Green Books

this book was very helpful. i have learned so much about teas that can be used to heal illnesses, the history of tea, and with many recipes i'm never at a loss to try new teas. this is great for the tea lover who is serious about using their tea in everyday life.

I've enjoyed reading this book, preparing several of the brews & infusions, and love the photos presented with the text. It's been in use since I purchased it and hasn't yet made it to the bookshelf.

This books has a nice history of tea in Asia, the black and green teas especially. It is a great companion to Mary El-Baz's book, The Essence of Herbal and Floral Teas.

I have found this text interested and informative. It opens a person's mind to a new way of reading and hearing the text from the New Testament.
Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation

Advances have been made in NT interpretation in recent years and Green covers them all.

This book, a compilation of essays by many great scholars, needs to be on your shelf if you call yourself a New Testment exegete! All of the chapters are helpful, particularly the one on discourse analysis and the one on linguistics.

Be sure to get this one!

Terence McKenna gives us a look through the window into our potential as humans. He helps put the hysteria of our time into perspective and gives a path that could help us to deal with this strange and wonderful world we live in. An articulate explorer whose name belongs up their with Joseph Campbell and Huxley. If you are interested in human potential then this is a "must listen" seminar.

Terence's gift of the gab is in full force in this hypnotic,spellbinding lecture series recorded at California'sEsalen institute in 1990. Mr. Mckenna presents an astounding overview of his theories regarding the evolution of man and his relationship with psychedelics. Even those who have never taken a psychedelic substance, or would never even approve of such a thing will find this work interesting, if not amazing.

If you are familiar with Terence McKenna's works and agree with his philosophy, then this is a MOST worthwhile purchase. You get to hear the man himself speak, which is worth the price of admission right there! He does not pull punches, but rather presents his views in an unadulterated format that all people enlightened with the psychedelic experience will enjoy.

If you are a stranger to Terence's viewpoint, don't spend all that money on this. Hopefully you will expand your mind to accept this viewpoint, but, in case you may not be ready, 'tis better to buy a paperback first.

This is a MUST BUY for those who really dig the man's philosophy.

Be prepared! If your pet ever has a medical emergency, this is tbe book you will want on your bookshelf. It covers everything from flea bites to broken bones. Also has a beautifully illustrated section on many dog breeds. Book is beautifully illustrated and talks directly to pet owners. It is a resourse that never goes out of date. Perfect for every dog owner out there.

Everybody should know what to do if your pet chokes, eats a poisenous plant, experiences an electrical shock, has a seizure or you're confronted with any number of other illnesses and/or accidents. This book is extremely comprehensive. The diagrams and instructions are very easy to follow. It also has sections on symptom recognition, immunization, and basic total health care.

This is a fantastic book, not only does it cover the many illness that might befall our canine firends; also it is in large type with HUGE pictures, extremely well written for the layman. It's a MUST have for the Dog owner. The "Emergencies: First-Aid Procedures" section is the best on Emergency and First Aid for Canines I have Ever Seen. If you own a dog you MUST HAVE THIS BOOK!

What is tragedy and how does it work? These are questions you will understand better after reading this book. Set sometime in the second half of the 19th century, the story concerns the fortunes of the Gourlay family in the small Scottish town of Barbie. John Gourlay, a big, domineering, but intellectualy challenged man dominates the local economy and has a monopoly of the carrying trade. He is harsh and powerful, of bull-like stature, and famous for his glower. On a brae overlooking Barbie he has built the House wIth the Green Shutters. This house is both the symbol of his dominance and an object of hatred and envy to the townsfolk.

Aristotle defined tragedy as a story depicting the downfall of a great man. At first it is hard to see this stupid, cruel, and grasping merchant as a great man, but The House With the Green Shutters will also improve your notions of what greatness is. John Gourlay is great because there is no fear or compromise in him. Although he may wish to be well thought of by the small-minded, two-faced gossips of the town, he is not prepared to go one inch out of his way for them, scorning even the banal pleasantries of small talk or phatic communication. He wants only their respect not their love, and respect him they do even though they also hate him.

With all true tragedy the tragic element comes directly from the greatness. It is his greatness that destroys John Gourlay. His stubborn pride and unflinching courage are qualities more suited to some heroic age of battles and revolutions. They do not fit into the petty, hypocritical world of 19th century Scotland. In this unheroic world his heroic qualities can only work towards his downfall. The thought constantly in one's mind as you read this novel is, 'If only he were a lesser man . . .' His inability to compromise by lowering himself to the same level as his fellow citizens, works to his disadvantage. Unable to plot, maneuver, and dissemble, his little empire is soon undermined by the arrival in town of Wilson, a glib self-seeking nobody with no real passion, but a much abler businessman in tune with the times. Affable and manipulative, false and corrupt he starts to squeeze Gourlay out of one thing after another. This is ,in effect, the triumph of style over substance that so bedevils our modern age. Although grim, proud and dour, Gourlay is an honest man, inept at chicanery, and unable to bend to suit the occasion.

