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Life's Healing Choices: Freedom from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits
Published in Hardcover by Howard Books (2007-08-21)
Author: John Baker
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Life's Healing Choices
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-28
If you are on the road of recovery or if you are searching for answers as you face the challenges of life, Life's Healing Choices is a practical book to help you find hope as you overcome the hurts, habits and hang-ups that we all face in some way on another in this life.

The Pathway to Peace
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-25
As the Serenity Prayer denotes "accepting hardship as a pathway to peace", this book helps us to understand why we struggle and how; with God's help we can overcome those struggles. The book is a great read and in a very non-threatening way revels how much God really loves and wants to help us. I recommend it to everyone.

Not Alone
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-10
This is a well written book for anyone dealing with personal issues. In a simple to understand common language. After reading this book I felt sure God really did care about me and I believe you will also.

A Solution For An Abundant Life For All!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-29
Life's Healing Choices is an excellent read for anyone who is struggling with a hurt, habit or hangup or knows someone who is struggling. John Baker takes an honest look at the issues facing people today and offers hope and solutions for living a full and abundant life. The testimonies in Life's Healing Choices demonstrate that, no matter what circumstances we may find ourselves in, there is a solution. A must read!

A Great Read
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2008-01-29
Pastor John Baker has done a tremendous job of providing a source of growth and encouragement with Lifes Healing Choices. A long-standing fan of his Celebrate Recovery materials, he once again has done a great job of providing a pathway of healing through this book. I would recommend this book to anyone who may be looking for answers to lifes many struggles.

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Lo que marca la diferencia: Convierta su actitud en su posesion mas valiosa
Published in Paperback by Grupo Nelson (2006-08-29)
Author: John C. Maxwell
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Great Book!!!
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Review Date: 2007-08-09
Great book, must read for anyone that loves missionary type stories. Power of God is displayed in this young man's life. Fantastic.

A powerful and inspiring book
Helpful Votes: 11 out of 12 total.
Review Date: 2005-06-02
This true story is testimony to the fact that miracles still occur. I was very inspired to exercise my own faith in the face of great opposition. Vanya's faith was such that he almost seemed naive to the problems of being so open as he was in a Soviet system.

What a testimony!

-doug

Powerful!
Helpful Votes: 30 out of 30 total.
Review Date: 2003-09-16
This is a book about God's faithfulness to His own in spite of suffering, persecution and death. It is about one man's relationship with the Living God, to whom he had abandonded himself totally. It's a book about what is truly important and worth clinging to when there is absolutely no other hope. I read the story of Ivan Moisyev years ago with tears, awe and humility and the memory of Ivan's story of faith, suffering and, ultimately, martyrdom for the cause of Christ still haunts me. It left behind on my soul the burning questions, "If I were faced with such terrible persecution how would I respond? Would I remain faithful to Christ to the point of death? Could I really love and forgive those who might so terribly persecute me?". All these years later I'm left with the challenge to be willing to surrender everything, including my life to God in Christ.[...]

Serving God and country in the Soviet Army
Helpful Votes: 46 out of 46 total.
Review Date: 2005-07-19
Vanya was a young man drafted into the Soviet Army in 1970. He had been a believer for only two years, but during that time he had internalized the Scriptures, even though he didn't even own a Bible. His first priority upon arriving in the Ukraine for Basic Training was to find a private place to pray each morning. Thus before he had been in the Army for a week he was already in trouble for his religion.
This book chronicles, using the God's-eye view approach to telling the story, the relentless persecution that followed, culminating in his heroic death by torture for refusing to recant. Fearless before the might of the Evil Empire, Vanya was the stone upon which many stumbled and were broken, but only became more hardened to all efforts to conform him to the Soviet Ideal. Though plagued by doubts, Vanya found his faith miraculously strengthed in his darkest hours, and left behind a trail of new believers and demoralized interrogators wherever he was taken.

His death accomplished what his life couldn't: the Soviet Army admitted defeat and never again applied its utmost force to a believer in hopes of turning him from the faith.

A Powerful and Stirring True Story...Wow!
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-25
I loved this book; the adventure, the trials and triumphs, and the amazing ending. A fascinating story from beginning to end. It is another favorite in my personal library. A treasure!

