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Hurlbut's Story of the Bible, Revised Edition
Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, Steele Savage
Zondervan Publishing Company, 1974
Best Comprehensive Bible "story book" I've Ever Read
+ Simply Wonderful
+ Excellent Book for Children and Adults
+ The Enchanted Bible
+ Family Tradition
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Biocosm: The New Scientific Theory of Evolution : Intelligent Life Is the Architect of the Universe
James N. Gardner
Inner Ocean Publishing, 2003
An alternative to ID and Landscape Random Cosmos
+ Cosmic Biocomics
Since the greeks, two contrasting ideas are the main players in the discussion of the Cosmos origin. Today, Inteligent Design postulates an inteligent creator for our Universe (with the hidden agenda that "He" is possibly the Christian or Islamic onipotent God). Another view postulates an infinite ...
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Worth
A. LaFaye
Aladdin, 2006
Well Worth A Read
+ Finding Worth
+ 3rd Grade Reading Group, Newport Oregon Elementary School
+ A Storm
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The Source: A Novel
James A. Michener
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
Another great
+ A Sweeping (Fictional) History of the Holy Land
+ James Michener's book "The Source"
+ Three religions, one source
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Nissa's Place
A. LaFaye
Aladdin, 2001
Nissa's Place
+ A must read for mothers and daughters
+ Excellent
+ A story that starts out with a life of misery.
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The Testament
John Grisham
Island Books, 1999
Legal Wrangling, Adventure, Sleaze, Redemption
Grisham brings his page-turning style to a contested will. Aged billionaire Troy Phelan commits suicide, leaving behind a questionable hand-written will and angry heirs (six kids and three ex-wives) who get nothing beyond their debts erased. The beneficiary is Troy's previously unknown ...
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Sons of Yocahu: A Saga of the Tainos' Devastation on Hispaniola
Gloria Bond
S & S Press, 2007
Best Read of the Year
+ Sons of Yocahu
+ A Compelling Saga
I found the story--the narrative--riveting for its own sake. I was also appropriately horrified by the metaphor. This is a "man's inhumanity to man" story based on the worst manifestation of egomania gone mad. Because the tale is a cautionary fable, it informs, once again, that brutality thrives ...
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Mexico
James A. Michener
Fawcett, 1994
Lessons in a nutshell
+ The Majesty of Mexico
+ Mexico
I have read this book a long time ago, but purchased it again for my husband to read. I keep going on and on about Michener and his books that I've had the opportunity to read.
I didn't really know all to much when I read the book, but once I was done, I sat down and thought about it. I also did ...
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The Da Vinci Code: Special Illustrated Edition: A Novel
Dan Brown
Broadway, 2006
Lets get real: Great FICTIONAL story,
I thought my review of this work would be pretty involved given all of the hullaballoo around it, and the story. I have been under the impression that this book is some kind of very true to life story. I believe, even if it is based on a theory, it is and was never meant to be anything but a story. ...
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Sayonara
James A. Michener
Fawcett, 1983
great read
+ Cross - Cultural Romance in the early 1950s
+ Better book than it seems
+ Beautiful and heartbreaking
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The Strength of Saints
A. LaFaye
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2002
A Story of Strength and Triumph
+ The best yet
LaFaye continues with Nissa's story of self-discovery and independence in The Strength of Saints. Here, Nissa is in the process of discovering the fact that she is indeed her own person. As Heirah points out, Nissa is neither like her, Ivar, or Nissa's new step-mother, Lara--she is a unique and ...
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Lord Vanity
Samuel Shellabarger
Little, Brown, 1953
A fine romp. . .
+ XVIII century England and US yarn at its best
This novel is a fine Grand Tour of mid-18th century Europe, hitting not only the highlights such as Paris, Venice, and Bath, but also Canada, then a colony. It touches on the essential artificiality of much of life in the 18th century, and the author certainly did his homework; I'd be willing to ...
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Selections from the Arabian Nights (Sir Richard Burton's famous translation of The Thousand Nights and a ...
International Collectors Library, 1968
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The Covenant
James A. Michener
Mandarin, 1992
Very interesting novel.
+ Capture the spirit of South Africa
+ The Covenant
+ My favorite Michener work ever!
+ Good, but not great - a little below Michener's usual standards.(a history teacher's review)
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Captain From Castile: The Best-Selling Historical Epic
Samuel Shellabarger
Bridge Works, 2002
The Epic Novel of Adventure, Love, and Conquest in New Spain
+ glorious romp through history
+ One of the best fictional books I've ever read
+ A great adventure novel
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