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Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive pen of Cynthia Rylant. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a different way, and, perhaps, changes his life.
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Living Lessons! Student from North Bay, NY.......2005-02-11
Every Living Thing, by Cynthia Rylant, is a wonderful read for any middle school student. This book is full of many short stories, each story taught me a great deal of respect and responsibility, which added to my maturity. This book includes 12 stories. The 1st story is called "Slower Than The Rest." In this story a boy wins an award for the first time ever! The 2nd story is called "Retired." Retired is about a retired 4th grade teacher who becomes very mean and cruel and does not like kids after a couple years of retirement. Well, that is until one of her friends end up having to move to France and they can not take their dog with them, so they give the dog to the teacher and then she becomes very kind, friendly, and loving to children again. "Papa's Parrot" is the 3rd story. This story is about a father and a son who become closer than ever when papa ends up in the hospital. This event brought father and son closer together. "Boar out There" is the 4th story. This story is about a young little girl named Jenny, who gets injured badly by a wild boar. But after getting injured the boar tour his nose really bad and he is still running free today. "A Pet" is the 5th story. This story is about a little girl named Emma. One day Emma asked her mom and dad if she can have a pet but they said no. Well one day Emma came home from school and she found a surprise in her room, it was a fish. Emma was so happy she jumped for joy and was happy her parents listened to her about giving her a pet. These are just a few of the tales in this wonderful collection of short stories. Cynthia Rylant is also the author of Henry and Mudge books. Be sure to pick up any book by this fine author.
Touching stories about people and animals.......2002-11-24
"Every Living Thing," by Cynthia Rylant, is a collection of 12 short stories. Although different characters appear in each tale, the collection as a whole is unified by style and by theme. Each story deals with an encounter or ongoing relationship between a human being and one or more non-human animals. Since the book is only 81 pages long, each tale is quite brief.
This is a gentle, moving book. Rylant has a gift for capturing resonant details. She also writes with great compassion for both her human and non-human characters. Her non-human characters come in many different species: a turtle, dogs, a parrot, squirrels, and more. Her human characters are also diverse: both adults and children, both male and female. I found one of the most memorable characters to be an alcoholic wartime veteran (from "Drying Out").
My overall favorite story in the collection, "A Pet," is about a girl who becomes the owner of a blind old goldfish. I would recommend this book especially to those interested in the short story as a literary form and to those interested in literature about animals. If you like this book, I would also recommend Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's novel "Shiloh."
For lovers of animals and people!!`.......1999-08-27
Wonderful stories!! Life as it is!! Having read these stories aloud to adults in nursing homes on numerous occassion and found them to satisfy our need to hear good resolves, we can all recommend this good read. "A Bad Road for Cats", one of the favorites, that hits the hard realities of human relationships and good resolves in our dealing with others when things aren't right. Stories of people finding there way through realationships with others and the place that animals play in our lives to make bridges. Read them! You will love them if you love people and animals. Write more of these Cynthia!
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Celebrate the return of the most beloved storyteller of our time!
The waiting is finally over. For the first time in over a decade, the world's favorite veterinarian, James Herriot, returns us in a twinkle to the rural green enclave of England called Yorkshire for more irresistible tales of animals and people.
At long last, another treat from Herriot!
In stories of wonders great and small, James reintroduces many old friends like Mrs. Pumphrey, his partner Siegfried Farnon, and of course, his wife Helen. But there are wonderful new faces too, especially his children Rosie and Jimmy, and his latest assistant, Calum Buchanan.
Herriot works his magic again!
Offering readers an even more intimate view of the life and dreams of a country vet than any of his previous volumes, James Herriot's Every Living Thing is a book that will warm your heart, make you laugh out loud, and feel so good you'll never want it to end.
Herriot really does love Every Living Thing...and so will you!
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Good reading.......2007-05-07
I read his books as a teen and loved them. Bought the whole set for my grandsons, [teens]. They laughed until they cried. [so did I].
Every Living Thing.......2006-03-14
I read this book many years ago, I enjoy animal stories, I loved books by James Herriot, I read all of his books, the one perchased recently was a gift for my grandaughter who likes animal stories.
