Journals Books

This book really brought the plight of disability home. Whether depressed or physically challenged, we can do many things to help ourselves. Chenoa really learned to play her cards and with the help of her friends, she took the adventure of a life time. I really enjoyed the book and think that it is worth a read for everyone. With her friends by her side, she really came through with power! Loved it. Thanks for the adventure and the thouthfulness Mary-Elizabeth!

I couldn't get enough of this book. Chenoa really came through her adventure, realizing what it was to overcome her problems and to live life to it's fullest. Am I Dead Yet was entertaining and thought provoking. It is a very powerful and entertaining book. You can laugh and cry on the same page. Chenoa, the champion, learns to play the whole hand instead of giving up on life. Whatever your situation in life, you realize that it really isn't so bad. If Chenoa could make it through, then so can the rest of us! Wonderful story!

This is a novel about a young artist who struggels to overcome advertisy. The book will grab your attention in every chapter. I look forward to reading it again. it was a great story. There is a message of hope for those going through struggels. It was very well written. I can hardly wait for her next novel!

This book will lose you in a matter of moments, into the whimsical adventures of Chenoa and her many friends. There are many moments, where I found myself laughing out loud, and crying, as though these situations were happening to you. Mary-Elizabeth has done a wonderful job of making you feel as though you were right there with Chenoa, instead of looking in from the ourside. I highly recommend this story if you love adventure, or have any type of debilitating disease, as the book is so inspiring and real to us all.

The main character in this book is one of the most inspiring, strong female protagonists I've ever read about. Everything she goes through, she becomes a better person from it. She's flawed, and very human.

It brought tears to my eyes, and sometimes made me laugh. All in all, a beautiful story that people will remember for a long time.

This was not just a story of Ginni's battle with breast cancer. It is a story of family ties, especially the bond between sisters. It is a story of courage, encouragement, hope, the power of prayer, the importance of friendships, realizations, truth, honesty, love, bravery, celebration and devotion.
I loved the lessons on how to treat and talk to a person with a terminal illness.
This is a book that you do NOT want to pass on, but rather, leave by your night stand to go over and over again.
I will buy copies of this book to give as gifts to sisterfriends to let them know how important they are to me in my life.
Moving, touching, inspirational.

This book, written by a loving sister about her strong and optimistic sister, teaches readers about the warning signs of breast cancer and its treatments, while providing inspirational testimony from and about a woman who never gave up her desire to life or her faith in God. Trace was a beautiful woman in life, whose story now lives on in death, to encourage others to stay strong in the midst of whatever trials life has to offer. This story should be read by anyone who has cancer, is a survivor of cancer, has a loved one with cancer, or who has endured any form of hardship during the course of his/her life. It acts as a reminder never to give up, or to give in, regardless of whatever challenges one may face. Trace's story has brought tears to my eyes and warmth to my heart, as I'm sure it will to countless readers.

It took a great woman like Trace to turn such a tragic disease into an encouraging story that touches everyone who has ever faced adversity. Karen West's personal anecdotes and emotional testimony channel Trace's message throughout the pages of this heartwarming record of the life of a great woman.

This book is the story of courage and faith and love. For anyone who has battled cancer, anyone who has experienced trials of faith, anyone who has a sister, if you have battles requiring strength and courage of conviction, this is a must for your presonal library.
Trace's life is an inspiration to us all and Karen shows what sisterhood and love are all about.

I purchased Amazing Trace before Christmas, and I have read it 3 times already. I also purchased a few copies to give as gifts and each person has enjoyed it tremendously. I highly recommend this book.

I love this calendar! I have already ordered the 2003-2004 and can't wait for it to arrive. Having the grocery list on hand each week is a lifesaver! This calendar has really helped me organize myself and my family and it's very easy to tell that a mom designed it! I highly recommend it!

