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Bone 3: Eyes of the Storm (Bone (Graphix Paperback))
Published in Turtleback by Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media (2006-03-30)
Author: Jeff Smith
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the plot thickens
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Review Date: 2007-08-13
I think this was my favorite volume in the series so far. The first two were fun and entertaining, but in this one the plot becomes thicker, more complicated, and we start to see glimpses of a rich backstory behind the characters Grandma Ben and Thorn. People who liked the first two books will be sure to like this one, too.

1st Graphic Novel ever read
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Review Date: 2007-05-25
This is my 1st Graphic Novel that I have read. Jeff Smith is a great author and illustrator. The words along with the pictures tell a great story. Jeff uses many story elements in his book Eyes of the storm. His plot has several conflicts in it. He uses mainly person-against-person, with it being the Bone cousins and village people against the rat creatures. Jeff Smith uses flashbacks and foreshadowing in dreams to let Thorn know what her past was like. He uses cliff hangers to make the story more suspenseful. Amongst all of this, Jeff Smith knows how to lighten the atmosphere by putting humor in the right places. This book kept me wanting more. I can't wait to get a hold of the next volume. This will not be my last graphic novel that I read.

Bone
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Review Date: 2007-03-16
The Bone books are the gratest comics I have Ever read

check em' out ;)

Eyes of the Storm
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Review Date: 2007-02-17
This book I just read is about a boy named Bone. Bone's friend started a cow race, and convinced everyone to bet on a cow that didn't even exist. So now they have to wash dishes at a bar to pay back what they destroyed. They have weird dreams about their past. So they spend days trying to figure out what their dreams were about. There are furry creatures in the woods trying to kill them.
Bone was the main character in the story he is the coolest and funniest in the book. There grandma reminds me of my grandma from when I was 3. She told me that there as no such thing as ghosts. I figured out that there was such thing as ghosts when I was 5. My favorite part in the story is when Bone realized that their dreams where real. If you like comic books then you will like the Bone series. This book was made to be read by kids 11 and older.

Bone, Books 1 through 4
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-28
These books are fantastic! I have two 7yr old boys that cry if I don't read this book to them at night.

Parents:
Imagine using, I won't read to you tonight if you don't stop right now, and it works...that's how good this series is. At first I thought the book might be a little too scary for them but they were hooked and it wasn't until book 4 that I had to consider sensoring some of the language (things like "idiot"). Any book that brings kids back to the well again and again is worth purchasing.

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Old Man's Cave (Bone)
Published in Library Binding by (2008-04-18)
Author: Jeff Smith
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Good Service
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Review Date: 2008-04-07
This product was received in a timely manner and in excellent shape. Was very satisfied.

Love this Book
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Review Date: 2007-12-12
My son fell in love with this books. Its a good way of having him improve his reading skill...

A secret sacrificial moonlight ceremony threatens them in another fine Bone presentation.
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Review Date: 2007-12-04
Book 6 of Jeff Smith's graphic novel Bone series, Bone: Old Man's Cave features a showdown between the Hooded One and the valley folk - and Bone and Phoney Bone at the center of controversy. A secret sacrificial moonlight ceremony threatens them in another fine Bone presentation.

More Fun, More Adventure!
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Review Date: 2007-10-07
I can see why Bone is so popular! This volume is truly a great continuation of the series. The plot continues to become more complicated and intriguing, and the characters are still as likeable and endearing as ever. I can't wait to read the next volume!

really good
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Review Date: 2007-08-20
I'm a fanatic of bone products, so i think they are the most wonderful things i have ever bought.

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Rock Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border (Bone)
Published in Library Binding by (2007-05-15)
Author: Jeff Smith
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Great book
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Review Date: 2007-04-12
Do you like adventure books? If you do here's a book. Bone is a great book. Phoney Bone and his cousin Smiley Bone have a Rat creature cub. They go up to the Mountains and try to let it go. But they run into two other Rat creaatures. Will they make it away? Read to find out. Recommended for all cartoon lovers.

Finally, something my son will read!
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Review Date: 2007-02-02
We have been patiently awaiting the release of what appears to be another printing of this book. My 8 year old really doesn't like to read...except for the Bone Series. I haven't read them yet but my 12 year old likes them also. I'm just happy to find something he will willingly read. Thank you Jeff Smith!