Every Living Thing.......2006-02-24
As usual, I enjoyed the stories written by James Herriot; maybe not quite as much as previous books but it still made very enjoyable reading!
Funny, sad, entertaining, another Herriot Masterpiece.......2005-08-26
When I think about it, it scares me that James Herriot almost never got published. It was through a small bit of luck/fate/intuition, whatever you want to call it, that his writing was made into a book.
He has since become the most well know vet in the world (although he is now dead), and his writing has entertained people all over the world. This book, published quite a bit later than his other ones, caps off the series. Another fun 350-or-so pages of writing that will make you both sad and happy at the same time.
I highly recommend this book as well as the others in the series.
Gently humorous.......2004-10-11
This book is the last book written by James Herriot - actually James Alfred Wight (1916-95). James, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, qualified as a veterinarian at 23 years of age, and quickly fell with his new location of Yorkshire. Beginning in 1970, James began to write books, reaching into his years of experience as a vet, and spinning out enthralling and entertaining stories of things that did happen and things that might have happened on the Yorkshire Dales.
As I said, this book was James's last, being published in 1992. In it, we read adventures of a country vet, doing battle against disease, hypochondriac pet-owners, uncooperative animals, the weather, other vets, and...just about everything. This is another great James Herriot - All Creatures book, one that I loved as much as the earlier books. If you like good storytelling, or are interested in veterinarians, then you will love this book. It is a gently humorous story that is sure to entertain all. I highly recommend it!
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Here is James Herriot's best-selling personal tour through the beautiful, almost magical land of All Creatures Great and Small and his new volume of memoirs, Every Living Thing. The gorgeous northern English countryside, depicted so memorably in James Herriot's internationally adored books, jumps to life here in more than two hundred full-color photographs that reveal the dales, the snowy hills, the becks and towns and farms in all their glory. Accompanying all this is a warmhearted text by the beloved veterinarian himself, who leads you through the countryside that he has made his own. And as you enjoy this book, he will make it yours as well.
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James Herriot's Yorkshire: A Guided Tour ...........2007-08-09
Wonderful!It is a lovely description of the sites and it presents splendid photographs.
I enjoyed it very much.
Picture Perfect Heaven!.......2007-05-14
This is the perfect book for those of us who are James Herriot junkies! I had just finished re-reading the four Herriot books in the American series, and found it great fun to read Jim Harriot's own words describing so many of the scenes in the books, and in the TV series.
Probably terrific in hardcover.......2007-03-09
I put five stars here because I'm sure the hardcover edition rates it. I thought I was ordering hardcover, but got a very cheap paperback instead. This is a book that NEEDS big pages and color pictures; forget about the paperback edition. I tossed it.
Review of James Herriot's Yorkshire.......2007-01-04
Having never been to England, this book with its wonderful pictures was a real treat. Herriot gives his own commentary on all the locations pictured. It was very enjoyable reading.
A must-have for any James Herriot fan.......2006-09-15
James Herriot, actually James Alfred Wight (1916-95), a native of Glasgow, Scotland, qualified as a veterinarian at 23 years of age, and quickly fell with his new location of Yorkshire. Beginning in 1970, James began to write books, reaching into his years of experience as a vet, and spinning out enthralling and entertaining stories of things that did happen and things that might have happened on the Yorkshire Dales. He so loving described his little world, that before long people around the globe began searching maps for his beloved Darrowby, and found...nothing! Like much in James stories Darrowby is a composite of real locations and the Dales of his imagination.
In this book, which was first published in 1979, James takes the reader through the real Yorkshire Dales, telling all about its rugged and captivating beauty. Overall, I found this to be a fascinating read. James deeply loved the Yorkshire Dales, and this book definitely brings that through. With each page, you can see the Dales through his eyes, and it will definitely make you want to go see it! This is a great book, a must-have for any James Herriot fan, and I highly recommend it!
