The Death of Ivan Ilych is one of the most enspiring readings. It is written to allow the reader their own interpretation of what death and life are. It opened up many doors for myself, to look into what the future and death may hold. I believe everyone should have the insitefulness to read and be moved by this wonderful writing.

I am reading a short story called "the Death of Ivan Ilych" by Leo Tolstoy. In reading it I couldn't help but see what I notice in those that face terminal illness. There is the fear of the inevitable doom that each of us must face in life's passing, and how angry and bitter one can become, no matter how well one's life was before coming to the state of dying. As I turn the pages I cannot help but to see my father-in-law's struggle with his sickness, and Aunt Faye's struggle with hers. If you haven't read this short story, you should. It has a remarkable insight into the human attitude when faced with certain death. David Pinskey

It has been said that the starting point for the study of philosophy is a childlike sense of 'awe' at the universe and at existence itself. Fr. Sweeney certainly has that sense of awe and wonder at the world and at the ultimate reality: God. This wonder and awe has led him to contemplate God's nature, more specifically, the 'infinity'of His nature. Fr. Sweeney's brilliant work on the infinity of God spans four decades and is given a brilliant explicatio in this tome. I also recommend Fr. Sweeney's AUTHENTIC METAPHYSICS IN AN AGE OF UNREALITY and his recent CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY. Essential for students and scholars of the 'philosophia perennis.'

This text brings to surface the connection between philosophy and theology. The text includes some of Father Sweeney's previously published articles including:Was Augustine a Christian or a Neoplatonist? A great read for anyone wanting to better understand the link between theology and philosophy with empirical examples from some of the greatest thinkers.

Richard Leo paints a fantastic portrait of life in rural Alaska. And by rural I mean no neighbors for a 100 square mile area. It's the story of a man disenchanted with life in the city and a search for something more. His quest becomes fulfilled as a father to a newborn son. To build a new life for himself and Janus takes ever ounce of strength. But the rewards are lasting, as is Denali.

The edges of the earth is must reading for those of us who find North American society a greedy, consumer-driven regime which must be avoided whenever possible; for author Richard Leo chronicles exactly how this can be achieved. Leo's inspirational story of escaping to find a new life in the Alaskan wilderness will have you sitting on the edge of your imagination at times and marvelling at the spirit that lies inside all of us if we reach deep enough. Disillusioned with the mundane rat race of New York, Leo chucks it all in for the unknown wilds of Alaksa with $900 in savings and an extremely resourceful mind. Eventually he literally carves a new life for himself in the Alaskan wilderness, far from the shallow trappings of the society he escaped. His journey is a difficult and heroic one and well worth reading about. Leo's story appeals on many levels, from the psychological to the physical and at its simplest, details what happens when a man tries to strip life down to the barest essentials. Leo shows us the frightening beauty that can exist in the basic struggle to survive on a sometimes hostile planet. Great stuff!

Pacific Asia has become a very important region for commerce since the easing of trade barriers and expansion of the global economy. The effects of globalization have had a tremendous impact on Pacific Asia, not only through the creation of big multinational corporations, but their effects on social values and nature of doing business resulting from this increased competition. In Entrepreneurship in Pacific Asia Past, Present and Future, Professor Leo Paul Dana gives an in-depth description of the entrepreneurial events that have been occurring in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Professor Leo Paul Dana is the deputy director of the MBA International Business Program at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, as well as a Senior advisor for the World Association for Small & Medium Enterprises and the Associate Director of the ENDEC Entrepreneurship Development Center. Along with his expertise on entrepreneurship, Professor Dana has personally visited each location and therefore each chapter is written from his personal travels and experiences.

This book answers all your questions about how countries in Pacific Asia are dealing with the internationalization of entrepreneurship in the new global economy. This includes new and exciting incentives governments are providing to encourage entrepreneurs and create new opportunities for locals as well as the need for foreign experts to help train and work with local talent. The support programs that local governments are beginning to implement and the increasing amount of venture capital that is now more readily available for entrepreneurs, has made Pacific Asia a very attractive region for new business enterprises.

Each chapter begins with a countries historical overview that is essential in understanding the specific events that tailored and shaped the entrepreneurial activities and opportunities in each individual country. By acknowledging the past, we can better understand what strategies need to be implemented in order to support a strong entrepreneurial spirit in the future.

Professor Dana has shown how culture can greatly affect the business practices of a country. From the work-loving, motivated Buddhists in Thailand, to the multicultural, diverse and efficient Singaporeans, each country has its own cultural diversity that has shaped the economy and business community.

