Calling in "The One": 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life

Calling in "The One": 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life
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OH MY GOD . . . IT WORKS . . .

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This book was excellent!

This book made me stop believing in soulmates

Calling in "The One": 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life
Katherine Woodward Thomas
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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ASIN: 1400049296
Release Date: 2004-02-10

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Are you frustrated by stymied relationships, missed connections, and the loneliness of the search for someone to spend the rest of your life with? Are you ready, instead, to find “The One”? In Calling in “The One, ” Katherine Woodward Thomas shares her own personal experience to show women that in order to find the relationship that will last a lifetime, you have to be truly open and ready to create a loving, committed, romantic union. Calling in “The One” shows you how.

Based on the Law of Attraction, which is the concept that we can only attract what we’re ready to receive, the provocative yet simple seven-week program in Calling in “The One” prepares you to bring forth the love you seek. For each of the 49 days of Thomas’s thoughtful and life-affirming plan, there is a daily lesson, a corresponding practice, and instruction for putting that lesson into action in your life. Meditation, visualization, and journaling exercises will gently lead you to recognize the obstacles on your path to love and provide ways to steer around them. At the end of those 49 days, you will be in the ideal emotional state to go out into the world and find “The One.”

An inspirational approach that offers a radical new philosophy on relationships, Calling in “The One” is your guide to finding the love you seek.

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OH MY GOD . . . IT WORKS . . ........2007-07-28

What an amazing book that helped me "unblock" my ability to love and be loved. It helped me answer thought-provoking questions that delved deep into areas of my past, my fears and my ridiculous notions about what I thought I was looking for. One of the best pieces of advice in the book is to let go of preconceived notions about what the package your "soulmate" will come in. After reading the book halfway through, I am pretty sure that I met the person I have been looking for. This is for real - no joke. A similar experience happened to my girlfriend who recommended the book to me. Even if my relationship does not work out, at least I have opened myself up to loving and being loved, which was a job onto itself.

I want to kiss Katherine Woodward Thomas!! XOXO

self examination at its best.......2007-07-03

I have read my share of self help books and this is by far the best experience. Its insightful approach in an area that so many struggle with has been very helpful. I am doing this with a group of woemn as recommended in the book. We are meeting weekly. And the process has been very enlightening. I heartily recommend the book whether you use it as a solitary process or with a group. Excellently written and just enough of her story to make it interesting.

I'm softening my review of this book..........2007-05-04

Last year, I wrote a very harsh review of Katherine Woodward Thomas's book, "Calling In The One" because I was down on relationships and the whole idea of soulmates at the time. But I later realized I was wrong to condemn Ms. Thomas and give her book a poor review. Life has taught me a few things since I read it the first time, and I can admit a mistake.

What changed my mind was that I observed this book change people's lives after reading it. Although I felt it didn't work for me (mainly because I'm one of those picky, independent, commitment-phobic type A girls), I did see its possible value for single male and female friends of mine, so I recommended the book to them. After reading it, these people changed before my eyes and became softer, more available to relationships, and more open to possibilities. Many got rid of their "lists" and stopped condemning men (and women). Two of these friends are now in committed relationships. My buddies used the techniques in Thomas's book to introspect and renovate their lives to a new possibility of love. The results speak for themselves. I therefore must amend my earlier somewhat cruel review of this work. Simply put, her techniques and suggestions work - kind of like eHarmony - granted the reader is really serious about finding and keeping genuine love. This book demands no less.

Although the wonderful chapters and intriguing case stories did not work for me personally, I can see the value in "Calling In The One", and I highly recommend this book to any single who is serious about finally escaping the drudgery and endless wheel of fruitless dating, and focusing on and finding the one who concludes all searches.

And for those who asked:

Katherine's book did not work for me because I find I have a fear of losing my independence and creative ideas to a man who will smother me, suffocate me, control me and turn me into a baby-making machine that exists to pick up his socks and make his meals. It sounds ridiculous, but yes, that's a very real fear of mine. Until I wake up and face and debunk that baseless fear, I will remain successful but alone. The two are not mutually exclusive, but a strong part of me still holds terror that they are. Thomas's book in many ways helped me to see that. How many books grow on you over time and make you completely reverse your original opinion of them?

Highly recommended.

