Book Description
This biography of Helen Schucman focuses on the lifetime conflict between her spiritual nature and her ego, and includes excerpts from her recollections, dreams, letters, and personal messages from Jesus -- all never before in print. The book gives a detailed account of Helen's personal experiences of Jesus, her relationship with William Thetford, and her scribing of the Course. The last part contains reminiscences of Helen by Kenneth Wapnick, which draw upon their intimate relationship that spanned the last eight years of her life.
Customer Reviews:
Absence from Interest.......2007-07-18
You had better be obsessed with Helen Schucman before you take on this dead, dull book. Is there a more boring subject that someone else's dreams? How about having them delivered, once after the other, in excruciating detail, along with questionable psychological commentary? The remainder of the book is like a trip to the dentist. Here is the truth: I was a fairly serious ACIM student. I've read the Course itself, used Workbook commentaries, and have read a number of books about the Course. I read this book and dropped the whole thing. Nisargadatta was never so precious as all this.I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta
A must-have for ACIM students.......2006-11-27
This is one of those indispensable books, along with Gary Renard's DU and YIR, that the serious ACIM student should definitely consider having. I had a rather different impression of Helen Shucman until I read Absence from Felicity. It puts into perspective the scribing of the Course, the events that led up to and ensued during the scribing, and the complexities surrounding Helen's relationship with Bill Thetford and others. Compared to Kenneth Wapnick's other companion guide books to the Course whose academic tone is sometimes difficult to follow, this book reads smoothly and includes a lot of Helen's personal notes, mostly letters written to Bill throughout their relationship. Most of all, Absence from Felicity shows us that Helen was just as neurotic (or, 'ego-driven,' to put it in Course terms) as any of us and that she herself made a tremendous effort to undertake the teachings of the Course. It's an informative source of encouragement that I recommend for anyone interested in A Course In Miracles.
An invaluable historical resource.......1999-11-16
This work is an invaluable historical resource for students of A Course In Miracles. Mr. Wapnick painstakingly details the life of Helen Schucman and the scribing of ACIM. He also provides many valuable examples of personal material between Helen and Jesus. Although difficult reading, it is essential for anyone who wants to know the story of how the Course came to be. Students of the Course the world over are grateful to Mr. Wapnick for his loving efforts in the area of A Course In Miracles. Highly recommended for serious students of ACIM.
Excellent!.......1999-10-08
Although I am Catholic and do not believe in "A Course in Miracles", I think this book is the best reference to anyone who wants to know about Helen Schucman's life and her writing of the Course. I know Mr. Wapnick personally and know that he is very sincere in telling us about his experiences with Helen.
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A Year of Absence follows the lives of six women whose husbands, all members of the U.S. Armys First Armored Division based in Germany, deploy to Iraq in April 2003. A young lieutenants wife comes dangerously close to alcoholism. Marriages are pushed to the breaking point by the constant strain of fifteen months apart. Each morning the women anxiously scan the headlines, wondering if they still have a husband, if their children still have a father. Some form friendships that become their lifeline. Others somehow find courage despite their isolation. Through tearful goodbyes, long-awaited communication from the front, and joyful yet troubled reunions, A Year of Absence captures what life is like for many families of deployed soldiers: the ever-present fear of death, the pressures of single-parenthood, and the strength and comfort that come with the support of close friends. Book excerpt Jena was strolling home from walking the dog when she noticed an official U.S. Army car carrying two soldiers in Class A uniforms heading toward her street. She felt her pulse quicken and, without meaning to, she started doing the math. If the soldiers stopped at her building, there was a one-in-twenty-four chance that Adam was dead. If they stopped at her stairwell, it was one-in-eight. Dont come down here, she prayed silently. Please let it be somebody else.
Customer Reviews:
Been there.............2007-09-18
This book describes it exactly as it is! I was at that post in Germany during that deployment and my boyfriend (back then, now he is my husband) was the Rear Detachment Officer. ( named in the book:-)) I read the book as soon as it came out and I could not stop crying. Make sure you have a box of tissues on hand. I am really glad this book was written, that way non military/civilians might be able to understand what it means to be an Army Wife.
Wonderful book!.......2007-04-25
This was such a wonderful and insightful book. The writing was superb and the women's stories were heartfelt and very true to life during a deployment.
This is definitely a must read for anyone with a loved one not only in the Army, but any branch of the military.
Excellent book that portrays true emotions.......2006-11-18
I loved all the similarities and differences of the characters. I could identify with each of them in some way. It was a nice accurate description of the emotions and feelings that go along with a long deployment. This book is truly brilliant and a must read for all wives, as well as husbands and others to help understand what the war is like from back home. I love this book.
The story that has not been told - Until Now!.......2006-10-29
When I went off to the Vietnam War back in 1967, not many of us were career soldiers--most of us were draftees, or just doing our enlistments. We all wanted to get the hell out of the service as fast as we could. We were mostly single men. The vast majority of us did not deploy as a unit but went as individual replacements. For those of us who had spouses and children they would find a world with no support systems in place. These families would become isolated in various parts of the country. I honestly never gave any deep thoughts to what it was like back in the states for those families left behind, or for those who were married with children.
Author Jessica Redmond paints a vivid picture of what was never talked about or seen by most of us old veterans (or the public) in her riveting account of those left behind by their spouses deployed to Iraq. Her book "A Year Of Absence - Six women's stories of courage, hope, and love" was an eye and heart opener for me. She gives us an insider view of what life is like for those family members who have to survive and carry on without their spouses for a year.
Her book is a well written chronicle of the intimate lives of six women left behind on a US Army base in Baumholder, Germany. Her women soon discover how little the government can really do to help them and they soon realize that they have to take care of each other. They face all the normal family issues plus the added stresses of having their loved ones thousands of miles away in a combat zone. Jessica captures the feelings and the emotions and the reality of the life they faced. It is a hard honest look at what their lives were like for one year. You cannot help but be captivated by their stories. I think, as the title implies, these women's stories were about love and courage and so much more.
