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- FOR THE LOVE OF OLD: LIVING WITH CHIPPED, FRAYED, TARNISHED, FADED, TATTERED, WORN , AND WEATHERED THINGS THAT BRING COMFORT...
- Not her best...
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For the Love of Old: Living with Chipped, Frayed, Tarnished, Faded, Tattered, Worn and Weathered Things that Bring Comfort, Character and Joy to the Places We Call Home
Mary Randolph Carter
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0847828476
Release Date: 2006-10-24 |
Book Description
This stunning volume focuses on the qualities of the old things in our homes (the patina of an old table, pewter dulled by age, old floorboards that creak) and how to live with and incorporate them into our personal aesthetic. Divided into chapters by the qualities of oldâpeeling, dried, tarnished, faded, chipped, frayed, rusty, and mossyâthis unique book not only pays tribute to furniture, textiles, china, silver and other accessories with these qualities but also shows us how best to preserve, adapt, and arrange them. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful photographs that highlight the warm colors and rich textures of wood and paint, cloth and leather, For the Love of Old also includes ideas and recipes for saving old items from the junk pile, preserving and caring for the old things you have, giving newer things a lived-in feel, and bringing an enduring personality to every home.
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful book.......2007-09-03
This book is beautiful. It is a coffe table copy. One you want to use for display. I was drawn with interest to someone who sees beauty in such old things. The book is very unique. I'm glad I have a copy.
Great Book!.......2007-02-07
I loved Mary Randolph Carter's book American Family Style so much and this book seemed to me like a part two of that original book. Although this book wasn't filled with pictures of her family it was filled with the same warmth and comfort as the original. Even though it may not be filled with exactly the things I might put in my own home it is something I enjoy reading. You can tell the author truly LOVES these lost, rusty, beautiful things. I truly can appreciate that.
Love It or Hate It - I Loved It.......2007-02-01
Many, indeed virtually all, of the books we see on interior decorating show rooms set with furnishings that are either brand new or antiques that are pristine and beautiful. They are a very, very long way from those long ago college days when glasses came from empty jelly jars and none of the plates or silverware matched.
Ms. Carter's book is a celebration of the old, the frayed, etc. The individual table settings don't have to be all alike. They just need to be interesting, attractive, have a story to tell. I particularly liked her comments regarding silver, probably because I've gotten a lot of it from my mother and grandmother.
Ms. Carter has an artistic eye that sees art where other people see junk. She matches her eye with her photographic skills that enable her to show exactly what she means. It's a book to be celebrated by those of us who like garage sales, thrift shops and making that special find.
FOR THE LOVE OF OLD: LIVING WITH CHIPPED, FRAYED, TARNISHED, FADED, TATTERED, WORN , AND WEATHERED THINGS THAT BRING COMFORT..........2007-01-10
AN AWESOME, INSPIRING, AND COMFORTING BOOK FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE OLD AND ECLECTIC LIFESTYLE. SIMPLY WRITTEN AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS FIT FOR FRAMING. A GREAT RAINY DAY READ AND SUITABLE FOR THE COFFEE TABLE.
Not her best..........2007-01-09
I love her other books, I was so looking forward to reading this one over a long afternoon. I fell hook, line and sinker for her romance with flea markets and flea market treasures. This one looks like she took the leavings off the cutting room floor from her other books, packaged it nicely and called it good. Except it is not, good that is. Sorry but this stuff just looks like junk that I would not give a second glance to at a yard sale or flea market. And the price is so high!! Mutton done up as lamb.
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- The Best One Yet!
- The Best One Yet!
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The Place We Call Home: Exploring the Soul's Existence after Death
Robert J. Grant
Manufacturer: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlig
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ASIN: 0876044577 |
Book Description
At some point everyone asks the question: What happens when we die? Robert J. Grant, a popular writer, lecturer, and researcher in many areas of contemporary spirituality, offers a dramatic and encouraging look at the realms beyond physical death.
The Place We Call Home is filled with the personal stories of those who have experienced the other side, either through death, communications from those who have died, or near-death experiences. These stories illuminate the answers to questions about messages from dead loved ones, the light-filled realms of the afterlife, and the real meaning of the "shadowlands."
This is a hopeful and inspiring look at the dimension of life beyond the illusion of death and celebrates the eternal nature of the human soul.
Customer Reviews:
Fantastic read, wonderfully written.......2006-11-05
Grant is published by ARE Press, as are other authorities on Cayce.
His writing style is clear and interesting, and his books are anecdotal and entertaining, as well as informative .
He is one of five people who spent five years reading every single Cayce reading in the library of the ARE, and putting it on CD. That means if Cayce said it, Grant read it.
This makes him one of the foremost authorities on Cayce, today.
