HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - And Other Stories: Once Upon a Time in Toronto; Red Wagon; Little Stars of Bethlehem; The Second Coming of Ordinary Angel Blobs; A Prairie Boy's Christmas, 1933; The Boy Who Threw a Snowball at Santa; Chez Claus; Night After Christmas

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HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - And Other Stories: Once Upon a Time in Toronto; Red Wagon; Little Stars of Bethlehem; The Second Coming of Ordinary Angel Blobs; A Prairie Boy's Christmas, 1933; The Boy Who Threw a Snowball at Santa; Chez Claus; Night After Christmas
Scott, Young
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Once Upon a Wagon: Book One
John M. Jewett
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Once Upon a Wagon-Book One is a young sailor's light-hearted story about his life in the US Navy at the close of WWII. It covers his first six months of service as portrayed through his letters to his family along with an accompanying narrative. It begins and ends in his home state of New Hampshire and includes his Boot Camp training, life aboard a battleship, and experiences in foreign countries.

It is not a war story and does not include traumatic experiences that are often associated with the military. It is, however, a rather different kind of navy memoir that includes letters, a narrative, anecdotes, Navy publications and a travel log.

The characters portrayed in this story were real people, however their surnames have been omitted. In some cases, the full names of foreign dignitaries, high level military, and well-known figures are included.

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Biographical Memoirs : Volume XLIX
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Biographical Memoirs Vol. XXIX: National Academy of Sciences
National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America.
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Biographical Memoirs Vol. XXXV: National Academy of Sciences
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Biographical Memoirs, Volume XXXIII [Vol. 33], National Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Biographical Memoirs: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Biographical Memoirs)
National Academy Of Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Biographical Memoirs. Volume XLVI.
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Biographical Memoirs. Volume XLVII.
National Academy of Sciences.
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Biographical Memoirs. Volume XLVIII.
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Biographical memoir of Charles Edward St. John, 1857-1935 (Biographical memoirs / National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
Walter S Adams
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Biographical memoir of Charles Elwood Mendenhall, 1872-1935 (Biographical memoirs / National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)
J. H Van Vleck
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Reading this book was like finding burid treasure.

Interesting

EXCELLENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE WITH OR CARETAKERS OF THOSE WITH EPILEPSY

I have a new life.

Be careful when reading this book

Treating Epilepsy Naturally : A Guide to Alternative and Adjunct Therapies
Patricia A. Murphy
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Hard-to-find information on epilepsy, presented by an author living successfully with the condition

Drugs commonly used to treat epilepsy have some extremely harmful side effects. Treating Epilepsy Naturally is an empathetic, practical, empowering look at treatment options, lifestyle choices, and ways of living well. Written by an author who has been successfully living with it herself for most of her adult life, this comprehensive guide offers alternative treatments to replace and to complement traditional therapies and sound advice to find the right health practitioner for you.

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Reading this book was like finding burid treasure........2007-10-05

I used to believe an epileptic (like myself) just went to his doctor every 6 months, had a brief visit, and gave me a prescription for more pills.

Little did I know that there a number of things I can do to improve my condition on my own in addition to taking my pills. I do not have all day to list them but if you want to learn for yourself take a few hours of your life and read this book.

It can improve your condition dramatically buy it. If you want to continue on without hope and having seizures don't bother. Just go to your doctor every 6 months and keep taking your pills so you have as few as possible.

If you don't have your health you don't have anything. If you would like to buy the supplements listed in this book in one bottle (which are all safe) please go to a website by Dr. Balch.

Go to google and as the subject type in DR BALCH EPILEPSY.

Interesting.......2007-01-22

The whole concept of the benefits of ketosis is very mysterious. This book does a good job of explaining the benefits to epileptic children and others. It lays out the diet and gives recipes. I believe that it has merit for some sufferers and if I had a child experienceing seizures I would certainly recommend reading this.

EXCELLENT SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE WITH OR CARETAKERS OF THOSE WITH EPILEPSY.......2006-11-10

I read the entire book and I have implemented some of the nutritional suggestions which Ms. Murphy made to help control my son's epilepsy, which has never been well-controlled by medication. I have found that these changes seem to be reducing his seizures. I thought her complete review of vitamins and nutrients and how they interact with neurological processes was very well-written and easy to understand. Additionally, her assertions are backed up by other well-known medical professionals whose books I have read, so I think her research was thorough.

