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This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in tapping into more of their life's true potential. As a life coach, I have determined this to be a comprehensive and practical guide to helping people untie their "knots". Having read it from front and back, I now know that "Untie the Knots That Tie Up Your Life" is a valuable book for many reasons but most of all because Ty Howard shares realistic ways that we can all break free of the behavioral traps that sabotage our personal and professional success. This guide will more than triple the benefit you will get from reading it, especially if you also focus on the many helpful "timeouts" as well as the specific practical strategies recommended within each chapter.

I was impressed with how the book is organized. The 10 "Infusers" gave me stepping stones to guide me to the success I deserve. Mr. Howards "Time-Out" pages helped reinforce important lessons and made them practical for me! I am now removing the barriers that block my dreams!!! Thank you Ty Howard for caring enough to help me untie the knots that tie up my life!

Ty Howard has delivered a robust guide that provides practical solutions to any knot imaginable. Embrace and apply the process and principles in this book to begin the accelerated Journey to a Knot Free Life!

If you need guidance and motivational enlightment, then this is the right book for you. It will give you time to reflect and evaluate your life and how you have the power to change your attitude (destiny). I highly recommend this book, but don't just read through it and but it on the shelf, let this be a point of reference!!!

This book provides an excellent overview of the science linking sprawl and public health that will be useful to both public health professionals less familiar with planning and planners less familiar with public health. Dr. Frumkin's message is clear: urban sprawl is having a detrimental impact on many aspects of public health. However, his tone remains objective and hence more useful. Moreover, the references alone make the book a very valuable text for all professionals working in this area.

The Europeans are way ahead of our efforts to consider health issues in the urban planning process. This book provides a history and direction to address urban sprawl and understand well the health implications of reckless or solely market-driven city planning. After all, no built community will have sustainability, if its populations are at risk for chronic and acute illness.

Presented are the ingredients to make our cities safer and livable. This is a must read for City Planners, County officials, and anyone interested in cleaning up our urban communities with an eye toward social equity and environmental justice. MJY

The costs of sprawl are enormous. This book describes the costs in terms of many different types of public health measurements. If you haven 't thought about sprawl, this is a good place to start. It is chilling to think about how many physical, emotional, psychological and medical ramifications there are to the US automobile lifestyle. The price to degradation of the planet was not discussed in depth but that too would make you think about our legacy of our lifestyle to the quality of our planet for future generations. I am encouraged that the topic is being developed. The automobile lifestyle is addictive and to change it will require a paradigm shift. The shift starts with organized discussions and lucidly presented data. This book is excellent on both accounts.

A broad (though not particularly deep) guide to the public health problems associated with sprawl, including: (1) the air pollution caused by sprawl-induced auto traffic, (2) the health consequences of the reduction in walking caused by automobile dependency, (3) injuries and deaths from auto traffic, (4) water quality problems associated with suburban development, (5) the alleged intangible costs of automobile dependency (e.g. driving-induced stress, the isolation of nondrivers). None of these issues are addressed in enormous detail; for example, the book occasionally mentions pro-sprawl counterarguments, but does not fully address them. But then again, each of these topics could probably justify a separate book.

All of the Usborne Art book are great -- but this is one of my favorites. It has dozens of art ideas and concepts that a teacher or parent could use to inspire a young artist.

I like to just open it up to a new page, and take a new technique to apply to whatever we are working on in class.

It is that easy! Very inspiring.

This book has so many terrific, easy to follow, and imaginative ideas. The eye popping illustrations help as a visual aid to see what the end result may look like.I use many of the ideas for teaching middle school students as well as elementary. A must have for any art teacher.

Like all the Usborne books, this book is a great tool for learning. As an elementary teacher, I bought this book just to have as a handy reference. I have also used it with my kids at home, and it is everything I learned in a semester of college art class all rolled up into this handy children's book. With all my experience with Usborne books, I just can't get enough of them. For more information on Usborne books, visit ...

This colorful art book, is full of great ideas for elementary aged children. The projects are easy to read and recreate. The color images are inviting. The art images serve as inspriation for young artists. As an elementary teacher I plan to use this book full of easy and creative art ideas as my school years art curriculum. I am so excited to have such a wonderful children's art resource book.

As a Claims Director with many years of experience in the business, this is the first time I have a experienced such an excellent claims processing manual. It is well organized and extremely easy to utilize. I have found myself and my staff using this book more often than any other reference material presently available. The author has skillfully gathered all of the pertinent information required in claims adjudication and has successfully wrapped it all together in one book. It is about time there is a book available with such complete information.

