Z Books

As an artist I can truly appreciate the wonderful illustrative quality of Ms. Showalter works. For her first book her use of color is excellent. I am looking forward to buying the next book that Ms. Showalter illustrates whatever it may be. Good Luck Ms. Showalter

The 26 two-page spreads, with single-sentence text on one side and gorgeous, expressive illustrations on the other, make this a top-notch picture book for children aged 2 to 8. The seven Pages for Grownups at the end, with a compact lesson for each animal story, are more than icing on the cake. The teaching guides contain a copy of the text, scripture citations related to the animals depicted, a short statement of the lesson to be learned, and suggestions for using the stories for religious education at home and in the classroom.

In her introduction, Camille explains that the animals she chose highlight a virtue, such as self control; symbolize a desirable characteristic, such as trust in God; or warn of wickedness, such as greed. As an example, let's look at "V is for vipers that resemble nasty folks." The illustration depicts three angry priests. One points a finger in Jesus' face; another crosses his arms and glares; and the third clenches his fists and squints his eyes while puffs of smoke exude from his head. Three intertwined vipers mirror the gestures and expressions of the priests.

The grown-up reference for "V" is taken from Matthew's gospel in which Jesus uses the term "brood of vipers," a phrase, Camille tells us, first used by John the Baptist. The lesson topic is "hypocrisy, being true, inside and out." In her reflection, the author emphasizes that the viper isn't just doing bad things, but is pretending to do good while really doing wrong. She shares a story about third-graders who understood the concept of hypocrisy quickly, and suggests that they might be less familiar with the idea of integrity. The teaching section ends with "We don't want to look or act like a bunch of snakes! We want to be true like Jesus."

Animals of the Bible from A to Z is a Christian ABC book for young children. Each two-page spread associates a different animal mentioned in the Bible with a letter of the alphabet, along with a simple color illustration. A fun and adventurous book to read aloud to young people and help them learn their ABCs. "X is for the extra-special donkey that could talk! / Y is for the yearling lamb that gave his life for Jesus."

Like the generations of children who have enjoyed the lessons of the animals in Aesop's Fables, this book offers a treat for children whose parents or grandparents enjoy engaging them in the wonder of story. Leading the way on each page is an animal, delightfully illusrated, and a description that begins with "A is for....." to whet the appetite for the story. Alice Camille provides that story in a "behind the scenes" section at the end of the book which contains not only the story and a lesson, but also the bible reference that could be read also. And there you have it all--a picture to enjoy, a story to tell, and a lesson to be learned.

It's about time. An ABC book that has something to offer beyond A is an apple. A "Bible book" that is neither preachy nor boring. A spiririual book for children and adults alike, offering the young and old reader engaging art, and a platform for further questions. An instructional book, allowing for a quick read or a detailed discussion of the Bible story shown and the lesson within it.

What a find! I'll be buying several copies of this one, as I want my own, would like one available for my kids and would like to share this book with others. Good work!

As a physical therapist, I was impressed by the comprehensive approach to health and fitness that this book offered to its readers. I especially appreciated the section covering stress and sleep, which is all too often left out of an exercise program. The use of nutrition and exercise in conjunction with each other, really offers a reader a lifestyle rather than just a program to follow. It is made easy, fun and very do-able for even the most sceptical. As I leader and director of a facility, I have already recommended this book to my patients and my therapists to use as a resource for home exercises programs.

I bought the book following hip replacement surgery, which left me handicapped and I now follow the excercise regime laid out, paying
attention to the precautions which accompany the various movements.
This I have found to be very useful.

The procedure for calculating my daily caloric intake, together with the
Body Mass Index Table and the list of Calories Burned per Hour during the
performance of various activities has been very informative.

It is also comforting to note that the authors list the sources from which their data is obtained

This book provides a holistic and comprehensive program for people of all ages. The Anti-Aging Fitness Prescription, safely, details important excercise, nutrition and lifestyle tips that are great for everyone. For example, there are informative charts that help you determine your BMI (Body Mass Index) or daily calorie intake; illustrations of body toning excercises, stretches; and tasty, creative recipes. Most of all, there's also an eight-week activity map and nutrition diary to help keep you on track. This is a great fitness plan thats sure to be effective conveniently outlined in one book!

