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I got this book from a bookseller in my area and was captivated by such diverse accounts. I have some time on my hands and I plan to explore this topic very deeply. I think I will check out everything by Professor Taylor too. This was a surprise and a treat.

This is quite simply put an amazing piece of scholarship that I just happend to pick up at used book store. I am a retired accountant and have never studied such things but was always interested in other cultures and how beliefs are different in different places of the world or in history. I can't tell you that I understand everything in here but this book taught me something important about myself and how I relate to the rest of the world. It's funny how a little book can make such a difference. Actually, the book is not little but it's such an entertaining read for those of us addicted to the History Channel, NPR and documentaries.

This is a very good scholarly collection of articles about death and burial rituals. We ordered this for the library after one of our high school students used it for a report. Her teacher asked us to purchase it.

If your topic is death and burial rituals, look no further. This Berkeley professor collects everything you need in a way that makes sense.

My husband, not involved in the library sciences, thinks it is strange for me to be reading this book at night. I try to read and write about all new purchases for the library.

This book is first rate. A really terrific find from the library that I ended up purchasing on-line for a decent price. Lots of information and it's well organized. You get a good study of comparative religion by way of detailed analysis of cross-cultural and cross-religio burial ritual and ideas about the afterlife. I see that the author has co-authored another book that got a terrific review. I might go ahead and get that too. Of course, it's a specific niche topic and you should share at least a general interest before buying Death and the Afterlife: A Cultural Encyclopedia.

I had to search for YEARS to find the Yeovil Demon Download-Krokodil Tears-Comeback Tour books from the UK. They were SO worth the endless, semi-obsessive effort. Jack Yeovil aka Kim Newman - check out THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB for occult 007-style pop-cultural mayhem and wit - really knows how to pack in the coolness. It's great that the books are back in print and I've read AMERICAN MEAT by Stuart Moore, which is a new book set in the same "world." It's damned good book, but I'd love to see GHOST DANCERS back in print as well as, dare I even hope for it, another books from Newman/Yeovil!

I loved this series when Games Workshop first published them in the late 80s and I'm very happy to see them updated and back in print.

Looking forward to the completion of the Route 666/Demon Download saga.

It's the 21st Century and the multi-national corporations control America. The military is set up to protect those corporations from the roving gangs and religious sects that wander the desert that has become America. Fort Apache, Arizona, a military garrison that has been charged with keeping the Interstate highways open for the corporations, is under attack by an unknown enemy. First a cruiser driven by soldiers from Fort Apache, visits a gas station in the desert where a computer bug is inserted through the gas tank, kills all but one of the soldiers riding in it and then continues on its mission of murder, searching for a particular church and a Catholic priest, Father O'Pray. Inside the fort, the men and women turn on each other in a blood fest that leaves many dead and others racing for their lives. Only one person has the key to this mystery, Chantal Juillerat, a nun dispatched from the Vatican. Working with the lone cavalry soldier who escaped the carnage of the demon-possessed cruiser, Chantel searches for the root of the problem.

Jack Yeovil has woven a tale of the future in DEMON DOWNLOAD. America, since ignoring global warming and other environmental issues, is a huge desert where whiskey is cheaper and more plentiful than water. The Great Salt Lake and the Colorado River are both dried up. The wall separating church and state has been dismantled and warring religious factions brawl throughout the country. The state of Utah, a vast wasteland of sand that has been renamed Deseret, has been taken over with the permission of the government, by the Josephites, a religious cult. Gaschuggers, a biologically altered group who drink gas for pleasure and sustenance, roam the countryside, terrorizing the inhabitants.

It is an interesting story that can strike fear in your heart because of the similarities to what we are witnessing in America today even though it was originally written in 1993. While the religious infighting may have been a bit exaggerated, this nation should take notice of what can happen when the wall of separation of church and state is torn down. Your religion just may not be the main one and others may wish to prey upon you. I had trouble sometimes, keeping up with the plot, as many new factions came into the picture. The story got choppy in some places and I had to reread sections to find out how I got where I was. The entire plot got just a tad bit murky at points but overall it was fascinating as well as funny and frightening.

