Elliott Books

The Village of snettering-on-snoakes in the kingdom of Biddle,Rosella fetched water from the well for the four thousand and eighty-eigth time. Rosella always fetched the water because, her twin sister Myrtle,always refused to go do it.She let 2 cockroaches fall on the bed. Their mother was the widow pickering and never told Myrtle do anything and always told Rosella to do everything.Rosella wanted to reward Myrtle for fetching the water for the first time.Their Prince named Harold was called 'Maiden'. He was married to Rosella.

The Village of snettering-on-snoakes in the kingdom of Biddle,Rosella fetched water from the well for the four thousand and eighty-eigth time. Rosella always fetched the water because, her twin sister Myrtle,always refused to go do it.She let 2 cockroaches fall on the bed. Their mother was the widow pickering and never told Myrtle do anything and always told Rosella to do everything.Rosella wanted to reward Myrtle for fetching the water for the first time.Their Prince named Harold was called 'Maiden'. He was married to Rosella.

witty and humorous tale of unintended consequences, which applies to lots of other areas!

Hi this is a cute parody of a Grimm brother's tale: here the princess who drops gems whenever she speaks finds it more of a curse than a blessing, and the one cursed with spitting disgusting bugs finds ways to turn that to her advantage. The humor is cute, if a bit forced.

This is a very funny book. It tells about two sisters and a step mother who liked the younger sister better than Rosella. Rosella was kind to an old lady who was actually a nice magic fairy. The fairy gave her an award by making jewels pop out of her mouth when she sang or spoke. The handsome prince liked what he saw when he met Rosella some time later. Eventually they get married and live happily ever after.

The summer before high school, Alice and her friends Pamela and Elizabeth are determined to get ready. They begin a strict new regiment, jogging each day and cutting down on junk food.

But Elizabeth doesn't seem to know when to stop. Soon she's on the verge of an eating disorder and real emotional problems, and her friends don't know how to help her. And Pamela - rebelling against her life with her newly-divorced father - hides in Alice's house when her father comes looking for her, creating real problems for both herself and Alice.

Meanwhile, Alice and her friend Gwen volunteer at the local hospital, where Alice is overjoyed to meet up with her favorite elementary school teacher again. However, her happiness is shortlived when it's quickly apparent that Mrs. Plotkin's medical issues are quite severe...

Readers will enjoy hearing about Alice, who is just a regular girl facing ordinary problems, but in such a spirited and humorous way, they won't be able to stop until they find out Alice will, in fact, be okay in the end...

This is the second Alice book I've read (after Alice on the Outside) and NOW I understand the popularity of this series. I thought "Alice on the Outside" was a little too mature in subject matter, but "The Grooming of Alice" seemed exactly right.

Plus I really enjoyed this story a lot more. Many parts made me laugh out loud (and you really get some weird stares when you do that) and one part made me want to cry. When I get that involved with a story, I know it's good. Plus Alice's problems (and her friends' problems) seemed very realistic.

I enjoyed this book a whole lot and plan now to read the next Alice book. And the next...

The story was mostly about three girls names Alice, Pamela, and Elizabeth. The girls have known each other about three years. They have just come out of middle school and will be starting high school and decides they don't want to go into high school the same way they came out of middle school. They find so much wrong with themselves
( not so much Alice) that thye go on this diet or this excercis program together where they cut out sweets, pizza, and etc. and start jogging every morning. For Elizabeth this gets out of control and looses six pounds too much weight. While this is going on Alice and Pamela have other problems. Like, for instance Alice's summer job with her other friend named Gwen at the local hospital doing volunteer work. While at work Alice finds out that one of her sixth grade teachers is there and soon passes on. Now Pamela's mother ran off with her boyfriend to Colorado and she is also fighting with her dad. So this book is fiiled with drama. This ends when her dad decides to remarry and they are ready to go to the ninth grade.
I really enjoyed this book because it deals with some of the basic problems some of us teenagers are faced with day to day. I also enjoyes this book because of the ending and the way they dealed with their problems.