The House With the Green Shutters is a tragedy in the full classical Greek sense of the word; the preordained fall of a hero who doesn't fit into an unheroic world; a great bull sacrificed to appease the Gods for human hubris. It is even more poignant from the fact that its keynote of tragedy was reflected in the life of its young author who had the misfortune to die only one year after writing such a masterpiece.

What is tragedy and how does it work? These are questions you will understand better after reading this book. Set sometime in the second half of the 19th century, the story concerns the fortunes of the Gourlay family in the small Scottish town of Barbie. John Gourlay, a big, domineering, but intellectualy challenged man dominates the local economy and has a monopoly of the carrying trade. He is harsh and powerful, of bull-like stature, and famous for his glower. On a brae overlooking Barbie he has built the House wIth the Green Shutters. This house is both the symbol of his dominance and an object of hatred and envy to the townsfolk.

Aristotle defined tragedy as a story depicting the downfall of a great man. At first it is hard to see this stupid, cruel, and grasping merchant as a great man, but The House With the Green Shutters will also improve your notions of what greatness is. John Gourlay is great because there is no fear or compromise in him. Although he may wish to be well thought of by the small-minded, two-faced gossips of the town, he is not prepared to go one inch out of his way for them, scorning even the banal pleasantries of small talk or phatic communication. He wants only their respect not their love, and respect him they do even though they also hate him.

With all true tragedy the tragic element comes directly from the greatness. It is his greatness that destroys John Gourlay. His stubborn pride and unflinching courage are qualities more suited to some heroic age of battles and revolutions. They do not fit into the petty, hypocritical world of 19th century Scotland. In this unheroic world his heroic qualities can only work towards his downfall. The thought constantly in one's mind as you read this novel is, 'If only he were a lesser man . . .' His inability to compromise by lowering himself to the same level as his fellow citizens, works to his disadvantage. Unable to plot, maneuver, and dissemble, his little empire is soon undermined by the arrival in town of Wilson, a glib self-seeking nobody with no real passion, but a much abler businessman in tune with the times. Affable and manipulative, false and corrupt he starts to squeeze Gourlay out of one thing after another. This is ,in effect, the triumph of style over substance that so bedevils our modern age. Although grim, proud and dour, Gourlay is an honest man, inept at chicanery, and unable to bend to suit the occasion.

The House With the Green Shutters is a tragedy in the full classical Greek sense of the word; the preordained fall of a hero who doesn't fit into an unheroic world; a great bull sacrificed to appease the Gods for human hubris. It is even more poignant from the fact that its keynote of tragedy was reflected in the life of its young author who had the misfortune to die only one year after writing such a masterpiece.

In his story of the downfall of an arrogant and essentially stupid man, George Douglas Brown is relentlessly unsentimental. His portrait of life in a tiny Scottish town in the late 1800's leaves the reader with no illusions about the narrow-mindedness of the inhabitants. Bleak as their existence is, the novel is not depressing, but fascinating. While many readers will have trouble with the dialect of the speakers (the narration is standard English), the effort required to "translate" is well rewarded.

My eight year old daughter loves this book and I love it as well. But it is too frustrating for my six year old son.

I bought it because my son like to draw but needed a few ideas that were easy to do on his own as opposed to copying. The books format allows kids (and adults) to really do some cute things with pictures.

I use this whole series in my Art Class to Elementary children. They love this extra activity. It builds their confidence that they can draw identifible things. They even take multiple instructions and create a whole picture. I ripped the book apart and laminated the pages into easy to use cards. Works great!

Very pleased with this How to Draw Book. Our Grandchildren--ages 5 and 7--- sat down and immediately started drawing people from the book. I was amazed! Easy directions for them to understand.

