Shaw Books

This book helped me gain useful techniques for vocablary learning. It also gave me good advice for using dictionary and organizing a vocabulary notebook. When you study with this book, you'll need a dictionary.

This book reads smoothly and the illustrations are beautiful. The illustrations add to the text. They are riveting. As I read this story, I felt as if I was "Anna" as she travelled through her journey. The author note at the end was beneficial and children have the opportunity to locate additional information on Anna Howard Shaw.
Anna, the protagonist empowers children to feel they can make a difference in our country.

From book's back cover:
"Waitangi, the Treaty House and its environs, each year becomes the focus for New Zealanders' reflection about their nation's past and its future. Its Bay of Islands location has long been the subject of academic enquiry.

Now, Peter Shaw has brought together the fruits of this research in a highly readable way. He has plotted the history of this area from earliest times: the people and events in Maori oral and written tradition; the first contacts between Maori and European; the establishment of the first settlements by missionaries, whalers and traders. In 1833 came James Busby, the British Resident whose simple house, pre-fabricated in Sydney, has assumed such national importance.

Here on 6 February 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Government. Peter Shaw vividly describes these momentous events and traces the often precarious fortunes of the Treaty House to the present day.

Waitangi is lavishly illustrated wqith informative maps, paintings and rarely seen historical photographs. It includes plans of the work done by various owners and architects to this building of major historic importance. Peter Hallett completes the visual record with superb colour photographs of the house and the land at Waitangi as they appear today."

A beautifully done book. The pictures are adorable and the story of animals in the forest waking up is done with a repeating meter the children will quickly pick up on. I teach pre-school and bought this book for my preschool children. It is sure to become a firm favourite.

Walking on the Waves is a rich, compelling presentation of many key scenes in Jesus' ministry. From the opening chapter, the book draws the reader into many of the familiar stories of Jesus' life and allows us to see these happenings for ourselves 'up close and personal.' I particularly enjoyed the author's insertion of his own fictional actors into the scene. Each character then interprets what's taking place through their own experience or philosophical outlook. Through this mechanism, the author is able to compare and contrast many of today's modern schools of thought against what Jesus represents in his life and teachings. This book is a joy to read while at the same time it will make you think. Take my advice, read this one slowly and savor it. There's enough here that you'll want to re-read it once you finish. It's impossible to read this book and not come out with a fresh new appreciation for the incredible richness of who Jesus is and what he represents for today's post-modern world.

I've enjoyed this book a great deal! Shaw offers highly informative yet very readable profiles of key individuals in the realm of international relations, such Senator Joseph Biden, Senator Richard Lugar, Henry Kissinger, Richard Holbrooke, and many others. Equally interesting are profiles of less well-known individuals, such as historian David Fromkin and human rights activist Diane Orentlicher. Since each profile is limited to about 5 pages, one is able to quickly gain insight into many of the individuals who are at the center of the key diplomatic decisions that are making headlines today. One begins to get a real sense of how the world of Washington diplomacy functions.

In addition, some of the issues raised in pre-9/11 interviews conducted by Shaw are truly fascinating in light of current events. One example of this is the insistence of former UNSCOM chairman Richard Butler, in a December 2000 profile, that the UN Security Council must address its lingering internal divisions and compel Iraq to comply with existing UN Resolutions on disarmament. Another example, on perhaps the other end of the ideological scale, is Shaw's February 2001 profile of peace activist Jonathan Schell, in which Schell argues that even in the post-Cold War environment, the mere existence of nuclear weapons poses a tremendous risk and these weapons should be eliminated.

This book instilled in me a passion for creation. I'm inspired to look for God there, and to have Him work in my life the same way He works in nature. Luci Shaw is so honest about her journey, comes across as a true person with lessons to share and experiences to inspire with!

The collaboration of author Barbara Shaw McKinney and illustrator Carolyn R. Stich, "Water Words: Rhymed And Defined" combines water-related poems with colorful artwork to provide young readers with definitions, information, and interesting facts about water and water related terms such as water cycle, rain, wetlands, condensation, watershed, aquifer, acid rain, precipitation, evaporation, erosion, point source pollution, transpiration, conversation, overdraft, and bodies of water. An informative, 'kid friendly', 32-page picturebook, "Water Words: Rhymed And Defined" is an ideal and recommended addition to both school and community library Environmental Studies reference collections and reading lists for elementary school aged children.

This comprehensive work by R.S. does probably classify as the all purpose introductory reference in the wave energy domain. It will illustratively, concisely and clearly guide the reader to an overall tour, covering comparative economic analysis, review of major technologies, basic wave theory, general issues for mechanical energy conversion, mooring apects and even, environmental issues. A definite must for students and libraries, will even well suffice for the requirements of many modern industrialists, seeking for a thorough overview of this rapidly gaining renewable energy field. As a key remark, the book holds a classic value since the technology domains covered (such as OWC), currently maintain candidate usability and evolution potential, as well as an international R&D focus.

the book's write-up: Everett Black had never been able to forget his hometown or the woman he'd left behind. Jennifer Howard had been all he'd wanted, though a future together had been impossible at the time. Returning home brought him face-toface with Jennifer, but it also increased the gossip, which soon spread faster than the fire that had burned Atlanta. This bad boy had worked hard to become a refined businessman. But being a Southern gentleman was the farthest thing from Everett's mind as he sought to claim his Georgia peach and a love too long denied!