One does not need to be a student of Cayce, or interested in his foundation to enjoy this book. It is for anyone seeking answers to life after death.
I encourage you to give it a try!
A Must Read!.......2005-05-09
In the last few years I have read many spiritual books, and this is now one of my favorites.
The author draws on the readings of Edgar Cayce, as well as the views of several others, to discuss the realms that await us after death. A great asset of this book is that it shows how our thoughts and beliefs will actually impact the realm we find ourselves in upon death. For instance, although God does not damn anyone to a hellish afterlife, if someone believes that that is what they will find, they will. However, no one is stuck in a "negative" realm forever - there is always help available to those who are ready to give up their "earth-bound" thoughts.
The author also discusses the importance of prayer and meditation in preparing our souls for the afterlife, and he has included several exercises to help readers with the process.
Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in spirituality, the after-life, &/or Edgar Cayce's readings.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FROM A VERY ADVANCED SOUL.......2004-04-20
The author, Rob Grant, is one of the foremost authorities on the Cayce readings, having studied, catalogued and put them on CD-ROM over a period of five years. Being personally acquainted with the author, I will tell you that he is one of the most advanced souls I've ever met -- genuinely loving, kind, compassionate, helpful, open-minded and throughly knowledgeable about the Cayce readings. His book, The Place We Call Home, reflects all of these. It is a book that gives much hope to the terminally ill, as well as to all seekers. He has written a concise book enlightening the reader with all Edgar Cayce said about passing over to the other side and what we will find there. I have also met George Ritchie, whose near death experience Rob Grants refers to in his book and who wrote a best seller back in the 1960 called "Return from Tomorrow," from which much about which we understand about death and dying came. These two men, more than anyone else, have convinced me of the reality of the afterlife and what one can expect to find there.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS WONDERFUL, HOPEFUL and LOVING BOOK!
The Best One Yet!.......2002-08-16
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has lost someone they love or simply has a curiosity about what happens when we die. It answers so many questions that we all have regarding the afterlife. It gives hope to those of us who are grieving, that we will see our loved ones again. It's the best book I've read yet on the subject and it's my #1 recommendation. Well organized and written so that most readers can comprehend it. A great work! I'd give this book 6 stars if I could!
The Best One Yet!.......2002-08-16
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has lost someone they love or simply has a curiosity about what happens when we die. It answers so many questions that we all have regarding the afterlife. It gives hope to those of us who are grieving, that we will see our loved ones again. It's the best book I've read yet on the subject and it's my #1 recommendation. Well organized and written so that most readers can comprehend it. A great work!
Book Description
So, you want to be Canadian? Who doesn't these days? Canucks are enjoying a major renaissance in attention, from their enlightened social policies to their wild and wooly pop culture. This playful, trivia-packed book is a long-overdue celebration of all things Canadian, from the mysteries of "eh?" to the difference between an Ogo Pogo and a Windingo to how to prepare moose stroganoff (mmm!). Featuring a dreamy list of Canadian hotties, a toe-tapping roundup of Canadian smash hit songs, a handy Canadian American translator, and pointers on how to eat, dress, and apologize like a Canadian if you weren't lucky enough to be born a Canuck, So, You Want to Be Canadian demonstrates once and for all why Canada is so cool (formerly just cold).
Customer Reviews:
Good book but too short.......2007-01-18
I am really interested in exploring the option to live in Canada - that's why I purchased this book in the first place. The book references to life in Canada in a humourous manner and is practically intented to familiarize Americans with the Canadian facon de vivre.. It was a fast and fun read though I wished it had more information on everyday Canadian life basics and differences between cities like Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
cute but a little light on content.......2006-07-05
If you're looking for a humorous quick read this book will suffice. However, its not going to make you go "yep that's me" or "I recognize that" as much as others of the genre might
Enjoyed reading it........2006-01-03
This is a most interesting read, mostly comedic, but it is really a hoot to read.
Cute and funny for the Canada lover.......2005-09-12
This book has a wealth of quirky Canada facts and is overall an enjoyable read. A true Canadian would probally know most of the information in this volume, so this makes a great gift for that Canadian wannabe you know (or your friend the draft dodger.) Quirky and cute, I would buy this book for anyone who ever said "So what's up with Canada anyway?" This will difinitively answer their question.
A CANADIAN.......2005-05-06
I have to say that I absolutely loved this book! Not only is it very funny, its also informative for Americans who know little/nothing about Canada and gives a humorous sterotypical view of Canada. I have to say that if you were canadian you might find this funnier than americans because you know all the stereotypes and understand things like Poutine (fries with cheese), toques(hats) and the word "eh". There is many cute little diagrams throughout the book, and would be a perfect gift for an american friend, or give a canadian living in united states a good laugh. Definately worth buying!
