Miller Books

More practical than the average attraction book, the explanations and slight cynicism are refreshing to learn to apply these techniques to a normal life not coated with stars and fantasy. Easy to read and apply.

Sonia M. Miller empowers and supports the reader through "The Mystic's Formula" with user friendly self-inquiry techniques. It was like she was right there encouraging me every step of the way. Thank you Sonia, for sharing this transformational journey.

Sonia Miller's "The Attraction Distraction - Why the Law of Attraction Isn't Working for You...and How to Get Results FINALLY!", is one of the most compelling books I've ever read. I, like so many others was very excited about The Secret and how I can put the power of the Univerise to work for me, but as much as I thought I was attracting the universe to work for me I always felt stymied. Sonia's book gives you step by step instructions on how to put the the law of attraction to work for you without just wishing things were so. It's a book that I'll pick up time and again to get my thinking on the right track. I already feel it working in my life and know it can work for anyone who simply reads it, keeps it and refers to it again and again. Thank you Sonia for this wonderful book and allowing me and so many others to be a part of your dream.

The Attraction Distraction is a guide book that will help you realize the life of your dreams and as the title says "Why the Law of Attraction Isn't Working for you... and How to Get Results - Finally. This is a highly experiential and satisfying book. Merely reading it is enjoyable, but to really get the most out of it, you will want to do the exercises in the book that apply to you.

Ms Miller's process which she has named "The Mystics Formula", when actually applied is both practical and transformational. Simply reading and contemplating the wisdom of this four step formula will probably elicit many "aha" experiences, but doing the exercises offers the potential for real transformation.

The real value of this book from my point of view is that it offers solid information and techniques which any person can use to find their "true purpose" in life. And that the wisdom in this book came from over 15 years of the author's dedication and persistence in reinventing her own life. She shows us how to attract the situations, people, and things into our life that support the realization of that purpose. She explains and leads us through our own discovery process, showing us how we can get out of our own way, stop sabotaging our efforts and become a vibrational match for attracting and manifesting all our hearts true desires.
This is a very clear and well written book, so it's entertaining as well as illuminating.

Bravo, Sonia Miller and thank you!

There are so many books out there on the Law of Attraction, the latest "buzz word" in achieving what you want. What most of the books ignore is the responsibility that the person has to assume in taking action to make things happen. The Universe does wish to provide, and as long as we take action towards that goal, it will comply. What Sonia Miller's book does, that no other book on the market explores, is present the different steps we are likely to undertake while trying to manifest something. This includes the mind chatter that we all fall heir to. She provides many exercises to walk us through each and every step, and in many ways, it feels as though we have a personal coach right there beside us helping us at each step.

As a spiritual coach, shamanic healer, and counselor, I cannot recommend the book enough. It is smart, insightful, easy to to read and follow, full of superb suggestions for getting out of our own way and finally achieving spectacular results. It's a must read book for anyone feeling frustrated will all the other dross out there.

This book is written with such energy and near-paranoid conviction that I'm convinced the author must have been shooting up while writing it. And I mean that as a compliment. Really. Tackling a subject as taboo (and as neglected) as the drug war takes chutzpah, and, I must say, the author does it with the fire of a crack-crazed prophet.

What surprised me most about the book, though, is its sardonic tone. It's got a wry sense of humor that really compliments the seedy subject matter. A great mix of comedy, tragedy, and ouright absurdity. It's refreshing to read a topical book with strong writing as well as research.

I must admit, I approached this book with extreme caution. And though I'm not sure I'm ready to have drugs completely legalized (I'm definitely a child of the "Just Say No" generation), Miller's case against the drug war is powerful and hard to dispute.

Highly recommended. Surprisingly entertaining as well as informative. All around, a very good trip (and I'm not just saying that because I want to smoke dope without fear of repercussions).

