The author is a Dentist who grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He was drafted into the Army from his very religious fundamentalist family. This book takes him, a17-year old infantryman, through the amphibious landings and combat on Okinawa until the surrender of Japan during World War II. You see him struggle to learn the skills that will be necessary to stay alive and to struggle with the actions he has to take.

War is not the Lone Ranger shooting a pistol out of the bad guy's hand. War is not the surgical skill of a sniper taking out an enemy at 1000 yards. War does not leave time to evaluate all the moral implications of what you have to do. You stay alive by split second decisions and reactions. There is no time for moral reflections. Things happen in combat that no civilized society can condone, yet these "civilized societies" condone war.

We send our youngest and fittest to fight because they are best able to win. They are the fastest and strongest. However, they are placed in situations where they will be least able to rectify the actions they had to take. This often results in posttraumatic stress disorders, battle fatigue, shell shock. Each war has it own name for the psychological trauma it does to our soldiers.

Dr. Morrison has spun his tale of not just war but the implications of war on himself, his friends, and the enemy and all of their families. The more different they were the more similar they all became. How could God condone what has to be done and how could God intervene on both sides of the battle line as soldiers on opposing sides were lead to believe. War is having to live with the decisions that were made in battle, if you were going to live; to have to self evaluate and live with those actions the rest of your life.

This is a riveting, very powerful book. It took place 50 years ago in Okinawa; it took place 45 years ago in Korea; it took place 30 years ago in Vietnam and 10 years ago Iraq. Only the names change. Once you start it, you will not be able to put it down. It is particularly appropriate at this time when we once again prepare to send our youth into battle.

I had the luck of finding this presently out of print book in a used book and clothing store in the mid-West. Peele's LOVE AND ADDICTION is about the most concise, eye-opening and, in light of how the problems he documents in American society have only been geometrically exacerbated in the twenty-five years since it was published (now inlcuding an addiction to guns), the most disturbing of the self-help books I have ever read. With the exception of Nancy Friday's JEALOUSY, not since Bradshaw's HOMECOMING, published in 1991, has a book with a psychological theme sent such powerful vibrations through me, forcing me to look again at my life. It effectively removes the veil covering the sad connection between diametrically opposed (and mutually ineffective) views on politics, religion, sex and sexual freedoms, romance, family, marriage, relationships, crimes of all kinds and the spectre/epidemic of drug addiction in the U.S.- as well as the international history of it all.

Many have said with wisdom- often quoting Martin Luther King or a Buddhist philosopher- that we are all joined together in one unified life, like threads in the fabric of society, and until we are all free, no one or group of us truly are. LOVE AND ADDICTION proves such poetic wisdom scientifically for the western mind, and its increasingly growing more fragile soul. Dr. Peele begins to show us the paradox of American society that is crippling us: how we are being psychologically crushed under the weight of our own technological innovations and tremendous freedoms, and how that affects ever single one of us, in all of our relationships, with everyone and everything.

You will learn more about your world- including that of present day self-help book writers with the same problems he delineates- than you may ever have wanted to know. Because he says what you think you already know in a way that makes it all but impossible to ignore.

This book needs to be reprinted, and made available to the general public, now. Twenty-five years later, its prophetic visions and common sense approach have yet to be surpassed.

This book is excellent text for students in civil and mechanical engineering. This illustrations allied with your explanation is good for comprehensive of strengths of materials. It's very important new edition with computer application.

This story also happens in other parts of the world. It's all about Veronica's father (Hiram Lodge) a famous business tycoon. He will tear down all the tress in EVERGREEN FOREST now Veronica called the gang to help her stop her father in cutting the trees. Soon there were rallies, Signs, Posters around Riverdale. Then Mr.Lodge Decided to take only a small part of the forest for building for other to have a jobs and a bigger part for the forest. And it turns out everything turned out well!!

Archie Carr was a renowned naturalist and perhaps the world's expert on marine turtles. He wrote with a lyrical simplicity that reflects the south of the early- and mid-20th century. His elegant descriptions of animals and his understated wit reveal his deep involvement with the natural world and the human processes that are now shaping it. Archie knew Florida like a native and could describe it like no one else of his generation.