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If we're so smart, why are we still at the mercy of treacherous microorganisms? The Genius Within: Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing asks readers to let go of brain worship and look at the incredible problem-solving skills of viruses, ants, and other lowly creatures. Neurosurgeon Frank T. Vertosick Jr. seems an unlikely candidate to write a book celebrating noncerebral intelligence, but his knowledge helps him draw comparisons that others might miss. The fast-moving genetic intelligence of bacteria and immune systems might not match the precision of digital computers, but they have devised arms races much more complex--and deadly--than our comparatively paltry efforts. Vertosick's grasp of what it means to behave intelligently comes through clearly, even if he is as stumped as anyone trying to define the I word. Exploring parallels between neural networks, insect colonies, and our own brains, he finds common ground and shows that, as far as evolution is concerned, we're not so bright. It's not all bad, though: we're very good at what we do, and Vertosick hopes that we can learn to use our intelligence more wisely. --Rob Lightner
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Can bacteria be as smart as we are? Can ants think? And fish? Yes, says Frank Vertosick, a neurosurgeon who combats our elitism about intelligence in this brilliant book.
A gifted writer and author of the widely praised Why We Hurt, Vertosick shows us that intelligence--the ability to react to the outside world, to change behavior, and survive-can be found wherever life exists. He demonstrates the keen intelligence of our immune system, how lowly bacteria mutate and outwit antibiotics, and how canny cancer cells elude our natural defenses.
A fascinating journey through worlds of unknown science and an unsettling argument against our valuing of brain intelligence above all else, The Genius Within tells a fascinating scientific story, one that could shake our ethical foundation to its core.
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An intelligent look at life.......2006-02-23
"The Genius Within" is a must read for the non-specialist interested in science. It is a thought provoking work; very speculative, but grounded in mainstream scientific fact and theory. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it...twice. It's a bit technical at times, so some familiarity with the science involved is recommended. Also, if you happen to be more interested in "intelligent" animal behavior as such, rather than in its biochemical, microbiological and systemic underpinnings, you may want to look elsewhere.
In this book, the author explores the notion the "networks" underlie the phenomenon we call life, and that life is synonymous with the information processing - intelligence - they architect. We tend to think of intelligence as a unique feature of brains, our conscious ones in particular (he calls this "brain chauvinism"), but he contends that all life is intelligent, or at least as "intelligent as it needs to be", and sets out to prove it.
In simplest terms, he defines intelligence as the ability to solve problems related to survival. This seems to run counter to mainstream evolutionary theory, where the survival of species is basically as matter of, well, "dumb luck". But the author views intelligence as a collective phenomenon firmly embedded within this framework; as an "emergent behavior" of large groups of highly interactive biological entities (Including sub-cellular enzymes) otherwise engaged in a contingency-driven, random struggle for survival. The architecture that endows such groups with "emergent properties" is called, for want of a better word, a "network" by the author.
The details of what the author means by a "network" is closely argued and beyond the scope of this review. In general, a biological "network" is a large collection of "selfish", randomly interacting entities whose components are capable of two or more relatively stable, but reversible, states (more active/less active, faster/slower, stronger/weaker), and whose components can variously enhance or impede each other's status over time, resulting in a collective "energy landscape" patterned by forces impinging on the network. The former allows for basic information storage (the biological equivalent of zeros and ones), and the latter for collective information storage (pattern recognition/memory) concerning the environment, allowing the collective to respond to environmental stimuli in, ultimately, a manner conducive to its survival. Overall, the architecture of a "network" harnesses the random, contingent interactions of its constituents into the directed or, as the author would claim, intelligent actions we associate with life at every level of biological organization.
The author spends much of the book "fleshing out" these and other abstractions, particularly with respects to interacting aggregates composed of things such as cellular enzymes, bacteria and somatic cells, what he calls "party networks" as opposed to "hard wired networks", though he does give ample attention to the latter (he is, after all, a brain surgeon). To assess intelligence from the "outside in", he employs a modified version of the Touring Test throughout these forays. Without making any assumptions about them based on what they are or how they're organized, he queries each system with a problem, and waits for a response. He queries an infectious bacterial species with a new antibiotic and, within months, it develops immunity. He queries the human immune system with the aforementioned bacteria and, within weeks, it develops an effective resistance. In these and other instances, he argues for an "intelligent" response from each based on their participation in network architecture, no more or less effective for the overall survival of its hosts than the quickened responses of "hard wired" brains.
