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Hi. Jake the Golden Retriever reporting in on this book. My human received this book in the mail recently. She plopped herself on the couch and spent the entire evening reading it; at one point she was laughing so hard she had to wipe TEARS out of her eyes. Sheesh. Humans! She really enjoyed the book, and I heard her say she is buying a LOT of them for gifts.

This book will make you appreciate your dog more. Either by realizing how good your dog really is, or that you're not alone in the vast asylum of people who are owned by their dogs. A perfect gift for the dog lovers in your life.

A super book; a must-read for any dog owner (or aspiring dog owner!) An hysterical collection of canine misdeeds, as related from the dogs' perspectives. I can't wait for the next volume!

Fischer wrote _Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America,_ which is one of the best works published in several decades in comparative and local U.S. history, and in many ways this is a continuation of the "Virginia" section of that book. Which is a bit surprising, since the author is a New Englander and previously showed considerable preference for the folkways of Massachusetts over those in the South. Since I have numerous forebears in Virginia, I was particularly interested in the first three chapters: "Migration to Virginia," "Migration in Virginia," and "Migration beyond Virginia." All of those apply to my people and Fischer's coverage of the in-through-and-out process is first-rate. As before, he's an old-fashioned historian, spending a lot of time describing the concrete experiences of particular individuals and families, not spinning out historiographical theory. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Virginia's first couple of centuries.

A fascinating history of migration to, within, and from Virginia, the Old Dominion. The "to" begins with the English colonization at Roanoke (the lost colony) and Jamestown. "Within" is movement of colonists to various parts of the region, including the tidewater, piedmont, southside, northern neck, and "the valley" (Shenandoah). And "from" is the movement of Virginians to all parts of the country, south, north, but mainly west. What happened to Virginia, the most populous and prosperous of states during the early U.S. Republic? Why the decline after four of the first five presidents were Virginians (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe)? Part of the reason was a great migration west, both northwest and southwest. Why? The land was depleted from generations of farming, and there wasn't enough land for the growing population. But Virginia's emigrants and their descendants had great impacts on other territories and U.S. history: Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, Stephen Austin and Sam Houston. The authors use Turner's theory of the frontier as the backdrop for a vivid portrayal of Virginia and U.S. history. One weakness is a section of name-dropping about now unknown families who migrated west. Other than that, a lively story recommended for those interested in Virginia and U.S. history. Plenty of pictures and maps--the book accompanied an exhibit at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond.

After reading Albion's Seed I was eager to read more about the English folkways. This book expands on that with information about German folkways and African folkways. This books gives a sense the people that expanded westward. There is also a philosophical current about the nature of historial inquiry. He addresses various ideas about frontiers and shows that the process of expansion is not open to one-size-fits all explainations. Though Fischer depricates purely materialist explainations of history, the interplay between the cultural values of the Virginians and the physical limitations of the land is a compelling explaination of the westward expansion.

I remember reading this book as a child and loving it. Recently while stuck at home with the chicken-pox I decided to dust off and reread my old famous fives. This one is still one of my favourites. I particularly loved the scene where the children decide to scare the Sticks with animal noises echoing through the tunnels. Even as an adult that still cracks me up! And does anyone else love reading about the food the kids eat? The scene where Julian barged into the kitchen and removed the roast chicken and treacle tart still makes my mouth water - and I've never tasted treacle tart!

I think it's true that if you love the famous five, you're not so fond of the secret seven. This is certainly true for me. Like others I avidly read the famous five, the enchanted wood and the adventure stories and still have fond memories of the children's adventures, holidays and those feasts. In answer to the reviewer below who wonders why the kids don't put on weight, the children in these books never spend more than ten minutes inside, there's no tv, no computer games, they never sit still. They are far too active to put on weight.

Another great Famous Five Thriller. What often puzzled and still puzzles me is the appetitie these kids have. It borders on gluttony (yet they do not appear to put on weight), for when they "escape" to Kirrin Island, I am fearful that their boat will capsize in light of the amount of food they bring on board. Again Blyton displays her ability to build up a very interesting climax where "goodness" triumphs over "evil" in the end.

I think this book was a very good book. I liked it because it was about a girl who helped migrate geese.Her father was a inventor so that made the book very interesting. I think this book was a very well written book. I would tell others to read this book.

this book was litterly the best ive ever read and it even inspired me to rase some geese of my own.

