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Charting the End Times: A Visual Guide to Understanding Bible Prophecy (Tim Lahaye Prophecy Library Series)

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Charting the End Times: A Visual Guide to Understanding Bible Prophecy (Tim Lahaye Prophecy Library Series)
End Time Charts
Surprisingly Different Contribution to Eschatology...
Why continue to be deceived...

Charting the End Times: A Visual Guide to Understanding Bible Prophecy (Tim Lahaye Prophecy Library Series)
Tim LaHaye , and Thomas Ice
Manufacturer: Harvest House Publishers
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Bestselling author Tim LaHaye and prophecy expert Thomas Ice teamed up to produce a visual resource unmatched by anything available in the Christian book marketplace! The result of decades of careful research and Bible study, the charts and well–written explanatory text provide a fascinating picture of the times ahead. Charting the End Times includes...

A foldout portraying God’s complete plan for the ages
More than 50 full–color charts and diagrams
Timelines of the end times
A comprehensive overview of the key elements of the last days
Clear answers to tough end–times questions

Providing a wealth of information, this book is certain to become a popular study tool for understanding God’s unfolding plan!

Customer Reviews:

Replacement Book.......2007-03-08

My friend loaned this book to me and over time I was not able to find it. I ordered this one to replace the first one. When I got it in the mail (in excellent condition--I don't return less than what I borrow) my daughter said, "but that book is...." and she proceeded to tell me where to find my friend's book. Oh well, I now have a copy too.

Charting the End Times: A Visual Guide to Understanding Bible Prophecy (Tim Lahaye Prophecy Library Series) .......2007-01-03

This book is a modern and appreviated production of the Book od Revelation by Clarence Larken. Emphasize is put on beautiful colorful easy to read charts and simple text.

End Time Charts.......2006-11-07

Fantastic CD with charts that cover all those found in the book, Charting the End Times. Each chart can be printed out in 3 different formats. If you have a desire to understand the end times, this CD is a must!

Surprisingly Different Contribution to Eschatology..........2006-09-05

With many endtimes books on the market, several by LaHaye and Ice, I'd expected that this book would be predictable and redundant, so was surprised that its unique combination of 50 colorful charts with instructive text indeed adds to prophecy comprehension. So, for example regarding the Temple Mount, instead of merely reading a historical and discriptive narrative, there's also the following--

Chart #34-The Tabernacle, Temple and Ark in History and Prophecy includes
- Timeline with descriptions ("Conquest and Settlement," "Monarchy," "Exile," etc.)
- Above, pictures of corresponding structures (Tabernacle, 1st Temple, 2nd Temple, Dome of the Rock, etc.)
- Below, descriptions (for ex, "Ark is built by Moses and Bezalel," "2nd Temple Enlarged (Herod)")
- Way above, glowing light pictures above only the structures that God dwelt in ("Shekinah glory")

Other helpful charts are #22-"75-Day Preparation for the Millenium" (the 75-Day Interval); # 28-"The Dispensations," and #34-"Ezekiel 40-48," which included "2-D Millenial Temple" and "Division of Land During the Millenium." Both the book dimensions and the quality, glossy pages make CHARTING THE END TIMES a possible coffee table book suitable for discussion-starting or for being easily found to inform anyone left behind after the rapture. Both LaHaye and Ice are "pre-trib, pre-mil dispensationalists," which is reflected in this book, and which just means that they think the rapture will happen before ("pre") a literal Tribulation period of 7 years before ("pre") a literal Millenium of a literal 1000 year reign of Christ on Earth. For readers not into LaHaye's bestselling LEFT BEHIND fiction series, I'm not either, yet I found this book impressive.

Why continue to be deceived..........2006-06-26

Tim LaHaye, Jerry Jenkins, and others in the Pre-Trib circle, such as Ed Hindson, Tommy Ice, Chuck Missler, etc., continue to put forth the same deceptions that Hal Lindsey popularized decades ago. The notion of a pre-tribulation rapture is foreign to scripture, it is foreign to the teachings of the early Church, and it is grooming the Church for destruction through ignorance and lack of preparation for what is really coming. These men are novices and not prophecy "experts" or "scholars" by any stretch of the imagination; they are those who tickle the ears of gullible Christians. Why continue to be deceived? Tim Cohen, in his excellent book, "The AntiChrist and a Cup of Tea," provides biblically sound and testable evidence to show that the coming AntiChrist is known NOW. Not only that, the same author (Tim Cohen) has now put out the strongest presentation on the whole issue of the rapture EVER offered to the saints of God in Christ: "The REAL Rapture". If you really want to know the truth about the timing of the coming rapture, then you need to hear Tim Cohen's "The REAL Rapture" (based on a volume in his forthcoming "Messiah, History, and the Tribulation Period" series (see Prophecy House's web site, prophecyhouse dot com, for details on these items).

