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Doubt at Daytona

Published in Paperback by Baker Pub Group (1999-11)

Author: Ken Stuckey

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Very good....

Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2003-08-07

Brings in many interesting characters, settings, etc., including good worldview/Christian values.

Highly recommended for young Christian boys who like auto racing. :-)

Great

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Review Date: 2001-08-06

This was great for auto racing fans and Chistians. I highly recommed this book.

Dude Ranch Bride

Published in Mass Market Paperback by Silhouette (2003-02-01)

Author: Madeline Baker

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A FIVE MINUS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS TOO SHORT

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Review Date: 2006-12-26

I always want a time frame on the characters to estimate their maturity.
Well Cindy Wagner is a rich, spoiled little daddy's girl and is now 21 and walking down the isle and getting cold feet. She doesn't really love Paul and she keeps remembering her mother telling her that Paul would not make her happy. He is too work orientated.

Native American Ethan Stormwalker, is 24 years old, and loves his way of life. It will not allow many luxeries but is sufficient for him. He is following his ancestor's teachings and beliefs. He was born and raised on the Rez.

When the two met, Cindy was 16 and Ethan was 19. I can see how Cindy had a lot of growing up to do. Now Ethan is portrayed as very much the masculine male. And his dancing just adds to his mystique.
Add his wolf dog and the buckskin stallion and we see the Alpha male who is her hero.

He works on his aunt, Dorothea's Dude Ranch, where he has acquired quite a female gathering, including a 16 year old customer, Linda and a waitress, Millie who would willingly offer Ethan most anything.

Paul's flaws became more evident when he came to the ranch to take Cindy home. Man, he just won't listen when she tells him they were no longer an item.

Then it seemed that history was repeating itself when he went off to a Pow Wow to dance and comes back to find Cindy gone. Five years ago it was the same thing [almost].

There is so much more to the story - You will love finding out how Cindy and Ethan [he has to rescue her] resolve their bitterness and fall in love all over again.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- Definitely a keeper [just too short]

Madeline Baker's first series romance is awesome!

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2003-02-07

Cindy Wagner walks down the aisle on her father's arm to wed a man she does not truly love. Then she listens to her heart and flees the church before taking her vows. During her escape in the limo she sees a billboard advertising the Elk Valley Dude Ranch and instantly starts to think about the man she had loved in the past. The driver takes her there and as she exits the limo she does not see the silent man but he sees her, and he remembers.

Ethan Stormwalker is a professional competitive pow wow dancer, and he works on his aunt's dude ranch. Five years ago he had been desparately in love with Cindy but what future could he have had with a beautiful and privileged young girl. Cindy had adored him as much but circumstances had succeeded in tearing them apart. But now, five years later, will their love survive?

I have read many Native American books but this is one of the best to date. DUDE RANCH BRIDE is creatively written with beautiful Native American tales woven into the story, bringing this wonderful culture to life for me. The hero, Ethan Stormwalker, is proud and strong, and his spirit shines through as his heart battles his pride, to win the love of the one woman that the Great One has chosen for him. DUDE RANCH BRIDE is endearingly fantastic!!!

Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920

Published in Hardcover by University of California Press (1999-08-02)

Author: Beryl Satter

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Fascinating and controversial survey and time

Helpful Votes: 11 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-01

When I began to read "Each Mind a Kingdom", I soon realized that it was that dreaded genre--the doctoral dissertation made flesh.
I expected the worst sort of academic exercise, in both senses of the word, and read on only because the book had a great cover and I am fascinated with New Thought ideas.

But "Each Mind a Kingdom" is anything but a dry academic tome.
It's as alive as a novel, and full of ideas and opinions. It's rather like going to a movie like "My Dinner with Andre", in which the author sets up ideas with scenarios, and then allows the ideas to subtly hover.

I'm not saying that I found everything in "Each Mind a Kingdom" to be a plethora of positions with which I agreed. Indeed, in many cases, I felt that Dr. Satter over-eggs the pudding, and draws conclusions beyond her citations, and, in some cases, dismisses as "ambiguous" or "unclear" those authorities which do not fit her premise. I found the omission of Elizabeth Delvine King's work, whose "purity new thought" ideas would not fit the author's "chronology" of the rise and fall of the "purity" movement, to be puzzling, and the near-dismissal of the Unity School and Religious Science to be curious in light of the far greater mainstream impact each movement had upon the culture than many of the people whom the author covers in detail.

Still, this book merits reading because it is a narrative voice making important points from fascinating subject matter. She introduced me to thinkers with whose work I was less familiar. More importantly, she tackles the gender rhetoric of early New Thought writings, particularly that by women, and examines the impact of the competing ways of looking at things on the broad culture.

