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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This book provides an in-depth coverage of the ergonomics of computer pointing devices using psychomotor models to analyse human performance, and experimental data for evaluation. The full spectrum of pointing devices are discussed including mice, joysticks and trackballs. Human motor performance and its effect on the design of pointing devices is comprehensively covered with issues such as vision, touch, cognition and limb control addressed. A chapter is devoted to design and includes discussion of task-device compatibility, range of motion, adaptive software control and device operation, and user interface semantics. The final chapter, as well as addressing International standards (including ISO 9247 and the American National Standards Institute) also looks at future issues in the development of pointing devices including pointing and speech, distributed environments and virtual reality. Sarah Douglas and Anant Mithal have written a definitive text on this important area of computer science which will be welcomed by all those working in the field. ... Read more

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This substantial new volume is a stimulating yet in-depth introduction to Scottish literature in English and Scots. From medieval to modern, the entire range of literature is introduced, examined and explored. The volume looks at Scottish literature in six period sections: Early Scottish Literature, Eighteenth-Century, The Age of Scott, Victorian and Edwardian, The Twentieth-Century Scottish Literary Renaissance, and Scottish Literature since 1945. This volume is part of the series on Scottish Language and Literature, Douglas Gifford, General Editor. ... Read more

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Sarah Sze inhabits architectural spaces with a spider-like thoroughness and ingenuity, weaving fragile webs of glue threads and matchsticks around junctures of commercially-bought ephemera: Q-tips, plastic flowers, beads and baskets, paper goods, and mini-video projectors. She infiltrates every crevice and corner and explodes off of walls with a construction always spontaneously, intuitively responsive to its given environment. This catalogue documents and contextualizes the recent departure from closed environments that Sze took in creating an outdoor project at Bard College in upstate New York, a move which necessitated a subtle shift to materials which could withstand the elements. Sze has said that the exhibition space becomes a studio during her installations; here, her studio is a meadow.
Essays by Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Douglas Rushkoff. Introduction and interview by Amada Cruz.

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A Bridge to the Imagination
This terrific book provides well-done photographs of much of her work, along with an interesting text.I just wish it had the "split coupe" that is strung from floor to floor at the MOMA in San Francisco, but you can't have everything.The next volume of her work will have it, no doubt.Her sculptures remind me of the bridge in William Gibson's recent science fiction -organically grown structures made of the stuff we use (and often throw away) every day, combined with an imaginative vision, spots of nature, and elements we can't quite identify.It is wonderful work -to me she is the most exciting artist out there right now.I'd like to have a large house (very large!) full of everything she's done, but that's not going to happen, so this book is the only way I know of to have so much of it close by.

Sarah Sze
I have long admired Ms. Sze's work. This book is essential for anyone concerned with contemporary sculture and installation. The pictures are beautifully reproduced. Highly recommended. ... Read more

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Professors Abrams and Ramsey have done an extensive revision that includes new cases, materials and problems, but not so many as to require substantial new preparation. The shorter, revised book continues the interdisciplinary emphasis and comprehensive coverage of representation of children, child abuse and neglect, foster care, and delinquency. Additional chapters on children's rights and legal obligations, adoption, regulatory legislation, and medical decision-making provide a broad view of children's issues and permit flexible coverage. ... Read more

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First published in 1896, The Country of the Pointed Firs was considered by Willa Cather to be one of the three novels most likely to achieve a permanent place in the canon of American literature: I can think of no others that confront time and change so serenely... The young student of American literature in far distant years to come will take up this book and say a masterpiece! Long neglected and even ignored by criticism, this enduring classic by Sarah Orne Jewett now appears in a format worthy of its contents.

Set in the small coastal town of South Berwick, Maine, this is as much a series of small, intimate sketches as a sustained narrative. As F. O. Matthiessen pointed out, in these loosely connected sketches, she has acquired a structure independent of plot. Her scaffolding is simply the unity of her vision. Her vision was of a gentle and generous people on a rugged and dangerous coast, of New England character and characters limned in colors of high summer and blue skies. Here, too, you will meet the people of Dunnet s landing; the women, who are probably the most unforgettable characters of her book; and Elijah Tilley (among the very few men in Jewett s cast) who, after the death of his wife, learns the skills of husband and wife, of farm and sea. The black-and-white pencil drawings by Douglas Alvord are nothing short of spectacular. Closely observed and carefully rendered, they possess all of the haunting serenity of Jewett s landscapes. Faithfully reproduced and printed to the highest standards, this is destined to become a standard gift and reading book for everyone fascinated by New England, the rich history of its rockbound coast, and this magical author. ... Read more

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Serendipity
I was looking for something not commercial, something old fashioned but enjoyable.I found this book shopping on Kindle and read it and thought "Why isn't it more popular?".I loved it.

