Coleman Books

My love of lighthouses drew me to this story. Though I was only able to read When Love Awaits, it's characters and description peak my curiosity to read the remaining story and the others in the book. If the other stories are similar to Lynn Coleman's work, then I will not be disappointed

I couldn't get past the first two books in this set. The first seemed really dumb and contrived...we knew what was going to happen, the characters seemed flat, and it didn't really keep my attention. Book two further convinced me that this series was NOT worth reading and was more of the same mechanical writing and contrived plot. Disappointing. If you enjoy this type of book, I would recommend "Dakota" by Lauraine Snelling and "Colorado Wings" by Tracie Peterson.

This gem of a book tells four stories of women lighthouse keepers. The tapestry of characters with the blend in different writing styles was heightened by the beautiful backdrops.

In "When Love Awaits", a woman named Fiona falls for the persistant, Scottish Ian. In "A Beacon in the Storm", Amanda's one wish is to remain the lighthouse keeper - until she becomes sidetracked. With "Whispers Across the Blue" one feels the emotions of lovesick Jule praying for her fiancee who is out to sea. Lastly, in "A Time to Love", Eden has given up on love- but love has not given up on her.

A delightful, cozy read filled with inspiration and romance in the Lord's hand. This book is highly recommended!

This order was placed on the 6th of January; As of 6th Feb the book hasn't reached me yet. Could be the international shipping. I will post my review once I get it.

This small book contains wonderfully printed samples of a great photographer's work. Any selection not done by the artist reflects a certain bias, but this collection has a very neutral one, and the book flows quite nicely. Coleman's essay at the beginning has been printed numerous times and reflects a cultural bias that glorifies Bravo as a "Mexican" photographer rather than as one without the qualifier.

The most complete collection of this wonderful photographer's work available, this book has unfortunately been printed so poorly that the qualities of most of the photographs is lost. The photos look muddy and suffer from low contrast. The essay, however, is excellent, and worth reading for an introduction to Bravo's life and work. The Aperture books of Bravo's work, while offering far fewer photographs, have much better reproduction.

I've recently seen an exposition of some of Graffenried's photographies taken in the Swiss cantone of Jura and in Algeria. The pictures are amazing and so are those in the book 'Naked in Paradise'. By the way, I do not condemn an artist's ability to combine art and commerce but appreciate it.

I just jumped in and read the review to this book on this page, and I have to say if you think the photographs in 'Naked in Paradise' are simply silly, then you really don't know anything about art. These photos are not made to sell, I'm very sorry for the reviewer who thinks so... Michael von Graffenried is a very fine photographer!

Many of us are born naked. But Mr. Graffenried shows us once again how nakedness can sell a book, or can it?

I recently borrowed this book from my local library. To my surprise and delight, this book had my two year old daughter laughing. It is really a funny story, well written and illustrated. I am buying this for my daughter today as we will read and re-read this story OFTEN.

I totally DISAGREE with the other reviewer! I bought this book for my nephew's 4th Birthday, and every time I read this book to him, he would crack up laughing! I think it was the "noggin-sploggin" part that did it to him. Haha! After reading the story to him only twice, he began to do the counting with me. Now, 6 years old, he recently told me that One Two Three Oops! is one of his all-time favorite stories! I've decided to buy it for another nephew for Christmas! Check it out ... you WON'T be disappointed!

Another one of those books that you dread reading to your kids. Fortunately, my kids didn't enjoy it, so I only had to read it once. Illustrations are so-so.

I love all of the different types of plays. I am using the second section of plays for children. The narration is perfect, and the lines are often funny. My students love the play, "How the First Letter Was Written." It's a great source.

This collection provides a good mix of large and small group plays, including The Wizard of Oz, Treasure Island and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. It might not be great theater, but it gave the elementary school kids I was working with a chance to perform a familiar story without a million rehearsals. The lines are manageable and the kids weren't put off by having to learn long speeches.

Disappointing. Only a small portion of the book is devoted to plays that children can perform themselves. The handful of plays in this section provide a good example of the multiculturism fad in kids' books these days. The plays are identified as coming from several different countries. But this supposedly diverse group of plays is uniformly unentertaining, with little or no educational content.

Thomas White was fired for being a scumbag Secretary of the Army. He's an Enron Exec responsible for everything you've heard about Enron, as well as manipulating CA's electricy market. He even used military assets in his personal business deals. Just read the papers. This book is a desperate attempt to counter punch his those that fired him. It's poorly done too: full of typo's, WAY too much white space, hundreds of pages of "appendices" (verbatim text of UN resolutions, macroeconomic charts and tables, etc.), poor binding on the book, cheap paper in the text. Here's a quick summary: to rebuild Iraq we need to take our time to develop a solid democracy with foundations of economic, social, and political development. DUH. Mixed in with these vague suggestions are questionable macroeconomic conclusions based on sketchy data. It's full of unreliable estimates for timetables and targets. Don't waste your time on this book. Also, he was paid to write it by his buddies from West Point. This is the same shadey group that got him employed at Enron and got him into the Bush Administration (before he was fired for being a buffoon). Obviously they're just trying to help him pay his legal bills with this book!!! Shame on you! White, have a blast in obscurity!

