Stanley Books

Has good in-dept discussion to the subspecialty. Compliments Ryans 3 volume Retina nicely. Very good pictures and the tables are nicely constructed. A must have for any general ophthalmologist with a keen interest in retina or any vitreo-retinal specialist.

This two volume set covers medical and surgical retina. It has many fine color photographs and is written on a high level. It seems to fill some of the gaps left by the Ryan Retina series. Drug coverage seems up to date, and treatment recommendations are current

We read Roughing It on the Oregon Trail by Diane Stanley. 2 twins stay with their grandmother and get to go back in time to meet some relatives and travel on the Oregon Trail. A little along the lines as the Magic Tree House books but this one is a picture book. It really was very interesting and I even learned some things I did not know. Recommended for ages 5-10 years.

My 6 yr old son and 8 year old daughter paid close attention and enjoyed this book. My daughter enjoyed reading the bubble conversation; I read the text part. Nice illustrations - neither they nor the story was too dark as is sometimes a problem with historical fiction for this age. Sort of a Magic School Bus feel to it, with travel back in time.

I handed this book to a low level student today. He devoured it. It's so hard to find really interesting books for youngsters who read at a much lower grade level than their peers. This one is so interesting, it's worth the challenge to a young reader.

My name is Andy Schlenker, Sammy's Police Officer partner. Sammy and I are still working together in the Modesto CA Police Department. We wanted to let everyone know that we really enjoyed working with Colleen Stanley Bare, and are thrilled to be featured in this book.

We have been to many schools and other events locally where children have seen and read the book. Every child I have met has been thrilled with the book. It is informative, factual, and funny!

The book is filled with many pictures. Some are of Sammy and I working, and some are fun pictures. They all depect Sammy's very unique personality.

I think dog lovers as well as children would really enjoy this book!

Sincerely,

Andy & Sammy

.... All together, including shipping and handling, it cost me 12 dollars. But if you really like this book very much, it is worth every cent. Now the story described on the back of the book says: Meg like Julie. Really. Which proves that her beautiful, older, adopted sister, is not only a champ in the swimming pool, but out of it. But Meg would like a little of their parents' attention, too. Then Julie breaks her leg, and starts to enjoy a "normal" life. And Meg has a talent of her own recognized, thanks in part to her sister's help. But their hard-won independence is suddenly threatened. Meg realizes the time has come to prove she is a winner, by having the courage to stand up for what she believes in. What they left out is that Meg gets a little taste of romance. Hopefully, this information helped you in some way.

Hello! I read this book in junior high and loved it very much. Since it is out of print, it is extremely hard to find. It is about a girl who fills she is not important compare to her older talented sister. She then finds that her life is taking a turn for the better. I rate it 5 stars.

Another fine book by U.S. Andersen, (310 PAGES). The Secret Of Secrets picks up where Three Magic Words left off. Beginning with the premise presented in Three Magic Words ("that man's consciousness is God's consciousness in process of becoming.") this book "lays down a method by which such awareness may be used for the practical end of a richer and fuller life."

There are 12 chapters, and they are: 1-THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM 2-THE SECRET OF SECRETS 3-THE TRUE PRINCIPLE OF ACTION

4-A METHOD FOR MASTERY 5-PEACE OF MIND 6-HEALTH AND WELL-BEING 7-LOVING AND BEING LOVED 8-SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT 9-CREATIVENESS 10-STAYING YOUNG FOREVER 11-MYSTIC POWERS OF THE MIND 12-MASTERY OVER LIFE

Having read "Three Magic Words," also by U.S. Andersen, I am so impressed that I learned so much more. This is an author who writes non-fictions on the universal subconscious mind. And you can read one of his books, after another, and still learn something new, as I have.

I kept asking myself, while reading this book, "What is the secret of secrets?"

