The Summit Sojourners by William J. Ridley is a deftly written and emotionally gripping novel set Ireland at the close of the nineteenth century, and on the well-to-do Summit Avenue of St. Paul, Minnesota. Hugh Quinlan is a prisoner who risks all for escape rather than face a biased court makes his way through physical and psychological challenges across both earth and sea - but at what price? The Summit Sojourners is recommended as an involving and captivating narrative story that encompasses and then breathes life into two separate yet memorable lands.

This book is awesome. I spent my first winter in the Canadian Rockies, and this book really helped me exploring several summits and icefields. The tour descriptions are truly detailed, I only needed this book and a map and that was it. The only thing missing is the datum of the grid references given for GPS navigation. But that wasn't a major problem. Great book.

This autobiography is one of the most appealing in its genre. From the first page one is captivated by the tone of the writing. There is no bravado in these pages, no dull lists of achievements and summits gained. Instead one is immersed in the mountains and can fully understand the impact they had on this mountaineers life, from early boy-hood onwards. For those who know the beauty of the mountains this is a book for you.

This is second of the Jones Gang books. The main characters are Patrick Jones and Regina Black but the story has an assortment of all the Jones family. Patrick and Regina are neighbors in a small town in Northern CA where everyone does know each other's business. Patrick is one of the bad boys and Regina is a spinster. They marry to make a home for Patrick's 2 girls Teresa and Marnie, aged 12 and 9. Regina is a wonderful stepmother and makes life very comfortable in their home but Chloe Swan, Patrick's old girlfriend, enters and makes life miserable for all. Patrick and Regina have to find the courage to tell each other of their love. Ms Rimmer writes so you care so much about the characters you hurry to finish the book. I did enjoy it and stayed up late reading it!

This book is not out of print. It is published by Summit Ministries, Box 207, Manitou Springs, CO 80829 amd they can supply all the copies Amazon desires. The book is an extremely helpful guide to choosing a college for people of faith.

This is a wonderful help for pregnant or new parents. I used it all the way through the birth and raising of my son, who is now thirteen. The book focuses on the physical side of things: illnesses and injuries. It was always reassuring to be able to look up physical problems and find a sensible and helpful answer. The Well Baby Book was my bible on physical ailments as my son grew.

I wish this kit had been available when I was a child! The kit is a 3-compartment bank, colorful, eye-catching and fun, with lots of stickers. The tape is helpful in getting started and the children (8 and 5) are both truly learning about Spending, Saving and Investing. They have learned to divide all money they receive - allowance, birthday and "tooth fairy" money - into those three categories. They can see how fast savings can add up and how fast spending money goes! Parents who want to teach their children the value of handling money wisely will start them on this kit early. My 5 year old is the proud owner of one share of Disney now and, while he doesn't understand it totally, he does know that he saved that portion of his money for a while and can now say he owns a little piece of Winnie the Pooh! The concept is sinking in and that is the premise of the kit, helping children understand about money.

Kathrin is sent to America from Germany after the death of her mother. She eventually comes to work for a woman named Violet on Summit Avenue translating fairy tales from German. Violet has secrets, and over a space of time, she begins to tell the young woman her secrets and the two have one night of passion. The confused Kathrin flings herself into marriage with an ambitious young man who fathers her child. She eventually leaves her husband and searches for Violet. Like a modern adaption of a fairy tale, Sharratt's novel is lush and metaphoric in places, and is evocative of the early part of the 1900s, right before and during World War I. It reminded me of Emma Donoghue's "Kissing the Witch", which also used fairy tales in a sort of modern retelling. I was especially impressed with Sharratt's use of the maiden/mother/crone dynamic. If you enjoyed "Tipping the Velvet" by Sarah Waters, then you certainly love this book.

This is a poetic novel of longing, the timeless story of a young woman yearning to find herself and her place in an unfamiliar world. As an immigrant steeped in the fairy tales of her native Germany, Kathrin struggles to build a new life in the flour mills of Minneapolis during the World War I era. She perseveres in learning English, dreams of books and college and being loved. Unexpectedly swept into a different world by an elegant and cultured woman who hires her to translate German folk tales, Kathrin soon arrives at an emotional crossroads. The author does a lovely job of blending rich historical detail with the psychological and emotional resonances of ancient folk tales. Readers will be swept away by the story and yet think long afterward about its many layers. This is one of my favorite books of the year.

Mary Sharratt's new book , Summit Avenue , is a great novel about a German immigrant to the USA . Kathrin Albrecht, a German teenager when her mother dies, emigrates to the USA to start her American dream. The historical detail about Minneapolis is very fascinating, and the reader gets a better understanding of the living conditions of young female immigrants to the USA in the beginning of the 20th century. The details about Germans in the USA during WW1 are interesting. Also very fascinating is the use of fairy tales throughtout the book. The book is divided into 3 sections, and each section has a fairy tale that forms the backbone of this specific phase Kathrin goes through in life. The fairy tales are vry different from the fairy tales one reads a lot these days -- they are full of original images, and do not have a happy ending. They have nothing in common with the happy endings we know from Walt Disney. The real end of the book however is very beautiful, full of hope and love.

