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Spiritual Warfare for Every Christian: How to Live in Victory and Retake the Land (From Dean Sherman)
Published in Paperback by Y W A M Pub (1989-06-01)
Author: Dean Sherman
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Excellent Book - Eye Opener
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Review Date: 2008-05-01
This is the first book i've ever read on Spiritual Warfare. I enjoyed it very much, it's not a light read, however it's definitely a page turner. Although i didn't read it in a short period of time, i've always wanted to read the next chapter. It uses biblical passages as its foundation and then move to the application in daily life as christian. I definitely think this is a must read for every christian who wants to move to the next level in spiritual warfare.

Buy it, read it, apply it, and then share it!

Superb in many ways
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-04
the book has many aspects to overview in one's life. it is indeed a descent reference for a more defined perspective on what is really going on in a misunderstood or rather highly underestimated realm of reality. Thanks again for your assistance.

GREAT BOOK
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-13
The title is a little decieving, however, Spiritual Warfare for Every Christian is a great book. Some chapters are a bit heavy for "every" christian, but a must read knowing that the enemy is always near. I have recommened this book to many.

Great Book
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-03
It was well written and was a pleasure to read. Buy it, you will be glad you did :-)

One of the most important books you will ever read!
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2006-02-08
This book will change your life. I know that seems trite and overused, but it is true. Not only is it practical and logical, but it is firmly rooted in excellent Biblical teaching. It encourages Christians to pull their heads out of the sand and get into the battle. It is balanced in its treatment and asks us to get serious about out calling, while being practical about telling us what that is and how to go about it. One thing I loved was its treatment of the battle within. Dealing with our own hearts and minds is the first step. You have to learn what gates are and how to shut them. No more fear of the Devil or seeing a demon behind every bush. Equip yourself! If you ever have a chance to watch the video teaching series on this topic by Dean Sherman, I highly recommend that as well.

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Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure
Published in Hardcover by Mcgraw-Hill (1988-01)
Author: Alice Sturgis
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Easy to Use
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Review Date: 2007-11-21
The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure is not the kind of read that once you pick it up you just can't put it down, but it is an easy to use reference book for those leading meetings and their parliamentarians.

Preferred to Robert's
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Review Date: 2007-03-27
If you can convince your orgaization to use this manual instead of Robert's, I say go for it! I find this manual much easier to use and more in line with what people expect to be the procedures for having meetings. The book updates old-fashioned language like, "I move the previous question" with the more understandable "I move to close debate". The book includes model Bylaws (useful for our Homeowner's Association which is in the process of revision), and a section that explains the differences between this book and Robert's, as well as tips for those whose organizations still use Robert's.

The book is much more readable than Robert's and tends to explain the basic principles a little better. There's a handy table inside each cover to help a member attending a meeting or a presider with proposing and handling motions.

We don't wear wigs and robes! We're a casual, social club.
Helpful Votes: 21 out of 22 total.
Review Date: 2001-08-10
If you've always feared having to pull out the ol' Robert's Rules of Order because it was too detailed and complex for the casual social organizations in which you participated, help is here. Someone has realized that, because a group might need parliamentary procedures, it does not need the granularity required by The Parliament of England.

The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure is understandable, comprehensive, logical, refined, and efficient. As it should, it covers all the formal business of holding a productive and respectful meeting. But it also includes procedures that facilitate business for the less formal organization or club.

Necessary jargon is defined in a glossary. The "Often-Asked Questions" section covers many common situations and eliminates the need to look through the chapters for most answers. The book is up-to-date, addressing contemporary and often-encountered situations such as holding meetings and elections via the telephone or Internet.

As a bonus, it serves as a resource to those trying to form an organization. There are chapters to help you prepare documents (like bylaws and financial records) that won't be in conflict with legal and parliamentary procedures down the line. It explains the hierarchy of documents that govern an organization. There's even a section that helps explain some of the arcane procedures in Robert's Rules!

I'm grateful to have found this gem. It deals with all the situations that my clubs have encountered.

An alternative to Robert's Rules of Order
Helpful Votes: 25 out of 27 total.
Review Date: 1999-12-22
One of the best modernised book on the parliamentary procedures.

