Finding Buck McHenry

By Danny

Imagine that you were on a baseball team with no coach and the worst team then you'll love Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote.
Jason has a decision to make is worrying about baseball cards or about Little League. Jason is a normal character not looking for much but a coach for his Little League team. About a couple of later he finds a coach named Buck McHenry and a sponsor and a couple of good key players. Now there team is unstoppable. A hit here and there puts the team in the championship. In the championship Jason needs on more hit to drive in the runner at third for the winning run but dose he get it you will have to read it to find out what happens to Jason and the miracle team of Little League.
This book is a fictional book and an excellent choice to read for a book. So if you like baseball and some adventure (when finding coach and championship) then pick up a copy of Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote.

Jason Ross loves the game of baseball, but he loves collecting baseball cards even more. When he is cut from his Little League team and forced to play on the new expansion team (made up of rejects), he is devastated. Then Jason notices an interesting coincidence: the life story (and name!) of local school custodian Mack Henry appears to be eerily similar to that of Negro League legend Buck McHenry. Mack Henry does know a lot about the game, and Jason gets him to be the coach of the new team. Amazingly, Mack then admits to being the star pitcher! However, we learn later on that all is not right with his story, and with a sportscaster preparing to do a major show on the situation, time is running out to set the record straight. The plot of "Finding Buck McHenry" is a bit of a stretch, but for the most part, the book is enjoyable. This is a very emotional story that can also teach you some life lessons, and a little history as well. Young baseball fans and non-fans alike will definitely get something out of this book.

I can feel it in my bones, this old Negro League book touched me like a jagged bolt of lightning! This heart- wrenching novel is a dramatic masterpiece. It made me feel good because I can really relate to Buck. I know that when I was being chased down the street by someone who thought I was Mickey Mantle, I was just as upset as Buck. In fact, it brought me to tears because Buck was not a real person and I could not talk to him about our similarities. The closest I could get to Buck McHenry was talking to the picture of him on this extraordinary novel. Watching the movie, starring Ossie Davis as Buck, is the highlight of every day. I watch it religously at 12:24pm and 7:02pm, and sometimes at 3:46am when I've got Buck on the mind. He is truly the biggest inspiration in my life. Jason (hottie) Ross believes the school janitor is an old negro league player with a scar like a jagged bolt of lighting, from a scrape with the law, on his leg. I could feel it in my bones that Jason would find the scar shaped like a jagged bolt of lightning on the old Negro Leauge player. Jason, Kim and Aaron alone make up the team "Sluggers", coached by who is thought to ba an Old Negro League player. However, we will not ruin the ending of this story, like Bridget (you know who you are) did for me. Thanks a lot! :( One thing I can tell you about the end of the movie is there is an exciting cheer from a crowd screaming: BUCK! MACK! BUCK! MACK! This gets my heart racing, causing me to take my medication, every time. There are also humorous supporting characters such as the baseball card shop man who says: "Since when did I become an adult! " This line gets me reaching for my medication every time! I am so crazy about this movie! In fact, all my clothes have the 4 which the newscasters wear embroidered onto them! I recently visited the town in which they filmed this movie and took the sign welcoming me to the city. It is now hanging above my bed where I can view it every night. I would recommend this book and the movie to anyone because it is wonderful, inspirational and a joy to read or watch again and again and again. It has made me believe in myself, that yes, I can be just like Buck! Buck McHenry is my hero, and the hero of anyone who will take the time to read this book.

With a little common sense you can skip reading Mr. Hollenbeck's book. Everytime I want more depth and detail, there is none, but in other ways the book is amazingly repitive and redundant.

This book by Cliff Hollenbeck is a real "find " for anyone desiring to make money with a camera. Most of us who go into the photography business sort of slide into it without much of an idea how to go about it. Most of us, when we reach a point where people are willing to pay for our photos, have some pretty abysmal business practices and stagger from crisis to crisis until we learn all lessons the hard way. We arrive at that point just before the evil eye of bankruptcy fixes on us.

