This book gave me a new outlook on God's plan for my life! It showed me that God already has a plan for each and everyone of our lives before we were even born and how important it was to be lead of God when making tough decisions in life. One point that Sis. CeCe Winans(Love) made in her book that really inspired me was when she said, "No one can beat you at being you". I know that will stick with me for the rest of my life! As a 21 year old, single, woman of color, this book describes the life of a woman that I can truly model my life after! I may never become a famous gospel artist, but I can strive to be that humble, meek, and virtuos woman that I read about in this book. I found a mentor in Sis. CeCe after reading her book. Thank Sis. Cece for sharing your life! May God oh so ever bless and prosper even the more, you and your family!

While reading "On a Positive Note" by CeCe Winans, I was taken back into a time when I myself was growing up, how her childhood memories was very similar to my own. I also grew up in a large family, and reading her book brought back so many memories of my past. Despite all the tribulations and triumphs of her life, she managed to hold on to her spiritual belief, letting it guide her through her every decision in life. "On A Positive Note" has inspired me, lifted me to a higher level of praising the Lord and reminded me to always put God before each decision throughout my life. This book was quite a page turner that filled my heart with laughter, joy, tears, praise, sadness and forgiveness. I was moved to pray for Ronald myself as she astoundingly shared his testimony. My thirteen year old daughter is now reading this wonderful book and I will reccommend it to everyone I know.

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Easy reading about the Diva Priscilla CeCe Winans Love. She is definitely in a class of her own. I enjoyed and beleive every women and young girl who has a dream will enjoy it too. After reading this book, I have a new respect for Mrs. CeCe, the Winans family and her Love family. It speaks volumes on the impact of music business, what it means to be a woman of God, raise a family, have a career while maintaining Godly values, morals and a desire to do the things of God.

Jared Taylor does a masterful job exposing and documenting cases of minority, but mainly black racism and violent crime against whites. Racism and hate are a double edged swords as J. Taylor clearly shows. Although this book is simply an objective report on contemporary race relations(and not white nationalist) it is still a powerful antidote for whites who have been conditioned by schools, Christian churches, and the mass media to believe that they are responsible for poor race relations in America and that, if not for white racism all would be well.

However, I feel the reader is left with the notion that if we simply pursued different policies that this multiracial stinkpot could somehow be workable. I felt the author should have gone on the attack and launched more broadsides against affirmative action, mass immigration and multiculturalism in general. All in all this is still a very good book and a good source of facts and information to argue effectively against left wing and moderate airheads.

If America is ever going to find the truth behind the failed Liberal race-policies, then every American has a moral obligation to read Jared Taylor's "Paved With Good Intentions." Indeed, Mr. Taylor has shown his courage in writing such a book, and he should be applauded for his nobel work. No doubt, there will be those who will claim that Mr. Taylor is a racist. But, the true racists are those who are attacking Mr. Taylor. Mr. Taylor unflinchingly tells the truth about race and crime and how Black racism is proliferating in America. If we are ever going to heal the already damaged race-relations in America, then it is time for us to speak the unspoken truth. God Bless Jared Taylor.

Paved with good intentions was a really great book for me to read because it basically proved what I've been thinking for a long time that racism in America has gone way down and there probably more then enough goverment programs to help improve racial equality. The fact of the matter is that black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean earn more then whites and their children do better in school then whites. Racists do not differentiate between black Americans and Caribbean and African blacks. In addition, Asians do better economically and educationally then blacks even if they immigrant to this country knowing little or no English! Racisist notions such as banks not giving credits to blacks is not held up when asians are taken into consideration because asians get approved more then whites and no one is saying the banking system is biased in the favor Asians. Jared Taylor does a really good job tackling the ideas of affirmative action and double standards and how they are interfearing with the idea of being color-blind (which was the point of the civil rights movements) by saying that we need to judge people differently on the basis of race and that people cannot be judged against people of other races but only of people of their own race.

