Financial Sector Transformation: Lessons From Economies in Transition

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While policy makers need to focus on achieving and sustaining basic macroeconomic stability in the transition of economies from a socialist to a market orientation, financial institutions and reforms play a particularly crucial role in this transformation. The essays in this collection offer overviews of issues in banking sector reform and capital markets as well as specific perspectives on the financial sectors in changing economies of Central and Eastern Europe, China, and Israel. Original versions of the essays were presented at the Second Dubrovnik Conference on Transition Economies organized by the National Bank of Croatia in June, 1996.

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If you need quick, targeted baseline knowledge about using technology for teaching and learning, Making Sense of Online Learning is for you. This practical, no-nonsense primer will help you understand how online learning technologies work and how they fit into your organization. You’ll gain a working knowledge of important topics such as design, infrastructure, and evaluation and the confidence to make informed decisions that will help your learners and organization thrive. Since information about online learning changes at Internet speed, the book is supported with a dedicated Web site (www.learningpeaks.com/msoll/) filled with up-to-the-minute suggestions for tools and resources.

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You will keep returning to this step-by-step guide..........2007-09-19

I purchased this entertaining and well-written book a couple of years ago. It has served as a step-by-step guide as I have made the transition from the traditional classroom to online learning.

From basic learning principals and definitions to specific "how to" examples and checklists, this book has it all and delivers it with a sense of humor that will have you chuckling aloud and keep you engaged, interested, and wanting to learn more. I continue to use this book as a resource, returning to it again and again, whether in need of a reminder or looking for inspiration to help me move forward.

If you are considering making the journey to online learning, this book will provide the light to help you along your way.

A good rosetta stone for HR/training and web-geeks........2004-07-26

In 150 pages, the authors lay out the key information both HR/training practitioners and web-geeks need to work together successfully.

Written for the non-technical HR practitioner who needs to understand both the training concepts and the technology choices she will be faced with, this book also provides a technical reader (me) with the language and central concepts used by training professionals to develop their courses.

I could see this text being used as the starting point for an project team comprised of HR professionals, trainers, and web designers to build on -- each member of the team required to read it to establish a common framework and language. A few hours spent reading this up front would save countless hours of 'churn' later on in the project.

E-learning for Dummies?.......2004-06-22

The audience for this book is the person who wants to take their first step into traditional online learning. And by traditional, I mean self-contained courses and the management systems that support them (as opposed to deeper simulations or integration with knowledge management or ERP or CRM systems, etc., etc.,) For these people, the tone, the content, and the sympathy are dead on. Before going to a conference, or reading any deeper books, or subscribing to any of the current magazines, or meeting with your boss or advisor, this should be required reading.

Not Just for Beginners.......2004-06-01

Like many instructional design professionals, I struggle to stay abreast of the lighting-fast developments in online learning. Replacing the comfortable and relatively stable vocabularies and design considerations of yesteryear are rapidly evolving media, terms, technologies, and standards.

Both veterans and novices alike may now know a great deal about some things and very little about others. We need resources that can help us fill the gaps in our understanding and enable us to speak intelligently to our clients, colleagues, and employers. We also need simplified ways of explaining these topics to our audiences.

Patti and Amy have provided just such a resource. By peeling away the jargon and complexity in an even-handed and measured way, they have clarified many mind-numbing subjects. Along the way, they have taken care to point out universal considerations, such as the importance of designing for usability and building training around real-world challenges. They have also provided excellent checklists to use when considering the acquisition of expensive technologies, such as learning management and content management systems. These tools alone can help organizations avoid costly and frustrating blunders.

Patti and Amy have successfully blended sensible guidance; classic learning theories; online learning terms, definitions, and applications; and many excellent resources into a "must read" book and companion Web site. Readers will hardly realize the plane has left the ground by the time they touch down gently but firmly at the end of a smooth and delightful journey.

Current, fun, and accurate.......2004-05-25

Very few of us have the time or the patience to read a non-fiction book front to back. We want current information, solutions to the problems we are experiencing today, and answers to questions we can not answer ourselves. We want to find these golden nuggets of information quickly and easily and, we do not want a lot of theoretical or academic fluff.

"Making Sense of Online Learning" meets those requirements. The Shank and Sitze book and companion website are perfect "just-in-time" resources for anyone involved in online learning. Whatever your level of experience and expertise with online learning, I am sure you will find lots of useful and insightful information in the book and the website. While I have designed, developed, and taught various online courses, I still found the book and the website valuable. I know it will help me, my clients, and my students. Thanks, Patti and Amy!

