We went to Glacier Bay in August 2001 and I can truthfully say that Mr. Kelley's photo's captured what we saw. We never got as close to the brown bear and we didn't see a hoary marmot, but, hey, we're not professionals and we were just there for a week. The glacier shots are so perfect; just open your freezer, put on some warm clothes, look at those photos and save yourself a few thousand dollars in air-fare, etc.

We just came back from kayaking for a week in Glacier Bay and this boook captures the place and the experience beautifully! A "must have" book if you've been there to relive the experience or just to feel like you've been there without leaving home. A great book!

I just bought this beautiful "coffee-table" book in Juneau 2 weeks ago. We had spent almost an entire day cruising Glacier Bay. This is the first collection of pictures I've ever seen that truly does justice to the majesty of the place. I love it so much I'm buying another as a gift. You can tell Mark Kelly lives in and loves this very special part of the world. This guy is gifted!

What a brilliant study these authors have compiled! Mandatory reading for anyone with an interest in the role of agriculture/food in the developing world.

Global Food Projections to 2020...a critically important look at the way in which food policy will affect the changing dynamics of the global economy and the lives of billions throughout the world, and how we can develop new strategies to combat hunger and poverty. An excellent work!

Dazzling! The breadth and insight of this volume will lead you into some serious thinking about emerging global issues. I particularly liked the analysis of hunger and poverty in Africa.
While not a page turner, this book keeps your attention until the end on these pressing topics.

I was given a copy of this book in a chaplain's office and I was pleasantly surprised by the wisdom provided from these daily readings. For example, "...when we risk the first step toward our dreams, the next step will become clear, then the next, and the next- as if light begins to illumine our way ~ From Captain Picard: A Matter of Time: 45350." This is a positive step in the right direction and affirms some of the readings I have gained from such books including "The Secret of Letting Go" by Guy Finley and some of the works of Anthony Robbins and Dennis Waitley.

I found this book filled with the kind of character building contemplations which make the application of "right actions" possible in our daily lives. A complimentary volume to Roberts and Ross' "Make It So". the author employes quotes from "Star Trek" episodes as insightful launching points for consideration of many of life's deeper questions. Presented in a format of daily meditations, it makes easy and thought provoking reading. Enjoy "the Journey"!

I am a Star Trek fan, and bought this book as a lark. I have been delighted to find that it is a well written, thought provoking guide for daily meditation. The daily thought starts with a Star Trek quotation, then integrates elements from many different facets of spirituality and self growth. An excellent way to start the day.

This is a great book to get your athletes motivated. The fun and easy to read format makes the book essential reading for every competitive gymnast. Coaches, if your gymnasts read this book, it will make you a more effective coach. I also enjoyed Going For It "2" the sequel to this book.

It is a great book, that addresses many of the underlooked parts of gymnastics. Setting goals, dealing with fears, overcomming obstacles, and basically becoming a more well rounded gymnast. This and his book "Going for it 2" are must haves for every coach and gymnast. (Coaches buy 2 so you can lend one to your gymnasts...)

This book was extremely helpful with many athletes that were lacking direction. They found this book easy to read- could be read in about 1-2 hours. Teaches athletes the importance of goal setting, hard work and risk taking. Excellent for young athletes in all sports.

Once you have spoken, even the swiftest horses
cannot retract your words. -Chinese proverb

The analysis of public address is one of the oldest sources of human communication studies. Many students encounter the study of rhetoric in public speaking classes where they are focusing on preparing their own speeches. They learn to make clear presentations, logical arguments and how to perfect their delivery techniques. By studying rhetoric, it is possible to develop individual communication skills.

In selecting the speeches for this volume, the editors were guided by a commitment to the Isocratean perspective and have attempted to bring together instances of rhetorical practices which represent the height of rhetorical culture.