This book should be required reading for all spouses of military personnel. Military life is not easy in an all volunteer Army (or any of the services) and those marriages that do manage to survive until retirement certainly have something special going for them. This book is a look at how these women handled things and how they felt. It spares us little--all of their emotions are opened up to view; the fears, the depression and even the joy of reunions. It is not an easy life and this book exposes that truth for all to see.
The book itself is very well written and structured so that readers can follow along on this year long journey as if you are a member of the family. One of the best written accounts on the social impact of modern war; a must read book! Given the MWSA HIGHEST RATING - FIVE STARS!
2005 Gold Medal Award for Non-Fiction!
Has mass-market appeal.......2006-05-05
Redmond's book is written with mass-market appeal. With an ensemble cast of six women, it reads almost like a novel. If you are looking for a scholarly narrative approach to the subject, however, be advised to search elsewhere.
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Is there a way to take the break you long for--the archaeological dig in Costa Rica, the film-making course in Los Angeles, the six-month hike along the coast of Newfoundland--without sacrificing your home, family, career, and savings? You bet. For every excuse you've ever harbored as to why you can't fulfill your heart's desires, the authors have a solution. This is a take-action, how-to book for any grown-up who still believes in summer vacations.
Book Description
Six Months Off is a complete guide to planning and taking the break you've been dreaming of, without losing your job or your nest egg, or alienating your family and friends.
Customer Reviews:
This book started it all.......2005-11-27
We attended a one-night seminar put on by one of the authors and immediately began plotting our get-away with the help of the book. While we were on our trip, people all along the way kept asking us the same set of questions about how we escaped. Being retired, we didn't have to get the time off, but there were a myriad of other questions that weren't really addressed elsewhere -- so we wrote the perfect companion book to "Six Months Off" -- we titled it "Live Your Road Trip Dream - Travel for a year for the cost of staying home". If you are serious about doing this -- get both of these books!
But most importantly - go live your dream - life is short, figure out a way and do it now.
guide to turning a crazy dream into a practical reality.......2005-10-11
This is a practical presentation of the logistics of planning a sabbatical from work. It's full of ideas that will make this more realistic- such as arranging for your own temp replacement, arranging a house swap with someone from another part of the country, presenting your sabbatical to your boss as a smart business investment, and getting a "memo of understanding" about the terms of your sabbatical in writing. Furthermore, this book is full of checklists which will help ensure your time off is well-prepared. Especially useful is the chapter on negotiating with your boss. One concern- though the author strongly encourages asking for pay during your sabbatical, I think it's highly unlikely you'll get it in today's marketplace.
My only major criticism is that this book isn't as broad-minded as it could be about the possibilities of what you can do with a sabbatical. For example, the authors claim you'll save money by staying at home, when in fact you can often live much more cheaply abroad. The case studies are much more inspiring, and include examples of families that successfully enrolled their children in schools abroad.
I'm kind of surprised there isn't a new edition of this book. Though the listing of resources are outdated (and predate widespread use of the web), the book's foundations are still relevant.
Prepare For Travel Fever!.......2004-08-10
Six Months Off is an extremely inspiring and informative book. Once you start reading this book, plan on having travel fever! The authors do a great job explaining why you should take a break from your boring, dull, repetitive job and expand your mind and grow as a person by taking time to traveling the world, write a novel, go to cooking school, or attend some other educational program. Not only do the authors convince you to do these things, and list great programs to look into, but they also describe HOW to do it, in realistic terms. The book is full of case study examples of people from various backgrounds and income levels (including very low income levels) who found the ways and means to accomplish a sabbatical and return back to their former lives afterwards (for those who wanted to return anyway). Don't doubt that you can this. The authors show you how step-by-step. The sample programs and opportunities listed in the book can't be overlooked either. Not only am I looking into some of them now, but I also plan to use this book in the future for other great adventure ideas. Live is very short, and this book will help you make the most it.
Gave me courage to ask for a Leave.......2001-01-22
I was impressed. My girlfriend has been trying to get me to get out of the country for an experience that wasn't available here. I was given an opportunity to go on an archaeological dig in Peru and after fighting the negatives of leaving for 3 months, I was given this book and within 24 hours of finishing it I was in my bosses office with my initial proposal to go. It was great. If you want to know how the Leave went...I will let you know in August.
This is one cool book!.......2000-10-02
If polls are to be believed, nearly 70% of people with incomes of $40,000 or more a year (that's tens of millions of people out there) fantasize about taking time off from work (besides the standard 2-week vacation). Well, my wife and I were two of those people just a few years ago, feeling tired and burned out after almost 10 years in our jobs, and just basically in need of a break big-time. Plus, some friends of ours had taken a year off to travel the world, and we thought that would be awesome, since we both loved to travel and wanted to do a lot more of it before we "settled down" or got too much older. But how? I'm not saying it was simple or for everybody, but it CAN be done, and Six Months Off helped show us how.
Actually, my wife and I ended up taking MORE than 6 months off (by 2 months, to be exact). During our time off, we were on "Leave Without Pay" from our jobs, which we negotiated with our employers, but were still covered by health insurance. Mainly, we traveled: around Central and South America, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East. We also took immersion Spanish classes and lived with local families in Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, took some time to travel the United States (mainly through Kentucky, Tennessee, and down the Mississippi River to New Orleans). We rented out our condo, put our stuff in storage, called the IRS to find out what we needed to do as far as taxes were concerned, and found someone (my father) to handle our finances/personal affairs while we were gone. In all of this, Six Months Off was a great help in planning, as well as in knowing what to expect in terms of expenses and a million other things, including adjusting back into the "real world" when our sabbatical was over! Budgeting (we didn't go broke) is important, of course, as is health care, insurance, and having a job when you get back (although some decide to just wing it and look for a job after -- or more accurately, IF -- they come back).