This book was excellent!.......2006-12-07

I love this book and it truly changed my outlook on my life. Its not a quick fix book to just help find a boyfriend. Its a book that makes you really dig deep and look at yourself. Not only is it a wonderful story about the author and a process of healing but she makes some great points that just made me think "wow, that is me and she is soooo right". It was a huge eye opener in many ways and helped me see why I kept dating the loosers I was and kept letting people negatively influence me. It helped me to really see what was going on and break that cycle so I could focus on other parts of my life. Since doing so I have made a lot of life improvements and am happy to say... have met an incredibly wonderful man and am in a solid loving relationship. The book changed my thinking from" I don't think I will ever get this" to "I don't deserve any less than what I want". I highly recommend it!

This book made me stop believing in soulmates.......2006-07-28

I know my review won't be popular, but I purchased "Calling In The One" and found it, simply, too demanding and too hard psychologically to bear.

Thomas asks her readers to do several years' worth of therapy in the course of seven weeks, most of it boring, mind-numbingly repetitive and unrelated to the task of finding a husband. The majority of her workbook assignments force the reader to delve deeply, and often triggeringly, into childhood devastations and long-buried agonies that, in my case, only numbed me deeper against wanting a relationship. I also wondered why it is women are the ones asked to do all this difficult psychological work in order to win "the prize" of having a man, and men are asked to do virtually nothing at all. I found myself rebelling against the book and everything it stood for by the second week of the seven the reader is obliged to undertake.

Reading the author's own personal take on how she met "the one" (an African-American man she was not even initially attracted to the first several times she met him - the author is a white female of a certain age), and being an African-American woman not at all attracted to black men, I find myself with the sinking, despairing suspicion the author "settled" with a black man to unconsciously rebel against her mother (who, in the book, warned the author explicitly NEVER to bring home a black man), and to become pregnant: which, by her new African-American husband, she easily did.

Sour grapes towards hesitant and commitmentphobic white men is all this book sounds like to me, and as a woman of color who dates white men, I could agree. However, I doubt Thomas's convinctions in this book and feel she settled. I am not attracted to black men and would not settle with one to satisfy a biological clock - which is all this book seems to lead towards as its goal. Pedantic, too-long, too-demanding, insensitive, triggering, dismissive of the man's responsibilities in a romantic relationship - shall I go on? In a phrase, I despise this book, and it is now in a box under my bed never to be read again. What a dreary thing it was.

One nice point about "Calling In The One", though; it helped me become VERY clear on what it is, I find, I DO want: I have learned by doing the grueling worktasks in Thomas's book that I actually don't believe in soulmates, don't want a man forever in my life, and would be very satisfied with a physically attractive and well-groomed, compliant, obedient, quiet male sex partner who SOMETIMES - when *I* ask it - joins me on my arm at the requisite parties and social appearances - then goes home, gets out of my face, and leaves me to my career, with which I am immensely happy and satisfied. "Settle"? Bah: the day I settle is the day I die.

Hint to Katherine: you CAN become pregnant and have a child WITHOUT A MAN, dear. You don't have to settle and sell out. You come off in this book as everything weak and dependent we women today are trying to leave behind and kick kitty litter on top of with our heels as we walk away. Get it? Just thought you might like to know.

Awful book. Hated it page 1 to end. There are no soulmates. Settle for yourself and the right one will come - ON YOUR TERMS. No surrender, ladies. Forget this book's name and do your soul some enormous good.

The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)

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Expensive but very thorough
A Must-Have for University Administrators

The Law of Higher Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
William A. Kaplin , and Barbara A. Lee
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ASIN: 0787900524

Book Description

Since the 1985 publication of the second edition of The Law of Higher Education, new developments in the courts and in Congress have continued to place campuses under increased scrutiny. In this third edition of William A. Kaplin's indispensable guide to the laws that bear on the conduct of higher education, Kaplin and Lee provide a revised and up-to-date reference, research source, and practical guide for college administrators, legal counsel, and researchers.

This third edition--with fifty percent of the material entirely new--updates the latest major developments in all of the topics covered in the previous edition and offers detailed information on a range of emerging issues including sex discrimination, hate speech, academic freedom in religious institutions, athletic scholarships, animal research, environmental laws, and much more.

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Expensive but very thorough.......2007-03-08

This is an outstanding book on higher education law. Lots of case examples and descriptions. A little repetative at some points, but I suppose that is true about law in general. Not even as dry as one might think about a 2 volume law book set.

