Cooley Books

For those who started with "The Cry of Sirens," the first of the three books in this "trilogy," "Cooley Wyatt" is more accessible and more entertaining.

If "The Cry of Sirens" was an insightful psychological journey into Ben Hawthorne's attemp to explain why he acted the way he did towards his long time friend, "Cooley Wyatt" is a fascinating story. It is more simply told and if the name of the author were covered over, I am not sure that you would recognize it as coming from the same pen. Like the first book, there are passages that are so poetic that you find yourself re-reading them and going back later to read them again.

The premise is intriguing: what if a folk legend who was supposed to have been killed in a plane crash 25 years ago was still alive? What if Woody Guthrie or Ricky Nelson or John Denver didn't die, but chose to disappear and reinvent themselves.

"Cooley Wyatt" is part two or a trilogy, but the common character Ben Hawthorne isn't remarkable in this book. The common themes of artistic integrity and the entertainment industry and the creative experience are what ties "Cooley Wyatt" to "The Cry of Sirens," not the common character.

Like "The Cry of Sirens" this is a visual novel. Cooley and Jack seem very real and the story unfolds like a detective novel. Without giving away any secrets, it circles around the questions of reinventing oneself and escaping from things that don't work and finding a road that is suited to ones own personality and goals, irrespective of the common opinion of how those things should go.

Some of the minor characters are worth a book of their own, Mortie and Billy Joe for example.

At its most fundamental level, "Cooley Wyatt" is an allegory and a morality play in that it has universal meaning and appeal. Just as Jack was moved by "Death of a Salesman," "Cooley Wyatt" is thoughtful and moving and a pleasure to experience and gives you much to relate to in your own life.

I look forward to reading "NY/LA"

It is out of character for me to opine on the craft of another artist's work and especially so to recommend what another should read. Furthermore, a friend foist this book upon me exactly when my necessary reading had reached overwhelming proportion.

"Cooley Wyatt" by William Kronick has me acting out of character. This is an unusually compelling read, hard to put down. I have filled it with notes and dog-eared pages for future reference (and sharing) of the use of language. My initial interest was piqued by the protagonist Jack Amory's professional and life crisis. And just his name "Amory" had me going in different directions. Was the character "amoral" or "amorous"?

But all that blather aside, this is a great read. When it began, I had little sense of the thrilling places this work would take me. I guess I try more than I should to glean where I am being taken instead of just enjoying the ride. I am not often surprised and am delighted when it happens - and this book is full of surprises.

Once I was finished, it took a force of will not to start it all over again.

Thoroughly delightful, the character development is very good and established early in the book so one can enjoy the story plot from the very beginning. The territorial description of the locations where the characters lived or traveled is well done. I could feel the sense of being in New York City and Santa Fe with Jack Amory or Cooley Wyatt . I enjoyed the intrigue as the detective story unfolded and I highly recommend the book.

Kronick's "Cry Of Sirens" was a breakthrough novel, but "Cooley Wyatt" although a more traditional book is just as thrilling a read. The character development is even more engrossing and for me personally the subject matter of a "cat and mouse game" between the new journalist and the authentic folk singer was a page turner. I couldn't put it down.

Great story telling. Gripping action. Well defined characters. This works well both as a detective story that will keep you hooked until the last page and as a well crafted morality tale reflecting on the nature and character of celebrity. I recommend it highly.

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I Love You More is a gentle picturebook about the bond between father and daughter. Daughter and daddy play a game at bedtime about how much each loves the other; ultimately, they learn that love is immeasurable, with no beginning and no end. The soft, colorful, and faintly impressionistic art style adds the perfect dollop of gentle warmth to this wonderful story, ideal for bedtime reading.

This is a beautifully illustrated story about the love a father and daughter have for each other, with the final saying of "I love you to Infinity plus one". It is my daughter and husbalnds relationship and bedtime routine in a book! It's a perfect gift for any father... and a wonderful bedtime tradition!

A wonderful book. I can see this one quickly becoming a classic along the lines of "Love You Forever." The illustrations are beautiful paintings, used to show the love of a daughter for herfather and a father for his daughter. I Love you as much as the stars in the sky, the grains of sand on the beach, the lilacs on grandma's tree, the colors of the sidewalk chalk. I loved reading this book to my grandaughters, ages 1-6. And they loved it too. This is one of the nicest picture books I've seen in a long time.

In the introduction, he talks about being picked out of obscurity to do a work of destiny that God had chosen for him to do. He is a very humble man, who has been gifted by God.
He gives us a definition of "glory" by writing "I refer to God's overpowering, overwhelming presence. Each time God touched me, major transformations took place in my nature and prepared me to fulfill a destiny that only God could fully perceive" (p. 5).
On guidance, consider his observation, "I believe that any of us who are following the Lord can look back in our lives and see a pattern of divine appointments scattered throughout our past" (p. 20).
This book will build your faith. It promotes God, not man and describes how God can do awesome things through His mysterious ways.

