Kansas Books

This is one of my favorite books. I provided at least 11 images and the format is really nice. Great job Peter!

I think the prairie is the most fascinating ecosystem on earth. The prairie evokes nostalgic feelings for the west and the settling of our nation. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in preserving prairies, understanding prairie biology, and even in making prairie parks for people to visit. Konza Prairie is located in the Flint Hills of Kansas, some of the best remaining native tallgrass prairie in the nation. Dr. Reichman tells the story of Konza Prairie, and prairies in general, in interesting detail for both the novice and the serious biologist. I liked the book so much, that when my family and I visited the Midwest recently, we made a special trip to see the Konza Prairie. If you have an interest in prairies, don't miss this book.

This is one of my favorite books... if you like Christopher Moore or Hunter S. Thompson check this book out. I grew up in So. Cal and Mr. Meltzer's tales ring true... Punk rock hero, 80's survivor... You'll laugh out loud and read it over and over again!

This is an outstanding coffee table book for folks who appreciate or want to know more about the history and what is happening to the Tall Grass Prairie. Having worked with landowners and producers in the Flint Hills of Kansas (last large area of the tall grass prairie), I recommend the book and the video it supports (Last Stand of the Tall Grass Prairie). The Tall Grass Prairie is a vanishing resourse form lack of proper management and fragmentation (urban sprawl).

This book has been a team effort. Maxie Dunnam, John Maxwell, Elmer Towns, and James Earl Massey. The aughor Dale Galloway, is Professor of Biblical Preaching and church leadership at Asbury Theological Seminary. Such chapters as Power of Vision, Visionary Church INtegrity, and How to be a Christlike Servant Leader make this a great book.

This popular title extolling the virtues of Kansas tourist sites and above all Kansas wheat is now in a second printing. The book is designed as a tourist souvenir promoting the state, the people and the foods. IThe book features many delicious recipes using flour. Since wheat is the major crop of Kansas, many of these excellent recipes have been developed by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Manhattan, Kansas.

Illustrations used are from 1885 and 1878 publications and they give a quaint charming accent to the book. Many of the ethnic groups of Kansas are featured. Linda Hubalek grew up in Kansas and is a noted author.

This "stocking stuffer" book makes a wonderful gift!

If you want to know why, where and how Fritz Heider is the "father" of Attributional Theory in Social Psychology, you must to read this book. Heider writes in first person. He tell us all about his vocational orientation in Psychology. Please, read this book and tell for everybody why Heider build the Attibutional Theory.

Wonderful insights into the workings of the Eastern academic establishment in the 20th century. Superbly-written - an easy, smooth read. Perhaps of particular interest to this reader, a former student of Mr. Blum's, his book should also have appeal to anyone interested in an academic life.

I just finished reading the book "Life With Ol' Mike: Wit & Wisdom on Life, Love and Happiness," a compilation of Eagle columns written by the late Mike Oatman. The first thing I thought of after finishing the book was how sorry I am I didn't get to know him when he was alive.

What a wise man he was -- and what a treasure he left for all of us to share. The way Ol' Mike puts life into words is an absolute gift from God. I urge you to read this book, and buy some extra copies for those you care about most. Profits from book sales go to the American Cancer Society. I promise you that you'll never look at life the same way again. Thank God for Ol' Mike!

DAWSON GRIMSLEY
Wichita

Anyone who is thinking about adopting a child or already has done so really should read this clearly written, engaging study of the history of adoption in the United States. Berebitsky's book is history that is relevant to our lives today and to the problems so many of us have confronted as we have explored how adoption relates to the so-called "real" biological family. To put it simply, the author shows that the issues and problems that adoptive parents face today are hardly new, but have a long and rich history. The best example of how the past illuminates the present is what Berebitsky discovers about the many unmarried women living before 1920 and who adopted children even though they either had no husband or were living with a female partner. Such women were not only accepted as mothers, they were encouraged to adopt such children. At a time when people believed that women's natures suited them to rear children, even women without a man in the house were sufficient as mothers. Beginning in the 1920s, though, single women fell out of favor as adoptive parents. That was when child "experts" and social critics began worrying that women without the tempering hand of a husband might "smother" their children with excessive affection or that mature unmarried women were really lesbians who would pass their deviance on to their children. What Berebitsky's work shows, then, is that there really is no such thing as a "real" or "natural" family that the rest of us must measure ourselves or our domestic arrangements against. In the recent past there were real alternatives to the "natural" family of married mother and father. Any adoptive parents today, as well as single women and gay or lesbian couples who are creating their own families through adoption will find plenty of evidence here to show that the unnatural or deviant ones are those who say there is only one kind of real family.