Stuart Books

Spiritual Survival for Law Enforcement is a great book. I believe that the book very clearly articulates what we as police chaplains attempt to convey to police officers in the field. Spiritual Survival for Law Enforcement is a must read for all Law Enforcement officers.



Rabbi Sruly Wolf, Police Chaplain

Cleveland Safety Forces

Lake County Sheriff's Office

Law Enforcement Ministries, Cleveland, Ohio

"Friends of Animals" is an incredible account of perseverence amidst great opposition! An inspiring, awesome narrative of heroic achievements, despite ridicule and resistance, beautifully written and illstrated. This book should be mandatory reading for anyone owning a pet or involved in any animal management. Exceptional reading for people of all ages!

I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I opened this book, but what a Gem it turned out to be. A collection of Prose and Poetry written within a range of styles around the themes of friendship and relationships.

The book is written with an aching honesty about the author's experiences, that immediately draws you in, and rather than just identifying with the author, begins to make you really think about your own life and your own actions and intentions. At first glance it may appear deceptively simple and almost naïve, but in actuality this book uses this simplicity as a method of stealthily delivering the point behind our own blasé and defensive attitudes. You soon start to realise this book has a lot of levels and that each reveals something else you hadn't consciously realised about your attitudes or feelings.

This book is very therapeutic, especially if you've ever been hurt or let down by others in this arena.

Overall, if you want to be challenged and provoked into thinking about the whole subject of friendship take a chance on this - A superb read!

Over one and a half million Jews left the Soviet Union from 1987-92, when it ended: this account of their movement surveys the strategies of the Israeli and American Jewish establishments in moving these citizens to new places. FROM EXODUS TO FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF THE SOVIET JEWRY MOVEMENT surveys the movement before 1985 and in America as well as the Soviet Union, tracing its evolution, basic concepts, and political splits which caused it to change and face troubles. The political emphasis, along with tactics and insights on choices, makes for an important, revealing guide.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Every now and then there is a book that a reviewer can wholeheartedly recommend as being both practical and a genuine contribution to the way in which we think and act. This is one of them. It offers an extremely valuable typology with which to think about and develop the leadership role, based firmly on the imperative of a solid basis of core values. An invaluable tool for developing the leadership function in organisations and skills in individuals.

Stuart Wells offers a deceptively simple and very rich framework for thinking about the leadership function and for building personal and organisational leadership capacity, consisting of nine management roles, framed within three foci of managerial effort and three principal leadership processes. The whole of the book is an explanation and elaboration of the model.

Points to notice about the model are:

* first, that the explicit articulation and demonstration of a coherent set of core values lies at the base of the effectiveness of all the roles;

* second, that the author is concerned with roles, all of which contribute in different ways to the success of the organisation, that collectively make a difference to organisational success and that may be exercised cooperatively by different people within a team or group. The model is not about the superhuman abilities of the 'hero' leader;

* third, that each role lies at the intersection between one of three leadership processes and three foci of managing effort - at different times and in different situations different combinations of roles may be critical to moving forward. Each role is itself distinctive and different from the others;

* fourth that the nine roles are learnable, but that in each individual they will be differentially developed and each individual with have natural preferences, strengths and weaknesses.

The model is focused on observable roles and their impact, rather than on: * the inner qualities of a leader (eg Jaworski 'Synchronicity'), * the stance of a leader in relation to the authoritarian/participative continuum (eg Bower 'The Will to Lead'), or * the way in which a network of leadership may be developed within an organisation (e.g. Senge: 'The Dance of Change').

These different perspectives are complementary to each other. Wells' distinctive contribution is to separate the discussion of important and continuing roles from the mythology of the 'hero' leader that is implicit or explicit in so much writing about leadership.

The author's claims for the book are modest. He explicitly recognises that leadership is learned from practice, not from books and he offers the book as a guide to self assessment and a guide to building practice and confidence in each role.

Its really good book, it touches the most important issues about electromagnetic with out getting into much details. The other useful feature of this book is that there are some dedicated chapters about transmission lines, wave guides, antennas and brief microwave engineering. Great book, I havent found any that explains this hard subject in a very down to earth langauge that makes it easy to understand...
This books also, combine between the electromagentics theory and its applications, which u surely wont find in any other books(bonus).
I recommend this book for those who are new to the field or just started taking some microwave engineering courses. This book is an official textbook for "RF lines and antennas" course at my university

Ley lines, feng shui has its chi... but what about underlying relationship of earth to man? This book really is a welcome addition to understanding relationship of life, especially the earth(land- Gaia) with man (his activities and responses). When you thought you knew it all, along comes a work that puts a whole new dimension to life. It's a great book for youth to adults. Not new age(y) -- but does put things into perspective.
A must read, seminal work.
Spiritual yet non denominational, what all religions have as a foundation-- yet not a religious book.
Refreshing and a book to have as your own. Beautifully printed, a quality paper and finishing. Illustrations are (as needed to describe the first ever published material) very detailed. Set up as a workbook with large format and a place to put in your own observations. Well designed visually. Three other authors apply the information and extend it into other rhelms.

an interesting and fast moving book that takes you from the midwest to the high seas. Exciting and a real page turner. Found the plot a fascinating plan.

The sequel to "Comes The End", William Creed's "The Gathering" is the second volume in a series of Christian adventure novels specially written to inspire and entertain aficionados of tautly written Christian fiction. Devout believers Andy Moore and his companion Stephanie must put their faith to the test, as biblical miracles reappear in the End Times and God's grace and power manifests upon the earth to do battle against Evil. A dramatic and exciting saga.

In this work the author gives detailed evidence for the ascent of Witchcraft set out in his previous volume The History of Witchcraft and Demonology. The epidemic that occurred is treated as it appeared in various countries. Comprehensive chapters deal with Greece, Rome, England, Scotland, New England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. An excellent resource for understanding how witch mania spread through Europe as it did.