Keeping records in photographs has been one of our family traditions. Finally there is a book that records all of the other details of life. I received the Millennium Celebration Record Book as a Christmas gift, and I will use it to record our family reunion in July. Our family has always kept records: one shelf of the closet is full of photo albums, and with this book I will have noted things that may be of interest to my descendants, and also a slice-of-life from our age in North America.

In Nova Scotia, it is only 10 years since we have had to use 7 digits in the phone numbers. Now my cousin in Toronto needs to use 9 digits for a local call. All of these things change so quickly that we just don't notice. This book will help us remember what life was like.

This is definetly something that everyone should have under their tree, or in their stocking. I purchased my Millenium Celebration Record Book the second I heard one of my co-workers talking about it, at our Staff Christmas party. Everyone watched in awe as it slowly made it's way around the tables, accompanied by "OOOH'S", "AAAH'S", and bursts of laughter. I received my own copy only four days ago and it is already half full. I just never realized how quickly the times were changing until I started to document the different tasks I was performing each and every day. I wonder if my grandchildren will laugh at the term "E-MAIL", as hard as I laughed when my own grandparents told me the about the new "Horse-less Buggy"! I'm sure they will love seeing exactly what a one dollar bill was too. Thank you, Shannon Rose, you have guaranteed my family years of history, in a medium that will never be a victim of technology.

Finally a book that offers some fun about the Millennium. You can write down what your freinds are wearing, what they drive, how you contact them, and all the other information that will be hilarious to read in 20 years time. This book offers the opportunity to observe the trivialities of every-day-ness. Things are moving so quickly that we rarely stop to notice that - Hey, our girlfreinds are wearing sparkles on their faces or Hey, our boyfreinds are rollerblading and playing video games. Will this stuff be happening in 25 years? What a neat way to record "A Day In The Life" in the year 2000.

This book is a winner in my book. The book provides a whimsical approach to money that is funny, and informative. It lets you know that nothing you do is 'all wrong,' there are strengths in everyone. I really liked this book and would highly recommend it to others.

In Money: A Woman's Perspective, accredited financial counselor Gayle Martinez provides the reader with an effective, light-hearted way to identify six common money beliefs by exploring the minds of six familiar money management character types: Frugal Fern, Powerful Paula, Generous Georgia, Kool Katy, Avoiding Amy, and Masterful Mona. Readers will learn how their beliefs affect their money behavior as they discover how they can maximize the skills and minimize the challenges inherent with each of their money beliefs and proclivities. Abstract and theoretical concepts are demonstrating by how all six characters would approach buying a house. This is followed by a quiz illustrating how these differing behavior traits play out in various aspect of life. Money: A Woman's Perspective is highly recommended, insightful, rewarding reading for anyone seeking to enhance their money management skills and attitudes.

I thought this book provided a wonderful, fun, creative way to look at how one relates to their money. I appreciated that there was no judgement written in regards to how one behaves with their money management. This book is a wonderful tool to use for gaining insight and ideas on how to be with your money.The characters that Gayle Rose brings into this book are wonderful! They helped me to better relate to how I am with my own money management. Thank you.

I loved this book! The main character, E.Z. Elias, a private detective is very funny and so realistic it seems as though you know him personally. The book was fun to read and I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good detective novel!

I found Murder In The Rose City to be riveting from the very start and never lets up. The lead character is a Portland, Oregon private investigator named Eric "E.Z." Elias. He is half-black, cool, funny, sexy, and knows how to go after the bad guys. He gets his chance when hired by the Deputy D.A. to track down a drug dealer named "Worm." Along the way, E.Z. is seduced by a beautiful blonde, framed for her apparent murder, and falls head over heels for a Whitney Houston lookalike!

The action, fun, and romance of this hard-boiled urban detective novel makes it a winner big time! See for yourself!

I truly enjoyed reading this book! E.Z. Elias is a humorous detective who gets involved in two different cases that really put him to the test. It was a thoroughly enjoyable book that I was able to read in only a couple of days! Good work, R. Barri Flowers!