Hollenbeck's book covers all bases from writing a business plan to negotiating prices for use of photos. I suspect that anyone who follows his advice from day one "in the business," will achieve far more success than they would by just winging it. Fortunately, all the business advice is served up with a wit and brevity that make learning it an enjoyable exercise. Knowing that he has been exceptionally successful in his own professional life lends weight to his suggestions. Hollenbeck and his wife are one of the most successful teams working in the area of Travel and Editorial photography. Their book "Great Travel Photography" is a great companion volume.

Not to try covering the whole universe of making money with a camera, but there are two additional books I would recommend. Rohn Engh has a couple of books that would, with the Hollenbeck pair, form a great basic library for anyone interested in a photographic career. They are, "How to Sell and Resell Your Photos" and "Sell Photos.Com."

Thanks,

Bill Halley

Hollensbeck's book is filled with so much information that it is a bit overwhelming at first reading. However, more importantly, the man is an inspiration. I found the book to be full of encouragement and solid business ideas that have influenced my own approach to business.

Cocoa programming is an excellent reference book for programmers rank beginners and intermediate Cocoa programmers alike. This book covers a broad range of Cocoa topics in a no-nonsense, get right to the point style that I found very helpful. While most Cocoa tutorials cover a few topics at a high level in the interest of presenting the reader with a gentle introduction, this book covers those topics with a depth and completeness that allow you to take your Cocoa code to the next level of complexity. If you are a Cocoa newbie, I would recommend this book as a companion to your favorite Cocoa tutorial for those times you want to explore a topic in more depth. If you are an intermediate Cocoa programmer, this will be a valuable reference book and well worth the space on your shelf, however small that shelf may be!

This book is absolutely amazing. After teaching myself Cocoa with Aaron Hillegass's book "Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X", I picked up this book to serve as a reference because of Apple's poor job at keeping up with their own documentation. One word for this book: awesome. The writers did a great job of compiling almost every piece of the Cocoa "umbrella" framework there is. There are even full chapters on topics that no other book or online source I have seen so far had covered. Things such as advanced networking with TCP and UDP and the real details on NSMatrices.

All in all, I would recommend this book for anyone who is looking for a detailed, organized, and complete Cocoa reference. It might not be as good for someone who was never programmed before since I don't think it has the *best* tutorials when compared to the other Cocoa books on the market, but my goodness is this an indispensable reference that will stay on my bookshelf for the remainder of my Cocoa programming career.

Whoever gave this book two stars because of bad spelling is completely out of line. This is a computer book and should be judged as a computer book. Yes, the spelling is bad, but so what! The book delivers a wealth of useful information. Anyone who grades a compoter bok more on speling and grammer thEn on technical merit has some major personal issues. Cocoa Programming IS the best Cocoa book to date.

I am sure the story of Rama is a beautiful one that is full of rich historical context. Unfortunately this book does not really capture it. One can really sense the author struggling with the translation as some passages sound like they were written by a child. I did find some parts of the book very quotable and for that reason I gave it two stars.

The Ramayana is a remarkable epic that captures one's mind and spirit with its vivid stories, and moral teachings. It is a touching story that emphasizes on the theory that good always prevails over evil. The poem also stresses the importance of dharma. In the epic the author, Valmiki, portrays Rama as a hero with great human qualities such as courage, loyalty and honesty. Valmiki is also considered to be a gifted and well talented poet, because of this breath-taking poem. In addition, historically the story of Rama was the first poem to have been ever written in Sanskrit, and is often referred to as "Adikavya", meaning the first poem. Although this epic was written many years ago, it still has a profound effect on many cultures in the world today, and will continue to entertain thousands for years to come.

Not only is this book a wonderful read, for students of comparitive mythology it is an invaluable extraction of the key elements of one of the greatest epics of all time.

What Buck does is filter out the religious sections, an insurmountable barrier to any but the most dedicated students of theology, and focus in on the narrative.

The reslut is the bridge that brings this critically important Eastern perspective on the Epic to western lovers of such works as the Iliad.

Do not miss adding this to your library.