"As an art, public speaking, or rhetoric as the ancients called it, is measured and evaluated generally in terms of the ideal forms through which it produces wisdom; as a political practice, however, it is measured and evaluated in terms of the material power or effect that it wields over the audiences who attend to it." -LMB/JLL

The first set of speeches have important implications for contemporary American society as the genetic foundation of rhetorical culture. This section offers speeches drawn from the Greek, Roman, and Judeo-Christian rhetorical traditions. They include:

Oratory in Classical Antiquity: Pericles (Funeral Oration), Gorgias of Leontini (Encomium on Helen), Lysias (Against Eratosthenes), Demosthenes (The Second Philippic), Marcus Tullius Cicero (the First Catilinarian), Moses (The Decalogue), Jesus of Nazareth (Sermon On The Mount) and St. Augustine (Sermon on The Lord's Prayer).

In Pericles's Funeral Oration, there is an expression of ideological principles like "the good of the many vs. the good of the one," that are as important today as they were in the fourth century B.C.E. These speeches also help students to develop a critical , historical perspective on the thetorical foundations of contemporary society than it has to do with understanding the cultures of classical antiquity.

The second set of speeches come from the Golden Age of Oratory and these speeches deal with individual freedom. They include speeches by:

Martin Luther (I'll Take My Stand), Peter Wentworth (On the Liberties of Commons), Queen Elizabeth I (To the Troops at Tilbury & The Golden Speech), Jonathan Edwards (Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God), James Otis (Writs of Assistance), William Pitt (The Right of Taxing America), Edmund Burke (Two Speeches to the Electors at Bristol), John Hancock (The Bostom Massacre Oration), Patrick Henry (Liberty or Death), George Washington (First Inaugural Address), Thomas Jefferson (First Inaugural Address), Sagoyewatha (Speech to the Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations), Daniel Webster (Bunker Hill Memorial Oration), Maria W. Steward (Lecture Delivered at the Franklin Hall), Ralph Waldo Emerson (The American Scholar), Wendell Phillips (The Murder of Lovejoy), Angelina Grimke (Address at Pennsylvania Hall), Sojourner Truth (Ain't I A Woman), Frederick Douglass (What, To the Slave, Is The Fourth of July?), Chief Seattle (Our People are Ebbing Away Like a Rapidly Receding Tide), Abraham Lincoln (A House Divided, Gettysburg Address & First and Second Inaugural Address) and Robert Toombs (On Secession).

Then there is a third section on Oratory in the Modern Era which includes speeches by:

Russell Conwell (Acres of Diamonds), Henry Grady (The New South), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Solitude of Self), Booker T. Washington (Atlanta Exposition Address), Albert Beveridge (The Star of Empire), Woodrow Wilson (Declaration of War), Emma Goldman (Address To The Jury), Eugene V. Debs (Address To The Jury, and Statement To The Court), State of Tennessee V. John T. Scopes, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (First Inaugural Address), Huey P. Long (Every Man A King), Adolf Hitler (Germany Demands Its Rights & The Invasion of Poland), Sir Winston Spencer Churchill (The War Situation & Alliance of English-Speaking People), Margaret Chase Smith (Declaration of Conscience), Richard Milhous Nixon (My Side of The Story), Dwight David Eisenhower (Farewell Address). These speeches chart a transformation in the practice of public speaking and address a number of key public issues confronting Americans during this time period from a variety of perspectives.

The last section includes Oratory in Contemporary America by John Fitzgerald Kennedy (Inaugural Address, 1961 & A Moral Crisis, 1963), George Corley Wallace (First Gubernatorial Inaugural Address, 1963), Martin Luther King, Jr. (I Have a Dream), Malcolm X (The Ballot or The Bullet), Lynndon Baines Johnson (Gulf of Tonkin Speech, 1964), Betty Friedan (The Crisis in Women's Identity), Cesar Estrada Chavez (The March 10th Speech), Robert Francis Kennedy (Speeches on the Assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.), John V. Lindsay (Vietnam Moratorium Address), Richard Milhous Nixon (Cambodia & Resignation Speech) Barbara Jordon (Statement of the Articles of Impeachment & Democratic Convention Keynote Address), Gerald R. Ford (Pardon of Richard M. Nixon) Ronald Reagan (First Inaugural Address & Eulogy of the Challenger Astronauts), Mario Cuomo (Democratic Convention Keynote Address), Geraldine Ferraro (Acceptance Speech), Jesse Jackson (Common Ground and Common Sense), George Bush (Acceptance Speech & War Message), Elizabeth Glaser and Mary Fisher (AIDS: Personal Story I and II).

