This book can be read several ways-- as a chronicle of the American Revolution from the Native American point of view, as escapist literature glorifying the Iroquois in their heyday, as a rather challenging alternative perspective on serial monogamy, torture, and social norms, as the transformation of a branch of Native American spirituality into a movement for sobriety, right-to-life, and the renunciation of witchcraft, as analysis of an early Quaker effort in Third World development work ... And naturally, the overall reading is as the tale of how a proud culture pulled itself back together after being overrun and almost destroyed as a consequence of European settlement.

Our local Heinz Regional History Museum somehow manages to overlook the story about the origins of the Handsome Lake spiritual movement. It so happened that there was a bend in the river, where now stands the Kinzua Dam, a flat spot surrounded by steep hills and cliffs, where the Cornplanter band, the largest remaining band of free living Senecas, took refuge after the Revolutionary War. The Senecas had served as winning warriors for the losing side, and as a result, refugee camps up near Fort Niagara filled up with thousands of Indians in need of British relief, mourning their burned-out towns and villages. In the ensuing atmosphere of despair, Handsome Lake and some of his Cornplanter band buddies decided to bring a raft with plenty of liquor up the river from Pittsburgh. The party that followed was-- well, let's just say that the repentance occurring in the wake of that rave gone awry launched a spiritual movement which continues to this day.

The author's synthesis of the tremendous amount of material buried in regional historical records is truly amazing. Even if the life of the Senecas wasn't really that way at all, it may not matter. There's nothing like a great story which will continue to shatter its readers' preconceptions about cultural norms and human potential for many years to come.

I read this while participating in the YMCA Indian Guide/Indian Princess program and found it to be very wide in scope in covering the history, religions, culture, tales, and all aspects of Seneca life. I found it fascinating and recommend it to anyone exploring the fate of the Iroquois. I also found the Seneca museum in Salamanca, NY to be a good source of information.

I was once a sex educator and this was my trusty companion. I guarantee if you read this book...you will only practice safe sex from then on. Read it...it's a real eye opener.

I am Dr.Khan from Saudi Arabia.I read this book when I was doing my training in Genitourinay Medicine from University of London UK.I found this book simple,easy to understand,the pictures are marvelous.It helped me allot in preparing for my exams.I still consult it off and on.I have also read it's old edition but the new one has focused allot on HIV related disorders. I reccomend this book to all the venereologists,dermatologists,and those who are related to genitourinary medicine.This book is a great contribution in the field of Venereology!

Anthony Holden has put together a lovely tribute to the late Princess of Wales. It's a well designed book, with nice pictures (from Diana's formal portraits to her everyday life) and engaging text. If you like to collect Princess Diana memorabilia, this book would make a fine addition to your bookcase.

This book is one of the best I have seen that respectfully looks at Diana's life and her impact on others. Using Diana's own words, quotes from others who knew her, and expressive photographs, the author captures the many facets of Diana's life that made her so unique. Highly recommended.

This diary will live in the heart of its readers for years, and years. The author does not flinch from his own arrows, nor does he spare himslef in the slightest. He bares his soul to himself, to the reader, and to the whole world. This really requires a great deal of courage. This book is an introspective self analysis. Daily events do not seem to affect the author in the lsightest. Things might, or might not happen. Still, the author's deep psychic conversation with himslef continues unaffected. The search goes on. Like in Kafka's "The trial", we are never sure what it is that the author is looking for. But the search goes on unabated. The value of this book is in that it shows us the diarist is one of us. In fact, he is us. His journey through life is the journey of each one of us. As we read the self revealing conversations, the occasionally embarassing situations, the upsets and angers, the endless frustrations of daily life, are mirrors of our own life. And we see ourselves in the diarist. This is a very refreshing way of writing a diary where events have very little importance, but the person is revealed through his sheer force of moods and introspective self analysis.

Anthony Mlikotin's DIARY OF A TROUBLED MIND stands alone among contemporary American journals; it participates in a European philosophical tradition that until now has ended with de Tocqueville. In his youth "a rebel without a cause," Mlikotin is now a solitary teacher who daily battles the stupor of bourgeois comfort and conventions. Mlikotin is an earthy mystic, intellectually and ethically uncompromisingly pure, and appealingly ironic. His unforgettable voice will not go gently into the new millenium.

