I am a Student at Louisisna College, and I am taking my first semester of Greek under Dr. Winbery. I must tell you that he is so awesome. He not only shows you the Koine greek language...but, he instills in you a passion for it. He has has to help he out after class a few times and he was more than willing to do anything to insure that I understood the language. I have taken years of spanish and french, and dreaded both languages. but after taking only 1 semester of greek under Dr. winbery I love this language.... he is so much more than a great writer, and teacher.

Brooks and Winbery have produced an outstanding treatment of biblical Koine Greek which addresses a number of deficiencies typically found in other similar grammars. I have used this text for over a decade in both seminary and undergraduate courses with great success.

In many ways, "Working with Words" differs little from other grammar books. It accomplishes its task very well, though. A highlight of this book has to be its organization. The book is divided into 11 chapters and 4 appendixes. All the basics are covered: sentences, phrases and clauses; the parts of speech; punctuation, etc. Other sections cover tight writing, muddled language and "sexism, racism and other '-isms.'"

But the absolute best parts of this book are the lists and appendixes. "What to Tighten A-Z" offers a quick guide to getting rid of phrases that are wordy, redundant or cliche. "Confused words" helps you decide whether to use continual or continuous, fortuitous or fortunate among many others. Sections on common mistakes and frequently misspelled words also help you avoid errors. But my favorite section has to be the one called "One word, two words or hyphenated?" It is a fabulously quick and easy reference.

I first bought Working With Words in 1991 as a journalism student at University of Missouri, where the authors are profs. This book is as responsible for preparing me for my current job as section editor at a major metropolitan newspaper as was any class I ever took.

Executives, assistants, sales reps -- anyone who needs to write and speak like an intelligent human being -- should own this book.

The first thing I do when get a new copy editor is buy them a copy of Working with Words. Buy one yourself and you'll be amazed at how much you don't know.

BTN, Chicago Tribune, MU BJ '92

1) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PLOT
2) PERSONAL HISTORY-
(a)Describe school, work, relatioships with family of origin and other significant people in the character's life (non-clinical).
(b)general story of symptomalogy, when the symptoms began manifesting, past and current treatment (clinical).
3)FULL 5 AXIS DIAGNOSIS
for example, if you conclude that a person suffers from a major depressive dissorder and alcoholism also explain their symptoms as well but you cannot deccide, indicate two other Axis 1 diagnoses and why you did not choose them, observing the law of Parsimony (i.e. saying the most with the least amount of words in order of importance).
4)Discuss ETIOLOGY from two theoritical perspectives (Bordens& Gerow). For example, is the cause biochamical, cultural, psychoanalytical, etc.
5)TREATMENT DIRECTION- indicate your recommendations and why you chose that particular approach/es. For example, psychotherapy, medication, or a combination of various approaches (biospychosocial).
6)EVALUATION- briefly discuss your rationale for the particular topic you chose, how meaninful was the assignment and did it provide new insight.

I have one word to describe James Brooks. Hero. This book is an excellant portrayal of what our soldiers went through in the second World War. The words on the page are gripping and they can't even start to tell us what these men went through. It is amazing to see the bonds these men had for one another. Throughout the book, I pictured myself right beside Mr. Brooks. There is no other person that I would rather be next to if I was in this situation. He is an American Hero!