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Publishing
Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America
Published in Hardcover by Christopher Helm Publishing Company (2003-01)
Author: David Sibley
List price: $31.00
New price: $26.83
Used price: $26.83

Average review score:

easy for quick identification
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-11-03
I think this is a terrific book because it is easy to quickly identify birds with their well laid-out information, quick identification tips and specific tips as to what to look for when identifying a bird. Some of the tips are paying attention to bird stance, beak shape, crown feathers etc ... They also show birds that look similar to other birds so you can compare the possibilities of who just flew away. And they have easy color guides of what birds are seasonally-where on the map; the one draw-back is that they have birds that would never come to the North East, not many, but they are in the guide. I keep this book on the window sill by my feeder and enjoy it all winter long! I will also but one for my mom.

great field guide on birds all over north america not just the east
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Review Date: 2008-06-08
This is an outstanding field guide, easy to use and understand.I live in the mountains of western North Carolina and many species of birds migrate through here and also there are many year round species that I have identified with this bird guide. I highly recommend this guide if your looking for a bird field guide that is easy to tote in the field for a quick reference for any unusual birds you may want info on readily.

Better than....
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-20
Love my new Sibley Field Guide. It's better than the old standard guide I've used for years. It's easy to navigate, and I love the varied views of individual birds, flying, perched etc.. It stays on my kitchen table for constant reference!!

Shibley Field Guide to Birds of Easter North America
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-19
I owned this bird book before my purchase from Amazon. The two copies I recently purchased from Amazon were for gifts. The Shibley field guide is my favorite because it also includes the color configuration of the underside of the bird's wings which other authors don't include.

Excellent - So happy with this one
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-16
I love the Sibley guides. The one criticism that I have heard and will agree with is that some of the drawings are a bit "dull" in comparison to other guides. Having said that, this has never deterred from my ability to identify a bird in the field. I both watch and study birds and absolutely adore these guides. Everyone who I've spoken to agrees that these books are excellent. Probably the best feature to me is how each species is depicted in flight as well as percing. Arrows highlight key features to look for. Juvelniles and females depicted. Other unique characteristics noted or depicted (e.g. diagnostic flight patterns or other movements). Wonderful! (Western edition too).

Publishing
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions
Published in Paperback by Storey Publishing, LLC (2000-02-15)
Author: Edward C. Smith
List price: $24.95
New price: $9.78
Used price: $13.89
Collectible price: $24.95

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A lot of info in one book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-11-18
I will begin my first garden next spring and I wanted to know everything right away. I'm thrilled with this book because it includes sections on soil, companion planting, garden design and more. Very good for me since it's the only gardening book I own.

must-have gardening book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-15
This is a must-have book if you garden; it is easy to find information, very well organized, and the explanations and directions are clear. The second half of the book has detailed information on most vegetables including what plants are best to plant before and next to this plant as well as common problems, depth of soil etc ... This book is wonderful because it is helpful if you already have a garden or if you are starting a new one. I appreciate that he talks about beneficial insects and organic gardening techniques. I would recommend this book to everyone.
Other great books to use with this book:
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)Crocketts Victory Garden

The Vegetable Gardener's Bible
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-04
Excellent book - I checked it out at a local bookstore so I knew it was what I wanted. Next year will be our first year with a garden so we're excited to read this book over the winter to prepare. GREAT book for new gardeners.

MUST HAVE gardners reference
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-30
Excellent book to read through and then keep as reference.
There are MANY nice color pictures (especially at the end there is a vegetable reference guide for planting/care/info).
This book gives you step-by-step instructions to designing and cultivating a high-yield WORD garden.
If you are clueless about gardening, get this book.
If you think you know everything, then get this book (even if you have memorized the companion planting reference matrix).
From small planter box gardens to acre sized garden plots..
If you want to learn how to grow vegetables, then this is the book!

Just Plain Wow!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-03
Hoping to make the most of my new garden, I picked up this book and hoped some of the techniques would work. WOW doesn't even begin to describe how great this was. The techniques outlined in this book will take a relatively small garden and produce veggies like you've never imagined! I can hardly wait for next year when I'll have more time to build beds and plant even more! I really believe it'll be possible to feed my family with just the vegetables we can grow ourselves.

If you wnat to get the most out of your garden space, you need this book!

