books about: great (inspirational whangdoodles meditations)

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170 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Henry Holt & Co, 1985

Beautiful 1st book of Penman Welsh trilogy
Though written more than 20 years ago, Penman taught me so beautifully through her lyrical writing about the Welsh, what made them unique of all the inhabitants of what we call Great Britain. This 1st book of her Welsh trilogy brings alive the heroic and legendary Llewellyn Fawr, Prince of Wales, and the other inimitable figures of 12th century Wales. Because of Penman's scholarship and feelings ...

Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale

120 reviews
Dan Dye, Mark Beckloff

Workman Publishing Company, 2000

Dog love, nothing compares
This is a great book, I cried and I laughed. I'd like to have met Gracie. Dan took a chance at a difficult life with a half blind deaf dog and it took him places and he loved again like he had with his beloved Blue. This story is more about Dan's life with Gracie and his determination to take care of her than about Dan starting his business. Like all good dog stories it starts off with an ...

I have lived a Thousand Years-Growing up in the Holocaust

179 reviews
Livia Bitton-Jackson

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1997

Amazing author - Livia Bitton-Jackson
At the time of the Holocaust, Elli was a very young girl. The Nazi regime killed many of her family, imprisoned her and so many others in concentration camps, kept them on starvation rations, and worked people to death. Truly terrible and tragic! It was extremely brutal, senseless, and ruthless violence against Jews and others. What amazed me wasn't so much her story, but it was her ...

The Sunne in Splendour

166 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Henry Holt & Co, 1982

I didn't want it to end!
This is one of the best books I've ever read. I think this book and Katherine by Anya Seton are my two favorite books. If you like historical fiction you are sure to like this book!

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

476 reviews
Jack Canfield

Scholastic Inc

Good Insight
I am not a teen anymore, but a decade ago, I was. I never went to a public school, or delt with teenage dating, drugs, suicide, sneaking around, or all of that drama. I purchased this for a special teen in my life who has had to go to public school and face all of that. I read it before I gave it to her, and I think I learned some things that enter into the "average teen's" life. I hope she ...

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

168 reviews
Alison Weir

Arrow Books Ltd, 1995

Outstanding!
This was one of the best books I have read in a while. I have always been interested by this time period, and King Henry VIII in particular, but was even more intrigued after becoming addicted to The Tudors television series. After watching the first two seasons (currently waiting for the third to come out on dvd) I decided to read this book and was pleased to find that The Tudors, looks aside, ...

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

647 reviews
Laura Hillenbrand

Ballantine Books, 2002

The Book Bolts Out Of The Gate & Never Slows Down
My interest in horse racing was right up there with watching paint dry. The movie Seabiscuit was very well done and I purchased the paperback in conjunction with the theatrical release of the movie as well as the gushy reviews Ms. Hillengrand's book had received. And then there it sat... gathering dust on my bookshelf for nearly six years. Don't be an idiot like me and rush out to get this ...

Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations For Working Through Grief

161 reviews
Martha W. Hickman

Harper Paperbacks, 1999

Worth it's salt
A dear friend actually gave me the first copy and after reading a few pages I bought five more to give to others in like situations. Most of the books about healing are well intentioned but not much help. "Healing after Loss" by Hickman is a wonderful thoughtful collection of philosophic paragraphs dealing with loss and healing. The author speaks from personal tragedy of her own and is gifted in ...

The Dark Is Rising Sequence: Silver on the Tree; The Grey King; Greenwitch; The Dark Is Rising; and Over Sea, ...

204 reviews
Susan Cooper

Simon Pulse, 1993

One of the best series ever written...
I can't even begin to describe this series and I won't try to. I'm afraid I'd only do it a disservice! Susan Cooper says SO much in so few eloquent words that her books are rather like listening to fine music. I rank this easily with the Narnia series as well as Lord of the Rings. And while I adore the Harry Potter books and think JK is a fabulous writer, I truly feel that even they cannot ...