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LOVE, LIES AND JESSICA WAKEFIELD (SWEET VALLEY UNIVERSITY S.)
Published in Paperback by BANTAM JUVENILE (1995)
Author: LAURIE JOHN
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Great....
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Review Date: 2006-04-02
This book was really good. In this book Jessica is with the mysterious Mike McAllery. Her friends, Isabella, and her brother Steven warn her about Mike. Saying he drinks constantly and has a diffrent women around for every day. But is all of that true? And when Jessica and Mike are alone together, does Jessica do something drastic? Elizabeth is still trying to recover from her horrible breakup from her x boyfriend, Todd Wilkins. But now Todd has a new girlfriend, Lauren Hill, and life is going good for him. But when Elizabeth uncovers a scandel about the athletes, how will it efect Todd. And could he possibly be involved? And does he also do something with his new girlfriend?The thing liz wouldin't have with todd...sex? This time Liz and Jessic look diffrent. Liz has turned to food for comfort and has packed on the pounds. But does she actually have feelings for someone? Tom vowed never to love anyone again but when he meets Liz will everything change? Winston is living it up at college. But in a all girls dorm! All of his faternity pals are treating diffrent, well of course they would since they want ot meet all of the girls Winstion knows. And what happens between Denise and Winston. Is there something going on between them. Snobby Celine, Liz's roomate, is up to some tricks. She wants the mysterious Wiliam White to herself but she might be a little to late. Could he actually have a thing for Liz? This was a really great book so get it. You won't be disapointed.

Liz. . . .The Tub?
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Review Date: 2006-01-12
This book was really good. I love Liz, and feel sorry for her now that she is pudgy and
can't fit any of her clothes from when she was The Liz Wakefield. Here are changes:
Depressed, tubby, looks like a sassuage in her sheath, on a diet. I hate Todd for
doing this to her! All the things he dated her in and thought she looked beautiful
in can't fit! I will look forward to a time where she will be fit and happy.

A little heavy, but when did Franchine ever fail?
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Review Date: 2006-01-10
Aaaaaahhh. Frachine knocks off the Wakefields-are-perfect stuff. As Elizabeth puts it,
''only one of the Waefield twins were a perfect size six, and it wasn't Elizabeth.''
In SVH, Liz was always thin. Jessica was aways dieting. But now Liz is on a diet, because
she put on so much wieght. I roared my head off when Liz was trying to get into the
sheath! On to Tom. Liz sounds perfect for him. They've had their worlds turned upside down since the got to college, so their a little scared approach their new selves.
I love this book.

Jessica and Mike get closer
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-14
Jessica moves in with Mike McAllery and sleeping with him,She has sex with him the first time,Alexandra is now one of Jessica's friends[Sound familiar] kind of like Amy Sutton from 6th Grade She was Elizabeth's best friend,then when she moved away,then when she returned to Sweet Valley,she and Elizabeth had nothing in common as 11th graders,She was boy-crazy as Jessica,and a Cheerleader. Alexandra is in Theta Sorority,and she and Elizabeth drifted apart.Why Can't I find friends so easy at Mott? Elizabeth meets Nina Harper,a black student. Todd dates this girl named Lauren,and has Sex with her.

Great Book
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2002-10-13
This book raises alot of questions about what will happen to Jessica and Elizabeth. Jessica is looked down on for sleeping with and over at Mike's House.

John
The Man with the Iron Tattoo and Other True Tales of Uncommon Wisdom: What Our Patients Have Taught Us about Love, Faith and Healing
Published in Paperback by Benbella Books (2007-11-01)
Authors: John E. Castaldo and Lawrence P. Levitt
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Heart warming
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Review Date: 2008-01-27
I learned about this book after reading about Dr Castaldo's son's accident in Catholic Digest. I ordered the book and once I started reading the book I couldn't put it down. A must read book. I'm passing it on to my daughter who is going into the medical field. It renews one's faith in doctors who really do care. Lorraine Schoedler, Allentown, PA

Well spent time
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Review Date: 2007-10-31
Excellent reading, should be required for any one entering the medical profession. These stories explain why we go into medicine

great book
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Review Date: 2007-09-19
I bought this book after reading an excerpt of the story about David in Catholic Digest. This is a very enjoyable book and definitely should be read by health care providers.
Greg .. a dentist

Definitely worth reading!
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Review Date: 2007-05-08
I must caution readers that this review may be biased - Dr. John Castaldo has been a close personal friend for over 20 years.

