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It's information is insightful, Biblical, practical and Ken puts into the hands of his readers a do-able, day to day playbook for Dad's to win with their kids. Ken's insights, stories and truths empower and equip men to leave lasting Godly imprints in the daily lives of their children and all those whom they touch....he helps us Packer fans to realize that though it may be hard to fathom...there are indeed higher priorities in life than football and dare I say it...the Green Bay Packers

Very inspirational. Easy read, great message. This book greatly affected my husband's relationship with our children. Great book for any dad, especially a sports (football) fan.

Home Field Advantage allows a father to remember what is really important and how he score where it really counts.

In 1992, Dave Branon of Sports Spectrum joined with Joe Pellegrino to present Christian role models in baseball. Now Branon and Packer Ken Ruettgers give us a role model in football, a sport in desperate need of same. When the bad boys get all the ink, we all need to look beyond that to the behavior and character of players like Ruettgers. Branon - we're waiting for the good guys of basketball. The mainstream media don't even try to hide their rolling eyes and smug boredom when Christian players praise The Lord. Get over it, media, and ask yourselves why you're disturbed at a player who kneels in the end zone to thank his Lord rather than break into a dance of self-glorification.Bit by bit, book by book, the good guys are gaining.For more on the Branon touch, try a subscription to his magazine, Sports Spectrum. It's a whole new world out there, sports fans, a world where the Minister of Defense is in the pulpit

I was delighted to read this book of poetry. It strikes a cord that most poetry doesn't quite reach. Most likely, this "cord" comes from 'way back, when I was growing up on a small farm in southeastern Minnesota. I love that Leo Dangel can leave me with a lump in my throat by painting a scene or an experience with true understatment, in the style of a rural, reserved, very masculine man.

In the world of cellphones, superstores and genetic crops, the family farm has become a lost icon. This volume of poetry brings the smells, tastes and heart of farmlife and the people we know who live it back into our lives. As a farm kid growing up in rural Michigan and now living in Minneapolis as an Art Director, I actually felt the pangs of longing grow stronger with each page I turned. The essence of farmlife and farm people is told with the subtleness of a "Farmer's nod", but has the satisfaction of ending the day by pulling home a wagonload of hay, knowing there will be a pot roast supper waiting on the table when you walk in the door.

Dangel does an excellant job of catching the nostalgia of childhood and growing up on a farm in the midwest. Even though many of his poems are from childhood experiences in the 1950's, these ideas are also extended to current day with his poem about the Wal-Mart door greeter. Fabulous book!! I would give it six stars if I could!!

In the world of cellphones, superstores and genetic crops, the family farm has become a lost icon. This volume of poetry brings the smells, tastes and heart of farmlife and the people we know who live it back into our lives. As a farm kid growing up in rural Michigan and now living in Minneapolis as an Art Director, I actually felt the pangs of longing grow stronger with each page I turned. The essence of farmlife and farm people is told with the subtleness of a "Farmer's nod", but has the satisfaction of ending the day by pulling home a wagonload of hay, knowing there will be a pot roast supper waiting on the table when you walk in the door.

I bought this book knowing that the authors worked in the schools as administrators. They were in charge of hiring and firing. This would help me to know what is expected of me when looking for a job. The book is filled with important information and tips. It not only covers the basic resume and cover letter but how to make it stand out! They mention what you should wear to an interview and how to answer some difficult questions. They provide internet links to popular job links for educators. The book includes how to create a portfolio, how to sit, some frequently asked questions, and tons of interview questions.

This book is recommended on every education web site that I have been to recently. I have found this book helpful in presenting me in a good light and as a unique employee. After using this book, I just received a call for me to have my second interview. This book is a must for every teacher seeking a job today!