This organizer is a God send! Everything a "soccer mom" needs to keep her life in order. In the back is a section you record your kids activities, phone numbers, days of the week they attend. I also have a place for phone numbers and addresses of my kids friends. Recently, I went away for a week and left this book with the sitter. She loved it! All the information she needed was right there in this book. I'd recommend this book to any mom & it's perfect for giving.

I came to Amazon.com today to put this item on my wish list and there are only 3 left with more on the way. That should tell you that this book is in high demand. It has everything you need to keep your life/family organized. A tear out grocery list, growth and gratitude area, plenty of extra pages for notes, the year in review, baby sitter information, children's play friends, quick reference address/phone #'s, and even stickers for dr's appointments, birthdays, anniversary, vacation, no school, half days, bill reminders. This book also runs Septemeber thru December of the following year so it starts with the school year. This book is awesome

I have used this calendar for the last two years. Last year I got it on clearance after the first of the year. This year, I bought it early so I wouldn't miss out entirely! Amy Knapp has thought of everything in this book - a weekly grocerly list, important information and phone numbers, information for the babysitter, a long range planner. The stickers are great too, so I can easily find something I am looking for - such as a birthday or a Doctor's appointment. I'll be shopping for the new calendar in August next year!

When I became a stay-at-home mom a couple of years ago, my life got even more chaotic than when I worked outside of the home. I seemed to be getting involved with everything and my personal organizer from my accounting days wasn't getting the job done. When I found this wonderful book, it helped in so many ways. I even have my husband and sons trained to "check the book" when they want the answer to any scheduling, meal, or important info questions. It goes everywhere with me! A superior tool for families!

This journal was purchased as a gift for someone and they love it. I would buy it for people in the future who have just lost a loved one.

My granddaughter who is 3 years old suddenly lost her father (my son) in January 2007 and this little journal is going to be just perfect for her to remember him - it is even better than I expected.

The worst part of losing a loved one is the scary thought that you'll forget them. This is a helpful aid in keeping important memories alive. Helping kids know that they can continue on...

This book is a vital resource for children aged 5-10years old. Often when there is a loss in the family, the children are usually the last persons we look to share how they are feeling about the loss. As adults we try to shelter them and not "upset" them by whispering or not talking about the loved one who died. This confuses children as they often wonder why everyone is acting so different around them. This book helps kids to put their very own feelings into words.

I just bought this book and I would call it phenomonal! My kids will love using it to remember their beloved cousin. I highly recommend it to parents of kids who have lost someone close to them. It is sort of like a scrapbook with lots of room for journaling. It will be a treasure and keepsake for life.

A SHAME HE HAD TO END UP LIKE HE DID...HE WAS A REAL AMERICAN HERO.

No one lived through more extraordinary adventures than Major Robert Rogers: they were bone-chilling, hair-raising. But Rogers understates them. Spine-tingling events historians know-from others who were present-that Rogers lived through he skipped over. Once he jumped twelve feet into a river to escape capture by French and Indians and never even mentioned it. Perhaps Rogers was a genuinely modest man. Perhaps his "adventures" were scarey memories he didn't wish to revisit. Perhaps it was bad judgment mixed with a phlegmatic mind. Low key or not, Roger's journals are standard reading for history buffs of the French and Indian War. Todish and Zaboly imminently enhance Roger's accounts without altering them, to the point readers glimpse an exceptional man. Todish indents his annotations in the middle of the narrative at to flesh out details of time, place, and historical significance. His scholarship is first rate: insertions are by others who were present, or are comments from earlier Rogers scholars. His co-author, Zaboly, takes great care to make the his illustrations historically accurate in lieu of setting, clothing, and military accouterments. Drawings are a page or two pages wide, with an accompanying page of explanation of included details. These chosen details are themselves footnoted to their museum source. If one decides to read Roger's journals, read them in this edition.

A creation of the two greatest experts on Robert Rogers and his Rangers, this book is a must for all American history buffs. Not only is Rogers' own journal reproduced, but Todish and Zaboly both contribute fascinating and insightful introductions. If there is any more to be learned about Rogers, it will be found in Zaboly's forthcoming full-scale biography. His numerous full page highly detailed illustrations add immeasurably to this work's appeal. For those who are interested in the period, to miss this volume would be a sin.