To put it succinctly, the war on drugs is a war against the American people. Over two-thirds of American adults born since 1955 have used illegal drugs at some point in their lives, most without any trace of subsequent harm. However, our gov't, through its Gestapo-like enforcement arm, the DEA (which has a vested interest in prosecuting the war to its maximum extent and keeping the war going as long as possible) continue to circumscribe the rights of the American people. Since the inception of the DEA the civil rights of Americans in regards to drugs have been increasingly ignored, and it's a rare politician who doesn't use the drug war as an opportunity to appear tough on crime. The DEA and many police forces actually rely on asset forfeiture to provide a substantial portion of their budgets, even though fewer than 5% of asset forfeiture cases involve any prosecution, let alone conviction. The DEA is then free to spend this confiscated wealth as it pleases. Orwell was prophetic.

Let's face facts: this is not a problem of supply, it's a problem of demand. But it need not be a problem at all. University sponsored and AMA and BMA endorsed research has consistently shown most "classic" drugs, such as weed, hash, heroin and morphine to be non-toxic. Coke is rarely dangerous, and then primarily to those with heart conditions. The prohibition of these drugs has caused the gov't to entirely surrender their ability to regulate a drug's content, which is far more detrimental to the health of any user of classic drugs in their unadulturated form. Medical studies have shown without fail that Alcohol is the most poisonous and detrimental of mood-altering substances.

Additionally, America's drug war has resulted in the wholesale destablization of producer and transshipment nations. The lawlessness seen in Colombia and along the Mexican border is entirely a result of America's campaign of zero tolerance-an unobtainable goal. Senator John Kerry perpetrated the prevaricative canard that criminal cartels were behind the drive for legalization. Nothing could be further from the truth: cartels always step into a vacuum, and they benefit from our draconian laws. One has to wonder where Senator Kerry gets his marching orders. Cartels would disappear if drugs were legalized, just as they did when alcohol prohibition was repealed in 1933.

Prohibition also leads to police corruption: studies show that 30% of police have been unlawfully involved with illegal drugs. The supreme court recently overturned a previous 9-0 ruling regarding the knock-and-announce rule, stating that the cops need merely identify themselves before entering a residence-usually violently.

Enforcement of drug laws are also racially biased (I'm a white male). Most drug users are white and casual users of weed, coke or heroin. Yet most of those doing time for drug offenses are disproportionately black and hispanic. It's a case of a predatory DEA wolfpack picking off the most vulnerable members of a herd, rather than facing down a banker who can afford something better than a court-appointed defence. It's so unfair it pangs the conscience.

America has among the most restrictive drug laws in the world, and they have only made the situation worse. Canada recently considered a Senate recommendation to legalize pot. Holland has legalized pot without any negative consequences: the Dutch have the longest life-span in the world and a violent crime rate less than 1 sixth of the US. Injection programs for the most hard-core heroin addicts in Switzerland have caused aids to disappear among this vulnerable group, and employment among them stands at 70%. Other countries have come to grips with this problem through rationality and compassion. America has not-and it has utterly failed. Studies of American conditions and behavior prior to 1914, when these subsances were legal, show no correlation to poorer health or crime-Alcohol is the sole exception to this.

President McKinley used cocaine for 27 years until his death by an assasin's bullet. Grant used morphine to ease his discomfort after his presidency. 250,000 Civil War vets were morphine addicts.

The police chiefs of Kansas City, MO, San Jose and San Diego, CA, Seattle, WA and many smaller departments have called for the legalization of drugs. Former drug czar Barry McCaffrey has called the Federal prison system "America's drug Gulag" and has stated "We cannot incarcerate our way out of this problem." Former Secy of State George Schultz has called for an end to prohibition and consideration of decriminalization and legalization.

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."-William Pitt.

If there's one cliche that has been blatantly overused in the past few years, it's that our government is fighting a "war on drugs." Sure, the government is pretending to wage it, but we all know the war on drugs has been over for years, if it even ever existed in the first place. How exactly can we have a war on something so many people seem to want? Next thing you know, the government will start telling people they can't gamble, or pay for sex, or smoke in a privately-owned bar (whoops). Anyway, Joel Miller adds plenty of fuel to the raging debate over the drug war with Bad Trip. This short, direct, and intelligent volume should convince anyone who hasn't been indoctrinated up to their eyeballs in governmental propaganda that the war on drugs (like most wars) isn't worth fighting.