Basically, we probably could have figured most of what we needed to do on our own, but Six Months Off (and other resources, like friends) were extremely helpful in making things go more smoothly. Many people dream of taking time off to pursue a dream, but very few actually do it. Six Months Off shows you how you CAN do it, and leads you through it step by step. I strongly recommend this book, and I strongly recommend taking Six Months Off if at all possible! What an amazing experience!
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The year is 1476, and after a hard winter hawking his wares through the ice and rain, Roger the Chapman is looking forward to spending Christmas in Bristol, enjoying the warm hearth and good food of his mother-in-law Margaret-even if it means the young widower will have to endure her constant matchmaking.
However, Margaret has barely introduced him to her cousin Adela when Roger's attentions are demanded elsewhere. The long-lost son of a wealthy Bristol weaver, presumed murdered on a visit to London six years before, has miraculously reappeared, to the delight of the old man and to the indignation of Alison Burnett, who refuses to believe that the bedraggled stranger is her brother Clement-the rightful heir to half her father's fortune. When Alison's violent objections provoke Alderman Weaver into disinheriting her altogether, she appeals to Roger's reputation as a solver of mysteries to prove her growing suspicions right.
Customer Reviews:
Will Roger fall in love again?.......2002-03-27
Another wonderful Roger the Chapman novel. This one is about an 8 out of 10 as the series goes mystery wise but well worth buying.
a brilliant and chilling read.......2001-09-01
"The Weaver's Inheritance" is a follow-up mystery novel to the very first Roger, the Chapman adventure, "Death and the Chapman." However, it is not necessary to have read that novel first, as Kate Sedley does a wonderful job of blending elements of that novel with this one, all the while keeping things fresh and interesting.
To summarize briefly, in "Death and the Chapman," Roger was asked by the wealthy Bristol weaver, Alderman Weaver, to locate his young wayward son, Clement, last seen outside a seedy London tavern. Not only was Roger unable to find young Clement, but all the indications were that Clement had met with a rather nasty end. Things have settled down quite a bit since then -- Alderman Weaver's sole surviving child, his daughter Alison has married another weaver, William Burnett, and the two businesses have merged, with Alison being the natural heir to this very prosperous enterprise. So that when a bedraggled stranger, with a passing resemblance to Clement, turns up claiming to be the long lost Weaver heir, Alison and William are naturally suspicious. The Alderman however is all set to accept this stranger as his long lost son. Aghast at the turn of events, Alison turns to Roger for help: she wants Roger to investigate the man's claims and to prove beyond all doubt that he is not her brother. Roger takes a little persuading but is soon busy calling on those who knew Clement before his disappearance to see if they can shed any light on the matter. But it isn't too long before he realises that in order to discover if the man currently residing in the Weaver household is truly Clement or not, he will have to return to London, to the stews and back into danger: for the best way to discover if this Clement is the true one or not is to discover what happened all those nights ago in London...
The Roger, the Chapman series by Kate Sedley is one of my favourite medieval mystery series, and is almost always, consistently good. Each murder mystery is almost always steeped in an atmosphere of chilling evil, and can be downright scary at times. Another thing I like about this series is that she always frames each Chapman adventure around the political maneuverings of the day -- Edward IV's tenuous hold on the crown, the manner in which the political doings abroad can affect things in England -- all this comes through in each and every Roger Chapman adventure. And of course there is Roger Chapman himself, one of the most unique private inquiry agents of all time: an ex-monk, who chose to become a peddler because he cannot bare to be indoors for more than a couple of days at a stretch, and whose intellect and natural ability to solve puzzles has earned him the respect and friendship of the Duke of Gloucester, no less. One of the strains that runs through each Chapman novel is the prevailing question: will Roger finally settle down and give up his wondering ways? As an avid fan, I can only hope that that day is far in the future, so that we can all enjoy more Roger, the Chapman adventures.
"The Weaver's Inheritance" is definitely a brilliant read, and one that will keep you guessing till the very end. Is the stranger the real Clement or not? Is there something more sinister to this Clement's sudden apperance? And why is Alison so sure that this man is not her brother? This mystery novel is full of twists and turns that will definitely keep any avid mystery fan happily engrossed for quite a while. A truly brilliant read.
Great historical mystery.......2001-08-23
In 1447 Bristol, widower Roger the Chapman leaves his two-year-old daughter behind with her grandmother to travel to Hereford. His mother-in-law wants Roger to bring home her cousin, widow Adela, and the woman's son to live with them. Upon completing his trek, Roger learns that Clement Weaver, assumed dead for six years, has also returned home.
Clement's father, ailing Alderman Alfred Weaver, accepts the man as his lost son. However, Alfred's daughter Alison and her spouse Alderman William Burnett refuse to believe that Clement is alive. Their thinking might have to do with the fact she is no longer the beneficiary of her father's vast estate when he dies. Adding to the confusion is the bewildering murder of a fortuneteller. Roger, who has solved some mysteries before, begins to look into whether this is the real Clement or an impostor and who killed the seer.
The eighth Roger the Chapman medieval mystery is a powerful historical who-done-it that keeps the star fresh while providing the audience a clever who-done-it. The story line contains insight into the late fifteenth century, but the plot belongs to the hero. Roger seems so authentic as he still feels guilt and relief with the death of his wife two years ago who died in child birth, but also has emotionally moved forward since THE BROTHERS OF GLASTONBURY. Kate Sedley has written another remarkable tale that her readers will cherish while newcomers will search for the past titles.
Harriet Klausner
Customer Reviews:
Big disappointment.......2007-05-19
Though it did not have good critics, I decided to give it a go anyway. I was really expecting an essay on thinking and quite a structured text. In my mind, I formed the opinion that it would start with Parmenides or Socrates and after talking some thinking history, jump into some thinking theory commenting some bad thinking (fallacies, biases, etc). The title "Essay" made me think that.
