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Jane Kirkpatrick's compassionate insight brings history to life. I always feel as if I am part of the lives of her characters, and feel a sadness when the story ends, as if I am saying goodbye to friends. This trilogy based on the life of Marie Deroin is no exception. Although highly honored for her part in history, she was undoubtedly human as we all are, and her commitment to family is close to my own heart as a woman, daughter, wife, mother, and friend.
I now have my sisters "hooked" on Jane's novels.

This series of three books, is one of the most beautiful, heart-warming stories, I have ever read. Living in the Northwest, made it even more interesting.

Jan Kirkpatrick's books keep me coming back. Her characters are so real that I feel I recognize parts of them in the "real" people I know and my own life experiences. I was born in Eastern Oregon and my ancestors traveled the Oregon Trail to settle in the Heppner and Echo area. The accurate history that Jan weaves through her stories is fascinating. Madame Dorion is a strong woman that listened to her heart and kept searching for the thing that would satisfy that empty longing not met by the people in her life. Great story.

I was not thrilled or excited by anything I read in this book...I found it dull and threw it in the trash before I finished it. Too much using of french words which an ordinary person has no understanding of and I don't want to take time to figure them out as I try to hold on to the plot.

After reading the "All Together In One Place", I was expecting a lot more from the Tender Ties series. It's not that they aren't particularly good, they're just not as good as the others of Jane Kirkpatrick's that I've read. The timelines are a little harder to follow because they sometimes skip ahead months and even years. Like I said, it's not that these aren't good books, they just aren't quite what I've come to expect from her.

Want a book that holds your interest? I recommend this entire series. I discovered Gunn on accident; really it was a blessing! I liked this entire series. Good wholesome values and interesting plots that intertwine with the other books.

If you have read the other books in this series, you won't want to miss Woodlands. It will not disappoint you! I have read through the complete series 4 times. This series is a "Must Have."

Robin Jones Gunn writes awsome books and brings her characters alive. I've read the whole series and this is one of the best. It is a wonderful romance amoung man and woman and woman and God! It's worth the money and the time.

All of the Glenbrooke series is awsome, but this one is tops on my list. You feel as if your taken into the book and go on the journey with Leah. I recommend all of Robin Jones Gunn books, she is an amazing author. This book, especially is worth your time and money.

I thought this was the best book in her series because Leah seemed so much like so many people I know. She was such a giving, loving person-beautiful inside and out, but did not feel like she was. So when she meets a wonderful man and he sees her beauty it is so sweet. She had so many negative voices from her childhood, especially the ones referring to her name, to overcome to accept love that it was an inspiration to me.

This book is a valuable reference for Latin grammar. If you have a first-year text such as Wheelock, you will still need this book or one like it to explain the many Latin constructions you will encounter which are not explained in an introductory textbook. I used this book to help write a grammatical commentary on a letter written by Cicero, as part of a school assignment. It was easy to find the information I needed.

For over a century, the peerless and indispensable companion for for anyone involved with Classical Latin. It passes on a tradition of profound scholarship with clarity and exactitude. A great bargain in the paperback edition.

This grammar is pretty good. I don't have experience with other grammars but it has been useful in everything for which I have used it yet. My only complaints are that the index lists terms under section number (sections outnumber pages), which took a while to figure out, and that some obscure constructions are listed as being in a nearly unrelated section with sometimes only a very passing mention, unless I'm still not using the thing right. At any rate, very helpful.

This is definitely among my favorite Latin grammar references (along with Gildersleeve's and Bennett's. As other reviewers mentioned, this is a grammar reference. Do not expect to learn Latin from this book. If you already have an understanding of Latin grammar or are merely wondering how the Latin language works, this book is an excellent choice. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar will be useful to teachers, students, and former students of Latin interested in maintaining/increasing their capabilities.

