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Spiritual Roots of Human Relations (1977 Avocado & Blue Hardcover Printing, Second Edition) by Stephen R. Covey. ASIN: 072119477X. 376 Pages. Special Limited Edition. ... Read more

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Smart, observant, and utterly spiritual read
This is a book that has been one my parents' shelves ever since I was born. In fact, they both have a copy and use these copies frequently in various lessons and talks and whatnot. So, finally, I borrowed a copy and read it and thoroughly enjoyed it. I believe the book is technically a text book and that works for me--it gets Covey's point across easily. I like the organization of the book as any chapter can be used independently from the others. He goes over many areas of communication and relationships in a to-the-point manner with plenty of spiritual and personal back-up to create a great lesson. The book is easy-to-read, quotable, and very thorough in many areas--even the more outdated concepts can still be worked around. Excellent source of gospel insight into the real world.

Best Book by Steven Covey
This is the one of best books I've ever found on how to live the gospel of Jesus Christ. It helps me to keep an eternal perspective when things
get difficult in life, especially with other people.

Covey is well known for his many books, but this the Celestial one he began with! Covey is first and foremost a true Christian and a Latter-day Saint. If you read his other books, you will see that he takes from this book to teach them the principles they need and are ready for.

Kathy in Las Vegas

How to build and strengthen relationships through Christian principles
Written by the prolific author of books about human relationships and time management (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People), this book uses Biblical principles to formulate a program to build and strengthen human relationships.Although the text makes frequent reference to religious scripture (e.g. the Bible), those references only work as illustrations of the principles presented.The principles presented in this book can be useful to anyone, regardless of religious affiliation.

One of the BEST books I've ever read!
This book has changed my life more than any other non-scriptural book. Covey's views and suggestions are so right and so clear. I wish I had followed his discipline suggestions sooner, now that I know my teenage son has ADHD and OCD. I just thought he wasn't talking to me, with my kind of child. His principles apply to everyone. Kindness, patience and PRACTICE are the key. This is only a drop in the well of knowledge in this book. Everything from communication with God in prayer to teasing is addressed.

A hidden treasure of straight-forward inspiration
I read this book for the first time back in 1980 when Steven R Covey was not a household name.It helped me to ACT where I had previously only THOUGHT about making changes in my life.I found that for me, it was a life changing event.I read it again in 2001 and it had the same effect.It amazes me that the council and advice offered within would be as applicable today as in 1980.That's the power of this book.It was deeper and wider than imagined and I believe it to be one of the best self-help books of all time when dealing with life in a spiritual realm. ... Read more

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Great Insight Into the Warrior Philosophies and Religions of Japan.
Ninja Realms of Power is an overview of Stephen Hayes' explorations into the Japanese spiritual traditions of `Shugendo ~ seeking power in the mountains', `Mikkyo ~ secret doctrines of the Himalayan kingdoms', and `Sennin ~ Taoist practices for the goal of immortality.Stephen Hayes, one of the West's most well-known and respected authorities on Ninjutsu, also includes a chapter on `Ninpo Taijutsu'.

Looking at Sennin we see that the practitioner works physically and mentally at consciously experiencing the bridging of the gap between the in and yo (the yin and the yang) elements around him.The Sennin learns to transcend illusion and gain a vision of the universe as a single unified process as opposed to an overwhelming collection of seemingly conflicting and unrelated parts.

Looking at Mikkyo we see a priest with a collection of swords.The Mikkyo priest points out that the blade of the sword is forged for the purpose of protecting the sanctity of life. The cutting edge affords the bearer that reserve of confidence and power that permits gentle and courteous behavior.

The Shugendo is a blending of many related spiritual practices, including `Zudagyo ~ Buddhist teachings', `Dokyo and Omyodo ~ Taoist philosophies', the `Zomitsu ~ the nonreligious forerunner of the Mikkyo', `Shinto', `Jukkyo ~ Confucian teachings', and a wide assortment of Japanese folk beliefs.

Stephen Hayes also gives a detailed description of the `Goma fire ritual' and his participation, walking across the hot coals and burning embers of the fire.(This section also includes a number of great photographs of the ritual.)

