Meyer Books

Although I believe this topic needs to be tackled (every Christian battles with negative, ungodly thought), Meyer seems to jump around in her logic, trying too hard to prove her point without enough supporting detail. I had high hopes for reading this book and sharing it with my husband and friends, but it lacks examples and is redundant. On the contrary, the major positive is her extensive use of Scripture.

This is one of Joyce Meyer's best teaching.It can really set someone straight who is stuggling with emotional or spiritual issues.I give it an A++++.I bought a copy for all of my children ages 31-26 and they all loved it.

Excellent description, timely delivery, efficient, highly recommend this seller.

Meyer provides profound and relevant material in this book. I have struggled with anxiety and depression over the years, and this book provides hopeful guidance and scripture to loosen the grip of negativity that can overwhelm our thinking. If you long to live each day with a more positive outlook, read this book. It's a good place to start.

I received a teaching once that basicly said that when you get right down to it the Devil really only has two methods for tempting us: 1. Pressure 2. Pleasure. The Devil has three maxims which allows him to pull this off : 1. You (your own thoughts, bad habits, exc.) 2. The environment (Government, religious oppression, the systems of the world, exc.), and 3. Other people. Joyce Meyer's "Battlefield Of The Mind" is mostly geared at the one maxim each of us have the most control over (You, yourself, your thoughts, and YOU).

Joyce masterfully explains how that old Advesary The Devil works by waiting for the right moment (he`s not only a parasite but he`s also a predator). He waits to see where your weak, when your most vulnerable moment is, and he waits for that moment to attack. The Bible says "Resist the Devil and he will flee from you." Perfect example is Luke chapter 6, The devil waits for Jesus to be 40 days and nights in the wilderness before he attacks. He didn't come the first day to attack him when our Lord was at his strongest. Oh no, our advesary doesn't play fair; he bides his time and waits for your weakest moment and attacks. Jesus resisted him and the devil fled from him (for awhile). Best thing is we have victory through our risen Lord this very day if we claim it. Joyce does a great job of illustrating this in this book(though I don't know if she used the Luke example I used above or not).

I really got a lot of insight from this book. For example, one of the concepts in the book (in my own words) was "what comes out of your mouth had to originate in your brain." Sounds simple enough , but Joyce had a masterful way of describing every thought we commonly have today and referring it to biblical passages. About half way through the book I began to realize that the grumbling, griping, complaining, and various other human emotions and thoughts I have are not uncommon to our time. The children of Israel went through these same emotions and they are all recorded in Gods Word. I used to ponder how stupid these people must have been, but now I can see myself in them. It really was a humbling experience! Many of us make the same mistake over and over again and ask God, "Why don't you do something?" Truth is God has always been willing to help us. We are the ones who get in God's way by not bringing our thoughts into the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5). Read this book and find out how you can change and train your mind to shut the door on The Devil and how to allow God to do what he's always been willing to do. BLESS YOU!!!

Hebrews 13:5b "for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

P.S. This book comes in many formats. There's the traditional version, teen version, devotional version, exc. It doesn't matter which one you use. Just read one of them. You will be blessed.

I purchased this book to aid in my patient teaching,
It is a great teaching tool for home health nurses.
I have used mine so much it fell apart, and I had to
place the pages in sleeves and put into a notebook,
but I would not give up my teaching book for anything.

Donna Meyers has an exceptional book full of practical
information.

Any Nurse involved in Home Health Nursing and Patient
education should own a copy of this book.

I only wish there were more books out there like this
one.

Very informative book written in plain language. The author has organized his material in a very logical manner and gave enlightenment to certain extremely important issues of home care.

THE TEACHING GUIDE IS REALLY GOOD BUT I WISHED IT HAS MORE TEACHING ON MEDICATION SECTION OF THE BOOK

Coming into a home health agency as the new Director, I found a 1997 version of this book. Since it is now 2007 I wanted to get updated information. Though it is the same edition (second)as the 1997 version,I guess I hoped for some updates, such as the new parameters for hypertension. As far as I have been able to determine thus far, nothing has changed. The quality of the teaching guide is excellent. But if you are considering purchasing this just to get an updated version, there is no need. It is identical to your the older edition.