I gave this book a five-star rating, and with good reason, but I'm not entirely in agreement with its conclusions. Although "networking" is arguably a characteristic of all living systems, it seems somewhat disingenuous to define intelligence as the ability to solve problems regardless of the time frame involved. Given enough time and numbers, "dumb luck" will achieve results that appear intelligent, and so will tempt teleological interpretations. Mainstream evolutionists have long had to contend with our compulsion to put a "forger" between the hammers of chance and the anvil of necessity. Like them, I suspect the author's hypothesis, however plausible, is just another in a series of attempts to inject Vitalism into biology, "networks" here replacing the less than scientific musings of an earlier age.
But then again, maybe I'm just a "brain chauvinist".
Good but boring at times.......2004-09-02
This is a relatively good book to read. However, the promise
that the author makes in not being technical is only partically
true. First, he concentrates too much on the medical explanations
that, at times, are not entirely relevant. Second, his analogies
are silly at times particularly when the concept is
already well understood without the analogy. One has to know
that the number of analogies given is not directly proportional
to how clear the concept will become to the reader.
But as I said, this is a good book and if you can live by
the parts of the book that are irrelevant you may learn
something new about the concept of intelligence and how
intelligence can be observed in seemingly "dumb" things.
Life is more then a Blind Algorithmic Process.......2003-11-15
Though Vertosick does not focus on the more technical and strictly academic foundations of his major thesis (life=intelligence), he does a beautiful job of using analogies and metaphors to describe how even a cell can exhibit "intelligent" behaviour. This book should be required reading for anyone who is remotely interested in biology, or anything to do with nature. Vertosick is able to successfully synthesize a completely different, yet strongly persuasive argument for the basis of life itself. He admits that his thesis may be flawed, but personally I think that most of his points are well thought out and strongly supported. This is one of the most interesting books on life and intelligence I have ever read.
Simply wonderful.......2003-11-08
As easy to read as a novel and just as enjoyable, it will forever change the way you see the world around you. It is one of those rare books that links together a number of more or less well known ideas and arrives at an extraordinary and inescapable set of conclusions. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
An Ode to Creativity (aka "emergent properties").......2003-07-18
If you want to know why Darwin might be "needlessy nihilistic" and what is at the core of Vertosick's carefully built case to explain--nothing less than--the possisble meaning of everything, then check this out. I thought the beginning was a little tedious, but the pay-off for hanging in there with his carefully crafted case was well worth it. I've bought several copies to share with friends and have had many lively debates. Thanks Dr. Vertosick for your emergent property--it's marvelous!
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Why can’t teenagers get out of bed in the morning? How do bees tell the time? Why do some plants open and close their flowers at the same time each day? Why do so many people suffer the misery of jet lag? In this fascinating book, Russell Foster and Leon Kreitzman explain the significance of the biological clock, showing how it has played an essential role in evolution and why it continues to play a vitally important role in all living organisms.
The authors tell us that biological clocks are embedded in our genes and reset at sunrise and sunset each day to link astronomical time with an organism’s internal time. They discuss how scientists are working out the clockwork mechanisms and what governs them, and they describe how organisms measure different intervals of time, how they are adapted to various cycles, and how light coordinates the time within to the external world. They review problems that can be caused by malfunctioning biological clocks—including jet lag, seasonal affective disorder, and depression. And they warn that although new drugs are being promoted to allow us to stay awake for longer periods, a 24/7 lifestyle can have a harmful impact on our health, both as individuals and as a society.
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A must-read.......2005-06-18
A comprehensive and fascinating book about the last few decades of chronobiological research. Are you an "early bird" or a "night owl"? Do you want to know how to deal with jet lag and winter blues? Are you interested in biological rhythms from a scientific or professional point of view? The you have to read this book immediately. It contains nearly everything you always wanted to know about rhythms but were afraid to ask. It's a must-read for medical professionals, psychologists, teachers, trainers and consultants of all kind.