This edition of the _Journals of Major Robert Rogers_ is really three books in one, and that amounts to a major treat for anyone even remotely interested in the struggle for colonial America's frontier.
Major Robert Rogers was one of early America's greatest frontier soldiers, and the feats performed by Rogers' Rangers are the stuff of legend. Despite the self-serving nature of Rogers' memoirs (and whose memoirs are not self-serving?), this work remains an essential source on the French and Indian War.
The annotations supplied by editor Timothy J. Todish, a longtime Rogers' Rangers reenactor and a widely published student of 18th and 19th century American military history, greatly increase the value of this edition. Todish provides the kind of insights, additional information, and corrections that can come only from someone who is thoroughly familiar with the subject.
The book's crowning touch comes from the twenty-two illustrations by Gary S. Zaboly, an accomplished historical artist whose knowledge of Robert Rogers and his times is unmatched by anyone working in the field today. Zaboly wrote short essays explaining each one of his illustrations, along with an authoritative, 31-page examination of the uniforms worn by Rogers' Rangers.
By combining the talents of Rogers, Todish, and Zaboly, this handsome volume serves as a window opening on some of the most harrowing and thrilling episodes in American history. This book is a must for anyone interested in colonial America, the Eastern Woodland Indians, and the French and Indian War.

Very well done book. This book will add alot to the knowledge on the French and Indian War. And one of the most colorful people of that time. If you would like to understand more about the modern army rangers and the past history of this great nation this is the book.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a demonstration of New England civility in the 1850s. I believe it went through more than 50 editions by the end of the nineteenth century, so it must have been very widely read at one time. The book is packed with amazing observations. Holmes takes the time to wonder why the sense of smell is the quickest path to memory. He rails against puns in a way that is better than punning. He points out human flaws and praises examples of good living. Trees come alive, through prosaic description and poetic flights. Would you like to go back to the 1850s and have a conversation with a Boston intellectual? Here's your chance. There are many old copies of this book sitting around, but it's nice that it's come back into print (again).... (it's also a quiet love story, by the way)

The imaginary scene is a boarding house breakfast. Conversation is dominated by a lively gent who's seen it all. He holds forth on women, school, philosophy, rowing, interrupted from time to time with verses such as the Deacon's Masterpiece. It's witty, poignant, and rightfully a classic.

Two oral practices flourished in antebellum America: the lecture (or sermon) and the conversation. Lectures, such as Emerson's "The American Scholar" and sermons, such as the abolitionist sermons of Henry Ward Beecher, are well-known examples of this era. But it was also known as the Golden Age of Conversation, and its greatest practitioner was generally agreed to be Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior.

Holmes was considered an important American writer until the 1920s when he was excised from the American canon by the modernists. They depicted him as willfully provincial, and elitist. What those critics failed to understand was that the Autocrat is also a comic pose, and that Holmes is making sport of everyone, including elitists. Holmes' democratic view of conversation as an open, free-wheeling discourse where anyone could join the Autocrat at his table, as long as they enlivened the conversation, ran counter to the views of his more elitist friends in Boston's Saturday Club in Boston. Holmes loved to talk, and his love for talk made him a democrat, or perhaps a true republican.

His Autocrat is a many sided character: stern and foolish, admonitory and celebratory, a polymorph who will don any temporaty mask necessary to keep the conversation alive. Holmes' playful metaphorical imagination is also a revelation. His gift for translating complex ideas into homey metaphors, aphorisms, and similes is nothing short of miraculous. In the words of another seriously comic American whom I'm sure Holmes would have delighted in, the Autocrat "floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee."

The Autocrat of the Breakfast table begins "in media res," in the middle of a conversation, with the Autocrat attempting to set the rules for conversation at his table. They are generous rules, but even they are open to sabotage by his tablemates at the boarding house. He begins by banning "facts" from his table as impediments to conversation, (a condition that should prevail on today's too numerous current event talking head shows. But I, like the Autocrat, digress).

