Excellent book for beginning readers. Content is amusing and word repetition provides good word reinforcement.

As a new teacher I find this book to a wonderful inspiartion to teach out of the box. I want to teach Spanish and A.S.L. but wasn't sure how. When I saw this book, it got me even more excited about teaching than I already was. I immediately came up with ideas to intergrate Spanish, A.S.L., and everyday speaking. It may seem silly to some because it was so simple, but the idea to tech them together had not come to me in such a complete form until I saw this book. these are ideas that can be adapted to any topic and cirriculum. Great for new teacher and the veteran trying somthing new or expanded.

Series of articles considering the role of comets in the evolution of Earth's biosphere. For example, A. Delsemme writes about The Origin of the Atmosphere and of the Oceans. It is argued that Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, as well as much of the carbon found in its biosphere, was brought to the Earth by comets. Although present-day impacts of comets are modest, in the first billion years, and especially first half billion years, of the Earth's existence, a large bombardment of comets occurred, as reflected by the cratering record observed on the Moon, Mars and Mercury. The cometary delivery of matter would explain the siderophile metals in the Earth's crust, and would explain how an ocean and atmosphere remained despite depletion by large body impacts.

If you find yourself extremely frustrated in your attempt to plow through Sartre's massive BEING AND NOTHINGNESS, there is simply no better guide than Catalano's commentary. No first time reader of Sartre's book should be without this guide. Catalano does not shy away from the difficult and abstruse points of BEING AND NOTHINGNESS, but helps the reader understand Sartre's rather peculiar style of phenomenology. If one wants to understand one of the landmark works of 20th century Continental philosphy, one needs to read this original text. However, most nonacademic readers, and even most professional American philosophers, lack the crucial background to truly grasp what Sartre is attemtping to accomplish. Before reading BEING AND NOTHINGNESS, I recomend reading several of Sartre's literary works, and two shorter philosophical texts, THE TRANSCENDENCE OF THE EGO and THEORY OF THE EMOTIONS. Then expect to spend several months (at least if you have to work for a living) with Sartre's treatise. Be sure to have Catalano's book by your side. It will give you both the necessary background for understanding the text, as well as lucid commentary on some very difficult passages of Sartre's work. In the end, do not shy away from the original text. Even if you find yourself unsympathetic to Sartre's ideas and style of philosophy, I believe you will find that Sartre has some rather vivid insights about human existence.

First published circa 1856, this copy is just that -- a copy in paperback format. As a copy, some of the beautiful typography is preserved, the Greek font and the Syriac especially are very attractive.

Eadie loves God's word, and his love for it is everywhere evident in this commentary. It is laid out on a verse by verse basis, so a limited context is visible, but it is limited. However, in his introduction he also lays out a general "outline" in English of the entire epistle. Also in his xlvi page introduction Eadie dialogues with several earlier commentators who submit, for example, that Paul started this church himself in Colosse (which Eadie corrects (i.e. that Paul personally, himself, did not start this church)). As to the date, Eadie places it in the Roman imprisonment period of Paul's life (A. D. 62). Which date accords with the Biblical testimony. Indeed, this accordance to the Biblical authority is a mark of distinction in Eadie's works, he is very conservative with a plain basic respect for the Holy Writ.

Eadie presents the Greek text, and then discusses it along with notable variants. He reflects upon many of the earlier Greek texts, often Lachmann's and the TR, and he is free from most of the errors seen in works which rely upon the Nestle/Aland or UBS Greek texts. Unfortunately the commentary was made before the discoveries of the great Greek papyri (such as P-46).

Eadie gives an accurate definition of the Greek word for "mystery" at 1:26, but the reader must consult Eadie's sister volume on EPHESIANS to see there the definition for "mystery", thus for a thorough appreciation and understanding of Colossians -- the reader needs both volumes (Eadie's commentaries on Colossians AND Ephesians, also an excellent commentary!).

The volume is a GREAT commentary, giving us today a solid conservative view. Eadie adds substantially to the efforts of his predecessors. But perhaps the lasting value of this great work, is that his corrections to the liberal theories and speculations of his day are still needed today, as many of these liberal conjectures are still being espoused! It was Eadie's love for the word, which probably made one of his contemporaries (Charles Ellicott) jealous of Eadie's labor!

