Book Description
In 1970s St. Louis, members of the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church prepare to celebrate its 100th year anniversary. However, with the unexpected death of its pastor, the church faces a terrible dilemma: finding a new pastor not only in time to prepare for the church centennial, but also in time to ensure the survival of the church itself! It seems as though everyone has a strong opinion about who the new pastor should be.Bowen weaves the hilarious stories of several church members as they plan, plot, and connive ways for their favorite candidate to win the pastorship. Will they be able to sort out their differences before the anniversary? God only knows......
Customer Reviews:
Delicious Food and an Enjoyable Read!.......2007-09-07
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a quick summer read. The food the church people in this book was cooking had my mouth watering. There is alot drama going on in this book to keep you up through the night reading! This book comes highly recommended!
Enjoyed It!!!.......2007-08-26
I found this book on the sale table when trying to find a couple of books to take with me on vacation. I read Church Folks and really enjoyed it, and was glad to see that Ms. Bowen had another book out (I know, I'm so behind - I guess she has written two since Church Folks). Anyway, the price was great so I thought I'd check it out. I am so glad that I did! This was such a good book. Loved the story and the characters. And I was glad to see several of the characters from Church Folks - it was like catching up with old friends! If you are looking for a good read, here it is!
MAB does it again!.......2007-08-25
Whoa nelly, she is on the money with the way folks act in the church. That is why I can relate to her.She does not disapoint, another good read!
Awesome.......2007-04-03
I was told to read Church Folk before picking this one up. I read Second Sunday first and just loved it. It was funny and very entertaining. This church story was truly off the hook.
Church novel.......2007-02-20
Very good fiction and so real and life like. It shows what really happens in the black church.
Book Description
Tidal Wave! August 1, 1943. The legendary low level raid on Ploesti, Rumania by the 376th, 93rd, 44th, 389th and 98th Bomb Groups, is described by author/historian Mike Hill in this new large format, 50th Anniversary book. Never before published photos taken during the raid, many from the original negatives, dramatically show the raid, and give the reader a sense of the intensity of fierce flak, and aerial combat. Mike has interviewed many of the surviving veterans of the mission, giving the story a personal flavor from the unique view-point of the crew members. Also included is a complete listing of the aircraft and crews that flew the mission. Mike Hill also the author of The Desert Rats: The 98th Bomb Group and the August 1943 Ploesti Raid. The dust jacket artwork for this new book is by Mike Boss.
, over 350 b/w photographs, 9" x 12"
Customer Reviews:
Great Overview and Photo History.......1999-08-08
As a researcher on this topic for a relative of one of the 98th pilots lost on 1 Aug 43. I can only support and endorse the comments from tdolson@byu.edu from Provo UT , July 10, 1998 Stunning history & photography outweigh typographical errors Michael Hill has re-visited one of the most dramatic bombing missions of World War II. It was the longest bombing mission to date in the war, by the only bomber with the range to do it. He leads you through the exact targets and squadron placements, by name of pilot of each B-24 aircraft (178 of them), and simultaneously unfolds the "big picture" of the low-level raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti, Romania. At least one bomb group was told in their final briefing, "coming back today is secondary." What a nice send-off to crews who had been training in the Libyan desert with exercises in formation 50 feet above the sand dunes! This dramatic mission resulted in the loss of over 360 crew. Some planes returned with corn stalks in their cowlings! The extensive list of crews, by airplane, and many photographs of planes and crews make this a must purchase for those whose relatives participated in the raid. The main distraction from the book is the extensive typographical errors, inconsistencies and mis-spellings of crew names, names of planes, and so on. But I am richer and my family history is stronger because I have read this book. Thanks, Michael, and thanks to the publisher for investing in a visually and textually compelling work. (If a second edition or printing is planned, perhaps a re-editing to keep the errors to fewer than can be found in this review could be undertaken.)
Well written text that is based on facts, not opinions........1998-10-11
This book is very well written, and the minute by minute sequence of the Ploesti raid is exciting to follow. Much of the text is written in a first person point of view, and is not the usual boring documentation of historical events. As you read through, you feel as though you are hearing the crewman's stories firsthand. The smell of burning fuel and the heat of the flames is not hard to imagine, if you let your mind wander a bit. The numerous photographs are some of the best reproductions I have ever seen in a WW II volume. They follow the text accordingly, and are not all jammed in one spot as some books tend to do. The only "flaw", in my opinion, is the lack of extensive interviews and photographs from the German and Romanian defenders on the ground at the time of the raid. Other volumes on the Ploesti raid have touched on these interviews and photos, so the information is out there. Perhaps a volume two on this subject will appear in the future.