I couldn't put this book down. Lindell takes you through his early years and how he got involved in music. He is so open and personal about his life, struggles, and questions about his place in ministry. This book shows how God developed talents in Lindell, that, little did he know, would be used to spread anointed music worldwide. I enjoyed traveling the winding road through Lindell's life that eventually took him to Pensacola, Florida and the Brownsville Revival.

From the broad platform the Brownsville Revival has given him, Lindell Cooley humbly brings a powerful message to the end-time music minister with striking honesty and clarity. His personal testimony illustrates how vital it is that we seek and faithfully follow God's calling on our lives, and how the devil cannot defeat the simple prayer, "Thy will be done."

This book was great.I am not an avid book reader but this one was great. I think every worship leader, musician,back-up singers, laymen/women and preachers should read this book.

I work at a Day Camp for K-5 kids and they absolutely love these stories. They used to complain about having to have Bible Study, but now they can't wait!

This is a terrific book for the family to read together and explore the less well-known stories of the Bible. The author writes in an easy to read manner and gives suggestions for different ways to go through the book depending on your family style, time available, age of children, etc. A wonderful fresh way to do family devotions!

This delightful and insightful book will certainly get the family talking, as they read these hidden Bible stories together. Dan Cooley draws the readers into the story, then midway, poses questions that hit home, making you want to discover the lessons and completion of the adventure. It's great to read little known parts of the Bible that reveal important lessons for us today. The writing flows along so naturally that you can't wait to read the next story. This is sure to help adults and young people of all ages get excited about the Bible and how it applies to our lives.

Shelter, by Beth Cooley, is a book that I will never forget. It's different from most books that I read because it shows how people can grow when taken out of their comfort zone, and it has lessons that you can learn. Shelter is a book that I think all 7th graders should read, especially girls.
One reason I loved this book is because people had unexpected events happen to them, yet they kept going and managed. For example, Lucy and Jimmy's dad died in a car wreck. He had financial problems, and they had to leave their nice neighborhood to a shelter in what seemed like no time at all. Lucy, a sixteen year old, thought this was very hard because she had to go to a new school, and she lost all of her friends because they didn't wasn't to hang out with a poor person. Jimmy, who was five years old, had to become more independent because his mother wasn't at home all day like before. I know I would have had a very hard time if I were in this situation. He had to be more careful because he would go out with his friends at the shelter without a parent. The mom of Lucy and Jimmy also changed dramatically. She had to get a job because, before, the dad made all of their money for them. This was very hard because she didn't have a good education. Crystal, a seventeen year old girl who lived at the shelter, also had an unexpected surprise. She got pregnant!! This was a great shock to her because she would have to take care of her child at seventeen. Imagine doing that!! All of these events made these people better. Crystal became nicer, and the mom was more fun to be around when she worked. Lucy became less snobby, and Jimmy grew up remarkably fast. I was amazed to see how all the characters got through all the extremely surprising events.
Another reason I loved this book was because it taught you lots of things. First, this book taught me to look in the good of people and events. Crystal, for example, seemed mean and insensitive, but, once you got to know her, was nice and sweet. Do you know anyone like that? I'm know I have. When the shelter burned down, everyone thought it was tragic. It turned out that it made the shelter better because they had to organize a fund raiser which brought everyone in the shelter together. Once they raised the money, they got nice new furniture along with a good new place. Lucy's "guy" friend also seemed nosy and more like a spy, but Lucy gave him a chance. He turned out to be a really great guy. This book also taught you that you have to go with the flow. For example, when Lucy's dad died and had financial problems, their family had to make sacrifices. They didn't complain much about moving into a shelter which was good because they couldn't change it. When the shelter burnt down, instead of falling apart, the people at the shelter worked together to build the shelter back. Lastly, the mom wasn't naturally smart. She went with the flow and decided to manage a restaurant instead of trying to get a job that involved math or typing.
These are the main reasons that I absolutely loved this book. It's unique because I haven't read a book anything like it. I hope that all seventh graders will read this book, for you become a better person by reading it.

Beth Cooley's SHELTER tells of a father's death and a family's loss of both their father and their home. As Lucy finds her circle of friends vanishes as her home life deteriorates, she has only courage and faith left - faith that her mom will find a job, and she'll make new friends. SHELTER is the moving story of a young girl's adjustment to terrible challenges, and makes an absorbing read.