A must-read.......2005-06-18
A comprehensive and fascinating book about the last few decades of chronobiological research. Are you a "early bird" or a "night owl"? Do you want to know how to deal with jet lag and winter blues? Are you interested in biological rhythms from a scientific or professional point of view? The you have to read this book immediately. It contains nearly everything you always wanted to know about rhythms but were afraid to ask. It's a must-read for medical professionals, psychologists, teachers, trainers and consultants of all kind.
The Protein Tick and the RNA Tock.......2005-01-11
What do the disasters of the _Titanic_, the _Exxon Valdez_, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and the Union Carbide plant explosion in Bhopal all have in common? They involved human error, and they all happened when the humans ought, by biological fiat, to have been sleeping. We are ruled by our clocks now, but even in the unnatural world we have made for ourselves, we cannot get away from the natural clocks that our cells expect us to follow. Like almost all living things in the planet, from plants to bacteria to birds, we have "a biological clock that was first set ticking more than three billion years ago." In _Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks that Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing_ (Yale University Press), Russell G. Foster, a professor of molecular neuroscience, and Leon Kreitzman, a writer and broadcaster, have examined the investigations of a relatively new science, chronobiology, to show just how much sway natural time has over us and other organisms. It isn't just a tale of sleepy people in control making bad judgments, although cognition and prudence do have their daily cycles. We tend to have babies (natural birthing) in the early mornings, and heart attacks in the later morning, and lovemaking around 10 p.m. Physical coordination, liver metabolism, body temperature, heart rate, kidney function, and much more all are paying attention to the biological clock, and when we jump time zones or do shift work, we do so at our peril.
Many of these cycles are specifically examined here, along with the historical hunt for the biological roots of the rhythmicity. A couple of the chapters dealing with the dance of molecules will be daunting for those uninitiated into the basics of cellular biology, but they do well to show the intricacies of the molecular mechanisms and the depth of work that has been done in this field. There are not just daily rhythms, but annual ones. Migratory birds the whole world over know when to start their travels north or south; they do so not by counting the days or paying attention to when the weather changes, but by regulation from the annual changes of lengths of day and night. Plants cannot migrate, but they are regulated by day length, too; wheat flowers, for instance, when the days get long enough, and barley does so when the days start to shorten. The almost universal attention that species pay to daily or annual changes indicates that success comes from being able to predict when winter, or summer, or nightfall, or other events, are coming, and from timing leaf drop, coitus, or swimming upstream to meet the optimum times and conditions. Evolution has selected the species that are best able to predict the future.
In the famous experiments where humans lived in caves or other light-deprived environments, with no capacity to tell time, they eventually locked into their own cycles of a little more than 24 hours. Like most creatures, we have an internal daily rhythm which is not exact, but only approximate; the day night cycle (or for us, such cues as an alarm clock) "entrain" the internal cycle and keep it synchronous with the rest of the creatures on Earth. There are mutant rats and flies who have cycles that are too long or too short, and researchers have productively transplanted brain parts to find out where the actual clocks are. Chronobiologists (a term that even some chronobiologists think of as pompous) are not just doing ivory tower investigations. There are many practical implications of this sort of work. Breast cancers, for example, have an annual pattern of increased and decreased growths, and so searching for the cancer would be more productive at certain times of the year. Chemotherapy for cancers involves poisoning the cancer cells with drugs that are also poisons for regular cells, but cancer cells, with their out-of-control growth, lose their rhythm of growth and division that normal cells retain. Thus it is possible that administering anti-cancer drugs at the time of day when they will interfere the least with the normal cells could reduce the worrisome side effects of the drugs. Asthma is most prevalent at night; medicine for it would be best taken in higher doses at nighttime, rather than every eight hours. The timing of doses in some cases may be as important as what the doses contain. The authors have given a detailed but readable introduction into a new science that will have increasing importance for human health as more is learned.