A Must-Have for University Administrators.......2004-12-30

Kaplin & Lee's "The Law of Higher Education (Third Edition)" was the required text for a graduate course, "Legal Aspects of Higher Education" and should be present on the bookshelf of any university administrator. The book's subtitle, "A Comprehensive Guide to Legal Implications of Administrative Decision Making," is wholly accurate in describing the scope and utility of this massive tome (over 1,000 pages from cover to cover).

The book is a valuable investment on a number of fronts, not the least of which is the paucity of comparable texts on this complex topic. "The Law of Higher Education" begins with an overview of postsecondary education law and continues with an interesting organization that considers the college and its various constituencies -- "The College and Trustees, Administrators, and Staff," "The College and the Faculty," "The College and the Students," "The College and the Community," "The College and the State Government," "The College and the Federal Government," "The College and the Educational Associations," and "The College and the Business/Industrial Community." Each chapter is further broken down into key arenas (for example, in the chapter on students, a few of the topics include admissions, financial aid, disciplinary rules and regulations, and athletics). Each topic includes a context and is connected to numerous examples from case law. Despite the high degree of legal terminology, the book is readable for the layperson. There are separate indices for subject, statute, and cases that make it easy to locate relevant information.

This book is an excellent treatment of the enormously complex field of high education law.

Man's Guide to a Civilized Divorce: How to Divorce with Grace, a Little Class, and a Lot of Common Sense

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Single best book on Divorce
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Man's Guide to a Civilized Divorce: How to Divorce with Grace, a Little Class, and a Lot of Common Sense
Sam Margulies
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Sam Margulies, Ph.D., J.D., one of the most experienced mediators in the country, shares his experience to help men make this unpleasant process as quick and amicable as possible. His suggestions on how to manage this turbulent period will significantly minimize the effects of divorce on the separating couple and on any children in the relationship. Taking into consideration custody issues, and giving specific financial and legal advice, this book will inform men about how to choose a lawyer, how to deal with a pre-nup,and when not to go to trial. Dr. Margulies explores all the elements that make for a good, fair divorce, as well as the importance of timing and the decision to get counseling. He also explains how to avoid a legal mess, how to predict the long-term implications of alimony and child support, how to divide up property, and how to negotiate the final agreement. In A Man's Guide to a Civilized Divorce, Dr. Margulies helps men avoid the treacherous waters of divorce and illustrates how, with the right advice, one can actually come through the process in pretty good shape.

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Single best book on Divorce.......2007-05-23

This book is awesome--should be included with any predivorce meetinf with an atty. Not just for men!!

Get this book and seriously consider following its advice.......2007-01-04

This book has a lot of good insights into the divorce process. More than anything else I got out of it was the idea that the relationship is not going to end. So working through the process with that in mind has really helped me get ready to go forward.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone struggling to find an even keel as you head into the rough seas of divorce.

Made a difference.......2006-09-29

My divorce was handled via mediation and ended up being (relatively) civilized (though still painful), in part because of the advice in this book. As the commenter from Boston noted it does take two rationale people to make this occur, and I was fortunate to be in that situation. But in many ways it was because of this guide that I approached the situation more rationally and in the end that helped make a difference.

In a better world maybe..........2005-08-11

This book assumes you do not have a spouse who wants nothing other than to cut off your balls and take everything you've got and/or that she is willing to act with some degree of rationality. Well...guess what. That is simply not the case all the time. Maybe if I had the sense to start my divorce several years earlier, it would have been possible to utilize the very sensible advice in this book. Unfortunately, this advice was of no practical benefit in my situation and no amount of understanding or common sense on my part would have changed the situation.

Good luck to anyone in this situation. I screwed myself in a number of ways by thinking my soon to be ex-spouse would react rationally and favorably if I only acted sensibly and fairly.

Inaccurate title.......2005-02-02

The title of this book should be: "The wealthy, middle-aged man's..." The book has good information, but none of the men in any of the examples in this book make less than $100,000/yr, and all of the advice is geared towards men in their late 40's earning 100K+.
[...]
Example: when advising "us" on the costs expected in setting up a new two-bedroom household, the author claims that it could cost $10-15,000 if we play it safe. In other words, 1/4 of my annual income. I must be a financial genius because somehow I was able to do it for about 1,200.

About me: 28, 2 kids, full-time university employeed computer, programming and design professional. (Haven't had time to get that JD, MD or PhD... yet). I should have known this wasn't the book for me when I read on page one that a 28 yr old guy divorcing 3 years into a marriage could more- or- less write it off without financial difficulty. Uh huh.

