Phillips Books

Primarily ceremonial magic, this book is very deep, and should be recommended to only the very advanced practitioner of magic. It is complex, and a good deal of it is written in the latin, and greek languages. It is NOT a single book either, it is a series of books, six I believe, which is an error. Highly recommended.

This is a magical book. It is the real deal. Today's market is saturated magick books that repeat over and over the same ideas. This classic is complete and has ideas that are still fresh. It has a comprehensive section on Enochian magic. It has a very well organized system that will take a complete beginner to a level of deep understanding of high magick. It was writen for people who wanted the enlightenment of a magical lodge but wanted to be a solo practitioner. Bottom line if you are beginner or advanced this book is for you. It is a classic. If you are a ceremonial magican this is a book you need in your library.

Aurum Solis system resources back in print. An essential book at a great price.

I agree with the other reviewer. NOT a novice book by any means. Excellent if you are already well studied in Magick. It was originally a set of five volumes. They have re-released the first three and are finishing the last two right now.

You don't have to be young to be in love. Simple concept, nicely presented by Michael Phillips in yet another book featuring the charming Carolina Cousins and their growing cast of cohorts.

An almost-fatal car accident lands the main character in a hospital after she catches her husband cheating. Several other men enter her life, and it's time to choose.

THIS BOOK TELL THE BEGINING OF JOSEPHA STORY, I LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE GOD IS A HELPER IN BAD TIMES.

Seffie was born a slave. At seven years old or about she is bought by Peter Mesiner as a companion to his sickly eight year old daughter Grace who suffers from the after effect of scarlet fever. Grace may now be blind and her heart very weak, but she loves to read so Peter buys Seffie and takes her to his Louisiana home. Life seems good to Seffie who learns to read and even to speak French, but as before when she and her brother were accused of arson by their previous owner who sold them to punish them by separating them from their mother, life intercedes and she is gone again.

In 1869 in Greens Crossing, North Carolina the Ku Klux Klan secret men's vigilante club set afire the home of free Blackman Henry Paterson for no apparent reason except the color of his skin. He and Seffie, though victims of many heartbreaks and tragedies caused by god-faring righteous individuals, are attracted to one another, but too many unfair and unjust setbacks make any relationship between them unlikely.

The third Carolina Cousins historical tale (see A PERILOUS PROPOSAL and THE SOLDIER'S LADY) brings home the plight of free blacks just after the Civil War is over and they have been emancipated yet with few real rights. Seffie is terrific lead character as she has learned life's lessons that the powerful can do anything to impoverish people and that tragedy is the norm. Whereas she fears close relationships, Henry remains optimistic for the future and willing to risk his life in spite of the threatened vigilante injustice of the KKK to lynch or burn him. Together enhanced by a strong cast they make an inspiring Reconstruction Era thriller.

Harriet Klausner

This book begins with information about the history of samplers, and each project has an introduction to explain its inspiration. There are a wide range of projects to choose from and lots of helpful advice on how to personalise each one. The colours are well selected and fabric recommendations really enhance each project. The patterns are clear and in colour and are of a good size, although some go over two pages which is always a pain. Some of the samplers have options for adding beads and charms, which gives great variety. The projects are on a range of topics, including seasons and celebrations. I have been delighted with it!

This book begins with information about the history of samplers, and each project has an introduction to explain its inspiration. There are a wide range of projects to choose from and lots of helpful advice on how to personalise each one. The colours are well selected and fabric recommendations really enhance each project. The patterns are clear and in colour and are of a good size, although some go over two pages which is always a pain. Some of the samplers have options for adding beads and charms, which gives great variety. The projects are on a range of topics, including seasons and celebrations. I have been delighted with it!

I just received this book and can hardly wait to start stitching some of the samplers. Out of the 23 samplers there are probably at least 15 that I want to do. They are gorgeous and the charts are easy to read. They are colored and with symbols and are very clear. The threads used are DMC as well as a few variegated and overdyed ones. There are band samplers as well as bordered ones plus lots of suggestions for using smaller parts of each one. I am very happy with this book!

This book has simple, up-to-date designs that can be easily customized. It also offers many ideas for using parts of designs for other projects.
I'm ordering it to make a wedding sampler for my son and his fiancee, but will also use it for other gifts.
The samplers incorporate traditional motifs, but with modern color schemes.

