Sherman Books

This book is the latest by the author who has authored several other books on the subject over the last six years. It combines in one handy volume, three alternative treatment options for 60 common ailments and conditions. Acupressure, Aromatherapy and Herbal Therapy are covered. The acupressure points are clearly explained by using line drawings of the human body and indicating the points. Precautions where applicable are also given.

The author explains that acupressure is meant for immediate relief and is to be followed by aromatherapy and herbal therapy.

Depression is one of the sixty ailments covered but in my opinion, depression is a major health disorder and is to be treated by a competent health professional, not necessarily by a mainstream psychiatrist. The author of course advises that all the treatments should be undertaken only under the supervision of a physician.

The author rightly stresses the importance of correct breathing.

This book will be very useful to those who can't take allopathic medicines because of the side effects or cost. A pocket reference book dealing with 50 of the 60 ailments is available from the same author and will be a very invaluable aid.

A fantastic resource...well-organized, easy-to-use and understand, Do-It-Yourself Natural Health is exactly what the title promises: a great, handy and practical guide to a host of common conditions.
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in natural health, feeling better, gaining vitality or taking a natural approach to an existing condition. This is a book you will consult again and again. Highly recommended!

This book is written from a very interesting perspective--by a Soviet officer commanding British Matildas and US Shermans in the Red Army. Loza covers many very interesting facets of the fighting on the Russian front from a Russian perspective:
--what the Russian tankers liked & disliked about their British and US tanks;
--being ordered to fire on Russian infantry that was pulling back without orders;
--female Russian anti-tank gunners;
--armored advance through Mongolia in Summer 1945; etc.

Although this book has alot of fresh, interesting information, I only gave it four stars because:
--generally I don't think that the book is very well written;
--I didn't like the organization very much--the book is essentially a collection of stand-alone chapters on discrete topics or engagements; there is no narrative flow and the book is not intended as a coherent chronological account of the author's experiences in the war. Indeed, many of the accounts are jumbled chronologically for some reason. Finally, while many of the included accounts were quite interesting, as described above, some of the others, such as "Graves Registration" and "Home Leave" polices were less so (at least to me); and
--perhaps understandably as a participant of the war, the author does not come across as an objective commenator on the Red Army.

Col. Loza is a Hero of the Soviet Union. He commanded Lend Lease Matildas and Shermans during the Great Patriotic War. James Gebhardt is a US veteran whose military background and command of the Russian language has enabled him to produce the most accessible book on the Eastern Front I have read. The clear explanations of Russian military terms and slang are worth the price of the book by themselves. Col. Loza explains his experience in all aspects and in depth. If you have questions about food, Lend Lease,tactical orginization, Soviet medal laws, or tank useage, this is the place to start.

This book is obviously aimed at the US domestic market. State by state it covers laws and practices. The sales girl said that UK franchising law was based on US law, maybe she was right. It is usefull to the UK francisor/franchisee, insofar as it gives excellent advice and working examples. The majority of its 400 pages are only useful between LA and New York, however, anyone planning to enter into a franchising agreement should imho have read this, and have it on his (or her) shelves.

Excellent for those who are business consultants in franchising. Mr. Sherman has covered the major topics that must be taken in consideration when a business is going to be offered as franchise, in a well-developed book with very good legal advice.

I found this book to be very helpful. Don't get me wrong, California doesn't make getting a divorce easy and there will be a ton of paperwork, but this book makes it possible to get through it yourself. In particular I found the included CD to be extrodinarily useful. The process involves filling out several dozen forms. The included software automatically fills out the route form information for you and is much/much faster than typing them by hand.