I have been in business for 35 years and have been looking for a book like this. Ordinarily one would have to go thru multiple pieces of reference material in order to process a claim. With this book it is like having everything within one volumn. It is the closest thing I know of to a Rosetta stone.

A User's Guide to Medical Claims Processing is the best reference manual I've ever used. In claims processing, we often find ourselves searching through numerous books for guidelines on subjects like anesthesia or surgery. A User's Guide combines information on the most commonly asked questions all in one book. No more libraries needed to find an answer! Every claims department should have this manual.

This book was truly amazing. There is so much information in every chapter. I have been a claims examiner for quite a few years and have always been frustrated that there are no books out there that explain the basics of how to process claims.

It includes all the field definitions of the HCFA-1500 and UB-92 forms, a surgery chapter that includes followup days and what visit procedure codes are included in the followup period, and my favorite was the anesthesia chapter! It has all the anesthesia base units and examples of how to calculate anesthesia and multiple anesthesia.

I love the colorized format. It made it so much easier to read and understand.

This book is phenominal! I reference it every day. If you are in the medical claims field, this book is a must.

Robert Westbrook shows his talent and his literary roots in his new mystery series. Also author of Intimate Lies, Westbrook knows the Southwest first-hand. He draws you into the outsider viewpoint and tells an intriguing story. The Warrior Circle mystery illuminates the dark places of men's emotions and greed that drive them to evil deeds.

Robert Westbrook has very strong character studies in this latest episode of his Howard Moon Deer series. The story unfolds well, and the readers are actually placed in the situations as they happen by use of vivid descriptions and good use of conversation between characters. The few short-comings are in the form of inconsistent evidentiary findings and unlikely behavior of certain characters. However, this does not detract significantly from a book that is interesting and moves along at an adequate pace. It is also a accurate window to the geography, politics, society and mentality of small town, northern New Mexico.

I loved this book. It is a good regional murder mystery, but it is more than that. It is social satire: Lexus-driving yuppie men gather in the mountains around the campfire on the weekends to beat drums and search for their inner child, all the while conspiring to enrich themselves at the expense of the townspeople. It is a couple of love stories: about the hero whose girlfriend has inexplicably disappeared, and about the irascible blind detective and his loving wife of many years who help him find her. And it is above all a very funny book that exposes the hypocrisy of politicians and the rich. While he is compared to Tony Hillerman, I think Westbrook is more like Florida's Carl Hiaasen and Randy Wayne White although not nearly as insanely inventive -- which can be a relief.

Wasp Farm, by Howard Ensign Evans, published in 1963, aims to increase public knowledge and interest in sciences in general and entomology specifically. This natural history book is organized into 15 chapters, 12 of which deal primarily with specific types of wasps. The first chapter talks about the writers attempt to create a "wasp farm" for which the book is named. The last two chapters deal with the evolution of wasps, recap the various groups of wasp, and give some mention to the existence of more obscure wasps with somewhat different behaviors. The Evans is a PhD in insect taxonomy and spends a great deal of time focusing on the distinctions between various types of wasps and highlighting the variety of behaviors even among species native to the same area.

Wasp Farm is a well written book on the classification and behavior of various wasps. It reads at about a high school level and requires little prior knowledge of the subject. Basic concepts are addressed as they are needed without being overstressed to the point that the book would become tedious to those with more background. The writer comes across as knowledgeable without the ivory tower feel some writers fall into. Specifically, ideas a communicated without the use of overly specialized words or overly complex sentence structure. Overall, the book is both accessible and enjoyable for a wide variety of people. Both laymen and seasoned scientists are likely to feel satisfied by the scope of information covered.

While no errors or out of date material was apparent in the book, one should keep in mind that it is over 40 years old. The observations and facts in the book are unlikely to change but may no longer be as complete as possible. No bias was evident in the book aside from the author's greater fondness for solitary wasps over social wasps. Even this didn't manifest outside of a few anecdotes about meeting people introduced as wasp experts who focused almost entirely on paper wasps and the somewhat uninspired section on paper wasps in the book.

This book is not so much a dry collection of facts, but a documentation of the writer's discovery of those facts. This method of writing creates a very interesting and easy to read narrative. This is not to say that the book is devoid of factual content. The book focuses heavily on the behavior of various wasps such as nest structure and offspring care. The writer, by his own admission, has a particular love of solitary wasps and is somewhat less than enthusiastic about social species such as paper wasps. Perhaps this is why his section on paper wasps seemed forced, born of duty rather than passion.

