Hooftrimming for Horseowners, 3rd Edition

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Step by step photos, drawings and instructions will guide the reader through the trimming process. This book will provide a reference source for the basic methods used in daily hoof care, hoof handling and trimming in addition to helping the reader evaluate and select a farrier. For the cost of a trim, the reader can learn how to do much of their own hoof care or provide back-up and emergency care when a farrier is not available.

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Discover the best kept secret in South America. Colombia is safer than ever, affordable and still blissfully uncrowded - an independent traveler's dream. Laze on palm-fringed Caribbean beaches. Canoe slient rivers through lush rainforest. Stroll Cartagena's colonial old town. Salsa all night in Cali. Packed with practical advice and valuable tips for trouble-free travel, our peerless guide enables you to explore with confidence.

THE BASICS - detailed maps, tailored itineraries and easy-to-use directory help make the most of your trip.

ADRENALINE RUSHES - the best spots for diving, rafting, hiking, rock-climbing and other thrills.

STRAIGHT TALK- honest advice on where to go - and still risky spots to avoid.

DISCERNING REVIEWS- opinionated authors give the lowdown on where to sleep, eat and pain the town.

COLOMBIA 101 - in-depth background chapters provide insight into the country and its people.

Customer Reviews:

Well, normaly I try to be positive.... but in this case..........2007-05-13

I was pretty dissatisfied with the book. I am the type of person who usually ignores bad reviews and buys things that I want... and I am usually glad that I did. However in this case, I did not pay attention to the bad reviews because this is basically the only Colombia guidebook available... and I have not even used it once. I am here in Cali for 2 months, and the small amount of info that was in the book I had already easily obtained from 2 minutes on Google. In my opinion the maps are incomplete, the recommendations are narrow, and the overall meat of the book is cut VERY LEAN. Try the free "poor but happy" Colombia guide on the internet.

Worst LP Guidebook I Have Ever Used.......2007-01-29

I just returned from a 2 week trip to Colombia. We stayed one week in the mountain town of Pasto, where my Ecuadorian wife has friends, and one week in Cartagena. The section on Pasto was OK. But the section on Cartagena was terrible. The hotels mentioned were mostly limited to cheap backpacker places in Getsemani, the worst part of town. I have stayed in many $5 places myself. But my wife, like most Latinas, knows that super cheap hotels often double as brothels or "love motels" in Latin America and refuses to stay at them. They also don't mention any hotels in Bocagrande, where most Colombians on vacation stay. I understand that Lonely Planet caters mostly to foreign tourists on a tight budget. But LP also offers the only current guidebook to Colombia and needs to cover a much broader price range in order to be of use to all types of travellers.The restaurant info was also very limited and of little use.

Furthermore, the 2006 edition offers practically nothing new in its "update" to the 2003 edition. A waste of money!

Did They really visit Colombia?.......2007-01-26

This is a very poor Lonely Planet book. I think the reason is that Colombia is still considered dangerous, though for the tourists it is not, and LP authors don't go to dangerous places. The example of that would be Haiti - no guidebook, no update in the new Caribbean guidebook, due to "unstability". Well Rough Guide Authors didn't have a problem with visiting Haiti and french Petit Fute has a recently updated book all about the island. And it isn't dangerous. Lonely Planet just chickend out. I think we have the same problem here. After Mr. Dydynski, noone s just brave enough at LP to visit "risky destinations". The question is, why write a guidebook like this at all.

Anyway, I've visited Barranquilla and Cartagena with this book. The part about Cartagena was OK, though the choice of restaurants was limited and I'm not sure they chose the best ones. The chapter on Barranquilla was laughable. I know it's not really a pretty tourist town, but people do visit it (and not only for the carnival), so LP authors should really write a bit more pages about it. It's a large city and got the amount of info as small towns do in other LP guides.

Well, to sum it up. Colombia is a very interesting country of over 40 million inhabitants and numerous atractions... now look at the number of pages in the book - small countries get 2-3 times fater LP guides... well, case closed - it can't be good!

