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Heralded as the "best book on the dope decade" by the New York Times Book Review, Hunter S. Thompson's documented drug orgy through Las Vegas would no doubt leave Nancy Reagan blushing and D.A.R.E. founders rethinking their motto. Under the pseudonym of Raoul Duke, Thompson travels with his Samoan attorney, Dr. Gonzo, in a souped-up convertible dubbed the "Great Red Shark." In its trunk, they stow "two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers.... A quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls," which they manage to consume during their short tour.
On assignment from a sports magazine to cover "the fabulous Mint 400"--a free-for-all biker's race in the heart of the Nevada desert--the drug-a-delic duo stumbles through Vegas in hallucinatory hopes of finding the American dream (two truck-stop waitresses tell them it's nearby, but can't remember if it's on the right or the left). They of course never get the story, but they do commit the only sins in Vegas: "burning the locals, abusing the tourists, terrifying the help." For Thompson to remember and pen his experiences with such clarity and wit is nothing short of a miracle; an impressive feat no matter how one feels about the subject matter. A first-rate sensibility twinger, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a pop-culture classic, an icon of an era past, and a nugget of pure comedic genius. --Rebekah Warren
Book Description
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.
Now this cult classic of gonzo journalism is a major motion picture from Universal, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. Opens everywhere on May 22, 1998.
Customer Reviews:
I know, I know..........2007-09-30
I know, it's THE Hunter S. Thompson book. It would be like having the gall to write a review for the Grapes of Wrath or Slaughterhouse Five and think you'd be doing anything other than blabbing just to see your own words on a computer screen.
That said, read this book this instant. Whatever good anyone's ever said about this book, it's twenty times better. I read it in two sittings and only stopped myself from reading it again because it was a library book and had to be returned.
The late HST's gift for gonzo, that strange mix of fiction and nonfiction, is ultimately realized in this book. Reality is seamlessly mixed with a bizarre fantasy world of sentient reptiles and split personality through the medium of hard drugs that serve to clarify (and sometimes amplify) a violent and twisted town in a strange time.
This book will have you laughing hysterically at parts, so don't read it around other people unless you're okay with passing it to them. This book will have you cringing at the brutality of human nature at points, so have your wits about you.
I really can't say anything else, other than that this book must be purchased and read this very instant if you haven't already done so.
A must read for anyone.......2007-09-21
Thompson's book helps create a vivid picture of the drug fueled 60's and early 70's a way no one else has before.
Good stuff, but less important than his other work.......2007-09-14
¨Fear and Loathing¨ is a great ride for sure. A drug-addled, hilarious, disturbing romp through Las Vegas in search of the American Dream. Thompson is definitely a skilled writer and an outlaw and this stuff comes through in this book. I don't want to shrug this work off by any means, but I definately prefer his other work, such as ¨The Great Shark Hunt,¨ because it truly brings out Thompson's outlook on the world, his hatred of wealth, power and greed, etc. This book is fun, but Thompson is definitely capable of more depth and thought. While this work might be what gave him his big break, he definitely went on to better things.
Buy the ticket...take the ride.......2007-08-23
A bizzare journey to the heart of the American Dream, funny, witty and full of memorable episodes. The illustrations by Ralph Steadman are also superb. Raul Duke says it clearly : "buy the ticket...take the ride"
A wild and extraordinary ride down a lost highway ..........2007-08-20
The lost highway of the American Dream.
I wasn't old enough to remember much from the late 60's early 70's let alone the political aspects of Nixon's presidency or the drug culture of the time, so this review won't have any profound social or political commentary, except that comparisons can well be made to the drug culture of today, and it is glaringly apparent that not much has changed.
