by Harold H., Bloomfield


Description: Bibliography: Transcendental Meditation; Discovering Inner Energy and Overcoming Stress. (290 Pgs.)




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Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York - 1975 / Hardcover

by Anne Blair

Warning: This book is by and for academic researchers. It will probably not be very useful to people outside the academic community. That being said, however, this is a must-read for academics using protocol methods to study reading behaviors.

The book arose in response to reading researchers' desire to know "just what claims about reading are justified on the basis of existing protocols of reading" (ix). Chapter 1 narrates the history of protocol analysis and traces the persistent methodological debates that have accompanied and informed that history. Chapter 2 describes the methods by which their study, which could be described as a meta-analysis of verbal protocol studies up to the year 1992, was conducted. In Chapter 3, the authors use their meta-analysis to identify three main categories of reading operations--constructing meaning, monitoring, and evaluating--each of which contains a long list of specific reading behaviors. In Chapter 4, the authors review the most prominent models of text processing in light of the results of their meta-analysis, showing that their meta-analysis extends and enriches the existing models. Then they pose a model of their own, based on their Chapter 3 summary. They call their model "constructively responsive" (an awkward phrase) and argue that "excellent readers are actively constructive" as they interact with the text. Finally, they speculate about the origins and development of these constructively responsive reading skills as related to reading pedagogy and current theories of expertise. In Chapter 5, they conclude by commenting at length on protocol methods and methodology, making suggestions for the further development of this method.

Researchers in English studies may have difficulty with the fact that this book is shamelessly cognitive and does not show much interest in or awareness of postmodern discourse theory. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. But that criticism reflects my own disciplinary bias as a researcher in rhetoric, composition and literacy. Moreover, the authors do cite important researchers in English studies (e.g. Flower, Geisler, Bazerman), and do call for more research from a socio-cultural perspective.

In short: Even if you are not in psychology and not a cognitivist, you can't do a protocol study without citing this book.

Overall, Fugitive Pieces is a well written novel, but if you do not like poetry or flowery language I would not recommend it. However, it does provide many insights into the life of a man who has survived the Holocaust. Silence, harsh memories and the discovery of the English language are just a few of the themes that constantly occur in this book. The reader is able to watch Jakob Beer, the main character, evolve from a sad,scared "bog boy" to a well-adjusted and content man. Jakob is able to complete this evolution with the help of the English language, time and most of all love. The text is mostly the story of Jakob's past with an occasional reflection on how it is affecting his present state. But, as Jakob tell us his story he has personal revelations. He is healed by being able to tell us his story and makes discoveries through out it. This constsant story telling atmosphere can get tedious, but stick with it. It is a very effective way for the author to show us Jakob's perspective and complex personality, thus we discover more about him. So, yes I recommend "Fugitive Pieces," especially if you need a book that you can write a paper about; there are so many themes chosing a paper topic would be easy.

I found this book to be so extraordinary that I felt I had to encourage others to read it. Fugitive Pieces is one of those books that harbors the reader in its pages. What I mean is that it engages you on every level of your selfhood: mind, body, heart, and soul. I believe this book could touch anyone with its universality. Anne Michaels' imagery, her poetry intermingled with her prose, is a rare achievement. As a reader, it felt so good to FEEL something, to feel stricken by its power and its beauty. I literally felt drenched by the dance of her words on the page. If you are like me and you feel that great literature is rarely ever written anymore, please read this book. This is one of those books that I will have in my library at the end of my days. I plan on rereading it many times.

Though many have written about love and loss Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces touches the soul in a way that until now seemed possible only for music. The book grows from the terror of a seven year old boy, Jakob, who silently witnesses the murder of his parents and abduction of his sister Bella during the Holocaust. The meaning of this loss for Jacob and his subsequent life are slowly and lovingly crafted into a novel that is more a piece of art than a book. Poetry, geology, history and myth are carefully melded together but the beauty is forever in the detail. The writing is exquisite and it is a joy to read. I hope you like it too.

