I whole-heartedly recommend this book. I also have "The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes" by Christopher James, another good book, but I always go back to "Coming into Focus". This book is laid out in a very accessible manner, each section is written clearly and concisely, and the processes are described so that you understand and can start experimenting almost immediately (once you acquire the necessary materials for the relevant process). Again, this book is a very useful one, and a handy reference to have around.

A compelling blend of traditional processes takes on new life with new, improved chemical formats and digital techniques. Any artist working in alternative processes arrives, sooner or later, at their own individual methods and unique combinations of techniques. This book provides many examples of working formulas that build upon and further develope the traditional standard favorites. The "recipes" are clearly detailed in an easy-to-follow textbook format, with such new processes as the Fredrick Temperaprint (a tricolor system based on gum dichromate) and the Argyrotype (an iron-silver process similar to Van Dyke). It also seamlessly incorporates the digital technology we rely on more and more.

It's given me a wealth of new ideas and projects to try out, and is sure to become an invaluable resource in my own darkroom.

I work in a bookstore and was re-shelving the books in our used books section when I came upon this one, which I purchased. When I began reading, I just couldn't put it down, its message is so gently compelling and personally electrifying. Now I'm here buying copies for my sister and extended family to begin the Love revolution I'd already begun on my own many years ago.

WOW! There are not words to express the deep emotions of love, hope and joyfull tears I experienced on practically every page.

I read alot of books, all with profound spiritual teachings, and while all are good there are only a few that are truly wonderful.

"The coming of the New Millennium" is truly wonderful.

Gerald Haslam demonstrates his power of reporting and his gift for the language in this slender volume which contains such large truths.

He writes of California's awesome San Joaquin Valley (called the Central Valley by some) and his youth in Bakersfield and Oildale. He went to a proud private Catholic high school, Garces and he so captures this area you can feel the heat of a Baker'spatch summer, feel the grit of its famous dust storms in your teeth and the sweat on the back of your neck.

How easy it is to remember what it is like to be sixteen and hear all the gossip about what the kids at "the high school across town" are like.

How all of us remember what it is like to go out to "work in the sheds" for a little extra money in the summer, only to find out we barely have the strength to work 'til noon in the physically demanding jobs offered in agriculture and in the oil patch.

How many of us went home after such a learning experience with teeth clenched and a furious resolve to go to college and learn a white-collar job - one which could be performed under air conditioning with clean fingernails.

He tells of the local tough young guys of a largely blue collar town and exposes the tender vulnerabilities of these same youth in the next paragraph. He describes the harrowing adventures of hanging out with some 1955-era "crazy guys" and the humor he found in some of these escapades.

If you grew up "in these parts" every word will ring true.

What puts this book at the top of my list is his ability to sketch a family which, while not perfect, functions as that rarest of the rare, a truly loving and functional family. You understand how this enormously gifted writer attained his talent when you see how carefully he was reared and taught life's lessons by parents who quietly loved each other and generously loved their son.

In time he had to return their gentle lessons in family cohesiveness when age and illness rendered them dependent on their son and his wife. Suddenly you remember ... oh yes, some people are decent and honorable. Some families work to the benefit of its members ... even in the most trying of conditions.

I fell in love with the picture of my hometown which he painted truthfully and without pretense. He not only wrote of his classmates (and spelled their names right), he captured the essence of them.

After reading this I have thought of Haslam as not only my favorite California writer, but my friend. I've purchased this book many times to give as a gift to my favorite local people. I can only thank him for giving me a glimpse of a good family, and a wonderful Bakersfield success story.

My lifetime Bakersfield best friend told me she cried for three days after reading it. "It was a happy, healing, cleansing cry," she later reported.

After this, I can't miss a Haslam book! Read them all!

Captures an important time in anyones life. Great period piece on Central California 50 years ago.

