Powell Books

This book provides an extensive key to amphibians and reptiles in North America. If you are studying herpetology, this book has many diagrams in it that really help with keying out dinstinguishing characteristics. Plus, the book is set up simply in plain English. Other keys that I have used were not as extensive as this one, and they were usually confusing. This key takes away all the ambiguity.

This breaks down characters for families very easily. The only draw back to this book is that it doesn't contain common names, but that can always be looked up. I recommend this book to any biologist or herpetologist. It also shows what the basic characters are with pictures.

This key is a must for anyone that is seriously interested in reptiles or amphibians. For instructors of Herpetology lab this book will prove to be invaluable, the illustrations and current phylogenetic classifications will aid in teaching.

It is one of the must have books for an architect...plenty of drawings...Good value...
Yagmur Toprakli/Ankara

Has always dream of owning one of my own. A great addition to my library. The photographs alone are worth more than the text.

This book is a real tour de force on one of the most prolific and successful architecture firms in the world. This book is fantastic, the text is almost scholarly and the images are crisp and vivid, the book is layed out perfectly, in chronological order and the site, plans and history of the project are thoroughly discected. If you have any interest in KPF or architecture in general, then I highly recommend you addding this book to you collection, you won't be disappointed.

Excellent--very readable, yet profound. Something I think even a non-practicing Christian could enjoy and benefit from.

The author has an everyday life way of explaining his point of view. He gives you some facts - tries your hypothesis and then breaks it down for you before you know it - and gives you a way to meet Jesus and understand him that you haven't felt or thought of before. Its a great book, an easy read and truly enjoyable and faith inspiring.

This is excellent grace-filled theology without being "theological." Offers a way to joyous Christianity without neglecting life's ambiguities. Takes ecclesiology (the church) seriously while acknowledging the power of American individualism. This is a way home to the historic church for people who want a lively faith. If you love someone, send them "Loving Jesus." --Pastor Eidsvoll

I highly recommend this book for those of you who, like myself, have always been perplexed by the fact that Christianity’s “Son of God” is a Jew and that the Bible, despite being written by different people at different times after Jesus’ death, is often claimed to be the “word of god.”

Powell illustrates in great detail how the image of Jesus that most people accept today was the result of the politics of the times in which Jesus lived. Powell’s use of side-by-side comparisons of the writings of Mark, Luke, and Matthew is quite illuminating. His argument that the writings of Mathew were an effort to appease the Romans and denigrate the Jews is one that makes historical sense. Powell shows how and why the people who followed Jesus ultimately became aligned with the very power structure that killed him, i.e. the Romans.

If you love blood and guts go see Mel’s movie. If you want a rational, researched, and well thought out book on the evolution of early Christianity, read this book.

Review of "The Myth of the Lost Gospel" by: Evan Powell

Today, nearly fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy -- an event viewed on television by millions -- we still can't agree on the facts. So what makes us think we know, with religious certainty, what happened during the life of Jesus, especially since our sources, those who wrote the Gospels, were not witnesses to all the events, and those pontificating about it today were not present.

All we can rely on is thoughtful, logical and analytic analysis of what evidence has been passed on to us, and that is Evan Powell's contribution to this discussion. Describing these events with historic and contemporary insight, Powell adds significant perspective to our understanding of this story.

Powel's "The Myth of the Lost Gospel" has reshaped the debate on what we know about the Jesus Story and when we knew it. By tracing the writings of Mark, Luke and Matthew from sources to conclusions Powell has shown us the influence they have had on each other and on those that followed.

Even if you are not passionate about this subject, you cannot help but be impressed by Mr. Powell's meticulously researched work. It opened my mind to a subject that I thought I understood, but clearly didn't.

This is a thought provoking and accessible analysis of what we know about the life of Jesus and where that understanding came from. For believers and skeptics alike, a compelling and fascinating read.

I hadn't either, but after reading Powell's tour de force on a subject that might otherwise have escaped me, I can truly say I'm glad I didn't miss the chance to learn all about it.

Historical Jesus research is not my strong suit, but Powell has taken an erudite subject and filleted it with logic so that each layer of information is correlated with its neighbor, and the conclusions reached are hard to refute. This is not to say that the conclusions are not controversial, but after years of bias and fuzzy thinking, it's refreshing to read an opposing viewpoint.

The question at hand is whether or not a heretofore unpublished gospel existed at the time Luke, Mark, and Matthew were writing their versions of Jesus' life and times. Powell uses his own propositions as well as references from other writers, most in opposition to his views, to build his case and then supports it with statistical data that is simply fascinating.

