MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS IN TOWN WHEN THE BOOTLEGGER WAS SHOT AND KNEW HIM. THIS BOOK SHOWS THE TRUE LIFE AND STRUGGLES OF LIFE NOT JUST IN SMALL TOWNS BUT ACROSS AMERICA. EXCELLENT HISTORY LESSON OF SURVIVAL AND WHAT GENERATIONS BEFORE US DID TO GIVE US WHAT WE HAVE.

This is definitely a page turner--rare in nonfiction. Mr. Hallwas combines the suspense of a murder mystery and the facts of a history lesson and makes it all fascinating! I was born in the area and my family's surnames are mentioned throughout the book. Most of my family members have read the book and have SO enjoyed it! In fact it may have solved a generations-old family mystery of a missing relative! A must read for anyone with family roots in small town America!

This book is excellent. Definitely a "can't put down" book. Hard to imagine the quiet, sleepy town of Colchester was once involved with Al Capone, Shoeless Joe Jackson, bombings of homes of law enforcement agents, and murders, bootlegging and crimes of this nature!

Doctor and Bishop of the Catholic Church, St. Francis de Sales presents one of the most powerful defenses of the Catholic Faith ever to come from the hand of a mortal man. This book was instrumental in my conversion to the Catholic Faith and the reason I chose St. Francis de Sales as my patron saint.

In his writings, he is as gentle as a dove and as wise a serpent, in accordance with our Lord's command. Here the truth is presented in a straight-forward and compelling manner, so much so that he converted with these pamphlets (here collected into book form) an entire region which had fallen away from the Catholic Faith into the errors of Calvinism. And when I say he converted the region, I mean virtually all of it, completely reversing the sad situation of a region that had fallen a few decades before into the errors of the protestant revolt.

From Purgatory to the Papacy, these pamphlets reminded the people of the forceful clarity and Truth of the holy Catholic Apostolic Faith. May it equally remind us of that today, when it is needed again, as is another "counter reformation" against the revolts we see all around us in the Church!

This book is a collection of pamphlets written by St. Francis de Sales as a young priest (27-29) struggling to reach people who would not listen to to him-the 72,000 Calvinists of the French Chablais region, who had lost the Faith 60 years previous. The task looked hopeless, yet in four years almost all 72,000 had returned to the Catholic Faith. These little tracts show their author's great familiarity with scripture and the Fathers and Doctors of the Church; yet they come right to the point, addressing issues that are still of burning interest today--especially the question of how we can recognize the Christian church and the true Christian doctrine. Here are some of the cogent arguements against Protestantism ever penned, presenting a defense of the Catholic Faith that in some respects has never been equalled. Great!

St. Francis de Sales endangered his life when he entered the Chablais region in order to defend the faith. During his journey, St. Francis de Sales tied himself to tree limbs with his belt so the wolves could not get to him at night.

It is said that when St. Francis de Sales arrived in the area there were only 7 Catholics left. When St. Francis finished, there were about the same number of Calvinists left.

Facing death threats and doors shut in his face, St. Francis de Sales wrote several pamphlets defending the faith. For several years he slipped these under doors so the people could read them. This book is a compendium of those pamphlets.

St. Francis de Sales uses scripture like no other. His arguments are as persuasive today as they were then. For those looking to understand the biblical basis for Catholic teachings (i.e., purgatory, papal infallibility) this book is a must.

I recommend this book to Catholics who are interested in knowing the scriptural and logical reasoning behind the teaching of the Church. I also recommend the book to protestants who have an honest interest in finding out, from a Catholic source, just what that Church teaches. Buy the book.

I highly recommend this daily devotional for every Christian, new or old in the faith. I have bought this every year for the past 4 years. It is a wonderful way to keep a diary and helpful for looking back on to see your growth in our Lord. Each day you start with a passage from the Scriptures and a commentay about it. I do not always agree with the commentaries, but they do make me think about what the Lord is telling me through His Word. I can, also, look back and see how the Lord has helped me through bad times and also, more importantly, see how he has blessed me through them and also through my good times. I have found this a very helpful tool in my Christian growth.

I am very impressed with this combination of Devotional and Journal. Not many devotional journals have brought me to a point where i immediately see what God is teaching me for the time I'm digging deeper. A wonderful combination of daily insight backed by scripture. A must read book if you are searching for a stronger commitment to God, daily. Very blunt or frank. The author's get right to the heart. The journal portion is made available by wide margins for your thoughts to be written down.

Excellent to use as a daily devotional guide. Can start anytime during year. Has "user-friendly" indexes in back that are subject and text indexed.

We all need food for physical life and spiritual food for a vigorous spritual life. A daily portion of "Experencing God Day-By-Day" will help feed that soul-life as few devotional books can. The Blackaby father-and-son team know the scriptures well and give great insight and illumination of them to those who delve into this volume. The applications for life made on each page will compel you to ponder the truths from the Bible. I have been blessed in reading it, I pray you will be, too.

Truely God-inspired writings. The book begins each day with a quote from the Bible, explains the quote, then shows how each of us can apply this to our everyday lives. The practical material is most touching and insightful.