This book provides great information for those interested in getting back into shape, or for those who want to add something new to their existing exercise program. The information is provided in an easy to follow, step by step format. It is also unique due to the fact the book is written by a dietician and a physcial therapist. As a physical therapist myself, I was excited to see this unique colaboration. I will feel confident in providing this literature to my patients as an adjunct to therapy.
Marco C. Physical Therapist

This book is well done. Anti-Aging books come in all shapes and forms. This book gives excellent advice regarding this matter. The program presented is like a prescription (hence the title). You follow what is presented to you knowing there is science behind the advice.

The book covers a very important area in modern medicine. The aging baby boomers who are beginning to retire. So many have neglected their physical health (and diet) for too long. The book offers a practical program for improving one's health no matter what age. The book does not offer to stop aging. No one can promise such an idea. The book will help you control how you feel as you age as well as what practical steps you can take as time goes by.

The book is well illustrated. The book is written by well a known dietician and physical therapist.


Reza Gorji, MD

Very cute book with adorable ideas. Many ideas can be translated into non baby projects. Most ideas I had seen before, however it is nice to have them all in one book.

This book is so beautifully done -- the photographs, the how-tos -- that even if you don't intend to do the full blown projects, you can channel your creativity and your baby mementos into something amazing with the author's help. Great baby shower gift!

I enjoy making baby shower gifts for my friends and family. This book gave me more great ideas for unique gifts to give.

This book is a gorgeous collection of decorating projects and ideas for babies' rooms -- perfect for a shower or holiday gift, or as motivation for your own adventures with a glue stick. Suzonne's How-To's are fun and easy to understand ( as opposed to some designer project guides that leave you with a tortured mess of twigs and dough, and glitter in unmentionable places. Or . . . maybe that's just me ). Whatever your skill level, rest assured that 'B is for Baby' will inspire an artistic confidence you didn't know you had, and fulfill a creative outlet you didn't know you were missing. Have fun !

I received this book as a gift and really was excited!!! I always want to do craft projects, but sometimes feel like things are going to be too complicated. This book makes it seem easy and doable, and has inspired me to start making some craft projects right away. The step by step instructions are easy to follow. Doing small craft projects is really satisfying and I find it better for relaxing than meditating or a martini!!!

I love this book and my kids love it. It's a fun book to read.

I really liked this book. The bus took the kids on a wild and crazy ride. I like how it swallows them up and spits them out at school. My mom and I love the picture where the teacher is hanging on for dear life. Cool book!

At a friends house, I just read this (four times) to my soon to be five year old daugther. She wanted more (so now I'm ordering it).

Kids love big vehicles (I think because kids have an innate fascination with big animals) so riding a school bus as being swallowed by a dinosaur (which then coughs them up when they get to school) is just perfect.

What I (and I think my daughter) loved most about this was the verse. The story is told in the first person from a boy riding the bus-o-saurus to school. The meter is that of Edger Allen Poe's "The Bells", one of my favorite poems.

This fun, energetic, quirky book was a great birthday gift for my 5-year-old stepson. The terrific upbeat rhythm and fun illustrations will make it a favorite in our home library.

This is what read-aloud is all about!
Starting off with a jazzy, snappy rhythm

Early in the mornin'
when the sun is done a snorin'
the boppin bus-a-saurus
comes a-rippin' and a roarin.'

that continues to the very end

. . he burps us out reversed
with the Tardees going first
and the rest of us in spurts
around the town.

This bouncy bus-a-saurus
had my pre-schoolers boppin' to the beat!
And the zany pictures with the kids bouncing
on the tongue are hilarious! We've gotton a lot of mileage out of this bus!

OK, I know two of this book's authors, and yes, I saw portions of it during development, so I had an idea ... but I wasn't prepared for the insight, the wisdom, the sheer genius that is Clean Business Cuisine. Finally, a management book for Terry Pratchett fans!

Hyperbole aside, Clean Business Cuisine has serious business concepts clearly, concisely, and (very) amusingly made. Accessible and interesting to managers, entrepreneurs, and even those not interested in "business." Very worthwhile (and I say this despite the fact that I had to purchase it myself, and did *not* receive a complimentary copy signed by the authors - hint, hint).

The ultimate business cookbook - great gags and fun.