Pirates of the Caribbean Visual Guide (Pirates of the Caribbean)

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Excellent Photographs
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Pirates of the Caribbean Visual Guide (Pirates of the Caribbean)
Richard Platt
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Visual Guide is packed with exciting stills from the movies and images of numerous props - from cutlasses to treasure chests. Contains spectacular Disney illustrations of Cannibal Island, the Flying Dutchman, the eerie Bayou swamp and Singapore's bustling harbour, plus a detachable double-sided poster featuring cut-away illustrations of the Black Pearl and Sao Feng's junk boat the Empress. The guide provides readers with a fascinating insight to all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies - with in-depth details about all the main characters, the magnificent ships and exotic locations. (c) 2006 Disney

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Fun and useful.......2007-06-13

My kids have found this to be a great reference tool as they write stories or make their own "Pirates of the Caribbean" story tapes. The pictures are great too.

Excellent Photographs.......2007-06-13

This book doesn't have a lot of text, rather it caught my eye primarily because of its excellent photographs. There are photos of all of the fully-costumed main characters from all three movies (and lots of the minor characters also). And there are nice pictures of many of the props (ships, chests, swords, pistols, jewelry, Jack's compass, etc.). A very helpful guide for those fans interested in reproducing the costumes for parties and conventions.

collector.......2007-05-29

I've been collecting items about Pirates of the Caribbean for a while now and this book is very well done and had excellent pictures.

Divorce Is Not the End of the World : Zoe's And Evan's Coping Guide for Kids

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pretty good book for kids on coping with divorce

Divorce Is Not the End of the World : Zoe's And Evan's Coping Guide for Kids
Zoe Stern , Evan Stern , and Ellen Sue Stern
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Customer Reviews:

pretty good book for kids on coping with divorce.......2000-11-21

This short book is pretty good for helping kids between 9 and 15, say, cope with separation and divorce. It's written by two (obviously unusually literate and relationship-savvy) kids, and their mom, who has written other books on related subjects. It discusses feelings of guilt, anger, managing belongings between two houses, planning birthdays and other events, avoiding manipulation by parents, sharing your thoughts with friends and parents, finding the bright side of a sad situation, dealing with parents' boyfriends/girlfriends, with step-parents, and with step-siblings. The book focuses on kids in the age range stated, so it wouldn't be as much help for much younger kids or for adult kids. It also assumes for the most part that the parents are communicating with each other and able to cooperate. The book is more concise and direct (less psychobabble) than many adult-oriented self-help books, and certainly much more incisive than the small-child-oriented books such as "Dinosaur's Divorce". It's short enough that you can read it cover to cover in the bookstore, as I did :-) .

Doomsday Prophecies: A Complete Guide to the End of the World

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More Political Than Prophetic
A comprehensive, fascinating, informative survey and guide.

Doomsday Prophecies: A Complete Guide to the End of the World
James R. Lewis
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More Political Than Prophetic.......2003-09-18

While the subject matter seems thorough and well documented, this is more a study of cults than of prophecy. The title is somewhat deceptive. If you are looking for a compendium of end-of-the-world prophecies, especially from a believer's perspective, this book is going to be a disappointment.

A comprehensive, fascinating, informative survey and guide........2000-03-05

James R. Lewis' Doomsday Prophecies provides a 'complete guide to the end of the world': a collection of beliefs from tribal roots, prophets, and those who have predicted doom from the beginnings of mankind to modern times. This examination of underlying questions and issues is intriguing.

A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know

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Chicken Little was right

A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know
Bill McGuire
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menu on earth will come to an end. It's just a matter of when. A Guide to the End of the World focuses on the many potential catastrophes facing our planet and our species in the future, and looks at both the probability of these events happening and our chances of survival. Coverage extends from discussion of the likely consequences of the current global warming to the inevitable destruction of the earth in the far future, when it is enveloped by our giant, bloated sun. In between, other 'end of the world scenarios' will be examined, including the New Ice Age, asteroid and comet impact, supervolcanoes, and mega-tsunami.

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Hysteria.......2005-07-23

If you want to know all about all sorts of terrible things that will kill you, everyone you know and end civilization as we know it, read this book!
You'll be scared and worried and yet you will be powerless to do anything.
Complete waste of time.

Chicken Little was right.......2002-12-31

There's a lot to worry about here, and frankly I'm worried. The main disaster that I didn't know about until I read this intriguing little book is the volcanic "super-eruption." Take your standard volcanic blast and multiply it by something like a thousand and one begins to get the picture. Not only that, but a super-eruption isn't necessarily going to happen around the old fault lines or Vulcan sites. No, a super-eruption with enough power to usher in a "volcanic winter" can happen suddenly without warning virtually anywhere.