Each speech is introduced with a head note that includes a general discussion of the historical and symbolic context of the speech. Relevant biographical information about the speaker is also included. One fourth of the book contains Speech Criticism Sheets where the reader can consider the content of the speeches, draw their own conclusions and record their thoughts.

Some of the questions include:

1.What is the occasion for this speech?
2. Identify the Speaker. What might the audience(s) for this speech have known about the speaker's ethos-public character or past behaviors-that might affect its willingness to trust or identify with the speaker?
3. What specific beliefs, values, or other collective experiences and/or commitments define the audience(s) for the speech?
4. What is the speaker's goal or intention for this speech?
5. Why might the speaker have assumed in advance that the approach adopted in the speech would be effective in achieving his/her goal?

Enjoyable to read with a highlighter in hand
to highlight various quotes of note or you can analyze
the speeches by using the Criticism Sheets.

What began me on this book was reading FDR's War Speech, with the line 'the Day that will live in infamy.' soon, I was reading the speeches from Pericles' funeral Oration of 431 BC to Martin Luther's i'll Take My Stand in 1521 to George Bush's Gulf War speech, just so I could try and find some way to link why these people had the power to change the face of the earth. What helped me understand the speeches was the introduction, a small essay about the times around the speech, such as why it was writen, what effects it had, and so on. A must for any college or high school student who is trying to look good to his or her teachers.

If one thing can be said about this book, it's that it can give you good information concerning the speeches that changed the tides of war and the hopes of humanity. it is amazing to read something that has speeches from as far back as Ancient Greece, when I didn't think speeches were made much before the Revolution. if you're looking for quotes, there are wonderful speeches about almost anything. Need to use a quote about World War Two? Hitler, Churchill and Roosevelt have speeches included, all dealing with the war that shifted the balance of power across the ocean. Go back to ancient Greece with Pericles' Funeral Oration from 431 BC. go the the Reformation with Martin Luther's I'll Take My Stand. See the political minds who shaped this country through 225 years of war, expansion, depression and luxury. Complete with summuries of the events that transpired to bring about the speeches, one can learn just as much from this one book as by reading histroy books from each era.

I like elegant language, and I don't like violence. JWH's autobiography has none of the former and plenty of the latter, yet it is exactly right for what it is, the autobiography of a notorious gunfighter who thought the easiest way to solve any problem was to kill the problem. You only had to look cross-eyed at Hardin, and you were a dead man. Yet, as John Wesley tells his story, every one of his forty-odd killings was justified. The reader almost feels sympathetic...

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That aside, this is a wonderful book. it is not well written, but Hardin never claimed to be a writer. This is the only known autobigraphy by an actual American West gunslinger, and Hardin, according to both himself and history, was one of the greatest.

There seems to be a fair amount of exaggeration and plain old tale telling, but I think you'd find that in any autobiography. This is both an insightful view into a time long gone and an entertaining read. If you've ever watched a western, read one, or just plain pretended you were an outlaw when you were a kid, then you owe it to yourselfd to have a copy of Hardin's book on your shelves.

Gunfighter is the autobiography of famed western gunfighter John Wesley Hardin. It was 1868 when John killed his first man at the age of fifteen and became a wanted outlaw. He took up a life of cattle drover, gambler, and killer whose bloody trespass through Southern states after the end of the Civil War brought him into contact with Wild Bill Hickok, the Texas Rangers, an emerging Ku Klux Klan, lynch mobs, bounty hunters, and assassins. His journal/autobiography ends abruptly in 1889 and was first published in 1896, a year after his assassination and remains the only extent and authentic autobiography of a western gunfighter. Out of print for the last four decades, this new edition of a western classic is enhanced with an informative introduction by Mark Manning and highly recommended reading for western buffs and students of American frontier history.

