A friend recommended this Bible to me. I usually use a NIV Bible and wasn't sure about this translation, but it is wonderful. It is not like the Living Bible where everything is written in more modern terms. It is similar to the NIV only easier to understand.

The Bible is divided so that you read six days and have the seventh day to reflect and/or catch up. Each day's reading begins with a devotion, a synopsis of the reading, things to think about concerning the reading, and suggestions as to how to apply the lessons learned to your everyday life. It is not simply a devotional. It is the complete Bible with thought provoking commentary and simple explanations that anyone can understand. I highly recommend it to anyone...even those who do not desire to read the Bible in a year. It is a great Bible for everyday study and use at church.

I made the commitment 5 years ago to read the Bible through it's entirety every year for the rest of my life. I started with the Living Bible, and when the New Living translation came out in 1997 I purchased it in the Daily Walk version. I am almost finished now, for the 3rd time. The Lord said that He would bring His word back to our rememberance, but before I started reading this translation, I couldn't even get it in, so that He could bring it back to me. The wording of The King James version was much to complicated for me to read fluently. This Bible has been such a blessing to me, I take my yellow highlighter each day when I read, and mark the things that speak out to me. When I talk to others about the importance of being in The Word, and they don't have the NLV, I buy The Daily Walk NLT for them. Why? Because I know that they can read it and understand it, without having to stumble over the words. There is no better way to make God's Word a part of your own life, and no better way of encouraging someone else to make it a part of their life. I believe this Bible and a yellow highlighter should be beside every person's bed. What a wonderful way to be blessed.

My mom told me about this Bible so I purchased it. I've been telling everyone that I know to get it. I've only had it for a week, but it has inspired me to want to read the Bible daily. This Bible is written so that everyone can read & understand it. I can see this being a very important tool to help me become a mature Christian. If you are looking for help in your daily devotional reading, don't wait any longer, get the Daily Walk Bible!!!!

I just got done reading this book and it was great. I thought he did a good job writing the book, everything was in detail it felt like my own family and I was in it. I hope he keeps on writing books. He is an excellent writer.

A believeable fiction that captures your curiosity and bonds you emotionally to the characters. You won't want to put it down!

This is a great read for anyone with a family who has kept secrets, and who's hasn't. The author is very good at building suspense and creating characters who are as real as your own family. While reading this book, I felt as though the characters could have been friends, they were so real! Hope this author continues to write more books - this one was very good!

Thurber got into trouble with his friend and co-New Yorker stalwart E.B. White for writing this portrait of their boss and benefactor. Between them the three wrote most of "The New Yorker" in its crucial first decades. These chapters, first written as a series of articles for "The Atlantic", are a model of the rich, primary source biography. Thurber pulls no punches. His Ross is not "a monument" as he puts it, but a man, worth looking at in all his strange glory. I would rate this book alongside Herndon's Life of Lincoln as one of the best accounts of a man by his contemporary, without the veneer of legend and without an undercurrent of envy. Thurber shared an office with Ross for who knows how many years, learned a lot about writing from him (some examples of his razor fine editing are here to learn from), and did a great deal of his best writing in the man's employ. One of Thurber's best books, and that makes it one of the best books there is. You could do worse than read this book before trying to write a life of anyone who's still living. You could do worse than reading this book before trying to write even one article about the life of somebody alive and real.

James Thurber was in his 60s when he wrote THE YEARS WITH ROSS. Harold Ross was the first editor of The New Yorker. He was a homely man, awkward in manner and speech. Ross couldn't write, but he was a fine editor. He lacked a good education and was sadly unaware of most social graces so he was often uncouth, but he created one of the USA's outstanding magazines. The New Yorker is a stalwart of literary sophistication.

Thurber's study is not only an intriguing look at a real character of an editor but the story of how a magnificent magazine grew under the guidance of one of the truly talented editors of all time.

This biography (which I am very pleased to see has become a classic!) is wonderful - a fine personal memoir of the New Yorker founder and editor, Harold Ross. It talks about his life at work and otherwise, from the point of view of one of the pillars of that magazine's early life, James Thurber. The writing is funny (of course), vivid and immediate. Together with Letters From the Editor and Genius in Disguise, it will bring you as close as it is possible to get to Ross, who was, in my humble opinion, one hell of a guy. A must-read for all editors, would-be or otherwise.

