Mark Kistler has created a series of drawing books, videos and T.V. shows that teach and encourage children to draw in 3-D. His Draw Squad and Imagination Station books are full of fun, interesting and challenging drawing lessons. In this book, 'Mark Kistler's Drawing In 3-D Wacky Workbook', he provides a convenient and easy way to practice drawing and keep a drawing journal. The lessons in this book accompany another book, 'Drawing in 3-D with Mark Kistler.' This workbook provides space to practice the lessons found in the drawing book. I found the book to be a good way to encourage daily drawing practice. The lessons are compelling enough to keep children motivated. The characters are fun and friendly, and still challenging enough to keep children stretching in their artistic endeavors. The only downfall of this workbook is that it is directly dependent on the 'Drawing In 3-D' book and does not stand well on its own. Otherwise, as a practice and art journalling tool, it is helpful. I recommend this and all of Mark Kistler's books to teach children about art concepts and how to draw, draw, draw in 3-D.

Mark Kistler has created fun, exciting, and challenging drawing lessons in his Draw Squad and Imagination Station books. Using a few simple rules, he teaches how to draw 3-D scenes, objects and characters. This book, "Drawing In 3-D Wacky Workbook", is a companion to Mark Kistler's "Drawing In 3-D." When used with "Drawing In 3-D", the Wacky Workbook becomes a place to practice the skills and characters taught. I like the fresh, fun drawings he teaches. When used thoughtfully,the book becomes an art journal, showing how you are improving as you go through the book. The skills learned can be applied in many and various ways. The only objection I would have is that it does not stand well on its own, but depends on the "Drawing In 3-D" book for it to make sense. Otherwise, it is a fine tool to help children practice their drawing and record their progress.

I think Marks books are wonderful, hands down! My daughter did the Draw Squad book when she was 10 and now she's 14 and draws like a pro. She gets better every day, thanks to these books!

Sad to say this is the first time in 30+ years that I had to take a book and throw it in the closet. "Mark of the Werewolf" begins like the first 80 pages have been eliminated and your starting in the middle. The characters were not integrated into the novel they seemed to just jump out at you at the most peculiar moment. Not worth the $.. dollars invested.

Reading A.B. Wallace's "The Mark of the Werewolf" is like stepping into a long novel that has hit full stride, or catching a movie after all the boring build-up has past. Not that this book doesn't have build up of its own. It opens with a bang and ends with one and there is plenty in between to sustain readers who love almost every genre. I kept thinking about the movie "Wolf" as I read this one. Not only for the werewolf elements, but for the big city atmosphere and the suspenseful moments of mystery and intrigue. The dialogue is very well written and the prose is quick to the punch yet articulate. The chapers are rather short, which lends "The Mark of the Werewolf" to be seen, at least in the eyes of this reviewer, like a movie on the page. A.B. Wallace has created her own world in her own voice within the realm of reality. Highly recommended!

All kidding aside, this is a must read novel for all fans of the werewolf/horror genre! Ms. Wallace's tight plotting and masterful manipulation of the setting reminds this reviewer of Whitley Strieber's bestseller--"WOLFEN." The backdrop of the Big Apple's cityscape and the rich characterization add to the blood-curdling terror. This author is almost sadistic: she reels us in and out with no mercy, causing the reader many sleepless nights! As Dean R. Koontz says, "... true suspense is achieved when the writer understands the proper focus. Too many writers create a scene where a busload of nuns is struck by an onrushing train,and then--linger there. Suspense is created by the question: where is the train going and who will be it's next victim? Ms. Wallace has obvisiously done her homework!

I truly hate to say negative things about the writings of a fellow Martial Artists. But, this book is not very good. I am sorry that I purcahsed it. The leading problem is that Mr. Wiley does not interview the individuals who truly came to define the modern Martial Arts in the late twentieth century. Certainly, a person like Marc Decosco is a great Action-Adventure Actor, but it was his father, Al Decosco who truly helped to formulate the trends in the modern martial arts. Yet, he is not interviewed. James Lew is a well known Martial Art Stuntman, but talking about how he has a Martial Art clothing distribution company does little to advance the mind of the reader on the whole. Curtis Wong, is a publisher of some very important magazines. The questions that are asked of him, however, reveal none of his trial and tribulation and how he came to help define an era with his magazines.

