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Book Description
It's the end of the road....
Jason Carrillo came out to his basketball team and lost his university scholarship. Now that he's graduated, he's been asked to speak at the opening of a gay and lesbian high school across the country -- but what is he going to say?
Kyle Meeks is getting ready to go to Princeton in the fall. When his boyfriend, Jason, mentions the speaking invitation, he jumps at the chance to go with him -- but can their romance survive two weeks crammed together in a car?
Nelson Glassman is happy that his best friend, Kyle, has found love with Jason. Now he wants to find a soul mate of his own and is going to start looking during the road trip -- but will being "third wheel" ruin his friendship with Kyle and Jason?
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so good .......2007-09-11
This book is so good that it nearly brought tears to my eyes when I finished reading it. So much happens that I can't even explain it to you all. You have to read it. When I finally finished the second book I couldn't wait to read this one. I read it in a few hours and I seriously felt every moment of this book. It was so believable and incredibly moving and sweet. Alex Sanchez thank you for writing this wonderful series. You now have a life long fan.
Best Book Ever.......2006-12-31
I am very delighted with the book Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez. This book is a great book for those who are going through homosexual problems. Like not knowing how to come out to your family and friends. But that was mainly covered in Rainbow High. I personally love this book. It helped me understand how life is for the people who are gay. It also taught me that homosexuals are humans with feelings and go through everything we go through and more.
This book also helped me with how to approach a homosexual or how to respond to them too. In this book the three friend encounter a lot of difficult problems. They meet a whole lot of different people. They go through many hardships and other things humans go through. At the end all ends well when the trio still end up friends even though Nelson stayed in L.A. to make a new life with his new lover Manny while Kyle and Jason closer than ever make it back to D.C. Rainbow Road is a great book with a perfect ending and I loved it.
The Greatest of the Trilogy!.......2006-12-29
I am very delighted with the book Rainbow Road by Alex Sanchez. This book is a great book for those who are going through homosexual problems. Like not knowing how to come out to your family and friends. But that was mainly covered in Rainbow High. I personally love this book. It helped me understand how life is for the people who are gay. It also taught me that homosexuals are humans with feelings and go through everything we go through and more.
This book also helped me with how to approach a homosexual or how to respond to them too. In this book the three friend encounter a lot of difficult problems. They meet a whole lot of different people. They go through many hardships and other things humans go through. At the end all ends well when the trio still end up friends even though Nelson stayed in L.A. to make a new life with his new lover Manny while Kyle and Jason closer than ever make it back to D.C. Rainbow Road is a great book with a perfect ending and I loved it.
by Carmen BLA
Friends from East to West.......2006-09-15
In this third installment of Sanchez's rainbow trilogy, we find Kyle, Jason, and Nelson taking a road trip across the country (from Washington, DC to Los Angeles, CA).
There definitely is something transformative about driving across the country--even more so when you don't do it alone. The excitement, the fear, the being trapped, the feeling infinite...Sanchez did a great job of capturing these emotions. The distinct personalities of Kyle, Jason, and Nelson that Sanchez has developed over the series (Rainbow Boys, Rainbow High, and here in Rainbow Road) gets the chance to unfold even more. We learn more about the characters, we get to watch them grown, and become themselves.
Nelson's utter commitment to being himself shines through.
Kyle's dedication to his friends, and his vulnerability that is matched by his sense of hope are endearing.
And Jason...his perseverance is admirable.
While I worry that the ending is a little too focused on coming out as a panacea, I do like Sanchez's emphasis on the importance of community.