The really scary thing about super-eruptions is that not only can't they be predicted, they can't be prevented. In this sense they are worse than an earth-crossing asteroid or unleashed Oort Cloud comets. We might be able to see a meteor coming our way and with current technology nudge it off its course or blast it into smaller pieces, but there is absolutely nothing we can do about a super-eruption. Even if the super-eruption takes place halfway around the world, its effects, possibly leading to a civilization-ending volcanic winter, will be felt everywhere. With the social disruption, the disease, and the cold and starvation, the living (to recall a phrase from the Cold War) may very well envy the dead.

McGuire, who is Benfield Greig Professor of Geophysical Hazards at University College London, recalls for our delectation, "perhaps the greatest volcanic explosion ever" that took place at Toba in northern Sumatra 73,500 years ago. It qualified as a Volcanic Explosivity Index 8 (VEI 8) event, which means it was about one thousand times as powerful as the VEI 5 1980 blast at Mount St. Helens. It tore a hole in the ground one hundred kilometers across and sent an estimated 3,000 cubic kilometers (that's kilometers)of debris into the atmosphere, enough "to cover virtually the whole of India with a layer of ash one metre thick." (pp. 98-103) A volcanic winter of perhaps six years followed with "up to 5,000 million tonnes of sulphuric acid aerosols" in the air, enough to "cut the amount of sunlight reaching the surface by 90 per cent." (p. 104) An ice age followed, perhaps triggered by the mammoth eruption. McGuire goes on to speculate that so many humans died world wide that humanity went through a "population bottleneck" that almost sent us the way of the dinosaurs. (pp. 105-107)

McGuire, who sometimes refers to himself as "Disasterman" (p. 131), also looks at "The Threat from Space" (Chapter 5). He separates the asteroids from the comets and guesses that our chance of being killed during an asteroid or comet walloping is "750 times more likely than winning the UK lottery." To me, the really scary "from outer space" scenario is a hoard of comets being dislodged from their normal orbits to fly toward mother earth, so many that we would have no ability to ward them off.

Global warming and the coming ice age are also topics explored by the good professor. Earthquakes and tsunamis have their chapter and there is an Epilogue (in which he notes, e.g., that come the year 2100 "an extraordinary 50 per cent or so of the people in Japan and western Europe will be 60" years old or older). There are a couple of appendices showing "threat" and geological timescales, and a modest index. The chapter on global warming, I must say, left me somewhat confused. Clearly McGuire believes human activity is a factor in making the nineties the hottest decade ever recorded, but whether our pollution will melt the ice caps or help to usher in an ice age is not clear.

Some other items of interest in this very readable book:

There was a geological episode in the earth's history referred to as "the Cryogenian" in which the earth was covered by "a carapace of ice a kilometre thick." McGuire calls this "Snowball Earth" and when it finally melted 565 million years ago, the Cambrian explosion of life followed. (p. 69-71)

An earthquake in the Tokyo-Yokohama region similar in intensity (8.3 on the Richter Scale) to that which struck in 1923--a reprise, McGuire says, is "thought to be only decades away"--would cripple the Japanese economy and have disastrous world wide effects. (pp. 123-131)

The so-called "Contraction & Convergence" plan "to reduce greenhouse gas emissions" that would require monitoring and billing polluters for their emissions on a per capita basis: to me, this requirement would reveal the true cost of various enterprises and would help us to move toward renewable production and ecologically sound business practices.

Not to be picky, but on page 18 McGuire reports that Hurricane Andrew of 1992 "brought to bear on the city" of Miami "wind speeds of up to 300 kilometres per second." That's about 670,000 miles per hour! (I suspect he meant wind speeds of 300 kilometres per HOUR.)

Bottom line: fascinating, a little flippant at times, but a full-out good read by a man who knows what he is talking about.

Pocket Guide To The Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual For The End Of The World

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Pick up this book!!!!!
Theology Served With A Large Helping Of Humor and Wit
Silly eschatological fun
Sarcasticaly Funny, but Never Mean
Funny and Informative

Pocket Guide To The Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual For The End Of The World
Jason Boyett
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The Pocket Guide… takes a humorous look at our culture's ongoing love affair with the "End Times." A handful of anecdotes, acknowledgements of the phenomenon in pop culture and insights from the author precede chapters like: "Apocalyptionary: A Glossary of the End Times," "Fun with Eschatology" and "Armageddon Grab-Bag." Don't get left behind on this end-times extravaganza!

