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I was very pleasantly surprised and pleased by this book. It is certainly one of the best poetry collections I've ever read, and I've read many poets and many poems. What immediately draws you in about Soleil's work is its intelligent yet refreshingly accessible and readable style, and at the same time its highly intimate and personal subject-matter, very confessional and autobiographical. Some of the subject-matter will be shocking even by contemporary standards, but as the author himself explains, his real intent isn't merely to shock or to write dirt for dirt's sake, but rather, to express himself creatively and share his impressions about aspects of his life with the reader. Besides, attitudes in the West continue to become more relaxed, more enlightened, and we're a far-cry from the uptight, conservative '80s. Soleil's "Object Lessons" is in the tradition of Charles Bukowski, yet completely original. It has the potential to be (and deserves to be) an underground cult classic like Allen Ginsberg's "Howl", which is perhaps a much more well-known but far less readable and far more outdated work. So what is Oz du Soleil's work really about? Well, if u like to read about how wonderful everything is and how nice the flowers smell in spring, LOOK ELSEWHERE. These poems are unabashedly honest and explicit about how they deal with more daring topics, like the author's sexual interests, including frequenting sex clubs, porn, masturbation, etc, not to mention his preference for full-figured women over the anorexic magazine model. But its not all about sex and erections and "tuna-eating", there's also a lot of other things he talks about, including just regular friendship, especially with women. His use of language is unique and grips your interest. All thoughout, one gets a sense of an outsider, someone who has not quite fit in. Why? Because Soleil is an individualist, a moral nonconformist, a social radical, and an artistic original. Such people always have difficulty in the "real world" becuase they refuse to compromise and conform more than they absolutely have to, they just wanna be themselves and experiment with darker or more daring aspects of reality, even taboo reality. It is also clear from the persona in this work that the author is very human, a person with clarity, sanity, wit, emotions and intellect, not merely a Prozac-medicated, sex-driven, one-dimensional human being. This is Soleil's first published book. I recommend it highly!

This book takes you through a real-life journey of the author. Enjoy the ride as he makes observations regarding that which pleases and that which disgusts him. The candor is refreshing, but not for the faint of heart. I loved this book and get more out of the essays and poems as I read them over and over again.

This book takes you through a real-life journey of the author. Enjoy the ride as he makes observations regarding that which pleases and that which disgusts him. The candor is refreshing, but not for the faint of heart. I loved this book and get more out of the essays and poems as I read them over and over again.

Oz pulls his readers into his poems and invites them to look at life-situations in a different way. His articulate style leads the reader into the depths of Oz's mind. His style and use of language is unique and refreshing.

Object Lessons, was a work of very intimate natures. Very heartfelt and at times revealed the authors cords of gentle and justified frustration while seeking solutions to the myriad of questions about manhood, sexuality, relationships and life in general.

As a woman, I was given a precious peek into a world seen through the eyes of one man where the walls of codes,secrecies and deceptions were temporarily opened. I was made to feel that his journey is shared by many men but remains unspoken for many reasons.

I encourage the author to continue exposing this world to women and men so that we may come into a greater understanding of one another. Not by socialized programming, but by helping each other set aside our fears and appreciating the unique qualities that we all have to offer.

This is a wonderful book! The photographs are beautiful and the text is honest and touching. Each vignette makes you feel as if you are at the farm with the author that day. This is a must have for every horse lover. I recommend a full box of tissues every time you read this book. It is not a sad book but very moving and full of love an drespect for the wonderful horses represented here. As many of us horse savvy folks know...these are the lucky ones. I Just love it!

Barbara D. Livingston, Old Friends: Visits with My Favorite Thorougbreds (Eclipse Press, 2002)

Reviewing books of photography often makes me feel guilty. As brilliant as someone like Romain Slocombe or Joel-Peter Witkin (for example) is, and as good as his books are, it seems kind of cheating to put a big photography book on one's list of books read for a given year. After all, how long does it really take to get through a book of photography?

Not so with Old Friends. While it is, in fact, packed with the gorgeous photographs of horses for which Barbara Livingston is so deservedly well-known, every horse in here also has a small essay from Ms. Livingston, making this more a trip down memory lane than a photography book. Some of the horses in here are some of the best-known horses on the continent (Spectacular Bid, for example), some are well-known in their region of the States (Zuppardo's Prince, the leading stallion in Louisiana most years), and some even the most hardcore horseplayer has long forgotten, or never heard of in the first place. Livingston treats them all with equal dignity, and by the end of the book, we feel like we know these horses, too.