The author is a faculty member in the Anthropology department at Rutgers University who decided to do a study of the students in traditional immersion fashion. To do this, he joined the incoming freshman class as an older student returning to school and lived in the dorm. The resulting book is a fascinating read, particularly for someone who was actually entering college around the same time as Moffatt's study. Moffatt covers the group dynamics, the forming and shifting of groups, and many of the aspects of college life.

One of the few college texts I actually READ. Required for a freshman anthropology class (this is almost 8 years ago now), I was thrilled by every word in this book... Easy to read, interesting, entertaining... I mistakenly loaned it to someone who never gave it back and have regretted it ever since. A must read for anyone interested in a look at college culture through the eyes of someone doing it again, 20 years after graduation.

My compliments to this book. It's better organized than most dictionaries and encyclopedias. It's full of copious and well-chosen pictures (which admittedly display the author's nudist sensibilities!) It embraces a large number of films from silly comedies to angst-filled dramas. What they all have in common is that they deal with young people confronting sexual awakening (For a Lost Soldier) or awareness of mortality (A Separate Peace), in short, some catalytic, transformative event of their adolescence.

Everything you could want to know about these movies is in this book somewhere. Everyone involved in their making is mentioned, as are any awards the film earned and a clear synopsis of its plot. Lort's gay nudist perspective insures that nothing is censored, and pictures containing rape, cross-dressing, prostitution, and intergenerational eroticism are dealt with openly.

When Lort gives 5-star reviews to some of my favorite coming-of-age films, like "Stand by Me," "Second Best," or "Rebel Without a Cause," I really enjoy the read. I hope and pray that Lort updates this valuable book (written in 1997) since some important pictures have come along since then like "L.I.E.," "Y Tu Mama Tambien," and "Hearts in Atlantis."

There are over 500 entires in this A to Z video guide. Each contains plot, five-star movie ratings, cast, credits and ratings for sexuality. Also there are multiple indexes and a hard-to-find video locator. Many of our finest actors got their start in coming-of-age films. Tom Cruise, James Dean, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Dillon, Edward Furlong, Ethan Hawke, Chris O'Donnell, River Phoenix, Jason Priestly, Keanu Reeves, Brad Renfro, Mark Wahlberg, Scott Wolf and Elijah Wood are just a few. What is a coming-of-age film? In simplest terms, a coming-of-age story is one in which a child or a teenager reaches a critical turning point or event that results in a loss of childhood innocence. Not surprisingly, most often this turning point revolves around adolescent sexuality. Recommended!

Lynette, you've done it again! These poems captured my exact feelings. I got goosebumps reading this wonderful book. You are truly great. Thanks for sharing.

With this being the first book I've ever published, I am very impressed with Ms. Bryant's writing.

The Coming of the Book is essential reading for anyone interested in book history, the development of modern literary languages, or the growth of capitalism in early modern Europe. It's an excellent example of the social history that the Annales school of sociologists and historians worked to produce: coherent narrative drawn not from specific important events but from the interpretation of massive amounts of data on the 'everyday' professional lives of early type founders, journeyman printers, shippers and booksellers. Most importantly, Febvre and Martin analyze the affect that the unique pressures of print as a capitalist enterprise (the capital investment in type, the costs of paper and of labor, problems in transport and marketing) had on the development of standardized print-languages, the development of 'mass' culture, and the spread and evolving functions of literacy.

Lucien Febvre and Jean-Henri Martin have integrated careful archival research with a lively recounting of history which transcends individual rulers in this account of early printing. The book is particularly interesting since we also live in a time when the economics and sociology of information dissemination is changing quickly.

The reaction of the early copyright system in place at medieval universities to new realities, of the technical innovation necessary to make good type founts, and of early print censorship were particularly interesting. I also enjoyed the discussion of the documentary evidence about Gutenburg and his unhappy relations with his financial backers.

The 2nd Coming of the Lord has always been an interest to me. Of the numerous books both Christian and Mormon that I have read on the subject, none have had more impact in changing my own paradigm, nor have any opened or unsealed the secrets that are contained in last days prophecy.

