Book reviews for "James,_M._R." sorted by average review score:
The Psychic Energy Workbook: An Illustrated Course in Practical Psychic Skills
Published in Paperback by Aquarian Pr (1987)
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Not worth the paper it's printed on
I hate giving bad reviews, but I love telling the truth. This book is full of techniques that any practicing Occultist will have mastered long ago. It's nothing new or interesting, nor anything particularly innovative. The only use I can find for this book is as a self-teaching tool for those with no experience in energy working. If you've worked energy succesfully before, just skip over this one and go for a more useful book.
Best book on the subject
I have read quite a few books on psychic skills and energy work but this is by far the best book on the subject. If you are interested in learning how to develop and control the energy that resides in all of us, this book will help. It includes basic exercises to help you feel and control this energy. It gets an A+ in my book.
Absolutely essential to energy work.
I have never found any guide to energy work as practical, easy to understand and use as this one. Step by step exercises and inhanced photography will impress even the most skeptical readers. I've found it an invaluable teaching resource.
Criminal Justice: A Brief Introduction
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall College Div (1999)
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nice introduction to the criminal justice field
i just bought this book at my campus the other day. I can't put it down. This book is very interesting and laid out nicely, definitions are made clear. i feel as if i am there when i look at the pictures in this book and when i am reading about a particular incident.another thing i like about this book is it combines traditional learning with the author wanting the reader to use the internet.
Informative
A good book to read if you're studying the subject, even if it isn't required.
Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology
Published in Hardcover by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers (1994)
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DANFORTH'S OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 8TH
This book is not like an ordinary medical textbook. It is more like an intermediate type between a medical text and a medical periodical. It gives considerable space to progresses of many medical-scientific research and the names of their authors. While on the other hand, it provides extremely concise outlines of etiology-manifestation-diagnosis-treatment for many common diseases, sometimes even skip certain important topics. As far as I am aware of , the following common topics are not or barely mentioned by this book: physiological changes of pregnant women; rubella infection during pregnancy; breast feeding of mothers with mastitis; the route and rate of mother-child transmission of HIV; the differential diagnosis of ruptured ectopic pregnancy; contraindications of the use of IUD; forceps use in labor; APGAR; There are also quite a few mistakes in the rear index.
Excellent core text for Residents
Very good O&G text. This updated edition is well done
Essentials of Neural Science and Behavior
Published in Hardcover by McGraw-Hill Professional (30 September, 1996)
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Simple and straightforward
As a undergraduate student studying neurobiology, I found this book to be excellent in terms of simple explanations. This book was very easy to read and understand.
An excellent introductory survey of neuron function
This book is currently in use in many undergraduate institutions, and is amenable to use by first-time students to neurobiology who have a basic grounding in molecular biology. It is clear, concise, and rich with useful diagrams. Its structural layout is also effective for a progressive self-study approach since the chapters for the most part build and draw upon each other in a successive sense. I would recommend it as a "Must-read" for all introductory neurobiology students. A firm grasping of the information and concepts presented in this book will serve as a strong base from which students can begin to explore more detailed topics in the field without getting overwhelmed
365 Meditations for Men
Published in Paperback by Dimensions for Living (1998)
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365 Meditations for Men
This book is AMAZING. It speaks to the humbling christian and will stir up thoughts in your mind, and will also give you great jump start or ending to each day. If you need to get in the Word, but do not think you have the time, or the committment, this book will help you. Most of the passages can be read in 5 to 10 minuites. It takes an extremly good book for me to rate it as 5 stars so don' tlet my 4 star rating foo you, this book is GREAT!
America: A Concise History: To 1877
Published in Paperback by Bedford/St. Martin's (1998)
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America:A concise History
This was a typical textbook, but more involved and interesting than the average. I would not read it for fun, but since I had too, I am happy that it was not incredibly dry and boring.
Beaches, Blood, and Ballots: A Black Doctor's Civil Rights Struggle
Published in Hardcover by Univ Pr of Mississippi (Trd) (2000)
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A physician of all seasons
Dr. Gilbert Mason has written a book which not only stands as an important literary stone in the foundation of the civil rights movement, but also as a window into the humanity and "higher calling" of being a physician. As a white physician in Mississipppi, I was riveted when I read this book. The hardship which was endured by African Americans during this era is unimaginable, and it was only a generation ago. With eloquence and thouroughness Dr. Mason leads us through the origins of the civil rights movement specifically as it occurred in Biloxi MS. The racial hatred and violence which opposed his nonviolent protests and the fledgling Biloxi chapter of the NAACP is laid out for the reader with very good clarity. When I read this book, the secondary theme also jumped out at me, which was his constant pusuit of being a physician , specifically maintaing high degree of ethics, morality, and care for all patients black are white during this period of tribulation. I highly recommend this book to all.
Book of Ghost Stories
Published in Hardcover by Stein & Day Pub (1983)
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Definitely for M. R, James Fans
This book is more a companion book to the ghost stories. Some of writing you can also get in A PLEASING TERROR, the Ash Tree Press hefty book collecting M. R. James fiction and non-fection writings on the supernatural, but that doesn't have the illustrations you'll find here. There are reproductions of woodcuts and engravings of older supernatural works, illustrations of M.R. James and his works (including some of the illustrations for THE FIVE JARS), and photographs.
Personally, I enjoyed the way Dr. James verbally ripped apart the claim that a certain painting of the Annunciation was the work of a secret Satanist (yes, a picture of the painting is included). There's even a tribute by Christopher Lee. I found this book added to my enjoyment of M. R. James' work. I hope it will do the same for you.
Builders of Maine
Published in Paperback by Windswept House (1993)
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You'll enjoy this one!
No, this is not a book about architects unless you consider, as I do, people of accomplishment as builders. This is a story book, fiction based on fact, of Maine people, most well-known, but some not so well-known whose stories grace these pages and come to life under the pen of a gifted writer. Not a book to be read at a couple of sittings, but to pick up and enjoy, one chapter at a time.
Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Infectious Diseases
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange (22 June, 2001)
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studied for the ID boards
I used this book to study for the ID boards in 2001. I found
it well organized and thorough enough for most topics. The travel medicine sections were excellent as were the sections on
bacterial infections. The chapters on viral infection could
have been a bit more thorough but were for the most part adequate. The sections on parasitic diseases were very well
written and appropriate for board review. Overall, I recommend
this text for ID fellows and ID practicing physicians but not for physicians in other fields.
it well organized and thorough enough for most topics. The travel medicine sections were excellent as were the sections on
bacterial infections. The chapters on viral infection could
have been a bit more thorough but were for the most part adequate. The sections on parasitic diseases were very well
written and appropriate for board review. Overall, I recommend
this text for ID fellows and ID practicing physicians but not for physicians in other fields.
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