Lewis Books

This is just the cutest book that I've had to read to my daughter at least 3 times a day! We love the style of writing that's teamed with precious illustrations. I also like the extended use of vocabulary throughout the story. A favorite!

A tale told in clever rhyme that lots of fun (especially to read aloud.) But as much as I enjoyed the tale of an incredibly hard-to-please queen, it's the collage of ingenious illustrations that make me giggle. This is the kind of book you read to your kids, then pour over the illustrations after thay have gone to bed! A wonderful book....I can't wait for more.

I am impressed with this book. It's a very clear, concise, helpful, indepth study of Isaiah. Readers will have no trouble following along. Statements are carefully and clearly supported with Scripture. A very good resource on the Book of Isaiah.

This is a thorough study of the book of Isaiah. It shows how God revealed the pre-incarnate Jesus as a distinct person of the Trinity through the prophet Isaiah, and throughout the pages of the Old Testament. Old and New Testament scripture passages are continually tied together showing the true continuity of the Bible's message from Genesis through Revelation. I recommend this for anyone desiring a better understanding of Biblical prophecy. It shows convincingly how Old Testament prophecy was fulfilled in the person of Jesus and continues to be fulfilled today by the reappearance of the nation of Israel and the ongoing turmoil in the middle east.

Lewis, if you can read this wherever you're at.....know that we miss your columns. Thank you for leaving us the legacy of your books!

This book, makes you truely proud to be a southerner. And it makes you proud to be a man. Lewis says what's on his mind. You may not always agree. Some may find in funny, and some will find it obnoxious. I agreed with every one of his views and all I have to say is, that it's about time someone said some of this!!! A truley touching and humorous book.

I normally do not like writing reviews but,I have to make an xception in this case. Example after example,page after page of people who have come through to success after heart breaking struggles,has inspired me to write this review.

This book is awesome,anyone feeling low will feel low no more. after reading this masterpiece of selp help,you too will feel that the time is right to strike out without delay because I feel if you are destined to read this book it's only due to Divine guidance. I'm not a religious person but,I do feel that god has put this gem of a book into my hands to show that he will deliver only after the test of fire. Thankyou Mr. Timberlake for your exhaustive research and being different from the "QUICK BUCK" authors. I will be distributing a whole bunch of your books to people I love. Thanks to Amazon I have come to know Authors like Ben Sweetland and U.S.Andersen and also for bringing this wonderful book to my notice. GET THIS BOOK NOW AND START BELIEVING AND ACHIEVING. {BY THE WAY MR.TIMBERLAKE I LOST A FRIEND IN THAT PLANE CRASH YOU TALKED ABOUT}

Do you want to be successful and happy? Who doesn't? What you have in your hands when you pick up "It's Always Too Soon to Quit" is a simple instruction book full of good, solid advice that will help anyone reach these goals. Not only will you find a list of things you can do, but also a list of mistakes which must be avoided. All of this information is essential and easily understood. Lewis Timberlake explains it point by point.

Would you believe that a blind person plays golf? How about if you find out he plays par golf! That is only one of many, many inspirational and true life examples to be found in these pages. Story after amazing story shows what can be done in the face of life's challenges. You will learn that struggle makes us stronger and there is no failure that is not a stepping stone to triumph.

No more can be asked of a guidebook to achieving your dreams. It combines practical steps with stories that make you want to cheer. Read it. You will want to pass it along.

This wonderful book tells the story of where the James family and its money came from, how Henry Sr. almost lost his inheritance for the frivolity of buying too many books, then reclaimed it and used it to raise the most remarkable intellectual family yet in American history. The book is big, which gives it enough space to delve into the tragedy of the two younger James brothers, the maturation of William and Henry Jr., and the closeted life of Alice.

I came away with a new respect for the somewhat eccentric Henry Sr., with his diverse interests in educational philosophy, Swedenborg, and Emerson. He is the under-sung hero of this narrative and its true author.

Perhaps I enjoyed the book most of all because it allowed me to feel almost a part of the family, to live what to me is a fantasy. If you feel yourself a kindred spirit to William, Henry, Jr., or Sr., or Alice, I would heartily recommend this book.

The Jameses is an impressive brick of a book with 586 pages of small type, many illustrations, and two appendices. I read in the New York Times review of the book that it took Lewis 10 years to write, and I absolutely believe that to be true. He is often clearly speaking to the James scholars, making detailed reference to earlier works and apparently contentious issues. (What was the nature of the mysterious injury? etc.) I often felt inadequate to the task of reading it, given that I am very far from being a James scholar. Although I enjoyed the book, it was sometimes a bit like a little kid being an eavesdropper on a grown-up conversation.

