This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. Yet I know that even 5 years ago it would not have touched me. Growing up as a mainstream Christian, I knew that there was truth in what I was taught, but there was also much that did not resonate as an adult. This book can bring clarity to anyone on the spiritual journey, and especially those who know in their hearts the the Christian journey is for them.

I don't know if I've read this entire book, because it one of those special books that sits on my desk to be opened in moments when I seek inspiration. It has been my experience that every paragraph is a gift, every page an abundance of truth. It shares, with profound insight, the meaning and value of life, and how we can experience that meaning and value day in and day out.

This book just blew me away. The information on these pages is very profound and has the ability to alter the way you view life. I never knew (not being very religious) that these teachings could have such a powerful effect on me, but it does. It really helps me to become a more fulfilled and more centered person. This is what they forgot to teach us when we went to school, 101 in living! If this is the only book you read this year you are lucky!

The recent political atmosphere makes this book even more profoundly important. Children see the need and are starving to understand each other's cultures. I read it to my 11-yr and 13-yr. Puerto Rican - American born niece & nephew a couple of days before Thanksgiving, wondering if they'd be too old & too sophisticated to enjoy it, (they are Harry Potter fans.) This book both empowered them and satisfied their need to more fully understand how children from a different culture (Jewish) relate to "Thanksgiving." It 's apparent that we've gotton away from the roots of this American holiday and that "Thanksgiving" had never clicked in their heads. It helped them to understand why people from other countries still come to America today. My "kids" strongly identifed with "Rivka's" courage to stand up for her own point of view . They were thoroughy engaged in the story and loved the illustrations-and so did I. J. Gardner

Elsa Rael's book fills a truly needed place in American-Jewish children's literature and children's literature on the whole. The story of a clear headed and plunky little girl who mounts up steep wood tenement steps to confront first one austere little rabbi in his book-filled room to a whole roomful of them to explain why Jews should celebrate Christmas is wonderful! The Lower East Side is everyone's heritage, and Ms. Rael and her magical illustrator bring it to life. You see the world of the 1930's through the eyes of a child. Original and heartwarming.

In rich and spirited prose, accompanied by warmly rendered illustrations, Rivka's First Thanksgiving captures the texture and cadence of early 20th century Jewish immigrant life in New York City. The story teaches children the importance of old traditions, as well as the necessity for creating new ones. The reader can almost smell the turkey -- and the challah!

If you talk to anyone who grew up on a ranch, they always speak of the experience with awe. This fine book will help you understand why. Barbara Corn Patterson's vivid account of the joys and struggles of life on a southwest ranch will make you long to be a cowboy again, but for a different reason!

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The good old days with hard reality and simplicity at the same time! Fascinating memoir!

Great book to curl up on the couch with!

When visiting Savannah, Ms. Byrd's book is a must. Byrd's book is like having your own personal tour guide with you the whole time you are in Savannah. Buy this book and let Ms. Byrd show you how truly romantic Savannah can be. Bravo Ms. Byrd!

No matter how many times one visits Savannah, it is impossible to see everything this eccentric, yet delightful southern city has to offer without the help of a local. Georgia R. Byrd, founding editor of Savannah Magazine and contibuting writer to Southern Living magazine, serves up a charming little taste of Savannah's best attractions as well as some of her deep, dark secrets. The book is divided into 26 sections of possible adventures for visitors. They range from delectible descriptions of quaint bed and breakfasts and hidden antique stores, to riverboat cruises and tours of Civil War forts, to delicious restaurants and isolated beaches. Choose from sections like, "High Cotton, High Times, and High Tea" - a two day, one night look at the best of Savannah's affluent past, "Love Turns Green" - a two day, one night celebration of Saint Patrick's Day when the river runs green, "Working Up A Sweat" - a one day, one night Savannah sports sampler, or "Divine Diversions" - a one day, one night look at Savannah architecture. Byrd doesn't stop at Savannah, though, she details trips to nearby Tybee Island, Hilton Head, Saint Simon's Island, and Cumberland Island. It will be hard to choose what to do first! Thank you, Mrs. Byrd, for helping me plan my next trip!