Here's how the Autocrat starts: "I was just going to say, when I was interrupted, that one of the many ways of classifying minds is under the head of arithmetical and algebraical intellects. All economical and practical wisdom is an extension of the following arithmetical formula: 2 + 2 = 4. Every philosophical proposition has the more general character of the expression a + b = c. We are mere operatives, empirics, and egoists, until we learn to think in letters instead of figures." "They all stared. There is a divinity student lately come among us to whom I commonly address remarks like this. "

In other words, as Gibian says in his marvelous OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AND THE CULTURE OF CONVERSATION: [The Autocrat] only asks us to study his beliefs the way a pragmatist would study the doctrines of any religion: "I don't want you to believe anything I say; I only want you to to try to see what makes me believe it." How refreshing in this age of factoids and statisticoids recited with rancor and ideological certitude, to hear the Autocrat and his tablemates at the boarding house attempting to fashion a democracy through and by their conversation. Nowadays all we have are the unironic Autocrats, control freaks like John McLaughlin, Ted Koppel, Rush Limbaugh, and that guy on FOX whose name I have, pleasantly, forgotten.

Listening to the Autocrat you can almost hear American singing. It's not exactly Walt Whitman's America, but it's still America in the hopeful, experimental antebellum era, and thus a good antidote to the cold technocratic chatter and lukewarm public relations cant we are showered with in this hypermediated century.

An interesting range of thoughtful opinions, imbedded in a look at American life in the 1850s, by the father of a future Supreme Court Associate Justice. Part of the charm of this book is in the fact that at that time horses had been the only means of human-assisted transportation for the last few thousand years (with the exception of the new-fangled railroad which was changing the world). Electronics were not even imagined. Automobiles were 50 years into the future.

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a demonstration of New England civility in the 1850s. I believe it went through more than 50 editions by the end of the nineteenth century, so it must have been very widely read at one time. The book is packed with amazing observations. Holmes takes the time to wonder why the sense of smell is the quickest path to memory. He rails against puns in a way that is better than punning. He points out human flaws and praises examples of good living. Trees come alive, through prosaic description and poetic flights. Would you like to go back to the 1850s and have a conversation with a Boston intellectual? Here's your chance. There are many old copies of this book sitting around, but it would be nice if it came back into print.... (it's also a quiet love story, by the way)

I am expecting my third child, and this is a must-have. During my first pregnancy, I used a notebook and wrote everything. I found this journal, and it was so convenient to fill in after each feeding and diaper change. It has a blank page on the opposite side which works well for a place to jot down baby's firsts when you cannot get to a calendar or baby book. If you are a person who loves to be organized, this is the perfect book, particularly for breastfeeding. I always get this for first-time moms!

This book is very helpful, especially for newborns who are not on a schedule just yet. It helps you keep track of how many feedings, poo's & wets, and how much rest the baby is getting each day. It's very handy for your babysitter as well. They can also easily jot down the baby's progress each day, and for your spouse they can do the same. It helps to keep my husband and I up-to-date so we won't overfeed the baby or forget to change him.

I received this product as a baby gift when my daughter was first born. Over the first four months, we filled up the book and it helped reassure me that nursing efforts were going well. I just purchased two more books to help me keep track of her days now that I will be returning to work.

I bought this journal on a whim for my sister, who has a two year old and an infant. She's super organized, but with two children under the age of 2, she was struggling to keep track of all the details of the newest addition. The journal was a godsend...it made her life so much easier, especially with family members helping to care for the newborn. Now we can all keep track of the baby's essential info in one place, rather than worrying about charts and lists passed from one person to the next. It's such a simple tool, yet it made an overwhelming situation so much easier. I just bought another one for a friend of mine who had a baby. This will definitely be a must-have for all baby showers moving forward!