A number of the horses here, since (and in a few cases before) the book was published, have died, and any of the rest of them are going to succumb to the ravages of old age within the next few years. But while some of their names will live in the lore of horse racing forever, Livingston has here ensured that many of the others will also not be forgotten.

A fantastic book, and well worth having. **** ½

Old Friends sits right next to Hillebrand's Seabiscuit in my equine library. It is a modern day classic.

These noble horses get loving and magnificent treatment from Livingston's prose and photographic talent.

Old Friends is a joy; a treasure. No racing enthusiast should be without this incredible book.

I bought this book after hearing about the death of the great Ferdinand.
This book shows many of the great ones that have come along, many that are still breeding and many that are living out the rest of their days in quiet comfort. Livingston is a fan of all of these horses, writing as if each one is her own. I read this book in one sitting, crying and laughing all at the same time.

I can't help but think of all the horses that didn't make it, the horse that met the same end as Ferdinand. The one's that were bred for speed but couldn't quite turn it on at the right time. The horses in this book were and are all very, very lucky indeed.

I had the pleasure of meeting the author at Gulfstream Park . She was doing a book-signing at the Florida Derby and I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. She is a kind and gracious lady. She took her time with everyone who approached her. I was already planning to purchase book and was so happy to get an autographed copy! The pictures are incredible and the grace and dignity she conveys with them is perfect for such beautiful animals as thoroughbred horses. I recommend this book to anyone who loves horses or horse racing. As Ms Livingston signed in my book : Track fever is a good thing!"

I've just finished reading "Omm Sety's Egypt", and wanted to say what a delightful book it is. I recall seeing a documentary a few years back centered around Omm Sety that left me wondering. Hanny & Catherine did a remarkable job of fleshing out that fascinating character in a warm, compassionate manner that also was quite scholarly. As a long-time student of ancient Egypt, I will never look at things the same way again, which can be called "growth", I think.

A glimpse, however seemingly fantastic, into our ancient world is a golden opportunity to learn things the strictly academic world does not offer. It's been my firm belief for decades that the fields of archaeology and Egyptology in particular have had their heads in the sand, so to speak. New discoveries are being made daily; I just wonder how many of them are getting swept under the rug because they don't dovetail with accepted theories.

I think I accept the experiences of Dorothy Eady because of a pet theory of mine. Greek mythology, I think, tells about the deceased being dipped in the "river of forgetfulness". If reincarnation is real, and I think it is, that might describe a "seal" placed on the consciousness at death, which would serve to separate "lives" from one another, to prevent contamination and preserve the purity of each individual "life". Traumatic injuries or near-death experiences might rupture that seal somehow, perhaps even provide a "link" to another place/time, as in Omm Sety's case. We know so very little about the "soul", but every testament like Dorothy's opens up a new window of exploration, and adds a missing piece to the puzzle of life.

This book will be read and re-read until it's dog-eared, I'm sure.

This was a most excellent book. I found it hard to put it down. If you are interested in reincarnation and the Ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs then this is for you. Very well written!

Knowing Hanny El Zeini and all of his family since years and having them as dear friends, knowing them as broadminded and intellectual, helpful and adorable people far away from any obscurity but with both feet on the ground, I have to admit after also having read his second book about Omm Sety that there must be quite some more than scholarship usually teaches us. Hanny El Zeini does not tell us any cranky stories here!
Though myself not believing in reincarnation, I must say that Omm Sety showed us that there are more ways for revealing the hidden things than just digging deeply enough somewhere in the sands...
All those who are with me still on the side of logic should nevertheless read this book and ask themselves how we could enable our full capacities leading to results the classic scholarship would not have allowed to postulate - but also how we could find ways that the acceptance of those findings is advanced in our world - having in mind that Omm Setys "knowledge" is hardly to bear in our days' scientific world - and nearly everybody would firstly shout out: "Amentia!". But I feel, it was just deepest love and affection that made possible what Omm Sety showed us.

As books go, this one was desert for me. I am a beleiver in reincarnation anyway and a lover of Egyptian history. With this book the two naturally go together. The author is not only credible as far as getting his facts right, he is also sincere and, I might add, a friend to this amazing woman the world now knows as Omm Sety. I read the book in one sitting. It is an adventure, a love story and a good case for life beyond this life. I highly recomend it.