Publishing
Becoming Auma: a novel inspired by true events
Published in Paperback by BookSurge Publishing (2007-09-24)
Author: Melinda Geaumont
List price: $14.99
New price: $13.10
Used price: $7.00
Collectible price: $14.99

Average review score:

Becoming Auma
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-24
What a wonderfully heartfelt story. After meeting & talking with Melinda at an author event recently, her novel took on even more depth & stimulated lots of conversation amongst the attendees. A MUST-READ for new parents......just to let them know - we're ALL in the same boat raising our children!! Peace.

A Must Read!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-12
What a wonderful book....you will enjoy it from page one and not put it down. An exceptional look at true friendship and everyday life, and the power of laughter.
You won't be disappointed. Enjoy.

i loved this book!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-10
this book was so fun to read! I could relate to so many parts of the story. Our whole book club loved it!

Becoming Auma
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-06
Not especially well written but story was very good. Easy read over weekend and the message it left me with was a great motivator to return to journaling and the value it becomes for others in years and generations to come. Very warm story, reminds us of the importance of friends and family in our lives.

I loved the book !!!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-08
This book is wonderful. after reading it I recomended it to my book club and many members have called me in in tears or laughter , just enjoying every chapter. i think its a must read for mothers at any age. The book has made me cherish my friends and grow my friendships deeper. The author writes in a way that makes you relate to every situation but the book is not predictiable. I loved the book !!!

Publishing
Color Me Butterfly: A True Story of Courage, Hope and Transformation
Published in Paperback by El Publishing (2007-02-05)
Author: L. Y. Marlow
List price: $14.95
New price: $8.82
Used price: $7.94
Collectible price: $14.96

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Remarkable Family
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-11-10
Through all of the abuse this family made it. The author captured my heart. I could not put this book down. Eloise should have killed her husband when he fried that rat and made their son ate it because he wet the bed. I have told some many family members and friends about this book and have encouraged them to purchase it. It is sad but very true how so many black families endured abuse from their parent(s) especially from the father, (head of household). I think it all stemmed from SLAVERY. Thank you L.Y. Marlowe for writing this book. This is the story of so many families.

GREAT BOOK!!!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-29
This book was amazing from start to finish. It was so interesting that I breezed right through the 400 plus pages. I highly recommend this book to any and every woman. Whether you suffer from domestic violence or not, all of us could learn something from this book. I look forward to reading more books in the future by Ms. Marlow.

Fantastic read!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-15
My book club selected this book for our September meeting. I wasn't thrilled about reading when the book when I saw that it had over 400 pages, but this feeling quickly changed. This is a wonderful easy read, but more importantly, it tells the generational story of abuse experienced within one family. The reader is able to see what occurs in three generation of women who have suffered abuse, and the fourth generation where it's finally broken.

I highly recommend this book.

Book Club Recommendation
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-29
This book was chosen by one of our book club members. The book was amazing...I could not put it down I kept telling myself okay one more chapter and then another and so on. The story made me cry, made me angry, made me think about my life and my circumstances. It showed me the true strength of a woman. I truly know why children are so much closer to their mothers's. Please read this book it's a quick read and you will thank me for my recommendation. Enjoy and remember to cast thy burdens on the Lord and he will sustain thee. L. Y. Marlow you are an amazing woman.

Color Me Butterfly
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Review Date: 2008-08-08
I am amazed at how this book was put together from a real true story. It was great to read. I am sorry her father never got to understand his personal life how he became so evil and I do not blame the kids for not wanting to see him or talk with him. Some of the horrible treatment he gave their mother and his children and only think he got was nothing.

Publishing
From Here to Eternity
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Dell Publishing Company (1980-05)
Author: James Jones
List price: $4.95
Used price: $1.29

Average review score:

The Finest Novel I have ever read
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-05
This novel is truly amazing. The characters are well developed and the reader truly becomes attached to each one as they undergo their personal trials and tribulations in the days before Pearl Harbor. The work provides an excellent examination of the pre-war Army, a professional army preparing for war, inducting draftees, and operating under a proud system of tradition. The novel is full of great stories, advice, and sayings that are as relevant today as they were in 1941. Serving in Iraq while reading this novel, I was amazed at the very real connection I found with its soldiers; many things have not changed. Again, a great novel that I would recommend to anyone interested in war, the army, or the human condition.

an excellent tome
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-16
I actually loved the melody of this book; but what it is really a good read for, is it's description of the attack on pearl harbor: This book captures the nuance of that particular moment when the Japanese planes appeared over the houses of Hawaii and the actors all knew while they were in the midst of it, that nothing would be the same again. I also liked the book for its description of Pruett's alcoholism - where Jones intervenes as the narrator/author and decides not to have his character "go alcoholics anonymous", thus guaranteeing certain death for his character - talk about deus ex machina in reverse!

