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"Most of what you've heard, read or been told about the End Times is wrong," says popular radio host and bestselling apologist, Hank Hanegraaff. "We have come to accept a wide range of beliefs and teachings about the future, about the ultimate battle between good and evil, about the last days, and about how our world will end. And most of these beliefs and teachings are based on fundamental misinterpretations of what the scriptures really say about the end times."
The Apocalypse Code helps readers understand what the Bible
really says about End Times, and why what we believe matters so much in today's world.
Customer Reviews:
Overly Narrow Presentation with Many Omissions.......2007-10-14
I highly respect Hank Hanegraff, and my bookshelf is lined with his books. If Hank speaks, I listen. In this case, his principles for interpreting end-times passages are something every Christian should take to heart. However, I feel that his treatment of the subject matter was overly narrow to the point of undermining his point.
People may recognize me as the author of "Before God's Wrath: The Bible's Answer to the Timing of the Rapture," which is considered one of the "classic" defenses of the prewrath rapture. Since its publication almost a decade ago, however, readers have flooded me with questions. Some of those questions (unbeknownst to the askers) have forced me to deal with fundamental weaknesses in the entire premillennial scheme. This has made me willing to at least give non-premils like Hanegraff a fair hearing.
Okay, convince me. The result? This book reinforced my existing concerns, but it provided no satisfactory solutions.
If you take ONLY the passages Hanegraff discusses, then this is a powerful presentation for the fulfillment of Jesus' Matthew 24 prophecy in the first century. But there are internal contradictions and huge omissions that ruin the book for me.
Hanegraff criticizes futurists, for example, for placing a 2000-year gap between the disciples' question in Matthew 24:2 and Jesus' answer in verse three. This is a legitimate point. However, he then argues that the destruction of the temple was the fulfillment of Matthew 24:31, but ignores the "end of the world" context from there to the end of the chapter. Was Matthew 24:32 ff. fulfilled in the first century? If so, how does it fit the historical context? Is its fulfillment yet future? If so, how does Hank get there from v. 31? He never says.
Hank also relies heavily - if not exclusively - on Old Testament referents to interpret Jesus' words about his "coming on the clouds" in Matthew 24:30-31. Again, a good point. Yet, he ignores the fact that that Paul uses identical language to describe Jesus' Second Coming in 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, which Hanegraff does NOT believe occurred in the first century. Moreover, Hanegraff never addresses the apparent contradiction that Jesus' language in this passage is concrete, not apocalyptic, and inserting an apocalyptic interpretation into a concrete passage violates Hanegraff's own rules of scriptural synergy.
Hanegraff also addresses the letters to the churches and the visions in Revelation, but he omits discussion of the seals, trumpets, and bowls. He seems to believe that they are part of the trifold judgment on Jerusalem, but he never discusses how the fulfillment of even one of them can be explained. And he does seem to believe that the description in Revelation 19 is describing the end of the world, but since he seems to believe everything else relates to the first century, on what basis does he get there? Again, he allows the same kind of 2000-year jump for which he criticizes futurists.
Hank bases his partial preterist argument on a pre-A.D. 70 date for the writing of Revelation. His argument is founded, in part, on the fact that if the destruction of the temple had occurred before its writing, why didn't John mention it? If this is the logic, then it raises the correspondingly legitimate question: If the A.D. 70 destruction of the temple was widely understood to be the fulfillment of many end-times prophecies, why were the first and second century church fathers still looking for a future tribulation and future Antichrist? This is not a long span of time.
These are questions Hanegraff simply never addresses. As a result, the book fell flat for me. For serious students of the end times, it does make some very good points. But if you are looking for the answer to the end-times puzzle, I'm afraid this book creates more questions than answers.
The Antidote for "Left Behind".......2007-10-14
This book will not cause a sensation like Hal Lindsey's "The Late Great Planet Earth" or Tim LaHaye's "Left Behind" series. However, it is a much more credible resource in understanding The Book of Revelation. Like a detective or a research scientist, Hanegraaff uses the Bible itself and actual historical facts to explain Revelation's cryptic but powerful message. Symbols and patterns which are found in the Old Testament are used in Revelation. In addition Revelation conforms to the time and place in which it was written, the first century Roman Empire. Revelation was easily understood by the audience to which it was addressed. Modern doomsday peddlers have muddled it up. Hanegraaff doesn't allow his own imaginitive flights of fancy to dictate his research. Therefore, you will not find any nuclear bombs, implanted microchips, tanks, or attack helicopters in this book.
Hanegraaff unmasks dispensationalism, the pre-tribulation rapture doctrine, and "Christian Zionism" for what they are, concoctions started by Charles Darby in the 19th century and perpetrated by a cadre of modern day false prophets. None of these doctrines are found in the New Testament and were never espoused by any of the apostles or early church fathers.
The idea of a secret rapture prior to the Great Tribulation is completely fabricated yet is being espoused by multi-million dollar television conglomerates and mega-evangelists as the new orthodoxy and those who dare to challenge it are branded as heretics or anti-semitic by self-aggrandizing windbags like John Hagee (see my review of his doomsday book).
I salute Hank Hanegraaff for having the knowledge, the intelligence, and the guts to stand up to these pulpit bullies.
To place the tribulations of Revelation in the 21st century is to make a liar and deceiver out of Jesus and the Apostle John. It also trivializes the horrendous tribulations and sufferings early Christians had to endure at the hands of the Romans. Hanegraaff demonstrates how Revelation was addressed to Christians about to face the greatest tribulations of all, the Neronian purgings in Rome and the destruction of Jerusalem.