When I was the in the hospital after giving birth to my daughter, I was asked to record all of newborn's feedings and diaper changes on a log. I was so sleep deprived that I would not have been able to answer the nurses' and doctors' questions without it. When I got home I continued to record my baby's feedings, diaper changes and naps in this journal. I keep it on the night stand next to my glider in the nursery and pack it in my diaper bag whenever I'm on the go. It's pretty small and the cover is very durable. You don't have to spend any energy remembering when you last fed or changed you baby because it's all in the journal. It takes a commitment to keep this up, but I think it is well worth it. It has helped me to identify my baby's natural eating and sleeping patterns, so I was able to easily establish a routine for my baby at 4 weeks. Although she has veered off of it from time to time, she has been following it pretty consistently for the most part. She even started sleeping through the night at 6-7 weeks. Also, my baby had a vommitting problem for a while and I used the notes section on the back of each page to record what I ate to help me identify "problem" foods. I don't know what I would do without it!

As a first time mom, this book has been a great tool! With my lack of sleep I have found my memory is pretty poor. This book helps me record when my daughter has been fed, changed, napped, or if important events happened (dr. apppointments, special visits, milestones, etc). At my first visit with my pediatrician she was so impressed that I had recorded everything b/c it really helped to evaluate my daughter's progress and how her kidney's were working. If you're expecting, or know someone who is, this is something worth buying!

Our son is now 21 months old, but we are still amazed at useful this book was. We used it from the day he was born, and until he was 16 months old(4 total).

They have been such great keepsake books too. From getting the call that his birthmother was in labor, taking him home, his adoption day, his visitors, first smile and laugh, and favorite foods. Awesome journal.

As parents in our 40's we just could not remember when he was fed or had a dirty diaper on our own with so little sleep. We would just refer back to this book all day long. No problem. It was so easy to keep track of his vaccinations, medications, and medical visits.

This book made it so easy to keep track of any food allergies, and any health issues. When taking our son to the doctor, we would just bring the book with us, and were able to easily anwser any question the doctor asked us.

I highly recommend this book to any new parent.

I have used this book from the day I came home from the hospital with my baby(2 months now). At first I thought it was just handy but I quickly realized that this book is priceless! I can glance at it and tell my pediatrician with confidence that I know how often my baby eats and sleeps, but more importantly I know he is getting the regular care he needs. I even use it to keep track of my medicines and what I eat so I can take care of myself better, and watch baby's reactions to my medications and the foods I'm eating. I don't think of it as a keepsake though, as it claims to be. This book is a tool, and a very useful one at that. I highly recommend it to any parent!

After having my first child, I have found that I can't remember what time my baby woke up or went to sleep or ate etc. This book/log helps me keep track of important things, like especially when baby isn't feeling good, diahrea or when doses of tylenol were given. It was most helpful the first 4 months when I wasn't getting much sleep and not able to remember much of anything. Before the book, I found myself trying to keep track in a notebook, but it was to messy and confusing. With this book, others helping to take care of baby can look at it and instantly know what is going on.

Before I had a baby, I had always thought of myself as a capable person. Normally confident, I couldn't imagine how I would care for my newborn daughter. I found that Baby, It's All About You helped tremendously! As I became more comfortable with caregiving (feeding, diapering, bathing etc.) I found that I regained my self-confidence, and as a result, I was a lot less overwhelmed! This book is so simple to use, I highly recommend it for every new parent.

"Albert Amao is a master teacher of metaphysics and his new book BEYOND CONVENTIONAL WISDOM is an attestment for his students and others. Especially his chapter about worry is useful, but worry does not always concern what's in the future. Often worry and its anxiety corollary are concerned about here and now, immediate, situations and Dr. Amao makes clear the importance of the present moment, the "NOW." Notwithstanding praise for this new rendition, it ought to be made clear that Amao's chapter on "The Dialectic and the Seven Hermetic Principles." Mr. Amao reminds us of the law of "Universal Interaction" which says nothing exists in isolation, we are all "intimately linked"; we all part of "one whole," if that's true then Spencer's ideas about "survival of the fittest" are selfish and to say the least very flawed. It ought to be our mission to help one another with no expectation of anything in return; that is the Christian way and is also apparently an essential component, the real core, of the world's major religions. Dr. Amao's book is to be applauded and his teaching more so."
Dr. Frankie Hutton
New Jersey

Aquarian Age and the Andean Prophecy

Dr. Amao's book Beyond Conventional Wisdom is a rare compilation of treasures for the serious truth seeker. The knowledge base from which it is written is impressive.

