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Ready or Not...They're Gay: Stories from a Midwestern Family Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a wonderful story of a family's experiences and thoughts as Paul and Hjordy's two sons come out to them and their community.Their story is presented from various points of view - the mother, the father, each of their sons, and their grandmother. Each of them has a section, with multiple short...

Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices From Bessie Smith To Bebop And Beyond Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Tried hard as I may, but I never found another book as half as passionate about this subject.O.K. I understand that some people have problems with liking the same things as author (I as the first one, LOVE Cleo Laine and he despises her, so what?)but Mr.Friewlad obviously know the field he is writting...

Currency Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback)) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Let me be honest here:This book provides some really good advice about trading the forex market. Which currencies have what tendencies, which times and reports to look out for, how to manage trades and money, etc. It provides the basics for any beginner. But, if you are a beginner, you will NOT notice...

The People V. Lee Harvey Oswald Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was compellig. I once had Dr. Brown as a teacher in a American Histoy Class I attended and I was stunned on his great knowledge on the Kenedy Murders. It shows in this book in what I like to call, a "what if" situation.Click Here to see more reviews about: The People V. Lee Harvey OswaldThis...

Gender Madness in American Psychiatry: Essays From the Struggle for Dignity Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What some sort of psychiatrists and psychologists are doing nowadays, as others did in the past against people that have an unexpected self-perception of gender, considering pathological all that is not "expected" by old concepts, is a so big problem, for those who suffer all their lives due to these...

Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections between Sexuality and Spirituality Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)First of all, this book is not so much about that, despite the title. The title almost immediately sets you up for an anti-climactic rest of the book. The title is good marketing, but not necessarily truth in advertising. This is ok. Buying this book is not about that.Think about why you bought it first....

Life Lessons: from Louie Motherball, Margaret Mead and the Good News Guy; Near Mrs and Direct Hits of an eccentric thousand-aire Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The stories are poignant and funny and the life lessons should be taken to heart. They may not all apply right now, but I have a feeling that I will refer to them many times in the future. Especially telling are the times that Randall didn't go the next step or reach out to contact a person. There are...

Evangelism Is . . .: How to Share Jesus with Passion and Confidence Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you love the Lord, call yourself a Christian or simply want to live a better life, you need to read this book. It might sound like it's simply about telling people about Christ, but it's so much more than that. Reading it makes me want dozens of copies just to hand out to everyone I know. It's that...

Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to Pushkin Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The book is interesting, short, and easy to read. The author is an elegant thinker and clearly knows the subject matter very well.Click Here to see more reviews about: Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to PushkinClick here for more information...

Snatched From the Jaws of the Enemy: A Personal Journey Into the Depth of the Love of God Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What an introduction to God and how He revals Himself to us. To know God is to love Him. A great journey with the author.Click Here to see more reviews about: Snatched From the Jaws of the Enemy: A Personal Journey Into the Depth of the Love of GodGet 17% OFFClick here for more information about Snatched...

Ask Me If I Care: Voices from an American High School Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)As a teen worker I found this be a useful guide into the minds of teens. It didn't surprise me as much as it confirmed or validated my experiences working with teens. Be warned, if you are not ready to hear the truth in graphic detail, then this book is not for you. But, if you have an open mind, a caring...

It's Been a Good Life Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Isaac Asimov's three volumes of autobiography published in the seventies, eighties and nineties totaled over 2100 pages and 870,000 words. To condense such an enormous amount of detail down to a manageable 300 or so pages, with the addition of enough new material to make the book fresh and interesting,...

Children of the River (Laurel-Leaf Contemporary Fiction) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Not every person in the world can say that they have gone through the crisis of moving to a new country, leaving behind their family, and trying to keep a baby no older then a few days old alive. Sundara is one who can. Children of the River is a story that looks into the lives of Cambodians trying to...

Feed Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)M. T. Anderson has written a refreshing science fiction novel in a genre that has recently relied largely on fantasy and far less on science. He has created a not-to-distant future world where everything is accessed via a "feed" that is implanted directly into the brain. An internalized internet, the...

Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Monday, February 8, 2010Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God by Sheila WalshThe opening illustration of the book is quite personal, as the author thinks of herself as a child on a swing, being pushed by her mother higher and higher. Oh, how she loved to go so high! One day at the park through...

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption a Story from Different Seasons Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is Steven King's finest novella. I should probably add that the movie follows the story faithfully and does it very well - it is one of my favourite movies. But somehow the story is always a little better.What is interesting about the story is there is more of a feeling of the sheer weight of time...

The Sky Isn't Visible from Here: Scenes from a Life Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)"The Sky Isn't Visible from Here: Scenes from a Life" is a particularly apt title. Felicia Sullivan uses scenes from her childhood mixed together with chapters that follow her adult life through her addiction and into her recovery. In doing so, the book gains depth, as we know some of the "why" behind...