Book Description
Winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship
Americans have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book, Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing combination of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, sheer misinformation, and outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and drama from our past. In ten powerful chapters, Loewen reveals that:
- The United States dropped three times as many tons of explosives in Vietman as it dropped in all theaters of World War II, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Ponce de Leon went to Florida mainly to capture Native Americans as slaves for Hispaniola, not to find the mythical fountain of youth
- Woodrow Wilson, known as a progressive leader, was in fact a white supremacist who personally vetoed a clause on racial equality in the Covenant of the League of Nations
- The first colony to legalize slavery was not Virginia but Massachusetts
From the truth about Columbus's historic voyages to an honest evaluation of our national leaders, Loewen revives our history, restoring to it the vitality and relevance it truly possesses.
Customer Reviews:
Book in good condition and delivered quickly.......2007-09-28
I enjoyed this book - all history people should read it! thank you for the quick delivery
Political Conversational tool.......2007-07-31
Although at times unsettling, the purpose of this book is to encourage the questioning of the indoctrinated a one-sided viewpoint of American History.
If you have a cultural diverse group of friends this book may help you understand their indifferences with American History.
A true American accepts both positive and negative parts of history. We don't have to make facts disappear. Acceptance doesn't mean liking, enjoying or condoning. In accepting the truth we can evolve as a nation, but by denying facts we will forever be stuck in cultural wars.
Not a page-turner, not to crazy with the writing style, but interesting.
Absolutely Fantastic! Unfortunately.......2007-07-25
Great book on how the history classes in elementary and high schools have been watered down to the point where they are meaningless. You've always heard people say "those who don't study history are doomed to repeat it". It wasn't until I got to college that I was truely able to see why that is so, when our history classes went beyond "dates and facts". In this book, he makes his points about the dumbing down of history by discussing people, events and facts that have been poorly covered, or ingnored. Sometimes what is taught is just plain wrong, and KNOWN to be wrong by the people writing the books!! This is generally done to avoid controversy and hide distasteful events, or avoid tough questions that have no easy answer. History that is inaccurate, without explaining the context of the times and it's effects today is useless for anything OTHER than propoganda. History is abused (and made into propoganda) by liberal and conservative alike. They ignore facts or context to paint either an overly harsh, or overly rosey picture of our past. This book gives some insight on the damage that causes, especially to minorities whose history is glossed over or just plain inaccurate. This leads to a sense of shame that they somehow haven't contributed to the greatness this country has acheived. A note to the people claiming this is revisonist history. The history you studied in school IS revisionist history! Most people who claim this is revisionist do not support their claims with facts, just claims that it's revisionist because the facts he presents make them uncomfortable. Seek the truth, and let it make you free.
A Must-Read for any American.......2007-07-17
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong is a fresh look at the process of U.S. History textbook creation and adoption. Having written a history textbook himself on Mississippi, author James W. Loewen provides a unique and insightful perspective on this process and how frustrating it can be. Leading readers through case after case of major figures and events in American history including Christopher Columbus, Hellen Keller, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and the Civil Rights Movement, Loewen systematically debunks the ideas of progress and heroification. He uses well-cited primary source documents to do this. By removing the historical halos surrounding these and other important people, Loewen hopes that students of American history will discover the inner conflict within those "heroes". Moreover, he desires for American history to be more than a mere memorization of names, dates, and places; he asserts that by exploring the past with more depth and specificity through primary source documents, one can better understand the forces that have shaped it.
As I began to read this book, I was immediately captivated by the suggestion that I had missed out on important truths regarding our country's past. Believing my high school education to be excellent, I wondered what my teachers whom I held in such high regard could have taught me incorrectly. The book starts with Helen Keller, the blind and deaf woman who learns to communicate with the help of a mentor, Anne Sullivan. Honestly, this is all I really knew about her from the film The Miracle Worker. Loewen reveals that learning to live with her handicaps was only a point of departure for Keller, who became a radical socialist who was a member of the Socialist party and lauded the rise of communism in Russia. While some might find this information troubling, it made sense to me. Keller, reliant on a community of others to support her, experienced a life that required a quasi-socialist structure. The remainder of this chapter discussed how Woodrow Wilson, the man who called for the creation of the League of Nations in his Fourteen Points for Peace following World War I, had already invaded many countries in Latin America and provided troops for the Russian Civil War. These aggressive military actions don't seem peaceful at all. By this point in the book, I was fascinated and ready to learn more.
