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books about: western

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529 reviews
Francine Rivers

Multnomah Books, 2001

The best book I have ever read
I have loaned this book to every woman that I care about. I think it is an essential read. This book literally changed ny life. It is not only a wonderful romance novel, but a fantastic book about God's NEVER-ENDING love for us.

A Grief Observed

131 reviews
C. S. Lewis

Bantam Books, 1999

Profound and moving
Lewis, a confirmed intellectual bachelor, almost comically stumbled into a deeply romantic and erotic marriage late in life. An American poet, Joy Davidman, while visiting him in England was stricken with breast cancer. Her visa expired and she faced a mindlessly bureaucratic forced expulsion which probably would have killed her. Lewis agreed to what he expected to be a marriage of ...

Christy

109 reviews
Catherine Marshall

Avon, 1976

Loved it!
This is one of those classic novels that you could read again and again. I hadn't read it since high school twenty years ago and just re-read Christy last week. I like it even better now than I did then (and I loved it then, too). I would have loved to have had Catherine Marshall's version of a sequel (hopefully it would have consisted of a continuation of Neil & Christy's romance), but I ...

A Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II

69 reviews
Cornelius Ryan

Simon & Schuster, 1995

Excellent Introduction in this Important part of WW2 History
I can't say it much better than the previous reviews have already. I wanted to read something on this subject and was led to this book. I couldn't have asked for a better introduction to the topic. Broad in scope yet detailed in its descriptions of the soldiers, units, and battles in this massive offensive. This is an excellent jumping off point to begin studying the Battle of Arnhem. Well ...

Ride the Wind

115 reviews
Lucia St Clair Robson

Ballantine Books, 1982

One of my favorite books
I really enjoyed this book. It was moving and well done. Very emotional - I cried a lot.

These is My Words

207 reviews
Nancy Turner

Harper Perennial, 1999

I love it!
These is My Words is definitely my favorite book from the last few years. It starts out with 18 year old Sarah Prine traveling across the country with her family in 1881. As you can imagine, it's hard and stressful on all of the family. We see Sarah through the trip, the settling down with her family in the Arizona Territory, and starting her life in the harshness of the time. The book is ...

Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay

133 reviews
Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, ...

Scribner, 2005

Brokeback - story to screenplay - Absolutely Fabulous!!!
This is an excellent addition to anyone's book collection - not only do you receive Annie Proulx's wonderful story, but you can experience Larry McMurtry's and Diana Ossana's sweet, lilting and poignant screenplay. Ennis and Jack jump off the page, fictional characters who have somehow become real, as we are transported with them through the most beautiful twenty years of their star-crossed ...

Love Comes Softly (Love Comes Softly Series, Book 1)

85 reviews
Janette Oke

Topeka Bindery, 2003

Great!!!!!
I thought that the books where wonderful!!! I loved them, great story line, and plot. Love it!!!

Lonesome Dove

379 reviews
Larry McMurtry

Pocket, 1988

Best
This is one of my top three books of all time. The characters are well written, the story is exciting, sad, happy, scary and tender. It's a story about friendship, hardship, making a living, and a great history of what the West once was. I read this book at least twice a year, and still, it effects me the same way it did when I read it for the first time 15 years ago. I recommend it to anyone who ...

The monster at the end of this book (A little golden book)

158 reviews
Jon Stone

Western Pub. in conjuction with Children's Television Workshop, 1971

One of the best books ever!
What can I say...it's a blue furry masterpiece. I read it so much as a kid that the cover of the book came off. I'm finding more and more people that count this book among their all-time favorites. An "interactive" book by old school standards. Order this book now. Stephanie Moulton Sarkis PhD NCC LMHC Author, Psychotherapist, and ADHD Expert

Unsung Valor: A GI's Story of World War II

52 reviews
A. Cleveland Harrison

University Press of Mississippi, 2000

An extraordinary book
Unsung Valor is truly an extraordinary book. I am 44 years old and have studied World War II rather extensively in the past. However, this book has revealed this war (and all wars) to me in a way that is completely surprising and unique. I now have a different frame of reference for studying all wars, especially World War II. For someone like me who has never served in the military, this book ...