Just a question...
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Review Date: 2006-07-08
I have the other four Bone books and they are all in color and have Bone volume_ in the title. Is this book in the same series and in color or do I just have newer or older versions of these graphic novels. I love these books and i just want to know the answer to this question so I don't make a bad buy off Amazon.

Thanks...

A Great Chase!
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Review Date: 2005-06-14
"Rock Jaw: Master Of The Eastern Border" is the fifth volume in the nine volume Bone series, which makes it the halfway point. Once again Jeff Smith has done an excellent job of blending humor, mystery and fantasy to create a great tale of adventure

This volume is one great chase sequence, following Fone and Smiley in their adventure where they try to return Bartleby (The Rat Cub) to his people. Along the way they meet the two outcast Rat Creatures, Rock Jaw, an unusual group of orphans, the possum kids, and Kingdok and his Rat Creature followers. Smith is ingenious in mixing in dialogue that advances the overall adventure, with the action of the chase. We learn more about Thorn, the history of the area, and other aspects of the story, even though Thorn, Rose, Lucius, and Phoney don't appear at all.

go bone go!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2004-05-21
bone rocks its funny romantique and there's a new adventures adventure in evty onE

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The Russians
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Ballantine Books (1984-08-12)
Author: Hedrick Smith
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Before the Soviet Union collapsed
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Review Date: 2005-09-18
For many years the world behind the Iron Curtain was a mystery. There were Sovietologists of all different kinds. One famous Daniel Bell essay gave I believe eight or so different basic ways of interpreting the Soviet Union. Hedrick Smith is a reporter and what he did in this outstanding work was to look into the ordinary life of Soviet society as far as he could. He explained then close to thirty years ago many of the anomalies of the system. And when I read the book then I felt I really was getting inside information into a hidden and highly significant world.

An excellent and required read
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Review Date: 2005-04-26
I cannot claim to be a student of Russian history, but I have always foudn the ironies and disconnects of Russian life interesting. I just read this book in 2004, and now understand today's headlines from Russia, and their nostalgia for the order of the brutal regimes that preceded the fall of the Soviet Union. This is, as someone else said, a classic, a must read, a requirement for anyone who needs to understand Russia. Don't worry about it being date; part of Russian culture is that they cling hopelessly to the old while being swept cruelly away by the new. The attitudes and longings portrayed in this book appear to still be the same.

Must read for all students of Russia and Soviet "Communism"
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Review Date: 2005-01-11
I have been a student of the Soviet Union for many years, but did not come across this book until very recently, and I must say that I feel this one book does more to provide a picture of Soviet life than perhaps all the other study I had done previously.

While it is true that there is an "American bias" to this book, it isn't overpowering, and it leaves room for the "unbiased" student to draw plenty of their own conclusions. Overall I find this to be the least biased of all the western histories of the Soviet Union.

What I found most fascinating was the distinct parallel between American conservatives (who of course are anti-Marxist) and Russian conservatives of the time (where were very pro-Marxist).

As a student of Marxism, I fully understand this, but this book demonstrated it so well. In mentality, its safe to say that many of America's far right Republicans would have been among the USSR's Marxist orthodoxy.

This book is a must read for anyone interested in the Soviet Union, it will dispell myths on both sides.

A fascinating mosaic of a huge and conflicted empire.
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-03-07
Hendrick Smith is a New York Times correspondent that spent the years 1970-75 living in and among the Soviet people, studying both the people and the culture. As much as a westerner could he immersed himself in many aspects of their lives interviewing workers, peasants, government beaurocrats, physicists, writers, movie producers, dissidents and students. He came away with a picture of a passionate and conflicted people; at times warm and hospitible, fearful and paranoid, petty and tyrannical, cynical and apathetic, and proud and loyal. In a country where the state is in overwhelming control of nearly every aspect of their lives, where a stroke of the pen from a government beaurocrat could destroy a man's life for the slightest misstep, the Russian are hardy souls that have found many ingenious ways to cope and survive.

In a supposedly classless utopia Smith shows us a country deeply divided by class distinctions, much more so than anywhere in the west. With a haughtiness that rivals the most snobbish western aristocrat, the cultural elite enjoy a life that is completely out of reach of the common man. They get to shop at special stores, stocked to the gills with imported goods from all over the world (Soviet made items considered beneath them) while the rest of the country spends on average 22 hours a week per household standing in line for basic necessities. The blatant corruption and hypocrisy is startling, but don't you dare voice it. Smith claims that just a few weeks of this type of living would wither away the will of your average American, and I believe him.

