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one of my childhood favorites
Girl raises lamb for the summer
great children's book
This is a wonderful book for children and the young at heart
Nice Book

The Little Lamb (Pictureback(R))
Judy Dunn
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0394834550
Release Date: 1977-03-12

Book Description

Full-color photographs. "Delectable photographs illuminate this appealing story of a little girl and a lamb."--Child Study Assn.

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one of my childhood favorites.......2007-04-12

I may be 25 years old, but this book still stands out as being one of my top favorites as a toddler. I used to read this book probably every day and wish I had my own little lamb to play with! When I have children, I will definitely be reading this book to them.

Girl raises lamb for the summer.......2005-03-26

This book is in line with others in the series, featuring attractive photos of a young child and a cute animal; in this case the story revolves around Emmy and her lamb, Timothy.

The gentle story has Emmy raising the lamb from infancy over the course of a summer. The lamb has some garden-variety misadventures around the home, such as knocking over a bucket of apples. When the lamb accidentally upends the picnic table at a children's birthday party, Emmy's father says that the time has come for him to rejoin his flock at the Wetherbee farm.

This is an odd book in that it features a child giving up a beloved pet, but chooses not to dramatize that action. Emmy sheds no tears, and seems to feel no qualms about returning Timothy to the Wetherbee Farm. This may or may not be a good story for children who are placed into this unfortunate situation to hear.

Given that this seems to be a wash as far as teaching children a valuable lesson, I think that the book needs to be more entertaining than it is. The pictures are, in some cases, beautiful, but I'm not sure that this will hold the attention of toddlers.

great children's book.......2001-03-15

I owned this book as a child and 20 years later I am still fond of it. A sweet story about a young's girls love of caring for a new lamb. LArge color photographs throughout book. A nice addition for any child's library.

This is a wonderful book for children and the young at heart.......1999-03-31

I remeber this book from my childhood and it has stuck with me for many years. Because of this I am ordering myself a copy of it now. The photographs are adorable and the story is charming. I recomend this book to all.

Nice Book.......1998-10-29

This book is so nice that my sister who read it fainted when she was reading it. When se woke up she wanted little lambs. This book is also exciting and she cannot stop reading it

Shadow at Evening (The Lamb Among the Stars, Book 1)

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over-rated
Excellent
An Incredible New Voyage
More Authors need to take notes from Chris Walley!
Shadow at Evening Review

Shadow at Evening (The Lamb Among the Stars, Book 1)
Chris Walley
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1414300670

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In the spirit of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lamb among the Stars series weaves the worlds of science and the spirit, technology and the supernatural into something unique and haunting. On the faraway planet of Farholme, humans live in peace under the gentle rule of the Assembly. War and evil are ancient history. But suddenly, almost imperceptibly, things begin to change. Slowly a handful of men and women begin to realize that evil has returned and it must be fought.

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over-rated.......2007-02-08

I honestly don't see the draw of this book. I got it based on all the 5-star reviews. First of all, it took me forever to get to any kind of action! I was so bored, I read three other books in the mean time. It is an interesting concept, but the language is bumpy and weird, the descriptions overbearing, the concepts repeated page after page, and the action is non-existent until the last 4 or 5 chapters. Disappointing. I'm surprised I got this far. If it had been a library book, I would have returned it by now.

Excellent.......2006-03-15

This book is an addictive opener to an excellent story.
Don't be misled by the "Teen Fiction" label as I am a 40+ attorney and thought it was great. The plot is good, the character development is done well and, of course, the basis for the story is excellent.

An Incredible New Voyage.......2006-01-02

This was one heck of a good book! Walley uses such a brand new, fresh approach in his sci-fi that it is a very original masterpiece. Man, if you are sick of the same old boring sci-fi cliches, I can tell ya, this book is one incredibly new voyage.
Nonstop action with a very unique storyline and plot, sparkling dialogue and well developed characters make for a great tale. I hafta admit that it is slow in the beginning, but once you are through the beginning, the plot soars! A NEW EXPERIENCE.