Book Description
An architecture and design critic's search for an ideal American home—that's both beautiful and affordable
Most would be hard pressed to find an American not interested in real estate. From birth, we're conditioned to consider owning our own homes as the fulfillment of the American Dream. But consumers today are more likely than not to find themselves either priced out of the market or forced to settle for cookie-cutter conformity. Where housing is concerned, cheap and well crafted rarely exist together. Or do they?
Founding Editor in Chief of Dwell magazine and noted critic Karrie Jacobs believes that they do. The Perfect $100,000 House chronicles her coast-to-coast search for just that: a well-built, intelligently designed, reasonably priced, decent-size house with at least a little curb appeal. Throughout her journey, Jacobs meets architects and builders who are revolutionizing the way Americans think about homes, about construction techniques, and about community. From a Teletubbiesesque subdivision outside Taos, New Mexico, to nuevo-retro shotgun houses in Houston, the options available to prospective home buyers are as diverse as the terrain along Jacobs's fourteen-thousand-mile trek. And no matter where her search ends, she'll at long last be home.
Customer Reviews:
Annoying travelling companion fails to share pictures.......2007-05-09
It sounds like a great concept: An architecture writer with $100,000 in the house sets out to see what she can buy for that money somewhere in America. And the first chapter, where she goes to "architecture camp" in Vermont sets us up for something promising.
But the promise isn't fulfilled because for a book like this which is as much travelogue as reporting requires that we have a guide that we enjoy spending the trip with, and Jacobs is that most obnoxious sort of New Yorker: No place is good enough because it just isn't New York. The other cities in America, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, are just places to get through on the way to another rural area which will be dismissed because it's just some remote area where there aren't enough hip people (or too many hip people) for it to be comfortably similar to living in Manhattan.
Worse still, in a book about architecture, there is one essential ingredient which is painfully absent. PICTURES. I'm sorry Ms Jacobs, but your prose is not sufficient to convey the feel of the homes you describe without abundant illustration to accompany them. Instead we're treated to one(!) illustration per chapter, which often isn't even the most interesting-sounding building from the chapter.
the imperfect $100K house trip.......2007-02-04
I wavered as to how many stars to give this book. I enjoyed the story of the author's attempt to find or create her dream home. But I think many people are going to buy this book in the hopes finding practical advice for their own search and in that respect it falls down.
I wanted to know more about the homes themselves and as good a job as the author does describing them, I wanted pictures and, even more for a book so much about architecture, plans and elevations.
I wonder whether the $100K price tag has become too low a target 3 years later. Perhaps the most telling thing is that by the end of the book the author has not found a house that works for her.
An answer for that perhaps would have been instead to focus more on the story of the homeowners who lived in the homes she passed on and why those homes were the perfect ones for them.
Have I written 300 pages yet?.......2007-01-12
The book is rather like a long magazine article. You get the idea and the attitude early on, and nothing changes. She's pithy and terse but the situations become redundant, even for a design nut like myself. I didn't miss photographs, allowing Gary Panter's breezy illustrations to stoke my imagination.
Reading the jacket tells you where she lives now, so the ending is no surprise. But it probably wouldn't have been anyway. I have the strong suspicion Ms. Jacobs is really looking for the right woman to settle down with.
For a more involving and satisfying tale, try Kate Whouley's "Cottage for Sale, Must be Moved." I'd call it a minor modern classic.
Disappointing, I was hoping for a great deal more...........2006-12-04
I suppose I was expecting a journey along the lines of Tracey Kidder's House, something personal and organic.
I found this book frustrating for two basic reasons:
1. The lack of photographs, especially of the specific houses discussed was frustrating. Akin to discussing the merits of a painting, without a picture of it! I don't know if this oversight was the fault of a cheap publisher's budget, or the author's choice, but the book suffers as a result.
2. The author's voice: seemed bitter or jaded or tired of her journey about two-third's before the road trip was done. Needless to say, it seems that she never found a house that she could actually commit to.
As a result of the above, the reader leaves the book neither caring about the author's quest or any closer to discovering where to find the perfect $100,000 house.
Perhaps the only thing I got from this book was a fleeting desire to subscribe to Dwell magazine.
Not at all as advertised!.......2006-11-10
The book was well written however, the content was underwhelming. Sort of a record of the ramblings in the mind of an immature female that thought she knew what she wanted yet could not quite ever commit to the resolution.
My exact feeling upon my completion of the book was "What a waste of my time!"
Average customer rating:
- Wonderful book, but a few small problems
- An Experience
- This book is one of my all time Favorites!
- Stays With You!
- Whoa!