To the contrary, the text is "just" a collection of a few of her postings in the Parade magazine and controversial opinions about them.
I have read lots of thinking books from De Bono, Buzan, Ehrenberg, Alder, Sharon Begley, Damasio, Francisco Rubia, etc. so don't take me wrong, I am quite a fun of the subject.
From my point of view this book is not good for teaching thinking nor provides further insight about the subject. You might only be interested if you are looking for examples of bad thinking. It can be instructive if you want to gain a deeper thinking approach, but your thinking is not guided anyway so I could not see its value.
I kind of had the feeling (just guessing) that the Editor might just have used the attention brought around the Monty Hall problem to put together some articles and answers to them in a book.
A favorite. For the average citizen, earthshaking revelations........2006-09-29
Marilyn vos Savant has been a favorite of mine for some years now, so when I saw this book available used at a local bookstore, I readily picked it up (in nice condition, no less!). This book is filled with excellent examples of logical fallacies and counter-intuitive word problems.
An example that comes to mind: a man walks up a mountain hike, stopping for lunch and time to enjoy the scenery. What are the odds that the next day, walking down, that he will be at the very same place at the very same time (assuming he leaves and arrives back at the same time)? The surprising answer? One hundred percent. The proof, visualized? Imagine a ghost walking up the path the same way the man went up at the same time he leaves to go down. They *have* to meet up at some point, and that will be the place and time. Amazing.
Other examples, more applicable to real life, include the odds of a false positive in a drug test (fifty/fifty) and the misuse of the average in determining average pay for a company. To someone who is not educated on logic and numbers, this is a fascinating and groundbreaking look at how our intuition is completely wrong most of the time.
For anyone interested in using their minds (logic, reason, rationalism) this book is definitely worth a read!
Enjoyable read and introduction to logic and fallacies.......2001-12-16
After a basic introduction to some logical fallacies such as the statistical implications of some drug tests, this book moves to the now famous Monty Hall problem. This seemed like a simple problem on the surface. On a game show you are given the choice of three doors behind one of which is a fabulous prize. You pick one and afterwards the host turns around one of the wrong door. Then he offers you to keep the door you originally chose or to change doors. Do you stay or change? This simple problem caused a great deal of controversy and numerous letters after Marilyn Vos Savant stated that it would be better to switch. Her explanation is here as well and letters from various scholars as to why she was wrong. Turns out, she was right.
With that background to catch your interest (and it does so very well) she then moves on to other topics and how statistics can be used to support just about any position. Of particular fascination are the ways in which our intuition leads us to one conclusion but logic and mathematics prove that conclusion to be wrong. As a good example, she covers politics and how the political engine uses our intuitional errors and statistics to prove both sides right!
I will have to say that she does a good job of explaining the problems and conclusions in a style that even someone who does not understand mathematics very well can still comprehend. There are several other books that cover similar topics and if you like this one then you might also try them. I loved Innumeracy and found it fascinating to read through.
if you like her column you'll like this book.......2001-05-20
Marilyn Vos Savant is known for her provocative articles in Parade Magazine and also gets publicity for her high IQ (a little too much publicity). But what really made her world famous was the reaction to her solution to a reader's question about a probability problem. Her answer was simple and direct but received the wrath and scorn of many mathematicians that thought she had blundered. This problem is now called the Monty Hall problem and discussion of it can be found in statistical journals and introductory textbooks. I use it in my elementary statistics classes to arouse the interest of my students.
This book is about the way that most people make decisions in their daily lives without logical thinking. Counterintuitive problems like the Monty Hall problem bring this home. Marilyn had confidence in her answer and stuck to her guns when many argued against her using only their degree credentials as support of their position.
Personally, I participated in the debate. When I read her article and saw my fellow mathematicians and statisticians condemning her, I wrote to her with an argument in her defense. Alas, she got so many letters that mine did not appear in her column. She seemed to delight in publishing more of the nasty critical letters than the ones in her defense. I guess she felt capable of defending herself inspite of her lack of an advanced degree in mathematics or statistics.
At this point I think she is milking it a bit as the same problem or a slight variation of it continues to show up in her column from time to time.
This book has a wonderful theme and it is played out in three parts, 1. how our mind plays tricks on us, 2. how numbers and statistics can mislead and 3. how politicians exploit our innocence. Many of the examples are not original and this terrritory, especially topic number 2., has been well covered by Huff and others dating back to 1954. But the coverage of US Presidential campaign of 1992 with all its distortions of economic data is new , interesting and thought provoking. That section alone is worth the price of the book.
Personally I bought it more for the detailed account of the history of the Monty Hall problem in her column and the even more interesting appendix "The Monty Hall Dilemma: To Switch or not Switch" by Donald Granberg. In addition to providing a rigorous account of the mathematical assumptions that lead to Marilyn's solution as teh correct one, Granberg did survey research to try to understand how people solve such problems and why they stick to erroneous solutions inspite of the excellent counter-arguments.
FUN BOOK!.......2000-03-31
Marilyn is rich, beautiful, talented, happily married, comfortably famous, and BRILLIANT! A lot of nasty, hateful people resent her because they're jealous and mean. I wish they'd quit resenting her success and just go work on their own fetid lives, instead of bashing this book. THIS BOOK IS GREAT! It is also fun. Marilyn knows a teacher can't be boring if she wants to keep her students. This book has all sorts of fun things that teach us how to build our brains. In one section, she has us look at a series of pretty paintings to detect differences in them -- enjoyable detective work that helps us learn how to pay attention to details. Another section urges us to eat an orange in a special way -- a sensory delight that helps us to expand awareness. Don't assume this is a boring math book, because it isn't. It is a lot of fun.
