The Word of The Maya Review

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Ruth Lee is a Scribe to the Ancient Maya. In this channeled book, you will find practical information that you can use to deepen your spiritual practices, including prayer and meditation, learn to understand and use Time effectively, and master the life you are living today.
This book is one to read slowly and savor. I'm on my third reading and still gleaning more wisdom from its pages.

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The Complete Adult Psychotherapy Treatment Planner Review

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Excellent for learning how to write treatment plans, as well as for generating more alternatives for interventions. Working with the client to select the most important goals and most compelling interventions helps the client to take a more active approach to the tasks, and increases hope. The intro section teaches how to write a treatment plan, very good for grad students. I don't bill insurance, so instead of DSM-IV diagnosis as the sixth element, I write evaluation benchmarks. Another reviewer feared a cookbooky approach that reduces the human element in counseling/therapy. I disagree; developing and writing a treatment plan with a client helps to clarify what he/she really wants, instructs the client on the therapeutic process, and keeps in mind the desired outcomes. It keeps things moving forward. The transparency of the process keeps the counselor/therapist from being a mysterious expert figure, and empowers the client; some counselors/therapists may not like that, though. Those of us who work in time-limited settings can't afford months of wandering through a mysterious fog. Planning and goal-setting in therapy is part of the human process, not separate from it.

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Papyrus Of Ani - The Egyptian Book Of The Dead Review

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There are no hieroglyphs, phonetically written Kemetic words anywhere in this text. There is no foreword, editorial commentary, footnotes and citations on translation/ language nuances, etc.It's great if you just want to read the Pert em Hru (Book of the Dead) in English - no muss, no fuss. But from an scholarly standpoint, or for someone who wants to see the original glyphs as they read the translation, this Budge version is useless. I wish the book's description had made that clear to potential buyers.

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This is an English translation of the Papyrus of Ani, more commonly know as the Egyptian Book of the Dead.Complete with the hymns, prayers, and spells, this is a must have the lovers of Egyptian myth and culture.

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Our Misunderstood Bible Review

