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supposed to review a collection of short stories while not giving away plot details other than by saying they re great and they are posted in books tagged 50books2012 books tamora pierce tortall young adult fiction leave a comment let s try this again posted on monday january 2 2012 by bill logan ok so i didn t do very well at all on the blogging front in 2011 or the book reading front i posted only 9 reviews here and i didn t read very many more books than that last year not that i didn t read i do a lot of reading just that i didn t read as many books as i d like so i ll be starting the whole 50 books in 1 year challenge again and i ve even read one book so far this year yay me posted in books tagged 50 books books leave a comment to the field of stars posted on saturday october 8 2011 by bill logan kevin a codd to the field of stars a pilgrim s journey to santiago de compostela 2008 kevin codd has written a wonderful account of his first pilgrimage to the shrine of santiago de compostela in spain the shrine of the apostle st james walking the almost 500 mile path starting in saint jean pied de port in france he recounts his daily journey both physical and more importantly spiritual and interior at the time father kevin was the rector of the american college of the immaculate conception the american catholic seminary at the catholic university of leuven belgium sadly the seminary has since closed apparently due to the nonfeasance of the u s bishops in sending seminarians there having long had a desire to make the pilgrimage he did so in the summer of 2003 i picked up this book because i ve been interested in doing the pilgrimage myself i was somewhat envious of those few persons he encountered who were doing longer pilgrimages with one person engaged in walking to spain to rome and then to jerusalem although most people on the pilgrim s path are doing so for spiritual reasons stated or unstated i was surprised by how little support is given by the spanish catholic church to this aside from some pilgrim hostels that are part of monasteries there is little formal spiritual support for the pilgrims indeed the pilgrim s refuge that makes the greatest effort to evangelize and tend to the spiritual needs of the pilgrims turns out to be run by the campus crusade for christ there are other guidebooks to the camino itself but this book s gentleness of spirit makes it an easy recommendation to those interested in the camino so that they might see one pilgrim s experience of it the book would also be useful as an introduction to a lived experience of catholicism i highly recommend this book posted in books tagged books catholic field of stars kevin codd pilgrimage santiago de compostela leave a comment understanding islamic law shari a posted on friday june 17 2011 by bill logan raj bhala understanding islamic law shari a 2011 one of the benefits of working in a library is that you can see the books that have come in before they are put on the shelf one of the newest books still in processing in our technical services department is understanding islamic law shari a by raj bhala a law professor at the university of kansas i can t offer a true review of it because i ve only thumbed through it and haven t read it in full but here are my thoughts n b i don t know how to reproduce diacritical marks in html so a lot of transliterated arabic terms will likely appear imperfectly first of all it s thick well over 1400 pages it s also inexpensive for a law book only 43 on lexisnexis online bookstore this is probably because the book has been published as part of lexisnexis understanding series which is made up of concise yet comprehensive subject matter treatises for use by law students the book is intended not only as a treatise but a textbook for classes on islamic law or comparative law students in those classes who use this book will be grateful that it hasn t been priced as a law school textbook the online listing for this book doesn t reproduce its table of contents so i ve given it at the very end of this post almost the first third of the book is taken up with the history of islam this was a surprise to me at first but it is probably necessary law students taking a class on islamic law may well be unfamiliar with the history and development of islam and the basic tenets of its religious practice the novel feature of this book is that it is not a simple presentation of islamic law but that it is written with a comparative perspective the author references discussions of islamic law with perspectives from american law and the teachings of the catholic church the use of western sources as comparison will doubtless interest readers and help them better appreciate the pluses and minuses of both islamic and american western laws however this leads to some odd notes in the text the author clearly discloses to the reader that he is not a muslim but a catholic along with his lack of formal training in islamic law this cause one to wonder to what extent he truly comprehends islamic law it may have been worthwhile to have coauthored this book with someone formally trained in islamic law moreover the author s religious faith seems to me to have intruded inappropriately into the text i was first struck by this when he discussed islamic teaching on euthanasia after giving a précis of catholic condemnation of this he ends with an a description of the last days of pope john paul describing him as a moral exemplar of this teaching this comes uncomfortably close to using a legal treatise for religious witness another example is in the book s section on family law and children after presenting islamic teaching on contraception his presentation of catholic teaching smacks more of apologia than explication the book should be longer in some areas almost a third of it is taken up with commercial law this may reflect an intended audience of students and lawyers focused on international trade but it leads to short coverage in other areas the chapter on wills and trusts weirdly includes a section on euthanasia was this supposed to be part of an intended chapter on biomedical issues or living wills the subject of torts is relegated to one chapter in the five chapter section on criminal law not only will this arrangement be confusing to american lawyers and law students it makes one wonder if islamic law really has such a shallow treatment of non criminal wrongs the index is 13 pages long but is inadequate for a treatise the number of entries and cross references are both lacking for instance i tried to find the index heading for adoption but it doesn t exist the index heading family law has as its entry marriage and divorce 33 01 d e f those entries in the text deal with the importance of family law in islamic law the categories of people in islamic family law and incongruities in islamic family law the index heading children does not exist but i did see the heading child rearing which has the cross reference see marriage and divorce when i went to the index heading marriage and divorce there was an entry for adoption leading me to section 38 04 of the text which does indeed deal with adoption 38 04 foundling lakit and adoption despite these criticisms i was glad to see this book and enjoyed my look through it as the author discusses in his preface it is surprising that a book covering the breadth of islamic law for american lawyers has not appeared before now i look