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I have just read Summer Lightning and After the Storm even though they have been out 30 yrs. Found them while broesing local library. 2 very good books that should be on some best reading list in the same catagory as To Kill a Mockingbird. Very good reading.

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Many decades ago, I wrote in the front of my paperback copy of this novel "A Great Story--very tender!"

Set in Florida in the early 1940s, this novel follows the adventures of Terry Calder, a schoolboy who is on the run truant officers. He roams the Everglades and meets an old man. McCree, who has lived outside the law for decades, teaches Terry much about life during the hot summer.

If you haven't read Richard Bradford's "Red Sky At Morning," I would highly recommend this coming-of-age novel (set in New Mexico in the 1940s).
Red Sky at Morning: A Novel (Perennial Classics)

I would also highly recommend the modern cowboy story "Golden Rod," by Herbert Harker
Goldenrod

These novels are a way of reliving our youth. Frank Lloyd Wright said something to the effect that: "Youth is a fact of birth, but being young is a state of mind."

I hope you liked my little review. I think long reviews are better after you read a novel. I don't like knowing too much before I read a story. Thanks

A delightful Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn type novel. Easy reading, suitable for age 13 and up, but very enjoyable for all ages. The characters are very lovable, and it is easy to identify with Terry, the mischevious 6-year-old, if you've ever been a kid and had his spirit.

Its been 13 years since I read this book (when I was 10), but I can still remember the empathic experience afforded by Richards' skillful writing. I remember the thrills of sneaking into a tomato warehouse to sample the sweetiest juciest tomatoes ever pilfered, and the exhilaration of running away once I'd been discovered. I remember the bond with an old man who needed the benefit of youth like I needed the benefit of wisdom. We were a great pair, and he taught me how to catch catfish in a most interesting way. I remember terrifying my teacher and being the best little hellion I could be, and I remember the responsibility I shouldered when I had to, when I crossed a point, on a raft, with a friend in peril, and the everglades my only obstacle to saving him...when I took a step closer to becoming a man. I am writing about this book because it was one of the most memorable of my youth, and because it still sometimes paints on the canvas of my dreams.

An amazing look at childhood from the perspective of an adult woman. Wish I'd known McCree and Terry when I was six!

I found Dr. Skacel's book to be very enlightening to the dynamics of communications in the workplace.... and quite humourous as well. I highly recommend this book.

I loved this book! Dr Skacel delivers very practical and helpful ideas to improve communications in a cleaver and humorous way. This is a fast paced read that allows you to learn and enjoy the process. Mulligan is worth tailing for workplace communication improvement!

Tailing Mulligan is a well-written, unique work. Skacel has created a brief and unintimidating aid for anyone, from employee to CEO, in a business setting. Because it is concise and written as a story, it is more likely to be read than any other dry textbook manual. Skacel's use of symbolic creatures conjures up images of people the reader has known or is currently encountering in the work place. The characters' experiences and lessons learned are easily remembered and applied.

This book captures the essence of good communication skills in an enjoyable, quick read. The concepts outlined should be used in all communication, regardless of the context.

I keep it handy for quick reference.

Tailing Mulligan provides simple solutions to the big communication issues that challenge so many organizations. But what's really special about this book is the way that it is clearly written to engage and entertain the reader. For an organizational development book, Tailing Mulligan is more witty and humorous than any of the other few dozen books we've used to build a team culture in our businesss. Each communication approach detailed in Tailing Mulligan is cleverly linked to reinforce and build upon prior concepts. Plus, because this book is so easy and funny to read, it can be used as a training or team building tool for every member of virtually any organization. I've always admired authors, like Mulligan's Rob Skacel, who can make difficult concepts easy to understand and provide simple, easy-to-apply solutions. The way this book keeps you laughing is a bonus that keeps you leashed all the way to the end. Masterfully written. After finishing Tailing Mulligan, I immediately ordered copies for all of our team leaders!

Excellent resource for teachers with practical information they can use day to day in the classroom.

This is probably the best book I have read on classroom management--EVER! Not only is it well-written, it is timeless, useable, accessible and friendly. The author readily includes her own classroom successes and failures, which helps me to identify with her journey. She also give practical, ready to implement steps and routines. Is classroom managment difficult? YES! Is is do-able--YES YES YES if you follow the guidelines given here by Ms. Charney. Combine this with a Responsive Classroom workshop, or at least books from the RC library, and you are on your way to loving your job again!

