My love for Bears developed while living in Canada, which was the first time I came across this potentially dangerous animal...that lived where I lived...chose to walk the trails that I walked...and had no respect for those in hiking boots.

On a sunny, hot summers day I met with a protective grizzly sow with two cubs. A demonstration of 'Power', 'Intimidation', and 'Motherly Instinct' took place before my eyes. With the ability to merely watch...and not much else, I felt helpless, knowing that I did not have the ability to change my very-own immediate future. The bear was very much in control...she had the ability to kill in a matter of seconds...and yet she let us go.

Was it the quick actions of my friend that saved us? Was it that I reacted slowly (in an non-threatening manner) that disabled the situation? Or, was it that the bear saw our two dogs as 'our cubs'...and after protecting hers she left us alone to protect ours?

Questions like these have plagued me most days since our meeting, and this book is one of many, which I've read in search of answers.

This book has answered many questions...short of why the grizzly I met let me go. It is full of facts and written in a style that heavily leans toward the protection of these beautiful animals. Many people 'hate' Grizzlies (all bears for that matter), yet hatred feeds on fear, and fear is born from the unknown. Get to know what you're dealing with and the fear disappears.

While I'm not a fan of reviews that talk about pictures, the author has found 'most' of the best available to publish in his book. The pictures are wonderful (which in the case of 'understanding', especially for unapproachable animals, is so important) and the fear is replaced with respect. The pictures of the bears in their natural habitat show the bear is an animal of peace-yet-power; mother-yet (possible)-murderer; parent...provider...and protector.

Not only a book of fact, it is of 'coffee-table' quality, which can be enjoyed by many. From those who want to learn, to those who just like the pictures of these 'not-so-cuddly' demons of our imagination, this book will enthral.

The 'Great Bear' has the ability to chisel it's being into the spine of those who cross it's path. It has the ability to erase landscapes, producing a tunnel-vision effect between animal and man - even of life and death. The bear reclaims its land in a second. All that one can see is the bear; standing proud, in a circle of white, empty space. The bear got me in 1998. My life took a turn because of it.

I plan on moving to Canada to live. The 'Great Bear' is a big reason why...and this book has provided some of my reasons.

Amazing insight to the soviet era government that can only be offered by russian citizens!

I was looking for a book that will explain how Foreign Enterprises in the Chinese Marketplace work and managed and what are the steps to build FIE , this book answer most of the questions that i had and far more by interviews with expatriates and case of studies and the most important lessons from mistakes that other FIE make in negotiation and building the FIE .Excellent study and must read for any decision maker or manager in Chinese market.

During the past year, I've had occasion to read several books on theological education. This book is by far the most interesting and suggestive of the lot. Repeated visits by the four co-authors to two campuses and careful observation of how students are shaped by the all the dimensions of campus life (included but most certainly not limited to classes)yields a compelling picture both of what actually happens at a theological school and of the role of such schools in religious communities. For anyone with even a passing interest in theological education.

Fantastic! Casey is perhaps the most under rated Irish historian. Make sure to check out his other books as well!

Wilbur Daniel Steele won the O. Henry Award for short fiction more times than any other author in the history of the award. One has only to read a few of the selections in this book to understand why. This collection includes some familiar stories ("The Man Who Saw Through Heaven" and "Blue Murder") and many which I'd never seen before ("Isles of Spice and Lilies").

Steele had an uncanny knack for wringing suppressed fears, desires and hopes out of one's soul with his stories. For example, in "Bubbles" (which is narrated by a seven year-old), the reader vicariously experiences the repressed pain and coping mechanisms of a child who has lost a parent. In "The Man Who Saw Through Heaven", a man goes insane when he cannot reconcile his deep, fundamentalist faith with the scientific knowledge gained in a casual conversation with an astronomer. In "How Beautiful with Shoes", an innocent young lady is kidnapped and is left disoriented by her simultaneous attraction to and fear of her abductor. "Blue Murder" is an interesting twist on the Cain and Abel story from the Bible.

In nearly all of Steele's stories, there is a shocking plot twist in the final paragraph. The O. Henry Awards were well-deserved.

As a former student of Dan C-S all I say the man is a relgious genius. There is nothing else to say.

Oh my God...this is simply the best book I have ever read. Thank you Dr. Bonevac. You have made me realize I can be more than I am. Thanks for showing me the light!!

Few resources are available about church discipline, and fewer still explain the biblical and confessional background to the subject like Dan Wray's book does. I got to know him personally in 1975 and found him to be one of the deepest reformed thinkers of our age. If you desire to have a deep background to the subject, this is a good place to begin. You would benefit the most if you have a reformed perspective and take the problem of sin seriously.

Dan deals mostly with the sin of individuals. Since he wrote "Biblical Church Discipline," there has been a lot of studies on the systemic nature of churches. Although systems theory was not constructed as a form of church discipline, it is applicable. After all, sin exists in structures, not just individuals. That is why, for additional reading, I would look to Edwin Freedman's "Generation to Generation" and works on systems theory from the Alban Institute. I believe the two approaches to church discipline are compatible and necessary. But, start with Dan Wray.

Have you ever seen a hen riding a bike? Well, this story is as magic as that. Ms. Amelia loves her pets and she always does her best to find incredible gifts for them, this time, is Rosaura's birthday and she wants a bike. Even though it is not possible to believe that somebody will take the time to design a bike for a hen, a very mysterious person happened to pass by Ms. Amelia's house and he builds the bike. This story can be considered as Magic Realism for kids, a very common literary style in Latin America, that will fill your heart with happinness, laughs and nice thoughts. The drawings of Ms. Fuenmayor are spectacular (color pencil).