Georgia Byrd, in her entirely unique style, paints a wonderful picture of life and times in Savannah, Georgia. The book was an engrossing read--just sorry it wasn't longer. The door is wide open for additional sequels and I look forward to Georgia's next effort. Bravo, Ms. Byrd!!

Many of the books on the market today are cutesy and lack the content that someone who needs an answer now demands. This book contains a lot of hands on information. So far, I haven't run into a situation where I needed help and this book couldn't provide it. I usually don't have more than five minutes to find an answer to questions, so most of the books I've tried don't come close to helping me. The organization of this book makes it a snap to find any answer. If you want a no nonsense answer to your questions fast, this is the book to get. Make sure you contact the author too. I saw his message asking for reader input and thought he'd ignore me like other authors do. This guy is serious--he really does want to hear from you.

Although I have used many flavors of Windows in both business and at home, Windows XP offers many new features. This book glides the reader through all aspects of the operating system with just the right amount of detail without otherwhelming you. I found the book to be very useful and have referred to it many times. The author is very knowledge of the entire suite of features built into Windows XP.

I learned more about a Windows operating system in a week with this book than I learned since I first used Windows 3.1 up thru last week. I'm a home user now, but this book will teach and inform users from home PC novices to office professionals. It covers both the Home and Professional Editions, and if you don't need the latter, it's easily skipped. Full of helpful tips and warnings when you might get into dangerous waters. Wish I'd have had a manual like this when I was an office administrator. One of the best computer manuals I've used!

I am a Kindergarten teacher and this is a great book to read to them. It has excellent pictures. The words can be difficult for Kindergarteners to understand, however, with a little preparation, they will grasp the concept of the book. This book shows the daily lives of a Pilgrim girl. Samuel Eaton's Day compliments this book.

We originally bought this book at Plimoth Village. My children love it. Having photos of people in actual period dress makes it so much easier to understand that they were real people and they lived differently from us. I share our copy of the book with my children's teachers every fall and they all love it and beg for our copy. Tonight, I'm buying them their own!

This book is a photo-journal portrayal of the life of a girl in early America. Based on a real-life child, the recreation (interpretation) in historic setting makes the reader feel as if he or she is right there, living the life.

It provides a great day-in-the-life picture. I borrowed this book from the library because it is part of the "core curriculum" recommended by E.D. Hirsch.

My 6 year old daughter now has a very concrete basis for comparing her own life to what it might have been at another time. It's inspiring and fun. And a great teaching tool (as mentioned in the previous review.)

Sean Clancy's Saratoga Days is a must read for horse people, and anyone interested in the beauty and history of Saratoga Race Course and Saratoga Springs, New York. Sean takes the reader into the rewarding and unpredictable world of horse racing, as well as the magical town that is so difficult to describe. Sean does this extremely well. The book is truly insightful, realistic and an absolute pleasure to read. Sean, please document additional years.

Sean Clancy cites Red Smith as one of his literary heroes. Well, if writing were a horse race, Mr. Smith would have to look out. Sean Clancy's Saratoga Days is one of the most informative, engagingly written, literate, and absorbing books ever written on racing. Himself a steeplechase jockey, Clancy shows us the world of Saratoga as we've never before been shown in -- it's like having a private guided tour with a funny, humane, intelligent tour guide. There are stars here -- Beautiful Pleasure, More Than Ready, Lemon Drop Kid -- as well as names not known to the casual follower of racing -- Amarettitorun, Bourbon Belle, and of course, the great Succeed. Their stories are the fabric of Saratoga, and this book IS Saratoga in August.

Ever been to Saratoga? Well, even if you haven't, Sean Clancy's Saratoga Days will not only transport you there and give you a feel for the place, but it will also give you a guided tour from the perspective of a professional rider and writer.

