Barton Books

I must admit, I have an open mind...yes, it's true. I had not thought about some of the points that Erich von Daniken put down in writing. It IS far fetched...but he does give you an excellent insight into added ways to look at things. How would you explain an aeroplane to a child that had never seen metal or plastic?? (maybe I would draw a picture, but what the heck...maybe there were no pencils)
I found this to simply add some more depth to my own thoughts about Life out there...besides ours. I think I will stick to watching Discovery, but it was definatly an entertaining read...Now I can spend hours debating with my buddy about the "what ifs" of all of us being decendents or hybrids from space!!

Just keep an open mind and have fun learning some different views. He goes into so many different things from contradictions in the Bible, Enoch, Angels, how in the past ancient civilization was helped by aliens. This a great book to read.

Erich Von Daniken truely sees through the text written a millinea or more ago.The discrepacies he points out are over whelming.According to the gosples, Mark states Jesus was born in Nazareth and Matthew & Luke proclaim Bethlehem! One must take these texts with a bag of salt! How much truth, these ancient texts contain, can only be determined by your own faith. Fossil records have missing links that have no ancestral partner for modern man. Are the Darwinists no better reporters of his theory, than the text writers of ancient times? What or who designed the the molecules of which we are made? Bio-chemistry cannot explain how a pool of primordial fluid created creatures, so compelex, that they must be designed. Daniken has opened the door for scientists to report their finds on this matter with the truth. Until scientist and goverment come clean to the masses of what they know, we are still in the dark.

I read chariots of the gods when i was 11 and now iam 30 this is a work in progress ...there is still a lot too look for on that event horizen ,,,and i just hope too be around when those gods come back!!!!!!!

This is the only book from Von Daniken that I read. I thought he had some interesting points, and like many other books of this type, you have to take them with a pinch of salt. I'm not saying that all he says is true, but at the same time, I resent the scientists' arrogance because they often dismiss any find that contradicts the current theories. Did you ever notice how much information we can get from just a few archeological finds? A couple of artifacts are enough for scientists to come up with whole stories on how these people lived. Well, to be fair, Von Daniken and the likes do the same thing, which annoys me as well. But at least, they point out the anomalies. Anyway, you know what? No matter how much we speculate, WE'LL NEVER KNOW!

Great book to put you in the mood for the upcoming holiday season. My favorite story is by Fern Michaels and she is the reason I bought the book in the first place. I love how she writes! I read an excerpt from "The Christmas Stocking", in one of her 'Sisterhood' books which are my very favorite along with her Texas, Vegas, and Kentucky series'.

Very good book. Could not stop reading until book was done. All of Fern Michaels book are very good.

Ordered this book for the short story by Joanne Fluke and was happily surprised that the others were good to. The second story was a little trashy but overall a good book.

This Christmas-themed anthology comes from four well-known authors and offers some light reading for the romance lover.

I love Christmas-themed romance anthologies, so this was a must-buy as soon as I saw it. Unfortunately, it wasn't worth the money. I get the impression that at least two of the authors just scribbled any old thing, never mind about the quality, just to get their names on the cover and a few more bucks in their royalty account.

Fern Michaels is an author whose name I've seen about on book-covers a lot, but never actually read. Now, I know to avoid her like the plague. If this is any kind of example of her usual work, I don't know how she gets published. She needs to go back to basics and learn about writing style. The novella feels amateurish in the extreme. The characters are flat and uninspiring, the plot is unconvincing and the narration made it extremely difficult to keep reading - in fact, it took me about four separate attempts to finish the novella. Point of view jumps about all over the place, including into the heads of minor characters completely irrelevant to the story - has Michaels ever heard of strict POV? Apart from being much easier for readers to follow than her head-hopping is, it also allows readers to get to know and actually *care* about the hero and heroine. As it is, the characters did nothing for me, and nor did the boring story.

Beverley Barton can do better than this; I know, because I've read other work by her. The Ghost of Christmas Past is horribly clichéd and unbelievably poor. The hero, Katie, still stuck in the early stages of grief for her dead husband after four years (and we're expected to believe at the same time that she's a successful career woman - not likely if she's at that degree of barely-functioning) is too good to be true and extremely irritating. If I were Mack, I'd have thrown her out into the snow to freeze after her second monologue about how wonderful Darrell was/how terrible it is not to celebrate Christmas (and this from the hypocrite who's running away from celebrating Christmas) and the inane TMI about her family, the family she loves so much she's escaping from them. If there was romance in this novella, I missed it. Those two were incompatible in the extreme and what he saw in her I couldn't work out.