1st published in 1950, this 3rd edition is revised by the American Institute of Parliamentarians in 1988.Since this publication, many organisations have changed their bylaws to designate it as their parliamentary authority, among them are: American Medical Association and the American Dental Association.

It is the second most popular parliamentary authority after Robert's Rules of Order.

WHAT GROUPS MUST FOLLOW PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE? 'All organizations, such as business, cultural, religious, social, fraternal, professional, educational, labor, civil, scientific, medical, and governmental, are subject to the principles and rules of common parliamentary law. All profit and non-profit corporations and associations and the boards, counsels, commissions, and committees of government, must observe its rules.' Sturgis, p. 3.

This book is undoubtedly one of the best and comprehensive works. There is also a chapter which intended especially to aid persons unfamiliar with parliamentary procedure.

To quote Dr. Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian Emeritius US Senate: 'It is understandable vocabulary makes it usable by anyone, not just experts in the field. All students of parliamentary procedure should have a copy in their library.'

Best Parliamentary Authority
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2003-05-10
The Standard Code is a better parliamentary authority then Robert's. It simplifies and modernizes parliamentary authority, making it more accessible to more people. Dump your RONR and get this work.

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Stress Management For Lawyers: How To Increase Personal & Professional Satisfaction In The Law
Published in Paperback by Vorkell Group (2007-01-02)
Author: Amiram Elwork
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Great Book For Those In The Law
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-29
This book really captures the issues in the legal profession and gives useful advice on how to deal with it constructively.

Asks the right questions
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-09
Initially I thought this book might be too touchy feely for lawyers - like many other books on this topic. However, I was pleasantly surprised.

I think the author's experience in NY law firms makes him well qualified to address this topic. I found it had helpful questions and that doing the exercises was very revealing. Net net, it helped to identify the sources of stress and makes it very clear that if the lawyer is honest about his/her values, what changes need to be made.

Following the suggestions in this book it makes it almost impossible for a lawyer to claim that there is nothing that can be done to improve his/her situation.

Still great after all these years!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2001-12-02
Even though this book was published in 1997, it is still very timely. After all, the type of stress that lawyers endure hasn't changed and neither have the techniques used to overcome it. I recently re-read it and gave it to a friend (another lawyer) to read- both of us were very glad that we did. It's the kind of book you read every time life seems overwhelming and too complex. The book simplifies things. It helps you understand precisely why you are stressed out and what you can do about it. It is easy to read, very practical and at the same time very profound.

stressed beyond the Bar
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-11-13
Do you wonder if you are the only person crazy enough to think that your law practice is destructive to your spirit? Take heart, the book tells you that you are in good company. You must find a way to change your reaction to the stress, your path to sanity. This book offers a veriety of starting points

Best In Its Class
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-02
This third edition is destined to be the classic authority on stress management for lawyers. It's not one of those touchy-feely books with no substance. It is very substantive and perceptive, as well as succinct and pragmatic. The author obviously understands lawyers and has written a very readable, logical and well-documented guidebook. In some sections, the author even manages to be inspirational and humorous.

The book covers everything you would want to know about stress and lawyers. The most helpful sections for me were the ones that deal with how lawyers can develop more effective thinking habits, be more in tune with their own and others' emotions, and be more true to their own values. There is also a section on how to apply all of these new skills to improve your time management habits, law practice management skills, and even family life. I recommend it enthusiastically.

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Success Intelligence: Essential Lessons and Practices from the World's Leading Coaching Program on Authentic Success
Published in Hardcover by Hay House (2008-05-06)
Author: Robert Holden
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Success Intelligence
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Review Date: 2008-07-09
I received a lot of beneficial information from this audio CD. I will listen to this multiple times to make sure I absorb all the great ideas.

Success Intelligence
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Review Date: 2008-06-29
Great book. Has many interesting concepts with regards to what true Success really is.

True Success!
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Review Date: 2008-06-05
Reading this book gave me amazing insight and exploration into what Robert Holden calls `true success'. It made me think - a lot - about what success is really all about. With much personal warmth and openness, Robert invites you to explore in depth all the possible trappings of success and equally the wisdom, grace and love that comes about with true success.
Success is about so much more than I ever thought and this book opened my eyes to thinking deeply about success in my own life and how to look at it and approach it from a more positive, whole place than before. The sections of fear of failure and fear of success were fascinating and the tips at the end of each section very engaging and helpful.