So there I was, feeling glum and wondering whether or not I had got it all wrong. The business was doing fine but I had all these things to do; service quality programmes, business excellence workshops, blue sky business plans and then along comes 'Clean Business Cuisine, Now and Z/Yen'. It was like looking in a mirror! I could see myself as part of the quirky, nonsensical restaurant and laundry that Mainelli and Harris have conjured up out of an ancient Oriental philosophy based on.........

It made me laugh out loud and it made me sit up and accept that our Human Remains department bears a striking similarity to the machinations of the Kwik Klining Duck Tea House personnel chappie 'Ai Char'. This is a book to treasure and to read to friends after a hard day at the latest corporate focus group meeting - just to get a detailed grip on the big picture. I am now a believer in clean business cuisine but you gotta read the book to believe.

The concept of an amusing business book is something of an oxymoron, but this book succeeds in both entertaining and imparting some useful views of evergreen biz issues. The authors' choice of two archetypal businesses, a laundry and a restaurant are inspired as they are both easy to understand and offer a backdrop for their sense of humour. Those of us who have to struggle with running businesses will recognise many of the scenarios but the historical setting provides an opportunity for the authors to make serious and potentially common-place points in a compelling way. The sub-Confucian slogans, which pepper the text, work well and one chapter contains the best description of the technology dilemma I have ever read - and this set in a time before IT existed!

It is a long time since I read a business publication and I confess the main reason that I chose this book was that I was attracted by the superb design and the quirkiness and because on a quick browse it reminded me of the spoof book - The Official MBA Handbook - which I had greatly enjoyed. (I am considering buying copies for my niece at business school and I may have also solved my Xmas present problem for business contacts...for which I am very grateful.)

I've never been one for reading management books but this one is different. The business messages are hidden (not too deeply) in a story about ancient China which means that you can read it as a novel or just dip into the chapters you want.

The humour itself is clever and helps the book along.

Can't wait for the sequel!

I take a lot of pleasure preparing meals for friends and family and find Cooking A to Z a joy to use as a reference. I've given this as gifts to like minded friends and those new to the culinary world. Well worth having in your kitchen book rack! The waffle recipe is great!

This is a top go-to reference for the serious cook. When I wanted to make fritters, there it was. When I wasn't sure how much fruit to use for a cobbler, there it was. Part encyclopedia, part cookbook, part highly entertaining album of tempting photos, this versatile book is good for hours of browsing, and years of cooking. There are three indices: subject, recipie, and technique. In addition, there are special cooking tips, such as how to tell how done your steak is, an exhaustive roasting timetable, a guide to dried pasta, and a pantry guide to preserves and condiments. With a new kitchen to furnish, I especially appreciate the list of common materials for kitchen equipment.

I bought this information-packed cookbook when I was first starting out on my own. It was a hard-cover book then & also, the very first cookbook that I could call my own. I've made hundreds of recipes from it - most of which were outstanding - and added dozens of notes to its pages over the years.
The best part is that each time I've tried a new method or ingredient, I've also had the benefit of learning more about it.
This a perfect cookbook for anyone starting out or for those who are interested in more than just a recipe.

Jane Horn's "Cooking A to Z" is a fine culinary reference. Almost every entry for a food item includes advice on use, selection, storage, and seasonal availability. While recipes abound, there is a distracting inconsistency on the use of numbers-sometimes they are spelled out (one cup), and sometimes they are listed numerically (1 cup). This is especially annoying with fractions, which are spelled out throughout the book.

Still, this volume has its priorities straight, for the most part, and devotes generous space to the simple foundations of good cooking: the humble egg, knives and knife technique, and so on. Overall, this is intelligently designed and gorgeously photographed.

I saw this cookbook at my mom's house and begged for it. We are both experienced cooks, but I still have found this book very useful. There is something for everyone, with clear and helpful information ranging from mundane to exotic. I like the tips and advice more than many of the recipes, but I think most would appeal to the majority of people (I'm finicky). This high quality book is large and lays open very nicely (but do yourself a favor and buy a plastic cookbook holder/shield), the pages are thick and glossy, and there are lots of gorgeous and tempting pictures. I turn to this very readable reference book frequently. I really use the sections on how to choose particular items, from sugar snap peas to kitchen gadgets. The step-by-step directions for omelettes piqued my husband's interest (he generally hates any kind of food work) and now he is a hit on weekends!

