books about: california     books:       Lilla Belle: The First Stages113 reviews Michelle Cole Write World, Inc., 2002 FIVE STARS! LILLA BELLE SHINES BRIGHT! I had the pleasure of joining a few hundred people today, in Malibu, to celebrate the birthday of this beautiful and enormously-gifted author! It was truly a pleasure to meet the woman who I have admired since reading, "Lilla Belle the First Stages." "Lilla Belle" stirred my heart, like few books that I have read. I laughed, cried, and it made me think. This is a glue-book. Once I started reading ...             The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches II (Keeper Martin's Tales, Book 2, Special Illustrated Edition) ...150 reviews Robert Stanek Reagent Press Echo, 2007 BEST series of the decade To sum it up in one word: AMAZING!!! I discovered this author about four years back when I read his "The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches #1." I've since read everything he's written and have multiple editions of each. My favorite editions of the illustrated ones - all of the illustrated ones are top shelf. Many reasons to like a good Stanek novel have been pointed out in the reviews. His ...             Redeeming Love546 reviews Francine Rivers audible.com Excellent... Superb even! I started reading this a couple weeks ago, at the recommendation of my 16 year old daughter. Honestly, I was disturbed and upset reading the first 30 or so pages. I handed it back to my daughter on the brink of tears, telling her that I didn't have the heart to read anything that victimized children. She begged me to continue reading it, assuring me that the 'it gets better' and that it was ...             The Child Called It81 reviews David J. Pelzer Omaha Pr Pub Co, 1993 a truley touching story. The story a child called "it" it shows us the life of a boy longing to be loved. he is abused by his alcoholic mother. his father is torn between the two but chooses not to tell anyone. all his younger syblings are treated with love and care. he is trying to survive in his mothers 'hell'. i recommend this book to teens and young adults it will open your eyes to smoething you might have been ...             The Lost Boy: Foster Child's Search For the Love of a Family (Sequel to A Child Called It)449 reviews David J. Pelzer Omaha Press Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1994 The Lost Boy This is a story about a young boy who gets abused and treated unfairly. He doesn't have any clothes besides the ones he caries in a brown paper bag. He runs away from the world he hates. He has no home to go to, then he finds hope. To find out more information about this book find it and venture into it. In my opinion this book was excellent and amazing.Why? Because it made me cry on ...             Legend74 reviews Barry Maher Garber Communications, 1987 It's a fun adventure On the back of the cover some writer calls this a book about the reunification of the self. I doubt if the guy who wrote the book thought that's what it was about. Better to just enjoy the story and let the plot sweep you along. It's fun, it's clever, it would make a good movie. That's enough.             For Laci268 reviews Random House Audio, 2005 one of the best books I've ever read being a mother, my heart bleeds for Sharon...I cried through the whole story - that Scott deserves nothing less than eternal hell - he did it - there is no doubt - I just cannot believe the difference from "lover" to "murderer" - I've seen it, not the murderer part but know of hot/cold people - it boggles the mind that even when they(Laci's family) tried to extend sympathy to the Peterson family ...             With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (Classics of Naval Literature)198 reviews E. B. Sledge US Naval Institute Press, 1996 I understand my Grandfather I never fully understood my grandfather till I read this book as part of a collage class on WWII. He never talks about the war. He has storys of his time in boot camp, and his time in Japan after the war ended, but none during the war its self. I never understood what he went through, or how it made him who he is till I read this book. I knew he was a marine, and that he was stationd in ...             Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, a World at War, and a Field of Broken Dreams97 reviews Gary Moore Savas Beatie, 2006 Heart-warming tribute to the author's father This captivating book is more than a baseball story or a history lesson; it is a story of family relationships, difficult choices, and unconditional love. This book would be in the hands of my "reluctant middle school readers" if I was still teaching. They'd love it!             Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway111 reviews Jonathan Parshall, Anthony Tully Potomac Books Inc., 2007 A History Book That Delivers What The Movie Couldn't I was rather surprised that the authors make no mention of the actual prime source for the Battle of Midway that most Americans carry around in their heads: the 1976 film, "Midway." With familiar names like Henry Fonda, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook and Charlton Heston, the film reinforces the popular wisdom that an under gunned American Naval task force, on June 5, 1942, surprised the ...             