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Tom Jones worked high-profile and high-pressure broadcasting and public relations jobs from college until retirement, loves his wife of 40-plus years (and loves sports almost as much as he loves his wife), makes friends at the drop of a hat, fished from Florida to the Arctic Circle, traveled overseas, is an enthusiastic volunteer worker and is walking his fourth dog. All while in a wheelchair. Tom was shot accidentally when he was 6 years old. His wife, Louise, has been in a wheelchair since she was stricken by polio at 18. They have lived in their own home since their wedding. How did Tom do it? He gives the details in his autobiography. He also provides sage advice for other people with disabilities, for their care-givers and for those who care about them.

Here's a man who worked from early college days through retirement, has been married to the same wife since graduation, has always lived with her in their own home, does a great deal of volunteer work, has a multitude of friends, fishes from Florida to the Arctic Circle, travels overseas, walks his dog. Tom Jones has fit more into his life than most of us -- especially since he has worked and played in a wheelchair since childhood. His wife, Louise, has used a wheelchair since her teens. In his vivid autobiography, Tom also provides important advice for other people with disabilities and the people who know them.

HANDICAPPED OR ABLE BODDIED, THIS IS A MUST READ! At age six Tom's life on legs ended with a bullet to the back. An adventure on wheels began. An adventure that is still unfolding. If you want to learn for yourself how to turn a bite in the butt into your own adventure, this is the book to read.

Most of us probably do not have the inner strength to rise above the life trials that Tom faced as 6 year old paraplegic and to this day. I don't know if I would have. However, after reading Tom's account of triumph over the odds, I believe he has given us all an insight into how to face the trials of our own lives and conquer them.

For the last 37 of my 46 years, I have had the privilege of calling Tom Jones my friend, no, more than that, family. I never knew all the details of how he landed in his wheelchair. All I knew is he was a constant strength that rolled into my life and I could rely him. Some 23 years ago my own life was tested by fire. Tom and his wife Louise were there to share the encouragement that I would need to make it through. On one of my deepest days of despair, Tom rolled into my room, took me by the arm and told me not to give up, he would always be there for me. He always has.

Reading Tom's book, I understand now how he became the strength that I and many others have come to appreciate. Hurdles in life are meant to be taken in stride, not become impassible obstacles. And Tom's life continues to show just that.

This is a quick and easy read. One that will challenge your life and the way you confront the trials that you will come your way.

Packie Manus Byrne is a fine storyteller!His childhood in Donegal and his later travels make for a book that is hard to put down. This is a book that will be GREATLY appreciated by anyone interested in Ireland, music, or adventure. It is WONDERFUL!

For someone who was born, although not raised in Donegal, and who has holidayed there frequently this book was a refreshing reminder of some of things I saw as a child and other things heard in stories told by Uncles and Grandparents. I was struck again by the self sufficiency of the people (making their own rope, thatching houses) and the neighbourly co-operation - and merrymaking. Even on emigration the experience of Packie Manus Byrne mirrors that of many other Irishmen and, as such, the book represents an important and entertaining piece of the social history of the common man. A very worthwhile read.

This book is THE book on County Donegal, Ireland. Buy it and you'll not regret it... Packie Manus Byrne is also a fine musician & music historian, and Mel Bay has just published his newest book ---- 85 Irish tunes that were virtually unknown to most of the world. Packie captures the simple beauty and ancient flavor of Donegal and it's songs. There is a companion CD that goes with the music book, but Amazon does not yet offer it. Why not???????????? We are waiting to order several copies.

ALL of Packie's books belong on your bookshelf, Ours rarely stay put, though, because you can pick them up and read them in bits as well as start to finish. He is a real storyteller, you want to know more! Amazon must offer A Dossan of Heather soon!

I have read this book 2 or 3 times. I truly feel it should be required reading for everyone, especially people who want to get married, be in a romantic relationship or be a parent. It is full of the most common sense (that's really not so common) suggestions about how to have joyful harmonious relationships with your significant other, friends, family and yourself with loving, honoring and respect. If people read this book and abided by the principles in it, it would be a totally different world. Essential.

There come times in my life when I'm sick and tired of doing the same old thing and experiencing the same old thing, and I'm ready to move or change. I was ready to make a change for how I am in my relationships to others and myself.