I am truly sorry to say that this is not a good book. I had anticipated more. The people questioned and the interviews themselves are extremely limited.

In this book, Mr. Mark Wiley interviews some of the leading people who are currently shaping the martial arts in the United States and abroad. Fourteen indepth personal interviews with the top people in the martial arts covering everything from research and publishing to sport and entertainment. Bruce Lee fans will love the interviews with John Little and Hawkins Cheung. Andre Morgan, Mark Dacascos, and James Lew give a candid look into the martial arts movie industry from a behind the scenes perspective. The history or Okinawan karate is covered by Patrick McCarthy and European sword arts and duelling are covered by J. Christoph Amberger. The study of Hoplology by Hunter Armstrong and martial arts sports science by Christopher D. Hess. This book has a little of something for everyone. It's a book not to be missed!

Mark Wiley is an unacknowledged American martial arts treasure.

In a field cluttered with wannabes and self-promoters, nobody can touch Wiley's depth of research, personal committment to the arts and ability to strike off telling, ultra-readable prose.

The 14 interviews in this current work cut vectors of enlightenment through every main vein. Here are the subheadings: The Martial Arts of A Country; On Individual Systems and Styles; Martial Arts As Sports; Martial Arts And Entertainment; Martial Arts Research And Publishing; and Martial Arts And Life.

In other words, inclusive to the max. There's no better way to get an entertaining and accurate cross-section of the state of the Arts today.

Great work!

The issue of American servicemen who are missing in action in WW II, Korea, and Vietnam, continues to be plagued by books, articles, websites, and organizations that spread pseudo-history, misinformation, inaccuracies, and falsehoods. This book is one of the landmarks of that genre. Sauter and Sanders selectively quote from official records, cite unidentified sources, cite sources whose stories have been completely refuted, and generally weave a tale that, while it sounds convincing, is nonsense to the core. Co-author James Sanders' latest caper (in 1997) was to use his wife's connections to gain access to the wreckage of TWA flight 800 where he removed a piece of fabric from a seat. He claimed that the red substance on the fabric was missile fuel, proving that TWA 800 was shot down by a US missile. He has even published a book on the subject. TWA, the FBI, and the company who manufactured the seats have all pointed out that the substance is the adhesive used to attach the fabric to the seat cushion. "Men We Left Behind" is based on similar "scholarship." For example, to support their claims that thousands of US POWs were abandoned to the Soviets at the end of WW II, Sanders cites a message sent in April 1945 from a British commander in the Ukraine, reporting that approximately 14,000 Allied troops were under the control of a Soviet general. Because 14,000 Allied POWs were not repatriated from the Ukraine, Sanders concludes that these men were abandoned to the Soviet gulag. Sanders conveniently overlooks a follow-up message from the US National Archives in which the same British commander reports a few days later that his first message was in error. In fact, there were 14,000 Russian troops under Allied control. When I pointed out this fact to Sanders, he accused me of fabricating the second message. "The Men We Left Behind" is nonsense. Sadly, though, it perpetuates the pseudo-history that surrounds the MIA issue. For a serious look at this subject, read H. Bruce Franklin, "M.I.A.: Mythmaking in America," Susan Katz-Keating, "Prisoners of Hope," Malcolm McConnell, "Inside Hanoi's Secret Archives," and Paul Mather, "M.I.A.: Accounting for the Missing in Southeast Asia." All four of these books are available from Amazon.com.

Deceived by the government, about the fate of its other lostsons. Now, the compelling story of the fate of POWs is revealed in horrifying detail in The Men We Left Behind. The Men We Left Behind reveals that it was neither peace, nor honor, but blackmail and dishonor.

The Men We Left Behind is the definitive expose of this despicable fraud. The book includes compelling personal stories of individual POWs who were caught behind enemy lines and Pentagon lies. The authors name these POWs and tell their tragic stories.

The Men We Left Behind reveals how the Senate POW Committee, chaired by Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, in an effort to rush theCommittee's investigation and open trade with Vietnam, covered up the true story and protected Henry Kissinger and other U.S. officials as they concealed the truth.

Confirmed by interviews with returned POWs, sources within the KGB, The Men We Left Behind is a shocking indictment of Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, the Department of Defense and the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs.