This is a very good book. Page after page of good photos of good package designs, from cartons, to bottles, etc. The designs will probably start to look a little dated by 2005, they are showing slight mid-ninetiesness, but they are still very good and have some life left in them- worth buying for the serious designer who needs a little inspiration now and then.

I think is a very good book, i don't have it, but i've seen it. I'm sorry my english is bad.

I think is a very good book, i don't have it, but i've seen it. I'm sorry my english is bad.

I think is a very good book, i don't have it, but i've seen it. I'm sorry my english is bad.

Being a new mother of an energetic 6 month old boy, I want to be prepared for the time when my son might say, "I want to play (name your sport)" or "I want to quit (name your sport)." Instead of picking up a thick, comprehensive literature on youth sports medicine and psychology, I decided to start with this sensible, humorous guide. Because of its straight forward brevity, even a parent of an infant can finish it before s/he turns into a toddler. If that isn't quick enough, the comical illustrations depict the profound messages. The authors stress the importance of teaching children and sports moms the "Lessons in Life" through sports. I would love to see them write one for sports dads and coaches.

As a mother of a 9-year-old hockey player/fanatic, I picked up this book for the nutrition section for athletes. I enjoyed the easy-to-read style of the book, but felt that it was a better book for beginner athletes and their parents.

Being a parent means that we have to help our children make good choices in every area of their lives. This book covers the portion involved in the youth sports arena that can get very competitive and overrated. It gives hints for all age levels and offers very good advice for busy parents. Overall, I felt that this was a great book for parents entering into the sports scene. Other parents that have been involved with sports for many years will enjoy the book but will need to look elsewhere for more detail on their particular sport(s) of choice.

A fun, easy read. Enjoy!

Between them, the authors have five children who have given them 23 years experience in seven different sports. In addition, Phillips has a degree as a registered nurse and an M.A. in Health Administration. Stahl has a B.S. in Education and is a marketing consultant. They certainly are qualified to write this book--and it shows. They take up issues directly involved in the parent-child relationship and also issues such as injuries and coaches which pertain more to the sport but can obviously have an effect on a child. They review the role sports can have in a youngster's development, and also advise parents how to learn about specific sports to be able to understand what they require of a child and what a child is experiencing. Nutrition with regard to different sports is also discussed--a subject probably not given particular consideration by many parents. The co-authors have a down-to-earth style in dealing with the wide range of subjects of interest and concern to today's parents. An outstanding, authoritative, yet practical and readable book which understands the situation and concerns of parents in this area of their children and sports.

Henry Berry

Book Reviewer

Editor/Publisher, The Small Press Book Review

If you are parent with a child who is ready for organized youth sports, you really should take the time to prepare yourself for what lies ahead. Whatever sport your child is considering, check out the new SportsMom book Parenting SportsMom Style-Real-Life Solutions for Surviving the Youth Sports Scene. This book can help you deal with the every day demands that SportsMoms everywhere must face. It will help you to use your child's sports experience to shape his or her character, values and relationship with you and with others. Especially significant is the chapter entitled "What You Should Expect From Your Child (and What Your Child Should Expect From You) which lists some of the more common complaints kids make, along with the life lessons that can be learned from these problems and how parents might help their child learn from the experience. As a long time youth coach, I found the advice given in chapter 8, The Coach and You, right on the mark. Parents and coaches both can benefit from the guidance offered in this chapter regarding a coach's authority, the importance of good coach/parent communications, the issue of kid's playing time and how parents should handle disagreements with the coach. I would suggest that SportsDads could also benefit from the information and advice these SportsMom offer. This book, as well as the SportsMom Manuals on Volley Ball, Soccer and Hockey also by SportsMoms Laurel Phillips and Barbara Stahl, can help make the world of kids' sports a far better and more enjoyable place. I hope that the world will read and benefit from their words of wisdom. ...

What an excellent series! I wish there was another book depicting the lives of those in America and also what it was like to live in Communist Russia. I have fallen in love with the characters. What a sad,joyful, and thought provoking series. Now I want to delve deeper into Russian history to learn more.

