Seasons Books

Shirley Dyer Wuchter's compilation of her husband's best work shares the themes of his ministry with the world. This elegant book is a welcome addition to any library of 20th century sermons.

This collection of the Rev. Michael Wuchter's sermons is built on the themes of abundance, stewardship, reformation, and sainthood. Michael's thoughtful, considered language and striking images bring the messages of the church year into relevance and meaning for our everyday lives. As I read the sermons, I can picture the worship service, the congregation's attention, and the power of Michael's message clarifying and focussing the words and actions of the Christ of the gospel into terms that speak directly to each of us.

This collection of sermons by Michael D. Wuchter offers readers twelve jewels from which the gospel message shines. Wuchter's prose is clear and strong, and his images are as finely crafted as poetry. In "The Scandal of the Cross," he writes: "An instrument of execution, the cross becomes now the symbol of the greatest show of love at the greatest time of hate." Whether Wuchter considers the cross, the desire for communion, or the sainthood of all believers, he illuminates the joys and challenges of following the living Christ.

This fine collection of sermons by a Lutheran pastor and former chaplain of Wittenberg College is an inspiring read. The pieces are full of poetry, insight, and faith.

A very hairy bear doesn't mind getting stung by bees or when his nose is wet from salmon fishing, but he does have his limits: what does bothering him? A fine approach to a bear's easy life is presented in a smooth rhyme about the talents and vulnerabilities of having a `no hair' nose in this whimsical tale, spiced by watercolors from Matt Phelan.

The illustrations are wonderful and the story is fun. A delightful trip through the seasons with an entertaining protagonist.

My 3.5 year old loves story books with lots of illustrations and "Very Hairy Bear" turned out to be a big hit! The hairy bear who is blessed with lots of hair all over , except on his "no-hair" nose:) journeys through the seasons, and gets into all sorts of exploits - fishing for salmon in the spring, sticking his nose into a honey tree and munching on blueberries in the summer, looking for acorns in the fall, and snoozing through the winter.

I love the rhyming style in which this story is written, e.g. ""A very hairy bear doesn't care if the squirrels scold. He eats all the acorns he can hold." The gorgeous watercolor illustrations by Matt Phelan enhance the narrative and make for fun reading. Highly recommended for preschoolers.

We loooooove the very hairy bear. This book is the perfect balance of whimsical fun and almost poetic loveliness. Both the pictures and the words are fun and entertaining enough to make my 2-year-old laugh out loud, interesting enough to keep his attention, and at the same time, so simple and beautiful. I love all the pictures, especially the bear rolling with happiness in the blueberries, and the silvery fishes sleeping at the bottom of the pond. We'll take a walk through the seasons with the very hairy bear and his no-hair nose over and over.

An excellent way to savor the brilliance of the television show. Witty, insightful, intelligent dialogue...pristine story structure.

It begins with the idea, the vision, then the words go down on paper. Without the words, all an actor can do is stand there and emote, maybe. Without the words, all the crew can do is sit around and play with their equipment and watch the money fly away. Without the words, the studio has nothing to offer. It's the words first. Always.

This is an easy review, a simple review.
Buy this book to see how the words made the show.
Buy this book to see how a television script looks.
Buy this book to read excellent television scripts that became excellent television in the hands of a cast and crew of talented people.
Buy this book to get a taste of the wider political times out of which the series came and to which the series spoke volumes. It is all here in the words.

This is as good as a Master's Class in writing screen plays. Style, form, manuscript format, plot, character, how the background of the set can become a character itself, how the sum of the parts can definitely become greater than the whole. Great companion to the DVDs. Read the script first then watch the show. Then watch the episodes with the script at hand to see what went up on the screen. Annotate your copy, make notes, study and there's your class.

Tuition? $13.57 plus shipping (or not - could be free.)

Other ideas: The West Wing Script Book


Enjoy. It's the Words first.

Excellent service. No complaints. Product looks great! Exactly what I expected.

"The West Wing Seasons 3 & 4" is a must for fans of this show. With eight scripts accumulated from the third and fourth seasons, not to mention black and white photos from the set, the biggest fan of the show will be in paradise. If the pace of the show is too fast for you, reading it at your own speed will clarify what went on in the episode. If you own "The West Wing Script Book" then you must get this with it. I recommend.

I purchased this book, thinking that it was a hunting book. I was quite surprised that the book was a photojournal rather than a hunting book.

However, the book is filled with lots of extraordinary pictures of whitetails. The book does contain a lot of information on whitetail deer. Some of it can be applied to hunting, a lot of it is "interesting" or "nice to know" type information.