As I continued through the book I realized that even though I agreed with most of Loewen's assertions, I still found bias in them. I can see why many reviewers of this book found it to be overwhelmingly pessimistic; from a particular viewpoint, it could ruin the images of many American "heroes" by disclosing embarrassing information about them. I would assert that even though I don't know anything about Loewen, I would bet that he is socially and politically liberal based on his commentary on his findings. Even the topics covered in this book support ideas that are essentially progressive: that America is an amalgamation of Native American, African, and European cultures rather than a transplanting of European influences, that non-Europeans played significant roles in the history of America, and that many of our white heroes possessed great flaws.
Acknowledging these things, I must admit that I am fairly liberal myself and found both pleasure and academic stimulation from Loewen's progressive stance. He validates suspicions I have always had about many of these historical figures, that they couldn't be perfect people possessing morals, intellects, and abilities greater than people today. In addition, I've often believed that America's "democratization" of the world was more in the interest of hegemony rather than benevolence. Seeing Woodrow Wilson's military campaigns in other countries, our treatment of communist and socialist countries like Russia, Cuba, and North Korea, and our violent actions in the Vietnam War supports that belief.
While the first six chapters of the book seem to present only Loewen's revisionist stance, the last six chapters do a better job at presenting alternate viewpoints. In his discussion of social stratification in textbooks, for instance, he suggests critical theory could be at play, omitting facts and ideas that would illuminate the schism between the upper and lower classes in America. He then provides a counter-argument, citing Eyes on the Prize, Who Rules America Now? And Savage Inqeualities as subversive and revealing books published by elite-controlled publishing houses; he also cites exhibits of this type at large American History museums run by the upper class.
That history can be viewed through different sociological, economic, and cultural lenses reveals how "truth" is in the eye of the beholder, a notion this book supports. I've often said, "Those who want to believe in God will find him and those who don't will not." This concept is salient in determining truth in history. American history textbooks purposely omit information and whitewash mistakes of our forefathers because they will not get published or adopted if they offend a certain interest group or state adoption board. The "vanilla America" represented in these books support the idea of progress--a sentimental notion that despite our flaws, America is better off now than it was a hundred years ago and will continue to improve in the future. How can this be when the gap between the richest and poorest peoples of the world is larger now than ever before? Those who want to believe that America is the greatest country in the world and that America is and has always been the leading proponent of freedom in the world will seek sources that substantiate those ideas. Likewise, they will reject sources that suggest otherwise. Loewen's findings show that not only has America failed to be a benevolent harbinger of liberty and hope, but it also continues to sow hegemony throughout today's global community.
Ultimately, those who believe in American domination and the myth of progress will not like this book. American history textbooks produce citizens who will believe in these ethnocentric superlatives. This is wonderful for the perpetuation of the status quo of American economic and military supremacy. However, books like Loewen's will produce Americans who can see how our country truly developed, confirming another one of my sayings, "The fact that the world is the way it is doesn't mean that's the way it should be." This realization will create a different kind of citizen, one who realizes that flawed people can still do great things, understands that contemporary society is a plethora of historical forces at work, and believes that despite our country's mistakes, we still have much to be proud of.
Lies My Teacher Told Me.......2007-07-03
This book is a must read for anyone that is tired of reading history as written by the "victor" as most history is. Of course there's the victors side, however the vanquished side and the truth or an unbiased side are also angles of history which we would do well to know about. Here one gets an eyefull of what the "others" side of the story is. With the victor writing everyting it's all so biased, how can anyone make an intelligent decision on what happened or what and how to improve culture and government if we're not even fully aware of what really went on? Even though this book has been around for quite a while it seems to be a lot more up date then all the existing history books that are so concerned with making things look good, whitewashing things ad infinitum.
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I'm Rich Beyond My Wildest Dreams--I Am. I Am. I Am.: How to Get Everything You Want in Life
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Customer Reviews:
I'm rich beyond my wildest dreams, I am, I am, Iam.......2007-09-23
This book has given me an insight to how the universe works, it's easy to follow and understand and explains why and how to make it work!
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Fascinating!.......2007-09-12
Somehow I knew by my earliest childhood that the whole life works under the same princip. Simply, it had to be the truth, and finally now, at the age of fifty I'm exploring fascinating story from the opposite side of the world!
Like a ferry tale. So, I allready believe. Who knows where I will be guided to, after I apply these technics in my life?
Best Book on how to attract Abundance into your life.......2007-08-01
I have read many long winded books on how to make your life rich and abundant. This is a short book and gets quickley to the point.
Simple to read and explains very clearly the steps you need to take. Tom Pauley's amusing little stories give his book, great credibility.
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Great, but could have been better!.......2007-07-11
I liked this book a lot, and it was very interesting. I especially liked the "assignment" of buying a .79 cent spiral notebook, and creating the lists of what you want in life. I still use the notebook, and refer to it often keeping it updated. The book could have been MUCH better, but sadly, the authors use it to pitch their $2,500 Quantum Selling and Quantum Marketing seminars!