I recently ordered this book and read it cover to cover in one afternoon. Brooks Brown has hit the nail right on the head when he says that 'although Eric and Dylan are responsible for the murders, it took a school like Columbine to create people like Eric and Dylan' or something to that effect.Everyone knows what the real reason is, but nobody wants to really come out and say it because the truth hurts. It's more convenient to blame it on music and television, guns or video games.All of these are scapegoats. The fact of the matter is that our schools are not only a reflection of our society, but a look at what the future of our country holds.I somtimes wonder how many more innocent, dead American children these administrators and teachers need to see before they wake up and realize that they created a hostile and offensive atmosphere.As teachers, as administrators, coaches, counselors, etc. they have an obligation to create a learning atmosphere that is safe, that is equal, and that is non-discriminitory. Those in charge of Columbine prior to the shooting failed on all three counts. They failed those children, they failed the community, and they are an example of the decline in modern American education.Is it any wonder that so many parents have opted to homeschool? The day after the shootings the National Homeschool Legal Defense Association was literally jammed with phone calls from parents who had finally made the decision. I was homeschooled myself and thank God every day that I had parents who cared enough to prevent me from having to be exposed to atmospheres like that. I was never a 'jock'. The only sport I've ever felt passionate about is surfing. I also like classical music, art, the theater and reading. I probably would have fit in quite well in places like Columbine. (sarcasm)Ayn Rand once said that "the only purpose of education is to teach a student how to live his life-by developing his mind and equipping him to deal with reality. He has to be taught the essentials of the knowledge discovered in the past-and he has to be equipped to aquire further knowledge in the future by his own effort."Not to bash athletes. Some of my closest friends as a teenager were athletes. But to those who have the attitude that athletics is everything, that the jocks are 'untouchable' as was said in this book, who is it that these people think really runs this country and keeps America going? (Hint: the star jocks who care nothing about learning are not the ones you would want operating on you, or helping you manage your finances, or the people that operate multi-national corporations, or the people that run the weapons systems that defend our country. You want someone with a brain for that.)As much as I pray that nothing like Columbine ever happens again, I can't help but thinking that until we address the real causes of schools like that, that it's simply a matter of time.We're failing our kids, and it's high time that people wake up and realize it. Anyone who works in the school systems of this country needs to read this book.

Ok, seeing these 2 negative reviews is really making me angry.
I guess these people just can't stand that the truth has come out about their awful little school and the cold heartedness in their community both before and after the shootings.I applaud Brooks for telling it how it really is and refusing to let the lies about Columbine being a land of milk and honey continue.
It takes guts to stand up against a whole community like he has.
The refusal of certain groups of people in Littleton to admit the truth is astounding to me.
But the book is awesome.It should be required reading in schools.
This book gives you the real story from behind the scenes over the last 3 years.It provides you with a inside personal experience of Columbine from a person who lived it.Rob did a great job of helping to pull it all together.
I like how Brooks shared his personal memories of Rachel,Daniel Mauser and Eric and Dylan.It gives a more vivid picture of them as people.
In closing this book is a very important book .It has a message people need to hear. It has something for everybody.
Anyobody who follows the Columbine story will love it, but I think people who are interested in bullying and school violence will benefit from reading it.I recommend it to everybody.

Brooks Brown and Rob Merritt came to my school on Thursday to discuss the events at Columbine and what high school is really like. Brooks told us what everyday life was like at Columbine and I was in complete shock. He told us how students would bring alcohol into class and drink it right in front of the teachers. He told us how students getting "swirlies" and "trash canned" and beaten by other students with baseball bats were seen daily. I, on the other hand, have been in high school for over two years now and know many more people who have been around even longer and I don't know anyone who has ever seen any of those things at my school or at any other school. Sure I've seen fights at school every now and then, but nothing compared to what Brooks described to us. There is no way that anyone can consider Columbine to be a normal high school. Something is seriously wrong there and that's what Brooks was trying to tell everyone. I would highly recommend this book. It truly does give a real insight to what actually happened.