As for Joanne Fluke's story, if I'd wanted a fistful of recipes I'd have looked them up on the internet. There were more recipes than story in this novella, and most of the rest was about Hannah, the cook, and all the nonentities in her life, who all presumably appear in Fluke's other novels but were strangers to me and will remain so. Julie and Matt's love story might have been interesting, if we'd ever actually been given it. The story takes up when they've already kissed for the first time. We get a few more kisses, a lot of over-the-top kid-interruptus (including a completely ridiculous, unbelievable misunderstanding - and, by the way, does Fluke know the difference between an email and an IM?), and then suddenly they're proposing to each other. Where was the romance? Sorry, but in between all the recipes I missed out on it. Stick to cooking, Fluke, and don't write romance novels.

Finally, at last a novella worth reading was Shirley Jump's Twelve Days. Office romance, secret Santa and UST, plus a decent dollop of Christmas spirit and fun. I did enjoy this one, and I wish it had been a full-length novel instead of the final novella in this otherwise dismal and boring collection.

This book's now going to the recycle pile, which is a shame in respect of Jump's story, which deserves re-reading - but the rest of it does not deserve space on my bookshelf.

We are currently building a house so this book has been the perfect companion to this process. My little boy (two and a half) is able to make connections to the pictures in the book to what is going on in 'real life' with his house. If you are building a house and have a small child, I highly recommend this book.

A very nice book for toddlers to see how houses are made. Our grandson loves machinery and how things are made. Nice art work.

When I saw this book only had an average of 3.5 stars, I had to write my own review. My two boys LOVE this book. One is 5 years old, with mild autism, and the other is a highly gifted [...]. The text IS simple, and short, but the pictures allow for plenty of exploration and explanation. We talked about all the different people involved in building a house, the family moving in when it was complete, etc.... In my mind, this is an excellent book for sharing. Parents can expand on the simple text as they see appropriate.

This book had some great pictures and gave good information about what happens when you build a house.

I must say that I was disappointed in the incredibly short sentences. I should have known it would be like that considering the author, but I guess I thought the subject was a little more advanced so maybe the language would be too. Nope.

My kids love this book. They ask for it (and other Barton books) to be read over and over. The pictures are simple and appealing. Byron Barton is definitely on to something. Get this with My Car -- both are especially appealing to infants and toddlers.

This is a wonderful -- and wonderfully photographed -- book and a valued addition to my collection of books on kachinas.

A nice coffee table and reference book with good photos of old dolls and landscapes. There is a major error in the preface re: the coming and going of Kachinas. Barton Wright is "The Man" - the Kachina Expert. His extensive comments were written in 1986 which of course does not make them any less valuable, just not current. Takes some real concentration and re-reading, but if you like the concept of Kachina's and Kachina dolls... a good book!

I have been awaiting publication of this book for several months, and I am very disappointed. Listing the book as "by" Barton Wright is a bit misleading. Wright's expertise on Hopi and Zuni katsinas is well established, but this book seems to be the work of the photographer Andrea Portago, whose knowledge about katsinas is far less clear. I have great respect for Barton Wright, former director of the Museum of Northern Arizona and a leading expert on katsinas. His contribution to the book, however, seems to be limited to the reprinting a fine essay he wrote 20 years ago as part of a series on the Iconography of Religions (a work on Pueblo Cultures) published in the Netherlands by E.J. Brill in 1986.

The book is not user-friendly, especially for novices on the subject of katsinas. Of its 174 pages, the first 130 pages are not numbered and consist of photographs of katsinas (in full color) or Southwest landscapes (all photographed in black and white). No plate numbers are given on the pages, and the photos provide no scale or sense of size of the katsina. Many of the photographs are not appropriately centered, and there are only about four or five different backgrounds for all the katsinas photographed. One must go to the back of the volume to find the "Illustrated List of Plates," which provides descriptive information on each photograph. However, since there are no page or plate numbers in the body of the book, one must tediously page back and forth to match the information with the specific photographs.

If you are obsessive about katsinas, like I am, and you want to make your personal library as comprehensive as possible when it comes to books about Hopi and Zuni katsinas, you might consider purchase of this book. Be forewarned, however, that it provides no new information on the topic, and the poor organization of the book makes it difficult to use. On the other hand, the book does contain a number of interesting katsinas, carved between the 1880s to the 1940s, so you might consider it on that basis. This work is not for the novice--and yes, while I was disappointed, I won't be sending it back.