More Authors need to take notes from Chris Walley!.......2005-08-13

Chris Walley has brilliantly crafted a fully realized futuristic sci-fi / fantasy epic for young people and adults. The well thought out characters, compelling situations, and sweeping landscapes will keep the reader immersed, excited, and thoughtfully challenged. Regardless of individual background, an inspiring story of good and evil and the difficult decisions, sacrifices, and mistakes made in times of trouble will be richly revealed with each passing page. With the battle for hearts and minds in our own culture, both on an internal and external level, Mr. Walley's imagined world resonates provokingly with our own changing world. There is much to keep coming back to in "The Lamb Among the Stars" series, and readers will doubtless be reflective after finishing each book, as well as excited to find out what happens next! In a genre where there just doesn't seem enough of this type of literature, more from the imagination of this fresh, new author is anxiously awaited!

Shadow at Evening Review.......2005-07-18

BLURB: Imagine a future that men and women can only dream of. It is a time where a trillion people live under the gentle rule of the Assembly on over a thousand inhabited worlds. A time where peace and stability have reigned unbroken for nearly twelve thousand years; a time where war and evil are merely ancient history.

Now imagine what happens when, on Farholme - a Made World at the very edge of the Assembly - strange things begin to happen. A girl sees an impossible creature, a stranger from Ancient Earth comes in answer to a troubling vision and people begin to say, do and think things that oppose everything the Assembly stands for. And slowly, incredulously, a handful of men and women come to recognise the unthinkable: evil has returned and that, once more, it must be fought.

The main thing I found fascinating about this book and still do was the long-term creation process of the Made Worlds. I found that sci-fi aspect alone brilliant and intriguing; I had never come across an idea quite like that before (and I read a lot of sci-fi). I found the characterisation in this book well done, especially the development of Merral and Vero's characters, and the society in which they live was also extremely well written. I mean, really - can YOU imagine what the world(s) would be like after Christ comes back and everyone is at peace? Most people wonder how that could be and the people still live productive lives, but Chris Walley has written what I think is a great example of a society that lives in total peace, but not unrealistically lovey-dovey or anything ridiculous like that. The people are realistic and solid in personality, which I applaud loudly. The sci-fi aspects of terraforming, Below-Space and other technology of the Assembly worlds were facinating, and (I believe) handled in a realistic way.

I give this book five stars, because I thought it was a really great addition to the Christian sci-fi genre - and the sci-fi genre in general. Those who aren't Christian may find some aspects of this strange, being obviously Christian in origin, but they may enjoy the major theme of good and evil and the sci-fi aspects interesting enough to read this anyway.

I would definately not class this book in the 'teen' catagory. I think the themes and some of the sci-fi aspects would be better appreciated by older readers, but that's not to say that teens wouldn't enjoy it thoroughly as well, just that adult readers would also be well-satisfied.

My compliments to the author! :)

Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?: A Book about Children and Parents

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A must read for anyone who is a parent or who has parents!

Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?: A Book about Children and Parents
Jr., Walter Wangerin
Manufacturer: Zondervan/HarperSanFrancisco
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0310248264

Book Description

The stories, essays, prayers, and poems in Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? portray children, teenagers, adults, and parents as they grapple with the deep realities of life, and at the heart of this struggle are the vital relationship we have with families, for it is from our parents—and from our children—that we most profoundly learn about ourselves as children of God. This new, updated and expanded edition contains twelve new, never-before-published stories.

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A must read for anyone who is a parent or who has parents!.......1998-10-19

I can't stop buying copies of this book for my friends. This is quite simply the most beautiful and touching book on parents and children that I have ever read. As my parents age and my children grow up I find myself re-reading this book over and over and getting more out of it each time. It fully captures the joy and the pain and ultimately - the unending grace that God provides to parents. This book is INCREDIBLE!