This 1993 book covers the POW/MIA issue from World War II through the Paris Peace Accords to the corruption in the 1991-1992 Senate Select POW/MIA committee. Sauter and Sanders expose the fraudulent POW/MIA "official" positions taken by the U.S. government.

The number of documented examples along with critical analysis puts this book way ahead of those books supported by the U.S. government. If you want to see solid documentation on the biggest scandal of the century then this book is a must read.

Rich Daly

Researcher and Member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota League of POW/MIA Families and Minnesota Won't Forget POW/MIA

I originally picked up this book because I am interested in Complexity. It isn't about complexity, in spite of its title -- it's an instance of 'Critical Theory.' I'm not a big fan of "Critical Theory," and this book won't make me one (it this is good critical theory, I'll have none of it, thanks).
The discussion of "Catastrophes," "Chaos," and "Complexity" in the introduction was enough to make me wince: I don't know much about any of them, but enough to know that Taylor has it wrong -- or, if not wrong, is at least naive and superficial, so superficial that Taylor seems to know only that Complexity is 'hot,' and has piled some gibberish around it.

Mark C. Taylor is among those very rare writers and thinkers who are able to take many disparate disciplines of knowledge and perform a synthesis which creates wisdom. With "The Moment of Complexity" he does this and more. The book is not a technical treatise on a specific field, not a presentation of new scientific findings; it's not even one of those futurist manifestos that all those former Wired Magazine journalists churn out so frequently. Rather, "Complexity" is what I would call a "theory of everything" book.

With this book it's evident that Taylor has been thinking about certain heady concepts for at least all of his adult life. Indeed, I've also read an earlier work of his, "Hiding," that touches on some of the same ideas. But with Complexity he has honed his thinking and added even more contributing topics, all zeroing in to our current turbulent moment of history.

It's difficult to describe briefly what this theory of everything entails, as you might expect with most theories of everything. Taylor's is personal and professional, and it's been developing since the 1960s. It includes a sometimes dizzying array of topics and references to other thinkers, including artificial life, chaos theory, information theory, evolution, semiotics, cultural studies, Derrida, Foucault, Baudrillard, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Lamarck, the history of the modern university, cybernetics, emergent phenomena, fashion, intellectual property... and more!

Taylor somehow manages to weave a coherent and compelling tapestry out of all these threads, with results I can only describe as profound and inspirational. By looking at recent history and its social upheavals through a lens informed by the latest ideas in these fields, he arrives at a very convincing and intriguing picture of the fundamentally different sort of world we are seeing develop around us right now.

Beside the wise observation and intelligent synthesis, though, he also does something else that's very rare with these sorts of projects: he attempts to explain his theory in practice. The last chapter of the book tells of his experiences over the past few years creating a new kind of company engaged in shifting some paradigms in higher education. It's great to see how Taylor has tried to put his ideas to work in the field that he knows best; as a professor, his personal and professional experience with colleges and universities are where his "theory of everything" touches the ground. Still, though it's a tall order, I would have loved to see perhaps one more real-world example. Perhaps this would have required partnering with someone from another field to co-author one more chapter, but the connections between the heady wisdom and the real world would have then been that much more clear.

However, that's a minor criticism. All in all, "The Moment of Complexity" is a book I would recommend highly. Anyone with a bit of patience, an ability to grasp some extended analogies, and a hunger to connect our present time with past developments in multiple streams of thought, should read this book.

An absolutely brilliant writer with a command of his resources. As well as being able to guide the reader through complicated histories and concepts, the book is completely engrossing and a delight to read.

Hmmmm.... J.I. Packer, Thomas Oden, and Timothy George giving "advance praise." My first question, after seeing that Intervarsity Press was the publisher of this series, was, "What are conservative evangelicals doing reading the Fathers?" After perusing the Mark commentary, I can see that they haven't, at least in any diverse way. The idea that the "Fathers" were a monolithic entity who were in agreement on "exegesis" runs throughout this book, as well as the Romans volume. Any trained exgete will know that this is madness--there has only been one period in the church when views and scholarship were more multifarious than the present age: the Patristic period!