Only a westerner living among the Soviet people could write such a book. He tells of his 11-year-old daughter, enrolled in a Soviet public school, coming home and practising military drills taught as a regular part of the curriculum, or repeating songs and slogans extolling the `Great Leninist State' and condemning America without really comprehending the meaning of anything she's saying. Soviets are taught from an early age to simply parrot the idealogical dogma that is fed to them on an almost daily basis without digging too deeply. The Russians are so used to being lied to by their own government that they assume all nations lie to their people, and the Soviet government uses this political cynicisim as an effective means of control.

Although many of these `facts' about life in the USSR are fairly common knowledge in America (especially if you grew up during the Reagan years), Smith puts a human face on it that transforms this grey, drab, and seemingly monotonous totalitarian state into a vivid and colorful mosaic of a sincere, intelligent and deeply conflicted people with a communal inferiority complex

A bit dated now, but still relevant to historians
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 10 total.
Review Date: 2000-12-06
Although this book is now rather dated (from the Brezhnev era of the 1970s) it still sticks in my mind as a very vivid portrait of Russia and the Russians...I read it in my late teens circa 1989 or so. I didn't read THE NEW RUSSIANS until a couple of years ago. Both are excellent books but I enjoyed THE RUSSIANS more, I think. Any student of Russia would do well to read this book even today...although it's no longer contemporary/current events it still captures like a snapshot the then-USSR in the late 70s, and even some discussion of the earlier times in people's memories then--Krushchev, Stalin, etc. I found the book insightful and still relevant when I myself I finally visited Russia in 1993. Should be available at most Public Libraries...handle with care, the copies will be old.

 Steve Smith
Just Labs
Published in Hardcover by Willow Creek Press (1995-09)
Author: Steve Smith
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Perfect Photo and Story Book For Labrador People!
Helpful Votes: 13 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 2003-03-22
For someone like me who has spent countless hours, days and weeks in the company of four or more Labrador Retrievers, this book is a hoot. It takes light-hearted look at Labradors, sharing a bounty of beautiful photographs of man's best friends with us, and looking at the personality traits and character qualities that make them the single most popular breed in America today. Labs are among the most social of canines, yet they are remarkably calm and pacific once they know you. Which isn't to deny the fact that they are very active and energetic, and that anyone who lives with one needs to ensure the dog and he or she spend sopme time outside in vigorous play every day. But as the author tells us, we love labradors because they seem to represent the best and most admirable qualities we happen to admire.

Labradors are amazingly loyal, and are quite keyed into your emotional state and sense of well-being. As a person who sometimes suffers from migraines, I can attest that the dogs seem to reconize my symptoms and key their own behavior from this perception of the way I am feeling, being much more willing to simply take a nap with me than usual, since they seem to understand from past experience that the migraine will dirve me back to bed. They show many endearing and remarkable traits, and we find ourselves amazed by just how intelligent, perceptive, and attractive they are as a species.

Labradors also live almost exclusively in the moment, and are ethusiastic and energetic in their pursuit of fun and frolic. Anyone living in their company can attest to the fact that you are never at a loss for entertainment when your Labrador friend is around, and he or she are happy to just be with you, and are almost oo willing and too anxious to show you just how excited they are to have you around. Coming home after a long day's work means a kidn of instant celebration, with four Labradors jumping, barking, and wall-banging, so glad are they to have me back home with them. Find a human who is that glad to see you, and you have found true love, my friend. Yet it is all here in spades with the Labradors, and this entertaining little book will seerve to amuse you, educate you, and sometimes surprise you with its nuggets of information, parcels of knowledge, and bits of wisdom about just why it is that Labradors rule the roost around my house! Enjoy!

Just for your Enjoyment
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-07-25
Just Labs is a book of few words an magnificent photography. This is not a book that will tell you how to raise your dog, or what kind of food to feed it, or what dog won best of show 10 years ago. It will amuse you and is guaranteed to sit on your desk at work, your coffee table, or your nightstand as a book that will make you smile. It is very easy to read and quite humorous. One section reads:

"Someone once said that it's possible to train a Lab by treating him like a three-year old child; if so then it's no wonder Labs and kids are so inseparable. Imagine a guardian who never sleeps, one with the eyes and ears to rival the best security system ever devised, one that knows roads are bad things and will steer your youngster away from them. At the same time, they realize that a short little kid with an ice-cream cone is like a gift from God."

