I think this book deserves more attention then it got. This book rocks!

With Father's Day coming up, what can a grown daughter with a family of her own give as a present to a father who always read to her? This book makes an ideal choice. Any father would be thrilled to receive it, along with a photograph of father and daughter reading together. If you don't have such a photograph now, why not pose for one?

"We're there in the photo that hangs on the wall,/

the first childhood memory I can recall . . ."

The poetry develops around a mutual love of reading, and the closeness that it has brought.

The illustrations by Warren Hanson add a timeless, but time-tinged, romantic feeling to these moments of closeness that will tug at your heart.

And what do you think they are reading in the first photograph? Why, The Cat in the Hat! Think of that!

"That photograph shows the best times that I've had:/

all those times I spent reading with Dad."

As the story develops and time passes, the roles change. At eight, her father listens to her reading to her dolly, hamster and stuffed bear. In college, they would discuss authors over the telephone that she was reading. After she is a mother, she owns the old reading chair, and he watches her read The Cat in the Hat to her two little girls. As he ages, she reads to him while he is in bed.

As she thinks about all of these experiences, she remembers that "there was always a book before saying good-night."

"The best of the times that I've ever had/

are all of those times I've spend reading with Dad."

The illustrations are filled with closeness, Dad and daugher hugging or sitting close to one another. They make you feel a warmth in your chest that makes you yearn to have such moments with a father or a daughter.

But if you are like me, you will find that the best part is the idea of how to use reading as a connection throughout life.

What a wonderful way to reinforce a heritage of reading! I suggest that you think about how you can build on all of those wonderful stories you read together years ago. One way that I did it was to ask my daughter which books we had read together she liked best. Then I wrote a review of each one, and posted it on-line giving her full credit for the selection. In many cases, I also described her reactions to the stories. In this way, she can read a journal of our experiences together with those books. And the journal can be shared with her children someday. You can do the same . . . or even better, pick something that will mean even more in your family!

Connect with all you love and care about through books and reading!

"Reading with Dad" is a wonderful story that "really speaks to you" according to one child. The concept is brilliant - revolving around the act of reading throughout life - while not being overwhelming. This one-of-a-kind storybook is beautifully worded and delightfully illustrated. And it is a great way to inspire children to read while encouraging adults to read with children. Recommended for all children but especially as a gift for a child, a babyshower present, or an addition to a preschool or elementary classroom.

Chaos abounds between ancient Palestine and Rome in this historic look at early Christianity. Out of desperation due to oppresive Roman rule, Jewish Palestine revolts in a variety of unique ways. The proliferation of bandits is only the first indication of this troubled time. A host of diviners and self-made holy leaders gain following in Palestine as people seek a way out of the horrific situation. This book gives a stunning look at the incredible measures and actions a group will take when their way of life is being destroyed.

This book focuses the candidates attention on the material that really matters. Well done.

This was very helpful in studying for the CPA Exam on my own. Although I have not yet taken it, I feel that I will do just as well as I would have if I had taken a review course. Also, I have spent the same amount of time preparing as I would have if I had taken a course, except I spent much less on this "investment."

This is one of the most gospel-centered books I have ever read. Bishop Hanson explores "witnessing" but doesn't make me feel guilty because I "don't witness." This book is very pastoral and should be read by every person who has ever had doubts about God's whereabouts. And then re-read it. Keep it handy, and highlight as you read. The chapters on Worshiping, Equipping, Changing, and more, are equally as pastoral as Witnessing. Because it is designed to be used for discussion, it is Bishop Hanson's hope that ". . .every congregation . . . will gather around these themes for conversation and prayer, to seek togther to clarify a vision of what this church might be in mission." Your yoke will be lighter.

Considered "THE" essential textbook for Medical, Dental, and Speech professionals who desire to study the field of Orofacial Myology. The text covers every aspect of identification, etiology, and treatment of orofacial muscular abnormalities. The authors include a complete and comprehensive core therapy program, applicable photos, and an all-inclusive bibliography and author index. In addition, there is an excellent section written on thumb and finger sucking habit elimination. This book is considered by most professionals in the field to be the finest text available on the subject of Orofacial Myology, and should be a part of every college medical and dental library. I purchased the paperback (which I think is an excellent value). However, I now wish I had bought the hardcover, because I know I will use it for many years to come. This book should be a resource text for ALL dental and speech professionals involved in this rewarding field. If you could only buy one book on this field of study, CHOOSE THIS BOOK!