Torpedo: A Surface Warfare Thriller (Unabridged)

67 reviews
Jeff Edwards

audible.com

Torpedo-proof debut!
Jeff Edward's "Torpedo" is riveting! A great storyline mixed with an intricate knowledge of the subject matter gives the reader a real sense of "being there" as the story unfolds. I found the interjection facts regarding the historical development of the torpedo enhanced the gravity of the subject matter and made the story even more of a page-turner. I highly recommend "Torpedo" and congratulate ...

THE FRONTIERSMEN

51 reviews
Allan W. Eckert

Little Brown & Company, 1967

The Frontiersmen
I first became acquainted with Mr. Eckert's books a few years ago while shopping for a gift for my son-in-law who loves local history and someone recommended one of his books. I took it home and while wrapping it, read a page. I was hooked, I went out and bought one for myself. We live in an area rich in history and his books cover our area extensively. I only wish all the history classes I ...

The Mark of Zorro

45 reviews
Johnston McCulley

Forge Books, 1998

A Wonderful Romp
I found "The Mark of Zorro" to be a wonderful romp through a bygone era. I read this book out loud to my father, and we could hardly put it down. If you like swashbuckling adventures, heroes who stand against injustice and play their part in the struggle between good and evil. Then "The Mark of Zorro" is for you. And if you enjoy finding the origins of things, as much as I do, then this book ...

The night before Christmas (A Golden super shape book)

47 reviews
Clement Clarke Moore

Western Pub. Co, 1991

Jan Brett Night Before Christmas
I LOVE Jan Brett's books! I buy them anytime I see them whether on sale, old ones on Amazon as remainders, or new.. They make great gifts. I have a backup of many to give to children, particularly my granddaughters. The illustrations in this one are so beautiful it is really a keepsake to save as well as enjoy. Give it as a gift and you will make some child very happy and a parent happy,too.

The Four Loves (The C.)

69 reviews
C. S. Lewis

Fount, 2002

All loves in Love
Within this work, Mr. Lewis is quick to point out the inherent difficulty with regard to the concept of love facing individuals whose native tongue is English. That is, it is easily recognized that there exists an extreme deficit when one applies the same word to describe the sentiment shared with one's spouse, as well as their favorite food. In such extreme cases of difference in terms of the ...

With Fire and Sword (The Trilogy, Book I)

47 reviews
Henryk Sienkiewicz

Copernicus Society of America / Hippocrene Books, 1991

A great book, but the translation could be better
I've read Kuniczak's translation of the Trilogy and greatly enjoyed it. It was my introduction to Seinkiewicz. However, while reading it, it seemed somehow incoherent, like something was missing. It also seemed impossible that the companions of Zagloba would be so credulous of his boasting. I went and found a copy of the 1890 translation of the Trilogy by Jeremiah Curtin. What a difference! ...

Considering the Horse: Tales of Problems Solved and Lessons Learned

61 reviews
Mark Rashid

Spring Creek Press, 1993

Recomended reading!
A very good book that has problems and solutions for issues with horses. All of his books that I have read have been well worth reading and this one is no exception.

Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers

58 reviews
Ralph Moody

Center Point Large Print, 2004

So good it hurts
I've read this book twice. Once alone and now aloud to my 4 children. It is such a gift to find books that burrow down deep inside and make themselves part of you. Make you a better you! Little Britches is such a book. Ralph Moody had an uncanny way of using the sparsest of prose to convey the grandest of meaning. Every emotion is felt in this book and you just become a part of the Moody family ...

Brothers In Battle, Best of Friends

57 reviews
William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, Edward "Babe" Heffron, ...

Berkley Hardcover, 2007

We're not heros
Like many veterans of WW2 these two men say they are not heros, that title they insist , belongs to the boys who didn't come home. Then what are they? They are two enlisted men who fought in some of the most savage fighting in western Europe during World War Two. The charm of this book is that these men are not officers. They were enlisted men. They were not involved in any big meetings or ...