I read the first three books in this series when I was 14 years old. I can't begin to explain the agony the third book put me through. I had compard the first two to a fairytale, and with the last came the reality as the real world crept into view...bringing tragedy and pain.

I find that the author(s) of these stories manage to twist their way into my gut like very few others have been able to do. If you are ready to being what will initially appear as light "pleasure" reading, but what will also stretch you heart to it's boundaries, try the series. And please, read them in order.

Although I consider having read all seven of the books in The Russians series a great accomplishment (and a very enjoyable one) I became so attached to Anna and the other characters that I was actually saddened when I finished this, the final book.

The series has given me a love for historical fiction and knowledge of many details in Russian history. Pella has done a wonderful job and I have never been disappointed by any of her works.

I love this book!I have read the first six of the series, "The Russians" and there has not been one dull moment. Judith Pella does an incredible job of describing the characters and their feelings so well that you feel like you know them personally. This book really ties up a lot of loose ends; some sad ends and others are very joyful. But even the sads ones are just perfect because it helps give a realistic image of what live was like at the turn of the century in Russia. I would highly reccomend this to anyone!

If you ever owned the old McKee - mine is falling apart from constant use - this is bigger and better than the first. If you are a practicing dermatologist and read your own slides or if you are in residency - this is a must have book. The text is well written, the clinical correlation is excellent and the pathology and histo-path images are superb. I don't know how I could have made it through residency or the boards without this book. This and Andrew's are my two most go-to books on a daily basis. This book will not collect dust on your shelf.

I am a practicing general pathologist. While I don't see a lot of skin cases, some of them are very challenging. It is most helpful to have a book such as this that integrates the clinical and pathologic so well. The clinical and microscopic photos are all color and superb. Electron micrographs are included where appropriate. One drawback is the lack of an algorithmic approach to inflammatory dermatoses. Still, the encyclopedic nature and detailed descriptions of these disorders is par excellent. The included CD-ROM is very useful.
In sum, a wonderful text that should be on every surgical pathologist's shelf.

This marvelous book in its present two-volume reincarnation is an outstanding contribution to the science of diagnostic dermatopathology. I have owned the previous edition, and together with Dr David Weedon's book, have used both these texts almost exclusively in my clinical practice. Although I have other texts (Levers, Murphy, Pinkus) I have tended to use the latter less or not at all for my routine work.
The present edition fortifies the text with the addition of new chapters on oral mucosal pathology and importantly, discusses the problematic area of the cutaneous manifestations of drug reactions. The photomicrographs and clinical images are outstanding and, in my opinion, are the best in its class. The book is pretty expensive, but if you had to buy only one book, then this is the one I would recommend

Ordinarily, an diagosis of skin disease shouid be established on both clinical and pathological findings. This book is very useful for me in point of aggregating both findings. In addition, It is easy for me, being poor in English, to read.

A philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful, 1759

Burke points out the things all around us that we take for granted but which really are absolutely amazing in his discourse on the sublime. A galloping stead, the expanse of a starry night, or a range of towering, snow-capped mountains. Burke points out these awe-some sights which in themselves provoke us to ask of their origins.

This book can be repetitious as Burke attempts to make, especially on taste, his point absolutely clear (I've got one of the later editions - 1772.).

Additionally, some of the lines in the book are near-timeless and are good to have around to reference from.

Edmund Burke's 1757 treatise, "A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful," is a clearly written, well-argued, and variously inflected work of philosophy. Coming out of and contending with the traditions of philosophies of passion, understanding, and aesthetics from Aristotle and Longinus to Descartes, Hobbes to Locke, and Shaftesbury to Hume, Burke would seem to be taking on a world of difficulty at the tender age of 28. However, Burke manages to maintain control and exercise great wit in his treatise by confining his "Enquiry" to the ways we interact with the physical world, and how in this interaction, we formulate our aesthetic ideas of sublimity and beauty.