Reviewed by Alice Holman
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers

The story is set in America's future. Multi-national corporations control everything, including the media and the government. Even the altars in churches are computerized. Religious cults are growing fast. Elder Nguyen Seth is the titular head of the Josephite Church. His sinister cult is the worst. He is known by many names, such as Seth the Eternal & Seth the Summoner. He has lived several life times already. Now he has summoned a minor demon and turned it into the form of a sub-sentient computer virus.

Vatican hitwoman Chantal Juillerat is sent to Fort Apache in America to locate and destroy the demon. However, by the time she reaches Fort Apache, the demon is already inhabiting the central control and weapons system of a US Cavalry-issue road cruiser, equipped with multiple, state-of-the-art weaponry. And by the time Chantal and Trooper Nathan Stack catch up with the vehicle, the demon has taken over the altar of a Catholic Church. But that is all fore play. This living virus plans to take over Fort Apache itself, and then spread out.

The personnel of Fort Apache find themselves trapped inside their desert outpost, commanded by an insane US Cavalry captain possessed by the malevolent virus. Time for Sister Chantal to get busy.

***** If you have ever read any comics in the "Magdalena" series (Top Cow Comics), you may very well see a resemblance. Chantal comes across as half Nun and half Valkyrie, but totally deadly. The author gives a brief look at Chantal's history, which makes the character a little more believable. If this series takes off, it could make for a great movie on the big screen someday. Terrific book! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

I have this book and it it really easy to learn. If your new to astrology and are interested in it I suggest this book. If your the type of person who worries constantly about the future I suggest you only read your yearly spread for the year you are in now. The reason why I gave this book four out of five stars is because of this. In the book there is a divorce card some of you out there who are married and are truly in love might find it kind of disturbing if you find a divorce card in your spread. I thought this was ok except for the fact that the book says that it will happen to you regardless. My thoughts on this is yes I believe in destiny but, I also believe that if you have a chance to see what is going to happen in the future then you can try to avoid it or make some kind of changes in your life. This book on the other hand basically says you have no options this is what is going to happen so deal with it. Other than that I love the book it's easy to learn and I'm going to purchase love cards soon.

I would recommend this book to anyone. Robert Camp could easily be the new self-help guru for the spiritually perplexed American. His system enables you to look at the issues, and challenges you are facing in your life and advice on how to turn them into positive experiences that will aid you in your growth toward a more fulfilled and rewarding life. Of course, on a less deep perspective the book is just absolutely entertaining in that you can look at your life and the lives of your acquaintances and see what's happening under the covers! Real life soap! Amazingly accurate. If you read this book you will want to get Love Cards also to help you understand yourself and the reason you pick your relationships. Last month I bought quite a few metaphysical & self help books to see what people had to say, Robert Camp goes right to the heart of the matter(s), his advice is practical and applicable, with instant results! (If you're ready.)I endorse all his publishings.

This book is EXCELLENT !!! The very best in accuracy, simplicity and an extremely valuable tool for psychic intuitives and therapists. A MUST GET !!!

As I have searched for good astrological and fate-finding related books, I have never seen a book so simple and effective! If you like to know more about yourself and others, this is the book to have! This shows you how you deal with people in different times in your life, as well as what you can do to make the best of it! Use this book in conjunction with Love Cards and you're sure to be a better person for it!