In one rather entertaining early segment, Miller takes the reader on a glimpse of the drug war's early days, illustrating the roots of the current mess in the first half of the 20th century. There's plenty of unintentional comedy to be found when Miller discusses some of the attitudes regarding drugs (including alcohol) that were commonly held back in the twenties and thirties. In one especially uproarious moment, in 1938 the Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics actually wrote, "an overdose of marijuana generates savage and sadistic traits likely to reach a climax in axe and ice-pick murders." And then of course, there was Reefer Madness, the classic 1936 movie where a little toking resulted in PERMANENT INSANITY. Now, having been around some pot smokers myself, I can say for sure that while marijuana use may result in giddiness, the telling of off-color jokes, and the consumption of junk food, it does not lead to violence or insanity. Sadly, though, the ridiculous beliefs outlined above continue to inform the drug laws even in these more "enlightened" times, and Miller does us all a favor by casting light upon them.

Of course, it's not drugs themselves that cause so much crime, it's the illegality of drugs. If people can't obtain drugs through legal means, they'll just get them elsewhere, very likely from violent gangs. Every halfway-informed person knows the same thing happened when alcohol was prohibited and gangsters took over the market, but apparently our politicians are slow learners (duh). Essentially, Miller writes, the drug war is bound to fail due in large part to simple economics. Drug dealers, he writes, are profiteers, while drug warriors are mere bureaucrats. Since the sale and use of drugs are prohibited, the government creates a black market in which any willing person with some brains can turn an easy profit. Therefore, the dealer trying to make a buck will always be ahead of the DEA agent who's getting paid anyway. As Miller details in the chapter on drug smuggling, the tighter the noose of prohibition gets, the more inventive dealers get in the quest for money.

Most tragically, though, since the drug trade is entirely voluntary and there are no victims to file complaints, governments have to resort to ever more proactive and draconian measures in order to catch dealers and users. Warrantless searches, no-knock military-style raids, blanket traffic stops, and utterly unjustified confiscations have made a mockery of everybody's Constitutional rights while doing little or nothing to stem the flow of drugs. Miller provides us with a laundry list of innocent people who have been robbed, terrorized, and even killed at the hands of overzealous (or outright corrupt) drug warriors. In many cases, governments have established a giant network of informants to fink on friends, customers, and even classmates, often going so far as to entrap people into breaking the law. Not to mention, the travesty of mandatory-sentencing laws has filled our jails with non-violent "criminals" who take up space that could be used for slightly more dangerous folks, like, say, muggers, burglars, and rapists.

Ultimately, Miller writes, the war on drugs amounts to nothing more than a war on freedom. There are plenty of other institutions in society, such as the family and the church, that can help prevent people from abusing drugs, but government prohibition merely creates a whole slew of new problems for all of us. Accepting the fact that other people are going to do things you don't like is a necessary part of living in a free society, one that mature people are going to have to get used to. After all, I don't think people should watch reality TV or listen to Celine Dion, but I manage to get over it. Miller finishes with a quote from Thomas Sowell that sums up the issue better than I ever could: "What do people get out of using drugs? I don't know...but there is all the difference in the world between deciding that you don't want to do something and trying to force other people to live your way." Amen.

This should scare the hell out of a lot of dirty law enforcement agencies! The War on drugs is OVER,and the drugs won. Illegal drugs cannot be stopped. It has created more dirty cops,and turned them into Nazi style storm troopers that bust into homes of the innocent in the wee hours of the morning. This book should be required reading for every American. Like the book? Please visit www.leap.cc/.
Leagalize the drugs and then you control them. President Bush, wake up and read this book.

Miller does a superb job of marshalling a number of philosophical, economic, legal and practical arguments against the war drugs. Although he states that he believes drug use is a bad choice, he also believes that life in a free society necessarily encumbers the fact that others will make choices that we personally oppose.

I wonder how Miller's argument would apply to the abortion debate?

