I found this book really useful. I introduced this book to my family and friends and they agreed that it is a good book.
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If you're tired of people pushing your buttons or pulling your strings, this book can help. There are examples of controlling relationships from real people, with the various forces at work clearly explained. Finally, the book helps you apply all this information to your own individual situation. Far more than just theory or discussion, "Stop Controlling Me" is a practical, useable roadmap to better, more honest, and more fulfilling relationships.

This fine book by Prof. Richard Epstein has probably been more influential than the casual reader may be aware.

The heart of Epstein's claim is that _anything_ the government does that imposes any sort of "cost" on anybody amounts to a "taking" for which the Constitution requires just compensation. We all know how this is supposed to work as applied to the usual exercise of eminent domain. But Epstein casts his net wide and argues that the takings clause applies to all sorts of things you never would have thought of -- welfare programs, rent control, jiggery-pokery with the national currency, you name it.

The impact of the book is evident mainly through "negative" evidence. For example, some readers may recall that during the Clarence Thomas hearings, somebody asked Thomas if he believed the stuff in this book (as the Congresscritter in question clearly did not). I think Thomas managed to duck the question, but the point was made. And at any rate, it tells you something that somebody found it important to _ask_ the question in the first place.

Then, too, my own property-law casebook remarks somewhere near the end that Epstein's views on "takings" have not been found convincing by too many people. Interesting that the book still finds it necessary to mention his work, then.

So check it out. Sure, it's radical, and (let's admit it frankly) it's probably not a correct interpretation of the framers' intent. But if you're not a tax-and-spend Congresscritter, maybe you'll find it as pregnant and alluring a suggestion as I do. And it's one of Epstein's best books; I think he wrote it before he had completely converted to utilitarianism. You don't have to agree with it, but you should at least learn why Federalistas are afraid of it.

The human right to own and use property is a bedrock of our basic values and freedoms. Epstein's classic book is a seminal (and accessible) analysis of the complex legal and philosophical issues involved. Its original publication in the mid-1980s was also an important political event; it helped trigger the current movement to reinvigerate the right to property, in the Congress and in the Courts. With the Del Monte Dunes case up in the Supreme Court, the argument is getting even hotter. Takings is essential for anyone who wants to understand the issues.

James V. DeLong

This book is divided into two seperate and distinct sections, one covering all aspects of GMAW and the other the GTAW welding process. If your interest is purely in joining metals rather than weld specifications and metallurgy, this is the book for you. It covers everything from specific machine setup, gas pressures and welding techniques to the shade of eyeshield lens that should be used. There are also dedicated sections on weld defects and probable causes which assist in overcoming welding technique and equipment setup faults. I found the book to be excellent value for money and to contain most of the useful information found in other books available on this subject, presented in a format that does not require the reader to wade through pages of text to find the information required. If the GMAW and GTAW processes are new to you and you have previous Oxy-Acetylene and/or Arc welding experience, this book is a must.

To those who think that Robert Bly had something going, but somehow got it all wrong; to those who have trouble getting in touch with their, "feminine side" but are not about to degenerate into redneck imbecility; and to those who just like a good story that will evoke many memories, this book is a pleasant surprise. Told from the point of view of a philosophy teacher at an all boys' prep school, it makes telling points, which are both politically incorrect and thoughtful.

This is a great book -- smart and funny. It's a very interesting analysis of how art and calligraphy are used to express leadership and exert power in Chinese culture. It may seem irrelevant to Westerners, but ask anyone from a calligraphic tradition about it, and they'll tell you how important it is. A great read with super pictures.

If you are a parent who prefers to pre-read the material your child is interested in. You will find this book an interesting & fun addition to your childs library. I actually read the orig. version when I was a teen & I LOVED the book! Its a good read for the preteen age. A great book to use for a kid thats not a big fan of reading because its a page turner. From the best of my recolection, the story is about a boy who on a dare has to knock on a house that the local kids assumed is haunted. An old man opens the door & invites Christopher in. Throughout the story he teaches christopher many things he can do with the power of his mind. I strongly recomend it for a fun read but also for some seed planting. AS the book also teaches some values that Christopher learns the hard way.

I am buying the book for my 10 yr old Nephew who is no fan of reading himself but both his father & I have read the book & after telling him about the story he is looking forward to checking it out. It might have something to do with the fact that he is also named Christopher :)

This book is a must for all bodybuilders and atheletes who take creatine. it helped me alot, i recommend it to you all.

