A well researched, organised guide. This books provides excellent color photos of each of FL's snakes. Goes into great detail about the various habitats of FL and provides a habitat table. Details on identification, habitat, behavior, reproduction, similar species, diet, etc. for each species. Excellent section on venomous snakes. A must for nature or snake lovers. A good reference for residents of the Southeastern US.

An excellent book for both the beginner and expert alike, Mr. Tennant provides excellent photographs of each species, including some photos of juvinelles. His text is highly informative and well written; he dispells myths about certain species, gives accurate distributional data, provides information on the status of each species, i.e. abundance, and has an excellent bibliography. A must for anyone interested in the snake fauna of Florida.

This book should be read by all Florida residents, not just those interested in snakes. It discusses the plight of these wonderful creatures in light of man-made and natural changes in their environment. It also goes into greater depth than the average field guide with respect to populations, breeding, personal encounters (always my favorite) etc.. I don't know the author personally but I sincerely hope he is researching field guides for snakes in other states as well. I ordered his book on the snakes of Texas before I finished the introduction to this book!

It is a book you want to study. I'm looking forward to purchasing the 3 volume book and study guide.

This is a pretty Good book. A little bit difficult to follow. If you want a simple story that incorporates most of these principles I would suggest An Encounter With A Prophet. I recommend both books but read Encounter first.

Although I have been aware of A Course In Miracles for several years, I still consider myself a beginner. I found this book very helpful in its presentation, that being explaining the principles, with questions answered as they come up. I have always been attracted to the Courses' message, but would go in and out of reading it, because it would bring up fear in me. This book explained for me where that fear comes from, and for this reason alone I now want to continue to make A Course In Miracles my way of living in this world.

This is a great book for those who want to carry a concise reference on fishing. The book is easy to read and locating information is no problem.
I try to not leave home without a copy!

"Golden Books" were great for my children and grandchildren, and now their "Fishing", "A Guide To Fresh and Salt-water", book helps me with salt-water fish identification and tackle preparation. I have recently relocated to the S.C. coast and do a lot of salt-water fishing. With all of the rules and regulations relative to fish size and limits, "Fishing" comes in handy in identifying the fish caught so as not to run afoul of the "man" by having the wrong fish in the creel.

A powerful, pocket-sized introduction to the wide world of fishing. Excellent, extensive illustrations. I loved this book when I was a kid, and it still holds up well. I recommend it for anyone, child or adult, who is new to the angling arts.

If you're into contemporary popular Christianity or old-school tradional/conservative theology and are offended by the idea that all religions essentially lead to the same Goal via different paths, then you ABSOLUTELY shouldn't buy this book. That said, I loved this book. Just the sections on forgiveness, loving thy enemies and defenselessness alone were worth the price of this book "Forgivness and Jesus." Others have referred to these aforementioned concepts--and in particular to "loving thy enemy "--as: non-resistance, surrender, least resistance, active patience, "not taking anything personally," wu wei and others. An enemy can be a thing and/or condition as well as a person too. These so-little-understood concepts/spirit of mind are the most POWERFUL I've ever encountered, for they enable all the other laws/principles. What trips people up is the inherent vagueness of words or nomimals. That's why mathematicians use numbers, or ratios in their calculations, since they're much more precise than nominals. We've all heard these words, and we have all assumed that our definitions were correct; that they only pertain to people and not everything else in the world as well; that these spiritual ideals are just that: idealistic yet totally impractical(JUST THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE!); that somehow they denote weakness, being a doormat or a pushover, and they're letting people get away with "murder," and that we have no recourse but to suffer and yet pretend like it doesn't matter no matter how we secretly feel on the inside. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH! If you think THOSE things, you may need to read the books to follow too.
Want to bet the rest of your life on those imprecise nominal misconceptions you've hear since the cradle and thence onto your grave? No? Then along with this book read Shinn's "Game of Life," Chopra's "Seven Laws of Spiritual Success," Patent's "Game of Life," Ruiz's "Four Agreements," and about Cayce's concept of "Patience...or active patience." If you're ready to hear, you may be pleasantly surprised. Don't believe me? Great! You don't have to. These aforementioned and other spiritual teachers like Vikekananda and Yogananda didn't demand mindless faith or dogmatism. Rather, they all exhorted you to prove them wrong by endeavoring to replicate their methodologies. Go for it! You've got nothing to lose and EVERYTHING to gain! It isn't about merely memoring and then parroting them to show how "spiritual" you are; it's about BEING/BECOMING them.