Despite this book not being what I expected, it is still a very fine book. I did learn a lot about whitetail deer in this book and the photography was excellent. I'd recommend this book to anyone who enjoys the beauty of a whitetail deer, hunters and non-hunters alike.

we all know that knowledge is power. this book has made a signifigant contribution to my existing knowledge, on the whitetailed deer. i gained some valuable insight about their habits, good details about the rut. this book is simply an excellent, complete information source, i learned stuff that i know will help me this season. i would like to say something about amazon.com; this place has all of the great books on deer. this is another great information source for the bowhunter that wants to continually upgrade his hunting knowledge. truly excellent book!!!! i welcome all e-mails from dedicated bowhunters. dave "lefty" mullins

Whitetail: Behavior Through the Seasons was the best whitetail book that I have ever read. Alsheimer has a wonderful way of words and is unparalled with the camera. Each page is filled with stunning pictures that coinside with the reading. The book will be read and looked at agin and agin. It's truely worth every penny.

This is a book for everyone. Naturalist, conservationist, hunter, whatever you may be you'll enjoy this book. Based on what Mr. Alsheimer does best, photography, he takes you through the seasons. The pictures are splendid. Accompaning this photographic walk through a yearly whitetail lifecycle is a sound base of information concerning the whitetail's behavior.

This is a charming little book which is lovely in its presentation and soothing in its lyrical vignettes. It makes an excellent gift for someone who lives outside the frenetic energy of suburbia... or for those who wish they did....

Read this from our library then had to buy 2 to have - one for a gift, one to keep. Like it so much have given both as gifts! Each chapter is a gem, a story of woman in nature with the meaning of the interaction subtly displayed but left up to the reader to interpret for her own life.

Even better than the author's Animals as Guides for the Soul, this is an elegant little book to savor and to come back to. The insights drawn from the author's observations of the nature around her and of her life give meaning to the seasons of the year and the seasons of life. Buy one for youself and one for a friend.

WHY BUFFALO DANCE: ANIMAL AND WILDERNESS MEDITATIONS THROUGH THE SEASONS offers a lovely set of nature appreciations musing on everything from the lessons of eagles in 'The Right Timing' to a Spring celebration in 'The True Nature of Things'. These aren't the one-line meditations you've come to anticipate in such celebrations of life, but thought-provoking essays linking observations of nature with seasonal inspiration.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I have alot of books on the topic but this has to be one of my favorites. The author really knows what he's talking about and lies it down what works in the real world of Northern outdoor survival/camping without all the fancy story telling aproach. It is well written, step by step along with very informative drawings which are the best I've seen. It contains tons of useful info from clothing materials to traps and shelter making methods. Really beefy stuff and all clearly explained. There's a reason this book has gone out of print, find out why.

I venture into the boreal wilderness twice a year, so this book is a natural fit (the book's setting is mainly boreal/sub-boreal). What is best about the book is it's practicality. Though there is enough information on bare-bones survival, Alan Fry assumes that, if you've headed into the wilderness whether by foot, watercraft, or bush plane, you've had enough sense about you to bring some essentials (and attached to your person!). This is a needed contrast to all the wilderness survival books out there that teach survival techniques assuming you are veritably buck naked. Why would that ever happen to you? Exactly how did you wind up in such a situation? There can only be one reason: poor planning and sheer stupidity. Thus, this book generally assumes that you've got at least some basic items strapped on to you (e.g., knife, matches, rations, compass, fishing accouterments, saw, medical kit, snare wire, and RIFLE!). AS to the latter, many survival books don't address the use of firearms at all and, the fact is, if you've got one, your chances of survival just increased 10-fold. Plus, Fry doesn't inundate the reader with pet religious philosophies (ala Tom Brown!) that have nothing to do with why you purchased the book.

Now, if you're a survivalist who enjoys bare-bones stuff, you cannot go without Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival. But, if you're simply a wilderness enthusiast that needs to know how to take care of yourself if you ever become stranded on one of your wilderness trips, this is the book for you, hands-down.

I have alot of books on the topic but this has to be one of my favorites. The author really lies it down what works in the real world of Northern outdoor survival and long term camping. It is really well written, step by step along with very informative drawings which are the best I've seen. It contains tons of traps and shelter making methods. There's a reason it has gone out of print, find out why.

Alan Fry is a Canadian woodsman with years of experience in the art of wilderness survival. His book is a concise and readable guide for the preparation and execution of a survival plan, especially in the extreme environment of the boreal north. Although its emphasis is on emergency situations in a particular ecosystem, many of his ideas can be readily adapted to any temperate region or contingency by the intelligent reader. Please note that this is not primarily a book for the recreational backpacker. Rather, it's a hard-core guide to survival under extreme circumstances in a particular environment. That having been said, it's still recommended reading for anyone who ventures into the outdoors. Useful, light-weight, and perfect for the field.

Women's basketball books occupy a special niche in sportswriting.
Writing about a male players, an author might ask, "How did they make it into the big time?"
Writing about women, authors are forced to ask, "How did they get here at all?" This question adds a new dimension to the stories of women athletes. Players as young as today's collegians have had to overcome stereotypes. Many played on boys' teams -- or tried to.

Gallaudet women have to overcome a double stereotype -- being not only female, but also deaf. There was a time when opposing teams would openly ridicule deaf basketball players. One player was devastated as a high school student when a coach from a Christian academy openly laughed at her speech. She made the team but never forgot the experience.