This is a great teaching guide manual. our agency nurses and therapists as well love the teaching tools in the book; specific disease processes, nursing diagnoses, activity and diet teaching tools! Very relevant and realistic to common home care health problems seen in the field today!! just copy the tools you need and incorporate into teaching per the POC! would love to see more from this author.

This book is a well written one that sure to be an enlightening experience. Although this book was written in the late 70s, it was written at a time when academic feminist research of the bible was in it's infancy and consequently I find it a must read for any serious study of the subject. The book discusses a survey of feminist research both religious and otherwise up to the point the book was written and addresses various flaws and misdirections the author feels exists in the methodologies that predate this book (I personally find these same flaws and misdirections just as current as they ever were). I feel it's most important contribution is that it provides a fundamental, responsible perspective to studying the bible apart from political or social agendas and the bias of modern day perspectives of both feminism and patriarchal society and women in ancient history. In many respects I consider this book to be so far ahead of its time that we are still trying to catch up in many respects.

I chose to write a report on this book for an introductory Hebrew Bible class. The book gave me plenty to write (and think) about, although I found some sections a bit dry and the constant references to previous and later material a bit dizzying. Overall, it was a fantastic book. I was able to sit down and read through it in only a few sittings, so it's interesting enough to hold the attention of someone unfamiliar with the material it contains. I found that the knowledge that I had previously from class helped me to appreciate some of the points, and I don't know whether I would have been able to enjoy/understand parts of the book without that previous knowledge about biblical editing and composition. I found one part especially interesting and at the same time completely unnecessary. Although plagues in the Bible have little to do with the point of the book (and certainly don't merit 8 pages of writing), I found the material fascinating and plan on exploring the matter further. Not bad at all for something that I had to read for a class and probably would not have picked up otherwise. I don't regret reading it, because some of the epiphanies in the book were just mind-blowing to me. It never occurred to me that a simple revisiting of the original Hebrew could tear down centuries of translational prejudices. I would suggest the book, but I feel as if the material could have been presented in an equally poignant manner in only 100 pages rather than 200.

I first read this book years ago while researching the book of Genesis. I continue to refer it to students and others seeking to understand the Garden of Eden story and other sometimes confused stories from the Hebrew Scriptures involving women. This book should be read by all interesting in allowing the Hebrew Scriptures to speak in their own voices, including the voices of women.

Carol Meyers has an easy to read writing style. I read it and wanted more. She adds flesh to the bones of the people of ancient Israel especially the women. I would recommend it to any one but especially women who want a better understanding of our heritage and a clearer understanding of the part our early mothers played. It made me hungry for more.

I first read this book several years ago, when putting together an undergraduate course on ancient and medieval women, and have yet to find anything that comes even close to Meyers' beautifully written and convincing account of ancient Israelite women. The book's greatest strength is the way the author blends archaeological and linguistic information, building a convincing portrait of early women that gets past the wall of later Jewish patriarchal thought. Meyers is by no means a "rabid feminist," but gives a great deal of food for thought about how women "fell out" of the Bible and how cultural expectations have led to centuries of misinterpretation.

I thought that this book was a very well written and completely frank and open book. But the first reviewer of this book Mr Frank Kalenski's biased opinion of this book has flawed his review. He says, that the Hitlerjugend command athorized criminal atrocities. This is not at all true. In fact US troops were responsible for many criminal atrocities Against the Hilterjugend! The US troops would strip SS pows (if they didnt shoot the outright first!) and put them on the front of their jeeps. The German pows of course froze to death. Many US soldiers shot surrendering Hilterjugend POWs onsight even though these had first surrendered. Shooting 16 year od kids.
I read some of the other reviews Mr Kalenski wrote. It seems that he thinks the books covering the American troops are "outstanding!", yet in his biased opinion he suggests that the German oriented books have "glossed over" their atrocities. What kind of glossing over has Mr Kalenski (who is from NY) done instead? He hasnt learned from history.

An excellant review on the history of an outfit in which not much has been written about. It has both tactical information on the unit's movements and fighting as well as excerpts of individuals memoirs of those who participated.

This is the definitive work on the glory and downfall of one of the best, if not the best, fighting formation ever in the annals of war. The sacrifice, the valour and the superhuman deeds of the young HJ soldiers will never be equalled, let alone excelled.

