Lawrence Books

This Holy Rosary is really a pack of 10 booklets ... excellent to give as gifts to children or even to adults new to the Catholic faith. A brief and simple story is given of the Holy Rosary, then follows a clear and simple explanation of how to say the Rosary. The Rosary prayers are listed, then the first of the four Mysteries begins. Each decade is introduced by a simple reflection and prayer printed above a colorful illustration. With the guidance of this book and the support from an adult, any child will grow to understand and love the powerful prayer that is the Holy Rosary.

What a lovely companion to teaching children the correct way to recite the Rosary. I found this to be thorough and enjoyable for varied ages. It also gives some background into why we pray the Rosary and the meditations involved. I have used other guides but have found this the best in leading children(age 7 and up)in their love of the Rosary.

I should have read this BEFORE I bought my house... All of my fake wood siding is falling off. I'll definitely follow all of the HBP's guidelines on my next home purchase! Bottom line... Tight book.

Our new house is nearly complete and we used the book to guide us through the entire process. The book is laid out logically and very well mirrored our experience. The most helpful information came from the chapters informing us of the missteps that can be made before construction even begins, especially from a legal standpoint. Even though we used a reputable builder, we still had several occasions where our sales person and the construction supervisor tried to pull "fast ones" on us.

You can tell the author knows his stuff. The real life examples of other people's mistakes clearly reinforce the reasoning behind the advice he offers.

The only thing lacking was illustrations, but they weren't really necessary. I thought the book served its purpose well and kept our builder honest.

I bought and loved this book a couple of years ago and it disappeared when a well meaning friend "borrowed" it for a school project. Mr. Lawrence, I've seen a million Indiana high school ball games and I grew up in the culture. I love your descriptions of the gyms and the pomp and ceremony surrounding Indiana H.S. basketball.I've seen pennies thrown at coaches and players in Loogootee, I've seen fights in the parking lot at Southport versus Tech in the 70's , I've seen future NBA players get the crud kicked out of them by future insurance agents (no embarrassing ID's,OK?), and I have seen my cousins battle my childhood friends in games that made my skin crawl with sheer emotion. I,like you, despise class basketball in Indiana .....may its' reign be short (Agh...years and counting) and boring.

Indiana holds a well-earned reputation as a basketball-loving state. And not surprisingly, many a book has been penned about "Hoosier Hysteria," the state's longtime love affair with its high school cage teams.

One might assume that this 343-page title would fit neatly into that genre. Indeed, there is much here to please the diehard Indiana sports fan. Virtually every school in the state is referenced by its enrollment, its team name, the age of its gymnasium, its noted alumni, and its crosstown arch-nemeses.

Yet the Hoosier Hysteria Road Book covers far more ground -- succeeding not only as a sports publication, but as an Indiana travel guide, a history book, and a humorously incisive work of sociology.

For some years, author Dale Lawrence has been the chief singer and songwriter of the Vulgar Boatmen, a critically-acclaimed rock band. As something of a sports outsider, he brings a unique perspective to the world he explores. He also offers prose that is observant, intelligent, and often borders on the lyrical.

On the dimmed lighting and atmosphere of a recently retired gym in Zionsville: "The game was played in a smoky haze, how I've always imagined watching a prizefight used to be. It was like having a dream about a basketball game."

On the horn in Columbus North's gym: "It's in stereo: two simultaneous but separate noises emanating from opposite corners. One is a sputtering BZZZ, like a novelty hand buzzer or an alarm clock on its last legs. The other sound is a sustained TOOOT, like a cartoon tugboat whistle. You can hardly believe it hasn't been replaced ages ago, and no doubt some misguided soul will someday do just that."

On Logansport's school mascot, ostensibly Felix the Cat: "The current live mascot is a rather paunchy incarnation of the famous cartoon character, which you probably wouldn't immediately recognize as Felix (or even a cat). With its mouth permanently screwed open to one side, it most closely resembles a bear doing an imitation of Buddy Hackett."

Reasoning that no game is complete without dinner afterwards at a local restaurant, Lawrence also devotes a fair portion of his book to recommending funky local eateries across the state. In fact, he seems willing and eager to review virtually any tidbit that wanders across his path. An ancient Presbyterian church in Williamsport. School pep bands. The lyrics of school fight songs. The crowds. The gyms. The popcorn at the gyms' snack bars. Public address systems. Game announcers. Call-in radio shows heard on the way to and from particularly distant destinations. All are dutifully considered with a mix of reverence and affectionate amusement -- a tone that steers thankfully clear of condescension and irony.