In the chapter on `Ninpo Taijutsu' various martial arts techniques are demonstrated, but more importantly we see that only by progressing to realms of harmonized energy does the warrior begin to glimpse the potential for invincibility.

Ninja Realms of Power is a "must have" book for anyone studying shinobi-no-jutsu (ninjutsu), but also for anyone interested in the warrior philosophies and religions of Japan.A well written text, with several photographs and drawings throughout.I highly recommend this book to both the casual reader and dedicated student.

Ninja Enlightenment
As a student of Stephen K. Hayes, I have always eagerly devoured anything he has written, and this one did not disappoint.This particular book is more about the historical roots and philosophical underpinnings of the higher life-path or life-way of 'Ninpo.''Ninjutsu' could be said to refer only to the physical techniques, the punches, kicks, throws, and use of weapons that instantly spring to mind when we hear the word 'martial art.'Then we can also work on our intellectual development through the study of history, languages, chemistry, physics, music; all the arts and sciences.Then we can also work on our spiritual development (see Abe Maslow's "Further Reaches of Human Nature").This triple approach to our human development, body & mind & spirit, is Ninpo.Shidoshi Hayes, a Grandmaster in his own right, listed in "Who's Who in the World", and an ordained Buddhist priest, explores in this book all of the spiritual traditions that have left their mark on Ninpo, the higher life-path.Shinto, Buddhism, shugendo, and Daoism are the major focus. ... Read more

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Wildlife Responses to Climate Change is the culmination of a three-year project to research and study the impacts of global climate change on ecosystems and individual wildlife species in North America. In 1997, the National Wildlife Federation provided fellowships to eight outstanding graduate students to conduct research on global climate change, and engaged leading climate change experts Stephen H. Schneider and Terry L. Root to advise and guide the project. This book presents the results, with chapters describing groundbreaking original research by some of the brightest young scientists in America. The book presents case studies that examine:

• ways in which local and regional climate variables affect butterfly populations and habitat ranges
• how variations in ocean temperatures have affected intertidal marine species
• the potential effect of reduced snow cover on plants in the Rocky Mountains
• the potential effects of climate change on the distribution of vegetation in the United States
• how climate change may increase the susceptibility of ecosystems to invasions of non-native species
• the potential for environmental change to alter interactions between a variety of organisms in whitebark pine communities of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Wildlife Responses to Climate Change is an important addition to the body of knowledge critical to scientists, resource managers, and policymakers in understanding and shaping solutions to problems caused by climate change. It provides a useful resource for students and scientists studying the effects of climate change on wildlife and will assist resource managers and other wildlife professionals to better understand factors affecting the species they are striving to conserve. ... Read more

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This work is about extended affine Lie algebras (EALA's) and their root systems. EALA's were introduced by Høegh-Krohn and Torresani under the name irreducible quasi-simple Lie algebras. The major objective is to develop enough theory to provide a firm foundation for further study of EALA's.

The first chapter of the paper is devoted to establishing some basic structure theory. It includes a proof of the fact that, as conjectured by Kac, the invariant symmetric bilinear form on an EALA can be scaled so that its restriction to the real span of the root system is positive semi-definite.

The second chapter studies extended affine root systems (EARS) which are an axiomatized version of the root systems arising from EALA's. The concept of a semilattice is used to give a complete description of EARS. In the final chapter, a number of new examples of extended affine Lie algebras are given.

The concluding appendix contains an axiomatic characterization of the nonisotropic roots in an EARS in a more general context than the one used in the rest of the paper.

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Provides a foundation for the study of an important class of Lie algebras that generalizes the class of affine Kac-Moody Lie algebras

Includes material on Lie algebras and on root systems that can be read independently. ... Read more

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Dhatu Patha -A Recital of Roots
The Dhatu-Patha - literally 'a recital of roots'- is a basic Sanskrit text which sets out the foundations of the verbal systems of Greek and Latin and all other Indo-European languages. It contains about 2,200 roots. A root may be defined technically as 'the uninflected, irreducible, minimal element of a word, generally monosyllabic and always verbal in nature, i.e. expressive of activity.'

This edition is complete in itself, with its own dictionary of meanings and transliterations. Illustrative examples are taken from such widely different texts as the Veda., Plato, the Gospels and Shakespeare. This is the first time that the Dhatu-Patha has been made available in the West. It is an essential key to unlock the fundamental meaning of classic Sanskrit and Western texts. A modestly priced reprint of this book was published in 1997 by Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India and is available from Indian booksellers.