This great story and makes the reader feel confident. It also makes the reader blush redder, as I have said in my other reviews of the Alice books. Some may feel it is inapropriate, but I disagree without hesitation. It's not gross, it's realistic. A lot of girls are kissing their boyfriends on eyelids--not all of them, but a lot--and the descriptions of certain body parts at the YMCA are--again--realistic, that is what is going to happen if you go to those kinds of classes and are in a pretty serious relationship. If anything, this book and all the others in the series are PREPARING girls for what is going to take place as they mature. That's my opinon.

5 Stars!!!

BlEsSeD bE!!!

People who only rate "Classics" at 5 stars are missing a point. You should take a book for what it's supposed to be and decide how well it measured up to its own goal, otherwise all children's books would be two stars or less, when for children's books they are wonderful.

With that in mind, I give THE GROOMING OF ALICE four stars. It aimed to be informative, simple, cute, light and sweet, with a few morals slipped in too. It measured up to all those things quite nicely, but it lacked the creative, polished spark of Harry Potter or the beautiful writing of "Classics" such as THE GOLDEN COMPASS.

The sitcom-type story is played out well and deftly in a simple, sweet prose in Alice's first person--so far, so good. But the problem (and the reason I took off a star) is that the intended reader age is not clear. SOME people think that references to sex, explicit descriptions of body parts at a YMCA class Alice and her friends attend, anorexia and kissing 14-year-old boyfriends on eyelids at neighborhood pools make this book unsuitable for the under-13 crowd. And this must be hard for Miss Naylor, to write truthfully about what goes on with teenagers without being vulgar. However, the simple writing and continuation of a younger girls' series makes this book more appealing to girls age 10 and 11. Most people think that girls that age are too young to be hearing about the above issues so candidly explained. So, read the story and decide for yourself. You'll find it passes time most enjoyably.

Emacs comes with great documentation, and there is a ton of it on the web. Nevertheless a structured book that is well-designed with great illustrations and examples is priceless. Despite my level of skill with Emacs (I "live in Emacs," using it for all my basic computing tasks), I consult this book regularly. It's a regular part of my Emacs library!

This book covers more than just using the editor: building Emacs from source, the help system, and Emacs Lisp are covered as well. This book is always telling me about things that I didn't know Emacs could do.

Although I have read a few chapters from front-to-back, I mainly use this book as a reference.

It seemed odd to me during my Sophomore year at Penn State that the Computer Science Department wanted me to learn a text editor to do computer programming on UNIX computers. In the business classes students were taught to use an IDE on Windows computers. I remember asking myself why would I be one of the few to learn how to use a text editor to do computer programming when the masses where learning to use a GUI approach. I made up my mind that the computer scientists probably knew more about programming than the business professors, and taking the road less traveled has made all the difference.

While I am no where near a Emacs expert this book has made me into more than just a casual user. Learning how to do the keyboard macros has saved me countless hours of work over the years. Sometimes if I plan on doing a lot of typing for a business document I'll use emacs to get started so I don't have to lift my fingers off the keys, then paste the text into word for formatting.

Using this book to expand my previous knowledge of Emacs has had exponential return on investment. I highly recommend it, to anyone that is trying to learn or wants to improve their emacs skill level.

Most of the Unix/Linux senior level Wizzards that I know use Emacs and swear by it. There are others (vi users especially) who swear at it, but that's another story. Emacs is a huge package and is growing bigger. Although you can consider it a text editor, it's a big, massive package that does a lot more than just edit text.

At the start of the book the authors comment "Many people think that Emacs is an extremely difficult editor to learn. We don't see why." I think the WHY is that most people start with a simpler more fundamental text editor like vi. Then when they think of moving to Emacs their fingers have to un-learn the vi commands to replace them with the Emacs commands. The authors say they don't recommend the vi emulation mode built into Emacs, but fingers sometimes take a long time to un-learn.

If you've just decided to move to Linux, you might want to start with Emacs and never go the vi route. There is no question that Emacs has more power. Comparing to the Microsoft world, I think of vi like NotePad, while Emacs is like Word.

There's an interesting table near the front of the book that asks you what you want to do with Emacs. If you want to write HTML, read Preface and Chapters 1-3 & 8. Then after you are getting some work out of the package, you can go to other chapters as you need them - Chapter 12, for instance to use Emacs to compare files.