Tithing--what it really means.......2007-06-12
Emmett Fox talks about tithing as giving a tenth of your joy, happiness, positive emotions, etc. to God. He suggests giving what you can, when you feel moved to do so. That sounds like a lot better way to view tithing, to me. God doesn't need your money--and this book even says not to ask the Universe for money.
I think some of this is a good exercise, but there are better sources for the same information, but everyone learns in different ways. I think Neville Goddard is better, in terms of explaining the deeper aspects of the Law of Attraction. Emmett Fox is more appealing to me. But, as a starter on this type of work, this book is OK.
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While the landmarks of the civil rights movement have become indelible parts of our collective memory, few have written about what life was like for white southerners who lived through that historic time. Now, in his brilliant debut book, historian Jason Sokol explores the untold stories of ordinary people experiencing the tumultuous decades that forever altered the American landscape. So often historical accounts of the era have focused on the movement’s most dramatic moments and figures, and paid greatest attention to the brave steps taken by blacks to effect long-awaited change. In this riveting book, Sokol goes beyond the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, the 1960 student sit-ins, and the soul-stirring speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., and into the lives of middle- and working-class whites whose world was becoming unrecognizable to them. He takes us to New Orleans’s Ninth Ward, where, in 1960, a painful episode of school integration brought out the fiercest prejudices in some and made accidental radicals of others; to Ollie’s Barbecue in Birmingham and Pickrick Fried Chicken in Atlanta, and thousands of lunch counters in between, where “some white employees greeted black customers as though they had been patrons for years; others slammed doors in their faces; still more served them hesitantly and reluctantly.”
There Goes My Everything traces the origins of the civil rights struggle from World War II, when some black and white American soldiers lived and fought side by side overseas (leading them to question Jim Crow at home), to the beginnings of change in the 1950s and the flared tensions of the 1960s, into the 1970s, when strongholds of white rule suddenly found themselves overtaken by rising black political power. Through it all, Sokol resists the easy categorization of whites caught in the torrent of change; rather, he gives us nuanced portraits of people resisting, embracing, and questioning the social revolution taking place around them. Drawing on recorded interviews, magazine bureau dispatches, and newspaper editorials, Sokol seamlessly weaves together historical analysis with firsthand accounts. Here are the stories of white southerners in their own words, presented without condescension or moral judgment.
An unprecedented picture of one of the historic periods in twentieth-century America.
Customer Reviews:
Whites 'n' rights.......2007-08-23
There's a lot to admire in Jason Sokol's "There Goes My Everything," but also a good deal to regret.
The idea was excellent. Why should history always be written by the victors? The civil rights movement in the South threw up many fascinating personalities and served up many dramatic incidents. Since, as Sokol says, it was done by black people, with whites almost helpless observers, the retellings naturally concentrate on the main actors.
There are many more and thicker biographies of Martin Luther King Jr. than of Ross Barnett.
But although southern whites may have been helpless against a tide of history -- Sokol's view, not mine -- they were not only passive actors. Even when they were, they went through mental changes -- conniption fits, many times -- that have an interest all their own.
Sokol set out to interview surviving actors, both converts to integration and diehard segregationists; and to ransack the archives for contemporary journalism, essays, reports by do-gooders etc. This is a dissertation for a degree in history, and it reads like it. Not much verve but plenty of detail.
To sum 400 pages in a sentence, Sokol found that the South was never of one mind about civil rights. No kiddin'!
Sokol's approach is somewhat loose-jointed, although chapters embrace themes. The best is the one on schools, but it also raises the most troubling conceptual problem for Sokol's thesis, which is that racism was both widespread and deep in the South.
Most people, most Southerners accept that it was deep, but events, including many compiled here, bring that into question. Racism was in the South's face because it was enacted into law -- rather late, too. Jim Crow took a long time to grow up. So, why did the racial system crumble so quickly?
Sokol does not give much background, but he does note that in 1948, Henry A. Wallace's run for the presidency comprised a biracial strategy in the South. "Wallace's efforts failed in the end, although his campaign showed that some southerners might oppose segregation if given a viable forum in which to do so."
For historical reasons, the South was a one-party region. Sokol never really takes on the issue of how much racism was at the service of politics, rather than the other way around, although in a remark or two he does indicate that he is aware of the question.
So, can a structure that is built on deep foundations be brought down by a moderate storm? As Sokol himself says, many -- in fact, the majority -- of southern places adopted and adapted to civil rights without storm and stress. A few incidents gave the lead to the many. Can indifference to skin color be racism? Can racists be indifferent to skin color?