Kessinger Publishing has at least done the world a favor in resurrecting archaic texts like Payne Knight's "Discourse on the Worship of Priapus," many of which had indeed been out of print for decades or even centuries and were largely unavailable to the interested layman. The quality of their publications, however, leaves much to be desired. I've ordered a few titles from Kessinger that are/were otherwise extinct, including the present work; and while beggars can't be choosers, it is nonetheless disappointing to receive a poorly-bound sheaf of Xeroxes for my money. As a graphic designer I actually do enjoy being able to see the way the original edition was typeset and laid out, and I do get some residual sense of the character of the old book; but I'm still looking at photocopied 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of paper glued into a cheap laminated sleeve. Oh well. I can live with it I suppose.

Anyway, on to the book itself. Probably most people interested in Knight's "Discourse" have been referred hither by notorious Aleister Crowley, who lauded it as "invaluable to all students" in his "Magick in Theory and Practice." It's easy to see why he was interested. Very few scholars had dared broach the subject of "phallicism" or "fertility religion" in Crowley's day, in spite of the mounting testimony of the still-nascent discipline of archaeology to the fact that practically all peoples in all times and climes have developed certain beliefs and evolved certain rites and practices along these lines. Knight's rare work on the subject had first been published way back in 1786, and, as a Deist philosophical extrapolation from scholarly opinion as to the significance of the thousands of extraordinarily "obfcene" religious artifacts and monuments then on record from all periods of Western culture, it had predictably scandalized his contemporaries and was quickly suppressed. The plates in particular, rife with phalli engraved from depictions on old medals in Knight's personal collection, were deemed unfit to be circulated. But if his fellows were unable to maintain their composure when confronted with the subject of sacred sexuality, or simply found it politically convenient to wax righteous on grounds of propriety, Knight's work itself is eloquent testimony to the fact that he was a scholar of singular sincerity and sobriety - hoodwinked though he may have been by his at-times naive and presumptuous philosophical fancies, which were probably more a reflection on the fashionable ideas of the Dilettanti (of which he was a prominent member and under whose aegis the "Discourse" was originally published) than on any "Mystic Theology of the Ancients." But the topic had at least been addressed; the silence had been broken in church, so to speak. Maugre the objections of puerile minds, the pioneering value of Knight's work was recognized by many respected antiquaries both in his day and afterwards; and in 1865 a new edition appeared, complete with a supplementary essay, ascribed to the scholar Thomas Wright, "on the Worship of the Generative Powers during the Middle Ages of Western Europe."

This then is the book that Crowley recommended, and Kessinger photocopied. It has always been extremely rare, the first limited edition mostly recollected by the author, subsequent editions swiftly exhausted to private collections. It was the topic of undue controversy in its day, and has often been unfairly dismissed as little more than the quaint academic dalliance of an eighteenth-century English "gentleman connoisseur" of naughty antiques. Its text deals frankly yet deferentially with the subject of "phallic worship" in Old Greece and Egypt, traces this worship through the Middle Ages, and in fact supplies evidence that it continued practically up to the time of writing, under the semblance of orthodox Catholicism, in such rural rituals as those described in the appended "Lettera da Isernia" of 1780. All of these qualities of Knight's book doubtlessly appealed to The Beast.

It goes without saying that the "Discourse on the Worship of Priapus" ought to be taken with a grain of salt. All books, all points-of-view, ought to be taken with a grain of salt. Sir Richard Payne Knight (in company with countless others) believed that he had reconstructed the ancient "Symbolical Language" out of the pithy archaeological tokens of bygone civilizations; but it is only another pretension (after all) to insist that he was mistaken. Or, supposing he was, that his "Reconstruction" should thus necessarliy be lacking in intrinsic merit!

This is a good book for drill press owners interested in learning about their drill press, making jigs for the drill press, and expanding the usefulness of the drill press by using it as a light-duty mortiser, planer, drum sander, router, and shaper. This book concentrates on woodworking, but also has sections on metalworking.

A Father's Love A Daughter's Power by RICHARD H. Axel is the type of reference I wish I had in the rearing of my five daughters, all of whom are grown and experiencing life's problems, joys, and sorrows. Still, I found insight in reading the book that may further enhance the relationships between my daughters and myself. A father's love entales listening, communication, and patience with your daughter from birth through the teenage years and beyond. Its not easy, but if you are there for her, your relationship will blossom and your daughter will gain the confidence and power to meet life's challenges. Mr Axel's book helps a father by making him aware of the circumstances that he most assuredly will encounter in raising a daughter and how he may best react, even though he may have a loving wife by his side. I found that Mr Axel's book was easy to read and his insightful lessons may be of help in making a father a true father. Barry Z. Hyatt, Bethel Park, Pa.