Virginia Books

Mr. Watkins has written an historical novel painting a searing and fascinating look at a part of the Jamestown story, which has not been properly explored. The remarkable generation AFTER Pocanontas, John Smith and John Rolfe becomes alive in a well researched and exciting portrait of America, as she teetered in withdraw from England, slavery (both black and white),the rights of the Native tribes, and the internecine struggles of those who later would be called "Americans". Young Philip Corstair, an indentured servant is leaving England in 1650 filled with the vivid hopes for life in a new world. Mr.Watkins' remarkable novel takes us on a journey of power and pain as young Philip fights his way through the horrors of battles and disease, and the enormous loss of love. This wonderful novel is a must read not just for history lovers, but for romantics at heart. It has been a popular addition to the SCC library.

The beauty of historical novels if well written and researched, which this one most certainly is, is the manner in which they transform the dry brute facts of history into compelling stories which inspire and transport the reader's imagination into a time and place not of their own. Daniel Watkins brings to life Virginia circa 1676 with all it's new world strangeness and fascinating characters-both real and imagined-with his first novel New World Burning. The two main characters Philip Corstair (a product of Watkin's imagination) and Nathaniel Bacon (a product of Watkin's obvious extensive research) are compelling, engaging and wonderfully tragic. Interestingly enough, the apocalyptic chaos of an exceptionally violent moment in early American history brought about by the consequences of self-serving political maneuverings and in which Watkin's writing so skillfully brings to life has contemporary parallels with respect to current political machinations. My only disappointment with New World Burning came when I finished the last page and had to put it down. At that point I was rudely thrust back into the 21st century and found myself once again in my apartment with a carpet that badly needs cleaning and away from the beautifully strange and interesting world I found myself engaged with while reading this book. I highly recommend it.

I found "New World Burning" to be intriguing and insightful. It's a fascinating and informative fictional analysis of an under appreciated but extremely powerful event in Early American history. Watkins is a superb story teller, and surprise ending is an unexpected treat!

The Night Befoe Cat-Mas is a treasure for anyone who shares their life with a feline companion. It is beautifully illustrated, and the narrative is enjoyable.

This book is a take off of "The Night before Christmas" and is as dear as can be. A Purr..fect stocking stuffer for your friends who love felines.

This is an adorable parody of the story The Night Before Christmas. The illustrations are great, and the book is small enough to fit in your pocket. Not only that, it comes with a little charm that you can put on a bracelet.

This is a must read for any cat lover.

this is the kind of book that should be mandatory in classrooms !
the world as it is...

The photos of this book have the technical excellence of Ansel Adams pictures (except they are not B+W). But they are not vistas of pristine, pretty National parks that Adams shot; here the hand of man is all too present.

Beahan and McPhee have eloquently captured both our enmeshment with nature, and Her attempts to hold fast. Photos so beautiful you catch your breath.

Oh My Stars!: Recipes That Shine is the collaborative effort of the members of The Junior League Of Roanoke Valley, Virginia and offer cookbook connoisseurs a superb compendium of culinary delights that would grace any table and enhance any formal or informal dining occasion. Visually enriched with a wealth of full color photography, the recipes range from Simmered Mushrooms Bourguignonne; Chilled Tomato Soup with Avocado Cream; Veal Piccata with Capers and Pine Nuts; and Virginia Trout Meuniere; to Cabbage and Potatoes with Tomatoes and Smoked Cheese; Herbed Sour Cream Muffins; Pepper Jack Cheese and Herb Souffle; and Frosted Brown Sugar Pound Cake. Kitchen cooks and dedicated cookbook browsers will fully appreciated the cooking tips and anecdotes that regularly appear throughout this enthusiastically recommended addition to family cookbook collections.

This cookbook is a must have for everyone! It contains easy and fun recipes for all types of occasions from "every night" dinners to dinner parties or special occasions. Great kids section! Beatifully designed and easy-to-follow recipes; great kitchen and cooking tips on sidebars.

I love to collect cookbooks - especially Junior League cookbooks - and this is one of my favorites! "Oh My Stars" is filled with many wonderful, easy, elegant and delicious recipes! It has a fabulous children's section that has provided lots of fun ideas for my kids. It's easy to read, easy to follow and the ingredients are easily found and everything that I have made has been great! I definitely recommend this Junior League cookbook to all cooking, dining and cookbook enthusiasts! Enjoy!!