A sincere, personal and thought provoking read and the kind of book that you can pick up again and again. If you ask yourself, what is success, what is true success? Then read this book.

Success Intelligence
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-09
I enjoyed this book. There are some wonderful tests in the book. If someone actually takes the time to do the tests, it will be of great help.

Success Intelligence - A Huge Insight
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-04
Roberts book is a brilliant insight into the work culture that we assume is correct. Take time out to read this and you will wonder what has happened to your reasoned views on how intelligently we approach work and our work life balance. Review what Robert teaches and apply the principles to your life so that it becomes more peaceful and your behaviours become more loving, both to yourself and others.
Great teacher, great book.
Thank you.

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Their Fathers' Work: Casting Nets with the World's Fishermen
Published in Paperback by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press (2000-04-15)
Author: William B. McCloskey
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By Far best by william mccloskey
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Review Date: 2003-10-31
This was by far of the three books i have red by william mccolskey the favorite he has another book called fish decks cannot find on amazon have to let you know about that one.

unlike highliners and breakers this one is nonfiction and follows along as the author goes back to alaska and around alaska where he served in the coast guard 20 years before and now is crab fishing and goes fishing around georges bank of the coast of chile and new zeland ,indonesia,and japan.looking for fish and shellfish. it also extensively covers the wreck of the exxon valdezand the effect on the fishing industry and the enviroment.Fisherman were making more money selling back buckets of oil back to exxon.He goes to the tokyo tsukiji market which i have seen on a national geographic program. This place is huge they figure they have on any given day 330 different species for sale which come from all around the world for example They have prawns and shrimp from 64 nations the market and auction generate enough trash to fill 200 trash trucks a day.It cover alot of the political side of fishing and how the different regulations have come about to protect the fish.
You read this book it is amazing that they fish with nets miles long and never think about depleteing the resources.Also learned tha over fishing was not the only thing affecting the amount of fish being caught runoff from farms both animal and agricultural.And fish farms that apeear on the surface appear to be a good thing end up causing harm to native fish.

Tears through the lack of seriousness people give fishing
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1998-10-14
Coming from a new generation fisherman, I find it very frustrating that the thousands of people who eat fish never appreciate its origin, or the work to attain such seafood. Such is the life of a farmer, a cattle rustler, a steel worker, the carpenter. The very root of our existence and the ability to maintain it comes from the working man, the most underestimated yet still proud individual.

Telling it like it is
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2001-06-01
The best book I've read dealing with the social AND political AND cultural aspects of commercial fishing. Making no excuses for the industry or the people who condemn it. His stories are compelling and enrapturing as well as extremely informative. It'll give understanding of why the worlds oceans are in the state they are in and all the players who have caused it to be where it is. Enjoy!

A bit 'upity' for the subject matter.
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1999-10-26
The author knows his subject matter but gets too heavy with all the legal bs and too light on the human stories. Seems like the author couldn't decide if he wanted to write a text book or a down to earth type story.

If you have ever eaten a fish or crab, then read this book!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1999-02-22
This is a superb book. McCloskey writes from such a deep base of personal experience, that within a few lines we are transported to the heaving, noisy and often foul-smelling deck of a rusty trawler pitching in a cold northern sea or the cramped camaraderie of the galley on a Japanese squid boat. You feel the shudder of the steel deck as the boat pitches into a steep swell, taste the salt in the air and gag on the stench of diesel fumes and dead fish. The book is a collection of essays, exploring the challenges that face commercial fishermen in various parts of the globe. We hear lots of languages - Russian, English, Spanish, Norwegian, Japanese and more - and experience very different cultures, each united by the sea and the grueling task of pulling food from its depths. Gradually, the similarities grow much larger than the differences. No matter where he is, McCloskey can rapidly blend into the crew becoming just one more figure shrouded in foul weather gear pulling in the nets. This remarkable desire to muck-in with the deckhands no matter how hard the work or how severe the conditions, is the secret to his vivid and exciting writing. I can never look at a piece of sushi or a bag of fish and chips in quiet the same way.