Lawrence has an evident and heartfelt love of Indiana basketball, and a passion for all things unique. In a world where the individual is being overtaken by the corporate, where chain stores are homogenizing the national landscape, where distinctions between peoples and places are fast disappearing, the Hoosier Hysteria Road Book is an homage to the singular and eccentric -- an invaluable celebration of those small, oft-overlooked differences that make our lives worth living.

So why is it out of print? (Had no trouble getting one though.) This book is based on a series of magazine articles for Old Home Journal, so the style is informal. The carefully chosen color pictures set it apart from its competition, A Field Guide to American Houses, by the other husband and wife team. But mostly it's the authors' ability to explain in simple language the events that caused the rise and fall of the various styles: the switch to stud framing, the widely circulated pattern books, the Arts and Craft movement, World War I and the various European styles brought home by the soldiers, etc.

House Styles in America is a well constructed collection of american houses dating back to the old Ironworks houses, Like the Turner house and Bacons Castle,but this book also contains modern houses, like Phillip Johnson's glass house. This book is a great addition to anyones growing architecture library.

Fantastic book to take your prayer life deeper

Roy Lawrence has written a unique book on healing prayer. While believing in the healing power of faith, he is Biblically-based and he avoids the excesses of "faith healers" who ignore the will of God. He is also broad in his approach to healing, dealing chapater by chapter with guilt and shame, anger and depression, hurtful experiences, anxiety and fear, stress, envy, illness, and grief. I found his section on bereavement so helpful that I used the book for a prayer retreat and invited people who had lost loved ones to come, and they found the retreat very helpful. The "forgiveness prayer" that he gives is worth the price of the book. He has some especially meaningful suggestions using visual aids in prayer, through imagining bringing the sick within your "ring of peace" to pray for them, and in death imagining Jesus standing at the top of the stairs and releasing that person to Christ. The book is creative, passionate, and practical.

Hector's advice has saved us from being bitten by dogs on a number of occasions. This is a must read for anyone who encounters dogs - cyclists, joggers, walkers...

This book is simple, but so helpful. He tells you how to start out training your puppy so they become a dog you can live with. The training is gentle, practical and as much about training owners as it is about training dogs/puppies. Although the book is about starting with a puppy, it can be used with any dog at any age. We have two GSDs, the stuff in this book really works.

This is a seminal text for those clinicians truly wishing to begin to use hypnosis in their practices. It contains all the basic theory, techniques, research, clinical cases and dilemmas of a hypnotherapy practice. His seminars are equally wonderful, with ample theory, practice and case review. Although his style can be initially experienced as intellectual, having trained with him, I find him a brilliant and compassionate clinician. I highly recommend this book to the serious clinician. (Oops! I apologize for having written two reviews of this text, although both are true. I simply forgot I had already written one, due to delay in posting time. However, this is a terrific work, not to be missed. RCK-Psy.D.)

This is a pivotal text for any clinician utilizing hypnotherapy. It contains critical clinical and technical information and case reviews of the highest quality. The authors are gifted in conveying the skills and texture of complex clinical work. I highly recommend this work.

Lawrence Doochin's book, I Am, Therefore I Am, is an inspiring read for all who are seeking truth through self discovery as it relates to God and the knowing of that infinite relationship. S. Scalfi

I like being surprised and prodded when I read books about spirituality and faith, and "I Am Therefore I Am" took me places I never expected. Having spent my entire life trying to "figure it all out", Doochin's book led me away from my confused mind straight to the place where all the answers lie--my heart.

In a society determined to find truth and meaning through the capabilities of our minds, Larry Doochin's assertion in "I Am Therefore I Am" that "...we are not here to learn" is a startling statement. I found myself asking if spiritual growth isn't about learning, then what IS it all about? Doochin's healing odyssey through what we see, experience, think and feel on this earth revealed to him that our existence is about recognition and remembrance. In a world that constantly bombards us with demands to learn more and "fix" what is wrong with us, Doochin's question "Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to change anything about yourself? If all you had to do was remember and recognize who you really are?" strikes me deeply. It's a question we all want to answer with a loud and resounding YES.