In any event, I am a conservative Christian who happens to believe that the war on drugs is a misguided, miserable failure implemented by self-serving politicians who sought more votes in the 1970s.

The principle of states' rigths should apply to this question. Prohibition at the federal level is a failed policy that ought to be abandoned, and Miller gives us the ammuntion needed in this battle.

I haven't read any of the other books in this series, but I loved this one. It's about a little bear who plays too roughly with a kitten, and his dad keeps telling him to be gentle with her. Let me just state this right now: I love misanthropic writers, such as Jim Goad and Florence King. Most of the books I read are pessimistic, angry, and explore the dark side of human nature. However, I have no shame in saying that a book about a bear and a kitten nearly brought me to tears. If that makes me a wuss, so be it

If you have a cat and a toddler you have experienced this book! It is so cute! My daughter is almost 2 and we have 2 cats that she loves but who tolerate her.

This book really caught our toddler's attention. Simple drawings, strong point. There has been a bit of sibling rivalry at our house, our older daughter is a bit jealous of our younger one at times and will be "not so gentle" or sometimes if she's overly excited, she might squeeze her little sister. After reading this book many times, we switched the names and put our daughter's names in - something clicked... she's been a lot... gentler! As always, check out your local library.

Poor kitty! "She's only little, Ba," a big gentle bear named George says repeatedly. A big bear hug from Bartholomew, and the kitten gets squashed. A playful squirt with the water hose, and kitten gets soaked. A rowdy drum serenade, and the kitten has had enough. Author illustrator Virginia Miller wrote this after her first book about the little bear with the big name, On Your Potty, grew in popularity. She enhances her spare text (only 203 words) with illustrations outlined in wide pencil and colored with soft, earth-toned markers. Ba is now out of diapers, but does not seem to be out of his "Terrible Two" stage. Be Gentle is my daughter's favorite Bartholomew bear story. Your toddler will not be able to get enough of this tale of well-meant but misplaced affection. I recommend the book Bartholomew Bear, a collection of five toddler tales of the same lovable bear at a great price.

"Be Gentle!" is the perfect book for toddlers learning the intricacies of proper social behavior. This book is my two year old's favorite because he knows many of the words. He has heard the phrase "be gentle" many times since the birth of his little sister, and this book helps him to truly understand what that means. He also gets excited because the book uses familiar objects such as a swing, a red wagon, and a drum in the storyline so he can sympathize with the characters. A great book for new, young siblings.

Mary Lois Miller and her husband, Don, sailed their 37 ft sailboat over 25,000 miles in a 5 yr circumnavigation of the globe. They were both in their late 50's at the start of their adventure and were entering a new phase of their lives. Ms. Miller has written a wonderfully detailed narrative of both their fascinating journey across miles of open seas to new ports-of-call as well as of her own personal journey of self- discovery. A keen observer of people and places, Ms. Miller writes well of life at sea and of her own thoughts and experiences. Highly recommended!

Having known this couple for over 50 years, I thought I "knew" them. However, Mary's fascinating story of their circumnavigation of the globe, with its honest weaving of her initial apprehension, fears, anxieties, joyful encounters with people and nature, and finally, exhilaration, made the reading of this book an experience of deep appreciation for Mary Lois and Don. Carrying on, in spite of storms, motor troubles,and the death of Mary's sister reveals an endurance of spirit that will inspire every reader. I recommend it highly. Willard S. Krabill, MD

The outstanding detail of this wild five year adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat!! You will find yourself following this circumvention on your world map or globe. Ms. Miller's descriptive presentations place you as the reader into each setting. A MUST READ!!!

The author's portrayal of a midnight watch with no horizon in sight burns etherial images in my soul. "...I see stars staring up at me from a mirrored sea. There are stars above. There are stars below -- not a whisper of a breeze. I have the sensation that I am floating, suspended in the center of a glass ball completely surrounded with stars."

Complimenting the visions of exploring rich, diverse cultures, sunswept days and sandy beaches are photographs that challenge one's adventurous spirit. Pictures of Horizon weathering a gale in Tonga to Don's spearfishing triumphs help transport one into the world of circumnavigation.