This book by Loris Hanson Sheets offers an honest and powerful look at the lives of current or previously homeless women. The intimate portrayal of these women makes them more human than mere nameless faces seen on the streets. This book provokes an emotional response or felt kinship with each of these women. For me, this book brought many things into perspective, including the realization that one of these women could be my daughter, mother, sister, friend, or even me. Somewhere in life, obstacles, barriers, or life circumstance were presented to these women in which many never recovered from.

This book offered me the chance to reflect and think about my own interactions with the homeless population. Realizing that I myself had often times ignored the homeless on the streets, adding to their feelings of alienation and isolation when a simple "hello" or "good morning" might of made a difference

It is my hope that more people will read this book and do more to help homeless women, men and children. Take a chance and be kind and giving, or atleast understanding when you next encounter a homeless person.

This book would make a great addition to a seminar or sociology class which deals with social issues.

I highly recommend this book!

Robert Strassler has done a remarkable editing job with Thucydides' Peloponnesian War. He has included three key features which provide the reader much luxury:

One, he has provided maps throughout the text, to the extent of repetition, to ensure that textual geographic references are always accompanied, in close proximity, cartographically.

Two, he has provided paragraph summaries on the margin throughout the work so that a reader, who has put the edition down for any length of time, may refresh their memories quickly by reading as many of these one to two sentence summaries as necessary.

Three, as Thucydides provides his narrative in chronological order, he must often leave one narrative to begin another. Strassler has provided a thread to follow each narrative through to its' end by way of footnotes.

These editorial enhancements greatly enrich the reading experience and would be a welcome addition to any historical text.

Thucydides, himself, presents the reader with a narrative unromanticized, strictly adhering to the events of the Peloponnesian War. His work possesses many passages that rivet the reader, but also contains areas where the sheer and voluminous recitation of fact can render one foggy. This is not a book for the light-hearted, though Strassler's editorial enhancements make for a pleasurable experience. It is, in short, a classic which has been classically edited.

Robert B. Strassler's edition of the famous Richard Crawley translation of Thucydides is a remarkable work, not only because of its intrinsic merit but also because it is quite simply unique. Mr. Strassler has provided the ultimate in critical apparatus, an exhaustive series of tools with which to understand and appreciate one of the great books of world civilisation. I have never seen anything like it. First of all, there is the index; if an index can be said to be a work of art, the Strassler index is a work of art in the way it organises and informs the text. Next there are the maps - dozens of them - not clumped together in the middle of the book or hidden away at the end, but strategically placed throughout the appropriate points in the text, right at the reader's fingertips when he or she needs them. The footnotes (yes footnotes, not those pesky and inconvenient endnotes!) would fill a small volume of their own and add immeasurably to one's understanding. And as if this were not enough, there are 11 appendices - short essays by prominent classical scholars on different aspects of the Greek world in the time of Thucydides, from "Athenian Government" and "Trireme Warfare" to "Religious Festivals" and "Classical Greek Currency." As far as I am concerned, the only problem with Mr. Strassler's edition is that is has made me greedy for more of the same - a similar edition of the Mahabharata, say, or Gibbon! Any takers?

I bought the Landmark Thucydides because it was the only hardback edition I could find. I was pleasantly surprised because it happens to be the best modern edition available. The editor, Robert Strasser, set out to make the most authoritative book on Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War, and I believe he has succeeded brilliantly.

Strasser uses Richard Crawley's translation, apparently revised and updated. In any case the text is very good, though Thucydides syntax is sometimes complex and even a bit confusing. Strasser uses marginal notes besides each paragraph to summarize the events described in the text. The most valuable additions are the maps- there are maps every few pages, illustrating the geography described in the text as needed. Other welcome additions are a timeline, breaking down the events of the book according to date, appendices covering topics such as Athenian and Spartan government, trireme construction, land and naval warfare in ancient times, and even an essay on the monetary units and religious festivals used in the ancient world. There is also an introduction, discussing both the text and the author in detail and in the context of their time. There is also a full and complete index. If you want Thucydides, this is the book to buy!

When studying the New Testament you will run across books that deal with Pharisees, Sadducees, Scribes and Essenes and seeing there is such a glut of info on these it is amazing to realize that they comprised a very small segment of the population. What the ordinary citizenry of the time were doing is not usually reflected in the writings of these religious elites and this book delves into that area of popular movements surrounding the insulated lives of the rich and powerful that led to change and ultimately to the revolt of AD 66- 70. Within this context you will learn, among other things, of the Messianic expectations of the general populace that led to "false prophets" spoken of by Jesus. This book helps flesh out the bare-bones accounts within the Gospels by describing the backdrop wherein everything was played out in the first century AD.