Powell may be right or he may be wrong, but his trail of connections and inter-dependencies is fun to follow and makes The Myth of the Lost Gospel a terrific read.

This is an excellent edited book on the non-profit sector. It is one of the few sociological treatments on the subject As a sociologist it has the full set of critical perspectives I have been searching for.

This volume is meant primarily to be a textbook for master's or Ph.D. level students. Nonprofit theory and cutting edge research is covered by the known academics in the field. The reference section is superb, leading one to further articles to explore an area in more depth. Yet the practioner will also find this book helpful in many ways, trends in funding and volunteering, up-to-date research brought to the practioner's world, etc. Even if you are not a student, if you work in the nonprofit sector you will find this book to be extraordinarily helpful.

Handbooks tend to be daunting reading. So you can imagine my surprise when, after reading it through the first time, I found myself wanting to read it through again! This is a very rich book that will be useful to a wide range of readers from experts to beginners in nonprofit sector research.



Beginners will benefit from the comprehensive nature of the collection. The broad coverage will serve as a fine map to guide those who are looking for paths to follow into nonprofit sector practice and research. Like an MRI scan, the depth of each chapter will serve as a map of the ever expanding theoretical and practical knowledge base of the contemporary nonprofit sector.



Readers who have some nonprofit sector experience will find themselves turning again and again to the chapters related to their area of research and practice. The experience of re-reading some of the chapters three and four times each allowed me to appreciate the depth of scholarship embedded in the theories and empirical evidence presented on each page. This is the kind of book you'll want to keep nearby, because something of value will be there to meet you at each read.



Experts in the field are going to find a lot here to their liking as well. The scope of the subject matter covers research from so many disciplines that, no matter what your interests are, you'll find something here that relates to your particular field of research. The volume also presents scholars with many well documented glimpses into the state of the art research on the full gamut of nonprofit sector issues.



The creation of a handbook that is broad in scope, deep in research detail, and useful to both beginners and scholars is something to be celebrated by all those involved in the nonprofit sector. Congratulations to those who worked on this project. You have pulled off a most difficult of tasks for the second time.

Fine book, but I note unscrupulous dealers are charging $100 for used books!!!

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It's a quick read.. and it's EVERYTHING (well.. almost) you need to know about a hunt test. I often wish the other handlers in my brace had read this book. Get it.. read it..

This is THE book every one that competes in AKC hunt tests should get. It has a great interpretation of the rules and wonderful handling tips.

The Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, England is a rural area which has begun to become a fashionable address for gentry who have decided to desert city life. It offers pleasant vistas and a more or less relaxed lifestyle, and is most famous are the birthplace of Sir Edward Elgar. Just the place for Phil Rickman to place one of his stories about Merrily Watkins - minister, exorcist, and detective.

In the town of Wychehill Elgar is something of an industry, perhaps the only industry, with a church suited to large musical productions, a large collection of suburban supporters, and nothing else to say for itself. Oh, except for a new night club that makes more noise than the rest of the valley combined. And when a terrible accident that seems to involve the night club, drugs, and the ghost of Edward Elgar happens it is inevitable that Merrily will be called on to make sure that the dark world of the soul doesn't intrude on the lives of the townsfolk. Caught up in the dark beat of the night club, the rumors of ghosts, and the twisted lives of the inhabitants Merrily is stretched to her limits. This is one of those mysteries that offer no simple or comforting solutions.

Merrily's daughter Jane plays a starring part of her own again. She discovers that the area is host to any number of spiritual significances. A local ley line lays carefully hidden and the march of development threatens that layer of prehistory spirituality that haunts many parts of England and Wales. Jane, who is always susceptible to having causes takes up the preservation of the Ley line and quickly offends the more forward looking of Wychehill's residents.

Once again Rickman weaves a story on many levels full of characters new and old. He has an unmistakably powerful style that imbues evens with a menace that transcends the horror story and creates detective fiction with the complexities of doubt and faith. I have also come to enjoy the loving detail of his descriptions and enactments of life in the English countryside only a hope and a skip from Wales. By all means go back and hunt up the early volumes in this series and prepare to go on unexpected adventures that cross genres with nary a blink.

The latest book in the continuing saga of Merrily Watkins, Vicar of Ledwardine and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, may very well be one of the best. I have long thought that the late, great Ed McBain's 87 Precinct series was really one novel with over 50 parts and I think that Phil Rickman is well on the way to accomplishing the same thing with these books. After a series of really good horror novels (December is a classic) he changed direction and began writing mysteries with a touch of the supernatural. The locale is the Border country of Herefordshire, a place steeped in ancient history.

