Hart Books

This book is an easy to understand training guide to Mircosoft. There is an added bonus of being able to contact the authors direct. Their e-mail address and 800 number is printed right on the back cover. I would highly recommend purchase of this book for anyone who wants to learn about word processing.

This book focuses on learning Microsoft Word by tutorial techniques. It is not a book to read and absorb, but one that should be worked through at the computer.

The book covers all the features of the Word program in an easy to understand manner. There are many exercises (acitivities) for the person to work through.

The book also has a little bit of "language enrichment", which helps the user refresh what may have been lost in time. Remember back when we all learned word meanings and punctuation in 5th grade and then promptly forgot them. This book will bring that back.

Some of the finest monastic scholars share their views for the future of monastic life and culture; a culture undergoing change, embracing that change with great hope with a sense of letting go of the past, whilst celebrating it.
An impressive, thoughtful, quiet and marvellous book.

A Monastic Vision for the 21st Century: Where Do We Go From Here? is an anthology of serious-minded essays by a variety of authors, including monks and theology professors, discussing the role of monasteries - particularly Roman Catholic Cistercian monasteries - in the modern-day world. Autobiographical reflections, spiritual insights, practical considerations, theological ponderings, and much more fill these thoughtful essays, and speculations on the future of Western monasticism. Highly recommended, especially for theology and Christology students and professionals. "We live in a culture where many scientists are so taken up with the very real achievements of recent times, that they are distorting its human significance by interpreting the data to fit the ideology of materialism. Cistercian life has a contribution to make to society as well as to the Church in this context by assuring that spirituality is rooted in the reality of the created cosmos precisely by using such discoveries to implement the contemplative program outlined in more general terms by St. Bernard and his associates."

From the back cover: Man and wife facing the rigors of high country ranching. That was the simple, solid ideal that Daniel Lindsay willingly offered Rayna Ludgrin. But she'd lived a grand passion, he knew, and he could promise only a quiet, steady brand of love...!

Her soul raw with a new widow's grief, Rayna Ludgrin vowed she'd never feel love again. Still, life under the wide Montana sky was hard for a woman alone - and she pledged herself to Daniel Lindsay out of a desperate need to save her sons and her ranch. But though she'd taken him into her home as husband, could she ever welcome him into her heart?

- - This is such a touching story. It really pulls at the heartstrings. The character development I thought was so believeable. I also felt that the book was written in real time instead of rushing through situations. Rayna was such a woman of strong character. Her first love, whom she had been married to for 15 years, died suddenly from working in a field on too hot of day. She is trying to make it by doing the work herself along with her two young sons. Lots of neighbors came to offer to buy the land cheap or marriage but no help really. Until Daniel Lindsey shows up and begins to help. He is so kind and gentle toward her and her sons. She knows he is a good man but her heart feels like it is betraying her first husband. They have many things to go through but they don't have to do it alone.

I highly recommend this book if you like sweet and endearing characters. It really pulled at my heart strings. It is a keeper for my book shelf.

Rayna Ludgrin is battling with grief - the lose of her husband, Kol after 15 years of marriage.
Now she has 2 sons, Kirk, 14 and Hans, 7 years old, to look after and a farm to manage.
Imagine her shock to learn from Clay Dayton that he wants her farm and her, even though he is married.

Rayna has two friends who have seen her through the years since they were six, Betsey, who is now single and Mariah who had married a man because he needed a wife and mother for his children and she found love.

Daniel Lindsay was the first neighbor to come and offer to help get in their wheat crop. Dang! but the storm came out of nowhere.

He made an offer for the farm and that is how Rayna found out how far in debt the property was mortgaged. And just how greedy Clayton was.

Kirk seemed to be of the opinion that he could support his mother and brother. Daniel had had experience in the ways of the world and how youngsters were worked. He wanted to save Rayna and her sons.

Rayna just couldn't love again after Kol, he was the love of her life. But she could marry to give her sons security and she would be good to Daniel.
Until she learned his secrets and then found it was impossible not to love him. Yet she tried not to.

What a beautiful love story! You just had to fall in love with these two characters. This story has more substance than most of the ones that dwell on the bedroom.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- Definitely a Keeper.

I have just started to read this book, but the first chapter - on discardng - is excellent. This topic is not really covered in any other bridge books that I have seen - and Kelsey's discussion of it is well worth the price of the book.