To me the book is more than stories of love, faith and healing. It's the story of two human beings who, as they become more skilled as physicians, struggle to become more human, in a profession that is simultaneously life-and-death, and often dehumanizing.

I visited John daily while his son David was in the hospital. I remember the hundreds of cuts on David's body, and the grief expressed by John and his family. But I also remember his determination that David would recover.

This is not a superstar ("look at all the great things I did") type of book. There are successes mixed with sadness, and perhaps failures. But that is the human drama of life. The book is worth buying and reading.

Doctors Learn From Their Patients
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-24
In this book, two neurologists recall memorable cases in their practices and events in their personal lives where their patients taught them valuable lessons about life. The stories reveal very human and humorous aspects of these eminent physicians' personalities. Some of the accounts are sad, others almost incredible, and still others will have you chuckling and shaking your head. In many chapters, the spotlight shines on the patients - not on the doctors. This is a unique book with stories you will want to share with family and friends.

John
The New Kid on the Block
Published in Hardcover by Greenwillow (2007-10-01)
Author: Jack Prelutsky
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Homework, oh homework
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Review Date: 2008-03-21
Have you ever considered the advantages to having your nose on your face? Or what life is like for a boneless chicken? Or lamented a night of homework? Then this book is for you! Jack Prelutsky's collection 107 poems are silly, catchy, and classic. Readers bounce from poem to poem, carried along by James Stevenson's squiggly illustrations. Though this is a fast read, Prelutsky's odd characters, like the Underwater Wibblies and Drumpp the Grump, will keep you giggling.

These quirky poems will entertain readers both young and old. Prelutsky's poems are made for reading aloud, and audiences will enjoy listening to the made-up names and punchlines. Stevenson's artwork, which can also be found in The New Yorker, fits perfectly with the singsong style of the poems. The black and white drawings wobble and flutter around the text, interacting with it. Prelutsky's work, combined with Shel Silverstein's, makes for an excellent introduction into the world of poetry for young readers.

4th/5th Grade Class at Adams Elementary, Seattle
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-26
This is a great book to share with friends and families because it is funny and a lot of the poems seem true to what kids are thinking and feeling. Some of our favorites were, "An Alleycat with One Life Left," "Homework! Oh, Homework!," "The Nothing-Doings," and "I Wonder Why Dad is so Thoroughly Mad." This is a great book for everyone!

Excellent and my daughter loves it!
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-09
My child came home from her gifted/talented school requesting the book. She loved it in her classroom and has already read most of it.

Poems kids love!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-13
This book introduced my son to poetry at age eight and he became an avid fan. He became so enthralled with poetry that he began to write poetry himself. He even wrote a very insightful poem as one of his college entrance essays. Prelutsky retains his inner child and writes from a child's point of view--hard for children to resist. A must have for your home library.

Poetry can be fun!
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2005-10-19
I think that this a great way to introduce poetry to kids that may believe it to be boring or stuffy. My son would ask me to read these to him over and over. We did a lot of giggling over some of them.

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The Peloponnesian War
Published in Mass Market Paperback by McGraw-Hill (1982-05-01)
Author: Thucydides
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a pioneering genius of history and the political science of war
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-27
It is always difficult and challenging to pick up what is regarded as a classic and read through it in a naive manner, not as a specialist but as an amateur who just wants to learn. There are always surprises.
In contrast to the looser Herodotus, his near contemporary, Thucydides sought to record an "objective truth" of the great war between Athens and Sparta, in the 5C BC. He consulted multiple sources and carefully judged what to include and what not to include, ito establish an idea of what really happened. While some of the forms, such as elaborately made-up speeches as a study in rhetoric, differ from what we would do today, he set a new standard for accuracy. THe result is a work of genius, the first serious attempt at writing history rather than merely storytelling.

Reading this is not always fun. There are long sections that are lists of occurences, with references to individuals who appear and disappear without followup. But there are also penetrating analyses of remarkable characters, such as Perikles, Alcibiades, and other great generals, who became reference points to the present day. Thucydides also broached the subject of political science as history - how institutions actually functioned - in new ways, with demonstrations of how the unleashing of passions led to their corruption or distortion. Finally, there are chilling sections with timeless insight in human conduct in war, with the full horror of the breakdown of all order and law.

THis translation is also sufficintely readable, far better than the turbid one I first read in college. THucydides is quite eloquent in this version.