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Absence/Presence: Critical Essays On The Artistic Memory Of The Holocaust (Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust)
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Book Description
Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and recognition of the Holocaust as a watershed event of the twentieth century, if not in Western Civilization itself, the capacity of art to represent this event adequately has been questioned. Contributors provide case studies that include a broad spectrum of artists from North America, Europe and Israel, and examine some of the dominant themes of their work.
Contents include:
"Picturing Death: Better This than Silence," Robert Poor
"Probing the Limits of the Politics of Representation," Jeremy Varon
"After Auschwitz: Art and the Holocaust Six Decades Later," Monica Bohm-Duchen
"Jewish Artists in New York: The 1940s," Matthew Baigell
"From the Sublime to the Abject: Art and the Holocaust Six Decades Later," Andrew Weinstein
"R.B. Kitaj's 'Good Bad' Diasporism and the Body in American Jewish Postmodern Art," Sander Gilman
"Bak's Variations on a Theme by Bak," Lawrence Langer
"Toward a Post-Holocaust Theology in Art: The Search for the Absent and Present God," Stephen Feinstein
"How to Remember," Nancy Weston
"Disaster Art: A Plea Against the Peripheral Stuff," Pier Marton
"Conversations with Rzeszow: An Artist's Journey," Joyce Lyon
"Haunting the Empty Place," Ziva Amishai-Maisels
Book Description
A sabbatical may be just the change you need. More and more men and women are successfully taking an extended break from their jobs—a sabbatical. Once the exclusive preserve of academics, sabbaticals are revitalizing today's business world. Recognizing that the decision to take a sabbatical is a major step, Lisa Rogak mixes a wealth of practical how-to facts and advice with the real-life stories of over forty professionals detailing every aspect of the process. Whether you want the time off to travel, explore other careers, discover new interests, go back to school, stay with your family, do volunteer work, or simply slow down and recharge your batteries, you'll find information on:
- Approaching your boss and negotiating the leave you want
- Turning your sabbatical into a career asset
- Determining your eligibility for the Family Medical Leave Act
- Financing a sabbatical creatively
- Preparing and planning to get the most out of your time off
- Troubleshooting a sabbatical that's not working out
- Adjusting to the workplace once your sabbatical is over
Customer Reviews:
Tired of being a slave? Quit! (For awhile at least...).......2004-09-21
Curious about taking time off from work? This book provides great advice and inspiration on doing it. It's very similar to the book Six Months Off (see my review of that one), and you'll need to make the decision between them or decide to read both. I found that Six Months Off provides more ideas on what to do during your time off, especially terrific programs that would enhance both your life and professional resumes. Time Off From Work provides better coverage of the before and after concerns. Both do a great job of providing real-life case studies of people who've done it. In fact, the author of this book even covers one of the co-authors of Six Months Off as an example. In short, if you're stuck on the how's and why's then read this book; if you're convinced you want and can manage to take a sabbatical but don't have a clear idea of how to make the most of it, then read Six Months Off instead.
Book Description
Military service was once taken for granted as a natural part of good citizenship, and Americans of all classes served during wartime.
Not anymore.
As Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer assert in this groundbreaking work, there is a glaring disconnect between the "all volunteer military" and the rest of us. And as that gap between the cultural "elite" and military rank-and-file widens, our country faces a dangerous lack of understanding between those in power and those who defend our way of life.
In America, it is increasingly the case that the people who make, support, or protest military policy have no military experience. As a result, the privileged miss the benefits of military service -- leadership, experience helpful to their future roles in public life, and exposure to a broader cross section of citizens -- while the military feels under-supported and morally distanced from the rest of the country. And when only a handful of members of Congress have military experience or a personal link to someone in uniform, perhaps it becomes too easy (or too hard) to send the military into combat.
Based on research and including the voices of many young military members who understand firsthand the value of service, AWOL is also a very personal book. Frank Schaeffer, father of a former enlisted Marine, knows the anguish and pride that millions of American parents feel every day as their children are off fighting a war in a foreign land. Kathy Roth-Douquet, wife of a career officer, has experienced the struggle of trying to keep the family together with a husband at war as well as the often untold satisfaction of raising children in an ethic of service. To the authors and numerous other families who are intimately acquainted with the glory and the sacrifice of military service, America needs a wake-up call before it's too late.
Customer Reviews:
A damning commentary.......2007-07-22
This is a well written, thought provoking book. The authors present a compelling case damning the upper class for turning their backs on military service and examine what this means for our country's future.
An Important Look at a Growing Problem.......2007-07-01
Political Scientists and Sociologists have noted a growing divide in this country between the nation's military and America's civilian population. This book does an excellent job of pointing out how this "Civ-Mil Gap" has hurt us over time. Too many upper-middle-class and wealthy Americans bear no cost or burden for the wars we fight, while the poor carry the overwhelming majority of the load. We can't call ourselves a true democracy when only the poor and the working-class fight the wars of the rich. Beyond basic unfairness and injustice, there is also the problem of the educated elites who move into political staff positions, DoD staffings, government contracting, and foreign service jobs where they must interact with or supervise the military without any first-hand knowledge of war or life in the armed services. It's bad leadership and bad management. Leadership by example is always best.
For those unhappy with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," ask yourself whether we might have developed a better policy regarding gays in the military had Bill Clinton actually served instead of weaseling his way out. Another example...would America have been less reckless about starting a war with Iraq had George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, et al. served in the quagmire of Vietnam? Would the Iraq War be over by now had sons and daughters of Boomer Yuppies been asked to contribute? You can bet the streets would now be filled with a greater number of protesters beyond the trickle of grieving parents like Cindy Sheehan.
This book addresses an enormous flaw in the way our country handles military service. A resurrection of a new national draft may be necessary in the future, if only to force those insulated from the armed services to face the true costs of war. It can't always be someone else's son or daughter.