The Handbook of Key Economic Indicators clearly stands head and shoulders above competing texts in its depth. The first thing I like about this book is that it provides detailed information on important data series and is an invaluable resource to those tracking the nearly daily release of non-financial data. In addition to providing the necessary methodological background for each indicator, the work explains how to interpret each indicator and specifically suggests what to look for when analyzing data reports. I also found that the explanations of the numerous potential sources of monthly volatility are extremely useful- the explanations are clear indications of the author's extensive experience with the data. I was glad to see the Handbook isn't just a rehash of the first edition--it is very current and includes important new sections on the 1996 Boskin Report, the 1998 revisions to CPI (including the impact on inflation growth rates), and the switch in real GDP to a chained dollar basis and how one works with the new data. What I like about this book is that it not only covers the basics in news release interpretation that market analysts want but also that it is an excellent reference for researchers who need a thorough understanding of the major non-financial economic indicators. What sets this work apart is that it has the depth and coverage of methodologies and special topics that similar texts do not have. For the analyst or researcher working with these complicated and often misunderstood data series, I would highly recommend this book!

R. Mark Rogers has written a comprehensive, thorough overview of the key U.S. economic indicators. His book would be particularly useful for analysts new to the business, or to seasoned analysts who need to know more about the nitty gritty behind the numbers. Rogers' handbook is filled with more technical information that some people will ever need, and some will find the level of detail intimidating and somewhat cumbersome. However, the compilation of all this information in one source is extremely valuable, and is particularly useful for those who want a deeper understanding of what the economic data say. The level of technical sophistication is what sets this book apart from others. For those who want to understand more about U.S. economic data than the sound bytes on the news or the quotes in the paper provide, this is the book to read.

This work is highly technical. It provides the genesis and sources for all the leading U.S. economic indicators. A dweeb's delight - however it lacks meaningful illustrations. A few charts were provided, but - like the dismal science, the actual text, tables, and raw data are dull, drab, and unimaginative. For my money, a far more "user-friendly" overview is necessary. This book needs some meaningful graphs, colorful illustrations, and an anectode or two. It could have been made far simpler, and easier to understand. As is, the book has only limited value - especially to the investing public. It's a shame the author went to all that work compiling a bunch of data, but, like most dweeb economists, he doesn't effectively communicate.

Maybe we just live in clunky times...and poetry embodying ideas as Happiness does just isn't every phillistine's cup of tea, I'd guess. Sorry, but I found that my own reading of Happiness offered me a compellingly open set of visions for possible human futures, along with fiercely unsparing critiques of revolution, cultural, political, and metaphysical. We need poetry, these days, to dialogue with perennial values beyond the relativities of sensuality and The Self - that's Mr. Pollack's classical edge. But he's also an Outsider, a beat revolutionary, I imagine, not so much in retirement as in tactical retreat. This isn't an easy poem - book length narrative poems sort of can't be - but its rewards are, well, revolutionary...

Clunky and inept; I'm surprised that this work was hyped. Even the Kirkus commercial review presented here is honest about it....

In Happiness, as well as in his past work, Pollack manages to do the virtually impossible: create something which is exciting, entertaining as well as intellectually stimulating as well as staggering. Reading Happiness excited me tremendously. The reader can approach it from any one of a number of different directions and always hit the target dead on. A very important book.

Dr. Marks, a Migraine specialist and his wife, a pediatrician and wonderful cook, make quite a team with this book. Normally elimination diets to determine Migraine triggers are grueling, but they have made it much easier. This is FAR MORE than a cook book. Dr. Marks offers expert insight into Migraine disease and coping with it. Thank you, Dr. Marks!

Like most headache sufferers, I'd do anything to get rid of my migranes.