I started using this classic grammar online. When I saw how inexpensive it is on Amazon, even the hardback, I had to order one. I have enjoyed it ever since. Even the most bizarre constructions found in Latin documents are in there someplace. It is so full of interesting items, and lucidly explained, that I enjoy reading it regularly just to keep improving my Latin. I even find the historical explanations valuable. They don't necessarily improve my understanding, but I find it easier to remember forms and irregularities when I see where they came from. For example, I learned that the "ba" in the imperfect tense comes from the same Indo-European forms that produced the verb "be" in English.
I'm not in a position to compare it to other grammars, so I can't call it the "best", but it sure works for me. I just bought my second copy because I found myself in the United States without mine, and I needed to translate Latin documents.
This grammar is probably too advanced for someone who has not already studied Latin. It helps to know English grammar too, which unfortunately even English majors don't know anymore (and shamelessly brag about).
If this grammar is too advanced, Oxford sells a small paperback grammar of Latin by Morwood that is very good, doesn't require as much knowledge of English grammar, and is inexpensive.
Finally, I can't understand why Amazon doesn't make their excellent hardback edition easier to find. They do sell it (I just bought one), but you have to enter the ISBN number in advanced search:
ISBN 1-58510-042-0.
It's a great buy on Amazon, so don't settle for paperback.

...this series is too dark and violent for me. I'll stick with Tinker.

A bit out there, I enjoy fantasy more then SF and the basis of this series is a bit difficult for me to believe, but the writer is so good, that I have read the entire series and found I could not put any of these books down... A Great Read..!

Bitter Waters, the third in the Ukiah Oregon series and sets up the story for the forth one. These books are better if read in order,otherwise you will end up confused. This is a good series, I liked every one of them and wish the author would write more of them. The relationships between the charactors is why I enjoyed this series as much as I did. Along with Hex there are knew protagonists in this book. I can't go into the story line w/o spoilers, so I will just tell you that the books are worth reading, and I liked them enough that I will get any other books that the author writes.

This was the first book by this author that I had read, and although I read it out of order for the series and was rather confused, I still enjoyed it immensely. One of the advertising blurbs said "Don't plan on getting anything else done if you start a Wen Spencer novel; they are exceedingly hard to put down!" So true. I read it in one day and then went scrambling to get the other three in the series. My only regret is that now I have read them all and wish there were more. Definitely a keeper. Alien invaders, kidnapped babies, government agents, plenty of action and mystery.

"Bitter Waters" picks up where "Tainted Trail" left off -- litterally, one day later. U. and his partner, M., are private detectives. They arrive home and are immediately drawn into investigating child kidnappings and a cult that has turned to crime. If you haven't read the previous books, U. is an alien pretending to be a human, and the detective work is greatly complicated by alien threats to Earth.

My problems with "Bitter Waters" were twofold. First, if you have read the previous novel, the beginning of this one goes really slowly. After the first 57 pages, there really isn't any reason to go back and read either "Tainted Trail" or the book before, because you've just read it. To be fair, I prefer stand alone books to sequels. Second, the main plot is that U.'s son is kidnapped, and I abhor kidnapped children plots, particularly when the main character's child is kidnapped. I'm a parent, and this just isn't a laughing matter for me.

I recommend this novel to people who don't mind kidnapped children plots and either haven't read Spencer's U. books before or adore sequels. All else is well done.

WHile this book seemed a bit tedious for me to get through...i did enjoy it for the most part, especially Petie and Eddie. I am anxious to read another Dianne Hammond book.

On page 160 I thought....well, when is something going to happen? This book went nowhere, and while it was fast reading to.. nowhere, I found it to be a waste of my time. I find it amazing that I am the only reviewer that found the book to be uneventful, and not even that exciting when trying to establish the bond between the two girls. How mundane, and how pathetic, that the most interesting thing about this book was the soup!!!