Jackie Dobrovolny, Ph.D.
Instructional technology consultant & IT faculty at University of Colorado at Denver.

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Outstanding analytical work and a unique source.......1998-08-23

"Interpreting Precedents" is an outstanding analytical work as well as a unique source for further analysis.

The majority of the book is devoted to separate chapters on the eleven jurisdictions studied by the group: the Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States (State of New York), and the European Union. The jurisdictions can be roughly located on a continuum of approaches to determining the ratio decidendi, with fact-based holdings at one end and theoretical legal abstractions at the other. On this continuum, the approach followed in the United States be longs near the fact-based end of the spectrum, followed by the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries, and then perhaps Germany. The remaining jurisdictions, including France and the European Court of Justice, can be plotted or grouped near the other end. The eleven chapters on separate jurisdictions are followed by insightful studies on individual topics.

Continental European reliance on precedent will increase in the coming years under the influence of at least five interrelated forces. The first force is the Europeanization of Europe. Citizens within the European Union are constantly being confronted with new, sometimes foreign legal norms and concepts. Second, the homogeneity of European courts and bars is eroding. Third, the proliferation of computers puts past decisions at the fingertips of judges and lawyers. Fourth, the ever increasing density of regulation, and the rapid changes in norms, mean more need for precedents, not less. Fifth, and most profoundly, legal realism, or some theory akin to it, is replacing positivism. This evolution reinforces the tendency to view judicial decisionmaking as something personal and individual, rather than as a component of a harmonious system of legislation. As judges become more self-conscious of their regulatory role, they will intensify their nascent, self-imposed adherence to precedent in order to reduce political disapproval, and to forestall legislative measures to restrict their ability to stray from precedent.

For decades to come, "Interpreting Precedents" will serve as a benchmark in the Europeanization of precedent, and as a sourcebook for further research. But it is much more. It is a unique collection of outstanding insights into judicial structures and legitimacy, legal theory and reasoning, and comparative law.

For further criticism and analysis see Professor Lundmark's review at 46 American Journal of Comparative Law 211 (1998).

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Navigating the Night Sky: How to Identify the Stars and Constellations (Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series)
Guilherme de Almeida
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This book will interest anyone who marvels at the night sky and would like to learn to recognise constellations and identify the brightest stars by name. Renowned amateur astronomer, Guilherme de Almeida, dispels the myth that specialist knowledge and elaborate instruments are a prerequisite for all astronomical observation. His book emphasizes the point that getting to know the night sky with the naked eye is an essential platform from which to start any astronomical observation. Step-by-step, the reader is guided through the knowledge needed to recognise key constellations, identify stars and planets, and interpret changes in the overall appearance of the sky throughout the year. The text is enhanced by the use of maps and illustrations, making this practical guide an invaluable text for all but the most advanced amateur astronomers.

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The Fifth Edition retains the pedagogical strengths that made the previous editions so popular, and has been updated, reorganized, and streamlined. Changes include more accessible introductory chapters (with greater stress on the logic of the periodic table), earlier introduction of redox reactions, greater emphasis on the concept of energy, a new section on Lewis structures, earlier introduction of the ideal gas law, and a new development of thermodynamics. Each chapter ends with review questions and problems.

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The Big Meaning of Evolution Examined.......2006-03-30

This book is a semi-autobiographical retrospective of the historian's pondering the implications of Darwinism for philosophy, theology, and ethics. The title refers to Greene's correspondence with Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ernst Mayr, who were major contributors to the creation of the Modern Synthesis. Their exchanges with Greene accept that he is a Christian philosopher who wants to test the philosophical coherence of their Darwinism as a basis for values. Greene's study, The Death of Adam: Evolution and Its Impact on Western Thought, described the transition from world views and values based on classical and Biblical thought to naturalism that substitutes thorough-going dynamic material causality for a providential world order. Greene's deep thesis is that naturalism empties nature of value and destroys world order ("cosmos"). An evolutionary ethics, on that assumption, is necessarily incoherent. Yet Darwinians are undeterred. They propose numerous world views and evolutionary ethics, usually with high confidence in the ethical and rational validity of their offerings.

