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Meet Ivory Bright (like the soap product she admits) a self-proclaimed original who wanders into a marriage of convenince if not one exactly of love and finds happiness in an unlikely setting with an highly unlikely husband.

The story of this young woman in pursuit and capture of Mr. Right is so touchingly told and beautifully detailed it takes several readings to get all of the nuances of Ms. Ford's writing.

The deposed housekeeper, former lady friend and the only spoken of late mother-in-law are just a few of the supporting characters who add the color to this endearing cast.

An economically written work that speaks eloquently to men and women on matters all of us confront.

Undisputed living object that has the power and properties to receive the eliments required, prepare the product and deliver the product to the world. The process is elaborate, painful and emberasing. Only a female can conceive this product. During all the three process the female will undergo different stages- to ve tolerate man behaviour and to accecpt, while making the object, go through a period of nine months in discomfort and hopes of a indefinate tomorrow, and finally suffer a painful process of delivery, with patence. This must be the greatest life God has created. The power of creating a desire, and to build an awareness of beauty and tantalising intentions.

Janice Meredith is one of my all time favorite books. I read this book over 30 years ago and would love to read it again. It was part of a school assignment. In the 8th grade Johnny Tremaine was a required reading assignment. Our class was given an assignment to read another historical novel also taking place during the American Revolution. The book Janice Meredith was one of the 20 books we could choose from (if we could find it). It was the only book on the list with a female central character and my local library had a copy of the book in their "old books" section.

The book begins with Janice and her family at home at the beginning of the Revolution. Janice's father is a troy, which means he was a support of the British. The male central character (whose name escapes me, but I'll refer to as Mark)was an indentured servant working for her father. He and Janice are friends, who eventually fall in love, but there are obstacles in the way. For one thing, he leaves the Meredith's family's service before his indenture period is over in order to join the Revolutionary army. Before he leaves he gives Janice a locket. Inside is a picture of a beautiful woman, who the reader and Janice eventually meet.

The book continues with Janice's adventures during the revolution. She meets "Mark" several times throughout the book. Janice also meets many well known historical figures along the way, including George & Martha Washington. "Mark" becomes an officer and is on General Washington's staff.

Janice meets the woman, whose picture is in the locket and is jealous. Eventually, she learns who the woman is. At one point Janice and "Mark" are engaged, but the engagement is broken. Janice's father is an active troy and he becomes a prisioner of the Revolutionary Army. Janice asks "Mark" for his help to save her father. He ends up doing something that could get him in serious trouble himself. He never tells Janice. Her father is free, but the engagement is broken. It is Martha & George Washington, who eventually tell Janice what "Mark" did to save her father and at what risk to himself.

I rate this book "5 star." As I said it is one of my all time favorite books, which I would love to read again. Even after 30 years I remember the book. This is a book for adults and one that parents can feel comfortable giving to a 13 year old to read.

This book provides the ideal introduction to the work of the profoundest of Shakespeare's successors. Its treatment of Ford's non-dramatic work has been outdated by recent discoveries, but each of the plays receives a discussion that is both succinct and really illuminating.

This book obviously required years of tireless research and extensive resources. Mr. Levy has left no stone unturned in his efforts to provide every aspect of technical information to the prospective John Ford scholar

I was never too big a John Ford fan, just got this from the library out of curiosity, and I'm definitely going to purchase it. Its such a beautiful book, with not only large photos which capture the most visually awesome moments from all of Ford's many movies, including a revealing array of moments from lost films. Really illustrates Ford's genius in two ways: you can read it once with the margins, absorbing each large picture and its caption, then more in depth by reading the text in the middle by Eyman, who wrote a good book on Ernst Lubitsch amongst other things.

If you've studied Japanese Buddhism to any degree, especially Buddhism during the Kamakura period, you've probably come across this monk before and then more or less forgotten him. He often makes a cameo appearance either as the conservative monk who managed to get Honen persecuted or the progressive monk who shows that Myoe's reform and revival efforts were great but part of a larger trend. If we'd been paying more attention, these contradictory characterizations might have alerted us that more is going on here and that Jokei is worthy of study in his own right. Lucky for us, James Ford was paying attention and has presented us with a magnificently fascinating and thought-provoking study of this complicated figure, changing the way we think about Kamakura Buddhism in the process.

The book is largely structured in a tripartite manner. The first part sets the stage as it were, acquainting us with Jokei's biography and of the Yogacara (Hosso) doctrines informing his religiosity as well as the general historical context and the institutional situation of Buddhism at this time. The second part addresses Jokei's own particular religious beliefs and practices directly, focusing on his devotions to various deities (especially Shakamuni, Miroku, and Kannon as well as the kami of Kasuga Shrine) and the soteriological goals informing this complex, seemingly tangled array of devotions and the variety of religious practices involved. More than just describing these, though, Ford teases out the common spiritual logic underlying this otherwise bewildering diversity. Now that we have a solid grasp of Jokei's Buddhist religiosity on its own terms, Ford goes on in the third part to explicate its role in Jokei's critique of Honen's exclusive Nenbutsu position (especially as articulated in the "Senchakushu")--this critique has almost always been dismissed as a self-serving politicized persecution, but Ford argues convincingly that Jokei had religious grounds and motivations for drafting the critique and, furthermore, from the point of view of the Buddhist tradition as a whole, there is much sense and merit in the criticisms that he puts forth. Finally, how does all of this change the way we look at Kamakura Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism as a whole, and what light does it shed on prior scholarly interpretations of these? Ford addresses these big questions and more in the conclusion. In addition, included as an appendix is a fine translation of one of Jokei's ceremonial texts, the "Miroku Koshiki" of 1196.

Throughout the book Ford adheres to the Middle Way in true Buddhist fashion as it were, balancing fine detail and in-depth textual investigation with overarching "big picture" concerns throughout and displaying a fine ability to take religious and spiritual concerns seriously on their own terms while giving sociopolitical and economic factors their due. Various aspects of Jokei's Hosso Buddhism are taken account of, too, so that one doesn't get the impression that it's only philosophy or only ritual or whatnot. Moreover, the style of the book is erudite and yet clear, engagingly written but serious. The overall result is a highly important scholarly work that adds immensely to our knowledge and encourages us to rethink our prior assumptions, as well as finally acquainting us with a soft-spoken monk who up until now only got bit parts in other's stories.

This is a MUST READ for anyone who is seekly answers. Answers to why their life is not going according to "plan". The secret to REAL success is revealed through this author in this publication, through whom it is evident that his words were divinely inspired and written only after years of much study and contemplation. This is not one of those thinly veiled feel good books; it is a genuine way for those who truly which for God's plan to be revealed in their lives and who are READY to learn how to go about achieving God's plan for their life and are willing to LISTEN.

This is a fascinating account of drives through New England in the 1910s with a 1912 Cadillac. It definitely conjures up the magical days of yesteryear during the glory days of the open road!

this was one of the greatest books I have ever given my children to read. This is an inspirational book that every child will love.

Thank you SO much Mr. Reeves.