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This sixteenth century books is often cited. It contains many pictures and the commentary by the accomplished modern alchemist Adam McLean is interesting. This book is a must. It is wonderful that one can have these famous medieval works in ones own bookshelf.

Mats Winther

Alchemical symbolism in this book is so delightful. Adam McLean has contributed a great deal of effort in assisting people who desire to work with alchemical emblems get the most of them, through this book and through his wonderful courses related to alchemical emblems.

This his work both of coloring emblems and helping us to work with them, he has brought them to life. They are not longer just breathtaking images, but a vivid reality one gets to experience in meditation and contemplation.

I particularly appreciate Adam McLean's admonishion that one should not interpret the emblems using the symbolism from other traditions that just doesn't fit here, but work only with what is present.

Alchemical emblems work in a way just like zen koans do - there is a point where in order to grasp the meaning, to exprience them, you have to drop your preconceived ideas and let the emblem speak to you and through you. The emblematic images, through meditation upon the symbolism, eventually bring forth the knowledge that is already present deep within, but is yet out of conscious awareness. Through contemplation upon the emblems, this deep inner wisdom bursts into conscious awareness, not in words, but in knowingness and deep realization of the truth.

This is a great bible for reading if you have trouble with reading bibles with white paper and the letters bleedthru the other side. None of that with this bible AND the words are easier to read and see due to the color in the background. I find that out of the dozens of bibles I've owned this is the one I'm able to sit down and read the longest without eye fatigue. Also is a nice quality bible with nice with an exclusive color study emphasis. I purchases the duo-tone and prefer the feel over the bonded leather. This is my second color bible. The first one I took too many notes but it's still in great shape. Has held up well.

This Bible is really cool. All the verses are color coded to 12 different colors representing different things like God, family, faith, sin, commandments, history, love, discipleship, evil, salvation, outreach, prophecy. It helps to read the scripture in context with this color coding system. All the words of God in the OT and the NT are written with Bold underlining, like some NT's has Jesus' words in Red, this one takes that concept and applies it to the whole Bible.

This translation is the NIV. It has a lot of helpful cross references taken from the NIV Study Bible. This used to be called "The Rainbow Study Bible", I have the KJV in that and this one is exactly like that one with just a different translation and name. I prefer this kind of Bible that has helps, but doesnt tell you what to believe.

I bought the Brown bonded leather edition. I would have preferred to pay a little more and get a geniune leather edition, but they dont make a geniune leather edition which is a shame. But this bonded leather edition is nice.

It comes with a bookmark so that you dont have to keep looking up what the colors represent at the front of the book, which is nice. It comes with book introduction, outlines, and as I mentioned earlier a nice cross reference system. It has some in text maps and pictures which help with putting the Bible in its proper context. It also has some maps in the back, with an NIV concordance. As well as some study aids in the back like Table of weights and measures, know what God says, 100 popular Bible passages, 365 scriptures to memorize and meditate on, One year Bible reading plan, personal Bible reading calendar, subject guide, where to find it, outline of Old Testament in history, plus the concordance and maps I mentioned earlier. So as you can see this could be a total all in one Study Bible if its all someone had access too.

I prefer the NASB translation to the NIV. But my Church uses the NIV, so this is going to be my devotional and Church Bible. As I mentioned earlier I have the Rainbow KJV and like it a lot, but its harder to understand the older english, plus I wanted to have a copy of the translation used in Church so I can follow along without confusion. Im real impressed by this Bible, just wished they would make a Calfskin edition or something equally nice for a cover so that this Bible would last a lifetime. The contents of this Bible is second to none and thats what counts. Im glad this was made available.

The author has done an excellent job of introducing the reader to Jesus. By the end of the book the reader will not only have met Jesus, but Jesus will have become the reader's new best friend.

Though a small pamplet size book, it is packed with power and a wealth of information. Anyone who is really seeking should purchase this book. A great book to start with for the new millienium.

All i can say is... what a great book! I couldn't put it down! I have recommended this book to everyone I know... sheer genius. It should go down as one of the great books in American history.

This book covers a young mans life history. Why he became a mountin man and live'd with the indians, also the events that lead up to it. Its slow to start but picks up rather quickly. He finds himself in several situations that have intersting and funny conclusions. The auther has done a good job in helping you to see things differtly. Fantastic book for young readers 9 - adult. Great story to read as a family

Really well written. Great adventure. Second best book I have ever read behind Moby Dick. Cool pics too.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to go back in time and be one of the first to truly fish virgin waters? Wonder, no more! Zane Grey's voyage into the Pacific is truly adventurous. Zane takes us to primitive islands that were not exactly on the map, and finds a tropical world of wonder. At times he and his cronies cannot land a fish, because the sharks are so thick, other times they grow weary of from too many fish. This book is a great treasure. It is like a fine Ky. bourbon, not to be consumed all at once, but sipped and enjoyed.