Recommended as one of the great classics of Western literature. It is a work of genius so great that it is still relevant and vivid.

Good source for history class
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-11
I used this book for an introductory History class. It is a great supplement to the study of the Greek periods. It has a nice glossory in the back for unusual terms, as well as helpful maps. Some of the text is a bit dry, but the reading is not very difficult.

Lessons for Modern Times
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-08-13
The history of the Peloponnesian is a brilliant account of a classic war that began as a preemptive attack on Athens by Sparta to prevent the domination of the Greeks by the Athenians. The war began in the year 427 BC and ended 27 years later with the defeat of Athens by Sparta. This history however is only up to the 21st year of the war. Although there are several translations of the work I selected the translation by Thomas Hobbes the 17th century philosopher. It is the first done in the English language. Thucydides was a soldier on the Athenian side which in a sense puts a lie to the common notion that it is the winners of war who write history. The war was finally won by Sparta, powerful on land, and an oligarchy with a communal outlook on life defeating Athens with the strongest navy in the world, and a democracy with an individualistic outlook on life. Ironically it is Sparta's eventual mastery of the sea that defeated the Athenians. Whether or not this bodes ill for America remains to be seen. History is not over.

Thucydides relates not only the battles of the war in some detail describing tactics and the individuals involved, but also the strategy and the politics. There is intrigue, treason, broken alliances, and hubris. The winners of a battle rarely show mercy and treason is dealt with harshly with often entire towns put to the sword or enslaved. Among the combatants there is respect for the strong and contempt for the weak. Truces are often held to bury the dead because the dead are respected by all.

Unlike Homer's Illiad written about one thousand years earlier Thucydides does not mention the gods as having a say in the outcome of the war. While religion is a factor it is not a determining factor in the conduct and outcome of the war. One could argue that Thucydides is a secular account of history whereas Homer is a more religious account.

Thucydides should be mandatory reading and study for all white males between the ages of 16 and 18 of above average IQ. The History will prepares them for war and instill in them the desire and willingness to defeat the enemy. It teaches contempt for the enemy which is a valuable attitude in war. Pericles funeral oration to the Athenians is the most inspiring and most moving speech ever given. The resemblance of this speech to the Gettysburg address is obvious and leads one to conclude that if Pericles could inspire Abraham Lincoln in his thinking then Thucydides' History did so likewise and influenced the strategy and the eventual outcome of the Civil War including the period of reconstruction. The contrast between the Spartan outlook on life and that of the Athenians to the adversaries in all subsequent wars up to the present war on terror is striking indeed. There are lessons still to be learned from the Peloponnesian War and woe to those that fail to learn these lessons.

Greatest of All Greek Historians
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-25
The greatest of all Greek historians was the Athenian general Thucydides (455-400 B.C.E.). Thucydides' classic work, "History Of The Peloponnesian War", provides us with the historical framework for 5th century Greece, a golden age of intellectual achievement and creativity rarely equaled in human history. This history is by far the best account of the bitter war between Athens and Sparta as well as the only surviving contemporary record of the rise of the Athenian empire. Thucydides as a master storyteller does not just cover the battle scenes; he records the great political speeches of Pericles, leader of Athens, and Lysander leader of Sparta with great acumen. He is recognized as the first historian to actually go and get eyewitness accounts, visit battlefieilds and research documents and records. This work took him over 20 years and it shows!

The lessons he teaches about imperial over reaching and unreasonable peace settlements are prescient today as they were during his times. President Woodrow Wilson, read this book on his voyage across the Atlantic to the Versailles Peace Conference and vociferously fought the other Allies in making unreasonable demands of the Germans. Wilson learned the dangers that the world would be placed in by backing the Germans into a corner politically and economically from Thucydides book.

As a graduate student in philosophy and history, I heartily recommend this timeless classic to anyone who is interested in political philosophy, and history. I also recommend you read it with David Cartwright's "A Historical Commentary On Thucydides."

Get the Real Story
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-26
No book has kept me up at night or occupied my thoughts in the past decade more than Thucydides. The story told here is stunningly and disturbingly relevant for any American. Sparta vs Athens seems an allegory for the conflict between traditional America, of our first hundred years or so, and modern, progressive America from about 1900 onward. Its no allegory of course, and the realization that history repeats itself gives the work an importance that no book can match.

