I really enjoyed this book. It taught me a lot that I needed to know about horses and their care. I have read this book so many times that I have practically memorized some parts of it! It also discusses the anatomy of the horse and its colors. Buy this book right away if you love horses or if you do have a horse!!!!!!!

Bob Howells is "The Mussel Guy" for Texas. This book, co-written with Raymond Neck and Harold Murray, is the most comprehensive publication on the status of freshwater mussels in Texas. This is a valuable resource for aquatic ecologists interested in mussels, which are a conservation concern due to declining abundance across the state. This guide presents species accounts with black-and-white photographs on each species present in Texas. Descriptions, geographic distributions, and ecological information is included. Introductory material covers everything from mussel anatomy and behavior to collecting gear and commercial uses. The guide is indexed and fully referenced. Several pages of color plates in the appendix are a nice extra. No self-respecting student of Texas mussels should be without it!

God's Two Books: Copernican Cosmology And Biblical Interpretation In Early Modern Science by Kenneth J. Howell (Director of the John Henry Newman Institute of Catholic Thought and Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana) is a compelling, scholarly study of the upset that cosmic scientific discoveries had upon theological views starting in the 16th and 17th centuries. In an attempt to reconcile seemingly widely disparate views, God's Two Books introduces the idea of "convergent realism" to incorporate both empirical and theological points of view into a holistic understanding of the universe. A fascinating treatise, meticulously researched in its science, its history, and its scripture, God's Two Books is strongly recommended reading for those who have found their minds divided between disparate extremes in the question of universal origin and cosmological future.

As usual, Carl Howell's first (work) is a masterpiece. I highly recommend this tribute to Hardin and LaRue Counties Kentucky history and would like to thank Mr. Howell for his preservation and compilation of this information. Without him, it is likely that these valuable bits of the past would be lost forever.

Hats off to Carl Howell.

This is less a review than a comment on the way amazon has cross-referenced this book. It is not a "religious" book in the standard sense, but rather an amazing document from the annals of nineteenth-century reform. Bronson Alcott was Louisa May Alcott's father and an incurable romantic. He believed in the innate divinity (as opp. to depravity) of children and founded one of the first progressive kindergartens in America. I recommend this book to anyone interested in educational reform or American romanticism.

At The Hummingbird Web Site and at the guest ranch we manage in the mountains in southeastern Arizona we are often asked what is the best hummingbird book. Here's the answer: Steve Howell's Hummingbirds of North America: A Photographic Guide. We refer to it almost daily. It sits in our office beside the three other bird books we would not be without -- the Sibley Guide, Jon Dunn's National Geographic Field Guide, and A Guide to the Birds of Mexico by - Guess who? - Steve Howell. Most of our guests are bird watchers on vacation. The book they were all talking about last year was the Sibley Guide. This year the book most often mentioned is the Howell hummingbird book.

I have always wondered how slaves felt about the quality of their lives. I have read many books on the institution of slavery but never have I had the opportunity to read their actual true-life stories. I Was A Slave is a book about the true-life stories of former slaves and their descriptions of plantation life as told by the ex-slaves themselves. Book 1 is the first in the series of the I Was A Slave books and is edited by Donna Wyant.

Beginning with the introduction Howell shares her personal account of her great grandmother, Cora Wyants' story about the day she walked off of the plantation a free person.
The excerpts and full interviews were dictated by the former slaves and transcribed by interviewers working for the Work Projects Administration during the 1930's. Thousand of pages of these dialogues are housed in the archival repositories throughout the United States.

This book does deliver. Pages 5 and 6 give a detailed account of the attitudes of the interviewers and what affect it had on the response of the former slaves. The information contained on pages 5 and 6 is very important and must be read before reading the book. Pages 7 and 8 contain a list of terms and their meaning which are used throughout the book such as "suit = a set or outfit of clothing; not a suit as the word is used currently." Pages 9 and 10 is a Dialect Glossary that contains only the words most frequently used in the book such as "weuns, we'uns= we, us, our." The terminology list and dialect glossary are the pathways for understanding the type of language used in the book. The reader is able to understand what the former slaves are trying say.

The average age of the former slaves was seventy to over one hundred years old at the time of the interview. On page 11 the true-life stories unfold. There are numerous differences of opinions about the description of plantation life. Each former slave's story is related to his or her own unique interpretation of their lives on the plantations where they lived.
This book is very poignant and soul stirring. The pictures displayed in the book give you a more in depth understanding about the living conditions of the former slaves. The pictures are in black and white and so real. Some of the excerpts display the actual picture of the former slave at the time of the interview. You can see the sadness and pain on their weathered faces. There are no real smiling faces. These people knew how to endure.