If you want a fun book to just make you smile, this book is for you.

... hmmm ...
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2001-03-15
I was very much taken by the cover shot when I first saw this book on Amazon, the reviews too, seemed rather encouraging ... when the book arrived, I was expecting the rest of the photographs to be of similar or better quality ... am a little disappointed.

If this is an instructional book on how to raise or train Labradors, quality of photographs would not be so critical ... but its a pictorial book, and for some reason, quite a few of the photographs are missing that little extra ingredient which makes for really good photography ... perhaps if the photos had been more tightly edited, it might have made a difference ... At US$35 the book is not inexpensive, and there are better alternatives around ... just do a quick search, under photography and Labradors.

A perfect gift for the lab-lover, and a treasure in our
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2000-07-25
collection. The book is full of great photos paying equal homage to the "field" vs. "English" labs, and does not disciminate over color. His photography skills capture the personalities of the breed, and the depth of the relationships between dog and handler. The captions are perfect, and some will bring a tear to the eye of even the most stoic of us all.

The book is slanted toward field work, domestic life and hunting activities, rather than conformance or obedience work. My husband loved this as a gift, and he is nearly impossible to buy for. All in all, though, it is a beautiful tribute to this remarkable breed.

Dog photos...
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2001-05-15
Ask any photography instructor, and he will say, "I don't want to see any puppy and kitty pictures!" How wrong they are. Dale does a great job of presenting the working Lab in everyday situations, from the field trial to the duck blind and the upland field, and he does it with a great sense of humor.

This book, however, is not a training manual. If you're wondering how to train Labs to do what Dale shows them doing, check out Mike Gould's "The Labrador Shooting Dog". Another great look at working Labs is Paul and Julie Knutsons' "The Pointing Labrador." Both books have great photographs of Labs in action, by the way, and the training techniques to back them up.

 Steve Smith
Quick Guide to the 16 Personality Types in Organizations: Understanding Personality Differences in the Workplace
Published in Paperback by Telos Pubns (2002-02-15)
Authors: Linda V Berens, Sue A Cooper, Linda K Ernst, Charles R Martin, Steve Myers, Dario Nardi, Roger R Pearman, Marci Segal, and Melissa A Smith
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Great
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Review Date: 2008-06-20
Recieved item on time, right when we were told it would arrive. Book in very good condition.

Tools Tools Tools
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Review Date: 2007-03-13
This is terrific if you have any desire to learn the personality types around you.
Take a break from guessing... give yourself a tool.

Geared to the work environment
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-02-13
Not a big book, but large on the value that it brings to the workplace. Highly recommended and well worth its cost.

It is a very good reference
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-21
This is a small book that goes to the point, It have a section for each type of personality that have a small description of it, the way that they solve problems, their style of leadership, their creative expression, how do they work on teams, how the have to deal with stress, how they learn, and tips for personal growth. Also in the later chapters, this book have two pages that describes the team roles that each personality prefers.

Great Tool for Myers-Briggs
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2007-01-05
I am a certified instructor for Myers-Briggs and have read many of these books about type. This one has it all! It's easy to use as a reference and practical. I reccommend it to anyone who uses Myers-Briggs at work.

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The Cure: Ten Imaginary Years
Published in Paperback by Zomba Books (1990-06)
Authors: Barbarian, Steve Sutherland, and Robert Smith
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wonderfully done a must for any cure fan
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-06
writen as well as the music, in depth from early school days to 1989. beutiful pictures not just for a cure fan but for anyone wants to read about interesting people.

The semi-autobiography for The Cure's first ten years
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1998-08-06
This book is the "definitive version" of the first ten years of the band we all know and love, The Cure. It takes us from Robert's early school days to the height of 1986, without leaving anyone behind. By far, the best biography to date, but another is in the works.