Among friends
As a son of ms. Jewett's neighborhood I must admit a certain bias in reviewing her work. The landscapes she describes in such loving detail are the very fields, hills and forests of my youth. Even the names of many of my schoolmates and other local families have not changed since the time of her writing. As a collection of -linked- short stories, this volume was well suited to reading in installments and I treated myself to a session with Sarah at the completion of other books. I sometimes found myself rushing through other works in anticipation of a trip to Deephaven and a visit with her characters, who quickly became as old friends.
The pace of her stories is measured but never gave me a feeling of plodding as I've encountered with other 'local color' writers of her times. She manages to convey concise and convincing portraits through careful observation of characters' actions, as these hardbitten Yankees don't say very much.
I was happy with the approach of taking the volume in installments, giving myself time to miss the characters and wonder what they're up to. As a lover of the written word who has settled half a world away from the hills and forests of South Berwick, each session with this collection was a short holiday among the warmth and comfort of familiar places and old friends.

Gentle, perceptive picture of a particular place and its people
Sarah Orne Jewett's collection of sketches of life along Maine's coast in the 1880s would probably pass as creative nonfiction if it debuted today.There is virtually no separation between author and narrator, and the subject matter isn't just taken from life, it is the life of the place she describes.It is a charming exploration of people shaped by place--and as such it delivers many satisfying aspects of a novel--character, situation, setting, dialogue, theme, with the plot being the unfolding psychology of the people and place.

The book begins with the narrator's arrival in Dunnett Landing, a village that had thrived in the seafaring era that the Industrial Age had all but eclipsed.She had visited it as a child and has returned to it for the solitude it affords a writer.At the center of the book is her landlady, Mrs. Todd, an herbalist who does brisk business as the town's pharmacist of folk remedies.Through her the narrator comes to know aged sailors whose day has passed and the people who live even more remotely than the Dunnett Landing folks, on the outlying islands.She hears of the most extreme case, a woman who had fled to the outermost island to live as a hermit for years after a disappointment in love.At a large family reunion that serves as the book's climax, the narrator sums up what she has learned about the intersection of people, time and place.

A word about this particular edition of The Country of the Pointed Firs:It is something of an enigma. The cover begins interestingly enough, a photograph of a shoal of beached rowboats, a common sight in Maine harbor towns framed by what appears to be a handwritten page from a notebook set with a brown background to the black ink.But then it gets a bit strange, with an oddly worded, unfinished description of the contents set on the first cover, and set off by even odder punctuation.Inside, it is devoid of all publishing identification and there is no dedication, there is a plain title page, followed by a contents page followed by another plain title page in a different font, and then, the first page of the book appears on the back of that, on the left side.The paper looks and feels like copier paper; in fact, it looks like it was produced on a photocopier.There is a catalogue listing for other minor classic texts produced by the same publisher and the descriptions are, again,oddly worded.That said, aside from a couple of offset lines and odd treatment of punctuation here and there, I had the sense that the text was ultimately complete.

Book review
This is a wonderfully written picture of a small fishing village in New England. The author captures the place, people and atmosphere with a visual style that brings this period to life. If you love good writing and character development this is a must read.

Jewett is a jewel
I enjoyed this book because of Jewett's turn-of-the-century language and simply accurate descriptions of the people living in a fishing town. Although some may wish for a more detailed plot (or any plot at all), "Pointed Firs" is an escape to a seemingly more innocent time.The characters struggle with many of the same issues we do: relationships, war, disease, and death.However, their sense of community, faith, and attitudes toward the sea form and strengthen their relationships with each other.Jewett is worth a read, merely for the beautiful way she creates a picture with the English language. ... Read more

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Seven years ago, W. W. Norton changed the way world literature is taught by introducing The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition. Leading the field once again, Norton is proud to publish the anthology for the new century, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Second Edition. Now published in six paperback volumes (packaged in two attractive slipcases), the new anthology boasts slimmer volumes, thicker paper, a bolder typeface, and dozens of newly included or newly translated works from around the world.