Darwin, according to Greene, transposed into evolutionary vocabulary the theistic perfectionism of Paley's Natural Theology. Notwithstanding the disordering tendency of chance and the debilitating doctrine of brute struggle for existence, nature remained for him a cosmos, ordered by perfection of design, harmony of the parts, beauty and grandeur of the whole, and contemplation of Homo sapiens as the culmination. The key insertion point of retention of theological premises was adaptation as incremental improvement of survivability. His study of a sample of Darwinian naturalists concludes that the original hybrid formula-ostensible rejection of cosmos principles but selective retention of them-is the defining trait of the philosophical subspecies, Darwinian naturalism.

Greene is precise about the source of the antagonism between science and religion, and indeed any world view. He endorses Alexander Koyré's statement that the mechanical universe displaced "the conception of the world as a finite, closed, and hierarchically ordered whole" and replaced it by "an indefinite and even infinite universe which is bound together by the identity of its fundamental components and laws, and in which all these components are placed on the same level of being. This, in turn, implies the discarding by scientific thought of all considerations based on value-concepts, such as perfection, harmony, meaning and aim, and finally the utter devalorisation of being, the divorce of the world of value and the world of facts" (p. 102). Greene notes that Koyré is not alone in holding this view. He instances A. N. Whitehead and C. S. Peirce; one could name many more, especially Friedrich Nietzsche, who argued that the supposedly rational cosmos is nihilist at bottom: anything goes. (Greene unfortunately does not discuss Nietzsche).

There's a ready response to this criticism: admission that, of course, an evolutionary ethic can't be constructed solely from scientific facts or principles. Dobzhansky and Mayr admits this. Basic concepts, such as "adaptation" and "selection", require elucidation that goes beyond verifiable science. Some values may be readable from the factual evidence (e.g., evolutionary progress from lower to higher), but others clearly are not (e.g., the aim of evolution). I was surprised to discover that Mayr admits to being personally religious; he even states that "every scientist I know has religion" (p. 235). Is Greene's deep thesis then a strawman?

One test of this question is his canvass of the issue whether scientific knowledge is exhaustive of veridical experience (p. 205f). "Scientific philosophy" is premised on an affirmative answer, but not all scientists agree. Greene instances geneticist Sewall Wright, for whom consciousness, not matter, was the primary reality. Science on this showing can know nothing of the inner states of its objects, and hence cannot know value as it is experienced (p. 207). This is a significant concession, since it denies the coherence of a materialist explanation of mind. Many scientists have embraced dualism. Mayr attempts to construct a middle way with his theory of "emergence" of structure through adaptation, but he admits the emergence of consciousness from a blind adaptive process requires a "sequence of improbabilities" and that it is "a miracle that man ever happened" (p. 210). Despite concessions of this kind, which seem to grant Greene his principal thesis, both interlocutors insist that their philosophies are rational systems. They also devise plausible stories about the adaptive causes of human traits, such as the "ethical animal", even though the explanations must attribute ethical intentionality to animal behavior. Children do this naturally. Is the ethologist doing the same thing in sophisticated language?

The antagonism between science and world view assumes that science must be mechanistic. A good deal has been made of the purported falsification of this assumption by quantum physics, and more recently by complexity theory, aka, nonlinear dynamics. Greene mentions the former only en passant and the latter not at all. Rightly or wrongly, the quantum question has not been considered relevant in most discussions of philosophical biology. Nonlinear dynamics, by contrast, has set the fox among the chickens. Neo-Darwinian orthodoxy (Maynard Smith, Dawkins, Dennett) views it with alarm and attempts to discredit both complexity theory and empirical studies that use it. This stir merits attention as a test area. Prima facie it provides additional evidence of the antagonism of mechanistic theory to cosmos. This is something missed.