I recall in college taking one of those Intellectual History survey courses required of incoming freshman. We were all assigned to read Perikles funeral oration as an example of how like our society Athens was and of course, how noble that likeness made the two societies. We weren't, of course, assigned the entire book, just the oration out of context. When I finally got around to reading Thucydides years later, I thought back to that course and wanted my tuition money back!

Read the original text. Political writers and propagandists of all stripes make reference to Thucydides to give weight to their views. Don't trust their interpretations. Read for yourself and decide. Skip the commentaries and translations and go right to page one of the text.

John
People of Legend: Native Americans of the Southwest
Published in Paperback by Backinprint.com (2000-08)
Author: John Annerino
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PUBLISHER ANNOTATION: AUTHORS GUILD BACKINPRINT.COM EDITION
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Review Date: 2000-09-10
[Backcover Review]: "PEOPLE OF LEGEND by acclaimed photojournalist and author John Annerino is a stunning and evocative portrait of Native America and the mystical landscapes they call home. "This largely photographic essay...offers a rare glimpse of coming of age ceremonies and feasts, and vivid re-enactments of ancient dances."-San Francisco Chronicle. "Contemporary Native American culture is revealed by a photojournalist who spent over 20 years exploring the Southwest...a stunning visual display of modern tribes and people: a blend of cultural history and art book."-Reviewers Bookwatch. "Annerino's work is outstanding." -Arizona Daily Star. "PEOPLE OF LEGEND tells a history, in words and pictures, that we all need to know." -American Photo Magazine. "Extraordinary."-Sandia Review." [Backcover Bio]: "Praised by Newsweek as one of the finest photographers of the West, John Annerino has worked in the frontier of Old Mexico and the American West for two decades. The Washington Post has lauded his "reverant and ravishing photographs," The Denver Post described his work as "fabulous," Publishers Weekly calls it "stunning." Represented by Gamma-Liaison, Annerino's credits include Time, Life, Newsweek, and Scientific American, among many prestigious publications worldwide. The author of nine books, Annerino's works include the critically acclaimed 1999 border saga DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS and his new photo/art book on American cowboys and cowgirls, ROUGHSTOCK: THE TOUGHEST EVENTS IN RODEO."

PUBLISHER ANNOTATION: AUTHORS GUILD BACKINPRINT.COM EDITION
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Review Date: 2000-09-10
[Backcover Review]: "PEOPLE OF LEGEND by acclaimed photojournalist and author John Annerino is a stunning and evocative portrait of Native America and the mystical landscapes they call home. "This largely photographic essay...offers a rare glimpse of coming of age ceremonies and feasts, and vivid re-enactments of ancient dances."-San Francisco Chronicle. "Contemporary Native American culture is revealed by a photojournalist who spent over 20 years exploring the Southwest...a stunning visual display of modern tribes and people: a blend of cultural history and art book."-Reviewers Bookwatch. "Annerino's work is outstanding." -Arizona Daily Star. "PEOPLE OF LEGEND tells a history, in words and pictures, that we all need to know." -American Photo Magazine. "Extraordinary."-Sandia Review." [Backcover Bio]: "Praised by Newsweek as one of the finest photographers of the West, John Annerino has worked in the frontier of Old Mexico and the American West for two decades. The Washington Post has lauded his "reverant and ravishing photographs," The Denver Post described his work as "fabulous," Publishers Weekly calls it "stunning." Represented by Gamma-Liaison, Annerino's credits include Time, Life, Newsweek, and Scientific American, among many prestigious publications worldwide. The author of nine books, Annerino's works include the critically acclaimed 1999 border saga DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS and his new photo/art book on American cowboys and cowgirls, ROUGHSTOCK: THE TOUGHEST EVENTS IN RODEO."