I am very happy with the price as well as the fast shipping. My University campus book store wanted twice the amount of money for this book; worst of all, it was used. Amazon had it for half the money; best of all, it was brand new. :) I am a happy camper...

A terrific book that should be in every teachers' and parents' library. Clear directions, plenty of space for notes. Good bibliography.

This book is fantastic. It offers plenty of wonderful tips and situations for constructing a healthy behavior management plan within your classroom. A definite must have.

thank you for the book, it was in great condition and will work well for my class!

This is an excellent book for anyone who is in the teaching profession, and especially those who teach beginning readers.

This book was in excellent condition and just as described. I received it in a timely manner and am very happy with my purchase.

This book arrived in excellent condition and in a timely fashion. I was able to use it before I went back to school and I need it to teach elementary and middle school aged students in the fall. Thank you very much.

Let me start by saying this book builds off of Guiding Readers and Writers, also by Fountas and Pinnell. If you haven't yet invested in that book and you teach reading or writing to grades 3-12, that's where you want to start. This book will not be nearly as helpful until you have read and engaged in the teaching strategies laid out in Guiding Readers and Writers. However, if you are currently looking to build and add to your literature circles and your reading and writing workshops, this is the book you want.

This book is loaded with resources for teachers. It comes with an interactive DVD to show teachers exactly what they are describing as mini lessons. This was truly the most helpful to me - being able to see teachers in action, working with students, using the techniques I had just read about helped to enable me to create the same learning environment and use the same techniques. The DVD also includes over 100 blackline masters/forms/worksheets ready to use! As a teacher, that in it's self is worth $100 not to have to make everything yourself!

This book uses a variety of methods to deepen comprehension that overlap into to guided reading within the classroom. Interactive read-aloud using picture books is just one way I started deepening comprehension within my classroom using this book. Just two months in, I can see the difference in how my kids are reading and understanding! This is just one of the many pieces I use within reading workshop. The more and more I do this, the more I see my kids using skills that we've pointed out in reading workshop in their writing! This book helps kids think 'about the text', 'beyond the text', and 'within the text'.

This book also helps teachers (of any reading grade) set-up running records to increase fluency. Within the blackline masters, the forms are ready to use, and the layout is easy to use! I am able to do this while my kids are writing in their reader's notebooks or doing independent reading. This is a great tool to help assess where a child is and where a child should be.

This book is a powerful tool if used in combination with Guiding Readers and Writers. Teachers of all ages can find this book filled with useful strategies and practical ideas to use within their reading class.

PS - If you have a chance, check out Heinemann's website. Fountas and Pinnell are doing conferences across the US on small sections of this book. If you have a chance to go, they are well worth it!

This book is an excellent resource for those teaching mathematics to students in the primary grades. The authors provide rationale for concepts taught, games to be played, and templates of materials needed. There is also a website to get additional resources from. My students have enjoyed the games and I have enjoyed using it.

I really like this book as a source for conceptual Math activities. I recommend purchasing only 1 either K-2, 3-5, depending on which you think you would use more. They overlap alot.

I am so glad I bought this book. I have been teaching for over 10 years, but I always felt something was missing from my math lessons. This book fills in the gaps.

It explains how kids learn math and the connections that need to be made from one concept to the next. It also has assessments to help determine each student's level of understanding and how they are solving problems.

I can't wait to start trying these activities in the fall. A must-have book for all K-3 teachers!

This book provides a great foundation for math skills grades K-3. I consult this resource for nearly every math lesson I teach. This book supplements what other textbooks take for granted or leave out. I highly recommend this book!

Easy to read and understand. Complete math center ideas and teaching strategies. Great easy ideas for differentiation.

Board book that is easy for young children to handle without the worry of torn pages. Sweet, colorful illustrations. And as is typical for this author, a lovely little story.

This is one of our favorite baby books. It has such a sweet message and great rhymes too. Highly recommend for Christian households.

I really liked the illustration and I found it really useful to introduce my child to learning about God.

This is such a great book. I bought one for several friends we loved it so much. It is very sweet and perfect for a young child.

I just got this book for my 8-month-old the other day, and I can barely get through it without my eyes filling with tears! It is so sweet, and such a perfect little "prayer book" to start out your young children with. Especially as a Christian, I love the child-like references to eternal life, and to Christ's birth and sacrifice for us.