Steven Toushin has written a very important book, a must-read
for anyone interested in Freedom of Speech issues, sexuality
and alternate sexualities, particularly BDSM, and the legal
issues surrounding obscenity and pornography. His first hand
account of his arrest and trial for the distribution of
pornography is a fascinating and educational view of the
excesses of government's attempts to control morality.
Toushin's book may in fact be unique, in that it is a defendant's
document of his obscenity trial, and includes transcripts of the
actual trial. It also includes transcripts of the development of
the legal defense, interviews with possible witnesses that run
the gamut from participants in the films seized, to mental
health experts and sociologists.
Prosecuted under an insidious plan developed by the Meese
Commission on Pornography, Toushin defended himself against
the full brunt of the Federal Government. Most of the other
businesses charged in this particular sweep of adult film
companies closed, paid fines, and kept a low profile. To his
lasting credit, Toushin fought to save his businesses, his
personal freedom, and First Amendment rights.
The government's plan was brilliant, although it's legality was
questioned by many, including the FBI. Smaller cities in
conservative states were chosen as a venue where it was felt
there would be a greater probability of conviction for obscenity.
Postmasters in the chosen cities ordered and bought catalogs
from adult businesses, then frequently purchased additional
"specialty" catalogs. They then ordered films depicting acts
that were determined most likely to offend a jury. It was
actually stated the outcome of the trial was not crucial to the
prosecution's plan. The real intent was to charge the
defendants in as many states as possible at the same time and
to make legal defense impossible financially. The adult
companies would be bankrupted or closed even if it was later
determined by the court the material they sold was legal and
protected.
`Moral Fabric' reads like a good thriller. The reader is lead
through the defense team's discovery process and then the
trial, not knowing in advance what the outcome will be.
As the defense lawyers educate themselves on the BDSM
lifestyle and it's wide variety of sexual practices, this reader was
also informed. There are brow raisers and chuckles.
The book's true value is as a social document late 20th Century
sexual practices, ideas on morality and individual rights, and
legal precedent. It is fascinating now and surely will also be
equally so in 50 years.
We live in a society where every art form, every kind of media,
every kind of entertainment and even our advertising is directly
influenced by pornography. Our ideas about sex and sexuality
are in constant transition. If the financial numbers for the
pornography business are correct, the creation, sales and
consumption are a huge business that rivals or surpasses
Hollywood. Someone is enjoying a lot of erotica. The success of
"moralists" to shame some into submission and denial leaves a
conflicted populace that want to continue consuming porn with
pleasure, but must also punish...someone. It is telling that
"someone" is not the creator, the participants, or the
consumer, but it is the distributor.
Steven Toushin is to be commended for his insistence on
personal sexual freedom, free speech, and his willingness to
share his own life experience.
There are many memorable ideas and quotations. To
paraphrase and quote a few favorites:
"The right to view legal adult material in one's own home is
meaningless if there is no way to purchase or otherwise obtain
it."
-Judge
"It is not popular speech that needs protection, but unpopular
speech."
"The Gothic idea that we were to look backwards instead of
forwards for the improvement of the human mind, and to recur
to the annals of our ancestors for what is most perfect in
government, in religion and in learning, is worthy of those
bigots in religion and government by whom it has been
recommended, and whose purpose it would answer. But it is
not an idea this country will endure."
-Thomas Jefferson 1800

October 20, 2005 - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has announced that his office will specifically target "bestiality, urination, defecation, as well as sadistic and masochistic behavior" in pursuing new obscenity prosecutions. The Department of Justice began recruiting in late July for a new anti-obscenity squad to pursue obscenity prosecutions, and the FBI announced in September that it was forming an anti-obscenity task force to crack down on pornography. Any website that has content containing...these acts...should be forewarned that prosecution is possible. Additionally, Federal sentencing guidelines state that any obscenity- related punishment should be "enhanced for sadomasochistic material..." from The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom website.

As some may recall, President Ronald Reagan tossed his religious conservative base a prize in the form of Attorney General Edwin Meese in the late 80's. Meese plunged headlong into controversy when he appointed the "Meese Commission" to investigate pornography in the United States; their report, released in July 1986, was highly critical of pornography and the effects it had on people. Essentially rewriting earlier government studies that pronounced that there were no harmful links between pornography and behavior to suit their conservative agenda, Meese gave the Reagan Administration license to attack the adult entertainment industry and they did so with zeal. Toushin became one of their primary targets.

