Ferguson Books

For students or professionals, The Handbook of Professional Ethics for Psychologists is a must have for your library. When the updates come out, I highly recommend buying them too. Especially in our world today, buy this book! Keep it close!

This is one of the best books I have ever read! It is very easy to understand and the author has done an excelent job!! Bill Ferguson also wrote a book called," How To Heal A Painful Relationship", which is equally as good as," Heal The Hurt That Runs Your Life". I highly recommend both books to read before ending a marriage as I did. The two books have helped me see my mistakes in the past and healed me also. Now I am best friends with my ex. Thanks to Mr. Ferguson and his books! Please read his books before making any major decisions. Love and Prayers, Gloria

Between 7:00pm and 1:00am is a good time to get answers to a health care system moving from the traditional office face-to-facing with doctors to self-managed lay medicine online. A good way to surf these Internet health and medical resources is by signing up with a computer network, such as America Online, CompuServe, Delphi, eWorld, Genie, Microsoft Windows 95, Prodigy, The Well, or Women's Wire. Self-helpers can then access such biomedical databases as the HealthNet Reference Library, Information USA/health, and Medline; Internet mailing lists, such as HMATRIX-L's popular and professional resources for laypeople and professionals; the Medical Support Bulletin Board; the Medical Matrix gopher site; the MedWeb free medical library; and USENET newsgroups. Such directories and search engines as InternetSleuth, the Multimedia Medical Reference Library, and the Whole Internet Catalog of Health can find relevant web sites ranging from Good Medicine alternative and mainstream medical practices, to Internet Vet, PharmInfoNet, Traveler's Choice worldwide health conditions, and Yahoo/health.

Or a health information broker---such as The Health Resource Inc., Med Help International, and Plane Tree Health Resource Center---could be hired to do all the footwork. Or a non-digital start would be to call the Self-Help Clearinghouse and to read THE SELF-HELP SOURCEBOOK. This self-help focus by author and physician Tom Ferguson works well with John M. Grohol's THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES ONLINE. Readers trying to pool as much Internet health and medical information as possible could also look to Bruce Maxwell's HOW TO FIND HEALTH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET and MOSBY'S MEDICAL SURFARI.

I don't know what's caused the mini-flood of Annie Sullivan & Helen Keller books lately, but I sure am enjoying it!

To my knowledge, this is by far the best Annie Sullivan children's biography on the market. The design is impeccable, with big, crisp photos, often overlaid with quotations or layered with maps and other relevant backgrounds. Braille on the title page and photographs of Helen's own hands modeling the manual alphabet on the cover boards were especially nice touches. Unfortunately for me, only one of the photos was new to my eyes. But barring unexpected finds in obscure New England attics, I suppose trying to find a fresh Sullivan/Keller photo for me at this point is a little bit like giving Julia Child a new recipe, so I can't really fault the book on that score.

The text is strong, straightforward, and accurate, though I personally prefer a bit more emotional zing in a biography. What can I say -- I'm a tough audience. That said, I found myself constantly nodding in agreement at the familiar details of Annie's life, and even picked up a few new tidbits along the way. Highly recommended.

Ferguson relates in his preface that he is an Englishman with a Norwegian wife. In the 1980's he lived in Norway and he speaks the language. He was asked by the BBC to translate and adapt some of the plays. I have read Michael Meyer's biography of Ibsen more than once, and I deem this to be a worthy enhancement of our understanding of Ibsen.

Ibsen chose voluntary exile for most of his writing life. In 1336 Norway became part of Denmark. In 1814 Sweden took over as a colonial power. When Ibsen was growing up there was a desire to establish a homegrown theater. The nationalist urge culminated in King Hakon VII ascending to the throne in 1905. Popular perceptions of Norway as gloomy are based upon the art of Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Munch. The Norwegian langauge was in a constant state of flux during Ibsens's life as a consequence of nationalism.

Henrik was born in 1828. His father was amusing but unsuccessful in his enterprises and his mother was self-sacrificing. Henrik was the oldest. He was shy, gloomy, solitary, and bright. He liked to play with a little play theater and as a boy of about twelve put on puppet shows. When his schooling ended he went to work in Grimstad as the apprentice of an apothecary. His solitary ways made him an object of suspicion. He had an illegitimate son, a matter of guilt and shame.

After five years he moved to employment at a different dispensary which became a meeting place for intellectually involved youth. He wrote a verse drama in 1849. For the next decade or more he was involved in theater management and direction in Bergen and in Kristiania, (Oslo). He was married in 1858 and a son was born in 1859.

Ibsen spent many years away from Norway living in Italy and in Germany. After 1876 Ibsen wrote modern works for a cast of chamber players. HEDDA GABLER is one of the plays that easily retains its modernity. His final play, WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN, can be taken as an allegory of the lives of Ibsen and his wife, Suzannah. Henrik Ibsen died in 1906. Ferguson's discussions of the plays in the context of the life of Ibsen is very fine.

One of the best books of poetry written. As entertaining and reflective as it gets.

my husband and i moved to japan this summer for a short 3 month visit and i wanted to read a novel while we were here. the travel bookstore in our area only had this book in the japanese section so i decided to give it a go. i just finished the book today and have nothing but great things to say. first off, his writing is hysterical. i found myself laughing out loud throughout the book - driving my husband crazy of course! if you have ever travelled to japan or just wonder what its like from a real life point of view please check out this book. his humor, sarcasm and quick wit are sure to charm you.

I really liked this book, though I'll end up converting its mechanics to D&D. It was fascinatingly detailed about each of the 4 houses, their histories, their subdivisions, their magic, and more. A well-edited and entertaining read with some really cool virtues and mysteries!

a excellant eyewitness account of the lincoln assaination. ferguson although only 14 at the time, knew john wilkes booth personally ,the book only 60-65 pages is an excellant piece of work from someone who was there.

The book is based on a clear understanding of the last 1500 years of Scottish history and myth creation. Ferguson has produced an even-handed and accurate book about the development of Scottish nationalism.

The languages spoken in Scotland in the Middle Ages including Pictish, Norse, English, Welsh and Gaelic. Pictish dominated the north and Welsh in the south with large numbers of Gaels in Galloway and Argyll.

In the tenth-eleventh centuries Gaelic was the dominant language of Scotland. During this time the Kingdom of Scots acquired Lothian, which had been part of the Kingdom of Northumbria established by the Angles. The Angles introduced Scots English to Scotland. Edinburgh, in Lothian, did not become the Scottish capital until the fifteenth century.

The Scots (Gaelic speaking) in the north and the Angles in the south of Scotland presented a united front to Edward I during the Scottish Wars of Independence. The Gaelic myth of creation was used many times as a unifying element to oppose union with England, proposed by many Scots such as John Major (1470 - 1550)

This book explains the loss of power and prestige of the Gaels and the growth of Scots English, the language brought to Scotland by the Angles.The contributions of Hector Boece, George Buchanan, Robert Burns and many others are considered. The stereotypes of Goth (English speaker) versus Gael are explored as well as the influence of the Ossianic Controversy on nationalism.