Acclaimed author and photojournalist.
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Review Date: 1999-11-09
Acclaimed author and photojournalist John Annerino is known for his high-risk journeys through the frontiers of Mexico and the American Southwest, seeking stories untold and photos unseen. For the past two decades, with his pen and his camera, he has told the stories of indigenous people -- their struggles and triumphs, their political strife and quiet dignity. His chronicles about the Tarahumara [WHERE SPIRITS STILL DANCE, in press] and Inde [APACHE: The Sacred Path to Womanhood, Marlowe & Co.], and his journeys across the desert with Mexican citizens looking for work in the United States [DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS: Crossing America's Desert Borderlands, Four Walls Eight Windows], can be found in several books as well as in frequent articles. Annerino share[s] his journeys and experiences, reflecting on how indigenous cultures have retained their traditions while dealing with outside influences. -Heard Museum

Quality.
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Review Date: 1999-11-09
PEOPLE OF LEGEND. Annerino's book examines Indians' ties to land...A dozen figures raise crooked sticks toward the twilight sky. In the shot, Annerino manages to bring an almost monumental quality to the circle of students at San Simon High School, on the western edge of the Tohono O'odham reservation, as they play the ancient stickball game. At first glance, it appears to be some ancient ceremony. In a way it is. "I wanted to show the spirituality of the game of toka for the Tohono O'odham," Annerino said. -Daily Star

Superb photographs -- all of them rich of dreams.
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-11-08
I am a Norwegian journalist/photographer and I have just by chance discovered the impressive book PEOPLE OF LEGEND. Superb photographs -- all of them rich of dreams and poesi. I myself have always dreamed of visiting Arizona and especially the sacred mountains of my childhood heroes, the Western Apache -- and today centuries later -- I share a universal sadness for what happened to the indigenous people. For me their care and understanding of the nature/environment has been an important inspiration in my participation to preserve rivers and mountains in my homeland Norway. At this moment we are trying to save the last river system in south of Norway -- producing super 35 movie -- a documentary -- and hopefully a photoexebition next summer. There are a lot of people around who care for mother earth and this book is a valuable contribution.

John
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
Published in Hardcover by Houghton Mifflin (2002-03-25)
Author: John Fleischman
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Science buffs will love this one.
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Review Date: 2008-07-02
Phineas Gage survived for about 10 years after a 13-pound iron rod shot through his brain while he was working on building a railroad. The events of September 13, 1848 changed not only Gage's life, but the course of brain science as well.

The author mixes accounts of Gage's life before and after the accident with scientific explanations. Illustrations such as photographs, drawings, and diagrams help explain Gage's life and how the brain works.

Cool Facts
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Review Date: 2008-03-01
The book is based on real life events, and the author does a great job in explaining them. I bought the book so I could use it as an example for my presentation on traumatic brain injuries; I got an A!!!
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

So Interesting!
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Review Date: 2007-03-30
This book gives the plain facts on Phineas Gage. In 1848, Gage, a railroad foreman, suffers an accident in which a 13 lb. iron rod shoots completely through his skull. Phineas doesn't even lose consciousness. He sits outside on a porch chatting it up while waiting for the doctor to arrive. Even with the limited neuroscience information avaible in this time, Gage survived to live a somewhat normal life, but his personality was completely changed, which sparked a lot of thought and innovation in the study of the brain. This novel gives the plain facts regarding this astonishing slice of American history, outlining the accident, and Phineas' life story. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a short but thorough account of the Phineas Gage story.

Lucky or Unlucky?
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Review Date: 2007-02-02
At the beginning of the book you are told to pay attention and at the end, decide whether or not Mr. Gage was lucky or not. This book was fantastic. I'm not a blood and guts person, and I thought this book would be ALL blood and guts. This book turned out to be better than expected. The text is easy to understand, and Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science had phenominal pictures. I would suggest this book to anyone.

Phineas's pipe momment
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-11-28
This is a very cool/or sad story. It took place in Vermont in 1848. In a mine working with explosives, Phineas was working and a pile of pipes were about 13 feet away when explosives went off and a pipe went threw Phineas's head and he survived. This story is great for ages anyone 11 to 13.

The book is mainly about brain science. This book shows where the accident happened and how doctors learned more about the human brain. It also shows what part of the brain controls what in or out of your body. It shows how the pipe went in his head and it shows it from different angles. I think that the book is a thrill ride threw the human brain. John Fleischman's writing is fantastic. The Pipe is their to, right in the book and on it these words are printed, "This is the bar that went threw Phinea's head on September 14th, 1848." The weird thing is that Phineas lived for 10 more years after he got the pipe through his head. At first it was about Phineas's life but then it told about the brain of Phineas and how the pipe went through his head. The book is GREAT.