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George E. Mendenhall is one of the "titans" of twentieth-century biblical scholarship. His researches have revolutionized our knowledge of the origins of the ancient historical phenomenon known as Israel. He maintains that Israel was the consequence of two principal historical factors: the first was the widespread self-destruction of the great Near-Eastern empires/civilizations at the end of the Late Bronze Age; the second was a radically new religious vision of how a humanly tolerable society can come into being even in a world wracked by the insanely violent machinations of the crumbling empires that brought about human suffering and death on vast scales. The historical Moses saw the divine as One and not as the plurality of pagan deities (who represented the powers with which man must contend for survival but which he can neither predict nor control); and that the will of this One for mankind lies in the ethical dimension of human life and not at all on the plane of power, sex, and wealth -- that, in other words, this One represents the utter repudiation of the religio-political systems of pagan antiquity and their replacement by devotion and commitment to ethic -- to love -- rather than power and its concomitants.
Mendenhall saw that earliest Israel was brought into existence by Moses' religious vision, expressed through an analogy between an ancient political-legal form and a novel religious-ethical commitment. This form -- the covenant or suzerainty treaty -- was employed to represent the proposed relation, disclosed in the terrifying theophany at Sinai, between the One called Yahweh and the little band of "Hebrews" only recently escaped from corveé labor in Egypt. The analogy replaces political-legal concepts with religious-ethical ones.
Mendenhall elaborated his analysis of the "covenant form" in relation to earliest Israel in a series of scholarly papers and monographs, starting in the mid-twentieth century, which made use of legal, political, cultural and linguistic history and insights from archaeology, sociology and anthropology. A mature, scholarly version of some of his key theses was presented in The Tenth Generation: the Origins of the Biblical Tradition [TG] (1973), which, fortunately, is still in print. He laid out a beautiful conspectus of the entire sweep of Israel's history (with revealing commentary on much of the biblical literature occasioned by that history), intended for general readership, in Ancient Israel's Faith and History: An Introduction to the Bible in Context [AIFH] (2001). Now, in his 90th year, Mendenhall gives us Our Misunderstood Bible [OMB].
Throughout his long career he has concerned himself to engage, not only the scholarly world, but also those who are not scholars specializing in his fields of expertise. He has done this in the settings of classroom and seminar, of course, but also in informal talks and study sessions with small groups of religiously committed folk. Material from these informal sessions was collected, organized, and edited to produce the afore-mentioned AIFH. The emphasis in Mendenhall's presentations has always been the centrality of covenant as a functioning social reality (and not merely a theological-literary-notional one) and its fate from inception at Sinai throughout the subsequent tumultuous history of Israel -- from the Twelve Tribe Federation to the birth of the early Church. The interested reader might consult AIFH, pp. 57ff, for a discussion of the covenant as way-of-life in ancient Israel.
Informing Mendenhall's analyses is a fundamental realization, woefully unappreciated by most biblical scholars: that the most authentic embodiment of Israel's covenant-faith was in the community life of the hundreds of little agricultural villages that formed the indispensable substrate of Israelite society from the earliest times on. The villages preserved the covenant faith of Moses for centuries even in its most archaic features; it was from the villages that many of the prophets hailed; nor can Christians forget tiny Nazareth, their Master's boyhood village. Moreover, the villages' conservatism insulated the representation of their shared religious faith in oral tradition from the incessant flux of linguistic change characteristic of the larger urban units, especially those with concentrations of literate "knowledge elites" such as Jerusalem with its large cohort of bureaucrats and scribes.
Yet the Hebrew Scriptures as they have existed since several centuries before the time of Jesus are necessarily the work of precisely these scribes. The transformation of oral traditions into sacred texts was thus the work of ancient urban scholars to whom -- despite their putative zeal for fidelity to tradition -- the language, ideas, customs, and events of the remote past had to a significant degree become unintelligible. And how much more is this apt to be the case when, in much later times, scholars in quite alien cultural environments translate biblical Hebrew into modern languages!
It was therefore virtually inevitable that the text of the Old Testament as we have it today, whether in Hebrew or in translation, should contain a good many mystifying passages and moreover passages that merely seem clear; and there is a parallel situation with respect to the New Testament. It is surely one of the concerns of the biblical scholar to clarify these passages when it is still possible to do so.
This is what Mendenhall does in OMB. In 20 extremely short chapters he addresses the following:
Why did Noah's ark land on Mount Ararat? (Genesis 8:4)
Why did the sun and moon stand still? (Joshua 10:12)
Who were the "Hebrews?" (I Samuel 28:3)
What did people do when they "worshiped?" (Exodus 12:27)
Why did "a virgin conceive?" (Isaiah 7:14, 16)
Why did God create the earth in seven days? (Genesis 2:2)
Why do "goodness and mercy persecute us?" (Psalm 23:6)
Why do children suffer for the sins of their fathers?
(Exodus 20:5)
Why they are not ten "commandments." (Deuteronomy 4:13)
Why are we asked to "do this in remembrance" of Jesus? (I
Corinthians 11:23-25)
Why are we called "children of God?" (John 1:12)
Why should we hate father and mother? (Luke 14:26, Psalm
139:21-22)
Why should we "walk humbly" with God? (Micah 6:8)
Why not "an eye for an eye?" (Exodus 21:23-24, Matthew 5:3)
Why did 603,550 men of war leave Egypt with Moses? (Numbers
1:46, 2:32)
Why did Moses marry a black African woman? (Numbers 12:1)
Why did Abraham have two names? (Genesis 17:5)
Who were the ancestors of Jerusalem? (Ezekiel 16:3)
Who was "God Almighty?" (Exodus 6:3)
What is bad about worshiping groves? (Judges 3:7)
The little book concludes with a short "summing up."
Although the Mosaic covenant (and its historical background) runs as a "sub-text" through OMB, the book pursues no explicit unifying theological theme; rather, its short chapters constitute an engrossing collection of "scholar's notes" on biblical texts that have puzzled laymen and clergy - or that have not puzzled them but should have.
Each chapter fascinates in its own way. I found the explanation of "do this in remembrance of me" to have the most startling relevance to Christians' understanding of that central element of their worship, the Eucharist. "Remembrance" in Mendenhall's elucidation has a significance quite different from that latterly accorded the word in the conventional theologies of all branches of Christianity: namely it is an oath of loyalty (a sacramentum) to the Master and His Way. This significance partakes of the nature of the ancient Mosaic covenant, in which the believer conditionally curses himself, and explains why participation in the Eucharist was both central to the life of the earliest Christians and treated by them as a matter of utmost -- even potentially lethal -- seriousness.
Neither the much-reviled "fundamentalists" nor the somewhat less notorious "minimalists" will find Mendenhall's clarifications particularly congenial, I fear. This is for two reasons, both of them summarized in the word history. The minimalists will be put off by his insistence that the biblical texts are products of the actual historical experience of Israel, a religious-social (and only later, ethnic-political) phenomenon that arose in the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age -- not merely propagandistic scribal fictions from the Hellenistic-Roman periods. The fundamentalists will perhaps resent his treatment of the texts as products of the historical experience of Israel and not merely as a collection of divinely-dictated "proof-texts" for their favorite doctrines.
But for those committed to taking the Bible seriously on its own terms, OMB is welcome assistance from a great scholar, and an invitation to the treasures of TG and AIFH.