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A Place to Call Home
Deborah Smith
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Release Date: 1998-05-04 |
Book Description
Twenty years ago, Claire Maloney was the willful, pampered, tomboyish daughter of the town's most respected family, but that didn't stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan, a fierce, motherless boy who lived in a rusted-out trailer amid junked cars. No one in Dunderry, Georgia--least of all Claire's family--could understand the bond between these two mavericks. But Roan and Claire belonged together...until the dark afternoon when violence and terror overtook them, and Roan disappeared from Claire's life. Now, two decades later, Claire is adrift, and the Maloneys are still hoping the past can be buried under the rich Southern soil. But Roan Sullivan is about to walk back into their lives....By turns tender and sexy and heartbreaking and exuberant, A Place to Call Home is an enthralling journey between two hearts--and a deliciously original novel from one of the most imaginative and appealing new voices in Southern fiction.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful book, but a few small problems.......2007-04-23
A Place to Call Home is a family favorite. Everyone in my family loves it. I read it first on their combined recommendation way back in March of '00 and recorded it in my book journal as a 4.75 out of 5 - a straight A, very close to an A+. On re-read, it doesn't quite rate that high, but this is still a very affecting read with a great pair of star-crossed lovers, Claire Maloney and Roan Sullivan.
The book starts off with Claire's reminiscences of her childhood in a small town community in Georgia. She begins by telling the story of her family and how they settled and thrived there, and then the narrative organizes itself around certain pivotal moments in time she has through the years of her young childhood with Roanie Sullivan, the poor, socially oppressed, abused, neglected son of the town's shame, Big Roan Sullivan. In their small town society Claire lives on one side of the tracks and Roanie barely exists on the other, though physically there are no tracks and they live only down the road from each other. Claire is surrounded by love, comfortable affluence, and family. Roanie lives in a junky trailer that lacks a working toilet or washing machine. He has no family ties outside his mess of a father. The town prefers to ignore his problems rather than deal with Big Roan. Claire is the only person who sees something in Roanie and she persistently defends him against any of his tormentors and against the expectations of her family. However, eventually, when Roanie's situation takes a turn for the worse, Claire's parents finally intervene and he comes to live with the Maloneys. Claire is certain everything will now be fine and she and Roanie will always be together. Roanie himself is more skeptical, but as the months pass, he begins to hope. Then a terrible tragedy blasts a hole in the Maloney family idyll. And twenty years pass before Claire and Roanie reunite.
The plot of A Place to Call Home revolves around two romantic fantasies - (1) soulmates kept apart by the vagaries of fate and (2) the resiliant child. Both have equal appeal and Smith uses both to tug the reader through the emotional wringer. She builds her story by building Claire's community, bit by bit, quirky personality by quirky personality including tons of authentic seeming Southern detail. Claire's childhood is a good one, but her family isn't all sweetness and light. Her Uncle Peter is a tail-chasing disgrace, his sons are cruel and sadistic; several of her aunts cling to their prejudices with all of their strength. Her parents are good people, but constrained in their instinct to do good by the family expectations. From Roanie's perspective none of these people give a damn about anyone not family. Claire tries valiently to bridge the gap between the respectable Maloneys and Roanie, developing a reputation as a troublemaker in the process. No one understands her or her crusade.
Smith's character development is particularly well done. The Maloneys act like real people, good and bad, sometimes both. Since the novel is told in first person, the reader really gets to know Claire and feels with terrible intensity the love she has for Roanie. Roanie is a bit more mysterious. The reader only gets into his head a few times, through short letters he writes to Claire. But his sense of betrayal comes through loud and clear as does his emotional vulnerability to those he considers his true family. Roanie is a tragic figure, even though, or perhaps because, he survives and thrives. If he can go forward and prosper given his horrible childhood, what more could he have done if he'd had a proper family to love and raise him?
From the beginning of the novel it's immediately clear that Claire and Roanie are meant to be together. They understand each other despite all of their surface differences. They accept each other. They nourish each other and stick up for each other. Unfortunately, almost no one sympathizes with their friendship. All of these nice, well-meaning people in Claire's family manage to drive a twenty year wedge between them with their own agendas and selfish behaviors. That Smith can manage to make the reader understand that these are nice people and yet make the reader simultaneously burn with anger and frustration at them is a tribute to her ability to characterize.
The book is not without flaw, however. The novel's biggest problem is that the emotional payoff comes just about dead center of the book, leaving a lesser conflict to propel the narrative to its end. Right there, smack dab in the middle, is a bunch of heart-stirring, throat-wrenching emotional stuff: true love thwarted, family betrayal, aimless wandering in life's barren wilderness, bitter loneliness, and then finally, FINALLY, reunion. Get out the hankies, this is good stuff. Great stuff. For about 100 pages.