The Comtesse de Segur wrote these stories at 58 years old in the late 1800's. They certainly still hold up today. My mother grew up reading a first edition printed in the US in 1921. She read it to me and when she passed away she left the same book to me. I have read it to my children and hope to read it to my grandchildren soon.
READ THIS BOOK, it is wonderful!

I first read this book when I was 12 years old. I read the portuguese version because I bought it in Brazil.
The stories are absolutely enchanting and have a rare quality that certain books have where you get completely captivated by the characters and their adventures.
I read it over and over throughout my teenage years and as an adult I have been reading it on Christmas to my daughters. It is a great gift to have such an inspirational book in our family.

Actually, I own the original hardcover edition of this book-published in the early 1920's or so.
It should be a collector's item, because the stories were very well done-very rich and descriptive. The moral tone is also very interesting-with definite rewards for good and kind behaviour {and also for bad and cruel}. Worth getting-especially if they have the original illustrations-very beautiful, in the orginal!
I will undoubtably be buying a copy for my nieces, since my copy is rather delicate-but I do want them to read and love these stories, as I have.

Just as the reviewer before me, this is absolutely one of my all time favorite books! I am currently reading it for the 4th time in about 8 years. Each time I read it I find something different that strikes me. It is a beautifully written book, each word carefully chosen for maximum impact. It is a nostalgic read that will make you long for the simpler, but not uncomplicated, times of the past. Buy this book and enjoy it many times throughout the years to come! Mrs. Dabney will become like an old friend...

this is simply put, a wonderful honest read. this is one of my all time favorite books. i am currently reading it for the third time in about 8 years. it is a pleasure to read EACH time. i know that this will not be my last time in reading it!

A beautfiul, poignant memoir of growing up in a less-than-perfect family (who didn't? But how many of us will admit it?) in a now vanished America (the rural South of the pre-World War II years). Dabney's clear-eyed reflections on her childhood memories will strike a chord with anyone who has looked back at their youth across the experience of years. This is no sweetly sentimental reminiscing; Dabney pulls few punches when relating her parents strengths and their failings, as well as her own sometimes less-than-lovable younger self. The pitfalls and prejudices of life in segregated Virginia are clearly spelled out, also. Yet, this is a poetic, moving book, delighting in the slower pace and rich detail of a life lived close to the soil and the seasons, with much beauty to enrich the spirit of an artistic person like the author. Painful episodes like the difficult marriage and premature death of her beautiful older sister are disclosed with grace and sympathy. As the author herself states, this is a book that truly took a lifetime to write, and every page sings with truth, beauty, and the joy and pain of life!

The book is not overdrawn and fussy. It contains places to put information that you would want to keep forever. It is also very sturdy and comes in a case.

I bought this as a Mother's Day gift for my daughter. She is expecting her first baby, our first grandchild. She doesn't want to know the sex of the baby, so this album was perfect. It can be used for a boy or girl. It allows you to record events for 5 years. It was a perfect gift!

Our Baby's Album: The First Five Years (Organizer Series)

I live in Australia and bought it for my twins locally in 2006 as it was such a fantastic comprehensive history of the the first 5 years of a child's life. It has so many great sections on everything and I am sure every child will look forward to knowing so much about their early life- what their first food was, what names mum and dad picked out for them, who came to their birthday parties and what presents did they get etc. STACKS of pages dedicated for photos, especially when they were born and every month leading up to their first year.

So I have bought it in 2008 through Amazon for our third baby so they all have matching albums and because nothing else compares to this album. Had it shipped over to Australia I love it that much!

This is the 1st in a trilogy. I highly enjoyed it. The heroine is a workaholic doctor. The hero is a devoted single father. His adorable son suffered a terrible accident that left him burned. The heroine takes a strong interest in his case and his father. Lovely story. Highly recommended. Can't wait for Sean's story!

Virginia Kantra is now on my autobuy list because of this book. She creates a hero that is everything a man should be... passionate, strong, family oriented. In Kate she creates a woman driven to suceed, her work his her life. Reading Patrick and Kate story is touching. I look forward to more stories by this talented author.

Kantra's first book came out just a few months ago to terrific reviews. Her second book lives up to the first. It opens with one of the most emotionally evocative scenes I've ever read in any book. Kate Sinclair is a plastic surgeon preparing to leave town for specialized study in burn reconstruction. Patrick MacNeill is the father of an infant burned in the auto accident that killed Patrick's wife, and the empathy between father and son affects Kate deeply. When she returns five years later, family is still the only thing Patrick allows himself to care about. Kate has her own obsession with medicine but somehow Patrick and his bright little boy worm their way into her heart. This is, plain and simple, a beautiful story and a great read.