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Lords Of The Two Lands: Book One: Re Ascending Review

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Readers of fiction set in Ancient Egypt will know that there is quite a variety and range of offerings, from the simplistic (Christian Jacques)to the more consistently developed writing of someone like Pauline Gedge. However, this novel sets a new standard for verisimilitude - the details of political and everyday life in the early 18th Dynasty are almost overwhelming. The novel is not in chronological form, so that creates some initial difficulties; then the characters are referred to, not by the names we are familiar with (Tuthmosis III, etc), but by their Egyptian throne names or personal names when they appear in the narrative or by translations of those names into English when they appear in dialogue. This means the reader really has to pay attention, and it can become confusing at times. But the effort required - and it really does take some active effort by the reader - is really worth it: this is adult fiction in its intelligence and its writing and it repays the effort. But be warned: this novel is not really for the novice reader of ancient Egyptian fiction. To really appreciate the theorising and invention by the author of the characters and their circumstances, requires some knowledge of the period. I very much look forward to the next two volumes in the trilogy.

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Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs: How to Read the Secret Language of the Pharaohs Review

Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs: How to Read the Secret Language of the Pharaohs
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This is not a book for beginners. It is too full of mistakes, contradictions and academic hubris to rely on. The copy editor of this work should be boiled in oil. For example - the glyph for lasso is called a brazier. Albeit, some of the phrases are of value and the pictures are first-rate.
On page 127, an inscription is shown and the author berates the long-dead scribe for having done it 'improperly'! Great heavenly days!
Intermediate and advanced students of ME will delight in testing their knowledge by conducting a mistake 'treasure hunt'. But others should look elsewhere.

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The Scriptorium and Library at Monte Cassino, 1058-1105 (Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology) Review

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This volume ranks with E.K. Rand's Studies in the Script of Tours, or Bernard Bischoff's Sudostdeutsch Schreibschulen (but it is much more readable than the latter), as one of the major paleographical studies of the twentieth century. The product of 35 years of study at Monte Cassino and in libraries throughout Europe and North America, this book presents the first comprehensive study of any medieval writing center to fully integrate paleographical research with the study of medieval libraries, the transmission of texts -classical, patristic, and medieval - with medieval Latin literature, art history and architectural history, medieval liturgy and music, medieval medicine and science. In short, it presents the manuscripts from eleventh- and twelfth-century Monte Cassino in their contemporary context. Detailed analyses of the scribes and scribal practices are illustrated by numerous plates. Every scholar interested in medieval writing and every teacher of Latin paleography or manuscript studies should have this book to hand, and should read it again and again.

