Have used this book for inspiration when making and teaching pineapple quilts to over 200 quilters. Did not use their method but everyone agreed that the pictures are priceless. My daughter's wedding quilt was taken from this book as well as two raffle quilts. After making over a dozen class samples it is now time to make another king size pineapple for our own bed.

This is a highly readable yet scholarly treatment of an important nineteenth century Southerner. Dick Taylor, son of President Zachary Taylor, was a Yale-educated aristocrat and Louisiana sugar plantation owner when the Civil War broke out. By war's end he was a Lieutenant General. Although he had no pre-war military training, he became one of the Confederacy's most able commanders. Parrish expertly covers Taylor's entire life, but naturally focuses on the Civil War exploits. In addition to being an excellent strategist and tactician, Taylor was colorful, self-confident, oblivious to what others thought of him, and a lifelong practitioner of noblesse oblige. Parrish is clearly enamored of his subject, but this does not stop him from critically examining the contradictions and hypocrisies inherent in Taylor's worldview. The book is free of the anachronisms and politically correct jargon which mar so much recent American historical scholarship.

This one is different at first, with a sophisticated twist I really liked. It's still vintage Dixie, though, and at her best, she's darn hard to beat! Loved the political scandals and how they play into this kind of story. Makes it seem so up-close-and-personal.

This book is among the few books written about the Southern League of minor league baseball. It is a great read and very helpful in any study of the history of baseball in the South. Though it is over 7 years old, it is still a good book for research, but a new edition would be nice one day.

Mr. Bansemer's drawings of the southern shores of the US and the activities that take place there are unsurpasssed. In addition to paintings, each is described in prose that sometimes makes you want to cry and sometimes makes you want to laugh. An excellent coffee table book to browse through again and again.

This is the kind of story that is easy to get into and hard to put down, and leaves you with warm feelings when you're done. The characters remain with me, so completely alive

Foglio has always been a wonderful, and uproariously funny, writter and artist. His works are the best! And "What's New 3" adds even more credit to my claim that he is one of the funniest men alive! As a continuation of the "What's New" comic strips that were origionally run in "The Dragon" - the magazine for the legendary Dungeons&Dragons roleplaying game, our comical narrators, Phil and Dixie, move on to work for the Mammoth sized company Wizards of the Coast. There instead of bringging out the humor of role playing they bring a whole new light to the game that swept the nation - "Magic - the Gathering." I couldn't put the book down, it was too funny! I would often find myself on the ground rolling in laughter as Phoglio briliantly played off the humorous nature off all things fanciful. This is a MUST HAVE for any gamer in the world - whether traditional roleplaying gamer or neostyle card gamer. Sadly, not being a Magic player I missed a few of the references to the Magic game, but you really don't have to play to laugh! I don't think I can express the genius and humorousness of this collection! The art is outstanding as always, and the jokes are unbeatable, buy this book! It is a perfect continuation of The first two What's New collections.

Opal is a ten yearold girl who found a stray dog in a grocery store and takes care of it and in return he helps her find new friends.

He helps her find Gloria Dump,Otis,Stevie,Dunlap,and Mrs.Franny Block.

Otis was the man that worked in a pet shop.Gloria was the old woman that Stevie and Dunlap called a witch.Stevie and Dunlap were the two Dewberry boys Opal called the bald headed babies.Mrs.Franny Block was the librarian at the Hurman W. Block Memorial Library.Winn dixie helps change Opal's dad from being like a turtle in its shell to being a regular dad. All the adventure starts when Winn Dixie helped India Opal Buloni find new friends after she just moved there from Naomi,Flordia. Opal is a 10 yearoldgirl who found a stray dog in a grocery store and takes care of it and in return he helps her find new friends.Otis the man that runs the pet shop plays his guitar for all the animals after he lets them out of their cages. Gloria lives next to the Dewberry boys. Every day when Opal and Winn Dixie go over there Gloria makes them a peanut butter sand which.Stevie and Dunlapare the two Dewberry boys that call Opal names and called Gloria a witch. Mrs Franny Block is the woman in the stoy that has her own library. Also Winn Dixie helped change Opals dad from being like a turtle in its shell to being not like one. Finally Winn Dixie changes Opal from being lonely to being happy.For more info read Because of win dixie.