I have known Forshia personally for over ten years. Her story, as shared in No Secondhand Rose, is truly one of God's grace and love in action. Forshia's willingness to share her past, her pain and the private torment that lead her toward God is courageous and bold. Her story is an encouragement to all of us to persevere, to keep searching for the answers to our problems. Jesus Christ truly redeems and restores the broken-hearted. I highly recommend "No Secondhand Rose. My Name is Forshia."

Martha Pope Gorris, Author "Held Captive by Futile Thoughts? Break Free!"

I have read this book thru several times and have given it as a gift to friends suffering with depression. This book is written with elegant but descriptive simplicity that touches places in you that you thought you'd forgotten; that make you say "That's just the way I felt!" This is a story that demonstrates that no matter how deep a morass of depression and darkness one may fall into, Jesus Christ has the power and love to bring delivering healing and restoration, to lead into healthy relationships and to give a purpose and joy and anticipation to life. I say "Forshia, bring on the sequel!"

I loved reading the book No Secondhand Rose: My Name is Forshia. I was so inspired and captivated beginning to end. The authors struggles and depression and then her commitment and dedication to Jesus Christ was absolutely wonderful. The scriptures add such a meaningful touch after each chapter. Also her heartfelt prayer at the end for others to know this new life, because she knows it's the only way. This book is absolutely a winner!

Long overdue, given the statistics, and too often ignored, the workplace romance is inevitable. Being the most likely place where mutual admiration is likely to become an obcession where all of the downsides of usual gender relations (including marriage and family) are left at the door before entering, desktop romances are among the more lethal (to marriages) and dangerous (to the young and innocent) for their failures. Usually rooted in fantasy to begin with, they rarely survive the demands of the real world, and it is often the most likely place where emotional support (even if provided at home) becomes attached to the work production that needs to be done. This often gives greater comfort, convenience and validity to the romance whether or not both parties share in its encouragement. Needless to say, this isolated affair offers amenities with most of the upside potential (and delightfully) with few of the downsides typical of most relationships - until possessiveness, dependency, and discretion disappear - when it often becomes the difficulty of everyone around the workplace, as well as those who have presumably vested interests, often a wife or husband whose privileges of monogamy have been trampled, accidentally or intentionally. Easy to justify personally but difficult to do so publicly, the taint of these relationships always pose a risk to participants, however innocent, and however, temporary they are or managed to be so. For the attached, they are most hurtful to anyone but the magnetized couple; For the unattached, they are often the most idealized union assuming both individuals are equal in their interests, their values, and in their influence upon each other aside from the work environment. Undue influences in the workplace (long a problem for labor in harrassment suits that arise) remain a constant source of expense and difficulty. In the past, as now, the person with the higher authority in the workplace environment bears the responsibility for any troubles that may occur, increasing his risk, but not always his desire or common sense to avoid these problems. Since most employees in the workplace who have superior authority, it is mostly men who share this unique responsibility and obligation found to have ruined many a career along the rise to power. For women who are unaware of these problems, and thus, share no risk but often receive the retaliation of men whose lives have been ruined by such dalliances, the book should help to serve as a guide for managing such delightful dalliances with social freedom without falling into the typical disruptive design, and perhaps, choosing to forgo the dangers that befall what may begin innocently, or not so innocently (as the case may be). Recognizing that the women wooed deserve some of the responsibility of such endearing engagements may well be a part of social freedom and conscientious career management that aids the entire workplace, and may well be a necessity for female workplace survival. Since the odds are that women continue to be sacrificed in such situations, social ignorance of the circumstances of acceptable desktop romances and their parameters helps to insure both social freedom and social responsibility. When and how it is permissible is certainly a helpful beginning to avoid career disasters from the beginning - with eyes wide open. There is always the odd one that, however intimate it is, or is not, is rooted in the politically or emotionally charged atmosphere that it creates a special need for protection. Fortunately, those are rare since recovery from those are usually rare. Despite the possibility of emotional recovery, the social damage caused is simply too great. Knowing the dangers and the pleasures is important to anyone who might fall under the spell of these dangerous liasons.