In 1987, Toushin was arrested as part of "Operation PostPorn," holding him and his staff for twelve hours as some 40-odd shotgun and handgun toting FBI agents searched and stripped his office (after some two weeks of covert surveillance on your tax-dollars.) Under Meese, the Department of Justice had made pornography crackdowns a priority, and had arranged for men in two states to order the hardest of hard-core SM videos. This forced the trials to meet the "community standards" of the locations the items were mailed to (Tennessee and Utah) and eventually laws were amended to include pornography under RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations).

What follows in "Moral Fabric" is a panorama of how the government turned all of its energies on Toushin using movies that were as far afeild or disgusting to a jury of vanilla citizens as the times probably had (including fisting and scat), and how the prosecution was perfectly willing to exaggerate their claims in order to make their case. (The Attorney General of Utah claiming that Toushin was selling child-porn and bestiality being the most flagrant.)

Toushin is more documentarian than judgmental (but not completely outside the realm of zinger-tossing). The bulk of the book deals with how Toushin winds through the court system and prison, yet is also willing to name names. "The Destruction Of The Moral Fabric Of America" is not a light read. In fact, it isn't even an easy read. But frankly, Toushin made history and set precedent for those of us who may forget that battles were fought and at the cost of lives ruined and liberties compromised. While he may still be around to run a successful Theater in Chicago, his book is a reminder that not everyone walks through fire unscathed.

By and large, Steven Toushin's latest book is about legal problems revolving around four SM films made in the 1980s which accumulated in a trail in 1989. There are a lot of primary documents included in the book that should be of great value to anyone interested in the legal system and how it is used to try and regulate adult sexuality. It may also be interesting to anyone wanting to know more about SM's history and legal standing. It is a massive book and not for a casual reader however. I have some problems with how sections are arranged but the overall excellent value for anyone doing research into these subjects outweights those concerns.

Wow! The Destruction of the Moral Fabric of America has me speechless. Where to begin talking about this volume? You could say it's about the history of gay porn, or BDSM, or it is a memoir of Steven Toushin's colorful and intensely lived life, or an expose by someone dedicated to their principles no matter what morality police do. All are correct. It is about all these things, needless to say it is not a light read but it is an important one.



Steven is well-armed with historical facts, trial transcripts, and interviews. The reader is led circuitously through his first-hand experience with governmental repression and intimidation, his arrests, trials, jail time, his ruminations on pornography, BDSM, and the government. He covers a lot of territory. It is sobering! One cannot walk away from this book without feeling a little queasy about our government and its insistence on overseeing American's sexuality and desires. Steven likes to let the actual correspondences, court documents, and interviews speak for themselves; not that he doesn't express his opinions, there is plenty of that, but he backs up those opinions with cold hard facts. Be warned, nobody is off the hook in this book. Steven takes a cold hard look at the BDSM culture and lays out what he sees as the pitfalls and what his suggestions are for remedying these problems. Including what a certified Master/Mistress may look like and what the criteria for such a certification would entail.



Toushin has waited over 30 years to spill the beans so there's quite a mess of beans on the floor! What are we going to do with the mess? My suggestion, keep this book as a reference point for the long fight ahead...it is far from being over. Those that forget history are doomed to repeat it is the phrase that comes to mind. If we are to fight for our rights, to live our lives as we see fit then we have to build upon the blood, sweat, and tears of those who sacrificed and fought so hard because they had not other choice if they were going to lead life on their own terms. Sleep with one eye open America. As the government likes to keep parroting "freedom isn't free". Damn straight, we've got an internal war going on folks, right here in our bedrooms. Be prepared to fight! Don't worry, there have been warriors that have gone before us. We are not alone...read and prepare yourselves.

Great reading to help connect and understand mother earth...

and not only mother earth but everything. The book offers information, reflections and activities that will help the reader appreciate everything that is around them...and I mean everything...from the stars in the sky to the cells in your body.

'Developing Ecological Consciousness' is brilliant and accessible to virtually anyone. Christopher Uhl has managed to write a book that is biologically informative and also personal, engaging, and poetic in its beauty. Through both fact and anecdote, he weaves the story of our deep interconnection with the planet and universe, and awakens in us a sense of what it really means to be human. This is an important and enjoyable read that I highly, highly recommend.

