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WoW! I saw them on the Today Show and this a very funny book. Its sexy (r rated) and you can see how you fit it. Causes great controversay

This book is just another typically fine book from Shamkovich and Schiller.They give a great account of what Kasparov tries to get in the opening and how he goes about them.The introduction is also great...the authors tell you how to develop an opening repertoire and what Kasparov does when his preparation goes awry.A great buy.

I read this book with a skeptical eye. After all, so many people talk about "energy" but don't teach anything useful.

Henderson seems to be the exception. Her very clear exercises teach about energy, how it interacts with the body, how it defines our boundaries, and how it permits us to merge with others or to maintain a space of our own.

The book was so good I sought her out. I learned genuinely useful and compassionate energy work from her, and each lesson made me realize how much of her knowledge she has put in this book. This is American Tantra, taught by a woman who knows it.

This book is a practical guide for pastors who are making the move to a new church appointment or call. United Methodist Bishop Coyner gives practical suggestions on making transitions, including advice on what to do the first week, first month, and first year in the new parish. The chapters on assessing your leadership style and the leadership style needed by the new parish are especially helpful. It is a quick read and easy to review over and over as you prepare for a move. An outstanding resource!

Although I was expecting bold, daring and exciting tales of the wild frontier, this book does portray Manuel Lisa's vision, exploits and dealings in the fur trade of the early 1800's very well. From establishing Fort Raymond at the confluence of the Big Horn River and Yellowstone River in 1807, the book takes the reader along Lisa's other adventures up the Missouri River thru 1820. Supported by historical documentation from such men as Thomas James, John Bradbury, Henry Brackenridge and John Luttig, to the many correspondence letters from Lisa to others, Oglesby does an exemplary work piece of this man's life. Well liked by most Indian tribes but oftentimes thought of as an abrasive and badgering individual by the whites, this is a man who simply wanted to fulfill his dreams of opening the fur trade in the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. The book is not just about his adventures, as it is also about the business transactions, strategies, financial responsibilities, etc. associated with the heavily competitive fur companies of the day.

I love all the characters becuase they have different personalitys. I especaily like Franky cause he's layed back and just like my brother. And Franny is just like me. I also like Loretta because at times she can be layed back and at other times she can be mad and mean. It's creative how all the tots come from a famous monster. Such as Bing Bong's dad is King Kong and Franky and Franny come from Frankinstien. It's terrifyingly terrifc and a really great book.

Do you play a musical Instrument but are struggling to learn how to read musical notation? That was the case with my daughter and myself for that matter, (But I don't play an instrument yet) After a year and a half of playing the Harp my daughter couldn't figure out the Theory part. It didn't hit me until I realized that after my helping her for the past 1 1/2 yrs. that I couldn't "get it" either. After searching the Internet for hours and hours I came to the conclusion that we both have Dyslexic Tendencies. This is the only Book that I could find on the subject. If you play an Instrument and you have difficulty learning to read music this Book has a lot of answers.

Here is the Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - The Manifestations of Dyslexia, its biological bases, and its effects on daily living.
Chapter 2- how dyslexia can affect musicians
Chapter 3- Dyslexia and musical development
Chapter 4 through 19- Personal stories about Dyslexic Musicians
Chapter 20- a multi-sensory approach to the teaching of musical notation.
Chapter 21- Gathering the threads
Appendix I- Recognizing the dyslexic child-notes for parents and teachers.
Appendix II- Checklist of dyslexic symptoms in adults.

I feel the first 4 chapters alone are worth getting the book for. Having someone explain Their Theory on Music and Dyslexia in a nutshell was very enlightening.
In Chapter 20- The Author has developed a method he calls 'Colour Staff' for learning to read Music. Interestingly enough I have developed my own variation of the same idea with using color.

After reading his idea and comparing it to mine, I like mine better. I created a 'Grand Staff' on a Word Processor and using Colored Notes I have been writing Music "In Color" for 6 Months. And guess what, IT WORKED! My daughter can read music now, and no longer has to memorize the songs she learns. I'm considering writing some sort of booklet on My Colored Notes Theory, and possibly a Web Site in the future...I hope this information helps you in your search for finding new ways of Learning to read Music. ....

Chuck McCutcheon is an old classmate of mine, but I have to say that I found this to be a fine work. His book is direct and forceful in presenting the lengthy story of the creation of a facility to house radioactive waste. The author almost never bogs down in the technical or mundane even as the people he is writing about are doing exactly that. There's a lot to be learned from this book, namely, how Americans deal with periodic reminders that the unpleasant (or, in this case, deadly) byproducts of our military and technical might need to be dealt with, someway, somehow, somewhere.

This book can help children understand the banking process. It discusses opening checking and savings accounts, and what their purposes are. I think this book would be educational for young children and teachers may want to use it for class discussions. Helpful for grades 3 through 5.

If one does not understand the ORIGIN of a koan, then one understands nothing for oneself about the koan. One can only develope a second hand understanding from a "lineage" biased interpretation of a "zen master", not worth bothering over.

To encounter the koan on its own terms, one needs access to the linguistic skills of Dr. Heine and his deep appreciation of the historic and cultural context in which each different koan was developed.

Dr. Heine applies his linguistic scholarship of the Chinese dialects of seventh century China to create a topical classification of selected koans, and the classification itself tells us new things about how to understand the koans within those classes. Aside from the koan practicer's interest, this book certainly must rate as a "feat of scholarship" among academics.

Koans and their associated tradditional commentaries are full of arcane Chinese word play, from which the author has generally spared the reader. Dr. Heine does not concern himself with "solving" a koan, but rather provides the reader with the contextual ACCESS to develope his own insights into a koan.

Most books about koans are not worth their paper, much less the reader's time to think about them. The "keepers" on this subject are this book and Heine's "The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism". Don't leave samsara without them.