While I knew that food had a big impact on headaches, I didn't know much about it. This book provides all the answers including which foods to eat and which to avoid. Then the book offers "headache-free" recipes which is a must if you like to eat many of the "banned" foods.

The recipes I've tried so far have been outstanding and relatively easy to make. I can honestly say that, at least for now, I look forward to making something new every night.

It was comforting for me that the book was written by two medical doctors including Dr. David Marks, a Yale educated headache specialist. I find that most non-medical solutions to medical problems come from nutritionists who lack the professional training and education of a doctor.

While I don't believe food is the only source of headaches, understanding the food-headache relationship is important. The results speak for themselves...since reading this book, I've definitly had fewer and less severe headaches.

Like most headache sufferers, I'd do anything to get rid of my migranes.

While I knew that food had a big impact on headaches, I didn't know much about it. This book provides all the answers including which foods to eat and which to avoid. Then the book offers "headache-free" recipes which is a must if you like to eat many of the "banned" foods.

The recipes I've tried so far have been outstanding and relatively easy to make. I can honestly say that, at least for now, I look forward to making something new every night.

It was comforting for me that the book was written by two medical doctors including Dr. David Marks, a Yale educated headache specialist. I find that most non-medical solutions to medical problems come from nutritionists who lack the professional training and education of a doctor.

While I don't believe food is the only source of headaches, understanding the food-headache relationship is important. The results speak for themselves...since reading this book, I've definitly had fewer and less severe headaches.

This book really pleased several lamas I know, who were astonished to see these usually hidden healing techniques made so available and so user-friendly. These are simple but powerful visualizations for "soul retrieval" and physical and mental healing. They're written by a Tibetan healing master who gives the authentic Tibetan material in terms that Westerners can easily grasp.

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's Healing With Form, Energy And Light covers the five elements of earth, water, fire, air and space and blend a Tibetan tantric viewpoint with discussions of how each of these elements work in Taoism. Recommended for practitioners of Tibetan shamism and yoga.

Before I begin, I must admit limited objectivity in reviewing Bon Lama Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's latest book "Healing with Form, Energy and Light" (Snow Lion). Because Lama Tenzin has been my gracious teacher for more than two years now, it is tempting to dispense with a certain critical distance. Much of the material in the text is taken from Rinpoche's teachings and small-scale textual resources. Yet as I paged through my new copy, it was like I was experiencing this transcendent wisdom for the first time. Thus, I am happy to announce that this work, his third major effort, is geared toward practitioners on all levels of practice, and from diverse spiritual backgrounds.
In the book's introduction, Tenzin Rinpoche gives a brief but helpful outline of the Bon tradition, an early Tibetan religion that has gradually incorporated, and also influenced, Buddhist practice. Among other interesting observations, Rinpoche explains that his tradition "suffered the fate of many indigenous religions, a fate similar to that of the religions of Europe and the Americans when Christianity was introduced." While such claims are not the central focus of this book, they definitely enrich it.
This book is a heartfelt, meaningful and well-written offering of sorts to whatever powers guide the exchange between East and West. Rinpoche, who founded the Ligmincha Institute in 1992, explains "as I spent more time in the West I began to see that there was a need to teach about the teaching, to explain how to develop experience and how to apply the teaching and practices to situations in everyday life." Rinpoche's humble yet beautiful book thus succeeds with practical hints that are a joy to read.
This book is about the healing traditions in Bon Buddhist shamanism, tantra and dzogchen ("the great perfection"). Western-style psychology is one of Rinpoche's interests, and he has participated in annual panels on East-West psychology. Thus, he discusses Tibetan traditions in light of certain western psychological theory. Plus, if you read this book you will gain insight into "Tibetan yoga": the tsa lung movements that open up the energy so that the breath flows freely in the body. The book's discussion of psychology alone is worth taking the time to read.
The sky blue volume focuses clearly and insightfully on the elements, and how elemental qualities manifest themselves in our lives. Through an increased awareness of the flow of these qualities, we can see a way to increased balance and peace.