"Dr. Thorne" is the third in the series of Barsetshire novels by Anthony Trollope. But unlike the first two, this has little to do with the politics of the Church of England. It is the tale of two lovers from different classes, and their struggle to keep their love alive in spite of social pressures to go their own ways. Unlike the first two novels, the plot starts out very slowly, with long descriptions of the history and conditions of the fictional "Greshamsbury" estate. The author even apologizes about 30 pages in for trying the patience of his readers.

While "Dr. Thorne" lacks the crispness and economy of the first two novels ("The Warden" and "Barchester Towers"), it builds to a satisfying conclusion, and the author paints his usual precise characterizations.

If you are a fan of Anthony Trollope, be patient with this one. You will be rewarded.

Mary Thorne, orphaned (and illegitimate) niece of Dr. Thorne, has long been a favorite at Greshamsbury House--until Lady Arabella Gresham learns that her only son Frank is in love with Mary. The unhappy Mary is banished forthwith, because the Gresham family fortunes are so depleted that Frank must marry money.

Frank, however, is one of the few completely honorable young men in Trollope's novels and remains stubbornly true to his love. Well, he does propose to another woman, at the insistence of his mother, but only with the virtual certainty that he will be rejected--as indeed he is. The lady is Miss Dunstable, one of Trollope's most delightful characters, a fabulously wealthy thirtyish heiress of an ointment company. She is a bold, witty woman, not beautiful, but attractive in her way, whose wealth invites countless proposals.

After the rather complicated plot unfolds, the tables are completely turned, and Mary is eagerly welcomed by Lady Arabella (who, of course, has always loved her) as the savior of the family.

I concede that "The Last Chronicle of Barset" is the best of the Barsetshire novels, but I dearly love "Dr. Thorne." The character of the doctor himself is strong and sympathetic. Frank, Mary, Miss Dunstable, Lady Arabella, Sir Roger Scatcherd, and such minor characters as Dr. Thorne's rival, Dr. Fillgrave (one of Trollope's punnily named characters), form a superb cast. And the outcome is thoroughly satisfying. I probably enjoyed reading this novel more than any of the others.

Dream Achievers is for the veteran Network Marketer that wants to be able to enlighten the most uniformed skeptic as well as challenge the brand new representative. After reading the 50 short stories two or three times, I began taking the book with me on appointments. I have highlighted key sentences in most of the stories that I wanted to have prospects read. Then I put tabs on those pages with words such as: "Teens"; $200K - 1st Year; or $100K per month on the labels. This book helps eliminate the first half of the objection - Network Marketing Doesn't Work because you have 50 stories to prove otherwise, the other half of the objection, I don't have confidence in myself to do this is between you and the prospect to overcome. If you purchase this book to only set on your coffee table and read a key story when you might be feeling sorry for yourself, it is worth every penny. But it is better shared than stored. Every serious marketer needs this book!

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Rascals and confusion, Trollope wrote with all the elements that excited that of readers from the Victorian Era, and that can also excite ones from our age.

One of the brightest lights of the Palliser novels is extinguished in the first chapter with the death of the Duchess Glencora. Bereft of her vivacious influence the grieving Duke, already reserved and traditional, sinks into stodginess. Far worse than this, he is left with three young adult children whom he fails completely to understand. To say that they cause him many heartaches is to greatly understate the situation.

The eldest, heir to the title, Lord Silverbridge has already been booted out of Oxford for a silly prank. Now he goes into horse racing with questionable companions and winds up as the victim of a major scandal, which costs his father a huge sum. Next he deserts his father's choice for his bride to woo an American girl whose grandfather was a laborer.

The Duke's daughter, Mary, wants to marry a commoner, son of a country squire, a good man, but with no title and little money. The outraged Duke is adamantly opposed to such a match, but Mary vows to marry no other and is constantly miserable.

The youngest son, Gerald, who plays a relatively minor role in the novel, is forced to leave Cambridge because he was away without permission attending a race in which his brother's horse was running. Later he loses several thousand pounds in a card game.