I am happy I spent the money on the How to Do Your Own Divorce. It is easy to read and gives examples of all the forms you may need to use and how to fill them out. The laws regarding divorce in California are made easy to understand. Also, if there is a law you don't understand or have a question about something you can call the divorce help line for $10.00 a call and $3.50 per minute (kind of steep and I hope I don't have to use this). Once you get the book you will need to download the latest forms. If you want a cd you will have to spend another $5.00 to have it sent to you. Also, if you have a messy divorce you will need to buy a second book to get those questions answered. After looking through the book I've decided I don't have the time to do my own divorce and am going to retain a paralegal to file papers for me. In the back of the book there is a list of paralegal located throughout California. The positive is that what I have learned from this book will make my own divorce a lot easier.

Although only contemplating a Dissolution of Marriage at this time, I found this book and it's companion Volume 1 to be an excellent source of forms and information.

This books goes into more depth (like how to address interrogatories) than the general book of how to do your own divorce in California. It is important to have both books, however, as they compliment one another nicely. Too bad we can't always say the same for the two in a marriage...

A beautiful cookbook with menus to suit every pallette! Recipes run the gamut from easy-to-prepare picnic food to New York gourmet. I would highly recommend as a gift.

Easy and elegant entertaining; recipes from some of the Big Apple's most notable restaurants and star chefs. A beautifully produced and styled book that takes readers on a culinary tour of Manhattan's diverse neighborhoods and cuisine.

I used this biography for a school project, and it was wonderful. This book has a lot of information, and very few pages;) Not only does it have plenty of info on Jeff Bezos, but it also has a lot of information about amazon.com. For example, I learned that you could write reviews for books:) This book has plenty of information, and is also very entertaining, I highly recomend it.

I picked up this book from the library for a research paper about Amazon.com for my Microeconomics class. "Amazon.com - Get Big Fast" was on order so I decided to see if this could help me get started. The writing is easy to follow (as this is a children's book) and gives background about Mr. Bezos (his youth, etc.) as well as information about the beginning of Amazon.com. My favourite bit was the struggle to choose the name for his company -- "Abracadabra" was deemed too long and "Cadabra" was thought too similar to "Cadaver." There are black and white photos in the book (images of Bezos, the Amazon River, etc.). I enjoyed the book and think that it (and others in this series) are a perfect foil to the dusty biographies that kids (including myself) had to read in the past. Sometimes one has to wander into the children's section of the library (or bookstore) and take a break from long-winded books (not that I don't enjoy them as well). Besides, all the basic ideas from big management books are in here -- like the idea to emphasize customer service. :)

A fascinating and first rate biography of this little known Union leader by newcomer Whitney and veteran writer Hughes.
The authors follow Jefferson C. Davis from an enthusiastic young soldier in the Mexican War to his outstanding leadership at Ft. Sumter and throughout the Civil War.
Excellent reading for any history buff!

This is a biography of an obscure figure from the American Civil War who had a famous name. Jefferson Columbus Davis was no relation to the Confederate president, and stayed loyal to the Union, rising the the rank of brevet Major General. He's probably best known as the culprit in the murder of William Nelson, another Union army general, in 1862. There was, however, more to Jefferson C. Davis than that, as this admirable biography shows.

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Jefferson C. Davis was from Indiana. He enlisted in the army young, and participated in the battle of Buena Vista as a private in his Indiana volunteer regiment, distinguishing himself so much that he was considered for an appointment to West Point. When that fell through, Davis was directly enlisted in the regular army as a second lieutenant of artillery, and spent the years between the Mexican war and Fort Sumter studying and learning to be a soldier. He was part of the garrison of Fort Sumter, and this notoriety positioned him for a brigade command of Indiana state troops. He led them through the battle of Pea Ridge, and never looked back, concluding the war in command of the Fourteenth Corps during the March through the Carolinas, and during the battle of Bentonville. After the war, he was Alaska's first military district commander, and briefly fought the Modocs on the California-Oregon border.

