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I thought that this book was well written. And verry ineresting. And it told what happened during the late 1800. And it told how people where like back then.

The Judd family saga is a story that will inform you, captivate you and make you laugh at times. The trials and tribulations of a midwestern family's growth through several generations gives a realistic portrayal of typical rural life in America. Doris Burke's writing is comparable to that of Frank McCourt and if you enjoyed Angela's Ashes this should definately be your next read.

I found this book of The Judd Family very interesting. It showed how families survived and what life was all about in the 1900's. I would recommend reading all of the excitement and sorrow that happened to this family. It was a well written and unforgetable story.

As I read this book It made me feel as if I knew the family and what life was like for a struggling family in the 1900's. The characters seemed realistic. The book was well written and very descriptive. I especially enjoy reading books about the past, and I hope to read more from this author.

This author has a great way of describing events that took place in the past with this family. The different stories she tells make you sit back and recall things that have happend in your past. I hope to read more books in the future by this author.

THIS BOOK IS THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER RECEIVED FROM AMZAZON. THE BOOK ARRIVED ON TIME BEFORE CLASS AND IT WAS PROFOUND THEOLOGICAL WORK FROM WILLIAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ALL CHRISTIAN, LAY PERSON, CLERGY OR ACEDAMIAN. PROFOUND BOOK ON THE SUBJECT OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY.

'Outside of God's gracious redemption, we will not read aright His revelation in His creation.' Pg 21

We have had a lot of time to reflect on the drama of redemption and comment on the work and Person of Christ, the lead role in this amazing true life story. And yet many have failed to give due attention to the nature of God's verbal word, His promises deployed throughout the drama, and the measures God took to ratify His covenants with various biblical characters - as a commitment of His faithfulness to His word, and as a display to the vast array of His divine attributes. In this book is revealed the plot of that story line that has been the glue of Covenant theology. Its secures for us the knowledge that this story has One divine author, and one progressive story line, one time-space context, one redeeming purpose and one future grand finale - all culminating in glory, as the Bible reveals to us how God acts in our world, and on our behalf.

'Christianity is a revelatory religion. This means that God has revealed Himself, His ways, and His will most clearly and fully in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. This implies that we expect it to comprise a coherent message within a unified whole.' Pg x, Preface

Even our Lord, Jesus Christ, placed His part (and ours) in the history of mankind in a context of covenant, and Paul insists that what he is narrating in this chapter of redemption, he directly received from Christ:

'For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks He broke it and said, 'This is my body broken for you. Do this in remembrance of Me.' In the same manner He also took the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the NEW COVENANT in My blood. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.' 1 Cor 11 23 - 25

We are, as much as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were, all participants in a covenant initiated by God. Communion is the ordinance that is intended to continuously remind the New Testament church of this means of salvation, this covenant we have cut with God, thru Christ's atoning death on the cross. Baptism is the sign of the New Testament believer's death to self, but its significance in its role as a ordinance is contested by various strains who interpret Scripture differently.

'The events of biblical history can become redemptive history only through the witness of the Spirit to the believing community as it responds to the biblical story.' Pg 18

What Christians fail to grasp is that God enters into world history to do His saving acts, because of His covenant He cut with men in which He said to them He would. Here we must part ways with many modern and relatively recent interpretations of how God has been pleased to reveal Himself.

Proff Williams connects the three relational offices, within the time frame of the Edenic covenant as: that of man to God, man to creation and man to other humans. He furthers:

'The image of God does not make man unique from the created order, but rather unique within the created order. Man bears God's image for the sake of his calling to rule over and steward creation. Should we miss man's calling, we will miss the purpose of his being in the image of God...for the sake of the whole earth. That God has placed us here in this world and called us in service both to Himself and to His creation means that we can be comfortable with our creaturely status, our undeniable links with the creaturely. Man is made for earth. This world is our home.' Pg 60 - 61

Not ultimately, but in God's created order, definitely. Does that not shatter the illusions of many, laying waste their other-worldly claims to 'apostolic' authority and 'heavenly' visions?