Greene insists (with Mary Midgley) that naturalism is a kind of religion and one inherently hostile to conventional religion. Its creed is belief in progress in the everyday sense and the larger sense that humankind putatively has a cosmic moral destiny (despite the prediction of eventual species extinction). It is hostile to conventional religion because on the evolutionary scenario (one of them anyhow), human destiny is a bootstrapping operation in which self-consciousness, having emerged in our species, creates its own destiny ("man makes himself"). Otherwise expressed, man creates cosmos from chaos. This view is indeed widespread among ethical naturalists and possibly is diagnostic of the type. Certainly it requires remarkable psychological reversals. On the one hand the evolutionary tableau is proposed as an unanswerable demonstration of human finitude: we are one among millions of randomly assembled species, all destined for extinction. In another idiom, it is said that we are "slaves" to our genes. The practical conclusion to this premise set would seem to be Stoic resignation. Yet naturalists exhort rebellion against our fate and even taking charge of the cosmic process (both Huxleys, Dawkins, and many more). Eugenics, the SETI project for communication with extra-terrestrials, and the colonisation of space are extolled as the means. Improbable as these projects may be, they do infuse meaning into a purportedly blind universe. One might call it Star Wars for nerds. So one is right to say that ethical naturalism is a kind of religion. It has fervor, a cult of genius presided over by the ghost of Charles Darwin, a demonology, a flexible practical agenda, numerous organs for the propagation of faith, and a muscular hit squad ever active in smashing the erring. Over the past decade or so, the religion seems to have fissioned. The original version, which placed humankind at the pinnacle of evolution, is challenged by conservationist and animal liberationist splinters that deny human ethical pre-eminence. This fracture merits the attention of ethical naturalism's critics. Even more deserving of the attention of a Christian philosopher is the controversy over teaching evolution in the schools, but Greene says nothing about it. Despite these criticisms, I enjoyed the agreeable style, erudition, and lucidity of Debating Darwin.

Splendid Look at the Modern Synthesis from a Historian.......2004-06-01

John C. Greene's "Debating Darwin" is a fitting coda to his work on exploring the history of Darwinian evolution and its philosophical, sociological and religious implications. The bulk of this volume is devoted to his splendid correspondence between geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky and ornithologist Ernst Mayr, two of the primary architects of the "Modern Synthesis". Philosophically, Greene's attitudes toward Darwin come closest to Brown University Professor of Biology Kenneth Miller's, especially in the latter's "Finding Darwin's God". This is an important volume for those interested in the history and philosophy of science. I suspect it will be an invaluable resource to those scholars interested in studying the creation of the "Modern Synthesis" and its subsequent history from sociological, philosophical, and, if appropriate, religious contexts.

Philosophist, Biologer..........2000-06-05

A fscinating semi-biographical account by the author of The Death of Adam, and Science, Ideology and World View. Many theoretical biologists take umbrage at the suggestion they might actually be philosophers with a hidden metaphysical agenda. John Greene has always attempted eloquently to disabuse the Darwinist of his presumptions in this regard. The history of Darwinism is important to study in order to understand the disguised ideological context in which its fallacies of evolutionary mechanism (amidst its triumphs of evolutionary fact)became fixed rigidly in place. Like a prophecy of the philosopher Kant Darwinism promptly ran afoul of the 'Big Three', divinity, soul, and free will, taking positions that are legitimate as dialectical explorations, if they are hypotheses, but illegitimate if they are taken as rigid axioms, or established foundations.

Can Values Be Derived from Evolutionary Biology.......2000-05-04

In "Debating Darwin", John C. Greene displays an impressive knowledge of intellectual history in regards to science and evolution's relationship and non-relationship to Western tradition. The format of the book is also impressive for someone who dares to "debate" Darwin. He publishes letters of correspondence with two eminent scientists (Theodosius Dobzhansky and Ernst Mayr). The debates between Green and the two scientists are assertive and friendly. Some of the people who submit reviews to Amazon could learn about civilized debate from these three great men. By their example, we can learn to disagree without becoming disagreeable. Greene's main thesis is: "One would like to feel optimistic about the scientistic mythology that has grown up around the theory of evolution, but it is hard to do so. The myth is intellectually dishonest, employing teleological and vitalistic figures of speech to describe processes that are advertised as "mechanistic" and pretending to derive from evolutionary biology values that stem from classical, Judaeo-Christian, and Enlightenment sources." p. 43. In his book, Mr. Greene defends this viewpoint consistently and brilliantly. Dobzhansky and Mayr give as good as they get, but as Greene is the author, he of course takes the last word. Greene makes some interesting quotes from various scholars such as Balfour and pan-psychist Sewall Wright. One gets the feeling that Greene agrees with Wright that our consciousness is the most knowable of all our experiences and science is a secondary sort of knowledge. It is interesting to speculate as to what Greene would have to say about Daniel C. Dennet. Mr. Greene seems unmoved by Max Ernst's theory of emergence. I assume Mr. Greene would have been equally unimpressed by Dennet's ideas about "cranes". Greene seems to be impressed by the writings of theologian Paul Tillich, which Dennet dismisses as being full of "bombastic recapitulation", and I could only imagine Greene, unconcerned by "sky-hooks", would wonder on what "Ground of Being" the "cranes" rested. At any rate, I can only speculate that Mr. Greene would be unimpressed by "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" Chapters 16 and 17 where Dennet deals with Morality. Greene would probably persist in the idea that no value system could be derived from or accounted by evolutionary theory. More ever, it seems that Greene would be unconvinced that consciousness could be explained from any scientific materialistic and/or mechanistic theory. One could be concerned that Greene seems to ignore the pre-Darwin social contract philosophers (Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke) who seem to anticipate some very materialistic basis for ethics that could be construed as consistent with Darwinism. This is my first book by John C. Greene. I have to give this book 5 stars because it is so educational, clear and decent. By giving this book such a high rating, I am not saying Mr. Greene won the debate. I am saying he has conveyed a great deal of valuable information. He also brought up important issues in evolutionary thought that should lead to a greater clarity as to what evolutionary science is and is not and as to whether evolutionary scientists are illegitimately going beyond science, in the name of science, into realms which belong to philosophy and religion. If you are at all interested in evolution, at least get this book to read Chapter 2, the letters, and the conclusion. John C. Greene is a gentleman,a scholar, and a plausible debater.