From a multitude of perspectives (student, teacher, communicator, lover of the environment), this book speaks to the reader not only on a knowledge-based, fact-oriented level, but also (and possibly more importantly) to the most basic and essential needs of humanity. These needs include compassion, understanding, sustainability, and harmony and through the book, are translated into a sense of awakening, comprehension, hope, and tools to shape a universal ideal for a world in which we all hope to live. If there were ever to be a "required life text", I can only hope that this would be it.

This book is an exceptional book covering not just ecology as a science but also the need for humans to awaken to earth's beauty, its Being, and our relationship to it. The book is not a radical environmental one where humans must go back to tribal living, but a very thought out and even carrying book. It belongs on the shelf of humanistic and transpersonal students as well as integral philosophers. The only bad thing about the book is that it is so unknown.

Dave Fleming unravels modern church dynamics with raw honesty and brilliant insight! The approach used in Dynamic Dialogue will invite and shape conversations that take you on a Quest to unfold your church's unique mission and emphasizes how each member, from pulpit to pew, is vital to its' success.

"Wow! Essentially 'Emotional intelligence for Churches.' Dave Fleming's book is the long overdue guide to churches behaving--and functioning--well. If you're ready to disarm your congregation's patterns of conversational sabotage, control, manipulation, stonewalling, monologue, etc, look no further. A five-star manual that deserves to be frayed around the edges, dog-eared, and underlined in technicolor." -- Sally Morgenthaler

"Everyone talks about doing ministry as a team, but Dave Fleming shows us how by fostering healthy focused conversations that create team glue the leads to greater effectiveness. I plan to use these ideas in our church." -- Alan Nelson

"Dave Fleming has written this book to give the church a new roadworthiness. Fleming challenges the church to trade in its tourist mind-set for a missional seriousness and sensibility. But he backs up his challenge by offering more than filled-in potholes and resurfaced cracks. He paves a new road for the church to take into the future, a road of conversation and dialogue in which dialogue is more than an exchange of ideas." -- Len Sweet

The development of meaningful discussion is central for Dave. He works almost exclusively Out-of-the-box. Dynamic Dialogue is filled with tactical ideas in the form of conversation starters and something Dave calls `Experiencercises". If you are facing questions like: How do we get to the next level? How can we foster authentic life? How can we sustain this momentum that is emerging? Dynamic Dialogue should prove to be very helpful. Essentially, it is written as a practically principled deployment handbook, not your typical technique focused `how-to'. Dave assumes you already `get it', but you just need some practical applications along the way, but don't be fooled the down to earth philosophical implications won't be missed! While the book is a sort of quick read really . . . for me Dynamic Dialogue will undoubtedly become another of my well worn reference books that I routinely pull off the shelve for a quick fix. This book approaches everything from the dynamics of creating space for discovery and creativity in the decision making processes with team members, to the temptation of replacing heart with technique and becoming another church clone. That's not to mention the healthy approaches to discussions about money, I could go on and on and on . . . this is not the same old double wide church trailer with different siding! It's a fresh benchmark. Dave is on the growing edge of the emerging church. And his philosophical assumptions are in the company of Leonard Sweet, Brian McLaren, and Stanley Grenz. However, his concrete approaches to methods of initiating real dynamic dialogue singles him out.

Dave Fleming understands that the great resource in the Church
is the people that God had brought together! His book not only
explains the rationale for "creative conversations", but literally guides you in the "how to's" of making it happen.
This could be a "manual" for bringing out the best ideas in your small groups, student leaders, and pastoral team. Great read!

This book is a must read for downwinders. Much thought and research has gone into this book to provide essential information for the present and the future. Bill Bollin, it looks like you've hit a home run with this one.

This book gives much thought to how to protect yourself should the situation arise.

In this day and age with rampant terrorism this book is a must if you want to give yourself a foot up on the rest of humanity.