Did you ever wonder about Angels? Do you
sometimes see a light or feel a brush against
your face? Have you ever all of a sudden
felt a warm flow of love and protection?
Perhaps you are in the presence of angels?

In this book "Angels on Assignment", the
author shares with you, the reader, his experience as God sends His Angels with a message to mankind.
I truly will not even begin to tell you what
is inside of this wonderful book, but I encourage you to read it for yourself.

If you ever wondered what these Holy Beings do, perhaps this will give you some answers and will encourage you in your journey through this world. You are not alone!

Few have been honored to have such an encounter as Mr. Buck has had.
Is it the truth? That will be your decision to make, but I will tell you this, this book had a great impact on my life. I truly will never forget it.

Recommended!

My sister called me in sept 79 and said you have to get this book angels on assignment. She said we just saw Roland Buck and he is real. The most humble man she had ever seen. I don't even like to read but when i finally found the book, it only took me 4 days to read. I bought 10 or more and gave them away. The book last i heard had been translated into more than 15 languages to spread around the world. I talked with Roland after I read the book. He could hear the excitement. He said to me "It's the message not the messenger." That was the same thing that the Angel Gabriel had told him too. Rolland had a bad heart before he saw any Angels but somehow made it thru over 16 Angelic visitations and saw the 120 things that God gave him come to pass and experienced food and drink from Heaven that sustained him. Yes Angels are on Assignment here on earth today. Roland always felt so unworthy to be in their midst. They always had a message right from the Throne of God. They had just come from his presence. That's the love that God has for you and me. This book is a must read. I have always wanted to go to Boise Idaho ever since reading that book in sept 79. That same month we conceived our first daughter that God answered prayer for us after childless for 5yrs. It revived me. My Soul came alive from all of the Scripture that was in the book. Thank you our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

My Husband and I read Angels On Assignment many years ago and from time to time have reread it. It made such an impact especially on my Husband that it literally changed our lives for the better. We came to realize how much God is interested in every detail of our lives and how much He truly knows and loves us.

The Seven Priorities of God that is mentioned in the book is what made an impact in our lives, and, after over twenty years it is a fresh and alive word for us even today. Here are the Seven Priorities: 1) The Blood of Jesus 2) Fellowship and Communion With God 3) Jesus Is Alive 4) The Promise Of The Holy Spirit 5) Go Tell The World 6) Atonement Of Jesus Is Everlasting 7) The Return Of Jesus. Interestingly, these priorities relate to the Seven Feasts of Israel which Pastor Roland Buck also mentions in the book.

We found this book to be totally in agreement with scripture. We encourage you to read it prayerfully and with an open and sincere heart. Angels are still on assignment on our behalf. They are just following God's orders.

There is one part in the book that really touched our hearts, and that was when Pastor Roland Buck and the Angels were worshipping God. It was so awesome!

This was the first Pearl Buck book I ever read. I still re-read it with a lot of enjoyment.

The language Pearl Buck uses is clever; in the Good Earth she keeps the language simple, to catch the thought patterns of the peasant farmers. In Peony, she tries to capture the formal interactions between masters and servants, between men and women both Chinese and of foreign descent. She succeeds brilliantly in making the speech patterns of each character suit their role.

The story is wide-ranging, from inside the walls of a Chinese-Jewish household with its extended family and servants, all the way to the Manchu court of the Western Empress Tzu Hsi. The story of the Jews in China is well-told and interesting.

And of course Pearl Buck is first and foremost a wonderful story teller. If you like Amy Tan, you are sure to enjoy this book too.

I picked this book up a bit hesitantly. I'd read "The Good Earth" on my own initiative, and had heard of "Peony" from a friend. I read it, and must say that this book, though simply written, was one of the most chilling pieces of literature I've ever read. You find yourself truly wishing for everything to go right for the title character Peony, a Chinese handmaiden serving a Jewish family. A heartbreaking story, and I find myself agreeing with other reviewers when I say I wish the story could have turned out differently--not because the ending was weak, but because Buck so fully draws the reader into the story that you hope deperately for the main character to achieve her goal. A thoroughly engrossing read (I know this phrase has become cliched, but it does describe the book).