Considering the climate of the time: Nixon's presidency, the war in Vietnam, and the country's young men succumbing to the draft, it was no wonder that an entire generation wanted something more, for this was not the American Dream they had been sold. And for some, the only way to drown out the hypocrisy gnawing at your brain is to give your brain an escape. Expand your mind, as that might be the only part of you that is truly free. Whatever it takes to get you directly out of your head -- the higher the better. This story chronicles a journey utterly devoid of restraint and reason as these two men, Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo, and their trunk full of felonies set themselves loose upon Las Vegas -- the last vestige of the American Dream. However, their idea of the American Dream is not how most of us would understand it, but somehow, through the fog of hallucinatory metaphor, we can actually see and feel what the main characters are searching for so desperately.
All that aside, even if the 60's culture is beyond your age group, Thompson's writing is worth the read -- Brilliant, sarcastic, and frighteningly funny: Bars seething with has-been lounge lizards, tearing the patrons to shreds, blood soaked tacky hotel rooms, police car chases, kidnapping, gambling, excess, and debauchery ... not to mention the Narcotics Convention. The dialog is brilliant. Harrowing experiences abound; it is amazing that the two main characters make it out of Vegas alive.
Definitely a wild ride for all.
Book Description
Written by more than 100 internationally recognized experts, this volume is the first definitive and comprehensive text/reference on intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography. It features 1,000 full-color echocardiograms and covers every aspect of intraoperative TEE, from physics and "knobology," to specific studies of cardiac valves and arteries, to the use of TEE in cardiac and noncardiac surgeries. Major sections cover principles of echocardiography, intraoperative examination, critical care, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, thoracic aortic disease, congestive heart failure, interventional cardiovascular medicine, and noncardiac surgery. The text focuses on uses of TEE in surgical decision-making--preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative--and includes specific clinical recommendations.
Customer Reviews:
One text cannot do it all, but this one tries........2006-02-26
The book seems to have two goals: Clinical use of TEE in the cardiac operating room; and passing the "Echo Exam."
When it comes to echocardiography I am a tyro. Thus the review of this work is not from the perspective of an expert in the field, but from that of someone who is trying to use this book as intended: as a textbook in transesophageal echocardiography. It is an excellent text for this.
Were it not for a curious omission, and for what I think an excessive number of errors (especially in one chapter) for a book of this importance and price, I would give it five stars.
Echocardiography is primarily a visual discipline, and this book is profusely, and for the most part well, illustrated. The publisher's web site claims "1,000 full-color echocardiograms" and I expect this is true.
The illustrations, for the most part, can only be called superb. But, reflecting of what I see as lack of editorial oversight, several chapters have illustrations which simply best illustrate that one cannot take Power-Point® slides and turn them into even barely acceptable book plates. Fortunately the chapters which took this approach are the most dispensable.
Sticking with lack of editorial cohesiveness for a moment, I personally found it disruptive that the text for multi-image figures in some chapters used the "A) ... Text", whilst that in others used "Text ... A)" formatting. Why yes, I am detail oriented, and, yes there are larger issues in the world: but there is no more reason for doing this than there would have been to have switched typefaces or fonts with each chapter.
In addition to the illustrations, each chapter has a well written, in-depth text, an extensive bibliography, and concludes with Echo Exam review questions. Truly the only subjects which I thought could have been better covered were the determination of IVRT and a more clear presentation of parachute mitral valve.
There are over a hundred contributing authors. This gives expert coverage in each area, but, inevitably, leads to duplication. Perhaps a bit too much duplication, especially of images. Truly, does the Cleveland Clinic have only one TEE frame of an Alfieri repair, or of the RUPV? The more you see, the more you see. Repeatedly viewing the same image simply does not help to broaden ones visual memory and range. Again, I think that more aggressive editing would have caught this, and would have presented the learner with an even wider range of images.
Leaving aside the very few, very short, fluff chapters, save for a single exception the chapters are of an optimal size to be studied in an evening. This is important, as it gives the student a sense of progress in a very complex subject which at times seems overwhelming. Concise, clear, small chapters also makes going back to review a particular point quite easy easier.
The exception is chapter 28 "Assessment in Mitral Valve Surgery" which, at 85 pages (excluding bibliography and questions), is simply too long. It could have, should have, been broken down into several separate chapters. It is notable that similar information on the lesser complexities of the aortic valve is presented in two comfortably sized chapters.