Following the Lamb: A Reading of Revelation for the New Millennium

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Following the Lamb: A Reading of Revelation for the New Millennium
Christina Le Moignan
Manufacturer: SCM Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Prince and the Lamb, The: Jesus talks with Hitler

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Prince and the Lamb, The: Jesus talks with Hitler
Ravi Zacharias
Manufacturer: Vida
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ASIN: 0829743200

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Spanish Edition. In this book you will find the answers to fundamental questions about life and death, the cruelty of violence compared to the value of human life and other difficult topics that modern society deal with daily.

The Raptor and the Lamb: Predators and Prey in the Living World

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Good survey, though with limited theme
Interesting look into Nature's nooks and crannies
Just okay
Science for the non-scientist
Very interesting

The Raptor and the Lamb: Predators and Prey in the Living World
Christopher McGowan
Manufacturer: Henry Holt & Company
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"Most animals are either eaten or eat other animals," writes zoologist Christopher McGowan. "Plants, too, are often consumed by animals. Consequently the chances of being devoured, or of eating some other organism in order to survive, are exceedingly high." McGowan looks at several kinds of predator-prey relationships, examining such creatures as the supposedly rapacious crocodile (a surprisingly light eater, when all the facts are in), the big cats (whose prey usually outweighs them but cannot compete with a lion's or tiger's explosive force), and a host of snakes, spiders, and insects. Packed with facts, The Raptor and the Lamb makes a fine--if sometimes gruesome--introduction to biology.

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Good survey, though with limited theme.......2006-04-23

Overall, is a good survey of a huge subject: the tactics used by predators and prey in nature. It's comprehensive, accessible, and insightful. There are areas where I would have liked more exploration, but that's inevitable with a broad subject. The focus is mostly on predators, touching on nearly all major groups. Prey are discussed more in response, though a few sections deal with them specifically (e.g. plants).

The book is organized based on the type of animal rather than the strategies used. Although this is a logical approach, he does little to tie the book together with broader theories. The few cases where he does (for example, his occasional mention of pursuit vs. ambush predators) are notable for their rarity.

One caveat is that the author appears to misunderstand evolution. In the most egregious example he argues against the arms-race model:

"Nor is it necessarily an advantage for one of antagonists to respond to improvements in the other. Suppose a prey species evolved some improvement in its defensive strategies, perhaps better acceleration or more alertness to potential dangers. If the predator did not coevolve some corresponding improvement in its hunting techniques, it would catch fewer prey. The number of prey would therefore increase, but this could improve the predator's chance of catching them, so, it the long term, its hunting success might not suffer."

It's bad enough that a professor of zoology would assume species selection, but he seems unaware that he is saying anything controversial. Fortunately, such references are few, and they detract little from the book.

