Warren Books

Warren Wiersbe knows preaching. The man has been around the block many times, read hundreds of sermons, heard them, and preached them. Also, he is a voracious reader of sermons and books on preaching. So, when he writes a book on preaching, he knows whereof he is speaking. This book is built around thirteen timeless principles of preaching. Each chapter offers a wealth of information from the pen of a wise veteran of preaching -- a veteran who continues to grow in his craft rather than becoming stale. Moreover, each chapter is brimming with sage insights, on-target quotes, and remarkable common sense. For those of us who will never be able to sit down with Dr. Wiersbe and discuss various aspects of preaching, this is the second best thing. By all means, wherever you are in your own development as a preacher, you will benefit from and thoroughly enjoy this wonderful, delightfully readable book!

This is a terrific book, a fresh account of early modern culture in England and how that culture is reflected in literature. Some of the examples are well known, but many are from much less known sources. The reader gets an innovative treatment of what was being written and why. Highly recommended.

Warren Adler boldly depicts inside the pages of EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE a glimpse of what sometimes happens when we let our overstimulated 21st-century minds run just a wee bit rampantly.

The Short tells the story of couple Ben and Susan (and tangentially, Ben's new love-interest, Barbara). It's a story containing classic well-honed literary themes: abandonment, immaturity, betrayal -- toss in a dash of the threat of an unwanted childbirth, a pinch of the fact that Ben and Susan were in their mid-20s when all of this occurred, up-and-coming through the corporate ranks, and I think you can extrapolate the rest of this juicy (or perhaps bitter?) concoction.

***Though please DO purchase this Short, as there certainly is a twist.***

I firmly believe we'll all be able to identify with the angst Ben agonizes over. We probably can all identify with what happens when we don't check out for ourselves just what is *really* going with respect to a given situation, what with the torturous what-if's and possibly-maybe's that often well up inside our minds, plaguing us like malignant tumors.

I won't tell you of the precise problem which Ben and Susan "duel" about, though suffice it to say I'm pretty sure we've all stood in Ben's shoes before, at one time or another. His anxiety, I'm referring to. Not his exact position.

Author Adler writes this, not to mention his several other Shorts, with such incredible hi-fidelity: I'm left aghast wondering just where he *gets* all of these relevant "research points." To me, Adler's seems a wonderful life well and richly experienced. Still, it does sometimes dawn on me where all of this comes from. :-) The inspiration, that is...

By the way, Warren, I think Ron Rifkin is the bee's knees! He's picture perfect and quintessential as the Machiavellian Arvin Sloane on ALIAS.

Just thought I'd mention that...ho hum...

This book does an excellent job of capturing the pre-Reagan debate over the American economy and distills some of the simplicity of American free market thinking. That snapshot and a beautiful turn of phrase will leave your underscoring and folding pages back. One of my economic favorite books fifteen years ago, The Economy in Mind has great historic value now.

The editors contribute by organizing, coauthoring and editing the various articles that appear in the book. Of course the 2000 and 2004 elections are used as examples to show how polls and voting machines wrok and fail. This is a collection of the good, the bad and the ugly in electioneering. In general they present insight into the many election issues and they provide solutions.

As a pianist and music-lover, I have long been fascinated by the movement structure called "sonata-form." "Sonata-form" is the structure of the first movements (and many other movements) of almost every major piece of classical music from the Classical Era. Now a clear and comprehensive analysis of "sonata-form" has arrived, in the book "Elements of Sonata Theory."

The most surprising feature to me is that this book is quite readable. Readability is not something that can be taken for granted in the turgid literature of music theory. Therefore, the book is of value to a layperson like myself and not only to specialists. (The final four chapters, on the concerto version of sonata-form, are more difficult to read, but that is quite minor.) Another surprise to me was that a lot of information in the book was new to me. I have read widely in this field, but I still learned a lot.

Like any first edition, a few questionable statements have slipped in. For example, on p.20 the book implies that after about 1760 it became normal to repeat only the first part (the exposition), and not repeat the second part. Apparently, Mozart was not informed of this normal practice. Mozart called for the repeat of the second part in almost every sonata-form movement in his piano sonatas (28 of 31 sonata-form movements). But this is mere quibbling.

If someone is seriously interested in the subject of "sonata-form," this is the book to get.

The book comes in two volumes and consists essentially of solicited articles on various topics central to or important in institutional and evolutionary economics. The books therefore have entries on topics such as lock-in effects, Thorstein Veblen, old and new institutional economics, etc generally written by people who are active in research in that area.

The book is terrific for orienting oneself in these growth areas of economic research, and would be an important reference for university libraries. At the price, it would be prohibitive for most students but would be useful for academics specializing or developing an interest in this area.

The entries are followed by a bibliography to assist you in chasing up further levels of detail as required after reading an entry of interest.

Some entries (Eg Macroeconomics) have several entries from several authors, and it is quite interesting to see the different points of views taken.

This is a great anytime read. It's fast paced, well sketched out and as good as any John Grisham book.
If you like courtroom fiction, you're gonna love this one.

I purchased this book to read to my daycare students. We had a discussion afterward about how we are all different, yet we are all special. It is written in a simple, easy to understand manner and the pictures help the students understand the story. It is a perfect book for autumn and works nicely with autumn teaching themes. We incorparated several leaf projects to accompany the book!

While I haven't read the *entire* book, those sections I needed on skills testing of employees were both highly informative and very useful (and, surprisingly, quite readable). This handbook is a must-read if you are interested in certification testing and the potential legal pitfalls that could await. I actually have the 1989 edition; it is well kept up to date.