If you read this book, you will change your current life style. While simplifying you'll find new priorities for your life - you'll find room for the things that really count.

Letting go provides a step by step analysis of the following key problems: security blankets, the past, tired relationships, myths and fantasies, constricting personal habits, games and artificiality, outside pressures and the final letting go.

By reading this book you'll find greater intimacy with others, increased productivity and real joy.

Gutschow has written an inspirational bio that includes not only Chuck Adams extraordinary story, but asks the burning question "Is he really that good?" Many of Chucks guides, outfitters, industry associates, Fred Asbell, and even rocker Ted Nugent answer this question and provide insight into the much envied world of the Hunting professional.

After reading this you realize Chuck is the "Tiger Woods" of bowhunting he is so much better because he works at it much harder than most.

As a non-bowhunter, until reading this book, I never realized the superiority complex some "traditionalists" have over those who use a compound bow. Speaking of Tiger, I have no doubt he could beat me with wood shafted clubs and a leather golf ball. If he wanted to use them fine. THAT DOESN"T MAKE HIM (or you) A BETTER GOLFER or HUNTER! He uses the most advanced products to be the best he can be.

Other Highlights:
The hunts leading to Chucks Super Slam. The Brown Bear hunt is incredible.
The physical stamina needed to go to the rarified spots that hold trophy animals.
His detailed preparation and practice for his hunts.
Ted Nugent is hilarious, merciless, and right, in his analysis of Chucks critics.
The insight into the industry (its not all smiles and handshakes.)

This book is well written, and will make you a better hunter. For non-hunters (like me) it is an interesting read about an individual at the top of his profession that motivates you to be better at whatever is your passion.

Maybe I'll check out the bows next time at Cabela's......

This book delivers the universal message that all spiritual beings yearn for in selected verses from the Holy Quran. The translations are easy to read and well written.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning more about Islam and spirituality.

What a great book about multiculturalism and how important it is for us all to recognize and celebrate each others sameness. I loved this book for the message it had for everyone. I think every adult should read this book too! Put it on your coffee table and pass it around to your friends! The artwork is very pretty and really adds to the story. Great Gift IDea!

Reviewed in International Relations...

This penetrating littlebook raises questions which belonged until very recently to the realmof the unthinkable. Its point of departure is that the state - or atleast nearly all states - is neither independent nor sovereign in thecommon meaning of these terms and should not pretend to be. AdamWatson does not suppose that the state is about to disappear or that aworld government is either imminent or desirable. His concern is theadaptation of the idea and status of the state to the realities andneeds of today and tomorrow. These needs emerge in his concludingchapters as the imperatives of peace, prosperity and standards ofcivilized behaviour: these being the goods which the state exists todeliver. Adam Watson's rare range of historical erudition andpersonal experience give his analysis and prescriptions a driveequalled by few.

The state as we know it is a European product whichhas proved to be one of Europe's most acceptable exports. Europeanstates have always displayed considerable diversity and inequality butthey have for several centuries formed a recognizable category byvirtue of certain common features, chief among them territorialdefinition and legal sovereignty. In the present century the number ofstates in the world - and therewith this diversity and inequality -has been enormously increased by, first, nationalism and the principleof self-determination in Europe and, secondly, the decolonization ofAsia and Africa. There are now nearly 200 states in the world, some ofthem very small, many of them very poor and others (of all sizes) illgoverned and therefore dangerous to their citizens and theirneighbours. This last feature is not new. It has characterized theEuropean state from its first appearance. It is also the principalcause of dissatisfaction with the unfettered power of the state in itsexternal relations and of state governments in their domesticaffairs. The state has many virtues but it often does more harm thangood and even more often it is exceedingly and harmfullyincompetent.