It is true that with each new version (as of this writing, they're now up to ICQ 2000b) ICQ adds more and more bells and whistles, and it gets a little more complicated, and overall I love the DUMMIES series, but the truth is, everything you need to know about ICQ can be found at their web site, or perhaps your ICQ buddy can walk you through it. On the other hand, at times the web site seems more difficult to navigate than the program (its great... but BIG) Still, I couldn't totally put this book down... you can't read ICQ on the toilet or curl up in the bed with it,or read "ICQ" during your lunch break or on the bus to work or school, so maybe that would warrent the purchase of a book about it. I guess it would make a nice gift to for a new ICQ buddy, however, if you think you need a book to learn how to use ICQ, you're getting it for the wrong reason - - and also, by the time it arives in a few days, ICQ will probably have added 30,000 more features.

I love the Dummies books. However, I did not enjoy the ICQ service. The chats I tried were dull, weird, or both. I finally decided there was no intelligent life on the ICQ world and beamed the application into the recycle bin.

i will to know asvantage of icq

This novel was just average and it took me forever to get excited about it. I finally started enjoying the last 100 pages. This novel has only three main characters and the plot is pretty straight forward. You have the lawyer and family being harassed by the Intruder and the handyman/mobster who comes to the aid of the lawyer. If you think you know the ending halfway through the book, you are probably right. If you like to read a lot of books, I recommend this one as a change of pace. I did buy Man of the Hour by the same author so I liked Intruder enough to read the same author. If you are choosy about your books, then skip this one.

I devoured this book's 449 pages in three days, unable to stop reading --- on the train, in the elevator, over dinner, and long past bedtime. Peter Blauner has contructed a realistic, shocking story that explores how far a man will go to protect those he loves, and, should he fail, how far he can fall. The characters are complex and believable, the situations plausible and the action non-stop. If you love stories that send a shiver up your spine, you must read this book.

I have read only two of the author's other books, but by now it's obvious that this is not another standard mass market thriller writer. Mr. Blauner's books have real character and individual texture. It's true that The Intruder is the most straight-forward and exciting of the novels of his that I've read, but the people in it are far more shaded, nuanced, and real than they are in most genre fiction. Readers who think they are cliches just aren't reading carefully enough or better yet should stick to Grisham novels. I read this book two years ago and still it haunts me.

If I start writing now when I'm not really rested it could upset my thinking which is not good at all. I'll get a fresh start tomorrow, and it's not due till Wednesday, so I'll have all of Tuesday, unless something should happen.

Why does this always happen, I should be outside playing, getting fresh air and sunshine; I work best under pressure, and they'll be lots of pressure, if I wait till tomorrow... I should start writing now. But if I start writing now, when I'm not really rested, it could upset my thinking which is not good at all.

Peter Rabbit is one of four rabbits in his family. Very much curious as well as disobedient, Peter decides to wonder off into Mr. McGregor's garden. He has heard the warning given to him by his mother of what Mr. McGregor does to curious, wandering rabbits. Peter slips away from his brother's and sister's while they play in the fields and decides to see this wonderful garden. While in the garden, Peter fills his stomach with delicious carrots, lettuce and other various vegetables. While eating, Mr. McGregor finds the somewhat stuffed rabbit and chases him around his garden. Peter, realizing the mistake he made, only wishes to be free, that he might not make the same mistake again. This book is very well written and can capture the heart of even the oldest person. Filled with detailed pictures, Peter comes to life in this classic tale of tales.

The pictures in this book are absolutely wonderful. It was my oldest nephews favorite book, his little brother also loves it, unfortunately after five years of hard use I just replaced it with a new one. This is the first time we've ever "worn out" a book!

If my two nephews could write a review, (they are boys, 5 and 2 yrs old), they would tell you that this book is a treasure!

Obviously not up to the standard Gaiman started out with in the Books of Magic mini-series, but then again it was not expected to be. Only Gaiman can write like Gaiman. The plot is a little hap-hazard and it has a few confusing moments. The significance of Tim's dueling tatoos, what exactly happened to Cupid, what happened to that director guy... there are a lot of plot threads that are totally abandoned or unexplained. But the magic of the story is still in there somewhere. It may not be seen in the monsters and mermaids and fairys. The magic in the book is the beautiful way Tim and Leah and Molly's goofy adolescence is perfectly portrayed (even if Leah is several thousand years old). Good. Not Gaiman good. But good.