It would not be hard to pick up a daily newspaper in 2007 and find examples of far more enduring racism elsewhere. When a memorial to those who gave their lives for civil rights in the South was proposed, only about three dozen names were collected; and the collectors could hardly be charged with trepidation. Why did the South resist so mildly?
Sokol doesn't ask the question, but he answers it in a way. Most whites were at bottom indifferent to race, as compared with, say, keeping schools open. They may have said they were segregationists, and as long as they didn't have to choose between segregation and something else, they were. But when blacks (and their white accomplices, of whom I was one back in the '60s) made them choose, segregation usually fell behind.
It certainly makes it difficult for a historian when his target will not hold still, but Sokol is good at switching back and forth.
The switching also contributes to the book's irritating repetitiveness. If Sokol wrote, "Of those white southerners who came to accept integration, more were repulsed by segregationist violence than attracted to civil rights demonstrations," he wrote it 20 times. And, again, why were they not attracted to violence in the `50s and `60s? They had lived with lynchings for a long time.
The chapter on "The Contours of Political and Economic Change" is Sokol's weakest. The economic argument would have benefited from some numbers. Also, it is more than questionable whether the decline of tenant farming had much to do with black assertiveness. The decline arrived in many places long before civil rights agitation did. See, for example, my review of a rare book by an actual white tenant farmer, "Throwed Away" by Linda Flowers.
I have other knocks against this otherwise interesting book, but I will mention just one more.
There is not a word about music, other than references to "We Shall Overcome." Sokol mentions, briefly, how sports led to interracial commonality. But submitting to an organization that has been integrated by somebody else is a far different thing from going up to the window as a private individual and buying a ticket to the James Brown review. I knew quite a number of southern white boys (but few girls) who got integrated that way.
Absolutely Incredible - a must read!.......2007-05-15
Jason Sokol, in his first book, has given us a picture that most academic historians of the Civil Rights have not evaluated - the response of the people that had been the oppressors for hundreds of years in the Southern United States.
So many traditional histories of the Civil Rights Struggle focus on dynamic personalities like Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, or Malcolm X. Many others look strictly at the legal aspects of key Supreme Court decisions such as Brown vs. the Board of Education. Yet others study the growth of "Black Power".
Sokol has taken all of these and evaluated them from a different perspective - how the oppressors became equal to the oppressed. It is a lively and original study based largely on primary materials including oral interviews of participants, legal documents, and contemporary newspapers.
I found such tidbits as the white-on-white violence and the comparison of those whites acquiescing to or supporting full integration to Communists to be fascinating stories in and of themselves. When combined with the legal fights waged by people such as Ollie McClung and the inadvertent radicals such as the Garielle family in New Orleans, Sokol provides us with a history of the Civil Rights Era that is necessary and long overdue.
There should be many studies devoted to the topics that Sokol has introduced in this work, and it should foster the flourishment of the historiography of the Civil Rights Era for years to come.
A great read, but not entirely honest.......2007-02-05
As a Southerner who started first grade in a segregated classroom in 1966, attended a "token" integrated classroom in 1967, and attended an all-white private school thereafter, I found this book interesting and hard to put down. I agree with the praise given by other posters, although I do have some criticisms.
The author relies on research and publications of the past, which is understandable. There is no other way the book could be written today. The book deals mostly with the period 1955 to 1975, but the failure to update a few facts could almost be taken as an intentional effort to mislead the reader.
For example, we are told that the business leadership of Yazoo City, Miss., strongly supported the public schools, and as a result after integration the schools remained 40 percent white. This is true, but today, the Yazoo City school system is 97 percent black. I discovered this fact after 30 seconds on the Internet, so why couldn't the author provide this information.
Likewise, the author suggests that white life goes on as always in places like Eutaw, Ala., where everyone happily attends the "safety-valve" Warrior Academy. Again, a web search quickly reveals that Warrior Academy has only 118 students, K-12. An October 22, 2002 story in the Birmingham News, "Private white academies struggle in changing world," describes how most Alabama Black Belt academies are providing a sub-standard education and barely keeping their doors open. These facts contradict the author's conclusions, so he just leaves them out.
The author correctly notes that the poor whites shouldered the burden of integration, although I do wonder how the author could suggest it was a burden, since he also suggests it provided them with their "freedom." Most poor and working class whites exercised their new freedom by moving. The result is that is many Southern communities there literally are no or few working class or poor white people left.
I would suggest to any scholar wishing to study integration in the South that he start by finding the full-page newspaper advertisements by prominent white parents declaring their support of public schools (i.e. Yazoo City, Rolling Fork, among others), and then follow up where their children actually graduated high school. In short, find out why those who wanted to support public education and integration left the public schools, despite their public proclamations of support. Doing so might provide the best guide for the education of Southern children.