Stunning history & photography outweigh typographical errors.......1998-07-11
Michael Hill has re-visited one of the most dramatic bombing missions of World War II. It was the longest bombing mission to date in the war, by the only bomber with the range to do it. He leads you through the exact targets and squadron placements, by name of pilot of each B-24 aircraft (178 of them), and simultaneously unfolds the "big picture" of the low-level raid on the oil refineries of Ploesti, Romania. At least one bomb group was told in their final briefing, "coming back today is secondary." What a nice send-off to crews who had been training in the Libyan desert with exercises in formation 50 feet above the sand dunes! This dramatic mission resulted in the loss of over 360 crew. Some planes returned with corn stalks in their cowlings! The extensive list of crews, by airplane, and many photographs of planes and crews make this a must purchase for those whose relatives participated in the raid. The main distraction from the book is the extensive typographical errors, inconsistencies and mis-spellings of crew names, names of planes, and so on. But I am richer and my family history is stronger because I have read this book. Thanks, Michael, and thanks to the publisher for investing in a visually and textually compelling work. (If a second edition or printing is planned, perhaps a re-editing to keep the errors to fewer than can be found in this review could be undertaken.)
Book Description
Telling the story of two single moms who are also sisters, the humor of Stone Soup is of the too real, you must be a fly on my wall! variety. Readers see themselves and their families in Stone Soup, and they love it. Anyone who'ss ever had a family, been in a family, or known a family will love it.
Customer Reviews:
wallpaper for your fridge.......2000-04-16
The publisher's blurb has it right: anyone who's ever been in afamily or known a family seems to like Stone Soup. You'll appreciatethis strip for mirroring the ways in which your family makes you nuts, the ways in which your family makes you smile, and the ways in which your family and other people's families really make you wonder.
The specifics of the characters' bios matter less than their wit. For instance: There's a toddler boy here named Max -- but his humor is for everyone, not just toddlers and parents. We all have our inner toddler, and we all know people who act like toddlers, and these strips are just plain funny, no matter where you're coming from. That holds for the other Stone Soup characters too.
This is a strip that winds up passed around among friends, pasted on the fridge, and re-read many times. If you need some empathy OR a good laugh, do yourself a favor and check out Stone Soup! END
Another one for the fans of Foxtrot..........2000-02-01
Jan Eliot's second Stone Soup collection is funny and wry, with very realistic characters and a sense of humor *and* plot. Stone Soup is a family-based comic strip that fans of Foxtrot should enjoy; some elements of the two strips are similar.
Val Stone is a widowed, working mother of teenaged Holly and preteen Alix - and they share their house with Val's sister, Joan, Joan's two-year-old son, Max, and Joan and Val's mother. Also, in this collection, they add Biscuit, who deserves not only a special mention but a special prize - Most Realistic Pet in Comic Strip Land. Val and Joan have too much to do, too little time, and too little money...a common story. But Eliot makes it fresh and fun.
My only complaints about this collection come from the Sunday strips. As in the first Stone Soup book, the Sundays aren't in color. Also, for some reason, some of the Sunday strips in the second book are repeats from the first book - strange, because nothing else seems to be.
All in all, though, a good collection, well worth any comic strip lover's time - as is Eliot's explanation of the title in her preface.
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Early Sunday Morning: The Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii 1941 (Dear America Series)
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Book Description
Pearl Harbor, on the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii, was attacked by the Japanese Imperial Navy at approximately 8:00 A.M., Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. The surprise attack involved a striking force of 353 Japanese aircraft. Nineteen U.S. ships, including five battleships, and about 150 U.S planes were destroyed; more than 2,300 soldiers, sailors and civilians were killed. President Roosevelt declared that it was "a day that will live in infamy." On December 8, Congress declared a state of war with Japan; three days later Germany and Italy declared was on the United States.
Customer Reviews:
Five Stars.......2007-08-10
Another excellent book in the Dear American series Amber Billows moves to Hawaii a couple months before the attack. Her father is a reporter and is used to moving. Amber recounts the days leading up to and follow the attack at Pearl Harbor so vividly. I also loved her discriptions Hawaii. I've been to Hawaii its such a beautiful state.
Okay.......2007-04-08
Barry Denenberg has done better than this, but I still thought it was an okay book. It was sort of cheesy. The conversations went like, "Here's your coat and hat? What's your hurry?" when people were leaving their home after a dinner party. They also start paragraphs for no reason, like they would just put "Yummy." I am not saying that that is wrong in any way, but I think that it is just kind of annoying, especially after talking about sweet potatoes and yams.
This book is about a girl named Amber Billows who is 12 and lives with her Mother and Father and Brother, Andy. Andy likes planes and on December 7, 1941 his knowledge comes to use identifying the Japenese planes attacking Pearl Harbor. I thought that part was sort of weird, but, who cares. Well, you may want to read this book to find out.
This Is An Awesome Book!.......2006-05-10
This Book Is With Out A Doubt, The Best Book I Have Ever Read. Amber Billows Is A Caring Generous Sarcastic Normal Teen Growing Up In The 1940's. This Is The Best Book And I Would Reccomend It To ANYONE!
