Ward Books

THIS BOOK IS A MUST FOR ALL LINCOLN SCHOLARS!I OWN ABOUT 3,000 LINCOLN BOOKS AND THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE BEST!HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Aching Heart-Burning Soul: Surviving Catholicism is the straightforward and intimate memoir of Virginia A. Ward. Readers are provided with an autobiographically based exploration of the Catholic church in America today, from the strong memories of growing up amidst dogma, to repercussions of how human views on infallibility affect the Church itself to this very day. An amazingly thoughtful, detailed, and intriguing discussion, Aching Heart-Burning Soul is highly recommended reading -- especially for anyone concerned with the contemporary social issues and public scandals involving the Catholic church.

Back in 2004, I was doing research in New Mexico for my book Microbe: Are We Ready For The Next Plague?. I decided to take a side trip to see Acoma - and what a side trip it was! Truly, one of the few times in my life where I felt like I'd stepped into another time, another world.

Minge's book has much the same effect on even the casual reader - it's easy to see why it's the only history of the Sky City sanctioned by the tribal council. Exhaustive, full of detail, and yes at the same time very readable. Some fascinating photographs and stories to pore over and ponder, especially through the arrival of the Spanish and the Americans.

The book is also a tribute to the strength of the people of Acoma and their decision to keep their culture alive and to honor their heritage. A definite must-read to anyone who is interested in the rich cultural heritage of the American Southwest.

Jack Hunter is known for his adventure fiction, but this novel shows a true literary genius that goes beyond the genre.

As a highschooler I used to mock this 70's cookbook, which among other things explains how to boil a cup of water in a microwave, not to microwave metal and informs you that you should never microwave with the door open. Apparently microwaves were a new appliance so they had to break everything down. However when crunch time came and I had to cook, having never used an oven and not being totally comfortable with anything other than a microwave, I turned to Adventures in Microwave Cooking.

This is the best book for cooking if you don't have an oven or are living on your own and are making small amounts of food such that it would be a waste of energy to heat an oven up. It has a table with cooking times for various vegetables that includes more unusual vegetables. I have used this as a reference for steaming artichokes and other less common vegetables. There are also a number of complete recipes for various dishes. What makes these recipes so awesome is that they are from scratch. There are many entrees, sauces, soups and sides. I have even baked bread in the microwave from scratch using a recipe from this cookbook, and it turned out great. When this was written convenience foods were less common, hence the from scratch recipes.

I always obsessively check that I have this book when I move. I would not sell it for obscene amounts of money. It is so practical to have a good from scratch microwave cookbook. My advice is to try to find this or another mid-70's microwave cookbooks at thrift stores. This one is three ring binder bound pages about 6x10 inches. Buy on sight at Goodwill or here.

This refers to the 1977 edition also published by Mongomery Ward, but editted by Dianne Young. I believe that this cookbook is an expanded later edition as title and publisher are the same. However this one has significantly more pages than mine.

As a highschooler I used to mock this 70's cookbook, which among other things explains how to boil a cup of water in a microwave, not to microwave metal and informs you that you should never microwave with the door open. Apparently microwaves were a new appliance so they had to break everything down. However when crunch time came and I had to cook, having never used an oven and not being totally comfortable with anything other than a microwave, I turned to Adventures in Microwave Cooking.

This is the best book for cooking if you don't have an oven or are living on your own and are making small amounts of food such that it would be a waste of energy to heat an oven up. It has a table with cooking times for various vegetables that includes more unusual vegetables. I have used this as a reference for steaming artichokes and other less common vegetables. There are also a number of complete recipes for various dishes. What makes these recipes so awesome is that they are from scratch. There are many entrees, sauces, soups and sides. When this was written convenience foods were less common, hence the from scratch recipes.

It is so practical to have a good from scratch microwave cookbook. My advice is to try to find mid-70's microwave cookbooks at thrift stores.

Freelance writer and anthologized poet Jo-Lynn M. Ward-O'Brien presents The Adventures of Hopper and Other Children's Stories, a trim, softcover collection of delightful short stories especially for young readers ready to make the transition from picturebooks to their very first chapter books. Black-and-white illustrations every few pages, and a minimum of text on each page help make The Adventures of Hopper and Other Children's Stories easy for young people to read. The stories in this forty-one page anthology are "The Adventures of Hopper", "A Gusty Tale", and "The Littlest Puppy"; all three feature whimsical animal characters and fast friendships. Highly recommended.

In my Texas History class we had to pick from a list of books about the state. I chose this one pretty much at random, but as the title of this review suggests I'm glad I did! Though published in 1947, this book is a must for anyone interested in the plants or wildlife in Texas, especially birds. Even if you're not interested, check it out anyway, I guarantee the author will turn you into a wannabe naturalist before you get halfway through it :)

Another nice thing is Bedichek's obvious concern about the dangers of habitat destruction and overhunting at a time well before the subject became "popular"...and my little review here doesn't do the book justice, you can tell by reading it that the author was in love with nature; the description and imagery is amazing, almost lyrical at times. The copy I read was from the library, but now I'll have to buy one of my own. I suggest you get one too, trust me, you won't regret it :)

I made the mistake of beginning this book after 9:00 P.M. I was still reading tenaciously when dawn broke, and I reluctantly had to put it down from sheer exhaustion.

Faster paced than any novel, this gripping story, ripped from the headlines of the 1960s, tells how an affable, gregarious, handsome, and unconventional man, who was both a gifted osteopath and a talented artist, and who had many friends in London society (and one in the Soviet Embassy), became swept up in the tumultuous events of history only to be sucked down into the vortiginous sinkhole of politics.

Knightley and Kennedy not only narrate the tragic life and death of Stephen Ward, but they also relate the history of the rise of tabloid journalism, which--with tales of women wielding whips, naked masked men waiting tables, orgies in Stately Homes and other titillating tidbits of gossip--is ever ready to sustain the public's prurient and seemingly insatiable appetites for such trash. (The combination of sex and politics in this book makes one wonder whether that marvelously wicked British DVD "House of Cards" might not be a forerunner to reality TV!)

"An Affair of State" is also the heartbreaking story of a rather naive man who put his faith in his friends, in his country, and in the British system of jurisprudence. In the end, he was abandoned by all but a few of his friends and betrayed by both country and British justice. In other words, he was made a scapegoat, according to Knightley and Kennedy, to the interests of the Conservative party and the hypocrisy of the establishment after the resignation in disgrace of John Profumo, Britain's dapper and dandy Minister of War.

As one who read those headines and stories avidly in 1963, and could not wait for the next sensational revelation of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, I am sufficiently chastened to discover that Stephen Ward's conviction was based upon what proved to be perjured evidence and an outrageous frameup that led to his suicide. Perhaps, at the time, as far as the public was concerned, the scandal represented an antidote to the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 (one of the most frightening times through which I have ever lived, wondering whether there would be a tomorrow), but while the attention of the world was being diverted by the sexual antics of the rich and powerful (the salacious details of which were meticulously reported in a U.K. government report), other more sinister events were unfolding, which came to their climax on November 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was assassinated.

One might draw a parallel with a similar obsession with sex and politics, fueled by the media, that not only produced another lengthy official x-rated report but also occupied the public and diverted the attention of Congress in the months preceding 9/11. Is there, perhaps, a lesson to be learned here?

This book was my most treasured posession as a boy. Now my boy loves it, although it is falling apart. It has beautiful illustrations, and concise, factual text about the various stages in the era of powered flight.