About half the book is on 'simple' text editing, where their 'simple' maybe isn't as 'simple' as the rest of us consider 'simple.' I do a lot of SQL, Chapter 9 talks about the editing support for SQL, and for other programming environments like Perl, Lisp, JDEE, etc.

This book is from O'Reilly. O'Reilly does professional quality books for professional programmers. If it's time to learn Emacs, you can't do better than this.

LEARNING GNU EMACS is an introduction to the most powerful text editor ever made, a fully-programmable environment that through contributions from thousands has become something of an operating system in itself. This third edition covers all the new enhancements made in version 21.3.

The book begins with an introduction to Emacs as it : a text editor. It gives basic commands for moving around, describes the look of the user interface, teaches how to search and replace, and how to make simple (and not-so-simple) macros. But Emacs isn't just a simple text editor, it also has extensions to do everything from drawing simple pictures to managing your schedule. In the next portion the book describes among other things Dired, the Emacs file manager, the calendar and diary functions, and how to execute commands from within Emacs.

Since Emacs functions as an integrated-development environment for many programming languages, a fairly large portion of the book focus on how Emacs can help the software developer. Concerning markup languages, this new edition covers the excellent nxml mode for XML documents, and in terms of computer languages it describes modes for C, C++, Java, Perl, SQL, and Lisp. Unfortunately, the Python mode is not discussed. An entire chapter is devoted to Emacs' interface to version control systems like CVS.

The book doesn't aim itself at only a beginner's market. It teaches one already proficient in editing to customize Emacs. At the simplest, this means tinkering with one's "~/.emacs" file, but it also includes using the power of Lisp to change all aspects of Emacs.

This book could only be perfect if it were twice as large as it is now, since Emacs has so much in it. I think it a pity that the book doesn't cover Gnus, a mail and news reader that takes advantage of Emacs' scriptable nature to offer immense configurability and power. In fact, it doesn't cover the popular Mew mail reader or Emacs' limited built-in mail reader at all. Also, the bit on search and replace doesn't give any small intro to regular expressions.

Emacs is not for everyone, and even with a fine book like this some people are not going to like it. But if you are comfortable doing basic editing with Emacs, and want to maximize your efficiency, then LEARNING GNU EMACS can help.

If a person is thinking of learning GNU Emacs, or if they have been using it and are looking to sharpen their skills and broaden their Emacs savvy, it is a fairly safe assumption that the individual is motivated. This person probably knows their way around a command prompt, and it is likely that they are aware that Lisp is more than just a speech impediment. This person needs a book that offers expert advice without wasting time or insulting the intellect of the reader. Learning GNU Emacs, 3rd Edition is that book.

As a programmer, when firing up a monolithic word processor or graphical IDE to edit a simple script or properties file, one cannot help but wonder if these tools aren't overkill much of the time. For a growing number of users, the answer is yes. The tried-and-true text editor is enjoying a renaissance of sorts. One of the most extensible and customizable applications in the text editing category is the venerable GNU Emacs.

The tutorials and documentation for Emacs are abundant, but they often prove time-consuming and ineffective for actually learning Emacs. This book is a refreshing break from the documentation many have come to expect. Imagine you had a consortium of leading experts on Emacs at your disposal to teach you how to use it in a conversational, consultative style. That is what has been bundled into this latest edition of the book.

The extensibility of Emacs has been both a key strength and a criticism of the application. Its user and developer community have created all sorts of additional capabilities for Emacs, ranging from the impressive to the absurd. The authors have done well to judiciously select what to cover in this edition. For example, while Emacs does have the capability to function as an email client, other applications have long superceded its ability. The authors have chosen not to cover this topic, and instead devote the available space to learning Emacs' core functionality - powerful, efficient text editing. Other peripheral areas of Emacs have been left for the user to research after gaining their solid foundation on Emacs as editor and work environment, such as compatibility modes for programming languages other than Java and Perl.

This edition of the book uses the space gained by the removal of esoteric topics to flesh out areas of more common interest. Integration with the major version control systems has been expanded to include Subversion alongside of the age-old standards CVS, RCS, and SCCS. Coverage of support for Java and Perl has also improved, as well as sections for editing HTML and XML. Users wanting to tap into the power of Lisp programming for Emacs should find the coverage satisfying as well.

Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of this book is the chapter devoted to the use of Emacs on different platforms. Unix, Windows and Mac OS X users receive equal acknowledgement. The precautions and insights regarding Emacs nuances when used on particular platforms can reduce users' frustration when getting started with Emacs.

Even current Emacs users can benefit from this work. The mnemonic devices and conventions used in the book allow users to commit useful keyboard commands to memory. The memorization is further solidified by the exercises sprinkled appropriately through each chapter. Readers do not go for very many pages before it is time to be at the keyboard again, harnessing the power of muscle memory to reinforce the material presented.

The item was exactly as described and sent in a an expeditious manner. Would do business with this source again.

This book is an absolute bargain at this price and the shipping was super fast. This translation is great for younger readers and speaks to them in an easily understandable tongue.

The book was in excellent condition and it was a joy to read! It was a quick and easy read. If you enjoy scandal, murder, and women overpowering men, then this is the book for you!

Honestly reading this story overwhelmed me. Considering how short the play is, at the end I found myself mentally and emotionally exhausted. "Medea" explores many different themes that are still present in life today. Although I found her undying attachment to Jason annoying, I understood after reading the play how love and revenge can overpower ones mind. I felt as if Euripides toyed with the fact that women are both the weakest and the strongest in relationships. Medea's passion was overwhelming as a reader because I felt like it was a cry for attention rather than a true plea of lost love.

Euripides' "Medea" although short, is very intense and filled with many emotions. I was lucky enough to see an amazing performance of this play. If done thoughtfully, it can engage you to the point where you sympathize with Medea and are annoyed by her at the same time.

I thought Medea was pretty interesting to read, especially since I found it difficult to decide whether I supported Medea's decisions throughout the play. So much to go through just to inflict pain on her former husband Jason! I understood her reasoning for revenge, which was fueled by hurt and grief, and enjoyed the fact that unlike most women in ancient Athens, Medea took action when she was wronged. Like the women in the Chorus, I supported Medea. However, when Medea goes as far as to kill her own children, I was disappointed that Medea found Jason's agony to be more important than the lives of her own two sons. Overall, I enjoyed reading Medea, though I would have liked to have known if any guilt managed to catch up to Medea afterwards.

It started out with a bit of gore and such which was a little too much for me (I am not into the horror novels or even gore), but then that was only a couple of pages. After that the book took off.

An excellent fast paced read!

This is my VERY First time ever reviewing a book. So I don't know quite what to say.
I do know that I have not read too many books cause none of them ever held my interest till now.
This Book Cold Cold Heart, by far is the best read I have had in a long long time. The title alone drew me in.

I found myself reading when I should have been doing housework.
I could not put it down.
Culley was a great character, and I was glad it had a semi-happy ending.

Malik was truly one of the most evil personalities on the planet.
This is a must read for any fan of the morbid and Bizarre.

Being a housewife I enjoyed Houser's character as well.
She took no crap from no one not even Culley.
And That was great to read.

I too wish to find more books From James Elliott.
If anyone knows of one please
E-mail me at brainfart54@excite.com
Thanks
CC

Hi all,
I actually read 'Cold Cold Heart' about 2years ago, and have re-read it 4 times since.
Being a fan of all crime/thriller novels, I have also read many novels by Michael Connelly,.Lee Child,..Joseph R.Garber,..Lorenzo Carcaterra,..John Case, and especially enjoy some classics such as Fyodor Dostoevsky and plays by Arthur Miller..I quite simply enjoy simple stories told with richly defined characters,..of which James portrays in spades!
Late congratulations James..a fine piece of well researched,well paced work..I only wish more writers could maintain your quality.

From the beginning, when a widowed male, ex-CIA agent, meets a beautiful ex-cop (now a newspaper woman), who just happens to look like the girls the protagonist loves to mutilate, this book was predictable,filled with cliches and uninspired writing.
I skimmed and even skipped through most of the book and never missed a beat. Do not bother reading this unless you really enjoy romance novel plots under the guise of blood and gore to make it more palatable for some members of the male species. There are a lot of writers out there who do the same thing with a lot more class and who definitely have a better vocabulay. I enjoy a good murder mystery and thriller, which this definitely was not. I'm very grateful I picked it up at the library.