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The Vanishing Word: The Veneration of Visual Imagery in the Postmodern World (Focal Point Series)
Published in Paperback by Crossway Books (2003-03-03)
Author: Arthur W. Hunt III
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Powerful words
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Review Date: 2008-07-12
I'm not a professor or a philosopher. I'm a wife and a mom. This book had a positive impact on my life because the author was courageous enough to tell us the truth...the truth about our culture and the dangers of a subtle overdose of celebrity worship, visual images, and watered-down worship. Thankfully, the book was written with concern rather than harsh judgment. The concepts in this book will be with us for a long time. Hopefully, we'll be able to successfully pass them on to our children.

Stemming the Tide of the Image Culture
Helpful Votes: 10 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2004-03-19
Arthur Hunt's "The Vanishing Word" is a helpful and insightful salvo in the battle to preserve the written word in an age enamored with images. Hunt is currently a professor of speech and communications at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Although he teaches speech and communications, his real expertise is in the fledgling discipline of Media Ecology. Media Ecology was a field pioneered by men like Neil Postman and Marshall McLuhan. "The Vanishing Word" is essentially a work of Media Ecology and in it Hunt examines our cultural environment and finds it polluted with pagan image idolatry.
Hunt's work is particularly helpful because it begins with an historical analysis of the rise of the written word. Hunt condenses the important events of Western history into readable and accessible chapters. He presents this historical information in a lively fashion by including helpful illustrations and examples. Hunt's Christian presuppositions are certainly not hidden in this book. His history of the word begins with God and Moses and not with Aristotle or Gutenburg.
Following the linear unfolding of history, Hunt notes that a major shift occurred in our culture with the rise of electronic mass media. He contends that this "new" development is bringing our culture back to "old" ideas, particularly pagan idolatry. He writes:
"The old system just keeps coming back. Not that long after the Flood's waters had receded, Nimrod stretched forth his hands to receive the astrological charts from atop Babel's tower. The sands of Egypt were still between the toes of Moses when he proceeded down the mountain of thunderings and lightnings, tablets in hand, only to find the Hebrews dancing around a golden calf. The people of God multiplied under the Roman knife, but then the pantheon strangely reappeared over the church altar. The fire of the Reformation pushed the gods back until the icon-making machines of the twentieth century ushered them back again in living color (155-156)."
Hunt's book also provides a helpful analysis of the shift from modernism to post-modernism. He also makes some penetrating comments about the impact of the image culture on the church, particularly in the area of worship.
I highly recommend this book to pastors, Christian educators and anyone interested in understanding and stemming the tide of the image culture.

A thoughtful Examination
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-08
In our technologically advanced age the value of the written word is being lost. The Author shows by giving a historical account how this is leading our society into Idolatry and Paganism. The devaluation of the written word is leaving people defenseless against counterfeits and leaves them open for whatever trend comes along. This book takes a close examination of our media saturated culture.

Contrast with "Everything Bad is Good for You"
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-14
As a fan of Gene Veith, Neil Postman and Allan Bloom, I noted this book as inspired by the dialogue between Postman and Camille Paglia. It is an excellent book and well worth the read but following the natural urge to find something to disagree with while we walk the same road in the same direction, I would like to engage a few issues that I find especially intriguing even though they are small potatoes in the whole stew.
When AWH critiques or contrasts the Egyptians with the Hebrews by referring to the Egyptians as image based and the Hebrews based, we certainly should agree, but the images of the Egyptians were their alphabet at least at some point. Hieroglyphs apparently came to represent sounds (didn't they?). The feather in a sense becomes a letter? The shift to a phonetic aleph bet was certainly significant but they are still images - images of the letters. Perhaps images of the shape of the mouth (at least symbolically) while making the sounds - think of Greek Theta or just the letter "o". So the contrast between the Egyptians and the Hebrews is certainly there but how sharp a contrast should we think it is? I wonder.... In any case, AWH even remarks that the "Egyptians thought Toth invented writing" (p. 37) so this is certainly a matter of degree. We might also wonder why "advanced civilizations cannot exist without writing" (as AWH quotes Gelb) if this might be because they need a recording system. Would video do? (I imagine reading a book presented as a DVD, for example.) Is video text as the postmodernists might say? In which case, the vanishing word is not vanished at all but more powerful than ever in digital form.