Interesting look into Nature's nooks and crannies.......2004-11-04

Author McGowan takes the reader through various groupings of life on earth in order to examine the relationship between predators and their prey. Mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, arthropods, plants, insects, plankton and dinosaurs all take their turn in the spotlight as McGowan selects some of the more interesting predator/prey relationships among them. The chapters each contain an italicized graphic illustration of a predator doing its thing, and a discussion of that predator along with others in its class. For the most part, the discussion describes the behavior and physical characteristics that contribute to the success of the predator, and also notes the strategies that the prey employs to foil the predator. While the writing breaks down the information into laymen's terms, McGowan occasionally delves into a slightly more technical issue, and defines vocabulary and scientific concepts accordingly.
The Good and the Bad:
I have a lot of negative feedback on this book, and I think that it generally comes down to the fact that the book was written and edited sloppily, as much as it pains me to knock the achievement of a likable English-Canadian gentleman who is obviously well-versed in the subject matter. But I noticed at least two or three word usage (such as team for teem, infection for infestation) errors, and, more glaringly, the italicized prose was just not consistently presented. I thought that McGowan was making up the scenes as exemplary of the typical predator foray, but in the chapter on plankton, the flowery writing is used to describe McGowan and a group of students collecting plankton from the sea. A final italicized section talks about a British man working on his garden and interacting with his wife and infant son. While I felt that the language in the sections was too flowery to be considered good writing, the bigger distraction was wondering where they came from, and why they weren't presented in a consistent format. If they are things that McGowan has seen with his own eyes, how can dinosaurs be included? If he's making them up as exemplary, then why are there atypical situations presented which then have to be corrected with the non-italicized writing? And why would he insert one, and possibly two stories from his own life? Further complicating matters is the fact that sometimes the non-italicized prose seems to serve the same function as the italicized prose, namely to provide a descriptive illustration of the concepts discussed. But even that definition doesn't hold, because the plankton-collecting story differs from the others in that there are no predators or prey being described. If there is some sort of logic involved in their conception and presentation, I still object to them based on their overwrought language and mysterious origins. Amusingly, McGowan gives a sort of disclaimer in the introduction, letting us know that the presentation of certain gory details may be off-putting, but is nevertheless necessary. When I read it, I expected that the discussion would be a little graphic. But, it seems like the disclaimer pertains to some very gratuitous choices of phrase in the italicized text that is not essential to any aspect of the book.
On the good end of it, the subject matter is fascinating, and the bulk of the text is both accessible and informative.
What I learned:
Sperm whales may stun their prey with sonic blasts before eating them. Plants have hairs in order to discourage insect predators; some of them serve to expose more of an egg sac to the air, which reduces the success of the hatchlings, and others might break off into a waxy substance that accumulates on the legs of aphids and other insect predators. Some bugs eat poisonous plants and then use the poison to protect themselves from bigger predators. Killer whales are smart enough to cooperatively splash the water in order to tip over an ice floe with a seal on it. Lions are slower than their prey, but compensate by having a better acceleration when they start; so, if a lion is within 50 yards of its prey, it has a good chance of taking it down.

Just okay.......2000-11-21

The relationship between predator and prey is hard to explain without lapsing into inapplicable morality and/or sentimentality. This 'popular science' type book shows valient effort, but doesn't entirely manage to avoid the traps.

It does have good points, to be sure. It is approachable for the non-scientist, both in language and in concept. It does attempt to show some balance by presenting plants as victims of herbivores, as well as herbivores as victims of carnivores. It elucidates the various theories of the evolutionary backgrounds of predator-prey adaptations pretty clearly.

However, in an attempt to be gripping, the book delves into shameless anthropomorphism and value-laden language, especially in the narrative portions. Despite the fact (clearly stated in the explanatory portions of the book) that even a good predator on a good day succeeds in less than fifty percent of hunting attempts, a predator is 'shown' missing a prey animal only once (and even then the predator goes on to catch a different animal.) As a result, the 'story' parts of the book create a misapprehension that the more 'scientific' sections include an obligatory protest against - namely, that the predator is a killing machine with an almost moral quality, engaged in a daily slaughter of the innocents. Even the title plays into this misapprehension: No raptor is shown eating a lamb in the course of the book - indeed few raptors are even capable of preying on lambs - and no lambs are shown being eaten by any other predators either; but in our language the rapicious raptor and the innocent, fluffy lamb create a much greater emotional impact than, say, the shark and the seal or the lion and the wildebeast.

Science for the non-scientist.......2000-11-16

This is the best and I stress best book you can possibly get for someone that you believe or know enjoys biology or natural studies. However, it goes beyond that, this book is perfect for the person who likes cats and dogs and wants to know their specific differences and how they act in the wild. His writing style is very interesting and informative (not dumbed down but not highly scientific). A very excellent book for a plane ride or just a relaxing read (meanwhile you may learn something). Highly recommended. Hopefully some of his out-of-print books will be reprinted.

Very interesting.......2000-06-29

This book read, in part, like a novel with good guys (nature's prey) and the bad guys (the predators)...it was a gruesome, at times, but realistic book about survival. I enjoyed it very much.