That said, you can glean the kernel of the book no matter what: wanting the best for your wife's finances and creating a positive working relationship with her are the two best things a man can to do to ensure that, a) your children are happy, and feel safe, b) you don't waste a lot of money on legal fees, and c) you are "civil".

The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community

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Entering the Peaceable Realm on Earth
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An Essential Asset for Work in Multi-Cultural Communities

The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community
Eric H. F. Law
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not worth reading.......2007-09-26

I had to read this book for a class I am taking. The content starts out good but quickly comes very repetitive. The author seems to have a chip on his shoulder.

Entering the Peaceable Realm on Earth.......2007-08-24

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The Wolf Shall Dwell With The Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community, by Eric H.F. Law.

Eric Law delivers a passionate plea for Isaiah's vision of the peaceable realm to be lived out in multicultural community. He writes, "If cultures are analogous to animals then Isaiah 11 becomes a vision of cultures living together in harmony and peace."

Law does an exceptional job unpacking ideas of internal and external culture. External cultural differences are easy to change or coexist with, however, internal differences are like the iceberg under water--daunting, mysterious, and seemingly impossible to challenge. Using a colorblind test as an example of internal culture, Law illustrates how people see things differently. To successfully take our faith across culture, he argues, we must empower, franchise, and equally value the different perceptions. The beginning of the journey across cultures is about listening and paying attention to both answers!

Law gets to the heart of the spirituality required for multicultural leadership by approaching inequality as "power distance." Power distance is the extent to which the less powerful will accept that power is distributed unequally. This becomes a fascinating discussion, complete with graphics and tables of power distances by country. When whites as well as people of color recognize that this power distance exists, the first step towards justice occurs!

Law goes on to teach a new reading on Acts 2, challenging leaders to learn "power analysis"--examining who has the power and who doesn't. Pentecost then becomes not just a miracle of the tongue but also a miracle of the ear. The Holy Spirit gave away power by moving the powerful to a state of listening, though the powerful usually do the talking. And the powerless--those who heard in their native tongues--were enfranchised as they received power through the miracle of tongues. Law purposes that this is the bridge-building normative work of the Holy Spirit. Nonetheless Law warns that if the church truly wants to have that Pentecostal moment, it must value monocultural gatherings, not as a return to segregation but rather because cultures (the powered and the powerless) need to "do their homework before a true Pentecostal encounter can occur."

These three discussions on internal culture, power, and the rethinking of Acts 2 show the reader what is necessary to begin a multicultural church--the Pentecost moment where the wolf lays down with the lamb. This book holds the reader's attention and gives practical insights that are immediately applicable to ministry and leadership development.

Articulates the reality well.......2003-04-09

After having worked for 7 years in a foreign country and culture, I experienced a lot of frustration as I met the culture. Law's book is one of the best I've found in helping me see (albeit in hindsight) what was going on. His distinctions were helpful. I recommend this book for people working (or about to work) in a multi-cultural setting. He gives practical suggestions and some helpful theoretical frameworks to assist those who are bewildered (or about to be bewildered!) with an encounter with those of different cultural mindsets. It was just the book I needed to reflect upon my overseas experience.

Great Title - Disappointing Content.......2003-02-09

I have attempted to read as many educational resources as possible on the subject of multicultural ministry, because I believe it is vital that Christian leaders in North America become more effective in reaching out to their diverse communities. Thus, I was thrilled to see a book published on "A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community." However, upon reading Law's book, I felt that his observations could have been summarized in a few pages. If all you are looking for is a resource that highlights that "whites of Northern European origin - tend to dominate," - then, this is the book for you.

An Essential Asset for Work in Multi-Cultural Communities.......2003-01-21

A must read for anyone ministering in a multi-cultural context. Law provides a rationale for tensions between differing cultural groups and techniques to provide a means for greater understanding and communication between groups.