My dad was a writer who actually made living doing it. I always thought that writing was the most boring job ever created for mankind. Was I ever wrong! Reading this book by Ms. Balmain I was laughing out loud, and that doesn't happen too often with me. It's funny and for some odd reason it holds a lot of truth as well, it's almost like she actually worked at the office at some point and most likely she has at least been a witness for some of the action described in the book. I truly recommend this to anyone who needs good laugh or a hell of a gift item. I just wished I was a writer and could do research on something like this, but with my luck I would be working on lock spring mecanism on Buick Riviera's gas pedal. I wonder if Ms. Balmain needs an assistant?

This little treasure of a book is a delectable play of the two concerns (aside from food) that dominate all of our conscious and even much of our unconscious time: work and love. The writing is entertaining, smart, and down-right hilarious. The illustrations are witty and delicate--the perfect treatment to the awkward subject of office love. This is a book that I had to read outloud to others, as well as give to anyone who thought they were getting away with illicit practice of the "40 Ways." Who would have known that delivery people, office stickies, and packing popcorn held so much potential. Work has never felt so much like play.

This is volume two of the new enlarged, updated, improved edition of *The Old Rose Advisor*, the breakthrough work which brought a new level of interest and accuracy to the study of old roses, those fragrant, opulent varieties bred before 1920, many of which are still available to grace the choicest gardens of today. Readers of the globally-acclaimed first edition will know that the book is built on actual statements by those who lived in the times in which these roses were new and the object of intense scrutiny; indeed, many of the descriptions are those supplied by the breeders themselves! This new edition has many additional entries, and has been re-formatted to increase ease of use by the reader. Additionally, new material has been tapped to augment many of the old entries, and continuing research has yielded new information, included here, updating names, attributions, dates, parentages, descriptions, and indeed rose history. Volume Two includes chapters on Noisettes and Climbers, old Polyanthas, and old Hybrid Teas--in each case, the fullest treatment in modern times of each group; this volume also includes the updated extraordinarily detailed and helpful ten appendices to both volumes, appendices which help the reader to select and identify old roses. The reader will be interested as well in Volume One, also in release now. Come, join in the elegance and richness of another exciting world of Rosedom!

This is volume one of the new enlarged, updated, improved edition of *The Old Rose Advisor*, the breakthrough work which brought a new level of interest and accuracy to the study of old roses, those fragrant, opulent varieties bred before 1920, many of which are still available to grace the choicest gardens of today. Readers of the globally-acclaimed first edition will know that the book is built on actual statements by those who lived in the times in which these roses were new and the object of intense scrutiny; indeed, many of the descriptions are those supplied by the breeders themselves! This new edition has many additional entries, and has been re-formatted to increase ease of use by the reader. Additionally, new material has been tapped to augment many of the old entries, and continuing research has yielded new information, included here, updating names, attributions, dates, parentages, descriptions, and indeed rose history. Volume One includes chapters on Damask Perpetuals, Chinas, Teas, Bourbons, Hybrid Bourbons, Hybrid Chinas, Hybrid Noisettes, and Hybrid Perpetuals--in each case, the fullest treatment in modern times of each group. The reader will be interested as well in Volume Two, also in release now. Come, join in the elegance and richness of another exciting world of Rosedom!

This monumental piece of research establishes Brent Dickerson as one of the most important rose historians of our time. Dickerson has painstakingly unearthed, translated, and indexed the information from countless antique nursery catalogs, archival notes by hybridizers, and garden journal articles to offer anecdotal, contemporary commentary on thousands of old rose cultivars. It is fascinating to read what the growers of past centuries had to say about the roses which were entering commerce and being introduced to gardens and public collections during their times. Often a rose which, in our own time, proves to be difficult due to some predilection for disease will have that tendency confirmed in the comments of a rose grower (sometimes the hybridizer himself) who was growing the variety as a "new" introduction decades ago. The contemporary descriptions of roses which have vanished from nurseries and the show tables can be invaluable in helping modern rosarians in their quest to identify the plants that "rose rustlers" find in old cemeteries and ruined gardens from the past. Together with Dickerson's more recent book, The Old Rose Adventurer, the entire array of rose varieties introduced prior to 1920 is covered in great depth. These books are a "must" for the serious student of the genus Rosa.

Need the name or biography of an American bishop or a cardinal? How about a list of Beatifications by Pope John Paul II? Or perhaps information on Catholic colleges, religious movements, or the Catholic Press? How about a Reader's Digest-condensed version of Pope John Paul II's encyclicals?