Here are some of the many notes that I paid considerable attention to; and what I wrote in the front pages:
1. Meditate everyday for the purposes of falling in love with God.
2. Follow the 4 steps to mastery (a. concentrate upon your relationship with God; b. Accept God's power; c. Give without expecting rewards; d. Love God more, each day)
3. Dedicate your existence to knowing the love of God. Seek to live in this love, and to return this love.
4. There is opportunity every minute of everyday, throughout your life.
5. Abandon your ego.
6. Seek God with all of your heart and soul, within yourself.
7. Get out of your way and let God move through you!
8. When you seek inward union with God you will reflect that union in every part of your life.
9. Money represents the labor of others. And when you have money you are the trustee of their energies, time and effort.
10. Once you have mastered the courage to face reality, no matter what the problem is, your courage will never leave you.
11. "To love is to know me; my innermost nature; the truth that I am. Through this knowledge enter at once to my being." by Bhagavad-Gita

And for me, the Secret of Secrets is:
1. Rather or not you believe in God, God exists.
2. God is molding you on earth.
3. God molds you by tempering you through pain and ordeal, so that you will awaken to your true spiritual birthright.
4. You are predestined, on a spiritual level, not on a worldly level.
5. Your soul goes through orders to refine and purify your understanding.
6. And it's time to let go of your ego, and to accept the laws of your spirit.

Between every other book that I read, for some time to come, I will continue to read every U.S. Andersen book, and reread them, until his messages have become as natural a part of me as my need to be nourished.

I am a mother of 4 and I am always being tormented by the kids to go out for fast food and sometimes when I have the time I'll make thenm a recipe out of the book and Presto!! they think that I ran to get them the food from a restaurant

Secret Recipes has been a wonderful cookbook to use. I have made several recipes, as have my friends, and they have all been delicious. Although I have many cookbooks, I usually rely on the same one or two that I use regularly. Now that I have Secret Recipes I am using it almost exclusively. I really enjoy the variety of easy and interesting recipes. I have even tried a few more complicated recipes with amazing success. I highly recommend this cookbook!

More than a discrete work of literary criticism, this work plays an important part in Cavell's ongoing philosophical project. If Cavell's earlier work had Wittgenstein and Austin as involving a modernist break with the dominant Anglo-American philosophical tradition of positivism, then this work exemplified how analytical philosophy might continue. Cavell finds in the word conscious text of 'Walden' a linguistic economy complimentary to the idea of a logic or necessity to ordinary language. The American Transcendentalists are recast as philosophers who anticipate the turn away from metaphysics to the ordinary and everyday to be found in Wittgenstein. At the same time, as newly recovered American philosophers, they rehearse an encounter between English (empiricist) and German (idealist) philosophy before the split between these strands became institutionalized. 'The Senses of Walden,' then, is a key philosophical text by Cavell as much as a work of literary criticism on Thoreau. It is the text of a philosopher unable to completely give up an analytical training, but equally unwilling to ignore the broader cultural issues that such training obscures. Paul Jenner, University of Nottingham.

This is Professor Cavell's loving reading of Thoreau's "Walden." I was struck by his accounting of Thoreau's daily means. There is even the general ledger that Thoreau made of his financial bearings. To live so simply in a gentle world is a scholar's dream.

"sexcapades' is one of those rare combination of fantasy, sexuality, and humor. If sex was ever a comedy then this is the book. Equally enjoyable for a woman's as well as for a man's sexual fantasy. Very effective lesbian plots although this book would be enjoyed by anyone.

Very funny, much immagination and humor with of course plenty of erotic sex. Once I started reading it--I couldn't put it down. I hope that the author does another book soon--I can hardly wait.

