Lawrence Books

I bought this book after taking classes in making lightship baskets locally, and must admit that without it I would not have been able to continue making them at home. The history of the baskets is excellent, and colored photographs of baskets as well as the island of Nantucket are numerous throughout the book. If you are at all interested in baskets, this book is a must!

I took a class by Martha Two yrs. ago that was great to. It was at the MBA in Grand Rapids MI. The book is just as good if not better. The history is something I always wanted to know about . Thank You Martha for such a wonderful book . C. M. Miller Bay City MI.

This book, though now 10 years old, is an outstanding book of reviews of the research on the effectiveness of psychiatric medications. Each chapter reviews a different class of meds, including anti-depressants (pre-Prozac), anxiolitics (anti-anxiety meds), neuroleptics (so-called antipsychotics), Ritalin (in a chapter that challenges the idea that Attention Deficit Disorder even exists), and even a chapter on shock treatment. The review are rigorous, scholarly, and critical. The editors summarize the reviews by stating that at the present time (1989)"biological psychiatry is swimming in uncertainty" in spite of the inflated claims of the pharmaceutical industry regarding their highly profitable products (little has changed in the last ten years in this respect) The authors of the various chapters criticize technical aspects of research designs, the financial dependence of researchers on drug companies, the exaggeration of therapeutic benefits, the ignoring of negative results, the minimization or under-reporting of side effects, and the over-generalizing of the appropriate use of medications to patient populations that were not part of the research on a particular drug's effectiveness. This is a must read for psychotherapists and patients who have been intimidated by the claims that drug treatments are quicker and more effective than psychotherapy, claims that this book calls into question.

I bought this book when it first came out and I continue to read it and refer to it. It is one of the rare scholarly compilations to question the current rush toward simple fixes for psychological distress. I keep lending it to people and having to fight to get it back. There is solid and interesting research and a different perspective on mental well being. If you are serious about understanding biological interventions to mental health problems, this is a significant contribution.

Highly recommended. Useful for many Indo-European languages.
Gives clear definitions and uses a lot of basic common sense in exposing many grammatical issues in true semantics.

He avoids speculations and theories which are so popular amongst younger "linguists". This is an excellent nuts-and-bolts tool for analyzing the meanings of various linguistic entities. He states that the method is in a decontextualized format, yet it is an easy step to integrate the analyses into a larger contextual framework. I really recommend his chapters on "Thematic Roles" and the one on "Aspect".

His writing is direct, clear and is not a style which seeks to try to impress the reader or inflate his ability. He uses a minimum of fancy linguistic symbols and diagrams, thus other scholars and laymen can read with clarity his profound and clear observations.

The hardbound edition is well made, though no statement is made as to the acidity of the paper used. It has 3 indexes, and a good bibliography. recommended by Gary S. Dykes.

The hardcover edition is a well made, smyth-sewn volume. The paper is probably not acid-free, nor is it ANSI certified. The price for the hardcover, is a bit steep, the paperback is a solid value.
To this reviewer, this work is a classic. Frawley, appears to have a good understanding of language and meaning, and he clearly presents this understanding in this work. Frawley recognizes the innateness of various aspects of language in humans (i.e. we are born with a special language ability) as opposed to being just products of an environment (per Skinner and many anthropologists).
The text is well laid out, and it moves from the introductory to the complex. It has all the proper indexes, and bibliography, and an index of the several hundred languages referred to. Frawley is not afraid to tackle complex issues (such as aspect, entities [in which he corrects numerous traditional errors -- like WHAT is a noun] and thematic roles). Each chapter is followed with a nice concise conclusion.
Recall that this is not just a general text on "semantics", rather it focuses upon LINGUISTIC semantics. Meaning is encoded in the grammar, and he prefers to evaluate it in a decontextualized approach. However, he does pay close attention to the syntactical relationships in the context of the text under review. He makes very clear many profound aspects of meaning! He also stimulates further study. A joy to read!
A great work, and very useful for a variety of language studies. Frawley addresses numerous language types (ergative/absolute, and nominative/accusative et cetera) and extracts numerous relevant examples. This work is also very educational, it teaches in an authoritative manner, yet in a manner not offensive to neophytes! A much needed text on the shelf of any linguist and those who work in language translation...

Altough very easy to read and appears to be simplistic, it's a challenge if you let it be!

With one short 1-2 line average saying on each page, it's a quick read. But it is not t typical book of instruction, it's a puzzle if you allow it to be... and then the fun starts!

I spent hours and hours (and I consdier mself t have some bit of expansion and debth in me...) but hours just thiking about a few of them, tring to figure out what they meant and if my thoughts were the same as in zen... a few, wow, tough, but I did get the all eventually!

I was told when I bought it that you cold think/concentrate ona dilima or worry etc., and when you have fully filled yor mind and heart with that question, the answer will be on the page you blindly open the book to.... really! It could not be a total mistake in that it seemded to work every time, the sayings were right on the target as to my day's or moments expeirnce to far. And I am not sure if it was my mistake

Altough very easy to read and appears to be simplistic, it's a challenge if you let it be!

