Senator Moynihan applies his intellect and his strong academic and historical bent to examine the U.S. experience with secrecy, beginning with its early distrust of ethnic minorities. He applies his social science frames of reference to discuss secrecy as a form of regulation and secrecy as a form of ritual, both ultimately resulting in a deepening of the inherent tendency of bureaucracy to create and keep secrets-secrecy as the cultural norm. His historical overview, current right up to 1998, is replete with documented examples of how secrecy may have facilitated selected national security decisions in the short-run, but in the long run these decisions were not only found to have been wrong for lack of accurate open information that was dismissed for being open, but also harmful to the democratic fabric, in that they tended to lead to conspiracy theories and other forms of public distancing from the federal government. He concludes: "The central fact is that we live today in an Information Age. Open sources give us the vast majority of what we need to know in order to make intelligent decisions. Decisions made by people at ease with disagreement and ambiguity and tentativeness. Decisions made by those who understand how to exploit the wealth and diversity of publicly available information, who no longer simply assume that clandestine collection-that is, 'stealing secrets'-equals greater intelligence. Analysis, far more than secrecy, is the key to security....Secrecy is for losers."

Good points---The author's goal was to show the sovereignty and power of God in science, and I applaud him for that, because I agree whole-heartedly with it! He did a great job in many places on showing the complexity of creation, and he really got my attention in a lot of his chapters. He does not get technical, or boring, in fact, he makes science interesting, and he incorporates his messages on what it should teach us about God very well, most of the time. Over all, you can't walk away from the book without at least a sense of the sovereignty of God in creation, and you can't walk away from some chapters without realizing the awesome power of the Lord.

Bad points---There are many times and places where the author talks about theories as if they were facts. I walked away with a few pieces of information and soon found that there was little proof for them, or that there was not so sound a case as he had put down. This is probably because the book is designed for average, ordinary people, not people who want to hear every argument against everything he talks about and the way that scientists derived every little bit of information. I really didn't want to read this book to encounter a bunch of arguing about theories either, and I appreciated that he left that out. However, he took it too far and went to the point that he distorted a few things in science (as far as the average person reading it would take it to mean). The other bad point about this book, which is what I found intolerable, is that he begins to limit God with science, which is the exact opposite of what the book is intended to do! For example, on his chapter about the Brain and the Nervous System, he talks about a machine that scientists are trying to create that reads people's minds by tracing their brain waves. Here is the portion of his book where I think he erred: "I have never personaly stumbled over this issue of God's ESP, nor entertained doubts. But I have from time to time wondered, "How does He do it?" Now we have perhaps the beginnings of a mechanism in biophysics that explains one possible scenario that God could use, should He choose to do so. (And this is not to say that God in fact needs such a mechanism.)" Then he elaborates on that thought. Now, I realize that he does acknowledge that God doesn't need such a mechanism, as he puts it, but if not, then why go into it? The fact is that if we always have to have evidence even where evidence is not needed, as he admits it, we start to rely on sight instead of faith. We begin to look for a scientific way that God does everything. That becomes apparent when he is talking about Einstein's theory of relativity, and how time stops at the speed of light. He wonders whether God will speed us up to the speed of light in the New Jerusalem to stop time, slow us down when he wants us to go forward in time, and go even faster than the speed of light when He wants to go backwards in time. Now, for me, that starts to sound as if God is beginning to be put into scientific boundaries, even if the author does say that these things aren't needed. We start to expect God to work within science and forget about the fact that even science is subject to God. He created light and science and is completely outside of it, as well as time. I know that the author agrees with that, and he doesn't put God within any boundaries (I assume), but his writings could easily influence some people to do so, which is exactly the opposite of what he intended. The only complaint I have with the author himself and not with the book itself, is where in one passage he interprets a matter spoken of in Scripture with science rather than Scripture, and as could be expected when this is done, the outcome he reaches is Biblically incorrect. He tries to explain away predestination when explaining time and how God could see into the future without breaching the laws of science. This is a Biblical matter and not a scientific one. I believe in complete sovereignty of God, including the sovereignty of God in salvation, and I believe in predestination because it's what I've found in the Bible. The tendency in his book to explain religious matters with science should be taken into consideration when reading it. May God bless his people!

There are numerous references to the black-n-white photos (e.g. "Fig. 4-5", or "Fig. 6-8") that are rarely found on the same page that references them. This results in a constant search - as much as 4 pages ahead(!) - for the photo that the text is refering to. In some cases, there is no reason for not including the photo on the same page. It's a maddening back-n-forth scramble all over the book.

Whomever put this book together was an ..., and did the author a disservice.

The message is that you you should help other people that need your help. You should never give up on what you want. Like the slaves wanting to be free.

My opinion, it was cool because the slaves were given called diffrent names. When they were older they were given another name. My opinion is that it is not good to have slaves. It was a good book.