Through-out my life which has lead to eventually owning an Egyptological academic bookshop I have felt influenced by the lady known as Omm Sety. When I first read about her in a Reader's Digest book "Strange Stories and Amazing Facts" at the age of 12, I was smitten with the idea of past lives. My own interest in Ancient Egypt was already well rounded at that age. This was just another part of the jigsaw for me.

I have gone on to know several people who knew Omm Sety and I have visited her grave in Abydos. The first book I imported for my business in 1988 was Abydos, Holy City of Ancient Egypt. If you can get a copy do so as it was Omm Sety's seminal work.

Having said all of the above I highly recommend this book to readers, I read it over a few days, some of the information in this book you will find in earlier writings such as the Jonothon Cott book mentioned by the other reviewers, but this book rounds out the picture, it also covers Omm Sety's marriage and more information about her son, Sety.

Therefor this book now fills in the gaps in our knowledge of Omm Sety, what an extrodinary women she was, in her own way she influenced Egyptology greatly although many Egyptologist will only talk of that privately, she was also a great humanitarian and did very good works for the village surrounding Abydos temple.

I enjoyed the book very much and I hope that one day Hanny el Zeini will publish Omm Sety's complete diarys and notes to absolutely complete the picture.

Whether you are a academic Egyptologist, a past lifer, a romantic, or just interested in Strange stories I feel you will enjoy this book, and you'll want to buy a couple of copies for it would make a great gift.

Blessings to you Omm Sety your amazing life is an inspiration to all.

This book puts into black and white, what I have been trying for years to get across to Bible study groups. You have to know who is talking, and to who is their message directed. If it doesn't fit, don't force it. Like St. Paul says in 2 Timothy 3:16 - "All scripture is profitable." However, all scripture is not written TO Gentiles, and all scripture is not written TO the Jews. You have to 'rightly divide' scripture into who said what to whom.

Great Book - a must for any serious Bible study group or anyone wanting to better understand God's word.

Wake up people. Reading anything but the Authorized King James Version of the Bible is very dangerous. There are unseen forces at work trying to diminish God's word. Thank you Mr. Stauffer for opening our eyes to the truth. This book is highly recommended. After this, read ONE BOOK RIGHTLY DIVIDED and you will learn more in one Chapter than you've probably learned all year in church.

This work is excellent but certainly not the first on this subject, as a very few men, since the beginning, have always understood parts of the Bible are addressed to them and others are not! Although Dr Stauffer is deeply prejudiced against any version of the Bible except the KJV in this case he does not let that get in the way. This work unlike his "One Book Stands Alone" is very scholarly and very logical. If his subject had been fully understood by Christendom we would not have most of the silly fractures of the denominations that have occurred simply because we read someone else's mail and took it for our own instruction. He is to be commended for his excellent work and all Christendom should read it in my not so humble opinion.

Dr. Stauffer has made a significant contribution to the understanding of Dispensational truth. This book will aid the beginning in developing the ability to "rightly divide" the word of God. In addition, it will help the seasoned Christian who holds to the dispensational understanding of scripture to sharpen their understanding of this important teaching of truth. I have used it as a text for college students with great success in teaching them how to understand the Bible. I highly recommend this book to all.
Jerry Rockwell
Pierre Part, LA

You want to understand the Bible. This book will help you understand how the Bible is laided out. Not all scripture is to the Church or to the Christian. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

You can only see what you know! If you want to care patients from oral and maxillofacial diseases, you should know pathologic basis.

Great book. Complete. Perfect to Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and Head and Neck Surgeons

Simply put, this is the best text available for Oral Pathology. Incredible pictures, concise yet detailed information, etc. The change to color photos in the newest addition was a tremendous upgrade. Every dental practitioner should own a copy of this book.

This book, is one of the more complete on the oral pathology subject, excellent for students and essential for the dentist's office

I am a 2nd year Stomathological Medicine Ms. resident and have had this book from the beginning and must say it is a first class reference book.

Not only it is physically well done (thick glossy paper, full colored images and state of the art design), but it has a very complete content organized by clinical features, histopathological characteristics, treatment and prognosis and so on. It has also got an appendix with differential diagnosis.