Hanegraaff allows Revelation to date itself rather than a third century church father, Irenaeus, who also claimed Jesus was crucified at the age of fifty. Revelation refers to Jerusalem and the Temple as currently existing entities. Dating Revelation after 70 C.E. is like writing a post 9/11 history of New York city without ever mentioning the event. WHY WOULD JOHN WRITE TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES IN ASIA MINOR ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN FOR ANOTHER 2,000 YEARS?!!!
Hanegraaff links Revelation's "harlot" to ancient Israel. This is no more anti-Semitic than the prophets Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Hosea who used the same terminology in rebuking Israel in their times. I would add that the Dead Sea community also rejected their current Jewish establishment as well as the Jewish Christian Ebionites. LaHaye's identification of the "harlot" with the Roman Catholic church, which came about over 200 years after Revelation, shows his ignorance and mean spirit.
Hanegraaff demonstrates how the "Son of Man coming in the clouds" refers to Jesus' enthronement in Heaven rather than his second coming. The seven kings (Caesars), five who have fallen, conforms to the time of Nero, who was considered a "beast" by Roman writers such as Seutonius. Hanegraaff also demonstrates how the number 666 is a cryptic reference to the name Caesar Nero (refer also to Kenneth Gentry's excellent book "The Beast of Revelation"). The end of the age which Jesus told his disciples would occur in their generation was not the end of the cosmos, but the end of the current age in which they were living.
Hanegraaff also debunks new-age fascination with the Gnostic Gospels, ie. The Gospel of Judas, which were third century fairy tales and parasitic with respect to the canonical Gospels. He also disputes the idea that anti-Semitism motivated the canonization of The New Testament which is espoused by modern scholars like Bart Ehrman. I stand by Ehrman's view of Jesus as an apocalyptic prophet (see my review) but I agree with Hanegraaff on the previous point. The books of The New Testament were written long before Christians had the power to undermine Judaism or anything else.
Finally, Hanegraaff exposes the nonsense of "Christian Zionism" which is a by-product of dispensationalism. The idea of rebuilding the Temple and reinstituting the sacrificial system completely negates the core belief of the earliest followers of Jesus which is clearly spelled out in the New Testament, especially the book of Hebrews which states that Jesus' crucifixion put an end to animal sacrifice once and for all. The New Testament makes it abundantly clear to anyone who can read it for themselves - THE LORD'S THRONE IS IN HEAVEN AND NOT ON ANY PIECE OF TANGIBLE REAL ESTATE!!!
Hanegraaff points out that bad theology leads to bad politics and that the forced removal of Palestinians is not only unethical but unbiblical as well. For example, Pat Robertson linking Ariel Sharon's stroke and Yitzhak Rabin's assassination to their negotiating with Palestinians and Michael Evans' claiming George W. Bush was under a curse for criticizing Israel are as looney as trying to breed cattle to produce a red heifer.
I would advise Jewish people not to be conned by "Christian Zionists" who believe that Israel will be restored to its original borders and the Temple will be rebuilt only to have it taken over by the "Anti-Christ". Then, after all the good Christians (dispensationalists) are raptured, the Jews will endure a tribulation that will make the Holocaust look like child's play. At the very end, unbelievers, including Jews who don't accept Jesus, will be thrown into the "lake of fire".
What a deal!!! Trust me, you're better off negotiating with the Palestinians!
Great book to get started with.......2007-10-13
I found this book did a lot to crystallize my thinking on this subject of End Times. I enjoyed it more the second time I read it and learn even more than the first. I spent 20 year attending a Pre-Trib/Pre-Mil church and hearing the Hal Lindsey-like descriptions of the soon coming tribulation. Somehow the popular view of End Times being preached seemed to stretch my imagination so I always maintained silence and impartiality.
Hank does a great job to showing that those prescribing to the views of Tim LaHay and crowd are erroneous in their interpretation of scripture...and I agree! What used to once be confusing is now becoming clearer. I am having to re-think my entire view of Eschatology (for the better I suspect). Hank does NOT tell you what to think and what view is "correct". What he does is challenge the reader to interpret the scriptures according to a model of biblical interpretation L-I-G-H-T-S. Those who have listened to Hank are not surprised at the acronym since he uses these tools to help memorize methods and concepts, as he does in this book. This is not the end all book on hermeneutics: other good resources are The Bible Doesn't Have to Be Hard to Read and How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth.
Hank's book has a lot of information in the appendix too..don't over look it.
Dispensationalists Beware!!.......2007-10-07
Kudos to Hank Hanegraaff for yet another powerful book exposing questionable doctrines which have risen to popularity within the Christian Church. In "Apocalypse Code", Hank goes through the history and forces behind the dispensationalist movement which has gained strength in the last 10 years with the "Left Behind" series. As always, Hank approaches the reading of Revalations and other Bible prophesy from the perspective of LIGHTS - the acronym explaining proper principles of bible interpretation. In the book, Hank spends the first quarter of the book just reminding the reader how to read scriptures "for all it's worth".
The book spends most of its pages refuting the dispensationalist author Tim LaHaye. This is really the whole thrust of the book. When Hank mentioned he was starting this project on his radio program, I had high hopes that Hank would not just refute dispensationalism, but go into great detail about the whole spectrum of end time prophesy interpretations. By only focusing on refuting dispensationalism, he leaves woefully short the other interpretations (biblically correct or not) and instead challenges the reader to figure it out for himself. While clearly a partial pretarist, he only briefly talks about full pretarism and pretrib/postrib interpretations and all the rest. GIVE ME MORE MEAT HERE!