I'm a rough and ready young man who has travelled around asia, currently i work on a building site in Devon UK and i am also studying furniture design in Cornwall. I read Peony when i was working on the new airport in Hong Kong (Chep Lap Kok)during its construction in 97. I found this book to be real gem, it has an amazing story which cunjured up the most beautiful and vivid pictures i have ever experienced from a book.

If you like beautiful things then read this book.

Years ago, I read a book with similar passion and depth of character..."A Time to Kill," Grisham's first book. Let's hope this book launches Bunn on a similar literary trajectory.

After witnessing the detention of an American female activist in China's Guangdong Province, we follow the struggles, personal and professional, of Marcus Edgewood as he attempts to hold liable a sports-gear giant, New Horizons. Edgewood and the activist's parents are looking for answers, but a conspiracy of some sort seems to stand in their way. Edgewood's struggles, though, are more than professional. The issues he deals with have been dealt with in a number of legal thrillers, but rarely so delicately as Bunn accomplishes here. This book is about much more than crossing mere cultural divides.

Though the pace trods a bit slower than a standard Grisham thriller, this book sweeps you along with its rich characters and locales. (I would've enjoyed more scenes in China, but then I've traveled there extensively and maybe that's an appetite all my own.) Bunn showcases his abilities here like never before. When you're done reading, these characters will continue walking through your thoughts, the detailed settings will stand solidly in your mind, the more than occasional moments of literary gold will set themselves in your memory. In addition, his brief but appropriate spiritual moments leaven the mood with thoughts of "The Great Divide" we must all face at some point.

Despite an abundance of secondary characters, Bunn masterfully maintains each individual's uniqueness, including blacks and Asians with only an ounce of stereotyping. (Aren't stereotypes based on at least some truth usually?) He juggles the emotions, the trial, and the relationships with care and compassion. Though I found certain aspects of the trial to lean inordinately in the plaintiff's direction, I'm no legal expert and I was more than willing to let them slide in favor of the author and his loveable--and despicable--cast.

If Bunn follows this one up with another legal thriller, I'll pre-order the book. He seems to have found his niche. Hopefully, he'll also find the audience he deserves.

The two novels of T. Davis Bunn I'd read previous to this effort both revolved around Christmas sentimentalism, and were somewhat trite and disappointing. Not so with "The Great Divide". As a reader who has thoroughly enjoyed practically all of John Grisham's books for their legal drama, thriller suspense, and clean content, I was delighted to find that this effort by Bunn practically matched Grisham on all counts! Not only that, Bunn is extremely talented in his use of the English language, with delightfully descriptive language, metaphors and similes, and vivid characterization. In almost all regards it is quite different from his earlier works. Bunn's other efforts were more distinctly Christian in character and theme, and although this novel is not specifically Christian (aside from the involvement of a church community as part of the story line) it is far more suspenseful and successful.

The story-line features Marcus Glenwood, an attorney who is recovering after a terrible car accident which claimed the lives of his two young children and destroyed his marriage. When asked to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of Gloria Hall, Marcus is initially reluctant. But as he discovers the truth behind the claims of Gloria's parents that she was abducted in a Chinese factory run by the American sports clothing manufacturer New Horizons, he agrees to undertake legal action against the manufacturing giant on their behalf. With one of Gloria's friends, Kirsten, as his ally, and with several of his former colleagues as his nemesis, the suspenseful court-room drama slowly builds up momentum, with several attacks on Marcus' life outside the courtroom adding a chilling spice to an already chilling tale. Slowly, Marcus uncovers the horrible web behind New Horizons, and the truth behind the disappearance of Gloria Hall. The only thing that remains a mystery to me in the end is the significance of the title!