The Gulf Between Us : A Story of Love and Survival in Desert Storm45 reviews Cynthia B. Acree, Cliff Acree Potomac Books Inc., 2001 A Love Story of Miracles. Faith, Honor and War! I truly believe that there are never any random accidents of fate at work in our lives--everything happens to us for a reason, even if we do not understand why! Reading the inspiring memoir "The Gulf Between Us: A Story of love and Survival in Desert Storm" you cannot help but believe that prayers are truly answered; and that there must be a divine purpose to our lives even if it is not ...             The Daily Bible66 reviews F. LaGard Smith Harvest House Publishers, 1999 Me encanto!! A mi me encanto esta Biblia. A mi me gusta mucho la historia, y le encuentro mas sentido a las cosas cuando estan en orden. Esta Biblia te presenta todo tal como sucedio en su orden historico, en el cual puedes ver lo que dijeron los profetas en el tiempo que lo dijeron, tambien veras a las epistolas de Pablo ahi en los Hechos. Es una buena inversion - y tambien te ofrece un plan de leer la ...             Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, Book 3) (Anne of Green Gables)65 reviews L.M. Montgomery Bantam Books, 1983 i read this over and over again. this book never gets old. i've had it for so long and now i'm off to college and i still enjoy reading it cover to cover. anne is a great character, one who is easy to love and who explains herself well. the other characters are also quirky. something about this book is very universal, which i think explains why even in this century i still find myself being able to relate to Anne. the plot, ...             Sunny, Diary Three (California Diaries # 12 )46 reviews Ann M. Martin Scholastic, 1999 the best book ann has EVER written.well done,ann. im a great fan of ann martin. SUNNY DIARY#3 was EXTRAORDINARY. it is SOOOOOOOO touching. i think it is the best in the seires. SUNNY is a WONDERFUL. SHE IS A VERY rich charachter. she is ,in her third diary,facing her problems at last. she is so hurt and the reader feels it,it is so HARD to say goodbye or farwell to a person especially if it is your mom. ann has succeeded in going deep through ...             Colored Pencil Portraits51 reviews Ann Kullberg North Light Books, 2005 Very helpful; well written aid to great portraits. Colored Pencil Portraits I have been a non-professional artist for over 50 years, and I do primarily portraits of people and pets. This book offered very thorough help. For example, the author showed how to create your own guide for skin tones using the brand of pencils she uses. It made it very easy to create the same effects. She also gave quite a bit of space to explaining how to do a ...             The Velvet Room73 reviews Zilpha Keatley Snyder Yearling, 1988 'The Velvet Room' brings back fond memories It's been decades since I was a young reader at Sevilla Elementary School in Phoenix, entranced with reading as many library books as I could carry home every few days. Usually, I only checked out each title once. One book, however, kept me coming back for more: "The Velvet Room." Maybe it was because the heroine in the book had a secret place of her own, something as the middle child among ...             The Family Nobody Wanted55 reviews Helen Grigsby Doss Little Brown & Co (T), 1954 Wonderful, funny and warm I read this book in my teens and LOVED it then. I thought of it often in the years that followed. This book can renew your love for the whole human race. It is heart-warming in the best sense of the word. The conversational tone makes it a quick read, but you will want to read it again and again. It tells the true story of a couple who are unable to conceive and set about to adopt children. ...             Jane-Emily: And Witches' Children45 reviews Patricia Clapp Harper Paperbacks, 2007 childhood classic read this when I was preteen, it's great and it bears re-reading as an adult. Scary, psychological drama. Lots of stuff for adults to chew on as well as kids, because of the dual (even triple) heroine structure: a child, a young woman, and a mature woman. Each character is fascinating, and so is the situation, the setting, the writing... what a great book. Now I want to read everything by ...             Cold Eyes48 reviews Romina Wilcox Xlibris Corporation, 2007 What a great read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am by no means a professional writer, I just love to read. I got "Cold Eyes" a while ago and was finally able to read it. I read the book in one sitting because I simply could not put it down. Romina Wilcox has a way of taking you on a journey. It starts off slow and easy then goes all twisty-turney on you. The plot twists were wicked and fun and I enjoyed the novel very much. I found ...             The lost queen of Egypt45 reviews Lucile Phillips Morrison Lippincott, 1937 Another 'lost' book found! I smiled as I read these reviews; I, too, searched for years for a copy of this book, and I, too, thought I was the only person smitten with this book 40 years ago. Like many before me, I was drawn to archaeology solely due to this book. Highly recommended for junior and high school girls--it truly makes history come alive!              search for books baseball, battle, between, california, children, classics, colored, desert, diaries, dreams, edition, gables, illustrated, island, jane-emily, kingdoms, literature, midway, okinawa, peleliu, playing, portraits, prodigy, reaches, redeeming, shattered, special, survival, untold, witches books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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