A wonderful story of a couple's adventures around the world- I could not put it down! It appeals to people of all ages, and brings out that adventuresome side everyone has somewhere inside of them.

...but an interesting compliment to other more scholarly works about Glenn Miller. This book is a light hearted "vox-pop" with snapshots of the times through the medium of reports, posters, advertisements of the time, with short reminisences of key people who were there and glued together with enough about Glenn Miller to give it substance and relavence.

This is a great book for fans of the Glenn Miller Orchesta. Richard Grudens gives the reader an inside look at one of American's musical institutions. The music of the Miller Orchestra literary jumps out at you, as you turn the pages. So put on a Glenn Miller album, sit in your favorite chair and relive the era with Richard Grudens. Like smoking a Chesterfield, you'll be satisfied!!!

In honor of the 100th anniversary of Glenn Miller's life, and the 60th anniversary of his disappearance over the English Channel, music biographer Richard Grudens presents Chattanooga Choo Choo: The Life And Times Of The World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, a collection of true stories, interviews, over 150 black-and-white photographs, and more all presenting the successes, failurs, ups and downs of the most popular musical organization in the American history of show business. Following Miller's legendary career up to his tragic loss, and then going on to relate viewpoints and stories from many associated musicians, songwriters, arrangers, vocalists, and so much more, Chattanooga Choo Choo is packed cover to cover with facts, trivia, and insider perspectives. A gracious foreward by Kathryn Crosby rounds out this quality legacy highly recommended for fans of Glenn Miller's longstanding contribution to orchestra.

I am a Glenn Miller enthusiast and I absolutely adore this book. It exemplifies what a biography should be. It straight to the point and all the facts are present. If you want to learn about Glenn Miller, then this must be the book you get a hold of. An absolute MUST READ !!

His success did not occur overnight. There were major setbacks along the way and at times Glenn Miller wondered if he would ever find "his sound". But in the spring of 1939 it finally happened! Glenn Miller and his Orchestra exploded onto the scene with appearances at the Meadowbrook in New Jersey and at the legendary Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle, NY. Almost overnight they became a cultural phenomenon. In a book that took nearly five years to put together, Richard Grudens has gone to great lengths to recreate the flavor of that Golden Era. Wonderfully written (in nice large print) and generously sprinkled with dozens of fascinating photographs, "Chattanooga Choo Choo" is a must read for anyone who is a fan of or is curious about the Big Band Era. Grudens discusses the history of the Miller outfit from all kinds of different perspectives. In the course of writing this book the author interviewed musicians from the original Glenn Miller Orchestra as well as some of the vocalists and arrangers from those golden days. There are also memories from booking agents, record company executives and disc jockeys. Read transcripts from "live" radio broadcasts and enjoy many recollections of the two movies the band appeared in. And then there is speculation over what really might have happened to Capt. Glenn Miller on December 15, 1944.
But fortunately the story did not end on that fateful night. The Glenn Miller Orchestra, using all of Glenn's original charts, was reorganized in 1956. It continues to this day under the direction of Larry O'Brien. Grudens brings us up to date with information on the members of the current orchestra. Quite coincidentally, my wife and I were able to catch a performance of the Glenn Miller Orchestra this past weekend. It was an absolute joy to see them and much to my surprise there were a lot of youngsters in the audience. I was even able to get my copy of this book autographed by featured vocalists Julia Rich and Nick Hilscher. Order your copy of this book through amazon.com or by calling PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000.

while in France recently at Chalon-sur-Soane I visited their photography museum. They were doing a special exhibit of this work. I was so totally impressed on how Miller could capture these photos while seeming to be invisable to his subjects that I investigated when I returned and discovered that this book was available. I bought TWO; one for myself and one for my daughter who is a serious photographer.

These striking images of Bronzeville -- "Chicago's Harlem" -- will blow you away. The humanity they portray, in all its beaten-down, lifted-up, heartbreaking reality, makes me wish I knew personally every man and woman depicted herein.