The bittersweet ending is somewhat satisfying, but is dampened by the startling thought that this could be a true story, a story where the endings are not happy. One cannot help get the feeling that Bunn is using this novel to unmask human rights abuses in Chinese sweatshops, and expose the support of these abuses by giant manufacturers of sporting clothing who bow to the almighty dollar. It does not take much imagination to substitute the name "New Horizons" for the name of a contemporary manufacturing giant of sporting clothing, and raise questions about their practices and ethics. One of Bunn's final acknowledgements is very telling, where he acknowledges the help of his wife, an international attorney, whose "first thesis was on the issue of human rights violations within the Chinese lao gai prison network." While thoroughly enjoying this book as a work of fiction, I could not help but get the cold feeling that behind the fiction was a great deal of fact. This novel will do more than just awaken your suspense, it may also awaken your conscience.

WOW!

What a super book! This was the first T. Davis Bunn novel I had the pleasure of reading. It was a gift or I might never have discovered a wonderful book and author.

I fell in love right away with the author's pace and way of storytelling. I could hear the drawls of the friends Marcus made in the rural part of North Carolina. I could see his home, the trees behind it, and each of Bunn's characters clearly in my mind (this is rare for me to be able to picture and imagine a book so vividly!).

It scared me that this book, and the subject matter, could actually be true. New Horizons could be any number of companies located in the US. That makes it so real, and so scary.

If you aren't sure if you like legal thrillers, this is more than that. You CARE about the people in the book, worry about them, and get scared with them. The heartwarming hospitality shown by various southerners is just as I imagined it, the same as is the good ole boys network working against them.

Read this. You won't be disappointed.

This is a good book at one third its cost. It would make a good pamphlet but for nearly $20 (counting shipping costs) it's little bang for too much bucks. The writing style is simplistic and predictable. Nearly every page presents two inches of blank white space and the font is oversized as if an attempt by the publisher to hide the shortness of the manuscript. The content is useful though nothing new is presented. I wanted to read the book because I am a fan of Ken Blanchard. He has a knack of popularizing good sense principles so that they are useful in practice. Unfortunately, I think this latest effort is more a whimper than a winner. If the readers of this review insist on buying this book, perhaps, the lesson they will learn is that people (like me) will buy anything if it comes from someone with a strong reputation. I hope Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Bowles develop more content if they collaborate again. They have much to offer, but this book isn't it...

Big Bucks! is the third in the series that started with Raving Fans and proceeded on to Gung Ho. Although you can certainly read Big Bucks! as a standalone, I recommend that you read the other two fine books first.

The subject is pretty simple: How to earn, keep, and enjoy substantial wealth. That description will probably sound like any of several hundred thousand self-help books written in recent years. In true Ken Blanchard style, Big Bucks! manages a refreshing new take on an old subject.

Len, our future multimillionaire, meets three spiritual leaders in a card game, who introduce him to three role models who teach him the three initial, and four eventual, rules of of getting, keeping and enjoying his Big Bucks!

Simple messages are powerful, because we can remember them. I subscribe to the themes in this book, and enjoyed reading how they were articulated.

Big Bucks! makes the pursuit of wealth seem downright spiritual, which of course it can be. In practice, the book is at its best in encouraging you to eventually have your own business. The perspective is certainly more that of an owner/manager than an employee. But the latter is addressed.

Those who do not like The One Minute Manager format will really hate this book, because it takes that format even further into simple stories and humor than usual. As such, the format is almost a satire on itself.

On the other hand, I greatly appreciate authors who can boil down important information into the gist of what needs to be done. Having considered those I know who have lived the Big Bucks! ideal, it is clear that they followed these principles unconsciously, if not consciously. I think Blanchard and Bowles have really put their finger on the pulse of the positive pursuit of wealth.

This book would be a wonderful gift for a young person starting on a career, an older person thinking about starting a business, or anyone who seems serious about acquiring wealth.

Even if you are not interested in having Big Bucks! for yourself, I think you will enjoy reading the book. And you never know. You just may decide that you are interested in Big Bucks! after all.

It took me years to make it to "big bucks." Then I read this book, which offers to help others do the same. I wish this had been around so I could have read it earlier and saved lots of years! But now it's out and this message needs to go out to those who are teachable on this subject. The authors boil down a lot of data and research into a few non-negotiables. This will disappoint the unenlightened but challenge the righteous to take the path to prosperity.