This book is a must have for the serious collector of Native American jewelry. This compilation is broad and attributes many makers to their nation of origin. There are names, initials, and pictographs, with an assortment of unknowns as well. This book is worth its weight in gold!

I've been able to find some of the marks in the book but so many times the marks I'm looking for are not listed. I was also surprised that some names, such as Harry Morgan, were not in the book.

We have had previous editions of this book by Barton Wirght for years. This up-dated edition is just more current, but overall it is a very helpful bood to us.

Although the exchange process was easy, both copies of the book that Amazon sent had pages either missing or hugely out of order. I wished there was a way for Amazon to check the copies, under such circumstances, before sending them out.

This is the eagerly-awaited second edition of Hallmarks of the Southwest; as a longtime collector of Native American jewelry, I'm happy to finally have a copy of this book.

Naturally, not every craftsman can be represented in such a comprehensive work, and complicating this is that not every piece is stamped with identifying marks. (Some of my favorite jewelry isn't stamped at all, even with "Sterling.") Many of the references are a carry-over from the first edition; since silversmithing is often a family tradition, certian respected craftsmen working today may not be represented but their families are.

It's a valuable overview, and leaves the reader [me, at least] wanting more.

Thoroughly enjoyed the suspense and the romance in this book. I loved getting another glimpse of Dallas and Genny. Caleb and Jazzy definitely have chemistry as well. The suspense/mystery was great and kept me guessing until the end!

The econd in a series of books located in Cherokee, TN was okay. It was not quite as good as the first. Caleb and Jazzy's tale started off with likable but rather combustible characters in an interesting situation. I was somewhat disappointed with Caleb at the end. He goes off, leaving the woman he loves, when she is in considerable danger. Even though he swore to stay with her, he did not. He has not been honest with her. It made her very angry as she should have been. He leavces with his rich grandfather instead of staying and protecting her. Jazzy should consider selling out and seeing something of the rest of the world. This particular part of it has not been particularly good for her. The end of the book just sort of petered out with Jazzy appearing to lose some of her confidence in herself. I guess the author is going to tie things up in the final book, but she has to make us want to go there. Right now, I am not sure I do.

I didn't realize until I'd finished the book that it was a part of a series. With that in mind, I had real trouble connecting to any of the characters. And I found the violence a little more graphic than I was expecting from a suspenseful romance. The murderer's calling card is to cut off a man's genitalia and stuff it in their mouths. Yuk!

Jazzy Talbot, owner of Cherokee Point, Tennessee's diner and bar, has spent her life longing for ladies man and member of the upper crest, Jamie Upton. Though they were high school sweethearts and he impregnated her at sixteen, he refused to marry her because he would lose his inheritance. But that hasn't kept him from hound-dogging her door even while he's engaged to be married to another woman. Jazzy's reputation as a loose woman and the fact that she'd publicly threatened Jamie's life makes her the prime suspect when Jamie's dead body is found.

Caleb McCord is hiding from his past while living just outside his future. He's the only one aware that he is the lost Upton grandson and Jamie Upton's cousin. He works as a bouncer in Jazzy's club and finds himself drawn to her more and more everyday, but she can't seem to see him past Jamie's larger than life presence. When Jamie is murdered, Caleb is one of the only people who believe Jazzy's innocence. Struggling to keep her safe while fighting his own inner demons and his insecurities about becoming part of the Upton family, Caleb learns what it means to be part of a small town and the sacrifices one must make in the name of love.

With enough characters milling about to keep you guessing just `who done it', Beverly Barton weaves a good mystery. Though most of the characters reach no real resolution by the end of the book, and two serial killers coming to one small town in less than three months is highly unlikely, "The Last to Die" was still an interesting read. I'm definitely going to have to go back and read the first book "The Fifth Victim", and we'll all just have to wait to see what happens next.

Another killer is on the loose in Cherokee Pointe, Tennessee. Town bad boy Jamie Upton is found brutally murdered, and all hands are pointing to his former lover, Jazzy Talbot.

Jazzy and Jamie's lives have been intertwined since they were teens, and their illicit romance resulted in a teen pregnancy. Finding herself dumped, since Jamie would face disinheritance, Jazzy has always been Jamie's fall back gal when he is in town.

