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Hilalalalaiuuuss!!!! and SPOT ON! The pop up art is good quality, the content is great. The only thing missing from this book is promotion. This book should be a standard rite of passage gift.

Not worth it.

Got this for my wife and we were able to laugh out loud about something that sometimes can bring tears.

Excellent and fun book. I have given several as presents and people keep asking where they can get one, too. Who would ever have thought about doing a pop-up book on menopause!

Clever. Very witty but for a limited audience. The humor is wasted on the young but aimed at the young at heart. Each page is elaborately engineered, colorful and laced with one- liners. Pull tab surprises and the recurring Menopause Fairy never get old. Buy it for yourself, or as a gag gift for your sister. Not recommended as a Mother's Day gift.

I was fortunate enough to experience the story of Nina in a single read on a cross country airplane trip. The author has painted (pun intended) a beautiful, heartfelt and thought provoking portrait of the purity and innocence of the human soul. It is an easy and enjoyable story that I recommend for any fiction fans, particularly women.

-Christine Whitmarsh
Author
"One Citizen's Words"One Citizen's Words

I was instantly attracted to the beautifully-drawn cover of Liz DeJesus' Nina. It promised a fantasy just the other side of reality, and this is exactly where DeJesus strove to take the reader. This is the tale of Nina, a never-born but oft-imagined daughter come to life.

Rachel Ramirez, talented artist, suffers miscarriage and betrayal and copes with these losses through her art. Over and over again, she paints her would-have-been daughter Nina at different stages of her life. One of these paintings--Nina as an adult--becomes sentient and begins to communicate with Rachel. Here begins the story.

Nina steps out of her canvas. We follow this innocent through the joys and heartaches of life, and we learn that she has been presented with a choice: to be born into this world, and love and suffer as we all must, or to safely return to her painting and remain there forever. She is given one year to make her choice.

DeJesus' idea is a solid one. Works of art have come to life before in literature--witness, Pygmalion--but in this case, the point of view is that of the artwork/character herself. DeJesus works a twist or two into the plot, but mostly, the story is straightforward. It draws its own line between parable and full-blown novel. The plot advances quickly. The writing could have been more a touch persuasive; Nina's character's combination of naiveté and inherent knowledge was a bit of a leap of faith for me, but Nina kept me reading along.

Nina bursts with truly heartfelt writing; it reads like a labor of love. It's one of those stories you imagine had been growing inside its author for ages, until the moment finally came to commit it to paper. DeJesus created a world in which paintings-become-flesh have a place, and we all have a lesson or two to learn. If a chick lit fantasy with a spiritual journey thrown into the mix is something that entices you, pick up a copy of Nina.

Liz DeJesus has captured a true essence with her debut novel, Nina. Not only is it compelling and makes you turn the page every step of the way, the story is told masterfully.
I'm very skeptical about debuts, but not about this one.
This story is of a woman longing to live a life, striving to be her own person, and with that, Liz captured a truly remarkable story.
I would be on the lookout for her for many, many years to come.
Nina is fantastic, heart-pounding and truly amazing.
--Joseph McGee, author of In the Wake of the Night, Phil's Place, and Snow Hill (June 2008)

I'll be honest -- after reading about the first fifty pages of this book, I was completely turned off. The writing is beautiful, it was the plot line that was irritating me. That said, as I continued to read, I completely fell in love with the story; I adored the three main characters--and their very differing perspectives towards life.

The story is that of Nina...a woman in a painting. Yep, you read that right. She is the painting, yet she is alive. At least sort of. Her creator wants desperately to have a child, but each pregnancy ends in a tragic miscarriage, so she paints the child she yearns for. Rachel, the artist, paints Nina as she envisions her at different ages. Eventually the pain of her sad and lonely life takes control, and Rachel ends her own life. From here, Nina's painting is purchased by a young woman named Anna. Eventually, Nina choses to reveal to Anna that she is alive, and eventually Nina realizes that she can step outside of her portrait, and into the real world.