An interesting contrast to this book is Steven Johnson's "Everything Bad is Good for You."

A wake-up call for the church
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2004-03-17
The author sees the current cultural tendency to exalt visual imagery at the expense of language as a direct assault on Christianity. He warns Christians that the church is being cut off from its word-based heritage, to its great detriment. Superb socio-cultural analysis by a keen-minded Christian scholar, along with a much-needed affirmation that "the Word is everything." Although Professor Hunt builds upon the previous studies of Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman, Camille Paglia, and others, his radically different spiritual perspective as a conservative evangelical makes this a highly original work with many entirely fresh insights. Required reading for all thoughtful Christians who would equip themselves better for the "spirit wars" of our time and halt the church's slippage into a mindless paganism.

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What's So Amazing About Grace? Visual Edition
Published in Paperback by Zondervan (2003-09-01)
Author: Philip Yancey
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teenagers LOVE it!
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Review Date: 2008-04-22
I purchased several copies for the kids in our youth group. I told them they could have a copy on two conditions: 1)that they read it (it takes about 45 minutes to read) and 2) that they lend it to friends. ALL the books given our have been read, and shared. ALL of them said that it has changed the way that they look at their friends and the way they feel that God views them. One girl rated it a 15 on a scale from 1-10! I would share this book with anyone as it really describes God's heart!

Life Changing
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Review Date: 2008-01-13
I was given this book initially and it has completely changed the way I view God, grace, and forgiveness. Since then I bought the original book that inspired this visual edition, and it was great too. I bought more of these to give them out as Christmas gifts to family. I wanted to share what I had learned from it with everyone. I definitely recommend this book!

AMAZING
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Review Date: 2006-09-08
This book honestly has changed me so much. I first found it while I was on a mission trip and I do belive I read the whole book in about an hour. During some parts (okay almost the whole thing) I cried because of how touching grace really is. The book is an amazing tool to help you understand the craziest thing...grace. Grace... how can you even begin to describe the most remarkable thing God dispenses on us? Phillip Yancey has a great begining! This is going to be my coffee table book forever. That and "A Tale of Two Princes" by Eckart Zur Nieden (Go look at it on here), learning about God through a child's perspective is what it's all about!

If I could give just one book to anyone, this is it.
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Review Date: 2006-03-06
I give books. A lot of them. But if I had to choose just one to give, this would be it.

Moving, beautiful, and imaginative, this artistic interpretation of Yancy's book is a great introduction to what our planet thirsts so much for.

In the movie "The Village" the character Edward Walker says, "The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe." Well, I believe Love and Grace are inseperable. This book will have you kneeling in awe and tears. At least that's what it did for me.

Actually, I picked it up again last night and thumbed through it again over a year after I first read through it and it broke me down once more.

Only one other book do I wish I could give to everyone I meet and that is Henri Nouwen's "Life of the Beloved"...but only after I gave them this one.

Truly Unique.
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2004-08-13
I'm really not the type of person who enjoys reading or looking at visual editions of books. I love to read and usually would rather read the original book and all it's words than look at something that's sort of the book, but not really. Don't get me wrong, I like pictures and illustrations really help me learn concepts better, but I prefer original texts to an inferior copy. I can't say that about WHAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? THE VISUAL EDITION. This book captures the spirit of Yancey's book to a tee and instead of being a cheap rip-off, feels and even reads more like a companion. Beautiful pictures, powerful stories, well planned illustrations, and thought-provoking quotations are all woven together to display the power, mystery, and love of God's grace. I normally wouldn't recommend a book like this at all. However, this book is so well put together that I recommend this book to just about anyone.

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The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
Published in Hardcover by Bantam (2008-04-29)
Author: Jack Kornfield
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GOOD PRESENTATION
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-22

This book is well-written, clear and mostly complete and very helpful for a person who is a Buddhist practitioner as well as a teacher in Vipassana meditation. Especially teaching in the West requires a right blend of traditional Buddhist psychology with the western psyche and ethos. This book specially helps to comprehend the subject clearly and in presenting the subject to the western audience

The Wise Author
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-18
This is a wonderful meditation companion and history book rolled into one. Jack Kornfield compares and contrasts Buddhist and Western pyschology while giving a wealth of stories of meditations benefits and a guide to practice.

