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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: The Young Collector's Illustrated Classics/Ages 8-12
Review Date: 8/16/2006


In their search for a mysterious giant sea monster, three men are thrown overboard into dark and dangerous waters. Although they are saved by Captain Nemo, commander of an underwater vessel, they become prisoners on his ship.

This book,a classic for ages 8-12, has large print and lots of pictures.


All Aboard: The Practical Guide to Ho Model Railroading (Model Railroad Handbook ; No. 21)
Review Date: 7/18/2006


From the cover:
If you just getting started in HO, this book is for you. In addition to more than two dozen chapters on basic topics you'll find step-to-step instructions, plans, and bills of materials needed to build an attractive 4x6 starter layout, the Kitty Hawk Central.

If you've been an HO model railroader for years, this book provides a refresher course and a ready reference to current HO techniques.


Always: Inspiring Stories to Encourage Your Marriage (Focus on the Family Great Stories.)
Review Date: 7/26/2006


Every couple, whether newlywed or married for years, desires a marriage that will last. Journey with real-life couples as they share their personal stories of how they faced such challenges as illness and infidelity, to financial struggles and personal setbacks. These encouraging stories will prove that even during the hard times, you can be brought closer to each other and to God.


Answers for Atheists, Agnostics, and Other Thoughtful Skeptics: Dialogs About Christian Faith and Life
Review Date: 7/17/2006
Helpful Score: 1


Honest questions deserve honest answers. Christians and non-Christians struggle with vital questions about God and themselves.

In this unusual book, frank dialogs between a non-Christian and his Christian friend move intriguingly from topic to topic, covering such questions as: Is there a God? How do we know?

Invaluable for both the unbeliever looking for answers and the believer who wants to learn how to better answer friends' questions.


Approaching Hoofbeats: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Approaching Hoofbeats: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Author: Billy Graham
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/26/2006
Helpful Score: 2


Written by Billy Graham in 1983, this book still rings true and current. In Approaching Hoofbeats, based on the book of Revelation, Graham writes like a prophet. His warning is clear, his words ring with hope, his agenda is practical, helpful, and creative for the people who will read, understand, and be transformed by this book.


The Articulate Person: A Guide to Everyday Public Speaking
Review Date: 9/11/2008


What do you say when...you're asked to "say a few words"?...you deliver a classroom report?...you have to answer an attack on your favorite ideas?...you want to convince a group of your friends to vote?...you give a demonstration at the YWCA?...you want student governent to fund a careers program?...your boss wants you to present a sales report?...you explain registration procedures to the incoming freshmen?...you introduce the main speaker at Honors Day convocation?

The Articulate Person calls for articulate public speakers: those who can present appropriate, relevant, and clear ideas to their listeners in a direct, open, and convincing manner. It assumes that effective public speaking produces significant changes in audiences and therefore is an important social force. It argues that success in public speaking is achieved through the development of specific skills together with an awareness of the cultural expectations which surround various speaking occasions.


Assignment: Rescue: An Autobiography
Assignment: Rescue: An Autobiography
Author: Varian Fry
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/18/2006


The true story of Varian Fry, a man who smuggled people out of France in WWII.

From the cover:
Varian Fry didn't know any more about being on undercover agent than what he'd seen in the movies. But he was the one man who could get into Vichy France, where thousands of people had fled Hitler's Germany. Unless he could get them out, they'd be trapped - turned back to the concentration camps and death camps.


The Best of Times Second Collection (sc)
The Best of Times Second Collection (sc)
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/17/2006


There was a time when stories were told, passed on from one generation to the next.

There was a time when stories were read, reread and cherished. Filled with lasting lessons and unforgettable characters, these stories stay with us.

These little known stories, penned over a half-century ago, show that while the world had changed, our hearts have not. Fiction.


Better Homes and Gardens After-School Cooking
Better Homes and Gardens After-School Cooking
Author: Better Homes and Gardens
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/16/2006


A good way to teach middle and high school students how to fend for themselves.