Sounds hokey doesn't it? That's what I was thinking as I read the beginning. It was too far fetched, too...well, cheesy I guess, for my tastes. However, what won me over was Nina herself. Her gusto for life. She is the type of person I try to be. She stops to smell the flowers, she sees the good in people, she marvels at the beauty of nature. She posesses a childlike enthusiasm for life that is actually quite endearing.

Nina's story is about experiencing the things life has to offer. About living each day to the fullest. About eating chocolate on your cheerios in the morning, just because you love chocolate. About jumping off the bridge into the river, just because you can. It's a beautifully tragic story and as you come to know the characters, you find yourself forgetting how unrealistic the plot truly is, and find yourself really connecting with the young women. The story is full of love and loss, friendship and evil...there's a little bit of everything thrown in, as Nina begins to see a wider spectrum of the things that life has to offer.

I loved it. That's the easiest way to sum it up. I believe its being released in the very near future...when it is, get yourself a copy.

A book about a painting made flesh.
"Am I more than just a painting on a wall? Or would I be able to exist if I decided to step out of this 24 x 36 canvas?" These questions foreshadow Nina's adventures into the real world.
After Rachel, her painter and creator, dies, Rachel's best friend takes the painting home, and then Nina's journey starts. Her story weaves beautifully with Rachel's memories, bringing her back to life in the reader's eyes. We come also across the sad figure of Rachel's father, his story intertwined with Nina's, too, and the second chance her mother gets thanks to her daughter's paintings. There isn't just one Nina, as we find out in time.
Rachel had been a dreamer. Nina, her masterpiece, has inherited that quality and dreams of going to Paris though she has "no money. No social security number (...) No passport. No clothes." Though she is warned about the evils and ugliness of this world Nina keeps an optimistic, trusting view of it which occasionally gets her in trouble.
She discovers Paris and The Louvre and uncovers for Andrea, a wealthy, take-charge type of woman, a hidden part of herself. In a scene both hysterically funny and deeply sad, some Louvre paintings speak to Nina, including a self portrait of Van Gogh
But Nina is running out of time. She can't be in this world forever and a decision has to be made...With an uplifting ending, readers are left to expect a sequel to this touching story.

If you like the show ER, you'll like this book especially if you're interested in th technical aspects of it. The way the book combines the show "ER" with reality is great. The characters in ER pertained to when the book was written so it's like the season 2 cast I believe. Anyway, it's a great book that is definitely worth reading. I read it last year (I was 13) and it gave me a great insight into the reality of an ER and how TV isn't always true.

If you have ever wondered what all of that medical jargon meant when you watched ER, this is the book for you!! It tells what everythting means. It even gives episode summaries of the shows most gripping episodes, and then tells the medical procedures that were done on that episode, and how they were performed. In my opinion, this is the best ER book out there.

this is such a great book it explains all of the medical procedures we see on ER. It takes a scene of Er and explains what would happen if ER was real. From reading the book i learned, all of the prices of the medical procedures, what a medical student does,all of the things a doctor does(resident, intern etc)
bottom line: This is a great book even if you have never seen the show and want to learn about medicine...plus its and easy read.

I think that the authors of this book really outdid themselves with this one. Having worked in a busy ER for sometime now, it is interesting to hear/see the ideas and beliefs of patients that they have learned my watching medical drama shows like "ER" and such. I wish that hospitals everywhere would buy millions of copies of this book and have them laminated and secured with metal cable to the chairs in the ER waiting area. The authors really "hit the nail on the head" with this piece. It pays omage to the millions of men and women who work their fingers to the bone in the ER's around the world. This book is a must for any students wanting to pursue a career in any field of emergency medicine.

I loved this book! I'm a die-hard ER fan, and I just wish that I'd found it sooner. It explains almost everything medical on ER from what a resident does to what the heck a crit is! Now I know what's happening on my favourite show!