Para su información, yo compré el Misal Romano Diario, tercera edición 2008.

El Misal Romano Diario es un misal completo con todas las lecturas bíblicas y textos de la misa para todos los días del año litúrgico. Contiene todo el Propio del Tiempo y todo el Santoral. El Ordinario de la Misa es de lo más completo que hay. No solamente contiene casi toda la información que hay en el Misal Romano, pero también está todo en latín y en español, con todo y sus prefacios y todas las Oraciones Eucarísticas (I-IV, V a/b/c/d y las 2 para la Reconciliación). En la parte final incluye una amplia sección para oraciones devocionales como el Santo Rosario, el Vía Crucis, el Ángelus y muchas otras más. Este misal simplemente está repleto de información y es una buena inversión y se lo recomiendo a todo fiel católico para que lo tenga en su casa.

Me gustaría añadir que todos los textos tanto como los del Ordinario como las lecturas bíblicas son tomados del Misal Romano y del Leccionario I, II y III de la edición mexicana publicada por Obra Nacional de la Buena Prensa. De manera que este misal es perfecto para usarlo particularmente en México, EEUU, y en todos los demás países que usen los textos del español mexicano.

Este comentario es sobre el Misal Romano. Amazon vincula este comentario tambien con otra obra del Padre Socias la cual no conozco.

Yo tengo la edicion de 1999 del misal, en un volumen quequeño, facil de llevar y bein encuadernado en imitación piel. No estoy seguro si la que preentan aquí es de un volumen. Si usted busca un misal fiel al magisterio, completo, con plegarias eucarísticas en latín y español, con todo el leccionario, diario y domingo, todos los ciclos, prefacios, calendarios, todas las misas y ritos, devocionario, cantos y mas, aquí lo tiene. Excelente

I love this study bible. Just about any subject you need to study on it has that topic for it.

This Bible has helped me gain a better understanding. It has really helped me when studying God's word.

"To See the Elephant, The Civil War Letters of John A. McKee (1861-1865)," James R. James, illustrated by Darrell L. Combs, Leathers Publishing: Leawood, KS, (1998), ISBN: 1-890622-49-4; LOC: 98-67522.

In a world of e-mail and networks, we need to remember that letter writing is an act of faith. Faith that our correspondence will be dispatched and delivered, read and answered. Not simply a stream of bytes deleted more quickly than keyboarded. A letter, composed at a teakwood escritoire or within a sodden pup tent, is an out-calling, awaiting not an echo, but a thoughtful reply. Letters crafted not through plastic keys or ball point pens, but with quills and inks, on coarse paper. Such were the letters of John A. McKee (44th Ohio Vol. Infantry, later 8th Ohio Vol. Cavalry).

A common soldier, but no ordinary man, McKee saw and told engagingly of daily hardships: soldiers paying for uniforms; writing home to have boots made; scant wages, long withheld; usually prompt post, even if family and friends had to send postage money. The randomness of shot and shell - inaccurate, ill-timed --, men and horses blood-drenching fields, hanged bodies -- justice undone -, friends and fellows cut down, wounded, captured, lost. The elephant seen. Told sentiently, without sentimentality. The occasional respite - evening galas, young ladies in formal settings -, on the eve of bloody battles, tell of a kind of war soon to be crushed beneath mechanization. A kinder, simpler war, certainly not. But a war made even more poignant because family and friends could visit the troops at the edge of the battlefield and watch the carnage spread out before them. McKee's vocabulary, grammar, and constructions show him to have been a bright and thoughtful young man. Describing troop celebrations following the surrender of General Lee, McKee wrote, "in the absence of artillery the men procured two anvils and up to this time have used about 16 lbs. of powder with no sign of cessation at least until the appearance of the small hours." James R.. James, a nationally respected court administrator, has not intruded on the letters or the dispatches through which the story is told. He offers brief explanations and places the letters in the context of time and place; the descriptions and tone are authentic of the times. Some words and phrases out of general currency, but known to Civil War buffs and historians, could have been explained. "Soger boys," "housewife," bounty paid at mustering out, Butternuts, `nothing short of ropes," merited explanatory notes. A map or two would have been helpful. The casual reader is sent off to dictionaries and companion volumes. Of course, whenever our reading sends us off for further information, the benefit is ours.