Wayne Miller, a white photographer now well into his 80s, went into the Bronzeville ghetto over a two-year period and made these touching pictures; then they "went into a drawer" for 40 years, until finally the Univ of Calif Press published this book. (The book itself is as well-produced a book of photographs as you are likely to find anywhere.)

My grandfather Nathan Joseph ran the States Theatre at 3507 S. State St., in the heart of Bronzeville, for some 50 years (unfortunately the States is not depicted herein). I myself have written a novel of Bronzeville called "To Love Mercy" (Mid-Atlantic Highlands, ISBN 0-9744785-3-9). A historical Afterword appears at the end of "To Love Mercy;" it is an oral history of Bronzeville, in the voices of a dozen people who lived there in the '40s and '50s. This Afterword is illustrated with seven of Wayne Miller's photos from "Chicago South Side, 1946-1948."

I have given close to a dozen copies of "Chicago South Side" as gifts. I was coming to Amazon to buy two more copies when I saw this opportunity to write a review.

These photos have moved me to tears. Buy this book.

This is a marvelous collection of images from everyday Balck Chicago life in the late 1940s. There are scenes of street life, back alleys, patrons at a pool hall and tavern, and night life ranging from a female personator dressing to Duke Ellington hunched at a piano at rehearsal and an ebullient Louis Jordan on stage.

This book is a treasure. I wish I could find more by this photographer (my searches have come up empty). The photographs take you right inside each scene, and often pack a powerful punch of sadness, joy, intimacy, life. The printing quality is excellent. If the publisher can collect more of his work, I will be the first customer.

This is one of the best photographic books I've seen -- ever. Wayne Miller manages to make personal contact with the human beings who lived on Chicago's South Side in a way that few photographers have ever matched. The warmth and complexity of these photographs, the compassion and human understanding involved, are most remarkable -- especially since the photographer stood on the other side of America's terrible racial divide from his subjects. Anyone who loves classic documentary photography, or who simply loves human beings in their complexity, should order this book.

These books... are awesome! I just can't explain it. When you read them, a peace kind of flows over you. Soon, you feel as if you are right there talking with Christy. These books are so focused on God, and are so well written, that I became closer to God and now live my life more peacefully. These books are perfect! I reccomend that you read them...they will change your life forever(now, when they're over, you get just a smidge mad. But, just read them again!)! Please, buy them today, for a changed life tommorrow! Jeez, I sound like an advertisment! Just do it!

The Christy Miller Series are the Best! Robin Jones Gunn is a genius. I loved the characters and the way they related to moments in my life. The characters are like real people that you just want to be part of that world that Christy, Todd, and all the rest of their group live in. Every book tells a part of Christy's life and the more you read the book the more you fall into every aspect of her life. I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys books about love, life, friendship, and mystery....

These books are so amazing! I often just read them for hours! Christy Miller is such a wonderful person, and in many ways, we are exactly alike. It's so nice to know that you're reading a wonderful book series, and reading about the miracles of God. These books have it all; Romance, comedy, God, morals...you name it, these books have got it! They are very wholesome, and I recommend them to anybody, within the suggested age range, to give them a try, and you'll find yourself addicted soon! This is coming from someone who has read them all, and you should too.

The Christy Miller series was a Christmas present for me when I was, oh, about 11... I read all 12 of them in just a few days, I just couldn't put them down. They dealt with issues that I had never even thought about, and so I didn't get the "deeper" meanings at times, but since then, I have reread them all at least 5 times each, if not more, esp. the last couple (oh, I am 16 now) and recently the Christy and Todd college series came out and they continue the story of these amazing people. I am completely in love with Todd (lol), but seriously, I have developed major standards for my future boyfriends and husband after reading these books. They definately had a great influence on my life and I would recommend them to anyone, any age, cuz my mom read them and loved them too. I feel like I know Christy and TOdd and my friends laugh at me and call them my "book friends" cuz after the college series came out (just a few weeks ago) I talked about them and was so excited for them just like they were real people. Anyways, I hope there are guys like Todd like that!!!! JUST READ THESE BOOKS, and go on to the Sierra Jensen series and then the college series!!! They couldn't have higher ratings from my point of view!