The particular sort of scholarship as well as the conservative (read: unrepresentative of biblical scholarship as a whole) intent of the series is indicated in a cover blurb from Richard John Neuhaus (NOT a conservative evangelical). Can you detect the ideological underpinnings of the ACCS from this perjorative sentence?: "In the desert of biblical scholarship that tries to deconstruct or get behind the texts, the patristic commentators let the pure, clear waters of Christian faith flow from its scriptural source." Goodness, is that really what is going on in the ACCS? Which Fathers, may I ask--Origen? Universally ignored or maligned in conservative seminaries (the largest of which in the world I am a product), Origen is one of the few really interesting voices in the ACCS, but only his least "dangerous" commentary is allowed in the series, it seems. Same for the Cappadocians, and many others. In any event, it is no "commentary" at all--which manuscripts were being commented on? Were these all from exegetical works, or were the exerpts from the Fathers taken from letters, sermons (polemics) and such? Why these comments, and not others? Is this ALL the Fathers had to say on the issues? Certainly, only a selection could be presented, but again, why these comments arranged in this way? A possible answer: these support the readings of the biblical texts the editors wanted to promulgate.

Sadly, these questions go unanswered, I am afraid. None of the diversity and dissent of the first centuries of the faith shine through in this volume, and that is what is needed in any deeper reading of the Fathers. Early Christian writings can indeed shake up our complacent scholarship and our spiritually devoid lives, but not if they are packaged in such a mundane way. Ideologically-driven scholarship is immediately suspect. I predict that this laborious project will gather dust on the library shelves of mainstream centers of scholarship and seminaries, if they bother to spend budgeted money on it at all after the IPOs hit the bookstores of the world, blaze for a while (nice, slick covers on these volumes), and fade away.

In all, avoid the steep price for these books, unless you want high-dollar Sunday School literature. And it's too bad, too--this is a great idea for a commentary set. Maybe Doubleday ought to take over the idea from IVP; they gave us the Anchor Bible series and dictionaries. Now THAT would be something to be reckoned with.

Next.

The ACCS is a unique achievement in the world of biblical scholarship. In an age in which legitimate scholarly commentaries seem to be limited to the "current" and "relevant," the ACCS reaches back to the roots of not just biblical scholarship, but biblical piety, and it is there where it makes its mark. With the ACCS, we read of the role of scripture in the lives of faith of great men such as Augustine and Chrysostom, and we thus come to realize that any "scholarship" done on the bible in their day was done out of faith. Anyone current in modern biblical scholarship can see how this is a far cry from the detached scholarship coming out of so many seminaries and graduate schools today. As a catechetical tool for parish religious education programs, the ACCS comes highly recommended as a means by which the believer can come into contact with the Christian past. However, the merits of the ACCS stop here, in the face of more than a few criticisms and obstacles which it ignores.

First of all, the commentary on Mark, and I might suspect the whole series, over-simplifies the Christianity which it seeks to present, giving the impression that the "Patristic period" was a time of consensual thinking void of serious conflict. Often, certain passages of Mark will be commented upon by church fathers who did not even consider each other as "orthodox" (a loaded term in need of qualifying), or who were only considered by many to be orthodox in their own time, or only years after their deaths.

The less critical reader may come away with the idea that patristic theology was a school of thought not unlike reformed or existential theology, which we know is not the case. By offering examples from third century fathers like Origen (deemed a heretic after his death and hardly an example of "consensual thinking"), fifth century fathers like Augustine, and eighth century fathers like John of Damascus, there is a tendency toward anachronism in the ACCS, which can only paint an artificial picture of ancient Christianity, a picture which seeks to ignore (and I would wonder why) the diversity and conflict so common in the church during late antiquity. Also, given the method by which certain texts of the fathers were chosen (and not chosen) for the ACCS, I would wonder at the criteria: do we only hear from the texts of the fathers which agree with the agenda of the editors, or do we really get a full picture of the ancient church?

Second, I would question the editors' choice of sources, of examples which are supposed to serve as representative of patristic thought. Many of the sources cited were not even biblical commentaries, and thus any examples of what a church father said about a biblical passage runs the risk of being taken out of context in the ACCS. More often, the writings which the ACCS editors present as a father's comments on a biblical passage were from mere letters, or treatises on topics other than the particular biblical passage at hand. Usually, when a father did quote scripture in such non-biblically focused works (such as catechetical lectures, apologetics, etc.), his goal was to proof-text from scripture in order to make a point, his goal was certainly not scripture commentary. However, in presenting such passages out of context as if they were solely commentaries on scripture, the ACCS again paints an artificial picture of ancient Christianity. You would think that the doctoral students who worked on this project with Professor Oden would know better.