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Pick up this book!!!!!.......2006-07-10

It's as simple as this: It's funny and satirical. It includes awards for best end-times entertainment called the "Endies" and gives a hysterical list of possible anti-christs that will have you rolling on the floor.

Theology Served With A Large Helping Of Humor and Wit.......2006-07-01

Jason Boyett's Pocket Guide To The Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual For The End of the World is a very funny, irreverent, but accurate description of the history of eschatology; the study of the end of the world. Though his humor follows rabbit trails such as the possible identity of the Antichrist (with humorous in-depth comparisons between Bill Gates and Bill Clinton and others as potential Beasts), the greatest contribution is Boyett's simple and succinct description of the various doctrines concerning the specifics of the dogma of the Second Coming of Christ. With tongue firmly in cheek, we are treated to very clear representations of the five major views of the Second Coming of Christ that are present in Christendom today.

The largest section of the book is two chapters throughout history of failed predictions of the end of the world starting from 2000 BC all the way to modern day. Laughing all the way you are introduced to the Shakers, the Jehovah's Witnesses (who win the award for failed predictions of Christ's return), C. I Scofield (a shady-appearing character who had a major impact on Christian eschatology), and the travesty of Edgar C. Whisenant's predictions of the return of Christ in the late `80's. Along the way, are some absolutely hilarious definitions of words such as tribulation, ragnorak, the Rapture, and even Leonard Bernstein.

For those who believe serious theology can't be taught with mirth, you may want to steer clear, but for those of us who believe there can be laughter in the Holy of Holies, this is a book to be enjoyed and shared.

Silly eschatological fun.......2005-08-17

I bought this book on a whim and really enjoyed it. It's a sort of Dave Barry's Travel Guide to the End Times. There's not much else I can say that hasn't already been said by the other reviewers, but this book really was a treat. Boyett's "snarky" tone is perfect for the material, and like the others have said, it's never mean-spirited. And it's irreverent, yeah, but never blasphemous.
An interesting thing to me was that I could never put my finger on the author's own beliefs, as he gives unusually even-handed coverage to an issue which usually polarizes opinions in the Christian community (but is usually, in the end--no pun intended--unimportant).
One minor complaint is that, while one certainly shouldn't expect a book like this to be uminmpeachably fault-free, the author is clearly not an historian (as I am). As such, I noticed a few errors he made that stand correction. His dating on the life of Zoroaster is way off, and he lists Nero as the son of Marcus Aurelius (who died well over 100 years after Nero did--oops). Nero was actually the adopted son of emperor Claudius (and may have had him killed in order to take the throne). Marcus Aurelius's son is the ever-popular Commodus, one of the few Roman emperors almost as hated as Nero.
Overall, a nice, funny way to spend a few idle hours.

Sarcasticaly Funny, but Never Mean.......2005-08-10

The cover looked wild enough and so I picked it up for a quick read - and it is a quick read. The book, in a funny way, probably trying to attack the late teens and early 20 crowds, discuss the different end time's scenarios, paying particular attention to modern views proposed by pop-bible writers like Hal Lindsey and Time LaHaye.

This book is a great tool to teach youth about the many different end time views among Protestants (very little mention of Catholic and Orthodox views, except in mentioning Church history). This is not a deep book, but is a primer on the subject. It is also not an unbiased book, as he does pick fun at certain positions more than others; although, he never really informs the readers of his views.

A quick read, with some funny quips. His suggested books list is a little thin. There are many more books that should have been added, but none deleted from this list. All in all, a little shallow, but still fun.

Funny and Informative.......2005-07-18

This book is a humorous look at the prideful attempt of humans to predict the mind of God, and particularly when and how God will end the world. Boyett clearly shows that it is funny, and somewhat pathetic, when humans claim they have a complete understanding of God and His timing. Lots of laughs here as Boyett takes us back in time surveying the many failed predictions. I can't beleive I missed that picnic at 3 a.m. on Long Island in 1925 waiting for Gabriel! And how many times can one man (Chuckie T. Russel) make predictions and still get people worked up? A bunch.

I'm no scholar on the end times, but I found this book informative. It was a good start on understanding the terminology and the general flavor of the "end times gang". The Apocolyptionary, or glossary, was particularly helpful, and at times just plain funny. Where else can you get a brief understanding of chiliasm, and learn to use the name Abaddon (the chief fallen angel of Satan) in a sentence! Subsequent reading shows me Boyett has a good understanding of his subject, with some surprising insight and much clarity for the un-initiated.

Before purchasing this book, I read the reviews on this site. Those who criticized the book for being irreverent, I think, generally missed the point. Like some of those who posted reviews, I consider myself a devoted Christian, and take the Bible very seriously. It seems to me that Boyett wasn't finding humor so much in the subject itself, but rather in the vain attempts of people to explain the mysteries of God. Sure his writing is a little edgy, but I smiled a lot and learned something too.

