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1903. Part Two of Two. Edited by Francis Darwin and A.C. Seward. Illustrated. Including an Autobiographical Chapter. A selection of letters written by Darwin, the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. The volume contains a series of letters, now published for the first time, prepared so as to give as full an idea as possible of the course of Mr. Darwin's work. The volumes therefore necessarily contain many letters of a highly technical character. The letters are classified according to subject-into such as deal with Evolution, Geographical Distribution, Botany, etc., and within each group they are placed chronologically. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417937637.

More Letters of Charles Darwin: A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters

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More Letters of Charles Darwin: A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Letters
Charles Darwin
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1903. Part One of Two. Edited by Francis Darwin and A.C. Seward. Illustrated. Including an Autobiographical Chapter. A selection of letters written by Darwin, the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. The volume contains a series of letters, now published for the first time, prepared so as to give as full an idea as possible of the course of Mr. Darwin's work. The volumes therefore necessarily contain many letters of a highly technical character. The letters are classified according to subject-into such as deal with Evolution, Geographical Distribution, Botany, etc., and within each group they are placed chronologically. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417937645.

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Charles Darwin
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Must Have for Special Ed Parents

A MUST HAVE FOR ANY PARENT OF A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD

A good book to start with

Just what we needed

Helpful even for a teacher

A Parent's Guide to Special Education: Insider Advice on How to Navigate the System and Help Your Child Succeed
Linda Wilmshurst , and Alan W. Brue
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The term 'special education' encompasses dozens of learning challenges: developmental delay, learning and physical disabilities, emotional disturbance, retardation, language impairment, autism, and others. By nature of this diversity, navigating even well-run, well-funded special education programs can be daunting. A Parent's Guide to Special Education offers guidance to parents and their children -- as well as to teachers, counselors, and administrators -- on issues including:

* diagnosis and awareness
* special education laws
* eligibility issues and requirements
* programs
* parenting issues
* communication between parents and schools
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A Parent's Guide to Special Education offers invaluable information and a positive vision of special education that will help them through a potentially overwhelming process. Filled with practical recommendations, sample forms, and enlightening examples, this is a priceless resource for helping every child learn.

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Must Have for Special Ed Parents.......2007-02-12

This one is amazing too! Along with Wrightslaw's From Emotions to Advocacy--these two books together are a great resource for parents of special needs kids!! A Must Have for your reference library!! Buy It!

A MUST HAVE FOR ANY PARENT OF A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD.......2007-01-10

Any parent of a child with special needs knows how complex the special education process is, and what little information the school district will give you regarding what services your child may be entitled to. I found this book to be indispensible as I prepared for my first CSE meeting, and I often go back & refer to it as the need arises. No special ed. parent should be without this book.

A good book to start with.......2006-06-03

My husband and I are still pretty new to the special education process. Just two years ago our daughter was diagnosed with autism. We have gone through a lot with our district, but they have been very supportive and have provided a lot of services with little or no hassle. Some other parents have had to hired parent advocates on behalf of the child, but we have been fortunate so far. Another parent recommended this book to me after an advocate recommended it to her. It has a lot of really good information if you want to understand the entire process. The most difficult thing is to understand what the assessment results mean. This book does a good job of explaining it even though it is such a dry subject. A really helpful part was the antonyms. They are used a LOT in meetings and it seems very cryptic. I hope this book helps you and your child.

Just what we needed.......2006-05-13

I was very happy to receive this book from my husband for Christmas. (Sorry for the delay in my review.) Our son was diagnosed with bipolar disorder two years ago and his behavior is, times, out of control. School personnel have had a really hard time handling him, just as we have at home. Despite being on medication, his behavior is still not acceptable for a child at age 9. I actually resisted special education services until I received this book. I think that like a lot of parents, I had this notion that special education was a dumping ground for children that teachers did not want to deal with. Because of my son's behavior, I really thought this was the case. But this book really helped me to understand special education and the children who get those types of services. I learned a lot from this book. I did not realize how many children receive special education. The information is easy to understand and walks you through a step-by-step process from the evaluation to the meeting. My son was evaluated in March and the chapters on assessment helped me to better understand his report. I have not had a problem with communications with the school, but there is a chapter there for anyone who has had a problem. I hope I won't need it. The chapter on labels was the most helpful to us since it helped us to move past the idea that the label is the important thing. It's not, it's the services our son receives. The label really means nothing since it's just a way for the school to give him the services he needs. I did find that the IEP chapter was helpful because we thought the goals the school created for him were too difficult to master, so the school changed it for us and we will meet again after he starts 4th grade to see how he is doing. Although I did not really read the new law information, it may be helpful to people who may eventually need to hire an attorney. I hope that will not happen to us, but I have met a couple of people who needed to hire an attorney to school the school. I didn't knw about this book at the time, but I would have suggested they buy a copy to see if it was helpful to them.