Disappointed.......2007-01-17

I have just returned from Colombia (December 2006), using solely the Lonely Planet guide for 3 1/2 weeks. I followed the Essential Colombia itinerary, which the book states will take 5+ weeks, in 3 weeks fairly comfortably. I started in Ipiales, worked my way up to Cartegena and back down to Bogota. There were the usually small errors, but by the time I reached Mompos, I wondered if the authors had visited Colombia recently. Permit me to describe some of the errors in just Mompos.

Mompos is reached by an 8-hour bus ride from Categena. The book describes that you may also reach Mompos more quickly by boat, and also leave upsteam by boat to El Banco. I checked with several locals in both Mompos and El Banco who stated there were no boats going to/from Mompos. I also did not see any boats along the river during my stay there. The book states that you can take a colectivo from Calle 18 (near the markets) at Plaza de Bolivar. Well, the colectivos moved from this location over two years ago. The local market moved 3 years ago. In sum, the material on getting and leaving town was dead wrong. Then there was the little stuff. The town can be walked easily, you don't need a bike. I couldn't find the bars listed in the book. I am a little surprised this was published in its present form. Senderos Felices!

Book Returned.......2007-01-16

The book was ordered and did not arrive in time( more than three weeks ) to give it as a gift so was returned via the shipper on arrival. I have not heard anything from Amazon on the return nor have I been credited with the return.

I can find no other electronic avenue to contact Amazon to make note of this matter so have used this book review route.

Please contact me in this regard.

Hugh Minielly

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Mediocre travel guide
quality product, great service and price
Lacking information on many major cities.
Very lacking, but few alternatives
A little outdated but excellent

Lonely Planet Colombia
Krzysztof Dydynski
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0864426747

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Colombia is a land of the unknown and one of the wild frontiers of independent travel. This comprehensive guide is the essential resource to this country of contrasts. It's full of down-to-earth information about the wild cosmopolitan streets of Bogota

comprehensive language section and glossary
historical and cultural background
details on transport, accomodation and places to eat for all budgets
extensive coverage of all national parks with notes on trekking routees

Customer Reviews:

Mediocre travel guide.......2007-07-07

This travel guide was dated and not useful for hotels or eating, however it did provide a decent list of attractions in Cartagena. I would skip over Barranquilla completely (unless of course, you have family there) and concentrate on Bogota and Medellin. I had an amazing Colombia trip, there was a lot to do and I felt much safer than when I was in Italy or other countries I've visited in South America.

Warning: Copa Air overbooks flights and if you have a large party you risk being booted to a later flight.

quality product, great service and price.......2006-03-12

product like new; fast service with notification and tracking number when mailed.

Lacking information on many major cities........2005-07-03

This guide has interesting information however it lacks many facts and information on a number of cities, particularly Barranquilla. Many facts are outdated and some of the safety points are incorrect. However an interesting read for those wishing to visit Colombia. I am currently writing a Colombian travel guide and would appreciate comments and suggestions from other readers on information they would like to see in a guide book on Colombia. [...]

Very lacking, but few alternatives.......2004-12-04

This book is not a very good travel book as far as they go. First, the book doesn't help very much in introducing a reader to the culture in Colombia (which by the way, is very rich and interesting). A lot could be written about the food, for example. Second, the recommendations are quite inadequate, and I think lead people in the wrong direction. For example: the section on Cali, a major city of over 2 million people, is tiny. A reader is directed to the lower class discos on calle sexta, but has absolutely no mention of the better clubs and bars, which are all in the northern part of town. Considering that Cali is the party capital of Colombia, this is a glaring omission. There is no mention of Casa de Cerveza, Kukaramakara, Guitarra y Rumba, The Pub, Desvan, Forum, Mr Mojito, etc etc...
Because tourism is undeveloped in Colombia, there aren't very many options for guidebooks. Perhaps the future traveler should try Footprint (I don't know if it's better), or wait for Rough Guides to come out with a Colombia book.