Perhaps as interesting as the description of wasps is the subtext of the scientific method. The author stresses the importance of careful and detailed observation along with intelligent experiment design. On occasion Evans addresses theories or observations he considers to be jumping to conclusions. The less glorious aspects of research such as digging out a nest or waiting in the hot sun for a wasp to return from hunting are honestly portrayed. I would highly recommend the book to anyone interested in zoology and would consider the book a must read for those going into entomology.

Wasps are all around during the summer months here in Virginia and I was curious about them so I went in search of a book to learn more and found this one - glad I did. It hasore information that I could have guessed on wasps - It talks to what they eat, how different wasps form "nests/burrows", howthey carry food, why they're a beneficial insect, and even some wasp lore. Latin names are used when discussing different wasps. The text is easy to read, conversational most. I enjoyed it and gota lot out of the many details. It has photos and drawings too.

This book provides an informal introduction to some aspects of wasp observation. The author, Howard Evans, was an entomology professor at Cornell University. While working at Cornell, he lived on a small farm outside of the town of Ithaca and spent much of his spare time in the summers observing wasp behavior at his farm. In this book, Evans describes some of his findings during his observations. The book is presented in the form of short essays around various topics of wasp life. The essays cover such information as the wasp family, wasps and evolution, egg-laying, wasp nests, wasp prey and methods of transporting prey, attracting wasps, spider wasps, great wasps, sand wasps, bee wolfs, and social wasps. The book is illustrated with plates of black-and-white photographs. Suggested readings for further information appear at the end of each chapter, and there is an index.

When I first picked up this book, I expected to learn all about the pesky wasps that construct paper nests in our woodshed. Evans explains that these are social wasps, and while he does provide a chapter about social wasps, his main interest is in the different types of solitary digger wasps, which the majority of the book is about. Evans seems to see them everywhere, not only on his farm in Ithaca, but also when he was growing up in the Midwest, and in the desert as well. Although they are quite common, I had never noticed them before reading this book, and I certainly knew nothing of their particular feeding and egg-laying behavior. Evans book is quite informative, although I wish in places it had gone into greater detail and been a little less informal.

Many of us associate wasps with the uninvited guests at the family outing. Politely requesting the common yellow jacket to disarm and retreat never seemed to produce the desired result. In a flash, you are the recipient of a wound inflicted by an elite stinger. This imagery may conjure feelings of pain for us commoners; however, longtime entomologist Howard Ensign Evans delivers the elixir by educating his readers on the intricacies of wasp life.

In his book, Wasp Farm, Evans takes us to a place where wasps, not humans, are the ultimate landscape engineers. By sharing his own personal experiences, the author brings us into their world, an 8-acre parcel of meadows, sandpits and forest in upstate New York. He explores the life of these conundrums through his own observations of the habitats in which they live, their physical features, behaviors, and lives as predator and prey. A variety of topics are covered, but wasp evolution is the major theme. Through logical analysis and contemplation, not necessarily scientific means, the author makes inferences and generalizations about wasp evolution and provides numerous examples of radiation and convergence.

The chapters in Wasp Farm are organized into a logical format and each serves as a prelude to the next. Evans begins with a preliminary discussion of Wasp Farm and how it came to be. He effectively describes primitive wasps in the early chapters. For example, Priocnemis minorata (hunter of spiders) is common in the Northeastern states and emerges from its winter slumber in early April. It begins the new season by burrowing deep into the forest floor and spends much of its life hunting for spiders. Its stinger is not used primarily for defense, but instead acts as an apparatus for administering tranquilizers during the final phase of the hunt. The venom temporarily paralyzes a spider just long enough for her brood to feed on a living organism. Some spiders have been kept alive for 33 days by a single sting! Conversely, Cipogon sayi nests in pre-existing burrows of wood where it constructs a series of cells for its progeny. As the chapters progress, more advanced species of wasp are introduced and compared to the relatively primitive species in terms of similarity and improvement. Cleptoparasitic wasps, such as Evagetes parvus, need not hunt for spiders, but instead another species of wasp. By inconspicuously infiltrating the nest of Anoplius marginatus, E. parvus replaces the egg of A. marginatus with its own. Once the larva emerges, it will feast on the incapacitated spider. The final chapters conclude with the most advanced of the wasp species, the socialites: paper wasps and yellow jackets.