Waiting for the war, but the war hasn't arrived
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-26
I've read only a few war novels in my day and most of them are about, well, war. Which is interesting and all, but there's only so many ways you can depict war as horrifying and dehumanizing, and the soldiers involved as both heroic and all too human, the command structure as haphazard and detached. So I wasn't looking terribly forward to the prospect of diving into yet another massive examination of soldier life, and yet, that's not really what this is about. Jones' novel isn't so much about WWII as about sitting on the cusp of WWII, taking place in the months just before Pearl Harbor. Everyone is training for a war that may or may not happen, more or less hanging out in Hawaii, killing time in between drills with drinking or prostitutes, living the Army life as best they can. The story pivots around two characters, enlisted fellow Prewitt and staff sergeant Warden, following their separate stories as well where they intersect, and how they interact with everyone around them. Prewitt's tale is the slightly more visceral of the two, he's an excellent boxer that refuses to go out for the team, even though his superiors would very much like him to. They'd like him to so much that they'll go to nearly any lengths to break him, in order to make him fall in line and fit in, with the entire company eventually trying to wear him down. It's a rather frightening depiction at times of the military's somewhat necessary need for comformity taken to a new level, stamping down on anyone who dares to deviate. Meanwhile, Warden is attempting to hold the company together, and pursuing an affair with the wife of his superior officer. The stories of these men collide with everyone else they come into contact with, as Jones vividly relays military life on the base and in the town, detailing the trials and loves the men endure and force themselves into. It's a surprisingly angry book at times, the language coiled and sharp, etching out the duality of the longtimers who both love and hate the Army that nourishes and captures them. The salty language and somewhat brutal scenes are shocking not in how graphic they are but how frank and matter of factly they're presented. The prose achieves a strange jagged beauty in parts, as Jones dives right into the minds and emotions of the men involved. It becomes, as I said, not a book about war but about people at war. Pearl Harbor doesn't even occur until most of the book is over with. It's not the fastest paced book, the early chapters are necessary to set up everything that will come later but you are going to be about halfway through before all the setting up starts to gain momentum but after that it barely pauses. It's tragic and visceral and sort of beautiful in its own way, not because it glorifies but in the way it shows everything, the times when the system beats them down, the small moments of friendship, the way men you depend on with both look out for you and let you down, sometimes in the same moment. Surprisingly readable despite the length, it carries a fire and passion that most books can't even approach. Probably one of the best military books ever written that doesn't involve long descriptions about how a gun works.

A read that seared me right down to the bone...
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-05
In my humble uneducated opinion, this book is superior to the film as is usually the case. But the movie is STILL a classic, so don't get preturbed at me for sayin' that. It's by and large one'a my favorites, but you don't get the FULL impact of James Jones' story unless you read this book. And while it is LONG as hell, it's worth it. I'll be honest, I was so intimidated by it, I bought it and didn't touch it for a year; I'd never even ATTEMPTED a book that was 800-plus, but when I finally got up the courage, I was hooked by the third chapter. Of course, like most people my age, I had the preconceived notion of how I viewed the characters from the movie, but, trust me, that doesn't water down the incredible impact of the way the book unfolds; it clings more to tragedy and despair than the film, and truly encapsulates Jones' theory that the world stops to mourn no man. He puts you right there for everything; the corruption, the favoritism, the "treatment", the hookers, and many other controversial, politically incorrect topics that the mere mention in this review would be censored. Fifty some years after its first publication the book still feels scandalous. The stockade scenes for instance which were only briefly implied in the film are brutal to read.

But what's really REALLY great is the way Jones puts you in the mind of each and every character, even the ones we're supposed to despise, like Sgt. Galovitch or Dynamite Holmes, making it not so "black and white" like the film was (literally and figuratively). Everyone is a human being, whether in the corridors of power or in the messhall cleaning; there is no true villain; characters you latch on to will more than likely do something or say something to enrage you at least once or twice before the book is over; they're all flawed human beings confused and uncertain about their place in Uncle Sam's army. This book is a real, unflinching, highly critical and uncompromising view of the United States Army and Infantry told from the views of the young faceless men serving at the bottom end; accounts which aren't heard nearly enough.