Redmond has written a worthy successor to the Foundation Trilogy. Not the one by Asimov. The one by Groucho marx.
This novel is a roller coaster ride and you know how that makes you feel.
I am going to read this book again, espeically if my mother thinks I have been very very bad.
If only Gene Autry were alive to star in the film version.

This is Redmond's second book of short fantasy stories. There's all kinds of weird and wacky characters in them, getting in and out of every kind of trouble and situation. There's something for everyone: action, adventure, suspense, survivalism, romance, and everything else. More good stories and reading for teens and students. Enjoy!

Redmond has written a worthy successor to the Foundation Trilogy. Not the one by Asimov. The one by Groucho Marx.
This novel is a roller coaster ride and you know how that makes you feel. I am going to read this book again, espeically if my mother thinks I have been very very bad.
If only Gene Autry were alive to star in the film version.
Seriously Jeffrey Redmond is a great writer!

These are short fantasy fiction stories with interesting plot twists. The author obviously likes his subject matter, and he has lots of different kinds of things going on. There isn't much dialogue, and the stories read more like old narrations form here on earth. But they're easy reading, and are good stories to read for fun. Good for teens and students. Enjoy!

These are Redmond's sci fi type tales. He has a really vivid immagination, and there's all kinds of wild stuff going on. I had fun and quite a few laughs reading this. I wonder how much is fiction and how much is based on fact? There's the insanity of an earth colony on the distant planet, and all that can go wrong there. These are not stories for little kids, but older teens and adults can handle the sex and violence OK.

When the book "Precedent of Justice" arrived at my home and I checked out the Table of Contents for this 285 page novel and it features 68 chapters it gave the appearance of a book published at home. I was willing to give the book a chance, so I started plowing through it. All along the way there were countless typographical errors, missing words, and numbers littered within words i.e.: use3less, which detracts from the quality of the book.

The story is not bad, just not my cup of tea. I am not a fan of romances, but rather courtroom suspense, so I was rather disappointed that it was mostly the former rather than the latter.

I was able to get the entire book read, but would not recommend it to anyone.

Precedent of Justice is definitely worth the read. I found that I couldn't put the book down until I finished. The story moves briskly as the relationships between characters richly develop. The who book was interwoven with honest heartfelt relationships and unexpected twists and turns that kept me in the pages. The ending was definitely a surprise I didn't see coming. Anyone who loves mystery does not want to miss out on this author. I just wonder when the next one will come out?

PATRICK RALEY is a Louisiana high school math teacher off to a great start as an author of suspense mysteries.

In PRECEDENT FOR JUSTICE we find a well-proportioned, action packed novel with three or four pots boiling all at the same time. It's a fast read and an absorbing one as a New Orlean detective joins forces with a beautiful, successful reporter for the TIMES-PICKAYUNE to solve the brutal murder of one of Louisiana's richest couples.

It seemed I could never read less than five chapters when I picked it up. When I put it down I couldn't wait to get back to it again. I predict we'll be hearing lots more from Patrick in the future. FIVE STARS
John W. Cassell

JOHN W. CASSELL has written seven novels including a mystery adventure DeVilliers County Blues: 1972. In 2006 he retired from a career in law enforcement that spanned from 1971. Cassell has recently published four guest editorial columns in Israel National News.

I consider myself an avid reader. In the process I've picked up many books and found the story lacking depth. Sometimes I wish the author would spend more time developing people instead of just plot twists.

I think that's why I loved this book so much. I felt like I knew each character as I read and learned about them. Also the story kept me guessing. The ending definitely blew me away. I thought I knew for sure how the story would end. It's scary to think that minor technicalities can set guilty people free, but I know it does happen. Now I understand just how easily criminals can abuse our justice system.

The story grabbed my attention from the very beginning. I found myself asking a thousand questions after just the first three pages. As I read and found the answers, many more questions replaced them. Definitely a quick page-turner. I hope they make a movie out of this one. It would be a blockbuster.