Body Clocks vs. Mechanical Clocks.......2004-09-23
For the first few million years of life, time was measured by sunrise and sunset. Now we have switched to clocks. But the biological clocks that are within all of us don't know how to read clocks. Breakfast, lunch and dinner occur at standard times. Tooth pain is lowest after lunch; proof reading and sprint swimming are best performed in the evening; labour pains more often begin at night and most natural births occur in the early hours; sudden cardiac death is more likely in the morning (from Chapter 1).
The study of biological clocks has gone on for a long time, but as a science is a fairly recent development. Research in just the last few years has dramatically altered the way scientists view them. This book is a snapshot of the way the science appears right now. The pair who wrote the book are a leading researcher in the field and a professional science writer. This is a good combination that gives good enjoyable writing combined with accurate reporting.
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When You're on Your Own: 10 Things Every Young Woman Needs to Know As She Faces an Adult World
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"Adolescence is the ultimate buffet," says MTV host Kennedy in this companion volume to the bestseller 33 Things Every Girl Should Know. Teenage girls can pick and choose from this smorgasbord of essays on life skills by 33 extraordinary women, from the high-minded ("Aim to be Your Best") to the practical (what to do if your car overheats, how to make an omelet, or stop an overflowing toilet). Some of the contributors are famous: Miss Manners, celebrity chef Sara Moulton, gymnast Vanessa Atler, astronaut Eileen Collins, writers Lois Lowry and Norma Fox Mazer. Others are less well-known but equally distinguished for their accomplishments--a one-legged skiing champion, the founder of the First Children's Bank, the CEO of the Association of American Publishers, and other writers, editors, performers, and experts of various kinds. Some of them sound like mothers, older sisters, or wise mentors speaking from their own lives, while others come across as helpful girlfriends who know just how it is. Although some of these pieces are determinedly earnest, others are more lighthearted, especially Tina Howe's recipe for How to Make an After-Your-Boyfriend-Dumps-You-For-Your-Best-Friend Pineapple Upside-down Cake ("1/2 cup super glue, 1 cup finely ground glass..."). Any girl who needs a little help with life's big and little problems (and who doesn't?) will find this an interesting and useful browse. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell
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Girl power gets a shot of elbow grease with the second entry in the 33 Things series. Here's an anthology that aims to nurture girls' self-esteem by helping them get the practical skills they'll need for life. Things such as what to have in your car's tool kit, why taking care of your body now is important for good health later, reasons to get a mentor, why taking risks is okay, what girls need to know about money, and lots more.
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surprisingly fabulous.......2002-03-19
I bought this at Christmas for my younger sisters to share around. They are newly 13 and 16. I thumbed through it before wrapping and, although I found myself (31) really enjoying it, I was afraid they might find it preachy or silly. Well, the younger sister started reading it immediately - in between opening other gifts - and didn't stop until well past bedtime. I think she finished it the next day. The older sister has since had a chance to look through it as well, and says it's interesting and not dumb. High enough praise.
So I recommend this for any teenage or nearly-teenage girl, and maybe for older girls as well. It's chock full of good advice and written in very friendly tones all around. No patronizing allowed.
PS I have since ordered and looked through the 1st volume, "33 Things Every Girl Should Know". While it is also full of great information, I prefer this volume. I'll post a review for that book once I hear from my sisters on it. Right now If I could only have one, I would choose this book.
Really Good.......2001-08-19
This book is funny and touching and cute and everything else you want in a book. The only reason I didn't rate it a 5 is because some of the writers to it too seriously and some didn't take it seriously enough. A must-read for girls 12-16.
