Hunt Books

Imagine my delight as a paper doll collector to find these beautiful books about Girl Scouts. Imagine my further delight to find that the author is Kathryn McMurtry Hunt, who was in my Brownie and Girl Scout groups long ago in Lubbock, Texas! They are beautifully done and sure to bring on a great big Brownie smile for Girl Scouts current and long past!

This is an excellent book for any leader wanting to educate her troop on the history of Girl Scouts. There are many badges at the Brownie and Junior level that can be earned, in part, by using this book. It is written at a level for girls of all ages. I hope Ms. Hunt continues this series to present day uniforms with the diary notes. Very interesting book. Thanks.

As in any edited volume the quality of the chapters varies. I found H. Simon's chapter excellent and it alone justified the (modest) purchase price. As a social scientist and a geographer I found value in the book even though most examples are far from my specific field of research.

Understanding the nature and dynamics of complex, hierarchically organized systems is crucial to understanding the origin of life and living systems. This 1973 collection contains key papers by some of the founders of hierarchy theory: The Nobel laureate, Herbert A. Simon's original paper on "The Organization of Complex Systems"; James Bonner's "Hierarchical Control Programs in Biological Development"; Howard H. Pattee's "The Physical Basis and Origin of Hierarchical Control" and "Postscript: Unsolved Problems and Potential Applications of Hierarchy Theories"; Richard Levins' "The Limits of Complexity", and the Clifford Grobstein's "Hierarchical Order and Neogenesis". Although Herbert Simon's fame is in theoretical economics and management, his thinking to understand hierarchy was an important contributor to this success.

Howard Pattee's work should be much better known than it is. Because his work connects the disparate fields of biology, epistemology and ontology at a biophysical level it has not been seen to be central to any of these fields. However, from working through Pattee's many papers in "biosemiotics" and hierarchy theory, I can attest that his works should be key readings in genetics and behavioral biology.

For anyone interested in hierarchy theory, this is where you should begin. Most of the papers are still amongst the clearest statements available the fundamental importance and roles of hierarchical organization in living things.

I have a number of historical atlases.
I prefer larger books and this is a large sized book.

The book tries to cover a lot of time. From -6000 BC to 700 AD.
At present I am only half way through (around 700 BC).

The first part of the book covers the first settlements and the first cities well. You have a layout for each pre-eminent city of a particular time. So we see the first city layouts (from ruins) like Uruk and Lagash. Then later Babylon and Ashur.

We also see the 'big' picture of the way the cities are scattered about in the area. One thing that could be better is the paths of the rivers - Tigris and Euphrates - at the different times. Unfortunately they do not know enough of where the rivers were at each period so most maps show the current paths. They do show the ancient coastline of the gulf.

They also cover the related nations to Mesopotamia. The Hittites in modern Turkey and the Egyptians are shown in the strategic maps. What they do not show is the movements of peoples. Like where the Hittites came from? they suggest a possible origin but they do not even have an arrow on the map to show these possibilities.

There are many photographs of artwork, sculpture, mosaics, some jewelry and many ruins of buildings and ziggurats.

I recently bought four other maps (Penguin): Ancient Rome, Ancient History , Medieval History and Ancient Civilizations. All of these were good but they were only 9" x 13".

This book is (guess) 14" x 20". I like bigger books. The type is larger too which means there is not a whole lot more information but will be easier to read for older people and those with glasses.

I really like this book. Compared with my other 18 or so historical atlases this is one of the top four in colour, size, and content.

I also think this information is more up-to-date than other atlases I have. Ex: Here the Hurrians and Mitanni shown to be the same people.

(Also has semi complete information on the Sumerian King List)

Enjoy

Ralph

The large format and full-color maps are spectacular, and the focus on archaeology and material culture is great. Covers a very large time period, making it a great companion for survey courses.

This is truly a delightful book. The story is simple
enough for even the youngest listener. I put this book
in my daughter's Easter basket this past Spring when
she was 20 months old. She still brings it to me to
read to her and is excited each and everytime it is
read. The watercolor pictures are excellent!
Anxious to read more books from this author.

great illustrations sweet story. great classroom book to use with young children working on the seasons also recommend other books by this auther

I received this book as a gift for my son. As it turns out, I was also working with a little boy with Selective Mutism, a condition where the child can speak, but won't in certain settings due to anxiety. We used this book as part of his treatment - we read it together, and he borrowed it for school where his teacher read it to the class. It had a great message about using your voice in a positive way, and was silly enough to really engage a 4 year old. Now that he is speaking in all situations, I will be giving him his own copy to congratulate him on his hard work!

Written by Edward Allan Faine and illustrated by Jim Hunt, How The Frog Got His BREE-DUP! is a humorous, enjoyable, and highly affordable picturebook for young readers, presenting a vividly presented tall tale about how the frog earned his characteristic BREE-DUP! call. A simple, enjoyable story How The Frog Got His BEE-DUP! is especially recommended for children age 2-8. Also highly recommended from IM Press is The Balloon Galloon (0965465187, [price]) written by Edward Allan Faine and illustrated by Joan C. Waites.

I teach at a community college and am adopting this very readable book for one of my classes this fall. Dr. Cannon takes a humorous but rigorous and tough-love approach to college success. I estimate that over the years I've seen students do at least 80 of her 101 "surefire strategies that guarantee failure." Here are some of them: "Avoid Using Study Materials"; "Ignore Test Anxiety"; "Procrastinate"; "Wait for Your Professor to Come to You"; "Request Extra Credit or Extra, Extra Credit." She concludes each chapter with concise and spot-on "strategies for success." Most of the book can easily apply to four-year college students (and, dare I say, some graduate students).