The Norton Anthology of World Literature represents continuity as well as change. Like its predecessor, the anthology is a compact library of world literature, offering an astounding forty-three complete longer works, more than fifty prose works, over one hundred lyric poems, and twenty-three plays. More portable, more suitable for period courses, more pleasant to read, and more attuned to current teaching and research trends, The Norton Anthology of World Literature remains the most authoritative, comprehensive, and teachable anthology for the world literature survey. ... Read more

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Good Collection of Stories
My university used the Norton Anthology World Lit books for our Literature Courses.I love reading, so I enjoyed these books.They have a great collection of stories from that specific time-period.I also liked that they had information about the works and authors either before or after the stories.

If I was just picking a book for casual reading, this wouldn't be it.But if you are needing it for a class or research, I would definitely recommend it.

Great, but why not buy with other volumes?
Norton's literary anthologies have long been the standard in every genre, and its World Literature collection is no exception. Their most ambitious offering, it proposes to cover no less than a representative sampling of the world's best and most important literature from the earliest writings to today. This is the first volume - one sixth of the total -, going up to 100 C. E. The range of material is truly incredible in terms of both time and place. The best way to make the sheer vastness clear is to list the sections:The Invention of Writing and the Earliest Literatures (Gilgamesh, Ancient Egyptian Poetry, The Old Testament), Ancient Greece and the Formation of the Western Mind, Poetry and Thought in Early China, India's Heroic Age, and The Roman Empire. This truly mind-boggling selection stretches over three thousand pages including dozens and dozens of pieces. The nature of anthologies of course favors poems and short prose, but a surprising number of longer works are here in full:The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus' Agamemnon and The Eumenides, Sophocles' Oedipus the King and Antigone, Euripides' Medea, and Aristophanes' Lysistrata. The collection would be well worth buying for these alone; one would be very hard-pressed to get them separately for less than the anthology costs - not to mention the numerous shorter works given in full and many longer ones in excerpt. It is particularly noteworthy for including many Asian - not to mention Native American and African - works virtually ignored in such collections until very recently while still giving a thorough overview of European classics.

Norton's anthologies are also notable for extensive supplemental material. Each author and work is introduced with several pages of biography, background, initial critical analysis, and further reading suggestions for both text and criticism. Individual sections also have Introductions with similar general information plus a timeline and map, and there is an overall Preface. In addition, there are substantial footnotes and glosses plus a closing essay on translation and an index. This helps make the works, all of which are remote in time and many of which are remote in culture and other ways, much more accessible. Many readers will appreciate this, especially as the editors are careful to give what is needed for basic understanding without forcing interpretations, while those who do not can easily skip them. The anthology is designed primarily as a text for college literature survey courses but is also ideal for general readers wanting to learn about world literature - not only the texts themselves but a substantial amount of secondary material.

This brings up the central point that the collection is after all a primer. Purists and the dedicated may scoff at some of its attributes. World literature being so large, it is of course impossible for any collection to be even remotely comprehensive, and one can easily find important works or personal favorites that are excluded. However, there is no denying the awe-inspiring scope of what is here, including nearly everything that absolutely had to be. The excerpts can also be frustrating, especially as summaries and notes have frequent spoilers, though it is clearly better for the works in question to be here in part than not at all. As most of the pieces are translated, some will also take issue with the translations used. The editors wisely chose those the most accessible, but some will prefer more literary versions; for example, a prose Gilgamesh translation is used rather than a more artistic verse one. On the whole, though, the choices are hard to fault. Older translations are also updated to conform with current spelling, punctuation, etc; even English writers like Chaucer and Milton are dealt with thus. Purists will not like this, but nearly everyone interested in such a collection will appreciate it.

All told, anyone wanting a world literature collection excellent in all respects can do no better. Separately buying all the works given here would cost many times the price of the collection; the value is near-unbelievable. Even reading regularly, it will take at least several months to finish - probably at least the better part of a year. More importantly, this is the kind of collection one can keep for a lifetime; it provides years of re-reading and reference. One can hardly even conceive of a better deal; such quantity and diversity in one collection is truly amazing. Anyone who enjoys the first three volumes is of course highly encouraged to go on to the next three as well as other Norton anthologies. As for how to buy them, anyone wanting half the set or the whole will be better off getting the two three-volume sets; it is cheaper and more convenient. Those wanting only one or a few volumes can purchase individually, but the quality is so high that they will almost certainly want them all anyway, so the sets are really the way to go. You will not be disappointed.

