Reading Victoria Greenleaf's book is a fascinating and eye-opening experience. It is as compelling as a well-written novel, yet it has the added value of being true, provoking readers to ask themselves difficult questions about loopholes in socialization our culture has left open, and where the responsibility lies for those who, through cunning and guile, craft a life within them only to eventually become everyone's unackowledged problem. Dr. Greenleaf paints a comprehensive picture in which the social mechanisms we have created to deal with this problem are woefully inadequate. The agencies are understaffed, underfinanced, and undervalued. Because of the prevalence of this character disorder, we are losing a significant portion of the best of what we have. Her character, Daniel, eventually becomes a moderately productive member of society, but contributes perhaps only a fraction of what he might have. The part he will never manifest is a devastating shortfall, especially when one considers how prevalent this condition is. Greenleaf makes the point well that as a society we can not afford to continue ignoring this problem. We are losing too much of our most vital resource at a time when it is sorely needed: the full commitment to our mutual problems by not only the best and the brightest but by every member of our community. This book gives us an Erin Brockovich heroine who stands up for saving our children by taking on every possible task to try to correct her son's personality flaw. It is an honest statement in which she willingly opens herself to possible criticism by telling her story the way it actually happened. It took years of her time to put this together, a task she performed because she felt this is a story that should be told. She deserves more than our gratitude; she deserves to see a general awakening to the extent of this problem and an increased resolve to do something about it. This is a brave, compelling, and much needed book.

In A Handful Of Ashes: One Mother's Tragedy, psychiatrists Victoria Greenleaf maintains that children can be born with negative personality traits that even the most exemplary upbringing will be unable to overcome. Dr. Greenleaf makes a convincing case that childhood personality disorder do not necessarily stem from flawed parenting or parental abuse. She asserts that genetics may be equally influential and supports her remarkable assertion with a personal account of the agonizing impact a child with Antisocial Personality Disorder can having on loving parents who, despite professional expertise and tireless efforts, were unable to reverse their son's condition. A Handful Of Ashes is highly recommended reading for child psychologists, family counselors, and parents who are trying their best to effectively and lovingly nurture an antisocial child.

This book is very well-written, a brutally honest account of the author's struggles with her wayward son. However, all through the book, one vacillates between having sympathy for the author, and being enraged with her for her arrogance, and bewildermment for having such a son. She seems to be totally naive to the fact that even "good" parents can raise "bad" children, and her methods for trying to "help" him are questionable at best. She seems to be unable to show motherly love to her children, and instead appears to raise them as a scientist conducting an experimment. Additionally, after reading the book, the reader is left with more questions than answers. For instance, what has become of her 2 younger children? How old is "Daniel" now, and what is he doing? And why, in God's name, hasn't she divorced "Peter?"

After listening to a lot of opinions about bible prophecy I came across this book I was very impressed with the author for backing all of his writing with the word of God.I would recomend it for new belivers as well as longtime believers. As with any biblical commentary I urge you to pray and examine its contents and compare it to God's word. You will find that this book not only hits the mark it will open your eyes to a new understanding of bible prophecy, and help you to share the gospel of CHRIST. Most people have a stong curiousity about bible prophecy. By understanding it better you will be able to use it as an effective tool for witnessing to the lost. As God's word has told us always be ready to give a reason to those who ask of the hope that is in you.

I totally enjoyed this book. Daniel is one of the hardest scriptures to read in the Bible, yet Jeremiah makes the character so much easier to understand. He has a great syle of writing. Daniel was so loved by God and its no wonder why. Anyone who wants to know what our future holds and wants to learn more about Daniel definitely should read this book

Dr. Jeremiah reads just like he sounds on Turning Point. I've read a lot of books on Biblical prophecy but so much more is offered here concerning Daniel than in thicker readings. I intend to re-visit the book of Daniel and pay closer attention to what I've already read so many times before. Super book!

I first found the Year of the Cat trilogy seven years ago at the local library. I loved the book when I first read it. I reccomend this book to anyone interested in the supernatural and mystery.

