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IF YOU NEED INFO ON THIS SUBJECT THIS BOOK IS A MUST. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY

IF YOU NEED INFO ON THIS SUBJECT THIS BOOK IS A MUST. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY

Janet Jones' memoir is a reflective and thoughtful journey through her life, told through the lens of spiritual growth. Christian or not, her story allows a poignant glimpse at God in our lives, and how we see God working in our lives. Touching and charming stories of life in the south lead the reader on a quite invigorating trip through one woman's quest to know herself and know her God. I'd recommend this book to anyone wanting an intimate and unique portrait of faith and life.

This book organizes and enlightens the quest for understanding the quest for Christian love. It follows Mrs Jones in her journey through life and the stages of belief. Full of wonderful philosophy.

Welshman Jones Griffiths is one of the world's foremost photojounralists, and it's hard to believe that this is first book in since his highly influential 1971 work "Vietnam, Inc." This collection opens with a six striking early portraits from Wales and England in the 1950s-60s. The most memorable is of a litlte boy about to smash a large rock on top of a pian aso left in a scrap heap. These represent his budding career taking shots in his spare time, and are remarkable for the amount of expression he is able to capture, whether it's on the faces of weary coal miners, wary schoolchildren, or waiting mourners.

Following a laudatory introduction by New Yorker writer Murray Sayle, the bulk of the book is comprised of Jones Griffiths' international work, undertaken as a member (and president) of the presitgious Magnum photographers cooperative. His photography is informed by a strong sense of compassion and empathy for the victims of opression and war. The compositions are strong and many of the images are loaded with stark symbolism. From the very front of the book we get shots of a fat white missionary in knee high socks standing amidst natives in New Guinea, scantily clad European tourists lounging with drinks by a river in Gambia, a white Rhodesian golfer considering her shot with three black caddies and the African savannah in the background.

His series of ten photos from Northern Ireland in the early '70s is loaded with surreal and striking images: a soldier crouches behind a wall in a garden while a woman mows the lawn right behind him; another soldier is prone behind sandbags on a street while women push strollers past him; one of the best portraits in the book is of a grim-faced paratrooper reloads a CS gun. A middle section is scattered with a hodgepodge of images from around the world from the 60s to the early 90s. The book ends with forty images from Vietnam and Camodia, most of which are from his three years there during the war and also appear in Vietnam, Inc.

Defintely a must have for anyone interested in photojournalism.

Phillip Jones Griffiths is one of the greatest living photographers today. This is no small achievement, and can only be clearly understood examining his photographs.
Griffiths is probably best known for his book "Vietnam, Inc." (many of those photographs are included in this edition) but many of his greatest are contained in this superb volume, including some images of the weary, haunted faces of the children of Wales, his birthplace.
Being Welsh, and on the recieving end of British expansionism, Griffiths clearly sympathises (and rightly so) with the Vietnamise civilians (on the recieving end of French AND American expansionism)whose pleading expressions demonstrate clearly how much Americans were "helping" them evade the "evil grip of communism".
If I were to own ONE book of photographs, I would without hesitation choose this volume, for it's images are not only an important documentation of one of the darkest pieces of American history, but an amazing and invaluable work of art.

"Dasher Gets Adopted," is a valuable book about loyalty and compassion for all ages. It tells the story in easy to understand language and introduces children to greyhound rescue and the responsibility of dog ownership. Owlsbooks was wonderful. Would purchase from them again!

I recommend this book to families everywhere who wish to tell a young child a story about love, trust, and the value of believing in your hopes, dreams and wishes. "Dasher Gets Adopted" follows the adventures of a young Greyhound dog who is adopted by a loving family. While trying to adjust to her new surroundings and family, Dasher makes mistakes, feels guilty and is sometimes afraid of what will happen to her. However, her new family doesn't scold her or make her feel guilty. They teach her about her new surroundings, and let her feel their love through patience and example. Trying to "fit in" to any new circumstance can be just as scarey for a young child, as it is for an adult.

Greyhounds, like young children, are fast on their feet, especially when they are headed into a dangerous situation they have no knowledge of. When an open door presents itself, Dasher enters an unprotected world. Will she survive?

You must read the ending to this wonderful story to embrace the full meaning of one family's love. I trust that you will see many of your own life's experiences showcased in this precious book.

A lighthearted story with deep inner meaning. I highly recommend "Dasher Gets Adopted." It can help a child understand self-worth, expectations, disappointments, victory, trust and love.

Nancy Drew has got a pound of problems! She won a really cool prize for Chocolate Chip, her chocolate lab puppy at a party held at the Dashing Dog Salon. It's a one-of-a-kind collar decorated with bone-shaped rhinestones, and lots of people wanted it!