Perfect condition
I got my book quickly and it looked like no one had ever touched it!I'm very satisfied.

No problems
with ordering, receiving, payment, etc. I got it in time for my school, the condition is as stated and I'm very satisfied! ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Sarah Douglas (born 12 December 1952) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for playing the Kryptonian supervillain Ursa in the first two Superman movies (1978 and 1980), and for her role as Pamela Lynch in the 1980s primetime drama series Falcon Crest (1983-85).Douglas was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, the second daughter of Beryl (née Smith), a physiotherapist who often worked upon RSC actors, and also of Edward Douglas, a career member of the Royal Air Force. Having been educated locally at Alcester Grammar School, she then trained with the National Youth Theatre and the Rose Bruford College, before turning professional by working on several productions alongside well-known British actors such as Roy Dotrice and Jon Pertwee. ... Read more

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Featuring interviews with and artwork by such hot young British artists as Mona Hatoum, Sam Taylor-Wood, Rachel Whiteread, Willie Doherty, Tracey Emin, Douglas Gordon, Abigail Lane, Angela Bulloch, and Sarah Lucas, "Art from the UK" documents an exhibition at the Goetz Collection in Munich. The Goetz Collection is one of the most important collections devoted solely to contemporary art, and is housed in its own small private museum, designed by renowned Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. The works presented here exemplify the Goetz Collection's dedication to art that is innovative and challenging--from Mona Hatoum's surprising and complex mixture of media, to Rachel Whiteread's inverted spaces, to Sam Taylor-Wood's explorations of the erotic entanglements of people in closed spaces. In addition, the interviews presented in "Art from the UK" offer a tremendous insight into the changing creative processes and aesthetic philosophies of the new wave of contemporary artists. ... Read more

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a credible book to credit great artwork
I found this book ot be an excellent asset to my collection of modern british art.I thought that the large amount of content was covered thouroghly, but not drawn out to get stale(just like the artwork itself, discussed).This is a very important book because it recaps all of what is happening with the yBa movement in the artworld.This book is for anyone who wants to be on top of the world of modern art. ... Read more

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Nine years ago, W. W. Norton changed the wayworld literature is taught by introducing TheNorton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition.Leading the field once again, Norton isproud to publish the anthology for the newcentury, The Norton Anthology of WorldLiterature, Second Edition. Now published in six paperback volumes (packaged in two attractiveslipcases), the new anthology boasts slimmervolumes, thicker paper, a bolder typeface, anddozens of newly included or newly translatedworks from around the world. The NortonAnthology of World Literature representscontinuity as well as change. Like itspredecessor, the anthology is a compact libraryof world literature, offering an astoundingforty-three complete longer works, more thanfifty prose works, over one hundred lyric poems, and twenty-three plays. More portable, moresuitable for period courses, more pleasant toread, and more attuned to current teaching andresearch trends, The Norton Anthology of WorldLiterature remains the most authoritative,comprehensive, and teachable anthology for theworld literature survey. ... Read more

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Great Collection of Stories
My university used the Norton Anthology World Lit books for our Literature Courses.I love reading, so I enjoyed these books.They have a great collection of stories from that specific time-period.I also liked that they had information about the works and authors either before or after the stories.

If I was just picking a book for casual reading, this wouldn't be it.But if you are needing it for a class or research, I would definitely recommend it.