'The covenant is not contingent upon human response. The covenant can never depend on man. From this point forwards, God covenants with man not just as image bearer but also as sinner. For a creature in revolt against the divine rule, all overtures of grace are in spite of his fallen nature. God preserves His creation in spite of man. And He redeems in spite of sin.' Pg 95

How have we misunderstood God's goodness toward us right from the very beginning!

I just finished reading this book and must say that I am quite pleased with it. Michael Williams has done an admirable job of making a Biblical Theological model of understanding the Scriptures (i.e. redemptive-historical, in the line of Geerhardus Vos) accessible to a broad audience. I read a lot of this genre of literature, and most of it is fairly technical (i.e. a knowledge of Greek and/or Hebrew a must); however, Williams' book manages to retain both readability and an appropriate scholarly depth. The average reader will be able to pick it up without any problems.

Regarding the contents of the book: I was happy to see that Williams structures his book around the story of redemption. He draws the reader nicely through creation, fall, redemption, and consummation. In doing so he explores the richness of the Biblical narrative.

Overall, this is a fine introduction to the Covenant Story of Redemption. I think that it would make an excellent text book for a college Theology class.

Note: this book is not intended as an exhaustive scholarly treatise. So for those of you who have read a good deal of Dutch Neo-Calvinists or followers/sympathizers of Reformational thinking, you may find it to be repeating many things that you've heard before.

I'm currently using this book with my weekly small group Bible study and everyone is enjoying and learning from the study.

If you've ever read the Old Testament stories and asked yourself why these stories matter, then this book is for you. It's very readable!

I got the chance to speak with the author last summer and he told me that this book was not designed so much to be a text book, but rather a book that you could give to your mother ... I gave her a copy for Christmas and she's already buying copies to give to her friends.

Williams writes in the theological line of John Murray and Palmer Robertson. The treatment is thorough and balanced, but the virtue of the book is the elegance of Williams' style. This is delightful reading as well as fine biblical theology.

This man and his book (along with his web page) saved my family. My daughter had been suffering with gall bladder disease and hypothyroidism for at least 4 years. Her symptoms became so bad she would not eat due to the stress it caused her. Slowly she was exhibiting anorexic symptoms and I knew she was slowly starving and not because she was psychotic. She was hungry and would eat only 4 or 5 safe foods as they were not a distress to her system. Needless to say, I got this book, read it in a night, emailed Dr. Smedley at 6 am. After he personally called me back, we were in his office after a 2 hour drive to see him by that afternoon. Long story short, she had gall bladder surgery and is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT GIRL. The truth has to get out for those that are suffering -- he is brilliant and the most compassionate man I ever met. Those aren't my words, they are the words of the technicians he sent us to, that tested my daughter.

Even though I was able to get the gist of this book on WebMD, I liked being able to read a little more in-depth on the article Dr. Smedley. had written. I have the info at my finger tips anytime I need to reference it and I have some food prepration ideas.

I am a professional pilot for a major airline. I have been to over 5 doctors. I have been sick for over 3 months. EVERY test that I have taken came back negative. here is a small list. CAT scan, 2 sonograms, hida scan, 2 complete blood work ups, 2 barium swallows. I read DR. Smedleys book and started on the no fat diet, within 3 days I felt considerably better. If you have the same problem that I have(diseased Gall Bladder) this program will work for you. As stated in the book The FINAL test that that you MUST GET to determine your illness is the CCK test. I had to fly to Kingston PA to get mine. In my opinion I feel that Dr. Smedley is an absolute genius in his knowledge of human body.
This book contains a lot of other gastro. info. This book saved my life and my job. I have the highest regards for Dr. Smedley

I had given in and met with a surgeon,for fear I would end up in the emergency room facing gall bladder surgery without a surgeon of my choice.It was a year ago and I was having constant gall bladder attacks,the gall bladder seriously inflamed each time. I found Dr.Smedley on the internet and got the book via Amazon.I felt completely better in a very short amount of time.Apart from the info regarding types of fatty foods to eliminate from the diet, I was surprised to find out that it was crucial to eliminate apples, because the pectin is a gallbladder irritant. Dr.Smedley is a lifesaver and a truely caring physician willing to share crucial knowledge.I unequivically recommend this book .

