This novel is up there with Frank Peretti and LaHaye and Jenkins. It is a completely different genre than the aforementioned authors... however, Justice's literary style is equally as brilliant. Okay, I'm not gonna try to sound like a scholar --- let me just say this as simple as possible. As you're reading the pages of this book, you feel as if you are placed in the 4th century and are living out the persecution right there alongside Genesius. You are brought into the mind of Genesius and then into the mind of the emperor Diocletian --- your heart beating and your palms sweating (okay maybe not that severe) But you totally understand their frustration and fear... but over all that, you see the hand of God working out His plan to reach even the hardest of hearts overseeing the Roman Empire. I didn't know a dang thing about 300 A.D. and the "tetrarchy", but as I read the book and was placed there... it all was so clear and made total sense. I seriously could not put that book down, and it's not because it's a "dick & Jane" book. It's a brilliant piece of literature. I keep two books by my bedside: The Great Gatsby and The Final Bow. If you don't happen to be a Christian, and are reading this... don't let the fact that this book is about Christians stop you from reading it. Your mind will forever be reshaped as to how you view "Christianity". The only reason this book is not a best seller is most likely the marketer's fault. It's of no fault of the author and anyone reading this book would agree.

ALAN IS A GREAT WRITER WHO SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR THE EFFORTS THAT MUST HAVE GONE INTO THIS BOOK. WONDERFUL WORK BY A CLEARLY TALENTED AUTHOR. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE BOOKS BY HIM.

The Final Bow by Alan David Justice is the story of Genesius, an actor in the 4th century. This was a time period in history when it was extremely dangerous to be a Christian. Genesius was just an actor chosen to mock Christianity in absurd plays. But then the emperor enlists his services to spy on the Christians and identify the true believers. Thinking that Christians are a threat to the peace of the Roman empire, he goes about his task wholeheartedly.

But each time Genesius hears the story of "the Christians", he becomes more convinced of it's accuracy. Finally, He meets Jesus and is won over to the truth. Knowing his place is with the emperor, he returns to the man who hates Christians, hoping to get a chance to tell him about the one true King. Once again, he takes place in a drama, written by Genesius himself, and intended to cause people to laugh at Christianity. This time, however, he takes a stand. Before the major powers of the world, he pronounces himself a Christian, knowing this stand would either change the course of history or end in his death. He died a martyr that day. But his testimony changed the life of the emperor and many others. He choose eternal life over living a lie for the short time he was here.

This book challenges us to be bold in our faith and to stand firm knowing that our reward in heaven is far greater than anything we could gain here by silence and denial of the truth

This is a very well written book on advertising. It is nice for a change to have heard of the authors! Usually when I read a review in another publication, such as Adweek, I am curious about the book but never buy it-this time I went ahead and bought it and I am most pleased. I am looking even more forward to the publisher's book entitled Inside the Minds: Leading Marketers - with the Chief Marketing Officers from Coke, GE, FedEx, American Express and other big names. It will be a very interesting contrast to the advertising side of the business.

This book is a must read for every advertiser-fantastic insight into the future of the advertising world. Adweek was right-this is a must read.

I have read close to 50 books on advertising throughout my career and this was by far the most innovative and thought provoking book I have read to date. I especially liked the chapter by Tim Love at Saatchi & Saatchi-but the entire book is full of insightful thoughts on where the future of the advertising industry is going. This is THE book to read if you are in the advertising, marketing or public relations industries.

Nick, a bright, engaging kindergartener meets a child in his class named David. Nick's father, also named David bears a resemblance to Nick's young classmate. Both Davids are brunet and wear glasses!

Nick is convinced his classmate is his own dad as a child. He is determined to crack this case. (spoiler)

I got this book because i love S.E. hinton, and once again, I was not dissapointed, i loved it, buy it and read it to your children

A must read. Answers many questions that are repeatedly raised in other bokks on simular topics. Freidman does not waste paper....he provides insights to the last line of the last page...
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Where to start ? To get 5 stars, a book must really satisfy many criterias, and this one certainly does.

Its author, Mr. Friedman, deserve among others to be recognized as a brillant pedagogue. The topic is complex but the text is clear and the simple words well chosen, like in his other excellent book: The Hidden Domain. As a reader you are able to think fully about the concepts expressed, without wasting any concentration on sentences analysis. Depending on your learning style, you may prefer like I did the tape version: it lets you think with your eyes closed.

You may have enjoyed David Bohm's unusual interpretations of our world through his master knowledge of quantum physics. You may have been puzzled by Jane Roberts connection with the strange entity Seth. In Bridging Science and Spirit, not only do you get a summary of the most important and philosophical aspects of the above, you are also launched into such powerful explanations of the physical roots of our world that some wild imagination may be needed to fully grasp them.

This book makes you think and almost not believing yourself the potentials of what your mind is trying to visualize: this is why I found the book outstanding.

The best book on the market of Chemotaxis and Migration. As I started reading this book I recognized that I was reading over hours. This is a very interesting book covering a total interesting subject. The first time an author defined and clearyfied the terms. Moreover in total a very helpful book and it should be a duty for all clinicians/scientists are interested in that field.