I read a great number of biographies that deal with American history, and this is simply one of the finest works I have ever read. In terms of scope and ambition and writing style, I compare ALL ON FIRE with Robert Caro's THE POWER BROKER. Henry Mayer should come to be known as one of America's finest living biographers. In addition to being the definitive biography of William Lloyd Garrison, this is also a brilliant retelling of nineteenth-century American history as seen through the eyes of its greatest Abolitionist leader. This is social and intellectual history at its finest, for Mayer uses Garrison as a focal point to tell the story of the political leaders, writers, agitators, and early women's rights advocates whose lives were affected by the fight to abolish slavery. I realize that this book will take you a good chunk of time, but it is worth every minute. ALL ON FIRE becomes an absorbing, tragic tale, yes, an epic, with all events leading to the carnage of the Civil War and the emancipation of the slaves. Once you have finished this book, you will put Garrison before Lincoln as the one person most responsible for setting free the slaves. It's hard to imagine a time in American history when people were so socially and politically responsible (read the section where 10,000 people encircle a Boston prison to protest the removal of an escaped slave back to South Carolina, for example). There is a great tradition in America of social protest. This book is really a colossal achievement that harkens back to an age when people and ideas still mattered.

I thought I knew my American history reasonably well until Henry Mayer taught me how much I had missed. Garrison certainly was far more than the hot-headed crusader on the nut fringe I read about in one text after another. But this book also is more than a correction of an historial footnote; Mayer breathes life into the moral arguments about slavery before the Civil War and weaves America's history from the signing of the Constitution to the passage of the 14th Amendment into a colorful, lively tapestry. This is biography raised to its finest form.

Henry Mayer has written a definitive account of the life of William Lloyd Garrison, the great abolitionist. While I have a Master's Degree in American History, and have read extensively about 19th century America, I had not until now read anything of this power and scope about this great central figure. In many ways, the Garrison portrayed here is the epitome of an American ideal: fierce and unswerving in the constancy of his views about great and weighty matters, willing to not only stand up for his convictions, but to live them every day of his life. Mayer does a particularly good job in delinieating the early days of Garrision's life and the surprising--at least to me--roots of both his background and his passion. While we can learn a great deal not only about the conduct of an intellectual life from Garrison, we can also learn a great deal about the conduct of family life as well. Gentle, kind, loving and doting, Garrison at home stood in marked contrast to his public personna of "Garrison the Madman," as he sometimes introduced himself. We also find a cast of peripheral characters in this biography (William Herndon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, etc.) which enliven it and give it the necessary depth required for a weighty and detailed biography. Taken in all, this is a terrific biography, and one of the best books I have read in some time.

It will be 3 years ago this February that I first read this book. I then bought the hard cover version so I could keep it in my library and read it over and over again.

Prior to this, my interest in Western history was confined to pioneers and cowboys. The Indians were just some folks who happened to get a tough break. This book though, opened my mind to a culture that I had never known or thought much about. Now I read every book I can get on the subject, and spend my summers touring forts and battlefields.

Since my first reading of Crazy Horse I have read a biography of Sandoz. I know that her research was maticulous and that she had a good rapport with the Indians who knew Crazy Horse and were still living at the time she was writing. Of course, since this is mostly an oral history it is hard to know what is actual truth and what is the myth which grew around the subject, but it doesn't really matter. No one can read this book without coming away with a new understanding of what it was like to live the free life on the Plains, and how devestating it must have been for those who lost it.

I read this book some days ago, and I am deeply impressed on both the life of Crazy Horse and the way Ms. Sandoz told it to the reader. Since long I have been reading books about Plains Indians and their wars and had a special interest in the person of Crazy Horse. But I had not expected that this strange man, hardly to be understood by his own people, would have become so vivid to me. Ms. Sandoz book is by far better than that of Stephen E. Ambrose who often quoted her, because unlike him she was able to tell it from the Indian point of view and did not always evaluate what she wrote about. Crazy Horse was an Indian hero as out of a Greek tragedy alway doing the best for his people but condemned to be beaten by unmeasureably stronger forces than those of his people. I think he will keep in my heart and brain.

In his foreword to the 50th anniversary edition, Stephen Oates, himself an historian and biographer of note, describes how Sandoz came to write the life of Crazy Horse and states,"Mari Sandoz and Crazy Horse may be the most potent pairing of author and subject in the history of modern biography." He praises Sandoz for writing "with a creative and lyrical brilliance that makes Crazy Horse a tour de force of language and style" and calls the book "...an almost perfect work of biographical art." I could not agree more with Oates. I have read the entire book two times and portions of it many more times.