Also notable is the density of errors which appear in this oversized chapter. I do not know if the chapter editor was simply overwhelmed with the task, or if the chapter was turned in late. In any event, the errors are all of a nature that should have been caught and which do detract from the discussion of one of the most difficult and important areas in TEE.
Two examples will suffice. In table 28.2 the ME LAX MV views are mistakenly shown for the ME 2C MV (later correctly shown in Fig 28.31). This is simply an editorial mistake, as no knowledge of echocardiography is needed to see that the drawings are repeated. A more subtle error is found in Fig 28.70 where the derivation of a simplified ROA estimation drops the square of the radius from the equation. There are many others, many more than in the remaining chapters.
Yes, I do realize there will be mistakes in any text. I became painfully aware of this in the early 1980s when trying to learn i86 assembly language. Assembly language is the lowest level human readable programming language for a particular processor. All of the early texts had errors: fortunately no two had the same, so one could piece things together. This seems to be true of current echo texts as well.
I find learning echocardiography about as difficult as learning assembler, and, at my level, I do not recognize all of the errors in the texts. I expect that many other learners may be as confused as I by TEE's murky grey images overlaid with swirling bright colors. In such a complex field, I believe textbook editors should take special pains to insure accuracy.
All that aside, the MV assessment chapter (28) still has a wealth of well presented information. Indeed the single most valuable insight I gained from the book was on page 459 of this chapter. My epiphany was the realization that the mitral valve is oriented near vertically. Somehow I had missed this fact in all the reading, courses, dissections, videos, and actual echoes I have done. The "3D Imaging Plane View" illustrations on this page made the orientation obvious. For me this alone was truly worth the price of the book. Sadly, turning the page immediately brings one to the most egregious error in the work.
On the whole the book is tightly focused on developing the knowledge and skills to effectively use transesophageal echo in the cardiac operating room. I would have preferred a chapter on transthoracic echo to some of the surgical minutia and to the odd inclusion of a chapter on basic statistics. Though the latter is an exceptionally well written chapter, I was perplexed at its appearance in a book on TEE in the OR.
The twenty-nine page appendix also confounds me. Whilst a useful compendium of echocardiographic tables, the pages are perforated. Perhaps there are those who would rip out the pages in a two-hundred dollar book, but I am not among them. So, for me, it simply means I had to run tape along them to keep them from tearing loose on their own.
As to the book's suitability for preparation for the PTEeXAM I cannot actually say, as I am still trying to figure out if I am eligible to sit for the exam, and, if so, which certification I might be eligible for. No more whining about this confusion here, there is enough of that at any echo conference. However, given that the many of the authors of the exam are also authors of this book I expect that time spent with this book would be repaid.
What is surprisingly missing from this text is an accompanying video disk. Given the importance of moving pictures to understanding echo and the low cost and ease with which a disk can be included in a book, this is a curious omission indeed. Sidebotham's very excellent "Practical Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography" does include such and I would strongly recommend purchasing that text in addition too, or, if cost is an issue, instead of, this more comprehensive and expensive text. The addition of videos, in my opinion, more than makes up for the lesser coverage in Sidebotham.
It is possible that a disk was to have been included, as, when I came to this Amazon page to write the review under "Editorial Reviews" I saw it stated "An enclosed CD-ROM includes full-color TEE videos and multiple-choice questions and answers for self-assesment [sic] and exam preparation."
I purchased my volume directly from a Lippincott sales table at the ASA, and it is possible that I simply got one without a disk. However, the Lippincott web site makes no mention of such a disk in their description of the book. My suspicion is that this is something that was dropped at the last minute. I did write Lippincott and have asked, but have not yet had a reply.
You cannot go wrong by purchasing this book (with or without the mystery disk) as it gives an extensive, clear, in-depth introduction to transesophageal echo in the operating room.
Sadly though, when studying echo, one is left with the sense of mastering the horse and buggy (2D echo) whilst knowing the motorcar (3D) is just around the corner.
Bonne Chance.