But the most gut-wrenching part to me deals with a secondary character; the long drawn-out scene of Isaac Bloom considering his options before his tragic end. That scene brought real true-to-life tears into my eyes which hasn't been brought to me by a book in a long time. Anyone looking for a deep, involved, beautifully harsh an' thought-provoking read that shows you the pain and indifference prevalent in the life of the modern man, look no further.

It gradually earned my affection...
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-12
From Here to Eternity is a singular reading experience: gritty, raucous, desperate, raw and, yet, ultimately sublime. James Jones fields a superb cast of characters with which relatively few novels can compete. More than once, it reminded me of Catch 22 (without the intended absurdity) - Pianosa set down in a peaceful Hawaii just prior to Pearl Harbor.

Distractingly, there are times when the author is guilty of pontification. There are stretches which seem entirely gratuitous. The two protagonists, Prewitt and Warden, elsewise dynamic, can wax numbingly philosophic. But, by the middle of the book I was captive to a steadily mounting anticipation, the culmination of which plays out true to form - recklessly, brutally as the soldiers of G Company ready themselves for war.

There is a quality of novel which can best be described by the wistfulness with which one completes it. I was sorry to see this one end. Despite the violence, hard living, bravado and despair, James Jones concludes with hope and endurance. Like Herman Wouk's Winds of War and War and Remembrance, From Here to Eternity is a classic among WWII literature. 5 stars.

Publishing
Life, Love & Loneliness: Revised Edition
Published in Paperback by Melodrama Publishing (2007-08-06)
Author: Crystal Lacey Winslow
List price: $15.00
New price: $9.38
Used price: $2.79
Collectible price: $15.00

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LOVED THIS!!!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-17
This book had me reading to all hours of the night! I could not put this down! This is Crystal Lacy Winslow's best! I borrowed this from a friend, and read it in a day and half! The characters were well developed and very exciting! I had to order a copy for myself because this is a keeper. I know I will want read this again!

Life..... A Box of Chocolates
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Review Date: 2007-05-30
This was the best book I've read this year. Crystal Lacey Winslow is my favorite female author. I love all her books. They have excitement, sexual explictation, and be page-turners.

Lacey is the female everyone loves to hate. Conceited, money-hungry, and expensive. She is beautiful and had a body to die for but has many personal issues. She deals with "wealthy" and "prominent" men - will her secrets be revealed?

Joshua is married to Parker and their relationship is going down-hill.

Madison had self-esteem problems that she thinks will be repaired with a man.

Theses friend secrets will soon come out. Sit back and enjoy this ride - it will be bumpey!

Over-the-Top Novel Keeps Pages Turning
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-30
Life, Love & Loneliness
Crystal Lacey Winslow
Melodrama Publishing
PPP

Lyric Devaney's acting career is on the verge of stardom. Amid turmoil with her past and present lovers, Lyric is making things happen. However, when her life takes a suprising turn, she decides to change her haughty, man-eating ways and change her life to one that includes helping, not using others.

The story of Life, Love & Loneliness is told from the point of view of six characters. At several points in the novel, each individual story seems disconnected from the others. Too many point of views confuse the plot and add uneccesary details. Aside from this, Madison Michael's story is by far the most interesting, possibly more so than Lyric Devaney's.

Life, Love & Loneliness is a dramatic, over-the-top tail with plenty of suprises to keep readers wondering what's going to happen next.

Life, Love & Loneliness- OFF THE CHAIN
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-09
I stumbled on this book and ordered it, simply because it was in my list of recommendations. I am not familiar with this author at all, but I will tell you one thing. I want to get familiar, starting with the order for her other books that I just placed minutes before typing my 2nd rating (the first one was "Project Chick") I just finished reading this book at 2:07 in the a.m, and this book was to die for. Not hard to follow along, nice and long, it took me 2 days between working 2 jobs, baby shower, and birthday party to complete this!! This book simply put was off the chain!! It was soap opera-like, but not too many characters, it gave you something on everyone in the book. It was a total shock. Lyric and Lacey being identical twins, Madison not fully recuperating after the con-man Maurice stint with her, Lyric's murderer being the mayor's wife, Monique not being pregnant by Josh (the white attorney married to Parker a black woman), but by a married judge with children, just something on every page, you can't hardly put the dang on book down. The 3rd book I will ever refer besides The Coldest Winter Ever, and Project Chick.