Terry Kay may be best known for his wonderful novel, TO DANCE WITH THE WHITE DOG, but he outdoes himself in this spellbinding tale of love lost and found at the beginning of the 20th century. The novel is so rich in characters and plot that it would be difficult to summarize either without falling short of the dimensions he's created on both counts. In Lottie Lanier, he has discovered a girl/woman for the ages, a character at times so simple, yet at others, complex, mysterious, and so downright appealing, you literally feel like she's in the room beside you as you continue reading. For anyone who has ever been in or out of love at any time in one's life, TAKING LOTTIE HOME is one novel you will read, cherish, and most importantly, never forget. Cry, laugh, cheer, but do not miss this one!

The first book I read by Terry Kay was Shadow Song followed by To Dance with the White Dog which also became a wonderful television production a few years ago. Now with his latest book, Taking Lottie Home, Mr. Kay capitaves his reading audience with a sentimental tale which not only evokes a different era but wholesome and well meaning characters with the very best of values.

On a train home, two men recently discharged from a minor baseball team meet Lottie, a young woman with a questionable past. Ben returns home to his mother while Foster marries Lottie and they have a son and a good marraige. When Foster dies, though, it wa shis wish that Ben accompany Lottie home to her family to continue raising their son. But Lotties family and home life isn't conducive to raising a child so she returns to Ben's hometown where she spends time living with Ben's mother and also meets Ben's future father-in-law. And in a stunning turn of events, Lottie leaves these people who truly care about her but not before she also leaves a part of herself with them.

This is a wonderful book which will intoduce you to some fine characters you would be proud to call friends if they lived in your town.

Enjoy!!!!

I just finished "Taking Lottie Home." While reading the book, I kept thinking that it was a good book but not a great book. Then I read the epilogue. At that point, the book became the great book. When a writer can write and make his reader feel the joy and pain of life as it really is, then he has risen to the top of the craft. He becomes like Hemingway or Steinbeck. Terry Kay has done that with "Taking Lottie Home." As I read this book I hurt and I laughed. And when I finished it, I was affected. Terry Kay wrote in the front of my book (I bought it at a book signing) that he hoped that the story mattered. Mr. Kay, the story mattered. Thanks.

As others have said, this is the DSP bible. I have worked in the field of DSP as a post-grad student, lecturer ("professor") and an R&D engineer for over 10 years now and this book is in my "must-have" collection. It is the book I learnt my DSP from; it is the book I have taught DSP from; it is a very good reference book for the practicioner.

Having said that, I should also point out what I believe this book is not (and why it gets only 4 stars) : it is not a good book for self-learning. If this is what you are after, I recommend Rick Lyons' book "Understanding Digital Signal Processing" (five stars from me).

If you are a mechanical engineer learning DSP, I suggest asking your local Bruel & Kjaer representative if he'll give you a copy of Bob Randall's "Frequency Analysis" published by B&K (ISBN 87 87355 07 8; "only" 3.5 stars, but 4.5 stars if you're a mechanical engineer).

This is probably the most complete reference in DSP. It's full of examples covering the whole stuff in DSP. However this is certainly not fur use as an introductory book because the aim is not the explanation of fundamental concepts in DSP (for that go to Lyons "Understanding Digital Signal Processing"). Maybe it is possible to learn DSP with this book but then as a companion of a good undergrad course, not for self-study.

As stated by another reviewer, this book is over-crowded with developments, details and examples that could be overwhelming to the newcomer. This is probably its biggest drawback, in that its completeness hinders on its readability. So be aware that this is not an easy DSP book, it's THE DSP book.

Although the authors say this book could be used as an introductory text in DSP, it is not. This book is a no nonsense approach towards DSP. You need firm grounding in calculus, signals and systems to be close to even understand what the authors intend to say.

With a good professor and with the skill set that the authors assume you have, you will find this a life long reference. How ever for the not so sure Stanley's Digital Signal processing is a much better choice.

The beginner should find Richard Lyon's Understanding DSP to be more user friendly, but if you outgrow Lyon, then this is the book that would whet your appetite.This book will be one you will frequently refer to clear your doubts.