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- A Must Read for Palmer Fans Along with Magnolia and Cattleman's Choice!!!
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The Savage Heart
Diana Palmer
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In this historical romance set in turn-of-the-century Chicago, Diana Palmer proves that when it comes to survival--and love--life in the big city can be just as precarious and suspenseful as in the Western wilderness. With only his long hair and bowie knife as reminders of his Sioux heritage, Matt Davis now runs his own detective agency and passes as white. He's determined to resist the attractions of fiercely independent, newly arrived Tess Meredith, whom he knew years ago as a sharp shootin', hard ridin' girl on the Montana plains. But Tess, who's loved Matt forever, refuses to believe that their racial differences, and society's prejudices, must keep them apart. And when a murder investigation forces them to keep close company--and threatens deadly consequences--they learn just how fiercely they're willing to fight for what they want. Palmer's lively style and passionate love scenes lighten up some story elements that might otherwise be rather dark. --Ellen Edwards
Book Description
Diana Palmer's sizzling historical novels are full of soul-stirring emotion, rich storytelling, and breathtaking desire. Now the winner of a Romantic Times Career Achievement Award carries on her bestselling tradition with THE SAVAGE HEART, a fiery story of a woman with big dreams and a man who has nothing left to believe in--except her. . . .
Tess Meredith and Raven Following shared freedom and friendship on the wild Montana plains. But brutal hardships that plagued the Sioux forced Raven to abandon his people, his heritage--and Tess. In Chicago, he forged a new life as a new man with a new name--until Tess arrived, bringing with her the past he'd tried to deny. But Tess was a fighter, and she would harness all the courage and spirit of a way of life gone forever to wage her greatest battle . . . for love.
Customer Reviews:
A Must Read for Palmer Fans Along with Magnolia and Cattleman's Choice!!!.......2007-06-25
This is one of the novels that hooked me on Diana Palmer. Her voice in this novel more closely resembles her writing voice as Susan Kyle. Unfortunately,Diana Palmer (a.k.a.) Susan Kyle seems to have two types of heroines: the virgin-martyr, wall-flower/door-mat/bloodless/I-don't-wear- white-before-Easter-or-after-Labor Day-primness, and the 100% red-blooded, all-woman,gutsy, sensual, independent, intelligent, you-and-whose-army type of woman. I guess you can tell which one I prefer. As a reader, Tess, represents one of Palmer's best heroines, just as Matt represents one of her best alpha heroes. The heroines in Magnolia, Cattleman's Choice, and her Susan Kyle novels know who they are and have self-respect. They truly help their alpha male lovers evolve into better people. Too many of Palmer's heroines take too much from their heroes. Also, being an alpha male does not equate being cruel. Palmer steps over the line too often, and her heroes say and do unforgivable things to the heroine. When a hero knowingly and repeatedly strikes at the heroine's weaknesses, it makes me sad to see them get together at the end-- sort of like seeing your best friend or sister marry a real, toxic jerk. Plot-wise, romantic novels are odd in that the heroine's antagonist often is this larger-than-life alpha male hero (dragon with a belly full of fire) that has to be slayed or civilized by the romantic heroine. Over and over again Beauty has to humanize the Beast. Unfortunately, Palmer's novels in the last ten years have falled to show heroes with truly redeeming qualities. As a long-time fan, I urge Palmer/Kyle to re-read her earlier novels and find that magical voice again.
Can Not be Forgotten.......2006-07-30
This is by far the best book that Diana has ever written.
I have read it many times and will read it many many more
times.
There are many better reads out there..........2006-06-27
Unfortunately, the characters never "came alive" for me. Try "Silken Savage" by Catherine Hart or any of the "Savage" series by Cassie Edwards. After reading those, this novel seemed like a cheap imitation.
The greatest romance.......2000-02-03
I know this sounds cliched, but it is truly the most moving, beautiful, emotional and breathtaking book I have read. I picked the book out simply because I liked the cover, and when I started reading, I couldn't put it down. What I love is the story of the interracial marriage. How two people from two worlds could come together as one. Simply beautiful.