Powerful states have always interfered in the internalaffairs of lesser states, restrained more by practicalities than bypolitical theory or legal sanction. But whereas in earlier times itwas supposed that states ought not to interfere in this way, today itis thought that perhaps sometimes they should. A comparison of theCovenant of the League of Nations with the Charter of the UnitedNations illustrates this shift. Although article 2 (7) of the Charterspecifically upholds the older view, other articles are renderedvacuous if article 2 (7) is strictly interpreted. Nor has it been,albeit that attempts to square this circle have been ill-starred andclumsy (e.g. safe havens for Kurds in Iraq). In the last few years theIMF, having adopted the role of physician to national economies in amess, has made its aid conditional not only on certain economicremedies but also on the establishment of good government - by whichit means more democracy as understood in the West and evidenced bymulti-party elections (which may too easily be turned by fraud andforce to undemocratic ends). Earlier this year outside intervention inSouth East Asia's economic affairs was loudly opposed by nationalleaders as an illicit infringement of sovereignty but then acceptedbecause it was too glaringly obvious that the states in trouble hadproved themselves strikingly incompetent in regulating the economicgrowth which they had vaunted and enjoyed. In some Latin Americancountries the state in effect shares power with criminal organizationswhich displace the legitimate government in wide areas and evenprovide the inhabitants with the services which governments aresupposed to provide. And other examples of governments not in controlin their own houses are plentiful. The point is that outsideintervention, with its corollary of legitimate infringement of theabsolute independence of the state, has come to be seen as a goodthing in some circumstances. These circumstances are mistily definedand the practicalities of intervention are riddled with pitfalls. Thisbook seeks to point a way towards diminishing the confusion and thepitfalls.

An international order consisting of states may be eitheranarchic in the sense of no-rule-of-law between states or subject to adegree of dominance or hegemony by one or more superiorstates. Anarchy, dangerously unpredictable, has become even more sowith the proliferation of states and their ever closer contacts withone another. The alternative is hegemony - the surrender of someauthority in order to avoid a Hobbesian nightmare. As Watsonemphasizes, hegemony is not a simple concept but a variable resultantof the forces along a continuum, from a Napoleonic or Hitlerianabsolute (dominion) to a more measured relationship like that betweena conglomerate corporation and its subsidiaries. These relations areset by law and political culture as well as sheer power. Allianceshave immemorially worked that way and in the modern world theinternational system rivetted together by economics and communicationstechnology is no different. Specifically, it depends today on how theUnited States of America regards and treats the United Nations. AdamWatson believes that the restraints on any hegemonical power havebecome much stronger in our time. That is the main point in thisbook. It is the view of a hardheaded, intelligent, professional man -not the view of a romantic optimist. It is comforting, coming fromsuch a source, but as I stand poised to endorse it I hesitate. Overthe last decade or two the United States has seemed to me moreinclined to make a virtue of going it alone with or without satellitesthan to moderate its judgement of ambitions in the light of thejudgements of others. The test of leadership lies not in thewillingness to give a lead but in deciding what to do when your leadis disapproved. What impresses me most about the United States is notits great power (others have had that) but its extraordinaryhistory. For most of its life it has existed in a vast area withoutanother state or consequence in sight. It is difficult to think of anyother state of which this is true. China, yes; but certainly not anystate in Europe where the horizon is cluttered with states not veryfar away. It may be too much to expect any Superpower to accept in itsheart or its policies any serious limits to its independence. Nonehas. The locus of great power has shifted away from Europe to NorthAmerica and may, some predict, shift again in a century or so toChina. Do these shifts augur a more civilized handling of great powerby the giants of the next age than by Napoleon, Hitler et hoc genusomne? This is a short book about a very big question, highlyintelligent, carefully distilled. It provides crumbs for comfort buthow big those crumbs are none can yet say.

This book has a lovely story about colors, in the context of Puppy's friends and activities. The sentences have nice rhymes and are not so bad to read five hundred times in a row (as any parent of a young child is going to have to do!) My son loves to sleep with the fluffy puppy on the cover. It's a toy and a book all rolled into one, and very worth the purchase price.