This book is a must-have for ALL prospective teachers, whether one is a recent college grad, teacher switching districts, or a career-changer. It is written by two renouned school administrators who give a wealth of inside tips for making onself the best possible candidate, regardless of what the situation is. I was amazed at how thorough the book is - every question and concern I had was answered in-depth in these pages. How to Get the Teaching Job You Want includes worksheets for candidates to self-reflect on their teaching philosophies, and forms to record research on each school's background. By using these forms, candidates can write an attention-grabbing cover letter and resume which will match their strengths with the school's needs. Drs. Feirson and Weitzman also provide a number of useful Web sites that will provide information on a school's economic background, student body, state test scores, etc. Best of all, they provide step-by-step procedures for how to locate information on each of these sites. Truly helpful is the "Top 100 Interview Questions" that is sure to prepare a candidate for any interview, no matter how grueling. Feirson and Weitzman explain how to create effective portfolios (even digital portfolios) and how to refer to photos as evidence during your interview. Furthermore, they include a list of questions YOU should ask interviewers to show genuine interest in the school. Lastly, Feirson and Weitzman include a glossary of educational jargon that up-to-date candidates should be familiar with. If you are seeking an educationally-related job, give this book a thorough read ASAP. If your competition reads it and you don't, you will be at a significant disadvantage.

Having just read through over 100 resumes for one social studies teaching position ("more applicants than jobs" category, according to the authors), I can tell you that this book is a must-read for prospective teacher candidates. It offers a treasure trove of real-life, up-to-date, and valuable advice for job seekers, ranging from resume writing, how to interview, and where to find on-line information about school districts across the country. This is an extremely valuable and worthwhile guide for recent graduates, career changers, and even school administrators looking for competent and qualified teachers. I highly recommend it!!

An up-to-date, user friendly, comprehensive, "how to" manual for aspiring teachers seeking employment in any kind of private, parochial, or public school system, How To Get The Teaching Job You Want shows how to avoid common mistakes of applying for a teaching job; matching the job applicant's talents to the needs of a particular school; crafting effective cover letters and resumes; deciphering newspaper advertisements; leveraging student teaching, substitute teaching, and volunteer work into a job offer; using the Internet in the job search and development process; designing a personal job application portfolio, practice interview questions; strategies for interview formats; and dealing with controversial job interview questioning. If you are a graduating teaching certified student, someone returning to the education work force after a prolonged absence, or seeking to advance teaching career goals through improved job placements, begin with a thorough, careful reading of How To Get The Teaching Job You Want.

This is one of the best books for kids I've seen. As a former librairian for children I've seen quite a few. bummers that don't do a good job of teaching or even interest children.

An excellent yoga book for every child-oriented family has finally been published. Children can understand it by themselves or with friends and adults.

This well illustrated book is clearly written on spacious pages. The real value of knowing yoga in today's fast-paced world is presented in specific ways. For example, positions for warming up or cooling down in sports such as gymnastics, soccer, snow/skate boarding, surfing, wrestling, etc. are presented.

Other chapters of interest are on double yoga (mirror-imaging with another), yoga games, and relaxation technics for stress-reduction in test taking, social situations, and competition and/or performance situations.

Iwould highly recommend this book for families with children.

I' am a former librarian who sees the very wonderful uses for this book with children. Very good for parents, teachers and children themselves.

Yoga for kids is a new age exercise experience that beats gym class any day. I recommend this book for parents who have young children that wish to adopt a practical and safe means of exercise.

This book should be a must read for parents, especially new parents. It helps one get through some difficult times.
I am not a parent but I am finding a lot of useful infomation.
Who better to talk to than "GOD"

I lost my dearest friend, my mother, in 1966. She died suddenly and I was totally grief-stricken. I found I was unable to grieve in the proper way.
At the time of the funeral, my Pastor's wife gave me this book for comfort. Little did she know how she helped me.