I suppose such a wish from me would have resulted in a book 3-4 times longer than this one, but it would have been more enlightening and easier to have in one resource. However, "Apocalypse Code" would be a great resource for anyone who got caught in the "Left Behind" hype and found some or all of the interpretations hard to buy into and need to seek help learning that their bologne indicators were probably right.
good, but could have been much better.......2007-09-08
I had high hopes for this book. After studying the Partial Preterist view for a few years with a very skeptical mind, I became convinced. Given Hanegraaff's reputation, the length of the book, and the table of contents I thought sure this would be the definitive book to explain the position, but alas. Here are a few points
1. I think the average reader won't know anything about this view. Hank should have explained the underlying suppositions more. Still, the basics are there for anyone to investigate further.
2. It is important to learn this veiw methodically since it is so radically different from any futurist view, and remarkably different from the Amillenialist view. Hank doesn't present it methodically, rather it is presented somewhat piecemeal. Still, it does present the most important points so it is very valuable.
3. Even for someone like me who has read extensively, this book is not written particularly well. He is a bit vague and doesn't present the material very clearly. This is a style issue, not content. Still, for the person who wants to know and reads the references, it is a good beginning.
All in all, I was dissatisfied but I am glad it is out there. If this view is correct (and I think it is) it will revolutionize the thinking of believers, from what's coming in the future to our understanding of the nature of God Himself.
Book Description
Foreclosures are hitting record highs; Americans are declaring bankruptcy at rates ten times that during the great Depression; more college students drop out because of debts than due to poor grades; reports of debtor suicides proliferate in the media. In other words, it's a great time to be in the banking business.
Maxed Out takes us on a road trip that is sometimes hysterical and often horrifying: from Las Vegas to the Bible Belt, from the backwoods to inner cities, where the world's largest financial giants troll for their next victims. Welcome to a country populated by debt pirates, corporate predators, human credit card billboards, debt evangelists, megamillion-dollar spec homes, and, of course, trillions of dollars of easy credit.
Combining startling facts with even more startling examinations of individuals, institutions, the government, and modern religion, James Scurlock separates the myths (there is "good debt" and "bad debt") from the harsh reality (corporations partner with colleges to target today's youth; credit reports are riddled with errors that will never be fixed; and death, for many of those in trouble, is the only way out).
At a time when the financial industry posts ever-higher profits even as its clients drown in the flood of easy credit, Scurlock exposes very real, potentially disastrous systems and policies that are consuming millions of Americans. Maxed Out takes readers on a wickedly smart and entertaining tour of what one interviewee calls "the last taboo."
Customer Reviews:
Where does personal responsibility fit in?.......2007-10-12
At first I liked this book very much. Scurlock has a wicked sense of humor and has done his research. However, I got bogged down about 2/3rds of the way through, because he went over the top about the predatory credit card companies, banks and whatnot and seemed to give all of his interviewees an "out" for their bad behavior!
I lost faith completely in one of the last chapters (warning: spoiler) when the person who made a living from recycling was wondering why her daughter kept sticking her with cell phone and car payments bills, and her son, who graduated from MIT, still lived at home and charged things to her instead of getting out and paying his own way.
Scurlock soothed the mom by saying this is American and this is the American way and credit is everywhere and it is not your nor your kids' fault. Huh? What about tough love? How about cutting off the financial spigot instead of continuing to be a patsy?
There's another chapter about a triple murderer who blamed easy credit for his whole family being under and how he was a victim too (besides being a murderer). Lack of money was just a symptom IMO - this was all about rage and the poor impulse control, to use psychiatric terms.
I'm glad I got this book for free from the library so I wasn't "taken advantage of" by a credit card company.
Nothing new here........2007-10-06
Yes, the financial industry is ripping people off, sometimes getting away with behavior that is even criminal (the book has a story of a mentally challenged mother and son who are losing their house to CitiFinancial). Yes, people are living irresponsibly and are goaded into it by modern society. The book, however, while presenting a list of complaints and anecdotal stories, meanders and never makes a coherent case beyond the two listed above and says really nothing about what can be done. Scurlock forecasts doom for us, but has no idea how to forestall it.
The advice of one reviewer to "just not pay" is not valid. Your credit score is now used in a number of ways that have nothing to do with needing credit -- including judging fitness for employment and determining cost of insurance, including auto insurance. Modern society today, unfortunately, can penalize you for NOT using credit (and therefore having an unacceptable available credit to debt ratio), as well as punish you for using credit irresponsibly.
A fascinating read flawed by an incomplete analysis of root causes and possible solutions.......2007-09-15
I learned about "Maxed Out" as a regular listener of Dave Ramsey (the famous talk radio anti-debt crusader hailing from Nashville, TN). Scurlock asked Ramsey to participate in both his movie and book. I have a tremendous interest in financial psychology so I was very curious if Scurlock could pinpoint the root causes of the current debt crisis while accurately assessing the efforts of consumer advocates like Dave Ramsey.
The author touches on a number of topics related to the world of predatory lending. He includes an entertaining history of BankAmericard (now Visa), MasterCharge (now MasterCard), CitiBank/CitiFinancial, and several other companies. He presents numerous heartbreaking stories of individuals who, by their own admissions, failed to plan for disaster and made poor financial choices that resulted in devastating outcomes (including jail terms and suicides). He provides an inside look at the sleazy world of collection agencies. He also shares the opinions of academics and provides occasional quotes from our esteemed politicians in Washington (who naturally reveal themselves as power-hungry, financially clueless morons). Scurlock also makes a few suggestions to address the crisis.
Scurlock has a reporter's instinct. He is very observant and articulates his findings in a lively way. In my opinion, he demonstrates more maturity, more humility, and less emotion when discussing this topic when compared to many other authors (Tamara Draut, Anya Kamenetz, and Barbara Ehrenreich come to mind). Occasionally, he injects his quirky humor, adding to the entertainment value.