I would also like to recommend "The Bipolar Child: The Definitive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood's Most Misunderstood Disorder" if you have a child with bipolar disorder. You may want to wait for the revised edition that is coming out this summer. It is very helpful.

Helpful even for a teacher.......2006-05-02

Although I am not a parent, this is my eighth year working as a special education teacher. My principal bought this book for all six special education teachers in my school so that we could use this information to work with parents.

What I like about the book is that it does not talk down to parents. Everything is discussed in a positive tone. My experience with school psychologists has been both good and bad, but I can see how these two authors would be two of the good ones.

I was surprised at how much information is covered and how a lot of it is really helpful to me as a teacher. Since I got this book for Christmas, I have shared the book with a dozen or so teachers and they seem to like the information and find it helpful. The acronyms chapter was great.

I wish the book had more information on IEPs, but I realize that it not its focus and the information they give probably is enough for parents.

All in all, I like the book and give it five stars.

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Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup

Sure it's dated! But it's a great compendium of pre-modern Haute Cuisine

Encyclopediac Treatment of haute cuisine. A must for foodies

THE EPITOME OF FRENCH COOKBOOKS

The Great Book of French Cuisine: Revised Edition
Henri-Paul Pellaprat , and Jeremiah Tower
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Henri-Paul Pellaprat and Jeremiah Tower, master chefs of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have created a reference cookbook that will shape great chefs and great cooking in the twenty-first century. The English language edition of Pellaprat's landmark cookbook, L'Art Culinaire Moderne, when first published by Vendome in 1982, was hailed as "the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date book on French cooking and gastronomy ever written." Now, after a complete revision and updating by the James Beard award-winning chef Jeremiah Tower, Pellaprat's legendary recipes are again available in a handsome and accessible new edition.

Henri-Paul Pellaprat was the first chef to give the vast subject of French cuisine a logical and comprehensive underpinning by offering a complete education in the four basic subdivisions of French cooking, la haute cuisine, la cuisine bourgeoise, la cuisine régionale, and la cuisine impromptue, the inspired cooking that creates memorable dishes with easily available ingredients. Pellaprat and Tower have selected 2,000 recipes covering every aspect of gastronomy from sauces, soups, fish, grillades, and salads, to soufflés, cakes, and traditional French desserts.

This new edition includes more than 600 easy-to-follow techniques and timesaving tips, and a complete lexicon of French cooking terms. Unparalleled in its scope and the authenticity of its information, The Great Book of French Cuisine remains a definitive work, the perfect reference for both amateurs and professional chefs, to be treasured and consulted throughout a lifetime of cooking.

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Too Many Cooks Spoil the Soup.......2007-08-21

I give this book a lousy rating. I applaud the effort to take a venerable cookbook and update it for the modern day, but people who pick up this book will probably want Pellaprat, not Pellaprat as filtered through present day sensibilities. The result is an OK cookbook, but I do not recommend it (there are other such encyclopedic cookbooks on French cuisine that are better); I suggest you pick up an earlier edition of this book that is NOT revised. I was disappointed with this book; I did not get what I was expecting.

Editorial note on this edition: my mistake in buying this book was not studying the various editions more carefully. This and an earlier edition of the same title are `revised' and `adapted', respectively. A much earlier edition is titled `Modern French Culinary Art'; I believe that is the original translation, sans `improvements', and this is the edition I recommend you get. I positively do NOT recommend this version of Pellaprat. (There are multiple listings in Amazon Books for 'Modern French Culinary Art', and it is not clear from the vague descriptions which ones are just translations, and which ones are translations + 'improvements'. If I ever figure it out, I will list; for the time being, all I can say is 'buyer beware').

Both Pellaprat (P.) and Tower (T.) are legendary chefs in their own right; both have started a culinary revolution, and both taught an entire generation how to cook. P. was part of the Cordon Bleu during the early part of the 20th century and given credit for inventing modern French cuisine, and this is (or is suppose to be) his definitive cookbook. This book is a new edition, with a new Introduction and revisions done by T. The genius of P. was to embrace 4 different type of cooking: haute cuisine, cuisine bourgeoise, regional cuisine, and impromptu cuisine. Sadly, P. does not identify which category each recipe corresponds to. T. and a few others took impromptu cooking and developed a whole new cuisine around it.