This book is brimming with interesting characters including Merrily, her 17 year old Daughter Jane, Lol Robinson and Gomer Parry, people we know and are always glad to see. This time there is the Rev. Syd Spicer, a former member of the SAS (think Special Ops in the US, but tougher) who doesn't seem too sure about how to handle his new profession and a return visit with the irascible Athena White. Like Mark Twain, Rickman writes dialogue in accents so authentic you can practically hear them. Conversations are so real you would think he overheard them instead of making them up.

Rickman is ever the master of misdirection. You may think you know what is happening but you will be proved wrong with a series of twists in the last chapters where the whole story is pulled together beautifully. No loose ends from this author.

There are a lot of books on the bestseller list that are done by talented hacks who throw them together quickly to please their legions of fans and that's alright for those who enjoy them but, with Rickman's books you are reading something very well written and carefully researched. Never stodgy but very modern and with a lot of humor, he will teach you fascinating things about the place where he lives.

Some have complained that this novel has no ghosts. Well, this is England, folks. The country is saturated with them. If you don't find them in the book, trust me, they are there, just lurking around the corner.

Merrily Watkins, Ledwardine parish priest and Deliverance Consultant (exorcist) for the Diocese of Hereford is stretched very thin in this eighth installment of a series that started with "The Wine of Angels" in 1998. Drugs, traffic accidents, and a ghost (possibly of composer Edward Elgar and his faithful bicycle, Phoebus) haunt the pages of this book. Rickman's subplots are just as engrossing as his main plots, and this mystery with supernatural overtones is, I think, the best so far of his Merrily Watkins novels.

Rickman, whose skills (as one of his characters puts it) have, "for too long, been squandered on three-chord wonders" finally integrates an English classical composer into one of his plots, where music always exists in one form or another--usually in the personage of Merrily's hapless boyfriend and folk-rock composer, Lol. This time Edward Elgar and his music take center stage, spooky bits and all. Even though he is not one of my favorite composers, I wanted to rush out and buy his oratorio, "The Dream of Gerontius" after finishing this novel. Rickman does an amazing job of integrating this Edwardian composer into the midst of a 21st century bloodscape of unexplained traffic fatalities, drugs, and murder. When Merrily is invited to exorcise the ghost that is supposedly causing the traffic accidents, she learns more about Elgar and the mystical Order of the Golden Dawn than any right-thinking Anglican priest should ever need to know.

Meanwhile, Merrily's teenage daughter, Jane embarks on a quixotic quest to Save the Ley Lines, that threatens to get her expelled from school when she tries to prevent the `development' of a local prehistoric site. At least she thinks the old cow pasture harbors a prehistoric monument. One of my favorite Rickman characters, old Gomer Parry, the manic digger-for-hire teams up with Jane, so I knew there was going to be a bang-up (I'm speaking literally, here) confrontation with the crooked developers, and I was not disappointed. Jane truly comes of age in "The Remains of an Altar." Gomer remains his feisty old self.

The two story lines are meshed elegantly together at story's end. As Merrily is standing under a statue of the Angel of the Agony (a character from Elgar's "Dream of Gerontius") and listening to a church choir sing the composer's music, her part of this story comes to a quietly eerie end. A short while later Jane's story also ends perfectly (although with a bit of off-stage assistance). Rickman fans will love this book, and readers new to this author should start with "The Wine of Angels" and read their way right through to the end of this complex, compassionate crime series.

"How can I express through the mediocre means of verbiage what my heart has garnered from the Messages from God? Step by loving step, the lessons provided have gently guided me to a remembrance of how to create from pure love; allowing God to live and love through me beyond the limitations of ego. These profound communications, so passionately, consistently, and selflessly provided through the Circle of Light, have kept my heart on course as it has opened into unimaginable vistas of beauty and ecstasy. Without reservation, I claim this as the most critically important information flooding the consciousness of mankind today!" Vickie Moyle aka Angelina Heart, author of The Teaching of Little Crow, Virgin, UT, USA

A LightWorker is defined as "anyone on Earth who is truly committed in his or her heart
to helping others awaken to Love." In this third book of the ongoing series, Say "Yes" to
Love, Yäel Powell continues to be "the pen in God's hand" through her mystical daily
communion, bringing us God's guidance on themes of transformation and Christ
Consciousness.

Say "Yes" to Love, God's Guidance to LightWorkers opens with a powerful message
in which God reveals that a voluntary decision by LightWorkers to undertake the
transmutation of darkness has changed the course of humanity's evolution. "...you decided
together that you would offer yourselves, your service and your light so that nobody
would be left behind! " Through these messages, God illuminates the truth of good and
evil and the power of our attention ("...the moment you put your attention on it [evil], you
are feeding it and giving it life."), the difference between discernment and judgment, and
the path to Mastery ("ready to make every breath a breath of service.").