The authors do a wonderful job of bringing Davis, and his many contradictions, to life. He was a demanding soldier, and a hard taskmaster, but he appears to have generally been a fair and decent person. There is the one incident where he shot Nelson dead, but the authors lay out the course of events, and frankly the whole thing sounds provoked. Nelson was disliked by a lot of people, apparently, to the point that when he was shot, there weren't very many calls for his killer to be brought to justice. The whole thing is laid out in considerable detail. And where Davis emerges as a surprise is in his competence as a soldier. Though his troops were routed at both Stones River and Chickamauga, at Pea Ridge it was Davis who stopped Louis Hebert's attack on the Union left, and at Jonesboro it was Davis who broke the Confederate front. At Bentonville he again held off the main Confederate assault, though with some help. Frankly I was surprised: he turns out to have been a pretty good general, and generally well-liked by the troops, even though he *never* praised anyone for anything, and apparently thought bravery nothing extraordinary. In his defense, he was brave himself.

There is one shortcoming in this book. There is a lack of maps to illustrate the text. The authors try to detail battlefield maneuvers from Buena Vista to Bentonville, with no tactical maps at all, and only three general area maps, none of which are particularly helpful. Only one of the maps even deals with the Civil War. This unfortunately makes the text a bit hard to follow at times. Other than that, I would highly recommend this book for the Civil War scholar. It's definitely worth the money.

Book came prompltly and brand new. Thanks for the great service. Wonderfully written. Easy to read, yet theologically deep.

If you're a theological student wanting a pretty informative book on the atonement than this book should be very helpful. Though Sherman comes from the postliberal school of thought he is quite Reformed and traditional on how he approaches the atonement. Readers will also appreciate Sherman's heavy reliance on Scripture to defend his viewpoint rather than giving into modern ideaologies and fads. In fact, one can say that Sherman has a very high view of Scripture compared to others who belong in his school of thought.

Another positive aspect of the book is that it is not exclusively academic. It is meant to aid pastors on how to preach the atonement in a faithful manner to believers. It seems that preaching the atonement - whether in liberal or conservative churches - is not a high priority these days. Hopefully, this book will dismiss the ridiculous idea that atonement theology and the life of the church are not integrally related.

Sherman's work revolves around the three offices of Christ: king, priest, and prophet. He devotes a chapter to each of these offices and explains why all the offices of Christ cannot be disconnected from each other. He also explains, related to the above point, that all the members of the Trinity are involved in Christ's work. This corrects the common belief among Christians that only Christ is involved in the atonement. As a result of this, the atonement, according to Sherman, cannot be tied down to one single view. In fact, due to the Trinitarian nature of the atonement, all the major views of the atonement in church history (Christus Victor, Abelardian, and Anselmian) are valid. In this sense, Christ's kingship involves the victory over the powers of sin and death, Christ's priestly role as involved in the penal satisfaction for humanity's sin, and Christ's prophetic role as involved in the transformation of believers from the old life to the new. One may not agree with Sherman's eclectic model of the atonement (as this reviewer does) but he does make an almost convincing case for it (traditionalists will also appreciate Sherman's defense of Anselm [pp. 188-192] considering that Anselm has been a target of ridicule among many modern Christians).

Considering the amount of nonsense that is being published on the atonement these days it is refreshing to see a work like Sherman's. When one reads the pages one will recognize that Sherman's priorities lie with God's kingdom, the gospel, the church, and individual Christians. He is not some liberal, marxist, socialist, radical that wants to deconstruct the Christian tradition so that pagans, disgruntled immoralists, and anti-Christian philosophers will feel all nice and cuddly. This work makes no compromises with modern ideas and values. Though there are points where traditionalists will disagree with, it is still a work that is nonetheless useful for the church and academia.

This is one on Foster's best writings. It inthralled me and kept me going with an adventure that didn't slow down. There is also some moral themes. They are in the background and don't scream out at you, leaving you to fully enjoy the story. This book is well worth reading and better than the movie.

Krull had great potential, but it lacked star power and was therefore cut down to the bare minimum production values.

This novelization tells it like it was supposed to be. Better than the movie.