Great, but why not buy other volumes?
Norton's literary anthologies have long been the standard in every genre, and its World Literature collection is no exception. Their most ambitious offering, it proposes to cover no less than a representative sampling of the world's best and most important literature from the earliest writings to today. This is the second of six volumes, going from 100-1500 C. E. The range of material is truly incredible in terms of both time and place. The best way to make the sheer vastness clear is to list the sections:From Roman Empire to Christian Europe, India's Classical Age, China's "Middle Period," The Rise of Islam and Islamic Literature, The Formation of a Western Literature, The Golden Age of Japanese Culture, and Mystical Poetry of India. This truly mind-boggling selection stretches over three thousand pages including dozens and dozens of pieces. The nature of anthologies of course favors poems and short prose, but a surprising number of longer works are here in full:Kalidasa's Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, Beowulf, Dante's Inferno, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Everyman. The collection would be well worth buying for these alone; one would be very hard-pressed to get them separately for less than the anthology costs - not to mention the numerous shorter works given in full and many longer ones in excerpt. It is particularly noteworthy for including many Asian - not to mention Native American and African - works virtually ignored in such collections until very recently while still giving a thorough overview of European classics.

Norton's anthologies are also notable for extensive supplemental material. Each author and work is introduced with several pages of biography, background, initial critical analysis, and further reading suggestions for both text and criticism. Individual sections also have Introductions with similar general information plus a timeline and map, and there is an overall Preface. In addition, there are substantial footnotes and glosses plus a closing essay on translation and an index. This helps make the works, all of which are remote in time and many of which are remote in culture and other ways, much more accessible. Many readers will appreciate this, especially as the editors are careful to give what is needed for basic understanding without forcing interpretations, while those who do not can easily skip them. The anthology is designed primarily as a text for college literature survey courses but is also ideal for general readers wanting to learn about world literature - not only the texts themselves but a substantial amount of secondary material.

This brings up the central point that the collection is after all a primer. Purists and the dedicated may scoff at some of its attributes. World literature being so large, it is of course impossible for any collection to be even remotely comprehensive, and one can easily find important works or personal favorites that are excluded. However, there is no denying the awe-inspiring scope of what is here, including nearly everything that absolutely had to be. The excerpts can also be frustrating, especially as summaries and notes have frequent spoilers, though it is clearly better for the works in question to be here in part than not at all. As most of the pieces are translated, some will also take issue with the translations used. The editors wisely chose those the most accessible, but some will prefer more literary versions; for example, a prose Gilgamesh translation is used rather than a more artistic verse one. On the whole, though, the choices are hard to fault. Older translations are also updated to conform with current spelling, punctuation, etc; even English writers like Chaucer and Milton are dealt with thus. Purists will not like this, but nearly everyone interested in such a collection will appreciate it.

All told, anyone wanting a world literature collection excellent in all respects can do no better. Separately buying all the works given here would cost many times the price of the collection; the value is near-unbelievable. Even reading regularly, it will take at least several months to finish - probably at least the better part of a year. More importantly, this is the kind of collection one can keep for a lifetime; it provides years of re-reading and reference. One can hardly even conceive of a better deal; such quantity and diversity in one collection is truly amazing. Anyone who enjoys the first three volumes is of course highly encouraged to go on to the next three as well as other Norton anthologies. As for how to buy them, anyone wanting half the set or the whole will be better off getting the two three-volume sets; it is cheaper and more convenient. Those wanting only one or a few volumes can purchase individually, but the quality is so high that they will almost certainly want them all anyway, so the sets are really the way to go. You will not be disappointed.
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Granite
The story Granite was masterfully written.It shows that a weak puppy could be the lead dog on an Iditarod team with perserverance.This is a true story about Susan Butcher (who died of leukemia when her children were young).I have used this book in my second grade class.The illustrations were disappointing.

Granite
This was not quite what I had in mind.The book was much thicker when I saw it in Alaska.I was not looking for mainly a picture book.I wanted to read her story about her and her dog Granite.

Excellent
My husband visited Susan Butcher's place near Fairbanks, Alaska as part of a cruise/land package several years ago with his dad.When this book became available after Susan's death, it seemed appropriate to get it for him as a gift.

Great book!
Grandma and Grandpa brought this book back for my daughters (5 & 7) from Alaska.The girls are already dog lovers, so this book was just up their alley.They LOVED it.And I loved it too.This true story really demonstrates perseverance and the rewards of hard work.Highly recommend.