Finally, I would question which biblical manuscripts the fathers were commenting upon when they wrote the works which serve as the sources for the ACCS. As Professor Oden should know, there was no single Greek (or Latin, or Syriac, etc.) manuscript of the New Testament in the age of the fathers which could have served as the only basis for commenting upon scripture (consider here the codex vaticanus, sinaiticus, etc.). However, in presenting all the varied comments by the fathers on these passages of Mark, giving only the English RSV as a referent, the reader again gets the false impression of a mushy "consensuality" among those who only later came to be called fathers of the church, a "consensuality" which is supposed to span centuries as well as cultural/linguistic/geographic boundaries.

The questions the ACCS does not answer are how we are to reconcile the disparity among the manuscripts of the NT used by the fathers, and the basis upon which can we use a ready-made English translation whose underlying Greek text was quite unlike that used by the men whose comments are employed in the ACCS. These ultimately come down to a question of method. These questions are not answered because (conveniently perhaps?) they are not addressed, but shouldn't they be, in the spirit of scholarly inquiry? It is this lack of variant readings and clear articulation of method which, I feel, calls the "scholarly" legitimacy of this work into question.

In conclusion, I would have to add that it is the perspective of the reader which will determine the usefulness of the ACCS. If one's goal is merely to refer to what some of the fathers said about a passages of scripture, in order to find a link between the church's past and present, then the ACCS is a fine reference. However, if one's goal is to probe the methodology and presuppositions behind what has come to be known as patristic exegesis, the ACCS can only serve as a convenient starting point for one unfamiliar with other sources on the subject. Even in that case, the usefulness of the ACCS cannot be expected to last long for those with the deeper questions.

This first book in a series of commentary on the scriptures is highly recommended. Many modern commentaries are concerned with historical background, sources, etc., which are useful in their way, but once you get past that and want to just dwell on what it means spiritually, this is a great way to do it. This book includes the text of the gospel of Mark in short sections, so you don't have to flip back and forth between the book and a copy of the Bible, but can just stay with one book. Underneath each section, the commentary proceeds verse by verse with selections from different early Christian writers. This structure makes the book easy to use in slow, meditative reading of both the Bible text and the commentary on it, so you can dwell on it a verse or two at a time, or you can go at a faster pace if you wish to. And while it's very good for devotional reading, it is not sugary or overly sentimental, as some modern devotional writing can be sometimes. It's just good, solid stuff from intellectual and spiritual giants who had pondered the meaning of the scriptures for a long time before they put their thoughts on paper. Some years ago, I had occasion to see a Jewish commentary on the first five books of the Bible that included sections of quotations from ancient Jewish rabbis commenting on the meaning of the passages. I remember thinking at the time that I wished Christians could have a commentary like that too, using ancient Christian writings. So it's wonderful to see this first volume and I'm looking forward to getting others in the series.

This book is essentially a pocket-book cut-and-paste from other nice economics books. Skimps on details, jumps subjects without covering any one in details with examples. As is typical of any cut-and-paste job book, this book does not cite any references at all (maybe there are just too many of them!!!!). The title of the book is funny (maybe the author wanted to be creative at least in the title), because although the book is named as MBA Economics it hardly describes any business scenarios in detail in this pocketbook. A complete waste of money.

Review: Economics students come from varying backgrounds and this book does a great job at bringing students to a common, intermediate level understanding of microeconomic theory. The perfect book for executive, accelerated, part, or full-time MBA programs. Recent Experience (Fall '99): This book was used in a 1st year foundation class for MBA students at the State University where I go to school. Micro is taught out of Jackson's MBA Economics text during the first half of the semester and Macro is taught out of another textbook entirely during the second half of the semester. I read the really bad review of this text on Amazon before the semester started but tried to keep an open mind about the class. After completing the class, I couldn't disagree with the review more. I have had the following four reference texts on Economics handy all semester : (1) Byrns, Stone Economics, 4th edition (2) Heyne, Paul The Economic Way of Thinking 8th edition (3) Gwartney/Stroup Macroeconomics 8th edition and (4) Grant, Ireson, and Leavensworth Principles of Engineering Economy 7th edition I read Jackson's MBA Economics book cover-to-cover plus a lot in the listed references and I couldn't find a shred of evidence that this book was remotely close to a cut and paste job. In fact, I would say it goes out of its way to be short, concise, and different. Jackson's MBA Economics cuts out a lot of the "fluff" you will find in a lot of "really good" textbooks on Economics. Lets face it folks, how much of that can you learn in 16 weeks anyway. I liked how MBA Economics cut to the core concepts of micro by presenting it in two sections. In Part I, you'll learn about Product Markets: Pure competition and efficiency and in Part II you'll learn about Factor Markets: Pure competition and equality. In fact, I could tell you all about Microeconomics after taking this class. The information is presented in a way that is useful and applicable for the real business world and especially MBA students. This is a fun book.