Hi, I just recently read the 2nd book of the college series of The Christy Miller series...I have read all 12 of the ones before it, and I commend the author TREMENDOUSLY! These books are so awesome. I couldn't put them down. I read the 2nd book in a day, and I have been raving about how great they are! I started reading them when I was about 13 and I loved them all. Christy's character related to me so much. These college books have helped me in so many ways. They have taught me more lessons than I ever thought possible in one book. I fell in Love with them. Todd is also a great character and he has the exact qualities every guy should have. I fell in love with him. Every Character in the book was great, I laughed at the things they said, and I cried at things They said. The books really helped me and I loved how they related to every area in my life. These books were so well written I felt like I was right there with the characters and I had become their friends, like I was apart of their group. It was just a great book and I know I'll read them all over again. They helped me also become stronger with God, lessons and bible verses showed me so many things! I will be sad when the series ends. Thank you to the author!

I came across this calendar some years ago and have enjoyed it ever since. In a stressful world this calendar provides me with peace and calm. The pictures are beautiful, colorful and filled with charm. The teatime delicacies accompanying the table settings add to the joy and deliciousness of this calendar. The informative text completes this perfect calendar. Tea anyone?

Teapots are fascinating - so frivolous, yet so necessary - to
hold the most wonderful beverage invented.
Teapot Calendars are the next best thing to having the real
item in your hands. The layouts of the calendars are absolutely
wonderful, they make you feel as if you are a part of the entire
tea ceremony and make you wish the world had more interest in the
art of teamaking instead of warmaking.
The selection of teapots and their different styles, colours
and patterns make you realise that humans can see every different
facet of life. The photography is exhilarating and brings to mind nature's masterpiece of colour ranges.
Thank you to Joni Miller and the Production Team behind these
calendars. I look forward to my calender every year!
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If you are teapot collector, this is the calendar for you; for the last 4 years, I have purchased the teapot calendar. I enjoy the history associated with each teapot, as well as some of the tidbits for tea pleasure.

Love your calendar - but I really loved the 2005 Debby DuBay Limoges Tea Pot photographed in Feb 2005. Can you please get her to include another one of her lovelies?

As always the 2006 Teapot Calendar is simply a delight. The photos are so detailed and sumptuous that you feel as if you are sitting down at that exact table for tea. It brings back all the wonderful memories of having tea parties as a child, but oh! so much more elegantly! Not only are teapots featured, but tea cups, and tea cakes or cookies that would appropriately be served with that particular type of tea or pot. Each month has a little limerick or ditty about tea and also a few lines about the particular pot being pictured, or the company who made the teapot, or some other fascinating fact about tea. I have been purchasing this calendar for the last six years and I have never been disappointed! If you love teapots, the art of taking tea, or anything to do with tea, you will be absolutely entranced with this calendar.

Best purchase I ever made in my short recording "career." I have Cubase 4 LE which has little usable instruction/support (from Steinberg, anyway). I really needed this book full of information even more than I thought I did. Thanks to Michael Miller.

All new Cubase and especially DAW users should not pass up this guide. It breaks down this complex program into basic steps to successfully get you through your first song and beyond. The straightforward advice on basic mixing and recording techniques is a welcome bonus.

This is my first "complete idiot" book, and I'm very impressed. To be honest, for years I've avoided these books simply because of the name. I'm not real thrilled to have a book with such a title on my bookshelf. But anyhow, I'm most of the way through this book, and it's been a tremendous help both as a "read it from beginning to end" type of book, as well as a reference.

What I like best about the book is that unlike some of the other dreadful books and training videos on music packages that I've encountered recently, this one actually focuses on the making of music, not just repetitively going through each and every feature in the pulldowns. The book starts off by going through how to set up your equipment. Then how to do an audio recording in cubase. Then it talks about how to record in MIDI and usual virtual instruments. It also goes into editing in MIDI, mixing, and finally how to do some authoring.

Excellent, excellent book. I highly recommend it.