I have participated as a living history first person interpreter for over 6 years, and have been a visitor at many living history sites across the country. I am also the period costume coordinator for a living history site. I have seen first hand many effective and ineffective presentations.

While reading and searching for textbooks for our upcoming "Dame School" program for young ladies at our site, I came across this book. Since the text is clear and written to be interesting as well as educational,I have chosen it as a textbook for our "school". I believe our young students will be able to relate well to the book, and that we will be able to use this book to guide them to more effectual presentations. I also highly recommend it for adults.

This book is very good at giving hints on how to engage visitors in conversations useful in imparting stories of the site one is working, as well as methods to diffuse potential problems. It presents varied types of sites which were reviewed by the author, and gives good examples of what is effective and what is not. This book also discusses class distinctions and first person interpretations of difficult and traumatic events and activities of the past, such as slavery. To give a well rounded view of history, first person interpreters can't just present the rosy side of life!

The extensive listing of living history sites which is in the back section of the book would be very useful to persons who are considering the hobby or profession of first person interpretation.

Television, movies, computers, even video games have changed the way we look at history. Recently written books on history are now in a style that gives the reader a greater understanding of what our founding father's and 19th century pioneer's daily lives were like.
Everything, it seems, is three dimensional today. Try visiting an American History museum - it's not your father's museum, that's for sure!
In her book, "Past Into Present," Ms. Roth just about covers every aspect of presenting history in all its glory and gore by using the process known as 1st person. First person brings the folks from the distant past back to life by having a re-enactor or a museum docent dress in period clothing, doing a job or a chore from the past, and speaking as if they actually ARE that long-dead person, alive again, here to share their knowlegde of times gone by. I, myself, impose a 1st person technique for my civilian impression in the 21st Michigan Civil War reenactors, and I must say that "Past into Present" truly helped me understand the importance of what I am representing while doing my impression. Through her book Ms. Roth also helped me see the pros and cons of being a 1st person living historian as well - how to stay in character, for instance, without jumping back and forth between first and third person.
From what I have seen at some re-enactments - and even at a museum - some living historians do not give the past the justice it deserves. They are the ones who should own this book as well. I've learned to give the reverence these folks from the past that we are emulating the respect they so deserve.
The writer can get a bit wordy (so can I, can't you tell?) but if you are one who is a bit more passionate about the past and would rather get deeper involved in history than the average person, then I would suggest you taking a gander at this book and read how you can become one from the past into the present at your next reenactment.

As a new recruit in the growing international army of Civil War reenactors, I was anxious to evolve past the usual march-and-shoot mass maneuvers into effective first-person interaction with spectators. But having never even seen a living-history interpreter, I wasn't sure what to do. Then I found Ms. Roth's delightful book on the internet! She interviewed scores of experienced interpreters at the best living-history museums in the United States and Canada to find out how they hook -- and keep -- the interests of their visitors. The result is some imaginative out-of-the-box approaches that make visitors think they're being entertained instead of educated! The fun that the interpreters obviously have with their roles is infectious -- I could hardly wait to try it! This is a MUST read for anyone who's ever thought of going to a historical reinactment as either a participant or a spectator.

Like Donna M. Fenske, who also rated this text, I had purchased many expensive Pharm Texts before buying the 1st edition of this text. At the time I was a PA-C Student at Stanford School of Medicine and this was the best text for successful completion of the program and certification as a PA-C. I am about to take my re-cert (PANRE) and will buy the second edtion. It is straight forward, no fluff and to the point. I think, at my suggestion, this is the current textbook for Pharm at my Alma Mater.... as it Should be! Thank you Virginia and Andrew, well done!

Pharmacotherapeutic for Advanced Practice: A Practical Approach by Arcangelo & Peterson is an excellent resource book with in depth descriptions of medications, herbal products and their uses, as well as dosages, including information on adverse reactions and drug interactions. An excellent resource!

I just completed my Family Nurse Practitioner Program. I have purchased several EXPENSIVE pharmacology books over the past three years, all which made the pharm complicated and difficult to understand. This book is the best, easy to carry and easy to read. The cover is wimpy so am going to take it to a graphics place and have a binder put on it so it does not fall apart.