A treat to any Cure fan.....
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2003-06-20
Ever since I became a Cure fan I had always wondered if Robert or any of the other band members had a biography, marking the major turning points of their musical careers.... And I guess that my question has been answered ever since I first heard about this crucial book. It lives up to what everyone has said about it, and I just got it yesterday from my friend Ben actually!(Thanks again! You're a sweetie!!)
What can I really say that hasn't been said already? It starts out in the late 70's, the original band members were in the middle of high school and already showing major signs of music excellence. Robert showed obvious signs of his intrest in music around his 10th grade year, and this book clearly highlights his journey to the top. I personally think it's quite intresting to read about their rise to fame and the obstacles they had to encounter along the way. I don't want to give out any spoilers so you all will just have to find out of yourselves the stories in here (oh yeah, there's a hilarious one that concerns Lol and Billy Idol... I almost fell over laughing!!)
This treasure is full of surprises and just about anything else you won't expect to hear. And, lets not forget the oh so needed eye candy!! It's practically exploding with tons of rare, great pictures... Color and black and white. The cute as hell baby pictures are a perfect ending. I especially love the color on the cover. Just because it says it's "paper-back" does not mean that it's not durable or good-looking. First time I saw it I thought it was a hard back because the front is glossy.
The pages are made out of nice quality paper and it's really thick, so you'll have hours to spend reading it. It's a fairly large book as well, I'd say around the size of a good-sized magazine (the width being roughly 8 1/2 in. and the length being 11 in.). This book is generally hard to come across(if not impossible), so I highly urge any Cure fan who is considering on buying this to second-guess no more.
You WILL NOT find any and I mean ANY other Cure book that will be more on the mark than this one. Take it from me and millions of Cure fans alike, this book will easily become one of your most valued possesions. Also, it's important to note that this is the only site on the 'net where I've seen this book for sale (new and used).
I've tried bidding before and no matter what, I was always outbidded by like, 12 other people so just save yourself some time and not to mention money and buy this now! I wish that I would've done that a long time ago. I promise you won't be disappointed in the least!

A must for any Cure fan!
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 1999-02-23
This book is not just a The Cure fan's book, it just a great book. In depth from cover to cover with every thing from school times to kiss me kiss me kiss me. In a few words: Lovable, interesting, and just wonderful.

What an Amusing Band!!!!!
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2002-03-19
I have been a cure fan for as long as I remember and own several cure books, but I must say this is my very favorite, one of the most interesting I have ever read on this band."Ten Imaginary years" takes you on a journey from the very begining of the band (it even mentions how Smith and Tolhurst meet) and ends around the late 1980's when the cure play in Orange, France.
Members of the band talk about their experiences with being in the world of music,their musical inspirations, life on the road, bad managment,fights,bar hopping, drinking binges (hilarious!!!), making of their videos, family life and the very unusual characters and situations they have been in along the way.
This was one of my first cure books , so I absolutely recomend it to the new cure fan and for the old cure fan, its a must have. It has great pictures (including childhood pictures form all members!!), a discography at the end of the book and lots of information about the members I had no idea about. Most important of all this book is extremely humorous.This book is the real thing, it revelas all unapologetically. You will love it!!!!!

 Steve Smith
How Do You Know He's Real?: Celebrity Reflections on True Life Experiences with God
Published in Paperback by Destiny Image Publishers (2006-04-01)
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Just couldn't get enough of this book!
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Review Date: 2008-07-02
I first ordered this book for my son-in-law, because he is such a Charlie Daniels fan. I then ordered a copy for a friend of mine who is going through a rough time in her life right now. Before giving it away, I flipped through the pages, and read the story by Jonny Lang. I am a 61 yr. old grandmother, but I have albums by him. I was just blown away, and had to order a copy for myself.

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Review Date: 2007-06-14
In the book, How Do You Know He's Real, you'll get an inside look into the spiritual lives of 34 celebrities. Hagberg has compiled testimonies ranging from Kirk Cameron to Rudy Sarzo (former bass player for Ozzy Osbourne). Each story is remarkably different and it's amazing to read how God has worked in the lives of each of these well-known people.

Celebrities Share Their Christian Faith
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Review Date: 2007-05-31


The author has collected very readable stories telling how celebrities have become Christians, and they share their low points and their joys here. This is a welcome peek into the lives of well known people who typically are more secretive.
Ricky Skaggs, Kirk Cameron, Gloria Gaynor, Bethel Johnson (34 people in all) tell about their struggles and their early days as new Christians.
Billy Ray Cyrus tells of singing in his grandpa's Pentecostal church when he was 4, and includes the touching lyrics to the song he wrote "The other side."
Jackie (Jacklyn) Zeman, star of General Hospital, advises that when you are at a crossroads "cry out to God and ask for His guidance."
Al Kasha's story resonated with me; this Academy Award winning songwriter overcame agoraphobia, and talks about how Hollywood is a tough place for a Jew who came to Christ, and how he started a Hollywood Bible study group.
There are stories here for anyone to enjoy and find spirit lifting.