Whatever Catholic bit of information you are seeking, the chances are pretty good that Our Sunday Visitor's 2001 Almanac will have what you are looking for.

Next to my dictionary it is one of the most used books sitting on my shelf.

Updated annually, it provides addresses, phone numbers, and web addresses to all things Catholic.

The 2001 edition also features special Jubilee year coverage, in-depth coverage of the revelation of the "Third Secret" of Fatima, extensive coverage of the Pope's trip to the Holy Land, articles in defense of Pope Pius XII, the Vatican list of the greatest films, and much more.

Whether you're a Catholic student, writer, professor, or lay person you will find this small book indispensable in your work.

This book is a complete Catholic reference with sufficient sources for additional information. Excellent history of the church and catechism brief reference.

The Catholic Almanac is a first rate reference work on the Catholic Church. Here one can look up the history and statistics of the Catholic Church in every country of the world. There is a glossary of Catholic terminology; biographical information on the Catholic bishops of the United States and the Cardinals of the world; information on Catholic organizations, institutions, and religious orders; explanations of Catholic doctrines; news in the Church for the last year. You name it, it's in there. Just about anything you need to know regarding the Church of today or through history you can find in this book. If you own the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Code of Canon Law, and this Almanac, then you will be well equipped with Catholic information. It will be especially useful for students. There is also a lot of fun to be had in browsing through this book. It is a tremendous bargain, and I heartily recommend it.

A word of advice: as the author states in the preface, this book is NOT a textbook, nor a do-it-yourself recipe book for pain relief. It is a work of communication for educated laymen "intended to give the readers the power of understanding processes in their own body." If the topic were not so grim, one could describe this work as "fascinating and fun." The topics he touches on range from studies of Yom Kippur War survivors to biofeedback training, from migraine auras to the sensitivity of babies to pain, from hand injuries to cannabis, and from nerve regeneration to the attention mechanism in ducklings and monkeys. The slim volume is filled with anecdote and humor, as well as with suffering. He reminds us that pain frequently occurs without physiological basis, and that pain sometimes fails to kick in when we are severely ill. ---- Dr. Patrick Wall (a British professor of physiology who started his career 40 years ago as a neuroscientist) is the author of several other books about pain. He unfortunately has first hand knowledge of pain. He is the victim of cancer. ---- This volume explains what we have learned in recent years about pain - and is honest about the vast amount of ignorance still to be conquered. After examining the corpus of knowledge - much of it gained in the last few decades -- in the first nine chapters, Dr. Wall brings together "all the phenomena we have discussed in the previous chapters and ask[s] what precisely is going on in someone who senses pain" in Chapter 10. His purpose: "a profound understanding one's own pain has itself a therapeutic effect and proposes a rationale for therapy." This is a fascinating summary of the status of knowledge to today. It is a work that invites re-reading.

Who better to spend a few evenings with (metaphorically) than Patrick Wall, the man who literally, with Ronald Melzack, wrote the (text)book about pain?

Wall is now in the twilight of his still productive career. In this refreshing book, he gives an overview of what he has learned. He distinguishes among normal, i.e. biologically useful, and abnormal pain. He discusses at length the placebo response, showing fascinating data that it may be found even among animals.

His main point is that pain may be seen as a preparation for response, hence the essential role of attention in the experience.

This book is for the educated layman with a curiosity about the ubiquitous yet misunderstood phenomenon of pain. It will also be of considerable interest to the physician treating pain.

I was attracted to this book because earlier in my life I had experienced chronic pain for 8 years. The search for relief was ultimately successful, but the path to finding that relief was long and arduous. What I learned in the process didn't help me very much for being able to advise others, so I hoped this book would help.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that Pain contains more information about pain than all that I learned in my personal journey. "Any knowledge that brings patients into a clearer appreciation of their condition decreases their anxiety," says the author, Patrick Wall who is a pain researcher and was suffering from pain related to cancer while authoring the book.

Wall's basic point is that pain is related to many different parts of the brain and body, and is affected by our psychology. Little is known about many aspects of pain, and there is little focus on pain relief in medical training or medical research. Wall knows that the fear of pain is often worse than the pain, so he makes the subject amazingly pleasant. I expected to be depressed by reading the book, and felt elated instead as I learned more about the causes of pain.