More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well (Hoover Institution Press Publication ; No. 453)

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More Liberty Means Less Government: Our Founders Knew This Well (Hoover Institution Press Publication ; No. 453)
Walter E. Williams
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In this new collection of thoughtful, hard-hitting essays, Walter E. Williams once again takes on the left wing's most sacred cows with provocative insights, brutal candor, and an uncompromising reverence for personal liberty and the principles laid out in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution. He challenges the assumptions of contemporary liberalism with ruthless honesty, presenting an impressive array of powerful ideas and substantive information to frame his perspectives on the issues facing America in such critical areas as race, sex, government, law, education, the environment, and international relations. Williams's often controversial views include commentary on

Women in the Military. "At Parris Island, it was discovered that 45 percent of female Marines were unable to throw a hand grenade far enough to avoid blowing themselves up. If I were in a foxhole with a woman about to toss a hand grenade, I'd consider her the enemy."
Racial and Gender Quotas. "The only reason the elite haven't mandated quotas for women, Japanese, and other underrepresented groups in the NBA and the NFL is because the folly and costs of their cosmic justice vision would be exposed."
Affirmative Action. "Too many blacks receive twelve years of fraudulent primary and secondary education that cannot be overcome by four years of college. Unfortunately, liberals and civil rights organizations add to that disaster by giving unquestioned support to a corrupt education establishment that produces the fraud."
The Americans with Disabilities Act. "In some quarters, the ADA is taken to stand for 'Attorney's Dream Answered.' And who pays? You and I, through higher prices or less convenience."
The Minimum Wage. "Low wages are more a result of people being underproductive than being underpaid. They simply do not have the skills to produce and do things their fellow man highly values. The minimum wage law is evil legislation and deserving of repeal altogether."

Using the fundamentals of economics—and basic common sense—to prove his points, Williams offers wise, witty, and stimulating insights on these and other controversial subjects, including corporate welfare, gun control, environmental regulations, free trade, abortion, the public school system, tobacco industry regulation, and more.

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Williams for President.......2007-06-09

Amazing insight to what America is supposed to be. If only our politicians understood the issues like Walter Williams. Williams for President!!!!!!

Reviews prove the need for this book.......2006-10-18

Once again we are given an opportunity to experience the clarity of vision afforded to us by someone who not only knows economics, but by someone who has the ability to express complex economic concepts in ways all but the most stubborn or ill-informed can appreciate. Some folks complain that this book is just a collection of previously published articles and that it doesn't read like a regular book. So what? I like the fact that I can pick a topic of interest to me today and read it in just a few minutes. Then I can pick a different topic tomorrow if my mood so dictates. As for criticizing the book for being "basically not thought out very well," I must disagree. Each of the articles not only stands on its own in terms of crisp writing and brilliant insight, there is a consistent philosophical logic that ties the articles together.

Criticisms of this book seem to be based more on a philosophical difference of opinion more than on a sophisticated critique of Professor Williams' writing. For example, one person criticized the book in part based on Professor Williams' opposition to the minimum wage. This person seems to hold the philosophical view that it is better public policy for a person to be unemployed at a higher minimum wage rate than to be employed at a lower market wage rate that he is willing to work for. This person also fails to consider that a person whose productivity is so low that he cannot produce a good or service worth at least what it costs to produce the good or service will not stay employed for very long. Perhaps the folks who support higher minimum wages should set up businesses and go ahead and pay people wages that exceed their marginal productivity. Let's see just how quickly they go bankrupt. It has been stated before that working for $5.15 per hour puts more bread on the table than being unemployed at $7.00 per hour. If a higher minimum wage does not have the adverse employment affects suggested by Professor Williams, why not advocate for $20 per hour? Better yet, at $100 per hour everyone would be able to buy health insurance coverage and we could solve two problems at once. If only the real world worked in such a simplistic manner.

A careful and thoughtful reading of "More Liberty Means Less Government" will help to educate folks who, because of a lack of formal economics training, are often more inclined to use fuzzy logic to evaluate matters of public policy. It will also help people to understand that there really is no such thing as non-economic issues. All decisions we make, whether in our public lives or in our private lives, involve making choices from among limited options. That makes them all economic issues. This is perhaps one of the single best lessons that can be learned by reading this book.

Walter Williams: Champion.......2005-03-19

Walter E. Williams should be a true champion for the African American population who resides in the United States. He has made a great living for himself, via teaching economic courses at George Mason and publishing two books. He is a true champion of capitalism and for the black people as a whole. Unfortunately, demagogues like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton - men with little or nothing of value to add to society except to more and more racism to the fire pander to black Americans shamelessly. Thankfully, Professor Williams makes light of this and other problems our country faces in his work "More Liberty Means Less Government". This was a fantastic, easy-to-read book. It's a collection of Williams' many articles/essays on Law, Society, Government, the Environment and many other interesting and fun topics. Many liberals claim Williams is just "another stuffed shirt conservative". This is not even close to being the case. Williams is a conservative/liberterian mix, always siding with what the Constitution has to say. Thankfully, in Williams' mind the Constitution is still "The Supreme Law of the Land". Unfortunately, others don't realize that.