Burke's "Enquiry" is divided into five parts, with an introduction. The introduction is perhaps his most witty segment, as he tries, as Shaftesbury, Addison, and Hume before him, to formulate a standard of Taste, a popular subject of conjecture in the 18th century. Physically, and not without some irony, he chooses to speak of Taste primarily as a feature of eating. In response to his predecessors, though, he does say that since our attitudes toward the world come from our senses, that the majority of people can see (sight being very important) and react; thus all people are capable of some degree of Taste. Education and experience, he must admit, though, do refine Taste. In Part One, Burke examines the individual and social causes which arouse our sense of the sublime and the beautiful, those being the primal feelings of terror/pain and love/pleasure, respectively. Throughout the "Enquiry," Burke insists that these are not opposites strictly speaking - that pain and pleasure are mediated by a neutral state of indifference, which is the natural state of man. (Compare that idea to Hobbes and Locke!)

Parts Two, Three, and Four find Burke explaining his notion of the passions in relation to his basis of the physical world. Grandeur, potential threat, darkness, and ignorance for Burke excite our nerves and produce the sublime, a feeling of terror which is simultaneously delightful as long as it does not cause immediate pain. These he finds both in the physical world and in tragedies of literature and history. Smallness, softness, clarity, and weakness delimit the beautiful, which produces affection and sympathy. The contrasts and interventions that Burke makes throughout the "Enquiry" on these bases are variously inflected with issues of anxiety over gender roles, race, and power. Burke's politics give the work a joyful and troubling complexity to the literary minded.

Part Five, then, is a look at the effect that words, language, and poetry can have in influencing our affect in regards to the sublime and the beautiful. In it, he gathers together statements he sprinkles throughout the treatise on the nature of poetry - that its emphasis on representation of emotion, rather than imitation of objects, gives it a power that is perhaps unequalled even by nature. In Burke's "Enquiry," one can see a nascent fascination with landscape, mystery, and sensation that would find its flowering in the Gothic and Romantic movements of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His insistent break with earlier philosphers who combined aesthetics and morality is a serious challenge to moral philosophy with regard to art and Taste. His physical descriptions of emotional response prefigures Freud's psychological ponderings in "Three Essays on Sexuality" and "Beyond the Pleasure Principle," as well as linguistic theory. In all, a fascinating and complicated work for being as short as it is.

This review is dedicated to the memory of Vernon Lau. Unfortunately, Burke did not deal in the "Enquiry" with the pain or terror of immediate personal loss. One can only wonder if Burke's obsession with philosophical distance between people and fear wasn't motivated by a loss of his own.

Burke's Enquiry is a surprising and remarkable little work. If you expect the Burke who fits your stereotype of the conservative Tory politician, that is not what you will find here at all--but rather a clear and insightful discussion of our feelings and emotions of awe and beauty in nature and in art, and especially poetry.

Based on self-observation and reflection, Burke takes a scientific, almost Newtonian approach to the fascinating question of what it is that makes us feel the presence of the sublime and the beautiful.

These are amazing observations for a 28-year-old--remarkable as well because they were written in 1757. Consistent with the 18th Century outlook, he refers to the emotions as "the passions," and it's obvious he's done a good deal of thinking about them.

The sublime, for Burke, is generated by passions connected to self preservation and which "turn on pain and danger. They are simply painful when their causes immediately affect us. They are delightful when we have an idea of pain or danger without being actually in such circumstances. This delight I have not called pleasure because it is different enough from any idea of positive pleasure. Whatever excites this delight, I call sublime."

By beauty, Burke means the quality or qualities in bodies by which they cause love or some passion similar to it. He makes sure to distinguish love from lust or desire. This is quite a different view than the Platonic view of beauty as resonant with eternal forms and ideas.

Burke identifies specific qualities that generate beauty: to be comparatively small, smooth, having parts not angular but melted into one another. He cites the example of a dove as a creature having this beauty.

There is a big difference between admiration and love. The sublime, which is the cause of the former, always dwells on great objects and terror; the latter on small ones and pleasing.

Burke's Enquiry refers almost exclusively to the physical and emotional properties, and he provides many examples of shapes and forms which do or do not evoke the sublime and beautiful--so that we can be clear about what he is talking about. This work is concrete--not at all abstract as one might expect of a philosophical work.

