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There It Is: A Canadian in the Vietnam War
Published in Hardcover by McClelland & Stewart (2000-05-13)
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An eye-opening antiwar memoir!
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Review Date: 2002-03-12
Review Date: 2002-03-12
An eye-opening anti war memoir!
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Review Date: 2002-03-12
Review Date: 2002-03-12
This book had a profound effect on me in the way it illustrated how the "spiritual awakening" and prosperity of Canada during the 60's was paid for with the blood of America's children. I find it sickening how Canadians have distanced themselves from this war and condemned innocent veterans, most of whom were just out of highschool at the time, as "baby-killers" while at the same time praising the draft dodgers who headed north and assimilated into the Canadian population. These veterans need to be treated with the respect they deserve once and for all.
In his autobigraphy, "There It Is", Les Brown tells of his experiences as a Canadian born teenager, drafted into the US Army after returning to his parents home in California after a summer vacation in his native Quebec. You feel the helplessness he must have felt while trapped in the Kafkaesque draft system -one moment surfing the golden Calfornia beaches, the next on the front lines in South East Asia.
Lost in the green wirlwind that is the US Army, the young soldier quickly adapts to grunt life -finding brotherhood among those poor souls lost in the anarchy of a deteriorating war effort. As it becomes more and more clear that the American leadership has failed, Les becomes increasingly defiant. While in the most dangerous jungles he refuses to carry an M-16 and even goes AWOL for week surfing the beaches of Vietnam. A truly courageous Anti-War memoir, "There It Is" brings to the public consciousness the demons harboured by one man but belong to us all.
Things As They Are : Short Stories
Published in Paperback by McClelland & Stewart (1993)
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Captivating stories
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-10-17
Review Date: 2004-10-17
Guy Vanderhaege's characters voices live on in my head after reading this book. I still chuckle at the heated conversation between an old, proud man and a young punk wearing the fashion of the pants hanging down.
Each story captures the drama and the pain of life, from youth to old age. Guy knows how to buid up the scene and then break your heart with such bitter sweetness.
One minute you are laughing and the next you are holding your breath at the pain or pathos.
There are brilliant descriptions. My favourite was of the teacher who looked like Sitting Bull with a perm.
I did not want to finish reading such a crafted collection.
Each story captures the drama and the pain of life, from youth to old age. Guy knows how to buid up the scene and then break your heart with such bitter sweetness.
One minute you are laughing and the next you are holding your breath at the pain or pathos.
There are brilliant descriptions. My favourite was of the teacher who looked like Sitting Bull with a perm.
I did not want to finish reading such a crafted collection.
Saskatchewaners
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1999-02-25
Review Date: 1999-02-25
Guy Vanderhaeghe's short stories are better than his novels, and this collection is the best of them. Quiet as a shady grove, this collection follows on Sinclair Ross' tone, and is marginally less depressing.
Thinking Well: An Introduction to Critical Thinking
Published in Paperback by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages (2000-09-22)
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Great book!
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Review Date: 2006-05-02
Review Date: 2006-05-02
I have used this book to teach Critical Thinking and have found it to be an excellent resource. It covers all the bases without making it seem so complicated that the student is too intimidated to learn. I highly recommend it!
An essential resource
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Review Date: 2004-01-22
Review Date: 2004-01-22
This book is a great tool to anyone who is serious about learning how to think and evaluate things critically.
This Gentle Land: Growing up in the 1930's and 40's
Published in Paperback by iUniverse, Inc. (2007-10-10)
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From the Antonerosa
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Review Date: 2008-06-15
Review Date: 2008-06-15
I enjoyed every minute of This Gentle Land. Mrs. Stewart reminded me of many childhood memories that I had forgotten. I am younger than she is but I spent many summers with my Grandparents in the country and had many of the same experiences. The Lassiter's are a wonderful family and Mrs. Stewart's portrayal of them warms my heart! I highly recommend this book!
Great Book
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Review Date: 2007-11-21
Review Date: 2007-11-21
I just finished the book "This Gentle Land" and loved it! I especially liked the style. One story episode flowed so naturally into the next one. Through the author's eyes, I thought it beautifully portrayed life on a farm during this particular time era.
The humor of certain events caused me to laugh out loud. In fact, that happened while I was waiting for my appointment at the doctor's office.
I was reading the particular event about the youngest sister modeling a bathing suit dressed in high heels and singing the majestic hymn, "Jerusalem"(Linda Steals the Show). I started laughing, as I could just picture the scene. When everyone in the office looked over at me, questionably, I just pointed to the book in my lap and continued reading.
This book is winner!
Sincerely,
Woody
The humor of certain events caused me to laugh out loud. In fact, that happened while I was waiting for my appointment at the doctor's office.