forward to reading through the book or large parts of it and i am curious to see how the author improves and expands upon it in future editions in addition to its use in law school classes this book would be a superb acquisition for law libraries academic libraries and large public libraries i am considering purchasing a copy for myself summary table of contents part one origins chapter 1 muhammad pbuh before prophethood 570 571 610 a d chapter 2 muhammad pbuh as prophet 610 632 a d chapter 3 holy qur an 610 650 a d revelation compilation and tenets part two golden age chapter 4 caliphs of mecca and medina rashidun 632 661 a d chapter 5 umayyad caliphate 661 750 a d chapter 6 abbasid caliphate 750 1258 a d chapter 7 crusades 1095 1272 a d part three schism chapter 8 sunni shi ite split 632 680 a d chapter 9 shi ism and its imams 680 940 a d part four last great era chapter 10 ottoman turkish empire 11th century a d 1923 chapter 11 moghul indian empire 1504 1857 a d part five theory four classical sources of islamic law usul al fiqh chapter 12 fundamental sources holy qur an and sunnah chapter 13 secondary sources ijma and qiyas chapter 14 controversial additional sources part six practice chapter 15 five pillars of islam chapter 16 four sunnite schools part seven commercial law capitalism and global trade chapter 17 islam and capitalist economic growth chapter 18 property law ownership and property chapter 19 property law public property private property and possession chapter 20 property law protecting and restricting private ownership chapter 21 contract law general principles and contract formation chapter 22 contract law types of contracts chapter 23 contract law performance terms and remedies chapter 24 business associations law traditional types of partnership chapter 25 business association law modern partnerships and agricultural ventures part eight banking law capitalism and global finance chapter 26 banking law risk gharar chapter 27 banking law interest riba chapter 28 banking law legal devices hiyal and prohibition on interest riba chapter 29 finance tamweel islamic bonds sukuk and securitization chapter 30 finance tamweel types and risks of islamic bonds sukuk chapter 31 finance tamweel insurance takaful and transfers hawalah chapter 32 finance tamweel innovative instruments and markets part nine family law and women chapter 33 marriage and divorce chapter 34 polygamy and mixed marriages chapter 35 rights of wife chapter 36 women and clothes chapter 37 women and work part ten family law and children chapter 38 rearing children chapter 39 contraception chapter 40 abortion part eleven inheritance law chapter 41 wills wasaya charitable trusts waqfs and euthanasia chapter 42 law of succession part twelve criminal law uquba t chapter 43 key concepts chapter 44 claims of god haqq allah sex crimes chapter 45 claims of god haqq allah drinking and stealing chapter 46 claims of god haqq allah converting and religious freedom chapter 47 private claims haqq adami part thirteen international law chapter 48 law of war chapter 49 jihad struggle chapter 50 terrorism part fourteen glossary of arabic terms index posted in books tagged american law books catholic islamic law sharia understanding leave a comment embarrassing posted on wednesday june 15 2011 by bill logan hmmm it s been more than 2 months since i last posted a book review that s because it s been more than 2 months since i last read a book the goal of reading 50 books in 2011 obviously won t be made not unless the next 20 books i read are all comic books embarrassing posted in uncategorized leave a comment book read 365 thank yous posted on saturday april 9 2011 by bill logan john kralik 365 thank yous the year a simple act of daily gratitude changed my life 2010 john kralik has written a marvelously inspiring account of how his life changed from one of desperation to one of appreciation for all the good things in the world around him at the end of 2007 he was facing problems his girlfriend had broken up with him he still hadn t finalized his divorce from his second wife some clients had refused to pay his attorney fees leaving him in danger of not making his payroll he was being sued for malicious prosecution and his apartment was a dump after hearing a voice say that unless he became grateful for what he had his life would not improve he began to wonder how he could do that when he had nothing to be grateful for he slowly began to seize the few positive things that happened to him as opportunities to practice gratitude and came up with a goal to write a thank you note for each day of the year this gradually caused him to look for good even in places and people where he could not see it such as his ex wife and each act of gratitude towards others was a step further along to a life of appreciation and a determination to change for the better this is not a pollyanna story many things do change for the better in his life but his act of writing a year s worth of thank you notes is not and is not presented as some quick self help solution without the self reflection that accompanied his writing and without that provoking a change in his life the act of writing thank you notes would likely have been for naught the writing of thank you notes was the catalyst for his developing an appreciation of what he had in his life it did not miraculously give him a new life i highly recommend this book posted in uncategorized tagged 365 thank yous 50books2011 postaweek2011 self help leave a comment book read learning to walk posted on saturday march 26 2011 by bill logan sheilagh conklin learning to walk from the sofa to a marathon in nine months 2007 sheilagh conklin is a braver soul than i in february of 2006 my business partner karen signed me on to the children s tumor foundation s marathon team in anticipation of doing the portland marathon in october nothing could be more out of character for me it was an outrageous idea with no basis in reality in my mid forties and more than a bit overweight i was not in shape and not athletic not only that i had no history of athleticism even as a kid or young adult i was not into sports working out or jogging the closest i got was buying leggings in the early eighties after watching flashdance as i began to tell people i was going to do the portland marathon all asked the same question why good question but i had no answer then one quiet day when all the kids were at school i sat at my desk stared at my blank computer screen and asked myself the same question why i took a deep breath and wrote three words i am fat sheilagh conklin has written a funny and painfully honest account of her attempt to train and complete the 2006 portland marathon compiled from the emails she sent to friends and family the book recounts her journey as she changes from a person who gets winded walking to her neighbor s house to a seasoned walker who considers anything under five miles to be short she is stunningly candid about everything in her adventure from her before description of herself to her relaxing for an hour in a porta potty during the marathon to the development of her obsession with thong panties honestly i loved this book and found it inspiring because i do recognize myself in the three words she wrote at the beginning reading her book makes me want to go and participate in an event myself although a half marathon would probably be more appealing than a full marathon especially since i d rather not use her du...