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In all the history of hand-written books, one of the most distinctive and handsome scripts is that of the abbey of Monte Cassino in its classic form. This study shows how the scribes of the late eleventh century developed their geometrical style of handwriting and thoroughly investigates and illustrates its rules and conventions. The book provides a background for the world-famous copies of works--many of them uniquely preserved at Monte Cassino--of classical authors, church Fathers, and medieval writers.

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The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus Review

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THE JEFFERSON BIBLE is an interesting historical source by one of America's brilliant "Founding Fathers." Many know Jefferson as the author (co-author) of The Declaration of Independence, third US President, architect, etc. What many readers may not know is that Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)was an accomplished violinist, a brilliant mathematician (he knew calculus which was know as "fluctions"),and someathing of an expert on the Bible. Jefferson was obviously not a "mainline" Christian, but he knew the Bible much better than many self proclaimed Christians.
As readers may know Jefferson titled his "bible" THE LIFE AND MORALS OF JESUS OF NAZARETH. As mentioned in other reviews, Jefferson accepted much of Christ's social teachings, but he did not believe in the miracle stories which he thought were exploited to enhance supersition at the expense of moral conduct.
Another interesting feature of Jefferson's "Bible" is that he wrote this source in parallel columes in English, Greek, Latin, and French. This arrangement was designed to help his children to learn these languages. Such work also demonstrates Jefferson's knowledge of fogeign languages.Some editions of THE JEFFERSON BIBLE have photoplates of these translations which would appeal to those who know these languages.
Some editions of THE JEFFERSON BIBLE has essays and comments by Jefferson who passionately believed in freedom of religion. Recent "critics" have attempted to distort Jefferson's passionate defense of religious freedom by claiming he did not claim such freedom. Essays and anecdotes refute such distortions. For example, some have denied that Jefferson used the phrase Separation of Church and State. It was Jefferson who used the phrase that there was a wall of separation between Church and State. Jefferson argued that only error needed defense of the government and that different views should be brought to the bar reason. Truth would stand on her own. One must reaalize Jefferson's time. Terrible religious persecutions in Europe and colonial America were recent history during Jefferson's lifetime. One must remember that the Salem Witchcraft trials occured between 1692-1693.
Jefferson accepted reason as an adequet guide to find truth as mentioned above. Some editions of JEFFERSON'S BIBLE have a well written, well reasoned essay of Jefferson's scathing denounciation of John Calvin. This essay is not only penetrating criticism of Calvin, but Jefferson effectively denounces religious persecution in this particular essay.
Thomas Jefferson was a brilliantly talented indivudual. His intelligence is reflected in his constitutional thought, mathematics (mentioned above), etc. Supposedly the late US President John F. Kennedy reflected that when there was never so much intellect who sat at the White House dinner table as when Jefferson sat there alone. The above titled book is a good example to justify this high praise.

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The Lore of the Whare-Wananga (Forgotten Books) Review

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Tena tatou, an enjoyable and enlightening read for me. However, this book would be a difficult read without a some understanding of pre-European Maori culture, the native of New Zealand. A reasonable understanding of the Maori language would help the reader. The information is third hand: the author Whatahoro, a scribe, is recording the teachings of a tohunga (native doctor of philosphy), which is then translated by Europeans (19th Century Victoria-English) with a limited understanding of the subtle nuances of the Maori language and strongly enthocentric. However, inspite of the obvious flaws, for the serious researcher there are gems of information within these writings - certainly worth the cost.