But, who wanted it enough to steal it?

The suspects and clues are piling up, and Nancy Drew is going to need her trusty blue notebook to eliminate them one by one, until the case of the Dashing Dog is cracked!

Carolyn Keene always knows how to write an exciting story with a setting sure to appeal to her target audience.

Nice update to the series. They are a bit short, but my 9yo daughter likes to blow thru these.

This book is great for many ages and reading levels, it shows how two kids, who are almost compleate opisites, learn to become friends and help each other out through hurts, and happy times. Every one I had read this book loved it, and read it more than once, and I read it four times. This book is something I'm glad I own!

I read this book 4 times, and everyone I gave it to read it twice or more! It's a book that you would want to own, not just borrow.

For several years now, a new range war has erupted in the western states. Despite what is claimed on a certain "reality" television show, fire is not the lifeblood of the tribe. Water is and is the issue in the modern day range war that remains out of most media coverage despite the far-reaching implications.

The battle over water supplies now and in the future is causing major problems in the west. Beyond the fact that former deserts now have lush golf resorts, it is a fact that as the population in major cities continues to swell, water is more and more in short supply, Since water crosses political boundaries above and below ground, it is up to nations to work out ways of accommodating the scarce supply.

One way of doing this is by treaty such as the one between Mexico and the United States originally enacted in 1944. Under the treaty, Mexico is to release water which would eventually flow into the Rio Grande along the Texas/Mexico border. As those of us living in Texas know, instead, despite the many promises of Mexican President Fox to do so, they haven't released the water. Because of that fact as well as a massive multi year drought, the Rio Grande has become a river in name only. Much of the year it is nothing more than a trickle at best. The drought and treaty is the backdrop for this latest effort from Allana Martin.

In this sixth book of the series, it has been six weeks since the death of Commissioner Zanjiv Mehendru who was head of the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. He had sided with Mexico in the dispute recently angering many of the locals and earning him the derisive name "River Master." In this arid hard scrabble land around Presidio in deep Southwest Texas, his behavior as well as other actions he had undertaken were not met with appreciation and instead for many, made their lives harder as decades of behavior were suddenly against the law overnight. His death in Mexico six weeks ago was considered good riddance by many on this side of the border and still no arrest has been made.

That is until shortly after Texana Jones and her husband Clay, long fixtures in the border country, sit down in a restaurant with good friends, Mario and Olivia. Over dinner they discuss life in the border country until their dinner is interrupted by the arrival of several members of the Mexican Police. Clay is arrested and taken away without explanation and soon Texana learns that her mild mannered veterinarian husband has been arrested for the murder of Zanjiv Mehendru.

Having lived nearly all her life on the border, Texana knows that the concept of innocence or any other tenets of the United States Legal System do not exist in Mexico. Instead, under their system, the process is automatically stacked against the accused across the board on many different levels. In Clay's case, despite the fact that it can be conclusively proved he was far from the border let alone the murder site at time of death, it doesn't matter. Pressure is being brought to make sure that Clay is convicted and sentenced for the crime and proving Clay innocent isn't going to work. Instead, Texana begins to dig into the background of the victim searching for who might have done it while the pressure against her and her husband steadily mounts. Other strange events begin to occur as well which may or may not tie into Clay's problem. One that seems to get worse every day.

This is the sixth novel in the series and while it could be read as a stand alone (more so than earlier ones) I would not recommend doing so. Allana Martin does not write intense thrillers of page turning suspense. Instead, her books are more about the characters and the land of Southwest Texas. Each book, including this one, moves slowly forward as the author paints a deep picture of the region which changes subtly from book to book as the characters evolve. While she is not one to keep the reader glued to his or her seat, she has the ability within a few short paragraphs to transport the author into the whole other world of the border country of Southwest Texas, which she so clearly loves.

Which is precisely why I read her. As a native Texan who had the good fortune to be in that part of the State when I was too young to appreciate it, she has an incredible ability to bring it alive, She gets it and brings her love for the people and the curious blend of Tex-Mex culture alive. Her first book, "Death Of A Healing Woman" brought that imagery alive and every book since has built on that through great writing, ongoing character development, and a unique style all her own. She has quite a legacy at work here and serves as proof that the west and east coast driven bestseller lists often do miss quite a few very good books.

The head of the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission Zanjiv Mehendru has made many enemies in America for his decisions favoring Mexico. In Mexico he is regarded, as a hero so when he is murdered, there is a public outcry for the judicales to catch his murderer. When Clay and Texana Jones, the owners of Texana's Trading Post and a veterinary practice go across the Mexican border to the town of Ojinaga to dine with friends at a local restaurant, Clay is arrested.

