I highly recommend this read to anyone interested in WWII or anyone who has experienced it. I'm 32, and I learned a lot about the war that our grandparents didn't like to talk about. The letters that Mr. and Mrs. Lane left behind are true treasures. It was like the letters were being wrote to me. Very romantic, emotional, sad at parts and happy at most. I don't think I've ever read a book so fast, just so I could find out what was happening next. You'll laugh, cry, and WON'T be abole to put it down. This makes a great gift for anyone. I bought one for my grandmother, and she loves it! My grandfather was in the war, and I know she can really relate to it. ENJOY!!

A real reference - contains valuable info and it is a must have on any metallurgist's shelf.

I would have to give two thumbs up to this recently published manual on back problems. In fact, I found this book so helpful that I now recommend it to essentially all of my patients with low back problems. The book begins with an extremely innovative treatment of the anatomy of the low back. For those who treat low back pain, the importance of this is obvious. It is impossible to explain MRI and other test findings as well as possible surgical procedures or injections to patients who do not have a fundamental grasp of the spinal anatomy. This book provides a very simple pedagogic tool for understanding the spinal anatomy. Furthermore, the authors devote considerable attention on preparation for the initial doctor's visit. Few things are more frustrating than seeing a new patient without records, x-rays, MRI scans, myelograms, etc. The patient who reads this book will meet for the first visit with all the necessary information for the treating physician. Exercises are provided with excellent illustrations and there is extensive coverage of ADL's and medication therapy. There is even a chapter on sex and low back pain which I find invaluable for treating my patients. In short, this is an excellent volume and heartily recommended by this reviewer. Michael D. Lusk, M.D.END

Business Ecology is about the direction all businesses will have to go if we are to preserve a good quality of life on this planet. One of the most important messages for me was that people need to realize that money is not the only way that we pay for things! We pay for things by giving up clean air, clean water, and clean soil. In this light, things like "cheap" gasoline are not so cheap after all. This book has helped my life, and I think that it will help everyone's life.

Koerner has written a philosophical masterpiece in the form of an art book. Caspar David Friedrich is one of the most complex and thought-provoking of nineteenth-century artists, whose whose exploration of perception shows up in his most mundane paintings as well as his most grandiose.
Koerner shows us how even a painting of something as simple as a bushy thicket in the snow contains many subtle contradictions and complexities that baffle the eye as we examine it more closely. The apparent simplicity and underlying intensity of many of his works is similar to that of Edward Hopper, on whom he seems to have been a major influence (and this book bears comparison with Kranzfelder's "Hopper").
Friedrich specialized in painting the human figure seen from behind (rueckenfigur), and this ties in with sense of nostalgia that is a major component of his art. A really notable example of this is "Abbey Graveyard under Snow", a painting of a ruined mediaeval monastery with a spectral procession of monks from a bygone age; this painting was destroyed by bombing in 1945 and exists only in reproduction - a ghostly painting of ghosts.
Koerner's dense prose is heavy going, but well worth the effort because it contains so much; the author evidently has a thorough grounding in philosophy as well as a great sympathy for his subject.
The last chapter is entitled "deja vu", and this sums up one of the main feelings aroused by this art. The last sentence is worth quoting:
"And it arrests you on the Dresden heath, before the thicket in winter, when what you thought were just alders in the snow are fragments of your darkest history".

While wondering around the library one day, I saw this book and figured I might as well read it because it was a "classic." I am sooo glad I did. This book was wonderful. The plot was complex up until the last. The characters were very well developed. I couldn't put this one down. Just a warning though, this book has a quite a bit of bad language in it, but the story is still absolutly magnificent. A "must read"

I aquired this book at a APA meeting a few weeks ago and it has been a great reference - although it is not as indepth as it could be - but for the range of topics and philosophers it is very good - don't worry it is not just analytic philosophy - it covers continental too - and some non-western philosophies but not many - the style of writing is very clear and easy to read - it's worth the money -

Historian David Oshinsky, Professor of History at Rutgers University, does a masterful job in chronicling the life and times of one the most controversial political figures in our history. Oshinsky, an excellent story teller, allows the narrative to unfold in an unforced way, combining breazy prose with an excellent command of facts, thus allowing the drama of the McCarthy era to unwind naturally. Unlike most chroniclers of the early cold war -- and in particular, McCarthy biographers -- Oshinsky takes the time to examine McCarthy's childhood and rise to prominense with an unbiased eye. He notes that McCarthy was an excellent student, finishing four years in high school in one year; an industrious and indefatigable worker, helping his parents tend to the family farm while also starting his own poultry business; and a caring and warm person, liked by the town folk and respected by community leaders. McCarthy, however, also had competitive streak -- a win at anything cost mentality -- according to the author. In a given environment, such as campus politics, he was often daring, brutal and unforgiving -- completely focused on the task at hand. Oshinsky recites the story where McCarthy, in his final year of college, ran for class president. Prior to election day, McCarthy and his opponent agreed to vote for the other fellow, thus keeping the election friendly. McCarthy, however, after learning the election was a dead heat, changed his vote, telling his opponent that "the best man should win." Oshinsky notes that McCarthy could be both ruthless and caring; one moment, stealing an election, and the next, caring for a needy friend. This trait, writes Oshinsky, would run like an ubroken line throughout McCarthy's career. Oshinsky does an excellent job in chronicling McCarthy's rise to power -- his defeat of Judge Ed Warner for Circuit Court Judge, and then the defeat of "Fighting" Bob Lafolliate, United States Senator, in 1946. At the Age of 39, McCarthy was the youngest member of the United States Sen

My neice and I read this a-page-at-a-time while on vacation. Now I'm buying it for her birthday. We enjoyed a daily chuckle and an occasional laugh out loud as we considered the musings of these insightful children. I have three babies of my own and my niece is a pre-med pediatric student. She and I identified with these letters and we wondered how God might answer. Our favorite: "Dear God; Maybe people in this world wouldn't kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works for my brother and me." If you have children under 10 and woder just what is going on in their busy minds, you HAVE to have a copy of this. If you don't have children and enjoy hearing the voice of innocence, you'll like this book too.

This is by far the best treatment of the history of exegesis, especially in Reformed circles, of the length of the days of creation. It firmly establishes that, prior to the mid-nineteenth century, every mainstream Christian thinker held either to six, 24-hour creative days, or (like Augustine) that God created the entire universe in a nano-second. It demonstrates that the vast majority believe the creative week to consist of six, 24-hour days, rather than the Augustinian view. This is especially well documented with regard to the framers of the Westminster Confession of Faith.

As far as practical ramifications for confessional Presbyterians, the most relevant clause in the entire book is found in David Hall's essay on page 300: ". . . those who now see that the Westminster divines did intend 24-hour days may wish to amend the Confession and Catechisms contrary to their original intent."

As a non-Presbyterian, I hope to see more in print, on a variety of issues, from these publishers (Southern Presbyterian Press, Greenville, SC--I assume, attached to Greenville Presbyterian Theological Sminary--and The Covenant Foundation, Oak Ridge, TN).