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles

270 reviews
Julie Edwards

Harper, 1974

Perfect book for a family car trip
We read this book on a long car trip to our 4 year old. The DNA/genetics parts were over his head (although we likened cells to Legos and DNA to blueprints), but the rest of it was thoroughly understood and enjoyed. It kept us all completely engrossed and wondering what was going to happen next, which is a great way to pass time on a long road trip. The Professor's exercises for Lindy and her ...

Before the Season Ends (A Regency Inspirational Romance)

101 reviews
Linore Rose Burkard

Harvest House Publishers, 2008

Before the Season Ends
I very much enjoyed reading this book. I never got bored or lost interest. There was a little mystery, a little scandal, a little intrigue and romance. You fall in love with the characters and become immersed in the culture of the regency era. This book makes me want to go to a ball and deepen my Christian faith. I also liked the glossary and discussion questions at the end of the book. I wish ...

All Creatures Great and Small

119 reviews
James Herriot

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998

Wonderful and Heart warming
I purchased this book for my Book club read for the month of August. It was excellent and everyone loved the book. Even if you are not an animal lover, you will still enjoy this book.

Christy

114 reviews
Catherine Marshall

Zondervan Publishing Company, 2001

The Questioning of Faith
Christy is a young teacher who goes into the Appalachian Mountains to teach. The harsh living conditions, abuse, poverty, and death and dying make her question God. However an older woman, a missionary, teaches her that God gives people choices and opportunities and hardships to allow us to demonstrate the quality of our character and our commitment to give to others. The book is hard to put down ...

The Complete History of Jack the Ripper

68 reviews
Philip Sugden

Carroll & Graf Pub, 1994

The man who gave birth to the 20th Century
An in-depth history of the most infamous serial killer of all time. This is a supremely well-researched and factual account of the crimes, the clues, and the suspects. In the so-called "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by the killer to the police, Jack the Ripper said, "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century." So real you will be transported to fog-shrouded ...

Peter the Great

110 reviews
Robert K. Massie

Ballantine Books, 1981

Truly the Great
Robert Massie may be the best popular narrative historian of his generation, and "Peter the Great" is his greatest accomplishment to date. Peter Romanov, as described by Massie, was a dynamo. "The most accurate image...is of a man who throughout his life was perpetually curious, perpetually restless, perpetually in movement." His energy and enthusiasm reminded me of Teddy Roosevelt and ...

If Only

84 reviews
Geri Halliwell

Bantam Books, 2002

Awesome Book, Awesome Girl!
I bought this book after seeing a spice girls documentary. Even though I wasn't a big fan of the Spice Girls I always found Geri likable and decided to read her book. The book is awesome. She takes you from her childhood up until she left the band. She and her friends reminded me of my friends and I. The book is very frank, down to earth and fun. I highly recommend reading this one and then ...

Journey through Genius: Great Theorems of Mathematics

76 reviews
William Dunham

Wiley, 1990

It was fantastic!
Great read, just enough math to keep me interested, just enough story to keep everyone else interested.

The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-45 (Read a Great Movie)

107 reviews
Wladyslaw Szpilman

Orion, 2005

Living more than five years in hell
I read this excellent book, here in Brazil.This book is amazing.The author, a polish jew is hunted to be exterminated, by nazists.And this happens for more than five years.All his family is murdered.He has famine and even tries the suicide, one time. About the Warsaw uprising, the author writes on page 186:"I was walking down a broad main road, once busy and full of trafic.There was not a single ...

The Great Brain

82 reviews
John D. Fitzgerald

Yearling, 1988

A great read but BEWARE.
This book is a wonderful protrait of 19th century rural America, but people should be aware that it was written at a time when there was much more freedom of speech than we have today. Topics in the book include suicide, religious intolerance and fear of immigrants. There is a scene where the boys go skinny dipping and also one story concerns John mating his dog, so this book probably should not ...

Paddle-to-the-Sea

76 reviews
Holling Clancy Holling

Trumpet Club, 1989

Great Children's (and Adult's) Book
I never read this book as a child but fell in love with it when I read it as an adult. I bought it for my son while I was pregnant, planning to read it to him when he was older. When he was 2 and a half I decided I would try to read it to him but assumed he was probably much too young to enjoy it. I was wrong! It's one of his favorite books and often when I ask what he wants to read before bed ...