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White's book examines the Iraqi conflict and makes suggestions for rebuilding the nation of Iraq. As most people familiar with the subject know, White was President George W. Bush's first Secretary of the Army, but was forced out by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as Rumsfeld took actions to clear out the Defense Department of certain key individuals who held dissenting views that he thought might impede his plan for restructuring the Defense Department. Army GEN Eric Shinseki was yet another individual who was forced out after suggesting in Congressional testimony that it would take several hundred thousand troops to occupy Iraq after the invasion. The White and Shinseki camp was proven right with regards to Iraq and this work explores some of the reasons why we are in the current situation in Iraq.

The book presents a balanced account of past events, offering the reader both the Administration perspective and a critic's perspective. However, much of the book is comprised of raw statistics, which demonstrates that a good deal of research has been conducted, but it is somewhat dry for the average reader.

Many of the suggestions for improving Iraq are now somewhat obvious, although at the time the book was published that was not necessarily the case.

I would recommend reading this book if you want a balanced account of U.S. policy in Iraq and are interested in exploring different strategies for the rebuilding of Iraq. The book does not flow in the same manner as a novel or even as well as the 9/11 Commission report, but it is worthwhile reading for those individuals with more than a passing interest in rebuilding Iraq.

In this comprehensive, yet succinct book, Tom White, former Secretary of the Army and a retired General lays out a clear roadmap for rebuilding Iraq. It is timely, and there is no doubt that it's release has sent waves throughout the Department of Defense, and inner circles of Bush's policy makers.

While most people will be aware that White clashed with Defense Secretary Rumsfeld on several policy matters, there is no doubt he has an elightening perspective into the strengths and weaknesses of the DOD Iraq policy to date. Furthermore, his expertise in the field of energy and infrastructure only bolster the validity of his claims, that the Pentagon underestimated the investment and resources required to rebuild a post-war Iraq.

Hopefully, folks inside the beltway will invest a little time to read this quick study on what it will take to bring this state back to economic self-sufficency in a post Hussein world.

If you are a deep material reader then you will really enjoy Rumi & Self Psychology (Psychology of Tranquility) and Sara's Therapy: A Way to Purity. These books are unique, easy to read, full of information, and just amazing; and you can not put them down.

a great book for what is was meant to be...a poignant reflection on rumi by two of the great post-modern "rumi-ists" !

if you want pure rumi, then go for one of the pure collections. our other reviewer must have thought this was something else. obviously.

Rumi is always moving, of course, and this collection is a nice sampling. However, I do not need to hear the editors personal life story in order to appreciate it. In fact, I find it rather detracts from the overall value of the book. The editor, or complier spends many pages explaining how he came to love Rumi, why he loves Rumi, discussing his personal friend and mentor, and describing a trip he took to Iran. If I wanted to read his autobiography I would have bought that. I wanted to read Rumi...

I had high expectation for buying this book, but I was told it is out of stock. The seller should update their product information frequently. Bad experience.

Enjoy the breadth and depth of entries. There is a good variety, particularly class, race, and gender. Would like to see more on the adolescent. I now see this in the follow-up work. Thanks for this excellent complilation.

In The Structure Of Schooling, Richard Arum and Irenee Beattie successfully collaborate to compile a comprehensive reader in the sociology of education surveying critical topics and examples of sociological research on schools and education from both classic and contemporary scholarship. The issues surveyed include the development and application of social and cultural capital; the effects of racial segregation and resource inequality; the effects of tracking; the role of gender, class, and race in structuring educational opportunity; the effects of schooling on life-course outcomes; the significance of a school's institutional environment; and the sociology of school reform movements. The Structure Of Schooling is a highly recommended addition to the sociology of education reading lists and reference collections.

Just go look at the food guide pyramid if you want a summary of this book. It will save you money and time. Anyone who says that drinking cokes and juice is a GOOD way to replete glycogen stores has not studied human nutrition thoroughly. Dumping liquid sugar like juice, colas and sports drinks down your throat is not a healthy way of repleting glycogen stores.Mixing sugar with water decreases the amount of water absorbed in the gut. The human body does not deal well with massive amounts of sugar coming in without fiber and all the essential nutrients it takes to process it. I could go on and on. So many sports nutritionists don't seem to understand how stressful exercise is to the body. Exercise increases the demand for all vitamins and minerals as well as protein, fat and carbohydrates. Breads and other starches are always recommended for athletes because as Ellen puts it,"Starches are nutrient dense foods." Bread has a few B vitamins and a couple of poorly absorbed minerals to go along with the carbohydrates. That's it. Not only does it not have many nutrients, bread also contains phytic acid, lectins, alkylresorcinols, and other ANTI-nutrients that cause problems for the human body. Nutrition is far more complex than Ellen Coleman seems to think. Don't waste your time.

I took a Sports Nutrition class in college and "The Ultimate Sports Nutrition Handbook" was our textbook for class. It is a well-organized, neat, and complete book.

I found this book to be a very good introduction to sports nutrition. It covers a wide range of topics, it presents a good deal of useful information, but it is not so technical that one gets bogged down in details. It will not outline a specific and detailed diet plan, nor will you find every little chemical reaction which occurs in your muscles when you exercise, but you will find general guiding principles to exercise and nutrition. If this is what you are looking for, then this is your book.

Inventive cuisine covering a host of multi-ethnic styles made accessible by Amy's unique blend of story telling through the cultural heritage of her guest cooks along with the technical steps needed to create the wonderful recipes found within.

recipes sound very appealing however the description at each step leaves you to experiment as to Amy's intent.