Has excellent photos, maps, directions and places that I was not able to find on other books for this part of the state.

We've been exploring this area for 20 yrs, but this book has led us to some new places. Directions and descriptions are very good. So far, Dusty Lake is my favorite- see it online.

I would recommend this book to all serious seekers of the truth regarding the UFO/orb phenomena. This book is very well researched and is quite grounded in its presentation. The sources are reliable and the investigations very scientifically oriented. -- Michael Estes

I have been studying the UFO phenomena for over 30 years.

I have personally witnessed the sphere- shaped UFOs that are discussed in Greg Long's book, EXAMINING THE EARTHLIGHT THEORY: The Yakima UFO Microcosm.

I found this book to be an excellent source of information on the subject.

The tone of this story is very melancholy but poetically so. I certainly wouldn't call it a romance, but it is a love story, and I applaud the craftsmanship required to pull off something this unique. I also admire the beautiful prose, the incredible historical detail, the way the author breathed life into her characters and wove her setting so tightly into the story. The book made me grateful for my own life and made me want to be happy for the sake of others, if not myself. That says something--when you apply what you've learned from a work of fiction to your own life. It means what you read was powerful. The closest thing to it that I recall is Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath."

A Season in Eden is a painful read filled with heartache andgrief. It is not the type of book I, the love and laughter type,normally choose to read. Written in first person it is the story of Lora, a young woman whose dreams have been shattered by tragedy. It is the story of her coming to terms with her grief, facing it, and reestablishing a relationship with her husband Eli who loves her more than his own life. Although not a typical love story, this book left an emotional impact on me like very few do and I ended up finishing it in one tear blurred sitting. I was wholly satisfied and give it my highest recommendation.

but nothing Megan Chance writes could be called "typical" she continually pushes the envelope of the romance genre and gifts readers with something special and original every time. With A SEASON IN EDEN she gives us a book written in first person. To see how Lora grows as a person and somehow overcomes her grief with the aid of a most unlikely friend, results in one of the best historical fiction books of the year. This book deserve a much bigger audience than it will get marketed only as a "historical romance." Megan Chance's books more often than not transcend the genre. Her publisher should realize what a gem of a writer they have and give her the boost she deserves. I agree with the quote from Kristin Hannah, if you read one historical romance this year, make it A SEASON IN EDEN. If you are a member of a reading group - this book is one that cries out to be discussed. I loved everything about this book -- from the first person POV, the subject matter, and the setting (my husband's grandparents homesteaded in the very area this book is set). I look forward to the next innovative novel from Ms. Chance.

This book is essential reading for a balanced understanding of Pacific Northwest Catholic missionary history. The subject of the book, Fr. Charles Pandosy, O.M.I. is a hero, a true pioneer and a witness to many of the events that shaped the present Pacific Northwest experience. The author provides good translations of early letters and documents related to the subject of his study. Although the footnotes are disorganized, the reflections upon the meaning of Father Pandosy's missionary life are apt. Father Pandosy was a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate of the first generation of his missionary congregation and of the first magnitude. French by birth, he loved God, the Native Peoples with whom he worked, music and singing. Kowrach conveys all the elements of this complex and interesting person. As very little is written about Father Pandosy, Kowrach breaks new ground with this effort.

Most who have heard of Yakima Canutt know him as the greatest Hollywood stuntman ever, but as this book shows, "Yak" was a whole lot more. He led an exciting life, first as a bronc-riding rodeo star, then to Hollywood to stunt and act in the silent westerns. As he says, he didn't have the voice to pull off dialogue when the "talkies" came in, so he moved to stunting. He describes in great detail all the innovations he came up with as a stuntman and 2nd unit director. He gives vivid background into the many epics he was part of, including "Stagecoach" "Ivanhoe" "Ben Hur" and "Where Eagles Dare." He pulls no punches in his descriptions of his relationships with the Hollywood crowd, especially on how difficult John Ford could be if you were perceived to have stood up to him. All in all this is a crackling good yarn, and best of all it is true.

When teenage Megan & her stepbrother Peter spend a couple of weeks helping with a relative's apple harvest, readers get an interesting tour of a working orchard. They befriend a couple of Latino migrant worker teens and learn about their lives. Everyone they meet is good-hearted and likable, except the shadowy villains and the school bully. When sabotage and suspicious accidents begin, the teenagers cooperate to save the orchard. Refreshingly, they don't ignore adult help, as most fictional children do. Some plot devices stretch credulity. The kids bring school assignments with them and also enroll in a local school. They learn to work hard in the orchard, but usually arrive late, leave early, or skip work, acting more like city children of privilege than real workers or helpers in a harvest rush. Since this series is designed as Christian fiction, I wondered how much proselytizing would be pushed into the plot. Attending church and referring to God's help were included as a natural part of life for this Protestant Christian family. Once, Peter expounds too long in explaining how his faith makes him a moral person. Not until the end is the message too intrusive -- and offensive -- , when the author implies that the Hispanic Catholic kids did not know that Jesus cared about them until the white Protestant kids "witness" to them. This reveals the heroes as saintly do-gooders rather than true brothers & sisters of the human race, and mars the general messaage of cross-cultural peacemaking throughout the story.