Hayes Books

"Did you know I married a priest?"...

Seated in the living room of their home where she and Alex raised their family and cared for over a hundred foster children, Connie Vallejo tells her closest friend Doris their story of triumph of love over conflict with family, church and community, and of the faith in God that inspired them to persevere... Against All Odds.
--- from book's back cover

I first read this book when I was seven years old. I loved the way that the book drew me into identifying with the young hero of the story. Cordoroy is a young alligator living a narrowly confined existance filled with aunts, uncles, cousins who just love routine and dare not explore anything beyond the big house they all live in. Cordory just doesn't fit into that dull life. He dreams of the sea and it's mysteries, the adventure that awaits beyond it's shores, and the courage it would take to step out and see the larger world! One day he leaves the lifeless Alligator House behind to stay with an aged aunt who lives by the seashore... and from there, his entire life changes.
Meeting an old crusty sea captain, who turns out to be his own uncle Tooth, Cordoroy realizes his dreams...
(no spoilers here though)
The illustrations are charming, the story well-written, and the ending extremely satisfying for those who are still young enough at heart to be dreamers. This is a book written for elementary school aged children. My daughter is younger than that, but I read the book to her and she follows the story easily.
No matter how much time passes, I still am in love with this "Novel of the Sea"! It is highly recommended...

A very enjoyable and well written book about a 19th century cyclo-journalist riding across the continent. The journey was a harbinger of events such as Race Across America. The book is extraordinarily well written by a professor of English and captures the sense of adventure Mr. Nellis must have had to launch such an undertaking. Highly recommended for cyclists, fans of travel writing, and those with an interest in American history.

The Soviet push in Asia is bleak. The U.S military push in the Pacific reflects the growing political and economic importance in the Pacific Basin. In 1985 the U.S spent $45 billion to keep American forces in the Pacific Basin and more money will flow out of Europe conventional forces into Asia. Europe was the focal point of the Manifest Destiny established by Roosevelt, however, the vision of General Douglas MacArther turned the focal point to the far east with his Offshore Island parameter; a line of defense extending through a chain of islands. The island hooping scheme suggested minimum position with maximum deterance potential. Air power was seen to be the key to control of the main island and atomic weapons the choice for deterring the Chinese communist from invading this region. For example, the six U.S carrier battle groups posed a serious threat from the west with the U.S deploying nuclear weapons to the theatre region: Tomahawks with a 2,500 km range capable of shore line targets in enemy terroritory and the Trident I, totally 24 missiles with a 240 warhead yield and a strike distance of 7700 km with the capacity to strike deep within enemy territory.

The New militarism vision is too "rather than seek to modify Soviet behavior, the West should assist those forces within communist block which are working for change of the system." Reagan doctrine suggests in there could be a nuclear exchange without escalating the conflict into a a bigger war. Reagan's doctrine limit nuclear warfare to a theater region and once engaged diplomatically terminated ending the conflict quickly, minimal escalation, but necessary to protect the interests of the United States. Reagan sought to regain American war fighting supremcy building forces in Europe and the Pacific. Reagan's goals were to 1. obtain nuclear superiority 2. upgrade U.S capacity to intervene in third world forces which challenge the balance of power status. As indicated by the 300,000 Rapid Deployment Force build up extending to assist in the Perian Gulf, Southwest Asia, and East Africa. 3. Prepare U.S forces to wage a protract war against the Soviets.

In 1984 the Lehman Doctrine set the stage for engagement policy against Soviet aggression. The foremost point was gaining Maritime supremcy. This goal resulted in a significant increase in aircraft carriers going from 12 to 15 by 1990 and was consider the best weapon for offensive operations. Aircraft carriers were covenanted because they were versatile, could survive all but direct nuclear hits, and sufferred few political constraints. The aircraft carrier was the most secure storage site for nuclear weapons. The Lehman Doctrine was both offensive in orientation and offensive in its suggested use of force. It was suggested that in a conflict against Soviet aggression the U.S would target soviet fleets, coastal installations, inner areas of industry, and threaten the potential adversary in the most secure areas. The usage of attack submarines would immediately suppress Soviet nuclear strikes from sea and battleships would devastate land areas from a distance. Reagan further sought alliances with the People's Republic of China against Soviet forces. In South Korea, 207,000 troops were place in the DMZ to put North Korea on the Defensive. It is believed in a surge that there will be strong reliance on nuclear weapons in a crunch meaning usage of nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear adversary. South Korea has the option too use DMZ nucs to stop or stun an attack from the North. A package weapon of two atomic demolation mines, 30 artillery, and 5-10 aircraft. The premise is that a small scale nuclear conflict could be survived and won.

Over extension results in a decline in power, so more dependancy on allies will be needed. Nuclear clashes means nuclear immediancy. Localized clashes can immediately escalate into a full scale nuclear scenerio. In 1980, there were 25,000 nuclear warheads. The Pentagon relied heavily on nuclear weapons in its war planning. The logical concludes in annihilation and is self-destructive. If any survive they will hate the scientist and intellects that drove them into obscurity. Nuclear weapons provide the power for coercive diplomacy. The author suggest the ICBMs would be the first target of submarine lauched atomic weapons. The Pacific Basin has become the American Lake and ironically the Soviet Lake. Each side chases the other in their dangerous game of cat and mouse. The nuclear battle could start at sea. The ICBM vulnerablity would amplify a preemptive annihilation strike as the military would wish to use them and not lose them.

I want to know alot more about Sumerians

This is a great introductory book for anyone who wants to study African American's influence on Black Catholic History. It raises many important key issues about the past, current, and future presence of Blacks in the Catholic Church.

From the review of Edmund Conti: "What kind of poetry can you expect from an Irishman who has been a wheelbarrow maker, a draughtsman, a fly fisherman and a rare chess book auctioneer? You might be surprised. Or you might not be if you also knew he won the prestigious Willard R. Espy Foundation award for light verse and in addition was a featured poetry in Light Quarterly. In any event, be prepared for topics ranging from the aerodynamics of falling cats to braille messages left via bullet holes. Just be ready to laugh. Out loud. Jim Hayes is a master craftsman who writes genuinely funny poems. Genuine. And funny."

BATS IN FORESTS: CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT is a pick for any college-level library strong in natural history and conservation issues and offers a narrowed environmental focus on forest bats. Bats in caves are the common focus, but more than half of bat species in North America depend upon and uses forests for roosting, so forest health is essential to bat conservation, and this in-depth coverage of both will prove a key reference for any collection strong in ecology issues in general and bat conservation in particular.

I use this book all the time as an artist and a teacher. I wish there were a book for each one of the fantastic artists in the book, but so glad that here is a book about us (Black Women) by us (Black Women). The reproductions are many and excellent. A great introduction to Black Women doing art that get exposure on a more national scale

Excellent book about what is happening in college today, especially in the HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities).

Most Whites in America never experience what Harry Browne--the lead character in this novel--sees and goes through at an HBCU.

Whites naively think the best of Blacks. This book offers a warts and all view of Blacks in action on their own turf. It's not the lovely integrationist picture that Whites want to believe is happening across the U.S.

Nor do most Whites ever become targets of reverse racism and other kinds of discrimination that Harry, the novel's narrator, becomes the focus of.

Turns out multiculturalism isn't inclusive. It's a cover for Black self-promotion.

Great book. A true story that should be read by everyone who cares about education and race relations in America today.