With new man Caleb McCord suddenly playing an important role in her life, she works to exonerate herself from accusation. When another murder occurs, Jazzy has an alibi - Caleb - but when she finds out the secret of his past, will she be able to continue the relationship? Further complicating her life is the emergence of a woman bearing a striking resemblance to her - one that wants nothing to do with her.

But there is a host of possible suspects including Jamie's latest fiance, her sister, any one of his other conquests in town, and Jazzy's "twin". Once again, psychic Genny steps in to help the police solve the mystery. What would the sheriff do without her?

I think I like this one even better than The Fifth Victim. While Jamie was a complete jerk, he didn't deserve to die like that! Jazzy & Caleb's relationship was great and I enjoyed catching up on Genny & Dallas. I can't wait for the third and final book of the trilogy!

The only thing I'm not looking forward to is the return of Reve. What a shallow, arogant creature she is! She believes she's better than everyone else who wasn't raised in money! Which is ironic considering she wasn't born into privilege but found in a dumpster! She was a complete snob, insulting, bigoted and downright cruel and those were her best qualities! I hate to see her involved with Jacob (the neanderthal savage, as she thinks of him) since he deserves so much better! But regardless I'm still looking forward to seeing more of Jazzy and the rest of the folks in Cherokee Pointe!

It's a complicated book and it forces you to follow a line of order and one of the advantages of this game is that you can make your story

Riven was a super challenge and I hate cheating. This book was so awesome because it gave you ONLY the help you wanted when(if) you get to the point that you get really stuck. It is well divided so you don't see clues/info that would give away something that you didn't want to know. These people should get hired to write solution books for all the top games!It keeps you from being tempted to cheat because it is so well written & laid out. A true asset to the game of Riven! Honest!!

I liked the pictures and the walkthrough and all the other things in the game, but in some real important places it "failed me". I couldn't understand how it meant to enter the number into the domes or the star fissure portal and had to figure it out myself.

I liked the format of the book, with different chapters that gave either subtle hints or full solutions. It says right at the beginning of a chapter what type of hints are in the chapter. The only chapter I was dissapointed in was the "Journal" walkthrough chapter. In the Myst Strategy Guide, it had headings over each section, so if you only wanted help on a certain puzzle, it was easy to get it. The Riven book doesn't have headings, so when you glance through, looking for the right place, you see the solutions to other puzzles you don't want help on. Other than this, it's a great book.

I couldn't of done better without it.The book makes you witness stuning graphics and exelent sound.Riven fans that cannot get anywhere without this book,this one is for you.

I had never read anything by Ms. Barton. Reading "Sweet Caroline's Keeper" has made me look into her other books and I am glad to see that there are many.
The book was a page turner from beginning to end. And I was gasping along with the characters at numerous events throughout the story.
There is something so fascinating about David's character and his relationship to Caroline through the years. It brought tears to my eyes on more than one occasion.
The story is beautifully written- it is both sweet and passionate, the chemistry between Caroline and David is palpable. It took my breath away.
This is a book I will keep and read again.

When he was 21, David was an assassin hired to kill Preston Shaw, when his 12 year old daughter Caroline walked in as the murder was taking place. Though she was never able to identify her father's killer, David has kept tabs on her. When a threat is made on Caroline's life, David is hired as a bodyguard, and the two fall hard for each other. What will happen when she learns the truth about his past?

Barton takes what could be classified as a very unredeeming character and creates a romantic hero out of him. There's a lot of chemistry between the two, great romantic tension, and a not so icky (9 years) age gap. But the story just gets a little stagnant and predictable after awhile, making it an okay read, but nothing spectacular.

I have read many, many, books in my lifetime, some good and some not so good, but the Protectors Sweet Caroline's Keeper is one of the very good. The plot keeps you interested from cover to cover, the main characters Caroline and Wolfe are realistic in their actions and the sub characters are also good, I would definately buy this book (I have) and it is a keeper.

I Especially liked the Preacher who was like a brother to Caroline and Caroline's assistant who loved him, they were very colorful characters and the rich almost brother and debutant girlfriend as well, I was kept in suspense until almost the end about the main bad guy which was great as usually I can figure it out before that, so if you like a good romance and mystery this is definately the book to buy.

Another very good book in the protectors series. Very riveting. Have read the other books in this series. Looking forward to reading Matt's story and later on Ellen's story.