He presents sacred truths while planting seeds for personal development. As with a string of pearls, each essay holds its own unique character while joining to each other through a common bond.

Perhaps, at the conclusion of the reading, one may have discovered some answers, but will most likely have also discovered many new questions. It is truly a thought provoking piece of work.




Joan Pelfrey, N.D., BSN, M.H.P.A.

If you happen to be the curious reader dabbling in the New Age, Beyond Conventional Wisdom is a true find. Author Amao offers us a primer of sorts that takes us through a metaphysical odyssey. Amao deftly links esoteric schools of thought such as the Tarot, Qabalah and surprise,Quantum Mechanics! The common denominator Amao tells us, is dialectics. No longer can the skeptic afford to dismiss New Age as Spiritism and the folly of the superstitious and uneducated. The world is no longer Newtonian we must shift our thinking with Quantum Mechanics... and for those who felt faith alone and church mystics of old were not sufficient we now have "hard" science and an excuse to well, believe. Amao offers a historical perspective on metaphysics, intersecting it with religion, Christ, the Qabalah, the Tarot, Freud, and Jung! He offers us the view that esoteric and occult philosophy had its genesis in the Italian Renaissance where Neo-Platonism, Hermetic philosophy , Pythagoras and the Qabalah meet. This book alone unraveled many unknowns and questions for me. A handy index of terms, philosophers esoterics adepts and others would have been nice for the uninitiated.

This is an interesting book that deals with questions that sooner or later man have to face in the course of his life. Questions such: Is there a meaning of life? What is the purpose of our existence? Do we have any mission in life? What is the role of our beliefs in shaping our destiny? Is there anything beyond this physical world? Man is usually confronted with these questions when he finds himself in the middle of a deep personal crisis or family tragedy that upset all his personal outlook of life. While life runs smoothly, when everything goes well, man lives mesmerized by physical appearances and is unaware of the above questions.

The other way that man is confronted with these questions is by "spiritual dissatisfaction." That is when man does not get satisfaction or happiness anymore with materialistic things such as fame, wealth, prestige, etc. It can be mentioned some contemporary entertainers as example. The famous British band "The Beatles" in their peak of their fame were seeking spiritual guidance from Indian Gurus. Madonna is pursuing spiritual enlightenment in the Qabalah. In the Bible we read that King Solomon after he attained all the power, wisdom, and wealth in the world concluded that all his achievements were meaningless and useless; similar to chasing the wind. (See Ecclesiastes, chapter 1).

The book, Beyond Conventional Wisdom will give the reader food for thought to think about where his/her life is heading? It provides a different outlook of life congruent with the true nature of reality. The fundamental ideas of this book are to question the so-called "conventional wisdom" on which we conduct most of our lives. The book pretends to uncover the underlying concepts behind the meaning of life, question the validity of the fortune telling devices, and discusses the reasons for some people are resistant to be healed. For instance, there are persons that are subconsciously determined to be sick and use illness as a way to cope with problems in life.

In addition the book explores the basic postulates on which Christianity rests. It examines the paradox of life, the paradox of the original sin; the inconsistencies of the canonical gospels, also examines the paradox of fear and faith and it is demonstrated that both are tail and head of the same coin. What is the impact of materialism in our modern societies? Is religion a tool used by the dominant classes to exploit the poor classes? Is the Dialectic materialism the major contribution to Philosophy that Marx, Engel, and Lenin claimed? And so on.

