This is a valuable book for anyone who is personally involved, or knows someone who is involved battling breast cancer. This woman was mis-diagnosed and fought thru the courtroom and chemo-room to save her life. I've talked with her and she takes Tamoxifin daily and has been living every moment for the past thirteen years!

This is a wonderfully detailed story of the life and death of Whitefoot, a mouse on the Kansas Prairie. Whitefoot dies in the first chapter, and the remaining chapters trace what happens to his body. It is a rich summary of the cycle of life. C.T. Brandhorst was a biologist, and is quite detailed in his account. This book would be appropriate for the early elementary level, perhaps 2nd to 4th grade.

Carl Jung's character has taken quite a shellacking of late in new biographies by Richard Noll. In contrast, Smith's book is sympathetic both to Jung's cause--the healing journey toward wholeness he termed "individuation"--and to the deeply disturbed, dissociated psyche that relentlessly drove Jung, both personally and professionally, toward the fulfillment of his destiny: his "daimon." Smith focuses on Jung's relationships with his parents, arguing that it was mainly Jung's ambivalent feelings toward his mother--not his father, as most biographers believe--that most powerfully influenced his peculiar psychic development. Smith also emphasizes the famous Freud-Jung friendship, and its daimonic character, noting that both men had enormous stores of repressed anger or rage which both drove their prodigious creativity and caused serious interpersonal difficulties. Smith's brief biography, despite its limitations, perceptively illuminates in ways others have not the darker side of C.G. Jung--his repressed rage--and in so doing, deepens our understanding of and compassion for the daimonic Dr. Jung, and, hopefully, our own daimonic qualities.

I say this because I was fooled by the subtitle about "the most complete explanation." I was very curious about meditation, so I tried to buy a comprehensive text. I will never buy a book that hasn't been reviewed yet.

Basically this book is comprised of all of the semi-mystical babbling spouted by people who would otherwise be priests but can't handle mainstream religion. There is no mention of any truthful backing (except from a few transcribed conversations with an androgynous "guardian angel") to any claims within the book, only opinions which are expected to be taken as prima facie facts.

If you feel that you may be missing out on something by not reading this volume, just thing back upon all unvalidated claims and assumptions you have ever heard in your life, write them down, and then read them to yourself. Just don't publish it, or it would be plagiarsim.

I consider myself a fairly open minded individual, but a reasoning individual has to draw the line somewhere. And this text is WELL beyond that line.

If you're looking for a volume on improving one's mind through introspective meditation, read "The Einstein Factor" and practice its techniques, and leave this one alone.

The only positive thing I can say about it is that it is very well printed. If it wasn't utter nonsense, it would be a respectable volume to have on one's bookshelf. The spine is well glued and bound; the paper is smooth, thick, and not at all glossy; and the fonts of both the heading and body are both easily read and wonderfully printed. Kudos to Ariel Press; research your clietel next time.

I bought this book four years ago but didn't quite understand what the authors are trying to communicate. Until recently, when I read it again, it seemed that I have been stricked by lightening and everything seems so clear. If you already own the book either you have already gotten it or just not ready like I was before. Be patient, you will know when you are ready.....I love you HERMAN

I read the only review of this book and was "inspired" to give my view. I liked this book. It gave me things to think about as I went through the day. I am not an idiot. I do not believe there needs to be an exacting formula to do "it" well or correctly. It is more than relaxation, which this book explains very well. It gave me a way to understand meditation and how to integrate the ideas of the practice in our society. This is why it is called "Active Meditation". I have other books also that are not so "Western friendly". It is certainly good for another look at things. Take it out of the library for a test. I have a feeling that if I talked to the other interviewer about this, there would be quite a backlash! Ironic. I keep this one around for reference. Their sense of humor makes the topic less intense than others. But this is not a wishy washy book. Helped me. In any case, I would say to each his or her own.

This book fails on its ambitious agenda of surveying and mapping out the new landscape the authors refer to as "global literacies", and delivers little at the end.

Boasting a "landmark study of CEOs from 28 countries" on its cover, the book contains less than 10 survey questions from the study, all of which are freebies which offer no additional insight to the quest at hand. For example, one survey question asks, "do your cultural roots influence your thinking?" The question is so poorly designed from a research point of view, the answer doesn't really matter.