For anyone looking for something that breaks the mold of the regular old mystery/thriller, this is the book for you. Just don't take my word for it though, get it youself and see. I can't wait for the next one.

Raley's work, Precedent of Justice, takes you to a dark place that everyone fears to tread but so willing ventures. An emerging partnership within the story illuminates this dark place by turning suffering into human triumph. The story is filled with great detail. His characters have depth and a believability so intense that you feel like you may have met them in a past life. The struggle between good and evil, humanity, and suspense all weaving throughout the plot to create a classic murder mystery. Buy this book!

Great look into the life of a pediatric doctor's world, particularly taking care of sick and dying little ones. Incredibly honest and insightful, Bonadio takes us along for a sneak peek into his world. I enjoyed every page of this book!

This book was written by an ER doctor in St. Paul who has some very good, interesting stories from several years working in the ER. He covers stories from his medical school and residency preparation, and his views on things like death and recovery, and difficult patients. Much of the book consists of his memoirs of overnight shifts and the interesting, "heart pounding" incidents that come with them. Very good for someone who wants to become an ER doctor or a doctor in general.

A Memoir titled "Julia's Mother" by William Bonadio; M.D. is a very intellectual and astonishing book about the emergency room and becoming a doctor. Although some words I could not understand, this book was really a page-turner. This paperback was the true-life lessons he learned while working in an emergency room. At the begging of this book the doctor comes into contact with young Julia, who was hit by a car in her way to school. Julia was crossing the street in front of her school when a man was driving by and hit her, ripping her little limbs around. Unfortunately she did not make it. After this section in the book he goes on telling about all the different kinds of classes he had to go through for him to become a doctor.
One thing I liked about this book was the word choice. The words just came together and painted a vivid picture in my head and made feel as though I was there. If not a reader read this book, it is worth it. In the begging, center the words all seem to help me get a better understanding about the book and what's going on. I must admit a lot of the words were hard to understand, but if you read with a dictionary next to you, you are good to go.
The only thing I did not like about this book was how the author skipped around. First he would talk about one thing then in the next chapter he would jump to something else. When you first start to read to think it is about a girl's mother, then immediately into the next chapter you learn about something else. It was easy to follow along but occasionally I was lost in the chapters and the words. The book was like that of a roller coaster almost every chapter was different from the next.

I have just finished reading this wonderful book. It is a story of a doctor discovering what lies beyond the science of medicine - so personal and so powerful - something one calls upon when science fails to heal. It is something that every doctor has to face and to acknowledge sometime during his or her career to be able to keep on going.
It is a combination of life experiences and reflection over the meaning of each of them. It is a personal journey that every doctor has to encounter to understanding what it takes to become not just M.D. but a healer.
If you have a friend who is considering making medicine a life long career, please give him or her this book to read. It will give them a good idea of what they are getting themselves into but, most importantly, it will help them to see that there is something else hidden beyond the power of science and once they discover what it is, they will be able to survive any hardship of this profession.

Great stories about life in a pediatric ER. Dr Bonadio has a talent for writing.

Solemn Oath kept me glued to the pages for hours. I could not put it down. The plot twists and turns with every page and the characters are so developed, you can almost relate their problems with those in the real world. Solemn Oath follows the docters in the ER in the hospital of the small town of Knolls, Missouri. Dr. Bower, a devote Christian and shy bachelor, struggles with prejudice in the small town, a sometimes overwhelming number of patients in the Emergency Room, and his feelings for his fellow worker, Dr. Mercy. This series is definitely one you should read if you sometimes feel like God is punishing you, because these books will definitely set you staight. A wonderful triology from the talented mind of Hannah Alexander, these books will keep you enchanted for hours.