A little outdated but excellent.......2003-05-13

This small compact book carries a gigantic wallop. It is filled with information from cover to cover and is by far the best travel book on Colombia I have ever come across. Moreover, the introduction and historical narrative is simply outstanding. This book is a great travel companion and if used properly will unlock the beauty and treasures that Colombia has to offer.

Author Krzysztof Dydynski was born in Poland but lived in Colombia for four years and manages to capture the best and brightest features of the nation. The author is comprehensive and includes sketches, photos, maps and a first class index. The only downside of this valuable book is that it is a little outdated. The 1995 publication must be updated to warn of the many dangers of travel in Colombia today and to include new places of interest throughout the country. "Lonely Planet travel survival kit; Colombia," is worth every penny. It covers all the bases for any budget. I love this book.

Bert Ruiz

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Head and Shoulders Above the Rest

This book is excellent!

Let me guess what political party the author votes for

Ancient Rome!: Exploring the Culture, People & Ideas of This Powerful Empire (Kaleidoscope Kids)
Avery Hart , Sandra Gallagher , and Sandra Marks Gallagher
Manufacturer: Williamson Publishing Company
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ASIN: 1885593600

Customer Reviews:

Head and Shoulders Above the Rest.......2007-07-18

This "Kaleidoscope Kids" series of books is head and shoulders above all the other "hands on history" books for kids available. As well as some hands-on activities, it has a narrative history at a kid's level, and the clearest and most concise explanations of many sophisticated concepts that I've seen anywhere (and I'm a middle and high school history teacher). The book on Ancient Rome is particularly good. Highly recommended!

This book is excellent!.......2006-06-10

This is a terrific book for young people to learn the influence that Roman ways still has on us. It's a lot of fun and makes Roman ways come alive. I bet that the first reviewer is a right-wing extremist who had a problem with kids actually thinking about what patriotism means. Perhaps he or she has a problem with kids becoming critical thinkers - something the books - like all of Hart's books - support. The real problem with this book is that everybody wants to borrow it!

Let me guess what political party the author votes for.......2003-08-14

This book could work a little harder at exploring Ancient Roman culture. It gives no more information then a basic timeline would. When it does give historical info, it unfairly applies current day culture and beliefs to the behavior of the Romans.

Space is wasted on touchy feely issues that are only tangentially related to the supposed topic. For instance, the authors urge children to "help a hungry family get a chicken, rabbit, goat, or cow" by joining an organization via a website they pitch. The topic kind of comes out of left-field at the reader.

At one point the authors refer to the story of Romulus and Remus as "bizarre" (a word I might use to describe their own thought process). They suggest that the "brothers needed help in communication skills" and ask the reader to role-play how they "would...defuse the situation". On page 19, they write 2 sentences about Pliny the Younger's description of Vesuvius erupting. They then tell the reader to go look it up on the web if they want to read it. But on the same page, they eagerly discuss pretending to do an archaeological dig in the backyard. I think the authors had their priorities a little skewed when they were writing this text.

I much prefer to have my children read history books that put the events into context for them. There are better choices out there. Don't waste your money on this one.

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The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in France were an epoch of spectacular artistic activity, exemplified by the chateaux of the Loire valley, the palace of Versailles, the paintings of Poussin and Claude, and the sculpture of Coysevox, which echo the political and cultural importance of France and the "Sun King." Anthony Blunt presents major artists and their principal works chronologically, provides an overview of the main projects of the period and of the artistic personalities behind them, and clearly sets the historical context.

This new edition, of one of the classics of the Pelican History of Art series, has been revised and updated with color illustrations and a new bibliography.

