The Gift Of Time: Making The Most Of Your Time And Your Life is an inspiring compendium of insightful and poetic commentary combined with duo-tone photography that will enable the appreciative reader to create more meaningful time for themselves; to find serenity in a hurried modern world; to become patient, balanced, and aware within the moment; to let go of the past and turn dreams into reality; and best of all, to embrace very moment of life as an irreplaceable gift. If you only have time for a single self-help, self-improvement, inspirational, life enhancing book, make it Alexander Anderson's The Gifts Of Time.

I agree with the July 25,2001 review in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Reviewer Mary Ellen Grossman wrote, "If you're looking for a wise and beautiful gift book, this is it...". This book teaches the reader how to slow down, how to find serenity amidst chaos, how to meditate and, most important, how to live in the present moment. Bob Firth's photos, which Grossman said, "...are integrated into the text in a lovely way..", are a perfect complement to the text. I love this book! It will be my gift book of choice this year.

Excellent, thought-provoking, consciousness-raising, inspirational book. Couldn't put it down. A must read over and over again.

Pure and classic Science Fiction. Fast paced with unexpected twists and turns. I read it in one sitting and then reread it. This could be the beginning of a great series. My only question is when is the sequal due out?

My son and I read this book this summer for his summer reading program. Not only did my son, who was 7, enjoy the book but I couldn't wait to learn more from our readings. We read the book in two days. I am suggesting this book to his 2nd Grade teacher this year. This is a must to read book!!!

I had read "Moral Discourse" in an anthology and thought the poet worth exploring. I knew I had a gem when in "The White Chapter" I read "Strangers will hand their words to you wrapped in flour, and you will sift them grain by grain until the vowels lose their accents." The language and imagery of these poems runs from the very mundane to highly creative and apt images. I would not class them all as "prose poems" - some I would call "sudden fiction", some "literary tidbits", some "prose poems".

Some of the more memorable poems: "The Mysterious Barricades; or , The Enchaiments of Memory" which purports to explain the origin of the title of music by the same name - the explanation following a traditional chain of dance instructors. "The Sincere Poet" which satirizes the sincere, confessional poet. "Phalaris and the Bull: A Story and an Examination" which explores the reader's ethics in the context of an allegory. "Life on the Moon", a piece reminiscent of the best of Andrew Ramer, in which the waxing and waning of the moon reflect actual change in the land mass of the moon. "A Window in the Poem" a reflection on windows in painting ...

There are a few pieces I consider "duds" but this is only because the breadth of content and style is so broad that no reader will have them all "speak to me."

This book is well worth your time - as very short story or as prose poem.

There were four Regular Army regiments recruited after the Civil War from the veterans of the US Colored Troops raised for war service. Two were infantry, the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth, and two Cavalry, the Ninth and Tenth. The Tenth Cavalry was mostly stationed in the west to keep order among the Native Americans who called them Buffalo Soldiers. There has been a continuing great interest in the deeds and motivations of these men in the face of rampant prejudice and social seperation. The Tenth's service has been perpetuated in the present order of battle of the US Army and there still is an active 10th Cavalry though it is now integrated.
This 1899 book was long out of print and the original is now a collectible. This facsimile reprint edition, with a new introduction added, should interest all those who study the War with Spain. In addition to a few introductory chapters on Negro's service from the Revolution to the Civil War, and a chapter each on the other three Black regiments, the book gives most coverage to the Tenth in Cuba. The 9th and 10th flanked the famous 1st Volunteer Cavalry, the "Rough Riders" at San Juan.
The original also has a commendatory introduction by the Cavalry Division commanding officer "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, who had been a Confederate officer in the Civil War. Most of the book is a collection of personal narratives interspersed with interviews with other commanders.
As an aside, Lt. John J. Pershing, later commander of the Punitive Expedition in 1916 and then the AEF in France, got his nickname "Black Jack" from his service with the Tenth.

Whether you find this book worth the money will depend on whether you think Ben Hogan was the God of Golf (or at least one member of the Trinity). It is a large-format book, and the quality of the photographs (all black-and white) is excellent. I believe they were all taken on the same day, when Hogan allowed Jules Alexander to accompany him. They pretty much just show Hogan at work on the course, and they do capture who he was. The accompanying comments and essays are interesting, but the photographs are the stars of the book. Just make sure you realize that you are getting a series of photographs taken on one day -- this isn't a retrospective of Hogan's career, and there are no swing sequences or anything like that. If you are a Hogan worshipper, however, this book is a must.