"Solemn Oath" continues the great, Christian storytelling of "Sacred Trust" as Dr. Lucas Bower trys to figure out just what his relationship with Dr. Mercy Richmond is, while Mercy's ex-husband is released from rehab and trys to prove that he's changed. Meanwhile, there is a series of suspictious fires, and one firefighter comes under suspiction just as his marriage is falling apart. The head of the Knolls County Hospital also has to deal with a vindicive lawyer who is still grieving over his lost son, and who also isn't afraid to play dirty. Through this chaos, the doctos save lives, and everything leads up to an explosive conclusion where one man is redeemed, while another finally sees the light of God. Hannah Alexander is masterful.

I finished this book recently, after reading Sacred Trust. Hannah Alexander paints the characters so realistically, you feel like you know them (or want to know them). I enjoyed the mixture of suspense, romance and faith in this book, and was pleased that Theodore Zimmerman came to faith. Mercy Richmond's conversion was a wonderfully satisfying conclusion, and I cannot wait to read the next book. I wish there were more.

If you watch NBC's ER, you may enjoy this small-town version because the characters are very likable. I liked how the characters' relationships with God are realistic. The power of forgiveness and redemption is a strong theme in this book.

I read a lot of Christian books, but most of them are non-fiction. I'm very selective about the fiction I read - there's just not enough time to read all the good stuff out there! I used to enjoy reading Robin Cook's medical suspense books, so I was glad to see this series of three medical/suspense Christian novels.

This is the second of a series - the first is Sacred Trust and last is Silent Pledge. Reading them in order is highly recommended!
This wonderful series is centered around a small-town hospital emergency room in Missouri.

The medical parts ring true for a good reason - Hannah Alexander is a pen name for a husband/wife writing team and the husband is an ER physician! These books will appeal to both men and women, and contain suspense, drama, a little romance and a lot of inspiration. I became very attached to the characters of Lukas, Mercy, Clarence, Ivy, and many more. The story also paints a wonderful picture of God's forgiveness and grace in the character of Theodore and others' responses to him.

The only downside to these books is that there are only 3 of them and I've read them all...

Happy reading!

This is a wonderful collection of Contemporary Chinese poetry. The poems are reminiscent of some of the best lyricism of classic poetry with images that speak to us today. Truly outstanding. A must for your Asian poetry collection.

Edited by two of the most distinguished poets writing in Chinese today, this landmark publication contains bilingual versions of nearly 200 poems by 24 of China's most important contemporary writers, many of whom are appearing in English for the first time. Taking a somewhat novel approach to translation, the editors have paired Chinese speaking translators and American poets for virtually all the translations in the volume. While the results are somewhat mixed, most of the translations are fairly faithful and read quite well in English, and some, such as those by Jennifer Feeley and Susan Schultz, are as good as it gets.

Here's a good anthology for seeing what's going on with Chinese poetry at this time. Chinese films and lately art have become subjects of international interest with the growing economic and political power of China in this day of globalization. All of the 24 poets with about six to eight representative poems in both English and Chinese were born after 1960. They came to notice with published works mostly in the 1990s.

Both editors are poets themselves, with poems of theirs included in the anthology. Zhang Er now lives in the U.S., and teaches at Evergreen College. Chen Dongdong is a teacher, editor, and website designer in China in addition to being a published poet. In the Preface written by Zhang Er, she uses the metaphor of a "shimmering window" for the contemporary Chinese poetry. "'Shimmering' shows star, a state of charged energy, of movement and instability, and an existence between a window and a mirror. A window lets light in, illuminates the interior as it frames the scene for observers on both sides...."

As with the Chinese art and films, as Zhang Er's metaphor implies, the contemporary poetry discloses many aspects of change in China; and it reflects and refracts a growing China's encounters with other cultures, especially Western culture. One poet writes about "[c]arbohydrate surplus. Calcium deficiency.../the smiling candy devours her..."; a wry mimic of health concerns familiar to Western readers. Other poems limn encounters between traditional China and today's modernized, industrialized China--as in another poet's lines, "Snow begins to fall, the train entered the station/the director agreed it should begin this way".

