Living History Books

DYNAMIC, UPLIFTING, A ROAD MAP FOR YOUTH TO FIND THEIR DESTINY. THIS BOK IS MUST READING FOR ALL NEW OR YOUNG CONVERTS IN CHRIST. IN A WORLD LACKING MENTORS AND ROLE MODELS THIS BOOK WILL ANSWER THIS VOID."WARRIORS' is a book for champions in Christ and will cause you to rise to your highest , God given potential.

We Live in Brazil (The Living Here Series) by
Patricia Robb is a beautiful little book
about the wonderful people of
Brazil. It contains the stories of about 20
Brazilians, each on a single page, opposite
a full-page photograph of the person. Each
Brazilian has a different profession, lives
in a different Brazilian city, and likes a
different hobby. There are a doctor, a
ballerina, a lace-maker, a fisherman, a
soccer player, and several others.
Interestly enough, the soccer player's hobby
may be fishing And the fisherman's hobby?
Playing soccer! A beautifully written,
beautifully illustrated book, very accurate
and up-to-date. I know because, I, too, live
in Brazil. (Currently in Birmingham, Alabama,
for 6 months).

Through reading this book, I find out more about Western people and how people live in general.

i read this book as a part of a university assignment - a thorough and thoughtful account of how people view their lives, of what is held as the most important aspect in life to make it worth living. Mathews introduces his cross cultural theory of IKIGAI (The thing that makes life worth living) and works through active and real demonstrations of evidence to illustrate this theory. The main body of the book is made up of Personal accounts from interviews with a wide range of Japanese and American individuals, and a relevant analysis of these accounts as each is compared one to the other. Not only is it a remarkable insight into the cultural differences in emphasis of what life is about, it is also an eye opener to the reader - what is it that I find most important in life? What makes MY life worth living? What is my ikigai? A truly wonderful, thought provoking piece of work. I was utterly absorbed from the moment i opened the first page.

Wallis here presents an incredibly thorough, and amazingly respectful look at the history of the "mobile home". Well researched and masterfully integrated with the sociopolitical influences that have played such a large part in shaping the industry, this book is an incredible resource for those interested in the mobile home as a housing form, or for those researching some of its sister forms--modular and prefabricted housing.

From the introduction:

"The mobile home is the dream of the factory-built house come true, yet few advocates of that dream are proud to acknowledge its manifestation in the present form."

"...the mobile home as both an object and agent of change: as an addition to our inventory of housing options that must be brought into conformance with our expectations, but also as an option that forces us to reconsider what we understand about the character of American housing. Rather than prescribing ways in which mobile homes could become more acceptable, I consider how standards of acceptability are devised in a social and cultural context, then manifested in public policy."

"The basic thesis of this book is that two processes have shaped the use, form, and meaning of the mobile home. The first process is one of invention, or innovation, carried out by mobile home manufacturers, park developers, and the people who live in mobile homes....The second process affecting the mobile home has been one of regulation or categorization carried out primarily by institutions: zoning and building agencies, mortgage bankers, and insurance companies."

I received this book as a gift when my son died. The author writes in a way that immediately connected with me. She too has experienced the death of two of her children plus other problems--cancer, a partner stealing money. . .you name it, she has been on the path. Get this book. I have bought several for gifts for friends who are have rough times.

This is the story of the founding of the Great League of the Haudenosaunee "Iroquois", The Great Law of Peace, by the efforts of the Great Peacemaker and Hiawatha. The Tree of Peace is planted, the roots extending out to the four directions. Other Nations, those of good mind, who see it, may follow the roots back and take shelter under this tree. Each new nation adds a brace to the Longhouse & strengthens the edifice of Reason & Peace.
This composite narrative combines three written English versions of the oral tradition; The Newhouse, Chiefs & Gibson.

This book is available from the author's website - www.dorothycumming.com.

This is another of C. Keith Wilbur's illustrated history books, this one dealing with the Woodland Indian culture of North America. This book is filled with many wonderful illustrations and depictions of everything from spear and arrow points, to clothing, cookware, weapons, and religious rites. It follows the same general outline as his other book on the New England Indians, beginning with the appearance of the first Paleo Indians in North America about 30,000BC and chronicles the evolving cultures from the Archaic to later Woodland cutlures. Wilbur provides excellent introductions to the mysterious Adena and Hopewell people that dominated the Ohio Valley region over 2000 years ago, as well as the equally fascinating Mississippian Temple Mound culture that relected the grandeur and mystery of the Maya of Mexico.

This is an excellent book for someone with little or no prior knowledge of the early Woodland Indians and their culture, but is just as enjoyable for the initiated as well. It should lead the interested reader to more in-depth works on the subject

I wish I could have lived even a day of the life Floyd Schmoe describes in this colorful and humble account of life on Mt. Rainier. As a relatively new resident to Western Washington, I bought this book as an attempt to acquaint myself with one of the regions best-known and best-loved landmarks. I was not disappointed. In fact, I was intrigued.

In this four-seasons look at the life of a couple who lived year-round on an active volcano during the early 1900's (ie: 1920 and beyond), I was struck by how honestly every detail was described. This certainly is not a scientific book, nor is it an all-inclusive documentation of Mt. Rainer National Park, but it is a realistic one, one you might imagine your Grandfather sitting down to tell you over several weeks at the dinner table.

Schmoe uses all of his resources to describe life on the mountain; he tells it through his own eyes, his wife's eyes, and the eyes of the visitors who crowded into the Inn every summer. He retells suspenseful stories of lost climbers and park staff, close encounters with bears and cougars, firsthand accounts of hiking the mountain, and large-scale bouts of inclement weather.

But it's not all adventure and action. In fact, many of the most memorable parts of A Year in Paradise are those when Schmoe writes of being overcome by the beauty of wildflowers breaking through snow in spring or the determination of Rainier's smaller wildlife to survive over winter. He also writes about the sometimes-laughable domestic situations that can arise when humans try to play house on a real-life mountain.

When all is said and done, you'll feel not only like you've read a book about the great outdoors, but about the inhabitants (humans, animals, and plants alike) that make it worthy of the name Paradise. Oh yes- and some added bonuses are the home photos and nature sketches throughout.