Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight star in John Schlesinger's Oscar-winning drama based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy. Texan dishwasher Joe Buck (Voight) dreams of making it big in New York. Convinced that he can make his fortune providing sexual favours for wealthy women, he makes the move to the Big Apple. Unfortunately, the first woman he beds down with, Cass (Sylvia Miles), doesn't have any money to speak of, and borrows some of his. At this point, sleazy street-hustler Enrico 'Ratso' Rizzo (Hoffman) enters the frame, offering to become Joe's 'manager'. The only engagement he can arrange is with a gay Christian (John McGiver), but Joe and Ratso soon become close friends, fantasizsng to each other about the millions they are going to make. The film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, while both Hoffman and Voight were nominated for Best Actor.

Winner of the Academy Award'" for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay, Midnight Cowboy also boasts Oscar* nominated performances by Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight and Sylvia Miles. Dustin Hoffman gives an unforgettable performance as Ratso Rizzo, a scrounging, sleazy small-time con man with big dreams. Jon Voight is magnificent as Joe Buck, the good-looking, naively charming Texan 'cowboy' who is convinced that he is the salvation of many lonely, love starved New York women. These two characters are drawn together in this powerful and compassionate film.

It is Oklahoma, 1873. Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is mistaken for a murderous rustler and taken to be hanged by corrupt lawman Captain Wilson (Ed Begley). However, he survives the hanging and is rescued by a local sheriff. Cooper vows revenge upon Wilson and takes a job as a deputy sheriff, determined to restore law and order to Oklahoma.

WORKING WITH YOUR CHAKRAS is a clearly written and easy-to-use book which brings esoteric chakra knowledge into a Western perspective. You will discover how connecting with your chakras enables growth, healing and balance to take place in all areas of your being - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Ruth White explains that much chakra work is of self-help nature. Through exercises and colourful visualisations and meditations you will unlock a wealth of information about yourself. Unsuspected strengths or gifts will emerge and information essential to full physical and emotional healing will be revealed. Above all, the self-understanding you will gain through contact with your chakras will help you to live more fully and make more dynamic and exciting life choices.

In "A Man Was a Real Man in Them Days," Ruth Burns celebrates the life and character of the pioneers who dared to challenge the vast prairie of the Llano Estacado of Eastern New Mexico. In the 1880s along the Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers, the cities of Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Ft. Sumner were bustling centers of commerce, but on the High Plains, due to the lack of dependable water, the prairie was inhabited only by occasional outlaws, Indian hunting parties, Hispanic mustangers and buffalo hunters. After the Civil War, cowmen began to bring their herds to the plains; and in 1898 when the railroad came, homesteaders poured in, lured by promises of free land. Barbed-wire fences were put up, and the day of the open range was at an end. Using interviews and letters collected by her mother in the 1930s and 1940s, Burns reveals the courage, determination, and good humor of these first settlers by using their own words, recorded while they were still living.

Gregory Peck gives an Oscar-winning performance as lawyer Atticus Finch in this crime drama adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee. In Alabama in the 1930s, Atticus defends a black man accused of raping a young white woman while his children, Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Phillip Alford), play in the street. The controversial nature of the trial, taking place in the racist culture of the Deep South, leads the local townsfolk to turn against Finch and sees his family become the victim of a series of terror attacks. As well as Peck's Best Actor statuette, the film won another two Academy Awards with an additional five nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Badham).

IT AIN'T THE UPS AND DOWNS IN LIFETHAT GETS YOU, IT'S ALL THE JERKS _________________________________WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUYESTERDAY DOES NOT MAKEYOU A VICTIM TODAY; NORDOES IT LIMIT WHEREGOD CAN TAKE YOUTOMORROW __________________________________IF YOUR SHIP HAS NOT YETCOME TO SHORE, JUMP IN THE WATER AND SWIMTOWARD IT ___________________________________Ruthe White is an author/ speaker/teacher.She resides in Victorville.California with herMinister husband. They have two daughterstwo grandchildren and four great-Grandchildren.Ruthe has appeared onnumerous telecastsIncluding segmentson both Bakersfield andFresno Good Morning America, ABC.

In Karma & Reincarnation, Ruth White ponders the imponderables and helps bring sense to life's BIG questions: Why do we suffer? What can we do about the problem of evil? Are we paying for past mistakes? Karma literally means both "action" and "fate". The hand-in-glove theories of karma and reincarnation provide a working hypothesis to bring greater meaning and purpose to our lives.

Karma & Reincarnation presents a clear, working definition of karma and reincarnation, free of dogma and jargon. White draws on Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian roots, offering a straightforward discussion on the meaning of karma in each tradition. She presents a sane and useful look at how karma and reincarnation work in our relationships and in society at large.