With one short 1-2 line average saying on each page, it's a quick read. But it is not t typical book of instruction, it's a puzzle if you allow it to be... and then the fun starts!

I spent hours and hours (and I consdier mself t have some bit of expansion and debth in me...) but hours just thiking about a few of them, tring to figure out what they meant and if my thoughts were the same as in zen... a few, wow, tough, but I did get the all eventually!

I was told when I bought it that you cold think/concentrate ona dilima or worry etc., and when you have fully filled yor mind and heart with that question, the answer will be on the page you blindly open the book to.... really! It could not be a total mistake in that it seemded to work every time, the sayings were right on the target as to my day's or moments expeirnce to far. And I am not sure if it was my mistake

Little Miss Sunshine finds herself in Miseryland. She gets arrested because she laughs and giggles too much. She is a happy person all of the time, even in Miseryland. She changes the names of Miseryland to Laughterland so that everybody there can be happy. She even teaches the King of Miseryland to laugh.

What everychild 2-90 should read. Fun, smart, and down right perfect!

I absolutely could NOT put this book down. There is a laugh on every page. The plot has so many wonderful twists and turns that there is also a surprise on every page. I had no idea how it would end. What a wonderful, original, funny, suspenseful, unique take on the old fairy tale. Smart kids will love this, but so will adults who appreciate rich satire.

I picked up LITTLE RED one morning and thought I'd read a chapter or two, just to see what the wolf's angle on the story was. The next thing I knew I was reading and howling with laughter. My wife opened the bedroom door to check and see if I was okay. Needless to say, for the next hour I was enthralled with Peter Lawrence's funny tale about what REALLY happened to Wolfie, Little Red, and Grandma (Ma Barker). The child in all of us will embrace LITTLE RED.

There are few books I've read over the past few years that have really stuck with me, and this is one of them. With the economy in a downturn, I find myself wondering what's happening to the families whose lives the authors tracked for a couple of years in the late 90s. The real-life families that are profiled here are truly memorable. Fans of "Nickel and Dimed" will like this book because it fills in a lot of the blanks about how poor families cope. The authors keep themselves out of their subjects' stories and basically let the families'words and actions demonstrate how difficult it is to live in poverty. I was inspired by the resourcefulness most of them bring to the challenge.

Review From Publisher's Weekly - Almost half of the nation's children live in officially defined poverty or near-poverty. Putting a human face on this and other statistics, the authors present a disturbing and provocative composite portrait of 10 families struggling to make ends meet--four white, two Hispanic, three black and one Hawaiian/Samoan. Bennett and Aber, both directors of Columbia University's National Center for Children in Poverty, and freelance journalist Shirk (a veteran St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter), identify three factors--teen parenthood, low educational achievement and temporary or low-wage work--that they call "the `Bermuda Triangle' of family poverty." Add the associated risks of domestic violence, poor child care and damage to early brain development from malnutrition, preventable birth complications, environmental toxins, etc., and readers will begin to see why poverty cuts across urban, suburban and rural areas. A few of the parents profiled here battle drug addiction; one gambles; several suffer from disabling depression; one single mother bravely raises a severely disabled five-year-old son afflicted with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and a 234-pound, 12-year-old daughter. In almost all the profiled families, one or both parents work, contradicting the widespread stereotype of the poor as lazy or irresponsible. In a succinct closing chapter, the authors call for a combination of public- and private-sector measures to help prevent or reduce child poverty. The issues they raise should fuel election-year debate. (Oct.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

A well-substantiated and documented study of the factors that advance or slow down, even reverse aging. Both scientific and easy-to-follow at the same time. A truly practical guide to a long and healthy life!

This book is stuffed with scientific information on how proper nutrition, supplements, moderate, specific exercise routines and stress-free lifestyle can extend your life span beyond your wildest imagination. And that means ACTIVE, enjoyable life, not just mere existance!

This is a tale told by a survivor of the S.S. Titanic. It was published just after the Titanic's sinking in 1912. Insisde are the authors true account of the disaster with six real photos of the vessels journey. The story will give you goosebumps down your spine and allow you to expierience the tragedy yourself. This book cannot begin to compare to the other stories of the Titanic. It's power comes from a first hand account that provides more information than a fact book can tell you.

Beesley, a schoolteacher and TITANIC 2nd class passenger, brilliantly recalls his experiences aboard the ill-fated ocean liner...and lucky for us, as his recounting of the disaster is especially well told with both accuracy and emotion. A must-have addition to your TITANIC library.

A must for Titanic buffs who want a true insight into that tragic night.Beesley was one of the very few who did not get caught up in the media hype .

Many survivors wrote their own accounts on the sinking of the Titanic, but most of them were accounts by prominant first class passengers. This man, Lawrence Beesley, was an ordinary school teacher from England travelling second class on the liner. His story: watching the Titanic sink from lifeboat number 13, is one that should not be passed up by any enthusiast.