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From the time he was in the first grade, Marc Summers feared that if his bedroom wasn't perfectly neat and his shirts didn't hang exactly one-fourth of an inch apart in the closet, something terrible would befall his parents or himself. It wasn't until many years later that the source of his anxiety became clear: like an estimated 6 million Americans today, Summers suffers the effects of obsessive compulsive disorder.
A frank and often hilarious narrative, Everything in Its Place tells the story of Summers's journey from compulsive room cleaner to family man, television celebrity, and Obsessive Compulsive Foundation spokesperson. Describing his struggle to maintain personal relationships and build a career, the ups and downs of being on medication, and what it's like to be compelled to straighten the fringes of a rug at two o'clock in the morning, here is a compellingly readable and ultimately uplifting memoir.
"In sharing his personal battle with anxiety disorders, Marc Summers gives hope and courage to the many individuals and their families who suffer from these illnesses." - Mary Guardino, Founder and Executive Director, Freedom from Fear
Customer Reviews:
Very educational.......2006-06-06
This book though it was a little bland it was very educational. I liked it because I too have OCD and it was nice to read about someone who has made so much with their life go through some of the same stuff. Although his OCD is on a much greater scale then my own it was something I could relate to. I would recomend this book to not only those with OCD, but those who don't have it. It really gives you a better understanding what OCD really is.
what an inspiring story.......2005-05-09
this is a great book to read if you suffer from ocd or if you have a family member or friend or loved one who suffers from it. it is also a wonderful resource if you are just wanting to know more about this disease. it is always nice to know that you are not alone. thank you marc summers for being brave enough to share your story with the world!
How Boring.......2004-06-15
I must say I really do not like to read books, but this book especially board the heck out of me. I couldn't stand it, his life is a total mess and on top of that this book was bland. I give this book a 3.
Marc Summers has everything in its place.......2003-08-18
The book discusses his childhood in Indiana, summers visiting with his grandmother, his brother Mike and sister Lois. His wife Alice, son Matthew and daughter Meredith have all had to endure his OCD symptoms, but up until that moment they never knew what caused him to behave and act certain ways. It actually took a year from the date of the television show for Marc to contact Eric Hollander, M.D. again and seek help such as behavior therapy and medication.
The chapters are not all in chronological order. In one chapter he discussed waiting for Alice at the church and how his OCD symptoms flared up. He reflects back at this, since at the time he was unaware of OCD and that this was the reason for his behaviors. Alice was late in arriving at the church along with her family, causing Marc to panic and yell at her once she did show up. This was the first time Alice had seen him in this state of mind. The next chapter he explains how they meet, so it was a bit confusing for me at first reading of their wedding and then going back.
He brings along flip-flops for using in bathrooms at Hotels. He cannot have his bare feet touch any floor but his own at home. He laughingly described how he cleans in the shower with the flip-flops on and removes one while balancing on the other. He has rituals in how he gets dressed, such as he lays clean socks on sheets but never on the bedspread.
As a child Marc rushed home to watch Art Linkletter. Instead of wanting to be a kid on the show Marc dreamed of one day hosting a similar show. His brother at the time played the drums and toured with famous acts, causing jealousy in Marc and sibling rivalry. College dorm life was not pleasant for Marc. He ended up persuading them to give him a single room so he could have it clean at all times.
One disturbing symptom or character flaw that Marc has exhibited is the need to win no matter who he is playing against. He discussed playing basketball with his son and also playing monopoly with both his children. I wondered why his wife never initiated a strategy for his need to win, and why they allowed him to beat his kids and not teach them differently. There are some lessons here that I have picked up on how he was raised and then what his family avoided and never discussed.
The therapy methods the Dr used seemed a bit off in my opinion and unnecessary. They started with Marc waiting five minutes and worked up to an hour I believe that he would wait after the maid left to fix the house. In my opinion I feel the Doctor should have encouraged Marc to discuss this with the maid and try to avoid this anxiety and stress by explaining how the house should be cleaned. I imagine with the book out for a number of years now that the maid must know about this, unless she does not speak English.
I would have liked seeing a list of OCD symptoms from the Foundation and/or the criteria to have a diagnosis of OCD from the DSM-IV. I feel this would be beneficial to readers who may see themselves and/or family members in the traits that Marc describes.
The book is a good read, although it does lack the correlation between OCD and Tourette's syndrome and other disabilities.
More than what you see on TV.......2003-04-15
I've enjoyed seeing Marc Summers on TV since he hosted Double Dare. I don't have OCD, nor do I know anyone personally who has it, but I enjoyed reading about Marc's experience with the disease. It is an inspiration to all about how you can overcome things that can be overwhelming and also helps you to appreciate your own "normalness." Thanks Marc for sharing your life with us! Keep up the good work! We'll keep watching you on Intuition and Unwrapped!
