Escape Books

I chose this book because the cover was as black and smooth as my mood, hoping it would be a diversion from the freakish post traumatic stress I was experiencing after a back country mishap. People who climb and push their physical limits with minimum risk in high risk situations are the luckiest people in the world in my mind. This most beautiful book brought me back to the life I love from a very scary place of fear where my internal self mimicked the grey cold climate, sinking darkness of winter in sedentary depression. It cracked me wide open and helped me think, live and breathe the essence of what adventure really is. I love to read it out loud. I love to give it as a gift. This beautifully written book, I will keep for the rest of my life. Roberts is brilliant and the book reminds us to seek and treasure our own brilliance.

They don't come any better than Dave Roberts. His writing is crisp, clean, a little sardonic at times, and hard-edged. Roberts originally made a name for himself as a top flight rock climber. As a writer, he is equally skilled. He knows what it's like to risk his life for something he wants, but has enough perspective on himself to question his motives. What I like most about Roberts however, is that he has never stopped growing. Read "Moments of Doubt" and you'll get an inside look at the all consuming nature of rock climbing. Read "Rambling Through the Winds," and you'll learn how the personality quirks of llamas can endanger your life on the trail. Almost anything is fair game for Robert's pen, including old explorers who faked their accomplishments (see the book, "Great Exploration Hoaxes). Escape Routes is an eclectic mix of vintage Roberts. You'll find hair raising rock climbing, descents into caves, a discourse on Outward Bound, and yes the cantankerous llamas. If you really love good adventure writing then this is a must.

This book is really awesome, although I am not planning to be marrying anytime soon, being 12 years old. It's easy to follow and, from what I hear, can make the best of your inexpensive (yay!) wedding...if that's what you're looking for, I'd just make sure it's with the right person. Make it a good one!

As a seamstress, who has been commissioned for several weddings, I really appreciated the sound advice given in this easy to read manual. The overall structure of the content is not only informative but continues to be up-to-date even after nine years in publication. The pictures are timeless and the information is adaptable to all tastes and styles. If you are looking for tips to save money on a do-it-yourself wedding, this small book is a fine place to begin. It covers everything from renting or sewing to purchasing wedding attire. Flowers and food and personal attention are all addressed in such a way that the advice will still be apropos for years to come. This book is a great alternative for a wedding consultant, much less expensive, and well worth the price.

I got a copy for all of my children. Written by a man who has been touched, and blessed by God, and hopes to pass this on to all that read this book.

If you know Acton, you will appreciate this book. If you don't know Acton you will appreciate this book, however, you won't "hear" his voice when you read it (which could be a positive or a negative! ha ha - just hadta Acton!) Very "user-friendly" - you are able to apply what you learn and put it into practice immediately. Highly recommended! FIVE STARS*****!!!!

You will also want to purchase the latest, "One-Minute Bible for Students," for which Acton also contributed material.

I enjoyed reading Escape To Hawaii very much. It was a fast paced thriller that kept me in suspense up until the very end. I recommend this book as well as this author's first book "Before I Sleep". Both very good!

I enjoyed reading Escape To Hawaii very much. It was a fast paced thriller that kept me in suspense up until the very end. I recommend this book as well as this author's first book "Before I Sleep". Both very good!

Escape To Life follows one family's amazing, horrifying journey through the Holocaust. It is a firsthand account of awful events in human history that you will read and wish that they had not occurred on this planet. But they did, and this account is as tragic as it is ultimately triumphant and hopeful.

Something I found truly amazing is how quick the victims in this book (of which there are many) are willing to offer kind excuses for the people who betray them and hurt them most. A Rabbi refuses Willy aid, and Willy's first thought is one of compassion and understanding. The Rabbi must be afraid. He's not a terrible person, he must just be as terrified as the rest of the poor victims. The same for neighbors who could have taken Willy and his fellow escapees in, but deny them. Again, Willy does not attribute this to hate or evil-doing. He attributes it to fear and paranoia. Where the victims could have been bitter and remorseless, they are forgiving and empathetic. Truly inspiring and downright amazing, coming from a man (Willy) who learns that his wife Esther and daughters were killed in the Auschwitz gas chambers. Amazing, considering that his future wife Mirele discovers that her first husband died right after the liberation as a result of the Nazi death camp.

Hope is the message printed on every page. Hope that human beings are not evil, but they can be misled and coerced into doing evil things. Even the title of the book is positive and hopeful -- Escape To Life could have very easily been Escape From Death. But instead the message is upbeat. Life goes on, but the past cannot be forgotten. Life goes on, but the horrible truths from our past must be learned from so they never happen again.