Life Lessons
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-10-28
What can I say. I absolutely loved this book. I never heard of the author before and was kinda of skeptical in purchasing this book. Boy, am I happy I did!!! Ms. Winslow, you have a new fan here. This book will teach the reader alot of things. You can't take life or people for granted because it can all be taken away from you. I loved this book and can't wait to read the sequel. Keep up the good work.

Publishing
Little House Pop Up: Funtime Pop Up (Fun Time Pop Up)
Published in Hardcover by Crescent (1985-11-12)
Author: Rh Value Publishing
List price: $1.99
Used price: $36.75

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Great story, sad message...
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-10-08
I love the message of this book, but it is sad when we look around at our world today and see so much "country" turning into city. Loved this one as a child and am reading to my son now.

One of my Favorite Childrens Books
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-09-29
This was my favorite book when I was little and still is one of my favorite books for children. I add this book to every gift I give at baby showers. A good book with a good lesson!

Sweet remiscence of small-town America
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-08
This was one of my favorites as kid. Then, sadly, I forgot about it until stumbling across it in the school library. It is once again one of my favorites. Cynics might roll their eyes at this tribute to good ol' days gone by, but I personally appreciate the nostalgia and the house with its subtle face parts is adorable. You feel so bad for the cute little house! It is also an observation at the change of time. I don't know how intense that is as a theme, but I found it touching and Burton tells the tale with such heart and care.

Cute Little Book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-07
We live in a very old house in the country and this book was such a cute story about just that. We enjoyed it.

another great book for any child
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-07
Another timeless classic by this author. It's an amazing story about appreciation. Completely entertaining and like the other books in this series, the artwork is phenominal!!!

Publishing
Mom's Family Calendar 2006
Published in Calendar by Workman Publishing Company (2005-08-15)
Author: Sandra Boynton
List price: $11.95
Used price: $168.43

Average review score:

best mom's calendar
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-02
This is one of the best calendars out there if you have a busy family. We all like being able to see at a glance who will be doing what on any given day, and it makes scheduling for the family at a glance much easier. This is a calendar that I have gotten year after year sense getting it as a gift the first time around. I also enjoy that it begins the "year" by the school year (beginning in Aug. I believe it was) - not January to January like many calendars out there, so you actually can get a full years use out of it instead of having to switch out calendars during the holiday season when there are already a ton of things going on.

Just okay
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-27
I heard so much about this product and finally bought it last year. But once I got it I wasn't very impressed with it. The idea is good, but needs more work. There should have been more detailed classification of tasks. and more space for customizing etc.
Its okay for < $5. Not worth the price.

Mom's Family Calendar 2007
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-08
This is really super! A column for Mom and four others for family members. The days are in a vertical line with each family member's activities written in horizontally. I only wish there were more of those adorable stickers! It's only February and we've used a lot of them for dance class, school trip, library, etc!

Mom's Family Calendar
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-15
Buy it once and you'll reorder every year as long as you've got kids in the house. Perfectly simple and practical. This calendar will be used daily. It's the best of its kind that I've seen over the years.

the best
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2006-07-31
This calander provides the best space for busy family to know where everyone is at on that day. I have ours centrally located so that no one is surpised by overlapping events. We are a family of 6 so my youngest son and I share a column, since he too young to go places without me.

Publishing
Over My Head: A Doctor's Own Story of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out
Published in Paperback by Andrews McMeel Publishing (2000-03-15)
Author: Claudia L. Osborn
List price: $16.95
New price: $9.98
Used price: $6.99

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Essential for the patient and the family
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-14
I first read this book at the recommendation of my neuropsychologist following a closed-head injury 8 years ago. I think it saved my sanity! Closed-head injury can bring about a panoply of just plain WEIRD symptoms that can make the patient (and their family, for that matter) feel as if they're losing their mind. The insanity is explained by a doctor who went through the same experience after an accident. She talks about it in a very non-technical way and helps the patient and those around the patient understand what's happening, why, and that NO, you're not nuts!