The measure of any good intro book, such as this pocket guide, is that it gives you a good understanding of the subject, yet urges you to pursue a deeper understanding elsewhere. That is what this book did for me, with several really good laughs along the way. Its a quick read, and well worth the effort.

A Kid's Guide to Understanding the End Times: Bible Prophecy, the Rapture and How It All Turns Out (Left Behind: A Kid's Guide)

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This is child abuse
BOOK IGNORES JESUS' PROPHECY OF "AT THE LAST DAY."
not very good...

A Kid's Guide to Understanding the End Times: Bible Prophecy, the Rapture and How It All Turns Out (Left Behind: A Kid's Guide)
Tim F. LaHaye , Jerry B. Jenkins , and Chris Fabry
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This is child abuse.......2006-05-29

Aside from the noxious notion that a person can be absolutely justified by holding a particular set of opinions, nothing more thoroughly indicts Christianity than the following, which appears on page 17 of this book:

"The sad truth is that the worst days in world history are yet to come ... but if you understand prophecy, you don't have to worry. You have a place in God's plan ... Students of prophecy don't dread what's ahead because we know the One who holds the future."

In other words, don't worry or fret about the fate of the world; in fact, don't lift a finger except to page through Bible verses this book cherry-picks and interprets for you. The world and mankind are doomed, and hope lies solely in developing a "personal relationship" with a personage as contradictorily described in works transcribed, edited, translated and retranslated by pre-medieval primitives.

This is lazy fatalism dressed up as pious hope. Irresponsible adolescents express this same "theology" toward their own problems and shortcomings when they scoff "whatever" and turn back to their video game. So-called "hippies" used to call it "dropping out," and they thought it was a good answer, too. Maturity consists in growing out of precisely this.

Please, keep this irresponsible dreck away from children.

BOOK IGNORES JESUS' PROPHECY OF "AT THE LAST DAY.".......2006-01-20

This book fails to address the words of Jesus Christ concerning "the last day" in John 6:39-40; John 12:48 and John 5:28-29 which are the basis for the historical view on this subject.

We are to interpret the unclear verses of the Bible by the clear ones. This author uses the unclear verses to fuel his speculations. He needs to listen to Jesus Christ.

Jesus says: "Everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day." (John 6:40).

"At the last day" - not 7 or 1007 years before the last day as this author believes.

Jesus says: "There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words. That very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day." (John 12:48)

This author needs to accept the very words of Jesus Christ when He says "at the last day."

Jesus says: "The hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear my voice and come out. Those who have done good will rise to live and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned." (John 5:28-29)

This author changes the words of Jesus and tries to insert 1000 or 1007 years between Jesus' call and ignores the word "all". (See also John 11:24)

See 2 Peter 3:10-13 for a description of the last day. The rest of the Bible agrees with Jesus Christ not Tim Lahaye.

MIKE

not very good..........2004-09-02

tim's written much better. maybe children shouldnt be taught such serious, frightening stuff. i hate being so critical but this book's horrible.

Field Guide to the Apocalypse: Movie Survival Skills for the End of the World

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Who ever thought Mad Max could be so funny
Buy It. Read It. Tell other people about it.
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Pocket Guide To The Apocalypse: The Official Field Manual For The End Of The World
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Countdown to Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration of the End of the World

ASIN: 068987877X

Book Description

the end is near

Surviving the apocalypse is one thing. Enjoying life after most of civilization is wiped out -- that's entirely different. Maybe you can outrun an avalanche, or escape a burning building, but can you really cut it after the unthinkable happens? Can you, for example, deal with damn dirty apes, convert your car to run on bathtub gin, or synthesize a species-saving vaccine from your own mucus? No?

Obviously, it's not going to be as easy as you thought to come out of Armageddon as the new ruling king of the world. Any chump off the street could be lucky enough to have the immunity to survive the

all-of-humanity-killing disease, or be the one dude who happens

to make it through a meteor strike. But not everyone will know

what clothes to wear to intimidate, or what kind of vehicle you want to be driving in the postapocalyptic wasteland. Not everyone will have the sense to discern whether their food is, in fact, people.

You can survive the apocalypse without this book. But the apocalypse isn't the problem: It's what happens afterward. You against the other people left in the world. You'd better be prepared.