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The Lore Of The Whare-Wananga Written down by H. T. Whatahoro from the teachings of Te Matorohanga and Nepia Pohuhu, priests of the Whare-wananga of the East Coast, New Zealand. (Quote from sacred-texts.com)About the AuthorSir George Grey (1812 - 1898)Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 - 19 September 1898) was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), Premier of New Zealand and a writer.Grey was born in Lisbon, Portugal just a few days after his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Grey of the 30th Foot, was killed at the Battle of Badajoz in Spain. His mother, on the balcony of her hotel in Lisbon, overheard two officers speak of his death and this brought on his premature birth. His mother was the daughter of an Irish clergyman, the Rev. John Vignoles. Grey was sent to the Royal Grammar School, Guildford in Surrey, and was admitted to the royal military college in 1826. Early in 1830 he was gazetted ensign in the 83rd Regiment of Foot. In 1830, his regiment having been sent to Ireland, he developed much sympathy with the Irish peasantry whose misery made a great impression on him. He was promoted lieutenant in 1833 and obtained a first-class certificate at the examinations of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1836.In 1837, as a young man, he led a catastrophically ill-prepared expedition of exploration of north-west Australia from Cape Town - only one man of his party had seen northern Australia before. It was at that time believed that a great river entered the Indian ocean on the north-west of Australia, and that the country it drained might be suitable for colonization. Grey, in conjunction with Lieutenant Lushington, offered to explore this country and on 5 July

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Mark (Pocket Canon) Review

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If you think this little book has something to do with Nick Cave you are wrong. If you want the edition that has Nick's foreword, you have to get the U.K. edition by Canongate. amazon.com has this book linked incorrectly!

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The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.

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Withstanding the Lie Review

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Everyone can benefit by reading this book. This father-daughter writing team tackles the tough subject of bigotry in all its forms and teaches you simple techniques to rebuild your self-esteem. Although the subject matter is of a serious nature, there are parts of this book that had me laughing out loud. You will enjoy the stories and be sure to read the Final Offerings, its vitamin C for the spirit.

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Chasing the Dragon: Into the Heart of the Golden Triangle Review

Chasing the Dragon: Into the Heart of the Golden Triangle
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Cox takes on an ambitious journey to write about his impressions of the Golden Triangle, Khun Sa and the opium trade. While Cox does manage to provide an education regarding the region in terms of history, politics, and society, his writing style is lame. Cox writes in a manner that highlights his lofty opinion of himself; he seems to think he is really cool for taking on a journey which not a lot of others would consider. He likes to address his advertursome life of travel, danger, booze, drugs (Xanax) which seems so self-satisfying. And while his one-liners aren't as pathetic as you'll find in Rambo movies, they're not far behind. Basically, if you think the guys who write for Fielding's Dangerous Places, you may like Cox.

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The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain Review

The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain
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The end of the Golden Age of Spain is presented in free verse from the perspective of Ramon, a converso (Jew who converted to Christianity) and Amir, a Mudejar (Muslim living under Christian rule). Even though Ramon's family has converted, they live in constant fear and are considered second class citizens. Their work as scribes makes them even more suspect. The persecution, fear, and brief moments of happiness are related in short installments that reflect the tenuous relationships of the characters. Ramon's father's attention to Amir sparks jealousy and suspicion, with both boys leaving the house. Ramon becomes a scribe for the Inquisition in order to earn money for his family; Amir runs away after a dangerous misunderstanding and ends up in the middle of the battle for Malaga. At the end of the story, the boys reunite, but their future is uncertain. The free verse sometimes make it hard to follow the story line, but some lines are gems, as when Ramon asks Amir to write a poem to his girlfriend Bea, a daughter of an official, and Amir writes "Your lips are as red as the blood on the hands of your father." There are graphic details of the tortures and punishments suffered by "heretics" during the Inquisition, and readers will have to have some knowledge of the period to fully appreciate the story. Readers twelve and up will enjoy this historical fiction that hits on the timely theme of what is wrought in the name of religion or nationalism. Review written for Jewish Book World Magazine by Kathe Pinchuck

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Natural Baby Review

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We've found this book incredibly useful. It's well layed out and easy to understand. Balaskas' approach to baby care is sensitive and well informed.