The book starts up with case histories where people with severe injuries report no initial pain. The reason seems to be that they were still in a survival mode, and surviving concentrated their attention away from the wound and potential pain. Many frequent "mysteries" of pain are also explored like people who have lost limbs and feel pain in the lost part of the limb.

You will also learn about fascinating experiments to identify causes of pain and their relief. The book goes on to discuss the sources of pain, how treatments interact with those sources, and how placebo effects can reduce pain. For example, did you know that pessimistic people report more pain than others? As a result, I learned that it is normal to have some residual pain from my earlier experiences. I need not be concerned that full pain will return. That was a nice relief.

I suspect that you, too, will lose some of the unnecessary sources of your concerns about pain. And that will probably, in turn, reduce the pain you will experience in your future.

While that is happening, you should examine other areas of your life where you fear the worst. That could be a harmful misconception. Why not begin to expect the best instead? Think about it. There may be another placebo effect to help you there also.

i enjoyed reading about a lonely boy with a big heart growing up on the rough city streets. Even though he suffered a lot of pain, there was always an innocence, a trust and belief that good will always overcome bad, and love wins over evil. written by someone who's been there and done that makes for true to life reading. I recommend this heart-warming story and know you will enjoy it.

I loved the book I am from Philly too, Alot of truth to it, The book was done from the heart, Bravo, Georgie,

I curently discovered that this author is from South Philadelphia, he is one of us! Bravo!!! I recommend this book to all, it is extradinary reading for all.

This is a great book and makes a terrific gift for anyone looking to improve their mental health...

If you suffer from stress, anxiety or depression this book is most definitely for you. Using simply, practical easy to use techniques Rose VanSickle shows how it is possible to regain control of your life. The book is easy to read and is obviously written from the heart through the eyes of experience.

From the beginning book gives a message of supreme hope. Reading this book will teach you how to change unconscious thinking with conscious thoughts. You will learn " verbal tranquillisers", words to use as antidotes for fear and anger. It will show you the relationship between what you think and how you feel.

The whole purpose of the book is to teach you how to feel and be more in control of the way you react. You may think, given the stress and strain of life today inner peace is not possible. This book will prove you wrong. It goes beyond teaching how to just cope with stress and strain by showing you how to eliminate the cause.

Once you find inner peace you will feel better physically and mentally, you will have a sense of vitality. Life will take on a new lease you will experience Peace of Body Peace of Mind.

Peace of Body Peace of Mind has definitely help me to improve my life and I thoroughly recommend it. For me one of the most powerful phrases is "Distressing but not dangerous". These words can enable you to regain control when fear, anxiety or panic starts to take hold. Frequently these words have helped me to avert a panic attack

Those of you that have experienced such problems will understand the progression. You feel hot; your pulse starts to race. You start to wonder what's wrong, fear what will happen. Other methods, I have found, teach you at this point to tell yourself that "you are in control of your body". However, my mind says that, If you need to think that then YOU ARE NOT in control.

Distressing but not dangerous however acknowledges that I don't feel right but reminds me that the way I feel is not dangerous to me. It's strange how once you realise that the situation is not dangerous how much easier it is to defuse it.

It would not be possible to do this book justice in a short review; not possible to tell you how much help the book has been to me. I have read many books in an attempt to find my inner peace but this one stands out above the rest.

Rose Van Sickle's Peace of Body, Peace of Mind, is a practical guide to emotional health. The author admits that she has suffered from depression and anxiety and found a way to heal her own life. In her book she shares her journey back to health. While reading the book, it literally changes your mood.

I have personally experienced the mood-changing power of this book. While traveling to San Antonio recently I felt fatigued and, as Ms. Van Sickle would say, experienced "lowered feelings" (a phrase she uses for depression.) Within minutes of reading Peace of Body, my mood changed! I cannot explain how a book can produce this result. My hunch is that it happens because the spoke directly to me, as someone who had once had my experience.

Peace of Body ranks well with such works as Albert Ellis' New Guide to Rational Living. I recommend it enthusiastically.