This is not to say that I got nothing out of the book. I learned a lot about not only the family, but the time in which they lived and worked. I was actually a little bit surprised that I had not accumulated more knowledge about them before now. One of the few periods in literature that I have actually studied with consistency and application is the American Transcendentalists. The ties that James Sr. had to Emerson and Fuller (to name a few) should have brought him across my conscious radar a little bit sooner than this.

I initially wasn't sure how I was going to like the fact that Lewis took on the whole family. I was, after all, really only interested in Henry. But after reading it, I am not sure how any of them could have been addressed separately. Part of the point that Lewis makes are the threads and patterns that run through the family history-- mysticism & spirituality, the relationship (love/hate) with Europe, the relationship to money, depression and frustration. Those patterns are much stronger seeing how they play out in the lives of all the children, rather than looking at them one at a time.

This was a literary biography, and while I loved it, the minutae may be too much for a casual reader. It has certainly inspired me to circle back and see what books of the James' canon I have missed. I realize that while I have read all of the "major" works, I have read virtually nothing from his early period or of the novellas.

Interesting, if you're interested. I would recommend it. It appears to be out of print at the moment, but rather widely available.

This book is a must for fans of Jerry Lewis, for students of film, for historians, and pop culture buffs!!

This is an especially wonderful publication for fans who don't want to dig up gossip, but simply want to appreciate the work of the entertainer they admire. This book is packed with information and wonderful black and white photos (many not avaliable anywhere else).

I appreciate that the authors dedicated the book to Mr. Lewis and it reads like a well-referenced and studied labor of love.

With all the other things on his plate--his charitable endeavors, stage performances--Jerry Lewis' impressive film career is often overlooked. The authors, with Mr. Lewis' cooperation, have done a commendable job putting this baby together. Jerry's comments at the end of each movie synopis/review are invaluable to admirers of this comic genius. Even Jerry Lewis' cinematic "failures" are infinitely more interesting than most actor/director's "successes." I value this book.

This is an hysterical parody of a memoir by Jerry Lewis. The points are hamhanded and the the author is so in love with his own words that he thinks his "expert" voice can rectify all the flaws of his logic and self-importance. Jerry I give you a lot of credit because most people will read this as you seriously reflecting on your life ... but you and I both know that you're lampooning the retrospective tomes that faded stars put out well into their golden years as one last gasp so that they may feel the heat of the spotlight for just a few moments more, and remember that for one shining moment way in the past people actually cared what you had to say.

This book is Jerry Lewis in his own words. It is interesting, because more than two decades of his life have passed since penning this autobiography. This was him before his success in "Damn Yankees", and before his film with Johnny Depp or the 1995 film "Funny Bones". He gives a personal account of a man, not a Hollywood mogul or American Icon, as he is, and this is why the book is amazing.

This lovely collection of 26 stories, first published in 1891 in Mannheim Germany, is finally available in a new English translation. Most are accompanied by illustrations reproduced from the original text. Each tale is from a different country or region and together they provide a wonderful cross-section of Jewish life at the end of the 19th century.

"Bessure Towe" (Good News!) is the story of how a unfortunate man (a Prosteck) wins a dowery for his daughter through his faith in the Talmud.

"Rabbi Abdon" is about a elderly scholar and his son, who is more interested in farming than study.

In "Lewana," Nahum Bukarest wants to get from Belgrade to Constantinople. He meets a beautiful woman who offers him passage on her father's ship but gives him much more than he bargained for.

"The Meal Of The Pious" tells the story of Adolf Tigerson, the official clown of the Jewish community in Lindenberg, and his happy married life with a pretty and clever woman. This story is a fine example of "the wisdom of a fool."

"David And Abigail" tells the story of a Jewish soldier returning to his village from the Danish army after a war is over decorated with a medal in the form of a cross for bravery. This leads to a discussion in the synagog as to whether a Jew can wear a cross and remain devout.

"Shimmel Knofeles" is actually a story about how his beautiful wife outwits a Polish suitor who won't take "no" for an answer.

"The Bookbinder From Hort" is my favorite story. About a bookbinder who reads every book he binds, and to whom WORK WAS HIS PRIDE AND READING HIS HAPPINESS.

"Galeb Jekarim" is a Talmud scholar who decides to walk to Jerusalem.

"How Slobe Gets Her Sister Married" tells the story of a young woman who must find a spouse for her older sister in order to get married.