I enjoyed this book in general. The characters were interesting, and the story moved along at a nice pace. I enjoyed how the author went into the background of the characters and explained why they were the way they were. But, i do have a bone to pick with the author. I grew up on the Oregon Coast, in a small town, and have lived here for 39 years. I began reading the book and within two chapters i knew not only was this author not from here, but had some misconceptions of how the coast works. ( i read later that she is from the east coast and lives in newport or). I don't appreciate that the characters were not only all very uneducated, but they all lived in very bad mobile homes or shacks. The character from LA had to get bagels there because obviously the backward morons in this town did not know what a bagel was. Give me a break! The character from LA also stated that she had trouble conversing with the locals, that she had to resort to body language. I understand the book is fiction and not supposed to be an accurate picture of coastal life, but does everyone have to be involved in incest, unemployment, poverty, and child abuse? Overall it was a good book, but over and over I was offended by how the coastal residents were portrayed. Do your homework next time.

This is the story of 2 remarkable women who transcend their upbringing, circumstances, and environment. More remarkable, is how well written this first novel by Diane Hammond is. Her particular talent is to make even a series of ordinary events absolutely compelling. While the women have a marvelous friendship, it is real and nuanced. The secondary characters are naturally drawn.

What a wonderful debut novel. I could just eat it up with a spoon.
Encore, please! From the delightful coastal underbelly setting to the juxtaposition of characters, gritty and soothing, rebellious and sensitive, flirty and horrified, I was hooked from beginning to end.

This was a great read. I love reading trail journals and this book was no exception.

A hilarious romp through the wilds of North America. Anyone thinking about hiking the PCT should definitely buy this book!

Now I want to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. The story is well told, a real page turner. Well written, very interesting, and an inspiration for getting myself on a trail.

This book was an easy read, but disappointing in its lack of photos and descriptions of life on the trail and destinations seen.

Although I commend the author for his courage and humor, some things about the book distracted from reading pleasure. This read like a self-published book (maybe it is) that had not been edited at all. There were no paragraph indents, and many sentences were run-on (strung together with commas when there sould have been a period). I'm not a stickler about grammar, but this was distracting and made it hard to read. There was also a problem with tense and scenes suddenly switching. For example, in a camping scene, the author would suddenly mention that he saw 3 bears while camping, but it turned out that this was referring to something that would happen several chapters later, so that during the present scene I would wonder, "Where are the bears?" Often I would hope for an interesting scene only to be disappointed by a blow by blow of each day and night on the trail (including the days where nothing really happened). If you can deal with the amateur style, you may enjoy this book.

These Gazetteer's are not your USGS maps but they are certainly better than any road map out there. So as long as you don't require back-country precision have one of these in your car as they are still better than any GPS once you get off the secondary's.

These Delorme Atlas & Gazetters are wondeful. They show you many features not available through GPS, maps or other atlases. It is a great feature to have the BLM lands marked as well as the back roads. Good resources are also included in each states atlas. A good addition to anyone's travel tools.

I have lived in Oregon for twenty years and gotten around with a road map, this is sooo much better, now I need a washington edition. great book. has paid for itsself in just two local trips across the maze of roads from Newberg to Gaston.

Has everything listed however not in a organized fashion, 3 insets related to 3 other pages are on one page just because they're within 4 miles of the coast. From N to S on a map it doesnt break in a logical way. There are no insets of large cities main roads such as portland, salem, eugene, corvallis. however, forest service roads are listed and named. which is a great help when highways are closed.

This atlas is much more detailed that ones like it, such as Benchmark's recreation atlas. With this being said, it not as detailed as one may need in the back country. I mainly use it to provide a general overview of the region I am exploring, and to locate common places.Main forest service roads are visible, yet no all are marked with a name or number. I use it in conjunction with USGS topo quad maps, forest service map, and GPS, and serves it purpose very well.

A good read. The book kept me guessing throughout, which for a suspense novel, I enjoy. I even bought a copy of The Oregon Project for my newphew.

This book rocks. Being an attorney, I do not do much pleasure reading, but THE OREGON PROJECT was nothing but pleasure---from beginning to end. Also, not being a gambler, I generally go with safe bets---purchasing THE OREGON PROJECT is the safest of bets---as demonstrated by the fact that 9 (now 10) out of 11 (now 12) reviewers concur---THE OREGON PROJECT IS A 5-STAR WORK.