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For every guy who's ever wondered how to start a business, get a job in sports, survive in prison—or program a VCR—50 Things Every Guy Should Know How to Do is the one irreplaceable source for all the answers. The guy's guide to 50 essential skills—by the guys (and gals) who know best
Daniel Kline and Jason Tomaszewski go straight to the experts, obtaining advice on joke-telling from Woody Allen, weight-loss secrets from Richard Simmons, and fashion tips from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Carson Kressley. Within these pages, you'll learn how to:
• Bluff like a Pro: poker legend
Amarillo Slim offers ten keys to No-Limit Texas Hold'Em
• Pimp your ride:
West Coast Customs' Q shares the best ways to trick out your car • Land a gig on a reality TV show:
Mark Cronin, producer of The Surreal Life, gives the inside scoop • Cheat on your wife:
Judith Brandt, author of The 50 Mile Rule: Your Guide to Infidelity and Marital Etiquette, offers her take
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I learned how to choose wine.......2007-08-09
I learned how to choose wine: the color of the wine must match the color of the sauce, not the meat! Read the book, you will enjoy it!
Helpful, handy, entertaining.......2006-06-30
Overall this is a good read. The steak and wine chapters are especially helpful, as are the sports chapters. The sex chapters are funny. Perfect for guys, but women would like it too, if only to get an insight into what guys are into. A great gift.
Pretty good gift.......2006-05-20
Saw the authors on "Cold Pizza" and ordered a copy. Just got it and the book has a lot of useful stuff. I'm not married, so the cheating on my wife chapter won't help me, but I found the beer, wine and cigar chapters especially interesting. A good bathroom read as it's an easy book to flip through.
Some really great information here!.......2006-05-20
I especially enjoyed the section on how to cheat on your wife (and get away with it)! My wife loved it too!
I will proudly give this book to my son who's graduating high
school in hopes of imparting some really deep wisdom.
I wonder how many Daniel Klines and Jason Tomaszewskis it takes to change a light bulb.
A must for any guy with aspirations of becoming a slackin' FOOL!
I think $10.78 worth of toilet paper would have been a
better investment!
Celebrities know best!.......2006-05-03
Definitely a funny read... and there's some great advice here that stays with you. Perfect for the coffee table -- or the bathroom. Much more practical advice than your average men's mag, but just as (if not more) entertaining.
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Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel
Oded Borowski
Manufacturer: AltaMira Press
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Book Description
The agricultural world of Old Testament Israel swarmed with animals--birds, insects, fish, pack animals, pets, animals for hunting, and domesticated herds of sheep, goats, and cattle. Using information from the Bible, Ancient Near Eastern documents, anthropology, and archaeology, Borowski synthesizes what we know about the use of animals in biblical times for food, clothing, transportation, and even cultic practices. This comprehensive catalog is a convenient desk resource for any reader-whether biblical scholar, archaeology student, or layperson. Essays on pastoral systems, cult, and agricultural economics, makes this also an important tool for researchers.
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How do I pray? How do I study the Bible? How do I worship? How do I serve? How do I become a good steward? These are the questions every Christian should be asking. The answers are what every Christian needs to know. In Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow, acclaimed theologian Dr. R.C. Sproul guides his readers through the basic training of Christianity and reveals the five most vital fundamentals of the Christian faith: Prayer, Worship, Service, Study, and Stewardship.
Customer Reviews:
Not Jabez.......2004-09-26
THIS BOOK IS CLEARLY IN RESPONSE TO THE PRAYER OF JABEZ. The dimensions of the cover, number of pages, and the promise of a simple formula for Christian growth. The book titled: Five Things Christian Needs to Grow is thinner and the print in the text smaller. Text print is smaller then other Sproul books. On the cover of the Prayer of Jabez is the line "Breaking Through to the Blessed Life". "To Grow" does not have the sound of immediacy as "Breaking Through" does. Both texts are aimed at the believer who feels something lacking in their Christian walk. The Sproul's work maps out five things a Christian needs to do to have spiritual growth. This work is more a brief outline what a Christian needs to have in his walk. Wilkerson's work more concentrates on prayer and having faith in whom one prays to.
Sproul urges the Christian to hunger for God's word. Biblical study is paramount in the Christian walk. It is important that the Christian read the whole bible, but in what sequence of books read will alter the edification of the person. The whole bible is a message from God. Sproul recommends the order, composition, and number of chapters Christian should read daily. He also recommends other ligonier resources that help a student of the bible understand God's word.