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Blunt on France.......2000-04-04

The one sad thing about the new Yale University Press/Pelican history of art editions is that the samll format has been eschewed in favor of a large size coffee table book. The text has changed little, if at all. What has been updated is the bibliography, and many color illustrations have been added. However, even the illustrations have not changed in many instances, because Blunt, when he originally wrote the text in the 1950's worked with, wrote from, a very specific set of images, and these same images are still essential if the reader wants to comprehend his argument. With that said, this is probably still the best general accounting of French art and architecture in the Renaissance and Baroque periods, certainly the best for the beginner. Those looking for more detailed studies might turn to some of Blunt's other books (he was the leading scholar of French Baroque for over fourty years) or more recent scholarly works. One bit of gossip that makes the text more enjoyable is that Blunt was for many many years a Russian spy, involved with a circle of British men sending intelligence to the Russians, and when he was found out in the late 1970's he was stripped of his knighthood and of his post at London's restigious art historical institution, the Courtauld. Whether or not his activites in that capacity influenced his interpreation or his writing of the text is for you to find out.

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Wicked Sweetest Book in the Galaxy
An interesting read on Art propaganda and Mythology

The Allure of Empire
Todd Porterfield
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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ASIN: 0691059594

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From monumental battle paintings to the public display of archaeological spoils to the decoration of urban vistas, visual culture promoted modern French imperialism. So argues Todd Porterfield in this provocative look at the forces of art and politics in France's military conquest of the Near East. In challenging the conventional wisdom that France happened into imperial venture, Porterfield explores interactions among artists, generals, journalists, curators, and politicians from the time of Napoleon's Egyptian campaign to the invasion of Algeria during the Restoration and July Monarchy. Together they forged an official culture that provided a rationale for imperialism--based on images of France's moral and technological superiority--and an enduring project for Frenchmen of all political persuasions during an era of domestic instability. The allure of empire derived in part from its function as an alternative, surrogate, mask, and displacement of the Revolution.

Porterfield reveals the interlocking strategies, the historical, scientific, moralistic, and gendered judgments, that imperial art conveyed in a strikingly rich variety of media: the obelisk at the Place de la Concorde, battle paintings of the Egyptian campaign, the first Egyptian Museum in the Louvre, and Delacroix's Women of Algiers. Not only do his analyses engage a wide range of urgent debates within cultural studies, but they also shed light on a troubling question. How in the age of libert,, egalit,, and fraternit, was visual culture enlisted to fabricate a sense of national superiority that led to the subjugation of others?

Customer Reviews:

Wicked Sweetest Book in the Galaxy.......2003-11-02

This book is the most Wicked Sweetest Book in the Galaxy! Go Art! Go Todd!

An interesting read on Art propaganda and Mythology.......2001-10-02

This is an academic treatment on the use of propaganda, chiefly art and monuments, in glorifying the Napoleonic exploits and being used to further France's continuing imperial pursuits. The text is quite readable and the book is graced by some good looking but rather kitschy pictures, many drawn by the leading Romantic painters of their day. These pictures and paraphernalia collectively led France to continue revelling in the Napoleonic myth long after the legend had passed on.
The notes and bibliography take up more than a third of the book!

Art and Architecture in France 1500 to 1700.

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Art and Architecture in France 1500 to 1700.

Manufacturer: Penguin 1953. (Pelican History of Art)
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The Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700 (The Pelican History of Art)

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The Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700 (The Pelican History of Art)
Anthony Blunt
Manufacturer: Penguin
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J1O7AO

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Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700 (The Pelican History of Art)
Anthony Blunt
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Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (Hist of Art)

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Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (Hist of Art)
Anthony Blunt
Manufacturer: Puffin
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Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750, Vol. 1: Early Baroque (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art)

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Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (Hist of Art)
Anthony Blunt
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The Pelican History of Art: Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700

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The Pelican History of Art: Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700
Anthony Blunt
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NXGMR4

The Pelican History of Art: The Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700

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The Pelican History of Art: The Art and Architecture in France 1500-1700
Anthony Blunt
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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ASIN: B000R4RZ4S

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Art and Architecture in France 1500 to 1700
Anthony Blunt
Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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ASIN: B000NX09H8

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Very Broad, but Great Photos.......1999-06-27

The photography in this book was excellent, very vivid. Yet the information was very broad. It barley thouches the scales of the burmese python. Yet it is a good introductory book. It also indroduces chicken as a good food source, but rabbits much better food .(Due to Somimilla, however you spell it)The book a never lets you fully grasp the potenical power and size of the burmese. Nor the dangers, and others who have been hurt or killed by them. Despite this it is a wonderful and imformitive book for beginners!