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This book presents an overview of recent theoretical and experimental advances in the field of optical solitons, ranging from the mathematical foundations of integrability theory to the rapidly evolving technology of fiber soliton-based telecommunication systems. The subjects covered in the book can be broadly grouped into four main categories: optical soliton theory, fiber soliton telecommunications, optical soliton generation methods, and all-optical information processing via spatial solitons. This book should provide an interesting reference both for postgraduate students starting their research in the field, and researchers actively involved in nonlinear optics and optical communications.

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As the Bible thumpin', don't-you-dare-sass-me Sister Betty, Pat G'Orge Walker performs at churches, universities, writers' conferences, and on Chicago's WYCA radio. Now, she brings Sister Betty and her adventures to a wider audience with this uplifting collection of tales and spiritual teachings, straight from Pelzer, South Carolina and the Ain't Nobody Else Right But Us--All Others Goin' to Hell Church.

When God Calls, Sister Betty Answers

It was back on a Wednesday afternoon in 1984 when Sister Betty got a telephone call from God--and what He told her is the topic of the hilarious title story in this new collection. Introducing Sister Betty and her friends--snuff-taking, big-hearted Ma Cile, her two grandkids from up North, Lil Bit and June Bug, and neighbors including the gorgeous, red-haired Sister Connie Fuse--each of these seven tales serves up lessons about love and life, with a big helping of humor.

Rascals and reprobates such as flirtatious Deacon Laid Handz, man-hungry spinster Sister Carrie Onn, jealous choir director Brother Mythang, and scheming Reverend Knott Enuff Money hold a mirror up to everyone's shortcomings. The landmarks of the little town of Pelzer, such as the Homeboyz All-Nite-All-Day parking lot, provide comic relief. And yet for all the lightheartedness, each story ends with an important message about the gifts of God and the strength found in black church traditions.

As irrepressible as Sister Betty herself, Pat G'Orge Walker celebrates the gospel heritage and abiding faith of African Americans with her creation of an unforgettable character and her delightful comic sketches of modern life. Reading even one guarantees to bring a burst of laughter--and the sunshine of God's word--into your day.

Includes A Teaser Chapter For Pat G'orge Walker's New Book, Mother Eternal Ann Everlasting Is Dead

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Worth the time to read.......2006-03-02

While I initially found the character names silly, I have found this book entertaining. It has allowed me to escape into a world where I can giggle because some of the character's like Sister Ima Hellraiser are completely without common sense. Reverend Knott Enough Money's antics leave me giggling as well. Any time a novel allows me to laugh at the end of a grinding day, I think it has redeeming qualities so while this novel lacks the literary chops of Toni Morrison's or Alice Walker's work, it has the funny one finds in Tina McElroy Ansa's novels. So if you want to escape your daily drudgery and get a laugh, try this one.

Not Too Engaging!.......2006-02-13

Teachers in Touch had a difficult time discussing this book. Most of the members could not relate to the language used by the author and had a hard time finding the humor. One member actually liked the book and said she laughed through her reading. Overall, our ratings averaged 1.5, but we'll round up to a 2.