What type of prayer does R.C. Sproul suggest. He starts with the obvious the "Lord's prayer". The prayer Jesus used as example for the disciples. From there he broadens his suggestion of praying through the Lord's prayer; to use the exact words but to follow up with your own paraphrase and concepts. This is what Martin Luther taught. Martin Luther also prayed through the ten commandments and the Apostles creed. This discussion on prayer is prescriptive and descriptive. He also encourages the reader to seek out the work "A Simple Way to Pray". He encourages the Christian to understand prayer as more than supplication and intercession. The Prayer of Jabez is about praying for supplication and intercession. Very well because it is about praying how to serve God and being used by God.
The third thing is Worship.
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. (Psalms 122:1 AV)
R.C. Sproul stresses the seriousness of worship. Worship is for God. The ultimate aim is not for the participants enjoyment, enlightenment, or growth.
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. (Leviticus 10:3 AV),
Does one come to worship for one's own well being or does one come to church to glorify God? Do you come to church to make friends? Do you come to fellowship with godly people? Do you come to have an emotional experience or to praise God?
True worship can only occur when truth is taught. Sproul argues doctrine divides, but it also unites those who truly want to know God. Referring to Romans 5:1,2 and Hebrews 4:16, it is only through Jesus that Christians can stand together and rejoice in the glory of God. Worship should have a positive effect on the whole body in obedience and appreciation to God.
In this work, Sproul makes clear the aim of bible study, prayer, worship, service, and stewardship is to further God's Kingdom - therefore to glorify God. These things can be thought of as means of grace. Tools and instruments used by God to strengthen and nurture the believer to grow into more conformity of Christ. In no way does the believer merrit, earn, deserve, or contribute toward one's Salvation based on these activities. The prayer of Jabez skips over other means and argues for shorter simpler prayer to build God's kingdom. Seeking a larger ministry seems to be the chief concern. Five Things seeks to instruct the Christian to grow closer to God through a more humble servanthood. Sproul argues that the book of Exodus describes how the people were freed from serving the Pharaoh into service of God. Through the power of Salvation one is redeemed from the service of Satan into God's service. Recommended reading is J I Packer about the joy of rendering obedience to God without giving a specific book title.
Sproul talks of talent, physical ability, opportunity and wealth as things from God. Ownership of these qualities are God's not yours. One does not have the right to use poorly. One should use these things to further God's Kingdom. Recommended reading is Resources for Deacons Tim Keller.
Sproul makes a distinction between stewardship and service. Referring to Romans 12:1,2 The Christian is to give his body as a living sacrifice. How is the Christian to use what God has given for a time to use? Christians are to be stewards of what God has given them. Ten is a fair portion for both the poor and wealthy to give God. Sproul goes into detail the importance of the believer to finance God's ministry. Sproul then goes into detail the importance of those trusted with running a ministry to be good stewards of the finances, maintenance of the buildings, equipment, and any other physical assets of said ministry. He also talks the importance of treating those put under your authority fairly.
Prescriptive, not descriptive.......2003-04-04
I bought this book to see if it would be suitable for use in a new believers class - I was looking for something that would ground them in the basics of Christian practice. So, the title "Five Things Every Christian Needs to Grow" certainly caught my eye.
What are the five things? They are Bible Study, Prayer, Worship, Service, and Stewardship. These five things are essential to Christian growth. They are precisely the topics I was looking for in a book.
Upon reading the book, I discovered that the book is prescriptive, not descriptive. In other words, the book tells one what to do, but fails to tell one how to do it.
Each of the chapters could have been about half its length. Much of the verbage was story to exemplify the point. We understand the necessity and importance of these five aspects of the Christian life. It is the "how-to" that people have trouble with. In many cases, mentoring is the answer, but it helps to have something written to use as well.
So, if you're looking for a "how-to" book, this probably will not completely satisfy you. If you're looking for a book that will help you to understand the importance and necessity of these five aspects of the Christian life, this book will serve you pretty well (though I believe differently than Dr. Sproul on where the tithe is to be given).
One major benefit is that all five aspects are discussed in only 88 pages. The book can be read in one sitting, or as a one chapter a day supplement to one's devotional time.
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