Laymans Beginners Guide - Excellent.......1999-02-07

There are a number of 'good' snakes books on the market although there seem to be few that are specie specific. This is the first book I have read of this nature and have found it interesting and extremely informative (baring in mind that this is only a book intended as an introductory guide). It covers all aspects from accomodation and feeding through to suggested medical practices. The book is designed more as an informative read in 'laymans' terms rather than bogging down the reader with all the technical jargon normally associated with herpetology. 60 odd pages. A worthy read if you have no specific books on this subspecie.

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Know Your White Superlock (Creative Machine Arts Series)
Naomi Baker , and Tammy Young
Manufacturer: Chilton Book Co
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Binding: Paperback

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Know Your White Superlock Creative Machi
Naomi Baker
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Beautiful in every way

a joy to read

A perfect guide to the spiritual lives of gardens.

A Way to Garden: A Hands-On Primer for Every Season
Margaret Roach
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Martha Stewart's Gardening: Month by Month

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Release Date: 1998-01-27

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Margaret Roach, garden editor for Martha Stewart Living magazine, has produced a particularly appealing addition to the philosophical genre of gardening books. Roach takes a holistic view of the garden: "Neither my garden books nor my garden is the stuff that art is made of, a fact for which I am only partly apologetic. My garden is where I can be myself--perhaps the only place besides the pay-by-the-hour couch that invites me to be so, in fact."

The book's basic conceit--that a year in the garden parallels the six seasons of life: conception, birth, youth, adulthood, senescence, and death/afterlife--makes for interesting reading, and the practical aspect is aided by a good index at the end. Fortunately, the text, while personal and charming, doesn't descend too far into leafy navel-gazing; Roach can be quite hard-headed and instructive on the matter of caning raspberries, making a garden pond, dividing irises, growing your own salad greens. Gardeners who have plenty of room and a bit of puttering time themselves will delight in Roach's relaxed approach. --Barrie Trinkle

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Beautiful in every way.......2007-07-17

This book was like a box of the most exquisite chocolates. I wanted to devour it in one sitting but I paced myself, just reading a little at a time. It was truly a joy to read and look at the lovely pictures. All I can say is I want more, both of her writing and philosophy and of pictures of her garden. I agree that this book doesn't really tell you how to garden but it shows you why to garden.

a joy to read.......2004-07-07

This book won't teach you HOW to garden--not really, anyway--but it's a must-have if you've ever enjoyed any of the Martha Stewart Living articles about Roach's gardens, or, lately, her own editorial letters. She has a way of making me feel that if she did it, I can do it myself. Her humility in the face of her garden and of nature itself is evidenced in the title "A Way to Garden"--she doesn't presume to know THE way. The book is wonderfully written and beautifully photographed--I'll never tire of leafing through it.

A perfect guide to the spiritual lives of gardens........1998-08-25

This is a beautifully written and exquisitely photographed guide to both the spiritual as well as physical lives of gardens and their gardeners. I can think of no book like it -- either in its fine writing or in its brave scope. The writer lays bare her thoughts and feelings about the cycles of life while strategically leading us through the gardening year with good, solid gardening knowledge. This can be read in all seasons in all zones, at every stage of life. Truly, this is the way to garden.

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In this study the content and background of La Milletiere's irenism are analysed and compared to the irenism of Hugo Grotius, who strove for unity in this same period. The reactions which La Milletiere's books and pamphlets provoked are related to the rival groups within each confession: Jansenists versus Jesuits, the scholars of Saumur versus orthodox theologians like Rivet and Du Moulin and the ministers of Charenton. Richelieu's conciliatory religious policy was experienced by the oppressed French Calvinists as a major threat to the integrity of their doctrine. When one of their co-religionists, La Milletiere, began to propagate a reunification of Protestants and Roman-Catholics, they did not fail to recognize these irenic proposals as Richelieu's. On the other hand, the Roman Catholics mistrusted this peacemaker as well. This book therefore offers a contribution to the history of irenism, as well as an analysis of the religious situation in France in the first half of the seventeenth century.