Beautifully written stories that explore relationships; the difficulty of maintaining them and the quagmires created with a breakup. To some extent we are all messed up and we have all made bad decisions and questionable choices. We've all felt stuck. Ms. Ehrhardt doesn't ask us to pity her characters, most of whom are cheating on their husbands or thinking about cheating, but to understand the complexities of the human heart.

As a prelude to her stories, Pia Ehrhardt quotes Robert Lowell, saying, "Yet why not say what happened?" The implication, of course, is that saying what happened is what we avoid. Not so Ehrhardt, whose stories take an unflinching look at heartbreaking moments, situations, relationships and choices that life dishes out. From "A Man," where a maimed rape victim tries to find consolation in her rescuer, to the provocative adolescent sexuality of "Famous Fathers," Ehrhardt refuses to back down. This is what life is like, her stories say. Deal with it. Even better is the way Ehrhardt says 'what happened.' Her sentences are taut and elegant. Her observations are both funny and judicious. Her characters don bear suits, and trespass to climb water towers--broaching intimacies at dizzying heights. This is a debut that not only faces down life, it entertains, so we can face it, too. Read it.

FAMOUS FATHERS by Pia Z. Ehrhardt. Wow! Winner of the Narrative Prize, Pia Z. Ehrhardt creates landscapes of the physical world and the heart that are equally vivid, lush and invigorating. As adept with universal human understanding as she is with the wild, uncontrolled, and brilliant nature of the feminine, Ehrhardt's authorial light infuses her stories and sends readers into the space of the forbidden, a liminal encounter with secrecy, intimacy, loyalty, and power. With stories in McSweeney's, Narrative Magazine, Mississippi Review, Pindeldyboz, and Wild Strawberries, her work evokes the pursuit of self and other in a contemporary fusion of that which is at once female and daunting. This is a marvelous story collection by a proven writer with precise and luminous prose. Go buy it right now!

A character in one of these short stories expresses herself by quoting famous people, and as I neared the end of this outstanding collection, I thought of General Sherman's observation, "It is well that war is so terrible--or men would love it too much." These stories seem to say "It is just as well that adultery is so terrible, or men and women would love it too much." Except for the very first one, these stories are beautiful and true. The most attractive and characteristic element of Pia Ehrhardt's writing is her unique voice and narrative persona, which is simultaneously energetic, observant, sensitive, sensuous as well as sensual, and honest, but also cold, ruthless, matter-of-fact, skittering along the edge of deception and self-deception (but almost always saved by the authorial consciousness floating above), and deeply funny. Being funny requires a writer to maintain perspective, and an often painfully honest perspective also generates the honesty in the voice and narrative persona of these stories. Nietzsche couldn't resist cheap shots, and he wrote things he knew to be untrue just because they were witty, but in the imaginative world of FAMOUS FATHERS, humour is always true, always honest, always cleansing--even if having alcohol poured over an open wound hurts like hell. The short story, FAMOUS FATHERS makes me realise, is the perfect form for depicting adultery--a drama of concentrated choice, a fateful act, the fulfillment of a doomed wish. There is no future to adultery, because if there is, it becomes something else. Is it a coincidence that some of the greatest works of literature have adultery as the mainspring of their plots--THE ILIAD, the AGAMEMNON of Aeschylus, the story of David and Bathsheba (and poor Uriah the Hittite), MADAME BOVARY, and ANNA KARENINA? These works all go on to explore other aspects of life, but Ehrhardt stays intensely focused on adultery itself, and her fascination, her attraction to it, and her honesty make these stories extremely compelling. The range and depth of Ehrhardt's treatment of the subject can be seen in excerpts from two stories. The story "Stop" closes with a beautifully seductive image of the momentary freedom and joy that adultery offers: "Try to forget that jumping-on-a-tramopoline feeling, when life is the top of the bounce, and the view up there is scary and crazy and sweet. The two of you with your hair flying, his unbuttoned shirt caping behind him, and eight feet of air under your feet." But these, and other passages describing the attractions of adultery are balanced by the deeper truth revealed in the story "How it Floods", in the context of a character's child: "I pray that he falls in love the way other people fall in love, where it's just a gift offered by a man and a woman at about the same time, where their hearts are flying toward one another, sure and scared." Unlike the primitive and emotionally stunted content of "Adult" entertainment fare, these stories really are for adults, for those willing to humbly, honestly, and observantly read about, and reflect on, the inexplicable, and finally unknowable, desires of the human heart.

