This book is a real wonder for those of us past the age of 75, and perhaps for some younger people. I read a prayer or two every day, often going back to my new favorites. I have since purchased 3 other copies to send to friends who have the same needs for prayers by the elderly as I do. This book is a collection pf prayers by the elderly, not for the elderly. A natural for clergymen who, in this day of aging parishoners, work with so many older people.

I am working my way slowly through Fire in the Soul, reading it as the author wishes-- a dose a day. What helps me most is that the book is written as a morning or evening devotional text. You can pick a prayer or reading and spend time with it, rather than racing through yet another text on aging. Growing old is hard enough, but having worked in the field of aging, I know firsthand how seldom practioners point out the spiritual resources available for the various development stages of the aging process. This would be a good book not only for people who are aging, but for those who work with or on their behalf to illustrate that there are spiritual resources which are vitally important as one grows old--in fact, I have found that prayerfulness is the one resource that brings a sense of greater purpose to the aging process, and gives us strength. I would highly recommend this book. Of course, I am the author's brother, so I can say that both as a minister and someone who has worked in the field of gerontology, and not just as a member of his family!

It's not easy to find good books about simulation techniques for experimental phenomena for general purpose: one must rely on area-specific texts (computational physics, computational biology, optimal control, etc.), that often lack important topics, so in introductory level as in specific procedures and possible generalizations. This book has it all: practically self-contained for those with basic notions about calculus (its chapter about probability and statistics, although brief, is enough to follow the rest of the book), it is centered on learning how to do simulation in real-life situations. His depth and detail in treating random number generation, for arbitrary probability distributions in discrete or continuous case, is matchless (it occupies a third of the book). Another differential is the thorough treatment of Monte Carlo methods, Markov models, as well as topics concerning model construction and analysis, and error estimations. All this with profuse examples from biology and statistics, and lots of exercises at the end of each chapter (many of them with commented resolutions at the end of the book), as well as a huge bibliography and a guide to FORTRAN IMSL and NAG routines for use in several simulation techniques (random number generators, Markov chains, etc.). I only regret that the few code listings are only in BASIC and MINITAB. As a physicist, I'd like to see some of these codes in Fortran or C (even because it would be coherent with the routines guide); but I can't ask too much, because people at business, engineering and biology may not agree with me in the programming language choice. Anyway, it's a remarkable and very useful book. I can't get rid of it in my work in Monte Carlo simulation. If you are interested on or work with statistical simulation in any area of science or technology, you'll certainly do well in acquiring a copy: it won't disappoint you!

Forget "Jurassic Park," "We're Back!," or "Land Before Time" I through VII. For a truly wondrous dino-adventure, dig up a copy of "The Little Blue Brontosaurus."

The voice-acting is stellar, and the music and sound effects pull you right into the lush jungles of the early Cretaceous Period!

When Li'l Blue faces off against the mighty Gorgosaurus, I had to cover my eyes, even though it was only an audio tape!

When I was younger, the adventures of Li'l Blue made me wish for a pet Brontosaurus!

You'll never look at (or listen to) herbivorous thunder-lizards the same way again.