Scurlock rails against the "obscene profits" made by banks when pushing "debt products." He makes it sound like that's all banks do. Banks have always pushed debt products for profit. This isn't exactly a revelation. But Scurlock failed to mention that banks also provide essential services such as check cashing/clearing and ready access to our cash via numerous ATMs, for example. These taken-for-granted services are very important benefits to customers (and expensive to administer). Banks help facilitate our day-to-day financial lives. I'm sure my own bank is interested in extracting more profit from me, but my personal banker has never tackled me, put a gun to my head, and demanded I sign loan papers at some usurious interest rate. Banks sell "debt products" for the very simple reason that we demand them!
The issue of personal responsibility is mentioned by the author numerous times but it is not fully explored. In his many anecdotal accounts, dysfunctional behavior resulted in outcomes that were preventable. Even when job losses and health issues were blamed for causing bankruptcies, I noticed that victims spent large sums of money on unnecessary material goods for years, but failed to set aside even a small emergency fund. Their woes were not due to a lack of intelligence, income, or even a debilitating health problem but rather a stubborn denial of reality coupled with poor planning.
For whatever reason, some people choose to live on the edge, using credit cards as a substitute for a cash emergency fund. There's no cushion to mitigate a negative life event--no margin for error. Every spare dollar is consumed, and then some. An emergency fund is certainly not a panacea, but it is a proven way to reduce risk. The subject of risk is something Scurlock only skirts around but does not address directly. The reason Dave Ramsey's message rings true with many listeners is that debt is seen for what it is: risk. If you have debt, you have risk (yes, even if it's mortgage debt). If you don't have debt, your risk is dramatically reduced. Less risk results in more choices and more freedom. It's not a difficult concept to understand.
Scurlock gets bogged down with the negative aspects of financial ruin, but he unfortunately does not provide a complete picture of consumer behavior. For example, a large percentage of Americans religiously pay off their credit cards monthly, routinely rip up new credit card offers, and actively avoid unnecessary fees. Why do these Americans act so differently compared to those that "take the bait" on the road to financial ruin? I know many ordinary people who live below their means, have an emergency fund, buy adequate insurance, drive older cars, have significant home equity, and invest in their retirement plans. They do actually exist, and at almost every economic level. They're all around us, and their numbers are growing every day. To my amazement, the author never investigates the traits of such people (though authors Thomas Stanley and William Danko do in their book "The Millionaire Next Door"). The reason this is important is that these are the habits proven to lead to financial success. Even while admitting that bad behavior can sink some people, Scurlock never investigates how the transformation of financial habits can resolve the current crisis and prevent a reoccurrence.
The phrase "something isn't quite right" appears repeatedly in the book, as if to imply the current debt crisis came out of nowhere. It didn't. In the past decade, I've noticed a distinct shift in financial behavior from defensive to reckless. I have seen lower income families live like the middle class through easy credit. I have seen acquaintances willingly secure huge mortgage loans for homes that they knew they couldn't possibly service. I have watched in horror as intelligent friends went bankrupt after repeatedly making poor life and financial choices, destroying their personal relationships and the psyches of their children. I have seen unprepared borrowers victimized by overzealous mortgage bankers who they viewed as their "best buddies." I have seen a mother bail out her unemployed 19-year old son, who obtained a credit card to buy "cool stuff" and then defaulted. After all, she didn't want him to suffer a hit to his "precious" FICO score. After the debt was settled, he started running up charges again. Yes, indeed, something isn't quite right.
So who is to blame for all this carnage? Well, everyone as it turns out. First of all, financial education is nearly non-existent in our public schools, so our children are clueless about money management (but at least they can learn a vital life skill like the French language!). Secondly, many parents refuse to educate themselves about finance, so they are incapable of passing along important lessons to their children. Parents are also notorious for enabling the poor behavior of their children and often turning their children into helpless adults. Then we have the financial services industry, which provides easy credit to every borrower possible (and sometimes their pets), lending standards be damned. Finally, federal and state governments punish the middle class with hidden fees and stealth taxes (e.g. the Alternative Minimum Tax), which further erode a household's ability to save and invest.
Borrowers, of course, shoulder most of the blame because they drive the demand for credit. Despite the enormous amount of financial information available to them from multiple sources--many free--borrowers live in a perpetual state of denial, refusing to educate themselves. They don't take defensive measures to protect themselves (i.e., living below their means, establishing emergency savings, securing healthcare, auto, home, and life insurance, etc.). They refuse to create and follow even a simple budget. They refuse to control their spending. They create the circumstances of their own financial ruin. Scurlock certainly describes these behaviors along with the self-flagellation on the part of the "victims," but leaves it at that. He acknowledges that bad behavior often results in disaster, but then proposes solutions that do not address the behavior itself.
This brings me around to Dave Ramsey again. He is a hero to a large number of people who are determined to resolve their problems and achieve total debt-freedom (including the mortgage). He teaches self-control, personal responsibility, risk management, and an easy-to-implement plan to reach financial independence. He teaches his audience not to ask "how can I borrow my way out of this?" but instead "how can I solve my problems without credit?" He makes an exception for mortgage loans, but even then he teaches his listeners to secure a reasonable loan with conventional terms. He prefers his listeners confront their problems, shed feelings of victimization, and turn the tables on the financial services industry. It's a message that plays very well. I felt Scurlock did not adequately acknowledge the importance of this vital movement in the book.