In his book, Relationships, I found that John-Roger goes directly to the issues whether it's about sex, sexuality, communicating,day-to-day stuff between husbands, wives, partners, kids. To me this is a book for those who really want to to experience rich, fulfilling, fun, loving and even exciting relationships, not just read or talk about them. When I worked the techniques in this book, I changed and so did my relationships. As I followed along with John-Roger, I started to see how the relationships around me were reflecting how I act with and towards myself. Though I knew this as an intellectual idea, I had the chance to test out the simple, yet profound directions given by John-Roger and see my relationships start to reflect more loving, honesty, free give and take. Buy this book - it's like taking an e-ticket ride in life!

In Relationships: Love, Marriage And Spirit, John-Roger draws upon a lifetime of spiritual leadership and his own unique brand of common sense to take a candid and revealing survey of such relationship issues as living with teens, sexual attitudes and morality, single parenting, blocks to communication, man-woman paradox, children and religion, intimacy and sharing, sexuality and spirituality, desire and celibacy, suffering and jealousy, ending a relationship, and more. A "reader friendly" compendium of sound, sensitive, insightful, practical advice, Relationships is highly recommended reading for men and women striving to establish, nurture and maintain loving relationships with friends, family, and each other.

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Let's face it...there are people in our lives that we just can't stand! Well, for Roger Friday, a fifth grader at Sacred Heart Elementary, that person is Marsha Cessano! And her feelings toward Roger are definitely the same. Their goal in life is to make each other miserable. And they're doing a great job- dead snakes in lockers, spiders in lunchboxes, and constant put-downs each and every time they come in contact with one another. It's a way of life for them... until the school printer is stolen and they must team up to find the thief. This book is hilarious! My fourth grade students and I loved it. I heard them laughing out loud on numerous occasions as we read it. Since the story is told from Roger's point of view, the reader sees the events that take place the way he sees them, which just adds to the humor. This book ranks right up there with Jerry Spinell's Fourth Grade Rats, one of my all time favorite "funny books." And if you enjoy Live From the Fifth Grade, I highly recommend its sequel Valentine's Day Can Be Murder.

This book was a great book. It was funny and extremely original. You'll laugh your heads off

This book was a great book. It was funny and extremely original. You'll laugh your heads off

I have to say i am a little biased in my opinion about the book....my oldest daughter Lauren is the author of the poem in the front of the book...of which i am very proud...my younger daughters Emily age 71/2 and Katie age 3 absolutely love the book...Emily is a beginner reader and loves to read the book to her younger sister..it not only helps her with her reading it encourages her younger sister to do the same as well as teaches them about listening to your parents and the events that follow all your choices...I am trying to place the book in Emily's school library of which i am certain will make a wonderful addition. Emily is already anxious to read more about Roger and Rosie, of which I am glad to hear her say...Mom...i want to read it again! We need more books to stimulate reading in our children. Thanks again for this wonderful addition.

I am a Speech Therapist for the Lafourche Parish School Board and enjoy reading this book to all my speech impaired children! (They also love it!) It is a wonderful book to teach vocabulary, problem solving, critial thinking, predicting possible outcomes and comprehension skills. The book takes you on a journey that is taken by 2 little raccoons. This journey is taken after their mother tells them to stay inside their home while she is away. The 2 explore the outside world alone and learn about different dangers. They are very scared and realize a very valuable lesson of listening to their mother. They are also taught that dangers are harmful and should be avoided. I recommend this book to all speech therapists, teachers and parents! Your kids will love to hear about this wonderful adventure!

I consider this book to be a 'very good life learning tool' to assist parents in teaching kids the difference in wrong and right. In order to accomplish that mission in teaching through reading, one must create a character (roger the raccoon) that will capture and hold the attention of a child. A raccoon is an animal that is easily identified by a child due to the black rings around its eyes. The character must be unique for that specific animal to be identified as the only one of its kind (red-banded tail); such as Big Bird. When a child thinks of Roger, he or she will remember the lessons learned by Roger and his life experiences that relate to the child that is reading or listening to the book being read.