Doochin freely offers us spiritual seekers respite from the sometimes grueling striving our minds engage in to collect and process the enormous amount of stimuli we are confronted with each day. His book takes us through seeing the world as it is rather than as we see it by encouraging the reader to unclench any beliefs about the nature of the universe and our place in it. "If you release your beliefs, or you at least witness them, then the current carries you along effortlessly. Life becomes easier, much simpler." Doochin tackles our views on faith, reality, emotion, morality and purpose and consistently returns to this: "Love is the essence of all that is." When we remember this as our true nature, he says, we can more frequently experience the presence of God. Throughout the book he suggests ways to simply spark our remembrance rather than reaching for some illusory mental construct of what we should BE or BE DOING. "You are not here to do anything. You are here to be. You are fulfilling your role on Earth just by being an expression of God in form, for this is Creation fulfilled. This is Love."

"I Am, Therefore I Am" is a great reminder, an excellent resource to return to again and again to help quiet those nagging questions we cannot answer with our minds but must access the truth through our hearts. Doochin's book is a guide for all who want to cultivate the natural state of joy and happiness that exists in remembering and relaxing into who we truly are.

This book is excellent, i couldn't put it down. As a former athlete my man the author nails this lifestyle down, particularly from the brothers' and sisters' perspective, you will enjoy!

With its intense and very detailed description of the world of college and professional football, specifically, the life of a young and naïve superstar named Kevin Styles, you would think that "I No Longer Play the Game," a novel by aspiring author, Anthony Lawrence, would merely recount the stories of those few whose childhood dreams of playing football in the pros came true and then crumbled before their very eyes. Had it been so, I can honestly admit, that I would not have lasted more than ten minutes reading it. After all, how many times have we as readers been fooled into reading a book about an athlete who cannot cope with life after the game, when the cheers have died down and he/she has become ordinary. Such books have been written and rewritten before. On the contrary, in Lawrence's novel, although every aspect of the "Game" of football is covered, you might be happily surprised as to what "Game" the characters in the novel are actually playing.

I have always considered the mental "Game" to be tougher to play than the physical "Game". But again, if you think, I am still talking about the game of football, you could not be more further from the reality of this novel. At another level, the book is about love. Specifically, the novel is about the love between protagonist, Kevin Styles, and his not so perfect antagonist-girlfriend, Chantel Dupree, in their struggle to avoid the behaviors that inhibit men and women's ability to have close/committed relationships.

Drawn from his years of experience, both as a committed man and a former football star, Lawrence provides the readers with the right combination of humor and drama in creating this healthy guide for cultivating intimacy. I was very impressed with his style and technique. It was his approach which assisted me in separating inconsequential truth from pointless fiction and allowed me instead to find the important lessons Lawrence is attempting to convey to us: why do relationships go bad? And how do we deal with the openness and vulnerability of our hearts?

The thing I liked the most is that rather than citing cliche affirmations of relationship advice or ambiguous principles of love and war that we can easily locate in any self-help book, Lawrence allows his "players" (or characters) to talk and act out their experiences through liberal dialog, without holding any feelings back. Specifically, as a character, Styles spoke and acted from a mindset, I could honestly understand. Moreover, it was hard not to find ironic the fact that Chantel Dupree reminded me of many a woman I have either dated or met, thus making her in my opinion the true centre of the story. While she essentially longs for true closeness, Ms. Dupree's makeup, without overtly overshadowing Styles', remains the crutch which holds the true underlying theme of the book upright and allows many females, I am sure, an opportunity to relate to her struggles.

I bought the book for my girlfriend, and I ended keeping a copy for myself. You do not need to be an athlete or, for that matter, a sports fan to enjoy this book. All that is required that you be searching for the true factor at the heart of any relationship. Consequently, this book is the perfect novel for anyone who wants to truly understand the "Game" we all play in finding love.

Lawrence is a very inspirational writer. In all respects, his book is magnificent. The only thing that could make this book better is a sequel. Perhaps, if the demand is there, Lawrence will feel it necessary to quench our process of discovery as we reminisce in our own relationships. In the meantime, after you have finished enjoying the book, I suggest that you consider starting a collection of your own Anthony Lawrence novels ("The Ring of Betrayal" and "When Tomorrow Comes"). Most prints are not excessively costly, and the satisfaction they will provide I can proudly foretell will quite literally be astonishing.

Carol has written a warm and caring book that reveals so much about her relationships with the entertainment greats. It is beautifully designed and fun to read. Of course, the recipes are terrific. This is a great gift.

Wow! What a great book! Fabulous receipes that belonged to Carol's Italian Mom...we're talking the real stuff...The stuffed artichokes which Carol came up with are a real treat and worth the price alone. Her sauce tastes like my Italian mother in law from Italy used to make...Ahh! Great stories about all of the stars who have feasted at her table. Her warm, gracious style comes through. I have given this book as a gift many times...everyone is delighted with it!