With practical exercises and real-life examples, this thoughtful and hopeful book helps us:
-- discover our key themes and karmic triggers. What comes up over and over?
-- begin to let go of "old stuff; "
-- and make the choices that make a difference in everyday life.

For anyone seeking a useful definition of karma, free of any religious or doctrinal influence, Ruth White provides a clear and practical guide. She shows us karma's necessary connection to reincarnation and its important applications for contemporary life, making, a distinction between the true meaning of karma and the commonly held notion that it's all about punishment for past errors.

Ruth White's exploration of chakras and energy flow teaches us how they can be used to improve our lives and promote physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual development. Each chapter addresses a different aspect of life -- family relationships, love and passion, sex, power and creativity, age and wisdom, death and rebirth -- and provides simple exercises (49 in all), meditations, and creative visualizations that help you connect more deeply with your body's chakra energies. White also shares channeled wisdom from her guide, Gildas, case studies from her own healing work, and advice on colors, fragrances, gemstones, prayers, and affirmations that resonate with the chakras. Using Your Chakras is a practical, clearly written, easy-to-use guide you can immediately put into practice to heal relationships and release blocks related to sex, money, and authority.

Ted Wyatt and Kelly Trent make choices that determine the direction their lives will take. Ted wants to marry and start a family; Kelly wants to leave ranch life behind. They seem to have complementary needs--but do they? Or are they headed for frustration and non-fulfillment?

The author holds a Master's degrees in Christian Education from Eden Seminary and in Nursing Education from Washington University, St. Louis. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from MacMurray College and a nursing certificate from Blessing Hospital.Awards include: Curator's Award from University of Missouri, Ford Foundation teaching internship, United States Public Health Service Grant, and academic scholarships. She has been recognized by Blessing nurses' alumni association as Nurse of the Year and inducted into her Palmyra, Missouri school district's Academic Hall of Fame.She was a missionary teacher for twenty years under the Presbyterian Church USA and vocational and program agencies. From 1974 to 1978 she was a Nursing Instructor at the University of Azarabadegan in Iran and from 1978 to 1988 she was a Christian Education Teacher at Maridi Teacher Training Institute and the first American woman to become Chair at their Department of Religion.Marjorie White, a missionary teacher for over twenty years, has written this book at the request of missionary schools who want to train educators to serve in Muslim countries. The book covers the personal perspectives and experiences in Iran during her time of service and her own perspectives on relating to those of the Muslim religion that she learned from interaction with her Muslim students, friends and co-workers.The books of Moses were the only text that she was allowed to use in her religious education classes in both Sudan and Iran and this presentation is fairly representative of what she taught. Parts of this book are devoted to her use of the new teaching technique of using literary methods to teach science and other non-literary subjects. This book is timely, as it addresses today's new interest in teaching Bible truths throughout school curriculum.

The author holds a Master's degrees in Christian Education from Eden Seminary and in Nursing Education from Washington University, St. Louis. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from MacMurray College and a nursing certificate from Blessing Hospital. Awards include: Curator's Award from University of Missouri, Ford Foundation teaching internship, United States Public Health Service Grant, and academic scholarships. She has been recognized by Blessing nurses' alumni association as Nurse of the Year and inducted into her Palmyra, Missouri school district's Academic Hall of Fame. She was a missionary teacher for twenty years under the Presbyterian Church USA and vocational and program agencies. From 1974 to 1978 she was a Nursing Instructor at the University of Azarabadegan in Iran and from 1978 to 1988 she was a Christian Education Teacher at Maridi Teacher Training Institute and the first American woman to become Chair at their Department of Religion. Marjorie White, a missionary teacher for over twenty years, has written this book at the request of missionary schools who want to train educators to serve in Muslim countries. The book covers the personal perspectives and experiences in Iran during her time of service and her own perspectives on relating to those of the Muslim religion that she learned from interaction with her Muslim students, friends and co-workers. The books of Moses were the only text that she was allowed to use in her religious education classes in both Sudan and Iran and this presentation is fairly representative of what she taught. Parts of this book are devoted to her use of the new teaching technique of using literary methods to teach science and other non-literary subjects. This book is timely, as it addresses today's new interest in teaching Bible truths throughout school curriculum.

In RIVER OF LIFE, the author's bottom line is to teach people how to achieve greater happiness in their relationships, career, and presumably, one's self.

She discusses (all within a water metaphor): meditation and how to interpret the findings; the inner child and how it can/does affect adult choices, and creative approaches to solving blocks.