Celebrities talk about God in their life
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2007-04-27
(Hagberg has written a companion book with the same title, subtitled God Unplugged)

How Do You Know He's Real? is a collection of celebrity essays about God acting in their lives. The contributors include athletes, musicians, and actors. Their stories often follow a familiar pattern of fame leading to drugs and alcohol before hitting bottom and being turned around by an encounter with God. That's not to say the accounts are all stock and cliched, but rather that God meets each person in their need--and for celebrities that need will be similar. And many of the tales include growing up in stable Christian homes, but still needing to make personal decisions about God and Christ and how that decision impacted their careers.

The stories are collected alphabetically but Hagberg has provided a topic finder so a reader battling discouragement or frustration can find offerings from Billy Ray Cyrus, Nancy Stafford, Zorro, Gary Burghoff or John Schneider.

Each essay begins with a picture and short biography of the contributor, listing their accomplishments. Following the selection is God's Road Map, a few sentences about the issues raised by the author, with Bible verses for teaching and encouragement.

The essays themselves are as varied as the contributors. Some of them read as if they were written to be given as speeches. Several sound like the writer could be sitting at your kitchen table, chatting over the coffee pot. All of them are honest and share from their heart how God has acted in their life and how they know He's real.

Reading the accounts of God acting in both miraculous and mundane ways reminds us that no matter what a person does for a living, each of us are created beings who need a loving Savior and merciful God.

Armchair Interviews says: Up close and personal stories from celebrities.

COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!!! Terrific Read!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-18
I received this book as a gift and once I started, I couldn't put it down. Ms Hagberg has captured the beliefs of these well known and respected celebrities, sports figures, and musicians. I'm anxiously awaiting the next book in the series and can't wait to give copies of this one to all my friends. Order 2!

 Steve Smith
Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow
Published in Hardcover by Tin House Books (2006-11-30)
Author: Zak Smith
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"There's all these cool kinds of pictures!"
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Review Date: 2008-06-24
My two sons (Zachary and Alexander) have been saving their allowance and doing extra chores to save money for a Nintendo DS (they save half, my wife & I pay half). This has been a huge deal for them because they each really want one.

Yesterday, my wife took the boys to a bookstore, and 7 1/2 year old Zach saw Zak Smith's book based on Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow". He could not, would not put it down; he was mesmerized. He's not one to want, want, want, but this, he had to have. He looked at various and sundry art-related books for at least a half hour, and kept coming back to this book. Which was $40. After much discussion and pondering, Zach was resolute: My wife had a $16 credit at the store which she let him use and he kicked in $20 of his $27 to get the book. The point is, he gave up his Gameboy money for an art book. A big deal. He said "You know how interested I am in art, Mom!"

I've read a bit of Pynchon ("Vineland") but when I've leafed through "Granvity's Rainbow" in the past, I've thought it challenging, circular, dense. Very much like, though not so much as, the uber-interpretive "Finegan's Wake" by James Joyce (referenced, coincidentally, by Zak Smith's book). So at once I was impressed; thumbing through Zach's Zak book, even more so. It IS mesmerizing; page after page of fascinating, provoking, stirring beauty. You can get lost in there.

Not only do I now have a renewed vigor to tackle "Gravity's Rainbow", but am inspired to have (with Zach's permission) Zak Smith's profoundly astonishing book along for the cerebral roller coaster, a benevolent guide to provide dazzling clues as I navigate the former's intellectually demanding jungle.

Whether $26.37 or $39.95, worth every penny...

What a Great Artist.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-31
I'm totally blown away by this book, after seeing these drawings at the Walker I had to own it. Check out his website to see all the drawings on line.

And If You Think The Book Is Great....
Helpful Votes: 12 out of 17 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-04
If you live anywhere near Minneapolis get yourself over to the Walker Art Center, where every single one of Zak Smith's drawings/paintings/sculptures (yes, some are three dimensional) for this project are displayed on one wall. (All are in the permanent collection of the Walker.) How do I know it's all 750+ artworks? Because I counted. 45 columns by 17 rows. You could spend hours staring at them and not exhaust this monumental project. I'm not sure how long they'll remain on display so don't put it off.

