indiana-and a PH.D. from
M.I.T. and Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena California,
I met a future hostage of the June 14th, 1985 TWA Flight 847
flight.

His name, James W. Hoskins Jr. Quiet, yet tough, and a great, young American.

Jim represented himself as tough yet quiet as a skyjack victim.
So did his future bride, and fellow hi-jack victim, on that
same flight, Katherine Davis Hoskins. Another GREAT AMERICAN
like Jim.

The Family Ties book, was and is a great book about ALL the
hostages.

Keep Up the GREAT JOB!!

Thank You:

Dr. Nick--"the HISTORIAN"!!

THIS IS ANOTHER STEAMY BOOK BY SOME VERY TALENTED AUTHORS. I REALLY ENJOYED THE STORIES BY THOMAS LONG THE PURPOSE P---Y, HEAD HUNTER BY ANNA J, BENEATH HER NOSE BY BRITTANI WILLIAMS, CATER TO YOU BY DANIELLE SANTIAGO, COMING AFTER SCHOOL BY KEISHA ERVIN, AND CROSSING THE LINE BY DYWANE BIRCH. THESE STORIES WERE EXTREMELY STEAMY AND I FOUND MYSELF HAVING TO TAKE A BREAK.....LOL...... THEY WERE JUST THAT HOOOOOOTTTTT. IF YOU LUV A GOOD EROTICA THIS IS A MUST READ