I thought that this book was a very well written and completely equivocal book. But the first reviewer of this book Mr Frank Kalenski's biased opinion of this book has flawed his review. He says, that the Hitlerjugend command athorized criminal atrocities. This is not at all true. In fact US troops were responsible for many criminal atrocities Against the Hilterjugend! The US troops would strip SS pows (if they didnt shoot the outright first!) and put them on the front of their jeeps. The German pows of course froze to death. Many US soldiers shot surrendering Hilterjugend POWs onsight even though these had first surrendered. Shooting 16 year od kids.
I read some of the other reviews Mr Kalenski wrote. It seems that he thinks the books covering the American troops are "outstanding!", yet in his biased opinion he suggests that the German oriented books have "glossed over" their atrocities. What kind of glossing over has Mr Kalenski done instead. He hasnt learned from history.

The most defining moment for the 12th SS was the murder of 12 Canadain POW at the Abby Ardennes during the Normandy landings. This event is glossed over, the commanding general, Kurt Meyer was Canada's only war criminal. He served 5 years in Dorchester Prison in NB. This book is a very weak translation from German - very slow at times. However, a must for those interested in the Waffen SS. Comes with a seperate map book, so you can follow the battles - very neat!

Nan Meyer is to be congratulated! She has written a Haggadah with which Jewish families can welcome their non-Jewish friends and relatives to the Seder table. But in the process she has produced a Seder book that many Jews who have lost touch with but wish to return to their culture will find inviting to use. The Inter-Faith Family Seder Book is not only entirely user-friendly, it also provides practical suggestions for preparation and conduction of the Seder, and it gives the Seder service in a step-by-step, easy to follow sequence. In an era where Jews are becoming increasingly assimilated into the population, through both intermarriage and simple acculturation, it's easy to lose touch with their heritage. Getting back in touch with it can be difficult. However, this Haggadah can ease the retunr. It is very comfortable to use. It is in no way intimidating, the Hebrew that is used appropriately is also used sparingly, but in ways that are familiar. It is as appropriate to the ex-patriot Jews who wish to return as it is to non-Jews. Nan Meyer has made an important social contribution with her Haggadah. I would love to see more publications of this nature.

THE INTER-FAITH FAMILY SEDER BOOK: How to Celebrate a Jewish Passover Supper with Christian In-Laws and Non-Jewish Friends by Nan Meyer (1998),says it all. This is a delightful, easy-to-use haggadah that while making the prayers, songs and ritual accessible and comprehensible to the non-Jew, does not fall into the trap of "Christianizing" the seder. It has such practicial pointers as suggesting white rather than purple grape juice for the children because purple stains, "and there may not be much time to get their holiday finery cleaned for Easter Sunday." Then there are sensitive interpretations, such as that for the ten plagues visited on the Egyptians: "When people do evil and bring suffering upon themselves ... (but) we cannot rejoice over their pain." Traditional songs like "Chad Gadya" are paired with universalist English (only the blessings are in Hebrew in this user-friendly ritual) paraphrase of "Eliyahu ha-Navi" set to the tune of "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing." This reviewer suggests you take advantage of this book for your family seders.

Must write to thank the author for this wonderful book. I never thought I would be able to be at a seder again after I married out of my faith. Imagine my astonishment when my Christian wife surprised me with a seder in my own home. My children could see what a happy party a seder is. The author has explained the do's and don'ts of a seder so that anyone can produce one. My children could have the fun of asking questions that have been asked for thousands of years. I could have the pride of answering them. Can't wait till my next Jewish friend marries a Christian so I can give them a set of these books as a wedding gift.

No holiday is as well kept and as beloved by Jews as the Passover. In continual observance for over 3,500 years, Passover is a holiday that celebrates the first freedom flight, the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The highpoint of the Passover is its Seder Supper, as treasured by Jewish families as the Christmas tree is by Christian families. Finally, here is a book that demystifies the Passover Seder Supper, yet retains the wonderful imagery and splendor of this ritual meal that Christians call The Last Supper. This book makes it possible to observe this tradition without having a formal Hebrew education. Christians will find in it the beginning of some of their own observances. (Churches can use it to recreate a Last Supper.) All will enjoy this authentic haggadah that is on-point for the Jewish-American family of the 90's. Bet this book would make a great wedding gift for the inter-faith couple, who could treasure the fact that at the Passover Seder Supper, the two religions were still one and the same.