Prior to reading Wasp Farm, I assumed that all wasps behaved in an identical manner and had the propensity to sting at first sight. Fortunately, Evans enlightens and provides us with a deeper understanding of wasps. Most species of wasp are in fact solitary and go about their business without a care for humans. Once their emergence in either early Spring or Summer, the sexes mate and the male is virtually useless thereafter. Sounding familiar? Females rule this world and bare the responsibility of providing for the persistence of the species by digging burrows, hunting, laying eggs and much more. If it were up to the males, most wasp species would surely perish. Interestingly, the stinger that humans associate with pain is actually a modified egg-laying apparatus. Presumably, it evolved over millions of years through natural selection and evolution. If you are allergic to the wasp venom, it is certainly the female that you are leery of. Only certain male wasps have evolved a pseudo stinger, but fear not. Unlike their female counterparts, their stinger did not evolve from an egg laying apparatus and therefore lacks venom glands. Some wasps even utilize tools and all species have an interesting mechanism for sex determination. Read this book and you too can impress others with your newfound knowledge.

Howard Ensign Evans received a master's degree in entomology and a Ph.D. in insect taxonomy. He has written a number of articles for scientific journals and was also curator at the Harvard Museum of Zoology. He has successfully written a number other books pertaining to wasps. Another recommended title is Studies on the larvae of digger wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae).

Anyone who is turned off by insects, particularly wasps, should read this book. It will certainly provide a refreshing point of view and newfound appreciation for these creatures and the ecological niches they fulfill. Wasp Farm is a clearly written masterpiece that will appeal to all ages, both male and female. Compared to other books in Biology that are highly structured and esoteric in speech, Wasp Farm grasps the reader's attention through the use of clear, concise language in addition to the effective use of illustrations and photographs. You will surely expand your insect knowledge and vocabulary for the author frequently uses Latin terminology. Do not fret if you are unfamiliar with the language, for the end of each chapter provides adequate definitions for each genus and species.

This book succeeds in convincing one that they need not spend any money to see unique life forms on this Earth. By venturing into one's own surroundings, you can explore the fascinating lives of these creatures and revel in their complexity.

Thanks to Dr. Cosby and Renee Pouissant we now have a fabulous book allowing elders, who have lived history, to tell us the truth about American History. At last a book that respects our elders and allows them the opportunity to express the truth of their experiences. It is entertaining, historical and informative. Once you start reading you can't put it down and when finished you are ready for the next edition. It is refreshing to read about courageous people who have been given the freedom to express their truth rather than stories that pretend to know their truth. Every school should have this book in their curriculum and the pattern of this book should be the impetus to get people of all ethnicities to respect their elders and learn from them.

This is a wonderful book of advice from wise African-Americans.
I recommend this book and another book called SURVEY OF 300 A+ STUDENTS,
by a wise African-American at Harvard (Kenneth Green).

This is one of those rare books I simply could not stop reading! I highly recommend it. The interviews are intimate and illuminating, and I think young adults in particular will be inspired, though middle-aged ones like myself can take heart in how much these folks are STILL achieving well after 70. While I enjoyed getting to know some of the famous people in a new way, I was especially impressed by stories of "unfamous" elders like the educators Jayme Coleman Williams and McDonald Williams, people who have had tremendous, sustained impact in their communities. The best part is, you can access even more of the work of the National Visionary Leadership Project at their web site, VisionaryProject.com

I enjoy reading this book. Really. The reason I gave it the four stars is that there wasn't enough of them. Mostly it had stories from famous people that we already know on. What I wanted to read was from people who are not as famous. Who had a lot of things to tell. I pray there is a sequel.

The notorious Black Hood Bandits make a fatal mistake during a million dollar jewel robbery that ends their murderous spree for good. East coast detective Quinton Hilcrest journeys west on a shoestring and a prayer seeking the missing jewels in the backwoods town of Hags Bend. Within hours he is fighting for his life, ensnared in a tangle of hidden motives and the story of a beautiful outcast the town claims is a witch! Will he disappear into legend with the bandits, or be caught in the spell of the west witch?

Lance Howard writes fast paced westerns full of intrigue. His tales often have elements of horror that help to draw the reader into his stories.
This book doesn't disappoint in pace and plot. The characters are well drawn and the secret of the missing jewels is kept that until the author is ready to reveal the answer.

There's lots of action, the first chapter brimming with it - a bank robbery, a stagecoach robbery and the end of the Black Hood bandits, finishing with a cliff-hanger as to the identity of one of them that just keeps the reader turning the pages.

Hilcrest makes for a great hero, his inexperience of the West allowing Howard to insert some humourous moments.

All the threads to the story come to a satisfying end in a bloody finale.

I think all western fans will find this an enjoyable read and should make the effort to find a copy.