Before that middle third, the book is about a B+. It's got all that great characterization, but there's also some info dump in the beginning (first about Smith's real-life rural Georgia Irish ancestry, then about Claire's fictional rural Georgia Irish ancestry) and a touch too much Southern cutesiness. The middle third is an A, very close to an A+, very, very affecting. The last third, however, is no better than a B. With the main conflict of Claire and Roanie's physical and emotional separation resolved, Smith has to use a new conflict to fill up the remaining pages. This secondary conflict has some meat to it, but it's not as vital or riveting. And, unfortunately, Smith chooses to resolve it too easily with some impossible yet very timely maneuvering involving nature. In the end, everything wraps up very tidily. Too tidily. Without any sort of hammering out of original grievances between Roanie and the family. The book ends on a sugary note with everything finally made precious and good.
So, add it all together - B+ and A and B - and you get a B+. A Place to Call Home is well worth reading, even re-reading, but, Dear Reader, the best stuff is in the middle and not the end.
An Experience.......2007-04-05
This novel will take you through every range of emotion and you'll feel like you're going through everything right along with the characters.
This book is one of my all time Favorites!.......2007-01-05
This book was an experience as well as a great story. I love books that take me through every range of emotion and this one did it. I was touched by the character's lives and challenges and felt I had gone through the story with them. Overall one of the best!
Stays With You!.......2006-07-17
This is one of those love stories that just stays with you. You will compare the lovers Clare and Roanie to all who come after them. This is the story of young love, faith, hope, charity and the strong bonds of family and the even stronger bonds of love that can exist outside of your immediate family.
Clare and Roanie meet at the ages of 5 and 10, drawn to each other even at such a young age and were torn apart by violence at the ages of 10 and 15, but it had to be. They had to grow up and grow up they did. But they kept the faith in their love for each other. A love that time and family intervention good and bad could not change. Twenty years later, they are reunited and the questions start.
This is my third reading of this book and I expect there will be other readings for me. It's just one of those stories that we all need a dose of every now and then.
Whoa!.......2006-06-03
A Place to Call Home is an amazing work. It's truly a work of art. The prose is so beautiful, you're tempted to read it aloud. (I did several times) The story will break your heart and touch you too. You'll laugh and cry and remember the power of love. This is the first secular book my mother read in years. I accidentally left it at her house and she couldn't put it down. That alone speaks volumes of the greatness of this novel!
Book Description
The Brutal Road West
It’s late summer 1838. President Martin Van Buren issues an order that the fifteen thousand Cherokee Indians living in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina are to be evicted from their homeland. Forced to migrate to Indian Territory, the Cherokees begin their tragic, one-thousand-mile journey westward. Most of the seven thousand soldiers escorting them along the way are brutally cruel. But Cherokee Rose, an eighteen-year-old Indian girl, finds one soldier, Lieutenant Britt Claiborne, willing to stand up for them. Both Christians, Cherokee Rose discovers that Britt is also a quarter Cherokee himself. It’s upon the Trail of Tears that they fall in love, dreaming of one day marrying and finding a place to call home together.
They found each other in the midst of tragedyâ¦
But is their love enough to keep them together?
Cherokee Rose has endured more than any eighteen-year-old girl should. Though accepted by her tribe, being both mixed blood and a Christian set her apart. Then fifteen thousand Cherokee Indians are evicted from their homes in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Broken and angry, Cherokee Rose joins her people on the thousand-mile trek westward to Indian Territory. The journey holds many trialsânot the least of which is the cruelty of the soldiers escorting them. But Cherokee Rose is determined: these men will not break her.
Lieutenant Britt Claiborne is devoted to serving his country, but he detests the way his fellow soldiers treat the Indians. He not only refuses to join in, but does all he can to stop the abuse. To the soldiers, he is a traitor. To those he helps, a champion. But Britt knows he’s only doing what he must, not just because he’s a Christian, but for a reason he’s reluctant to reveal.
Thrown together in the face of brutality, these two find themselves falling in love. They dream of marrying and finding a place to call home. But can their love survive the Trail of Tears?
âCherokee Rose is a good story and a great way to learn about a historical event we would rather sweep under the rug.â --Lauraine Snelling, bestselling author of Amethyst
Story Behind the Book
Long captivated with the study of American history, Al and JoAnna Lacy eagerly researched the time in the 1800s when the five âcivilized tribesâ were forced by the U.S. government to make a one-thousand-mile journey to Indian Territory (now the state of Oklahoma). The tribes were the Cherokee, the Chickasaw, the Choctaw, the Creek, and the Seminole. Repeatedly forced to surrender their lands, the people of the Cherokee Nation, as well as those of the other four tribes, were hoping to find in Indian Territory a place to call home .
