Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)I really loved this book. The thoughts that crossed Elvins mind were entertaining and hilarious. I'm reading it for the second time now...
Click Here to see more reviews about: Extreme Elvin
Showing posts with label book recommendations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book recommendations. Show all posts
Extreme Elvin Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)I really loved this book. The thoughts that crossed Elvins mind were entertaining and hilarious. I'm reading it for the second time now...
Click Here to see more reviews about: Extreme Elvin
States of Equilibrium Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)Dr. Burton has written another book that is on cutting edge.
He knows his craft so well that he is able to take you on the journey
into new territory with ease.
When you get the gist of the book and begin to see from Dr. Burton's perspective
it becomes easy for you to see what has blocked you in so many areas.
He also helps you to understand why others are stuck.
We all seek for happiness....and so many are blocked. When you understand
Dr. Burton's premise that many people develop ( my words ) a phobia to happiness.
The which we seek actually has been blocked by a fear of it.
Dr. Burton not only identified how this happens..how it manifests in your life or the life of
people you may know or work with....he also shows how to deal with as he has with clients for years.
Its amazing what 20,000 plus hours of helping and healing people can teach someone.
Don't miss out on this kind of an education from an Expert like Dr. Burton
Read this book!
Click Here to see more reviews about: States of Equilibrium
This publication represents a major step forward in both our understanding of the human personality as well as our ability to attain a higher level of human development. By presenting a variety of human development theories as well as NLP concepts, the author equips both counselors and NLP practitioners with all the tools necessary to neutralize stress and anxiety in their clients.
Farm Team Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)In this book a familiar character returns in Billy Baggs. He has discovered his great skill in baseball however he can't play on the city team. Together he and his mom decide to make flyers and bring kids in from around the countryside. For one night kids can play baseball with each other for fun. On one of theses nights the coach from the town team comes over and Billy challenges the town team to a game. Using skill and ability the town team is defeated by Billy's squad of country players. I enjoyed reading this novel and certainly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good sports novel.
Click Here to see more reviews about: Farm Team
No Bows Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)The girl in this story has her own ideas on what is fun. At the very end she chooses what all children want at bedtime. The illustrations are lovely and the story is for beginning readers or for all young age listeners. Grandmothers, a perfect gift for the new grandchild.
Click Here to see more reviews about: No Bows
Get 22% OFF
Gray Baby Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)While not as much of a thriller has his previous book, Sanders shows tremendous insight into racial prejudices that still exist in America. As the son of a black father and a white mother, Clifton struggles with his own racial identity as he struggles with the realities of his father's death.
While not a sequel to his first work, there is a reference to the crimes which occurred in "The Hanging Woods" although these characters are not reintroduced. The tie in character and crime are not well described, mostly because it is only a backdrop to the real theme of the book, which is the relationship between the mixed raced Clifton and the older Swamper. Could this crime be the impetus for a third work?
Overall, a very enjoyable read which can be completed in one extended sitting.
Click Here to see more reviews about: Gray Baby
Get 25% OFF
The Silenced Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)I picked up this newly released book yesterday with the intention of reviewing it as a possibility for an eighth grade English class. As a teacher I used Mr. DeVita's earlier novel "Blue" for a school wide project at an arts Middle School in Wisconsin. My skimming review of the book for school use turned into a 12 hour addiction. Couldn't put it down! My teenage children and husband are fighting over whose turn it is to read. I can't recommend this book more highly. Not only is it an exciting fictional offshoot of three actual unsung heroes of the holocaust, reminiscent of Number the Stars, but an inspiring tale of activism in the face of overwhelming odds. The words "people deserve the government they're willing to tolerate" keeps ringing in my head. My students will be reading this in the fall, and I know it will spur on many historical and political discussions. This book is not only entertaining for all ages, but like every great novel, it makes one think about our responsibility in the world, and the courage it sometimes takes to fulfill that responsibility. You won't be able to put it down!
Click Here to see more reviews about: The Silenced
Get 22% OFF
The Trouble Begins Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)is exceedingly difficult to stop myself from jumping up and down as I talk about THE TROUBLE BEGINS, a unique and fun tale of a young boy who has journeyed to contemporary America to rejoin the parents and siblings he hasn't seen since his infancy. In fact, if you are within a half hour of Sebastopol, California, teach third, fourth, or fifth grade, and would like me to come read this really delightful and eye-opening book to your class for the next couple of weeks, then email me and I'll be over there on Monday.