So has Mr. James benefitted us and the memory of John McKee. They have handed on to us the words and thoughts of a young man caught up in a nation rent. By getting these letters to a wider readership, Mr. James has honored not only John McKee but his friends of silent pen. The line drawings of Col. Darrell L. Combs, USMC (ret.). In the volume, complement the letters. They are simple, straight-forward, and telling. The text is well-served by the images.

This modest printing has not been the output of a vanity press; it has been a press to preserve thoughts, words, and cares, written not in vain. Letters preserved may not be letters of value. These are. The writer, John McKee, was a perceptive participant in a western campaign of the American Civil War. His letters speak to us of duty, privation, inept leaders, missing arms and armaments. A succession of holders judged the letters worthy to pass down. When you read them, you will agree. Thank you, Col. Combs. Thank you, Jim James. Thank you, John McKee.

S.D.Conti

"To See the Elephant, The Civil War Letters of John A. McKee (1861-1865)," James R. James, illustrated by Darrell L. Combs, 98-67522.

In a world of e-mail and networks, we need to remember that letter writing is an act of faith. Faith that our correspondence will be dispatched and delivered, read and answered. Not simply a stream of bytes deleted more quickly than keyboarded. A letter, composed at a teakwood escritoire or within a sodden pup tent, is an out-calling, awaiting not an echo, but a thoughtful reply. Letters crafted not through plastic keys or ball point pens, but with quills and inks, on coarse paper. Such were the letters of John A. McKee (44th Ohio Vol. Infantry, later 8th Ohio Vol. Cavalry).

A common soldier, but no ordinary man, McKee saw writing home to have boots made; scant wages, long withheld; usually prompt post, even if family and friends had to send postage money. The randomness of shot and shell - inaccurate, ill-timed --, men and horses blood-drenching fields, hanged bodies -- justice undone -, friends and fellows cut down, wounded, captured, lost. The elephant seen. Told sentiently, without sentimentality. The occasional respite - evening galas, young ladies in formal settings -, on the eve of bloody battles, tell of a kind of war soon to be crushed beneath mechanization. A kinder, simpler war, certainly not. But a war made even more poignant because family and friends could visit the troops at the edge of the battlefield and watch the carnage spread out before them. McKee's vocabulary, grammar, and constructions show him to have been a bright and thoughtful young man. Describing troop celebrations following the surrender of General Lee, McKee wrote, "in the absence of artillery the men procured two anvils and up to this time have used about 16 lbs. of powder with no sign of cessation at least until the appearance of the small hours."

James R. James, a nationally respected court administrator, has not intruded on the letters or the dispatches through which the story is told. He offers brief explanations and places the letters in the context of time and place; the descriptions and tone are authentic of the times. Some words and phrases out of general currency, but known to Civil War buffs and historians, could have been explained. "Soger boys," "housewife," bounty paid at mustering out, Butternuts, `nothing short of ropes,' merited explanatory notes. A map or two would have been helpful. The casual reader is sent off to dictionaries and companion volumes. Of course, whenever our reading sends us off for further information, the benefit is ours.

So has Mr. James benefitted us and the memory of John McKee. They have handed on to us the words and thoughts of a young man caught up in a nation rent. By getting these letters to a wider readership, Mr. James has honored not only John McKee but his friends of silent pen. The line drawings of Col. Darrell L. Combs, USMC (ret.). In the volume, complement the letters. They are simple, straight-forward, and telling. The text is well-served by the images.

This modest printing has not been the output of a vanity press; it has been a press to preserve thoughts, words, and cares, written not in vain. Letters preserved may not be letters of value. These are. The writer, John McKee, was a perceptive participant in a western campaign of the American Civil War. His letters speak to us of duty, privation, inept leaders, missing arms and armaments. A succession of holders judged the letters worthy to pass down. When you read them, you will agree. Thank you, Col. Combs. Thank you, Jim James. Thank you, John

I loved this book. It has everything,detail, colour pictures,profiles, "then and now" information really complete.
A triumph for the author.....

This is the book on the 357th Fighter Group that every afficianado should have. Merle Olmstead, long time historian of the Group - and a veteran of it as well, has put this together as his final word on a subject he has long loved.

As complete a history as can be assembled of such a subject, this book is loaded with personal recollections and reminiscences from the pilots, but also the hard working ground crews and support personnel.

There are countless photographs of the group's planes, all with detailed captions that bring to life the history of the Group. Tom Tullis also provides a great selection of color profiles illustrating the Group's planes from the earliest days to the end of the war.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.

This book was just as I remembered it as a kid but looked far more valuable as an adult. I can't believe they got away with it.

This is a book that you want to read from front cover to back page. The recipes are easy to follow and gives you an idea of how the "elite people" ate, but yet most are not out of reach to fix in your kitchen.