When I started reading the series, I thought that the Books of Magic were really great. The illustrations, the storyline, the depth in a graphic novel that is rare in comic books nowadays. When I worked my way to _The Girl in the Box_ , the quality that the previous issues had was slightly tattered, and the story was not so fascinating, but all in all, it's still a great book.

I first started reading the Books of Magic series about a year ago. I love this comic and thought the Girl in the Box was just as good as any other. This book disserves 5 stars.

A good example of today's lost souls screaming for guidance. It's unfortunate that today's artist' have no imagination and that so many trees had to loose their lives to print this garbage.

As an illustrator I highly recommend this book for all character designers... great book.

Art books are reaching new heights and Pictoplasma is one of the first I've seen. The book is a showcase of contemporary art created by international graphic designers, animators, artists, and production companies.

The art attempts to convey the artist's message emotionally while reaching out to its viewer in the hopes of bonding. The entire book is pure eye candy in every free hand drawing, pixel, vector graphic, 3-D objects, and an encyclopedia of resurfacing motifs. Even non-Internet surfers will recognize many of the colorful and creative designs because they are found other media including television, books, and video games.

The index lists all the titles of the art, contributors' names along with their email and Web addresses. As a confessed non-artist, I'm amazed as I flip through pages of expressive and colorfully rendered art. The book can be much more than just another art book, it can be an inspiration for those in the process of creating. This is the coffee table book for geeks and Web designers and it'll go just fine with the books containing the Monets, Picassos, and Renoirs.

The book has a companion Web site and you can view pages at the publisher's Web site.

This short book provides just the bare basics of making your own body products such as toners and lotions. Unfortunately, there aren't alot of recipes here. The recipes are basic and unremarkable. Besides that, the some of the photos have nothing to do with making your own skin care products. A photo of a woman tossing her hair back? A woman shampooing her hair? I wouldn't have a problem with photos like this usually but since they each take up whole pages of glossy photo pages, it makes me wonder why this book costs as much as it does for being under 100 pages long...From what I can tell, this book is apparently a joint venture between the author and Somerset Co...I just ignore the brand and focus on the instruction. Unfortunately, there is not alot of instruction to speak of here. The author does not provide any credentials, even though she states in her bio that she has been a nurse, and she does not list the colleges she apparently graduated from...luckily, I bought this from Amazon.com Marketplace so I didn't pay much. Don't buy this new. Get it used or rent it from the library.

After almost a year's intense research and purchasing a number of cosmetic and soapmaking books, I have very high praise for this one!

This book allows a person to make TRULY natural cosmetics, that can even be resold- ie. start a small company.

The book uses brand new chemicals that are naturally formulated eg. sorbitan cocoate etc.

However, the hobbiest might struggle with small amounts of ingredients and finding the chemicals can be a monumental task. Even trying to find these ingredients while visiting the UK was impossible. It seems the USA is already in full swing with these new ingredients. Other companies around the world are still using synthetic ingredients it seems, either due to price or inability to source outside the US or Canada....

I have really enjoyed making my own lotion, shower gel, hand soap, etc. with the recipes from this book. The cosmetics are commercial quality, and have wonderful vitamins and botanical ingredients that are so mild for my skin.

My husband has a lot of contact with chemicals at work, so his hands are often chapped and irritated. The lotion is the best thing we have found over the counter to keep his hands moist and not irritated. And I even use the same lotion on my face twice a day!

So if you are interested in making your own healthy cosmetics, I recommend this book.

While not as wretched as Violets Are Blue, Four Blind Mice is still a disappointing entry in the long running Alex Cross series. Rather than building suspense and developing his characters, Patterson has sunk to the level of romance writers by including boring relationship drivel in his so called suspense novels.

The plot, or lack thereof, revolves around three army officers, whose identities are revealed in the first ten pages of the book, who call themselves the three blind mice. But there is another who is secretly controlling them; the fourth blind mouse. The quartet is framing other officers for horrendous murders all over the country. Cross and longtime pal John Sampson must stop them before they send another innocent Army officer to death row. All of this sounds entertaining, but it isn't. Knowing the identities of three of the four culprits from the beginning of the novel doesn't help anything.