To be an OMF Pathology work it has a very good OMF Medicine approach.

It is a must not only for undergraduate, but for postgraduates as well.

What a journey! A thrill ride to other worlds- your world? Our guide, Susan, fillets her true-self for all to feast as she allows us to experience her emotion, vulnerability, and STRENGTH. This book opened my mind, engaged my imagination, and gave me hope... What a gem!

This book is like a guide through one's own personal reality into the subconscious and beyond into hidden worlds, like dreams, and many other altered states. Fascinating concepts on time and no time, reincarnation, karma, life choices, and even death and spirits. This book is above and beyond because it frees one to open their minds to encompass the scope of life beyond what we understand without adhering to any particular belief system. It is kind of like the more you open, the richer your life becomes. The whole book gives you an 'ah hah!' kind of feeling, a sense of constantly being enlightened. A good book to read over and over.

I am reading this book for the third time. It is SO packed with incredible insights and usable thought processes I was folding most every page so I could go back for reference. It was very well received at our womens' health fair in clinic. Kalior is my new favorite author, I have read all 4 of her books. Some fantasy, all life enriching.

This is an extremely amazing book. It takes you on a very deep journey of love and life. Very inspirational. Susan did a wonderful job on this. Thank you.

This book is a most soulfully interwoven journey the dives deeply into the adventure of self-exploration. It reflects all of life's internal issues on multiple levels and is cram packed with plenty of real substance. A very courageous book to steps out of the norm and yet is delivered in the most delightful way. It's brilliant!


This writer Susan truly has an amazing gift!

Linda Post

This book contains nuggets of truth as well as helpful, practical suggestions for coping with symptoms of bulimia. This book is a great companion to: "Hope, Help and Healing" By Dr. Greg Jantz. Based on the absolute truth of the Bible, you will be given insight regarding your childhood and discover how you were set up to fall into the lifestyle you desperately struggle against. You will discover freedom, day-by-day, as you trust Jesus and are filled with the Holy Spirit. YOU CAN BE FREE!
Hope, Help, and Healing for Eating Disorders: A New Approach to Treating Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating

Excellant book to assist you in overcoming bulimia. I am recovering after 36 years of eating disorders. This workbook went right along with my recovery plan. Would recommend it to anyone suffering from bulimia.

i've been suffering from bulimia for over 14 years. and i was at a loss what to do. i even had suicidal thoughts. but, i got this book and after i understood what was going on in my mind, i felt real better and also the exercises on this book were real helpful and most importantly, i got over bulimia at last.
the best thing for me in this book is "normalized eating". this book tells you what is normal eating: no more dieting, no more food restrictions, no more urges to overeat. and i have to tell you, normal eating won't make you fat. rather, i think some might even lose weight by eating normally; in fact i'm one of them.
now i eat normally and i'm not on a diet anymore. i don't even think about my weight and shape. and i feel real good about it. this is the happiness and freedom this book gave me, and i really want to say thank you guys and this book is highly recommended for anyone who's suffering from bulimia and wants to get out of the nightmare. this book will help you.

This is the best resource for eating disorder self-help I have seen. Widely applicable for those who binge and purge by a number of definitions, including overexercising and subjective binging. Addresses a comprehensive range of related issues such as anxiety, obsessiveness, and perfectionism. Practical with real step-by-step things you can actually DO, ways to measure your progress, and encouragement about expected setbacks. Very strongly recommended.

This workbook was for my daughter in rehab and she said this was an excellent book that gave her new insight into overcoming bulimia. Well worth the money

As a Players Guided in General this is a good product. I also like it cause it gives me some thing to let my players read seanse most the Planescape Products our really only worte for the DM.

Besides being a very beautiful book (marvelous drawings in full color by DiTerlizzi), it is the perfect complement for the Campaign Setting. I would say the 3 basic things you need to run a planescape campaign are the setting, a monstrous compendium (preferably the first one) and the planewalker's handbook. Among other useful information, it explains the "dark" of portals, gates, vortices, conduits, pools,etc. on a chapter that deals exclusively with planetraveling. Maybe they should have called it The Complete Book of Planescape.

[English]
The Planewalker's handbook is an invaluable resource for those enthusiasts who want to play or mastering PlaneScape. It describe and unveils so many details and aspects about characters creation not previously mentioned in the basic box.. besides show new concepts, races, environments, intrigues, opportunities, adventures hooks and magic. This book together with Factol's Manifesto and the basic box ARE the ELEMENTAL tools to understand, perceive and feel in the right way the multiverse.