Pia Z. Ehrhardt's stories are a pleasure to read, even when the people (and they feel like people, not characters) are suffering. She understands the mistakes we make, and the sometimes clumsy gestures we offer, afterwards. Her stories, mostly set in New Orleans, are lush and atmospheric, but the focus is always on the heart. Ehrhardt is too honest to offer easy solutions--she understands that love is a serious, messy business--but she honors the effort. Each story arrives fully bloomed--the shorter stories work as glimpes, broken snapshots--but her longer stories, like Alice Munro's, carry the emotional weight of novels. Forgiveness is everything. My favorites are "Driveway" and "The Longest Part of the Day," but every story here, every sentence, is a hard-won gift.

These books are a step above the early reader books and yet not as difficult as the Hardy Boy and Nancy Drew books. They are easy to read and a child who is 8 or 9 can most likely finish one of these a to z mysteries in a day.

They are fun. They have a little bit of mystery with three friends working to solve the mystery.

I have read some of these books just to check them out. This one was one of my favorites in the series.

The book The Haunted Hotel by Ron Roy is part of the A-Z Mysteries series. I have enjoyed many books written by Ron Roy. In The Haunted Hotel there is this ghost that terrorizes the hotel and three kids try to figure out who the ghost is. The main characters are Josh, Dink and Ruth Rose .The book is set in a hotel. It shows how hard it is to be a detective.
My favorite part was when they found out who the ghost was. The book is very exciting and fun to read. I recommend this book for people who like mysteries. That's what I think of the book.
By Hilda

The time that I read this book I felt so thrilled for the ghost that tortures the Shangrala hotel.This book is the one reason that I bought the entire series. Ron Roy is a person that loves mystery books. I am glad he made those books because if he didn't then I wouldn't be thrilled by any other book.

This book was great. I liked it because it was a good mystery for younger kids! My favorite part was when they found out who the ghost ...was! I think it was a good book and I hope other kids enjoy reading it like I did!!!!!!!

It was the first book I ever read in the A to Z mysteries. I like it because it was short and there were map in the front page. It about three kid, Dink, Josh and Ruth Rose who solve the mystery of the ghost in the hotel. Read it, you will like it.

I just read a report today (February 23, 2006) stating that a panel of pediatricians are recommending that all children, from 6 months to 5 years of age, be REQUIRED an annual vaccination against the flu virus! Whoa, whoa, whoa their boy. Not so fast. Enter Neil Miller's brigade of truth-seekers. Miller's book should be a must-read for any cognizant parent who wants to keep their children out of harms way of Big-Pharma controlled CDC, FDA, HHS, etc. Well documented and brilliantly researched, it answers the questions as to why the Germ Theory and Isopathic theory are flawed, the consequences of the blind "facts" of vaccination success, and how we can empower ourselves against the Pharmaceutical Beast. Compulsory vaccination programs need to be halted at once, and Neil Miller's expose will pave the way for the re-education of a once-enlightened, responsible society.

The author has done extensive research into the effects of immunizations and presents much data that would be lead a person to believe that vaccinations do much harm and provide no benefit.

In the forward by George R. Schwartz, MD, he states that "a voice is seeking dialogue and requiring counterpoint" (page 8). Dr. Schwartz does not provide this counterpoint but only states that he "advocates the standard vaccinations" (page 7). But this is critical for the average reader to make an informed decision. Both sides of the issue should be presented in this book in order to help the reader make the best decision possible. Perhaps a format where the author presents his findings with an opposing view of from the medical establishment and rebuttals would serve the reader best.

The book presents some very convincing statistics, however I was very disappointed in the misleading manner some of the numbers were reported.

Many times the author points out that infection rates were falling before the vaccine was introduced and implies that the continued rate of decline was not due to the vaccine. Although the prior decline is relevant it doesn't prove that the vaccine is not effective. The infection rate might have stabilized at a higher rate without the vaccine. Even if the vaccine were effective this argument could be used to show that it wasn't. The data that needs to be compared to resolve this are infection rates for comparable populations of those vaccinated versus those not vaccinated.