The book compares the creation legends of the Egyptians, Central Americans, Hindus and the verses of Genesis , with the theories & discoveries of mordern physics.The author points out that mythology is a summary of science, history and philosophy. It is misinterpreted today because it comes down in distorted form and because ancient communication techniques were different from our own.Ancient civilizations communicated pictorially, giving human and animal shapes to principles and forces. Mordern scholars prefer to use algebraic equations and Latin or Greek symbols. Their purpose being the same, denude both their methods of presentation, and they have the same story to tell: that all of space is permeated with a many-dimensional field-of-mind similar to the physicist's Quantum Field and that mass or matter is a condensation thereof - M = E/Csq., the descent of Atman to the Earth. Comparisons between Einstein's Theory of Relativity & Hindu mythology ,The Big Bang Theory & the Vedic legend of the cracking of the cosmic egg in the creation of this universe make interesting reading.

The cover photograph was only the first of many outstanding pictures in this book. The photographs are by Jim Dutcher, who provided most of the source material for the book. Most of the text was written by Karen McCall, rich with description almost to the point of being a distraction at times, but there are a few parts where there is a noticeable shift in style, and I suspect these were written by Dutcher himself. We get the story of Catrina as she raises three cubs in an enclosure in a secluded area, to be eventually released into the wild (Catrina herself is too acclimated to humans to be released). Their story is interesting and compelling. The book is worth having for the pictures alone, but you'll be missing out if you don't read the text too.

Wilson and Beineke have compiled a wonderful volume. Each chapter outlines a topic or area in mathematics and its relation to graph theory. Number Theory, Codes, Groups, Geometry, Topology, Computing, Artificial Neural Networks, Probability & Statistics, Knots, and more are treated. There is even a section on International Finance (exchange of currencies). Wilson provides a good introduction; a brief survey of the basic concepts and definitions of graph theory. (For more detail, Wilson has a couple of other well-written introductory graph theory texts).

The chapters are well-written, although the styles can be different as each has a different author. Proofs are omitted, for the most part, and most chapters do not assume a great deal of background knowledge, but the book does get into some deep mathematics, including current areas of research.

I highly recommend this book for inclusion in undergraduate mathematics library collections or for anyone interested in graph theory and possibly doing research in the area.

A book designed as a teaching text for college level students, "Parallel Lives" seeks to explore issues of personal identity, expression, and responsibility. Via a racial incident on a college campus, the text explores the various reactions and viewpoints of students, following both the development and resolution of the incident, as well as their own personal growth. The book focuses on a group of students in one writing class--but clearly shows the reverberations this incident pulses across the entire campus. As a text, it instructs students important things about thinking critically and writing well; as a novel, it provides a highly accessible story that is both engaging to students and faculty. A deeper look into the enmeshed, and not always easy, worlds of college life and academics, written in a relaxed and realistic voice, "Parallel Lives" is an excellent tool for the student of writing, thinking, and life.

Jim Wallace and Ellouise Schoettler collaborate on this meditation on the Holy Land as it was in the past and as it is today. The book invites you in to imaginatively experience this evocative landscape. Give yourself or a cherished friend this opportunity to go to the Holy Land in your heart.

This book gives a fascinating insight about Microsoft and how the two buddies Gates & Allen transformed the way we live, learn and play today.

More important is, the book gives us a glimpse of an often misunderstood genius, Bill Gates himself. Read this book and you'll get the idea what makes him tick. Really, he is not as bad as some people would like us all to believe.

Bill Gates is by far the most successful man of our time and probably of all time. This book explains gates earlier life in depth. Who was Bill Gates before the billions? This is all explained in this book. Gates' incredibly driven personality was always present even in his earlier years. Gates is today undoubtedly the most feared man in the industry and thought of by many as the most powerful man in the world.