I had been to many doctors in the last five years and none could tell me why I was having these symptoms so perfectly described in Dr. Smedley's book. I had had an MRI, colonoscopy, EEG, complete blood work, Upper GI, and the list goes on. All of them turned up negative for any disease. I was desperate because no doctor would believe me when I told them I was sick. None of these doctors, whether GPs or specialists, tied these symptoms together as indicative of gall bladder and thyroid disease. My GP wanted me to see a psychiatrist, and that is where I would have ended up, had I not had a gall bladder attack, which I thought was a heart attack at first. Fortunately, I live near Dr. Smedley's office and a friend recommended him to me. He diagnosed me immediately and gave me this diet to follow. Within three days, I was feeling much, much better. Dr. Smedley is a life saver.

I could not believe there are so many aliens species in the universe, but here they are. Myth, superior beings pantheon or fantasy? It does not matter really, let your imagination run loose and free. It is healthy for your mind. The Field guide to extraterrestrials is a nice companion if you are willing to accept the hypotheses and elaborate theories of the person who wrote this book. Personally, I was amuzed and intrigued. Give it a shot.

For readers intrigued by alleged UFO occupant encounters and close encounters of the third kind, Patrick Huyghe's "The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials" is a fascinating reference that reflects the same academic sensibility on display in "The Field Guide to UFOs." This book is a holistic (and unnerving) rogues' gallery of ETs, categorized according to characteristics and presented in informed, concise chapters. Harry Trumbore's exacting illustrations help bring Huyghe's text to life. "The Field Guide to Extraterrestrials" is as much fun as UFO books get.

This is an excellent book. Ive never read anything like it. I especially liked the pictures they are great. I can read it over and over again and never stop. I am glad I read that book

I liked the pictures and how he grouped the aliens by type and put their distingusing characteristics their height and the story behind it. I wish there were more books like it. Also I'm not an idiot.

This is a great book. What I like about it was that It had a great guide of alien life forms,how they look and people claim they have encounterd. It is a great, fantastic guide!!!

This book is a gem with exciting stories and/or experiments with elements. Written in a simple manner with cartoon illustrations, parents and teachers should have fun sharing this with children and everyone will learn some chemistry!

When my son's third-grade teacher said the students could get extra credit for doing science experiments in front of the class, I began a search for a great book that would not only give simple, interesting experiments, but that would provide information about the concepts behind the projects. This book fit the bill perfectly! We've done two or three of these in front of the class already -- the kids were interested, and my son was able to convey some interesting scientific principles. Great for teachers, home schoolers, or parents intent on getting their kids extra credit. :)

If you teach the elements and/or the periodic table to elementary students and want to make them come alive, this book is a definite must have. It is chock full of easy to prepare investigations as well as "element essentials" thumbnail sketches of various elements. Most materials are ones you have on hand either at home or school. Without a doubt, it is the best elementary chemistry book I have ever seen.

I bought this for my 3rd and 4th grade homeschooled children. There are no concepts that make the Periodic Table seem dull or uninteresting in this book. Instead, it uses simple language for the elementary aged - middle school student, nice black and white drawings, and silly rhymes to make it seem so understandable and fascinating. You'll find it loaded with facts that interest children to help them draw it all together. The idea my kids are left with is that science is "so cool!" Many experiments, using everyday items, are throughout the book. This enhances the fun and learning. Science should be interesting and not boring. This book exceeded my expectations. I'm sure we'll continue to use this book for several years.

Calling all home educators! Here is a way to teach the periodic
table to your children using witty text, amusing illustrations, and
fascinating do-at-home experiments. Dr. Brandolini really helps
young and old alike to understand the science found in our everyday lives
through this intriguing book. This is one of those books that your kids will WANT to pull down from the home library shelves to enjoy.

"Follow Your Dreams: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont" has a website. Go to www.followyourdreams.cc for 5 packets of activities for children, material for teachers, and a detailed discussion of the book's design and colors. "Follow Your Dreams" was featured by the Smithsonian Museum of Air and Space in Washington, D.C.

The story of Alberto Santos-Dumont is one that needs to be told to young and old alike. What Elisabeth Waugaman has done is to provide a beautifully told and illustrated story for younger readers, bringing Mr. Santos-Dumont's philosophy of keeping on trying and learning from one's mistakes. And the writing is, at times, magical, particularly in Ms. Waugaman's description of when Santos-Dumont saw a rainbow in the clouds during his first baloon flight.