The rest of whatever study of CEOs the authors compiled was reduced to regurgitation of current buzz words, "understanding and valuing yourself", "engaging and challenging others", "focusing and mobilizing your organization", "valuing and leveraging cultural differences".

The remaining pages are filled with trivia-type facts on who's who around the world, such as a generic list of major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

At the end, you should expect to get out of this book what R.R. got out of his visiting 30 countries over a two-year period, traveling 250,000 miles, as he explained to the readers in the intro. That's nearly 350 miles of traveling a day, everyday of the year, and less than a month for every country. You tell me how much cultural immersion and interaction a person can experience out of it.

Alvy: "You're, like, New York Jewish Left-Wing Liberal Intellectual Central Park West Brandeis University ... the Socialist Summer Camps and the father with the Ben Shahn drawings, right? And you really, you know, strike-oriented kind of - uh, stop me before I make a complete imbecile of myself."

Allison: "No, that was wonderful. I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype."

[Annie Hall, 1977]

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Everyone talks about globalization, but few do anything about it. As the world contracts, many once-arrogant executives find themselves humbled by their ignorance of the manners, modes, and mores of other nations and cultures. At the same time, accelerated communication has built self-confidence among those leaders who might once have aped the methods of Western business superpowers. Americans, British, French, and a host of the traditionally smug are discovering that they can't just talk at their counterparts to the east and south. They need to understand them, speak their language (figuratively and literally), and learn how to make the borderless economy work.

So argues Robert Rosen and his colleagues in Global Literacies. Using a 1,000-person survey, combined with interviews with 75 CEOs in 28 countries, the authors have developed a model of twenty behaviors and roles for the twenty-first century leader. These competencies - "Chaos Navigator", "authentic flexibility", "Respectful Modernizer", etc. - are here elucidated by example, using extended interview excerpts and admiring descriptions of leaders chosen as competency archetypes. It's a reasonable approach, particularly when complemented by capsule summaries of their leaders' countries and their cultures. If your knowledge of world history, geopolitics, and comparative religions is limited, and if you don't have a World Fact Book near at hand, then you'll find convenient answers in these reports.

But every reporter wants to write editorials, and it's in the oration and polemics that Global Literacies stumbles. As a business topic, literacy is not lite and racy, so the authors try to spice up their book with fortune-cookie truisms....

"Leaders are people, too."

Global Literacies is clearly the work of a motivational speaker, full of sound bites and fury. It also tends towards proof by sweeping assertion. Discussing China's $30 billion Ping An Insurance, for example, the authors state that "the secret of [its] success is its ability to keep one foot in traditional Chinese culture and one foot in the world, constantly learning and modernizing Chinese culture." This may be true, but how could it be proved? How does one measure "learning and modernizing" as a competitive advantage? Must great leaders always have strong cultural roots?

How you respond to Global Literacies will depend in part on where you stand in the classic argument of nature vs. nurture. By overemphasizing "national traits" that predetermine behavior, Rosen and his colleagues have fallen into the classic trap of cultural stereotyping. They argue for example that "we need to combine the egalitarian nature of the Dutch, the change orientation of Americans, the achievement orientation of the Overseas Chinese, and the humility of the Scandinavians." All Scandinavians? Aren't there any supercilious Swedes out there?...

Ultimately Global Literacies informs more than it persuades. Some segments are merely unfortunate; Douglas Ivester, held up as the epitome of communication and "urgent listening", has since been fired as CEO of Coca-Cola for a series of gaffes and mishandled controversies. And it is true that the interweaving of interviews and facts can be instructive, even enlightening. But eventually you begin to wonder whether these cultural depictions are portraits or cartoons. If you're going to travel around the world in 400 pages, be warned that travel may narrow the mind.

I happened upon this book and I'm so glad I did! It is a well-written, easy-reference global tool--- much more than just another business book for the shelf. The first-hand stories, study data and format makes it a keeper. Although the study was relatively small, it was globally broad and big enough, with its weighty contributors, to give any leader a good dose of global nourishment to help you forge your own new path. What I like about it most is the straightforward presentation that is free of gobbledegook, so common to many business books. Many leaders across geographies, industries and sectors are trying to find their bearings in the marketplaces, workplaces and communities of the world at this turbulant time of opportunity. This book not only provides stimulating information, but it helps one remember that the solutions we seek are not so complicated. No big surprises. Instead, these times just ask little more of us. Working across cultures and geographies ultimately means working with a new consciousness about others---learning from and thinking more about each other --- and realizing that it is by putting our differences to work that we will open the way for new levels of innovation and a world that benefits all. The book serves as a reminder of how much you already know as a leader that can now be applied to a new set of global problems---as well as, how much you need to learn. I plan to share it with my customers and fellow leaders of change. Thank you for this work!