Wanderfull ! I have just bought this book at the store just five houers ago and I am already on page 63 ! This is a story of Amy and her birds . Amy finds some eggs near her house . Rescues them and helps them hatch . She then asks her dad if she can keep her Gooslings and he says yes . But the problem is that they are sooner or later going to want to fly south and they need someone to show them how . Will Amy be able to teatch her geese to follow her dad before It's to late ?

Our heroine Chihiro, an ordinary little girl struggles in a world of spirits and magic. This story will surely take you away! With great artwork, and story telling, it's a joy for people of all ages.

this book is as good as the movie and the movie was over wonderful.this book has also helped me lots in drawing!!!

i've loved the movie and the book is like the same just with still pictures,this book has help me lots in drawing too!!!

We went to a chiropracter and he suggested I read this book, he is a friend of Dr Faber. I read the book and my wife was in great back pain, she wanted relief the book suggested,her symptons and relief. The chiropracter perfomed the procedure and she is walking and moving with little or no pain after 12 years. The book is easy to read, I've passed my copy on to a friend and have ordered another book for another friend.

Read this book if you have pain and especially if you are considering knee or hip replacement, or surgery for pain.

A neighbor loaned me Pain, Pain, Go Away a few years ago after I tore a tendon in my right shoulder. I read the book and made an appointment for Reconstructive Therapy and Neural Therapy with an osteopath near me. By the time I made it to his office, I was in agony and headed for surgery. The situation had degenerated to the point I couldn't lie down or use my arm at all. I hadn't slept more than 30-45 minutes a night in several months, due to the severe pain.

The treatments totally fixed me, without surgery. I had relief from the first treatment, but it took several visits before I was able to use my arm again and sleep through the night. I had 13 treatments in all.

Definitely read this book if you have any pain whatever, and try this method before you consider surgery.

The book itself is good and will give you the information you need to make a decision about RT. I highly recommend it.

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This book provides the information needed to seek out an uncommon treatment that can save your way of life or career after an injury. It provides a good explaination of proliferant treatment and many different examples of its use.

If the last two pages of this book were eliminated, it could be appropriately titled, "Debunking Christianity." Nonetheless, regardless of whether or not Uta Ranke-Heinemann is too extreme, I think her work has something very valuable to offer. It starts out with a few chapters just on Jesus' early years. The two gospel's birth narratives are their own worst enemies. The genealogies are a mess. In hindsight we find ignorant gospel writers. Later, in Christ's ministry, the prophet in a Hellenistic world was not too original when it came to being a thaumaturge. BUT, the theme of this book is giving up miraculous dogma. The miracles are of no relevence to a faith in the word of Jesus and God's love. His healing of the sick has no point unless we are too able to be healed by Him. Any honest intellectual could plainly see that Jesus was not originally made out to be a deity or "second person of the trinity." But wow, she takes it alot further than this in dropping the position of Christ as the Jewish Messiah and denying that he had to die for the sins of mankind. This seems unorthodox to most, but I do not think she is completely mistaken. (so go re-read Hosea 6:6 !) Other features to mention is the bogus personage of Judas Iscariot, who is really the personification of the Greeks' anti-Semitism. And also she takes us through a history of perdition ( Hell, Hades, Sheol, Gehenna, etc) taking it away from the ministry of Christ. Hellfire she believes, as do I, turns the gospel on its head and is at worst self defeating to the point of it all. Since her book is a huge stretch from orthodoxy and a transmogrification from the mass of Christian theology, she REALLY should have put more time into discussing her beliefs about the true meaning of Christ and why she believes certain sayings are authentic to Jesus while others are interpolations, besides her few neglible mentions in the book's body and a 2-page afterword. But verily, this is something that every Christian should consider to be a follower of Jesus' teaching and not a slave of church dogma. I hope that this book serves as a tool to erase fundamentalist hermeneutics and blind faith in bogus claims and to mollify others in a spiritual journey closer to bona fide religion and further away from wretched and morbid theology focused on the cross of human sacrifice.

Don't be frightened by the facts and investigation found in the book titled "Putting Away Childish Things". The author takes some of the chipped foundations of Christianity and crumbles them into reality and logic. She turns fantasy and fable into truth and divinity. It will be blasphemous to some, shocking to many, and a clear revelation to others. Uta Ranke-Heinemann's goal appears to be clarity of thought when it comes to the message of God. You must read the book to find the message.