The military is not a profession for dumb or weak people. Nor is it a profession for people who are prone to violence. I hear friends (mostly liberal) voice polite disdain for the military. They say they want their sons and daughters to do work that is intellectually challenging and creative. They don't want young people simply "taking orders" or being a "cog" in a rigid, hierarchical system. I respect anyone's right to an opinion, but most civilians' comments on the military have been misinformed and just plain ignorant. I spent 5 years as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. Nothing I've done since has been as challenging as the Corps, either intellectually or emotionally. Unlike many of the people I saw go into corporate jobs, I found the young people in the Marines to be true individuals with few advantages, courage, savvy humor, and colorful personalities. None of the Marines I worked with were blind patriots. They knew the score. Elitists may refuse to see or admit it, but there is much more soul-deadening conformity and rigidity into today's universities and in blue-chip companies like Goldman-Sachs, McKinsey, IBM, etc. than I ever saw in the Marines. As for war and violence. I've never wanted anything more than peace. I would love to live in a world without armies and navies. My question is this: How do you expect to achieve that world by turning your back and pretending the military doesn't exist? If you want to solve the problem of war (if that is, in fact, possible) then, paradoxically speaking, more of our best minds have to be willing to immerse themselves in first-hand military experience.
A Great Book!.......2007-06-09
This is a great book which should be read by all Americans, especially those not involved with the U. S. Military. It is a fast read but it is one that is very well researched. The authors, with no previous background in military affairs, take a close look at the reasons most Americans choose not to serve our country and how their decision has impacted our nation in a negative way. It is a most timely publication.
Don't be AWOL. Read this book!.......2007-05-24
AWOL is a must read for everyone, regardless of political leanings. The book provides a compelling case for a broad-based military service that includes all classes within our society. Tha backgrounds of the co-authors lends great credibility to main arguements of the book.
It makes you think........2007-05-07
The authors bring a new and interesting perspective to the issue of who is currently serving in the armed forces. Each of them were brought into the debate by someone they loved, it was not of their choosing. Their perspectives are different, as one would expect, one coming from a parent and the other a spouse. As someone who served during the Vietnam War, I appreciate the what they say about the draft and today's volunteer armed forces. The most compelling obervations are those about the elected officials who make decisions and challenge decisions made about our presence in Iraq and the almost complete lack of military experience on a personal basis.
Irrespective of your personal views about the war in Iraq this book is thought provking and well worth the read.
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Sabbaticals for everyone? Not quite, but there's plenty of good reason to extend them beyond academia and into selected sectors of the world outside. Lawyer and teacher Daniel C. Kramer shows from his own meticulous research and others' that sabbatical programs that now exist have produced greater benefits than costs, and that they could be spread to most of the American work force with a simple amendment to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. They must be conceived and administrated commonsensically, of course, and there will always be places where they won't work. But there's enough evidence that they will work--primarily in organizations of more than 50 people--and in the public and private sectors both. A challenging, thought-provoking book for policy- and executive decision-makers throughout the country, and new fuel for debate within the academic community as well. Kramer summarizes just about all of the existing research on the topic and finds that the benefits of sabbaticals to those who have taken them far exceed whatever disruptions they may have caused to their organizations. He examines for-profit companies, high tech as well as the more traditional ones, and not-for-profit and governmental organizations too. He looks at elementary and secondary schools, medical settings, and churches and reports on the personal experiences of many who have taken them, summarized from other books and articles as well as from what was disclosed to him personally in the course of his own conversations with more than 100 people in various work settings. Sabbatical grantees travel, spend more time with their children, or just relax--and most of them return to their desks more enthusiastic about their work and better able to do it than before they left. From the organization's viewpoint, Kramer finds that sabbaticals are not as costly as many think, nor do they impede the work flow as some fear--not if they are administrated with ordinary understanding of the basic principles he carefully elucidates. He concludes with a discussion of how such programs could easily be mandated into law, and gives a final, persuasive argument why he thinks they should be.
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In his critically acclaimed Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, social critic Jerry Mander proclaimed that television, by its fundamental nature, is dangerous - to personal health and sanity, to the environment, and to the democratic process.
Now, with In the Absence of the Sacred, Mander goes beyond television to critique our technological society as a whole. In this provocative work, he challenges the utopian promise of technological society and tracks its devastating impact on native cultures worldwide. The Western world's loss of a sense of the sacred in the natural world, he says, has led us toward global environmental disaster and social disorder, and worse lies ahead; yet models for restoring our relationship with the Earth exist in the cultures of native peoples, whose values have enabled them to survive centuries of invasion and exploitation.
Far from creating Paradise on Earth, technology has instead produced an unsustainable contest for resources. Mander surveys the major technologies shaping the "new world order" - computers, telecommunications, space exploration, genetic engineering, robotics, and the corporation itself - and warns that they are merging into a global megatechnology, with dire environmental and political results.
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The Technological Juggernaut against the "Indians Shmindians" and Us All.......2006-11-09
This 446-page book consists of 20 chapters in four parts sandwiched between a crispy introduction and a reflective epilogue. In the introduction the author tells of his intention to write two separate books. One book was to deal with the "technical-political web of unprecedented negative implications" (p. 4) of technology. The other book was to update the thesis of Brown's classic Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, which apparently left a wrong impression of history, especially that the Indians and their problems are past "romance". In practice Indians are still here among us, and many are "suffering varying degrees of impacts from the expansion of Western technological society" (p. 5) - the technological juggernaut.
The first part of the book deals with life-altering technology, and more so its alarming speed. The chapters in this section motivate the need to mobilize resources to counter the negative effects of technology. Part II of the book outlines the emergence of a "megatechnology", a web made up of things like computers, television, satellites, corporations, generics, nanotechnologies and robotics. The kind of technology is not good for human in general and Indians specifically. And so the following chapters in Part III focus on the impact of technology on the Indians. The argument there is that native peoples provide the only real opposition to the techno-juggernaut. Consequently Indians are far more likely victims in the battles that ensue that other people.