After reading "Sculpting in Time" (which I suggest is important reading to understand tarkovsky and his work), I was hoping that his diaries would shed some light as to the inner workings of the mind of a cinematic genius. Despite many moments of creative prose, and interesting streams of thoughts, on the whole, I was disappointed. I felt as if I were a distant observer to his memories and daily entries. Perhaps some of the work is dry because he didn't intend to have this published, whereas "Sculpting in Time" was (hence the more coherent, poetic and dynamic work) for the audience. It is a good read, the blood and guts of the artist himself, but once again, I would read Sculpting first.

Andrei Tarkovsky Diaries are real, 1st hand exprience from a talented writer and great cinematographer. He is giving reader a very real exprience from Russia in years 1970-1986. I wished I could read this book in it's original language when I felt it too close to my soul, and I wished pages never ended when I finished this book. Read it even if you are not a movie goer or watched none of his movies.

Andrej Tarkovsky understood the truth of life, and dedicated his life to make us understand those important things. Mostly, in his films, but we shouldn't forget ¨Time Within time¨. To me, it's a guidebook to arts, and if you really want to understand what art is about, you shouldn't miss this book, no matter which art you're into. There's no better artbook, but a book written by an artist, and in this one, you'll not only find infomation on his screenplays, but his view and deep understanding on art.

This is an excellent book that provides the non-experienced and experienced Tarkovsky viewer entry into the wonderful worlds in which he lived.

This is possibly the only book that captures the essence of Tarkovsky even better than his own "Sculpting in Time", which is surely one of the greatest film theory books ever written. Extremely personal, the diaries offer a close-up view of T., from daily minutiae to spiritual and emotional crises. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to anyone who loves Tarkovsky.

At this time, this book book *is* in print in the UK, and is available from Amazon.com's British sister site, Amazon.co.uk.

Very informative book chock full of all the information you could ever want to know about the missile and program.

I was expecting the typical academic or historical reference that is chock full of info, but fairly dull to read. As the cliche goes, you can't judge a book by its cover. Mr. Stumpf has done a great job of writing also. He details the beginnings of the program, operational aspects and the fatal accidents which seem to have been forgotten over the years.

He even details the program to turn the old warhorses into satellite launch vehicles and the remaining silo, now a musuem in Arizona.

Like the previous reviewer, I would have liked to seen some info on the Titan II and the Gemini program.

If you're a space or Cold War buff, read this book, then visit the silo/museum in Green Valley, Ariz.

Wow another wonderful cold war missile history book.This book is so imformative it get right down to the nuts and bolts that kept this mighty missile together.If you want to learn about what Titan was and what it did to protect us then get this book now trust me it's that good.

I admire the author for his undertaking. It is like he saw an important piece of history disappearing, and he decided to write a book to put together the source materials before they disappeared. He ended up with what must be the definitive book on the Titan II ballistic missile program from concept to design to installation to operation to retirement. He is to be applauded for this effort because even he probably does not know how much time it took him.

That being said, this book is probably overly technical except for the most detail-oriented student of history. One literally learns every serial number of every missile and the names and ranks of all military personnel down to every team member on every missile crew. I found that intimidating for someone with my level of interest, which is more than the average lay person and less than the professional historian.

The level of technical details is so exceptional that it almost reads like a military briefing book. I wish there had been more about the people, the mission, the Cold War, but perhaps the author thought those matters were better left for others.

For someone wanting to know just what Titan II was all about, this may not be the book. It can be, but it will require a lot of skipping over of the very detailed sections and possibly a second reading if the first one leaves a thirst for more detail. I did not mind the intense level of detail, but I give it four stars for this reason.

Compiled and written by David K. Stumpf (Associate Research Scientist, University of Arizona), Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program is the informed and informative story of the intercontinental ballistic missile program developed by the United States military in the 1950s and 1960s. Each missile was designed to carry a single nuclear warhead, used liquid fuel propellants, and was stored (and launched from) hardened underground silos. The missile sites were based in Arkansas, Arizona, and Kansas facilities, and then were finally deactivated in the early 1980s. Based on a wide range of sources including engineer and airmen interviews and memoirs, declassified government documents, and other public materials, and enhanced with more than 170 drawings and photographs (most of which have never been previously published), Titan II is a definitive, strongly recommended, technological history of a deterrent weapons system that for more than 20 years successfully defended America from nuclear attack.