Walter Williams Views on Economics and Politics.......2004-07-19

Williams assembled this book using some of his favorite previously published columns. An economics professor and outspoken on political and social issues, Williams? views take on a libertarian/conservative flavor. And the columns he selected for this book are consistent in their analysis, with Williams always taking the pro- liberty position, regardless of topic.

This book includes sections titled 1. Race & Sex, 2. Government, 3. Education, 4. Environment and Health,
5. International, 6. Law and Society, and 7. Potpourri, which is a miscellaneous category that includes columns that do not fit into one of the other six. Each of these seven sections includes articles relating to that particular topic, with titles and dates of original publication.

Williams talks at length about economic issues, which should be expected given his background and his profession. But he is just as effective (many even more so) when he tackles personal issues in this book, like racism, sex equality, the failed war on drugs, and other non- economic topics. His greatest skill comes in the way he takes complicated topics and explains them using examples that anyone can relate to and understand.

If I had to make a few criticisms of this book, it would first be the fact that the book doesn?t flow very well. Since it is comprised of a collection of previously published material, it doesn?t read like a normal book. Also, I did notice a few typos and awkward sentences that are not always easy to follow. Williams writes this book using a style that attempts to use as few words as possible to get a point across. This is nice, for the sake of saving space. But it can sometimes prove to be inadequate for reading and effective communication.

Williams is considered a conservative, even though he is obviously not a social conservative, based on the views he stresses in this writing. He is often politically incorrect, which I admire and enjoy. Still, the fact that he is considered conservative will cause many to disagree with many of his opinions and forego giving this book a chance. However, I think the book is still worth a look regardless of political persuasion. Williams may not change your mind about a particular political or economic topic, but he will succeed at making you reconsider some of your positions or at least looking at them from a different perspective. His style is persuasive and convincing, even if you don?t agree with him one- hundred percent.

This book deserves 6 stars........2002-06-14

Mr. Williams says things I've always believed, but was afraid to say aloud for fear of being thought of as intolerant, uncompassionate, or politically incorrect. Mr. Williams knows how people work and what they do to further their best interests (which is the study of economics) and explains it in a jovial and colloquial manner. READ it.

Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Social Institutions and Social Change)

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A dry but comprehensive overview of gun control studies
Where Science and Ideology Disagree
Interesting reference book, though somewhat dry
Without a doubt the single best book on gun control!

Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Social Institutions and Social Change)
Gary Kleck
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Targeting Guns comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the author's original research as well. Among the topics the book covers are: the impact of guns on violent crime and suicide; the impact of gun ownership on ; accidents; the impact of gun control laws on violence rates; public opinion on gun control; and the focus of gun control on special types of guns, with particular emphasis on assault weapons. In addition, it describes the frequency and effectiveness of defensive use of guns by crime victims.

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A dry but comprehensive overview of gun control studies.......2002-09-18

This is an update of Kleck's earlier book, "Point Blank", which won the Michael J. Hindelang Award in 1993. The award is given by the American Society of Criminology annually for a book published during the previous two to three years that makes the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology.

Even if you disagree with Kleck's conclusions, "Targeting Guns" is an essential addition to your library if you are interested in the issue of gun control. No other book gives such a detailed and comprehensive overview of the research that has been done on this subject.

Where Science and Ideology Disagree.......2001-07-06

Gary Kleck is a Liberal. He is, by his own admission, a member of the ACLU, Amnesty International, Independent Action, Democrats 2000, and Common Cause, among other politically liberal organizations. He is a life-long registered Democrat, as well as a regular contributor to Democratic Party candidates.

He must be an awful disappointment to many of his fellow liberals.

Because, you see, in addition to being all those other things, he is also a criminologist and professor at Florida State University; a scientist who believes empirical evidence and research are more important than dogmatic ideology.

In Targeting Guns, he deomnstrates that the best available empirical evidence is that attempts at gun control legislation are, by and large, either futile, or self-defeating.

In this closely reasoned, scholarly work, Kleck debunks many of the myths of gun control, and concludes that, for the most part, the political rationale for gun control--and the majority of gun control legislation--is seriously flawed. To reach these conclusions, Kleck looks closely at the links between guns, violence, suicide, and gun control, and sums up the relevant research in these areas.