The message and content of this book should make most saints rejoice to know that their Lord and Savior will be here personally to watchover and lead the "great and marvelous work" of the Lord.

Craig does an outstanding job of showing both mormon and christian alike the scriptural evidence testifying to the latter-day work of the Christ to gather in His sheep. Once you begin to read the testimonies contained in the scriptures of Christ's latter-day ministry, you'll begin to see this theme all throughout the scriptures and prophecies.

This book does require an open mind and heart. The ablility to set aside some closely held paradigms. However, if the reader will do so and just test the material by the fruit thereof, there is a new world out there and Tholson's book helps to open up some of the myteries of God's plan and of His character.

I consider this book a must read for every Mormon and Christian. If you like the works Avraham Gileadi, then you'll appreciate the work that Craig has done, as It goes beyond and really answers the questions to just who the Davidic Servant really is.

As I said earlier this work and news that Christ will return again born of a women to perform His latter-day ministry should be joy to the hearts of the people. How many of us have read the accounts of Jesus' life in the Four Gospels and not time traveled back in time, wishing that we would have been alive during that time to witness his ministry among the Jews? Most of us would say that we would have followed him and known who he truly was. Well, no need to day-dream because our time is coming and we will also be put to the test.

Until I read Craig Tholson's "The Holy One of Israel", I thought I knew everything there was to know about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Man--was I wrong!

Using extensive quotes from traditional Christian sources the Old and New Testaments as well as Mormon sacred works such as the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants, Tholson slowly builds a solid case in support of his assertion that not only will Jesus Christ return a second time to planet earth 'in clouds of glory'; but prior to such an apocalyptic event, he will quietly appear among his brothers here on earth to fulfill yet another earthly mission on behalf of the Father.

The author suggests this second appearance of Jesus Christ will be a case of reincarnation because he will come to earth this second time via being born of a woman.

While the idea of a reincarnated Jesus will push the envelope to the breaking point for many believers, Tholson does not draw upon any New Age material to support his claim.

One thing I particularly enjoyed about the book was that, although I am not yet totally convinced Jesus will appear via reincarnation as the author suggests--still, the expectancy that Jesus will take an active part in the latter latter-day guidance of his people, here on earth and in the flesh, seems overwhelming.

Tholson digs deep into extensive scriptural passages and brings them into the light, demanding that we look to see what is really being said. 'Line by line and precept by precept', he builds a case that an open-minded reader simply must take seriously.

Indeed, we learn that a great deal is at stake, for the returned Jesus of "The Holy One of Israel" is to lead a remnant of true believers to safety on the eve of the awful destruction of Bablyon.

According to Tholson, those who will not hear the voice of the Lord during his second earthy sojourn will perish.

It is still somewhat difficult for this reviewer to grasp the idea of a reincarnated Jesus. But it seems certain that, if and when Jesus does reappear among his human fellows again as one of them, many of those who will recognize and honor the Lord in his latter-day earthly mission will have been helped along the way at some point by reading this book.

One of the articles of faith of the Mormon Church says that if anything be of good report, then we ought to investigate it.

May this review stand as a 'good report' of this wonderful soul-awakening book "The Holy One of Israel" by Craig Tholson.

And now...the rest is up to you.

Herman Ridderbos does in biblical theology what Cornelius Van Til does in apologetics: he takes the New Testament self-revelation of God as a given and defends it against all (mainly European) comers in a thorough and scholarly (in the best sense of that word) manner. In fact, he says in the Introduction that the fierce controversy over the kingdom of heaven in the past hundred years is actually "a rich source of instruction to the attentive observer. It is above all the confirmation that the power of divine truth which finds its sublime and most variegated expression in the gospel of the kingdom of heaven again and again triumphs over all human limitations and commitments."Ridderbos puts the kingdom of God in its rightful place at the very center of the gospel preached by Jesus: "the whole of the preaching of Jesus Christ and his apostles is concerned with the kingdom of God, and...in Jesus Christ's proclamation of the kingdom we are face to face with the specific form of expression of the whole of his revelation of God."