« L'armée de l'air américaine essaie de rendre compte de sa performance en utilisant la méthode du Balanced Scorecard, mais j'aime la façon qu'a Hubert Rampersad de relier le Balanced Scorecard avec le tableau prospectif personnel. C'est presque comme si Kaplan et Norton rejoignaient Stephen Covey. »- Bob Marx, United States Air Force

« Hubert Rampersad utilise le tableau de bord équilibré et d'autres concepts de management pour les réunir en un cadre éthique. En unifiant changement organisationnel et éthique individuelle, il a écrit une synthèse remarquable qui répond aux défis posés par la gestion d'entreprise au XXIe siècle ». - Paul Bracken, Professeur de Gestion, Yale School of Management

«Total Performance Scorecard est une approche rigoureuse, systématique et intégrée, à la fois de la réussite individuelle et de celle de l'entreprise. Elle synthétise et prolonge les concepts de conduite du changement et de la réussite, du point de vue de la personne, du management et de l'organisation. Aux dirigeants, elle propose les outils pour établir un bilan complet de la santé de leur organisation, et à chacun un trésor de connaissances pour conduire sa réussite personnelle».Dave Ulrich, Professeur en Administration des Affaires,Université de Michigan

«Plus que jamais, les entreprises qui réussissent sont des systèmes à haute performance. Réaliser la concordance des intérêts et des objectifs de chacun avec les objectifs organisationnels, dans tous les domaines et à tous les niveaux de l'entreprise, est la condition de la performance. Total Performance Scorecard est un nouvel instrument qui produit cette cohérence. Il crée une base durable pour une action guidée par les valeurs et l'éthique. Hubert Rampersad a réussi, sur cette idée, une très belle et très convaincante performance». - Professeur Kuno Rechkemmer, directeur de DaimlerChrysler (chaire pour l'économie générale de l'entreprise) professeur à l'institut du management et des technologies de Stuttgart

«Trop souvent, on constate un décalage entre les objectifs poursuivis par l'entreprise, la manière dont l'individu fixe ses objectifs personnels et celle par laquelle il se fait évaluer. Total Performance Scorecard comble cette lacune. Il propose un système intégré qui établit le lien entre les efforts d'amélioration continue, l'apprentissage individuel et les programmes de développement. Si vous êtes à la recherche d'une boîte à outils pour améliorerles résultats de votre entreprise, voici le livre qu'il vous faut!» Philip Anderson, Professeur d'Entrepreneurship, INSEAD

Janet Dailey, the New York Times bestselling author who has touched the hearts of millions, shines in this unforgettable novel. Sweeping from the wealth and glamour of a modern Texas city to the rugged majesty of Mexico's High Sierras, this is a magnificent tale of desire and destiny from one of the world's most beloved storytellers.
---------- Reviewed by Janet Sue Terry, author of the contemporary romance, "Set Me Free" series. Book 1 - Possibilities and Book 2 - Resolutions. Newest release is Just Our Best Short Stories 2005. www.janetsueterry.com.

All her life,cool, beautifu Sheila got what she wanted. Now she yearned for the raw passion of a man beyond her reach, a violent mysterious outlaw whose followers adored him. A lion of a man who held her for ransom-a man who would trade her for a fortune in gold. But Shelia wanted only him-with all the reckless longing her body and soul.

I felt that this novel, although it may not have ended the way I wanted it to, was interesting in nature. The characters were well defined and had a lot of depth. Even thought the story line was a little on the exaggerated side, it still kept my undivided attention. If you are looking for a good romance novel, this one will make an excellent read.

I loved this story. I have read it several times. I had read it in the past and lost my copy of it so reordered it. I would like to see Janet Dailey write another book and let us know what happened to the Rafraga? After all he was wanted by the law. She left it up in the air. However I still loved the story.

I was riveted from the beginning till the end of the book. It's a pity that Sheila had to learn the lesson about men the hard way when her newly-married husband turned out to be a jerk.

I like Laredo, the American outlaw who joined the Mexican bandits. His whimsies about home, about eating cherry-topped sundae was really touching. You can actually feel his emotion, how much he missed home, and yet unable to return because he was a wanted man. I like Rafaga too, the outlaw leader, who was a very charismatic man. His mistress committed a crime which amounted to punishment, and despite his heavy heart and sadness, he continued on with the punishment.

Sheila, the Texan heiress, was rather petulant, for me. But I admire her survival spirit and courage. Not many would be like that in her position.

The ending, like all the Janet Dailey books I read so far was rather abrupt and left to the reader to contemplate further what happened next.

A great read.