Kleck describes the central--and seemingly commonsensical--rationale for gun control, which is that disarming people will be beneficial, because guns are dangerous, and their use elevates the possibility that a victim of violence will die. He then painstakingly shows why this rationale rests on a simplified and ultimately incorrect assumption about the role of weaponry in violence. He shows why this role is so much more complex than some assume, as well as showing the beneficial aspects of gun ownership among the general populace.

Kleck concludes by suggesting some commonsense gun control measures that DO appear to work in reducing violent crime, or at least, ARMED violent crime by reducing criminal access to guns.

Targeting guns is not, unfortunately, easily accessible by a general audience, but Kleck has done his best to make it so. Nevertheless, it is heavily footnoted, and the text is often broken up by a variety of data tables. The issue of gun control is quite complex, and resists being broken down into easily digestible morsels. But those who make the effort will be rewarded, and at the very least, be encouraged to think more rationally about this somewhat divisive and emotional issue.

The importance of that cannot be overstated.

Interesting reference book, though somewhat dry.......2000-07-11

Kleck has but together quite a useful overview of the research on guns. I liked the detailed discussions of the existing literature, and, as a nonacademic, I did not find it too difficult to read. ...

On the survey data, I wish that Kleck would have dealt more with the survey data about offensive gun use. I also wish that he could explain why his survey data does not imply a net benefit from using guns.

My only real complaint on the quality of the writing is that too much of the book is such and such shows this and such and such shows that and .... This is fine if the book is to serve as a reference source. It is not too thrilling to have to read through.

Without a doubt the single best book on gun control!.......2000-05-24

Without a doubt the single best book on the issue of gun control. Of paramount importance is Dr. Kleck's superb presentation of the methodology of analyzing gun control. This book not only presents the facts (which are impeccably researched and presented), but goes beyond them to question and examine issues of causality and the social mechanisms that underlie the statistics. For example, Dr. Kleck looks into the critical question of the association between guns and violence: do more guns cause more violence or does more violence cause more people to acquire guns? (Before readers of Dr. Lott castigate me, between 1963 and 1971 both the national gun stock and national firearms death rate doubled. Dr. Kleck asks which is the chicken and which the egg.) Another example is the counter intuitive result that firearms sentencing enhancement laws result in less time served - because, as it turns out, those are the first charges plea-bargained away. Again and again Dr, Kleck challenges the conventional wisdom and shows that the simplistic associations favored by both sides of the debate fail to stand up under the careful scrutiny of scientific analysis.

Since pro-control literature dominates in the media, (especially in the health advocacy forum), it is only logical that the majority of the studies impeached by Dr. Kleck's research should be of a pro-control tilt. For example, Targeting Guns points up the abysmal failure of the medical literature (e.g., Journal of American Medical Association and New England Journal of Medicine) to meet even the lowest standards for scholarly research, and exposes what amounts to intentional fraud on the part of pro-control "health advocates". The section highlighting the solid association between substance abuse (both alcohol and drugs) and firearms abuse leaves one wondering why this vital information hasn't gotten more attention from the media, the health profession, and ultimately, the policy leaders in government. After reading this book I can well understand the frustration of the anti-control groups over the misrepresentation, misdirection, and blatant lies permeating pro-control arguments and policy recommendations.

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Contending With Modernity: Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century

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Big Step in the Historiography of Catholic Higher Education

Contending With Modernity: Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century
Philip Gleason
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How did Catholic colleges and universities deal with the modernization of education and the rise of research universities? In this book, Philip Gleason offers the first comprehensive study of Catholic higher education in the twentieth century, tracing the evolution of responses to an increasingly secular educational system. At the beginning of the century, Catholics accepted modernization in the organizational sphere while resisting it ideologically. Convinced of the truth of their religious and intellectual position, the restructured Catholic colleges grew rapidly after World War I, committed to educating for a "Catholic Renaissance." This spirit of militance carried over into the post-World War II era, but new currents were also stirring as Catholics began to look more favorably on modernity in its American form. Meanwhile, their colleges and universities were being transformed by continuing growth and professionalization. By the 1960's, changes in church teaching and cultural upheaval in American society reinforced the internal transformation already under way, creating an "identity crisis" which left Catholic educators uncertain of their purpose. Emphasizing the importance to American culture of the growth of education at all levels, Gleason connects the Catholic story with major national trends and historical events. By situating developments in higher education within the context of American Catholic thought, Contending with Modernity provides the fullest account available of the intellectual development of American Catholicism in the twentieth century.