I have a new life........2006-01-15

I have a new life now. After reading this book and Epilepsy: A New Approach by Adrienne Richard and Joel Reiter, M.D. I have a new life. Words cannot not express my gratitude or how this book has changed my life in just a matter of weeks. I've never gone this long without a seizure since I was 13. Usually every week. I think it has almost been 6 weeks now. I can't believe how simple it was. And all I did was the basic things. I still haven't employed everything. I still have my auras but they are changing and I am incorporating more of the strategies to reduce them. I have a new life. If you want to change your life, read these two books. I don't know how to express my thanks to these authors. It has changed my entire outlook and my confidence and my hope for my future.

Be careful when reading this book.......2005-08-23

I am not a neurologist but have a strong personal interest in epilepsy. I read this book with great care. There are many chapters of significant merit including chapters 10-20. These chapters include the seizure taming effects of relaxation and certain types of music, doing things to prevent seizure progression when an aura is felt, lots of general information on epilepsy that is organized on a gender or age basis, the challenges of finding employment, and advice on a whole host of life issues that people with epilepsy often face. These are even more thoroughly covered in a number of other references which I have also read that come from the medical community.

So here is the real issue; what is in chapters 1-9? These chapters are loaded with information on diet, food supplements, vitamins, minerals, oriental medicine and other alternative and complementary approaches to treating epilepsy. As I read the Forward by Russell Blaylock MD and chapters 1-9 I had a growing sense that the author's thesis or belief is that traditional American medical treatment of epilepsy on the whole may do more harm than good and should be avoided if possible and that the natural approach is without risk and should be used preferentially. The real problem with this philosophy is that there are many people out there that will believe such nonsense. Any natural approach has risks as well as possible (if unproven) benefits. I certainly do not want to deny that there are problems associated with traditional medical treatment of epilepsy. Side effects are a real issue and can not be ignored.

The book has many unsubstantiated assertions that would make people think that the medical profession as a whole is uninformed. That is most unfortunate. Here is one example from the Forward;

("Doctors in general have difficulty with biochemistry in medical school......If your doctors do not understand these molecular events how can they efficiently treat your disorder? In addition to this lack of knowledge......" p. iv

Chapter 1 is a testimonial by the author on how she dealt with her epilepsy by eliminating junk food from her diet, switching to wholesome foods, adding herbs to the mix (skullcap and goldenseal), exercising and losing weight. She also decreased the amount of Phenobarbital she was taking. At that point she endorses a definition of drugs as being "poison(s)." The reader is also introduced to Robert Fried Ph.D. (a neuropsychologist?) Dr. Fried allegedly has come to the conclusion that "Seizures are metabolical, (sic) not neurological." Dr. Fried also allegedly feels that seizures are more like a regulatory body-process, like vomiting, rather than a disease process. The seizures are, allegedly according to the author, in a way readjusting the individual's metabolism to attempt to achieve homeostasis. My understanding is that there are some seizures that have a metabolic origin but they are in the minority. Certainly eating better and taking care of one's body should make a difference in overall health. Whether that will cure epilepsy is far from proven.

Chapter 4 starts by stating that if you have seizures it is imperative that you see a physician. That is good advice. An implication is made that hypoglycemia may be a major cause of seizures. Such an assertion ("major cause")is a little bit irresponsible in my opinion. It is correctly pointed out that anticonvulsants can have long-term adverse effects on calcium metabolism and bone health. It is then pointed out that phenytoin (an increasingly infrequently used old line anticonvulsant) contains "Drano" and "antifreeze." Puleeeze give us a break. Most readers should know better than to believe that. The real problem with this book as I see it is that there are people out there that will actually believe these assertions that are thrown in for effect, and may avoid the medical profession and thus deny themselves of the benefits that modern medical science has to offer. I in fact know of one mother that read this book four years ago and then took her daughter off of her medication feeling that it was too toxic to tolerate. The daughter's seizures that had been completely controlled for 9 months returned after 3 weeks and have never been under good control since then, in spite of restarting and then trying other medications. A reference should have been included, to the important studies that show that people that achieve complete control on medication for at least 2 or 4 years, have a high likelihood (better than 50/50) of not needing medications after that point, but that those that go off medication early and relapse are often difficult to control. On the whole this book is not balanced and this is one example where the other side of the picture should have been presented.

Chapter 5 on nutrition is interesting and useful. It is smart to eat right.

A lot of chapter 6, "Foods that Harm" makes sense.