Buy it...
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-28
Zak Smith a genious, and this book the best.
if you like concept ilustration, you'll love it...

and the prize it's great!

like looking at the Grand Canyon for the first time
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-15
I just saw the Zak Smith exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minn. where I had gone to see the "Picasso in America". But this Gravity's Rainbow page-by-page is, by far, the reason to go to the Walker right now. Mindboggling. Buy the book and picture each page lined up like a grid covering an entire wall. The Pynchon book is quite challenging to read so try to imagine Zak Smith capturing the concept of each and every page with a drawing or picture. Number 404 looks like an inch thick melted white plastic mess--does anyone know what happened in the book on this page? I noticed that one of the "tags" for this product is "genius." Believe it.

 Steve Smith
Fantastical Adventures of Sleepy Steve (The Fantastical Adventures of Sleepy Steve)
Published in Paperback by Infinity One Publisher (2005-10)
Author: Deronte' L. Smith
List price: $9.95
New price: $9.95
Used price: $0.04
Collectible price: $10.00

Average review score:

(RAW Rating: 3.5) - Truly an Adventure
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-14
Deronte' Smith introduces young readers to a most unlikely hero in FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES OF SLEEPY STEVE. The book opens at the beginning of a new school year, and Steve is more nervous than usual because he will be attending a new school where he will make new friends. The morning is a disaster but somehow he manages to make some friends during the bus ride to school. He immediately explains to his new friends that he suffers from a sleep disorder, and as a result, he often falls asleep at the most inopportune times. As readers follow Steve on his day-to-day activities, they will soon discover that he and his group of friends, all of whom don't quite fit in, find excitement in even the most mundane of situations. Whether going to find the school's maintenance man, discovering a first crush, or visiting a museum, the character's vivid imaginations (and Steve falling asleep at just the wrong moment) add humor and interest to the plot.

FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES OF SLEEPY STEVE presents a fun and engaging story while highlighting the power of imagination. The children in the book found excitement in the least expected places. I enjoyed the way the author incorporated Steve's sleep disorder into the story to add humor, but I would have liked a little more emphasis on explaining how the disorder works. I also would have liked more depth in the characters. The plot, filled with humorous antics, is what drives the story, but better characterization would have made readers more invested in the unfolding events and better able to relate to the characters. Overall, FANTASTICAL ADVENTURES OF SLEEPY STEVE is an above average read with lots of laugh-out-loud moments.

Reviewed by Stacey Seay
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

son couldn't put it down
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-05-16
I purchased this book at the GHEA conference.
> I paid more for that reading book
> that I did any other book
> that I purchased; because I knew that my son would
> enjoy reading it. Well,
> I was correct. He picked it up the day I brought it
> home and didn't want to
> put it down. Every chance he had to read it, he did
> until he finished it
> and has now asked if we can buy more of that kind.
We look forward to more!
>
> M Layton
>

incredibly funny!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-26
very funny, and very well written. Obviously enjoyed by the writer and all readers. I have suggested it to all my family and friends. The characters have been brought to life, as well as every setting in the book. My friends and I agree, it is a great book and can't await more from Deronte Smith.

daniel J carr

The Fantastical Adventures of Sleepy Steve
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2006-01-08
I truly enjoyed reading this book. The author did an excellent job of bringing the characters to life, describing every detail in it's entirety, which made you feel as if you were in the same room with them. Each chapter ignited such excitement about what was going to happen next, causing me to reflect on my earlier days in elementary school. We all can relate to having at least two friends (bully & brainiac) in our circles while growing up like these, as well as dealing with some of the realities they faced.

I'm looking forward to the next book! Great job Deronte!

Sleepy Steve is anything but
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2005-12-01
The Fantastical Adventures of Sleepy Steve is a fast paced, well written book. I read it in little under 2 hours, but could not put it down once. I know it is for kids under 13, but it put me back in touch with my own childhood, the pranks, the idea that the janitor was a monster, the floating turds....

I recommend this book to all Parents and Children alike and I myself am putting in an early order for book 2.

Great work Deronte, keep them coming.

Andrew.


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