From a Fellow Survivor
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-13
I suffered a ruptured aneurysm this summer '07, and read this book while recovering from brain surgery. It prepared me for the worst regarding other's responses to my temporary slower mental functioning. The book also helped me to be more sensitive to other people in general regardless of whether an infirmity is obvious or not. I.e., people were very compassionate toward me when my head was shaved and my scalp was full of staples, but now that my hair has grown back and the staples have been removed, that sensitivity has disappeared even though I am still recovering and will be for a long time.

I was inspired by Dr. Osborn's strength and her determination to overcome her deficits. I admire her for writing this book to help others in her situation. Because of this book, I knew to ask my neurologist about cognitive therapy and am now enrolled and working with a occupational/speech therapist.

I don't recommend reading this book early in the recovery process if you have had any kind of brain injury. I did, and it caused severe depression to overcome me. For lighter, more humorous material about brain injury survivors' ordeals, I recommend Susie Becker's book, "I had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?"

Both a doctor & brain injury patient...
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-10-28
I have had Encephalitis twice, recieved rehabilitation in Occupational, Physical and Speech therapies, and currently work full-time, yet will forever be aware of my physical & mental limitations. In this book a doctor explains her acquired brain injury and the rehab process she and her famuly and friends dealt with, along with the positive strategies she has gained to deal with her life today. This book clearly clarified for me the diference between TBI and simple brain injury and brought to reality the fact that other people have dealt with similar rehab situations as myself & survived successfully! A must read I found hard to put down.

Over My Head? Hea Me Too
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-26
I was told to Read the book Over My Head By Claudia L. Osborne. I Like Her Was in a Bad accident in which I also had a closed head Brain Injury. I was in a coma for over 7 weeks in late August of 2006. I would agree with the writers synopsis that all you want to do is get back to your old Self, To be the same personyou were and do the same things but so many things changed in that split second that it is not only better to forget the Who you were and to Start basically a new Life. It is the only way to look positivly and to go on with life a new. A lot of the things in life will stay the same and yet there are so many things that I can no longer do. I could Bitch and Moan and get on hating My New Life or I could accept what has happened, Thank God Daily that for what ever reason I was spared: that He has a plan for Me and I must look at the positive and not the negative. I make it a goal now to work on putting a smile on My face every day by the time I close my eyes and go to sleep. That is of course after I have thanked the Dear Lord For The things that I can still enjoy among those things are the greatest Family and Friends a person could have. You have to look at life as a whole New life; separate and different in so many ways from who You used to be, but The same in social aspects where things ar still the same.

Brain Fog Unfogged -- A Feat in Communication
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-30
Osborn does what is virtually impossible. She translates the fog of a damaged brain's function into vignettes that an undamaged brain can comprehend.

In her case, this translation is from experiences which were by definition wordless, disorganized, incomprehensible, frightening and often completely mindless to their opposites. The level of Dr. Osborn's skill in doing this may be best understood by readers who have some experience (as I do) in being with brain-injured people.

Whether one appreciates Osborn's achievement in communicating the uncommunicable is unimportant. What is valuable is that she succeeds so well in giving us insight into the "being" of at a subset of the injured.

Most of the incidents recorded in the book are too long to quote in illustration of my point. Their length is a necessary consequence of Osborn's wish to reveal her floundering. Nothing in her life was straightforward. A relatively short excerpt follows:

BEGIN EXCERPT (page 33)

"I left soon after for the bookstore, but with the force of old habit and despite Marcia's written reminder dangling from the dash, I drove directly to the hospital. And then home again. Three times.

"It was noon when I drove out of the hospital parking lot for the third time, I was determined it wouldn't happen again.

"Now, as I turned onto the main road, Marcia's note clutched in my hand, I chanted, "Book store, go to the bookstore.'

"I was still saying it thirty minutes later as I turned into our driveway.

"When I got into the house, I reread Marcia's note. Lord, the bookstore.

"Well, I would definitely get the book tomorrow. Right now, I could still do the second item on her list - water the lawn."

END EXCERPT (page 34)

Needless to say, Osborn forgot to water the lawn.

The book is also notable in illustrating the lack of insight (in regard to her limitations) that Osborn (as others) experienced for quite some time. Then, once insight was gained, she writes about her struggle with a sorrowed sense of lost self.