An explanation of how to use the Dhatu Patha when studying Sanskrit has been provided by Charles Wikner in his 'A Practical Sanskrit Introductory' (1996).

This is a superb and extremely useful 146-page Sanskrit tutorial in 15 lessons which has been designed, as Wikner says, "to lift the English-speaking student who knows nothing of Sanskrit to the level where he can intelligently [use] Monier-Williams' dictionary." He explains that Lessons 12-14 "penetrate Monier-Williams' dictionary through its four levels of alphabetical order, and suggest strategies for finding difficult words."

The author has generously made his book freely available and it can be downloaded from: http://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tutorial_wikner/index.html ... Read more

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Detailed Description These reproducible, blackline master tests assess students' understanding of the word roots and the key words presented in Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book B, giving a clear picture of students' progress. There is a test for each two lessons in the book for a total of eight tests. Answer Keys are included.Grade: 8 Format: Paperback Publisher: Educators Publishing Service ISBN: 0-8388-8254-4 ... Read more

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From Beavis and Butt-head creator Mike Judge and former writer/producer of The Simpsons, Greg Daniels, comes the down-home hit that proves everything really is bigger in Texas - including the laughs! So pull up a chair and join Hank Hill, his family and his neighbors for a beer-drinking BBQ-ing good time with this hilarious first and second season collection of King of the Hill. ... Read more

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Detailed Description These reproducible, blackline master tests assess students' understanding of the word roots and the key words presented in Vocabulary from Classical Roots Book D, giving a clear picture of students' progress. There is a test for each two lessons in the book for a total of eight tests. Answer Keys are included.Grade: 10 Format: Paperback Publisher: Educators Publishing Service ISBN: 0-8388-8258-7 ... Read more

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All the familiar characters from Apple Tree Farms can be found in the stories in the Farmyard Tales series. Set around a restored railway station near Apple Tree Farm, the characters have many different adventures.' ... Read more

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You never read this book once, at least 3 times.
You never read this book once, at least 3 times in one sitting.I have a 3-year-old boy and he loves this simple story about the "Boot Family". The family helps the Old Steam Train and the Station to work again.

The pictures are on a white background, which make them easy tolook at. They are wonderful, bright and very descriptive drawings. This allassists the child to start reading books and they don't want to stop. Theylearn to read the short simple text located on top of the page (about 5easy words). Then the book has longer text on the bottom of the page, whichyou read to the child. You build up the child's confidence and then theystart to read the whole book with you. It's great when my child joins inand gets all excited. I couldn't ask for more from a book.

The book alsohas maps of Apple Tree Farm. In which you can do your own stories and seewhere the story you have just read. Also a little yellow duck is on everypage for the child to find. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Review of Metaphysics, published by Philosophy Education Society, Inc. on March 1, 2010. The length of the article is 834 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Strehle, Stephen, The Egalitarian Sprit of Christianity: The Sacred Roots of American and British Government.(Book review)
Author: Thomas J., Jr. Burke
Publication: The Review of Metaphysics (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2010
Publisher: Philosophy Education Society, Inc.
Volume: 63Issue: 3Page: 726(3)

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This digital document is an article from Word Ways, published by A Ross Eckler on May 1, 2003. The length of the article is 813 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Best Scrabble game, best Clabbers game.
Author: Stephen C. Root
Publication: Word Ways (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2003
Publisher: A Ross Eckler
Volume: 36Issue: 2Page: 155(2)

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The 2008 republication of the ground-breaking 1966 blueprint for the restructuring of mainline Protestant churches in the United States. The proposals for renewal and restructuring and ecumenical cooperation locally are more relevant now than they were then. The central theme of abandonment is utterly relevant to a proper understanding of faith-based ministries. Introduction by Harvey Cox. ... Read more

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This is a book on cassette read by the author, Stephen R. Covey. The author outlines his proven strategies for personal growth and improved human relations. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Historian, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2007. The length of the article is 581 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890.(Book review)
Author: Gene Clanton
Publication: The Historian (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 69Issue: 4Page: 779(2)

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