Phillips Books

I strongly recommend these books (Body for Life and the Body for Life Journal). I was one that never finished an exercise program. I would join a gym with all good intentions, but never went. These books give you all the information you need to succeed. I found that following his routines gave me the direction I needed and I began to feel great about myself. The program is easy to follow. I go to the gym now (can do from home) religiously. Body for Life also offers an 800 number and a web-site (listed it the book) for any questions or for program clairification.
Don't forget to take your before picture and join the challenge. GOOD LUCK!

Because how we treat them matters...for the future. Great story, great moral. Worth the read :)

Back in 4th grade I used this book in my GT math class. I recommend all the CMP books to anyone learning or teaching math. Not only do you do fun activities but you learn good. This entire series of books are great and explain well all the material. I haven't incountered anything better to learn middle school math.

I was a history major, and my home as I grew up was filled with books on history, art, etc. Yet, I was saddened to learn how (literally) white-washed those books and education had been.

This book is a MUST-READ. The chapters are packed with documented history of many Blacks throughout our nation's history (from Colonial days onward) who made significant positive impact. I couldn't put the book down.

I came away honored to be able to call this wonderful people fellow Americans. I also came away grieving that so much history had been suppressed for so long. The forward is by (in 1968) Brigadier General Davison,a career officer who has served our country honorably and courageously.

How many of us know that 3 of the earliest settlers in Maryland were Blacks, and that one of them--Mathias DeSousa--"was selected to serve in the General Assembly that met in March, 1641, and joined the most distingished white citizens...in enacting the laws by which it was governed"? (see pg 7 in the book) How many of us know that during WWI the 369th Regiment, a Black regiment, was under fire 191 days without relief--the longest of any US unit? (see photos pages) How many know that the Buffalo Soldiers were the Black Ninth Cavalry & Tenth Cavalry units, much respected by the Native Americans who gave them this title of honor? How many know that a Black cowboy named Bill Pickett invented the rodeo event called bulldogging...and that HE did it with his TEETH?!

From Colonial days to the Vietnam era, the book covers Black Americans worthy of inclusion in ANY history book, not just one such as this. You'll have to do some looking to find a copy since it was published in 1969, but it is well worth the search.

John E. Phillips is one of the South's most prolific outdoor writers. Black-Powder Hunting Secrets is arguably one of his best books. It is unfortunate that this title is no longer in print. In a relatively brief work, Phillips provides an excellent introduction to hunting game of all sizes with black powder rifles and shotguns. Readers who are interested in the art of hunting with primitive weapons, and in particular those who are new to the sport, would do well to look for this title in their local library, through second hand channels, or at a local flea market.

Steven Kirby

When I read Phillip Khan-Panni's first book, "2-4-6-8, How Do you Communicate?" I thought it was terrific. But when I read "Blank Page to First Draft in 15 Minutes" I thought it was even better. It is full of valuable information from beginning to end. It has everything I would ever want to know about preparing a speech or presentation.

Phillip's style is easy to read. He makes powerful, important points, then illustrates them with narratives that take the reader into the subject and makes it even easier to understand and recall.

This book not only gives you a simple-to-master template, it explains the underlying principles of effective presentations. As the author himself says, his purpose is to help you fashion your thoughts into messages that others will want to hear. At the end of the book he provides a complete checklist that you can consult when you have only a few moments to remind yourself of the essential steps -- at times when you have to make a speech or presentation with little or no notice.

For anyone who has to address audiences, large or small, this book is a must read. Whether you are a new member of Toastmasters International or the CEO of a large corporation, this book really ought to be on your shelf of essential reference works.

What's more, it makes a superb gift for colleagues and clients!

The most exciting page in Blank_____: Archtecture, Apartheid, and After is its contents page. Rather than as a table listing, the author's names are presented on a graph of concepts related to post- apartheid planning issues in South Africa. The names float around areas of focus such as "fortification," "rural and urban weave," and "community building," all situated on a background of a number and letter grid such as the kind used to locate street names on a map. It is an inspirational presentation of the book's varied, complex, yet integrated essays. This modernness is entirely appropriate to the treatment of an area which lies at the forefront of the next generation's planning goals and obligations.

I found all three issues earlier this year and feel like I am holding in my hands a special piece of history that will never be again.

More information on the magazine can be found at the website `Women Artists of the American West' -

Lesbian Photography on the U.S. West Coast: 1972-1997 The Blatant Image: Making A Magazine -

"The Blatant Image: A Magazine of Feminist Photography - published annually between 1981 and 1983 - grew out of the first two Ovulars. It focused on visual self-exploration and the empowerment of women by asking, "What are the images and issues important to women using cameras?" The editorial core was lesbian and there was always a strong lesbian presence in its pages

"The completed magazine was 96 pages, perfect bound with 124 black and white photographs. Articles ranged the 'how to' variety with titles like "Using Color Negative Film" and "Documenting Rituals" to pieces on "Integrating Life and Work", "Making Ourselves Real" and "Living Feminist Photography." Honey Lee Cottrell contributed a lead piece on self-portraiture. There were two survey articles on women in the history of photography, one of which was by Amy Doherty, five on individual early women photographers, two on filmmaking, pieces on photography and the law, model releases, book reviews, and a myriad of personal statements and portfolios. For me, the most important images we published were Deborah Hoffman's photos of differently abled women at a protest rally and at a country retreat." Tee A Corinne 1989

I am half-way through this program, and I have lost 13 pounds. I was only 166 to begin with, but was not in good shape and had bad eating habits. I have great muscle tone now, and my waist line has gone down at least 2 inches. If you follow this easy program, you WILL lose weight. It's fantastic.

Grandma went to church with Henry Beattie. Her uncle testified for the prosecution. Granddad attended the trial. Dr. Trotti's article on half-tone images [featuring Beattie] in "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography" whetted my appetite for his new book "The Body in the Reservoir." It was worth the wait.

Trotti's book represents a milestone in Virginia's cultural and journalism histories. For the first time [that I am aware] one work summarizes the crimes of Phillips, Cluverius, Marable, McCue and Beattie and their individual and collective significances. The book also reports on the newspapers' handlings of piracy, insurrections, lynchings [especially that of Thomas Smith] and other famous outrages peculiar to the Commonwealth. The author draws comparisons from a broad base of relevancy while maintaining focus on major cases.

The author traces development of newspaper sensationalism in Virginia from colonial days to the early twentieth century. Trotti credibly shows how cultural, technological and developments in social sciences encouraged such reporting. He identifies elements common to the South and unique to Virginia. In chapter five, he pauses to further hone his earlier work on image technologies.

Trotti's style is precise and logical. His conclusions are astute. The roles of police/dectectives in later cases may be understated, but the author presents newly compiled facts and statistics important to better understand these influences.

Illustrations and endnotes support the text well. The endnotes double as an informal bibliography. The index is optimal.

For scholarship, analysis and historical value, "The Body in the Reservoir" ranks high. The work compliments Lebsock's "A Murder in Virginia" by expanding the contributions of the African-American publisher/editor John Mitchell. Trotti's research on sensationalism belongs on a shelf beside Hamm's "Murder, Honor and Law;" each illuminates a different, key aspect of Virginia's legal psyche and that of the "New South."

Trotti covers all the great murder sensations of Virginia's yellow journalism period . . . . . all, of course, but the last one. The sensational Hall Case and its subsequent cover-up were only revealed recently in "Murder At Green Springs."