If reading this book attentively does not bring you into a quietly intense frame of worship and thanksgiving, you're just not paying attention. It's not pop theology. But it does amply reward the effort it requires.

Ridderbos does an excelent job at interpreting Jesus' preaching of the kingdom in the synoptic gospels. This book is redemptive-historical at its finest and when understood gives the reader a good grasp of the whole Bible.

"If you've ever looked for information about the personal battles of lesbians with cancer -- beyond the scope of statistics and risk factors -- and were disappointed, don't fret. An impressive new book, sponsored by the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, will soon hit the shelves. Coming Out of Cancer: Writings from the Lesbian Cancer Epidemic (Seal Press), edited by Victoria A. Brownworth, is the first anthology to address the devastating effects of cancer on the lesbian community. It offers candid, moving testimonies written by and for lesbians with cancer.

The book combines the voices of numerous writers in an extraordinary effort that began just November of last year. The publication coincides with Healing Works, the first-ever conference on lesbians and cancer, organized by the Mautner Project. The conference runs September 21 to 23.

...The Mautner Project, founded in 1990, is a national organization dedicated to fighting the lesbian cancer epidemic. It offers information and services to the lesbian community and to healthcare providers.

Brownworth, an award-winning writer and cancer-survivor, was the first to write about the increased risk for breast cancer among lesbians. In her introduction to the anthology, she eloquently recounts how the book came about. A detailed cancer diary written by Audre Lorde follows, along with personal stories, essays and poems by authors such as Sandra Steingraber, Rachel Carson, Joan Nestle, Pat Parker, Adrienne Rich, Marilyn Hacker, Ruthann Robson, Dr. Susan Love and others.

The stories explore the emotional and physical rigors of living with cancer, such as facing treatment decisions, addressing political and socio-economic concerns, and -- perhaps most compellingly -- wrestling with fear, illness and death on a daily basis. Proceeds from the book...will fund cancer education and direct services for women who partner with women.

'So many women, so many different cancers, such divergent experiences of treatment and care and survival -- or not. I could not include them all,' Brownworth writes. Indeed, Coming Out of Cancer is a testament to the power of sharing one's stories. This is a book to be read and discussed." --Sarah Albert...

"...Today, many of those middle-aged second wavers who finally mobilized for breast cancer are contributors to Coming Out of Cancer: Writings from the Lesbian Cancer Epidemic, edited by journalist and disability rights activist Victoria Brownworth. This...radical book focuses on lesbians with cancer.

The tone of the anthology is urgent. Audre Lorde writes about her fear of death in an excerpt from The Cancer Journals. Jackie Winnow, who started the nation's first feminist cancer project in San Francisco in 1986, begins her essay by declaring, 'Everything about cancer is political.' Mixed in with the activist fire and practical information (how to get decent insurance, when to fire your doctor, what the scar looks like) is the stuff of everyday life: sex and relationships. Winnow's essay is preceded by two poems written by her lover, Teya Schaffer. Both are about Winnow, and the latter movingly contemplates the few minutes after her death, 10 years ago, from metastatic disease.

Sometimes the fear and loss are transformed into erotic energy, making the connection between cancer and lesbianism not so incidental. The sense of feminine anomie that came with losing a breast leads one woman to take her first woman lover. Mona Oikawa's poem about monthly self-exams raises the specter of her mother's death from breast cancer. Oikawa purges the memory with the image of a woman's mouth on her breast, 'sucking me hard/making me hot with life...to fill this moment with/craving rage/instead of silent grief.' Poet Pat Parker describes a post-mastectomy massage loosening up her 'numb' body that no one except her surgeon and her lover had seen. 'Like fine bread I rise...I reawake/I want to kiss you/instead I say thank you/and go home.'" --Jennifer Baumgarder, Girlfriends Magazine