Chapter 7 "Foods that Heal" has some interesting ideas. There is information on food supplements as well. I think a more scientific approach to the use of food supplements could have been taken. The issue of the blood brain barrier is not dealt with. There are many unsubstantiated assertions in this chapter. The section on GABA is a good example of both of these problems. GABA does not cross the blood brain barrier and so orally ingested GABA will not end up in the central nervous system. The section ends by stating that "daily supplementation of 500 to 1,000 mg of GABA has been shown to help prevent seizures." This is an irresponsible statement, that if taken and followed, could cost the individual several hundred dollars a year, and all for naught.

Chapter 8 is about the Ketogenic Diet. Although it can help in those with seizures that are particularly difficult to control, I think that most neurologists would not routinely recommend it. The chapter fails to point out the downside of the ketogenic diet and fails to point out that it will not work unless the patient is truly ketotic. Adding fats to a regular diet to try and achieve some of the benefits of the ketogenic diet will only result in weight gain, elevated serum cholesterol and triglycerides, and possibly exacerbation of seizures. Studies have shown that simply losing weight correlates with better seizure control.

Chapter 9 on herbs is interesting but readers should look to other sources before investing a small fortune on those options. A recent book by Orrin Devinsky, MD takes a critical look at herbs (and other alternative and complementary methods of approaching epilepsy) and cites relevant scientific literature (if it exists) that confirms the value of various herbs.

On the whole I do not feel that this is a balanced book. Nor do I feel that the author intended for it to be a balanced book. The sources cited as experts are too dominated by acquaintances of the author and not enough is cited from peer review scientific literature. There are far too many unsubstantiated assertions. Actually following some of the advice in the book could lead to lost opportunities to get epilepsy under control and could lead to much expense in search of the often elusive goal of effectively treating epilepsy without medication. I cannot recommend this book. I can recommend Dr. Devinsky's book "Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Epilepsy." It is a bit pricy so I recommend borrowing it from your local library unless you are a physician or a hopeless book collector that likes to buy medical texts. I give this book 2 stars because it does have some useful information. The other stuff unfortunately brings it down to a "2."

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Love this Elvis cookbook!

Graceland's Table Great!

What would YOU serve Elvis?

Graceland'a Table

Graceland Table Recipes book

Graceland's Table: Recipes and Meal Memories Fit for the King of Rock and Roll
Ellen Rolfes
Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson
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Graceland's Table is the first cookbook written with the full cooperation of Elvis Presley Enterprises. In addition to recipes from fans for Elvis, the book includes photographs of Elvis at home and full-color food photos taken in Graceland for the book.

The 175 recipes in Graceland's Table come from two sources: EPE's archives of Elvis's favorite recipes and Elvis's fans. The recipes from the fans

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Love this Elvis cookbook!.......2007-07-26

I was pleased to see the clear pictures and wonderful notes about Elvis all the way through this cookboook. The recipies are wonderful! I would recommend this to any true Elvis fan.

Graceland's Table Great!.......2007-06-12

Graceland's Table is far more than a cookbook. It is chock full of recipes, pictures, interesting tidbits, and anecdotes. Inserted in the center is a full color glossy insert containing pictures of Elvis, his family and fans, plus photos of the rooms in Graceland. The recipes are wonderful and they work!

What would YOU serve Elvis?.......2006-03-13

If you could invite Elvis Presley to share a home-cooked meal, what would you serve? This question was asked of thousands of Presley fans: their answers constitute GRACELAND'S TABLE: RECIPES FIT FOR THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL. Color photos of completed dishes pepper a guide which provides wonderful down-home dishes by fans and friends. It's the only cookbook produced with the cooperation of Elvis Presley Enterprises and his 400 fan clubs worldwide, and it includes outdoor picnic treats as well as cold-winter soups and dishes. A fun book for any Elvis fan.

Graceland'a Table.......2006-02-25

What can I say. This book that I ordered is exactly what I had expected. All the recipies fit for the KING now in my very own kitchen. I am a die-hard true Blue Elvis fan. Now I am ready to throw a party and prepare Elvis food for my guests. The KING lives on.

Graceland Table Recipes book.......2005-09-25

I love the book. All the recipes are great in the book and all the pictures are just beautiful of Elvis. This is one of the top better book that has come out. Especially to do with Elvis himself. I give it a 100% and an A+.
Good work.
Sharon

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Snakes are our friends.......2000-04-06

This book was extremely informative for both beginner and advance reptile hobbiests. It gave ample description of almost all types of nonvenomous snakes. It included pictures, descriptions, locations, and breeding procedures. This book was agreat reference tool when breeding my corn snakes. I would highly reccommend this book to other snake owners.