A Russian defector who is on a killing spree in the USA with FBI and police fighting each other over hunting him down while officially the CIA cannot be involved because the agency want to avoid embarrassment since they brought the killer into the country years before.

The basic idea of the book is really great. Unfortunately the author manages completely fails by using really boring sequences or illogical events and especially by using only bits and pieces of promising possibilities.

First, characters in the book offer a lot of potential (like the killer being a second Hannibal Lecter) but the author does not really develop these characters in full or did not use them efficiently enough to contribute to a great idea.

Second, the internal fight between CIA, FBI and police is neither adequately described nor exploited in full - another wasted area to create a complex story.

Third, potential for another great plot in this book about top counterfeit money and the robbery of its paper is also wasted because it is just thrown in with a few lines instead of using it in full detail.

Fourth, right from the start this book represents "the big coincidences" when the killer and his hunter run into each other three times in two major USA cities! (Hello? What is the likelihood of that?) This is just way too simple and coincidences happen too often - no real detective work.

Fifth, despite being completely down and on the verge of insanity due to the suicide of his wife when he went to jail, it takes less then a week before the ex CIA man falls in love with another woman as soon as he is out of prison! (Hello?!)

Bottom line is that a great opportunity to write a highly thrilling book was wasted by writing a more comic book style than a novel where everything is just way too simple to be plausible. (Maybe the author was running out of time quickly when he wrote the book?)
WAY TOO SIMPLE

This book was a great, quick read. Highly recommended if you are a fan of classic literature and / or short stories.

The book is in great condition. It was just as they advertised. I would buy from them again.

Modern American readers will probably find a lot of distance between themselves and Gogol, who writes with an observational comedy about the world he sees around him. But since the themes are timeless, his work will be pleasing, and often very funny, to most discerning readers.

I translated the title story and two others in this collection for my students because none of the existing translations did Gogol justice--they ignored his sound play and sometimes simply altered or even eliminated things that didn't make sense. Gogol's stories are weird and hilarious--I tried to preserve the elements of language that make them brilliant.

Unfortuntely, many Americans are still unfamiliar with some of the great works that were penned behind the iron curtain. I only became familiar with Gogol through references in the work of Philip Roth. After all, great writers should give their due to their predecessors. Five of Gogol's most celebrated short stories are included in this collection. While I can only classify myself as a fan of three of these stories, this collection is still worth purchasing.

"The Diary of a Madman" harkens Kafka-esque images of man versus isolation and the bureaucracy in the story of one man's sometimes humorous spiral into madness. Scorned in love and work, the main character retreats into an alternate reality. "The Nose", the story of a runaway body part, possesses elements of Kafka's "Metamorphisis". A fiction that borders on absurdity can still be frightening. It brings to mind that the superficial image one presents in society is too important. "The Overcoat", having themes of superficiality and prized possessions, is a peculiar tale. Taunted by his co-workers for the condition of his overcoat, the main character makes many sacrifices to replace his coat. To a point, the new overcoat becomes more of an obsession than it should.

While "The Carriage" and "Taras Bulba" are also included in the set, I do not believe they carry the same feeling as the other stories. To a degree, "Taras Bubla" almost seemed out of place in the set. The collection of short stories is enjoyable and highly recommended to lovers of literature. It brings the thought to mind of what other works of literature were hidden from American eyes by communism.

At first I was hesitant to purchase this book because I thought it consisted of nothing but photographs. It's not that I have anything against that, but I also like to have text accompanying the pictures. For a few months, I kept contemplating purchasing it when it saw it in various bookstores. When I actually made the opportunity to flip through the book, I discovered the author also conducted interviews with people who worked with Elliott and were in his life. I was also highly encouraged by another fan to purchase the book because he said it was spectacular, so I did just that. As soon as I purchased it, I went home and started looking at the photographs, which are exquisite. I also really enjoyed reading the interviews. An extra bonus included a CD consisting of five live tracks, one of them being a cover of a famous country song. I urge any fan of Elliott Smith to purchase this book, especially those who think they already have "everything" in their collection. "Elliott Smith" by Autumn de Wilde is a delight!