This is an effective and concise biography. I especially appreciated the author's approach. He could have drawn in a lot of irrelevant material, as authors of biography tend to do, but, to his credit, did not. I enjoyed the writing -- and that, too, is a rare comment on a bio, especially one of a subject from this time. It's not easy reading quotes from the colonial period; the language was so formal. I like that Gaustad "translated" so much of Roger Williams' words. The latter sections of the book were especially interesting. Williams may have influenced Locke -- an interesting tidbit about a noteworthy life.

I met Professor Gaustad in 1988 when I moved to Riverside to pursue an advanced degree in history. He struck me at the time as a dignified careful historian who nonetheless could capture and make real the religious conflicts of centuries past. Gaustad has not lost any of his gifts as this recent book demonstrates. He does a masterful job of presenting the key elements of Roger Williams' life and development. From his conflicts with Cotton Mather and his eventual expulsion from Massachusetts Bay Colony, to his friendship with Native Americans and the founding of Rhode Island, Gaustad presents what we know of William's life in an easy to read narrative. He also includes selections of Williams' works so that modern readers can get a flavor of the writing of this influential founder.

What makes this book so fascinating, however, is that Williams was a real visionary. He alone among the early colonial leaders advocated a complete separation from civil (government) society and religion. A firm believer in the Bible, Williams was skeptical of all attempts to form a genuine "New Testament" church. Only the return of Christ himeself, Williams believed, would truly restore the church of the apostles. Until then Christians could only use the powers of love and persuasion to convince others of their views. Williams adamantly opposed having the state interfere with any religious beliefs, even those which are non-Christian. This was quite a leap for an 17th century thinker.

But if Williams was widely rejected in colonial New England for his views, his distinction between civil society and what he called "soul liberty" eventually became dominant in the United States and later, much of the Western World. Gaustad attributes not only the First Ammendment, but also such modern documents as the Vatican II Declaration of Religious Liberty and the 1978 Indian Religious Freedom Act to Williams' continued influence. All of which points to one of the great ironies of history. America is, as people on the religious right have claimed, a Christian nation. But it is also a nation founded upon a particular view of Christianity, one which expressly prohibited ties between Church and State. And Christianity of all stripes has flourished in precisely this environment. Moreso than any other Western Nation, the United States remains firmly and devoutly Christian. Undoubtedly, the "free market" in religious thought William advocated has produced this spiritual abundance in much the same way that the free market in economics has produced material abundance. Christians everywhere should take note of this.

Roger Williams has been dead almost 400 years, yet his lessons and views are as pertinent today as they have ever been. The battles he fought regarding Church and State, the battles for freedom of conscience, mind and religion, are still being fought today, just as heatedly, by parties and groups just as determined. Basic freedoms must be defended--and earned--by each generation. There will always be a place, a much needed place, for Roger Williams in the discourse of United States history and the basic freedoms we take forgranted, yet must defend, every day.

Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Franklin and others may have gotten more "ink," than Roger Williams, but he may be the most important one of them all. If there had been no Roger Williams, there may have been no Frankliln, Jefferson, Washington and Adams, certainly not as we know them. Williams earned for them the right to think,worship and speak on their own.

A good book, easily and quickly read, giving the reader a keen appreciation of the difficulties, trials, tribulations--and the vision--of that day. And it speaks pointedly to the challenges of this day...If the reader wants an understanding and appreciation of Religious Freedom, how we got it, what it means, and why it is essential to the country, then and now, this is the book to read. A Word of Warning: Religious Conversatives of this day may find religious freedom, true religious freedom, dangerous and threatening!!!

Rose Wilder is the daughter of Laura Ingalles Wilder. Since of the Harsh droughts in South Dakota the family desides to move to Missouri, or the Land of the Bigh Red apples. Crossing the long and lonesome PRAIRE the make it to Missouri and face the hardships of starting a new life. Building all sorts of things this family struggles to make the best living ever. This book is a great one, and is good for everyone. Just buy all the LITTLE HOUSE series and never put one down! =)

This book was so exciting and easy to read. I loved the pictures which are done just like in Laura's books. I liked this book even better than Rose #1.

Rose and her family move to there new house. There Rose helps clean the house , get the hens in the new henhouse, put brown clay into the log house coners intill Papa says Rose is as dirty as mud fence after a rain. Then Rose gets a Rabbit for supper and then the whole family has a barn raising .