The book was shipped promptly and received in fine condition. Would recommend this seller.
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Inventing America is exactly as expected. It expands coverage of the impact of technology in a general American history textbook. We are treated to as many as three pages of technology summaries in some cases. The treatment of manufacturing technology and transportation is especially well done.

How did a collection of primitive, largely agricultural British colonies acquire technical skills for the machine age? We learn that in an effort to simplify battlefield requirements for parts and ammunition, the government caused gun manufacturers to adopt similar designs. These efforts were led by Springfield Armory and Harpers Ferry Armory and eventually resulted in interchangeable parts. The US Military Academy at West Point founded in 1802, began engineering training under Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer's tenure in 1817; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, founded in 1824, was "the only serious rival" until after the Civil War. Army Engineers on loan to numerous private companies surveyed many of the railroad routes. We get an overview of the manufacture of steam engines for steamboats in Newark, NJ and Philadelphia, and a survey treatment of the Lowell, MA textile complex. In agricultural technology, the usual John Deere and McCormick Reaper stories are expanded to include the story of hog butchering in Cincinnati, a forerunner of the modern assembly line. The development of the steam powered rotary press in 1835, made possible high speed printing which gave us daily newspapers, dime novels, and widespread distribution of political tracts.

Numerous areas can be named where additional technology coverage would be of interest. Public health is a particularly interesting area because life expectancy in the US nearly doubled in the last century. The text gives us the usual coverage of smallpox and yellow fever, but there is little mention of Asian cholera, which caused numerous, frightening epidemics in the 19th Century. Similarly, the fact that more soldiers died of disease than wounds in the Civil War gets only brief mention. The development of public sewer systems and water supplies is noted briefly, but no mention is made of the technology impact of developing pump technology. There is no mention of firefighting technology. These technologies made urbanization possible. Without them, life in cities was hazardous.

The development of the electric power receives some coverage. The well known AC/DC conflict between Edison and Tesla gets reduced to "...after direct current (which had a limited ability to travel distances) was replaced by alternating current..." Samuel Insull's development of electric utilities gets half a paragraph. There is no mention of the Niagra Falls hydro power project. Ball Corporation's leadership in the use of electric motors as power sources in manufacturing is described.

Coal, steel, and railroads are usually considered necessary elements of the Industrial Revolution. We learn nothing of the coal industry's history or of the manufactured gas and gas lighting industry. Coverage of sawmills, gristmills and water wheels is very good.

Each volume includes a CD of additional materials. Some are audio segments. Some are maps. This is a nice implementation of computer assistance, but not as useful as a list of internet links with additional detail might have been. As it stands, its more a demo of what might be than a true asset to the student.

Generally this is a nicely done text. The writing style is clear and direct. Illustrations and maps are appropriate and adequate. In many respects the technology approach leaves us hungering for more. No doubt page limitations in a general history textbook handcuffed the authors. About 100 more pages could have made for a more complete whole. The text provides brief suggested reading lists in each chapter, but there are no references for in-depth follow-up. References and more extensive reading lists would have been helpful. Author Pauline Maier has noted the technology helps make history interesting to some who otherwise find it boring. This will likely be the text of choice at engineering schools. Most readers will find this a useful new perspective on American History.

I am developing a course in the History of Technology in America for my local community college, and find this book an invaluable resource. There is a hard-back one-volume edition as well as a soft-cover two-volume edition available. The authors hail from Harvard, Yale and MIT, with backgrounds in history, politics and technology.

This is an American history with a difference. While the student and instructor will find the basic chronological outline of American history that is familiar, the development of themes here often draws in much more explicitly than the normal text the issues of technological innovation, scientific discovery, manufacturing and business development as engines for growth and progress in the course of American history. The authors state in their introduction that Americans 'have long considered this penchant for innovation a distinguishing feature of their culture and history.'