The message "Re-naming the World" speaks of reclaiming our heritage as sons and
daughters of Love. ...

In this reviewer's opinion, Say "Yes" to Love--God's Guidance to LightWorkers is a
must-read for all seeking a life of Love, joy, ecstasy and grace. These messages build on
the wisdom in the other books (see reviews) in this exceptional series, God Explains
SoulMates and God Unveils SoulMate Love and Sacred Sexuality. ...

The psychology of the spiritual path is extremely important, since you are creating reality with your thoughts whether consciously or unconsciously. Create consciously with the aid of these beautiful, simple, powerful messages and bring on the Golden Age. Here is a small excerpt: "Dear ones, every thought is a creation. Remember that thought is one of the two forces of creation. In other words, dear ones, thought is so powerful that with Love it is responsible for everything in Creation! I ask you to fully allow this to sink in. I also ask you now to understand fully and completely why controlling your thoughts is the highest priority. Not only is it the key to your fully conscious ascension into who you really are, but combined with Love it has the power to completely change your life. To change your world. To create anything and everything that you can imagine.Truly, anything you can think, you can create." Allow yourself to operate on full power Lightworker, you are needed.

On A Wing And A Prayer by Charles A. Filius is a very diary like sort of read. It lets you peak into different times in his life as a medium. Yes, the talking to the Spirit world kind of medium. He shares his views on religion, as well as his endeavors as a medium. And all of this because two girls dragged him to a George Anderson seminar; at which he heard from his father and grandfather from the other side... now he was a believer instead of the skeptic.

Charles has a gift that he welcomes into his life, and I would give anything to have a peek into his mind or a reading. You see he is not your average medium, he proclaims himself a "Comedium", which all rings true in the way he wrote this book. One passage in particular stands out to me because I think I was the same way, "... Small shiny objects steal my attention too, but that's neither here nor there. I may have very well been a raccoon in a past life."

Over all an entertaining read, Mr. Filius made On A Wing And A Prayer so personal, like he was recounting the story in his words,( with little snarky comments thrown in) right to me. I would really enjoy meeting Mr. Filius and his drinking Spirit Guide, Robert. 4.5 Hearts

If the author were not a medium and psychic, he'd still have a gift - the gift of humor. Filius is a funny guy - which is refreshing giving the solemn atmosphere that surrounds so much of the paranormal community. He laughs at the world, at the status quo, at the absurdity of his own condition - he laughs at himself. When someone approaches material as divisive as spirit mediumship so honestly, so genuinely, even non-believers will at the very least be forced to listen with respect. Because never for a second do you get the feeling Filius is trying to sell you something. That's what I found so refreshing about this book. It feels as though he's sitting across the table from you, talking to you about his experiences on the path to not only becoming a good and helpful medium, but becoming a better person - although he sounds like the kind of guy who'd argue the point! If you want to buy this book because you're interested in spirit mediumship and psychic experiences, you'll be pleased. But that needn't be your only criteria - you should buy it if you want to laugh...

Charles is an excellent writer. He can make you laugh and make you feel his pain all at the same time. Even if you don't "believe in that spirit stuff" this book is still worth reading."

This books is a must for everyone who needs to clarify how all the cycles, rounds, root races and subraces etc. fit together and make a coherent and logical whole.

This is the last of Lt. Col. Powell's books of theosophy. And it is the most technical in terms of the material with which it treats.
Powell summarizes the plan of the solar system (primarily the planet population) from the standpoint of Ancient Wisdom. He pulls from a vast array of works and culminates a precis (350 pp. worth) of such topics as: the formation of the human race; the various divisions of the human race (e.g. Lemurian and Atlantean); the evolution of the human race; the assistance to the human race from more evolved beings (e.g. the Lords of Venus); as well as the way that we as human beings in the current planetary scheme evolution can help speed the process of development for our race.
As with all of Powell's books, this one is eminently readable and is punctuated with diagrams that help the reader to simplify fairly technical concepts.

A great book for all of you who are into New Age and history/future of mankind.
When I started to read this book, I didn't even know about the Secret Doctrine. Of course, after finishing it, I read the H.P.B classic... The Solar System is an excellent complementary reading, when it comes to the mavantara/pralaya cycles, rounds, races, etc... There's some pictures showing the cycles that make easy to understand how our solar system works.
After all, is a must read.