After more than 20 years cell locomotion research there was no book available which address this very interesting subject. The Authors have done a great job by providing the reader with a very fine logical follow up in the book. All important points are explained so fine. After reading this book it is possible to understand chemotaxis and transmigration, even when you are a beginner in this very important field. I can only congratulate the Authors and they have filled a big gap.

Be still when you read this book. Find a place with no distractions, no children asking for help with homework, no chores to do in the next room. Because you will need the stillness to grapple with the images from Lodz.

The book opens with an idyllic calm, when Dawid is being the young boy he was born to be. Anyone who has been to a youth camp will see himself in Dawid. This identification is critical to grasping the horror that is to come.

And no! There are no answers to the questions you cannot ask. The Whys and Hows cannot be riddled. You may think about them when you have put the book down for the last time, but let Dawid show you his world as it is destroyed around his ears. Worry about the nature of good and evil and humanity and war and peace and betrayal when you are done.

But first, let the young man tell his story. We are lucky this story survived.

This book is quite moving and powerful as its young, sardonic, incisive author leads us vicariously into the world of the ghetto. The brilliance of this young man is readily apparent through his keen observations of his desperate situation and horrendous surroundings. This is a must-read for anyone, and would be especially good for young people who sometimes ask how the Jews "let" this happen to them. The author is also very honest about his father's moral breakdown, as well as his bitter thoughts on the role of Chaim Rumkowski, the leader of the ghetto community. The preface is excellent, giving backround information about David, the war, the ghetto system, and Nazi methods of deceit and control. Highly recommended.

If you've seen the second edition, this edition is a big improvement, with much better coverage of CT and MR. It's an excellent book both for radiology residents and practicing radiologists, who are looking for a single-volume text which is both readable, and sufficiently comprehensive to use as a reference. Top-notch.

Most comprehensive and manageable text on chest imaging. Covers all aspects from plain film to newer modalities. A Must for any busy department.

I picked up this casette because I've long wanted to know more about the underpinnings of western philosophy--why we think the way we do--what came before and shaped 20th century thought? But who has time to read the great books in a day--or to take extensive coursework in philosophy? This tape was just about the best thing I could have asked for. It took the last 3000 years and rolled them up in a comprehensive and understandable ball. I now stand on a sturdier platform to be able to ask more cogent questions. And I gained this stance by listening during my commute, which is normally a waste of time. (Incidentally, I am now a huge tape fan, and I believe there are about 6 others in the series). Indeed "the unexamined life is not worth living," and now I am clearer on why, but most importantly, who said it.

A wonderful overview of Philosophy, covering the likes of Plato, Aristotle and the rest of the boys. Packed with information, but very comprehensible. Makes you want to learn more about each philosopher. The degree to which certain famous philosophers differ is facinating. I get something out of this audio tape everytime...

These novellas require readerly effort and patience. In what at first seems like a bit of a patchwork they tell a sort of blinding truth, in the tradition of Hasidic folk tales. God is not only a presence, but a character. In a mirror of the human mind, an assortment of worlds - places, times, emotional and mental states - somehow coexist. There are important yet homely recognizable details plucked from bourgeois prewar European life, but no quaintness in the descriptions of the characters' histories in Europe (mainly Germany, Hungary, Austria, Rumania) and then Palestine and Israel. For example, the protagonist segues quite reasonably from a consideration of an ice cream cone to the burden of his father's mental illness - in several paragraphs. Love among people (parents and children; men and women) is often a troublesome thing. "Women, Joseph thinks, yearn to embrace a man, and a man yearns to embrace his Creator [...]"

Patience is required, and rewarded. The presence of the several languages (German, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic and the English of the translation) is the tip of the iceberg, really, in these stories that attempt so much. Definitely worth reading.

This book contains two novellas - each excellent and unlike each other.

The Book of Joseph is written in a mix of poetry and prose. It follows, to varying degrees of detail, the lives of several individuals who lead intersecting lives. Don't consider this "just another Holocaust novel" - it is a significant and unique addition to the corpus of Jewish Holocaust literature.

Katschen is a very low key novella following the life of an orphan in Palestine - describing life through the very imaginative child's point of view. Katschen's view is a delightful mix of naivete, taking words literally, and a vivid visual imagination. His life is followed through care by an aunt, by an elderly uncle, thru a kibbutz, a friendly Arab, the police and finally by his father - a man confined to an insane asylum through most of the story.

Both tales include footnotes that translate the bits of German, Yiddish, Hebrew and Arabic that occasionally occur. This multilingual facet is the only trace of a scholarly background on the part of the author.

Yoel Hoffman is an author with absolutely stunning control over his story - an unerring sense of concrete detail in sparse prose. I have yet to find any of his work less than awe inspiring.

beautiful, compelling...a great study of one of the most interesting rebel artists of our time. everyone should know who howard finster is!

Fans of the odd and eccentric will find Howard Finster's Paradise Garden fascinating and entertaining. The quality and selection of photographs of the garden is fantastic, and Finster's statments regarding the vision behind his creation are intriguing. This book is definitely worth examining for its unusual scope and content.