I was intrigued after the opening chapter as there was an interesting twist in the hero's (David) relationship with the heroine (Caroline) that isn't detailed on the back cover blurb. Let's just say David did something that impacted the heroine's life greatly. It was certainly nice to encounter a hero who actually had a flaw (besides the usual Type A, aggressive personality), one who wasn't just a white knight riding to the rescue.

However, despite the promising start, the book became very repetitive. David constantly repeated his need to "protect Caroline." It seemed like every chapter ended with his vow that he'd stand between Caroline and anyone out to hurt her. And it felt like David and Caroline rehashed in their minds the night Caroline's stepfather died every 4-5 pages . Halfway through I thought, "OK, I GET that David MUST protect her, and I GET that he is tormented about the night of the murder." It's one thing if each reminiscence is different and allows you more insight into the character. But after the 1st few, nothing new was gained and I felt like it was just filler.

Despite that flaw, the book was a nice, formulaic read. I enjoyed the relationship between the 2 characters and the 2 smaller side stories were interesting enough without being intrusive to the main storyline. The epilogue wrapped up everyone's story a bit too neatly but didn't effect the book greatly.

Barton is a proven (and admitted) liar in dealing with quotes of the founding fathers, now he had found it necessary to lie about prayer in schools. One of the most popular lies of the religious right is that it is against the law for students to pray in school. Of course, this is silly and has never been the case--anyone can pray in any school at any time. Barton and people like him want simply to force their narrow religious views on captive schoolchildren. Doesn't seem very christian to me.

This is an excellent account of historical fact. The repercusions of our actions, or inaction, leaves a distaste in the pit of our stomach. The social reality of where our country was before the 9/11 attacks has been laid out in a way that only those who refuse to see reality can argue against Barton's research. The writer from Ohio who was embarrased to reveal his name is one such person. I hope that you will disregard his adolescent ranting and name-calling because this book is excellent!

This book shows in clear chart form what has happened to our society since prayer was taken out of public schools in 1962. 40 charts clearly show the degredation of morals, the increase in violence, the increase in disease, and the drop in performance on standardized tests since 1962. What is interesting is that almost all these indicators of civilized life were pretty much constant until 1962. If you are interested in helping to bring this country back to sanity, be sure to get this book to share with your friends and neighbors.

I enjoyed reading "To Pray of Not to Pray" because I enjoy non-fiction reading. It disturbed me the fact that since prayer was taken out of public schools, the country's school system has been going down ever since.

I do not have any children of my own, but I do have nieces and nephews who are in the school system. Since reading this book, I will encourage my brothers and sisters to pray with their children before they leave for school.

Prayer in schools may never return, but I know that if parents pray with their children at home that the guardian angels will be with them on their way to school, in school, and on their way home from school.

My prayer is that many people will read this book and learn why our schools are in the shape they are in.

Whether a result of divine intervention or merely coincidence, the statistics from before and after the 1962 court decision speak for themselves. This book opened my eyes to data from before my birth that helped put things in perspective. I liked it. It was easy to read and understand. It's one I'll keep in my library and I'm sure you'll want to as well. Read the book and make your own decision. Too many people use these reviews as thier own personal soapboxes.

I like this book. I really do. However, there are better books out there (Princeton Review and J&S, for example). The tests are hard, a bit too detailed in their demands, and not as applicable to the new testing format. Still, it's a good way to study.

This book has a lot of important information that anyone taking the USLME should know. It has pretty good questions and answers and I like how the book explains the various USMLE topics. It's much easier reading through this book then some long textbooks. However, I also used the following which is also available on amazon.com:
Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi
This questions were on target with the type of questions asked on the microbiology section of the boards. Get both books.

The book gives you tremendous amount of practice with questions covering an organized amount of subject matter while giving complete and easy to understand answers. The intergration of the answers into multiple subject matter is one of the books best aspects. If you are preparing for the USMLE this book is a must

I have just passed Step 1 and I do believe that this book helped me to get a good score. Despite the fact that the questions in this book do not mimic the exam's questions they highlight many details, which may be missed even in good review books. If you use only one book to study one subject, you will definitely miss some important facts. To cover those facts I did the following. First, I studied the subject using the main review book and answered questions in it. Than I answered questions in this book and always found missed important details, which were not mentioned in my main textbooks but were covered here. In other words, I would advise to read this book before the exam.

This review book is not up to date, specifically the questions are in a format nowhere near USMLE's exam. Memorize the newest edition of First Aid.