This book is appropriately titled. The photos are truly classic and do a wonderful job of portraying the on-course Hogan, particularly his steely focus and gorgeous swing. The accompanying text is solid. I most enjoyed Ken Venturi's comments which accompanied the photos, as well as Dan Jenkin's recounting of the man behind the mystique. I was somewhat disappointed that the photos are all from the late 50s, mostly from the same tournament. Yet, this is only a minor issue. Every true Hogan fan should add this work to his or her collection.

As a senior editor at NBA.com, I feel my opinion holds just as much validity (if validity can be held) as a number of the other reviewers, and a little more than the supposed "Don Imus" quote that one of the authors perhaps submitted. While the book should be applauded for its comprehensive look at its subject, it does little to transcend the sad state of postwar sports journalism.

This is a very interesting look at the history of amateur basketball from the early 20th century until the late 1990's. It focuses on street basketball, but also highlights basketball in places such as small town Indiana, an Indian reservation, and resort towns of the 1920's-40's. It is more about the culture surrounding basketball and its importance to various communities. There are a lot of wonderful anecdotes and legends included in the story, but they are only minor details in a much larger portrait. The book is not particularly well organized and the writing itself was poor, but it is obvious that extensive research went into it and the subject is very interesting, so I would recommend it on those merits alone.

this is truly an awesome book. not only does it teach you many things about the game and its origins, but it also opens up your eyes to things like growing up in streetball areas isnt as glamourous as it seems. i honestly feel like now everytime i play basketball or watch streetball, i will have that extra boost. another great thing is that it is very intelligently written and has a high reading level so its not boring or nething. THANK YOU PICKUP ARTISTS! i reccomend this to any fan of basketball or ne1 that wants to learn sumtin about it

The "Little Tragedies" are four thematically related one-act plays which Pushkin wrote during his extremely productive stay on his country estate in the fall of 1830. The Miserly Knight is about the conflicts between the title character and his profligate son, who have very different but equally misguided visions of knightly honor. Mozart and Salieri portrays Salieri as a hardworking but uninspired student of music driven to murder by his jealousy of Mozart's genius. In The Stone Guest, Don Juan attempts to conquer the heart of Dona Anna, who he has earlier made a widow, but the title character, a statue of Dona Anna's deceased husband, endeavors to thwart Don Juan's hopes. Finally, A Feast During the Plague is an adaptation of a scene from a now-obscure English play in which a plague survivor struggles with the conflict between his sense of community with the deceased (who include his wife and mother) and his desire to live as happy a life as possible given the circumstances.

The approach of the plays is extremely interesting. Each is very concise and intense, focussing on the main character at a moment when he must make an important choice, and in each case the choice the protagonist makes results in one fashion or another in the destruction of at least a part of himself. Though Pushkin didn't write all that much drama (if I'm not mistaken his only other completed dramatic work is the considerably more orthodox Boris Godunov) and for that matter seldom set his works outside of Russia (all four of these plays are set in western Europe), he seems very much in his element here, and while these pieces aren't particularly multifaceted, they are sufficiently gripping that they really deserve more attention than they tend to get. In this edition (which appears to be the only edition in print in English), translator Nancy Anderson provides a detailed critical essay for each of the plays as well as a general introduction and a discussion of translation issues, and I found each of her essays to be strong and helpful. It's unfortunate that the Little Tragedies had been out-of-print until the release of this volume, and Anderson has done us a substantial service by making these innovative and exciting plays available again to the general English-speaking audience.

This book is written in an accessible and practical format. It assumes nothing but at the same time treats the reader as an intelligent participant on the journey to understanding evidence based practice.

It is up to date and I was especially impressed with the web address it gives to ensure the reader is kept abreast of any changes since publication.

It systematically explains the need and use of 'evidence', how to find it (the search advice is comprehensive and includes details such as search terms and the best search engines aswell as web addresses) how to evaluate it and also how to act on it.

All in all this book was great, and I would reccomend it to anyone involved in evidence based healthcare practice as it will guide you through the thorniest problems.

A lot of text, and I mean a lot, accompanies the drawings in this book. In fact, there is more page space devoted to the text than the coloring sections -- sure to disappoint children. The text is a good attempt to discuss a very complicated period of history and a rather difficult man to understand regardless of what "biographers" claim. The biggest problems I have with this coloring book are: Is the subject really appropriate for children and why aren't all the drawings labeled for where and when the originals were created.