Although it's clear some fraudulent subprime lending occurred in the past few years, nearly all cases were fully disclosed, legal transactions. Even though Scurlock would like government to step in and clean up the industry, he apparently forgot that government helped create this mess in the first place by actively encouraging banks to loosen standards to lend money to borrowers considered very risky by historical standards. The results were predictable. Some borrowers knowingly took the proverbial rope handed to them and promptly hanged themselves. So, basically, the government created the problem and now many are asking the government to fix it.
What happened to people learning to control their own lives and financial futures without government intervention? We can demand punitive regulation of the financial services industry all day long, but this will not solve the problem (incidentally, banking is among the most regulated of all industries which Scurlock mentions, to his credit). The true root cause of the crisis is bad behavior on the part of consumers. The government cannot legislate good behavior. That is our responsibility. It's time Americans openly admit that we are more the victims of our own lofty sense of entitlement and ignorance rather than the tactics of the financial services industry. It is worth noting that first-generation millionaires never count on the government to dictate their destinies (as documented in "The Millionaire Next Door"). The author missed a golden opportunity to balance his research with this well-established information.
Despite the deficiencies I noted above, this is a book worth reading. Scurlock's style and investigative abilities are unique and much can be learned from reading his analysis. I feel that some reviewers are unfair to Scurlock, accusing him of being overly political. I don't feel this is the case at all. While I resist government intervention to solve problems that we can easily resolve ourselves, the root causes and results of our financial decisions are complex and must be fully explored and understood. "Maxed Out" provides an excellent starting point for such a discussion.
Informative.......2007-09-08
Having seen the dvd, this is one of the few times that I actually liked a dvd more than the book. Both were informative (the book actually goes into more depth of the subject of finance companies, payday loans, predatory lending, pawnshops, and credit cards), but I found it dryer and not as interesting. It's hard to feel as involved without a face being attached to the subject. Scurlock does write with wit on a subject that might otherwise be boring. There is some very important information regarding this subject that anyone applying for credit needs to know.
Interesting but..........2007-07-09
Like Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, James Scurlock is a consumer advocate with a populist bent and a tendency for hyperbole. I had no doubt reading this book (and watching the more restrained DVD) that Scurlock knows his stuff -- his research is considerable and he has a background in business. The gap between the rich and poor has been well documented elsewhere, so some of his foundational arguments aren't exactly seminal. It does, however, always merit a mention that business has been deregulated in alarming ways, none of them helpful to anyone but profiteers. Anyone wishing to examine the moral health of a country would need to consider unethical business practices as a corrosive effect. It is difficult to see the value of free markets and the "invisible hand" when examing in the "selling money for profit" industry.
Unfortunately, in illustrating his concerns with real people, Scurlock pulls out every trick in the bleeding heart bag. I lost count of the number of people he writes about who had family members commit suicide due to the stress and shame of financial ruin (and by extension, by the unethical practices of the debt industry.) I have a very hard time believing that money stresses are the sole motivator in suicide -- if that were the case, the global population problem would be over during one lean period. The book works when Scurlock focuses on facts; when he resorts to personal stories it starts to seem manipulative. He glosses over the biggest counterargument -- that even the "poor" in these stories are living far better than people did in the 1920s, an era Scurlock fears we are reproducing.
As much as I despise simplistic "personal responsibility" arguments, I'm afraid Scurlock resorts to similar reductionism. A lot of the debt illustrated in this book is frivolous and rooted in materialism. It is sad that people's lives are ruined over debt... but who in their right mind buys a Lexus or Escalade when they're making a median income? That isn't a business problem, it's a common sense problem.
We are facing many financial problems in this country -- one need only look at the military and Katrina relief effort to see two glaring examples. "Maxed Out" is interesting when it focuses on the bigger picture, but the personal financial stories don't gel well with the dire feeling of those larger issues.
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MS Office Outlook 2007 Inside Out easily maintains the high standard of usefulness of the Inside Out series. I found this volume very helpful when installing Outlook 2007.
All around guide.......2007-04-02
This is a good all around guide. This is a book designed for outlook beginners. Also touches on some more advanced topics. This is not an all in 1 guide for outlook 2007 but summarizes many things well.
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In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of one of the twentieth century's greatest scientists and inventors. Called a madman by his enemies, a genius by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Nikola Tesla was, without a doubt, a trailblazing inventor who created astonishing, sometimes world-transforming devices that were virtually without theoretical precedent. Tesla not only discovered the rotating magnetic field -- the basis of most alternating-current machinery -- but also introduced us to the fundamentals of robotics, computers, and missile science. Almost supernaturally gifted, unfailingly flamboyant and neurotic, Tesla was troubled by an array of compulsions and phobias and was fond of extravagant, visionary experimentations. He was also a popular man-about-town, admired by men as diverse as Mark Twain and George Westinghouse, and adored by scores of society beauties.
From Tesla's childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940s, Cheney paints a compelling human portrait and chronicles a lifetime of discoveries that radically altered -- and continue to alter -- the world in which we live. Tesla: Man Out of Time is an in-depth look at the seminal accomplishments of a scientific wizard and a thoughtful examination of the obsessions and eccentricities of the man behind the science.
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I agree with Carlberg.......2007-09-15
My title says it all. I just wanted to make sure that there was more balance to this book review.
Great Read .......2007-09-05
This is a great book. I never new much about Tesla and now my whole world has changed.
a work of love.......2007-08-15
Tesla was shoulder to shoulder with Newton, leibniz and Einstein. This one man was responsible for the 20th century. Wireless, as in internet, the radio, Alternating Current, Neon and fluorescent light, energy transmission without wires - this guy seems like he came from another world. Margaret obviously loves Tesla and it is hard to blame her. After the idiot Edison did every horrible thing he could do to destroy Tesla because of Edison's rival Direct Current, including, possibly having Tesla's lab burnt down amongst other devious acts. When Margaret wrote this book, Tesla wasn't wildly popular as he is in
the oughts. There are more coherent books out there on Tesla, but this book is a work of love. Good going Margaret.
very informative.......2007-05-14
a great look into the past of one of, if not the greatest inventors of all time.i learned soo much about tesla i didn't know.you won't believe how many inventions still being used today, and some not yet used were from him.a must have.