The fourth part, entitled "The World War against the Indians" is demanding reading and predicts a firm stand as the following excerpt indicates:
"Upon the ultimate outcome of this battle will depend whether a living alternative world view, rooted in an ancient connection with the Earth, can continue to express what is insane and suicidal about the Western technological project" (p. 263).
This passage sounds rather pessimistic, but the author returns to the same from a different angle in the Epilogue. The material in this section has ends that hang rather loose, but the idea that new technologies are dangerously interlocked, and that these technologies use the cover of the "market economy" to propagate themselves, that idea is still evident. However, the last few paragraphs of the epilogue emerge hastily like a diver our of breath after a long stay under water. Many read more like a pitch for the author's causes listed in the appendix of the book. Perhaps Jerry Mander (author) should be excused for he is after all an advertising agent, although of a public interest kind.
The economist in me is kicking restlessly, but overall "In the Absence of the Sacred" is a good book: informative, and an excellent reminder that there are many sides to every issue - in this case the issue is technology and its varied impacts on Indians and us all.
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Modeling Income Determinants in Embedded Economies : Cross-section Applications to US Native American Economies
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Why the Problem in the Middle East?.......2006-10-03
Without question, Mr. Mander's book is powerful. There is little doubt that Euro-American culture and many "modern" societies are the victims of an artificial reality swallowed up in a "Megatechnocracy." If you wonder why, other cultures, in particular Iraq, Iran and many Moslem countries, don't want America's value system, read this book. Clearly, this country, America, is a destroyer of cultures, especially in the hands of the modern conservatives in Washington. The coming cultural/social conflicts of the future will largely center around a war of cultural values and it is going to be a global tragedy in the end. America respresents only a fraction of a world population; the world does have some other ideas about the humanity of the future without American technology and technical arrogance. Look out George W. Bush. You ain't seen nothing yet!
Good, if disjointed........2005-09-11
Mander was working on two books, one on the negative effects of technology on our culture, and the other of the continued exploitation of native cultures in the U.S. and around the world. He says that, somewhere along the line, he realized that these two issues were one in the same. IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SACRED is the result.
The scope of this book is incredibly ambitious. It reads like a wandering survey of many of the most important issues that face our globe. I agree with much of what Mander says. A lot of it I disagree with. And a fair amount of it seems tangential and unrelated. To cover everything would take a book in itself. But here are some of the highlights.
On Technology and Corporations
Mander's view on technology is that we should be skeptical of it. Technology is presented to us in a biased manner; namely, by the people who want to sell it to us. True. But he suggests that technology should not be viewed as neutral, but guilty until proven innocent. He says that the only way to balance current "technology worship" is to view it negatively. I disagree. Technology has many negative aspects -- a devaluation of people, an increase in environmental hazards, an increase in psychological disorders related to the overuse of television and computers, to name a few -- but it also has positive effects, most notably in the field of medicine and person-to-person connectivity.
Mander lists several reasons, mostly potential but unrealized dangers, to be skeptical of computers. Some make sense. For instance, using computers in warfare dehumanizes the effort. We are not killing people, merely blips on the screen. But some of his arguments against computers are ludicrous. For instance, he cites that computerized radar systems often mistake birds for enemy aircraft, as if this proves that technology has a negative impact. He is confusing the precision of our technology with the concept of technology itself. It's like arguing that because some books have typos that books in general are bad.
There is a considerable amount of space devoted to the evils of television, the negative effects of the consolidation of the media, and the psychological ills television can create. While again Mander makes a few dubious assessments, overall his arguments against television are pretty solid.
Mander also makes an important point about the nature of public corporations: profit is the top motive. Always. So to think that a corporation will act in an altruistic manner, or in the interest of the environment alone when it is not in alignment with the profit motive is naïve. This is key when it comes to environmental issues or issues involving native cultures.
On The Indian Nations
The second half of the book is an overview of the dire situation many native cultures find themselves in. It is sickening to read about the continued exploitation of Native Americans by the U.S. government and U.S. corporations with very little, and typically mis-represented coverage by the media. In general, Native Americans hold lands with valuable mining, timber, and other resources (even those tribes that have been run off to the most useless, remote corners of nowhere find their lands now sought precisely because it is in the most remote corner of nowhere -- so the government can test weapons on it). The typical modus operandi is that the government creates a committee "representing" native "interests." They then offer the tribe money for land that the U.S. has "wrongfully taken" from the tribe. This is in effect a purchase of the land. If the tribe accepts the monetary reward, they lose rights to the land. If they refuse, the money typically goes into an account for the tribe and the government takes the land anyway. Meanwhile, the committee "representing" the tribe works to iron out the deal with the government while most of the tribe shows their disapproval in the common Indian way-by dissociating themselves with the process. It is a difference in cultures. To outsiders, it seems like they are abstaining from voting, but to them, that is how they show their disproval. Thus, the only people involved are the minority that favor giving over their lands.
Mander gives a whirlwind around-the-globe tour of oppressed indigenous people and discusses the various ways and degrees to which these ancient cultures are persecuted and misrepresented in many parts of the globe. It is shameful to read, and surprising to hear how big of an issue it continues to be, since we rarely hear of it in the mainstream media.
Like I said before, I agree with much of what Mander says. His environmentalism, skepticism of corporations and technology, and concern for native cultures are all important issues that should be discussed. But I have three major criticisms with how Mander presents his argument:
A) He makes statements that he fails to adequately back up with factual information. He does this most often in his arguments against technology, making blanket statements that couldn't possibly be proven. Among other things, he correctly argues that television centralizes power, but also argues that the Internet does the same thing. This book was published in 1991, so whatever Mander says about the Internet is prediction (an inaccurate one, in this case) and he had to know that at the time.
B) The book feels like two different books: one a critique of our technologically-driven society, and an great, but not completely relevant, overview of the predicament of native cultures. Rather than summarizing the plight of indigenous cultures around the world, it would make more sense to focus on what the native cultures understand that we don't and what we can learn from their stewardship of the Earth.