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Boys In The Hoods.......2002-11-21

I have read the book and have known Johnny Lee for a long time. I was with him in High School. I knew him when he was in the Klan and I know him now. I have personally seen the change in his life. The book correctly describes his life from his childhood to his rise in the Klan, to the top position as the Imperial Wizard. I have seen him recruit people from our High School. I attended the Church that he went to in Bell Gardens and saw him putting Klan literature into the offering plate. I've seen first hand the fights he had gotten into. I've seen the beatings he's gotten from his family. Yes, he was a total racist, and yes I was totally against it, but I loved him, as a Christian should. I was not living my life as I should have (fighting and drugs) but I saw first hand the hatred that he had. Today I live my life totally sold out to the Lord Jesus Christ. The people who wrote these other reviews obviously have not paid any attention to the contents of this book. He has gone back to the places where racism is most prevalent, and has helped bring healing and deliverance to these people. He is in full time ministry now as the book says and travels the world promoting racial reconciliation. He has made restitution with those he has wronged in the past. He sets an example for the children in schools all over the USA and other places in the world that are experiencing troubled home lives. I have seen the harassment that he has gone through, such as death threats and persecution from those who oppose his message, and have never seen him frightened or shy away from confrontation. He does not back down from adversity, but faces it head on and conquers it. After reading this book, and personally witnessing his transformation, I must ask myself if those who criticize him are doing anything to overcome racism in the world, instead of sitting around complaining? I think it is good to note also that he attends a predominantly African American Church and has a Jewish girlfriend, which proves that he practices what he preaches. It is refreshing to read a book where somebody who had gone so wrong and had done so much damage, to change completely turning his life around. He shows the love of Jesus Christ as a Born Again, Saved, Sanctified, filled with the Holy Ghost, on fire for God Preacher who judges people by the content of their character and not their skin color! I would recommend this book to anybody especially if you have any prejudice, bitterness, or hatred. To those who wrote reviews stating that this is a book about ego and self exaltation, it is an autobiography on his own life and what he has gone through so he had to write about himself. Contrary to what was previously written, Johnny Lee Clary is a humble man only interested in promoting racial reconciliation and the Love of Jesus Christ to all races of people. I publish my name because I want people to know I honestly recommend this book, because I personally know him and am proud of him. To God Be The Glory.

Not even close, definetely no cigar.......2001-09-24

The reason Ive chosen to give this book one star only, is also because it is poorly written. I can agree that he might be a remarkable man, but let's face it...he's not a remarkable writer. I wanted the book to focus on God and Jesus, but that's just the last chapter. I also get the feeling that Clary has only switched sides, so to speak. Don't get me wrong on this one though, I'm not saying he's the same person that he was when he was in the KKK. It just feels like he's taking everything to its extreme, no matter of the basic values. It's all about being SOMEONE, KKK member, God loving Christian, cult leader, whatever. Just don't be critical.
Sorry, I don't buy it.

I expected to read an exciting and most of all, interesting book, but I was very disappointed. It's all about me, myself and I, and he doesn't focus on the important issues at all. The last chapters are about how he finds Jesus, but the rest of it is quite bad. He just wallows in his own misery! So, everyone has had a crappy childhood, so what? I'm not gonna write a book and moan about it! A waste of money (and time if you decide to read it)

Lacks Substance.......2001-05-20

I am not surprised that no one has bothered to write a review about this book in the five years it has been published. The conversion of Johnny Lee-Clary is amazing but thats as far as it goes. Clary has been like a ship without a port since he wrote this book. Drifting around the South Pacific but too frightened to go home and face his real calling of Race-Conciliation. If you are after a story of rags to riches, then this book is for you....but if you are after a story with a fairy tale ending of the author carrying on the great commission..then you will be disappointed.

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