I took Mark Jackson's course during an MBA program at a local State university. Prior to this class, I had read two other economics books. I'm impressed at how well MBA Economics is written. It's not only concise, but also thorough and appropriate for business majors. Please be aware that MBA economics only deals with micro NOT macro. I highly recommend it. My only complaint is that Mark Jackson didn't write the Macro version of this book...at least not yet.

The book is a rehash of the authors' 1999 publication "Running Microsoft Excel 2000." Both books have the same problem, i.e. a lack of comprehensive examples. Of the two, this book is only slightly better. Some of the examples appear to be extracted from the Help file rather than providing additional needed information.

Also, for someone learning or attempting to advance in Excel, neither of these books follow the [helpful] format of the rudimentary "Step by Step Microsoft" books that include, in the margins, pictures of the buttons. These give the relative novice potentially quick aid in navigating the system.

This book is not a bad introduction to Excel, but for me, it falls short of it's title. If you need explanations on such basic operations as "Altering Cell Contents" -or - "Formatting a Cell", then this book is no a bad choice. It's well organized and the writing is clear. It just doesn't contain the kind of depth I expected. I would think that a book with an ambitious title like " Excel from the inside out" would at least contain some information on advanced subjects like creating addins but it doesn't. The CD that comes stuck in the back provides nothing of additional value. I think the authors just compiled some useless odds and ends they had laying around in order to have a CD to include - possibly hoping it would improve sales.
If you are not at all familiar with Excel then you could do worse than this book but if you are looking to extend your knowledge beyond an introductory users manual then this is not the book you want. In fact this is the kind of book that Microsoft should be providing to you free - as part of your purchase of the software. Come to think of it, if you are new to spreadsheets and haven't made a purchase yet, do the industry a favor and buy Lotus 123, or QuatroPro and skip this book and Microsoft both.

Contrary to the other two reviews that existed when I wrote this, I found this book to be just what I needed. I have years of experience with every version of Excel, but only at a modest level. Because I do my work in SQL Server, I never needed any of the more obscure (to me) Excel features, until now. This book answered several of the how-to questions I had with its examples.

I have to agree with the reviewer who wanted more depth. While this book has met my immediate needs, it is clear that it is going to leave me wanting more, very soon. I will certainly have to buy a more advanced book, but I would not have been happy with a very advanced book before I used this one.

My advice is to take a look at the sample pages on Amazon and only buy the book if it addresses your specific issues.

I thought the book by Kappeler was horrible, i often found that the chapters in the book lead to no point and that often the chapters contridicted themselves. The book really only did good to give a politically biased idea of criminology with many random statisitcs that were from ten years ago or older.

This book has a mixture of great writing and interesting content. It's very easy to read, and enhances understanding of problems with propaganda and crime.

This is a good introduction to the misinformation and mythology that pervades our knowledge of crime and criminal justice. I have used this book as a required text when I teach CJ classes. It is perfect as a complement to traditional textbooks and a good read in itself. While I wish the authors would tighten up some sections and extend their coverage to more topics, this is the best book of its type available. The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice shows how much of what we think we know just isn't so!

The worst book I have ever read! Actually, I have never read it

This is a wonderfully unique, readable book combining Buddhism, Magic/ Western Mysticism, and technology in a workable and enjoyable blend. Buddhists, Pagans, and "techies" I have reccomended this book to have all liked it.

This is a truly fascinating book. It has depth and is an easy read at the same time. If you are into Buddhism or not, you will like how the story unfolds. I read it two times and still love it.