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Presents a comprehensive guide to providing natural and holistic care during the first year of a baby's life.

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I Promise Not To Tell Review

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I was lucky enough to get to read I Promise Not To Tell and have to say that not only is Ms. Weber an excellent poet but a fabulous storyteller. I was quickly taken into her autobiography and I couldn't put her book down, so I read it all in one sitting. There are many bittersweet moments in this story and most of them are centered on the problems Brenda had experienced, as another reader said "One womans own private hell." And then I realized that's what makes her book so good, because she told her story like she saw it. She didn't sugar coat her words, she wrote it like she felt it through her experiences. She survived through many tragedies, and forms of abuse-from family, friends, and then felt the ultimate hurt when someone in her family experiences some of the same problems that she too had gone through. When she decided to no longer play the victim, I cheered! This is a dark story that makes you realize that we each have a story to tell with secrets to reveal, shows that we shouldn't be so quick to judge others, and that we are all human. There is light at the end of the tunnel for Ms. Weber. Brenda's love possibly was her way to salvation. While we did see mainly the downside of her life, that is what made this book so real. I'm glad Ms. Weber no longer has to hold her feelings inside and I hope that her story will be able to reach those who need a way out of abuse. Brenda you are a survivor and I was honored to read your remarkable story!

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At the age of nine, Brenda's mother dies in the family home. The trauma of it results in most of her childhood memories being repressed. At the age of sixteen an event happens that triggers the return of one memory. Over the next several years, most of her memories come back in bits and pieces. Many of these are laden with guilt and shame. She begins to understand the complexity of her adolescence and comes to know the little girl that haunts her. With the loss of her mother at such an early age, she carries a sense of being alone and unloved. Her sexual adventures lead her into abusive relationships and withdrawal from her family. One of these relationships imprisons her for ten years, with a deplorable view of her life. With her revelation of many secrets, this is her journey to freedom and inner peace.

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It's the Principal of the Thing Review

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Every day we bemoan the failures of our public education. We turn out too many high school graduates who can't multiply 9X9, don't know how to spell Utah or where it is, can't understand a newspaper, can't fill out a job app. Graduates who enter college and right away have to take refreshers in too many subjects. How come? How sad.

Arthur Woznicki, a former teacher, principal, and principals' principal in one of our finest public school districts, has figured it out: Principals are not doing their principal job. And that job, he says, is to teach teachers how to teach. He goes on to explain in detail how to teach this.
His analysis turns out to be an insightful and enormously important one, with a practical and budget-sensitive solution, plus, best of all, an immediate pay-off for everyone concerned in the educational process, which means everyone interested enough to be reading this review.

He says, "We have good pupils, scores of good teachers, and a number of good principals. What is needed is a re-organization and re-direction, based on careful observation and common sense.
This is why his wonderfully timed book, "It's the Principal of the Thing," is urgent and important reading for all of us...school board members, administrators, principals and teachers, and of course parents and taxpayers.
He says, "We have been short-changing our youth and wasting billions."_ I agree with him. In these compelling pages of his, we can all find the fix. Reading his book is the first step. Our next step is to back him as he spreads the word.

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Discoveries: Ramessess II: Greatest of the Pharaohs (Discoveries (Harry Abrams)) Review

Discoveries: Ramessess II: Greatest of the Pharaohs (Discoveries (Harry Abrams))
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Finally, a book which without being overbearing gives the reader a great overview of the amazing man known as Ramesses II! Well written and enjoyable to read, "Ramesses II, Greatest of the Pharaohs" is a beautifully illustrated guide to the life of one of history's most interesting men. I was very impressed with the attention paid to the gods and the impact they had on the kings of the 19th dynasty, as well as the listing of Ramesses known advisors, sons and wives. All in all, a very enjoyable book for those with an interest in Ramesses and Ancient Egypt.

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