This book shows both sides of the man behind it all. Enemies and Allies alike are all shown in this book. He fought wars with Apple and IBM and had peace with people like his friend and partner in success Paul Allen and his mother. Is Gates really the "ruthless" billionaire as many consider him to be or a giving loving and gentle man as few people know? Well he's a little of both and the great insight that can be gained by many can be found here in this book.

I previously read a book about Bill Gates by Johanthan Gatlin and this book is far less indepth and much more for a quick read. HARD DRIVE is a book I highly recommend to those of you who are interested in knowing all about Gates. A little out date, this book was released before the release of Microsoft Windows 95 which in many ways brought Bill Gates up in power almost twice as much. At the time this book was written he was the richest in America. Presently he is the richest in the world. I reccomend going out and buying the sequal to this book "Overdrive" which I am about to do. VERY GOOD BOOK OVERALL. Go out and get your self a copy today.

Even though I typically don't like to read books that are assigned to me and I am forced to read this book was just one I could not put down. I loved reading about this book. I was able to understand the whole story of how Microsoft was made. This book gives you an insight to who Bill Gates and Paul Allen really are. The author goes into great detail about how two teen entrepreneurs were able to successfully start up and manage a business. The only thing is that this book is a little outdated meaning there is no current updates. To continue on the sequel book Over Drive which I am in the possess of reading is excellent as well.

As a child of 9 I picked out the decor for my new room - Wallace Plaid - which dumbfounded my family since our Clans were MacGillivray, Ogilvie, Grant, Fraser and Montgomerie! But I thought Wallace such a great, sweeping figure. This was decades before Randall Wallace accidentally discovered William Wallace on a vacation in Scotland and read Anne Porter's Highland Chiefs. Wallace, to me, was such a true Patriot - not a Saint, but a man willing to go to the wall, to die for what he believed. Not many of us would walk in his shoes, so I have to admire his willingness to die for an idea.
James MacKay gives a richly details account of the Scottish clime of politics that formed and fermented Wallace. It might be a little bit more than the average reader would be interested in (I would suggest Grey's book on Wallace in that case), but for those wishing to know more without wading through Blind Harry, this is a wonderful work.

A perfect gift to that friend that watched Braveheart more than once!!

Since the Mel Gibson movie came out William Wallace has gained a following well outside of Scotland. It is nice to get a look at the true "Braveheart" instead of the Hollywood version. The very best thing about this book is how easy it is to read. Not being at all familar with Scottish history during this period I was afraid I would quickly become lost. Much to my delight that was not the case in fact I was able to follow what was going on with very little problem. The only real problem I have with the book is that MacKay often refers to someone once by their name and the next time by their title. For example the future king is sometimes refered to as Robert Bruce and sometimes as the Earl of Carrick. It is hard enough to keep up with all of the names thrown at you in this book without having to keep up with a name AND a title for each person.

While reading this book keep in mind that Mr. MacKay has little materal to work with from the time period. Most of his research is taken from materal that dates well after Wallace's death. Still by looking at this material along with what records do exist from the period he does a good job of telling us what probably did happen. In fact, this is probably as close as we will ever get to the real story. That is unless new records are found which is very possible. MacKay points out several places where in the future new records may be found including Rome where Wallace may have visited Pope Boniface VIII looking for aid for Scotland. It is known as a fact that King Edward did get a letter from the Pope about his treatment of the Scots.

This is a great read for anyone interested in Scottish history or anyone who enjoyed the Gibson movie. The reader will find for example that Wallace's wife was not killed before he began his raids. She was killed in fact while protecting Wallace. Let the movie make you wonder. Let this book fill in the gaps. Even for someone not into history at all this will be a joy to read.

There is a lot of mystery surrounding the life and times of William Wallace. A lot of historians, for example, can't decide on where he was born, and the exact date of his birth is unknown, so anybody undertaking a biography of this great man is faced with a dearth of information with which to work. MacKay leans heavily on the minstrel, Blind Harry, for information, but as MacKay is such a noted historian, you can be sure that the information in the book is as close to the truth as you will get, and as such has to be essential reading for anyone who is either undertaking a project, or is just interested in the story of Scotland's national hero. I'd go as far to say that it should be part of the book collection of ANY Scot, either in Scotland, ex - pat, or anybody in the World of Scottish descent.