Calcium intake is an important factor in bone health and may play some role in the prevention of colon cancer. Robert Barefoot has embellished these simple facts to create an elaborate scheme to promote his publications and coral calcium products. The book is filled with preposterous claims. On page 142, for example, he states: "The body can cure itself of all disease if given the nutrients it needs." I wish that things were so simple. Although nutritional strategies can help prevent and manage some diseases (most notably cardiovascular diseases), they are rarely curative. Moreover, the vast majority of diseases have little or nothing to do with nutrient levels. The book fails to note that coral calcium products (some of which carry Barefoot's name on their label) cost about ten times as much as the combination of calcium carbonate plus a multivitamin that is much better formulated. I advise people to ignore both him and coral calcium. Quackwatch comtains a detailed analysis of the videotape he uses to promote this book.

All I want to say here is that not only do I suffer from osteoarthritis in my knees and other joints, I have arthritis in my spine from a tailbone break 30-odd years ago. (I'm just 54 years old.) I also have fibromyalgia, asthma, IBS, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, and chronic fatigue. Add to that the devastating loss of the love of my life in January, and I've been what could kindly be called "a mess."

After seeing Bob Barefoot's infomercial, being the skeptic that I am, I went online and did some research on the coral calcium itself as opposed to brand. I learned enough to decide which source I'd prefer to try, and that the concept seemed to have some basis in fact.

I started taking True-Blue above-sea coral calcium just about three weeks ago. Hey, I figured that no matter what, in the state I was in it couldn't hurt. I was right.

Like I said, I'm a skeptic by nature, and always expect to find out I was ripped off. Not so here. I can see an extraordinary difference in the level of joint and all-over body pain I have. I'm able to walk down the stairs in a normal gait where before I had to "two-foot" it. I have far more energy than I've had in years, and I'm better able to cope with the sadness and stress of losing my adored husband.

How much of that can be attributed to the coral calcium? Who knows ... I just know that the changes began within days of commencing taking it, so it would seem naive to think it had nothing to do with it.

As a woman, I've always been aware that calcium is needed by our bodies, and I've always taken it. But what I've taken in the past has been "oyster" calcium with Vitamin D, or eggshell. I've had no comparable results from either of those that I've had with the coral calcium.

If you look at it from the point of view that you have nothing to lose by taking it, and perhaps everything to gain, it's worth a try. I did chose the "above-sea" however, simply because the idea of ingesting a bunch of sand along with my calcium (and lord knows what else that's on the bottom of the ocean) in the "marine" formula was very unappealing. Barefoot's is the marine. (I also discovered he used to tout the "above sea" as the best source at one time. Interesting switch.)

the people that think that coral calcium is a scam and barefoot is not backed by any scientific information have not even read his book. he quotes from nobel prize winners, the ama journal of medicine, the new england journal of medicine...and the list goes on.if they read the book they would see that bob barefoot doesn't state in his book that coral calcium cures anything...what he does state is that coral calcium helps to alklalize your body chemistry. an alkaline chemistry is the optimum environment for your cells to function in and we were meant to heal ourselves. why is that so hard for some people to believe.in my opinion this book opens your eyes to what is essential for good health.i have been a distributor for coral calcium for over a year now and i have seen absolutely amazing transformations of people's health. everything from cancer, gerd, arthritis, back pain chronic fatigue sydrome, chrohn's disease and the list goes on.my own sister was diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff and 3 calcium deposits at the site of the injury. the doctor told her that her muscle was atrophying away from the bone because she was not moving it as a result of the pain. her dr. suggested surgery to her, but she put it off till may because of personal functions in her life. she started on the coral calcium and 2 months later she was moving her arm, sleeping thru the nite and she said she had very little pain. 8 months later she had another mri and the calcium deposits were gone and even the tear was healing. i should state my sister is 55 years old.that is only one of many transformations i have seen over a year. it only stands to reason our soils are so depleted and our food genetically engineered ..that the mineral and vitamin content is no longer there anymore. i suggest the people that are skeptical about what barefoot wrote in his book, speak to some of the people who take coral calcium. bottom line we were meant to heal ourselves.