I read several of Jack's previous books and always find his writing style easy and understandable. Probably not the best book for someone just starting their path of meditation, I'd recommend "A Path with Heart" for that, but this is a good book for someone with a few years of practice under their belt who wants to have a deeper understanding of their practice.

Highly recommended.

Wise Heart
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-16
I am interested in and practice meditation. I am not a Buddhist, but find that the teachings of Buddhism are a practical way to live in our very complicated world, full of beauty and suffering. Jack Kornfield's book presents the teachings in a simple manner, making it easy to understand some of the more complicated ideas of Buddhist thought. I listened to the book on audiobook, as I absorb information well this way. I heartily recommend The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology to anyone who has any suffering in this life and is interested in finding a practical, meaningful guide.

Terrific book
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-15
This book is beautifully written and organized. It's an open, intelligent, and thoughtful integration between Buddhist wisdom and modern psychology. Actually, Jack explains some of the healthier aspects Buddhist thought. While not denying the existence of mental illness, his focus is more on mental health and how we can cultivate it as meditators. I particularly enjoy Jack's honesty about special experiences in meditation while keeping both feet on the ground of compassion and wisdom. As a meditator, I have sometimes been thrown by the smoke-and-mirrors vagueness around special experiences; I like knowing where they are on the map and how they relate (or don't) to the development of wisdom and compassion. This conveys that they are "no big deal" far more than the smoke and mirrors! I also like knowing that other people struggle with their "stuff" in meditation, and that keeping at it could lead to some freedom. I've heard teachers say that, but Jack's stories make it seem much more relevant and possible. I want to commend Jack for writing a book that is so interesting and enjoyable and that really makes sense to me! I hope it will be useful to others, as well.

26 Gems of Psychotherapeutic Wisdom
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2008-06-10
Jack Kornfield richly expounds on 26 principles of Buddhist psychology.

The first of these is: "See the inner nobility and beauty of all human beings" and the 26th being: "A peaceful heart gives birth to love. When love meets suffering it turns to compassion. When love meets suffering it turns to joy."

Jack Kornfield provides the reader with a philosophical discussion of each principle and the basis of it in the Buddha's teachings. These principle are demonstrated with numerous cases from Jack Kornfield's many years of practice. Several of these are followed by practices and practical exercises, such as loving-kindness meditations.

Buddhist teachings, which as the Dalai Lama describes as "a science of mind", have had a profound influence on modern cognitive behavioral psychotherapy. Neuroscience and evidence-based research increasingly validates the efficacy of Buddhist practices, such as mindfulness and forgiveness for mental health, happiness and well-being. This accessible guidebook will be of interest to any one who is interested not only in self-help, or clinical psychotherapy, but in better understanding the rich Buddhist traditions and ideas behind them.

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Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles
Published in Paperback by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2006-09-01)
Authors: Springhouse, Sharon Baranoski, and Elizabeth A. Ayello
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Wound Care Essentials --- Excellent Resource Guide
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-03
This is an excellent and up-to-date resource book for anyone interested in wound care evidence based practice. Starting with the list of "Contributors and consultants" who provided content. This is a list of "who's who" in wound care practice. Next I find the chapters well designed with many "practice points" identified. Each chapter ends with a "Show What You Know" section of questions and answers. I have found the references to be extensive and inclusive of recent peer-reviewed publications. This 2nd edition would make a great reference text for any clinical setting.

Good
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-28
This book incluedes a large amount of very useful knowledge; however, it is not extemely easy to read. There are great charts and assessment forms within the book that are useful. Content is good.

A great resource.
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-17
Most wound care books that I have read have given a great deal of info on wounds to one degree or another, but this book also gives great insite to the psyco-social issues that our patients and ourselves as health care workers deal with in wound care. I have had patients with painful deep MRSA infeced wounds that I let undress and redress their wounds due to the pain factor. Not only did it make their care easier for me, but easier for them and lowered the amount of pain meds needed prior to Tx. My managers were not to happy with this until I showed them this book, and pointed out that with the right teaching for our patients, not only was there less trama/drama, but wounds healed better, parients learned infection control and were better prepaired to be discharged and safely care for their wounds at home. This book backed up my choice of getting patients involved in their wound care as well as some of my choices it my treatments. My DON was so interested in this book that I lent it to her. Needless to say I have not seen it for some time.