The Saratoga Race Course meet may have ended Labor Day Weekend, but the spirit of the meet and the town lives on in the hearts of racing fans everywhere. Saratoga Days is the kind of book that can take you back to those magical August days at any time of the year. Read it after the meet to get that nostalgic feeling - then read it again come this spring to prepare yourself for next summer's adventures.

This is the second year I have used Martin Smith's book at Lent His profound insights into the psyche of persons and his practical applications to Christian living continue to deepen my own ability to "walk the walk" with Christ. His extraordinary spiritual insights, especially his explanation of the self as a group - the "selves of the self" - likening each of us to the demoniac that Jesus heals. I would recommend this book to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the self/selves that God loves. A book for all seasons.

This book helped my Lent to be very powerful and profound. I felt that it had been written just to answer my questions and to challenge me to grow in my spiritual life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a prayerful Lent.

I have used this book for my Lenten devotions over a number of years. I discover something fresh and wonderful every time I read it. Fr. Smith's journey in and with the Holy Spirit is not an exercise in escaping from the world around us, but an invitation to become more aware of how the Reign of God is active here and now. Although geared towards Lent, the readings are well worth perusing any time of the year.

Lori Palatnik's book is a must-have for all personal Jewish Libraries. The insights are deep yet explained in simple easy to understand terms.

My brother bought this book for me after my fathers passing and it has been a blessing. It has taught me so much about my Judisim, it has helped me to begin to work through the mouning of my dad and it is possibly helping my dad as well, which is a great feeling to have. It is a great book, give it a try.. Thanks Adam, I love you.

Sheri

They say death and taxes are the only things one can be sure of. But when the death of a close friend or loved one happens, it can leave us feeling lost and bewildered. "Remember My Soul" is a book of direction through the painful journey of mourning. Each of 30 days is examined allowing the reader to take as little as 5 minutes to (?) per day to study a specific Torah subject "in this person's memory". Each day culminates with a "diary of remembrance" that invites your memories of the deceased, and how they relate to each day's lesson. After the death of my 15yr old nephew Joshua, this book helped my family through those helpless days of awkward adjustment. I recommend this book not only for the Jewish person struggling through Shiva and mourning, but non-Jews (as myself) can benefit from the ageless wisdom and inspiration from the Torah.

This book explains Excel VBA in a way very easy to understand.However if someone has a programming experience, the book could be boring. The index is excellent and is a very good reference.

Although designed for beginers it goes to more advanced subjects.
Ideally this book should be read first, followed by a more practical book like Walkenbach's Excel 2002 Power Programming with VBA- which by the way is much more pleasant to read.
The title is misleading, it should better be named "Learn Excel Programming in 41 Long Days".

I tried two other books and one on-line source before I found "Sams Teach Yourself Excel 2000 Programming in 21 Days." I wish it had been the first resource I had found. One book I tried, ostensibly labeled "for beginners" was in fact better suited for an intermediate. The other book gave examples of some neat things you can do in VBA, but gave no background or mechanics, i.e. the rationale and assumptions behind visual basic code and procedures.

The Sams book gives you the "meat," from the ground up - not just a bunch of code to copy into the VBE. The learner is given the much needed what, when, where, and why behind VBA.

My only criticism of the book is the title. The book is LARGE. You could complete it in 21 days if you worked through it 12 hours a day for 21 days (not including any review time). The title also seems rather "cheesy" for a tome worthy of a university classroom.

This was a very good book. The book contained excellent explanations for the code examples. There are lots of useful code examples, which are downloadable through the internet. The code examples are 99% error free. The book is pretty cheap considering the size, over a thousand pages. It took me 10 weeks to complete it. More than half of the information provided is useful for all the other implementations of VBA, such as Access, Word, etc. You will really be teaching yourself a great deal though not in 21 days, but more like in 70 days.