It's huge, it's hairy, it's a . . dog named Winn-Dixie. One day a girl named Opal goes to a grocery store for tomatoes, white rice, and macaroni & cheese, but comes back with a dog. Soon Opal finds herself making friends with a librarian, a store owner and a sweet old lady. When Opal reads Gone With the Wind to Gloria Dump (the old lady) she gets a great idea. When Winn-Dixie runs away because of his fear of thunder stores it is up to Opal to find him. I think the author was trying to say don't think you can't do thinks if something is wrong in your life. Because Opal lost her mom and she thought she could not make any friends. But that was only until she found Winn-Dixie. My opinion of the book is it was the best book I have ever read because Opal moved away from her old friends just like I had to. I would recommend this book to the fourth grade reading level and above.

A story soon to be a classic and a must read for anyone who has ever felt lost in the world. This story is about a young girl and her father. India Opal and her father the preacher move to a new town in northern Florida. She has trouble making friends and her father keeps himself emotionally distanced from her. He asks her to go to the grocery store and she goes but comes home with something that wasn't on the list...a dog that she named "Winn-Dixie," and it is because of Winn-Dixie that her life starts to make changes.

This book is an enjoyable read for any age. The author has done a wonderful job of setting the location of where the story is taking place, whom the character's are and gives the reader the feeling of being in the story. The text is not hard to read but some of the dialect could be difficult. There is a bit of understatement in the book that may be hard for younger reads to understand but not enough to discourage reading, the writing style is one that fits the story line.

On a personal level I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever felt lost in the world and needed a friend. Having grown up moving around in the southern states I truly connected to this book and if nothing else this is a great book about a girl and her dog.

If you can get by all the tripe of Lincoln (God-come-to-earth)at the beginning of the book, it is an eye-opening revelation to those who know little of the horrors of the Southern Holocaust.

The authors would have been better served had their research been more extensive in regard to Honest Abe; despot, cesear, tyrant, bigot, and war criminal.

Great read! The Goodrich's take you to the post-war south where
the atrocities and misery continue. The book is filled with firsthand accunts of the ability of man to treat his fellow man with the depravity not uncommon in the animal kingdom. If you are a Civil war buff or interested at all in the price paid to form these United States, you must read this book.

This book has the enormous advantage of not being politically correct. Even if you are a Southerner who has heard the usual stories of Reconstruction, you will come away with a compelling understanding of why the Solid South occurred and perhaps sooner than you might suspect.

The surviving eyewitness accounts from the reviewer's home county in Alabama and a few family memories support the theme of this book. The authors have given a detailed perspective of the events in the South in which these family happenings have risen to a remarkably sharp reality.

Some crime stories remind me of a fast food experience. Some remind me of technical dissertations on the food science. Burke's crime stories are multi-course gourmet meals. I leave the table with the memory of many original flavors and ingredients and it takes a while for that memory to fade. Dixie City Jam is no exception. Burke has a gift for storytelling, colorful characters, articulate and realistic dialogue and a very convincing portrayal of a protagonist hero (Robicheaux) who is maintaining his code, compassion and sobriety despite his encounters with evil. If you have any penchant for Burke's style, I might suggest the detective stories by James Crumely

I've working my way through the Robicheaux series, and I must say this is the best by far; I was under the impression that Burke had hit his peak with BLACK CHERRY BLUES. As the series progresses Dave becomes a more intriguing figure--the demons and inner conflicts that Dave deals with mentally whips you by the end of this novel--and the "bad guys" take on an image of pure genius. The novel revolves around a sunken SUB, and the ramifications of Robicheaux knowing the exact location. The book takes off when the trouble invades Dave's home, and threatens to tear the fabric of his marriage. I've read many crime novels and I must say that Will Buchalter is one of the best characters to come about in a long time. The lucky ones that have read the entire series must agree with me when I say Clete Purcel is in rare form in this novel. For the casual Burke fans, this book is being developed into a movie by Tommy Lee Jones; after finishing the novel, I can see why. This is a great book.

I went to a Borders reading with James Lee Burke and his humble, yet confident voice added new dimension to his characters...as if that's possible. Dave Robicheaux and his buddy Clete Purcel just about walk into the room anytime I open the pages of these books. Unfortunately, Burke's antagonists are just as palpable. The evil lurking beneath the surface of certain scenes is dark and frighteningly real. It's hard not to cheer for Robicheaux as he faces his foes and, usually, reacts before he thinks. Burke wraps this gritty realism and dialogue in some of the most beautiful and vivid metaphors around. Some accuse Burke's writing of shallow plotting, and I understand their viewpoint. I choose, though, to wander along with Dave Robicheaux through the heat and sound and smells of his day and see where it may lead us. Somehow this style gives his stories an uncharted realism that I personally appreciate. Like the cajun food Burke writes of, his words are alive with flavor and texture and subtlety beneath a layer of eye-popping spices. And--as his fans well know--your sense of smell will also be invited to the meal. Pull up a chair and savor some good Louisiana cooking.