Uta Ranke-Heinemann is living proof that a person can be a theist *and* a freethinker. According to the back cover of the book, she "was the first woman in the world to hold a chair of Catholic theology (1970) and the first to lose it--because she questioned the virgin birth (1987)." In PUTTING AWAY CHILDISH THINGS, Ranke-Heinemann systematically refutes many traditional teachings of the Christian church, and she does so in a very readable way. Here is the table of contents:

Foreword
Introduction
1. Luke's Christmas Fairy Tale
2. Matthew's Fairy Tale of Jesus' Childhood
3. The Virgin Mother
4. The Angels
5. Jesus' Genealogies
6. Miraculous Fairy Tales
7. Good Friday
8. The Fairy Tale of Judas the Traitor
9. Easter
10. The Ascension
11. Pentecost
12. The Fairy Tale of Acts
13. Peter in Rome?
14. The Apocrypha
15. Forgeries and False Authors
16. Hell
17. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
18. Redemption by Execution
Afterword
Index

I agree with the first reviewer's assessment that liberal Christians and skeptics will love the book, while conservatives will hate it. I also agree that Ranke-Heinemann spent very little space actually discussing what "Jesus' real message actually was." But I would add that she spent even less space discussing WHY we should have faith in Jesus, once we have stripped away so many of the traditional church doctrines as "fairly tales" (p. 296)? To make an analogy, consider the life of the 'historical Abraham Lincoln.' Once we strip away the mythology, there are still good, authentic ethical principles left over and I can subjectively find meaning in my life by applying those principles. But I don't have faith 'in' Abraham Lincoln. And I certainly don't pray to him! It is unclear why we should view the Jesus of liberal Christianity any differently. But don't let this objection detract you from reading the book. On the contrary, I highly recommend it!

This is the third in the Trade Ellis series. In this outing, Trade, a full-time rancher and part-time private investigator is asked to investigate the death of an acquaintance by the dead woman's husband who is soon everyone's choice for number-one suspect. But Trade has her doubts about his guilt.

The first two books in this series were tightly written with strong character development. In this outing, Browning could have used a good editor. By the middle of the book I was very tired of being told how hot June was. While the heat can and should be part of the book, reminding me at every turn that it was June and it was hot quickly became tedious. A good editor might have helped Browning tighten up her writing as well. By about page 283, I was wondering if the book would ever end. It did, but with Trade not taking the necessary precautions for her safety that I would have expected an intelligent woman investigating a murder would take knowing the murderer knows she's investigating and that it is only a matter of time before she puts two and two together and points her finger at him/her.

I really liked the first two books of this series. I am hoping that this is a transitional book - the second-book doldrums saved for the third book, and that Browning will be back on track with book four of the series. This was not a badly written or plotted book, it was, rather, just too long and tedious.

This book is more detailed and longer than the previous two in the series. I enjoyed the character development and the more complex plot.

For animal lovers this entire series is a treat. Trade Ellis has her horses, dogs, and a pig ... and they are family. It is the mixtures of strong mystery, tough female protagonist, western rural flavor, and the relationship with her animals, that make this series fun.

Oddly enough, the dialog and character of Trade Ellis remind me of (a female version of) Spencer. Her thoughts seem so natural.

I look forward to more in the series.

If you plan to ride or walk in the Southern Arizona desert on a dry, hot June day, don't start at dawn even though it's cooler. Wait til about nine and you'll catch a breeze.

That's just one example of the many sketches of Arizona desert and ranch living you'll find throughout Sinclair Browning's Trade Ellis series. Trade, like Browning, is a real cowgirl and a genuine desert rat. try this: "The brittlebrush and ocotillo had gone dormant, leaving their leaves on the desert floor in an effort to conserve what little water they could suck up. The prickly pear cactus was now as flat as thin battered pancakes and the giant saguaros looked like they'd been fasting". Abbey and Bowden, you got company.

But this isn't a nature treatise - it's a detective novel. And a damn good one. Like Browning's earlier "The Sporting Club" the primary story is based on a real incident. A bull-riding cowboy marries a wealthy heiress almost twice his age. They go camping in the desert, drink a lot, and even though she's a good swimmer, she's found drowned the next day.

That's the real story of Margaret Lesher and T.C. Thorenson and her 1997 death. It's mirrored by Browning's fictional Abigail Van Thiessen and J.B. Calendar. The real story ended in a ruling of accidental death. Browning's wonderful imagination does much more with the fictional version.

After Abbie's death, JB hires rancher and part time PI Trade to prove him innocent. Like any good detective (or lawyer or political consultant) she's never quite sure about her own client. And there's a great secondary story involving Mexican druglords and Trade's ranch foreman and his ex-wife that makes the acion even tenser.