My church family read My Utmost for His Hightest corporately for 1999. I decided for 2000 to buy everyone another devotional that we could read corporately. I chose Experiencing God Day-by-Day. It was a major blessing. Personally and corporately we are experiencing God day-by-day. As I journal I write love letters to God. I feel I have drawn a little closer to God before I close that book. This devotional causes you to look within and come clean with God.

As a second degree black belt, I know that it's training that matters. If your attacked, the first few seconds make all the difference. 1400 techniques bring you to the point of knowing the consequences of failure. It may be one technique in grained in your mind and body giving you a chance to escape. It will take every ounce of strength and courage for you to survive. "Fearless", opens your mind to the world of martial arts and street smarts. When two tigers fight one dies. If you learn one thing from this book it should be "Be Aware". Self safety is watching for signals, being aware of your risks, knowing the mind of the predator, and avoiding danger. Paul Danylewich book "Fearless" vividly wakes you up to the dangers on the street and violence that can happen within your home. Awareness means adding lights around your house, organize community watch groups, being assertive in meeting people (get to know at little about everyone new in your community), knowing escape routes to your safe room (reinforcing the structure), entering your home, answering the door, not being liberal in giving out private information on the phone, watching for behavior associated with a violent person, approaching your parked car, forcing bystanders involvement with an attack is underway, not getting out of the car if rearended, not getting out of the car with pulled over if isolated, running in pairs, personal safety on the elevator, taking money out of the atm, awareness about rape, things to watch for when you meet someone new, watching out for male pressure, the myths about rape, the dangers of drinking too much.

Assertive communication is the first line of defense. Offenders are motivated to control their victims. Its your job to prevent them from gaining this control. Strategies include: passive resistence, assertive strategies, manipulation and negotiation, and physical resistence.

After nine years of MA study three fundamental stand out: palm strikes, elbow strike, and eye gouges are devastating. Controlling the offender to the ground puts him in the most vulnerable position possible because he can be stomped to death or permanently maimed. Chokes and submission techniques are effective, but stomps are deadly. Danylewich demostrate a series of physical resistence techniques: basic stances, palm strikes, palm heel, finger claws to the face, eye gouges, groin grab, forearm groin strike, and frontal and back elbow strikes. Groin kicks can sometimes make the opponent madder, instead kick the knee cap. Longer distance weapons are explored, such as, front snap kick, side kick, and back kick. The author effectively illustrates and describes techniques against front and back grabs, chokes, and hugs.

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This is really a wonderful book on how to protect yourself from violence. The author is really in touch with what women need to learn. FEARLESS is based on the idea that " Knowledge is Power" More women need to realize that they too can learn to recognize how violence can happen to them on a date, on the street, or anywhere else. I saw a terrific mini workshop that the author did at the public library in Cornwall, Ontario - and it was an eye-opener. I think every public, school and college library should have this book available for their female students. I think it can help keep them safe. Half of the book focuses on prevention and awarness strategies, while the later half deals with resistance techniques that are simple and easy to use. Way to Go!! If anyone is interested, I found the authors web-site...

We need to get this type of program in our high school today!!!

A friend of mine lent me this book and I have to say, it is great! It gives so much information on how to prevent assaults! It provides tips on how to recognize a dangerous situation and how to act when confronted with one. I feel more empowered after having read this book. I know I learned things that may make a world of difference in my life!

I LIKE FOOD SO MUCH THAT TO KNOW IT ALSO MAKE GOOD MEDICINE MAKE ME SO HAPPY I COULD CRY. ME LIKE THIS BOOK BECAUSE ME LOOK AT THE COVER AND SEE GOOD FOOD ME WANT TO EAT COVER.

You can always tell really good information that has been found through the true science of research, study and actual use. It withstands the decades of fad diets and medical phases. That is what is offered in this book. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK if you are sick of the non-sense that we are fed everyday through media and orthadox medicine. We are supposedly the most medically advanced species on the earth yet we are the sickest. This book shows us that what is considered normal and healthy in our society, really isn't. It gives great information on the link between diet and disease. It was a relief to read a health book that doesn't rant and rave about how to build the immune system (the current fad in alternative medicine). Obviously building the immune system is not the only key to preventing disease. If everyone followed the advise in this book, companys that prey on our bad health would go out of business.

I'm happy to see that this enduring classic is still in print. I wrote about nutrition for the health magazines for years, had all kinds of information at my fingertips, but when it came to my own health, this little book offered the most effective answers. I still go back to the Bieler diet when I need to lose weight, increase my energy, or avoid health problems that seem to be looming on the horizon. A friend of mine was a patient of Dr. Bieler's in the late '60s and reported that the good doctor was healthy, strong, radiant, virile, and working a full schedule into his eighties; apparently he took his own advice. Bieler did his research at about the same time that penicillin was introduced, so his work never got the recognition it deserved. Now, decades later, the public realizes that the so-called miracle drugs have frightening consequences. Bieler shows how to keep your body healthy and free of disease and offers dietary solutions to many ailments. Basics for everyone: No salt, sugar, honey. Have "Bieler Soup" daily: zucchini, green beans, parsley, celery cut up and simmered. These most alkaline veggies balance your system. Read the book for details.