On the Shoulders of Giants.......2007-04-21
It is hard to imagine that there is anyone who does not know the names Edison and Einstein. The same should be true of Nikola Tesla, the inventor of the alternating current motor, radio, X-rays, radar and more, yet somehow Tesla's name has slipped into history, largely forgotten. As Margaret Cheney reveals in "Tesla: Man Out of Time", there are several reasons that Tesla's legacy has suffered: he didn't market himself as well as Edison, and he left no wife or children to promote his interests after his death. Although a naturalized American citizen, his ashes were returned to Croatia, the land of his birth, as were also his papers and writings. A world war and a cold war later entombed his memory.
Bizarrely enigmatic yet definitely brilliant, Nikola Tesla is one of the giants of science. He was an under-educated inventor who explored the nature and properties of electricity with a rare vision and trial and error. He was lauded in his time, an on-and-off national hero, but could do little as his patents were raided by other inventors. His life is fascinating and worthy of study. Margaret Cheney took the initiative to pull together all the separate, obscure treatises on his life and weave them together into one complete narrative, but her delivery is dry and her narrative devices stumble. She, for instance, tries to create suspense and expectation by presenting portions of Tesla's life out of sequence, by referencing back to journal entries or setting up cause and effect relationships between present and past events. These devices don't work and leave the reader confused as to why, suddenly, a decade or more has passed in Tesla's life. She also laces the narrative with Tesla's science--the properties of electricity--with no explanation at all. Why were alternating current motors so important? Just what the heck WAS a Tesla coil? What does electricity jumping an air gap do? If you do not already know the answers to these questions, this book will not answer them for you. But even though the narrative is clumsy and dry, "Tesla: Man Out of Time" still stands as a good, single-volume study of Tesla's life.
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Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries 1900-1969
Dan Nadel
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Before there was Robert Crumb, there was Herbert Crowley. If you don't recognize that name, you're not alone. Crowley is one of nearly 30 American cartoonists featured in this eclectic anthology, artists whose work-created between 1900 and 1969-was overshadowed by more successful contemporaries. Art Out of Time at last gives these pioneers the showcase they deserve, reprinting-in most cases for the first time since their initial publication-complete comic books and strips by such visionaries as Raymond Ewer, Howard Nostrand, Ogden Whitney, and Dick Briefer. These under-recognized artists often deviated from the thematic and graphic conventions of the comics medium-and influenced Crumb, Art Spiegelman, and others-making this superb anthology a true "counter history," the untold story of an underground that wasn't.
Customer Reviews:
Fair Warning.......2007-09-05
Yes...it is a great compliation of some of the forgotten Golden Age cartoon work...like the wonderful "Explorigator"...but, and this is a Big BUT...
Those great old full-sheet Sunday Comics have been reduced to 8 x 11...can't even read the type-face with a good glass magnifier. And while the art work has some fabulous color it too is reduced to the point of....well you think about it!
The good news is the Intro, the Bibliography and the Resources are excellent for your further research.
P.S. My "mint" copy will be available on eBay shortly
Rescued from Obscurity!.......2007-07-17
This book is an eye-opener. Beautiful quality and reproductions here. Every time I look through this I discover something else. I love the works of McCay and Herriman as much as anyone...but there are real treasures here waiting to be rediscovered. Dan Nadel has done an outstanding job bringing this work to the attention of present day comics afficionados and art lovers in general. I really hope that Dan decides to do a volume 2 of this...and if you own this book, you'd know exactly what I mean.
Comic Art Supreme.......2007-03-08
I bought this book for my husband for Christmas on the recommendation of one of his friends who knows his taste. A comics afficiado from way back, he has been over the moon about the book to the extent that we have given copies to various other of his friends as well. Everyone who has received it RAVES about it ... its coverage, thoroughness, graphics, etc. So no doubt that this book is da bomb! If you're even vaguely interested in the subject area, this is definitely the book for you.
Readers involved in comic history, evolution and art simply must have .......2006-07-24
Any involved in the comics must have ART OUT OF TIME: UNKNOWN COMICS VISIONARIES, 1900-1969: it celebrates the lesser-known work of Bob Powell, Astan MacGovern, Boody Rogers and others who proved eccentric but influential comic visionaries before the rose of underground comics in the late 1960s. These artists created their own versions of western, romance, humor and horror genres and worked within the confines of popular comics of their times to provide visionary works. Some became famous, others remained obscure. ART OUT OF TIME reprints complete comic book and strip stories: many appear here for the first time since their first appearance. A thematic organization allows for quick access while surveys of pre-underground stars makes for a winning collection. Another big plus: the strips appear in full color, capturing all the nuances of the originals and losing nothing in translation. Readers involved in comic history, evolution and art simply must have ART OUT OF TIME.
Diane C. Donovan
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VERY GOOD COMPILATION OF UNKNOWN ARTISTS.......2006-07-19
The edition and compilation of material is brilliant, and also is the reproduction of old pages. It's a fantastic purchase for comic lovers.
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In Organizing from the Inside Out, author Julie Morgenstern used three main strategies to whip a living space or office into shape: "analyze, strategize, attack." Using the same system, Morgenstern now shows readers how to get rid of chaotic schedules in order to live more comfortable and productive lives. Morgenstern likens a cluttered schedule to a cluttered closet. For example, a closet is typically "crammed with more stuff than storage," and a schedule is typically "crammed with more tasks than time."