I too am a Downwinder who presided in Norhern Arizona during the 1950's and 1960's. The nuclear fallout from the tests performed in Nevada during that time have been devestating to many personal friends and acquaintances. Mr. Bollin has compiled information in this book regarding this period and the long lasting affects it has had. His book "Downwinders" is well written and easy to use for a source and a reference for information about this phenomenom. In addition, Mr. Bollin has included additional pertinent information on how to cope with resulting complications now, 40 years later and into the future. I highly recommend this book.

Excellent book. Has so much information on where to go and what to do if you are a downwinder. I liked it for the fact that it is the kind of information we can use to help us with the threat of terrorism that is in our lives today.

Lauren Lawrence's DREAM KEYS FOR THE FUTURE gives us insight into a world not many of us know nor understand. Her book offers accessible, intelligent information that can revolutionize one's life. As with her first two books on dreams, DREAM KEYS FOR THE FUTURE is an innovative and unique exploration which explains our dreams. Here then is a best seller in the making! -- Susan Shapiro Barash, author of SECOND WIVES: THE PITFALLS AND REWARDS OF MARRYING WIDOWERS AND DIVORCED MEN

Lauren Lawrence, with exceptional clarity, has demonstrated the scientific basis of the ancient dictum that "we are masters of our destiny..." Packed with fresh new material, she has revolutionized the modern concept of the inner dream world! Her revelations are ground-breaking, weaving an invisible magic thread between present and future... The most important development in dream research since Freud.

Pierre Salinger's revealing foreword sets the tone for this intriguing book. Importantly, the book informs us of the many ways that dreams can reveal our future, and in this respect, may be considered a diviner of sorts. The book speaks about something interesting and unexpected: the predictive ability of dreams. According to Lawrence, a predictive dream is unlike a prophetic dream that hooks into the future, in that its guiding information comes from our stored knowledge of the past. Apparently, we repress or just plain miss information during its occurrence in reality, and it is this information that reappears in our dreams at decision-making times in our lives when we need to be prepared for any untoward eventuality. Toward the end of the book, Lawrence offers up a convincingly plausible and original explanation of prophetic dreams, and visions which Lawrence refers to as wakeful, externalized dreams. Also interesting, is Lawrence's interpretations of numerous biblical dreams as she comes up with some startling conclusions.--John Davis

Lauren Lawrence's "Dream Keys for the Future" is a brilliantly written, exciting book about using dreams to prognosticate future events. It is amazing that she managed to get the dreams of celebrities such as Jacqueline Bouvier, Arlene Dahl and Ivana Trump. Imagine reading Sigmund Freud's analysis of famous people rather than the average folk he worked with. Pierre Salinger's "Foreward" is intriquing. And I couldn't help but be astounded by Lawrence's fresh analysis of Biblical Dreams. Lawrence's book is as much a psychological text as it is a spiritual guide to predicting the future. It predicates that the future is based on the past as gathered in symbols within the unconscious mind that reveal themselves within the dream state. Lawrence even takes on the Ancient Greeks and the Mystics in her analysis of the aetiology of dream symbolism. Overall the book is a must for anyone who wants to learn about himself and to see into his future. Lawrence gives us a crystal ball that we look into as it looks into us. I am startled.

Once again Clifford Pickover has proved his genius. He presents us with a monumental catalog of methods of divination. The genius is that, although we know that Pickover is a scientist with an international reputation as a science writer, he presents his catalog without a hint of judgment. You can find in this work step-by-step instructions for telling the future by observing spiders (step 1 - find an inhabited spider hole), reading tarot cards, or cracking coconut shells.

In keeping with the author's interest in fractals, he describes Fractomancy, a computer-graphics method of divination. "Fractomancy is based on the generation of fractal geometric patterns and interpreting the structures for divinatory methods." He also tells us that we can derive new inventions by cutting up patents and recombining the paragraphs at random. Are we to believe that this is how he has generated his portfolio of United States patents? No matter. The book is a source of endless fascination.

Finally, in an appendix we find a list of predictions by prophets of dates for the end of the world. I was pleased to see that if we get through 2001, we are safe until 2012.

