I read this to my second grade class and they loved it! Several students now want to be an author when they grow up. The students will ask me at least once a week to read it to them. They think it is really spooky! We all got that "googery boogery creepy crawly catchy feeling" while reading it!

My name is Jody.My life is anything but scary Its my first day at school.We have gym class and there are two girls Sandy and Carol staring at me.When suddenly Sandy and Carol push me into the water.
My life turned terrible at that moment because I was drowning.I went to my locker where there stood Sandy and Carol they had told me that the water wasnt even deep so I wouldnt drown.
Me,being the writer,was scared and amazed by the book Jody because what if someone didnt know how to swim when suddenly someone else pushed them into the water.I was amazed because at the end something happend.What happend?
I strongly recommend this book to both Females and Males because this book leaves readers with a story and character that are impossible to forget.You will never forget the feelings and emotions of the character,you will never forget the feelings and emotions of the character because at first Jody was scared of water and at the end everything changed.I think its important for both Females and Males to feel what this character felt in this book wich is filled with exiting,and feelings/emotions.

This is like no other book on Venice I have found. It has been our companion on two trips. As we ride the Vaparetto, the history of the buildings unfolds. I read out loud to my sweetie, and before you know it, other English speaking tourists are hanging on my every word.

The illustrations are outstanding and along with a more detailed map of the Venetian Islands, any first time visitor can feel immediately at home.

It doesn't bog one down in great details or teeny tiny print. Can' believe it is our of print!

Zachary Kent provides a more than solid introduction to John Quincy Adams in this volume in the Encyclopedia of Presidents series. The story begins with Adams as the most hated man in Congress because of his insistence on presenting the House of Representatives petitions by citizens demanding an end to slavery. Kent then covers Adams's distinguished career as a diplomat which saw postings in Prussia, Russia and Great Britain before he became James Monroe's Secretary of State. His one term as President actually becomes the least important part of his political career. Adams actually died in the House of Representatives, collapsing before a vote in 1848.

Kent does a nice job of making it clear that for John Quincy Adams duty and character were more important that popularity. When he was elected to the Senate as a Federalist, Adams often supported the policies of President Thomas Jefferson, such as the Louisiana Purchase. When his party actually nominated somebody else to run for the Senate in his place, Adams immediately resigned. This episode is certainly representative of the quality of the man.

This is not a slick looking book but it does provide more than adequate coverage of the life of its subject, which is supposed to be its purpose. There are better looking juvenile biographies of Adams, but they do not provide the amount of information students will find here. This volume is illustrated with dozens of black and white illustrations, mostly engravings and paintings from Adams's lifetime, as well as maps, pamphlets and signatures. The book contains a detailed Chronology of American History that lists virtually ever year from the birth of Washington in 1732 to the crash of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, when this book was published.

Johnny Green was one of the very few to survive nearly 3 years of hard fighting, living and dealing with the hardships of war. His regiment lost nearly all of its strength in two years while the remaining joined up with the Cavalry in late 1864 for the remainder of the war. Johnny Green brings firsthand accounts to the battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Atlanta and various skirmishes inside the Tennessee,Georgia and South Carolina regions. His writing is not the best nor is spelling and pronounciation superb though he manages to tell his story well. Many he times writes about the confusion, lack of food, foraging, sharpshooting and massive artillery bombardments that would make it unstandable as to why nearly nobody lived. He brings you to camp and makes you feel as if you are there with the soldiers on a daily basis. He expresses his thoughts about his fallen comrades and his dovotion to the Southern cause when he is captured by Union troops near Atlanta. This interesting, tragic, humorous and deadly tale is brought together in 207 pages and covers a lot the Orphan Brigade's life. Great photographs, renderings and maps are included to match those mentioned in the book like Colonels, Generals,etc. This book is a great source of information for those interested in reading about Kentuckians involved in western campaigns and also about a decimated brigade in the Civil War.

Concise, accurate review of Jumeau history. Lovely photos, sharp in focus, great detail. (And big enough to really see!) Enjoyable browsing anytime.

Among my most memorable experiences was receiving The Jutish Forest as a graduation gift. My new career ahead, I then and there plunged into this wonderful other time and place which had a very "organic" sensibility. Frank Lloyd Wright was very fond of describing the "way" in which he had "placed" his structures within nature. It has made a believer out of me. There is a specialization which is realized in every society, that takes some of Nature's rules and then adapts that finding to the then-reigning "science". If you would like to see how the Anglo-Saxon peoples had indeed fitted into the landscape of ancient England, you'll be wanting to read Jutish Forest.

I borrowed this book to find out about the history of the English county Kent. What I got was history, imagery and absolute poetry. The author leads one through Kent with reminiscences of his childhood, anecdotes of famous "Men of Kent and Kentish men" and tells us what the distinction is. He rambles on as if setting out for a destination and is distracted by landmarks which he describes with marvelous charm. It is a gentle, old-worldy type of narrative. Published in 1948, it is natural that is quite different from what I otherwise read but I enjoyed letting myself be drawn into his obvious love of his homeland. It has taken me longer to read this book than any I can remember because I keep stopping to go back and re-read passages which delight me - even to the extent of reading them aloud so that I can hear the words rolling of my tongue. I got the history, both ancient and modern; I got a travelogue and the mood of the people. It also has pictures of many of the places. Not only do I want to read it again, I want to go there and experience some of these places for myself. Even with the changes of the intervening years, there must be some of Richard Church's "Kent" left to see.

These marriage and death records were abstracted from five Grand Rapids newspapers for the years 1847-1866 by the late Marguerite N. Lambert of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan initiated vital record registration in 1867 making these earlier marriage and death records valuable to researchers. This is her third book of newspaper marriage and death records which have been published posthumously. Her two earlier publications were Marshall, Michigan Marriage and Death Newspaper Notices and Wayne County Newspaper Marriage and Death Notices. Arrangement is first by marriages, followed by the more numerous death notices, many from out of town. This book is an excellent resource for anyone researching not only in Kent County, but in the entire State of Michigan. A full name index is included.

although 8 volumns is long, i loved it....if you like american history this is for you....