Are you sick and tired of discarding from Txxx and letting 3NT romp home, when you could have discarded from JTxx and set it? Are you weary of watching declarer happily test one suit to see if it breaks, then try a finesse if that doesn't work, then try a squeeze if that doesn't work, when you could have forced declarer to commit to an early decision before he could extract much information about the defensive holdings? Are you guilt-ridden about the times you happily gave partner an early ruff and then watched him squirm because you endplayed him? Are you fed up with being -650 on a board and opening the score slip to discover most of the field was -620? Then read this book -- it is devoted to restricting declarer's options, preserving the defenders' options, and discarding correctly in situations that come up 3 times a session, not once a quarter. Buy two and give partner one. Hide it from the opponents -- soon you will be declarer again, so you mustn't let them read it!

At first I thought, "Oh, this is going to be annoying." But quickly it became an addiction. I HAD to keep reading this woman's shrewish sermons to her husband. His pitiful attempts to defend himself are hilarious. I can only imagine the author laughing his head off while writing it. It's a must-read for fans of satire.

It is to be expected that any book written as long ago as 1845 is, in and of its very nature, dated; that's a given. Humor, alas,dies the death of old age far faster than other forms of literature. But, except for certain words and expressions, (which might be difficult at any age, given the difference between American and British English), this book was still vastly humorous to me; it is still easy to see why the original publication of these "lectures" was the making of the British humor magazine "Punch". It is as fine an example of well-written humorous fiction as I would hope to find.

I have a child with Epilepsy. This book has taught her and her friends a lot. I understood it also helped the Epilepsy Foundation raise money. It is a shame it is out of print or only limited numbers are available. The publisher must be a fool. This book did only good and was well written and illustrated. I loved it and so did my daughter. Her entire class read it and one of my dearest friends who lives in Canada said their child's class read and loved My Friend Emily too. Can it be made available again?
S. Snow

This is an excellent tool for parents, teachers and children who wish to educate others about epilepsy, its causes, symptoms and ways to help individuals suffering from a seizure. The story focuses on entertaining the reader while educating the reader at the same time. The illustrations are charming as are the characters. Please pick up a copy and enjoy while you learn about epilepsy in simple terms.

This Norton Critical Edition of 21 of Hawthorne's
tales and sketches (arranged chronologically according
to date of publication -- from "My Kinsman, Major
Molineux" [1831] to "Feathertop: A Moralized Legend"
[1852]) is a truly wonderful anthology. But the editor,
James McIntosh, in the excellent Norton Critical
Editions manner, has also included the major "Prefaces"
from Hawthorne's collections of tales ("The Old
Manse"-- from _Mosses from an Old Manse_ [1846];

"Preface to the 1851 Edition of _Twice-told Tales_";
and "Preface to _The Snow-Image_), as well as
Letters, excerpts from Hawthorne's notebooks, and
finally, an excellent series of critical essays,
extending from Hawthorne's own time up to 1980
[among these is a full inclusion of Herman Melville's
wondrous essay of praise and idolatry, "Hawthorne
and His Mosses" -- first published in _Literary
World_ on 17 and 14 August 1850.].
Even though one might have one's own reasons for
having bias against Hawthorne the man, still the
quality of literacy and the insight into human
psychology and feelings is of such an exceptional
artistic and genius sort that one must leave those
qualifiers outside the temple when one comes inside
to ponder and meditate upon the spirit and wisdom
of this artist.
The best words in speaking of him, of honoring him,
perhaps come from himself and from others who knew
him and read him and were influenced, in whatever way,
by him.
* * * * * * * * *
"Lightly as I have spoken of these old books, there
yet lingers with me a superstitious reverence for
literature of all kinds. A bound volume has a charm
in my eyes, similar to what scraps of manuscript possess,
for the Mussulman. He imagines, that those wind-wafted
records are perhaps hallowed by some sacred verse; and I,
that every new book, or antique one, may contain the
'Open Sesame' -- the spell to disclose treasures,
hidden in some unsuspected cave of Truth."
--Nathaniel Hawthorne; "The Old Manse."
* * * * * * * * *
"When a new star rises in the heavens, people gaze
after it for a season with the naked eye, and with such
telescopes as they may find. In the stream of thought,
which flows so peacefully deep and clear, through the
pages of this book, we see the bright reflection of a
spiritual star, after which men will be fain to gaze
'with the naked eye, and with the spy-glasses of
criticism.' The star is but newly risen; and ere long
the observations of numerous star-gazers, perched up
on arm-chairs and editors' tables, will inform the
world of the magnitude and its place in the heaven of
poetry, whether it be in the paw of the Great Bear, or
on the forehead of Pegasus, or on the strings of the
Lyre, or in the wings of the Eagle. [from Norton
footnote: Constellations, here representing -- rough
power, dynamic inspiration, musical grace, lofty
majesty.]
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; from an unsigned
review of _Twice-Told Tales_, 1837.
* * * * * * * * *
"No man can read a fine author, and relish him to
his very bones, while he reads, without subsequently
fancying to himself some ideal image of the man and
his mind. And if you rightly look for it, you will
almost always find that the author himself has somewhere
furnished you with his own picture. For poets (whether
in prose or verse), being painters of Nature, are like
their brethren of the pencil, the true portrait-painters,
who, in the multitude of likenesses to be sketched, do
not invariably omit their own, and in all high instances,
they paint them without any vanity, though, at times,
with a lurking something, that would take several
pages to properly define."
-- Herman Melville; "Hawthorne and His Mosses."
* * * * * * * * *
Wondrous praise for this Artist of the Beautiful
and Insightful -- Revealer of the Heart and Mind...