Readers are often faced with the dilemma of deciding to read further after the first few chapters of a book in the hope they'll "get into it" or to close it and turn it into a dust-catcher. Not so with Sandoz's Crazy Horse. The reader is immediately drawn into it. I was hooked by the lyricism of the first few words of the book which told me that this was going to be no ordinary biography. They read as follows: "The drowsy heat of middle August lay heavy as a furred robe on the upper country of the Shell River, the North Platte of the white man. Almost every noon the thunders built themselves a dark cloud to ride the far crown of Laramie Peak. But down along the river no rain came to lay the dust of the emigrant road, and no cloud shaded the gleaming 'dobe walls and bastions of Fort Laramie, the soldier town that was only a little island of whites in a great sea of Indian country two thousand miles wide."

This story is told, not in the voice of a distant historian, but in the voice of an eyewitness. The vividness of her narrative would convince you, if you did not know otherwise, that Sandoz walked with Crazy Horse and his people. But even though she did not walk with them, she knew them well.

This is an extraordinary work of creative nonfiction that makes you love being a reader.

I am blessed to work with the author of this well written novel. I am an avid reader and was given a copy of "On the Edge" by another co-worker. I took the book home and immediately started reading it and from the onset, I found it a book that I absolutely couldn't put down. I don't want to give away any of the contents or storyline, however, I will say this, if you are struggling or if you are challenged in your christian daily walk and just can't explain some of what goes on in your life, this book will OPEN YOUR EYES to the tricks/schemes/wiles of the enemy. Parker, thank you for allowing God to use you to write such a powerful book. It's an eye-opener and a life-changer, indeed.

This book is absolutely amazing! Until I read it, I didn't truly have God in my life. I always felt so unworthy and it was beyond my comprehension that God would forgive me of all of my sins and except me as one of His chosen. My sister who was finding so much joy in knowing God was at the library one day and saw "On the Edge". She'd already read it and, on a whim, decided to check it out for me to read. My family and I went on a cruise about a week later and I took it along. All I can say is it totally changed my life! It just clicked for me, I gave my life to the Lord aboard that ship and slowly I began to change in ways I didn't even know I needed to. I truly started to understand it was real when my family noticed the huge difference in me and I began to find pure joy in studying His Word and having a personal relationship with Him. That was five years ago and just recently God led me back to it, I ordered it online and it was even sweeter reading it the second time. God has truly gifted the author in being able to relate to the soul and I will forever be appreciative of His gift through F. Parker Hudson.

This is one of the best books I've read about the reality of the spiritual realm and the impact of prayer (of lack thereof!) on the salvation of souls. The Sullivans and the other characters in the book are incredibly realistic - I could have been reading about any number of people I know. The author gives us a realistic glimpse of the way blinders are kept on unbelievers minds through "anything goes", "just this once", "everyone is doing it", and "it's not THAT bad"....the deadly impact of NOT knowing God or His word and having any foundation on which to base decisions.
He also very well describes the serious the consequences of God's own people failing to pray. I've definitely taken a hard look at my own prayer life and how I can better help the lost souls around me: be there for them as a friend, speak up, and PRAY! The book is biblically based and very solid in Christian theology. Really makes you think, and keeps your interest all the way through!!!

This book is fantastic. It is not just a book about football. It is a story of people. You don't have to be a Satints fan or football fanatic to love this book. My wife and 15 year old non-football fan daughter truly enjoyed this book. If you love stories about people and real life, this is the book for you. I was actually a fan in attendance at most of the events in the book and the skillfull story telling had me back there reliving those wonderfull moments. Great Job!!!!!

I am a woman who occasionally, reluctantly watches football because that is where my husband is, and that is where the couch is, and that is where the potato chips are. After reading One Dream, The NFL by Mr. Falgoux, (during nighttime football games), I have a new appreciation for where these guys begin, and what they must go through to reach the pinacle. Woody has revealed to me the player, for all that he is and all that he is not. I now watch the games with a new respect and a peaked interest because I can relate to players as individuals, with a common dream. I think this is a great birthday or Christmas present for the people who love sports, and for the others who think they do not.

