Once I started reading this story I could not put the book down, my imagination was totally excercised. I can relate to much of this character being Puerto Ricn and all. So it ran the gambit of emotions from fear for life to the total elation of when she attended her daughters wedding as a surprize....oooops didn't mean to give that away.....but if you want to know what I am talking about compra el libro no lo vas a sortar. Finally to my dear friend Nena (I've got goose bumps while I'm writing this) keep on going give us more to love. Lots of Luv and may God grant you all the success and fullfillment you can achieve by writing. May your passion live on...........your good friend for life.............Hec.

This book made me think a lot about life in general. It's inspiring and makes you view life in a different way. Sometimes we forget how good we have it in life. This book is about real life. what a hard life she had. I personally know the author. Migdalia Pellicier has been an inspiration to me. What a strong, positive, full of life, loving person she is. I'm very lucky to have her in my life. Midge has tried so hard. She finally made one of her dreams come through. I'm very proud of her. I can't wait to read her next book. Keep it up, mi amiga. You're too wonderful. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to read your book.

ESTA ES LA HISTORIA DE UNA MUJER QUE DESCIENDE A LO MAS PROFUNDO DE NUESTRA SOCIEDAD Y AVECES NOS PREGUNTAMOS SI PODRA VOLVER A LEVANTARSE. ES LA HISTORIA DE UNA VOLUNTAD INDOMITA, Y AVECES ES BRUTAL Y DULCE AMARGA, COMO LA VIDA SUELE SER. SÉ QUE LE VA A ROBAR EL CORAZON. ASEGURESE QUE TIENE PAÑUELOS, ANTES DE EMPEZAR A LEERLO.

This book is wonderfully written. It tells a mini-story of Bach's life in a very child-friendly way. It touches on his birth (and death) and his religious life. The focus is on Bach - not his religion. The artwork is vibrant and I highly recommend the book.

Johann Sebastian Bach was born into a family of musicians. All the Bachs played musical instruments, and young Sebastian was no exception. But even more than the joy of playing, Bach loved composing his own music. "Sebastian heard the music in his head. The melodies came fast- as his pen raced over the page, he rarely changed a note. He heard one melody for the violin, one for the trumpet, one for the flute, and one for the oboe. Each instrument had its own voice. And when all the voices sounded at the same time, it was like good friends talking together." Bach married, had twenty children, and settled in Leipzig where he was the church music and choir director. He worked all day teaching his students and playing the organ, and composed all night as "new music filled Sebastian's head." During his life, Bach wrote over one thousand compositions. It is said that even as he took his dying breath, he was composing one last piece..... Jeanette Winter has written an engaging and informative, introductory picture book biography that brings Bach and his times to life on the page. Her simple, spare, yet eloquent prose is lyrical and poetic, and complemented by her evocative, vibrant, and expressive signature folk art paintings. Together word and art give youngsters a real feeling for the intensity of Bach's great love and devotion to both playing and composing music. Perfect for reading aloud, or for early readers 6-10, Sebastian is a fascinating and entertaining biography that will whet the appetite of budding musicians, and send them out looking for more.

Winter has achieved another perfect picturebook bio for reading aloud (see My Name Is Georgia and Diego Rivera). Simply told, with beautiful language this book is a keeper! Wow, she's an awesome illustrator too! Music teachers across the country should be buying multiple copies for their classrooms! Buy it!

Everyone should read this book...learn to trust yourself and your decisions. He is brillant!

This book has some excellent spiritual exercises designed to free your soul and raise your consciousness level. How to be a master of your fate rather than a victim of circumstances. If you are a seeker of knowledge about your soul, this is a great book to read.

This book gives an enlightning view into one's own spirituality. It helps one understand and harness their own personal power. A must read book for anyone!!!

If you play classical guitar, then this is a must have book for your collection. Bach played on classical guitar is a match made in Heaven. Frank Koonce did an excellent job in this book.

My teacher had a copy of this book years ago-- Bach is one of the best composers for classical guitar, and also one of the most difficult. Pick up a good Segovia CD, and if the song is by Bach there's a 99% chance it's in this book.

The whole thing is really well done. It's bound so that you can remove and re-add pages if you want. Some pages flip out. The back contains a set of pictures of many of the pieces as they were originally written or transcribed.

This is a hidden gem of a book.