Personally, my heart beat faster with every flip of the page. I wanted every one of these kind, decent people to survive and live long, happy lives. But that was not the case. I wanted every married couple broken apart to be reunited with their children. But that was not the case. What does happen is people are horribly mistreated and withstand hate on an immeasurable scale, and ultimately succeed. William and Mirele survive and build a life and family together and are eternally grateful to those who aided them.

I gained a lot from reading this book. 'Tragic' doesn't begin to describe it, yet 'hopeful' somehow describes it perfectly. It's a book you will read and never forget. I think that was the idea behind its existence.

Escape To Life: A Journey Through The Holocaust is an amazingly upbeat biography of Maria and William Herskovic, two remarkable and determined holocaust survivors. William escaped an Auschwitz labor camp and became one of the first recorded eyewitnesses to Hitler's crimes against humanity, and is credited with the rescue of hundreds from the gas chambers; Maria was a teenage girl who hid her parents from the Nazis and daily risked life to provide them with food. An absorbing, sometimes suspenseful, sometimes brutally severe account of the struggle to survive in the face of humans perpetrating inhuman cruelty, Escape To Life is a welcome and impressive contribution to Holocaust Studies collections and reading lists.

McAbee's latest offering is pure gold. Her characters are well drawn and full of life and for anyone who enjoys a tale about the eventual triumph of good over evil whill truly enjoy this read.

Can't wait for the sequel.

Lord Erek of Taragreen had shown talent in magic. His aunt, Lady Ivera, had tutors brought in to teach Erek only what a high born family considered appropriate. But Magister Andru realized that the young boy showed potential to surpass even the talents of magisters! Erek could become one of the rare master adepts! Andru feared for the boy because most noble families would rather murder their children or other family members than let them become a master adept. Lady Ivera was such a one. So Erek and Andru sought out a Commander in the Queen's Armies of the North!

Commander DiaVandryn was one of the Queen's best! Two of her men, Captain Ursyn and Captain Vlad, dwelled in her manor. They kept each other in trim and fighting form. Many plotted and were determined to have Queen Viianne dethroned. Dia was just as determined to keep Her Majesty alive and well. When her dearest friend, Andru, asked for her help in delivering Erek safely to Malmillard Academy, she immediately agreed! Dia knew from experience the danger that the young lord was in. Thus began a perilous journey over mountains, plains, and sea. All the while evil tracked them from behind. Magical evil that sought the deaths of them all ... and eventually the Queen's.

***** Fantasy gets no better than this! K.G. McAbee sucks her readers into her magical realm, never to escape! I could almost believe the author to be a sorceress, herself! This adventure holds onto its readers tighter than Super Glue! Each character has their own personality and history. Each have their own quirks and wit. You won't want to put this story down! Highly recommended! Destined for the "Keeper" shelves! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

This was an excelent book, i can't wait for the second one in the series to come out. The anticipation is killing me. I have read this book atleast six times already.

President Alex Caldwell is not only the president of the United States but has the US eating out of his hand. He gets what he wants and when and doesn't care who takes the fall. Not only is it hot and steamy but this is a book that takes you along for the ride and makes you a part of President Caldwells' master scheme.Tom knew how to keep you on the edge of your seat and only makes you want more! This would be a great holiday gift!

I first encountered Maynard Dixon in William N. Goetzmann's "The West of the Imagination," a book about how America's picture of the Western frontier was shaped by early painters, illustrators, filmmakers and wild west shows. Born in 1875, Dixon stepped into a tradition defined by Charles Russell and Frederic Remington, but his portrayal of Western scenes falls somewhat closer in style and attitude to an eastern contemporary, Edward Hopper. His paintings of the Southwest are about the vast landscapes and the big sky, open spaces of color, light, and sharply contrasting shadow. Human figures are often absent or dwarfed by the scale of mountain and desert.

This book was assembled to accompany an exhibition at BYU, which has a large collection of Dixon's paintings, acquired from the artist in the 1930s by the University. There are a great many color plates and related black and white photographs, and the authors have provided an extensive written commentary describing Dixon's career, his work, and his relationship with the young photographer Dorothea Lange, to whom he was married 1920-1934. A central chapter in the book concerns his paintings of Native Americans, whom he ennobled while at the same time turning away from the conditions of poverty, desperation and government oppression in which they lived.

Lange emerged as a documentary photographer in the early years of the Depression, photographing the growing labor unrest and the unemployed that filled the streets of San Francisco. Returning from the "reality" that he preferred in the desert Southwest, Dixon joined her in creating a series of paintings portraying these same themes, concentrating on the dark, despairing, and often violent struggle between the out-of-work and the police. The book gives side-by-side examples of her photographs and his paintings from this period.