Customer Reviews:
A Strong Story Overall.......2007-06-14
I was first interested in reading this book because I am part Kansa and I have an appreciation for all stories that portray Native Americans in a positive light. For the most part this book does a good job of laying down the background setting for the Trail of Tears, but I think too much of the book is spent discussing the events leading up to this event. We do not even see a major elements of Cherokee Rose's character come into play until about page 180, and there are only 290 pages in the paper back edition that I have. I already had a good understanding of the background of the Cherokees leading up to the removal, so I found myself having a hard time getting into the first 180 pages of the book. However, the last hundred and ten pages of the book were great and I wish the authors had devoted more time to developing the events in this segment of the book.
Also this book tended to have too many repetitious statements, such as noting that John Ross was a quarter Cherokee over and over again. It is important for the reader to understand that John Ross looked like a white man, but considered himself to be all Cherokee even though he was only a quarter. However, this is such an example of how some of the statements in this book are brought up too many times in dialogs and discussions between the characters.
I would have enjoyed if the authors would have had the characters discussed something new once and awhile, such as how the Cherokees felt about giving up their traditional ceremonies in favor of the new Christian faith. For example, the book mentions that shamans Ridino and Hoyo give up being Cherokee shamans when they convert to Christianity. More background should have been given about shamanism because this might be confusing for readers who have never read about Native American religions. This is a Christian novel and it is understood that there is not much little mention of this aspect of Cherokee life, but I feel the reader can understand the tribe better by learning about the indigenous faith of this people.
Overall this was a very good book and enjoyable to read. I recommend it for anyone who has never read about the Cherokee people and would like to read a interesting fictional account. However, I also recommend reading historical texts about the Cherokees, which will help the reader learn more about this great tribe.
Good way to get one interested in Cherokee history.......2007-03-07
Osiyo!
After reading this book I was inspired to want to look up more stuff on Cherokee history.
It was nice to read a book on 2 of the things I love very much which is Jesus ( Christianity ) and the Cherokee ( my ancestry).
This site is under contruction and doing some changing but still has alot of good info about the Cherokee.( at one time this site would read itself outloud, perhaps it will in the future again so keep your speakers on)
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I also say that this site is a good one---> http://cherokee.org/
Cherokee Rose.......2007-02-07
Awesome book - would definitely recommend!! Have since purchased many more books by Al Lacy and have not been disappointed.
A well written book, but a little lacking in accuracy........2006-08-15
Overall, I liked this book. It was beautifully written, and you could really envision what was happening. The characters are very well written, and you really feel them in their hardship. The story really keeps you going, and at times, I couldn't put it down. However, I think that the historical aspects were a bit lacking. For instance, Seqouyah went West to OK in 1829. The trail that Cherokee Rose takes in this book ("Trail of Tears") happened in 1838-1839. Seqouyah, therefore, could not have traveled with them, as it is protrayed in this book. Also, I felt that the story glossed over a lot of what happened during that time. It made people seem a litrle to happy at times. Yes, I realize it's fiction, and not a history book, but I feel that historical books should be as close to history as possible. Again, Cherokee Rose is a great book, with many good qualities, but if you want the real story of the Trail of Tears, check out www.cherokee.org.
A Great Book!.......2006-08-09
I cannot say enough good things about this book. Al & Joanna Lacy are excellent storytellers, and I found it hard to put their novel down, even for a few minutes.
I am about 1/10th Cherokee, so I was especially interested in the historical aspects of this story. I still am, but I was more impressed by the simple but interesting style the Lacys use to keep a story moving and detailed at the same time.
The characters in this fictional story are people who you genuinely fall in love with as you follow their plights and successes. There are no slow spots in this book. It's all good. It was so great to read about the 1800's with writers determined to not bog the story down with needless explanations about why this was happening, or why that was happening. The authors give the readers some credit by sticking to this formula of some history and a lot of story.
The only complaint I have about this book is that I am now a victim! I have the Al & Joanna Lacy BUG! And these two have a lot of books to read.
I offer a sincere thanks to the authors for working so hard to make reading fun for the reader.
See ya next review!
Book Description
LAND RUSH!
Britt Clairborne, United Cherokee Nation Chief of Police, and his sweet wife, Cherokee Rose, face challenging times. It’s 1889, and the Cherokees are being moved onto reservations within the Oklahoma District. The remainder of the land promised to them decades ago is being opened for white settlers to homestead. Of course, the Cherokees are unhappy. Some are outraged and want to stand and fight–despite Britt’s warning that they will be punished swiftly and severely by the U.S. Army.