If you missed the book signing, that's OK, but at least pick this one up, you will not regret it. Great job guys!

Andy

The cover says she's an even better writer than a lawyer. Wow. That's really scary, if true.

Considering the tin ear she has for language - the paragraphs seem written by a high school student - I'd hate to rely on Ms. Roit for any legal advice. Besides the general lack of quality of prose, the book is full of outright errors in usage: "you guys have peaked my interest", "she took to her task with glutinous longing" just for two examples.

This looks like a vanity publishing job to me. She must have gotten all her friends to write glowing Amazon reviews.

I would stay away from this one.

the book was not as long as I thought it would be. But it was good reading

Westward to Home is a great book to read about. Joshua, the boy in the story, and his family are going to Oregon in a wagon train.
Joshua writes about everything that happens in his diary.
I liked the part where Joshua and his family were fording down a river. Then his little sister almost drowned, but Joshua saved her.
One day his Grandpa took Joshua hunting and he shot a male buffalo.
The leader of the wagon train was cousin Daniel, who had no toes on one foot because of a frost bite.

I learned some interesting facts. Life on the Oregon Trail was hard, because of the bad wheather, not enough food and people got sick.
The migration to Oregon was 159 years ago.
The Indians respected the military.
I also learned that the author of this book is Patricia Hermes.

I would recommend this book for three reasons.
First, it's an interesting story. Second, it's suspenseful to read.
Finally, it's good to know, how life was over 150 years ago. It makes me
appreciate how good life is today.
Westward to Home is a great book!

Jessica Stedman, 3rd. Grade, Glenmeade Elementary School, Chino Hills, CA.

If you think you have it hard, wait until you read the book Westward to Home, Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary. Joshua has hard times all through the book. He tells you many things about his family, friends, and neighbors. This book gets sad in parts but gets better in other parts.
The book Westward to Home takes place in 1848. The people in the book are never really in one spot the whole time, but their journey should end up in Oregon. Will they make it?
I think people who like reading diaries would enjoy reading this book.

This is a story of a boy who is about to set out on the Oregon Trail. His grandpa gives him a journal to write about the journey westward, but instead his grandpa goes with him. It tells the story of a young boy traveling westward and the difficulties that take place. Many people die while they are on the Oregon Trail from illness and other things. It mostly takes place while they are on the Oregon Trail. I thought this was a pretty good story telling about the Oregon Trail.

I'm in 3rd grade and I read Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary (book 1.) When I read it, I just fell in love with it! I suggest this book to anyone who likes adventure, excitement, and realistic historical fiction.

The book Joshua's Diary is about a boy and his family who are traveling on the Oregon Trail. I enjoyed this book because it has so many wonderful details that make you feel as if you were with them. This is a very good book, but has very sad and frightening parts.

Actually, I give this 4 1/2 stars but another reviewer also gave it 4 1/2 stars but rated this book 4 stars, so my 5 stars should help even this out. Compulsive read. Finished this in two days, which is pretty fast considering I work a lot! A thriller with a sci-fi twist. Refreshing. Interesting character development. It doesn't get much better than this for casual entertainment.