As a whodunit she scores big, revealing as the story unwinds an increasingly plausible list of subjects. She admirably fulfills the basic requirement of a mystery by keeping you mystified to the end. It could just as well be the colonel in the library with the candlestick. If you liked Browning's earlier Trade Ellis yarns like The Last Song Dogs you will like this one even better. She's become a master of this form and is in the front rank of nust western mystery writers, but anybody else writng anywhere today.

It was a cool night. Steve and Dylan went to The fear street woods cause they wanted to spend the night in the treehouse they found. They wanted to find a ghost... To find out more read it yourself!

Stay Away From The Tree House, is about two boys named Dylan and Steve. Dylan always wanted to see a ghost and Steve said they dont exist, Dylan is going to prove him wrong. They live on Fear Street right next to the Fear Street woods, no one goes in there that they know of. One day Dylan spotted a tree house in the woods. Dylan and Steve went there after school and found that it was in bad shape so they were going to rebuild it. After awile Steve wasn't believing that there was ghots out in those woods so they decided to sleep out there. That night they had no luck so they went out later and Dylan proved Steve that ghosts are real. You will have to read this heart racing book to find out what happens.

This book is cool because it is a little scary. It is about kids. Yes, I do reccomend the book.

Having read all of the Nathan Heller thrillers, I have to admit that none of them are as riveting as the first two: "True Crime" and "True Detective". They're spare, lean and elegantly written. Every detail packs a wallop. The later novels, while still excellent, tend to seem bloated and self-important by comparison. The same points are made over and over, historical characters are dragged in even if they're not intrinsic to the plots, some very dull fictional characters are given too much attention and Heller becomes more and more infallible.

But "Stolen Away" is still well worth reading. The background details are carefully researched and Collins does a masterful job of conjuring up the tense, post-kidnapping atmosphere of the Lindbergh home and the hysteria surrounding the investigation and the trial. Charles and Anne Lindbergh are drawn with skill and insight. And Collins presents his speculations about who was responsible for the kidnapping logically and intelligently.

But Heller's ultimate conclusions about the fate of the baby are ludicrous, illogical and completely unsubstantiated by any kind of evidence. Have adhered scrupulously to the facts while drawing his conclusions throughout the book, he veers off into irresponsible fantasy at the end. It's not playing fair to the reader. Also, Heller's affair with Evalyn Walsh MacLean is just silly and unbelieveable. But Heller always has to have sex with somebody in each book and I guess she was the best available choice. At least it wasn't Anne Lindbergh.

This makes it sound as though I didn't like the book, which isn't the case. I definately recommend it, with the warning that the pretension and over-writing that mar the later Heller novels make their first appearance here.

This was the first of the "Nate Heller" detective series novels of Collins that I had read, and I must admit that I couldn't put it down. Not only is this tour de force a great mystery and suspense novel, it is also a wonderful historical novel; well researched and informative while grabbing and then not letting go of the reader's interest.

The story of how Chicago policeman Heller becomes involved in the case of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping is plausible enough. Once the wise cracking detective is admitted to the inner circle of the myriad investigators and con men (and women) involved in the infamous 1932 tragedy the excitement begins and continues without let-up. I was not that familiar with the details of the case until I started this novel, but Collins does a wonderful job of making each character (both those of historical record, and those who are fictional blendings of historical characters) belivable and memorable. One strong point of the book is that I finished it feeling that I knew more about the case that I did previously. Collins posts an afterword to the book that explains which parts are fictitious, conjecture, and historical. He also presents a detailed proposed reading list for those interested, along with his comments on the bias or worth of each author. I really appreciated this part of the book.

As for Heller himself, the Chicago lawman grows on you, even though Collins presents him as not always a shining knight, showing him "warts and all." The book is quite long, 593 pages in the paperback edition, including the afterword, but the complexities of the story make it a good read, well worth the time and effort.

A definite 5 stars, this one made me rush out and buy up other books in the Nate Heller series, as well as check out the facts of the historical case that inspired this story. My advice is for anyone who hasn't read this novel to do the same.

The best entry in the Nate Heller series. Collins Nate Heller novels are recommended for those who like hard boiled period pieces as well as lovers of true crime. There is good detail on the facts and people involved in the Lindberg kidnapping. Like all the Heller novels, Mr. Collins has his own theory on what really happened. His theory here is really wild. A great book.