A great and stimulating read, all scholars, students, pastors and laymen can benefit from the reissue of this classic and great commentary. A MUST HAVE for any Christian. Gary S. Dykes

Eadie's commentary is a classic on the book of Ephesians. It does require a working knowledge of Biblical Greek. Eadie is able to do an intensely technical analysis of the book (including consideration of textual variants and commentary on the Greek text itself), while still also making practical and devotional observations which are very helpful. Eadie leaves you with the sense that you have really wrestled with the hard exegesis of a passage and and that you have gained from it a far greater awe of God, of the greatness of Christ, of the depths of your own depravity, and of the hope of a deeper walk with God. Again, it is for the very serious student of the Bible. One who is less than very serious or who does not want to labor over the Greek text will probably find the book hopelessly tedious. If however, one is willing to mine diamonds in concrete, you will find Eadie a truly rewarding expedition.

The previous edition had an excellent selection of articles, chapters and exerpts. I have used it twice for a class I teach on information in society. I would consider using the new edition if it was available by October. When will it be published? Please let me know by email.

For some reason, this visionary book has kept its relevance for over fifty years (revised early Sixties). A work of Goodman's youth, around the time he taught at Black Mountain College, Communitas is by turns common sensical, prophetic, poetic, absurdly idealistic, & frequently (deliberately) hilarious.

What was so terribly dehumanizing about American cities (the model here is New York) in the Forties has not been corrected in any major way. In the aftermath of 9/11, with that horrible, gaping hole where the Towers stood, one turns again to Communitas & reads about banning cars from New York, making the the city's avenues pedestrian & bike friendly, preserving good neighborhoods with indigenous personalities, & transforming other harsh, declining or gentrifying areas into safe, humane areas that are welcoming & which provide homes, schools & shopping areas that erase racial & class divides.

The Goodmans eagerly to take on Frank Lloyd Wright, Bucky Fuller, the international & all the other various schools of designs for living then current. They reach back to earlier American, British & European models of community that showed promise through their partial successes.

This is a deeply felt & humane call for holistic, human-sized communities within our cities. Ultimately, the solutions may not be so grandiose as some of those suggested here. But the World Trade Center Towers, awesome as they were, were coldly & absurdly beyond human scale; symbols of our subservience to a system of economics that is usually blind to basic human requirements; gigantic obstacles to the simple warmth of an afternoon's sunshine. I suspect Paul Goodman despised them.

This book is an excellent compilation of (all?)the research on what actually works in community building. It is an absolute "must-read" for anyone or any organization who/which is interested in community building. Their organized listing of key elements which must be considered is very helpful and good checklists to the practitioner to determine if all bases are covered.

Collins spoke at the CCCC conference this spring and I picked up a comp copy of his textbook. Apparently he's left teaching to write books full time, and if this textbook is any indication, the reading public's gain might be our loss. This is a first year college composition textbook, very progressive and in the vein of Dewey and Freire, with a heavy dose of logical reasoning, critical readings of sources, and media critique (a la Chomsky) thrown in for good measure. It's an activist approach to learning. He even has an appendix on how to use the Freedom of Information Act!

Collins builds this around a series of snowballing exercises -- recursive is the word, I guess -- that very nicely guide students from thinking about an issue that individually concerns them to becoming knowledgeable on that issue, and in the process picking up all the basics of research, writing, and revision skills. He has a final chapter on how to apply this knowledge to joining social service and activist groups, or things like service learning, though I do wish there was little more of "how do you enact the solutions you're arguing for?" The book's subject matter really does beg that question, and the book stops just short of answering it. But maybe that's too much to ask from a composition textbook.

It's frustrating how bland most comp textbooks are, how little they treat students as active community members with real concerns and uses for research. This book is a great corrective for that. (One caveat: its layout could use some work -- it's hard on the eyes at times.) If you're a progressive / cutting edge sort of comp instructor, you'll really like this. If you're looking for a more standard textbook, though, you might find it too provocative and political.