Customer Reviews:

WWMMD (What Would Mad Max Do)?.......2007-05-10

Ahhh, Meghann Marco, it must be crazy being around you. So the end of the world is coming (and it will come) so what are you going to do? Well, Meghann has given us some options based on knowledge-stealing from friends like 'Smart Neighbor', her own research, and piles of Apocalyptic movie scenarios. While this book isn't dead serious, it still provides some actual information yet in a highly humorous way. What do we have to look forward to - here ya go:
1. The False Utopia where culture, emotions, and reproduction are controlled by the 'higher ups'. How to break free of those mind controlling drugs they have you on and how to hide your freewill so as not to be captured and 'recycled'. You learn how to tell if you're in a dreamworld and how to avoid the simulacrum robot replacement initiatives.

Some at the movie references: The Island, Matrix, Clockwork Orange, Total Recall, Equilibrium, Stepdford Wives.

2. Neo-Medieval World and how it's brought about through natural disasters (super volcanos, greenhouse effect, ice age, meteor strike), pandemic disease, robot revolution, and the massive co-ordinated animal uprising. You learn how to survive in the apocalyptic wasteland (remember Wardrobe, Firepower, and proper choosing of your Vehicle & Pet). How to become the Warlord. Converting your car to use alternate fuels. Some notes on zombies and how to make antiserums (along with who to save - hotness is a factor). And dealing with massive severe climate change.

Look to movies like Mad Max, Army of Darkness, 12 Monkeys, Planet of the Apes, Terminator, Back to the Future, 28 Days Later.

3. Advanced Technological Dystopia where computers and robots infest our world. What to do to become the heroic detective and how to talk in 'cityspeak'. Being the Hacker and how to dress for it. How to tell if someone is a replicant and clone (and using it to your advantage). Dealing with extra-terrestrials and robot uprisings.

Movies: Terminator, A.I., Blade Runner, Fifth Element, Mars Attacks, They Live, and Alien.

4. Lastly, Tips for saving the world such as how to stop the alien invasion, assembling the proper ecclectic group of people to save the world, beating the massive co-ordinated animal uprising, and dealing with giant insects and other mutants of radiation.

Meghann gives us a great book to show how we can outwit and survive those less knowledgeable people that live down the street. Big influences on Mad Max movies, Matrix, & Blade Runner. Also, Meghann wants to make sure that anyone should be saving Jude Law for her (or George Clooney as a back up). She appreciates the undefined wisdom of Biff Tannen and most importantly... do whatever you need to to get a 1974 Ford Falcon 'V8 Interceptor' and you will be sure to survive.

The book lacks what the title says.......2006-11-11

This book has more of a comical approach to the apocalpse.It was an alright read but don't be looking for good info on survival.This is a fun read not a serious one.

Who ever thought Mad Max could be so funny.......2006-02-17

Funny as hell, no funnier than that; funny as underwater basket weaving.

Buy It. Read It. Tell other people about it........2005-11-10

- Do houseguests constantly complain that you've got nothing interesting to read in the bathroom?
- Do friends complain that waiting impatiently for you (as you try on your 33rd successive outfit while getting ready to go to the club) is boring because your coffee table contains only archaic episodes of the Onion and a few unpaid cable bills* to read?
- Are you constantly searching for 'light' or 'light-hearted' reading material that won't suck you in to a plot-line and refuse to let you get to sleep until 5 minutes before your alarm goes off?

Then go get yourself a copy of Field Guide to the Apocalypse : Movie Survival Skills for the End of the World by Meghann Marco

Most of the people I choose to spend my Saturday nights gaming, watching movies or even just socializing with, probably could have written this book. I probably could have written this book. You probably could've written this book** -- if we weren't so busy whiling our time away reading and writing things like Amazon.com Reviews instead, that is.

But thank heavens that Meghann Marco did - because it needed to be written!! And she definitely did it justice. Don't believe me without thumbing through it yourself? Go read a few excerpts.

It's a delightful little book - and if you keep it on the coffeetable, or in the W.C., it will amuse the crap out of you*** - presuming you have at least a passing knowledge of post-apocalyptic movies. It's good to be familiar with just about any Charlton Heston after-the-end-of-civilization movie (Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, Omega Man...) It's good to know any Kubrick 'futurism' movies (2001, Dr. Strangelove...) It's good to know some of the more popular Philip K. Dick stories-adapted-to-movies (Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report...) It doesn't hurt to have a healthy knowledge of the Classic-Sci-Fi-novel-turned-movies (1984, Farenheit 451, Brave New World...) in order to get a lot of the 'Cognoscenti' references. But even if your only familiarity is a brush with Logan's Run or the Matrix movies, you'll still enjoy the humor.

Honestly, this isn't deep, meaningful literature. It's not groundbreaking - there are a slew of similar books on the same subjects, including those limited to just one genre of PA society (zombies, comets, asteroids, wastelands...)
But it IS damn funny... and it's definitely worth the cover price.

