Finally, a gentle and imaginative book about the vital, lifelong role we play in the lives of our brothers and sisters! The authors have succeeded in creating an exciting manual designed for both professionals and lay people. As a seasoned family therapist, I found the book packed with refreshing ideas and exercises presented with clarity, intelligence and humor. I felt as though the authors were personally supporting me as I sometimes struggled with the intensity of a concept and its applications to my work with a variety of clients; the authors anticipated my difficulties and, within a few pages, "guided" me through an impasse to the next level. In addition, I sent copies to my own siblings. This small act has already deepened our adult relations with each other and helped us communicate in more heartfelt ways across the miles. This guidebook is a joy to read (and implement) for anyone with a sibling who is beloved or despised, close or estranged. For family therapists, it's unquestionably a "must read."

A wonderful book on reconnecting with your adult siblings, by a team who oughta know--they're siblings themselves! I haven't seen any other books out there on the topic of grown-up siblings, and I found this to be a terrific resource as well as a good read and full of great tips and ideas.

Originally published in 1959, Alligator Crossing by Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998) is an engaging novel about Henry Bunks, a thirteen-year-old boy who stows away in the boat of an outlaw alligator hunter in Florida. Henry's journey through the Everglades will take him into a world of beauty and danger, where he must rely on his own courage and resourcefulness to protect himself and the land alike. Also available in a paperback edition ... is highly recommended reading and a welcome addition to school and community library collections.

Warm, new folk tales which reflect the culture of the Yemenite Jewish people. Humorous, thought provoking and memorable stories. Good to tell to your own children to inspire wonder and delight

When I was a medical technology student, Ortho's "Blood Group Antigens ..." SAVED me in Intro to Blood Banking (aka, immunohematology). I don't know what I would have done if the only textbook on the reading list had been the AABB (American Association of Blood Banks) Technical Manual. Don't get me wrong - the Technical Manual is a great reference, but it's not for the novice. For me it was best to learn from the Ortho text first; then once I understood the concept of the day, I'd advance to the Technical Manual.

The nuts and bolts of blood banking haven't changed much over the years. The test methods may be different at larger labs, and of course today's disease testing for donor blood has advanced. But this book deals with the theory behind serological reactions and explains blood and blood groups on a cellular and molecular level ... that hasn't changed.

I studied back in 1988. My last lab job was in 2000, and the lessons from the Ortho book still applied. These are the chapters from the edition published in 1982:

1. Antigens and Antibodies and their In Vitro Interaction
("in vitro" means in the lab)

2. Blood Group Genetics

3. The ABO System
(This is the biggie ... handing out an ABO-incompatible unit is almost always fatal to the patient.)

4. The Rh System and Rh Typing
(We think "DCe", but we say R1 because it's easier than saying "D big C little e"; both nomenclature systems are introduced).

5. Antibody Detection
(This is the "screen" in a Type & Screen blood test.)

6. Antibody Identification
(In a moderate-to-large lab, this pretty much separates blood bank specialists from lab generalists. It takes experience to see the big picture sometimes.)

7. Blood Group Anitbodies Other Than ABO
Rh, Lewis, Kell, Duffy, Kidd, MNSs, P
(Kell is the easiest to learn. It's also notorious at eliciting an immune response in patients, so study it well.)

8. In Vivo Reactions of Antigens and Antibodies
("In Vivo" means in the body, as opposed to in a test tube.)

Best of luck in your studies ... this book will help alot.

In this study of the book of Esther, the author takes a personal approach, encouraging the reader to reflect on his/her own life. At the end of each chapter are questions for individuals or small groups to use. The braided streams are the major influences in a woman's life, which are intertwined, but which ebb and flow, sometimes with one becoming a raging torrent, and another a dried up stream bed.

This book will encourage you to reflect back on your own life, seeing where you have been, and encouraging you to nurture all your braided streams.

I simply could not put this book down - and that is very uncommon for me. This book didn't just talk to me - it SCREAMED to me. I could hear myself in every page - in every stage of call that the author outlines. This book is NOT for religious folks. It's for EVERYONE! If you've ever questioned your purpose and the meaning of your life, you MUST take the time to listen to The Call to Soul.

This a great book if you want to clothe old dolls authentically in knit wear or you just want to knit for your faverite doll there are loads of crochet patterns the USA seems to favor crochet.This is an Aussie book and well reseached its great that they have reserected the old patterns from the past for us to use and they haven't been lost to the land fill.

This book is full of wonderful, straight-forward designs for those hard-to-dress boy dolls.