One of the main stresses of this book is on the role of the Chinese in entrepreneurship. The Chinese have deep entrepreneurial roots in each of the chapters described. For example, there are one million ethnic-Chinese in Vietnam. In Ho Chi Minh they compose 12% of the population yet control up to 50% of the local economy. Usually making up only a small percent of a country's total population, the Chinese have historically been very active and influential on their economies.

This book is perfect for both new business students who want to gain insight into the field of international business and entrepreneurship as well as more advanced students who can gain a more clear insight into the characteristics of Pacific Asian economies and business opportunities available in these 12 countries.

After reading this book, one will be able to see the limitations and advantages offered in each country and compare how these governments have attempted to expand there efforts into stimulating new business opportunities and remain competitive in the new global economy.

Did you know that marijuana is not only legal in Cambodia, but is often used as a flavoring in soups? Or that traditional Chinese law in the fifth century forbade merchants from wearing nice clothes in public? Did you know that in Japan, giving a potted plant to a sick patient is a bad omen, a sign that a malady may take root? Or that Laos produces some three hundred tons of opium annually? How about the fact that the Philippines is the word's third largest English-speaking country (in terms of population)?

In Leo Paul Dana's new book, Entrepreneurship in Pacific Asia: Past, Present & Future, the countries of the far east are presented with both the precision of a shrewd business man, and the sensitivity of one for whom this region of the world holds an obvious and ineluctable charm. Covering the ten countries that make up what is known as the "far east" - Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam - Leo Paul, in short erudite chapters, attempts to convey both the complexity and appeal of a region that harbors extremes of material wealth, divergences of spiritual practice and histories as rich in flavor as they are in turmoil.

The book is the first of its kind, pulling together a wealth of knowledge that will be required reading for anyone - student or professional - interested in getting to know either the culture or the business possibilities that abound in Pacific Asia. In Indonesia, for instance, a carefully constructed balance has been created between the country's massive reliance on agriculture, and the need to modernize and create more opportunities for entrepreneurship. Development programs have been set up to bridge the gap between traditional village life and the needs of a growing world economy. Considering the tensions in East Timor, it is important for entrepreneurs and western businessmen to be sensitive to climates that are undergoing such radical changes. And while it is perhaps impossible to retain the sort of agriculturally based economies that have led us to the present day, it is a worthy cause, as Leo Paul shows, to try and save those cultures within a broader context. Even in France, where the world economy is clipping along, there are fierce battles raging over how to manage GM foods and how the cultural inheritance for today's children will be defined. Leo Paul's book testifies to the presence of an Asian entrepreneurial spirit, and at the same time attempts to show the importance of paying attention to the cultural values that define that spirit. In Singapore, for example, "clan associations" were founded in an attempt to foster co-operation among people who spoke the same language. As Leo Paul says, "Mingling with other members helped individuals understand trends in product development as well as price fluctuations."

The complexity of entrepreneurship in Asia is astounding. The importance and preponderance of Chinese immigrants, for example, is a phenomenon which Canadians and Americans have witnessed on their own shores, but whose effect, perhaps, they have been ignorant of in other regions of the world. The Chinese brought both Mandarin Script and Chinese Medecine to Singapore; and in the Philippines, although they comprise only 2 percent of the population, they control more than half of the market capitalization in that country. Often, despite prejudice from local populations, as well as from colonial powers, the Chines have not only fostered, but helped expand an entrepreneurial spirit throughout Pacific Asia.

Filled with stunning photographs, taken by Leo Paul himself on his trips to the various regions detailed in the book, Entrepreneurship in Pacific Asia is a must read for the business minded of the next generation. That is, those who recognize that the world of business is no longer an isolated one, that to be successful you have to understand, or at least be interested in the whole world. An exciting time indeed to be an entrepreneur!

A thoughful look at death and dying through a child's eyes.

Love by Leo Buscaglia Book Review:

When Leo Buscaglia was searching for a title for this book, he was convinced that some other author would have used "Love" for a title but he was astonished that no one had. This made him more determined to reach as many people as he could with his books and lectures.

In reading Leo's obituary in our newspaper, the small headline said: "Hug Doctor Dies". Leo must have had a good laugh! He so did love to laugh and laughter is a wonderful source of love.

Like Jesus, Leo teaches that to love one another fully, to communicate and share with others is life itself.

This book is really useful, as it provides an easy reference to Harrison Ford's films and allows the reader to find the ones that are worth watching.