Great assist for certification review
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-19
Great book to use in studying for CWS or other wound care certification exams. Up to date information on wounds, healing and important topics for comprehensive wound management. Well worth its price.

Donna McClure BSN, RN, ACHRN, CWOCN

Foundational text for student or veteran NURSE
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-25
I am a 30 year veteran of nursing working in a major metropolitan hospital. I work in Cardiac ICU and am a Skin Care Resource Nurse as well. In 30 years I have not found a better single source text on wound care anywhere. This is a foundational text for both the inquisitive beginner or the conscientious veteran! It is germane and salient with current BEST PRACTICE. If you are a nurse - you need one! If you are a nurse manager - you need one for your unit! What you are taught about wound care in nursing school, or medical school for that matter, is limited to surgical wounds. Information about other wounds you could fit into a thimble. I just authored a policy on skin tears at my hospital and many of my references for that research and meta-analysis pointed to these two authors, their work and expertise. I am buying a copy for a colleague, an MD.

General Practice
Wrongful Death, A: One Child's Fatal Encounter with Public Health and Private Greed
Published in Hardcover by Villard (1997-09-30)
Author: Leon Bing
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Must read.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-15
I was one of those kids in Southwood. Wow does this book bring it back and now it all makes sense to me.

there is hope
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Review Date: 2002-04-06
Christy Scheck did not have to die. The mental health system is getting better but there is so far to go. Especially in the eyes of the public. People with mental illness are not lepers, they just need medicine as a diabetic needs insulin. The general public is so ill-informed. This book is about this young girl who got caught up in the protocol of management and money and greed, and she did not have to die. There is hope and with movies like A Beautiful Mind and Girl, Interrupted and others, like Mike Wallace and Kim Basinger to bring mental health to the forefront of society, it will not hide behind the doors any longer, and will be dealt with in the dignified manner it deserves.

What Greed Does
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2000-08-04
It's amazing and truly sad what greed and money does to people, at the expense of someone else's life and a families happiness.

root of the problems
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2003-04-28
i read an article in Roling stone.. it in first paragraph stated the parents took this kid out of soccer coed... or something of that nature.. mostlikely the parents have all to do more with the death as much as the hospitals who take advantage .
i happend to be a honors student in art school no drugs or alchol and recovering frm bulima when my father intended to keep me from school by trying to tell a doctor iwas ill.despite he was told to leave me alone .. the next fifteen years of my life were draged into hospitals on lies and hysteria. i was subject to for no reason .. ect. and drugs and i had nt even suffered depression i was a higly educated and adjsuted happy person till my father began to do this.. he admitted this to but not to doctors my father was a md so it was easy to get away with this . my fahter was also a food aholic and gamblerand sick.. see a movie called terror in the family it goes into the lies parents tell of children and who realy is the sick person...
my life was destroyed by these places and i saw first hand what goes on and parents who realy need the places not kids who ar exposed to sick families dysfunction who are basicly reacting to an illness.....
they realy need to have the parents admitted along side the kid id they do this ...
i was kept sick for 115 years and negelcted of anything i said that would have saved me . as a reslut my life suffered ill from truama.... i saved my own life when i escaped this cycle of doctors looking for insurance. butthe effects of damge it left on my life eventuly despite i live about four to five years very happy super healty like i was before this happened i will now die from thethings that were done to me inthe years i was [mistreated] by this system.....
parents have all todo with this kids death .. if they were functional parents they would not need a shrink . they mighttry communcation and being honest with them self.. somewhere they failed and it is not just the system...

A must read for anyone who cares about kids.
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1997-12-14
Kafka lives and her name is Leon Bing. But the truly scary thing is that Bing's report on society - "A Wrongful Death: One Child's Fatal Encounter with Public Health and Private Greed" - is NON-FICTION. This could happen to any troubled teen - and it did. But what's even more interesting than how and why this 13 year old girl committed suicide while under professional medical care is how and why this book isn't getting reviewed! Attention authors and investigative journalists everywhere: you may have a story worthy of a Pulitzer or Nobel Prize - but how's it going to effect change if no one reads it?


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