The pictures in the book are so incredible and definitely bring you back to XO times. It took me awhile to finally buy it, but I would not hesitate. This is a great purchase!

Coming from Autumn De Wilde, This book gets as close as it gets to Elliott Smith's photographical side. There are a lot of formal dedications including a foreword by Beck. I also enjoyed the 4 song live CD that was included with the book. I wish the CD had more tracks on it.

This Elliot Smith book is really cool. It has tons and tons of pictures, but not a whole lot of text. It also comes with a awesome live cd with around five songs.

Elliott Smith was perhaps the greatest Indie singer/songwriter of his generation. His unresolved murder/suicide at the age of 34 in 2003 catapulted him into iconic status. It abruptly ended a career that had begun to take off. Autumn DeWilde shared a personal friendship as well as a professional working relationship with Smith, released Elliott Smith, which is basically a series of intimate and touching conversations between Elliott's close friends and family that we have the privilege to listen(read) in on. Many speaking for the first time since his death. Because DeWilde was a personal friend of Elliott's, I think that we have to respect the fact that this is her book, not ours. It is going to read more like she is relating to Elliott because she knew him, and not just an informal biography about Elliott. After understanding that it is easier to appreciate and understand the book's perspective. Complementing the text are glossy black and white and color photographs that DeWilde shot of Smith throughout his career. Extremely fascinating and revealing, this book provides a unique perspective into the man whose music many have come to appreciate and love. DeWilde directed Smith's Son of Sam music video, and shot the cover art for his fifth album Figure 8. For a man many know only too well through his music, this book brings a fascinating "behind the scenes" perspective to his life. Besides his music, this is perhaps as close to the man that we will come to know. Reading about his friends and family talk about Smith, you begin to feel like you knew him as well, that you're sharing stories with old friends reminiscing about the night before he appeared on national television for the Oscars, the stories behind the music, or specific conversations that you had. Like his music, this book is a collection of memories, priceless memories. For those unfamiliar with his work, this book will not be as powerful or interesting as it will be for fans. Smith was a complex artist and human being, his personal life and music were not separate, they were one. This is not a biography on Smith, it is a series of conversations and interviews between Smith's closest friends and family. For fans familiar with his music, this book is a must have. I walked away after reading this book with a ton of information that I didn't know before. Considering that I never knew him personally, I even felt like I understood him a (little) better. The beautiful photographs alone are worth the price of the book, containing never before seen images of Smith. Haunting portraits that capture the man in all his glory; the photo shoot from the Figure 8 cover shooting; even handwritten lyrics on the backs of receipts. Yet we also get a series of revealing interviews and conversations that begin to flesh out the man and gives deeper insight into the life of this deeply troubled and gifted artist. The book is a celebration of their friendship and perhaps brings some closure to their relationship as well. I respect that, and I think we are fortunate DeWilde chose to share these at all. Thanks. DeWilde lets us in on this event. Looking at the haunting and beautiful images of Smith, there are many images that come to mind. Silently looking at Smith, you can hear his music playing in the background. This book because it leaves you with a tasted wanting more. Among those interviewed are: Beck Hanson, Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla, Autumn De Wilde, Joanna Bolme, Sam Coomes, Neil Gust, Ashley Welch, Margaret Middleman, Larry Crane. It is no secret that Elliott Smith lived a troubled life. I feel that this book gives you just enough without getting overly personal with respect to Elliott Smith and his family and the problems that he had in regards to drug abuse/depression. I think that this book could have gone a certain way in violating his privacy and instead it shows a tremendous amount of respect. I know that it is the gritty details that are the most fascinating, but I think that there is a fine line to respecting what someone else would like and what people are comfortable talking about. This book balances that perfectly. Contained within the book is a previously unreleased compact disc recording of Elliott Smith "Live at Largo" in Los Angeles. Contains four tracks: Angeles, Between The Bars, Clementine, Clouds(Quasi cover), All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down(Hank Williams Jr. cover). Intimate, touching, fascinating, and perhaps like his music- timeless. Recommended.