Lucy Durbin had it all, even if she didn't know it. She lived in a comfortable home, attended a swanky school, shopped for fun with her wealthy friends, and took ballet lessons. She had the life of your typical privileged American teen.

Lucy's life changes virtually overnight. Her father dies in a car accident and her stay-at-home mom discovers their financial stability was only a mirage. There's a mountain of debt, no life insurance, and a huge mortgage. Soon Lucy, her mother, and five-year-old Jimmy are on a quick downward spiral which ends at St. Agatha's shelter.

Lucy tries to resent her mother, but it's impossible. Cindy Durbin is more lost than her daughter is. She has no education, has never worked a day in her life, is used to a comfortable lifestyle, and worries especially about little Jimmy, who is small for his age and has been very coddled as the youngest child.

Living at St. Agatha's are women and children down on their luck. There's a high school dropout with a young child and a woman whose boyfriend was arrested for a meth lab in her basement. A Romanian mail order bride arrives after climbing out her bathroom window.

Lucy is a wonderful character with a compelling voice. As the eldest child, one who has to help her mother more than she should, she's hardworking and determined to make it. Here's what she thinks after her sixteenth birthday celebration in the shelter:

"I lay awake for a long time thinking about the day. Being sixteen really meant something. It meant more than just being able to drive or get a job. It meant taking charge of your life. Or screwing it up. At sixteen Crystal was pregnant, Jan was dealing, Tina was on the streets. I might be in a shelter, but I wasn't messed up. I could make things happen. Good things."

Lucy does make good things happen--for herself and for her mother. Jimmy actually thrives in his new environment, allowed to grow up for the first time in his life.

"Shelter" is technically a Young Adult novel, but the content is tame enough for readers as young as eleven. It's a beautifully written novel with a very important message. But, don't get me wrong, "Shelter" is not a preachy novel in any way. It shows, rather than tells, that anyone is just a step away from bad luck and the collapse of their comfortable life. What you make of that luck is what matters. Lucy accepts help, finds friends and compassion in places she least expected it, and discovers herself in return.

Both of the Cooley's, MGLC (Melvin Greek Latin Classics) especially, have demonstrated with lapidary concision that they are without a doubt, legends of the classics universe. I have seen several spurious accounts of the Age of Augustus but I know these to have been written by enemies of Classics and Classicists everywhere. I implore all readers of the first account to ignore it and give it the contept it deserves (a note to you gentle reader, i am not Melvin) (ha, that fooled them) (mwahahahahaha, now the world is mine, and all of pompeii with it) In all seriousness though, this is a really interesting and informative book, ideal for anyone studying Augustus.

this book has to be the best evaluation of the age of augustus i have ever seen not only is it easy to understand, it has a few quite witty gestures such as the name melvin.... no only kidding i am very surprised to se that the book has not sold more copys, i have told all my friends and foes about this book and will continue to do so until the fire i made with the book runs out so if you are cold just buy the age of Augustus and be warmed by a hart warming heat.

This collection of poems is brilliant, lending the divine to everyday matters. A must read!

This book of poetry is composed of four sections, almost all of them having to do with raising kids, or family life, or the relationship between mothers and fathers to sons and daughters. It's very interesting; not being a father yet I don't know what he's talking about most of the time, but I do appreciate some of his poems, such as "Texas Skyline," and "An Epiphany." Several times I had to look up new words though, which kind of distracted me from the message, but I ended up learning a lot of new words in the process.

Of course one of the highlights of this poem is just to be touched by the sounds of a man who truly a father, who is engaged with his kids, and see what insights he has to reveal to us who are either with him in his quest to understand happy family life or still learning.

Dr. Ricketson covers more material and in greater depth than any other author I've read on the quest for healthy relationships. She brings a clarity to problems that confound so many people in their relations with lovers, family, and friends. It's a relief to hear such a wise, spiritual, and straightforward voice emerge from the sea of books on emotional health. If you want to read one book on the subject, this is the one.

being a recovering alcoholic this book was a powerful tool into understanding why my personal relationships, especially with a significant other, failed. This book also helped me take a proper in- ventory of past relations, so hopefully I'll be able to learn how to establish more healthy relationships.

I needed 27 copies for a class that was started in a week ... Amazon saved me!!!

Kotler, a symbolic guru of marketing, has brought a new offering of "Framework for Marketing Management" since years' serial publication of classic texts in marketing management.
Some new issuse has been included in this edition in depth.

This book weaves a formal dynamic economic framework into the study of business cycles. Presents the framework of dynamic programming and optimal control theory through the works of leading economic growth theorists. This is a valuable source of referece for graduate students and academicians interested in modeling the dynamics of business cycles.

This book is valuable guide for the modern (serious) study of business cycle. Very formal and useful. Excelent.