Even if nobody else ever stays in your post-apocalypticesque bathroom long enough to find out why you kept laughing so hard while you were in there!

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* Which at least explains why they aren't watching pay-per-view adult movies on your TV instead
** An assumption, given that you're literate enough to have gotten this far and clearly have at least a passing interest in the subject matter - or you wouldn't have kept reading
*** The pun was unintentional when I wrote it, but then it amused me, so I left it in due to vanity (did you catch that one?) and because I can (can! hah... another bad restroom pun! I crack me up - not as much as the book does, but you get what you pay for)

Not as awesome as a ninja, but then again, what is?.......2005-10-27

Freaking awesome book. Just finished reading it, and there's alot of good stuff in there. Good overeveiw on pretty any bad end of the world scenerio. Exept global warming, but lets worry about that later. Lots of movie referances (face it, that's where we really learn stuff) and great mood. There's even a section in there about how to jerrymander your car to be baddass. I found the "Neo Medival " section to be most useful, and could apply to a wide range of very possible disasters, from that terrible movie "Waterworld" to the desert wasteland that always comes with the end of a nuclear war.

Also, the cover is bumpy wherever there are bulletholes. Feel the bumps, buy the book!

Bruce & Stan's Guide to the End of the World

Average customer rating:

Good but..
Done well in a for dummies format
This book is a must for user-friendly dummies.
So ANYONE can understand!
Cool book for everyday people

Bruce & Stan's Guide to the End of the World
Bruce Bickel , and Stan Jantz
Manufacturer: Harvest House Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Good but.........2003-07-05

Could have been perfect. There are some dry parts to this guide but all in all it's a good, sound and worth it read.

Done well in a for dummies format.......1999-11-25

If you know nothing about bible prophesy or just want to review the facts its for you

This book is a must for user-friendly dummies........1999-06-07

Just purchased your book, Bruce & Stan's Guide to the End of the World, and read it in one entire day. It is a mind grabber, and would be an excellent bible study subject. Most people probably don't think about this and should. Leave it on your bedside along with your bible.

So ANYONE can understand!.......1999-04-19

This is a fantastic and very "readable" book that helps make sense out of Biblical prophsey as it pertains to the "end of the world". It's easy for anyone to understand, even without a clear understanding of God or the Bible. It does a great job of covering the background necessary to understanding, as well as showing how it fits into today's world!

Cool book for everyday people.......1999-03-04

I really like this book. Not only does it give a great account of end times, it also is funny and lightens the seriousness of the topic. It has a lot of info, and anybody curious about what's gonna happen when we go should read it

Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings

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Excellent Resource
Knits up the ravels
A Radiograph of LotR.
Splendid Tolkien Reference Work
a giant mass of undifferentiated trivia

Untangling Tolkien: A Chronology and Commentary for The Lord of the Rings
Michael W. Perry
Manufacturer: Inkling Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1587420198

Book Description

Here is the book that Tolkien fans have needed for half a century--a detailed, book-length chronology of J. R. R. Tolkien's complex tale. Whether you are a serious Tolkien fan or simply someone who enjoys reading the story over and over again, this is the book for you. It's the first totally new reference for The Lord of the Rings since the 1970s.

Beginning over 1400 years before the major events in Tolkien's epic, it describes, year-by-year, the amazing and imaginative background history that Tolkien created for his masterpiece. Then for the main narrative, it becomes a day-by-day reference, describing what each character does on that day and all the places where those events are described in Tolkien's writings. You can find out, for instance, what Merry and Pippin are doing as Sam perpares rabbit stew on the morning of March 7.

Probe deeper into Tolkien. See why someone as serious as Gandalf was interested in fun-loving Hobbits. Discover an exciting new plot, based on Tolkien's notes, that begins when Aragorn captures Gollum. Follow along as the Black Riders and Gandalf race for the Shire. Decide for yourself whether Sauron and the Ring have any ties to Hitler and Stalin. Explore what Tolkien believed about nature and technology.

A few facts illustrate how helpful this chronology is. Most of narrative is a deliberately confusing sea of next days and third days that leave readers as confused as the tale's main characters.The middle 60 percent of The Lord of the Rings gives the current date only once. In the narrative as a whole, the date is given only 23 times, or once for every 43 pages, and most of those come when the plot is moving slowly. That's why those who want to dig deeper and understand better what Tolkien was saying will find this book a must-have.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Resource.......2006-12-10

Perry has done a wonderful job in untangling the very intricate tale woven by J.R.R. Tolkien. Of particular help are the copious margin notes which reference exactly where Perry is drawing the information contained within that section of his book. The commentary made by the author is a welcomed pause for reflection on the events that are taking place and keep the book from being a mere listing of dates and events. I teach a course on J.R.R. Tolkien and have found Untangling Tolkien a valuable resource, since it covers the entire history of Middle-earth: what comes before The Hobbit and what takes place after The Lord of The Rings. Bravo Mr. Perry, I look forward to reading your other books.