Awesome!.......2006-02-16
Out of three books I love this one the best. The after high school setting was cool for a change and the maturity levels of the characters was better. In this book, Kyle isn't the perfect boy anymore, Jason sees that he can screw up. I like the readers now see some of Kyles flaws and defects, this is one of the best parts of the book. Jason...oh Jason. I enjoyed reading about how Jason questions hes total "gayness" when he sees naked girls and kisses that girl in the club. Thats a big problem many questioning people have and it was nice to see it brought up in a way. Jason and Kyles relationship goes throught its tough times on this trip with is also nice to see becuase not every relationship in the world is perfect. In many ways even though Kyle and Jason fight, their relationship is growing stronger. Then comes Nelson. Nelson, a friend of Kyle and not really Jasons in the other two books. In this book, I like how Nelson and Jason start to connect and Kyle doesnt like that. This is another big problem many teens hae in their relationships, gays and straights. He also wants to find his true love like Kyle found Jason, but he doesnt know if hes ever going to find that til the end of the book in L.A. My all time favorite part of the book is at the end when Kyle knows he want to spend the rest of his life with Jason and that they are going to take it one day at a time, just like the old couple from the diner. I would recommend this book to everyone!!!
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The practical sequel to Mother Earth Spirituality that applies Native American teachings and ritual to comtemporary living.
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Rainbow Tribe: Ordinary People Journeying on the Red Road.......2006-06-30
This book pulls no punches about developing a successful and spiritual life. The is serious stuff.
Bridging the gaps in the cultures.......2005-11-17
Once again Eagle Man does a great job in showing that the protection of Nature is a multi-cultural responsibility. He shows that we can bridge the culture gaps and really work together.
exploitation???.......2003-06-06
Ed McGaa, writing about what he is called to write about, has the blessed good fortune to be published. The ceremonies he writes about have meaning to him and he wishes to share their essence with the readers. There is nothing about exploitation in this. What this book does is send a message of hope that people will do SOMETHING in themselves to correct their insane ways and reconnect with the living Spirit that flows through Nature. Small minds need opening. Small hearts need opening. Envy is a disease of the soul. 1000 blessings to Ed McGaa, whoever he is, for his beautiful efforts. Small stones dropped in the water make ever-expanding rings. It is for readers to reflect on the meaning of what is written. Noone has to go out and perform rituals that are not theirs. There is something universal in all people's rituals, however. The wise see it and can work with it. The lazy idiots sit back and sling mud. When has it ever been otherwise? Bright Blessings.
Peddling Sacrelidge.......2002-05-02
Telling people how to perform ceremonies that they have no qualifications for or experience in is sacrelidgeous. Period. Anyone who practices or performs these ceremonies (who hasn't cashed in on their ancestry for twenty bucks a pop) knows this. I have done extensive research on this kind of cultural misappropriation (Ward Churchill has, among many others, an excellent book called Indians Are Us? that contains an essay on Mr. McGaa and other "plastic medicine men"). The person who stated the fact that this book is sacrelidgeous is not close-minded, he or she is aware of the facts. You cannot claim part of someone else's religion for your own.
Stories of people taking the natural way.......2000-09-19
This book is a collection of stories of people taking the natural way instead of the closed minded dogma of most religion.
In this book Mr. McGaa releases more of his distaste for "christianity" I suffered too much at the hands of "christians" as well.
If you are interested in taking the natural way; this book offers some guideposts to follow.
If your mind and heart are closed; as demonstrated by the reviewer from San Francisco below; go back to you dogmatic religion where you are forced to give your power away to the people in power. I wish you peace.
Minds and hearts are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.
Questions or comments E-Mail me. Two Bears
Wah doh Ogedoda
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Until now historians have generally accepted the interpretation that actual military planning for war with Germany and Japan came only after the events of 1939 when the security of the United States had been threatened. But Henry Gole counters this accepted historical wisdom with a forceful body of evidence indicating that the U.S. Army planned for coalition warfare as early as 1934, and specifically for a simultaneous two-ocean war with a Nazi Confederation and Japan in 1935, 1936, and 1937. Using primary sources from the Army War College, the Naval War College, and the National Archives, including materials discovered years after the publication of the official histories of World War II known as the Green Books, Gole shows that the United States was prepared intellectually from the mid-1930s to mobilize people and things for another world war.