With Four Blind Mice, James Patterson continues the downward spiral that began with Suzannes Diary For Nicholas. The fact of the matter is, he's trying to do too much. He's now releasing three novels per year, which is simply too many. Back when he was only coming out with one or two, the quality was much better. His next work doesn't sound like it's going to be a literary masterpiece either. The Jester, which is apparantly going to revolve around a king who has to pose as a court jester to save the love of his life, sounds like something out of a Julie Garwood book. Hopefully, Patterson will realize the error of his ways, and start delivering electrifying, thrilling novels in the tradition of Kiss the Girls and Along Came A Spider.

I am a definite fan of the Alex Cross series and have been a Patterson fan for some time. I read THE JESTER and FOUR BLIND MICE over the same weekend and hands down, THE JESTER is the better storyline (actually, JESTER was a wonderful read). Perhaps the creative juices for the Cross novels has waned after so many but regardless, something is just not clicking like it used to. "ROSES" and "VIOLETS" were marginal books while 1ST TO DIE and 2ND TO DIE were just a notch above. It is my hope that Patterson will find the juices again...and soon.

FOUR BLIND MICE opens with Cross' long-time partner and friend, John Sampson, requesting Alex's help to investigate the murder conviction of one of Sampson's Army buddies. Ellis Cooper, Sampson's buddy, has been accused, tried and convicted of the murder of three women along with the bizarre arrangement and paintng of the bodies. Cooper has been sentenced to die by lethal injection; the execution is set to be administered in three short weeks and Sampson believes only his friend and supersleuth Cross can unravel the injustice befalling Cooper. As Cross begins his investigation, he runs into one stone wall after another but hasn't quite determined if those are Army walls (i.e. "we take care of our own") or something quite different. Although doggedly determined, Alex cannot crack the case and Ellis Cooper is executed. The one and only piece of evidence Cross has is the eyewitness account of a teenage boy who indicated he saw three men outside the home of the murder victims that night. However, Alex was never able to corroborate this statement.

As the story continues, Patterson introduces the reader to three very skillful and very sick assassins. Even before Cooper's execution, the reader knows these "THREE BLIND MICE" are responsible for the triple homicide. As time passes, the Mice continue their spree but it is definitely not for kicks. It appears there is a puppetmaster; one who has given the Mice their marching orders albeit mercenary orders at that. This portion of the story winds throughout the book until the end where it fizzles without much surprise or intrigue. The climax is satisfying but certainly not surprising.

Two very poignant subplots revolve around the love lives of Cross and Sampson, nothing really new for Alex but quite unconventional for Sampson. True to VIOLETS, Jamilla Hughes returns as Alex's love interest. And, as always and timeless, Alex still has Nana Mama to care for his three children including his infant son, Alex.

All-in-all, a decent book but I find myself waiting for the next great Cross book. Something in the spirit of KISS THE GIRLS. I haven't given up on Patterson and I certainly will continue to check out his newer "off-Cross" books. As I mentioned, I found the JESTER to be a fabulous read, a storyline and subject matter totally different to Patterson's norm. It's proof that Patterson has the skill yet it seems he has turned his efforts more into a Stephen King-like machine, pumping out one book after another. While this satisfies the volume requirement for fans, it is obvious that quality has taken a fairly staunch hit.

Worth the read but not his best.

If you're looking to read a book that has literary merit forget Four Blind Mice. However, if you're looking for a very-fast paced plot that will keep you turning the pages non-stop and provides edge-of-your seat action and suspense, you could do a lot worse than reading Patterson's latest Alex Cross thriller. If you've read any/many of Patterson's previous books, you're familiar with what to expect in Four Blind Mice in regards to writing style, character development, etc. I enjoyed this book a lot and it made for great escape reading on my recent business trip. It made my three hour flight seem like only minutes had gone by. Also, Patterson has provided more depth to the character of John Sampson in this book than in all of his previous books combined, which I found enjoyable. All in all, Four Blind Mice is very entertaining and is a book I think you'll enjoy.