Technology in terms discussed here is hardly confined to the modern age. For example, very early in the text the authors state that the development of maize/corn 'was perhaps the most important plant-breeding achievement of all time' - the creation of a stable staple food crop that was adaptable and resilient spurred the growth of civilisation in dramatic ways. Technology includes that related to architecture (from the earliest buildings in the Native American cultures to modern skyscrapers, bridges and underground complexes), agriculture (the aforementioned maize development being but the earliest of these examples), transportation technologies (from canals to railroads to automobiles and aircraft), medical technologies (from early hygiene and vaccine developments to modern pharmaceutical and genetic innovations), information technology (telegraph and telephone to digital and internet), and much more.

History is naturally selective, and any history text is going to have to walk the fine line between being thorough in development and being comprehensive in scope. The whole work weighs in at well over 1100 pages (inclusive of index and appendices), which is a lot of material for a two-semester course that will include supplemental readings. As an overview of American history, it hits the high points well and develops many sidelines of interest. My own particular teaching responsibilities for this will be to students who are primarily interested in technical education - this method of developing American history has more appeal for this audience, given its more direct applicability to their courses of study.

In the two volume edition, the first volume covers the pre-Columbian scene in the Americas through to the era of Reconstruction following the Civil War; the second volume goes through the presidency of the current George W. Bush, and includes issues of 9-11 and the issues of ongoing wars against terrorists. There are CD-ROM supplements that come with the books, which include many helpful elements for the students, as well as some multi-media offerings. These are keyed to chapters in the text.

The text is written in an interesting and informative manner, with appropriate use of humour and wit as situations permit. For example, from the text on the exhibition in London's Crystal Palace in 1851, the authors write:

'Among the winners was the New York firm of Day and Newell, manufacturers of locks. In one of the more flamboyant competitions, an employee of Day and Newell successfully picked the locks of several well-known English lock makers, while an English locksmith failed to pick Day and Newell's locks. The American won a cash prize for his efforts, while the Bank of England, whose vault he opened, subsequently placed an order with Day and Newell for a new set of locks.'

The text is supplemented by a very generous sampling of graphics, pictures, woodcuts, maps, charts and other colourful elements. Every page has some element of colour and something to make it visually interesting apart from the text.

This is a wonderful book for undergraduate courses in American history as well as for general readers who want to refresh their knowledge of American history.

This book was very enjoyable in that it held my attention and was quite suspenseful. Also, as a nurse with experience in the ER, I have to attest to the authenticity of this writer's work -- yes it really is like that in the ER. This was also very well written and you could picture the characters in your mind, almost as though they were friends you've known all your life. So why just 4 stars? Almost every page has the characters praying. Some of us, including me, do pray often through the day, but to be honest -- I want to escape through reading. All the praying became a bit too much and the end result was a turn off.

I read a lot of Christian books, but most of them are non-fiction. I'm very selective about the fiction I read - there's just not enough time to read all the good stuff out there! I used to enjoy reading Robin Cook's medical suspense books, so I was glad to see this series of three medical/suspense Christian novels.

This is the third of a series - the first two are Sacred Trust and Solemn Oath. Reading them in order is highly recommended!
This wonderful series is centered around a small-town hospital emergency room in Missouri.

The medical parts ring true for a good reason - Hannah Alexander is a pen name for a husband/wife writing team and the husband is an ER physician! These books will appeal to both men and women, and contain suspense, drama, a little romance and a lot of inspiration. I became very attached to the characters of Lukas, Mercy, Clarence, Ivy, and many more. The story also paints a wonderful picture of God's forgiveness and grace in the character of Theodore and others' responses to him.

The only downside to these books is that there are only 3 of them and I've read them all!

Happy reading!

This is the third novel in an exciting hospital drama series. The beauty of Silent Pledge, and the others in the series, is that it follows numerous characters in the Knolls, Missouri community, making you feel as though you are actually apart of the town! The novel offers drama, excitement, and comedy. I found myself worrying throughout the day about what was going to happen next, and rushing home so that I could see what happened! If you love reading Christian books, and are looking for something exciting and fun, I would totally recommend Silent Pledge!!