Frank J Bruno's book Psychological Symptoms is a must read for all those feeling any phobia from alcoholism through to workaholism as well as those who have friends or family members who my be suffering from an irrational fear ( phobia ). Basically understanding your not going crazy or and that your not alone is half way to achieving a normal fulfilling life. The other half is up to you and you can acheive this through this book. Much like a psychological bible to those it has helped. Highly recommened.

A collection of short stories by the acclaimed Polish author killed by the Nazis during World War II. Unrecognized still even after the war, Schulz is in some circles now considered the finest modern Polish-language prose stylist. His stories are dreamlike reflections on life in the modest Jewish quarter of Drohobycz, the town of his birth. Both his fiction and drawings are notable for their erotic tenor and their acute anticipation of the emptiness produced by modern civilization.

Fr. Bruno combines a lifetime of scholarship with the mind of a scientist (he was a chemist) and the devotion of a man of much prayer. The sense is one of giving honor and glory to our Creator by revealing the deep mysteries of Christianity. Deep only due to our ignorance and inability to synthesize a cohesive vision of Reality and Life caused by disputive forces. Father Bruno uses the form of a quaternary symmetry to illustrate the continuing revelation of God to His children. His style is reminicent of Bede Griffiths but has deep dimensions of devotion and poetry that are unique to this hermit of the California coast. He approaches Thomas R. Kelley in his depth of compassion and transcends all authors (IMHO) as a guide to the pilgrim.

"Set Free" by Martha C. Woods has been a long awaited help for all of us who are caregivers. I find that for myself, there are several people who feel the way that I do and are involved in similar situations. The fact that there is a place to write down my feelings for that particular day only enhances it. I believe that anyone who has to take care of a family member or friend should have this book to look to when times become difficult or unsure. I also appreciate the fact that this book gives the reader valuable scripture references to follow up on. Martha Wood did an excellent job and a marvelous work!!

Residents and visitors to Central Europe with an interest in shrubs will welcome this excellent book, both an identification guide and landscaper's reference. The text is clear and specific, and the 500 color photographs showing entire plants, and flowers and fruits or berries, are both superb and extremely well reproduced. Because most species discussed are found in Central Europe, but not North America (where it is published and being sold), it is highly recommended for use in Central Europe.

A bit larger than most OV books, and a bit more academic, this book describes all the major problems of the Third World, such as famines, poverty, and civil and international war. Each of these essays is a short introduction to a section in the book and is followed by about 7 essays providing various solutions to the problem, or on occasion asserting either that there is no problem ("child labor is good for the US economy!") or that there is nothing that can be done ("if we try to stop a war, we'll just make it worse").

No matter what your political persuasion, you should probably be able to find some creedence in the opinions of the many people who wrote essays that were excerpted for this book.

This is the new CLASSIC in the realm of tea books...a must-have book. Pasqualini will bombard you w/ factual information. Suet's outstanding photos alone (albeit b/w) are worth the price of this set. The modern format is a little disorienting to the reader especially with the wealth of information that is provided by Pasqualini. However, there is so much of it, maybe it was Pasqualini's intent to give it to you in a piece-meal fashion. Since I have a food technology background, I especially liked Pasqualini's scientific explanations on the pleasures of tea -- this kind of information is hard to get elsewhere. However, readers of all levels will enjoy this book. The only improvement that could be made to this book is making it available in hard-back cover. Tea lovers, this is one of the best books out there. Regardless of your understanding of tea, this book will enlighten you.

The interesting thing about this book is that it spells out in black and white that Bruno Bettelheim did NOT blame mothers for all autism, and in fact, made it clear he believed that autism can often result from even minor trauma during a critical period if a child has a congenital predisposition. Bettelheim wrote this in 1955 before he was attacked ...

This was the first full length book by Bruno Bauer translated into English. Dr. Stepelevich deserves credit for this fact alone. His translation is superb and invokes the feel of Bauer's troubled mind at the time of this writing. It is rarely recognized that young Bruno Bauer was one of Hegel's favorite pupils. Bauer was grooming himself to be the next great German philosopher after Hegel, and except for a twist of fate, he would have accomplished his goal because he was arguably the most intelligent man of his time. He was imitated by both Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche -- that should give the reader a hint of his intelligence.

The drama of Bruno Bauer began when David Strauss (a Schleiermachian) wrote the first de-mythologization of the Gospels in the mid-1830's and invoked Hegel's name. But the work was not a Hegelian work. More, David Strauss caused a scandal because his now-famous book took a non-fundamentalist attitude toward the Bible. The Government demanded that the official Hegel school respond to this scandal. Bruno Bauer was elected to provide the answer. It is true that Hegelians were not fundamentalists, either, but they had very spiritual ideas and their approach to the Bible was very, very different from that of David Strauss. Bauer's response, then, was honest and accurate, but it did not impress the new fundamentalist German regime. Most Hegelians lost their jobs, and Bruno Bauer was one of them.

This book was written in 1841 when Bauer had just been fired from his post for being a Hegelian. The irony is that Bauer remained a Hegelian but wrote this book against Hegelians as a mockery of the German Establishment. Bauer published this book under the pseudonym of a Lutheran Bishop. The book itself is an ironic comedy, a protest, and a howl of pain during the fall of this great intellect. Dr. Stepelevich's translation has opened the floodgates of new research into this gargantuan intellect. (Today, informal translations of Bauer's CHRIST AND THE CAESARS and CHRISTIANITY EXPOSED are being tossed off for the 'It Was Piso' conspiracy theorists.) When the new translations rise to the level of Lawrence Stepelevich, a whole new dimension of the past century of philosophy will be revealed.

In questo libro, Vittorio Messori racconta la vita del beato Francesco Faà di Bruno, il quale visse in Piemonte nell'epoca risorgimentale, combatté durante la prima guerra d'indipendenza, si occupò di attività religiose e caritative, e fu un famoso matematico. La storia è ben scritta, ed è ricca d'informazioni sulla figura di Faà di Bruno e sull'ambiente in cui egli visse e operò. Messori mette in luce il fatto che il beato Francesco fu un uomo capace di vita religiosa e vita attiva. Egli visse in modo autentico il cristianesimo, e, quindi, credette che lo scopo della vita umana fosse il raggiungimento del Paradiso; tuttavia, il beato fu anche consapevole che gli uomini devono guadagnarsi il Paradiso vivendo sulla Terra, e che la Grazia divina assiste gli uomini e le loro opere. Con questa fede viva, Faà di Bruno riuscì ad essere, oltre che un buon cristiano, un uomo ricco d'interessi culturali e capace di portare la carità nella vita sociale del suo Piemonte.