A "must" for therapists and pastoral care providers alike, Navigating the Deep River challenges institutionalized, constrained, individualistic models of care. Professor Smith encourages us to explore the systemic dimensions of the therapeutic task and to consider seriously broad strategies for transformation. He reminds us of the hopefulness embedded in an African American spirituality rooted in the traditions and legacies of black history, a spirituality that holds great power to sustain and offer hope but which often is trivialized or ignored by the therapeutic community. While not naive about the church's ability to alienate and oppress, a strong ecclesiology undergirds the author's thinking.

Through a three dimensional model of agency, reflexivity, and depth of meaning the author forms new understandings of interventions and their potentialities. Questions formulated for both therapist and client guide the process. The volume is punctuated w! ith vignettes from Dr. Smith's life, compelling case studies from his practice, biblical study that instructs and inspires, ancient and contemporary words of prophets. These narratives and insights are couched in the metaphor of the river, a rich cultural and theological symbol in African American communities past and present. The nature of the metaphor allows for plural and intriguing, sometimes paradoxical, meanings to emerge. The water represents the raging and oft oppressive American mainstream. At the same time, water symbolizes a holy agent of transformation and hope. The hope evidenced in this volume is not facile; it is deeply rooted in the personal and painful realities of discrimination and invisibility to which this book gives witness.

How can therapists be trained so that they are encouraged to help shatter and humanize oppressive social structures, to stem the rising tides of despair? Are our therapeutic practices far too limited for our multi-cultura! l contexts? Are we prone in our practice to underestimate ! the debilitating and continuing effects of racist attitude and practice? Are we aware of our own? Navigating the Deep River is an enlightening and unsettling read; it invites us to ask these questions and to travel through uncharted waters for answers.

We used Offa's Dyke Path South by Kay et al to walk from Capel-y-Ffin to Knighton in the Summer of 1998. The trail was clearly and accurately explained and historical notes made our three day journey even more enjoyable. The maps were good, however I would recommend that you still take a compas and ordnance survey map, just in case. In conclusion, we found the Guide was well worth the purchase price and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone considering walking Offa's Dyke Pathway.

Archie McDonald is one of my favorite historical research writers. His works are always easy flowing and well documented.
I prefer his books to the more current crop of writers who have a personal axe to grind. The Old Stone Fort played a part in the history of Fort Anahuac in a round-about way. In late July of 1832,Colonel Piedras had marched from Nacogdoches to the relief of Colonel Bradburn, who was under attack from the Anglo rebels in Anahuac. By the time he arrived, the garrison was ready to surrender. Returning home, Piedras feared another Anglo insurrection and ordered the civilians to turn in their firearms. This led to a confrontation and a running skirmish on the Angelina River. The "Old Stone Fort" was captured by the rabble and Piedras was forced to surrender several days later. The Battle of Nacogdoches was just one of the many early clashes against the Centralists.

One of the most colorful and tradition enriched counties of Scotland is Perthshire. Author and historian Archie McKerracher explores some of Perthshire's remarkable events and personalities including the founding of a chapel at Strathfillan after the Battle of Bannockburn by Robert the Bruce; the Macnab's revenge; the rise and fall of the house of Bradalbane; the prophecies of the Lady of Lawers (now all fulfilled saving the one most fearful!); the unknown girl who became Empress of Morocco; and the pistols of Doune which were made entirely from horseshoe nails. Superbly written and presented, Perthshire In History And Legend is enthusiastically recommended reading for anyone with an interest in Scottish legend, history and lore!

A noble book on a most influential figure of the fur trade era. Peter Skene Ogden did just about everything imaginable during this time period. In the year 1810, at the age of sixteen, he joined the North West Fur Company to travel and trap the vast Canadian wilderness. After the Hudson's Bay Fur Company bought out the North West Fur Company, he then worked for the HBC. In the 1820's he lead five trapping expeditions, called the Snake River Expeditions, into all parts of the Pacific Northwest in which he and his men (and families) faced incredible dangers and hardships of hunger, hostile Indians, mother nature, etc. Later, Ogden was sent further up the Pacific coastline towards Alaska to establish trading posts for the HBC. This unbelievable man had so many adventures, traveled so far and accomplished so much in his lifetime. It was a fascinating read and a wonderful book. I highly recommend it.