I was given this book as a gift by a friend who knows that I like to know every side to each story. I have read this book and many others on both sides of the Evolution vs. Creation debate. This book and three others by this author left me wondering where this individual comes from! I found so many passages of failed logic, contradiction, and out-right lies, it wasn't funny! After forcing myself to read the last 3/4 of the book I was left wanting the time I had spent reading this garbage back. If you aren't brain-washed, you'll want to throw this book in the trash after the first few chapters.

This man, Carl Baugh, is simply a huxter looking to suck money from the wallets of the unsuspecting public. Please, don't let yourself be fooled by this book if you chose to read it. Afterwards, I suggest you purchase a book by Stephen Jay Gould. Though he uses very complex English, if you take the time, you'll get much more appreciation for the validties and errors of both sides of the arguement.

This book makes no attempt at presenting "facts" in a non-biased, scientific fashion.

The reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because it's a bit hard to read: the scientific things are well done, but some of them can be a bit hard for a non-scientist to get into.

The pictures are excellent, (photos), the documentation is relentless... all in all a good resource for people interested in Creationism or dinosaurs. There's clear documentation of the human and dinosaur footprints being together -- even overlapping. It's a fascinating book, even though the writing is scholarly and occasionally inaccesible. Extremely well-documented.

Especially intriguing were the things about giant footprints... I wish they'd talked even more about these!

If you're interested in this subject at all, you should probably check it out.

Very inciteful book! This isn't for just Christians. Presents clear FACTS that dinosaurs and man walked together. It's a must read!

Basic Histology is definitely not the text of choice if you're new to the subject. The authors managed to introduce no less than 30 new terms in the first page of each chapter rendering the reader in complete confusion. They seemed not to have taken great care in explaining the various structures, which would be completely foreign to the beginning Histology student, and the figures included have much room for improvement as well. Further, there was no distinction of emphasis between the more important points in a chapter versus the less crucial details. I have read lots of intro texts to various subjects for academic purposes; and this is definitely the most lacking one I have encountered.

This is a Histology Book with very low grade pictures compared to other nice shiny picture books that have their own problems. Book provides more information about the components but graphics are very weak. It could be used as a reference book but not as a sole source book. I found "Functional Histology" book better.
When certain structural components are explained book relies on some previous knowledge, so it is not a self sufficient book. So half quality information and half quality pictures, good for exam preparation to refresh your knowledge.

This book was quite helpful for my histology course in med school. The book is quite intense filled with tons of information on each line. However, I also used the following which is also on amazon:
Histology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers
ISBN: 0971999686
The second book helped prepare me for the type of questions that appeared on my exams. It's also needed because it helps you to focus on what is important in each topic of histology. It also proved to be a great reference for the histology portion of the USLME step 1.

There is NO cd-rom inside. Yes, Nothing, not even a floppy disk !

What is the use of a book titled "Computer-Assisted" without any CD/disk ? Tell me !

They mention about the CD everywhere! From the front cover to back cover, book description, book content, their web site, etc. GOD, where is the CD?

I think this is not Amazon's mistake. The front cover and the back cover of the book clearly say "FREE CD-ROM INSIDE".

I will try to contact the Authors to see if they will give me the CD! I will post an update here if they do. Until then, please save your money, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK.

If you are the authors or anyone who is responsible for this CD-ROM, please do something!

I finally received e-mail from the author. I have to thank Amazon.com here for sending me the CD free of charge.

My first impulse upon receiving the book was to return it because I thought it would be illustrated in color of the flora and fauna in the Poconos. But I gave it a second look and discovered that it was quite thorough in its information. For instance, it gives you 'places to see'geological features of the mountains, where eagles winter, where to find Pocono bogs and wetlands,and places of natural history. The authors detail what animals, plants and amphibians can be found in the area. Overall the book is quite comprehensive on wildlife. With an Audobon guide for identifying plants in color, this is a very good book for taking along on hikes or camping or for just wanting to know 'what's around.'