This is an easy to understand version of the Passover Haggadah, and the author adds some clever songs and poems. The Passover Seder is indeed the ideal opportunity to include people of other faiths, cultures, etc., and its message is universal. However, Ms. Meyer doesn't really take advantage of the opportunity she has, and I find some of her choices problematic.

Why, for example, does she have "two young women" bring around the pitcher of water for the ritual washing of hands, and the "four SONS" explore the questions of Judaism? It would seem to me that this would be an ideal time to do away with gender biases.

Ms. Meyer's ideas of what is "necessary" is also curious. Why is it necessary for the youngest child to recite the four questions, but not necessary to repeat some of the important points made in the Haggadah?

And why bother to call this an inter-faith seder if she limits the Exodus experience to Judaism? Any simple exploration of Passover symbolism would reveal that Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, translates to "the narrow place" - everyone (Jewish or otherwise) has had experience with escaping oppression of one kind or another, and the Haggadah could easily be a means by which to discuss the past and current oppressions that surround us all.

At our Seder, we discussed everything from media exploitation, to the Kosovar refugees, to the women of Afghanistan, to the Holocaust. We didn't limit the discussion to the Jewish experience, and therefore the non-Jewish participants were as integral to the goings-on as the Jewish ones.

As every group is different, I would ideally recommend writing your own service, and Ira Steingroot has written an amazing book entitled KEEPING PASSOVER that can help you do so.

For a good, basic, egalitarian Haggadah, I liked BECAUSE WE WERE SLAVES: A CONCISE HAGGADAH FOR ALL OF US by Claire E. Gorfinkel and Charles Davis. Another beautiful one is GATES OF FREEDOM by Chaim Stern, with a focus on issues of peace.

While I agree that there is a strong need for an inclusive Haggadah for Interfaith families, I'm afraid that this one is not it.

I am now graduating from school and looking back at this class, this book, I do not agree with it at all. Hopefully your instructor will not use this book.

This book is ok if you need a view at a glance. I found this book in http://www.helpdesksite.us and I am happy with the purchase.

I'm in the process of setting up a 10 person help desk. I found this book thorough and comperehensive in introducing me to many of the concepts required to plan, set up, and run a help desk. The enclosed software (HelpSTAR) and exercises as well as help desk simulation are well thought out.

The book is positioned as a college-level text, but I found it practical for my own self learning.

This Book is ideally suited to those looking for guidance on the concepts and skills required for the setup and implementation of a World Class Help Desk.

Along the way, you get in-depth analysis and exercises, giving you a balanced insight into the way a Help Desk should be set up, and operated, providing both the End-Users, and Employees of the Help Desk with the best of both worlds.

Also, there are numerous examples of ways to both run the help desk itself, and the management of it's personnel, but particularly useful are the audio examples of a number of typical situations the Help Desk Staff can find themselves dealing with.

The book wraps up with a useful simulation including help desk software to give you hands-on practice in solving problems.

One of the hardest things to learn in the IT industry is how to deal with customers. Learning good skills is often an ongoing process. Learning how to communicate ideas and concepts can often be very difficult.

Having run 2 help desks I know that good agents are hard to find. Susan Sanderson has put together one of the few book on help desk that take it from the beginning and give you information that will help in everyday life. I have already found several things in here that I can use in the classes I teach as well as the customers I visit.

There are 10 chapters and each one builds on each other. You have practice labs and even review questions. This book can be used as a self paced course or in the formal classroom setting.

One of the things I liked best was the cd that is included; this cd has Help Desk Software included for practice. The big plus of the cd is the sample recording of actual calls so that you can hear what the customers is saying and learn several techniques for communicating and listening.

Overall this book is very helpful and seems to have just about everything included.

Although well written and useful for its target application, "Principles of Functional Verification" addresses only the concerns of 100% digital integrated circuit verification. It is only marginally useful for mixed signal system-on-chip verification.

Now there's an opportunity for a book!

This is a great book for the college student, co-op/intern, or any engineer or manager new to the field of DV (Design Verification). I could easily see a college course being built around this book. Although the seasoned verification engineer may not find much in the way of new information in this book, it may provide insite into why others in your team, group, company, or industry don't quite do things the same way you would. One of the greatest dangers in this, as in any field, is zealotry (bordering on facism) for a particular verification methodology above all others.