I was reading the particular event about the youngest sister modeling a bathing suit dressed in high heels and singing the majestic hymn, "Jerusalem"(Linda Steals the Show). I started laughing, as I could just picture the scene. When everyone in the office looked over at me, questionably, I just pointed to the book in my lap and continued reading.
This book is winner!
Sincerely,
Woody
The Tiger in the Tiger Pit (New Canadian Library)
Published in Paperback by McClelland & Stewart Inc. (1991-06-30)
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Another great one by Hospital
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1997-04-17
Review Date: 1997-04-17
I'm a fan so I think all hers are great (though her short stories don't inspire as much). When you finish you'll sit back and say "can you believe that?!" Surprise ending teaches that in life things may not always be what you think. The family dynamics and descriptions are so vivid you feel as if you have been injected with emotion
Another Great Hospital Novel
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2004-09-19
Review Date: 2004-09-19
This may be the best Hospital I've read. The title is from a line by T. S. Eliot and describes the patriarch of a family, Edward Carpenter, a retired school principal. The novel is set in a small town in Massachusetts around 1990 (though written in 1983)when Edward's wife is planning their fiftieth wedding anniversary party. She will invite of course, in addition to friends and former colleagues, their three children; Victoria, who is in a mental institution; Jason, a therapist in New York and Emily, a concert violinist living in England, along with her eight year old son Adam, whom her father Edward has never seen and didn't know existed until three years ago when Emily gave her first concert in the United States.
The novel is all about families: how easily we as family members hurt each other; what happens when we don't forgive one other; the awfulness of hypocrisy; how we can redeem ourselves; that we can never really know our parents; that though we travel far away, we never get far from where we came; the roads not taken, lost opportunities; and, finally, that we never stop wanting to be loved by our family.
The plot has many unexpected twists, and there are many beautifully written, powerful scenes. In Chapter XIII Edward and Elizabeth travel to New York to hear Emily give her first concert in the U. S. This is one of the most moving passages I have read anywhere in a long time. I read and reread and read it yet again. Great fiction doesn't get better than this.
The novel is all about families: how easily we as family members hurt each other; what happens when we don't forgive one other; the awfulness of hypocrisy; how we can redeem ourselves; that we can never really know our parents; that though we travel far away, we never get far from where we came; the roads not taken, lost opportunities; and, finally, that we never stop wanting to be loved by our family.
The plot has many unexpected twists, and there are many beautifully written, powerful scenes. In Chapter XIII Edward and Elizabeth travel to New York to hear Emily give her first concert in the U. S. This is one of the most moving passages I have read anywhere in a long time. I read and reread and read it yet again. Great fiction doesn't get better than this.
The Timber Framing Book
Published in Paperback by Housesmith Press (1977-01-01)
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excellent guide for beginners
Helpful Votes: 18 out of 18 total.
Review Date: 2001-07-09
Review Date: 2001-07-09
This book is excellent for all beginners and experienced carpenters alike. It gives all the information needed to complete a timber frame project, and gives the info in easy to understand terminalogy. It has good examples of all the types of joinery needed for a timber frame. I have just finished doing a 16 x 24 foot pottery building that has turned out very nice. I made all my plans and cut the timbers by using the information in this book. It has been a valuable tool in the process.
An excellent primer to timberframing, a must read.
Helpful Votes: 50 out of 51 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-16
Review Date: 1999-01-16
Originally copyrighted in 1977, The Timber Framing Book was one of the first books published about the timber framing revival. Stewart Elliott and Eugenie Wallas have carefully crafted a simple book on the basics, including planning, mathematics and simple engineering, layout, joint cutting and raising. There are a large number of very nice drawings by Linda Foss that illustrate all aspects of timber frames. In the center of the book are 22 pages of black and white photographs by Jeremy Foss and Randy Hillner that clearly document the raising of a frame, beginning to end. The last chapter of the book describes the building of a 12' x 16' timber frame shed. There are drawings, a timber schedule and complete raising plan to test you new found skills. This was done in the March 1980 issue of Rodale's New Shelter magazine, including a clapboards and a slate roof. Also included are a seven page Glossary, a two page Bibliography, a five page Appendix of drawings of basic timber framing joints and their uses. The Timber Framing Book is a great way to get a clear understanding of timber frames before graduating to books by other authors like Tedd Benson. This book is a must have for any timber framer's toolbox.
Tony Stewart: Hottest Thing on Wheels
Published in Paperback by Sports Pub (2004-02)
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very good reading!
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-07
Review Date: 2000-04-07
Who finished fourth in the 1999 Winston Cup Championship and as a rookie? Tony Stewart that's who. In this Racing Superstar Series book you'll follow along as only after 25 starts Tony Stewart capture his first checkered flag.
As with the other books in the series, this one is also a very quick read. Like the others the book gives a look into the short but promising career of one of the brightest and most talented rookies on tour.