The author has a way of making the reader feel like he or she is in the story - if not as Harriet Tubman, then as someone close to her.

With all the junk being fed to kids nowadays, putting a book of this quality in front of them could pique their interest in reading.

Even though the relationship between me and my husband is great, this book helped me realize I could enrich it. Just by taking the quizzes, I learned a lot about myself. The author gave me good ideas about dealing with stress and how to release my anger. If you do not think you need advice about your relationship, this book could still help you make the most of it!

*** Even though the relationship between me and my husband is great, this book helped me realize I could enrich it. Just by taking the quizzes, I learned a lot about myself. The author gave me good ideas about dealing with stress and how to release my anger. If you do not think you need advice about your relationship, this book could still help you make the most of it! ***

His theory, shared by many other occultists, is that one must accumulate a cloud of akasha (ether, the fifth tattvic element) around their person, preventing light from reflecting off the physical body and thus reducing visibility. The importance of akasha to the phenomenon of invisibility has been suggested by Franz Bardon (a 20th century Czech occultist) and eastern adepts. This theory itself is sound, and the book explains it sufficiently, but unfortunately it is NOT accompanied by adequate practical instruction. There are instructions for the development of astral sight/clairvoyance and invisibility, and while the astral sight exercises are decent, the invisibility instructions are too vague to be practical. It is still a good book though, despite its shortcomings, and it should be read by anyone seeking to develop this ability.

Richards first talks about the history of Invisibility...Rosicrucians and others that have made themselves invisible. Pretty standard stuff. He then goes into the science of how we actually see. Which is really interesting. Then he talks about ways of Improving your eye sight. He talks about how to view the Aura and the energy the surrounds our bodies. The he starts talking about the different kinds of Invisibility, such as Actual Disappering, Hypnotism, Mesmerism, and Mind Control. After this the last couple chapters are devoted to the different ways of doing it.

The one thing I really like about Richards as an author is that he doesn't flub on the actual "How To" instruction part which of course is what everyone is really interested in and which is exactly what most authors will dance around in there books. Two things different here though, first there are no other books about this subject for authors to dance are instructions, and second Richards doesn't do that at all. He gives the most detailed "How To" instructions I've ever seen in any manual.

This book is just great! And Yes I realize it's out of Print. So go out to used book stores and search on the internet for out of print book stores and look for a copy. I know there still a few out there floating around. Believe me I've got mine safe.

Also his other book which is closely related to this one and which he in fact wrote before this one is called Levitation. And it just as good if not better. So get that if you can also.

It's really sad that books that are as good as these are really out of print. But trust me when I say that they are REALLY worth looking for.

After reading this review If you have any further questions about "Invisiblity" or "Levitation" or know how to contact the author, feel free to email me. Just click my name at the top of this review and it will take you to my email address.

Hope this review has been helpful. Do not miss this book! It is AWSOME!!!

And yes it does tell you exactly how to turn yourself INVISIBLE!!

As part of a graduate program in political science with a concentration on the United States, you will read this book. If you don't, I am happy to go out on a limb and say that there is something wrong with your program!

This is one of the three seminal works available on the Presidency. There are others but this is one of the big guns. If you read this book, along with Corwin's "Presidential Power" and Rossiter's "The American Presidency", you'll understand all three theories of presidential power: the weak President (Neustadt), the strong President (Corwin) and the President wearing many hats (Rossiter). In reality, all three are correct.

It's interesting but a scholarly read. It's not a book you'd pick up for light after dinner reading.

He is correct in stating that all of the herbal formulas used in this book were taken from other sources that are readily available on Traditional Chinese Medicine. However, all of the sources for formulas used were written by professional Chinese medical practitioners for Chinese medical practitioners. Meaning, they were highly confusing to the layman. The purpose of writing the book the Warrior as Healer was to introduce herbal formulas to martial artists in a comprehensive informative and user-friendly fashion, it was not written for other medical professionals.

All of the formulas in the book were offered in their original traditional forms. Mr. Ramholz's comments about a particular ingredient (Zhu Sha) or cinnabar while true, have only come to light subsequent to the writing of this book. I might add that I share his concerns and agree that Zhu Sha can be left out of the formulas without compromising the efficacy of the formula.

In the last 2 years it has been my experience that once the toxicity of Zhu Sha was confirmed, the great majority of Chinese herb shops no longer sell this particular ingredient.

As for the comment regarding Hu Gu/tiger bone I devoted a chapter to the discussion of this ingredient, going into detail about the pros and cons of using tiger bone and other animal by-products.

The only divergence of opinion appears to occur with his recommending the substitution of raccoon and pig gallbladder for bear's gallbladder. My personal position and the general policy of my Chinese herb company (Treasures From the Sea of Chi) is that I reject the killing of any animal for harvesting organs and body parts without exception.

--Steve Baer Coevolution Quarterly

--Paul Feyerabend University of California and Federal Institute of Technology