Dr. Satter has three to five books of material in this work, and it is in some senses a shame that she tries to do so much.
Her conclusory points about Freud and modern self-help,each interesting, appear to be "toss ins" to try to "add relevance" to a work which needs no such effort.

But this is a fundamentally satisfying work, even though it is not free of flaws, because it has a rich sweep of ideas and characters better suited to a wonderful set of novels than to a single tome about gender imagery in New Thought. One might wish (as I do) that Dr. Satter adopted a style a little less quick to jump to conclusions and a little more willing to consider the rhetorical and metaphoric value of gender terminology (rather than the more mechanical, if fascinating,angle she takes).
But nonetheless, the work simply fascinates--it's a good read, with many troubling and promising lines of analysis.

Dr. Satter's explorations all prove quite interesting, and well worth reading, although some of her conclusions are notions with which I could not disagree more. This is perhaps a mark of a good book, though--you can dissent from the author's point of view, and yet still like the work.

I encourage anyone who wishes to understand the turn of the 20th Century to read this work, which offers ideas which will be both controversial, sometimes perhaps even unacceptable, but always fascinating. Well done. I wish that every dissertation read so well.

Interesting and Enlightening

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-04-19

This is a great book. I have not been able to stop reading. It does indeed read like a good novel. You will find that it explains a great deal about our Victorian heritage and some of the ideas that have shaped the present. Fascinating!

The Early Earth

Published in Paperback by Baker (1979)

Author: John C Whitcomb

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An Antidote to Dogmatism

Helpful Votes: 10 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 2001-01-30

As a college professor, I have always tried to memorize important benchmarks in my field. One set of benchmarks that is critical in teaching geology are dates such as the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. I soon discovered that this task was going to be far more difficult then I first expected because for many dates, such as the age of the universe, many different estimates exist (in this case from around 5 to 25 billion years). It soon became apparent the many of the dates in geology are estimates at best and more often gestimates. Whitcomb in this excellent work does a much needed job critiquing many of the modern dating methods used in science today. He shows why many are not as accurate as commonly believed. Now when I teach geology or earth science I always stress that no one in science knows, for example, how old the earth or universe is, and therefore when providing dates one must not say that something is so many years old, but must say "according to carbon 14 or another dating method, some animal is estimated to have died 5730 years ago, and this date is based on the many assumptions of this method." Unfortunately, most texts and sources often dogmatically state that something is so many millions of years old when this cannot be known to be the case. This must read book will go a long way toward reducing the dogmatism now very common in geological dating and will help the dating process to be more scientific and less dogmatic. In short The Early Earth is an antidote to dogmatism

Science vs. Evolution

Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2005-06-25

This expanded and revised edition of "The Early Earth," by Dr. John C. Whitcomb, Biblical professor of Old Testament for 38 years at Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, startles the reader with an excellent in-depth examination of the earth as created rather than evolved.

Bracing his position with the first and second laws of Thermodynamics, Dr. Whitcomb thus handily develops his stance for Biblical Creationism while dismantling many of the foundational suppositions of evolutionary conjecture.

In addition, he establishes the suddenness of creation as scientifically supported by many such as Dr. Carl Baugh, Creation Evidence Museum, while proving the instantaneity of earth's beginning over the provably unscientific spontaneity professed by evolutionists.

Written as a scholarly textbook, yet formed in lucid prose, Dr. Whitcomb's work is an excellent primer for any seeking an introduction to the main questions demanded of earth's beginnings.

Perhaps the only surprise is the wonder remaining at the end of the book as to why any would continue to pursue the theory of evolution when even the laws of thermodynamics obliterate all reason for valuing Darwin's hypothesis.

Genesis thus excelled clearly enhances the Psalmist's prophetic utterance, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork." {Psalm 19:1, The New King James}

A hearty 'Amen' must be added to the exhortation that 'The Early Earth' is indeed a "must read."

TL Farley,
Author,
When Now Becomes Too Late,
Distant Reaches

When Now Becomes Too Late
{ Prophecy : The Rapture in Brief : Inside The Twinkle ! }

Distant Reaches
{ True Life Adventure in Ireland, Boston and on the North Atlantic }

Early Reading Instruction: What Science Really Tells Us about How to Teach Reading (Bradford Books)

Published in Hardcover by The MIT Press (2004-05-01)

Author: Diane McGuinness

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Tour de Force

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Review Date: 2008-05-25

In this book McGuinness reviews reading research under the headings set out by the National Reading Panel. She makes a compelling argument for the kind of reading instruction known as synthetic, or linguistic phonics. The range of knowledge displayed is formidable.

Required reading!