Recommended.

A mixutre of Western, mystery, humor and even a love story.

Wonderful mix of shoot 'em up action and mystery with interesting charcters and dry witty humor! I have read all this author's books and each is better than the last. My highest recommendation!

This is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered how the real West compared with fictionalized accounts. Armed with a dime novel, private detective Quinton Hilcrest leaves his shambles of a life in Maine and heads to west to recover a fortune in jewels never found after the notorious Black Hood Bandits were killed.

Upon arriving Hilcrest discovers, much to his dismay, that things are not quite the way he thought they would be. The West is dirtier and more primitive than he had imagined, and his derringer and training in kung fu are less than adequate for his new circumstances. Aided by a down on his luck gambler and information from a newspaper editor who is as wide as she is tall, the newcomer manages to stir up the entire town. Hilcrest's quest turns up more than the treasure though. He meets and falls in love with a beautiful woman who has been branded a witch by the townspeople.

Howard is a master at writing exciting westerns. The dialogue and action in his books are superb. Quenton Hilcrest is a wonderful character. By using an outsider Howard creates a strong bond between the reader and the story's protagonist. The West Witch is a beautifully told story that is impossible to ever forget. Anything that Lance Howard writes is a "must read" for me.

Nice little book, fun and thought-provoking at the same time, easy to get involved in the book to the point that you've read almost the whole thing without notice!

Starts off with Yoder's educated deconstruction of this loaded question, a question that has been asked of pacifists for over a hundred years, perhaps longer. What would you do if....?"

Most of the book then leads off to individual stories by mostly unknown pacifist writers, some with their personal experiences, others with their thoughts on the question. Some are humorous, others are inspirational.

Includes short writings by: Leo Tolstoy, S.H. Booth-Clibborn, C.J. Furness, Henry Hodgkin, Joan Baez, Dale Brown, Dale Auckerman, Tom Skinner, Gladys Aylward, Terry Dobson, Dorothy Samuel, Sarah Corson, Angie O'Gorman, Peggy Gish, Art Gish, Lawrence Hart, and an anonymous American missionary in South America.

This book is a collection of answers to the age-old question: If a violent person threatened a loved one, what would you do? It is a treasured part of my library because it provides both simple responses (my favorite being courtesy of Joan Baez), and complex discussions of the values shifts necessary to to deny violence in all its forms. You won't come away from this book with a pat answer to a troubling question, but at least you will know there ARE answers.

In this book, pacifists present a variety of ways to respond when you or your family are faced with a violent situation. It is presented in three sections. The first section is an essay written by Yoder to give an answer to this hypothetical situation. He shows that there are more avenues of action than either responding in violence and allowing the violence to occur. The second section presents the responses of others who decline to use violence in such situations. Some of these are funny and others are very serious, but all of them seek alternative means for dealing with the problem. The final section deals with real situations. It shows how people have confronted a violent attack with non-violence and not been harmed. These stories are very touching. This book is for anyone who is considering pacifism or is a pacifist, but can't seem to answer the simple question, "What would you do if..."

My father gave me this book as a way to thouroughly explain his pacifism. It did. This is truly an inspiring book and a must read for anyone, on either side of the argument! Get this book today; I promise you won't regret it.

A detailed exploration of love and marriage. Not just a book about different methods of succeeding in a relationship... it also details the scientific aspect of love: what happens to the body and how these chemical influence our emotions. As well as thought provoking essays on why some relationships go "stale" and why others do not. Highly recommeded.

Definitely a book worth reading! It reads easily, like a book of short stories, in that the essays are brief and easily readable in short sittings -you can pick it up, read an essay or two, and pick it up again later. Each essay puts forth a concept about an aspect of love, relationships, marriage -- and there is always a morsel - or more - that one can relate to. I found it fascinating to look at my marriage through the lenses and philosophies of these wise authors and experts; to validate and illuminate those things that ring true for me/us, and even spotlight potential pitfalls to avoid. Some of the essays speak more to me than others, but that's what makes this book work so well...there is something here for everyone to relate to and learn from.

This lovely book is composed mostly of short essays by professional therapists who have published books on relationships or who run relationship seminars, and Art Linkletter (!). The theme is that love changes, and true love is as much a maturing of self as knowing the right things to do or say. The many authors each have their own unique wisdom and perception of what love is, and it makes for pleasant, encouraging, and enlightening reading!

Finally, a book on "Love" that's actually worth reading... and buying. It's spiritual, insightful and eloquently written. You'd be a fool not to fall in love with it!