C) Mander offers little in the way of solution. He recognizes this, saying that this is the most common criticism of his arguments. But recognizing it doesn't mean you don't have to address it. To think that someone would read 400 pages outlining some of the planet's most important problems and not look to the author for a hint of a solution seems odd. And while this book is a good overview of the problems we face, I would think there is a better wrap-up than the rather obvious statement that we must "do something." Mander provides us a list of organizations whose aims align with his, but how about some concrete examples of what we can do? Not just individually, but as a movement. What should our strategy be? Paul Hawken, in his ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE, does a much better job at describing the change in attitudes that must take place to make progress.
Overall, this is a great book for the myriad of issues it raises. And what the arguments lack in cohesiveness, they make up for in scope. Though a little dated, this book is a good starting place for anyone interesting in environmentalism, the plight of native cultures, or both.
"All technologies should be assumed guilty until proven innocent.".......2005-09-08
The `Neo-Luddite' position, as it has been called, the view that evils of modern technology vastly outweigh the benefits, that technology is leading us in a destructive direction, that the benefits of technology are greatly over-hyped and over-sold, that our attitude and approach toward technology and new technological `advances' is at best naïve, at worst suicidal, and long overdue for re-evaluation, is argued pervasively in this important book.
My caveat here is that one engages a most depressing read - yet, this statement cries out, long and hard, and, inevitably, is one which must be heard by all who claim to call earth home. Unfortunately, as I write, it is now fifteen years since publication of this towering, tormented masterpiece, which I rate with Walden, Sand County Almanac, Silent Spring, and few others. Characteristically, the world, less a modicum of its population, has not even given it a sideways look, has not read the book, has largely (virtually) ignored it. Why? Do we, at the root cause, read solely or primarily to justify or enhance arguments for our own, pre-established beliefs?
The common line of denial/dismissal goes approximately: "You drive a car. You use a computer. If you tree-huggers were to really walk your talk - you'd be back living in caves, eating grass and roots." The claim is that the argument to question the value and nature of our existing technology in a broadly based, open forum, to restrict by rule of law, if necessary, the further growth of technology, and to establish strict and unremitting, publicly adjudicated, criteria for new applications of technology is unrealistic and foolish.
Mander begins by recounting the history of the argument, "The economics of continued technological growth on a finite planet, came into question. And `appropriate technology' became the catch-term for new low-impact technology that operated on decentralized, small-scale principles: solar energy versus nuclear energy, diverse intensive farming versus agribusiness, steady-state economics versus economic growth . . . So careful were we not to be thought too radical that we rarely exposed the real problem: a system of logic, and a set of assumptions, that led to the problems . . . And at each stage of technical development, we fell more deeply into the techno-maelstorm." Mander then turns to a restatement of his signal observations of the effects of mass T.V. watching ". . . our minds were being channeled and simplified to match the channeled and simplified physical environment - suburbs, malls, freeways, high-rise buildings . . . Television was engaging all of humanity in similar thought patterns, similar experiences, similar imagery, and a similar context of reality, which was poisonous to diversity of culture." All of which, the children of the Age of McDonaldsization are blithely unaware.
Mander further delineates the difficulty: "Saying no to a technology, any technology, was (and still is) beyond us. Virtually unthinkable. It does not even occur to most of us that we have the right our ability to turn back a whole technology. No precedent our support exists for it in our culture . . . In a truly democratic society, any new technology would be subject to exhaustive debate." Here, we confront the seemingly universal impasse for implementation of progressive values. They are always contingent on some sort of consensual agreement, which, in turn, is contingent on opportunities for consensual discussion. In post 9/11 America, how accessible are such opportunities?
We ought to be grateful to Mander at the least for locating the issues within an appropriate ideological venue for discussion.
In the section entitled, The Madness of the Astronaut (can we not but help recall Clarke's 2001?), Mander points to "the arrogance of Technological Man, the technopioneers assume they are authorized to go anywhere and rearrange anything, including alterations in the structure of human life, animal life, and now natural form itself. In doing so, they are acting in service to the fundamental principle that has informed technical evolution in the modern era: If it can be done, do it. There are no boundaries, no rules, no sets of standards by which to moderate these activities. No sense of right or wrong, no taboos; there's only what will succeed in the marketplace." We are only beginning to experience the consequences.
The second part of the book focuses on the fate of societies who dare, usually by dictates of tradition and ancestral memory, to opt out of living inside a machine with the rest of us and follow alternative, wiser paths.
Eloquent, essential.
A beautifully written book, exposes the truth.......2003-11-06
I would never have found myself reading an indian book when I was in school. Back then, all we had were grades. Even now, I find myself giving a grade to the article I just read, In the Absence of the Sacred.
But after I realize I am grading it, I also realize the real premise of how we view the world. As a set of statistics and numbers. Isn't it true, today, that all we do when we rate other countries in accordance to us, is see whether they have economies and buildings and airplanes and factories? Then we grade how well they output their economies, how much influence they have. Even art is part of this influence, and the human, in whatever form it was in, is lost. How sad.
Soon countries, together in this vast machine world, become nothing but amalgamations of future and past prophecies of cultural and societal development, all leading forward. Or upward. But what of the societies that have not embraced this trend? The ones that don't show up on the map?
Jerry Mander's has written about these peoples, and their names are not used in vain. He gives them a fair voice, showing how their annihilation in map is not the same as character or spirit. I believe we have come to the brink of an edge in time, when we can finally see through the cracks in the infrastructure of this matrix, one that we continue to be trapped in, because of our lack of understanding of the power of the imagination. Though they are just words, I often wonder, how many people could resist feeling sorry for loved ones that died in a faraway country? Or the feeling of being broken, lost, and adrift? Don't all human beings feel these feelings?
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