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I very much enjoyed reading the book. Wallace weaves a very sensitive potrayal of the players from Yale and Princeton during and after the game. The book has a rather large font. I liked the appendix containing newspaper clippings and excerpts from alumni bulletins.

Bill Wallace's book, Yale's ironmen, is a treasure of knowledge. Not just the knowledge of the Yale-Princeton football game of 1934 but the human history of the men who played in the game, their coaches, their families and how the development of television and professional football affected the attitudes of consumers for football and other sports activities.

Bill has given readers a unique gift of historical perspective on the game and how commercialism has distorted the sport. Though it's focussed on football and the details of the game, it will appeal to the general reader. It is also a reminder that the vicissitudes of life can be most difficult when the bright spotlight of fame has turned away.

It is writing at its best, easy to read, unvarnished truth and facts, heartfelt without spin on the life of the game and its participants, a very poignant tale of the joys and woes of reality by an author who knows, and luckily is sharing his knowledge with the general reader.

Although the book abounds in historical information and pictures from newspapers of the time period, the real charm lies in the author's examination of six American families during the Great Depression. Details of dress, family life, Christmas celebrations, popular culture, and personal hardship abound in the text. Readers who remember 1938 will experience a jolt of nostalgia; younger readers will learn facts and details about America's lean years. The cross-section of families is fully representational, and the characters' personalities show the author's research and insight.

Anyone interested in the post depression years will enjoy this indepth look at family life in the late thirties. Great graphics and even better information.

This is an amazing book! I borrowed it from the library on a whim, kept it until I maxed out my ability to renew it and then racked up surcharges for being late. I just didn't want to part with this book. Finally had to buy it! I've only practiced for 3-4 years, I'm NOT a teacher. This book is easy to understand & the pictures and instructions of poses are concise and to the point. It is so amazing to learn the intention of each pose, apply it what ever physical or emotional condition and feel in that moment the results. Can't say enough about how helpful this book has been to me as part of my yoga practice and in my life in general.

Simple, understandable sequences for all levels of experience. A great book for yoga teachers, yoga therapists, and students as well.

The 1930s: Directions is part of a ten-volume series which uses fiction to follow an umber of families whose lives entwine: they each take place in a different decade of the 20th century, and this is set in the 1930s. This 4th volume tells of the life of young runaway Tony, who struggles through the Depression in a world which is readying for World War II: the events of the decade come alive in the story.

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This book is concise, and full of information. This book is excellent for people who suffer from anxiety and depression.

The book focuses on alternative treatments for anxiety and depression, unlike medication which often have many side effects.

My pastor told me that worldwide 600 tonnes of benzodiazepines are prescribed yearly, which is enough to put everyone in America to sleep for 8 whole days! That is terrible.

So, alternative treatments such as herbs is best for treating anxiety and depression

As any undergraduate student probably knows, most college courses require a textbook; many of which are so painfully long and monotonous that it's really hard to stay focused on the material being read. 'Abnormal Psychology,' on the other hand, was a pleasure to read. Halgin and Whitbourne have presented this subject in a style that's informative, yet clear and concise, and above all...interesting. Included are case studies that accompany each chapter, providing helpful examples of the psychological disorders being addressed (e.g., personality disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenia, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, etc.), along with video clips in the cd-rom. In addition, the writing style itself makes for a smooth read. This book is definitely recommended for understanding abnormal psychology (and if you're a student I'd suggest the workbook too).

I'm not a psychology major, so I was a little anxious when I signed up for Abnormal psych (a pre-requisite for the Nursing curriculum). My nervousness was soon allayed after reading the first few pages. The writing style is easy to read, with all the important terms and concepts in the bold print that professeurs love to put on tests. Halgin and Whitbourne even try to make it a little interesting by placing "Mini Case Studies" throughout the chapters to display theory application. A definite addition to a beginning psychologist's collection.

As a student of psychology, I have found this book to be very useful. The book is comprehensive and explores many areas of abnormal psychology such as depression, substance-related disorders, suicide and schizophrenia. The major models of psychopathology are explained as well as various forms of therapy. Most importantly, there are chapters devoted to treatment and assessment of disorders. Throughout the book, the authors are sensitive to cultural and individual variations which are so important in mental health. The layout is very good; there are many photographs, graphs, case studies, figures etc. Chapter outlines, summaries and key terms are provided. Overall, this is an enjoyable, well-written book and is one which provides a good introduction to the area of abnormal psychology. Highly recommended.

This pretty short book deals with the crises of American liberalism caused by the Great Depression. From ACLU private records and public prouncements it provides a lucid account of ACLU chief Roger Baldwin's alliance with American Communists, roughly in the period 1933-35.