This book is a great read. Mr. Gallagher has a great way of weaving exacting detail that will satisfy the hard-core military history buff with classic story-telling that will capture anyone that reads this book. Normally, books with so much emphasis on detail get mired down in the narrative, but not here..... not even for a minute. The rats, snakes, heat, rain, combat, the politics, the enemy, the music (that's right).... it is all here. The book captures the perspectives of the characters in such a way that the reader comes away with an amazing level of knowledge about the era and the conflict. You will have to remind yourself again and again that this is a novel, not a straight-up autobiography. I have no idea how much of this novel is autobiographical, but I can tell you that no one else but a guy who was there could have done such a remarkable job in describing the landscape, flying the Hueys and giving substance to the brave men who fought in Vietnam. Mr. Gallagher, THANK YOU for serving and thank you for writing this book. It is excellent, and I learned a lot by reading it.

This is a very interesting book written by a man who was there (in country) and flew helicopters for the 1st Cav. In conversations with a number of Viet Nam vets, they all felt the book was an excellent depiction of the country, the war and the people who fought there. The reader is made aware of the feeling of frustration of the American soldiers as they would take an area, secure it and then be ordered to evacuate, only later have to retake it, often at heavy cost and how high command and politicians hamstrung the actual combatants. In the words of the old folk song, "When will they ever learn?"
His descriptions of music are an interesting and effective insight into the minds of the pilots and an area often overlooked by other Viet era authors.
The author's descriptions of the physical beauty of the land are among the best I've read.

Very well written the characters in the book were real and well defined. A very interesting book about the real situation in Vietnam I really enjoyed it. Very well written and a real depiction and the way it was in Vietnam and an interesting story about the importance of the helicopters being used in a war.

This book tells three separate stories about children's experiences with death. The first tells how a boy deals with the death of his uncle. The second, how students deal with the sudden death of a classmate. The third tells of a girl who is at the bedside with her family when her grandmother dies. Each one deals with the sad feelings surrounding death, but also celebrates the life of the deceased individual. Each story ends with how the children cope and come to terms with loss. Before and after each story are poems that connect death with the celebration of life. These explain that endings and beginnings are all connected. I was particularly impressed with the sensitive way that the author deals with a child's sadness and gently shows ways of coping. She notes that the sadness may never completely go away, but that eventually it is outweighed by understanding and new forms of mastery.

The Saddest Time is a great resource to use with children that are dealing with both the potential and eventual loss of someone they care about. There are three short stories in this book. The first one deals with the loss of what appears to be a middle aged uncle, the second the unexpected and accidental death of a young child, and the third the dying and death of an older person, in this case the grandmother. The first story includes the anticipatory grief phase that the child experiences. Trying to make conversation with someone who is terminally ill. It addresses the fear associated with the possibility of losing parents. It also addresses the grief after the death, and attempts to help and comfort the family. The second story is about an accidental death of a classmate. The children in the classroom are given the opportunity to remember and discuss their feelings. They are also encouraged to send the family cards and letters, writing about special times they shared with their friend that died. The third story is about a child's grandmother who is dying and actually dies when the family is present. It discusses the feelings of sadness and anger that the child feels. It further discusses in simple terms, the funeral and the support provided to the grandfather. It also encourages the child to reminisce. Overall, this book really encorporates death as a normal part of life. The emotions experienced because of death are normalized and expected. It addresses feeling experienced. Discusses feelings and common funeral rituals as well as the support that is shared with friends and families after a loss. People, including children experience grief in their own way. This is an excellent book,as it encorporates anticipatory grief as well as the grief experienced after the death of a loved one. It also addresses three different experiences that are common in life. I feel it could help adults and children alike. This book would be great a great resource for the community and should be included in school system, public libraries. We are including this in our hospice library for our community to use.

This is a really useful book for children and the adults who share their lives with them. We have lost a number of relatives over the past few years, and of all the books out there on death, this is the one that my kids keep going back to. Appropriate for most ages, it covers several of the ways that children can experience loss (death of a relative or friend; result of an accident or illness; deceased as a young person or an old person), giving this book something for everyone (such as it is). It is very accessible, and for parents who are reading it aloud to younnger children or using it as a segue to discussion with an older child, it isn't annoying after you have read it over and over and over.

I highly recommend this book for any child dealing with the death of a loved one or just death as a concept.