Another example is on page 29 where it states that "In 1989, 89% of all school-aged children in the U.S. who contracted measles were adequately vaccinated". This is a misleading way to present the numbers. It makes it impossible to evaluate the effectiveness of the vaccine. To demonstrate this, suppose that million children were vaccinated and 22 were not. Also suppose that there were 89 cases of measles from the vaccinated group and 11 cases from those not vaccinated. In this scenario 89% of cases are from vaccinated persons. However what needs to be compared is the percent of cases in the vaccinated group versus the percent of cases in the non-vaccinated group. In this example 0.0089% of the vaccinated group became ill versus 50% of the non-vaccinated group. These numbers are fabricated and are only used to demonstrate that some of the statistics reported in this book can be misleading and are not the best data to using in determining the efficacy of the vaccination.

What I find more troublesome is that author "is a medical research journalist", has a degree with "an emphasis on statistical analysis", and is a member of Mensa (a society for those with a genius level I.Q.). With this background the author, Neil Miller, must realize that the data mentioned above is misleading and is not the relevant statistic to compare to judge the harm or benefit of the vaccination in question. What is needed is the rate of infection, death, or other complications, such as autism, in similar groups of vaccinated versus non-vaccinated populations. After seeing data presented in a purposely misleading fashion I came to question the author's sincerity when he states that "I merely try to present the facts in a clear and straightforward manner".

In conclusion I would like to point out that the author has done society a great service to gather a tremendous amount of information and raise very important issues regarding vaccinations. His conclusions might very well be correct! However the reader would greatly benefit if the author expanded the book and co-authored it with those of the medical establishment propounding alternate views and then include a series of rebuttals. With the tremendous amount of medical information available and contradicting positions the reader is generally left with doubts and concerns. Having an open dialog, as proposed in the forward of the book by Dr. George Schwartz, might help resolve and clarify many issues in the reader's mind.

You owe it to the health of your child to do the reasearch before allowing him/her to be immunized. I have done alot of reading and talked to several Dr.'s and have decided against any immunizations. The information is out there. Why take a risk? I started seeking info. after I became pregnant because I worked with a man who has a 5 yr. old that is severly damaged by the DPT vaccine. He was a thriving baby, doing everything on time until his 6 month vaccines. That night he started having severe seizures, up to 100 per day. Now he is unable to walk, talk, or function at all. It's sad. I will not take that chance and I have made an informed decision. You can double check Mr. Miller's information. He's not making any of this up. It's based on fact, not opinion.

'Immunizations', a euphemism for forced vaccinations, have outwardly cost 500 million dollars and an impending estimated 1.5 billion dollars from current lawsuits from caused deaths and disabilities. Neil Z. Miller's expose on the likely insanity and dangers of this 'treatment' seems very well documented. Studies show the inefficacy of vaccination but its practice goes on.

Miller points to obvious data showing that the amount of vaccination in a culture is in direct proportion to its disease incidence. Miller ties in the facts of our rampant and zealous childhood vaccination programs with our extremely high infant mortality rate (for a developed country). These vaccinations typically contain mercury, aluminum and formaldehyde. An adverse reaction from a vaccine on a child is not attributed to the vaccine if the reactin occurs more than a few hours later. This and other unsound data collecting techniques protect this possibly lethal practice.

U.S. soldiers from the Gulf War had a high incidence of complications. The British and French troops did not. The difference? The American soldiers received extensive 'immunizations' (including anthrax) before their deployment.

Miller also brings up the quite alarming possibility that the AIDS epidemic was a purposeful event on the peoples of Central Africa. The countries that received our 'help' with extensive immunizations (known live viruses along with plenty unknown viruses found in monkeys) had the highest incidence of this disease.

Hopefully Neil Miller's work will get the attention it deserves from the World Health Organization and others so that if there is healing to be done from this travesty, it can be done now... and a lesson can be learned.