Those who fear "time management" because they worry about living uncreative or overly scheduled lives will find themselves reassured by Morgenstern's ability to customize her system. The most important thing readers must do, she emphasizes, is to create a time management system that fits one's personal style--whether it be spontaneous and easily distracted or highly regimented and efficient. "Just as everyone's living room looks different, reflecting the individual's or family's values and priorities, everyone's time management system will look different, reflecting what's important to him or her," she explains. Fortunately, readers can easily customize her excellent advice while learning how to create a personal time map, streamline routine tasks, conquer procrastination and chronic lateness, and manage all the inevitable crises and distractions of daily life. Speaking of procrastination, what better time than now to try this book out--ridding yourself of all that draining clutter so you can get on with living the life you want? --Gail Hudson
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A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the definitive guide to managing and freeing up time Applying the groundbreaking from-the-inside-out approach that made Organizing from the Inside Out a New York Times bestseller, Julie Morgenstern set a new standard for the time- management category. Her system has helped countless readers uncover their psychological stumbling blocks and strengths, and develop a time-management system that suits their individual needs. By applying her proven three-step program-Analyze, Strategize, Attack-and following her effective guidelines, readers will find more time for work, family, self-improvement, or whatever is most important to them. Time management is a learnable skill, and in this completely revised edition, Morgenstern provides the ultimate tools to combine, delegate, and eliminate unnecessary tasks; put technology to work; and stop procrastinating once and for all.This revised edition delivers- a new chapter about the WADE formula for getting started- new time maps for people with irregular schedules- new four-, eight-, and twelve-week program guides for improving time-management skills - a fully updated resource guide
Customer Reviews:
Excellent; just a little repetative.......2007-10-19
I LOOOOVE this book. It so explains the psychology behind tardiness, mismanagement of time, etc. It definitely gives a great step-by-step guide on how to manage time. It also takes into consideration people's personalities and individual lifestyles. For instance, people who are afraid that a rigid "time map" might hinder their creativity and spontaneity...it gives us various methods to deal with the realities of our lives and accept our weaknesses (rather than continually pretending that they don't exist and continually failing!) and find ways around those weakness, and use our strengths to our advantage. The book shows how to reach our goals by using our time to our advantage. It can transform the person whose time is chaotic and imprisoned and turn them into the person whose life is orderly and free!
The only disadvantage to this book (very minor) is that the author starts repeating herself 2/3 of the way into the book. As I was typing notes throughout my reading, I started realizing that I was typing the same things over and over.
Good time strategies for aquired brain injuries.......2007-10-18
I have an acquired brain injury from falling down some stairs. I find the strategies in this book to be very helpful indeed. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to get a handle on their time.
Worth Reading.......2007-07-04
I really loved this book. I got so much out of it, that I have started to read all her other books too. She is really different in her approach to time management and it really works for me. The book is very well written, easy to follow and is a book you can keep to use as a resource for many years to come.
My Clients Love this Book.......2007-03-24
I just got this book because my business coaching clients often have issues with running a business, often by themselves, and finding enought time to have a life. Julie offers great, easy to implement strategies that help the really busy person get control. I love that she looks at the hidden reasons behind our time management difficulties and styles. I keep recommending it and will continue!
Joseph.......2007-01-10
Perfect. I use this text in my teaching of a college level course.
For everyone who has been trying to be organized...this is the book to start with !
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- Teens can organize themselves
- WONDERFUL book for teens!
- A great motivator
- This book can really help you get organized.....
- Revolutionary
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Organizing from the Inside Out for Teenagers: The Foolproof System for Organizing Your Room, Your Time, and Your Life
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In an increasingly busy world, its not just adults who need help getting their lives in order. As teenagers face unprecedented pressures, they find themselves struggling to balance schoolwork, friends, extracurricular activies, and time. Jessi Morgenstern-Colnknows about the organizational challenges facing her peersand her mother, Julie Morgenstern, knows how to find solutions. Together, they offer an invaluable resource which adapts Julies patented Organizing from the Inside Out method, including the three-step process Analyze-Strategize-Attack tailored for teens and a brand-new time management formula specifically designed for teens. Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens is the only book in the marketplace addressing the crucial subject of organization as it relates to young people. Featuring quizzes, self-tests, anecdotes, advice from other teens, and lively graphics, this guide will prove indispensable to teensand an answer to their parents and teachers prayers.
Customer Reviews:
Teens can organize themselves.......2007-07-23
After reading some of Morgenstern's books on organization for myself, I bought this book for my daughter. She was delighted with it and took it upon herself to redo her room. I think that she did a pretty good job. Her room has greatly improved and this book has given my daughter the confidence that she can keep her area and belongings neat.
WONDERFUL book for teens!.......2007-02-09
Teenagers need to be taught practically how to manage all of their homework. Julie's book does just that. It makes sense, the methods are easy to apply, and it is great when parents and their kids can read the book together. I recently gave a talk to teenagers using the principles of the book and the kids were very receptive. Definitely recommended for any parents with kids of "homework" age!
A great motivator.......2005-05-05
I bought this for my teenage daughter and could see a big improvement after she read it. This book contains information that will help provide the foundation for skills needed throughout her adult life. I only wish that I had found this for my oldest daughter who has since gone off to college. If it didn't have the word "teenager" in it I'd send her a copy.
This book can really help you get organized............2005-03-20
Lately, many teenagers feel like they under the same crunch as their parents to get everything done (school, homework, friends, chores, jobs, etc.), and yet still want free time- and this book can really help you get your work done and still have a life, at the same time. The way that Julie Morgenstern writes this book is different than your typical organizing book- because it helps you to create an organizational system that caters to your personal needs, not someone else's. Julie states that since every teen as different hobbies, interests, activities, etc., their usage of time and the way their bedroom is organized will also be different.