This is very well edited and prepared collection of Hawthorne's tales. It has everything what a critical edition needs. But the real value of this book are, of course, Hawthorne's tales themselves. For a long time Hawthorne was almost forgotten author, forgotten for common readers I mean, and he was only a name from literary history. But he did not deserve that. His place is among his readers. His tales are among the finest allegories ever written. "Wakefield" is maybe the only real predeccesors of Kafka's works. "Young Goodman Brown" reminds of "Twilight Zone". Hawthorne's tales are great and exceptionally and surprisingly modern.

I have read this book and used it as a reference resource. As per the critical reviews, a highly readable narrative of nineteenth century art. Gives insight not only onto artists and their work, but also onto the economic, social, and political factors of the nineteenth century and how they affected and influenced art making. Fluid writing, well presented scholarly arguments, excellent supporting images.

Compiled and written by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu (Professor of Art History, Seton Hall University) Nineteenth-Century European Art is an immense (544 pages), complex, and scholarly coffee-table artbook presenting and studying European art of the 1800's, featuring 550 illustrations (200 in full color) of classic and illuminating works. The reader is treated to an extensive, literate, articulate analysis of the great European artists of the period, including the evolution of their styles, figures, and nudes, the spread of Modernism, and much, much more. Enthusiastically recommended for both community library as well as academic Art History reference collections, Nineteenth-Century European Art is as much fun for the non-specialist general reader to simply browse through, as it is a treasure trove of art history information for the dedicated student.

I certainly didn't think that such a little book would have such a big impact on my thoughts about myself and others, but it did! While much of what Dr. Hart says feels often "common-sensical", and the analogy of the emergence of the butterfly seems simple and cliche, everything she has to say is also very valid. The way in which it was presented was accessible without seeming condescending or too simple. (More "a-ha" moments than "Well, duh" ones.) I took several weeks to read through this book, do (most of) the simple exercises, and really think about what I was reading and how I felt about myself - past and present. I've read a lot of things on self-esteem, and this was the first book which really helped me CHANGE my self-esteem. I think almost anyone would benefit from it, and highly recommend it.

I am a therapist and have led groups using this book and had clients read this book to accompany our individual therapy. I think I have had at least 35 clients use it. Every single client has loved it! They have found it to be practical and useful to help them overcome poor self-esteem and feel better about themselves when they didn't get this foundation in childhood. It is easy to read, encourages insight, offers specific ways to change. A very useful book. Thanks, Dr. Hart!

Best book I've seen on dealing with issues of domestic violence in the Jewish home in the US, how domestic violence in the Jewish home results in marrying someone exactly like the abuser, regardless of how far and different in ethnic group the choice of marriage partner is, we marry what is familiar. Through two marriages, first to an Arab Moslem, and secondly to a German/English agnostic/Protestant/American, the Jewish wife seeks a core identity with a loving family only to find cold, rejecting husbands like the withdrawing, abusive dad. How she solves the problem, handling domestic issues, where the half Arab and half Jewish children speak out with the parents. What should the grandchildren be told? Dealing with interfaith issues when grandchildren are forbidden by Arab parents who are half Jewish themselves to be told their grandmother is Jewish.

Takes place in Brooklyn, NY in the early sixties and forward and in California. Excellent book, highly recommended. Written exquisitely, in novel format with accurate dialogue recording the oral history, life story of an Arab and Jewish interfaith marriage in the US.

Excellent memoirs of marriage and divorce between American Jewish women and Arab Moslem men, dealing with custody differences in culture as parents and adult children seeking core identity speak out on family issues. I highly recommend to all my students this memoirs written in a fabulous novel format with dialogue by a popular novelist, playwright, and behavioral science journalist.