Ball Books

I picked up this book while searching for something different to read. Well, I got my wish. This book has a mixture of suspense, mystery, action, even a little romance thrown in too. All in all, the book kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. I will definitely be looking for more books by this author!

P>Anybody with an interest in saints and/or Catholic history will not be disappointed in this book. Some subjects portrayed in SAINTS - St. Faustina, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, and St. Katherine Drexel among others - will be familiar to many Catholics, yet their stories are so compelling they are worthy of repeat readings, and the authors given the task of these biographies have done these holy people justice in their words.

What attracted me most to this project was the opportunity to write about lesser known saints. We know the stories of St. Therese and St. Francis, but what about the martyrs of Mexico who prayed and died alongside Miguel Pro? Pro expert Ann Ball offers a brilliant summary of those who died in the anti-Catholic purges of Mexico (interesting note: Ann Ball is the only contributor cited in Robert Royal's book of 20th century martyrs; Royal wrote the introduction to SAINTS).

SAINTS recounts tales of St. Andrew the Catechist of Vietnam, the 120 Catholics martyred for the faith in China, and Sister Maria Josefa, foundress of the Servants of Jesus. In all, 164 saints and blesseds are covered in this slim book, nowhere near the number of people canonzied by Pope John Paul II. Yet, SAINTS provides a glimpse into a most extraordinary year for beatifications and canonizations through biographies of people who live on through their faith.

I bet my son would son would like this book he's crazy about Pokemon chapter books right now. I'm guessing it will be a popular item. These books I hope will make Pokemon skyrocket above that stupid Digimon stuff.... Phooey

This book arrived in good condition as described. Very happy with the transaction.

Casey has a new stallion: he is stubborn, free and beautiful. And he can shapeshift in a man... a man very willingly to help him during the day with the chores, if he can play with him during the night.

Feder is more confortable like a horse than a man, but if the man he can play with is Casey... he thinks twice to run away.

Feder is like all the free spirits: he has a gentle soul and wants to help Casey, but he can't stay to long in a routine life that cages him. Casey knows that he, sooner or later, has to free Feder, but till that moment, he will enjoy having a lover.

Lorne Rodman has described with a gentle tone a fairy tale. She has managed to mix the reality of the Casey's life with the fantasy of Feder's existence. Also describing the sexual behaviuor of Feder and his ancestral boundaries, she still succeeded to feel it right.

A compelling short tale to read in a breath.

Our family is chortling through the Selby books as rapidly as we can buy them. Our seven year old, who is an avid reader of both fiction and non-fiction, thinks they are at least as good as Where's Wally's History of the World. We have to remove whichever Selby book he is reading at night or he would never go to sleep. We have learned the "Selby Supersnoop" song and it is sung at excrutiatingly regular intervals. The Australian context is excellent, but not a problem for readers in other countries. There are plenty of chuckles for the parents too! Thoroughly recommended!

This is Duncan Ball's thirteenth collection of short stories revolving around Selby the talking dog. These stories are very light and easy to read but still entertaining at the same time. In Selby's Shemozzle Selby's adventures take him down a variety of paths, he goes to a dog food company to complain about the dwindling quality of their product, he falls into a chocolate filled vent at a chocolate factory and is mistaken for a deformed Easter bunny, he is scared by a werewolf movie and assumes a hairy woman is a werewolf, he wins the lottery, decides he wants to meet Sylvia the world's only talking cat, digs up a heap of cash resulting in his masters being arrested and is turned invisible by a very average magician.

A fun collection of stories, I was attracted tp pick this up by the invisible dog factor but now that I've read this I'll check out others in this series as well.

If invisible man type junior fiction is also what you're interested in also check out The Invisible Man's Socks, My Best Friend Is Invisible (Goosebumps) by R. L. Stine, You Are Invisible: CYOA #48 by Susan Saunders, The Invisible Day by Marthe Jocelyn, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex, The Invisible Fran (Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist) by Jim Benton and you can even get an illustrated version of H.G. Wells 1897 classic The Invisible Man (Great Illustrated Classics) as well.

Tintin and Captain Haddock go to a psychic show. There an Indian fakir puts his assistant into a trance. She forsees a mysterious illness striking a photographer on a recent expedition to recover Incan artifacts. One by one the researchers on the expedition fall into mysterious comas. Near each lies a shattered crystal ball...

For some comic relief here Captain Haddock tries hard to be oh so proper (he has recently aquired his ancestral estate and title). He is fixated on wearing a monocle at all times. This is an involved mystery with many clever bits of detective work and technology used by the characters. This particular book is definitely the first of two parts and doesn't stand alone. At the end of this one Tintin and the Captain are off in pursuit of a potential villain. But we still don't know what was in the crystal balls or how it connects to the Incan curse, and a major character has been kidnapped and not reunited with the heros. So you will have to read Prisoners of the Sun to not be left hanging after this one.

Sally O. Lee is an author, a painter, and an illustrator who has written and illustrated sixteen books for children. Her latest picturebook is "Seymour's Masquerade Ball". The story is a simply but engagingly told story of two rabbits, Lucy and Seymour, who are invited to a masquerade ball and must decide what they will wear and just who will win the masquerade costume contest. The illustrations are also simple, colorful, and equally engaging - a perfect vehicle for the story. "Seymour's Masquerade Ball" is a welcome and enthusiastically recommended addition for family, school, and community library picturebook collections for children 4 through 6.

This book has the following chapters:
1. What is Sha's Golden Healing Ball
2. The Powers and Benefits of Sha's Golden Healing Ball
3. How to Use Sha's Golden Healing Ball
4. Applications for Sha's Golden Healing Ball
5. Use Sha's Golden Healing Ball to Develop Energy
Sha's Golden Healing Ball is a gift of spiritual power that the Divine revealed to Dr. Zhi Gang Sha in 1995. This gift of Divine power is intended for all. Dr. Sha is the messenger that the Divine chose. In meditation in 1995, the Divine told Dr. Sha "Tell the world that a golden healing ball exists in the heavens and in the spiritual world. Tell people everywhere that it belongs to everyone who believes in it, who has faith, who has trust, and who is willing to use it. Healing will come to those who call on it." So anyone can call for Sha's Golden Healing Ball to come to give a healing or to offer service such as a blessing or protection. The book states, "The uses for Sha's Golden Healing Ball are endless. It's healing powers work on humans, animals, plants, and inanimate objects; on groups and nations; for the benefit of causes, the planets and galaxies, the whole universe." If your third eye is open, you can see Sha's Golden Healing Ball as a golden ball of energy. Use Sha's Golden Healing Ball with reverence, trust, and gratitude. Note: There are also some instructions on using Sha's Golden Healing Ball in Soul Mind Body Medicine: A Complete Soul Healing System for Optimum Health and Vitality.