Like many American liberals, Baldwin came to believe that the Great Depression proved that lightly regulated capitalism was no longer a viable economic system. Many liberals came to believe that large scale government direction of the economy was the wave of the future. For Baldwin, the choice of state economic planning models was between the fascist states and the Soviet Union. And for a while Baldwin argued that the Soviet government, though it may have been too harsh in its treatment of its domestic opponents, was completely devoted to building an equitable society and eliminating the horrors of capitalism.

By the latter part of 1933, it would not have been unfair to call Baldwin a Communist fellow traveller. He became especially attracted to the Communist Party line on the policy toward labor unions of the early New Deal. Baldwin had been concerned about the fate of the left wing Progressive Miners of America (PMA) who were fighting a violent jurisdictional war with John L. Lewis's United Mine Workers(UMW). The UMW was an affiliate of the conservative American Federation of Labor (A.F of L). Baldwin came to believe that the New Deal's early labor policies under the National Recovery Administration (NRA) aided the ability of the A.F of L's business friendly non-militant leaders to impose their will on American workers. Thus, desirous of allowing leftist unions like the PMA to gain a foothold among workers, he supported the principle that even if a majority of workers at a given workplace supported one particular union, a minority of workers should be allowed to be represented by a different union. He thought this would allow leftist unions to compete with A.F of L unions. Of course the big problem with respecting the right of minorities of workers to choose their own unions was that it was an avenue used by businesses to dilute the collective bargaining power of a given workforce. In the early years of the New Deal, employers could easily lure a minority of employees into a company union and so dilute the power of a non-company union among their workers. Between 1933-1935 relatively few employers were willing to deal with non-company unions, whether radical or of the more conservative A.F of L type.

Daniel describes Baldwins's clumsy and unsuccessful efforts to manipulate left-liberal opinion into to adopting his views about minority unions and also his (and the American CP's) view that all government regulation of labor relations would weaken unions. He agreed with the American CP's view that any promise of rights for unions under the New Deal was only a distraction while, under New Deal guidance, big business came closer and closer to constructing a fascist state.

Of course after mid-1935, the Communist Party line changed and the New Deal was no longer described as a fascist plot but a worthy progressive venture. Baldwin, seeing his own inability to marshall forces against bourgeois labor laws, supported the Wagner Act, which of course passed in mid-1935 also. The ACLU became one of the Wagner Act's strongest supporters, vigilantly calling attention to employer efforts to subvert it.

By 1937, Stalin's purges had rid Baldwin of all his enthusiasm for Communism; by 1938 he was publicly proclaiming that Communism and Fascism were twin evils. After the Nazi-Soviet pact, Baldwin and the other anti-communists on the ACLU's board of directors engineered the removal of Harry Ward, a Communist fellow traveller, from the ACLU chairmanship. They also removed from the board of directors, Elizabeth Gurely Flynn, the only open Communist Party member on the ACLU board. Baldwin and the other anti-communists argued that it was improper for individuals associated with the Communist Party--an organization that believed in sharp limits on free speech--to serve in leadership positions within a civil liberties organization.

I bought O'Connor's first book, "Undoing Depression," in hardcover when it came out, and I found it immensely helpful at a time when I was suffering and struggling a lot. I have since recommended that book to many others dealing with depression who wanted to learn more about the disorder and what they can do to get better. When this second book came out, I glanced at it, noticed that it was written for mental health professionals, and put it back on the shelf. Some time later I picked it up again and to my pleasant surprise found that most of the material is appropriate and accessible for educated laypeople. In fact, for me, this may be an even better book than "Undoing Depression" because it has a clearer, narrower focus, i.e. the "active treatment" of depression, it omits some of the more general background material found in the first book, it squarely emphasizes what the depressed person can "do" to get better, and because O'Connor's writing and voice are more polished and self-assured.

The parts of the book that are directly applicable to the depressive himself or herself are well-written and sensible. The reader comes away from the book with a clear sense of what he or she can do to feel better, and how to deal with the things that get in the way of a person doing what needs to be done, and doing it consistently. For example, O'Connor explains how and why part of the patient doesn't want to get better, and how that problem can be addressed. O'Connor also recognizes that non-directive therapy creates problems for many depressives, and he understands that we often need help from a therapist with structure, organization, prioritizing, and simplifying and getting started on tasks. But the parts written for the therapist reader can be equally helpful. For example, in reading sections on how and why patients resist doing the things they need to do to get well, the lay reader is likely to recognize some of his or her own tendencies, and armed with a better understanding of those barriers to successful treatment the reader is in a better position to benefit from therapy and self-help.

This is not a book for non-professionals who have no background in depression. There are other, better books for "beginners," including O'Connor's first book. But, for sufferers who want to move beyond the basics and take a seriously active role in their own treatment, I don't think there's a better book on the market.