Besides the blurbs of reviews and general information on the movies, however, this book is made really interesting (and at times really funny too) because of the stories about the production experience for each of the movies that it includes as well. Seriously, it is hard to imagine, when viewing the finished products, the disasterous, strange, and hysterical events that occurred during the making of some of the films.

So, if you are a fan of Harrison Ford or are just a big movie fan who is especially interested in behind-the-scenes type information, this book is highly recommended. If you don't care for either of the above things, why are you looking here anyhow?

This was one of THE best HF books I have read! (It's one of the ONLY ones!) Even if you hate HF you would like this book! It has many off-screen photos. It has SO many pictures! The only thing I can say is, READ IT!!!!!!

This fanciful and colorful book is about a fish and tadpole who become friends while living in the same pond. Tadpole soon grows legs and leaves the pond. Fish is lonely without him and tries to follow. Disaster! The gently presented lessons in this book stir me still. The words are simple, but the meaning, real and multi-faceted, is accessible to all ages.

The book's message--sometimes what is best for you is right before your eyes. This book teaches basic information about frogs and fish. It has beautiful colors which captivate the children's imagination and interest. Thoughtfully and creatively written, one of my favorite Leo Lionni books. This is a book which captivates the interest of chldren of all ages. My pre-school age children love this book, as does the elementary age children in my classroom.

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Great imagery on archaeological sites. Flight into Yesterday is a must for anyone interested in geography or aerial photography.

This is just a simple little fable about a mouse who discovers music. Geraldine nibbles at a big piece of cheese until the remaining shape looks like a flute-playing mouse. Magically, the cheese mouse begins to play a tune, and Geraldine is so enchanted that later, when she and her friends are hungry, she can't bring herself to eat the cheese for fear of losing its music.

Both my children love music and they both loved this story. I think that even at a young age they understood how difficult it would be to have to make a choice between what you need and what you love. And as for me, well, every time I read it to them, I got more out of it. It's a rich, wise, deep story, but one simple enough for many four or five year olds.

What a shame it's out of print. Thank God for libraries.

I find it hard to believe that this fine book is out of print. This is about the magical and mystical nature of music, as told through the tale of the mouse Geraldine, whose discovery of a huge and delicious hunk of cheese leads mysteriously to her rapturous first ever encounter with music. My kids think it is magic. I think this book is magic.

I have claimed to be an agnostic for years with a strict penticostal background and according to my therapist a grudge with Jesus. A friend gave me this book to read who herself is a "recovering catholic" who shuns most religous-osity. I hesitated opening up the cover which has God in bright blue letters across the cover. But I was hooked before the end of the first chapter.

This book takes everything I ever learned and loathed about God, spirituality, and religion and twist it around, throws it out or clears it up in a mere 176 pages. All the things that have kept me stuck and stunted in my spirituality were addressed by Father Leo in a realistic and nurturing way. He suggest we clear out our "God Box" those things that keep us beat down, guilty and judged in our religions and work on co-creating our destinies with God. I now know I have a lot of work to do with my spiritual side... I've simply been lazy due to my fears. Who knows if I'll ever claim the description of christian again... but I know I'll be more spiritually sound in what ever path I take. Thank you Father Leo!

Leo Booth's book describes just how addicting conventional religion can become when it is taken as a final step in the spiritual life rather than what it really is meant to be: a first step in adult faith development. In an age when adults are turning to conventional piety in greater numbers, it seems, Booth's book is a practical guide for developing authentic adult spirituality rooted in wisdom when the "God Box" offered in contemporary forms of True Believerism loses its allure.

I consider works like Booth's (and many others) to be a kind of "warning label" on the real dangers of devotion associated with the resurgent fundamentalism and parochialism found today in most religious institutions and spiritual movements. Booth's work meets a growing need for spiritual recovery among adults who become disillusioned with the polarization, polemics and proselytism too ofetn associated with naive forms of religious enthusiasm, however orthodox and "grown-up" in nature.

Chapter by chapter, Booth leads the reader in recovery from the "numbing effects of... religiosity" (page 11), to the "reclaiming of spiritual power lost to dysfunctional or outmoded religious messages." (page 13).

Thanks to Leo Booth for encouraging us all to "experience 'The Way' demonstrated not just by Jesus, but by so many great spiritual leaders and teachers in all cultures and walks of life. Writing a new story for ourselves helps us discover the sacred in the secular that reveals God at work in so many diverse places- not only in the traditional religious scriptures, but in the words of ordinary people who challenge us to connect with our world." (page 183)