This book further elaberates on the Course's central teaching, that of forgiveness. Teaching that forgiveness is our peace and is as close to heaven as we can reach while still believing we are here in this world of illusions.

As a student of the Course it is my task to forgive those who misunderstand and misrepresent my path. Anyone who reads this book, or A Course in Miracles, with an open mind will see that the it has nothing to do with satanism (how could it when it teaches that only love is real, and that what you do to your brother you do to yourself?), and nothing to do with paganism (how could it when it teaches that the body isn't real?).

In the Course Jesus says "many false idols have been made of me that would be only brother to the world." This book helps the reader to see that Jesus is not a vengeful person who demands our suffering and repentance in order to enter heaven, he only suggests that we let go of our guilt and realize that there is only one universal soul. A soul that, in Reality, has never left heaven.

Believe this book if you want to. Unlike some other paths, the Course does not claim to be "the" way. It says that it is one among many, and they "all lead to God in the end."

The tradtional sacrificial model of Christianity where an angry God demands a pound of flesh (sacrifice of his beloved Jesus on the cross) before we are loved by and acceptable to Him at some deep level does not make any sense to me. Dr. Wapnicks explanation of Jesus' life and death based on A Course In Miracles is not only logical, it is beautiful. This view allows us to logically believe in a joyful, peacefilled, nonviolent Jesus and a God who never stops loving us. This book greatly changed my life. It started me on the path of wanting to love Jesus again and eliminating my fear of God and death.

This devotional is one that I would highly reccomend to any follower of christ looking for a good way to spend time with the lord in the morning. Kenneth And Gloria Copeland share real life experiences, practicl and biblical examples and scriptures in all of the devotion entries. This is the devotional my eighth grade teacher read from every morning and I liked it so much I decided to buy a copy of my own. Get this book you will not regret it.

The truth of God's word comes alive through this devotional that is why its always fresh and new everytime, and I have been using it for years!! It's funny how the Lord will speak to my particular situation everyday. Get it now.

I have owned this book for several years and have given it to friends for gifts. This daily guide to victory is truly a blessing to me and has been life changing. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland writings are truly anointed and should be enjoyed by everyone. I'm online today to purchase my fifth copy for friend for a Christmas gift.

Read and be BLESSED!

This book was realy eye opening to me and gave me a lot to think about, it really changed the way I think about a lot of things. Every gay man should read this book, and then maybe they wouldn't be so judjmental to one another! Highly Reccomended. I hope the publisher makes another run SOON

I got this book as part of a birthday present, and it hasn't left my nightstand since. The book has a lot of good advice as well as suggestions, but it is never "preachy" in its tone. I'd definitely recommend it.

I really loved the humor, wit and charm of this book

A fable, a modern fiction, a true story - who cares.....the real story is about you and what you can do.

Great wrap at the end. And if you can get past any nervousness you may have (like me) on the subject of unconditional faith then it's well worth reading and passing on - inspiring sounds too corny a word nowadays for what is, actually, an old fashioned book - but i've taken the day off to read it again so it must have hit me good.
Thank you Ken and Truett - i will try, hard, you have reached me.
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I loved reading the real-life stories of people who "made it" and then gave something back. It made me want to help people no matter what station in life I'm at. The desire to give it all - all the time comes from knowing who we are and there's an awareness deep inside that just spills over. It makes us view the world as an opportunity to care, not just a place to get mine. I think a lot of executives are missing this ingredient in their lives and this book would be of great assistance.

Short, powerful and life-changing. If you already have a generous spirit, you'll be inspired and motivated to be more generous. If you have friends or colleagues,who, with encouragement, could begin to experience the joy of generosity--they'll never forget your help in pointing them in the right direction. I hope this is Ken Blanchard's all-time best-selling book!

What I found particularly informative was Dover's fascinating theory on the social use of Homosexual pursuit among the citizen class. Particularly the information that hubris was a crime in democratic Athens. What has this to do with homosexuality, you ask? the first half of the book explains. Ancient greek homosexuality in no way resembles the modern version and it is mind-blowing to see how they differ and how analogous structures, in two different societies, may seem to be opposites. For instance, in speaking of homosexual pursuit Dover is constantly forced, when comparing Ancient Athenian society to modern, to use heterosexual pursuit as an analogy for homosexual pursuit. The resemblances between modern heterosexuality and ancient homosexuality are just that strong!

Dover explores both the role of homosexuality in society as well as personal lives. His research is well laid out and provided an informed view of this subject. While the writing tends to be slightly more academic than I would like, I do not think this could be helped considering the subject matter and the (sometimes) positive views expressed by the author.