Five Stars

This book was well worth a second read. I first read it in 1996. As a member of the generation that was allowed to get the measles and chicken pox, this book made sense to me. As the parent of a child brain-damaged from pertussis vaccine toxins, I welcomed this well researched work. I wish I had read it when I was pregnant with Bill. I read so much on nutrition and breast-feeding. I did not even know that infants were vaccinated before I took my son to his first well-baby visit at 6 weeks old. I thought it was just that, a well baby visit. The doctor's attempt to fix what was not broken resulted in a developmentally delayed baby and then later a moderately mentally retarded adolescent. Now with a mentally retarded adult child, I can say there is nothing moderate about post-vaccinal encephalopathy. The politics of immunology is well reported in this little book. It is very to the point. Mr. Miller proves his thesis over and over again and vindicates those professionals who have gone against the grain and refused to participate and those parents whose voices are too seldom given a hearing on this issue. I love a good expose' and this is the best of its genre. It's a great murder mystery, a whodunit that Mr. Miller unravels in great style. The truth is always good, sometimes it goes down a little hard. The price of the book is little to pay for a truth I learned the hard way. ie The truth that corporate profits are being served and not public health. I have bought several copies and given them away. The reality of the tragedy and the scale of this tragedy that he reports on has been suppressed. As a Holocaust Studies major, I cannot help but notice the similarities between attrition by vaccination and the systematic nature of the other war against civilians. One of those similarities has been the refusal to believe atrocity stories. As a parent who 22 years ago began telling of the terrible trauma inflicted on my innocent son, I feel vindicated but I don't feel better. Two of the chapters in this book are "Human sacrifices" and "Genocide". Find out what are federal government has been up to while we have been looking the other way. Margaret S. Scheuer

This has become a very useful tool for my adult Sunday School preparations.

It is packed with loads of information not only in the form of Biblical commentary but also in terms of information about people, places, things, and events in the Bible. Also, while Bromiley tends to be on the Evangelical side of things in terms of exegesis (he's from Fuller after all, as are some of his co-editors, one of whom is from Wycliffe), he at least mentions the many interpretations that various passages of scripture have (including neo-orthodox and liberal). He also provides numerous, though at times cryptically short, references for those with the desire to look them up in a good reference library.

One criticism I have is his writting style, particularly in some of the exegetical sections, is a little terse, and more explaination of the Hebrew/Greek would be helpful.

Beware of the new cut-price printing of this set being offered various places for $99.99. The ads say you are saving $180.00, but it's not the same product. The cheap version has a cheap glued binding and no dustjackets. These books are too thick and heavy to be bound that way. With mine, the picture pages in the center just cracked loose and fell out. A 200-page novel that will be read once can have any kind of binding, but heavy reference books that will be used repeatedly are a different story. What looks like a super deal on eBay or Amazon Market is likely to be the cheapo version.

Earlier printings are available used for about the same price, with dust jackets and some of them (not all) have a far-superior sewn binding. It's nice not to worry about pages coming loose, and to have a book that lays open flat. The ISBN does not tell you what you are getting. For example, the May 1993 reprint of Vol 4 has a sewn binding, but the otherwise identical November 1988 printing does not. Maybe there were complaints about the earlier printing coming apart, I have no idea. I don't know whether the set Amazon sells for $176.40 has a sewn or glued binding; my advice is to call Eerdmans and find out before buying. The text is always identical, as long as it's the "Fully Revised" version; I believe the last volume, Vol 4, was first issued in its fully revised version in 1988, the other volumes earlier than that. The first printings of fully revised Vol 4 have 1211 pages, later printings have 1240. The difference is a set of errata pages, which you can photocopy from a library.

As a pastor, I find the ISBE a wonderful tool, not only for study but for ideas. Material from articles on subjects like "peace" or "conscience" provide information and insights not available elsewhere.

The ISBE contributors represent various evangelical positions. The set often includes articles that are barely evangelical, contributors frequently holding to inspiration but not inerrancy. Though I find myself more conservative than many of the contributors, I find the insights invaluable and the thinking scholarly. There's not a lot of the same old same old surface info, but depth and even some original thinking.

Highly reommended for students of the Word, with a note of caution to those of us on the conservative end of evangelicalism.

Great reference material on any and every subject you can think of in the Bible. This is definitly worth the price, if you're a serious Bible student, having this comprehensive work on your bookshelf would be an invaluable asset!

Highly Recomended!

This is an increadible resource for any serious studant of the Word of God. I bought research both this and The Anchor Bible Dictionary. Both are Well done. Though this one, to my delight, is written from a more Conservative stance. If you appricatiate folks like Chuck Swindall, John MacArthur, Tony Evans as I do, you will enjoy this work. I WOULD HOW EVER HIGHLY RECCOMEND THE DIGITAL VERSION. The folks at Logos really got it right. One reviewer above mention compuer being hard on the eyes. To that I say increase the font, which you can not do on the printed version. I like the elecronic version as a siminary student when i quote from the book and copy and paste it to my paper it carries over the footnotes for me. What a Godsend.