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NONVENOMOUS SNAKES.
L. Trutnau
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Florida's nonvenomous snakes
Craig N Huegel
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Venomous and nonvenomous snakes of southeastern North Carolina

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Venomous and nonvenomous snakes of southeastern North Carolina
David J Mense
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Joan Elliott's Native American Cross Stitch
Joan Elliott
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-The latest collection of stunning designs from a leading cross stitch designer

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-Features 50 pages of full-color charts, and stunning color photography throughout The distinctive imagery of America's indigenous culture is a powerful reminder of the values the native people lived by. Now, leading designer and bestselling author Joan Elliott presents an evocative collection of Native American-inspired cross stitch designs that will delight cross stitchers everywhere.

Stunning dream catcher designs; striking decorative borders; uplifting celebration pieces for the birth of a child or a wedding; and creative cards, pillows, jewelry, and accessories are all featured in this beautifully illustrated book.

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This evocative collection features over 40 designs by leading cross stitch designer and best-selling author Joan Elliott. Readers will find wonderful project ideas inspired by the spirit of native American culture including samplers, table linen, jewellery, hangings, cards, bags, pillows and stitcher's accessories. Stunning photography and beautiful full-color charts, accompany step-by-step instructions for every project. Information on materials, stitching techniques and full making-up instructions are provided, making this book ideal for beginners and more experienced stitchers alike.

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This is the first comprehensive guide to in-prison and post-release horticultural training programs. James Jiler combines an engaging personal account of running a highly successful horticultural vocation program at the largest jail complex in the United States with a practical guide to starting and managing prison and re-entry gardening programs.

James Jiler directs the Greenhouse Project for male and female inmates at New York City's Rikers Island jail system. He also directs the GreenTeam of ex-offenders, who work on landscape-related projects throughout New York State. Jiler's humor and heartfelt stories about prison community and clear explanations of what works broaden this book's appeal to social activists, educators, and those involved with at-risk populations and community gardens.

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Strongly recommended reading for sociology students.......2007-08-07

James Jiler has directed prison horticulture programs since their inception in 1997. That is why he brings to bear a very special expertise when writing "Doing Time In The Garden: Life Lessons Through Prison Horticulture". This is an deftly written, informed and informative account of the country's most successful jail-to-street horticultural training programs, specifically, the GreenHouse and GreenTeam programs run by the Horticultural Society of new York for inmates and former inmates of Rikers Island, the largest jail complex in the United States. Jiler presents a candid and engaging personal account of his daily life with male and female inmate students who under went life-changing vocational training. "Doing Time In The Garden" is also a practical guide and template for anyone wanting to start and manage an in-prison and re-entry agricultural or horticultural program whether it be a city jail, a county lock-up, or a state penitentiary. Wonderfully illustrated throughout with color photographs and line drawings of the flora and fauna of Rikers Island, "Doing Time In The Garden" is strongly recommended reading for sociology students, social service professionals, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in penology, prison reform, felon rehabilitation, or gardening.

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Not really worth it

If you are well read, not too helpful a book.

excellent and complete for before and after

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Keys to Preparing and Caring for Your Second Child (Barron's Parenting Keys)
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Very Helpful.......2007-05-01

I thought this book was great. It is organized so you can read mini chapters during short periods of time. I have a 2 1/2 year span between #1 and #2 and found this book very helpful.

Not really worth it.......2002-08-13

I found this book to have a lot of advice that is mostly common sense stuff and I didn't really learn anything from it. My first child will be 14 1/2 months old when the new baby is born and this book doesn't give any usefull information for that age difference. I also didn't care too much for the way it is put together. It is sort of like a collection of thoughts strung together and called a book. Unfortunately there isn't much out there on this subject but if you are having a second child and just want to read everything you can about it, especially if your first child will be over 3 when the new baby comes then go ahead and get this book.