Book Description
One photograph can say more than a thousand words. My Big Book of Everything takes young children on a thrilling visual journey, revealing much more than first words. Come for a magic carpet ride -- out of your home, into the countryside, and far beyond. Run through a field of colorful wildflowers; drive a giant dump truck around a bumpy building site; swim with a school of dazzling fish deep under the sea; mingle with a herd of striped zebras grazing on the hot African plains; hold on tight as you ride the waves in a sturdy fishing trawler. One photograph can say more than a thousand words. Packed with over 800 photographs, My Big Book of Everything reveals countless sights, colors, and ideas. It takes young children on a thrilling visual journey, revealing much more than first words.
Customer Reviews:
This One's Hard to Beat!.......2004-12-14
I bought this book for my son when he was about 14 months old, and he loved it from the first moment he laid eyes on it. Now, at almost 21 months old, he's still fascinated by it and can name about 75% of the pictures in the book. It is organized into categories so that kids learn which things go together (e.g., apples, bananas, and grapes are all fruit). We take it almost everywhere, but it is especially useful on long car trips. While in the car, we can find things we see outside and then figure out where they are in the book, or at least what category they might go into if they aren't in the book.
I haved tried to purchase this for friends' children, but to no avail; this version seems to be quite hard to come by.
Nearly as good is the updated "My Big Word Book" by Roger Priddy. I think the layout of that book is more attractive, but I worry about the durability of the spiral binding. All in all, however, I have yet to find a Priddy book that wasn't a big hit with my toddler!
Great book.......2004-06-17
My 18 month old twins just love turning the pages of this book and looking at all the pictures. I bought this book when they were less than a year old, and they would be overjoyed when I would sit down with them and point out and name the different objects on the page. Now that they are older, they want to hold the book and turn the pages for themselves and in the process have torn many pages of this much loved book. I think this book is a great teaching tool for parents of young children.
Worth the buy (again) for my younger children.......2004-01-22
This is the third time I am purchasing this book. The first two were so loved and worn that the pages eventually fell out. Now my two year old is interested in naming everything under the sun, and he deserves his own Big Book of Everything. If he wears through this one before my 6 month old is ready for it, I'd buy a fourth.
Not just for 4 and up..........2003-04-03
I've given this book (and its earlier editions) often as a new-baby gift for babies in the US and abroad. I feel that it's a great present for non-native speakers, because of all the words you only learn in your native language!
My granddaughter, age 22 months has loved it for about the last year, as have other very young children I know. For a while, she called it "a book" -- that is, the only one she really acknowledged. She's now branched out to other books but still enjoys identifying the photos in this one. She doesn't care if they're obscure, she likes discussing them, and her favorite pages vary over time. Like the other reviewers, I'll soon be buying a new copy as the first one is wearing out. Maybe the publisher should consider a hard-page edition.
Visual Journey.......2001-08-25
My first impression was that this book was overly stocked with pictures. However, on a second look I could see the benefit of grouping items together and putting many items on one page. You can teach many items that relate to other items you will find in your home or in the world as you travel.
This is a visual journey for children that includes 800 brilliantly colorful pictures. Even the inside covers are "covered" with pictures. For the young child, you can start with the familiar items around the home like a lamp, a vase, a telephone, bed, toothpaste and highchair.
The section on clothes teaches all the basics...then onto the toys. That will most likely be one of the favorite areas in this book. Cooking and baking might encourage more adventure in the kitchen. Maybe using this book to introduce a child to the names of kitchen essentials will get them interested in making something delicious.
Other sections include: Food to eat, Fruit, vegetables, In the workshop, Flowers and plants, Weather, and Seasons and times. Then onto: On the farm, In the countryside (love the meadow picture!), Big Animals, Small animals, Baby animals, Birds. The theme changes constantly and next you will see hot-air balloons and everything that flies in the sky.
Children who live in the city will love: In the sea, At the seaside, Noises, Animal noises (you have to love the mouse on this page!). Children in the country will love: In the city, Buildings, Building machines, Shopping (yummy markets and bookstores). In the jobs people do, children are dressed up in each of the main job descriptions.
"Me and My Body" is a section to explain the names of the mouth, back, eyelashes, teeth..etc. Things we do such as crying, touching, eating, throwing a ball, hiding, laughing are all pictured with the word of the activity. Shapes and patters lists the main shapes at the top of the page and then you can find the patterns and shapes in what you see in the pictures.
For instance, the red square looks like the windows and the star looks like the starfish. The counting section is especially tasty with all sorts of candies to count.
Then, the next page opens and you see hills, deserts, a waterfall, a river, a volcano and much more. Each word has a picture and each picture is a delightful look at the world around us. To easily find a word your child is learning...just use the handy index to look up words like store, toothbrush, jaguar, cyclist or even beach.