The book does not provide a comprehensive study of Dixon. While he denegrated his work as a commercial illustrator, it would be interesting to see his style and treatment of Western subject matter in that medium by contrast with his "artistic" work. The authors obviously respect Dixon's work as an artist, but they also raise questions about the authenticity of his vision, particularly of Native Americans, and the domestic role into which he placed Lange, whose own career went on hold for several years as she kept house and tended to children. You put the book down at the end, marveling at the images, while feeling a sense of ambiguity about the artist himself. All that aside, it's an informative and beautifully designed book and I recommend it highly.

Readers may be also interested in the journals of Everett Ruess, who also loved the deserts of the Southwest, was an amateur watercolorist, and visited Dixon and Lange in San Francisco before his disappearance in 1934.

Maynard Dixon's landscape paintings of the American West are distinctive and instantly recognisable: the bold and rugged terrain below stylised clouds and often rich colours; but there is much more to his work. As a youngster he was enthralled by the work of Charles Russell, so it is not surprising that is interests developed as they did. Dixon, a solitary man, was very taken with the open space of the West, and in turn by the indigenous peoples he found there. His interest in what he found went beyond trying to capture it on canvas, it influenced how he dressed, how he lived; he would live alongside the Native Indians while working.

This book was published to accompany the exhibition of the title held in Brigham Young University's new exhibition facilities in November 2000.

The account opens with the origin and history of the University's collection. This is followed by an essay which looks at Dixon's choice of career to paint the West at the time when the "frontier" had been declared officially closed. A discussion of Dixon's claim that he painted the real West forms a major part of the book; the final essay considers the influence between Dixon and his second wife, photographer Deborah Brown Lange. The book concludes with an Epilogue, a Catalogue of the Exhibition and a Selected Bibliography.

A large, square format book, it contains in excess of 110 full colour images and more the 60 black and white, the latter being almost entirely period photographs. The illustrations run with the text, and are mostly within a page or so of their mention in the text. The reproductions range from a few double page spreads and a number of full-page images to the postcard size, with just one or two very small images. The paintings encompass Dixon's Western landscapes, Native American Indians, and images of the Depression; the photographs include a number by Lange. It is an appealing book, well laid-out; the full page images are particularly striking.

The authors have captured the combination of adventure and history into a story that will appeal to the younger reader. Their previous RACE to KITTY HAWK and most recent KIDNAPPED in KEY WEST, are excellent examples of similiar writings.....would recommend all three, great for grandchildren too.

ESCAPE TO THE EVERGLADES is the exciting and thought provoking story of Will Cypress, a fourteen-year-old Seminole boy of mixed heritage. Middle grade readers will be intrigued by his adventures when he leaves his village to fight with Osceola's warriors during the Second Seminole War. As Will treks up the Florida peninsula in 1837 to find Osceola's camp, he encounters many difficult situations along the way. Nothing, however, prepares him for the challenge he faces when he discovers a well-kept family secret.
ESCASPE TO THE EVERGLADES is an entertaining read filled with fascinating facts about Florida and describes a thrilling (and historically true) escape scene that is sure to capture the imaginations of young readers.

When Heidi's father is called a border crosser for living in the East but working in the West,the Westerners are very angry because he has a very well paying job and some of the westerners don't because easterners take their job oportunities.Vater, Heidi's father, must lie and say he is currently looking for a job in the East.When the family built up enough courage they decided to live in the West so he can keep his well paying job,he needs to keep his job because Mutter(Heidi's Mother)is pregnent and can not work she doesn't make any money so Vater must make enough to keep food on the table. The family took such a long time to make this decision, some terible things began to happen in Berlin, like the war, the Berlin wall is going up and its difficult to cross because of gaurds. To make matters even worse Heidi's Grandfather Opa has just died of a heart attack,so Oma,Hiedi's Grandmother,must come live with Heidi and her family.She thinks she has time to make desisions on what to take...but she soon finds out the wall is going up and they must cross NOW!!!

Will Heidi,Vater,Mutter,and Oma make it across the border...find out by reading this GREAT book that is full of adventure and mystery. To tell you the truth i had to read this book for a book report, normally when reading for a book report i am bored out of my mind. this time it was different this story was just soooo interesting i just could not put it down...i give this book TWO THUMBS UP!!!
*Tabby =)

Escape to West Berlin is a wonderful "can't-put-it-down" book for young readers of all ages. Like Maurine Dahlberg's other novels, this one is well researched, educational, and entertaining.