Ford Books

I really enjoyed this book since I am a fan of all mustangs. I just wish that it would have covered the 03 Mach 1. But I am not sure if they had test cars out when this was written. I would recommend this book to any mustang fan

For the adventurer who loves the history of ancient Rome and admires the architectural and engineering feats of that great civilization, this rather small but informational tightly packed book will come as a welcome insight. Author and photographer John Heseltine has studied the historic major roads to Rome, photographed the places through which they passed and recreate history with the comments on the placements of the sites and the reasons we postulate the Romans chose them.

Among the most famous of these antique but extant roads here discussed are the Via Appia, Via Cassia, Via Flamina, and Via Aurelia, each named after an emperor and each leading into Rome through a different atmosphere and out to a different destination. The manner in which these roads connected Rome with the known world is discussed with authority, but the interesting facet is the way Heseltine shows the current environs where these roads exist. This is living history, beautifully captured in Heseltine's photographs and enhanced by Colin Ford's Introductory notes.

Filled with both black and white and toned photographs this book is a journey through history that is fascinating in content and illuminating in style! A definite must for those who love Italy and things Italian. Recommended. Grady Harp, December 05

I have every book in the series and when I heard that a new one was out I started saving to buy it.Willie and his grandfather were coming home from a fair and got hit with a rock slide. After praying about their problem they fell asleep. The next night they heard voises. The next day a sheriff unit came and rescued them. I like it because it shows how we can pray to God and He will help us. It is a very good book and it keeps you in suspense. I recomend it to everyone.

I first connected with Marcia Ford over her insightful book Memoirs of a Misfit. Her seering honesty and gentle tone really resonated with me and affirmed my uniqueness as a child of God. With this book, I connected with her once again in a very deep and profound manner. Here she has employed spiritual insights from a variety of religions and her own personal experiences to guid me along a very rocky path of forgiveness. Highly recommended.

Thank you, Ms Ford-Grabowsky, for your beautiful collection of sacred texts and prayers of love.Your work is a source of healing joy.It forces me to look at the world in a different way-a more meaningful one; It has provided a missing piece for me.

Almost 175 women of all cultures and times, from a priestess of the goddess Inanna (2000 BCE) to contemporary storyteller Clarissa Pinkola Estes, are chronicled in this volume. A brief biography of each woman introduces her words: poems, letters, dreams, polemics, stories, sayings, visions, journals, even a recipe.

The reader meets famous women like Hildegard of Bingen or Georgia O'Keeffe, and obscure or anonymous women: Bibi Hayat of Persia, Sarada Devi of India, and Bedouin, Pygmy and Hopi women. One of my favorite entries is this poem where the erotic meets the mystical, from someone I'd never heard of, Rabia Al-Adawiyya, Persian, 717-801:

STARS ARE SHINING

O my Lord, stars are shining
And the eyes of men are closed.
Kings have shut their doors
And every lover is alone with his beloved.
Here I am alone with you.

Sacred Voices' entries bring us diversity of age, race, sexual orientation, historical period, geography, literary form, and spiritual perspective. It is a collection of the wisdom of old women, girls, mothers, artists, philosophers, mystics. We meet extravagant women, modest women--all passionate in their own ways, all truth-telling, all women of wisdom, all now, thanks to this book, part of our heritage.

The volume is encyclopedic but not intimidating, to be kept near at hand for inspiration, comfort, and challenge. Don't try to gulp it down in one swallow. I've been reading a few entries every day--what a treat!

Mary Ford-Grabowski has dug deep into the immense treasure of women's experiences and reflections. She deserves our thanks for bringing it to us in such a beautiful and useful volume.

All I can say is that this book saved me from a lot of grief in the last several months. Every time I read it I get more out of it.

The only problem with this book is that it was written several years after I could have first used it. It's great, but shame on the author for waiting so long to write it.

Sandy, the eldest son of evangelist Leighton Ford, seemed to be on his way to a promising life of usefulness and service for the Lord. But in God's wisdom He chose to take this young man home following heart surgery. This is the story of Sandy's short life as told through a father's words. That being the case, one is somewhat surprised at the frankness of the account. Ford does not paint his son as the perfect boy with all of his ducks in a row. While he firmly believed that Sandy had a heart for God he had plenty of "warts" including a bad temper and at times a strained relationship with his mom.

Sandy, a Heart for God is a quick look into the life, and death, of one young man who wanted to walk with God. It will probably make you cry. But hopefully it will make you consider your own walk with Him. The epilogue alone, containing Leighton's meditation of the death of his son, is worth the price of the book.

There are a number of hiking guides relating to Santa Barbara and Raymond Ford has produced one of the best. It's small enough to carry in your back, but meaty enough to read in your Lazy Boy in front of the fire. I've traveled all over the world and the most beautiful natural setting I've seen is Santa Barbara. The ocean, the mountains, the vegetation, flowers and incomparable climate make this a unique paradise. Hiking here is a sublime experience and its possible to do it year-round since the temperatures rarely dip below 50 degrees. If you're a dedicated hiker and have missed Santa Barbara, please try and remedy this. You'll spend some of the best hours of your life hiking in this incredible place.

This book is one of the best hiking guides I've found for the Santa Barbara area. If you're a beginner, there are plenty of short treks for you, mostly clustered around the beach or city. There are also a dozen moderate hikes and quite a few trail descriptions for streunous jaunts, all of these in the mountain areas. The descriptions of each trail is quite good and the driving desriptions to the trailheads is adequate (I haven't gotten lost yet from following their directions). I recommend this guide for everyone fortunate to hike in this beautiful locale.

Shh....don't tell anyone I'm a mom who reads her daughter's bookclub lists! This is a fun book with a twist on Santa. Instead of being replaced by the next person to put on the suit the right to be Santa is passed to the oldest boy in the family. But what happens when you are allergic to reindeer and your sister drives the sleigh because you get airsick? Read and find out.