Any person who loves myths and legends should get this book. It contains wonderful pictures and stories. I've read them over and over. The pictures are one of my favorite things in the book. My younger sister just sits there and looks at them forever. It tells about how the Greeks and Norse believed there was a bunch of different worlds and maps them out for you.

This is an excellent book for anyone interested in the prophetic. Kingstone uses many examples from his own ministry, both his struggles and successes, as well as offers practical advice for every Christian. Healing Earthbound Eagles is inspiring and affirming for those who struggle with maximizing their prophetic gifting, but is also a great read for anyone who wants to know more about prophesy.

Why read about the depressing "gay" scene in London, England, in the 1950's, before Gay Lib? Who wants reminders of the real oppression back then? Like, arrest-gay sex (even in private) was illegal, and police raids on pubs plus blackmail flourished, with risk of career-ruin. Like, social stigma-it was "abnormal," a neurosis. Like, the "Double Life"-more "inverts" than not, lived schizophrenically closeted except for their "underground" connections.... This pre-Stonewall scene of constant unease, apprehension, danger would be a bummer, downer, drag even to read about, right?

Wrong, in the talented hands of writer Rodney Garland (yes, necessarily a pseudonym!). Good fiction is dramatized with conflict-action-suspense. To the max, Garland skillfully exploits every ounce of the above "dismal" earlier-time situation to create a "dramatic" almost timeless good read filled with human drama thus.

The "meat" of the backbone-plot lets Garland parade the people and the possibilities. Dr. Tony Page, a psychiatrist, finds that his close friend (and yes, one-time lover) Julian Leclerc, has committed suicide. And so, for self-protection from blackmail/exposure, Tony goes on the trail of finding out why. To this plot add the "seasonings," as Tony's quest lets a whole parade of people emerge. It's a Hogarth-portrait of "homosexuality in urban England then." Julian's business-partner, married and utterly clueless....Anne, Julian's equally-naïve fiance AND Tony's patient....Julian's army-officer father, homophobic but broken....And a whole gallery of friends-and-lovers of Julian and of Tony. Ron the "questioning" tough, Ginger the married bloke, Hugh Harpley the flitting fairy, a Scotland Yard detective who himself is gay (talk about undercover-undercover). And let us not forget Terry, the hunky blond and sweet houseboy of Tony's.....

So Garland uses the Gay Thing plus British social class-consciousness to enhance suspense and intrigue, via knowledge-vs.-suspicion-vs.-secrets-vs.-mystery. As for specifically gay, "who knows about me, who doesn't or do they, who sort of knows? As for general social class, the novel richly employs the British novel's (and society's) keen deep hyper-awareness of class (lower, middle, upper) as a key primary marker of identity. We see Dr. Page reading the situations for clues, not only of sexual orientation, but of social status. Clothing, speech and accent, lifestyle all "peg" the person in rank. (Heavens, was lower-class status as stigmatizing as queerness?)

"Chef" Garland takes equal parts of social danger-risk-oppression, various personality-types, and class-consciousness. Bakes all together and serves up a flavorful read indeed. I wish more fiction (novels, stories) had this book's dynamic conflict-action-suspense so carefully, but effortlessly, built into every chapter. Oppressed, oppressive gay London in the 1950's is transformed into a good story thus.

In the preface to his "Life of Lincoln", William Herndon expounded that when writing the history of Lincoln's early life "the whole truth concerning him should be known" and there should be "nothing colored or suppressed." Having set the standard Herndon failed to follow it, for there were something's even Herndon must have felt should not be put into print. Scholars wishing to explore Lincoln's early life beyond the insights offered by Herndon's biography had to turn to examining the letters and notes collected for over a twenty year period by himself and his collaborator Jesse Weik. This often proved to be a daunting task. As the editor's in their introduction noted even though available on Micro roll film specific documents are "very hard to locate" and even if located are "very hard to read." To further complicate matters the index to the Herndon collection prepared by the Library of Congress is "neither accurate nor complete." What Editors Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis have done in their "Herndon's Informants" is to transcribe all of the known Herndon, Weik letters and notes into a readable and properly indexed Documentary Edition. What they have also done is create a masterpiece of scholarship that will be used by students of Lincoln for decades to come. "Herndon's Informants" offers the student the complete Herndon collection, unabridged and un-editorialized. To anyone who has a strong interest in learning more about Lincoln's early life this is just about all that is available and it simply must become a part of your personal library.

In 240 pages, Rodney Barker takes us from the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima, through the story of 25 surviving girls who were selected to travel to the United States for reconstructive surgery. The only technical quibble we have with Barker's writing is a very occasional tendency to pack too many clauses in a sentence. That aside, the book seems to be a well-balanced relating of the experiences of the so-called "Hiroshima Maidens," seen from several different points of view. Readers of this book will learn of the struggles the promoters of the trip had, both with the media (trying to prevent it from becoming a P. R. circus) and with the U. S. State Department (avoiding political pitfalls). This is not a political treatise on the wisdom or folly of nuclear warfare, but a straightforward account of the near-miracles that can happen when individuals decide to care about, and for, other individuals. You may read the survivors' accounts of the Hiroshima blast with dry eyes, but if you don't get choked up while reading of the girls' first, hesistant steps to fit in with their American host families, call your local coroner. Bottom Line: WELL WORTH READING (and short).

The best work I've seen on the subject yet. A must read.

I bought this entire New Testament series commentary to help me in teaching an adult Sunday School class. I'm glad I did! All of the books include a verse-by-verse description that is very helpful. A teaching outline is included for each chapter, along with discussion questions and an area with a more deeper discussion of certain topics important to that chapter.

As a new teacher, I have found this series invaluable in preparing my lessons. I think you'll like this one.

How Safe Are Our Skies?: Assessing The Airlines' Response To Terrorism by Rodney Wallis (former Director of Security of the International Air Transport Association) takes a hard and informative look at how safe it really is to fly in this modern day and age. From terrorist and security threats, to mechanical risks and pilot error, to lessons drawn from the tragic past, and so much more, How Safe Are Our Skies? is especially and particularly recommended reading for anyone concerned with the impact of contemporary air travel conditions, and especially for those frequent flyers genuinely concerned about the present and foreseeable risks of domestic and international air travel.

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This book is the first to describe how to help these patients. Very often physical therapy is too vigorous for them, their symptoms become worse, they complain more and and in an attempt to convey their problem can appear very neurotic. They are not; they are just in pain.
This excelent book will be a comfort to patients who will feel understood probably for the first time and an excelent guide to those who are trying to help these poor people

This text is an excellent reference, even for non-radiologists. There are multiple pictures, high quality radiographs and details about etiology and the scientific basis of diseases illustrated by radiographic findings. Really a must have for any radiology resident.