Madeline Baker's LOVING SARAH...
In this beautiful story a white woman learns the true meaning of Christmas from the Apache brave who has opened her heart to love.

Robin Lee Hatcher's A CHRISTMAS ANGEL...
In this heart-warming story a motherless little girl's wish for a Christmas angel comes true with the arrival of a beautiful stranger at her father's Idaho farm.

Norah Hess's THE HOMECOMING...
In this endearing story an innocent bride finds special joy in the Christmas homecoming of a husband who married her on the rebound, then marched away from their Kentucky homestead to fight for his country's independence. (Hint...it's not what you'd expect!)

Connie Mason's THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL...
In this wonderful story a lonely young Colorado widow rediscovers the magic of love when her two children befriend a traveler who bears an uncanny resemblance to St. Nicholas!

I recently purchased this book from amazon.com and have found it an excellent introduction to Blackjack. It goes over the rules and even has diagrams showing you the hand signals for the various moves such as hit, stand etc. It also has an introduction to counting and basic strategy. This book won't make you an expert, but it will lay the important foundation you need to be a good player.

The wonderful illustrations and photographs keep your attention on each page and lead to more discussion. Galileo's ideas are put into context with the religious and scientific climate of his time with lots of references to other historical figures. I can't wait to get other books in the series.

When Thomas Jefferson, no less, describes someone as 'a man of the first order of wisdom ... of expansive mind, profound judgment, [and] cogent in argument,' you know you have someone worth paying attention to. And when that man's influence is still being felt today -- not just in his native country but around the world -- it makes the neglect into which he has fallen all the more shameful.

The man Jefferson described so admiringly was George Mason of Virginia (1725-1792). Almost without exception, his contemporaries in America's real 'greatest generation' considered Mason one of their leading lights. Helen Hill Miller's excellent biography -- first published in the 1930s, reissued in 1966, and reprinted again in 2001 -- makes it clear why their assessment is correct.

One reason he is so little remembered today is that he consistently shunned the limelight, and usually refused public office. He wasn't a spellbinding orator like Henry, a natural leader like Washington, a 'character' like Franklin, or a renaissance man like Jefferson. What he was, was a man with a keen insight and penetrating mind, who had thought deeply about government, society, and how the two interact. This leads Miller to give Mason the apt label, 'constitutionalist.'

Mason was the author of the Fairfax Resolves and the Virginia Declaration of Rights -- a document that not only anticipated and inspired the Declaration of Independence, but also the Bill of Rights and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen -- and he was central to the crafting of the post-Revolutionary constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 'the first American constitution to be prepared with a view to the establishment of a permanently independent state' [p. viii]. Later, his writings framed the Northwest Ordinance, possibly the most significant act taken under the Articles of Confederation. He was a key participant in the Mount Vernon Convention, which led directly to the Annapolis Convention of 1786 and, in turn, to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

One of Virginia's delegates to the Constitutional Convention, Mason was a key participant in debates. Ultimately, however, he could not sign the document he helped create. In the Virginia Ratification Convention (one of the most fascinating moments in American history, in my opinion), he led the fight against the Old Dominion's adoption of the Constitution.

Mason's key reasons for opposing the Constitution included its lack of a bill of rights and its continuance of the slave trade. Miller does an excellent job showing us the workings of Mason's mind on these questions.

Mason's passion for anonymity -- which led him to refuse the offer of one of Virginia's two seats in the U.S. Senate -- was one of the defining characteristics of his life. In his will, he advised his sons 'to prefer the happiness and independence [of] a private station to the troubles and vexations of Public Business.' Two centuries after his death, however, Mason deserves not anonymity but celebration. He is one of the truly great figures in American history ... not just for his passionate love of liberty, but also for the concrete ways he worked to make sure that liberty would be enjoyed by later generations. Helen Hill Miller's excellent biography is a centerpiece in the effort to win Mason the thanks he deserves.

I read the Japanese version of this book. This is one of the best finalce books I've ever read. This book helped me to understand much better the future of financial businesses. It is especially good in explaining: what is the rationale for financial intermediaries to exist, how capital markets evolved, why corporations hedge by themselves, and how asymmetric information affects financial instruments.

I've been a fan more and more of goaltenders and wondered how they handle the stresses of their position. This book answered that question and many more as it really showed the mind and people who are behind that mask.

Interesting superstitions, ritual, and some things that surprised me, are all in this book.

If you love goaltenders or are fascinated by them in any way and want to know that they truly do opperate differently then the rest of the team, this is the book for you.

Hadrian's Wall is a thoughtful and provocative look at the prejudices that a person grows up with....without choice....and the journey a person takes to outgrow, re-evaluate and determine a new future with an open mind....bringing success in growth. The Hadrian's Wall respresents the closed mindedness....tearing down age-old prejudices brings freedom of the past and future.

A great read with historical value of a journey to freedom in everyday life.

If you ever wanted to learn what those environmental problems in your home are then this is the book. This book will help you make your home healthy. This should be a must have book for every homeowner.

This book is an authority on lichen anatomy and lichen identification. It is easy to read and understand. Also recomended is: The Lichen Handbook, by Mason E. Hale.

This book outlines the current classification of Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the Revised European-American Lymphoma (REAL) classification scheme. Concise chapters on specific entities with criteria for classification, morphology, immunophenotype, cytogenetic findings, differential diagnoses, treatment and clinical outcome are provided in an easy to digest format written by the authors of the REAL committee.