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The breadth of material covered is excellent, making it especially appropriate as an introductory or intermediate text. Of particular interest will be the section of the book on "The Science of Public Health Informatics" which includes particularly fine chapters on information architecture, value assessment, management of personnel and projects, and organizational change. Bill Yasnoff does a particularly good job adding clarity to a muddled domain in a chapter on privacy, confidentiality, and security of Public Health Information. Those readers generally interested in PHI education, or with specific interest in developing training programs for PHI programs or for public health agency personnel would find great value in Janise Richard's chapter on core competencies.
The writing style is generally clear and illustrative, albeit not terribly concise. We have adopted this book as the core text for our graduate-level introductory course in PHI.
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I can't believe that more people haven't read this book, but it could be because it is published by a small press, BOA Editions. Patrick won the 1990 Great Lakes Colleges Association Award for this moving first novel, the year after Jane Hamilton won the same award for "The Book of Ruth," a previous Oprah Book Club selection.
"Roxa" is the story of the Culver family, set in mid-19th century, upstate New York. Their powerful story is told in the intense, passionate voices of each of the seven members of the Culver family and combines monologues, newspaper excerpts, journal entries, and poetry.
In the midst of their day-to-day farmlife experiences, each of the Culvers painfully grapples with their interior struggles and personal tragedies, under the shadow of the Millenialist beliefs which were dominating their remote rural town.
Although all of the Culvers' stories are richly told, Amelia Culver's coming-of-age really resonated for me.
James Dickey is quoted on the back of the book: "Roxa is a daring, go-for-broke experiment that works." For readers who like their books to touch their hearts and spirits, "Roxa" is a must!
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The story deals with Dr. Peter McKusick, a researcher in a commercial gene lab. He's a loner, whose only significant companion is his 3 year-old daughter Kitty. We learn that his adored wife was killed in a car crash.
The laboratory is under pressure from protest groups concerned that a recombinant DNA facility is situated next door to an infant school. Demands are made for the closure of the lab before unnamed horrors are unleashed on the populace.
Then, one morning, McKusick's daughter falls ill...
The storyline at this point is handled with extreme skill. Although the reader is almost encouraged by events to believe that the plot is about to drift into a hackneyed medical shocker scenario, there are odd incidents which add to the suspicion that something far stranger than an escaped virus is at work here. Why are McKusick's parents-in-law unaware of the existence of their grandchild? Why does he act so bizarrely when Kitty becomes sick?
I consider it a crime that this book is not more widely read. Perhaps its ultimate salvation would be to be made into a film, into which I believe it would translate very well.
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Parts are comical, parts bring a lump to my throat every time I read them. All of it's good. A friend said that he thought it a bit "gushy" about the place, but I, of course, disagree.
I can't believe it's out of print.
While I have lived in Massachusetts for most of my life and have some appreciation for the larger events that were unfolding throughout the course of Michael's book, he brings it all home with an eye for detail and an appreciation for what was happening on the ground that is astonishing. His observations about and real-life experiences with cops, forced busing, drugs, welfare, racism, classism, corruption and poverty are eye-opening, to say the least.
This book will move you no matter where you live or how old you are. It is heart-felt, beautifully constructed, and - in many ways - a tale for all times. It is a classic tale about one family's life in urban America during the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. I am sure it will become a "must-read" in high school and college classrooms across the country.
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This is truly a book that anyone can enjoy, a claim that is often made on the front covers of teen-market books but which rarely stands up to the promise. In this case I could read this book to my youngest and oldest child, and all three of us would be entranced.
Exhausted from his strenuous spring cleaning, Mole sets out into the world Aboveground, where he discovers the joys and challenges of riverbank life with his new friend and host, the water rat. But beware the perils lurking in the adjacent Wild Wood!
Kenneth Grahame weaves a gentle tale with willow strands of friendship, dedication to ideals and personal sacrifice for others. Come ride the roads with Toady, and scull down the river with Ratty; savor the sentimental whisperings of Home with Mole. Then join the ranks of Badger's Avengers to honor ancestral memories. This beloved classic combines humor and pathos with lively adventure in an animal realm which closely parallels human endeavor. This book is a true gem, to be rediscovered by successive generations and treasured by children of all ages!