This is a very good guide to getting started with Cubase. I bought an Alesis USB 8 came with a copy of Cubase LE but no hard copy manual, just a 587 page PDF document. The PDF manual is good for looking up specifics but not well suited to getttng a quick overview.

The Idiot's Guide is based on the full blown versions of Cubase so a few things are different in LE but it gives me a good idea on where to look in the PDF manual.

This isn't for the 'power user' but covers most everything needed for basic home recording.

I've recorded on 4 track cassette to hard disc recorders and was intimidated to jump into PC recording. This book is excellent. Cubase (even LE like I own) is so feature rich that one could spend a day just scrolling through the in program user manual (576 pages). This book cuts to the chase telling you about mic and room selection all the way to a final mastered project. If you are new to Cubase, do not hesitate to buy this book.

It matters not your station in life. Whether you are a business professional, working journalist, high school or college student or simply a concerned citizen we are all looking for ways to better inform ourselves about the pressing issues of our time. There is so much information available on the internet but I suspect that most of us rely on just a handful of websites to keep us abreast of just what is going on.
This is why I found James F. Broderick and Darren W. Miller's new book "Consider The Source" to be so exciting. What we have here are critical reviews of 100 of the most important and influential news and information sites on the web. In my view there is hardly a person out there who would not benefit from perusing this book.
What Broderick and Miller offer in "Consider The Source" is a treasure trove of useful material about how to best access information on the web. Just to give you an idea, the authors review websites covering news, sports, entertainment, science, medicine and more. They critique each website for design, content and accessabilty and are careful note any bias they might discover. Obviously, many of these sites have a point of view and the authors deem it important that their readers understand this.
Happily, Broderick and Miller do not limit themselves to sites that originate in the United States only. "Consider The Source" offers reviews on news and information sites from Britain, India, France, Australia,Ireland and even Asia and Africa. In addition, you will see reviews of various U.S. government websites such as the Library of Congress, CIA, FBI and NASA. Some absolutely fascinating stuff there! In the list of 100 websites, the reader will find the familiar as well as a number of hidden gems they have probably never even heard of. Of this group I might recommend to you a site called The Onion. Hilarious!
As I read "Consider The Source" I jotted down the sites I would be interested in bookmarking. Not surprisingly, I came up with a list of more than two dozen. The fact is that I had never even heard of many of these sites. Still others were websites I had never even accessed before.
"Consider The Source" is written in clear, concise language that just about everyone can understand. Not a lot of jargon here! Reading this book is absolutely time well spent! I would not be surprised that if the authors chose to issue updated versions of the book from time to time. I highly recommend "Consider The Source" to everyone!

Consider the Source provides clarity among the internet chaos for readers like myself who depend on the Web for news. This book provides a "yellow brick road" leading to an honest evaluation of news and information sites on the web. Miller and Broderick have given readers an invaluable guide to the most accurate internet news sites.

Where can you get the news you need, and how can you keep up with it? A professor of journalism and a working reporter combine forces to produce a critical A-Z guide to the best - and worse - news information sites on the web, offering 100 critical reviews paired with a 5-star rating system. From learning the motives and bias behind different sites to considering alternative sites and news press and how they operate differently from mainstream media, CONSIDER THE SOURCE: A CRITICAL GUIDE TO 100 PROMINENT NEWS AND INFORMATION SITES ON THE WEB is a pick for both college-level collections strong in media studies and general-interest lending libraries alike.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This is the first book I have ever seen that gives the public direction on which news sites to visit. The Web has created content overload, but who to trust and who to devote limited time too? That is what this book has done. And it is not a boring look at Web sites, but instead brings each site to life and goes in depth on how they operate. I love the ranking system and especially was interested to see that many sites I never considered before were ranked so highly.

I can see why this book is promoted to students, journalists, PR professionals, and news hounds - but I'm none of the above and still found this book a great find! I, like most people, find myself going to the same sites over and over and was looking for something to expand my Internet reading list. There were dozens of sites that I had never heard of and have now been placed on my Favs list. Definitely got my money's worth on this one!