Everglades National Park is one of the country's mostfascinating wilderness areas, and is quite possibly the best place forviewing wildlife on the entire North American continent. It's amazing that such a park can exist right next to one of our biggest and fastest-growing urban areas, and in a region that draws millions of visitors every year. The fact that it exists at all in the face of so much human pressure is a testament to the efforts of Marjory Stoneman Douglas and others, and to the influence of this book.

Still, for the most part, this book is a conventional dates-and-events human history of South Florida rather than an argument for environmental protection. The environmental theme doesn't really get going until after the Civil War, well past the middle of the book, when draining the Everglades was first proposed, and it isn't until "The Eleventh Hour," the final chapter of the original edition, that the book becomes an impassioned plea for saving the wilderness. A final chapter added in 1987 brings the story into our era, continues the catalog of degradation, and makes the key point that most of the forces that threaten the Everglades flourish outside the boundaries of the National Park.

I confess that I found the historical narrative a bit dull in places, though it's hard to imagine a more colorful cast of characters than the conquistadors, pirates, hardy Native Americans, escaped slaves, adventurers, poachers, speculators and old-time politicians who all play a part in the story. Nevertheless, "River of Grass" is still the best history of South Florida, and should be on the reading list of anyone who wants something a little more substantial than the tourist guides and coffee-table fluff that dominate the shelf of books about the region.

What a readable and fascinating history of the wonderful State of Florida! I enjoyed every minute of the story of the struggle to conquer the environment and mold it to the white man's idea of a civilized place. Sadly, I am not convinced the developers will allow the Everglades to exist much longer. I am grateful to have lived in a time when its wonders are still available to me.

That's how most of us in Florida referred to Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Long honored by the state and then by the nation a few years before she died in 1998, she was a living legend in the South Florida environmental movement. Within a few miles of where I live there's a school, a park, a long section of highway and the Biscayne Nature Center, all of which are named after this grand old lady.

And grand and old she was. One of the most amazing facts about her life is the way it seems to have paralleled the recent history of the Everglades itself. Consider this. The first real encroachment of the Everglades began in 1890 when settlers started draining the area around the Kissimmee river. This was just 10 years before Douglas was born. When she wrote THE EVERGLADES: RIVER OF GRASS in 1947 she was 57 years old. The book played a huge part in creating public awareness about the vital importance of the area and was the prime impetus for the creation of the Everglades National Park. Douglas was in fact there when Harry Truman officially opened the park in late 1947. She was still around to receive an honor from president Clinton in 1993. Most incredibly she lived to see the publishing of this - the Fiftieth Anniversary edition of her best known book - dying shortly after at the age of 108! One of the salient points to note about this edition is that it offers an added chapter by another writer titled "Coming Together" which highlights some of the recent progress being made in reversing the damage done to the Everglades watershed area. Progress which can trace it's origins back decades ago to the constant cajoling and inspiration of one Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Never has the saying "Life imitates Nature" been any truer.

Douglas's original book is in keeping with the times it was written in. A natural history of the Everglades with a heavy emphasis on wildlife and the local culture, written in a simple straightforward style. This "just-the-facts" approach is used when recounting the early history of the area, giving names and dates of conquerors and explorers. The writing style occasionally feels a bit dry but these moments quickly pass as we get so caught up in reading about history by someone who was themselves a bit of living history.

This book is a gem. A friend gave me the book. I loved reading each excerpt. Whether you've lost a family member or are trying to cope with the tragedy of September 11 and its aftermath, First Seasons is comforing and healing.

I was given a copy of this book on the death of my mother and found it very comforting. After reading it, I realized this would have been the perfect book to have given to my mother when she lost her husband. It seems to speak perfectly to that situation. I remember one message in the book which particularly caught my attention and made me realize how inexperienced I was at understanding and responding to someone else's grief. It was about trying to eat even when you don't want to -- and it said something comforting about it being OK if you just had a cup of hot soup as you stood at the window looking out. Many of the other empathetic expressions of sympathy on the loss of a loved one reminded me of my mother's experience on her loss of her soul mate - and I finally understand. I now recognize these unexpectedly overwhelming emotions of grief in me - and I hope I will be more aware of the pain of others and my response as I grow older.

This is a lovely book. Its words are heartening, calming, and peace-giving; the design soothing; and the introduction, a benediction. Even if you have not suffered an immediate loss, it has the power to put you in mind of those things which are truly valuable--the love of friends and family, and the beauty and comfort that reside in simple things. First Seasons is a compact care package for the soul.