Better Homes and Gardens Easy Bazaar Crafts
Better Homes and Gardens Easy Bazaar Crafts
Author: Better Homes and Gardens
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 8/16/2006


Quick and easy best sellers for your bazaar to increase your sales. You will find dozens of designs made from inexpensive easy-to-find materials. Choose from a host of holiday wares, gifts for children, Christmas ideas, fashionable accessories, homemade gifts from the kitchen, needlecraft and quick-and-easy sewing projects.


Better Homes and Gardens Fast-Fixin' Kids' Recipes (Better homes and gardens test kitchen)
Review Date: 7/16/2006


Recipies that kids like with little prep time


Better Homes and Gardens Microwave Cooking for Kids (Better homes and gardens books)
Review Date: 7/16/2006
Helpful Score: 1


A safe and easy way for elementary children to help them get started in using the microwave. This book, with loads of pictures, provides the beginner or advanced cooks recipes from "Lip Smackin' Snacks" to "Simple Super Supper Fare" with everything in-between. Featured extras for the young cooks are dishes from other lands and dishes for holiday celebrations and special occasions.


The Big Book of Home Learning, Volume 3, Teen and Adult
The Big Book of Home Learning, Volume 3, Teen and Adult
Author: Mary Pride
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/18/2006
Helpful Score: 1


Start with basic school subjects and go on to things like business, foriegn language, ecomonics, and more. Teen and Adult


Birds of Storm Hill
Birds of Storm Hill
Author: Theresa Skorseth
Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 7/26/2006


Christian adventure, ages 10 and up. Two children aid a mysterious flock of birds in protecting England from the evil spirit of a long-dead king. They must find the good king's barrow before the spirit of the evil king escapes his barrow. Their only hope lies in an ancient prophecy that speaks of a barbarian knight from a foreign land. Time is running out...


The Black Stallion and Satan (Black Stallion, Bk 5)
The Black Stallion and Satan (Black Stallion, Bk 5)
Author: Walter Farley
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/16/2006


A continuation of the Black Stallion saga with his foal in the spotlight.

Which horse is faster-the Black Stallion or his colt? However, fans would never get to see the race that could settle it. For the contest that pitted the Black against Satan was a race for their lives-from a deadly forest fire!


Born Again
Born Again
Author: Charles W. Colson
Book Type: Unknown Binding
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/26/2006


Born Again may well contain the most candid scenes and reliable conclusions to emerge from Watergate. But it is much more; it is the story of one man's unrelenting search for meaning which led to the surprise plea of guilty and long months in federal prison.
For all those struggling with an inner emptiness in our computer-controlled, coldly impersonal society, Born Again charts the way to a new life and new hope.


Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 7/20/2008


800+ page tome of the Catholic catechism.
PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH. "I believe-we believe"; the profession of the Christian faith
PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY. The sacramental economy; the seven sacraments of the Church
PART THREE: LIFE IN CHRIST. Man's vocation: life in the Spirit; the ten commandments
PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER. Prayer in the Christian life; the Lord's Prayer


The Challenge of Missions
The Challenge of Missions
Author: Oswald J. Smith
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/20/2008


From the back cover:

Almost 2000 years have passed and the desire of Jesus that all should hear the Good News is as strong as ever. In this remarkable book, Oswald J. Smith maintains that the Church which takes this command seriously will experience the blessing of God.

The "Challenge of Missions" will stir you to gain a vision for 'world' evangelization. It will challenge you to give moe to missions than you thought possible. It will set you on a quest to the uttermost parts of the earth until the Gospel has been preached to every creature. And when the Great Commission has been fulfilled...then shall the end come!


Character Counts: Leadership Qualities in Washington, Wilberforce, Lincoln, Solzhenitsyn
Review Date: 7/17/2006


Contains brief biographical and reflective chapters about four remarkable world figures who not only withstood the extreme adversities of their offices and circumstances but flourished and grew under pressure to become people who made a difference in their time.

Concerned citizens and all who are eager to raise the level of character in this generation and the next will draw inspiration from these readable essays.

Social issues.


The Christian couple
The Christian couple
Author: Larry Christenson
Book Type: Unknown Binding
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 7/18/2006


Deals specifically with the relationship of husband and wife. Christian

Quote of Glorya Clark in "Renaissance"
"...this book contains valuable ministry for people who are looking for a clear, biblically founded statement on marriage as God intended it to be."


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