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Big Step in the Historiography of Catholic Higher Education.......2000-06-09

Contending With Modernity by Philip Gleason, of Notre Dame University. Book is subtitled, "Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century." At the outset, Professor Gleason notes that the historiography of Catholic Higher Education is severely limited. I bought Prof. Gleason's book (from Amazon.com, by the way) since there were so very few books dealing with the history of Catholic colleges and universities in the United States. And I needed references for my MA thesis on Catholic colleges. By writing a history of Catholic higher education, from 1900 to 1995, Dr. Gleason has expanded the field. In covering this time period, the author has chosen to emphasize the struggles of Catholic colleges and universities to deal with modern ideas. These struggles were exacerbated by the suspicion within the Catholic Church raised by "Americanism" a name given to the modern forces which presented grave dangers to the Faith and identified, rightly or wrongly, with the American church. Gleason spends the first part of his book showing how that mis-identification affected American Catholic schools up until about the end of World War II; he then brings in various other historical events and figures, including the work of Dorothy Day, Fr. Curran at The Catholic University of America and, towards the end of the book, the charge of anti-intellectualism lodged by Msgr. John Tracy Ellis. Philip Gleason, however, does not raise the counter-charge by Rev. Andrew M. Greeley, the noted fiction writer and sociologist, who has found Catholic schools be just about as intellectual or anti-intellectual as other colleges and universities in the United States. In the last few pages, Prof. Gleason missed a grand opportunity to explore in greater detail the potential impact of "Ex Corde Ecclesiae", the August 1990 Constitutional Document of Pope John Paul II, on modern Catholic higher education. Some features of this document, such as the requirement for an Oath of Fidelity, have been fought on the grounds of academic freedom and autonomy for the Catholic colleges and universities (particularly by some in the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, ACCU). The author has documented his citations with about 92 pages of notes and references, making this volume a great step forward in filling the gap in the historiography of Catholic Higher Education. There are many nuggets to be mined, as, for example, if your interests is the "Great Books" approach to higher education, Dr. Gleason's book leads you to references for the attempted "Great Books" program at St. Mary's College in Moraga, California. The book is worth the price for wonderful tidbits such as that.

Families, Delinquency, And Crime: Linking Society's Most Basic Social Institution And Antisocial Behavior (The Roxbury Series in Crime, Justice, and Law)

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Families, Delinquency, And Crime: Linking Society's Most Basic Social Institution And Antisocial Behavior (The Roxbury Series in Crime, Justice, and Law)
Ronald L. Simons , Leslie Gordon Simons , and Lora Ebert Wallace
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"This book...provides both an introduction to and the latest knowledge on the subject in a way that is accessible to students and other nonexperts.... After reading the book, I found myself better informed even about issues that I already knew well and had studied in depth. Simons et al. are enthusiastic, engaged, and knowledgeable about the subject of family relationships and antisocial behavior. The content of the book is richly informed, not only by the most recent research and theory in the field but also by the findings from collaborative efforts in the authors' own high-quality research. All of this is presented in a concise and remarkably well-written manner." —Ronald L. Akers, University of Florida

This book explores the link between family life and antisocial behavior. In recent years, researchers from a variety of disciplines have investigated the relationship between society's most fundamental social institution--the family--and various forms of criminal behavior. Simons et al. fill a fundamental void in the literature by demonstrating how these seemingly disparate lines of research can be woven together using classic and contemporary theories of delinquency and crime. The book is designed to serve as a supplement for courses on juvenile delinquency, criminology, deviance, and child development.

FAMILIES, DELINQUENCY, AND CRIME evaluates and explores popular explanations using the results of studies by sociologists, criminologists, and psychologists. Each chapter succinctly defines terminology, establishes a review of empirical literature, and provides an effective argument that families are a dynamic aspect of our social lives that are intricately related to delinquency and other problem behaviors. Clear examples of each situation are provided.

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The frontier between "law" and "politics" is not always clear-cut. Although courts are allowed to function broadly, governments and parliaments can also make independent decisions. Tim Koopmans compares the way American, British, French and German law and politics handle different issues. For example, highly "political" subjects in one country may constitute legal issues in another. Koopmans considers case law in a range of issues, including human rights protection, federalism, separation of powers, and the impact of European and international law.

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