Burns Books

I wasn't sure about Washington University before reading this book but now I think I know it much better. I'm happy to have found such a well written guide on this college. What really impressed me was the detail of information given and the fact that it was written by a student. I think anyone looking at this university should get this book. You won't be disappointed!

In the last ten years Washington University in St. Louis has grown into one of the country's premiere liberal arts colleges, drawing more and more prospective students to the midwest for a look.

This College Prowler guide is the ultimate companion to a visit to St. Louis. The book's 29 chapters give you hundreds of uncensored student opinions on topics including the best and worst campus food, Greek life, campus dating, the best dorms, the intramural sport scene, and which professors to avoid at all costs.

Prospective students can pick up some Wash U slang, read about how to dress for the horrible St. Louis winters, discover the quirky stores on South Grand Blvd., or read up on campus traditions like Thurtene and WILD. Learn what frat parties are like, the prevalance of student drug use, and even track fashion trends on campus. Above all you'll find out the best and worst things about living and studying at Washington University.

You're about to pick a place to spend the next four years of your life. This College Prowler guide helps you make the right decision by giving you the opinions of those who know the school best -- real Washington University undergrads. Written by students for prospective students, it's an honest and essential aid in making your big decision.

You'll also find in the guide a wealth of information about things to do in St. Louis and at Washington University, so if you decide to attend, you'll already have a head start on diving into the clubs, arts, sports, business, and social life of the area.

Please feel free to contact me, the book's author, at dan.carlin@gmail.com

I remember reading this book as a child - I read it over and over to my sisters and cousins. As time went on I forgot about the book until I had grandchildren that I read to often...they asked me, "grandma did you read this book when you were little?" and "what books did you read?" So...thinking about that brought this book back into my memories and made me smile. I purchased the book and now read it to my grand daughter and it brings back fond memories each and every time. Thanks!!!

This is the first book I bought with my own money, at a library sale one summer afternoon.

Skorpen weaves a poetic tale of a group of siblings as they explore more exciting places to live than a house. They live in a tree, on a beach, in a cave and so on, gathering momentos of each place before something happens to make them move on. In the end, they find that a house is a good place for children. On the way, Skorpen's well-crafted words sing and Burn's beautiful two-tone drawings make this book a memorable place for children. It is a book that is "...a particular friend." The later editions replace Burn's art with cartoonish color-mad images that cutsie up the whole thing and ruin the oetic impact. Go with the 1969 version, it is endlessly more beautiful!

This is by far my favorite book from my childhood. My copy is now over 30 years old and used often. I was going to buy the new version for my children, but the illustrations in the new version don't do the story justice. The illustrations by Doris Burn in the original book (this one)are absolutely fabulous!

I love this story, the illustrations tell most of the story, which is why I don't understand why the re-print used new ones, they don't contribute to the story at all, it was very disappointing, which is why I ordered the old one.

Written by co-pastors and proud parents John and Helen Burns, What Dads Need to Know about Daughters, What Moms Need to Know About Sons is a simple, sensible guide to raising children that pays especial attention to what children need to have and learn from their opposite-gender parent. John Burns carefully explains what mothers need to know about their sons, and Helen Burns gives the inside scoop on what fathers need to know about their daughters. Though written from a Christian perspective, What Dads Need to Know about Daughters, What Moms Need to Know About Sons is overall a solid and sensible parenting guide for readers of all backgrounds. "It's good for a dad to encourage his daughter to use her talents and develop her skills to the best of her ability. But many parents have a tendency to only notice what is lacking in their children's performances and point out those deficiencies. A dad, with his natural sense of competitiveness, can be especially critical of a daughter's performance in competition. In a little girl's mind, this criticism often translates into a sense of inadequacy and an unhealthy pressure to become 'what Daddy wants,' rather than the unique and special woman God intends her to be." Highly recommended.

Finally, a book that deals with the least-discussed issues in parenting! John and Helen Burns tackle relevant topics, such as raging teenage male sexuality and the way in which otherwise caring fathers often distance themselves from daughters as the girls enter puberty. The authors offer compassionate advice, sharing strategies that have worked within their own family. Reading the book is like sitting down to tea with close friends--safe, warm, and uplifting. It will bring hope to any parent, regardless of the age of his/her children.