Filled with facts from his extensive research and convincingly argued, Gole's book-co-published with the Association of the U.S. Army-is the first to fully disclose the extent of the Army's strategic planning done at the Army War College in coordination with the Army's General Staff, proving that these plans were created in response to global conflict years before the outbreak of World War II. The plans evolved into the joint and combined military options known as the Rainbow Plans. Gole's conclusions will cause readers to reconsider long-accepted "truths" about the realism of military planning before World War II and to reevaluate some of the now fifty-year old findings of the Green Books.
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Strategizing in an era of political imbecility.......2006-11-09
In the 1930s, as now, democracy was under attack from the Left and the Right. In the 1930s, as now, public opinion -- or at least the noisiest part of it -- was almost unanimous in announcing that democracy and liberty had to take a backseat to collectivity, appeasement and vapid appeals to a human nature better than any hitherto observed.
Luckily, at least in the '30s, there were a few grownups with a realistic view of the world. They numbered hundreds and mostly worked in obscurity, while tens of thousands of enemies of democracy filled Madison Square Garden and called them militarists.
So some of them were, as Henry Goles details in "The Road to Rainbow."
If not for the resonance with current events, this book would be pretty much inside baseball. Now, it's hot as a poker.
In military planning, the United States was guided by isolationism and fear of entangling alliances, and up to 1934, hypothetical war planning had always assumed a single opponent. Each country was given a color -- thus Plan Orange for war with Japan, Plan Black for Germany. (The USA was Blue.)
In 1941, the United States found itself simultaneously at war with a host of aggressor states, and it fought against them under a strategic plan called Rainbow. Historians, even those who worked for the Army, have often assumed that Rainbow was developed in haste.
Not so, says Goles, who is the first historian to go through the student papers of the Army War College, which lay ignored in a basement for decades.
He discovered that starting in 1934, the Army War College always set its problems as wars fought in "participation with Allies," and in most years, against coalitions of foes.
The studies made by these students showed a deep understanding of world events -- much deeper than those of the appeasers and antidemocrats -- and the factual and intelligence material they gathered was not merely academic. When the fighting started, national war planners had this mass of information already at hand.
Furthermore, Goles shows that the college worked hand in glove with the Wars Plans Division of the Army General Staff. In fact, WPD or the chief of staff of the Army usually directed the college commandant to what it thought needed attention that year.
It was commonly said in the 1930s that the democracies could not match up with the corporatist or collectivist polities, which were hailed as the future of mankind. Democracy, it turned out, had more brains than its foes, and when it came to putting the systems to the test, the antidemocratic forces made far more and worse strategic mistakes than the Allies.
The realistic prewar planning helped bring this about.
It was a close encounter. Thanks to the refusal of the peace faction to provide either men or munitions for defense, in the first two years of the war a lot of outnumbered, outgunned young men were maimed and killed.
"The army," Goles writes, "was resource poor in an isolationist country, but it invested its limited resources and energy in education, training, studies and planning."
He adds, in a statement that can be read both as he means it and in a totally opposite sense, "There is something surreal in a third-rate military thinking first-rate global schemes."
He means the United States, but the same idea applies, with different outcomes, to the Japans and Italys and Germanys of that time -- and to the Irans and North Koreas of the early 21st century.
Illuminating and Surprising.......2004-06-12
Some students of war may find this book difficult only if they have a rudimentary background of the inter-war period. On the contrary, if you have read the Army "Green Book Series" you may find it diificult to tell where Army War College Students analysis of the future events begin and actual events of the period 1939 thru 1945 are now known history. Accordingly, this book should be a companion book to "Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1941-1942", United States Army in WW II, by Maurice Matloff; and "Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare, 1943-1944", United States Army in WW II, by Maurice Matloff and Edwin Snell.