The section entitled, "The New Dimension" became the prayers I prayed both for me and my mother.
When I read "The Message", I smiled through my tears, It was as if she knew my mother and had been in her house! She wrote such wonderful memories.
The second paragraph reminded me that my mother too, was ready to go Home, just as if she was ready to go to church on Sunday.
"The Lesson of Loss" reminded me that there were those who were ready to comfort me if I would let them. My grief became easier
to bear and my tears started me on the healing process.
"Be Still and Know" helped me realize that my mother was healed now and no longer suffering.
And "The New Dimension of Love" thrilled me in knowing that I would see mother again in heaven.

I am now a Pastor's wife and I have tried to find this book to give to several of our congregation who have suffered loss.
I triumphed over my grief with the simple prayers and passages in this book. I want to share it with anyone who has suffered a loss, especially of a mother.
Thank you, Marjorie Holmes, for giving me strength.

I first found this book (an earlier edition)on my mother-in-law's nightstand after she died, and loved reading it. I have since rediscovered it and have already ordered 11 copies to read and give to my friends. I'm ordering another 5 to give to more friends.

The book has a wonderful way of helping you look at everyday events, and see the blessings in everything. It reminds us that we can always go to God - whether the need is great or small, or just to praise him for our blessings.

I first found this book (an earlier edition)on my mother-in-law's nightstand after she died, and loved reading it. I have since rediscovered it and have already ordered 11 copies to read and give to my friends. I'm ordering another 5 to give to more friends.

The book has a wonderful way of helping you look at everyday events, and see the blessings in everything. It reminds us that we can always go to God - whether the need is great or small, or just to praise him for our blessings.

A valuable book for those who wish to remind their children - and themselves - of the utter horrors of a brutal war. While not for very young children, it would be a great way to get one's family to think about war and its violence and, sometimes, its absolute necessity.

I read this book while resting my feet at Book Expo 2000. At least three people stopped to ask me about it because they were so taken by the illustrations. This picture book for young people intersperses breathtaking illustrations for the poem "In Flanders Field" with background on World War I and the story of the writing of this poem. A deeply affecting and touching book, it will give young people a personal view of war, particularly this war. Unfortunately, many children as well as adults know nothing about World War I. This book is a fine introduction and a good war to broach a painful topic. By any standard, it is well-well written and thoughtful.

This lovely book is a perfect introduction to Veteran's Day or Remembrance Day or World War I. The story of John McCrea and WWI flows through the book, interspersed with lines from the poem, "In Flanders fields." It discusses the significance of the date, November 11 and supplies interesting details from the period. Over two page spreads Wilson also interprets lines from the poem with lovely paintings that fill in more information about soldier life.

This book is very popular with kids who like nonfiction "war" books.

Cultural references to this poem abound. The poem is a classic that should be shared with young people today.

Growing up in Canada, I and every other child knew this poem inside and out. Every Rememberence Day[Nov.11th], we recited it, wore our poppies and then walked down to the cemetery to commemorate all the soldiers who died during the different wars. We talked about it in class for a few weeks.I gave it to my children after I found the book at a Canadian bookstore the week of it's release. They in turn took it school and their teachers read it to their classes. As a education major, I will use it in my studies and then as a teacher for my class to learn about the World Wars. The art work is beautiful and the story enclosed is lovely too, if ever can be of a book about war. It's too bad this isn't used over here in the States.

Written by veteran educator and current assistant professor Leah M. Melber, Ph.D., Informal Learning and Field Trips: Engaging Students in Standards-Based Experiences Across the K-5 Curriculum is a solid resource for educators and professionals to helping their helping K-5 students get the most out of a field trap. Chapters cover learning-centered activities for subjects ranging from language arts to math, science, social studies and fine art; guidelines for developing classroom activities that correspond with the field trip; ways to support English Language Learners and special education students; tips for bringing museum-type activities to the classroom when a trip is not possible; and much more. Step-by-step procedures, a wealth of resources, and solid wisdom garnered from hands-on practical experience make for an invaluable supplement to any K-5 teacher's reference collection.