One incident that helped to her to understand the scope of her lost abilities (which apparently were exceptional) is recorded on pages 205-206. She was not able perform even so "simple" a cognitive exercise as making a telephone call to obtain a patient's medical information.

The book provides a generalized understanding of how rehabilitation is accomplished. This includes learning stratagems for partially replacing lost structural functions.

BEGIN EXCERPT (page 145)

"Now my notes ordered me to [begin italics] really look in the mirror. Hair combed? Teeth cleaned? Collar straight? Earrings match? Expression alert, smiling? [end italics] It began to make a difference."

END EXCERPT

For the most part, the rehab portions of the book are most useful for providing a patient's view of rehabilitation. "Over My Head" certainly does not provide an overview of rehabilitation techniques. Osborn does, however, include a concise review of the generalized deficits that rehab and therapy have to address.

By the end of the book, Osborn manages to return to teaching medicine, but in a format and in situations where she can proceed more or less by rote and under controlled circumstances. Osborn emphasizes that adult brain injury generally imposes permanent limitations upon post-trauma performance. You will not be who you were. Part of the rehabilitation process requires coming to emotional grips with whom you have become.

I recommend "Over My Head" without reservation. It will be of most value to people new to dealing with brain trauma. It also has worth for those of us who lost figurative pieces of ourselves, but do not have brain trauma to blame. The "coping with loss and less" element of the book has universal appeal.

Throughout, Osborn shines as a human being.

Publishing
The Eagle and the Rose: A Remarkable True Story
Published in Paperback by Grand Central Publishing (2001-07-01)
Author: Rosemary Altea
List price: $19.99
New price: $6.99
Used price: $3.43
Collectible price: $24.70

Average review score:

Eagle - Rose
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-18
The Eagle and the Rose: A Remarkable True Story

Absolutely loved this book. What a touching and at times heart-wrenching bibliography. I could just see Grey Eagle standing there, from the way he was described. Good reminder of how negative messages are given to children and how that affects their entire life.

Wonderfull
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-23
Now this is the book everyone should read.I loved it and have shared it with many friends and all the same LOVE it.It is such a healing book for anyone who has lost a loved one.I recommend it greatly.Its another one of those books you just can't put down.
Thanks

good book
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-14
This book was very interesting. The author is aware that many skeptics are reading this book and doesn't try to convince the reader of anything. I found this book very helpful after the recent loss of two loved ones.

you can fool some people some of the time
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 13 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-09
After reading this book, I came to the conclusion that Rosemary Altea may be sincere, but she is greatly deceived. The bible clearly states to stay away from psychics or mediums. She supposedly channels a spirit called Gray Eagle.

These psychics get their ability to have partial knowledge about you and your present situation directly from demons. No human has the supernatural ability to know what is going to happen to you in the future or anything about you in your present condition if they have never met you before. And if they do seem to have some type of personal information about you that could only be supernaturally picked up, then that knowledge is being transmitted to them by demons or they deceive people by doing "cold or warm readings".

Cold readings are where they make an educated guess about something about you, buy picking up clues, by what you say or do, or your appearance or age. If you tell them the information is wrong, they use a number of ways to distract you, for example some will tell you that they are getting information from a "playful" spirit that tells them false things, etc..... warm readings are where they have microphones in the studio before their show and they listen in, as people talk to friends that have come with them about deceased friends or relatives, and then they pick those people in the audience that they listened in on and use that information to make those people and others think they are getting a message from a spirit.

The bible says "And the person who turns after mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and him off from his people." (Leviticus 20:6)

If you want to see some damage done by new age teachings and psychics, I suggest a book by Sharon Beekmann called "ENTICED BY THE LIGHT ". She trusted the "spirit guides" that promised her fulfillment. By the time she discovered their frightening, true identity, it was too late--they had taken control of her mind....tormenting her, attacking her sanity, and pushing her to the brink of suicide.

For awhile I was involved in the New Age teachings and a book that really opened my eyes was "THE LIGHT THAT WAS DARK' BY Warren Smith. It is excellent!!!!

A GRAND Medium
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-06
This book was given to me by one of my customers following the death of my son. I went on to write, Blessings In The Mire, and had this title not been taken, it would likely have been the title to my book. Having read this, I was privy to multiple magical events, including a couple of Eagle sightings, and one very large and beautifully expressive Rose miracle. This book, and Ms. Altea are priceless additions to your reading library, especially if you've lost a loved one.


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