A must read for any true hockey fan. The '72 Summit Series changed the face of hockey, and Dryden's daily involvement brings you close to the action on and off the ice.

This look at the 1972 "Summit Series" between Canada and the Soviet Union (oh, okay, we called them "the Russians") has an immediacy that still comes across nearly thirty years later. I was too young to really follow the series at the time (my clearest memory is of Phil Esposito wiping out on a rose petal during the pre-game ceremony in Moscow) but I have seen Paul Henderson's goal so many times over the years that the series itself seems as far away from me as the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. So it was a surprise that this book kept me up well into the night, sweating it out with Team Canada, even though I was pretty sure I knew how it would all turn out!

Dryden, a wonderful author, did not actually write this story -- he kept a diary, largely on tape, which was later edited and transcribed by a Sports Illustrated editor. As a result the feel of being inside the player's head is preserved. Dryden the author is typically scholarly and reflective. Dryden the young player is revealed as introspective, self-doubting, and a surprisingly funny guy. He refers to a particularly dangerous Russian player largely as "that man" and you can just hear his frustration. After the debacle that was Game One (I suppose it was only a debacle if you happen to be Canadian) Dryden's diary entry is long, soul-searching, and deeply tortured. If Canadian fans had realized at the time how seriously the "pampered NHL stars" were taking the tournament, surely they would not have been so quick to boo.

Ken Dryden has always been aware that hockey is only a game, and yet more than a game. Even at this early stage of his writing career he was examining how hockey is entwined with the self image of Canada and Canadians. Although he remarks after Game Eight that he is "not an especially flag-waving, patriotic kind of guy," he joined in singing "Oh Canada" with the rest of the team and their families and was clearly aware that the outcome of the series was more than a simple won-loss-tied total. He is aware as the story is being written that the Russians do a lot of things in sport far better, and with more organization than do Canadians, but his self-doubt does not turn into self-denigration (although there are clearly times when he doesn't think he's the goalie he should be). In fact, after reading this series diary, it should have surprised nobody that the thoughtful goalie became a thoughtful author.

If hockey truly provides a window on our national soul, it deserves to have a real chronicler. How lucky we are that Ken Dryden was willing to take up the task. He was clearly suited for it from the very beginning.

This book is an excellent representation of neumerous things about the famous 1972 "Summit Series" between Canada and Russia: one, it reports what happened; two, it shows how one good or bad game can have such an effect on a person (or people) when the pride of a Country is on the line; and three, it gives an up-close look at the political maneuvering that went behind the sceens of this event, and it is told by what is probably the smartest man to ever play hockey. All real fans of the sport - and especially Canadiens - should read this.

I was recommended to read this book by a friend. I have to say that I was very disappointed. You'll learn that the five 'Life Priorities' are Spiritual, Physical, Relationships, Mental, and Financial. And you will get a list of recommended reading (from best-selling authors) for each Priority. With that equipment, you are supposed to get started setting personal goals for each priority and to manage your goal attainment on a long term basis.

But let's not forget the plot of the book, which is supposed to motivate you to do this. Five individuals, depicting the five Life Priorities, go through an ordeal in a Latin American country. There they come across the teacher who teaches them about the priorities, and gives them individual reading recommendations along with his wish to impose himself on them as their mentor and spiritual leader. The teaching consists of poorly understood left/right brain theory interpreted to explain more than it can account for, along with references to many likewise superficially digested theories. After the traumatic ordeal, this teaching is supposed to set the five characters free to explore life's possibilities.

If you haven't thought about setting goals for yourself, or prioritizing between different goals and activities, and if you haven't been inquiring much into life's wonders, then this book might be of some value to you. If you are happy with scratching the surface of things rather than getting to the core of the subject, that is.

There are many good books about spiritual, physical, relationship, mental, and financial issues, if you want to learn or improve in those areas. This is not one of them.

It's sad that there's a market for a book like this.

This is a unique book that helps one take an honest look at their developmental pathways. Yes, the novel could appear somewhat "cheesy" to some, but one may need to get rid of the self-righteous attitudes that afflict so many people in this world to be able to synthesize this material into practical application. It is a great story that keeps you reading until the end...not unlike many "cheesy" Hollywood stories that people pay many dollars to watch at the movie theaters. It is just as entertaining, but with much more there for those who wish to see it. When is the movie coming out? Thanks Dr. Hill!

Living At the Summit is a tremendously thought-provoking, well-written self-help book which offers solid, concrete, and simple principles for living a life of excellence and reaching one's human potential. Unlike any other self-help book I have read thus far, these principles are taught in the midst of a riveting, fast-paced, and fast-reading fiction story that grips your attention from the very first page to the last. I read this book in one sitting and could not put it down! A real nail-biter! Appropriate and entertaining for teens to seniors. Everyone can identify themselves in at least one, if not several, of the characters in the story, so it teaches in a personal way. Definitely to be read - and studied - more than once, with a bibliography included for further study, if one desires. This is a MUST READ for anyone interested in breaking out of a life of mediocrity. Kudos to Dr. Tom Hill!