With the benefit of new found material,this book brings to light the amount of real effort and "Spade Work" that went into the several war plans that are known as the Rainbow Plans. These student officers broke new ground in attempting to gel a "Jointness" into war planning and are much more astute in there geo-political-military analysis than previously written history acknowledges. Additionally, as successive classes have the benefit of the previous years work, coupled with events as they transpire, the predictions and recommendations for the conduct of the war were startingly accurate. For example Chapters 5 and 6 are a discussion of student war planning activity in 1936 and 1937, read and then compare those two chapters with actual events thst occured in 1939/40.
Of wider significance is the fact that this book debuncts, with specific primary sources, both the specified and implied myth that war planning just sort of materialized in 1940-41 and had been done entirely in a vacuum without consideration of "joint operations", or the wider political-military impact, not true; certainly there where huge silo's, but the students and subsequent war plans staff recognized many significant pearls of wisdom that resulted in both the student analysis and the wide question and evaluation process of the student methodolgy. A review of the appendix's, especially Appendix A and B, is revealing on the number of graduate students that served in high level staff positions. It is unequivocal that the plans implemented in 1941 to 1945 had there incubus in 1934.
The real beauty of the book is that each chapter can stand alone. if you want them to. You can study the new chapters and compare the results against each of the chapters in the two companion references that I mentioned.
All in all, this is a highly illuminating book, must read book, that brings a fresh approach to US Army Officer competance and vindicates the idea that we were totally unprepared for war. Perhaps in many other others yes, but not in the planning phase prior to our involvement.
difficult but interesting book.......2003-01-25
Gole has set out to study the war plans gamed by the Army War College in the 1930s, with very interesting results. The students (who appear to have been company- and field-grade officers) had a remarkable grasp of how World War II would work out, foreseeing for example a sneak attack by the Japanese, the early loss of the Philippines, a "Germany first" strategy on the part of the western allies, and a cautious island-hopping retaking of the Pacific by the U.S. Understandably, they did not take such leaps as the possibility that Germany might over-run France in a few weeks, or that the development of carrier warfare might make the climatic naval battle (expected by both the U.S. and Japanese navies) an impossibility. Gole's point, as I understand it, is that by playing these annual games, a third-rate army (the U.S. Army had fewer than 200,000 men in the late 1930s) was able to leverage its officer corps into a cadre that could command an army ten times as large, and that was therefore ready to wage and win a global war. The book will repay a second reading. - Dan Ford
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The Rainbow Road: From Tooting Broadway to Kalimpong, Memoirs of an English Buddhist
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A children's book that tells how two courageous boys saved their village. Written in the tradition of Native American oral storytelling and accompanied by colorful illustrations, it brings the powers of language, memory, and imagery to a tale that will captivate children ages seven and up. The text is presented in Keres--the language of Acoma Pueblo and six other Pueblo communities in New Mexico--and in English, with an additional Spanish translation in the back of the book.
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The Good Rainbow Road: A Western Heritage Award Winner.......2005-04-20
If you are looking for an award winning book filled with wisdom and culture, then The Good Rainbow Road is for you. It should occupy shelf space in every child's library. The book's message is deceptively simple and the artwork is stunning. Our family will cherish it for generations.
Enthusiastically recommended Native American story .......2004-08-13
The Good Rainbow Road is a fable written by contemporary Native American author Simon J. Ortiz. Though it is not based upon any traditional Native American legend, it has been deliberately crafted with the inspiration and narrative style of such. It is a tri-lingual storybook, with its adventurous tale presented in English, Spanish, and the Keres language of the Acoma Pueblo Native Americans. Brightly illustrated by Michael Lacapa in a slightly stylistic manner, The Good Rainbow Road tells of two brothers who set out to rescue their village from drought, yet for one brother, fear is a far more dire obstacle than even the most perilous hazard. The Good Rainbow Road is a most enjoyable and enthusiastically recommended Native American story exposing avid young readers to languages and cultures outside of the mainstream.