The attempt to interfere with women's natural and biological right to perform the function for which they alone are capable, the ability to bear children, must be the ultimate male misogynistic insult. Making child birth a hardship by failure to support the programs that honor this unique female capability is the equivalent to exclude females from society, and make them irrelevant to survival of human culture. Forcing them to choose work over the poverty of having children and putting children at risk is a total conversion of the natural order of the universe. Preventing them from caring for the children they make and to insure the safety of the children they have is dangerous to both, and favors the imperialistic pursuit of profits over the validation of mankind. Accepting a 50% divorce rate putting women in poverty, and accepting gay marriage threatens to turn mankind into an exercise of convenience and comfortable lifestyle rather than dignify the principles of creation by honoring the natural right of females to sexuality, to prevention, and to pregnancy as their biological right by virtue of their biological makeup. Ignoring that choice, women have been made little more than pawns in the industrial machine through which men justify the pursuit of profits to the exclusion of all else, and not intended to become the foundation of family formation and sustainability. When women are urged to find comfort in female companionship rather than male companionshp, the basic Godly contract of natural creation has been altered. Preventing women from sustainable work that puts them and their children at risk ignores the basic right of all human beings basic survival rights, and part of the larger scheme of ignoring those rights in favor of imperialistic schemes.

This is one of the best books on women in politics that I have ever read. It's an excellent source and gets right to the point.

This book is an exciting and fast read. It's excellent.
It was written by a woman who overcame severe dyslexia in her childhood. She's a great example of a success story.

I listen to Jim Burns' "HomeWord" program fairly often --- he tends to have guests that I enjoy. Burns is one of my favorite writers on family topics. This book is well-written and points you in the direction of wise priorities as you build your family --- even if you are starting over after divorce.

Barbara Sheldon, M.S.W.
I also highly recommend: Happily Remarried: *Making Decisions Together *Blending Families Successfully* Building a Love That Will Last

I haven't bought the book yet, but I borrowed it from a girlfriend who thought I might find something to complain about. Both writer's are not as abrasive as I thought they would be although the Black author (Burns) is really judgmental about how and what Black men should do. He also takes a lot of effort to state that Black men are the root problem in the Black community. He does address different issues that exist which create problems for Black men but he still states that if Black men get right then the race will benefit. As far as the White author is concerned, he comes off pretty much in the way I expected a young White man to sound. Until he is forced to answer a hypothetical question about sending his own kids to an all Black inner city school. It is at this point the book is most effective. However, I still think the book is incomplete, which may be a tactic by the authors to revisit the book at a later date. They ask questions which both men should answer but they just let the last answer stand without addressing the answers given. You could tell they both wanted to go back and answer because they would start certain answers by saying something about another question before moving on.

Overall the book is great for bringing up questions, but it could have been better so I should give it 4 stars. But I won't since I think it took a lot for these two guys to honestly speak about race in a public manner. I highly recommend the book for as a change of pace. I also think that even though it is not as stuffy and self righteous as a Shelby Steele or Cornell West race book it does give both sides a chance to talk, and it brings a new generation into the discussion on race.

I ordered this book along with How to Restore Your Muscle Car. Overall its a good book, with lots of projects that are broken down and organized well. The projects don't go as in depth as, say a factory shop manual, but give you an idea of what you need for parts, tools, and the like. If you have a muscle car and want to know about some upgrades you can do to the engine, or if you want to know how to take off some of the stainless trime, etc this is the book for you. Its a great supplement to any other "how to" books you may already own.

The book called THE PRAYER OF JABEZ was phenominal with an awakening power of the Holy Spirit's call to spiritual Israel to awake and receive the blessings that God has already bestowed upon us. I pray this prayer everyday. It is on my refrigerator as a reminder to pray and thank God for His blessings that He has already promised in His Word to His children. The prayer of Jabez is found in I Chronicles 4:9-10. After the author of Chronicles has gone through the long list of members in the family tree of the Hebrew tribes, he comes to the tribe of Judah. The reader has to read forty-four names of the descendants of Judah's tribe in chapter 4 before the short story, consisting of only two verses that many of us have missed when reading through the Bible, shines through. I had missed this light previously. It was only through the leadership of the Holy Spirit, which came through several Christian friends, that I finally read the book and received the richness of the contents of this Godly prayer. Bruce Wilkinson challenges us as Christians to believe and receive the blessings that are rightfully and legally our own. I am praying this prayer for myself, my family, and my church. I am claiming the power of God in my life which He continues to reveal in and through His people by the workings of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that gives life to the Word. He quickens His Word in us and the Word becomes alive in us and flows out of us revealing God's power in and through us. Our faith in Him and our belief that He is working in us will motivate us to act upon what He has promised. This action of faith on our part will release the power of God for us and bring about changes in our lives. We will be blessed, indeed and our borders and territories will be enlarged. God will be faithful to keep us from evil that we may not cause grief or be grieved. The power of God is unlimited. Bless us, indeed, Lord. Enlarge our territory - the whole world is God's territory and we are His heirs and joint heirs. He is our Keeper. He keeps us from evil. When we are weak, He is strong. He knows how to stretch us and make us His warriors. If you, as a Christian, are ready for the transformation that God has available for His people, read this book. As Bruce Wilkinson says in His book, "You know beyond a doubt that you were redeemed for this." I want to encourage God's people to behold the identity that God has given to us! We are not paupers. We are priests and kings through Christ Jesus! We all need to claim our blessings that God has bestowed upon us.