Book Description
At the age of twenty, Benjamin Harrison's father dies, leaving him to provide for his mother and sister. Years later, his sister is in need of a bone marrow transplant, and Ben seeks the help of Meyer's Investigations to find an unknown sibling to save her. His immediate attraction to the sexy female P.I. sets things in motion, and their relationship blossoms. Adventurous private investigator Deanna Meyers senses her attraction toward Ben, but she is reluctant to date him after seeing what her best friends go through with their own interracial relationships. Ben's ex girlfriend Janet and Dee's cousin Terry have one thing in common. They both want Dee out of the picture. But only one will go to any lengths to make that happen. Even kill.
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At the age of twenty, Benjamin Harrison's father dies, leaving him to provide for his mother and sister. Years later, his sister is in need of a bone marrow transplant, and Ben seeks the help of Meyer's Investigations to find an unknown sibling to save her. His immediate attraction to the sexy female P.I. sets things in motion, and their relationship blossoms. Adventurous private investigator Deanna Meyers senses her attraction toward Ben, but she is reluctant to date him after seeing what her best friends go through with their own interracial relationships. Ben's ex girlfriend Janet and Dee's cousin Terry have one thing in common. They both want Dee out of the picture. But only one will go to any lengths to make that happen. Even kill.
Customer Reviews:
Oh, yeah! This is a good one!.......2007-03-28
I won't repeat the story line because so many have already done that, but this one is a keeper. No, it's not Sandra Kitt's "The Color of Love," but it's good nonetheless. What actually captured my attention is the characters' interactions. Althought Dee is a little naive and Ben is a little too understanding, the interactions still works for me.
I enjoy a book that makes me laugh out loud (and so few do), but you've got to read the scene with Ben and Mike (Ben's driver) trying to make dinner. I thought that I would bust a gut laughing.
The intimate scenes are not Janet Sims' "hot" (read any of her books and you'll know what I mean), but soft and sometimes interesting.
Although Ms. Skelton attempted to add mystery to the story line, she has a way to go before she produces a suspense that's not so predictable.
Finally, what garnered a 4 star rating from me is the "missed edits." A few are tolerable, but when you get beyond 10, it's down right annoying!
At the end of the book (which is what is important), I would read another Denise Skelton novel without a second thought.
Should be titled, My Not Quite Everything.......2006-08-21
It started out ok. Deanna (Dee) is an investigator hired by Ben to find a long lost relative. You can feel the attraction between them but somewhere - and I'm not quite sure where - I really begin to get tired of Dee. Ms Skelton turned her from this intuitive female PI to this nieve can't see passed her nose girl. I think Ms Skelton meant for Dee's relationship with her cousin Terry to look as if Dee were this caring, always there for her cousin, be the bigger person kind of feel but instead it made her look more like a door mat.
At first I could feel the attraction between Ben and Dee (especially the little gifts and things they'd do for one another) and I liked that Ben wasn't afraid to cry in situations where crying would be the norm but I always felt he loved her more than she loved him.
Overall, there were some good parts but it just didn't work for me.
My Everything.......2006-06-22
MY EVERYTHING
Benjamin Harris is a successful white man searching for his estranged sister in the hopes that she might be able to save his other very ill sister. Ben is just coming out of a relationship when he solicits the help of Myers Investigations. The moment he sees Deanna Meyers he's entranced.
Deanna Meyers is a black woman known for her daredevil stunts as the owner of a PI firm. After ending her own dysfunctional relationship Dee finds herself being courted by her sexy new client.
Both characters come in to the story with a lot of baggage. Dee has a manipulative cousin and a crazy ex-boyfriend. While Ben has a crazy ex-girlfriend and a secret he's keeping from Dee. All of this on the heels of being an interracial couple does not a happy ending make. However, Dee and Ben prove me wrong.
This was a very interesting read with strong supporting characters such as Holly, Dee's best friend and Lisa, Ben's sick sister. I enjoyed the scenes with these two characters most because they seemed more developed, more three-dimensional. The romance between Dee and Ben didn't really touch me and some of the drama I think was over-written. But all in all I'd say this was entertaining with touches of reality thrown in to keep you turning the pages. The reader will not regret spending their money on this book.
Reviewed By: A.C. Arthur, Black Butterfly Review
A Truly Remarkable Love Story!.......2006-05-25
What a thoroughly engaging romantic love story between two people from different racial backgrounds--different social and economic stata. Its a story about true respect, love, communication and decency. Deanna is a hardworking middle-class black woman who runs her deceased father's PI business---and she's built a reputation as being very good at her job. Benjamin, on the other hand, is a very wealthy white businessman who took control of the family's multi-million dollar business and family responsibilities when his father died. These two people are so very, very likeable, as are their close family and supportive friends. And, well the villains, as always, were true to form.