Early Sunday Morning is a Magnificent Book!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-17
"In the past few weeks I had gotten used to the sound of planes flying over my head while the army was on maneuvers. But this sound was different- it was louder, deeper, and there were more planes than I had ever seen before. And, besides, the army never had maneuvers at eight `o clock on a Sunday morning. There were coming in unbelievably low, barely clearing the treetops, circling in the sky and then peeling off, forming smaller groups of four and five. `It's Pearl Harbor! It's Pearl Harbor!' My brother Andy was screaming. He was pointing to the column of black smoke that was rising up in the skies above Pearl Harbor."
Amber Billows' family has moved yet again. This time, they have moved to the area around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The family arrives in November, and settles in, makes new friends, and is finally used to Hawaii when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurs. Amber's mom is a nurse, and she is called into work to help the victims. Amber decides to go with her mom and she sees many, many dead and wounded. Then, her Japanese friend, Kame, has a family tragedy. The government, for questioning, took her father away and no one knows where he is. Aside from all of that, everyone on the island has to wait very long to get ration cards and gas masks (which they must carry everywhere.) Plus, Amber can only go into two rooms of her house at night, because they are the only rooms with blackout paper. Then, Christmas comes around. No one in Amber's family gets much of anything, due to rationing. Nevertheless, it was still a happy Christmas. Amber's friend Kame and her aunt ate Christmas dinner with the Billows family and everything seemed all right. This book was very good, because it had sadness, happiness, and was a glimpse of what life was like after going through a surprise attack against the county.
This book had a lot of sadness in it. A few examples would be when Amber found a family friend in shock in the hospital (he was screaming and acting insane), when a good friend, Mr. Arata, (the bookstore owner) is killed, and when Kame's dad was taken away and her whole family was split apart.
Some happy parts in this book would be when Amber makes a friend quickly (Amber had never been good at making friends) and when Amber's dad arrives safely after playing golf on the morning of the attack. Finally, the happiest part of all was when Amber's dad announced that they were moving. Amber said that it felt "like a bad dream finally ending."
Finally, Early Sunday Morning was a glimpse of what life was like after going through a surprise attack against the county. For one, Amber's family got much closer than it would have been. Two, people all around them were losing family members and such, and Amber's family learned to count their blessings. Lastly, Amber learned to accept the fact that bad things happen to good people.
Early Sunday was a great book, because it included how life would have been if there was a surprise attack on our country, it included some happy parts and some sad parts.
-Elizabeth H.
An O.K. Book.......2006-02-24
When Twelve-year-old Amber Billows' dad, a news reporter, announced that they are moving to Hawaii in two weeks, she was devastated. It was maddening for her to have just settled into Washington D.C. and have to move yet again in the middle of the school year.
When Amber arrives in Hawaii, she meets a new friend named Kame, who is Japanese. They both became best friends and looked forward to the school dance on December 8. The day before the dance, however, the Japanese bombard Pearl Harbor. Many of Amber's parents' new friends are killed or seriously injured. For instance, one of the librarians who lived in his own library was crushed under an American plane that crashed. During the bombardment, Amber and her brother Andy hid under a couch-fort that they made while their mom goes to work as a nurse in the local hospital. After the Japanese had gone, Amber and her family paint the windows black and create a bomb shelter. People were crowding stores and stocking up on everything that they might need. Everyone on the island was required to carry a gas mask with them at all times. Amber helped her mom out at the hospital, were they were using sterilized coke bottles to put donated blood into, and not changing the sheets between patients. Kame, however, was not so fortunate. Her family was not allowed to talk on the phone in Japanese, her father was taken away for questioning, and the military searched her entire house for anything that resembled Japanese people or communication.
This book had excellent details and a good plot, although it was probably written for someone younger than me. I would recommend this book to anyone ages eight to twelve.
Customer Reviews:
A Challenge.......1997-10-07
Lessons out of the Minneapolis General Conference of 1888 still to learn for the Seventh-day Adventist church are honestly and challengingly treated in this book.
Book Description
Preachers and liturgy planners will find The Cultural World of the Apostles a complementary companion to Pilch's previous series The Cultural World of Jesus. Each essay offers brief historical and literary information on the second (or middle) reading assigned for the Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle. Suggestions for cross-cultural comparisons with Western culture and links with the gospel for each Sunday encourage readers to explore pastoral applications to modern life.
The principle that guided the architects of the Lectionary in selecting the second readings in the Sunday Lectionary was that the readings should be short and easily understood. The second readings were intended to be an independent, semi-continuous reading of the letters attributed to Paul and James, with selections from Peter and Revelation. Pilch explains that, because the readings were shortened, their brevity has deprived readers of sufficient context to interpret the text-segment in a responsible way. To help people make sense of such high-context documents, Pilch provides in The Cultural World of the Apostles a broader literary context for each reading.
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