Couldnt finish it.......2005-04-29

I couldnt FORCE myself to read past chapter one. This is a horrible attempt at comedy. All the stupid names got on my nerves and the language was so juvenile. This is a pre-teen book. I will never read another book from this author again.I wish there was a rating less than 1 star, I wouldly surely give this book a negative 1 or less.

Novel, Amazing.......2005-01-22

What an amazing, ingenius and wonderfully enlightening read. It's wonderful to see comedy used in such a profound manner. If you are looking for rocket science this is not it. If you want to read about church folks, and maybe you, this is definitely it. This is not relegated to the Black church it's in most churches; I should know- I'm a white woman. Those who have a problem with its simplicity may see themselves :-)

Kudos to Ms. Walker. I also recommend Mother Eternal. It's a novel and superb. I will never take my Christian walk for granted.

So Sue Me.......2005-01-21

I am so sorry but this book was not good , funny or anything resembling the word GOOD. It was very silly and I thought juvenile for adult reading. This was a waste of ny precious time. I would not recommend anyone purchase this book.

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Short and powerful
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Not yet; Sister Betty . . .

Sister Betty! God's Calling You!
Pat G'Orge-Walker
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Gospel Humor. Volume One. Humorous short story taken from the "Ain't Nobody Else Right But Us-All Others Goin' To Hell Church" seven book collection. Joe Bill, an Angel-in Training got into heaven through a loophole. He cannot get his wings until he turns around Rev. Knott Enuff Money and his spiritually challenged congregation. Joe Bill must first start with one of the churches most hypocritical members, Sister Betty. The only way Joe Bill can deal with this congregation is to see the humor in their actions and they give him plenty to laugh about. Getting wings won't be easy. Read how they praise God and then you do the opposite! They think ain't nobody right but them and the rest of us going to hell!

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Short and powerful.......2002-09-14

Pat G'Orge-Walker has managed to do what I feel most authors cannot---she has managed to tell an endearing story, layered with comedy, unforgettable characters and intertwined Bible-based messages...all without being preachy.

Her tale of Sister Betty receiving a telephone call from God and finding out that she wouldn't know God no matter how He appeared was beyond witty; it was innovative. I love the fact that she(Ms. Walker) gave us such homespun humor surrounding Ma Cile and her grandkids that would be familiar to anyone regardless of color or nationality. The message of LOVE came through loud and clear.

Unlike some who have reviewed that the story was short and not a novel (although it plainly states that it is a short story taken from a collection) does not bother me. I found it wonderful that such a wonderful story could be told in short fashion. However, like most of the reviewers, I too, would love to see this and other stories by Ms. Walker either on television or on stage.

I will definitely be one of the first to purchase her NOVEL when it is released in July 03.

Short and powerful.......2002-09-14

I will definitely be one of the first to purchase her NOVEL when it is released in July 02.

If there were 2.5 stars...........2002-08-26

that would have been my rating. I, like a previous review, was very disappointed because I was expecting a novel. But I will not call this 'bad' writing. It is definately a script that needs the action of actors and the visual of scenery.The same applies for the second book Sister Connie Fuse.

Oh My Lawd.......2002-08-01

I hollered. Several people on my job kept talking about this book. What a funny and unique short story. I, too, wondered what in the world could this short story have to offer. Never could I have imagined the wonderful and witty message that came across. I know Sister Betty! Ma Cile and her kids were outrageous. I'm on my way to read the other book from the series, Sister Connie Fuse... I cannot wait until 2003 when Kensington Books puts out the entire series in hardcover. I understand the full Sister Betty story will be included. If its as funny as this one, I'll be the first one online to purchase it.

Kudos to the creator of this great gospel comedy series. I feel sorry for anyone who didn't get the message. I hope I can purchase the videos as well. I love the slogan on the authors website "Any resemblance to those dead or alive is a doggone shame." Ain't that the truth!

Not yet; Sister Betty . . ........2002-07-18

I was very disappointed when I received my copy of this book. I expected a full-length novel for one thing...instead I got a short story....not a collection of stories but one single story! Which by the way; was not all that well written. There was a bit of humor and a bit of truth.....but I expected more.

this material probably works better onstage but as the written word;...

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Sister Betty! God's Calling You, Again!
Pat G'orge-Walker
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Pat G'orge-walker
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