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The Good Cook: Lamb
The Editors of Time-Life Books
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Charlemagne & Lust for Life (International Collector's Library, 2 Books)

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Charlemagne & Lust for Life (International Collector's Library, 2 Books)
Harold Lamb , and Irving Stone
Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Reddish brown matching covers with gold trim cover design.

Booknotes : Life Stories : Notable Biographers on the People Who Shaped America

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What a great teaching tool - nice biographical vignettes
A great place to start
An impressive compendium that belongs on your bookshelf
Nice to meet you
Nice to meet you

Booknotes : Life Stories : Notable Biographers on the People Who Shaped America
Brian Lamb
Manufacturer: Crown
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0812930819
Release Date: 1999-03-09

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It wouldn't be entirely unfair--or necessarily a criticism--to call this anthology "Biography Lite." Not that the authors or protagonists of the 85 books it covers are by any stretch of the imagination lightweights. Such distinguished scholars as David Herbert Donald and Nell Irwin Painter share space with respected popular historians like David McCullough and Doris Kearns Goodwin; those profiled include no fewer than 23 American presidents (from George Washington to Bill Clinton), such intellectual heavyweights as Albert Einstein, and capitalist titans on the order of John D. Rockefeller. Since the material is drawn from interviews the writers gave on the popular C-SPAN series Booknotes, however, it unsurprisingly tends to be "brief and anecdotal," as Lamb (the show's host) puts it in his introduction. Still, the anecdotes are often hilarious. Readers learn that Rockefeller chewed each bite of food 10 times and that British prime minister Margaret Thatcher saved the leftovers from state dinners and served them at home, and the interviewees do a commendable job of summing up their subjects' significance in very few words. Like the television program, Booknotes: Life Stories cheerfully promotes in a pleasantly populist manner worthy books you might actually get around to reading someday. --Wendy Smith

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From presidents to generals, from civil rights activists to poets, from inventors to scientists, Brian Lamb explores the lives of our most fascinating Americans on Booknotes, his weekly C-Span interview program. He and his guests have examined the lives of Thomas Paine, Paul Revere, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Whitman, Woodrow Wilson, Robert McNamara, Adlai Stevenson, Albert Einstein, Will Rogers, Amelia Earhart, Martin Luther King, and Thurgood Marshall, to name just a dozen of the seminal figures now found in Booknotes: Life Stories. The biographers featured here are often no less legendary than their subjects: David Herbert Donald on Abraham Lincoln, Ron Chernow on John D. Rockefeller, Doris Kearns Goodwin on Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, David McCullough on Harry Truman, Norman Mailer on Lee Harvey Oswald, Robert Caro on Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Katharine Graham and Frank McCourt on their own lives.

In his first book, Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas, Lamb showed a remarkable ability to elicit fascinating insights into the creative process from authors eager to explain their craft. In Booknotes: Life Stories, Lamb extends his vision by taking an intimate look with our favorite biographers at the historical figures they've devoted their careers to portraying. He encourages these writers to open up about their methods, their sources of inspiration, and their fascinating subjects. As in the first book, Lamb's original questions have been omitted from the edited text, producing seamless conversational essays that allow the storyteller in each writer to fully emerge. Like Booknotes, this new book also includes full-color photographs by Brian Lamb that enrich our appreciation of these biographical portraits.

This volume highlights celebrated lives while also providing memorable portraits of the era in which each figure lived, lending a rare sense of immediacy to history. For instance, David Hackett Fischer, biographer of Paul Revere, reflects on the birth of an American myth and whether Revere's heroism actually took place as Longfellow recorded it in his famous poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." In quoting Susan B. Anthony, Lynn Sherr shows how her activism profoundly changed America: "Once we get women to their full equality and independence, then men will be freer also. Families will be better off when men can stay home and do more of the child-rearing." Brian Lamb has achieved a deserved place in American letters for coaxing hundreds of writers from the anonymity of their writing studios into the living rooms of every American home. His interviews are themselves great biographies.