The early scenes of Ratty and Mole's boat trip and picnic are a delight, and the story progresses into absolute hilarity as we meet Toad and are introduced to his crazy adventures and ill-fated escapades, as well as his incorrigible, over-inflated sense of self-importance. The most humourous episodes involve the wise and avuncular Badger's attempts to thwart Toad's hairbrained schemes and his seemingly endless conceitedness. Toad never seems to learn his lesson, and he remains a tremendously loveable rogue, though a rogue nevertheless.
Ernest Shepard's brilliant illustrations will only add to what is an incredibly touching, joyful, and involving experience.
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That the Ennegram seems to work as a personality analysis tool confirms the depth of the symbol. I can not see that there is anything wrong in putting the Enneagram in use. The value of the Enneagram, or any other symbol, system or idea, can only be in its use. Looking at the Enneagram and admiring its form is one thing, but does not take us anywhere.
As to Mouravieff - I do think it is a great pity that he tried to marry up Gurdjieff and Christianity in areas where there are no chances of doing it without becoming ridiculous; "The Fifth Way" is just one of the inventions. Having not followed it I do not know where it takes you (if it does).
The Fellowship of Friends is not exactly following Gurdjieff's teaching, but that is not to say that one could not learn something from them. At least a bit of marketing...
Mr. Patterson has dared to take on some of the spiritual cannibals that have stolen and distorted the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff. Though this book is guaranteed to infuriate followers of Palmer, Ichazo, Burton's cultists, Amiss etc.
First he takes on the Ennegram popularizes like Ichazo, Naranjo and the voluminous Helen Palmer who dared to claim instruction by a noted 4th Way teacher and turned out to never have met the man. Patterson also exposes her as a shallow new-age type of thinker with a penchant for self-promotion through her own words.
She has no real lineage nor even formal instruction in the 4th way nor any real tradition for that matter. Of course the shadowy showman Ichazo(much like Castenada) is put in for good measure. He systematically goes about deconstructing Ichazo premises on the ennegram and his mythical and oft changing spiritual pedigree.
Patterson then goes after The Fellowship of Friends or people of the Bookmark(as known here in Calif - as his followers used to stuff burton's calling cards in 4th Way books.) A 4th way cult based on Burton's strong persona. Patterson show's Burton to be a posuer and con-artist without real instruction or lineage. Burton main claim to fame is his ability to milk money out of followers and make himself wealthy. F of F is also a considered a outright cult. Check out Steve Hassans web site for info.
Another target is Robin Amiss(...) and his long dead predecessor Boris Mouravieff who concocted the notion that Gurdjieff's teachings were fundamentally derived from Eastern Christianity. Amiss is shown to be a clever fabricator of facts in his book "A Different Christianity" and distorter of truths. Patterson does a fine job exposing Mouravieff motivations for doing what he did.
Amiss is taken to task in a systematic manner in which he compared G's teachings to Eastern Orthodox material. Replete with references he demolishes Amiss's claims. BTW all anyone needs to do is get a copy of O's "In Search of the Mircaluous" a copy of the Philokalia or Theophans works and compare them. You'l see that there is no place for a householder in serious myticism. It's for monks only. St. Theophan was a hermit and monk - hardly someone who understood the way of the householder.
Also there is no mention of 'self-observation' or 'self-remembering'. Anyone whose ever practiced the Jesus Prayer and done any sort of 'self-observation' knows they are not the same.
Amiss's hidden teachers are also shown to be fabrications without reality.
You'll also learn how Mouravieff played a in the split between Ouspensky and G. And how he conned O into delaying publication of "Tales of the Miraculous"
Overall a fine book demonstrating how self-taught self-promoters can [copy] teachings and convince people they have the real thing. So much so that their followers can longer know the real deal from the fake. If Patterson comes off shrill or a purist perhaps it's because so many people have stolen from G and peddled garbage under his name.
Overall a fine book on that belongs estoricist reader's bookshelf.