A wonderfully inventive book that kept me going........1998-10-22
I could not put this book down for anything. It was funny how Diana Palmer made her characters act and behave. The twist in plots kept me interested until the end. I loved this book.
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- The best thing about this book was the cover!
- delightful reprint
- Great story from Cassie
- As GREAT as the rest of her Savage books!
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Cassie Edwards
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Customer Reviews:
The best thing about this book was the cover!.......2007-04-23
I found the dialogue awful. Horrible plot. No depth of characters. UGH Christa says "Tall Cloud" wirh almost every sentence. The differences were huge and I didn't see how they ever got together without the ability to communicate.
delightful reprint.......2007-02-11
The Martin family patriarch heard the rumors that riches can be made in the Northwest. He takes his wife and their two children Christa and David and heads to the Pacific leaving their comfortable Boston home behind in his quest for wealth. However, the trek across the country proves arduous to the older Martins as both parents die from a cholera epidemic leaving their offspring with nothing except a cabin.
David realizes his only real asset is his beautiful sister. He decides to sell her to the highest bidder, a person older than her parents were when they died. Christa rejects his argument that marriage to a wealthy man will keep both them out of poverty. She insists she will marry for love only. She thinks she has found it when she sees Suquamish Chief Tall Cloud; he feels she is his destiny. However, David will do anything to prevent his sibling from marrying a heathen instead of his choice and Tall Cloud has an enemy who sees Christa as the pawn to destroy him.
Though there have been a zillion "Savage" books with the same cookie cutter theme since this was released in the 1980s, SAVAGE HEART remains one of the best. The story line as almost always in a Cassie Edwards novel stars ethical individuals falling in a taboo love as an Indian chief and a white woman is an unacceptable relationship especially in her society. Her brother is the villain in this tale as he wants to sell her though he rationalizes that it is for Christa's well-being. Fans of Ms. Edwards will enjoy this delightful reprint.
Harriet Klausner
Great story from Cassie.......2004-05-10
I have read many of Cassie Edward's books, and this one is my favourites, and the book that made me want to buy more of her books. It is funny, touching and makes you want to read it again and again. However, I must say that her books published in the 2000s are not as good as the books that were published at almost the same time as Savage Heart. Seems like she runs out of ideas...I still love Cassie and hope she will write more great books again, like before...
As GREAT as the rest of her Savage books!.......2001-07-13
With the kind of brilliant writing that Cassie Edwards always shows her readers, this book is thrilling with a wonderful story of 2 people, total opposites, struggling to find love together. I overslept many mornings because I didn't want to put it down until the wee hours of the morning! This is a book you will certainly enjoy, just like the others she's written!!!
Book Description
A non-fiction account of the annihilation of the 29th Infantry Regiment dispatched from the occupation of Okinawa to the Korean War at the earliest stage of the conflict. Author Paul G. Petredis, one of 21 survivors out of 235, chronicles his first escape, details the ongoing bloody battles which culminated with the entry of the Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) opposing the United Nations Forces. Following capture and eluding death again by escaping from the enemy, he describes his ordeal in graphic detail of 14 days behind enemy lines, bringing the reader along vicariously on the same horrific journey.
Customer Reviews:
Escape from North Korea: a Nonfiction account of Savage Battles and Political Intrigues of the Forgotten War.......2007-06-10
Facinating true story.
Escape from North Korea.......2007-04-21
Escape From North Korea by Paul G Petredis
His book is superbly researched and a darn good read of the Forgotten War and the path which lead to it. His personal experience being a soldier in Korea and surviving the conflict gives great credit to him as a man, and his narrative about how he escaped from North Korea is almost beyond description, and should be a must read for anyone who enters the US Military Service. Hope to see future writings by Paul Petredis.