Lonergan's other famous work is "Method in Theology," which is another must for students of Lonergan. In both books, Lonergan essentially comes to grips with the mess Kant has left us and tries to rectify the problem. Lonergan wants to rescue morality and moral categories from the threat of skepticism. Kant tried to account for how we "know." Kant stated that, "upon the occasion of experience" we become aware of categories latent in our consciousness (actually, "consciousness" would be a misnomer: Kant's felicitous phrase was "transcendental Unity of Apperception"). Kant only allowed for non-moral categories. Karl Jaspers criticized Kant and asked why we should be limited by the categories (the source of unity of experience) Kant bequeathed to us. Almost taking his cue from Jaspers (I'm not sure he did), Lonergan postulated that the Platonic categories of the good, moral principles and such, were also discovered upon the occasion of experience. Lonergan uses Hegel as metaphor and shows how higher human awareness leads to philanthropic principles of morality. Lonergan exploits Kant's loophole and turns Kant on his head. It is well done. But, I find a stronger ground for morality in Matthew 22: 34-40. For, if we loved God and Man, we would not lie, cheat, steal, commit adultry, murder, and so on. For this reason, love is the fulfillment of the law. The law reduces to love. The Jews, who practiced revenge via "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" couldn't grasp this, and so observed the letter of the law ("thou shalt not...") but not the spirit of the law ("love God and your neighbor). That is why Paul says, in 1 Cor. 13:1-13, of faith, hope and love, Love is the greatest. Morality should be grounded in the first two commandments, not on some abstract epistemological argument. In love is the unity of all morality and the basis for all morality. Lonergan's philosophy blinded him theologically.

This classic book in epistemology by a leading scholastic examines the process of forming concepts from a subjective point of view in the long tradition of philosophy descending from Aristotle and others and continued by Catholic thought. This school does not utilize experimental data and does not offer neuron models. Accepting inner experience as prime scientific data, Lonergan examines the process of forming an understanding through its perceived specific instances. You will be led to an understanding of understanding, if you will, and only if you will.

This book is focused about three levels of study on human understanding: First Level. Cognitional Activity: What do I do when I meet knowledge? Second Level. Epystemology: Why that, what I do, when I say I know, is knowledge? Third Level. Metaphysics: What do I know when knowing? This is an oustanding book and analysis. I've read it for 5 times and still I am enjoiyng it. This book opens your mind in order to understand yourself and keep learning.

By describing TNC actions involving large tracts of land, the author illustrates the industry -- NGO cooperation that is required if we wish to take land protection beyond the token tracts that are are the norm for actions using only conservation funding.

William J. Ginn's Investing In Nature: Case Studies Of Land Conservation In Collaboration With Business is a valuable discussion linking business interests to environmental concerns to show how conservation investment banking can work. Ginn's background in both business and land conservation issues at The Nature Conservancy allows him to reveal collaborative efforts which work for both in this inspirational guide of real-life achievements.

This is a book for people who are ready to get very creative! Prepare to learn how to braid industry, energy, and conservation into a plan for America's future. Bill GInn begins the converstation with a great and very practical story about his own inability to grow food on his own farm in Maine because his soil was too acidic. Lookiing for solutions led him to his discovery that the " cheap miracle" he needed was in the waste product the paper mill in his own backyard was spending millions of dollars trucking out of the state. From this beginning, he saw a new life for waste materials, and an industry growing from it. Realizing he could do as much as an " eco-business man" than he could as the head of Maine's prestiges Audubon Society, he launched on an odessy which will inspire and ignite the interest of others looking for a new way to move ahead in our quest for a future for America's Conservation Movement.
Hooray for Mr. Ginn's documentation and careful focus. I look forward to his future and his next book!

if you have ever been to the green room, you know its a cozy hole in the wall, where regulars abound and everyone can just be themselves. i am a long-time green room patron, and close friend of one author and a number of main characters. i loved seeing the bizarre hijinks these authors put them in. there are lots of short stories in here, so there is something for everyone.

Each story took me to a different place. These women are extremely talented and creative. I hope they collaborate again in the future!

This is an awesome book! The voice of each short stopry is as diverse as the group of writers. Terrific read for guys & girls...highly recommend checking out what happened at the Green Room!!

My kids love this book! They ask to read it all the time! They realize they can help, by turning off the lights. They continually remind us to turn off the lights, too! This book addresses simple things every kid can do to help the environment in a fun, "non-preachy" way. The vegetable characters are great and the art really adds to the story. It's Easy Being Green" is a great story for parents and children alike. Everyone should do their best to make our environment a greener place. It's really a simple message for all.

It's Easy Being Green is a book for everyone--kids, parents. teachers!! This book explains to kids in simple terms what carbon dioxide is, the importance of recycling, planting tree, saving electricity and car-pooling. We need to pass along education about the environment to the future generation starting at a young age and this book hits the mark. Also great illustrations and really fun vegetable characters which keep the kids engaged.

It's Easy Being Green is a delightful read with a truly positive message for kids. The reasons behind the GREEN movement can be complicated to communicate to children, but this book does a great job of simplifying concepts and explaining them in a fun way. Its message is a positive one - that no matter the age, we can all be GREEN. And sharing this message with a younger generation truly helps the cause.

Oh,and the artwork is just adorable.