Meyer has done a brilliant job of capturing the various approaches to functional verification without any bias toward one methodology. He, in fact, deserves credit for stressing that there is no single verification methodology that fits all engineering needs. In 10 years of experience in FPGA design and verification I find that it often takes a blend of approaches to achieve confidence in your verification environment.

He also deserves much credit for divorcing the concepts of functional verification from any one language or tool set. In fact you don't need to know the syntax for any verification language or have experience with any particular simulation tool suite to read and understand this book.

If there is one complaint I have, it is that the price of this book is a little too steep; espcially for a soft-cover book with small pages and large print (thus my four-star rating). Perhaps, though, this is just my experience speaking. It would be well worth the money if I were just starting out in the field.

Meyer's book starts with basic concepts of functional verification and gradually introduces you to more advanced topics such as constrained random testing and hardware/software co-simulation techniques. This is a very good book for design engineers and project managers who would like to quickly get up-to-speed on ASIC/SoC functional verification concepts and advanced techniques. For experienced ASIC/SoC verification engineers, this is a good book to refresh your memory on the topic.

Meyer jumps to the heart of advanced verification issues. I have 12 years experience in functional verification and this book provides good information about all the advanced verification topics haunting designers of SoCs today, like, verification reuse, coverage, assertions, testbench development, etc. We bought one for everyone in our group.

Instead of attempting to teach you the "howtos" of functional verification this book teaches you the "whys". This causes it to be much less like a textbook than many others on the same subject. Therefore reading this book cover to cover is relatively easy and useful. Examples given are at the appropriate level of complexity - neither too simple nor too complex.

Readers of this book could easily range from senior management to test coders. Senior management would learn the purposes behind various aspects of functional verification and why the cost and complexity continues to rise. Engineers would be exposed to the reasoning behind the use of some functional verification techniques.

Each chapter discusses the ideas behind some aspects of functional verification with examples of how this might be used in an actual system being verified. There are few code examples since that would not contribute to the purpose of the book. The examples are primarily system architectures and how a specific component of functional verification would be used in testing that architecture.

The list of subjects covered is complete relative to the current state of the art.

Overall this is a very useful book to read. I would suggest that most verification engineers and their managers would benefit from exposure to this book. Even if you know all of this already it is a good book to have available to explain to other people what you are doing.

The book came in great shape and was delivered promptly and on time.

Something nagging at me is preventing me from giving this book 5 stars. For one thing, it's purported to be a handbook for current psychology majors, but the first one or two chapters are directed towards evaluating reasons for selecting psychology as a major. If you're not sure or still shaky on your major being psychology, this may help; but for those who are positive and solid in their choice, it's not helpful. To me it states too many things that are obvious. It's definitely not worth nearly $30! "Getting In," the APA-written manual on getting into graduate school, was a little over $10 and was a much better buy than this book.

However the book is good, and it may help those wishy-washy major-changers settle on whether or not psychology is good for them. My advice: borrow it from someone who has it, or find it at the library, and then decide if it's a constant reference you'll need or one-time reading material.

Hi Dr. Kuther!

I just wanted to tell you THANK YOU! I checked The Psych Major's Handbook out from our library and I found it to be an indispensable resource! It's compelling, thorough, easy to read and CHOCK FULL of "can't-do-without" information.

I'm scheduled to graduate from University of Central Florida next fall and I'll be bound for grad school. I was panicking about grad school, the dreaded GRE, and finding a job before reading your book but now I feel a lot more confident. I will DEFINITELY buy the book. I just gotta have it!

Thank you again!

A One-of-these-ol'-days Psychologist,

Kerilynn Kelly-Moss
Titusville, Florida

I would recomend this book to every person who is a psychology major. This book has helped me to see all of the diverse areas I can explore during my career and how to best market myself for securing these positions. After having read the book, I can see more clearly all of the skills I have gained and how I can best market and utilize them all in the world. I have read and reread this book many times to consider how to best prepare myself right now and have gained new insight with each read. The book helped to give me more direction and was very clear and has great humor thoughout. I am now really excited about finishing my degree and trying all of the areas I have found that I have great interest in that I was not aware of before.

I wish I had this years ago! It has everything that a psych major needs to know including how to figure out whether to major in psych, how to do well in classes, how to write papers, what you can do with a degree in psychology, how to get a job, what you can do with a graduate degree and how to get into graduate school. Awesome advice