I started this series when I was 13 and 1/2 and I fell in love with it . Though I will add the 3rd book gets a little confusing . ( It also took me 2 years to find it ) I ended up finding it at the local libariy in Indiana ( I`am from CA.)Anyway the second book is the most importent in this 3 book series . This is where everything changes and true agendas are showen . Well most of them . It shows who Alex truly is. A cold , unremorseful , savage , self centered maniac. Who relishes using the gift for evil. Yet , you also see a different side of Holly. A young women with a gift of evil and fights it to protect the ones she loves. This book is such a dramtic turnig point in the series . It`s a must read and forgive me if I don`t make it sound like a great book . It is , there `s just so much you`ll find it`s hard to put in words.

I think this story is da bomb!@!!!It's the perfect book bacause it's about panthers(whom I love)and its not THAT scary!!!

a bible for international working and living
good stuff

Compiled and written by Daniel Lauber with the assistance of Kraig Rice, International Job Finder: Where The Jobs Are Worldwide is a straightforward presentation with all the facts and all the dirt on jobs that involving living and working abroad. Of special merit is the advice for avoiding international job scams, adapting to the host nation's culture, and safeguarding against anti-American threats. 1,200 of the most effective online and offline resources for finding international jobs on all seven continents make International Job Finder an essential and invaluable resource and reference for anyone serious about job-hunting abroad.

Like that review from Joyce Lain Kennedy suggests, they don't get any better than this. If you want an international job, this is THE book that will help you find the one you crave. The table of contents and indices will get you to the online and print resources that are targeted to your line of work, whether it be teaching English abroad, working in business, high tech, education, nonprofits, or government work. Instead of just listing online job and resume databases, etc. this book tells you everything you need to know about them, including guiding you to where the good stuff is on each website, so you don't waste time looking for websites that are useless for your job search.

More than pays for itself in saved time -- and it includes a free offer for a ... directory called "American Jobs Abroad."

When I first picked up Intimate Intentions I was kind of skeptical because of the number of pages. But once I started reading the story I was hooked. The story introduces us to Sasha Moore a top model who has stop modeling to reach her goal to open up her own Bridal Gown shop. But when she is turned down for a loan she decides to model for Diva Designs to earn the money that she needs. When she meets the new CEO she may get more than what she bargains for.

Terraine Andrews has come back to Diva Designs after his grandfather has died. He hires Sasha to promote a line of business for the company. But he was shocked at his emotions when he sees her. He must also discover who has murdered one of his models and protect Sasha from becoming the next victim.

This was an excellent who-done-it story. There was so many suspects to the murders of the models. It will truly keep you turning the pages to see if you were right. And when everything is revealed you will be totaly shocked. All of the secondary characters bring everything together.

The extra love story between Terraine's brother Jay and Sasha's friend Honey did not take away from the main story. It just leaves you wanted the author to write their on story.

If Mrs Daniels keeps writing books like Intimate Intentions, she will definitely be around for a while.

If you are a romantic at heart, then this book was written just for you. Intimate Intentions by Angie Daniels is a wonderful story with a mixture of romance, steamy drama, mystery and intrigue all in one incredibly written book. Ms. Daniels not only outdid herself with the story line, she has redefined the romance novel. I was unable to put the book down after reading the first page. Intimate Intentions not only holds your interest until the very last page, you are drawn into solving the mystery, and cheering for the lead characters until the very end of the book.

Meet Sasha Moore, a model that has finally called it quits until she is turned down for a loan to start her own wedding designer business. To earn the money necessary to finance her venture, she has no other choice but to return to modeling. She accepts a contract with Diva Designs after their featured model is murdered. She soon learns there is more to modeling for Diva Designs when she meets their CEO, Terraine Andrews. Together with two unsolved murders of models associated with Diva Designs along with finding out that her ex- boyfriend Robby, who traumatized her in the past, has recently been released from a mental hospital; she realizes that she is in the midst of a stormy discovery of self and the people around her, including the killer.

Meet Terraine Andrews, CEO of Diva Designs, who is forced to return to run the business after his grandfather passes away. Even though he never saw eye to eye with his grandfather, he feels a deep obligation to continue the showcase success of Diva Designs his grandfather built. Unfortunately, when two of his models are murdered one by one, he has much more facing him than the continued success of the business. Not only must he find out who the killer is before more innocent people are murdered, he must also deal with a welcomed romantic awakening with Sasha and realize that he must protect her at all costs.