However, the players want to be taken seriously as athletes. They do not want or need pity or condescension. To Coffey's credit, the book focuses on basketball, not deafness. We learn how players and teams compensate for a silent world. They can hear someone dribbling behind them. Referees are briefed: players can't hear the whistle so they may not stop playing immediately. And players on "hearing" teams need ASL translators who understand basketball terms.

Yet ultimately the story is about the game: coming together as a team and working to win. Like any sports book, there are stories of triumphs as well as tears. We come to care about the players as they, like all college athletes, balance basketball and books.

Perhaps the most difficult story takes place after the book was written. Ronda Jo Miller, an All-American center, cannot reach her goal of playing on a WNBA team. In stories posted on the internet, we can learn that she earned admiration of players and coaches during the tryout camp. She eventually played professionally in Denmark, with a "hearing" team, and has played in Kansas City with an expansion league, the WNBL.

What happens to the other athletes? Playing on a winning team can change lives and I found myself hoping they will continue to feel like winners, long after the season has ended.

Wayne Coffey not only knows sports but he knows how to write tight, action packed chapters. This story moves. Interpersed with backgrounds on the team members, the history of deaf culture, the story tracks the team through an incredible season. I am not an avid basketball fan nor did I have any particular interest in deaf culture, but this book captured my interest from the first page and held it throughout.

A rare find.

Beautifully written that, at turns, is funny, touching, fascinating and absorbing. I read it at a single sitting.
Such wonderful character studies of the players, their families and the world of Gallaudet. If you like basketball, if you like visiting other cultures or if you just like stories that bring people to life, you'll love this book. Highly recommended.

This book is so good I couldnt stop reading it! It's an inspirational story about human nature, what it takes to be the best and something I knew nothing about previously...deaf culture. It's a well written, must read for anyone who has ever worked hard for something...hearing or deaf.

Winter on the Farm, an adaptation from the Little House on the Prarie classic series, will delight children and peak their interest in Pioneering life. The illustrations capture the attention and imagination of young children, whetting their appetite for more.

Winter on the Farm introduces your children to Almanzo and his family. This classic tale shows how families share household responsibility and remind us how to respect our siblings and our parents. Almanzo works hard along-side his older brother and is happy to be praised by his father for a job well-done.

These books are a great way to get your younger child interested in the Little House books. The pictures are beautiful. My 3 year old became interested in them when she was 2 and carries them all over the house. We read them so much she has them memorized!

This is a strong, family/work ethic "history" book for boys, which is rare. This is on my list for gifts right along side, "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel".

Great series of books. Good wholesome reading for children. Great book for younger children with interest in animals.

I bought this book to read to my grandchildren, ages 2-4. The drawings are fun to see and the words are equally fun to read. My grandchildren thoroughly enjoy this book.

This book caught my eye at first because of its different, "snowflake" shape...the illustrations are extremely charming, warm and "un-slick"-unlike so many that have that computer-graphic-generated style. Also-we don't get snow here at all, and so this is a lovely, evocative subject for California city dwelling kids. My little niece loves it. Definitely a worthy addition to your children's bookshelf.

This book features perhaps the cutest little kitten ever spending a snowy winter's day walking among the icicles and snowflakes. Kelly Asbury's pictures are fresh and funny, while Ann Burg's text is engaging and easy to read. This is a must for any kid's library and a great teaching tool for helping kids learn about the seasons. A+!

The book is a about a kitten who is taking a walk in the outdoors during winter. We see him get on all his warm clothes and off he goes. He does lots of fun winter things. He makes snow angels, snowmen, goes sledding and looks for tracks in the snow. When he has had enough fun for the day he goes back inside by the fire for a cup of hot chocolate!

The board book has a very unique shape. It's in the shape ofa snowflake. The pages are made of stiff board like paper making it easy for little hands to turn.

or why not?I would recommed this book to parents and caregivers of kids ages birth to 3. This is a great way to introduce them to winter and all the things that come with it.

In terms of salvation, the lyrics are extremely uplifting and anointing - symbolizing everything that is pure and kind. Futhermore, they speak with an intense and loud voice, but yet whispers in such a fashion that even a deaf man can hear the voice of God! Moreover, this book ensures me of one precious fact: Our earthly tabernacle will dissolve, but the Holy Spirit is everlasting. In my opinion, "A Word In Due Season" will be a great addition to any book collection, I highly recommend it!!



Reviewer: Sandy Wiggins
SGBC Reviewers
sistagirlbookclub.com

This book truly has a Word that addresses almost every situation. Kennesha's captured the essence of everyday life and has organized words of encouragement to which everyone can relate. This book is a great read!

Kennesha Walker has really entered her due season. This book is a wonderful collection of poetry that will inspire readers to enter into their season of healing, deliverance, and salvation. It's like a modern day book of Psalms. Whatever you may be going through, this book will help you to press on.

This book of poetry is very well written. It seems as the authors really put her all into this book. It is great for Christian Book Lovers. I am awaiting a novel from this new author.