This is a terrific book. Frank Koonce's selections, and especially his masterly fingering, make this book a must buy for anyone who plays the classic guitar.

Book three in the "Mossy Creek Hometown" series, Summer in Mossy Creek is the collaborative effort of twelve women (Deborah Smith, Sandra Chastain, Debra Dixon, Martha Shields, Anne Bishop, Kim Brock, Patti Henry, Judith Kim, Bo Sebastian, Shelly Morris, Susan Goggins, and Carolyn McSparren) and offers the reader a wealth of unique, original, brief, and homespun tales, each of which arises from life in Mossy Creek, Georgia, a warm-hearted mountain town of simple joys, emotional gatherings, and wistful nostalgia. An immensely rewarding joy to read, Summer In Mossy Creek will compel those new to this series to seek out the earlier two volumes, Mossy Creek ... and Reunion At Mossy Creek ... -- and leave those already familiar with this outstanding series to eagerly await the next volume related the adventures of the folks who live, work and love in the community of Mossy Creek!

How to describe the charm of Mossy Creek? By turns hilarious and heartwarming, Mossy Creek is populated with the funniest, homiest, sometimes orneryist bunch of characters south of the Mason-Dixon line. If you like Southern humor and superb writing, go on down to Mossy Creek!

If the Lovin' Spoonful had been in the Georgia village of Mossy Creek rather than Greenwich Village, they would know that hot time, summer in the mountains means plenty of fun, ole southern style. The townsfolk look for a quiet uneventful season, but also know their enemy in slimy Bigelow still remains on the prowl. Meanwhile the librarian pushes the Police Chief into bluffing an abusive parent while the Mayor leads by example applying common sense to seemingly difficult problems. Much of the townsfolk meet eating dessert at the diner, but along with fans will find hot fun in the summertime here.

The third Mossy Creek tale is a series of vignettes written by a virtual whose who of the irons maidens of the south (more talented than steel magnolias). The contributions differ in size while providing a slice of life in a small remote Georgia mountain town. Each story builds up on the previous contribution so that the audience receives an anthology that uses the best elements of a novel and that of a short story into a tremendous collection. SUMMER IN MOSSY CREEK holds its own with its superb predecessors. Fans of the series already know that the first two books flow smoothly; the third tale shares in common with the previous duo a southern comfort smoothness.

Harriet Klausner

Pelikan is a truly amazing and articulate thinker. He seems to intuitively know what is important--whether providing a theological overview of Chrisitan history or, as here, focusing in on a single subject. What I found especially refreshing in BACH AMONG THE THEOLOGIANS is Pelikan's appreciation of Bach as a highly creative man who was truly a man of his own time. He puts to rest (for me anyway) the somewhat artificial argument about the sacred and secular strains in Bach's work. This "tension" ultimately does not seem to have been as big a deal for Bach as it has become for modern historians, musicians, theologians, etc. Perhaps, because Bach's sense of the sacred was much more encompassing than we highly compartmentalized moderns ever allow it to be. In any case, the fact that so many highly divergent groups want to claim Bach as their own is probably sufficient proof of Bach's transcendant greatness.

This is a highly readable--though thoughtful and concentrated--book that deserves to be more broadly available. Perhaps some publisher will see fit to reissue it in paperback. I'd preorder a copy today if that was the case.

This book is a 'must have' for any Bach lover. Pelikan talks about Bach's musical interpretation of text, and his understanding of his faith. His main premise is to place Bach 'Among the theologians' in history, where he rightfully belongs.

I read this book (which I borrowed from the library) 4 years ago, and I am still looking for my own copy. It is an invaluable book for any Bach lover. Pelikan connects Bach musical interpretation of texts with the work of a theologian. His main thesis is that Bach was just as important of a theologian as he was a musician. Interesting reading. This is a 'must have' book!

we just came back from our south africa tour using the footprint handbook to zig zag more than 10 000 kilometres through the country. this book is a five star travel companion: very much up to date in sections like accommodation addresses, price categories, timetables - and the footprint kept us entertained as well. With little personality stories and well researched history background. the best thing for us: footprint calls it a handbook and not a guide book and that is what you need if you are self sufficient travellers like us in our vw kombi. look up the little sleepy karoo towns you are passing through on your way to major tourist destinations and even there you will find interesting details about the country. also well researched are the route descriptions if you are tending to go off the beaten track and for instance go off exploring some of the winding roads, that thomas baines designed more than 100 years ago along the garden route. if you use this book as a reference book while having your own ideas what to see and where to go, you won't get lost. instead you will get an idea what living in the rainbow nation is all about. one regret: a pity that the cool story about johnnie, the cave man, who explored big parts of the oudshoorn cango caves, got shortened in the new edition.