For those who are new to Alberto Santos-Dumont, he was a Brazilian who settled in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century to pursue his dream that "man flies." Although Santos-Dumont was enthralled by the experience of his first baloon ride, he set out to build an airship, a powered lighter-than-air craft that could be steered. In this he succeeded admirably and quickly became the talk of the town, as "the little Brazilian" was spotted across Paris in one of his ingenious craft. In 1906, he became the first person in Europe to pilot a powered, controlled heavier-than-air aeroplane, known as the "14-bis." However, there has been much controversy in that most people in Brazil feel the credit for the first powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight should go to him, as the Wright Brothers' 1903 flight at Kitty Hawk was not officially documented.

My only misgiving is that the book takes the side of Brazilian popular culture, crediting Santos-Dumont with what most scholars feel rightfully belongs to Wilbur and Orville Wright. As Sir Peter Wyckham pointed out in his definitive biography of Santos-Dumont, this controversy had the ironic effect of making the Brazilian aviator almost unknown outside his native Brazil, which is indeed unfortunate, because Santos-Dumont really was a hero for his many accomplishments as well as his personal idiosyncracies. In addition, the translator for the Portuguese text, faithful to the English original in every other way, exaggerates Santos-Dumont's fame.

Nevertheless, Dr. Waugaman does an admirable job in presenting both sides. Her artwork is beautiful, alone well worth the price of the book. That Dr. Waugaman loves children and respects their dreams is evident in both the text and her sympathetic treatment to an eccentric hero; moreover, her deeds speak as loudly as her words: she has kindly donated proceeds of her book to children's charities.

This is a very special, unique book, one to treasure for a long time (which, in my mind, justfies its high price). Read it and enjoy the colorful illustrations. As Alberto Santos-Dumont did, may this book inspire young and old to fly and follow their own dreams.

Written and illustrated by Elisabeth P. Waugaman for young bilingual (English/Portuguese) readers, Follow Your Dreams/De Asas aos Seus Sonhos: The Story Of Alberto Santos-Dumont is a biography of the intriguing life and incredible accomplishments of Alberto Santos-Dumont who grew up in Brazil. Following Alberto's child-hood dream to fly in a time pre-dating the Wright brother's famed accomplishments, Follow Your Dreams/De Asas aos Seus Sonhos will captivate the rapt attention of young readers from first page to last with the encouraging story of Alberto Santos-Dumont's inventive mind, ambitious aspirations, and fulfilling passion to design, fabricate and fly the smallest passenger balloon, and create a plane with wheels he called "The Dragonfly". Highly recommended for school and community library Bi-Lingual collections for ages 6 to 10, Follow Your Dreams/De Asas aos Seus Sonhos is very highly recommended for all young readers as an inspiring tale of pursuing a dream and the amazing accomplishments of what may come from such persistence.

"Follow Your Dreams, The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont", by Elisabeth Waugaman, is far more than a fantastic children's book, but is immensely educational for children and adults alike. My family bought this book for my two young cousins because it not only looked interesting but it is written in both English and Portuguese, so we figured they could pick up some of the foreign language by reading it. Much to my delight, the book contains beautiful drawings and paintings that evoke 19th century Brazil and France, and give the book a characterization that many children's books lack. However, the images of the book are only a prelude to the wealth of information that I actually learned from reading it. The story section, which is written with the ease and simplicity that a child will enjoy, details much of the life of Alberto Santos-Dumont, a man I did not even know existed. Learning of his genius, his character, and his contributions to the beginning of air-travel left me spellbound. This man might have had just as immense of an impact on flight as the Wright Brothers, yet I knew nothing of him before reading this book. It is written in a way that is educational without being too serious, it is fun, and will leave everyone who reads it throwing in little facts from it into conversation (such as, "did you know that the wrist watch was invented for Alberto Santos-Dumont so he could check the time while he was operating his aircraft?"). The afterword and timeline are also useful for adults, because it recounts the story in a more professional manner and puts it in its historical perspective. Overall, I was very impressed with Elisabeth Waugaman's book. Not only will my little cousins find it enjoyable and learn to speak a little Portuguese, but they, as well as any adult, will learn about a fascinating character that should rightfully take his place with the Wright Brothers in history.