The Duke bemoans his children's foolishness and their lack of respect for the traditions of their fathers. He pays for their mistakes, but vigorously opposes the two unwise marriages. But although he is a strict, authoritarian man, he is also a compassionate and loving father. Will he yield to the fervent desires of his rebellious offspring? The resolution of this clash of generations brings the Palliser novels to a satisfying conclusion.

As always, it is Trollope's great gift of characterization which makes THE DUKE'S CHILDREN an outstanding novel. From the outwardly firm but inwardly doubting Duke to the very sincere but frequently erring Silverbridge to the tragic Lady Mabel Grex, who has the young heir in her grasp only to let him slip away, these are well-rounded figures with whom the reader lives intimately and comes to understand thoroughly. With the perfectly depicted ambience of upper-class Victoriana as the setting, this novel is an absorbing work of genius.

No one who teaches cultural diversity courses or does diversity training should be without Ebony Power Thoughts. It is a compact, convenient collection of African American philosophy that serves to balance a Eurocentric educational system. The wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin? How about the wit and wisdom of Tina Turner? Or Malcolm X? Was Booker T. Washington an "Uncle Tom" or a gifted leader who gave direction and hope to a generation at a time when to stand up for your rights could mean certain death or at least painful lessons? Depending on your own cultural origins, you will laugh, cry, curse, or fail to understand some of the quotations or the linguistic expressions between the covers of "Ebony" but your life will be enriched to the degree you reflect on the thoughts of African Americans represented here, many of whom succeeded against the odds in our society before Civil Rights and Affirmative Action. Do not be without this book.

I used to be a weak black man. Now I'm an ebony powerhouse! Thanks, Tony. Your ancestors must have been very kind slave owners. You clearly know what it means to "live" ebony.

After viewing on PBS, a documentary of Edward Sheriff Curtis, I was moved to purchase this excellent work.
I was touched to my soul, by the photos, and how well they conveyed a race of people who have all but vanished.
The text that goes with the pictures is also quite good, and tells a remarkable story of a man obsessed to tell the world a story which we all need to hear and see. Curtis sacrificed his own finances and marriage, and did succeed in completing a very exhausting pilgrimage.

This is perhaps the greatest book authored by my uncle, Victor Hugo Boesen. He worked diligently with Curtis' daughter and other members and friends of the Curtis family to research and to write this book. The photographs are stunning. It is a must read for anyone interested in the history of the American Indian and Curtis' crucial role in recording this history. This book has been translated into French and German. Victor Boesen served as a war correspondent for Liberty Magazine during World War II and was present at the signing of the peace treaty on the USS Missouri. His writings appeared in Life, Look, the Los Angeles Times, and other major periodicals and newspapers.

If there is one word, which could sum up Elder Anthony's ministry and example it would be humility. He willfully submitted to so much during his earthly life.

He submitted to his father's desire that he not become a monastic for a long time. Even against his own desires, he submitted to his earthly father.

For a long time after he became a monk, his own brother was his Elder (Elder Moses of Optina)...and imagine submitting yourself to your brother, even if in a monastic setting (a most difficult task indeed.)

Not only that, but he endured untold physical suffering. He had many and various ailments that he patiently endured as part of God's will.

He also took the burden of becoming an abbot, something most monastics do not want to do, since it requires so much time handling earthly matters.

All of these things he endured patiently without grumbling to others or about others. While many would call this weak willed, Elder Anthony showed strength and discernment in realizing that all these things helped him along the path of salvation.

An inspiring story of a simple man that loved God with every ounce of his being.

In addition to a biography of his life, the book also includes several letters he wrote and some of his teachings.

A fantastic book of a true disciple of Christ.

In the past several years, the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood has been devoted to producing books originally published in Russia nearly a century ago about the great Russian monastery of Optina and it's elders. This second volume in the series focuses on Elder Anthony (Putilov), the first abbot in the monastery and one of it's lesser known of the Optina Elders. A man afflicted by many excruciating illnesses throughout his life, and a man with an unbending faith in God, this biography proves that Orthodoxy is not a mystical way of life wrapped around incense but a faith of human proportions.