Before long, white settlers converge from all directions. Lee and Kathy Belden and their two children come from Texas, where they lost their farm after years of drought. Martha Ackerman, newly widowed, arrives from Kansas with her three young children and her parents. Craig Parker, fresh out of prison and cleared of a bank robbery he didn’t commit, travels with his loyal wife, Gloria, from Missouri. And so many others. They all come for land and a new beginning, yet face so much that is unexpected: fraudulent sooners, funnel clouds, rattlesnakes, even oil. And of course, unexpected kindness and God’s provision.
Will the Cherokees and the settlers all find a home in the land of promise? And perhaps a spiritual home as well?
Customer Reviews:
superb historical fiction.......2007-03-24
Five decades since the Trail of Tears killed many of them (see CHEROKEE ROSE), the Cherokee people are overall happy with their land in Indian Territory. However, to the chagrin of Indian Territory Police Chief Brit Claiborne, a quarter Cherokee, President Harrison has decided to move the People again this time onto "reservations" in a small relatively useless part of the Oklahoma Territory. Brit knows that this forced mini Trail of Tars will cause major trouble because as the Indians are pushed out, white settlers will come in a land rush, each claiming 160 acres in the unassigned lands.
He explains his fears to his beloved wife Cherokee Rose (see BRIGHT ARE THE STARS). Though many of the displaced Indians go peacefully, some are outraged such as the Osage who attack a wagon train that include three generations of Bakers; the military arrive in time to save the party. Brit tries to keep everyone safe regardless of ethnicity and because of this becomes a target from both sides as some Cherokee claim he sold them out while the whites demand he do his job to hunt down the renegades. The southwest has become a hot spot of injustice as neither side's moderates can be heard above the noise of the extremists willing to commit ethnic cleansing because the Oklahoma District has become THE LAND OF PROMISE for the whites and the land of sorrow for the Indians.
The final tale in the Lacey's "A Place to call Home" trilogy is a superb historical fiction story that looks at the late ninetieth century land rush that caused heartbreak for both races. The key to this saga is that Indians and whites are treated with respect by the authors who also do not hide from the atrocities that occurred. This is a deep inspirational historical that shows even at life's darkest; hope and faith in the promise of the Lord enable people to seek the light of salvation.
Harriet Klausner
Book Description
Based on hands-on, real-world research and concepts used by CEOs, managers and employees in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 to nonprofit, There Is No Place Like Work shows how organizations have accomplished and can accomplish the ultimate goal of managing their CORE Culture.
Customer Reviews:
A MUST read!.......2006-08-10
As a "headhunter" of 15 years, I have been a consultant to companies who are trying to attract top talent to their organizations. I have also worked with top-notch candidates who are searching to associate themselves with companies who are the best in their fields. What I have found is, that, which most excites quality, talented, qualified individuals to a new employer, is the company's leadership, their purpose, their culture and their core values. After reading "There Is No Place Like Work", I concluded that this easy-to-read, easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow and easy-to-implement guide is a "must read" for every business owner, CEO, executive, manager and human resources professional. Kudos to Drs. Margolis and Wilensky for writing a handbook that can help businesses be the best that they can be.
Extremely Helpful.......2006-08-09
Excellent Reading! I thoroughly enjoyed it and see how it can be beneficial!!!! I plan to put it to good use!!!
A great primer to a new career!.......2006-08-02
Do you want to change careers? Do you want to start a business venture? Do you want to be crystal clear as to the direction you want to go with your business? Then might I suggest you read this book. While it is a metaphor to the wizard of oz, it is written beautifully so as to make you decide where you want to go with your business.
The information was just enough to get the wheels turning as to what is important and more importantly why?
I spent the day pondering the message in the book and created a business model that I am looking forward to implement tomorrow.
Good Luck to you.
Tools for an organizational "tune up"!.......2006-07-15
There Is No Place Like Work...is an excellent tool for an organizational tune-up! My company's vision and mission are current and consistent, we are not looking to start over. But we have many entry level positions and a limited career ladder so we are constantly bringing new people into the organization. Using the tools that are provided in the book helped us to sharpen our presentations (tell our story)better, internally and to outside audiences. Additionally, we use the principals in our strategic leadership team as part of our planning process. This book is a winner!
Fantastic!!.......2006-07-11
Whether you're starting a brand new business or have been at the helm for 20 years, Ava and Sheila's 5 P's put workplace culture simply and concisely into perspective. From the first page to the last, you will find yourself fascinated by how easily their insights can be plugged right into your situation. This book will absolutely increase your bottom line!
Book Description
Heavens Shine Above New Beginnings
1839. The North Carolina Cherokees are settling into their new home in Indian Territory and Britt Claiborne and Cherokee Rose are settling into married life. Britt, a quarter Cherokee Indian, is released from the United States army and joins the Cherokee Police Force where his position takes him into fearsome and heart-gripping dangers. They raise two children with much love and delight. They also lean on God through the trials of their dayâincluding the death of the popular Cherokee Chief Sequoyah, who had translated the Bible into their language. Follow the historical events that punctuate their lives until 1889, when President Harrison announces that whites are free to enter Indian Territory , now known by the Indians as home.