Great story
This is a wonderful true story for children about dog sled racing in Alaska and about perserverance and overcoming obstacles.It is about following your dream no matter what other people think. ... Read more

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• Written specifically with sufferers and carers in mind, to help them understand and apply the basic concepts of cognitive therapy for psychosis. • Illustrates what it is like to have common psychosis and how people's lives can be restored using therapy. • Increases understanding of how the psychosis started, and the factors that worsen symptoms or increase the likelihood of relapse. • Helps the sufferer learn how to control symptoms and delay or prevent relapse. • Includes features and exercises to help sufferers explore their own beliefs and feelings to reflect on the way they cope. • Helps carers know what to say and what to do. • Provides a resource for mental health professionals working with patients, to introduce the approach, support ongoing therapy and make the most efficient use of appointment time. ... Read more

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UNCHARTED TERRITORY
I am going to state from the outset as an Amazon Vine Reviewer, I am required to fulfill reviews for received products.That being said, I scanned through the book and found it to be unexpectedly far to emotionally challenging to me, I could not face it like I had thought I could due to the reason my Mother experienced psychotic episodes.Which happened to be very harmful to me and to an extent my younger siblings.I have not come to an understanding of the damage to her own life and to mine from those episodes.I have come to an understanding there is no conclusion to be reached and my heart goes out to anyone afflicted with this condition.And my heart goes out to anyone who has been subjected to being the main focus of the episodes. The reason I give the book a 4-star review is because my reaction cannot be attibuted to the authors' writing.It is due to the fact my mother suffered psychotic episodes.She had a very traumatic childhood, born in 1930 and this was a generation that did not even discuss it out loud when someone received a diagnosis of breast cancer, let alone mental illness and "There are people who have literally had generations of learning how to live wrong.If you can help a child you don't have to spend years repairing an adult."Repair was not cultural in her time, hiding any problem was more the culture of her time.Anyone remember when Betty Ford courageously discussed her own health problems to the Nation?A new era opened.Panic disorders exist in the family, whether environmentally induced or gentically inclined or both, I do not know and do not try to understand any longer.In my early 30's I experienced very severe panic attacks.During the course of therapy, a very gifted psychiatrist, explained to me much of what I was describing regarding my Mother was psychotic behaviour.I could not comprehend this at first, because I asked him ''if she was ill in that way, then why did the behaviors occur without witnesses?, Why did she cease the behaviours or mellow out when someone else came into the room or house?" and his reply stunned me, explanation was many people suffering from psychosis are aware enough to stop behaviors when others are present.So, this is why I offer 4-stars:I did scan the information and did scan reviews and am required to fulfill Vine reviews.I could not quite handle the memories it brought back and the sadness that she was from a generation that did not have the opportunity to gain helpful therapy, her episodes were viewed as just her personality.I am grateful there is now help for this condition and openness exists.

Written for the end user and for those how care for them hand's-on, should not discourage anyone due to style
This book can be very useful to those who care directly for sufferers, for those who are challlenged, and has also been designed for reading by those who are suffering, questioning, searching, for solace, for peace, for answers.

Nevertheless this is not a Pop Self Help text; it is written at a very professional and even academic level.

This is no joke. This is not out to make an easy buck off the desperate and the lost. This book can be very, seriously, informative and guiding, once you come to grips with its style.

This is not a self-help animator, but an academic text.

It might possibly be the very book you are looking for, but do not be put off by its style.

Engage with it. Learn to converse with it. Search it for the fruit most relevant to your personal search, the several searches of those you care for.

This book can well reward such dedicated inquiry but it is not easy. Like life itself, it is not easy.

This book can point you in the right direction, to further resources. No one book can give you the road to recovery, to self-healing, alone, but this book can point you to the resources and the methods which have in some cases proven highly effective.

Do not go it alone any longer. Give this book a serious reading, and decide if this is a path which calls you onwards, and find the support people for your path.

This book can be a portal, if you can only learn to accept its language, and then find those who speak it well.

This is a serious commitment but one which can lead you to peace. Worth a look, no?

Rather good for what it is
The title for this review reflects a bias that should be understood.I am not a fan of "bibliotherapy" (reading books as therapy), particularly in a do-it-yourself manner.With that said, I have asked clients to read material, but almost never a whole book at once.Reportedly there's an "old Chinese saying" that says, "Tell me, I forget.Show me, I remember.Do it with me and I understand."Regardless of the origin of that statement, I've found it to be true in two different professional areas: teaching/training, and mental health counseling.There is very much to be said for having someone providing immediate or only slightly delayed feedback, redirection, and confrontation when necessary.A book simply can't do that, because it can't observe whether the reader is "getting it" or not.And particularly with a psychotic disorder, a person will rarely stick with something long term on his/her own, particularly early on in the treatment process.