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What a great teaching tool - nice biographical vignettes.......2004-03-26

I am one of those who loves Booknotes and Book-TV and feels a real loss when my schedule keeps me away from them (yes, I can pick them up on the C-SPAN websites, but it just isn't quite the same). These books are just one of the additional reasons some of us refer to Brian Lamb as Saint Brian. The chapters are digests of the information gleaned during the actual Booknotes broadcasts. Each one is from an individual author and in this case, it is on the lives of famous Americans.

There are something like 80 to 85 of these biographical vignettes. Some of them are autobiographical when the author being interviewed about their book was also a notable American in their own right. We all know Mr. Lamb's unique style of quantum interviewing (one can never predict the precise location of his next question). These edited and assembled pieces have a somewhat more organized and focused feel, but there is still a bit of the Cooks Tour approach to each subject.

Having watched many of the shows from which these articles were made and also having read several of the books by these authors, I can still say that even when the material here is familiar it is still fun to dash through because it is so concisely presented and decently edited. When the material is unfamiliar it is very delightful and an invitation to more study and investigation.

I am not only happy to have this dandy book, I am actually grateful for it. It is a marvelous tool for introducing children to biographical subjects!

The book also has an index and a list of all the Booknotes programs through the publishing date of the book.

A great place to start.......2000-02-18

Though this anthology does in no way substitute for the biographies themselves, the book points you toward wonderful biographies of famous and important Americans. A bit uneven , exerpts range from unsatisfying (George S. Patton), to appetite-inducing (George Custer), to concisely authoritative in themselves (Eleanor Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson). Certain omissions, such as Douglas MacArthur, scream out, while inclusion Anita Hill but not Clarence Thomas seems woefully outdated.

An impressive compendium that belongs on your bookshelf.......1999-06-11

Brian Lamb, host of C-Span's Booknotes, has pulled together a collection of short, enjoyable, highly personal biographical glimpses into the lives of famous Americans - political notables ranging from John Adams to Lincoln to Edison to Bill Clinton.

Booknotes Life Stories contains more than 75 four-to-eight-page profiles, reflecting the informed, entertaining, and controversial opinions of scores of leading biographers and historians, as told to Lamb in his decade of Booknotes interviews.

While other available biographical references are more detailed, the charm of Booknotes Life Stories is its tendency to cut to the chase, presenting only the relevant points of the historical figure's life in an informal, enlightening, and sometimes irreverent style.

This impressive compendium belongs on the bookshelf of writers, history buffs, students, teachers, politicians, and those who just plain enjoy a good, educational read. (Reviewed by Angelo Parra, award-winning writer and dramatist, who also writes and edits personal and family memoirs.)

Nice to meet you.......1999-04-14

The origin of this book weighs rather heavily on its content. Some of the pieces are a bit superficial and many tell less about their subject than one would have wished. On the other hand, this book is a great opportunity to get acqainted with people you would not ordinarily read about. Who would ever have thought that Henry Clay was a funny person to be with or that Paul Revere was not the only one on the road that famous night? And there are many surprises: I ,for one, didn't know that Sojourner Truth's first language was not English but Dutch( she grew up in the Hudson Valley). Among the pieces that dig deeper are those on Whittaker Chambers and Harry Truman. For every reader this book will have its eye-openers and discoveries. It does best what it was meant to do: getting you to read more books.

Nice to meet you.......1999-04-14

Some of the pieces in this book are a bit superficial and many tell less about their subject than one would have wished. On the other hand, this is a great opportunity to get acqainted with people you would not ordinarily read about. Among the pieces that dig deeper are those on Whittaker Chambers and Harry Truman. For every reader this book will have its eye-openers and discoveries.

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Between Husband and Wife
Stephen E. Lamb , and Douglas E. Brinley
Manufacturer: Covenant Communications Inc
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Binding: Audio CD

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