An excellent, extremely thorough study of homosexuality in Ancient Greece. Dover distinguishes between actual gays, gigolos, and heterosexuals who behave as if they are gay. The author provides mounds of thoroughly critiqued evidence to support every point, as well as candidly admitting to errors in past editions of the book--and correcting them. Yes, it's a history book, but it's also incredibly fascinating. The style is very readable, and the text is approachable by the layman as well as by the scholar. I couldn't put it down. Excellent work!

This book speaks at many different levels. It could be called "adventures in synchronicity" or it could be a Jungian categorical excursion into the same type of regimentation-as-freedom found in, say, a monastery or a totalitarian paradise. The crystal, milky-white earth-beings found under the earth, as explained here by Read, find their final rest in the form of individual obliteration, as they lay down in neat rows, to become fused as mineralized pieces of a complex crystalline underground society, accompanied in the background by the racket of numerous initiates, tapping out certain patterns of sounds on various-sized hunks of crystal as a preliminary qualification to their own eventual obliteration.

Aha! Now we understand the ice cave scene in "Superman" a little better, as well as the scene in that Planet of the Apes movie where they manipulate crystal inserts in a control panel to cause something like nuclear reactions. There must be an analogous Star Trek episode as well.

The Plato's cave comment picks up on this. Just as Plato's Republic veers into totalitarianism, so does the Green Child. Unlike Plato, however, it is not clear that Read is trying to be prescriptive. It may be optional, as was the Heaven's Gate cult, where they all wore the same shoes, ordered the same food at the same restaurant, laid down on the same size beds, and took the same overdose, waiting for the same spaceship, to unify them with the great beyond up there somewhere. Read here describes an inversion, going down to the labyrinthe, rather than out into the abyss. Now he has become the brave explorer of the inner extreme. He thus gains a foothold in medieval thought, with Plato in the rear view mirror.

Hermann Hesse may have tried the same thing, with his "Journey to the East" but Hesse trapped himself in an obscure labyrinthine dead end. By the end of the book, you don't even care what he meant. Here, with the Green Child, you wonder....is this a vision of heaven? A fusion of the is and the ought? What you want equals what you get? For some people, I think it might be. In this book resides a vision they find beautiful and personally compelling.

It also operates as a cool story on its own. We'll see how "Lord of the Rings" does later this year. It would take unusual talent to make this book cognizable as a movie. For the record, this book makes a good companion to John Updike's essay "Augustine's Concubine," and if law completely falls apart, I may do a PhD dissertation on Augustine's rejection of regimentation as a starting point for freedom and responsibility. The opposite of crystal fusion.

I always assign my philosophy students The Green Child as an immediate follow-up to Plato's Republic. It is a beautiful novel in every respect, and a wonderful companion to Plato's Allegory of the Cave. I have been thanked by my students and friends for thirty years. Many have said that Read's The Green Child is the most beautiful piece of prose they have ever read.

This is one of the only, if not the only, pieces of fiction written by Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968), a British poet, critic and philosopher. He was a champion of modern art and a founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Sir Herbert Read's writings are used as textbooks in Art Appreciation classes and he is considered to be one of the foremost Art Critics of the twentieth century. His prose has the sensibility of a visual artist, the lines written almost as if painted with a brush. The beauty of the book is akin to a fine painting of an English Landscape. Since I was first introduced to this book, over 30 years ago, I have bought at least 30 copies to give as gifts to friends who I knew would enjoy really fine prose for the sake of the prose itself. The story is a wonderfull philosophical tale of adventure and the discovery of another race that live beneath the English countryside metamorphosing into crystalline beings. A definite MUST READ for fans of FINE prose.

I agree with the other reviewer; I give it 4.5 stars. Great story with interesting characters.

Mr. Baumbach does a good job of bringing this world and the kingdom of Reldaria to life. The characters were well-developed, not just one-dimensional, generic 'good' or 'evil' characters that go colorlessly through the plotline. I especially liked the fact that more attention is given to the political and religious infighting/intrigues of Reldaria than the actual fighting itself; seems like all the best sci-fi and fiction books are more about the characters and how they interact rather than the strange monsters or way-out technologies thought up by the author.

I am not familiar with any of Mr. Baumbach's other works, but I am looking forward very much to seeing more of this world in the next two books of the series.

This book was a wonderful first novel by a great author. I enjoyed the characters and the wonderfully rich story. This fantasy novel will appeal to many types of readers, I highly recommend it.

This novel has interesting plot detail and character development. An engaging read that kept me enthralled from beginning to end. As the authors first, I really look forward to more from him.