I found this book especially relevant to the work I do at the Great Lakes Science Center, and bought multiple copies for the professional education staff. I would encourage museum, zoo and nature center educators to pick up a copy.

All new and veteran teachers can benefit from a resource like this. It's hard to know where to take students for educational and interesting field trips, how to plan for a field trip once one has been secured, and/or how to use these trips as learning tools. Melber's book does all that and more.

Hello!
I am the author and just wanted to take a minute to thank you for clicking on my new title and considering a purchase!

While the book is geared to the K-5 level, as someone who has worked with K-12 please know the activities can be adapted for use with older students- particularly the middle school level.

Also, I'd like to emphasize what a good fit the book is for the homeschool community. While working in museums, I was always thrilled to see the frequency with which homeschool families made museums and other community sites a key part of the curriculum. If you are currently homeschooling, I think you'll find the projects within this work will be a good fit to your home curriculum and of course national standards!

Best to you and happy shopping!

- Leah Melber

The book is called "With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies". This may sound like a real scholarly read to anyone who isn't in University, but really it is a simple, straight-forward descriptive work with numerous examples of the many ways our politicians, advertisers, religious leaders and others may often use language in persuasive ways to trick people into buying into what is essentially circular or false logic. For example, in a radio interview a person might be interviewed who is an opposition party member, and they want to discredit the current government of their city. They may start by saying, "Why is the water utility service in this district so much more unreliable than any other?" They get the listener on their side with the assumption that what they are speaking is given fact, when actually it may not have been an accurate statement in the first place. This is called a loaded question (it contains information which seems to be based in fact, but has not yet been proven), there are all types of strange ways that dishonest people can use language in print, tv and radio to trick unsuspecting people.
I think the types of examples the author sites in the book are very common, and yet I learnt a lot, for I often let myself be persuaded by arguments that strike an emotional chord first, without examining the logic behind them. \

Engel begins this book with a general discussion about what logic and argument are/aren't, and about how language impacts the manner in which arguments are formed and understood. He then delves into the informal fallacies, which he divides into three categories: (1) fallacies of ambiguity, which seem to be more misuse/abuse of language than actual fallacies of logic; (2) fallacies of presumption (e.g., hasty generalization, begging the question, slippery slope); and (3) fallacies of relevance (e.g., ad hominem, appeal to authority).

The explanations use clear, simple language that would be appropriate for high-school reading levels and above. As a graduate student, I found this to be an easy but engaging read.

I have two complaints about the book. First, Engel uses many examples from the real world--which is good--but the fallacies in these examples tend to be too obvious. It would be good to start out with obviously fallacious arguments and then move onto more subtle/complicated examples. Second, there are exercises at the end of each chapter where the reader can put his/her new knowledge to work, but answers are given for only a few of the questions in these exercises, which was frustrating.

In summary, this is a good, easily-read introduction to logic. It both prepares and encourages the reader to continue studying logical fallacies, but don't expect to be an expert at identifying fallacies when you're done with this book.

I collect books about fallacies. With Good Reason is definitely the best of the 32 such books I've accumulated so far. His explanations are very clear, and he covers important subject matter ignored by other authors, such as fallacies caused by vagueness and ambiguity.

After being given the assignment(s) to read and execute the assigned problem sets in WITH GOOD REASON, I decided that this text ALONE was worth all of the thousands upon thousands of dollars I spent on my college education. It changed my life! No longer did I flounder trying to support my 'intuitive' ideas about life, I was now armed (and considerably more dangerous -- ie: effective) with the tools of discernment, brilliantly illuminated by Dr. Engel.

THANK YOU Dr. Engel!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, ad infinum!

My degree work in math, physics, and fine art, paled in their importance to what I learned from Dr.Engel's succinct discourse of informal fallacies. I finished in 1989 and as the tag line stated, I still read and proseletyze from this book-- in fact, I am writing and producing a radio show on informal fallacies based upon WITH GOOD REASON. The show is slated as THINK AGAIN! and will premiere within the next 3 months on RBNLive.com. (today is 4/25/86 ).