F.Petersen
INSIGHT INTO IRAQ & OUR SOLDIERS.......2007-04-08
WOW... war becomes real on these pages, almost too real, and from a soldier with his first-hand account. I found it to be a story of survival and determination, and a credit to the author and to our military. I suppose the most significant part of this story, is the insight into what our soldiers are facing everyday in the Middle East. It should be "must" reading for every person in our Armed Forces, as to what to expect, and how to overcome the impending obstacles, in battle and if captured. An excellent book and a credit to its author. Well done!
An Amazing Story.......2007-03-02
An amazing story of survival behond enemy lines. Well written. The book was hard to put down as you were living the experience yourself. If you like nonfiction accounts of Survival it is a must read!
Rick Wilson
of Rick Wilson Plumbing in Gig Harbor WA
WOW ! What a book !.......2006-12-18
To use an over worked expression, this book is a "page turner". I couldn't put it down. The way it is written, I felt the debilitating cold of a Korean winter all the way to my bones. It was as if I was right there beside the author, trying to load and fire my M-1 with frozen hands as wave after wave of charging foes tried to kill me. I was there as he reluctantly surrendered, and could feel the fear as I waited my turn to be shot down as a helpless POW. Then we are with him as he makes his way back to US lines, 14 days of terror filled escape and evasion, knowing that any mistake would be death. Part 2 of this book is a very informative history. The author tells us about the causes of the Forgotten War, and explores the mind set of the leaders of both sides that caused this war to rage on long after it should have ended. I am truly grateful to the author for his service to our country and for sharing his soul with us by writing his story. I also have renewed admiration and respect for all the GI's who suffered there, especially those whose bones still litter the battlefields of the first war our country lost. Lost by the politics of the homefront, but paid for with the blood of our troops.
Book Description
Founder and Executive Director of Hearts at Home Jill Savage explores the important role “home” plays in a family’s journey. With her personable, humorous style, Jill shares from her experience as a mother of five and from conversations with many other moms to offer practical ideas and motivation to create a home that is a
- safe place for a functional family to blossom
- community center that offers hospitality and compassion
- church where prayer and Scripture guide all members
- museum filled with a family’s history, stories, and heritage
- school with lessons of virtue, integrity, and ethics
This anchor book for Hearts at Home will extend beyond this valuable ministry to encourage all women to build the heart of their home on biblical principles and to raise a family that is strong, loving, and firmly standing on a foundation of faith.
Customer Reviews:
Advice to be a better all-around mom.......2007-08-07
My Heart's at Home by Jill Savage is a terrific devotional for moms. It's about being an intentional parent rather than always parenting by the seat of your pants (like I do). The book is set up in sections like Home as Museum, Home as Church, Home as Pep Rally with each giving great ideas on how to make your home a loving, nurturing environment for the entire family. The chapters are short and easy to read, and Savage writes in a very conversational tone. She quickly admits her own shortcomings and gives advice for trying to rise above them. Some of the advice is common sense, but it's stuff that needs to be said again and again until it sticks. I like the idea of planning rather than always dealing with the situation of the moment. Savage looks at every occasion in life as an opportunity to teach her children and show how much she loves them. It doesn't get much better than that!
Wish I'd read it years ago.......2007-05-16
This is one of those "I-wish-I'd-had-it-to-read-twenty-years-ago" books about mothering. As the mother of two young adults, I've traveled the years of motherhood that Jill addresses. I was glad to find a kindred spirit in her counsel for mothering and was delighted to learn that she, too, has a "God story" box (for knickknacks that represent spiritual signposts). Warm and practical, filled with personal stories, it's well organized around the big picture of a home's higher functions (i.e. "safe house," "rest area," "pep rally," "business office," and so on). Wherever you are in your parenting journey, consider buying this book. It would make a great gift for women just starting their mothering years, too.
Useful book!.......2007-04-25
Reviewed by Lori Plach for Reader Views (4/07)
Have you ever tried to be everything to everyone? If you are a mother, you are everything from a nurse to a counselor to a tutor. As mothers, our families are of utmost importance to us. Jill Savage has written a book which would make a terrific addition to a family library. As she states in her book, "healthy relationships set us on our relationship track for the rest of their lives. The relationships we have with our parents and our siblings serve as the foundation for all future relationships in life."