It is a well known fact that Buddy never learned to read music and played everything "by ear." This book is a wonderful tribute in a ironic sort of way, but if one takes anything away from this book, it should be that a successful career in drumming (namely, music) must include learning the mechanics/mathematics of musical notation, the language of drumming (rudiments) and the intrepretation thereof. And, admittedly, I don't know for certain, but my guess is that Buddy probably couldn't have told you the difference between a paradiddle and a ratamacue.

I used this book to develop a solid technique in conga drums.

I have been playing and teaching drums for over 30 years. In that time I have both seen and heard Buddy Rich play. During those times I have always been in amazement of Buddy's playing ability. When I got this book I gleaned its contents carefully hoping to learn just some of his playing secrets. My searching was not in vain. Overall the book itself is simple in its teaching terms, that is, Buddy teaches you the rudiments step-by-step. However, I found to my joy, that there are some aspects of the book that are obviously only Buddy's interpretation of the rudiments. For example, one will not find "The Four Stroke Ruff Single Paradiddle" in any listing of the 26 essential rudiments or the 40 complete rudiments. And that is what makes this book stand out among other rudimental drumming books I have used. I have constantly employed many of the book's rudiments in my playing. The book even comes with some of Buddy's "Advanced Rhythmic Studies" for solo work (sticking included!). For the drummer who is just starting out, this book is an excellent introduction to the rudiments; for the drummer who really wants to study *how* Buddy Rich played the rudiments this book is a must; and for the drummer who is looking for a real challenge in not only playing additional rudiments, but who wants to improve their overall snare and drum set playing, fills, and solo work--this book is worth every penny.

My sister and I recently discussed how we loved this book as young teens. First read it as a Reader's Digest Condensed book. I loved it so much that I've since purchased many of Ms. Cookson's books. She feeds you some history and flavor of another culture, painlessly wrapped in an emotionally gripping tale. Another favorite from her: Feathers In The Fire.

As a huge fan of Catherine Cookson, I'd have to say The Dwelling Place is the best I have read so far...and I've read many of her books! Don't miss this story of a young girl's struggle to ovecome the odds at keeping her family together. Her selfless strength of character and integrity throughout this story, as well as the satisfying endings to this and all of her stories, are what make Catherine Cookson's books so wonderful and keep the reader coming back for more! Read The Dwelling Place ~ you won't be disappointed!

I have read this book for many years. I bring it out once a year to enjoy it. The courage that Cissy had was so unbelievable. I felt like I was right there in the cave.Catherine Cookson 's books make you feel that you are living a part of history Bravo Catherine Cookson.!

I love all the fairy books by Andrew Lang (red, orange, olive, crimson, grey, yellow, blue,etc). They are well written, exciting, and captivating. If you like fairy tales at all you must try one of his books.

"The Grey Fairy Book" is a marvelous collection of tales from Eastern Europe, Africa, and Islamic countries. Once again we get to visit, the horrible, fantastic world of the fairy tale, complete with amazing drawings. These are the *unknown* tales that Disney ignores, but are beautiful in their own right. This is a must have for any collector or anyone who still needs their fairy tales. Who can outgrow these things?

Amazon's rating of the "Reading level: Baby-Preschool" is not correct.

Young people should be exposed to the beauty of good stories and art because it helps them to appreciate the finer thing. This series is a perfect tool to do this.

A book you can still dream on.

This was written and rewritten when Victorian erudition was in the making. Some authors in the long series of its well parsed institutional writing would still like to see it continuing in THAT well established tradition.

Alas, the times have changed. Recent anatomy texts are dwarfs not even climbing on the shoulders of the likes of Gray, Braus and Testut. Those authors professed ideals of "seeing through the skin structures", "synmorphy" and "mentally reconstructing the living". Today we do all this with machines...

I stopped reading the huge text linearly at the complicated review of angiogenesis, but still browse dedicated chapters for standard, if somewhat elaborate descriptions. Comprehensive knowledge parsing seems to have lived a fruitful life and then exit the scene to enrich scientific obituaries. But if Gibbon were still an example of style, the fifth star would be added when that clarity, in my view mandatory for monuments, will be eventually reached.

This book is absolutely amazing. It was the required reference text for a gross anatomy class I took in graduate school and it made studying so easy! I used to go through and take notes out of it in order to have a solid base of what I should see when I would dissect. This book also described a lot of the abnormalities and variations that we would regularly see in the human body. A MUST HAVE FOR ANYONE WHO WILL BE STUDYING ANATOMY!!!!!!

This book is truly a masterpiece. The writing and layout is good. Descriptions and illustrations are clear and well done. I am not a medical professional and yet I find this book fascinating in its breadth and scope. To better comprehend some of the anatomical structures I first read relevant portions of this book and then go to Netter's Atlas Of Human Anatomy. One point of caution though - get the 38th British Edition. This is by far superior to the American Edition which costs half as much. The extra money spent will be well worth it. After all there is a lifetime of adventure embedded in this volume.