Clifford Pickover takes us on a thrilling journey through time to learn how people have utilized a wide variety of divination methods to catch glimpses of the future. DREAMING THE FUTURE succeeds on many levels; it contains one of the most complete assortments of divination methods ever brought together in one book, it describes fascinating accounts of how divination and prophets have changed history, and it provides the reader with many useful do-it-yourself guides to try divination techniques at home.

DREAMING THE FUTURE is an entertaining and educational read whether you are actively involved with divination methods, are simply interested to know more about them and how they've been used, or are downright skeptical that such things could have any accuracy whatsoever. Pickover frequently refers to himself as being a skeptic throughout this book, yet he does not fall victim to scientism -- the belief that scientific hypotheses are immutable "laws", rather than ever-changing theories. Pickover requests that people first rule out the ways we can be tricked, to avoid blindly accepting assertions of paranormal or mystical experience.

I particularly enjoyed reading about the wide variety of oracles involving animal behavior, dowsing, candle flames, numerology, automatic writing, cheese shapes, tea leaves, crystals, breathing over a vase of water, sounds and movements of the wind, sand, geomancy, feng shui, fortune cookies, and random remarks overheard in crowds. I finished reading this book feeling inspired to try out new kinds of divination methods that weren't even mentioned, because I regained the sense that we can receive spiritual information from all of our senses in every situation, everywhere, all the time.

Clifford Pickover's Dreaming The Future gathers accounts of a range of peoples who have had experiences reading fortunes and foretelling events. From contrasts between different methods of prediction and their underlying theories to evaluations of prophecies made through the pages, this is a more organized, contrasting study than most.

Pickover is an amazing author, more exciting than Asimov and Sagan because of his sheer range of topics. Pickover's books range from time travel to mind travel.

Dreaming the Future is Pickover's most fascinating and largest work. Among the many topics, he discuses the use of hypnosis to progress people into the future to tell us what they find. He also describes actual technical patents dealing with divination devices and strange mental phenomena. Every conceivable divination method is described in this book as well as every important prophet and new-age channeler. I especially liked Pickover's chapters describing how sheep entrail divination has changed the course of history. He also discusses Hitler and astrology. The chapters on future-life progression will send a shiver down your spine, and, in many ways, you will be transported to a new plane of existence after reading this book. Pickover is certainly right when he writes, "Even with the great scientific strides we will make in this twenty-first century, we will nevertheless continue to swim in a sea of mystery. Humans need to make sense of the world and will surely continue to use divination for that task."

Dr. Ball's book is one that I suggest to parents when I first have to let them know that their child has autism or is in the autism spectrum. He has made it very user friendly, by having us walk along with a young couple as they learn to travel the maze of emotions, interventions, and myths that can be encountered on the journey.

He spends a great deal of time looking at the differences in emotional and practical reactions of each parent. I find this important because mothers' and fathers' do perceive, process, and develop conclusions and plans differently. He aptly shows the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus differences in the sexes, which is not a negative but a reality of wiring over evolution. Each parent needs to understand where the other one is coming from so that there are not added stressers to the family dynamics and marriage.

Whoever first lets a family know about their child's diagnosis should also let them know about this resource for emotional and practical guidance.

All I have to say is "awesome". This is the first book I have found that speakes to me in a way that I can understand. Dr. Jim walks you through the process of working with your child with autism in an easy to read format and in a user friendly way. Even though my son is 6, this book is "spot on" on helping me and him. Thank You Dr. Jim.

This book has SO much great information! It addresses the emotions parents go through and gives you the info to move forward. Now when therapists are talking about EI strategies, I understand what they are talking about. The Day in the Life part is so cool! It gives you ideas about what little things you can do during the day to help your child and which theory/strategy the idea stems from.

Although my son was diagnosed with autism three years ago, I found Dr.
Ball's book to be completely engaging and very informative, yet not "too
technical." It is a "must-read" for parents of newly diagnosed children. I
wish I would have had a compilation of information such as this to guide
me through our journey.