In a nutshell, the book attempts to demystify and dispel basic misconceptions accepted as true by common opinion. It questions fundamental erroneous concepts that have been traditionally believed and accepted as true. In addition to informing and educating the reader about some very innovative issues, they will also help to separate "the wheat from the chaff," so to speak, regarding preconceived misconceptions on religion, on metaphysical and other related areas of thought. In that sense, this book is designed to be thought provoking, as it challenges many customary beliefs.

All comments, constructive critiques, and reactions to the ideas expose in the book are more than welcome. Address your comments to: alamao@verizon.net

Albert Amao, Ph.D., has the reader ask themself ~ "Is it better to live in a blissful ingnorance or to seek knowledge and unmask the hidden beliefs that we are living under...is it better to live in the comfort of mediocrity?" First, that question can only be asked, and answered, by the individual. If we take the premise Albert Amao poses that most of society is living in obscure mediocrity and unhappiness due to believing and living within the 'common opinon,' and begin asking ourselves questions as to what we truly want in life, then and only then can we create a lasting happiness and fulfillment.

Albert Amao, Ph.D. provides that distinction for the reader. He shows through examples and quotes throughout time, how modern man has subscribed to outdated, and for the most part, useless opinions, usually quoted for the masses. In his book, the reader will find questions, essays, and detailed information to begin asking themselves just what it is they want, and how they can go about achieving just that.

Albert Amao's work is a deep and intellectual piece ~ bringing heretofore little or unknown material together in an interesting and inspiring format. If you are interested in a deepening and knowing of yourself, I recommend this book!

Paula T. Webb ~ Founder, Path To Fulfillment Institute; author, Creating Perfect Relationships, An Independent Ministry, Cooking with Grace, An Independent Marriage and more

Charles Herrick did an excellent job of bringing the story of his experience to me. I passed the book along to my friend, Diane, and she expressed her appreciation of the story and the contribution of Mr. Herrick in Africa.

Jacque Stallman and Diane Carmel

Poetry, Rich text and Dialogue encouraged me to read more. I did not want Herrick's adventure to end.Photogrphs bring the story alive.It left me with a feeling that we must all go the distance to make earth a much better place.

This is a beautifully written, personal account of the daily life, and unimaginably difficult existance of the average, rural people of Kenya. It'll make you laugh and cry, and feel hope and outrage, all on the same page. It's full of grippping imagery and beautiful prose. Written from the perspective of a Christian missionaly, I, as a non-Christian, found it to be both humanly and spiritually enlightening. I highly recommend it to anyone who considers himself to be a citizen of the world.

Before reading Breath of Kenya Africa was a continent far away, one with issues that prompted me to give money to relief organizations now and again. Reading Herrick's book put Kenya in my living room and in my heart.

I was particularly touched by the story of a widow, emaciated from aids and just a day from death who makes a final trip to her abandoned marital home in search of her red dress. The story later to reveal she was only 16.

The author does not soft pedal the cause and effect relationship of the health crisis he encounters. One Christian reviewer equates this candidness to discrimination and judgment, purporting the Kenyan's need for facilitation. Herrick unapologetically demonstrates a need for involvement far beyond facilitation into an axiom of change. Which he exemplifies by making this challenging journey, helping the people and taking the time to tell this story.

The book is a potent read and a call to action, I recommend it to anyone whoo wants to believe one person can make the world a better place.

There are books that open your eyes and books that move you. This book did both. I was truly moved by what I read. It was written in a way that made you feel like you were right next door to the strange goings on.

From a purely literary standpoint it is a very strong piece of work - especially considering it is a book that was derived from a journal. It does not read like a journal at all. It feels more like a drama with a bunch of comic relief to keep you sane.

I originally bought it because I wanted to know more about Kenya. This book told the odd little occurrences in a way that makes you laugh out loud but it also moves you to tears.

This book really needs to be read by everyone but I think women especially relate to it because it covers the issue of African women so openly.

If I had to some it up in four words I would say: "I had no idea." I give this book 5 stars and I'm star-stingy.