The cradle robber is a person who kills children, because he thinks he's helping them. He stalks children who are unhappy and learns about them, then kills them. Many families just like yours suffer greatly. Kyle Sommers and his friend, Sherrie meet a time traveler and save all of these families and children. It turns out that the time traveler had came back to save his daughter from dying. So Sherrie and Kyle repay him by saving his daughter and send him back to the future. I recommend this book, because it shows how getting both of your legs amputated can change your life, how many ways children can die, and what can happen to you if you don't move on if your daughter dies.
One of the reasons why I recommended this book is because it shows how getting both of your legs amputated can change your life. Sherrie used to be very sweet and beautiful, especially her legs. She was engaged to someone and was very pleased with him. But she found out that after her legs amputated, he didn't love her anymore and he left her. Since then, she has never dated anyone until Kyle came along. She has many people staring at her and has a hard time going up the stairs. She did gain a lot of muscle in her arms though from walking with them so much around her house.
Another reason why I recommended this book is because it shows how many ways a child can die. Kyle's daughter died in a car wreck. That's the most common way a child can die. But the cradle robber strangled kids while they're sleeping. He put plastic bags over they're heads and would never look at them while they were dying, because he didn't want to see their distorted faces. Another way kids died is by a fire. He would light matches in their bedroom and would throw matches on them while they were sleeping.
Lastly, I recommend this book because it shows how your life can change if you don't move on after someone dies who was close to you. Kyle had his daughter die, like I said in the last paragraph. He never moved on and started having hallucinations about memories of his daughter. He would hallucinate over stuff like his daughter walking in and asking him to read her a book, because that was his favorite thing to do with his daughter. He was very depressed, until he met Sherrie, because he thought that it was is fault that he let his daughter die. When they were in the car upside down, his daughter kept crying for him to help her, but he too hurt, he couldn't reach back. He also got addicted to alcohol and lost his job as the head detective, because it was against the rules.
I recommend this book, because it shows how your life can change if you get both of your legs amputated, it shows how many terrible ways children can die, and it shows how you can get very depressed, hallucinate over stuff, and get addicted to alcohol if you don't move on after a loved one dies. In the end of this book, they end up saving the time-travelers daughter and send them both to the future with the promise from Kyle and Sherrie that in the future, they would be there to help with the wounded time-traveler.

This review is soley for the novel "Before the Cradle Falls." I happen to consider James F. David a superb suspense writer: "Footprints of Thunder," "Fragments," and "Ship of the Damned" were intriquing and engrossing. "Cradle" is, unfortunately, not.

Kyle Sommers is a police detective who, after the death of his daughter, hid within the bottle. Given a second chance, Sommers finds himself heading the investigation of Cradle Robber, a serial killer who murders random children in the night, thinking he is in fact doing them a favor.

But Sommers is not alone in his investigation. There is another man, who appears to have blue skin, and who knows when children are in danger. He has arrived from the future, intent on saving the children of Portland, Oregon...including his own child...

The plot is a bit ludicrous, but so were those of David's previous novels. What "Cradle" lacks is reality; while occasionally suspenseful, and at times frightening, the novel's characters rarely exceed their two-dimensional forms, and the plot is pretty predictable, not to mention cliche. Though for some it may be a brisk, even entertaining read, fans of David's previous works will find it lacking in quality. Every author writes a book of lesser quality at some point in their career; James F. David has done it with this one. While entertaining to a point, "Before the Cradle Falls" is proof that time travel and police procedural don't mix well.

I think I'm an addict. Once I start reading a James F. David novel, I can't put it down. After reading his first 3 novels (Footprints of Thunder, Fragments, Ship of the Damned), I knew this one would be edge-of-your-seat action mixed with creative plot twists, and I was right!

In my opionion, David has the perfect blend of paranormal/sci-fi and mystery/action/thriller down pat! As with his other novels, David takes a standard sci-fi theme (in this case time travel), and presents it in a way I have never read before, with interesting theories to back it up. I have no idea how scientific said theories are and don't really care. They're fun and unique.

One of the things I really enjoy about his books are the settings. Before the Cradle Falls is set in current day Portland, Oregon, my hometown. James F. David, who lives in nearby Tigard, is very familiar with Portland and uses real landmarks, Parks and businesses for much of the book. A few things are made-up (our real newpaper is the Oregonian, not the Oregon Chronicle), but for the most part, Portland is exactly as he describes it. It gives me the feeling that I could step out my door one day and see Kyle Sommers driving by in a police car...

What do you get when Sci-Fi meets Thriller? Another masterpiece by James F. David!

If you think that all police novels are the same, then you haven't read Before the Cradle Falls. David introduces a twist that will have you second-guessing all the others. Truly an original piece that has set the bar at a new level.

But be warned: clear your schedule before you start reading. You will get sucked in, and it will be difficult to put down!

Thank you James F. David once again for reminding me how exciting reading can be.