"Mrs. Leopard" tells the story about how a Jewish widow takes revenge on the town's outspoken anti-Semite.

"Handsome Kaleb" is a spoiled and vain young man who seeks to marry well. This story tells how he finds his rich bride.

"Praise Be God, Who Gave Us Death!" tells of the last days of ancient Father Menachem. A wonderful presentation of Jewish death and burial practices.

"Sholem Aleichem" tells of a young man who goes to the United States to get his family out of debt.

"Machsheve" is about a rich but superstitious merchant who overcomes his fears to save his son.

"The Angel Of Death" has a wonderful dialog between an ascetic man and a moderate Jewish woman.

"Haman and Esther" tells how a play at a festival brings together unlikely lovers.

"Deliverance" is the story of a young woman who is wasting away because of a forbidden love.

"The Tragedy In Rose Lane" is a Jewish version of Romeo and Juliet.

"Kitty Parsley" is the story of a woman who gains inner strength through confronting adversity. Here we see Sacher-Masoch's use of fur garments to show a woman's self esteem.

In "The False Thaler" a counterfeit coin helps a man win his love's hand.

In "The Two Doctors" scientific medicine confronts faith healing.

"The Iliad of Pultoff" relates a struggle between the tzaddik leader of the local Chassidim and a worldly Jewish woman.

"The Story Of the Roman Matron" is a fable about a woman who marries her 1,000 slaves randomly to each other with disastrous consequences. The moral of the tale is that marriage is more than just law.

"Thou Shalt Not Kill" shows how the word "Jew" was used as an insult in society and what it really meant to be a Jew.

"Bear And Wolf" tells how two feuding families reconcile during Yom Kippur.

"Two Kinds Of Nobility" is the last story in the book. It shows how the Jewish tradition honors intelligence and talent as much as wealth.

There is an "Afterword" by the translator, Dr. Virginia Lewis, in which she discusses how the author, a non-Jew, came to know the Jewish community and to write these stories. A "Bibliography" at the end of the book lists 14 German-language books of Jewish stories written by Sacher-Masoch. In the last 100 years only one other has been translated into English, A Light For Others And Other Jewish Tales From Galicia. Jewish Life compares well with this other book and both are recommended to readers interested in stories of 19th century Jewish culture. The stories in Jewish Life are shorter than those in A Light For Others and simpler in construction, yet they reveal much insight into life in the Jewish communities of the time.

Originally published in Mannheim in 1891, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Jewish Life: Tales from Nineteenth-Century Europe is an impressive and compelling anthology of twenty-six stories which present a vivid picture of Jewish life and culture in Europe before the twentieth century. From the Chasidic movement to cabalism, Judaic holiday celebrations, cultural life, and much, much more, Jewish Life encompasses humor, sentiment, abiding faith, and a rich legacy of tradition and is a welcome and highly recommended addition to personal and academic Judaic Studies collections and reading lists.

I'm not Jewish, but very interested in Judaism. I found this book to be very affirming, offers hope and generally presents a warm, nurturing and spiritual approach to Judaism. Absent is a negative, blaming or punitive perspective. I highly recommend it!

This is a wonderful book that opens your heart and soul to the possibilities of a richer life as a Jew. What is useful in the 21st century, what is authentic Judaism, and how to deepen your relationship with the Eternal (no matter what comes). What is beautiful will not perish if we all hearken to the wisdom of this work.

When Sam, Jo, Matthew, and Katie find out about their school's volunteer project, they can't wait to get started. And, being the avid animal lovers that they are, the four of them decide to start The Petsitters Club - a club where each member actually watches someone's pet for a few days, or just where they help the owner look after the pet, like walking it for them, and stuff like that. However, when their first job comes along, they're a bit confused, for Mrs. Jones has asked them to watch a kid named Jilly. But they're petsitters, not babysitters. Soon the four youngsters find, however, that Jilly isn't a kid, but rather a goat. A goat who's looking for a lot of trouble.

I adore animals, and I've always thought that it would be fun to have my very own petsitters club, so Tessa Krailing's new series THE PETSITTERS CLUB is right up my alley. Sure it's for younger readers, but the series couldn't be more adorable. The characters are all wonderful, and have their own quirky personalities, while the black and white illustrations by Jan Lewis help your imagination out, in the sense that you get a great picture of what the characters look like. It's wonderful to see an author create a series about children who love animals, and take care of them, as it will teach young readers the responsibilities of pet care. A must have.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

My daughter loved this book and finished the book in 4 days. She could not put the book down and immediately asked for the next book in the series. The language is grammatically correct(not based on slang) and age appropriate.