What is good about this book is its explanations, and the inclusion of "carers."There are good self-searching questions, and good suggestions on how to integrate the carer into the change process.I could not agree more with Dr. Aaron Beck, who wrote the forward for the book."This book contains many nuggets of commonsense wisdom, which, when applied, will begin to help." Note the words "nuggets," "when applied," and "begin."Those suggest that this will still be of limited success for a non-professional and patient working together, using the book.Contrast that with the next paragraph: "In addition, this book provides an excellent resource for mental health professionals working with patients with schizophrenia.Not only can this book be used to support ongoing cognitive therapy ..., but it can also be used by clinicians working in a variety of settings who wish to introduce patients to this approach prior to a trained cognitive therapist being allocated."He goes on to talk about using single chapters as homework between sessions, etc.Aaron Beck is one to be listened to when it comes to cognitive therapy (CT).

That only reinforces the sentiment expressed in the second sentence of this review.The material is excellent.But just using it between a patient and a non-professional carer is unlikely to provide optimum outcome.CT, despite comments by some other reviewers, can be quite helpful with psychotic illnesses. Yet a qualified professional will be a significant element of the treatment/change process.It's important to remember that people with psychotic disorders still have brains that work quite well in many ways.Medication doesn't "fix" a brain, it merely makes it easier for the brain to do what it is already capable of doing - and that's why CT can be a good therapy option.Simply put, it's brain training.

Bottom line: I gave it four stars because it isn't a stand-alone brilliant solution, yet it contains an excellent working explanation of CT and would be a very good addition to an overall change program.It could also be an excellent introduction for a patient considering CT as a treatment option.Understanding CT first will make the early treatment sessions much more productive and sensible.

Not quite there.
The book has good information regarding psychotic symptoms and what is viewed as normal and what is not normal.However, the content is hard to read as it lacks continuity - almost as if written as separate articles and thrown together.

Great for counselors, not sure about clients
I am currently getting my masters in social work and wanted to supplement my coursework with more specialized knowledge on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by reading this book.Although there are many different therapies that a counselor might try, CBT is probably one of the most used ones by counselors.I found reading the book to be very useful, to get more concrete examples and tools, than the short overview of what I learned in class.I also loaned the book to my sister, who is a licensed therapist and has been practicing for around 3 years so far.She was very excited, and after reading the book, has been using several of the techniques on various clients of hers.

Typically, you would might use CBT on someone who has mood, anxiety, or personality disorders.If you have one of these problems, I don't recommend that you buy this book and try and treat yourself.It might be useful to a client while they are *in therapy*.And I don't just say that because I want to drive business... I'm just personally in visioning someone with borderline personality disorder, who has extreme difficultly regulating their emotions trying to treat themselves using this book, and I think it would be a recipe for disaster.

So, all in all, I recommend this book for counselors who would like to learn more about CBT, and for clients who are already in treatment. ... Read more

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Seven years ago, W. W. Norton changed the way world literature is taught by introducing The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces, Expanded Edition. Leading the field once again, Norton is proud to publish the anthology for the new century, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Second Edition. Now published in six paperback volumes (packaged in two attractive slipcases), the new anthology boasts slimmer volumes, thicker paper, a bolder typeface, and dozens of newly included or newly translated works from around the world.

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5,000 total NCLEX-RN questions in one simulation software. Updated for 2010. The National Council Licensure EXamination-Registered Nurse exam tests the RN's knowledge in all aspects of Subjects covered include Safe Effective Care Environment-coordinated care and safety and infection control; Health Promotion and Maintenance; Psychosocial Integrity; and Physiological Integrity-basic care and comfort, pharmacological therapies, reduction of risk potential, and physiological adaptation.Questions are Situational, Complex and wordy. NO True/False Questions. Features include "Two Timers®" with on/off functions! "per question" timer to track your time usage per question and a "per exam" timer. 5 hours to complete each exam, 256 questions per exam. Option to Display the answers after each question or all answers at the end of the exam. Optional Mark for Review Feature. (skip it) and it will display again at the end of the exam. Results Review. When you have completed the exam your percentage score will be calculated based on the The National Council Licensure EXamination-Registered Nurse scaled scoring. Windows PC's Only. ... Read more