I am replacing my well worn, weathered, rubber-banded copy of WITH GOOD REASON with a brand spanking new copy... I encourage EVERYONE to read this book, and more importantly, lobby all school boards to make this book a mandatory course prior to graduating from high school-- yes-- HIGH SCHOOL! Our children need this book.

**If anyone out there in the internet ether knows how to contact Dr.Engel, please contact me, Barbara, at RBN (800)313-9443. Thank you!

BUY IT! (And donate as many as possible to the school districts in your area!!) This is serious business- no one is teaching kids how to think or discern "what is reasonable and what is not".

The seller was so helpful and the book was in great condition! I would buy from this person again...definitely!!

This text has great information and good self exploration exercises. Kottler has been writing these texts for many years, and has written a text that is accessible to the beginning counseling student. I cannot recommend using this text highly enough, my students love the book (as evidenced by my NOT seeing it on our bookstore shelves as a used text after the course wraps), and it is organized for both the student and the professor. The only alteration in chapter sequencing that I make is to teach the ethics chapter early in the course rather than late in the course.

This book should be required reading for students who are considering entering into the mental health field. It is thorough, helpful and straightfoward. Personal anecdotes from practitioners offers a nice touch.

By the end of this book, I wanted to meet Jeffrey Kottler, have coffee with him, exchange jokes, and ask him all the bigger questions that, as a graduate student, lurk in the back of my brain. You know. Those questions like, "Can I really do this?" and "What happens if I screw up someone's emotional well-being even worse than when they came in?"

This book is great. Informative, sometimes humorous, and written to the grad. student in easy-to-understand language, the author scored a hit with this book.

The sidebars, where new/seasoned counselors offer their opinions, experience, and advice is, by itself, worth the money for the book. Further, each chapter is broken down into logical sub-sections where the author gets "right to it" and doesn't mince words or phrase them as if he's a research scientist hell bent on scaring new students.

Suggested reading lists, at the end of each chapter, are filled with a variety of books, not just didactic volumes.

A nice touch is the author's "personal" chapter to the reader toward the end of the book. In this section, he mentions what they don't tell you in graduate school...how you might lose friendships or even your marriage might change or crack (due to your inevitable emotional growth), how you will never know enough, and how you are going to feel like you are failing in a big way.

Honest, clear, succinct, and friendly. What more could a student want?

Junie B. Jones books are so funny! Barbara Park has a real talent in being able to write as if she is really a little girl... Some parents might complain about Junie B.'s "bad grammar", but the fact is that she is only a kid trying to immitate the way adults act and speak around her. Read them and laugh out loud, they're so good---for kids and for adults with a sense of humour!

My daughter, just entering kindergarten this year, adores the Junie B. Jones books! While I admit, that I'm not overly fond of the grammatical mistakes (I tend to edit while reading aloud), the books are great fun for adults as well as kids. These books have helped my daughter deal with everything from a new sibling, to the start of kindergarten. I recommend them highly.

Who is it??

Junie B. Jones got a mushy gushy valentine from a secret admirer!! Who is this secret admirer?? She went outside but she forgot her valentine . She came inside. She saw Jim taking it. She said, "HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!" Did Jim give Junie B. the card??

These books are terrific for kids in a wide range of ages--mine are 3, 5, and 8, and they all love them (they are over the head of the 3-year-old, but he's still mesmerized). Amazingly, the audiobooks are even better than the print versions. Lana Quintal, whose child-like voice seems a little grating at first, stands up incredibly well to repeat (and repeat and repeat) listening. She gets the tone just right. My kids are happy listening to these tapes in the car even on those long journeys that are usually occasion for hours of complaining. Worth gold! Check out the collection of books 9-12 too; if anything, it's even better than this one.