I devoured this one in one sitting. the hero is bold and exuberant, the heroine has had a tough time, and the English Civil War is raging all around them. Theymust not only struggle for each other' s love, but their very survival. A book with dark moments and issues, but isn't that what real life is?

This was a great book. The characters and the story flowed to the point I found myself staying up late. Bravo Haywood Smith!

Even for those who don't usually read romance, this one's worth a look. Ms. Smith captivates her reader with a great story and vivid characterizations, artfully dealing with some important, timeless issues along the way. She drops a really fine romance storyline into an obviously well-researched historical setting. A worthy follow-up to "Shadows In Velvet"! Read this one

I liked this book ,because each chapter gives you something new to look forward to .It also helps you learn the vaule of saving money for certain stuff

Her writing all of her Betsy books were always consitente through out all of them. It was and still a treat to look through the books and look at the illastrations.

I love the Betsy books. She has lots of friends. Betsy and the Boys is great! It is a very fast and easy book. Haywood did a very good job. I love to read them over again. It is a wonderful book.

I read all of her Betsy books and reread some of them for old time sake and I still got that sweet feeling of satisfaction at the end of each book

"Doris, The Polka Dot Tortoise" is extremely enjoyable to read. I have read it over and over again. The author paints such a vivd picture of Doris' encounters that I could see her in my mind's eye as I read every chapter.

This book is perfect for all ages. I suggest that parents purchase this book as soon as possible. I can hardly wait for Book 2 to be released.

Carolyn
Detroit, MI

DORIS THE POLKA DOT TORTOISE is an excellent children's book. It is the sweetest book I've ever read. This book is beautifully written. "Doris" takes the reader on a wonderful journey. Once you began to read this book, it's hard to put down. As a reader, you will be anxious to get to the next chapter to see what tomorrow brings for Doris. It teaches kids, as well as adults, how to handle criticism without resorting to violence.

I highly recommend this book for children of all ages and adults alike. I suggest that parents purchase "Doris The Polka Dot Tortoise" for their daughters, sons, nieces, nephews and the entire family. It's a lesson well learned and a special journey
you will not soon forget. "Doris" will stay forever imbedded in your mind's eye.

I think this book is the best book I ever read. I hope someday it will be published as a New York Times best seller. I hope that who ever reads this will like it as much as I did.

It is the best book I have ever read It is the top on all the books I have also read. I hope my mom will let me get this exiting great book on Amozon. com. You relly sould read this great book. I'm shore it will be tthe top on your list to. Because it showed alot of detail.

As a beginning cattleman I found the book extremely helpful and one can use the philosophy in all aspects of ranching. Great book for all interested in cattle and land stewardship.

The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Raising, by Laurence Lasater, is an outstanding basic guideline for economic selection of cattle that can used in either an extensive or management intensive grazing system based on sound environmental practices.

The Lasater Philosophy was developed by Tom Lasater, one of the founders of the Beefmaster breed; and a succesful cattleman in Texas. His philosophy has several basic principals that can make any livestock breeder succesful in profitable production. He covers topice like selecting animals that will be hardy and performance oriented in your environment. Basically, select those animals that will be coming from a harsher environment than the one that you will be putting them in. If they come from an easier climate, one can expect performance to drop. Lasater also covers the importance of the bull and the cow in making genetic decisions and how fertility should be measured.

Perhaps the hardest part of the philosophy to grasp is the rather strict cull policy. Any female animal is culled if they lose an offspring for any reason. That means predators, scours, or even lightning. Keeping the best of the best, should prove to produce consistency and quality over the long run.

I found this book to be excellent and recomend it to any breeders of any livestock who are interested in environmentally and grass based production methods. We currently use these principles in correlation with Linear Measurement to manage one hundred head of Belted Galloway cattle. Remeber, if you replace the words cattle raising with sheep, hog, or goat raising, the principals are still quite useful. Excellent photos of the Lasater type Beefmaster are included in all chapters and easily illustrate how these animals should appear in actual management conditions.

This is an important critical look at Eliza Haywood's work. It brings together established and newer scholars. The debates are lively, and the research is thorough.

This book is so informative, and yet at the same time entertaining. I am a passionate woman, so the title caught my eye. As I read though, I discovered just what kind of woman Eliza Haywood is and how that personality shines through in her writing. Thank God someone like Kirsten T. Saxton is around to share her insightful thoughts with the world. I am anxiously awaiting the next book!

Barbara Saffer's ABC Science Riddles is a truly wondrous alphabet book has children figure out words that correspond to each letter of the alphabet, given clues written in rhyme, drawn in vibrant color, and shown in blank spaces for the missing letters of each word. The answers are on the last page for slow guessers! An "Ideas for Parents and Teachers" page at the end offers suggestions to help children learn language and riddles. Brightly illustrated throughout by Jennifer Johnson Haywood, ABC Science Riddles is a highly recommended, fun and educational book which is enhanced with a page of "Ideas for Parents and Teachers" making it ideal for home schoolers as well as classroom curriculum supplementation!

The "Atlas of Past Times" found a permanent place on my coffee table. This book is absolutely loaded with illustrative maps, photos, and text. John Haywood has done to the pictorial record of world history what Kenneth C. Davis did for American history in his "Don't Know Much About History."

Time after time over the years I've heard or read about a particular civilization, war, political upheaval, or religious movement, but was unclear as to the specific timeframe and geographic scope. It's one thing to read about boundaries in text, but Haywood lays it all out in numerous maps. Each map is color-coded and loaded with useful information. The legends are clear and concise. A perfect example of how I found the book useful was in my following the war in Iraq. I didn't want to read six textbooks to gain a better understanding of the region's history. Haywood's book provides a fantastic visual overview: Mesopotamia, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Jews, the Arabs, the advance and subdivisions of Islam, the Kurds, the Turks, etc. The area has a long and convoluted history, which the maps really help place within grasp of the common man.

The accompanying text is only a cursory--but well written--examination of chronological world history, which is fine; it is titled and pitched as an "Atlas," and therein lies its strength and attraction. I will refer to this book again and again. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of BIG ICE

Altman and Lechner have created a neat supplement for elementary school students. I was particularly pleased with the range of topics covered. They hit all the important highlights covered in elementary Roman history, from architecture and notable emperors to specific aspects of Roman life such as clothing, eating and Roman numerals. We use Veritas Press history and this just tied right in each week. I suspect in fact that my second grader will remember more from this book than from the more in depth historical texts that we read. He frequently picks this up and reviews Roman Roads, the Praetorian Guard and Nero (his favorite topics anyway). Good for memorizing to go with the Veritas Press cards; the poems provide more than two facts each!