This is a beautifully illustrated book about a young man's quest to find a way to fly. The young reader visits Brazil and Paris through the story and pictures, as well as learning about perseverence. A good book to begin introducing the early grades to biography.

I had this book when I was a teen and lost it. I've read it a few times. I can't say that about many books. I've also read More Forgotton Town a few times as well. A must have for anyone interested in Jersey history.

Henry Charton Beck spent much of his spare time in the 1930s traipsing around the rural areas of New Jersey searching out local history and lore. He wrote about what he learned in newspaper articles and then in full-length books. This book is the first in a series, published in 1936 (always in print since then, but never revised).

Beck is concerned with the tiny settlements that grew and died mainly in the Pine Barrens, a huge, sparsely settled area that stretches across a good portion of southern NJ. Beginning with Ongs Hat, he tells about 37 different places, one per chapter. The chapters are short, and all the places were visited by Beck, with much of his narrative told through his own eyes. Many of the places are still identified on larger topo maps (there are no maps in the book, unfortunately); very few of these places were ever large enough to support a post office and were merely placenames. Photos grace the book, though what is depicted in them has long disappeared for the most part. Also missing, though it would be very helpful, is an index.

Beck's style has the effect of drawing the reader out into the field to see what he's seen. I've been to quite a few of the places mentioned in the book and have enjoyed having the book along with me. Being almost 70 years old, the book is somewhat outdated (some isolated areas he writes about outside of the Pine Barren reserve are filled with housing developments and strip malls now), but it's still a great book on the local history of southern NJ of long ago.

Including Forgotten Towns of Southern New Jersey I also owned 4 other books by Henry Carlton Beck.
I purchaded these books in 1982 and read them over and over until the pages became worn.
There is no better way to study and get to know the ghost and forgotten towns of southern New Jersey than through these books.
Henry Carlton Beck put his heart into every word and deed, the information coming from that is wonderful.
There is no better reading on southern New Jersey that can be found on book shelves.
These books will live on forever and to experience his windom in these is a real blessing.
I lost all my books to a fire but plan to replace them next month.
If your interest is in southern New Jersey these are the books to have on your shelf.

Beware that once you read this book, you'll be hooked on trying to find these towns.

An excellent reference for those looking to disover the history of Southern New Jersey.

Need a brief escape from the modern world? Want to know what life was like a hundred years ago in Southern NJ? This is the book for you. Mr. Beck wrote in a beautiful, yet folksy style about the people and places that once existed in what we now call the Pine Barrens. After reading this, I am anxious to go back and look for some of these places myself.

This is one of the basic book to clinical pactitioners. is very simple to apply the criteria and is very clear to novice researchers.

This book is just incredibly good!!! It combined details with cool simplicity. A must have for researchers.

Although I have used this text as a reference (vs. reading it all the way through, or for a class) I have found myself returning to it often. In fact, I purchased it only because I had started to wear out the copy I had borrowed from a friend...and she was missing it because she used it frequently, too. The best aspect of this text is the way the authors use examples relevant to clinical research for nearly every statistical decision. No more extrapolating from educational research, medical research...I don't usually have that much imagination! Good book.

Excellent text for students just entering the profession to hard core researches.

This is a book that I have used often through my graduate career. It served as a great textbook for a course I was taking and as supplementary material for other other courses on Statistics, Design and Research Methods.

Well-organized and easy-to-read, it has become my first line-of-defense for all things related to research design. It covers the material in adequate detail so you have a good jumping off point in case you need to grab your SAS manual or your Stats text.

A MUST HAVE for people wanting to learn about "teenage" issues in America. This book and Mike Males other book "Scapegoat Generation" should be required reading for sociology and juvenile justice classes.

Males has done it again in Framing Youth, a book that utterly slams the 1990's American dogma that 17-year-old "kids" need to be curfewed, uniformed and monitored at all times lest they booze, dope and kill. This book should be required reading for every politician, social worker, teacher, parent and even student. Many youth rights groups like NYRA, ASFAR and Youthspeak have already flocked to this fine piece of literature as part of their arsenal in their battles against the special interest groups and politicians that would (and do) oppress them.