Set in the period soon after Garibaldi's conquest of Sicily and the island's subsequent amalgamation into the Piedmont kingdom of Victor Emmanuel (II), these stories vividly document the necessity for mass emigration. Several of these stories have provided rich themes for 20c artists: Visconti's film La Terra Trema (1948) derives from the author's great novel, I Malavogli (The House by the Medlar Tree), which derives from the author's short story, "Fantasticheria." Of course, "Cavalleria rusticana," made into a drama by Verga himself, would morph in Mascagni's resplendently poignant opera (a far better story on the same theme is Verga's "Jeli il pastore"). And "The History of St Joseph's Donkey" would be wonderfully realized by Bresson's cinema masterpiece, Au Hasard Balthazaar (also drawing on the poems of Verga's French contemporary, Francis Jammes). This bilingual edition should be most useful for students of the Italian language (you will not need a dictionary of Sicilian words; the Introduction and subsequent notes offer a useful summary of island protocols). Verga wrote for the letterati of Milan and Florence; these tales of Catanian folk customs (that is, miseries) first
appeared in northern magazines in the 1870s. For all students of Italian literature, a basic text. For readers seeking roots, read it and weep; Verga makes Bicycle Thief seem like a MGM musical. For an antidote, or the other side of the story, read Lampedusa's The Leopard (1958), also made into a film by Visconti (1963)(altho the aristocratic Lampedusa can be as grim as Verga); and for the 20c scene read Silone's Bread and Wine (1936) and Sciascia's The Owl (set in the 1950s). For a contemporary view, read Camilleri's Inspector Montalano Mysteries series.

Set in the period soon after Garibaldi's conquest of Sicily and the island's subsequent absorption into the Piedmont kingdom of Victor Emmanuel (II), these stories, combining stark social realism with psychological determinism, vividly document the necessity for mass emigration. Several of the stories have provided rich thematic material for 20c artists: Visconti's film La Terra Trema (1948) derives from Verga's great novel, I Malavogli (The House by the Medlar Tree), which derives from the author's story "Fantasticheria." Of course, "Cavalleria rusticana," made into a drama by Verga himself, would morph into Mascagni's resplendently poignant opera (a far better story on the same theme is Verga's "Jeli il pastore"). And "The History of St Joseph's Donkey" would be wonderfully realized in Bresson's cinema masterpiece, Au Hasard Balthazaar (also drawing on the poems of Verga's French contemporary, Francis Jammes). This bilingual edition should be most useful to students of the Italian language (you will not need a dictionary of Sicilian words; the Introduction and notes offer a useful summary of relevant island protocols). Verga wrote for the letterati of Milan and Florence; these tales of Catanian folk customs (namely, miseries and duplicities) began their appearance in the northern magazines of the 1870s. For all students of Italian literature, especially the short story. For readers seeking roots, read it and weep; Verga makes Bicycle Thief seem like an MGM musical. For an antidote, or the other side of the story, read Lampedusa's The Leopard (1958), also made into a film by Visconti (1963) (altho the aristocratic Lampedusa can be as grim as Verga); and for updates read Silone's Bread and Wine (1936, 1955) and Sciascia's The Owl (set in the 1950s). For a contemporary view read Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano Mysteries series.

I first encountered Opal Whitely in an earlier version of her journal, "The Journal of An Understanding Heart". The journal was amazing, but the introductory material was unsatisfactory. Hoff has researched more deeply into the amazing life of Opal Whitely, misunderstood mystic. Hoff's version is to be preferred.

Opal was special. "Melancholy" apparently ran in her family and afflicted her mother. Whether it was heredity or due to the harshness of her mother's treatment of her, Opal was paradoxically more deeply in touch with both reality and the fantasies she constructed to shield herself from its harsher aspects.

Opal showed great promise as a young teacher, combining scientific understanding with her panentheism, her empathy with all of nature. One wonders what might have been if she had been better understood, cherished for her uniqueness and nurtured to develop her potential during her life.

Neoteny is when a species evolves to retain juvenile features into adulthood. Humans paradoxically evolved our sophisticated cleverness by staying young, open to learning new things, longer than other animals. Opal tried to show us the next step in our evolution, but the world was not ready for Opal. Opal showed us a genius so pure that it was incompatible with the world in its current state of evolution. It was and is inevitable that her spirit would meet with tragedy, and that it would ultimately triumph. This journal is its triumph.

Benjamin Hoff's foreward, biography and afterward paint a picture of an incredibly gifted little girl, but even his glowing bio does not prepare you for the depth and beauty of Opal's writing. Her view of the world, the wonderful names she gives the trees and creatures around her, her "angel mother" and "angel father", and her general view of life are the most awe inspiring I have ever read. If you are a nature lover, this is a must read.