Knits up the ravels.......2004-10-31

An amazing accomplishment by a dedicated Tolkien fan.

That is how I'd sum up the book Untanging Tolkien. Michael Perry has first unraveled all Tolkien's "dates" -- which can be extrapolated from phases of the moon -- and then knit them together again in a cohesive outline, presented in much greater detail than Tolkien's own timeline (found buried in Appendix A of LOTR). By incorporating information from other Tolkien writings, the author of Untangling Tolkien collates additional facts about all the characters and the circumstances surrounding the War of the Ring, folding them all into this detailed chronology. He includes material that sheds light on possible parallels between Tolkien's work and events that were contemporary, and he provides original commentary that suggests some additional motivations for Tolkien's characters. Sidebars offer references to every source for the information presented and for each conclusion the author has drawn.

I found the format, with quick-reference bulleted lists and clearly delineated sections and subheadings, well-organized and easy to use.

NOTE: I read the third printing that was published in May 2004. Apparently the author has corrected many of the errors that David Bratman objected to (below). You won't find a better overview or a more throrough treatment of time and dates in LOTR than Perry provides in this book.

A Radiograph of LotR........2003-12-27

This book is layed out as a chronological record of the events covered by Tolkein's masterpiece with prefaces that explain the calender system created by Tolkein and its conversion to our more mundane (and possibly inferior) system. The type is clear, and margin citations clear and present for every entry. It's primary utility, at which it succeeds admirably, is as a kind of radiograph of Tolkein's work that reveals its astonishing complexity more clearly and allows one to admire, and more importantly, explore the book itself more quickly, easily, and deeply.

The book also contains copious notes inline with the chronology. These vary from informative to tangential, but at worst do not detract from the book's primary function. Mr. Perry is perhaps foremost as Lewis scholar, and so C.S. Lewis, a close acquaintance and friend of Tolkein, makes a number of appearances. Also making appearances in the notes are William Shakespeare and Winston Churchill.

All in all, a unique book which will save anyone who wants to do an in depth study of LotR a lot of time.

Splendid Tolkien Reference Work.......2003-12-21

Superb, exhaustive chronology of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga. Perry does a superior job in untangling a number of thorny chronological issues in Tolkien's narrative, and he employs some fine literary detective work in reconstructing what events are happening across Middle Earth on any given date. Especially admirable is his reconstruction of how much moonlight there was during each day of Frodo and Sam's journey into Mordor.

In addition to chronology, Perry supplies a lot of background information about Tolkien's themes and sources, as well as biographical tidbits about Tolkien. For example, there are fascinating discussions of Tolkien's views of technology, freedom, and totalitarianism. Perry also discusses Tolkien's stance toward the misuse of Germanic myths by the Nazis.

This is a great resource for Tolkien-lovers everywhere.

a giant mass of undifferentiated trivia.......2003-12-21

A year-by-year, later day-by-day, chronicle of the war against Sauron from the founding of the Shire to the glorious conclusion seems at the outset like a good idea. Perry calls LOTR's Appendix B, the Tale of Years, "far from complete" but it covers the whole period: what he means is that it's not detailed enough for him. Appendix B won't tell you which day Sam cooked coney for Frodo; Perry will.

But alas, the book does not stop there. The entries are written as bullet lists like a PowerPoint presentation, and many add pointless little flowcharts such as two-generation family trees. They reduce Tolkien's magnificently complex subcreation into a giant mass of undifferentiated trivia. And each yearly or daily entry comes with its commentary, whether directly relevant, side points, broader considerations, or dogmatic essays in applicability. The unrelieved banality and inappropriateness of these must be read to be believed; as also the author's clumsy, grammatically inept style, and his smug superiority to the characters. (He frequently criticizes the good guys' "blunders," all of them more complex than he implies.)

There's actually some good chronological analysis and speculation hiding in here. But how can someone who knows his Tolkien that well say that the wizards were Valar, or that Rohan gave Isengard to Saruman (it wasn't theirs to give, and Saruman was made its warden, not a freeholder), that Boromir and Faramir had a sibling rivalry (Tolkien specifically says not), or suggest that Galadriel should have sent daily eagles to check up on the Fellowship?

These are not isolated examples: the bloopers and misconceived ideas go on and on. The whole book is like that: it has the soul of a PowerPoint presentation. I can't recommend it on any terms.

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