Will today's readers find Burke's work interesting? It's a good bet that many will. The idea of the sublime seems a bit dated, yet it is still with us in great natural scenery, the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, etc. And something very much in evidence, for example in the popular photography of Ansel Adams. The concept of beauty in today's popular culture has become so watered down (there's now a beauty "industry," complete with beauty "products") that it should do the contemporary reader good to consider Burke's idea of what true beauty is. There's good reason to hope the idea of beauty in art and poetry may make a comeback--and not be viewed as elitist or aristocratic snobbery.

Oxford's good little edition contains the Introduction on Taste, which Burke added after 1757, and a good chronology and textual notes.

Remember taste? That is something people used to strive to possess. In the tastelessness of this postmodern world, a little consideration of taste would do us all some good.

"Pictures" is a writing prompt book, but this one offers a different method of stimulating the fledgling writer. The author challenges the reader to actually write 1,000 words for each of the scenes depicted visually, but he also offers alternate takes on each scene. If one desires to really flex one's writing muscles, there is no limit to the number of exercises availble through the use of this book. The photos are thought provoking and the writer uses them effectively to set up a scenario or task to improve one's writing skills from plot development through denoument. A really fine approach to a common subject.

I enjoyed looking at the pictures and reading the prompts in this book so much that I bought it as a gift for a friend who is trying to write more. She reports that she loves it as well. I have not tried actual writing with the prompts (no writer's block since I got the book), but I look forward to it. The reason for four stars instead of five? The price. Writing books seem to be overpriced as a group, and this one is a good example.

I am rarely as tickled by a How-To book as I am by this one. It's a delightfully conceived book on stimulation for writers and it's fun. Perhaps the best thing about it is that while it's full of great stuff, it also causes one to look at almost every other mundane thing with fresh eyes.

The 110 photos, chosen to intrigue and provoke a writer's imaginings, are accompanied by mini prompts, fragments of ideas that challenge the storyteller to weave a variety of tales. The writer is baited to focus on numerous aspects of story from beginnings to endings and include character profiling, dialogue practice, setting and more.

I'll bet even a person who wasn't a writer before now might be intrigued enough to try her hand at a story after reading through these easy to read pages.

Just bought this book because it's so different from all the other writing-instruction books. In my humble opinion, writing fiction is about conjuring up images, emotions, and characters-- conjuring, in a word-- and the best writers make you visualize as you read. I believe these pictures, along with the prompts, will make me think more like a writer. The pictures are mostly of a single detail or nuanced item; there are also some photos of varying environments (long shots). Each of these photos train the writer to look at the details and bring them out on the page. That's what most professional authors do. They bring the image out as if you were staring at that single frame, simplifying the broad-ranged setting by having you hone onto the finely-tuned details; if the details are telling and representative enough of the environment, the reader should be able to fill the rest out himself.

This book has a very interesting way of having you do that. Instead of going into the philosophy of writing visually, it sets up the pictures for you and assigns exercises that will enable you to learn that for yourself. In your own style.

I'll be honest. I haven't done an exercise, yet. But I have a great feeling about this book. Search inside and see what you think. It may be just what you need to get the creative writing juices started, and I believe once you get over the block of visualizing on the page, your writing experience should prove to be much more productive and your writing should be just overall improved, maybe even exciting to read.

I bought this as a gift and reviewed it.
It is great book for teenagers.
It is very well written.

This book looks great and I bought it to give to my younger sister (who is in eigth grade) but I am wondering at what age do most people think this book is appropriate? I know that by 8th grade kids know a lot more about sex than parents want to believe but I still feel nervous about giving my sister a book that talks about safe sex. Is 8th grade too early for this book?

Being a teen girl has never been easy--but it may be harder than ever. Boys agressively expect young women to look sexy and give in to their demands. The far-right wants them to wait until after their married. Parents want girls to be ultra-succesful. The media expects them to imitate wealthy celebrities--right down to the expensive wardrobe. It's enough to make any teen want to hide away until she reaches adulthood! A better idea would be to read Real Girl Real World, the must-have guide for helping tween and teen girls navigate the minefield that adolescence can be, from social and school advice to a detailed look at what is happening to your body (and why). I can't think of a better book for a teen!

This book gets to the point when it comes to being a teenage girl in this world. I highly recommend this book for mothers, teachers and mentors of teenage girls for useful insight into the issues that confront our girls.