Instead of giving you the same organizing system to use as everybody else, this book gives you a basic five-plan organizational system that you can apply to organizing your bedroom and managing your time better. It also features tons of helpful hints, real-life stories and anecdotes, and more to help you to get organized. Asides from being helpful, these stories and tips are also motivational and inspirational.
So, for all of those teens who have tried countless times to get organized but still find themselves in a mess, this book will definitely help you to get organized and start living your life better and more well-managed.
Revolutionary.......2005-01-02
i bought this book on a whim becusae i knew i needed serious help. I used to have an insanely messy room, but this book was incredible! it is really easy to read and actually explains how to get organized in a way that suits you. its so inspiring and has great stories that make you feel that your not the only disorganized teen in the world. after reading this i completly oprganized my room and everyone was shocked that they could see my floor again! I also have an insanley busy shecudle and this book really hjelped me figure out how to organize my time! it was really a fabulous book and the only thing that ever helped me prganize my life-much more effective then my mother nagging me!
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Casting an independent and critical eye, Time Out Buenos Aires looks past the "Paris of South America" clichés, highlighting century-old cafés, world-famous steak houses, word-of-mouth bars, backstreet bistros, and late-night tango salons. Introductory chapters frame Buenos Aires in its historical and cultural context.
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Small, Compact and Ready to Go.......2007-07-20
All the information you need to know.......where to go, what to see and how to do it.......The small, compact size made the guide easy to carry and go with at all times.
I love this guide!.......2007-07-01
After searching through many guidebooks, I settled for TimeOut, and let me tell you, I am glad that I did.
This book gave me everything I needed to know about beautiful Buenos Aires. The places that my Argentine friend recommended to me were all listed in this book, so that shows you how good it is!
Definitely must buy this before going to Buenos Aires, or Argentina itself. Great read, great pictures, great food in Argentina! :)
Buenos Aires on 300 pages.......2007-06-10
To start off, I have to say that I usually do not write any reviews for items purchased on Amazon, but for the Time Out Buenos Aires Guide I really have to make an exception.
This Book is just fantastic. I moved to Buenos Aires for the summer and I had never been nor had any idea of what the city would be like. With this Guide book I have been to the most amazing and most interesting places. Putting the sightseeing apart this book is so up-to-date on the restaurant, bar and nightlife scene that I have never been out of place. I have met so many interesting people in only 2 weeks because of this book. It just makes a huge difference having an idea of where to go and what to do at any certain day. So if you are planning on going to Buenos Aires for whatever reason, do yourself and your experience a favor and buy this book.
It's an overall well-rounded guide, that gives you Buenos Aires on paper.
cheapness makes me feel better..........2007-04-24
I'm ordinarily staunchly loyal to Lonely Planet, but the Buenos Aires guide reviews were so awful that I though I'd give something else a try. The first thing I noticed was that it's full of advertisements. In fact, nearly half of all the photos contained are ads. And the list price on the back is $19.95! Man, if I'd paid that much for this book, I'd be furious. It also seems a bit flimsy, like a thick pamphlet they might give away for free at a tourist office, althout I haven't used it in the city yet so I suppose we'll see how it holds up. The writing, though, is on par with the Lonely Planet guides I have (good) with a somewhat more of a focus on high end establishments.
All in all, it isn't bad by any means, but I certainly wouldn't pay full price for it.
Captures the spirit and soul of Buenos Aires.......2007-03-17
Time Out Buenos Aires delivers the feel of the city along with suggestions of where to go, what to do and how to get there. It provides a sense of the spirit as well as offerings of the city. The descriptions are enticing.
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This smart, savvy guide updates everything that’s new and noteworthy in the city, including the new Cartoon Museum, high-speed boat trips on the Thames, the reborn Wembley, and the transformed Tate Modern, with its newly rehung permanent collection. Travelers also find exhaustive coverage of the city’s sights, parks, and attractions, from traditional choices like Buckingham Palace to new favorites including Trafalgar Square’s Chinese New Year celebration. The guide offers a complete rundown on London’s lodging options, from the boutique to the decidedly curious. Up-to-date, unbiased local reviews detail the city’s ever-changing restaurant, bar, and club scenes.
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Consistently the best guide book.......2007-08-21
TimeOut is the most informative time and again for those who want a local's version of the city. Rough guide to London is also good. Accurate information, honest opinions, and neat tid-bits that you might not find on your own.
A little guide with alot of information.......2007-03-19
I really like the look and how compact this book is for travel. You don't need another book. It's packed with information and you almost don't need to buy the Time Out London Mazagine if you plan ahead.
Thorough, but not well organized........2007-01-07
Time Out guides are awesome, always. They are the best city guides. Unfortunately, this guide wasn't that well organized. Other Time Out guides are organized by area and within the section about the area there is a map, what to do, where to shop and where to eat. This guide is organized by sightseeing, entertainment and food, so you constantly have to flip back and forth through the book to find info....It is still better then any other guide, though, and if you supplement it with the weekly Time Out in London, you will have a great time
Fantastic guide to London but the print in the index is microscopic.......2006-10-15
We just got back from a fantastic trip to London. We brought several guide books with us but Time Out London proved to be the only one we needed -- except for the fact that the type size in the index is microscopic -- and therefore completely unusable.
I mention this because anyone over the age of 30 will have great difficulty using this index without a magnifying device.
It's too bad they do this to save a couple pages, because the index is crucial to getting the most out of this guide book.
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