This is a moderately difficult read that I found very, very informative (I have highlighted quite a few passages for further study). Succinct but thorough. -- Moza

An old maxim claims that, "History is written by the winners." That may be true, but it is also true that history is written by the literate elite of every society. Those with enough knowledge, motivation, and leisure time write the histories that inform the attitudes and opinions of the rest of us.

Unfortunately, the bulk of humanity does not consist of articulate, highly motivated, and independent elites. Thus, most histories end up biased in favor of society's masters, and against the proletariat.

One quick survey of the average New Testament history will demonstrate our fascination with kings (e.g.: Caesar), priests (e.g.: Ananus and Caiaphus), ethnarchs (e.g.: Herod Archelaus), tetrarchs (e.g.: Herod Philip and Herod Antipas), governors (e.g.: Pontius Pilate), prophets (e.g.: John the Baptist), pharisees (e.g.: Paul), sadducees (e.g.: Jonathan, son of Ananus), philosophers (e.g.: Philo of Alexandria), historians (e.g.: Josephus), rabbis (e.g.: Jesus), and other people of note. Very seldom do we examine the lives of the ordinary people who left little, or no, written records of their experience. Too quickly our image of first century, Palestinian life becomes colored by the proclaimed experiences of the elites. Too quickly we forget or dismiss the experiences of the illiterate majority, barely eaking out an existence in a subsistence economy.

By focusing his attentions on the miserable lives lived by the majority of the peasants, Professor Horsley gives us a more balanced view of Palestine in the time of Jesus and the earliest Church. He shows us a peasantry, not only resentful about Roman occupation and taxation, but also deeply distrustful of their own political and sacerdotal institutions. He shows us subsistence farmers pushed off their land, or ever more deeply into debt, by Roman and Jewish over-taxation. He places before our eyes people whose lives could end instantly and violently on the whim of a king, governor, or ordinary Roman soldier. He shows us a people yearning for their ancient and legitimate kings. He brilliantly paints the picture of a people pushed to the edge of life, and made ready for revolution, whether that be the political revolution of 66 a.d., or the revolutionary preaching of Good News by an itinerant Galilean rabbi.

Professor Horsley helps all of us to see first century Palestine more clearly: more honestly. For that alone, this book is worth reading.

Nine years ago I first read this book, which did more to illumine the world of first-century Jewish Palestine than any other. Horsley and Hanson describe the various revolutionary movements between 48 BC and 70 AD and suggest both similarities and differences between them and the movement of Jesus of Nazareth. (1) Bandits were lawless brigands, perceived by many as the "Robin Hoods" of Jewish Palestine. (2) Millenial prophets led crowds into the wilderness by the Jordan River, ritually re-enacting the dramas of Moses and Joshua in order to usher in the apocalyptic Kingdom of God. (3) Royal pretenders led armed revolts against the Romans and their upper-class Jewish collaborators, modeling their actions on Saul and David in order to restore Israel's kingship and usher in the Messianic Age. All of these movements were aimed at overthrowing (or expecting God to overthrow) Herodian/Roman rule and establishing (or expecting God to establish) a covenant community based on the just reign of God.

The authors also demonstrate that the Zealots originated during the war with Rome in the years 66-70 AD, contrary to the common association of them with the Fourth Philosophy originating back in 6 AD. The long-prevailing assumption that the Fourth Philosophy advocated rebellion and led an armed revolt against Rome in 6 AD -- and continued such activities throughout the first century -- is shown to be based on Josephan misinformation. The Fourth Philosophy, in fact, consisted of nonviolent (if active) resistance leaders against Rome. The Zealots, on the other hand, formed as a coalition of brigand groups in the winter of 67-68 AD, and, while they certainly hated their Roman oppressors, they were focused on fighting a class war against their own Jewish nobility and high priesthood.

Published in 1985, this important book resulted in a major paradigm-shift in New Testament studies. It is no longer possible to look down on those first-century bandits, prophets, and messiahs with elitist disdain or to write them off as "fanatical hotheads". While Jesus was different from them, he also shared much in common with them -- more, in fact, than commonly assumed.

Good Reference on the main methods. Covers Householder, Givens, and Normal equation methods in some detail.

It also has some somewhat dated Fortran Code