Howell has done an excellent job of compiling and editing this book. Basically no Extensive editing was done. She compiled the words and dialect just as the interviewers had written them with only minor changes. The distinctions she made were the information in enclosed brackets, which gave life to the meaning of the dialect words. The interviewers' comments are in parenthesis.

Reading this book has been a rewarding experience for me. I could not put the book down till I finished. When you turn the pages there is a feeling of intense sadness. As African Americans this book is a part of our history. At last we are introduced to actual true-life stories about slavery. All African Americans young and old need to read this book.

Dorothy Cooperwood, RAW Reviewer

The Lives Of Slave Children is a story about how children lived during slavery. This book is the true-life stories of former slaves and their descriptions of life as a child as told by the ex-slaves themselves. Book 5 is the fifth in the series of the I Was A Slave books and is edited by Donna Wyant Howell.

Beginning with the introduction when Howell was nine years old she became very interested in a story told to her by her great-grand mother, Cora Wyant. The story was about a wonderful day in Cora Wyants life when she was nine. Cora and her mother walked off the plantation free persons.

During the 1930's interviewers working for the Work Projects Administration transcribed thousands of pages of dialogue that are housed throughout the United States in archive repositories. This information is contained on pages 5 and 6 and must be read before reading the book.

Pages 7 and 8 contain a list of terms and their meaning which are used throughout the book such as "dinner = lunch." Pages 9 and 10 are a Dialect Glossary that contains only the words most frequently used in the book such as "cotch = catch, caught." This book does deliver. The terminology list and dialect glossary are the pathways for understanding the type of language used in the book. The reader is able to understand what the former slaves are trying to say.

The average age of the former slaves was seventy to over on hundred years old at the time of the interview. There are numerous differences of opinions about the life of a slave child. Each former slave's story is related to his or her own unique interpretation of their life as a slave child on the plantation where they lived.

This book is very soul stirring and unique. Some of the excerpts display the actual photographs in black and white of slave children. The adult black and white photographs were taken at the time of the interviews. One black and white photograph that stands out is on page 17. There are ten slave children whose names are unknown. These children are sitting on a plank porch and one older child is holding a baby in her arms. The children look so somber. Their hair is short and thick. Each of the children is dressed in long shirts and is barefooted. This photograph made me cry. The photograph tells you something about their feelings but you cannot identify who is male or female. During slavery time children wore this type of clothing on most plantations.

Howell has done an excellent job of compiling and editing this book. Basically no extensive editing was done. She compiled the words and dialect just as the interviewers had written them with only minor changes. The distinctions she made were the information in enclosed brackets, which gave life to the meaning of the dialect words. The interviewers' comments are in parenthesis.

Reading this book has been a rewarding experience for me. I could not put the book down till I finished. As African Americans this book is a part of our history. At last we are introduced to actual true-life stories about slave children and their description of their lives. This is a book that should be read by all African American children.

Reviewed by Dorothy Cooperwood

If Centipedes wore shoes is alot of fun to read. It is a series of poems about animals. It is written with a rhythm my son loved and rhyme. I loved the twist at the end of each poem. The illustrations are very colorful and engaging.

From nut cakes and brown ale to high tea and cyanide poisoning, this one's a winner. Imitations of Immorality, by Carol Z. Howell contains all my dearest joys for what constitutes a good mystery novel: tension, fast pacing, wonderful characters, delightful setting, intelligent, very intelligent language, and a plot that has enough twists and turns to satisfy even my lust for surprise. Set in a New York brownstone at the turn of the last century, the 1990's that is, its central character is Alfred Jones, snobby British butler to the three elerly and eccentric Smythe-Whittingtons. No one knows how to be a snob better than those who serve the wealthy, and Alfred, whose past in the old country might not bear close scrutiny, has the language and style down to a T. What's more, he believes in it. When, much to his dismay, the nephew of his employers is poisoned by a cup of tea Alfred has just served him, it will take all of Alfred's skills as a well-bred snoop, to keep both himself and his three charges out of the soup. Secrets abound from ancient love affairs to missing millions. And nobody is what they first appear. I particularly liked Ms. Howell's language and her characters. She has created in Alfred Jones, a narrator who manages to be both unreliable and wonderfully perceptive. And very, very funny. I look forward to hearing from him and his friends again.