Dr. Cannon has produced a book that is both a valuable teaching tool and enjoyable to read. How To Flunk Out of a Community College would be an outstanding selection for "freshman experience" programs, "guidance studies" classes, basic reading and writing skills classes, any "mentoring" programs, and as supplemental reading for classes that deal with the issue of decision making. By infusing the perspectives of instructors with her own brand of student-centered humor, Dr. Cannon has provided all students with a text that gives them the basic rules for academic (and personal) success in a concise, readable, and memorable format.

Highly recommended!!

Few doubt the importance of forgiveness and this book is full of examples of how lack of forgiveness can cause real problems - and yet it is often hard to do. June Hunt looks at forgiveness from many different angles, each one illustrated from stories of people she knows or who called into her radio station alongside some famous other examples (Corrie ten Boom, for example) and she backs up her points with Biblical examples. She notes the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation and shows the power of forgiveness to change lives. Her visual image of a 'burlap bag full of rocks' is rather over-used but the overall message is good and, although an American book, the examples and imagery work fine in the UK - not often the case with this kind of book and something to be encouraged!

How to Forgive When You Don't Feel Like It by June Hunt is a terrific book about the power of forgiveness, not just on the recipient, but on the giver as well. Hunt uses the analogy of a bag of rocks for the weight of unforgiveness that we carry around with us. These rocks of anger and bitterness weigh us down until it is difficult to move. She uses rocks in various metaphors throughout the rest of the book with varying effectiveness. The pressure used to make diamonds is appropriate to describe how God uses trials to make us shine. But Hunt is at her best when explaining why forgiveness is so vital. I was struggling with some issues in this area myself, and I read the book looking for answers. Hunt's most important point: forgiveness isn't a feeling. It's not something we can just do on our own. It's difficult and occasionally painful, and we need God's strength to do it, but in doing it, we will be blessed. Not only by God's forgiveness of us in return, but also in releasing his blessings to us. I took the steps that Hunt recommended and asked God to help me forgive certain people. It immediately gave me peace in my own mind when I didn't have to think about the hurt. But surprisingly (without me saying anything to the ones who hurt me), they made several gestures of goodwill. Hunt helped me to see that by holding my anger close, I was holding God's blessings away. Even if there aren't results like I experienced, forgiveness is essential for our spiritual growth. Hunt includes several anecdotes about anger and forgiveness, even exposing her own hurts for the reader. The book is written in a non-preachy style that's easy to empathize with. If you're hurting, this book can help bring balm to your soul.

Great book! Before reading the book I was running on a very busy and overwhelming daily schedule. Once I started implementing tips and advices given in the book, my life has changed. My daily schedule is sill very busy BUT I get more accomplished and it is no longer overwhelming.

Time management and overcoming your "buts" - here are the step-by-step instructions on how to achieve your goals and dreams. Very comprehensive language and practical knowledge for everyone who wants to enjoy success on every field of business and family life.

Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) paints the winged creatures of the air (birds and butterflies of all sorts), ocelots, saints, mysterious guardian faces, and occasionally Rudolph Valentino. These iconic images are often suspended in space, either appearing or disappearing through a veil or grid/cage (hidden, hiding or trapped?), which sometimes mutes their otherwise vivid colors. Slonem uses light, space and pattern masterfully to display the totemic spirituality of his subjects. And the resulting paintings celebrate that spirituality in works that are gloriously, wonderfully, joyfully beautiful.

Almost all of this volume is devoted to reproductions of Slonem's work, with a few photographs of his studios (themselves works of art) mixed in. Color-reproduction is excellent and the works are beautifully displayed. The selection of paintings covers a broad period of time from the mid-1980s though 2001 and presents a representative sample of Slonem's subjects. The plates appear to be arranged thematically (with birds at both the beginning and the end), rather than chronologically. Donald Kuspit's essay is mostly helpful in putting the spiritual quality of Slonem's work into words, although he occasionally lapses into psychobabble. Minor criticisms -- a few pictures that appear to be out of focus (or enlarged beyond their capacity to render a sharp image), a table of contents that does not match up to the actual pages for the Bibliography and Collections, occasional confusion about which captions go with which pictures -- are annoying but not enough to outweigh the joys of this volume, which deserves to reach a wide public.

For the last 20 or so years many of us have been in deep admiration for the lushly romantic paintings by the singular Hunt Slonem. Here is an artist who truly lives in his work and we are the richer for it. Slonem captures the magic in the exotic and makes even the mundane transporting. His best known paintings are of his ongoing preoccupation with birds of the tropical vein: he lives with them, nurtures them, is obcessed with their spiritual stance as a meeting point between heaven and earth. But his talents are not wholly absorbed by his aviary. Slonem paints ocelets, monkeys, tigers, saints, mythical beings and other subjects, along with his passion for portraiture of exotic people. Rudolph Valentino, go-go boys, princesses, et al find their way into elaborate baroque frames that adorn not only the artist's home, but in collections and museums throughout the world.

Donald Kuspit does his usual fine writing in capturing the quintessence of Slonem's visual messages. The color reproductions are excellent and as lavish as the talent of the painter. A truly beautiful Monograph!

I credit this book with changing my life. In a period of lengthy unemployment I purchased the book, read every bloody page, and finally got the job I really wanted. And that job put me on a trajectory for long term career success. I am very sad to see that the book is out of print.

Even 15 years after its initial publication I would recommend this book highly. It will be missing tools that would be used today (for instance, not a word is devoted to the Internet), but there is still lots and lots of good advice to be found. Out of work? Buy this book!

This was the best job search book I have ever found. Why is it out of print so soon? It was published in 1992 with no updates or reprintings? I am shocked and disappointed. It is well worth your time and effort to find a used copy if you can! It is the complete guide to effective job finding....not just a catchy phrase.