I've read several books on the historical development of the Catholic Church's liturgical year, and Adam's book is without peer. Well-written, clear, concise and thorough, it explains the evolution of the church seasons and individual feasts, solemnities and memorials. Special emphasis is placed on the liturgical reforms begun under Pius XII and completed by Vatical II. This book is not simply for the divinity school professor or student, but any person with an interest in this subject, even if s/he lacks any formal education in this area. (There's also a companion volume available with spiritual reflections by the author for the different church seasons and holydays.)

This work provides three studies which attempt to examine how effectively local citizen groups can challenge the existing production system and its political support. The examples include water pollution, wetlands protection, and postconsumer waste recycling. In each case, the authors directly confront the simplistic assumption that simply "thinking globally" can enhance the effectiveness of local movements. However, they suggest new models for mobilizing local citizens, using a form of "political franchising", involving the interaction between local movements, national and transnational movements, and the aggregation of organized local movements

Texas is a large state and includes several hardiness zones. How can one book give advice covering such a variety of climate and soils?? This one does - ranging from the Rio Grande Valley to the high plains of the panhandle. Rather than trying to give all information about all plants listed in the more than 200 lists, this is a shopping list and a guideline of what will thrive and do well in a particular part of the state.

Given are not only lists of the common names but also the scientific names of the plants included. And there are lists that cover almost any conceivable type of plant.

Just as an example, the chapter entitled "Annual Color" includes "Annuals for Alkaline Soil", "Annuals for Beginners', "Bulbs for Central Texas", "Annuals for Sunny, Hot, Dry Places", "Annuals for the Beach", "Cool-Season Annuals", "Wait Until its Really Warm to Plant These", "Texas Specialty Cut Flowers", "Anuals for Fragrance", "Kathy Huber's Favorite Summer Annuals", "Everlasting Flowers", "Annuals That Do Well In the Shade", "Annuals You Can Plant In The Heat Of Summer", "Annuals For Hanging Baskets"," Tallest Annuals For The Back Of A Border", "Annuals For Naturalizing", "Super Easy Flowers From a Packet of Seed", "Annuals That Bloom From Spring to Frost if You Deadhead", "Annuals That Bloom Unaided from Spring to Frost", "Greg Grant's Surefire Annuals and Bulbs", "Bulbs All Year Round".

In addition to Annuals, chapters are devoted to perennials - ferns and ground cover - kitchen gardens - roses - tropicals, succulents, and exotics - shrubs - trees - vines - special lists and gardens - books - magazines - websites, etc.

This books is especially useful to garden enthusiasts moving to Texas from other States. I am a Texas Master Gardener and maintain a gardening web-site. I receive many email requests for growing conditions in Texas. Since this book has been published, my job of answering these questions has been made much easier - my answer is "Secure a copy of 'The Lone Star Gardener's Book of Lists' ".

This phrasebook is easily one of the best I have seen. It's small size will fit conveniently into a pocket, making it more useful than larger ones. Although it does not have a huge dictionary, it does have many common words and phrases. Since it does fit into a pocket, I found myself going to this book much more often than the larger dictionary that I had with me. It contains very useful sections on pronunciation and grammar as well as phrases arranged by topic. There is a dictionary in the back that is both English-to-Hebrew (with phonetic pronunciation!)as well as Hebrew-to-English. Both dictionaries contain the words in English, the phonetic pronunciation, and the Hebrew spelling. The English-to-Hebrew dictionary lists the English word, the Hebrew pronunciation, and then the Hebrew word. The Hebrew-to-English dictionary is designed for English speakers; the words are given by their pronunciation, then the English word, then the Hebrew spelling. There is also a good section that covers the correct wording based on gender. This guide is designed for english speakers, and unlike most of the Hebrew dictionaries out there, it does not require prior knowledge of the Hebrew aleph-bet. There are also interesting cultural anecdotes and tidbits sprinkled throughout the text as well as descriptions of all the important Jewish festivals and holidays.

This book gives the best bang for your buck; you can spend more money on a more extensive phrase book, but this one will get you through most situations.