This book is a great primer for getting to know the man behind the magic, what motivates him, and how he works. That might all sound somewhat mundane but given the deeply spiritual, and at first exposure "abstract", nature of the work David does, learning the concrete grounded narrative of his evolution is helpful and inspiring. And it's a pretty fascinating narrative at that.

Truth be told, you have to hear the man's VOICE, you have to experience him HEARING YOU, to really "get" what he does. His "Manifest" and "Meditation" cd's, not to mention his incredibly illuminating phone consultations (and from what I hear, his workshops as well), are really where it's at when analyzing/reviewing David Elliot. I know this from (blessed) first-hand experience and I am a true believer in his practice and the empowerment he is here to teach and share. That said, reading t/his "story" can demystify what may seem to be a very complex healing practice - and if that motivates you to invest in his cd's etc that can only be a good good thing.

This man/book/cd has changed my life forever! We are all given tools in life but are they the right one's? Maybe we were inherited tools that just don't match our being. David's book and meditation cd's have changed my life. I have dropped the old tools that were given to me by birth and replaced with the truth. Truth will set you free if you want to be free. It works if you want your energy to be alive and thriving. Just being able to be taught how to get out of our head and out of the way to allow Spirit to flow through and see what magic happens is a beautiful thing! There are many therapist and drugs out there to get you here...but why not do it naturally? We all have the power to get anywhere we want if we believe in self. David teaches you that and so much more. I am also a massage therapist and his book and cd's and products have helped not only myself but many clients. It goes beyond self...when your light is on..everyone feels it, sees it and wants some of it! So get this book and cd's and start manifesting your life now! What are you waiting for?

David Elliott's CD for Meditation is brilliant! I've searched the world over for many years and finally found an incredible gift that has been given for all of us to gain Spiritual strength and awarness. My life has changed to be ONE with Spirit!What better could that be................... How cool is that!!!!

David's technique is an incredible way to open your heart and spirit to the divine. David allows the divine and your spirit to do the work together. This technique calms the mind and clears away the mindless chatter of our everyday world and stress which edges out our connection to what is truly important. I have tried "meditation" before, but all too often it is some New Age music coupled with a guru of sorts talking too much. David has the gift of being the conduit between the divine and one's personal needs to allow the flow of energy and healing from the divine to your spirit and soul. I highly recommend this cd as it is life changing.

I am 61 years old and learned the pranayama yoga breathing techniqe from David Elliott at a workshop in the fall of 2005. I was facing surgery and my blood pressure had been elevated for several months. After using the CD for only a few days my blood pressure went down to 115/75 - my doctor was incredulous. David teaches people to heal themselves by simply breathing. He describes this technique in a way anyone can understand on this CD - the idea is to get away from all the constant chatter in our heads. I use this CD at least once a day. The flute in the background and the guided meditation leave me refreshed, focused,and calm. I stop rushing and life is back in proper perspective. The flute music continues after the meditation ends.

Reading Robert Frost just enriches your life. He writes with incredible color and unusual grace. The hardcover is totally worth it.

I have read Robert Frost's poetry for years. There's nothing better than being curled up on the sofa on a cold afternoon drinking hot cocoa, and browsing through a Robert Frost poem book to warm your heart. For years I had been looking for a complete collection of Robert Frost's poems. I'm glad I found it a Amazon.

Robert Frost has a world-wide admiration. And in this book, you can find all his poems grouped neatly in sections connecting them to the place they are written in. So to put it in a nut shell, it is just what you are looking for if you want to buy something you won't regret.

Frost's poetry is like the essence of New England's North Country-it's sparseness, praticality, absence of frills, fall color, winter bleakness but strong, independent confidence. Yet in both the North Country and in Frost's poetry there is an underlying complexity and an openness to unfettered interpretations. This book delivers Frost's work in a simple, straightforward manner. His poetry needs no fancy presentation but then neither does the North Country. Visit both, but especially Frost.

A warning-it may be best to read only one or two poems a day. The more time each is thought about, the more it grows in depth and thought complexity-or doesn't....