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A humorist looks at bumpy roads in life and shows how God wants to help us smooth things out.
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Contains Inspiring Quotes.......2005-02-06
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. ~William Penn
Laura's life proves we can make it through almost any situation life tosses our way. Through the Rocky Road and into the Rainbow Sherbet is one of my favorite Laura Jensen Walker books. I found so much I could relate to and this particular book has some amazingly collectable quotes.
I did have to laugh when Laura explains how a scoop of French vanilla ice cream and chocolate cake helps to put a new perspective on situations. I admire her willingness to analyze her life and make the right decisions. She also keeps a lovely sense of humor in her marriage, although I think she defiantly married her soul mate.
With chapter titles like "It's my Parfait and I'll cry if I want to," we learn about Laura's life, her trials and her loves. There are little "scoops for thought" that present some collectible advice for future consideration.
This book is filled with quotes (I found 7 new ones I loved), stories of travel in Europe, childhood memories, insight, personal life experience and humor. The contents of Through the Rocky Road and into the Rainbow Sherbet melts together into a delicious read.
~TheRebeccaReview.com
Humor & Pathos the Old-Fashioned Way.......2003-03-31
When I was a little girl, one of my favorite past-times was eating ice cream made the old-
fashioned way-hand-cranked by Daddy. He used only the finest ingredients like real cream,
sugar, and fresh strawberries. We were blissfully unaware of fat grams. Thank goodness
laughter isn't fattening, or I would be several sizes larger having devoured Through the Rocky
Road and Into the Rainbow Sherbert by quintessential Christian comedienne, Laura Jensen
Walker. She writes the old-fashioned way, using only the finest ingredients like humor,
creativity, and wit. But just as rock salt is necessary for congealing ice cream, Walker adds
generous scoops of pathos that pave life's rocky roads with depth and honesty. She openly
writes about pain-the untimely deaths of her father and brother, rejection at the altar by her
fiancé, her masectomy, and brush with contemplated suicide. Yet Laura is a survivor. She has
received the rocks life dishes out with an upturned spoon and open heart-with courage, and
confidence in the God who controls it all. Because of the bitter, she appreciates life's sweetness
all the more. Because of the rain, she savors the rainbows.
-Lynn D. Morrissey, author of Seasons of a Woman's Heart & speaker
Parenting expert/author comments on Rocky Road book.......2002-09-10
I like short reads. I wrote a short read. Through the Rocky Road is a delicious collection of short reads about joy, hope, disappointment, learning, love, sadness and laughter. It's one of those keep-by-the-side-of-the-bed books you can pick up, enjoy a portion, then go on with your day digesting its message. The author shares true stories and reveals her humanness in a way that anyone can relate to. This is not an advice book but one of gentle, encouraging navigation through the rocky roads of life.
Substantive and Sweet!.......2002-08-26
With warmth, humor, and real experience, Laura Jensen Walker tugs at your heart and invites you to think about your own life with her stories. As the best of teachers do, this author shares meaningful life learnings without preaching or lecturing. You can turn to any chapter of this book for inspiration, but you'll find yourself wanting to read it from cover to cover. Walker encourages us to discover the best for ourselves from any situation, a strategy that teaches optimism, builds faith, and encourages hope. Do your friends a favor; don't just loan them your copy, buy them one of their own!
No Ice Cream Overload Here!.......2002-08-22
Laura Jensen Walker's book, "Through the Rocky Road and into the Rainbow Sherbet" is a page turner that leaves you feeling like you've become one of her new best friends. I actually felt as if I'd been with Laura at her kitchen table, sipping tea (along with slurpping all those wonderful ice cream sundaes) while she shared all the important ups and downs, and bits and pieces of her soul. She's a story teller who packs a punch and leaves the reader feeling satisfied...lip-smacking good, satisfied.
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The Direct Road to Music: (Le Droict Chemin de Musique, 1550) (Classic Texts in Music Education)
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