Separated into individual chapters, you can learn all the different areas that a home should be. Our homes should be a safe house, rest area, trauma unit, church, pep rally, research lab, school, museum, playground, business office, hospitality house and cultural center. At the end of the book are specific questions to ask of yourself, or discussion questions for reading groups to share.
There are so many great tips in this book to try and briefly describe each part would definitely be an injustice. This is such a great sourcebook when dealing with our job in which we have the most impact, that being a mother.
Just as your home needs to be many different places all at the same time, mothers have so many different hats to wear. Each part of a family has their specific roles and responsibilities to maintain in order for the family to be the type of family that God wants us to be. When reading this book, I found myself making many notes in a notebook, so I could use them for quick reference when a specific circumstance would arise in my life.
"My Heart's At Home" is a terrific book by a very knowledgeable author. Jill Savage is the founder of Hearts at Home which is an organization committed to helping moms love their life. I would definitely love to see Jill Savage write more books as useful as this one.
Jill Savage got it right!.......2007-03-30
Jill Savage wrote about specific ways to be an "intentional" mother that our family needs. She has a lot of wonderful ideas about getting organized, involving the kids in house chores, and ways to save money. It's a fast read that makes me think about doing things differently so I can spend more quality time with my kids and husband. Definitely a worthwhile read!
Book Description
A "how to" guide providing moms with everything they need to know to start and improve an effective moms ministry.
Customer Reviews:
Helpful Resource!.......2007-09-17
Three years ago, I started a homeschool support group and when I recently had a problem, I needed resources from women who had been there and done that. I found it in this one and several others you can find on amazon.
You will not regret having resources in your library!
Excellent Resource for any Moms Group Leader.......2005-09-15
This book really does cover all of the aspects of starting and running a moms group wether it be a large one or a small one. It has given me so much inspiration and practical advice on how to as a leader grow leaders. It focuses on the one primary aspect of building relationships which is the key to a successful moms group. This book gives helpful advice on how to facilitate relationships within your group and make it meaningful to the moms that come. I have devoured this book and have also used it as a leadership training resource. The book also has some great sample forms, agendas, and letters to use for administrating and promoting your group. If you are a leader of a moms group you need this book.
Product Description
Kidnapped when she was a child, 18 year old Rana Michaels couldn't imagine any life other than her carefree existance among the Siox. Then the white man Travis Kincade appeared in her camp, and the flame-haired beauty's peace was shattered forever.
Customer Reviews:
Outstanding Reading.......2007-06-20
This book in particular is extremely well written and holds your attention right to the very end. In fact, this book ranks right up there with Judith French's "The Conqueror". Outstanding!
Sweet Savage Heart by Janelle Taylor.......2002-06-25
SHE TRIED TO ESCAPE HIM...
Kidnapped when she was a child, eighteen-year-old Rana Michaels couldn't imagine any life other than her carefree existence among the Sioux. Then the white man Travis Kincade appeared in her camp, and the flame-haired beauty's peace was shattered forever. His emerald eyes seemed to strip away her doeskin dress; his virile physique was destined to touch her passion's secrets. But when he traded a few trinkets for her freedom, Rana voewed to slay him before returning to her people . . . even if it meant denying herself the exquisite release only he could ignite within her!
HE SWORE TO TAME HER...
From the moment jet-haired Travis gazed upon the supple young maiden, he knew he had to possess her in every way. Her uninhibited ways stirred his blood as never before; her untouched curves begged him to intiate her into ecstasy. The arrogant Texas rancher realized there would be an all-out war between them as he forced her from buckskins and barefeet to satin and slippers, but he was confident that one day soon the paleface savage would run eagerly into his arms, provoking his desire with abandoned kisses, satisfying his needs with her SWEET SAVAGE HEART!
Mystery and romance.......2000-06-07
A great mixture of tender romance and suspense and mystery. Cowpokes, gunslingers, villians and lovers all make up a heart warming stroy of the wild west. Well written. Enjoyed it to the end.
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