As a part of Joe Gibbs Racing, Tony Stewart amassed over $2.6 millions in winnings in his first year and the future looks even brighter. Pick up a copy and take a look into the life of the new millennium of racing superstars.
Tony Stewart in a nutshell
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2001-04-12
Review Date: 2001-04-12
This book covers Tony's stellar racing career to this point. It has some interesting facts and lots of cool B & W pictures (including one of him hugging "friend" Jeff Gordon *LOL*). A must own for any Stewart fan!
Too Hot to Cool Down
Published in Hardcover by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang (1996-10)
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Beautiful, Filled with Sweetness and Soul
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Review Date: 2000-06-12
Review Date: 2000-06-12
Great book to share with others. The lyrics are beautiful and the illustrations a great images of "lovin". This book pays homage to jazz legends and the sweetness of love. This book leaves you with a warm feeling. I highly recommend this book. It's like church - good for the soul.
Romance, Fire & Desire
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Review Date: 2000-05-13
Review Date: 2000-05-13
Beautiful illustrated to lyrics with true meaning that reaches to depths and essence of your soul.
Too-Loose the Chocolate Moose
Published in Hardcover by Simon & Schuster (1986-05)
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My favorite childhood memories are of this book....
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-04
Review Date: 2006-01-04
My brother and I would make my Dad read this book over and over again when we were kids. Now, 25 years later, my Dad still has this book memorized - along with "Hooper Humperdink" and "Pokey Little Puppy." I really loved the time we all spent reading together then, and I am now enjoying the experience of reading to my own child.
While I love that my dad (now called Grandpa) can recite the book verbatim to my daughter, I have been searching everywhere for a copy of it so she can enjoy the pictures as much as I did. Unfortunately, ours was very well loved and it fell apart. I finally found a used copy on Amazon.com and I'm very excited to get it!
While I love that my dad (now called Grandpa) can recite the book verbatim to my daughter, I have been searching everywhere for a copy of it so she can enjoy the pictures as much as I did. Unfortunately, ours was very well loved and it fell apart. I finally found a used copy on Amazon.com and I'm very excited to get it!
Before Forest Gump, there was Too Loose the Chocolate Moose!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1998-08-27
Review Date: 1998-08-27
My husband and I found this book for our daughter when she was about 2 years old and it soon became one of her favorites. Before she could read, she had memorized it and would "read" it over and over to us. Poor Too Loose, he was made of chocolate so there wasn't much he could do with his life because of all the complications that come from being made of chocolate. As he puts it, "Life is not easy when you are made of chocolate." But, not to worry, Auntie Moose helps him figure out a line of work that makes him known the "world over!" I give this book my highest praises for it's cute pictures, simply fun story and most of all treasured memories of my daughter & me reading together. p.s. She's now 16 and we still talk about it!
Total Ministry: Reclaiming the Ministry of All God's People (Once and Future Church Series)
Published in Paperback by The Alban Institute (1995-12-31)
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The Ministry of All God's People
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-04
Review Date: 2000-04-04
"Lay Minisry," "Total Ministry," and "Priesthood of All Believers" are frequently used code-words for what the church is to be. In Stewart Zabriskie's TOTAL MINISTRY we find practical ideas for including all of God's people in ministry as well as wise cautions based on real experience of where such attempts can go wrong. While writing from the perspective of the Episcopal Church, the ideas and suggestions in this book are easily applicable to all denominations. I highly recommend this book to everyone (clergy and laity) who are seeking ways to involve all members of the church in their God-given baptismal ministry to the world.
The Ministry of All God's People
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-04
Review Date: 2000-04-04
"Lay Minisry," "Total Ministry," and "Priesthood of All Believers" are frequently used code-words for what the church is to be. In Stewart Zabriskie's TOTAL MINISTRY we find practical ideas for including all of God's people in ministry as well as wise cautions based on real experience of where such attempts can go wrong. While writing from the perspective of the Episcopal Church, the ideas and suggestions in this book are easily applicable to all denominations. I highly recommend this book to everyone (clergy and laity) who are seeking ways to involve all members of the church in their God-given baptismal ministry to the world.
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In his autobiography, "There It Is", Les Brown tells of his experiences as a Canadian born teenager, drafted into the US Army after returning to his parents home in California after a summer vacation in his native Quebec. You feel the helplessness he must have felt while trapped in the Kafkaesque draft system -one moment surfing the golden California beaches, the next on the front lines in South East Asia.
Lost in the green whirlwind that is the US Army, the young soldier quickly adapts to grunt life -finding brotherhood among those poor souls lost in the anarchy of a deteriorating war effort. As it becomes more and more clear that the American leadership has failed, Les becomes increasingly defiant. While in the most dangerous jungles he refuses to carry an M-16 and even goes AWOL for week surfing the beaches of Vietnam. A truly courageous Anti-War memoir, "There It Is" brings to the public consciousness the demons harbored by one man but belong to us all.