It is only later that Texana learns that her husband is believed to be the killer of Mehendru but when she goes over their records, she has proof that Clay was nowhere near Ojinaga the night the homicide occurred. The magistrate dismisses her evidence preferring that of a prostitute who insists says she saw Clay kill Mehendru. Someone politically high up wants Clay convicted and Texana must find out whom that person is if she ever wants to see her beloved husband back home with her where he belongs.

Life on the border is definitely different and La Frontera has a culture and a history different from the rest of both countries. The protagonist must work within a court system that finds a suspect guilty until proven innocent and the only way that she can free her husband is to offer up an alternative suspect. Friends on both sides of the border work together to uncover a conspiracy that is keeping an innocent man incarcerated. Allana Martin has written a culturally colorful amateur sleuth novel.

Harriet Klausner

Death Shift tells of the mysterious deaths of babies in a San Antonio hospital in 1981. The incidents stopped when nurse, Genene Jones, left. She moved to Kerrville and began working for a clinic. Again young children began to die abruptly. The book analyzes why a nurse would kill the patients she was trained to save. Gripping account!

"The Death Shift, a riveting story of true crime and justice, is a journalistic tour de force. It's all there. You finish the last page with no questions left. Through his meticulous reporting, Peter Elkind finds answers to questions that even the prosecutors could not fathom. This angel of mercy with a needle emerges as one of the most terrifying serial killers in the history of crime in America. No murder victims were ever more innocent. Reading about their fate will bring a lump to your throat." --Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Miami Herald and author of The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

"The Death Shift is a gripping true crime story, but it is more than that too. Peter Elkind has gotten hold of the nature of pure evil, and the inability of a medical bureaucracy to extirpate it." --Nicholas Lemann, author of Out of the Forties

"It is regrettable that in recent years non-fiction crime books have become, in large part, a mediocre genre. Elkind's book restores the genre to the level of quality intended by its creators--Capote and Thompson. The Death Shift is not merely reportage. The author's eye for detail, his ability to sift through a mountain of raw data and pinpoint the salient facts, his sense of the dramatic--most of all, his empathy with each and every character--make this book bona fide literature. It proves what great non-fiction should; that truth is stranger than fiction." --Jim Atkinson, co-author of Evidence of Love

If you like a mysteries,heartpumping, nonstop thrillers, then get Death's Door. Herculea tries to save her family from a killer with dangerous weapons. So what are you waiting for? Go and get this book today!

The Herculeah Jones Mystery series book Death's Door is a fascinating read. As the story goes, Herculeah finds out that Meat's Uncle Neiman is mixed up in some tricky business and somebody's out to get him. Of course Herculeah comes to the rescue once again and solves the mystery. This book will make you want to read it from cover to cover. The vivid description make it as real as can be. If you enjoy mystery stories like Nancy Drew and Sammy Keyes, you will love reading this book.

Twelve years ago Anya Sedley was thought dead in the shipwreck that took the lives of her parents. However, she managed to find haven on the Caribbean Island of Puerta Sirena where the ragtag locals treated her as a Love Goddess. Anya returned to North Carolina high society, but has had trouble readjusting. Having run through a chain of tutors, governesses, and companions, she has earned the reputation as the Beast of Rose Hill. Her desperate grandmother wants Julian DeButy to "tame" and marry Anya.

Julian tries to teach the wild and spirited Anya how to behave in polite company. However, Anya plans to provide him special sexual lessons in her bed. As they battle for the role of teacher, they fall in love. However, Anya does not trust those feelings and Julian is bewildered by his needs for her that go contrary to his vow of celibacy.

DEBUTY & THE BEAST is an engaging early Americana romantic romp that will delight sub-genre fans with the antics of the lead female character. The story line is filled with plenty of humor, a bit of pathos, and some action. Julian is a wonderful protagonist struggling between his belief that celibacy equates to good health vs. his overwhelming desire to make love with Anya. The support cast provides a feel for the era, insight into the prime couple, and the impetus for the action. However, Linda Jones' tale belongs solely to the feral heroine who the audience will adopt as a favorite.

Harriet Klausner

Whatever pen name Linda uses, her books have ALL been awesome! No Angel's Grace is my favorite, Chase the Lightning second, and this is my third favorite - doesn't mean it doesn't rate five stars - it just means that she's such a fabulous author it's hard to judge! AND, this rating does NOT include her Linda Fallon or her Linda Devlin books... they're so grand I have 3-way ties for my favorite books from her! Buy this book. Read it, and keep it to read again and again!