When I first came across this text, the latest work by writer/Professor Arthur Green, I thought, "Eureka! Finally a unified field theory of Kabbalah from a liberal point of view!" Alas, not quite; Mr. Green makes many brilliant points, including the word chosen for the title, which is God saying to Moses at the Burning Bush: "I will be or I am that!" This for Green, is both Man and God saying the same thing: "I am was and will be that I am was will be"

But stating God and man are one is not only Kabbalah, it is all mysticism, and a high level of generality, if not touchy feely syncretism pervades much of this work, which would initially seem more destined more for the advanced than general reader. Green does an excellent job, laying out the history of the Kabbalah's development, the sephirot or Ten potencies of divine power, the relationship between the Torah, the Bible and Kabbalah, and the directions the Kabbalah may take in the future for liberal Jews.

However, he does all of this as a modern Jew who explicitly states that he has no faith and not even concern with, the efficacy of Jewish prayer and practice, or their ability to deliver to the worshipper what it is he or she prays for. Further, Green seems to down play Jewish uniqueness in the work in favor of a "toned down" mysticism, that leaves neither God nor Torah at it's center, but concepts more like "Eco-kashrut" and other spiritual forms of political correctness.

This particular point, "Eco-kashrut" is originally the brainchild of Arthur Waskow, but Green has adopted it as part of his program. Initially meant to signify vegetarianism, this term now indicates an "environmentally aware" life, where the Jewish person avoids all products and items which are made from exploitation of human or animal labor, or that pollute the environment. Needless to say, while this may be an idea implicit in Torah, it is not and never has been a focus of Jewish tradition, and this and other innovations proposed by Green, Waskow and others, leave this writer quite uncomfortable.

Ultimately, the Kabbalah proposed in this book, is weakened by it's very willingness to bow to contemporary fashion, and ignore so much Jewish tradition and history. History in particular, which is one of Judaism's great strengths, is hardly mentioned as an influencing factor in this book, yet without it's history, Judaism would be a shriveled tree indeed. For more traditional Jews, or liberally traditional Jews such as myself, Jewish history is the source of Jewish faith, as I prove in my book, " Jewish History and Divine Providence" available here on Amazon.

As a born and raised Reform Jew, I often felt let down by that denominations absence of systematic theology; now there may be too much of it, but done in the wrong sensibility. Grounded in both the Kabbalah and Jewish history, but with a profoundly ethical sense of Jewish law, "Jewish History" counterbalances the excessive trendiness found in Ehyeh, and read together with it, will give the practicing Jewish liberal, a complete model of 21st century(or 58th century) Judaism.

This is good book, starts with a pretty good review on the mathematical foundation you need to continue through it, vector algebra, tensor analysis, calculus of variations, etc. then starts with theory of deformation , theory of stress, three dimesional equations of elasticity, plane theory of elasticity in rectangular cartisian coordinates, etc. As you can see the text begins with the most general theory an carries through a great deal of detail in the derivation of the equations. This is the text book for the AE731 theory of elasticity class in the aerospace department at WSU. I think this is definetely a good book though I would not reccommend its use to an introductory level, this is more for upper level or graduate students because it sometimes gets pretty difficult in the mathematical theory. I am currently using it and I would say you should buy it.

Although again a warning, the mathematical level you need sometimes is high but with the review in the first chapter and the help of your instructor is a valuable tool in elasticity in the point of view of grad student.

As the title says, this book was purchased for my father who is an electrical engineer. So far as I can tell, the book was a real hit with him.

In linear algebra - as in all things - you've got to begin at the beginning.

This book gives the newcomer to linear algebra a great fundamental feel and intuition for span, linear dependence, etc.

If you put the necessary effort in, that is.

Some aspects are a not so clearly presented - I found change of basis better explained in the text that was set for my unit in linear algebra - but then, determinants are explained better to the novice than in many textbooks.

And the best time to use this book is in the long vacation period before the semester in which you will undertake linear algebra.

That is the time, and this is the book, for starting out along the road.

I have enjoyed this book and would reccomend it.

There is not much here that is brand new, but what are presented are solid concepts and philosophies that help create employee loyalty and business success. The book is an excellent and comprehensive look at the various methodologies to creating a company culture that attracts and retains great employees.

The basic areas of discussion are; Qualities and characteristics of a great corporate culture. Methodologies to diagnose your corporate culture. How to find great people, including solid tips on benefits, interviewing, new employee orientation, retention issues such as work/life balance, and leadership.

One of the more interesting and somewhat new approaches presented is the "Organizational MRI". Using the analogy of an MRI which looks deep inside a body for areas of concern, and organizational MRI is a process to look inside an organization for culture related issues which may impact employee loyalty and business results. It is an interesting and somewhat unique way to look at a familiar process. I also enjoyed the short section on the "worst techniques to obtain reliable information" which not surprisingly are used often in corporate America today.

The authors also correctly point out that the best way to create a great culture for success is to have the right people. In my experience as an HR professional, I have found that the fastest way to change a culture is to hire the right people who will quickly impact those around them in a positive manner. The book outlines several methods for interviewing and onboarding new employees to capitalize on what they can bring to the organization. Also, the authors make the valid point of looking for talent within the organization as well. Not new stuff, but well presented.

Overall, it is a book worth reading. The only real question is why more companies do not apply these time proven methods to build employee loyalty and business success.

Nails down the client problems I see everday at my EAP, and gives good pragmatic advice on brief interventions. Best of all, the statements seem to be what managed care is looking for -- I haven't had a fight with a case manager since I started using this book.

esta novela trata sobre un hombre comun y normal que un buen dia decide ponerse unos lentes para mejorar su vision y desde entonces su vida cambia por completo, ya que su cara que antes pasaba desapercibida es ahora la cara de un judio. y entonces se ve vejado y maltratado por todos, rechazado por una sociedad que le da la espalda a sus mismnos ciudadanos cuando estos son un poco diferentes. buena critica de la sociedad norteamericana. LUIS MENDEZ

OK, first the good points about the book. It's superbly organised, providing word lists at the beginning of every chaptre, which gives you a great idea of how different accents compare on identical sets of words. The intro about different styles and registers of Received Pronunciation, including grammatical points, is also of great help to understand how accents may differ. The tape is a must, and the dialogues in it are great, since they were recorded in a very spontaneous manner. OK, so, the sound's quality is not the best around, but you get spontaneous dialogues (and therefore more natural dialectal pronunciations) in exchange. The only problem I'd see is that is that stylistic varieties are not covered more in depth. J.C. Wells' "English Accents: An Introduction" and "English Accents: The Brittish Isles" offer a lot more information, cover more nuances of accent, and are in general more complete that this book. Anyhow, it's still quite a good buy if you're interested in regional varieties of English in the Brittish Isles.

The authors of this book knew quite well that 192 pages are not that many. So, they went into the fundamental analysis of enzymes without wasting time.
This handbook will suit anybody whose preoccupations include offering or receiving nutritional advice. It clearly outlined and defined the basic principles of enzymology: focussing on both their nature and their clinical applications. Without delving into the complex kinetics aasociated with catalytic reactions, "Enzymes: The Key to Health" did shed light on the biochemical and physiological pathways connected with each enzyme it discussed.
It also did a good job in describing the multicomponent forms of these globular proteins. The same could be said concerning the way it classified each enzyme group.
This is an interesting book to read, if you want to get a good understanding of enzymology with little or no biochemistry hassles. It was written in such a way that non-scientists could understand. It provides a steady flow of simplified enzymology gists.