[Spanish]
The Planewalker's handbook es un complemento indispensable para quienes quieran arbitrar o jugar PlaneScape, menciona y esclarece muchos detalles respecto de la creación de personajes que antes no habian sido mencionados (en la caja básica) e introduce nuevos conceptos, articulos, magia y razas. Este libro junto con The Factol Manifesto y el Set box (la caja básica) constituyen las herramientas elementales para empezar a entender correctamente el multiverso.

I am a budding DM for AD&D, and really needed some help with getting the Planescape campaign started. I bought this book, and it helped me incredibly. All the spells I thought the players should have, and new items, and options! If you ever intend to play Planescape, get this book. Sooner or later, you are going to need it!

It's the book with the usefullness of the Player's Handbook. It's informative, beautiful and for the Player and DM. It's got charts, new spells, kits, a guide to the races, planes and factions. Tips for DMs and Players and some new magic items. Plus, all-book (almost) illustrations from DiTerlizzi. A highly reccomended book.

This is pretty much organized as a textbook, lots of color photos, not dry reading at all. A must have for any student of Florida's nature. These authors know their stuff, they have been around on the wildlife/ecology scene for a long time and are well respected down here. Excellent naturalists. I don't know of any other book like this, they did Floridians a favor with this one. Also a great price for what you get.

This book is a great all-in-one reference for any of FL's ecosystems. I am using it as a textbook for an independent study that I created.

The product was delivered in a timely manner with a great price. Upon arrival the product was as promised

The book is incredibly detailed yet breaks out a lot of fundamental as well as advanced biological info at the college level in an a very readable and accessible way. Obviously a solid textbook but I recommend it for Florida residents and natives for the wealth of info in this book on the incredibly biologically diverse State of Florida.

I am adopting this book for the third time as the main text for my Ecosystems of Florida class and I am very happy with it. It is amazingly cheap for the quality of the text and figures, and it is very accessible for students at all levels.

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in Florida. Not only it is a great text for a non-major's course, it also makes a great coffee table book!

In my Czechoslovak childhood nightmares the horror began with rats emerging from walls and ceilings. I blame one of my school friends for the horror he caused me because he kept a domesticated rat as a pet. He seemed to have an almost messianic obsession with rats ;-)

In many ways D. P. Roseberry has written Animal Farm in the 21st Century. It is a fascinating story. Rats can do more than chew up the carpet or gnawed away a valuable furniture. Inside this book are many things which were unthought-of ... A great horror of horrors read.

Rodenticider is the book that announces Roseberry as a stunning new presence in suspense thrillers. Yes, there's a bit of 1950s B-movie hommage in this one, but that doesn't begin to do it justice. Roseberry has researched her rats as painstakingly as Crichton did dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. The result is a reading experience that not only rivets the reader, but gives them a much a sharper perspective of the subject at hand. These rats are just plain terrifying, too. Think of the shark in Jaws, or the velociraptors in the Jurassic Park series. These are viscous creatures, and part of the brilliance behind this work is that Roseberry gives us a "good guy" rat with the toungue-in-cheek name Snuggums. The idea of simultaneously hating the rats and yet rooting for one seems odd, but Roseberry makes it work and then some. This is one author I intend to follow from now on!

Rodenticider is a grisly account of a strange and menacing world just beyond the consciousness of us "Outer Earth dwellers." This clever tale is full of non-stop action, contrasting the good versus depraved nature of living creatures, both humans and whiskered beasts. The author uses absolute genius to maintain a connection between the reader and the book's unusual characters, allowing us to experience their intense terror, stubborn pride and underlying compassion. I found myself urging them on; not convinced there could be an acceptable outcome to their plight. Sorry to have it end, Rodenticider is a must read. It left me anxiously anticipating the sequel.

From page one, I was drawn into the story, so absorbed that I couldn't put it down until I finished it. I can relate to Bethany and her fear of rats and how she must have felt in the job she did. My imagination soared at the thought of an inner earth like the writer created. A must read for all sci-fi fans...or someone like me who just enjoys a wonderfully crafted story.

How can a story that gives me the creeps be considered good? Read Dinah's book & you'll get the drift. Excellent writing & interesting premise. Just amazing.