Adding to the saga is Honey, Sasha's best friend and roommate, who has everyone believing she is so together, when in reality she is in denial of tragic events in the past that has hindered her desire for commitment. Jay Andrews, Terraine's brother, is a private investigator who plays a prominent role in helping solve the mystery surrounding the deaths of the models. Jay also realizes there is more to his feelings toward Honey than being a good friend. Natalie, fashion

director of Diva Designs, has only one agenda, to marry Terraine, who she has tried to deceive in the past. Then there is Robby, recently released from a mental hospital, who still harbors an obsession for his ex-girlfriend, Sasha. They, along with other characters in the book, makes this story line a wonderful page turner. Finally, the icing on the cake, if you will, is the mystery surrounding the identity of the killer. You won't be disappointed. Ms. Daniels wraps it up with a very intense, descriptive ending that will lead you to wondering if there will be a sequel. I highly recommend this book and give it a rating of 5.

Reviewed by Kalaani

Sasha Moore wanted to pursue her dream of having her own line of bridal gowns. Sasha a retired model was in a crunch to start her business, so she took a modeling job with Diva Designs. She was replacing a model from Diva Designs named Deja, who was found murdered. Sasha was intrigued by the company president Terraine. She didn't know he was the president when she met him at a nightclub. She was kind of turned off by him when she found out that he was the president of the company. But he was so handsome, she just couldn't help but be attracted to him.

Terraine Andrews inherits the family business. The company is not doing well. He and his grandfather had an argument some years before and he was some what estranged from him. His grandfather dies and Terraine steps in to try help the family business. Terraine is attracted to Sasha's beauty and intellect. He is usually a player, but she makes him want more out of life. They really find that they have alot to talk about. Terraine (Tee) is really concerned when another Diva model is found murdered. Who could be doing this and why?

Intimate Intentions was a book that was kind of like Detective Columbo and Murder She Wrote movie of the week. There were so many people that I was thinking was the killer. I then found out that the person I was thinking was not it. Then you have some underhanded things going in the business itself. Their god-sister was very nasty.

Ms. Daniels did a good job with her debut novel. This book was full of surprises. I hope she will purse Jay (Tee's brother) and Honey's (Sasha's best friend) story. There is definitely a story there. Hat's off to Ms. Daniels.

Daniel Ludwig started out a poor boy in Michigan and rose to
be one of the worlds richest shipping tycoons. This is the
story of someone achieving the rags to riches american dream
as well as a thrilling story about entrepreneurship. Onassis
was his only rival. A secret I was unaware of was the fact that
it was Rockefeller money that financed the building of his ships.
This an entertaining read about a billionaire almost as secretive
as Howard Hughes was in his final years.

I have begun to read this book which is great but lost before ending reading it.
Actually I work at the Acapulco Princess, which was actually built by Mr. Ludwig. It is a dream of his come true. Its unique arquitecture and set up inside green tropical gardens is still, after thirty years, a milestone in Mexico. It reveals Mr. Ludwigs way of living.

Dan Ludwig,in his day the richest man alive.Very secretive.Built largest fleet of oil tankers,ore carriers,and every other type of ship needed to transport commodities,etc.Wtih profits built collection of businesses.Savings&loans,hotels,lumber harvesting venture in brazil.Also 800,000 citrus tree farm,a salt refining plant.He built West Lake Village ,Ca ,north of Los Angeles at a starting cost $1 billion.Many more achievemants also.Died in his 90's.Believed to have left some money to cancer research.Very educationel book.

I've been searching for this out of print book for decades and have found a few over the years but with it being a highly sought after title and out of print for so long I couldn't justify the cost of an original copy. Now I don't have to since this reprint and new edition with more information added is available. This is a great book on a great group done like no other on the AVG-Flying Tigers. An inside point of view from Olga Greenlaw, the only female (a timeless beauty I might add)of the group that defended Rangoon, the Burma Road and China in the very early days of WWII. This book gets into details and personalities that most of the other books on the Tigers only touch upon. The author herself is a mystery in most of the other books on the AVG but she's fully revealed in this one. The one photo of her on the waterfront, slit skirt and all may be worth the cover price alone.
No fan of the Flying Tigers should be without this book.