In July 2000, eleven undrafted rookies showed up at the New Orleans Saints training camp - 10 players and a fledgling writer - brought together in pursuit of a dream. In this his first novel, Woody Falgoux pursues his own dream as he follows 10 undrafted rookies through the most challenging 6 weeks of their careers. The odds are heavily against them. Beyond the rigors of training camp, the players face the unsettling question of who they are if the dream dies - complicated issues at delicate times. Balancing perseverance and tact, Falgoux delivers an insightful perspective of these players, as well as training camps and the business that has become professional football.

Everyone has dreams. Falgoux does justice to his and the those driving the 10 rookies at the focus of this book.

This book was exactly what I needed. I didn't realize how much I didn't know until I read this book. This should be required reading for every high school athlete and their parents.

Our players found this book to be very helpful. The book's size was not intimidating yet it hit all the bases in detail. I highly recommend the "Athletic Recruiting & Scholarship Guide."

I work as a high school guidance counselor and was told to learn as much as possible about the recruiting process for sports. I bought all the books on the market and this one was BY FAR the best book out there. We bought copies for all our student-athletes.

To date, I've only read the chapter on Conoco's response to aiding the community in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison. I look forward to reading the remainder of the book over the holidays.

Dan Carison has acurately captured what I witnessed first-hand in coordinating the "Weekend of Caring" efforts that Conoco employees undertook with regards to assisting those in time of need. I still have a hard time reading some segments of this story without showing emotion...the author captures details that are forever burned in my memory. I've told many others of Dan's gift in capturing the human elements of the story - the details are an exact duplication of what I felt - the hair on the back of my neck stands out each time I read various segments of the book I'm familiar with. There truly are lessons to be learned regarding tight to impossible deadlines whether that be personally or corporately.

My hat is off to the author for capturing a remarkable story!

All of us have deadlines. Whether in the home, on the golf course or at the office. Thankfully, few have to meet the deadlines Dan Carrison has masterfully profiled in his new book. More than a history of how some well-known industry titans met seemingly impossible deadlines, Dan gives us the inspiration we need to meet our own Deadline!

Dan and I co-authored another book in 1998; he's even better on his own.

...try being the FBI on deadline to save an abducted man from his murderous captor.... Or Boeing to build a next-generation jet. Deadline! by former Marine Dan Carrison shows how top-notch organizations like these surmount seemingly impossible odds to get the job done right and on time. The principles can be applied to any office project. Thank you Dan for giving me my marching orders! This book showed me no matter how challenging the project, it *can* be done -- on deadline.

This is my second review because I enjoyed the book so much I read it again! It's even better the second time. Incidentally, I've now sent it to 47 of my friends because I wanted them to get the same pleasure out of the book as I did. Many of them have told me "it's the funniest book I've ever read" and "I felt like he was writing about me." I've told them, don't tell me.... send in a review. I've been checking the reviews and only a few of them have taken the time to send in reviews but I'm taking the time to do a second one for all my friends who are too lazy to do their own.

Nobby Orens, Golf Nut of the Year/ Golf Nut Society of America/ Guinness World Record Holder/ Director of Golf Research, Plaza Travel/Encino, Ca

I thought this was the most fun book on golf I've ever read and I've read quite a few. In many of the chapters I felt as if the author were writing about me, personally. (In one chapter, it turns out that he actually was.) I can't say enough good things about the way the book was written. It is down to earth, very, very accurate regarding the feelings that most addicted golfers feel, and just a real lot of fun to read.

I was so impressed with the book that I bought 24 of them (so far) and have sent them to a lot of my golf buddies.

I think that there's not much more I can say without being reptitious other than this is the best golf book I have ever read.

Sincerely,

Nobby Orens 1999 Golf Nut of the Year/Golf Nut Society of America, Guinness World Record Holder, Director of Golf Research/Plaza Travel

As a avid golfer, I rather play golf than read about it! However, since I received this book as a gift, and I had some free time I decided to give it a try. I'm glad I did. The book is great, right from the start.

Robert Woodcox is a golf genius, if there is such a thing. His accounts of what he has gone through so far in his "golfing career" is hilarious. Every golfer will be able relate to what he writes. However, this may not be such a great thing. Not everything a golfer does or thinks is something to be proud of.

If you golf, know someone who golfs, or just want to laugh at human nature, then buy this book. It is one of the best books I've ever read. If he played half as well as he writes, he'd be a scratch golfer.