John
Power From God To Forgive
Published in Paperback by John L. Young (2000-03-31)
Author: John L. Young
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Powerful testimony
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Review Date: 2008-01-09
This book brought to mind the words of our Savior "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." The power to forgive comes not only in not holding a grudge but in also loving and wanting the best for those who have wronged us. With raw honesty, Evangelist Young shows that the true power to forgive comes from a loving relationship with God through the power of His Holy Spirit. More than that, however, it is a poignant revelation that God's desire is for all of us to love as He loves and to live victoriously through Him. This is an honest, reflective look at a victorious life in the Spirit. It is a balm for those who have been hurt. This is not about an incident but a journey to the release that comes through loving and forgiving through the power of the Holy Spirit. Evangelist Young has given a powerful testimony filled with insight into the Word. This inspirational work points to the purpose God has for each of us and the confidence we can have in the power to overcome anything through the Him. I couldn't put it down and wait anxiously for the next work.

Self-Growth
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Review Date: 2006-06-22
The Power of Forgiveness demonstrates that using forgiveness and putting other's needs above your own can provide self-growth. John gives no illusion that forgiving someone is an easy task, but lets the reader know that it can be done. He shows that with God's help, we can be subjected to horrible things and yet live through them with dignity and a greater sense of wisdom and maturity. This book has a unique approach in the fact that by forgiving his wife, John gave his children a chance for a more confident future without being burdened by having to choose one parent over the other. This book speaks of using one's strengths and inward capabilities to overcome obstacles in life.

My Eyes are Open Now
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Review Date: 2005-05-21
This book was written with much careful thought and planning. It shows that even a man of God can go through trials and tribulations and come out as pure gold. I wish that everyone would read this book so that we can have power from God to forgive. Roman 12:21 says "Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." I'm glad that I read the book. It showed me that no matter what I go through, I should forgive. It helped me to learn that the person you love the most can hurt you, but to forgive them and move on. God has ordered John's steps with His Word. He will be blessed abundantly.

Forgive
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Review Date: 2003-10-29
This is one book I could not put down. For many of us who
do not know how to forgive, cease to forgive, will not or have
not forgiven or has ask or never ask for forgiveness, forgave, and was forgiven- please read. With impact on the heart, mind, and soul- it introduces knowledge of self and self awareness from a individual to a "wholistic" perspective.

Forgive
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Review Date: 2003-10-29
This is one book I could not put down. For people who cannot forgive, ceases to forgive, never ask for forgiveness, willing to forgive, has forgave, wants to forgive- please read. With an impact on your heart, mind and soul, it introduces knowledge of self and self awareness from a individual and wholistic perspective to forgive foe or friend.

John
Prisoner of Cabin 13 (Sabrina The Teenage Witch #11)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Simon Spotlight Entertainment (1998-06-01)
Author: John Vornholt
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Little horrors will love it!!!
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Review Date: 2001-10-03
Sabrinas Aunts apply her for a Summer camp consellor job. They put her down as having many other jobs alike elsewhere which is a lie. So welcome the highest consellor theyve ever had. So shes put in charge of cabin 13- the troublemakers cabin. But when they get too much she puts them under an obedience spell. Can she keep it up though when they are losing every competition?

Spellbound
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Review Date: 2001-07-26
Sabrina's lonely. Harvey's away to Europe with his Mum + Dad and Libby's flanting it in France.So her aunts zap a counselor résumé that makes her sound brilliant. So Sabrina and stowaway Salem are off 2 Camp Bearclaw.Then there's the bad news. She get cabin 13. the trouble-maker cabin.So food fights and running aways are a daily occurous.But so Sabrina finally loses her temper and cast a spell to make her camper act like angels. But her campers are 2 good. Can Sabrina win the Tug of War competition? And can she remove the spell? Read and find out!

Great, a must read!
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Review Date: 2000-04-03
This was definetly one of the best Sabrina books. It wascreative and funny. I really liked it a lot, and if you read it, youshould like it too.

totally and truley the best
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-29
ive read about 15 of the sabrina books and this is my favorite it even beats showdown at the mall. Its so good like all of john vornholt's books, as my favorite buffy the vampire slayer book is 'coyote moon' also written by john vornholt hes a great orthor. i think what makes the book good is it has comedy,romance,fun ect all in one book also its easy to relate to if you have been to summer camp. This is definatley my favorite and ive read many.

Sabrina does it again
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2000-06-04
This is THE best Sabrina book of them all. Sabrina uses herwit, diplomacy and just a little magic to tame the wildest bunch ofkids at her summer camp. If you like Sabrina, read this book first.


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