I wonder how long it will be before Frost's literary stock is devalued as much as it deserves to be. These are trite and banal poems that do not ring true or sincere. Frost seems distant from both his poems and the reader. What he has to say is obvious and unoriginal. How he says it is on the level of a hallmark greeting card at its best; at its worst, it is no better than a limerick. Posthumous revelations about his horrific cruelty to others and his shrewd creation/manipulation of his celebrity image as the New England farmer-poet only confirm that there was something seriously wrong with this man and his poems that an earlier generation missed. How earlier generations could find genius in such obvious observations is astounding.
Bad poetry from a twisted man.

While it is from another Conference of Bishops, there is plenty of useful information, not often available.

I have recently had the honor of finding this book. What a relief! After working at a Roman Catholic High School for ten years and witnessing a wide variety of Priests say Mass. I had rarely seen anyone who knew how to do the Mass with old Latin Mass dignity and respect. Often the services were interupted with applause and side shows and less than sacred music. This book should be in hands of all Catholic priests.

This book is an excellent tool for all those involved in Liturgy. Based on Church teaching and recently revised to include instructions from recent documents. The book leaves no stone unturned when it comes to Mass, Adoration and Liturgy of the Hours. Not only is it a practical 'manual' down to every detail, but it contains sound theological and spiritual reflections on many elemnets of the Liturgy.

The ceremonies of the modern roman rite does have a lot of usefull information. I especialy enjoyed reading in black and white the proper placement of the tabernacle and the rules on saying mass. So many priests ignore the proper ways and opt for keeping taberbacles in seperate chapels and use glass chalices. The ceremonies of the modern roman rite detail guidelines for liturgical colors, linens, vessels and vestments, the altar, the church, and much more. What i found lacking is the ceremonies themselves, It contains rituals which are reference only, incomplete. Just like the ceremonial of bishops, this book will give an outline for a ritual but refer to other texts for the complete ceremony. I reccomend The Rites vol 2 if you want actual rites and rituals. All in all this book is worth the price, though personally I would rather the american curch follow Rome more closley and leave the modern stuff to the protestants.

Before the changes to the liturgy following the Second Vatican Council, rubrics (liturgical laws) were a serious matter. They were observed by clergy under pain of sin, and many manuals were available to assist their proper execution. This approach had its strengths in that priests generally did what they were supposed to, and its weaknesses - sometimes they were observed in a dry, legalistic way, without regard for common sense, or good taste.

Whatever their limitations, they were - and despite liturgical malpractice of some, they remain - an indispensable element of the Church's public worship. They give order to and protect the meaning of the ceremonies given to us by the Church for the celebration of the Mass, and the other Sacraments and rites.

It is from this standpoint that Monsignor Elliott, an Australian priest, offers his manual, the first extensive book on the ceremonial of the Modern Roman Rite, at least in the English language. He draws upon his wide range of pastoral experience in various countries and the advice of many others to put together a work that is more than just a rubrical manual. Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite is an authoritative and traditional guide to the post-conciliar liturgy written with common sense and in the light of the author's appreciation of good liturgical taste.

It could be objected that such a work is thereby subjective, and carries little real authority. Undoubtedly there are many of the author's opinions with which one could enter into dialogue. He himself would admit this, provided such dialogue respects the `givens' of the Rite, which he outlines clearly.

The book's abiding value is that it offers clergy, seminarians, and other liturgical ministers who wish to celebrate the modern liturgy well a point of reference from which to start. The author provides guidance on the setting for the liturgy, vessels and vestments, the various liturgical ministries, ceremonial actions, detailed descriptions of the various forms of the celebration of Mass, the worship of the Eucharist outside of Mass, and the Liturgy of the Hours. A number of appendixes supply practical guidance with regard to Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist, Mass Stipends, and other topics. Curiously, diagrams relevant to earlier chapters are grouped together in one appendix.

The second edition (2005) takes full account of the modifications of the 2002 editio typica of the Missale Romanum as well as of the 2004 Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum.

In 1918 the Westminster priest, Dr Adrian Fortescue, wrote of his own book on Ceremonies "I loathed writing it. I do not think I have ever yet undertaken a job that I so hated carrying out. I did it solely `turpis lucri gratia'" Monsignor Elliott's motivation is somewhat different. Those who use his manual will find that it is written from the profound conviction that the new liturgy can and should be celebrated worthily and beautifully, that is, according to the mind of the Church as specified in her liturgical books.