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Review Date: 2008-01-19

Diane McGuinness is a terrific psychologist and writer. Her books are fantastic. This is another book of hers that should be required reading for anyone who want to understand the process of learning to read. Though written for a technical audience, she writes so well and clearly that any lay person would find it understandable and enjoyable to read. Make sure to also read her other book, Langauge Development and Learning to Read.

Editor in Chief B2

Published in Paperback by Critical Thinking Co (1999-01-01)

Authors: C. Block, L. Borla, G. Dietrich, M. Hockett, and M. Baker

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Learn to find mistakes and correct them

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Review Date: 2008-01-05

What a great way for students to learn to find their own mistakes by learning to find someone else's first. These books make it fairly easy for them. If your students is having trouble - then you as a teacher have ways to give them hint's - you can either tell them to look for a spelling mistake - or how many mistakes.

You can also give them a chance to re-write or retype the paragraph for practice. I really like the Editor in Chief books.

As a former reporter/editor

Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1999-07-06

I wanted to give my daughters the edge when it comes to mastering English, grammar, punctuation, etc. and this program is ideal!

Eisenstaedt: Remembrances

Published in Paperback by Bulfinch (1999-06-01)

Author: Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Light and more light

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Review Date: 2005-08-31

Eisenstaedt was for more than four decades a central maker of those images through which America held up a mirror to itself, and to the world. His remarkable persistence helped produce some of the most famous photographs of the twentieth century, including the signature- piece photograph of the sailor kissing the nurse at Times Square on V-J Day. Though he presented many pictures of scenes from everyday life in America he is perhaps best known for portraits of the famous, from all walks of life. His Blanchard and Davis captures the pugnacious spirit of the great West Point running duo, his Buckley family portrait captures the casual elegance of America's most famed Conservative intellectual family, his cold camera catches the very epitome of evil hatred in the famed photoportrait of Goebbels, his most difficult subject Hemingway nonetheless projects a somewhat misleading strength and solidity.
Eisenstaedt loved his work and lived for it. And there is a certain special kind of light which emanates from his best photographs, the light of life seen into , recaptured on film and presented to us as gift for our immediate viewing and deeper reflection.
I by the way strongly recommend reading the more extensive and simply better review by Donald Mitchell of the Eisenstaedt work which also appears on the Amazon site.

Simple Genius

Helpful Votes: 9 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2001-03-24

Many people consider Mr. Alfred Eisenstaedt the defining photojournalist of the 20th century. His best known work is probably the photograph of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on VJ Day in 1945. In this superb volume, you can test that assessment with your own eyes. The images in this book were culled from over 290,000 frames available to the editor. I found the quality to be remarkably and consistently high. The reproduction quality is more than adequate as well.

Mr. Eisenstaedt straddles the 20th century almost perfectly. He was born in West Prussia in 1898 and died in 1995. He started photography as a hobby while a youngster, and only turned it into a livelihood as a 31 year-old man. He served in the German army in World War I and was severely wounded in the legs in Flanders during 1918. While recuperating, he visited art museums to study the compositions the painters used. It was time well spent. Later he would comment, "I seldom think when I take a picture." "But, first, it's most important to decide on the angle at which your photograph is to be taken." After the war, he sold belts and buttons. But he continued to take photographs as a hobby.

His big break came when he photographed a women's tennis match in 1927. Discouraged with the results, it was pointed out that the image of the woman serving in one frame would work well if everything else was cropped out. This image is in the book for your reference. This photograph immediately sold, and he was encouraged to come back with more. By 1929 he was doing well enough to start photography full-time.

Because of the rise of the Nazis and the popularity of photojournalism in the United States, Mr. Eisenstaedt came to the New York in 1935 where he visited Time. There he learned about plans for a new weekly photography magazine, LIFE, and became one of four staff photographers in 1936 when the magazine started. Over the years more than 80 of his photographs graced its cover.

Sophia Loren was his favorite assignment, and Ernest Hemingway was his least (Hemingway tried to throw him off the dock).

"I like photographing people only at their best." "This means making them feel relaxed and completely at home with you in the beginning."

Unlike most portrait photographers, he was informal. "I always prefer photographing in available light." His approach to equipment was similarly simple. "A Leica, a couple of lenses, a few rolls of film -- that's all he needed."

Totally devoted to his art he said, "I will never retire," and he never did.

Familiarly known to his friends and colleagues as "Eisie," "'Cold fish' or 'horrible man' were his epithets. 'Unbelievable' was his word for wonder."

These details and observations are taken from the excellent introduction by Bryan Holme.

I found Mr. Eisenstaedt's work here to be amazingly luminescent. He captures a spiritual glow in his subjects and in nature. Realizing that he was using natural light, the images and detail are very well illuminated regardless, much like what you find in Ansel Adams's work. His people have an animation of body and personality that makes the viewer feel more alive as well. Whether professional actor or ordinary person, they each resonate with the viewer through intense and attractive emotion.