If you are well read, not too helpful a book........2001-09-10

I bought this book anticipating some great hints, knowledge or insight into having our second child and preparing our first for that event. In my view, I felt the book was a waste of my time. I have read various articles, whether online or in magazine print about preparing for a second child, and this book was a disappointment--no great insights, and most of the material was based on common sense. Hopefully, one of the other books on the topic will be a better read.

excellent and complete for before and after.......2000-03-16

What is great about this book is that it covers pregnancy and the time after birth equally well. I wish that I had had some of the advice earlier, but the book would be worthwhile even for just the second half. It was especially helpful to have a guide to how to handle some of the really tough times we had with our 3 1/2 yr. old when the baby was about six months old. Highly recommended!

this is an essential book.......2000-03-04

I bought this book when we were thinking of getting pregnant again. I was really glad that I did, because the first time we tried I had an early miscarriage. The book gave me extremely helpful and compassionate advice about how to deal with this issue for myself and our child. We then went on to have a great next pregnancy and wonderful new baby and the rest of the book is really useful and helpful too!

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A story of a young Jewish girl's coming of age during the tragic years of the Holocaust.

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Sometimes there actually are winners in a war........2003-03-16

"Dry Tears" is an autobiographical recollection of life in wartime Poland, during the Holocaust. Not only did the author and her sister have to "pass" as non-Jews and live in constant terror of being caught, they also had to worry about their parents, who couldn't "pass" and who lived in hiding.

I've read perhaps a dozen books by Holocaust survivors. This may be the first time that I thought about each individual murder as that: an individual murder, and not as genocide. What happened to the girls' governess in the early pages of the book left me more sleepless than anything since "Anne Frank."

Sometimes, however, there are the occasional winners in a war. The author's family survived as an intact unit. That, dear readers, is a victory.

This book belongs in every historian's library, be it public or personal. Deeply moving, it's not too much for a mature teen to read, and I will be suggesting it to a friend's young adults.

"Dry Tears" will haunt me for a long time.

Fascinating and deeply moving.......2002-11-21

Dry Tears is an unforgettable Holocaust memoir and coming-of age story. Tec is a gifted writer and her comments about her experiences are deeply insightful.

Tec was hidden during the war---disguised as a Polish Christian, she lived with a variety of families before settling with a working-class family who also took in her parents (neither of whom spoke Polish well enough to "pass") and her sister.

What is most interesting (and depressing) about Tec's story is her slow realization that the family who took her in was anti-semetic. As a child, she experiences deep confusion about this and wonders how she should feel when the family compliments her by telling her that she is not "like a Jew." Her conflicted feelings about this family (she grows to love and respect them while at the same time being appalled by their prejudice) illustrate one of the greatest paradoxes regarding prejudices (***). The sad truth is that when one looks behind the stereotype one always discovers individuals who defy the stereotype (Tec herself experiences this---she assumes that one of the woman who takes them in---Stella--is a typically stupid and lazy member of the working class but when Stella is tortured by the Nazis and refuses to eveal any information, Tec is forced to look beyond the stereotype todiscover a very real and very complicated individual).

Tec's story also explores an aspect often not found in books dealing with adults under the Holocaust. As a hidden child who could "pass" as a Polish Christian, Tec spent her days as Krysia, a Polish Gentile. Not surprisingly, this caused her to become deeply confused about who she was---like all pre-teens and adolescents, Tec was struggling to discover her own identity but unlike her peers, Tec was forced to hide this identity.

I have read a great number of Holocaust memoirs---and this is not the "typical" memoir (as far as one can say there is a "typical" memoir). Several factors make this book unique---Tec's age at the time of the Holocaust, her insights into her own experiences (not surprising as Tec later became a scholar specializing in this period) and her openness about her struggle to assume an identity at a time when she was forbidden to assume her true identity.

A Lesson on Survival.......2000-01-04

"Dry Tears" is a memoir of the author during the years she and her family struggled for survival in occupied Poland. After many attempts to escape Nazi officials, they find shelter in a small town under the protection of a peasant Polish family, in exchange for financial benefits. The story is a lesson on faith, of compliance to ever adjusting circumstances in an environment filled with prejudice and ignorance. Well written, with no high literary aspirations, but with a high moral content. This is a must for adolescents and pre-adolescents, and for anyone who is not aware of what it really means to face adverse circumstances in life.

Faith, Hope & Love.......1998-06-03

Dry Tears,dealt with the survival of a Jewish family during the Nazi Holocaust. The story is told by the youngest daughter, Tec, during her pre-adolescent years. If one does not fully comprehend the power of faith, hope and love, then this book is a must. It is a lesson for any family, group or individual who is struggling with circumstances that seem overwhelming or out of control.

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