It is rare to find such a well written, comprehensive and detailed guide. The maps are excellent and cover more than just the essential. Information is as up to date as you can get it - this guide gets reprinted yearly. I also understand that from the time editing is finished it appears on the shelves within 3 months. The print is smallish and the paper is thin. However, the information is absolutely incredible - about 8 times more comprehensive than its nearest rival! From hiking trails to detail on less frequented places. This is deservedly the no. 1 selling book for South Africa - probably as timetables of trains, busses and Baz Bus is published and it makes trip planning really easy. It is also not written only for budget travellers - it is a book for everyone. Highly recommended.

This is by far the best guide to South Africa. The information is very comprehensive, accurate and informative. The format is a sturdy hardback that's small enough to be easy to pop into your bag but won't get battered easily.

This book is a must read for all high school students regardless of their athletic aspirations. It is really about dealing with life.

Howard

My son, a high school freshman, plays basketball and baseball. This is the perfect time for him to read The Real Athletes Guide. It will help make his high school years more focused and meaningful, and help him balance sports, academics, and social life. I'd recommend this thoughtful and thought-provoking book to everyone who has a son or daughter-or niece or nephew-who is a high school or college athlete. It inspires the proper attitude toward life, and it educates without too much parenting. Its conversational style and the cartoons appeal to young athletes. The special "Message to Parents" and actually the whole book tell you, the parent of an athlete, everything you wanted to know about student athletics but were afraid to ask. I particularly enjoyed a section called "Selecting a college is like buying a car for the first time."

The thrill of the adrenaline rush of a talented athlete performing at his or her best is only exceeded by the horror of the adrenaline crash when that athlete succumbs to unnecessary injuries, exploitation by opportunists, or the consequences of having no back up plan besides their sport. The Real Athletes Guide is a godsend to talented athletes and their parents on how to successfully navigate the mine field of college and professional sports.

What's a mom or dad to do when their child excells at a sport far beyond his or her parents' own experience and wildest dreams? Add to that the youthful grandiose beliefs that they are "bulletproof" and you have a recipe for disaster.

Marc Isenberg and Rick Rhoads have performed an extremely important service by providing a clear, easy to read, and easy to use guide for parents who are trying to look out for their athletic child's best interest.

Talented young athletes are like young thoroughbred horses whose gifts need to be harnessed and guided in just the right way, or else they run the risk of being put out to pasture early. The Athletes Guide is just what you need to help your child to be all that he or she can be.

Buy it. Read it. Use it. Tell any parent of a young athlete to do the same.

I liked this book alot and have it. If you have a chance to buy it, used or not, get it because it is a great book.

I purchased this book on a hunch, and was glad I did. My kids adored the stories in this book, and it was brought out often for their nightly read. My son especially enjoyed The Lorax. A classic collection by one of the best children's authors ever, I highly recommend it.

it has no intresting in it and it needs to get rid of that nasty green eggs and ham.

If you want to learn advanced harmony, there is no better place to learn it than from the Master himself.

When I was a student at Interlochen, the last music theory assignment was to copy a German chorale melody without seeing Bach's harmonization, harmonize it, and compare one's own harmonization with Bach's harmonization.

Humiliating!

This is a nice edition to have. Playing two Bach chorales every morning is kind of like doing some jumping jacks and eating a spoonful of codliver oil...which is to say, good for you. After playing the first 120 you can expect some chorale fatigue to set in, but all the while you'll be absorbing good voice-leading and voice-doubling technique as though by osmosis. What's more, Bach will still surprise you- there are chords so jarring and dissonant that their sudden, logical resolution is like watching a rabbit being pulled out of a hat.

On the downside, the notes are small (this edition really packs 'em in) and it can be easy to get lost on the page. No texts are provided, either, aside from the opening words, so you have to accept on faith that some of the more contorted harmonizations are justified by the text. It's still nice to have, though, and looks nice and musicological sitting on the piano.