This book was well-crafted with great pacing and plotting. I even got that kind of warm and fuzzy feeling that one might get when enjoying a hot cup of cocoa with the one you love on a cold wintry night. I think many romantic novels these days are missing something very basic---romance!! You know, that wine me, dine me and dazzle me kind of romance. Well, you'll find that and more in this book. My Everything is a very worthwhile read. You wont regret it or forget it!!
Excellent!.......2006-04-10
I loved this book! From start to finish I was captivated by Ben and Deanna. Although Deanna was a strong and competent PI, her weakness was trusting her cousin. That's what made this story so believable. The main characters were made human with their strengths as well as their weaknesses. The supporting characters were developed well too. This book is worth every penny! Can't wait for Ms.Skelton's next book.
Book Description
My Jesus is . . . Everything speaks to the heart of every person facing the problems of life, which we all encounter. This encouraging book and CD highlight the poetry and prose that brings to light the sacrifice, glory and the importance of Jesus Christ. When Anne Graham Lotz says the words "Just give me Jesus," she is sharing from her heart and wants in all our lives for Jesus to truly be our everything. The CD enclosed in the book features poetry and prose spoken by the author. It is accompanied by "Give Me Jesus" as performed by Fernando Ortega.
Customer Reviews:
HOW TO GET TO KNOW CHRIST BETTER.......2006-03-13
THIS IS A WONDERFUL AND VERY INEXPENSIVE LITTLE BOOK THAT HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING TO ME. THE ARTHUR ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB SHOWING HOW JESUS CAN BRING PEACE , COMFORT AND HOPE INTO A VERY TROUBLED AND TRYING WORLD. THE BOOK INCLUDES SOME INSPIRATIONAL SCRIPTURE THAT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF CHRIST MORE AND THE HOPE HE OFFERS AND AS AN ADDED BONUS THERE IS A CD THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD AT THE END OF A HARD DAY. AFTER READING THIS BOOK AND THE SCRIPTURES IN HERE I FEEL THIS PUBLICATION SHOWS THAT CHRIST OFFERS PEACE AND HOPE. I WILL BE RECAMENDING THIS BOOK FOR MY BIBLE STUDY AT CHURCH AND I FEEL IT WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL GIFT FOR A FRIEND , FAMILY MEMBER, OR SOLDIER SERVING OVER SEAS.
A glimpse into a deep love of her Savior.......2006-02-21
In a stunning gift book format, one of America's best-loved authors offers a glimpse into a deep love of her Savior. Anne Graham Lotz has filled her work with original poetry, stories, and breathtaking insight into the life of Christ. To those in need of encouragement, this book offers a concise message of hope.
The rich blue color of the cover is carried through the pages of the book with photographs and drawings of Celtic crosses. Every page is a work of art, accompanied by the unique writing that sets Lotz above the rest. The price of the book also includes a CD in the back, which allows readers to listen to the author's voice, as well as enjoy Fernando Ortega's inspiring song, Give Me Jesus.
What I like about this book is that it's also useful for people involved in any type of ministry. The quotes, Scriptures, and prose all tie into the theme of loving Jesus, and those who need a fresh dose of inspiration will find much to glean from this work. Group leaders could allow their classes to listen to the CD as a springboard for discussion.
Though this small gift version doesn't offer as much depth as Anne's longer Just Give Me Jesus, this format is immensely readable and useful for gift giving. Drinking deep from the well of Scripture, this best-selling book is sure to captivate readers of all ages. - Heather Ivester, Christian Book Previews.com
Book Description
Cat lovers are invited to curl up with the exquisite art of Lesley Anne Ivory and consider how the feline co–owners of their homes and hearts provide meaningful lessons including—
- personal space is good
- be careful what you ask for
- ritual is important
- life is as good as the view
- love the one you are with
Anyone with a cat fancy or a collection of Lesley Anne Ivory’s paintings will leap to have this book and give it to a friend.
Customer Reviews:
Everything I Know About Life I Learned from My Cat.......2007-10-06
Another beautiful book illustrated by the extraordinarily talented Lesley Anne Ivory. Everyone who loves cats, or simply appreciates the individual beauty and grace which makes every cat a masterpiece, will be enthralled with the paintings of these glorious creatures, posed to prefection against Lesley's exquisite backgrounds
Book Description
Nestled among floral–infused paintings are life lessons Emilie has harvested while working among her flowers. Along with Emilie’s reflections, a gathering of quotes, Scriptures, and gardening ideas will delight anyone with a green thumb.
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