I used Mike Males in a college research paper that I recently wrote, "The Politics of Sex Education," and found him fascinating. Since teenagers can't vote, they can't defend themselves against the avalanche of claims that are made against them. Fortunately, however, Males comes to their aid, arguing on their behalf, as their biggest defender anywhere. His writings were the most direct arguments that I found anywhere on teenage sexuality. I plan to read more of Males, although I can already imagine what he will say. He will defend teens against all charges, whether they are high violence rates, high drug rates, "promiscuous" sex, or tobacco use. He will help set the record straight. Teenagers aren't behaving any differently than the rest of us. They are just being blamed of all of it.

It's hard to believe, but Males has managed to follow up his acclaimed The Scapegoat Generation with another solid work. The only question left after reading Framing Youth is why hasn't the rest of the country caught on?

Framing Youth, author Mike Males' follow-up to The Scapegoat Generation, is simply the best book out there in regards to understanding our adolescents' "dreadful behavior". Politicians, the media, and even what we think of as "unimpeachable scientific agencies", have led us all, even us health professionals who work with adolescents on a daily basis, to believe such a distorted view of reality, in relation to our "problems with teens", that we routinely take what appear to be logically good decisions to benefit teens, then wonder why those kids "just don't get it". In reality, it's us adults who haven't yet "got it". Mike will take you through the Top Ten Reasons Why Kids Have a Bad Rep, and afterwards I guarantee you'll be a better health professional, community activist or politician in regards to understanding adolescent behavior. Just be sure you can handle the truth, because the enemy is us.

Although P.G. Wodehouse's non-Bertie and Jeeves novels aren't as well-known to the casual reader, they're in many ways, even better than their more popular counterparts. FRENCH LEAVE is an ingeniously constructed farce that, unlike so many attempts in the genre, doesn't feel excessively dependent on random coincidence and implausible events. I will say, however, that I found the denouement slightly disappointing.

I highly recommend this book. It's one of my favorites by P.G. Wodehouse. It's very entertaining and funny!

Why, in Heavens name, should a modern reader take the time to read the novels of P.G. Wodehouse?? Is it because he was the funniest writer of the 20th century? He was. Is it because you will marvel at his complete mastery of the English language? You will. Is it because his heroes and villians are equally likable persons?? They are. The star of every Wodehouse novel is not Bertie or Jeeves or Lord Emsworth or Psmith or even Mr. Mulliner; the star, of course, is Wodehouse himself. And when he speaks, you should listen!

French Leave is a non-saga novel (meaning no Jeeves or Uncle Fred) with very appealing characters and wonderous and hilarious misunderstandings. It is the story of three American girls and their adventures in France: a story of love at first sight, of mineral-water millionaires, of rascally French policemen, and of a breach of promise suit that never happens. And like all Wodehouse settings, France seems like Heaven on earth. Warm sunshine seems to glow from each and every page. It is almost as if Wodehouse is speaking directly to his audience saying: Wouldn't you like to be here and spend time with my friends? I think all readers of French Leave would transport themselves there in a minute.

If you've never read Wodehouse before, I cannot but strongly encourage you to join the millions who have discovered this wonderful writer. French Leave is just as good a place as any to start. Because it is a later novel (written in the mid-fifties), it will prime you for some of the even wackier masterpieces of the 20s and 30s. Read on, ladies and gentlemen, and even you may find that song lurks in the depths of your heart.

I've read over 100 Wodehouse stories and this one is one of my favorites. The harmless phrase "Where is the dossier Quibolle?" had me rolling off the floor (you have to read the book to find out more...). Wodehouse also weaves in French pronounciations and hilarious interactions between the French and non-French characters in the novel. This book makes you laugh right from the Preface to the last page.

French Leave is the epitome of Wodehouse writing. Everyone gets into more scrapes than any other author could pack into 250 odd pages. I enjoy reading all Wodehouse books and this is an especial favorite. Mr. Wodehouse has a command of the English language we could all do well to emulate. You will enjoy this light look at love and foriegn countries!