Highly recommend! Not only is Olga Greenlaw a handsome lady (check out the legs in that photo on the waterfront in Shanghai!) but she writes a rollicking good yarn. If you're new to the Flying Tigers this is a great way to get an overvue of the group that saved China and almost saved Burma from the Japanese. She was there, unlike most of the people who wrote the histories of the Tigers, and she was writing with her diary in front of her. If she makes a mistake, Mr. Ford quietly corrects it [like this]. The editing is helpful but never annoying.

Plus Olga Greenlaw is a fascinating woman in her own right. Many are the stories written about her and flying tiger pilots like Pappy Boyington. Mr. Ford sets us straight on this matter also. Olga, he says, didn't sleep around nearly as much as people like to believe. There's a very convincing history of Olga's early years and how she came to be with the Flying Tigers, and also an account of what became of her afterward.

Something for every WWII aviation buff to have on his shelf!

I don't think I ever enjoyed creating a book as much as this one. Olga Greenlaw wrote it in 1943 and promptly vanished from sight. Whatever happened to her? I was able to find out, and to garner some great photos from her earlier life in Mexico and China. So here's her book again, edited from the perspective of 60 years, and with a foreword and afterword to explain where the Greenlaws came from and what happened to them after their tumultuous year with the AVG. -- Dan Ford

At $12.98 this book is a real gift, I can't think of better spent money. The photos are beautiful and exciting, the book looks very professional. You will find help on many different topics, from the first moves to competitive snowboarding, from how to get off a lift to hot to wax and sharpen your stick. I have bought many snowboarding books but none of them surprised me as much as "Let it Rip." If on your budget there is place for only one book, then there is no doubt that this is the right one. The price would be excellent if it was a softcover book, instead you get a hardcover, I don't think you can find a better deal.

I think it is a great book, I encourage other snowboarders to read this book. It is great.

I live snowboarding, all i ever want to do is snowboard. This book taught me a couple of tricks now I have something for the slope.

A good book does not need to be complex. This one does a great job. You could read this book during one hour and learn more than in one semester of COS111. It is so simple. Comcepts are the most important thing to learn. They give meaning to programing. Without concepts, programing becomes meaningless.

This book explains the "magic" of computer programming as clearly as can be done. Outstanding use of graphics to illustrate difficult concepts. Concrete analogies to "real world" objects make the virtual world of programming much easier to wrap your mind around.

Outstanding introduction for middle-school, high school, even beginning college level students. Very clearly written, not a lot of unnecessary words - just the right level of explanation to get you thinking in the right direction and to see what the graphics are illustrating. My 13-year old loved it, and finally understands a bit more of what his Dad does all day. I've been doing this for 15 years -- and even I got a better grasp of some things.

Highly recommended.

this book is a fine introduction to computing. imagine a book with cogent, well-illustrated explanations of topics like (1) what a variable is (2) linked lists (3) pointers....

...that also discussed the plusses and minusses of various computer languages....

...and that was useful to a professional programmer, and entertaining for his 13-year-old kid.

that's this book. i occasionally teach introductory programming classes, and i've used this book as a source of handouts and overheads (within the bounds of "fair use" and the copyright laws, of course. :-) ) in my early days as a developer, i also pulled it off of the shelf more than once when i needed a quick graphical metaphor for something that i was trying to understand.

Carney isn't a particularly good writer but he did homework when he wrote this fairly in-depth book about the Honda S2000. I really enjoyed the introduction and history about Honda. And especially enjoyed the chapters discussing the development of the engine, chasis and transmission of the S2000.

If you've ever read in-depth books on specific automobiles published in Japan though, you'll see that this book's discussion is rather cursory. However, since there aren't too many such books--written in English on Japanese autombiles--this one does fine.

Overall, the book satisfied my curiosities about the wonderful car but, it also left me wanting to read more in two areas. First, I wanted to know more about the specific technical decisions made by Uehara and his team (stories and anectdotes and such). Second, I wish there was a chapter showing the complete performance specs of the car--and comparing it to its competitors.

Buy this book. It's a pretty good deal.

Not many automobiles have a story to tell. Well, not many autos have the character that the S2000 has. This book by Dan Carney really does a good job on all aspects. Detailed enough for the engineers and broad enough to "read" as a book. This book sat in my office for about 12 months until one day I one day I decided to take a trip to the Honda dealer. Book is great and so is the car.

this book is a must have for S2000 owners. Put it on you coffee table or desk at work for a conversation peace! the pictures are excellent! The price is excellent!