"At lunch in the cafeteria the lunch is ugly. It's cheese--stringy like snot--on mushy noodles, with chocolate milk, sickly sweet and not very cold. I eat the apple slices. I raise my hand to be excused to go to the playground. Veronica sits next to me because Mrs. Dorfman makes us walk in line. Veronica says, 'You gotta eat half before you can get up, Du.' She says it loud enough for the lunch aide to hear. The lunch aide shakes her head at me: 'No, you can't go yet' and nods at my food: 'Eat that first.' I shrug and sit there.
"Veronica's talking to the girl on her other side. I take my chocolate milk and pour it into Veronica's backpack. I stuff my cheesy mushy noodles into the empty milk carton. I raise my hand. The lunch aide nods 'Yes, you can go now' and smiles happily at my empty tray. As I leave for the playground I hear Veronica shriek."
Du's parents and siblings had departed Vietnam for the US at the end of the war. But Du and his paternal grandmother were suffering from tuberculosis and weren't permitted to accompany the family. Instead, his grandma escaped Vietnam with Du, selling her gold jewelry to secure passage on a flimsy, overcrowded little boat. They made it safely to the Philippines, got over TB, and spent eight years living in a refugee camp until the family saved up the funds for their passage. Now it's 1984 when Du and Grandma arrive in America.
" 'They could have brought Ma's sister and her mother but they saved and saved and brought you and you're just a bad-luck kid,' Vuong says.
I'm an oldest sibling myself, and am known for sometimes not being overly sympathetic to the plight of a youngest, but Du's older, Americanized brother and sisters (Vuong, Lin, and Thuy) are so darn overbearing that I can't help but cheer for Du as he gradually proves himself to them.
" 'Clothes cost money!' he shouted. He doesn't even know about my shirt in the trash and my smelly shoes."
Du's father is struggling hard to support the family, and his having come from being a respected property owner in Vietnam to renting a little house and having to work for a verbally abusive boss here does nothing for Ba's personality--especially after getting several phone calls at work from Du's school principal.
Shades of Dennis the Menace: The most memorable relationship in the book is that between Du and the old man living by himself next door.
"Saturday is a long day. I get up early to look for Cat. I blow some weed seeds toward the old man's grass. He was okay about the bike. The seeds won't grow anyway or he'll pull them up before they have a chance. He'll get some exercise. It's good for him."
They definitely get off on the wrong foot, and Du frequently refers to him as the old spy, but in the long run he and Mr. W show each other a thing or two. Along the way, though, Du does get himself in enough zany predicaments to merit a "Menace" label of his own.
So many of those predicaments result from the language and cultural barriers he faces. Fortunately, Du's grandma spent those years raising him in the Philippines. She's clearly done a great job of seeing that the boy has a good sense of resourcefulness and self-esteem.
It works so well to have this story told through Du's own eyes. I'm sure it will certainly impress many readers to recognize Du's frustration when even the teacher and administrators make incorrect assumptions because of their ignorance of the boy's life and culture before arriving in America.
THE TROUBLE BEGINS is a title that certainly invites a follow-up. Hey, count me in! I'll take all of this kind of trouble I can get.
Click Here to see more reviews about: The Trouble Begins
Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All Review
Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)This highly readable and deeply moving book isn't just for short kids -- it's perfect for any young readers who've ever been ostracized because they're built differently. (For that matter, it's perfect for the ostracizers too.) Schwartz is a former science reporter for The New York Times (he also trained as a lawyer and recently became the paper's national legal correspondent; so much for any easy myths about stature and achievement) and his sections on the science of shortness are particularly good reading. His clear, brisk explanation of the statistical analysis behind marketing to short people is worth the price of admission all by itself. As good as the science stuff is, though, this is at its heart a book with a humane message: Anybody who tries to make you feel bad because you're different doesn't have science, logic or history on his side.
Click Here to see more reviews about: Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All
Get 60% OFF
Click here for more information about Short: Walking Tall When You're Not Tall At All