Here are some of my favorite images (reduced to fit the space allowed): Italian officer sledding, 1933; Toscanni, early 1930s; La Scala, 1934; Carriage, near La Scala, 1934; George Bernard Shaw, 1932; Ruth Bryan Owen, 1934; Robert Oppenheimer, 1947; Albert Einstein, 1949; Bertrand Russell, 1951; Dancers pause, 1936; Roofs of Prague, 1947; Trees in snow, 1947; Janet MacLeod, 1937; Katherine Hepburn, 1938; Carole Lombard, 1938; VJ Day, 1945; Edward R. Murrow, 1959; John F. Kennedy and Caroline, 1960; Dame Edith Evans, 1951; Marilyn Monroe, 1953; Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen, 1949; Frank Lloyd Wright, 1956; Alec Guinness, 1951; W. Somerset Maugham, 1942; Robert Lowell, 1959; Charlie Chaplin, 1966; W.H. Auden, 1955; Children watching, 1963; Gunter Grass, 1979; Norman Rockwell, 1974; Gilbert Murray, 1951; Menemsha harbor, 1937; Thomas Hart Benton, 1969; First lesson, 1930; Propeller, 1951; Willie Mays, 1954; Leonard Bernstein conducting, 1960; and Tree-lined road, 1978. The effects of well-known painting compositions on these images will be obvious to you.

After you view these photographs, I suggest that you try your hand at capturing people at their best with your camera. Once you get to be reasonably good at that, I encourage you to try to catch them at their best without your camera. Practice the skill of subtly encouraging people to fulfill their potential. That will make you a person of simple genius, as well.

Evoke the best!

Ella Baker: Freedom Bound

Published in Kindle Edition by Wiley (1998-03-19)

Author: Joanne Grant

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Forgotten Hero

Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2001-12-20

Everyone has heard of Martin Luther King, but few remember what Ella Baker did. Baker helped to develop the civil rights movement by working at the grass roots level with the NAACP and SCLC but, since she worked outside of the spotlight, she has received little credit for her accomplishments. Known to most activists of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Baker is well-deserving of a biography and this is particularly well-written one. More information about her private life could have been included though.

Ms. Ella Baker - the heart & soul of the movement

Helpful Votes: 9 out of 11 total.
Review Date: 1998-07-16

More than any other single figure, Ella Baker represents the heart and soul of the civil rights movement at its highest and best. Starting earlier than most any other central leader, Ms. Baker was instrumental in sparking more of the major events in civil rights history than any other. Yet always working as the behind the scenes organizer and pushing others forward, particularly grassroots and youthful leaders, Ms. Baker is probably the least known outside the movement. No more important task exists than preserving her memory and Joanne Grant has done an excellent job in this important book. Even insiders will be surprised at what they'll learn in this comprehensive account. A great followup to Joanne's earlier documentary: Fundi - The Life of Ella Baker. Ms. Baker is universally revered among movement people for her wisdom, courage and acute political analysis that taught and guided thousands. Truly she was as close to a real saint as this world produces and to! ! uched her times in the most redemptive and revolutionary way.

Encountering the Book of Isaiah: A Historical and Theological Survey (Encountering Biblical Studies)

Published in Paperback by Baker Academic (2007-10-01)

Author: Bryan E. Beyer

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Excellent and accessible.

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Review Date: 2008-07-02

After twenty years of seminary and personal study, I taught Isaiah in an academic setting to bright high school seniors for twelve years, so I came to the book with some scepticism regarding its ability to both handle the details and to see the big picture. Beyer's book handled both with a facility that made it an enjoyable read [I went through it in two days]that blended scholarship and clarity. I never found an adequate textbook, other than the Bible itself, when I was teaching Isaiah, but if and when I teach it again I'll have no reservations with using Beyer's text.

Excellent tool for helping understand the message of Isaiah

Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-22

This book was assigned to me as a textbook in my seminary class on Isaiah. It serves as a helpful guide for understanding the book of Isaiah. The book is filled with side bars which provide great background material, definitions and other helpful information. The book is not overly technical - any student of the Bible would benefit from this book.

Encountering the Book of Romans: A Theological Survey (Encountering Biblical Studies)

Published in Paperback by Baker Academic (2002-12-01)

Author: Douglas J. Moo

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Great Overview Book

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Review Date: 2007-12-19

This is an Excellent book about the book of Romans. It is easy reading and very understandable!

GREAT HELP

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Review Date: 2006-02-18

THIS BOOK REALLY HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND PAUL'S WRITING. IT IS VERY ENLIGHTENING. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT ! :-)