Together, they overcame tragedy.
At long last they’ve made a home filled with love.
But all that may be about to change...
Cherokee Rose and Britt Claiborne know the meaning of survival. They endured the Trail of Tears, watching as friends and family fell along the way, facing down brutal opposition to their growing love. But that’s all in the past. Now married, content in a home they’ve built themselves, Britt and Cherokee Rose plan a future of home and family. And though Britt’s work as a law officer in Indian Territory takes him away from home for days at a time, Cherokee Rose tries not to worry. She knows he will always come back to her and their children.
Then, the unthinkable. A group of Indians break out of jail, bent on revenge against the one who imprisoned them: Britt. Cherokee Rose prays day and night for her husband’s safety as he goes after the renegadesâ¦prayers that seem to go unanswered. For word comes back that there’s been an ambushâand Britt is missing. Presumed dead. Can Cherokee Rose find the faith to go on, to trust God with her family and futureâ¦even in the face of her worst nightmare?
Set against the backdrop of the Oklahoma Land Rush, follow this wilderness family as they face the trials and hardships, joys and triumphs of faith in the face of danger and adversity.
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Story Behind the Book
Long captivated with the study of American history, Al and JoAnna Lacy eagerly researched the time in the 1800s when five American Indian tribes were forced by the U.S. government to make a one-thousand-mile journey to Indian Territory (now the state of Oklahoma). The tribes were the Cherokee, the Chickasaw, the Choctaw, the Creek, and the Seminole. Repeatedly forced to surrender their lands, the people of the Cherokee Nation, as well as those of the other four tribes, were hoping to find in Indian Territory a place to call home.
Customer Reviews:
Bright are the Stars.......2007-03-19
I really enjoyed the book very much it showed how you came live in a world of strife and still have the Lord on your side.
Customer Reviews:
Looking For A New Home........2006-08-29
We all need a place to call home, and I guess Wyoming is as good as any. Zach wants a new place to call home, as the old one has too many bad memories. Chris and Brett have a new home out in California, so far away. Geoff has a good ranch-style house which isn't exactly a home, but it is theirs and no one to come in and threaten them. Me, I need a new home (or place to live) but would not relocate to Wyoming. I read and loved her story called MISSING about the spinster with a crippled leg. Her brothers were crippled in other ways. The man who saved her was running away from home, away from his past; together, they forged a future.
Now we have an unwed mother with a little girl who meets the perfect man; at least, the daughter thinks so. Charlie is the sister of the lawman of the town and is suspicious of all men until they prove their worth. Mary Ann has a place to call her own out in Texas, leaving her daughter Amy Lerica to find her own place after her husband was killed in a tragic accident. Ms. Sala includes a disabled person in her stories so I am wondering if perhaps one of her siblings has a disability. Jeff's son has autism which is a hardship at age six, but he is a math genius already. We all are crippled in ways no one would ever notice. My ring finger on the left hand was cut off when I was a child, but the doctors managed to attach it. It "took" but has always been crooked, making it hard to type fast. Some people are crippled emotionally, which is impossible to see. Their future and existence is the hardest to predict.
She is a good storyteller and now an accomplished writer. I highly recommend her book, MISSING. It will stick with me for a very long time. This one, too, is lasting, but I have read about a little girl who hid from her rescuers because she too had a disability and did not trust strangers. Children don't make the book, but the pairing of a compatible man and woman and the hardships they overcome to live happily ever after are the heart of a good romance.
One of Ms. Sala's "keeper" books.......2004-11-09
I read this book when Silhouette first released it about 2 years ago and up to this day I could still remember the poignancy of the story. The interaction between Judd and Charlie's daughter Rachel was just so sweet.
It's a good thing that this particular story by Ms. Sala is reissued. For those who've missed it the fist time, try not to the second time around.
reissue.......2004-11-06
is an ok book but is a reissue, be careful you don't have it already
first-rate.......2004-09-27
This story's plot has already been given, so I'll just add that it's the relationships that make it work; I loved Sala's portrayal of Rachel, the heroine's daughter, and the hero's tenderness toward her. Also handled with skill and grace are the relationships of other characters with Davie, a young man with a developmental disability.
Note: Although this story includes some violence, it is not nearly as violent or sinister as the beginning (or the back matter) might lead you to believe. Recommended.
An excellent romance that you'll remember!.......2000-01-03
Judd and Charlie are the perfect couple, and act believably given their circumstances. So does Rachel, Charlie's 2 year old daughter!
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