On page 290, T. produced at least one gem: the statement that the true glory of French food is fish or shellfish + sauce. Course, he also repeats the old wives tale about fresh fish having clear eyes and red gills; this is true for some fish (notable salmon and trout), but not all of them.

I wonder about T's revisions. He gives no hint in the introductory material how extensive his `improvements' are. When you read a recipe, there is no way to tell whose recipe it is or how much the recipe has been changed. Some kind of indication, perhaps in a different color ink, should have been used so you can tell what is original and what has been revised or is entirely new. Some places, like the starch chapter, appear to be heavily edited. The chapter on cakes and pastry (not to mention the Confectionery chapter) seem to have been heavily edited, and were especially disappointing and worthy of ignoring; the recipes clearly have NOT been tested. I note that T. has smoothed only a few of the many kinks in the recipes; there is still plenty that will trip up the inexperienced or unwary cook. In light of the number of recipes, I wonder how many of his recipe changes T. has actually kitchen tested, or if this was mainly a word processor project; they are well written, so it is often difficult to tell. I hate to say it, but it sure seems like T has diluted P's genius.

Format Problems
*recipe titles are usually English (but, confusingly, the original French has sometimes been retained, but not always, and usually randomly), so sometimes you have to guess how this book translated the French name of a recipe
*there are both major and minor editorial errors. Page 350 (Lobster a l'Americaine) has `New Igredient'. Huh? Perhaps T. planned to add another, modern ingredient or `improvement', but never got around to it. On p. 374, the beef section transitions from tournedos to other cuts, but there is no editorial comment to warn the reader that the recipes now require a different cut of beef.
*the TOC has chapter titles only, and some of them are quite long. The chapters are divided in the text into sections, but these are not listed in the TOC.
*there is only one bread recipe and 2 pizza crusts, and all seem to be T's.
*I object to the translation of the book's title (well, this edition has been so heavily changed that perhaps a different English title is in order).

Sure it's dated! But it's a great compendium of pre-modern Haute Cuisine.......2006-07-18

This is one of those lavishly impractical texts that serious food-lovers should own because it so neatly reminds us of the aristocratic origins of French Haute Cuisine. Originally published in 1935 as L'Art Culinaire Moderne, it records, encyclopedically, the last days of the grand hotel cuisine of the 19th century. Within a few years of its first release, Hitler had overrun Paris, the great restaurants and cooking schools were closed, aging gourmands were withering on an unintentional diet of cuisine minceur in the countryside, and war-enforced austerity replaced these rich indulgences. That austerity eventually became the astringent modernity at the heart of most French high cuisine today. Sauces have simplified and lightened, butter is used more sparingly, tastes have shifted toward lighter, fresher ingredients that are left closer to their natural state.

Which brings up a good working summary of what chef Henri-Paul Pellaprat advocated: a cuisine of transformation, in which often humble ingredients are artfully altered into the most sumptuous forms imaginable and served with fanfare and deference. A bourgeois form of this luxe aesthetic is still available at several of the 3-star restaurants, especially in Paris, but deference, per se, is no longer organic. It has become a commodity for sale, part of the lingering stage-set of pre-war hierarchies.

You could do worse than to cook from the roughly 800 recipes the Great Book contains, but you will find them anachronistically, if not unpleasantly, rich and opaque. I have cooked several of the more arch recipes [Sole Mornay, Lobster Bordelaise, Tournedos Clamart...just the names evoke another era] and have enjoyed the results. More to the point, I have enjoyed my guests' reactions [a mix of surprise, glee, giggling, and eventual gasps for mercy] to a cuisine that now feels profoundly foreign, or at least nostalgic.

But I should note that mixed in with these old restaurant dishes are many simpler ones, and a surprising assortment of Italian, Spanish, German, and even Asian dishes. Pellaprat wasn't a snob, I guess, and he knew that Osso Buco a la Milanese, for example, is as good as anything French.

I do highly recommend this book, whether you plan to cook from it or not. It's a fascinating historical vignette, as well as one monumental cookbook. I also recommend you try, at least once before you die, to serve a meal cooked entirely from these pages, served as Pellaprat recommends. Your guests will remember it forever. Great fun.

Encyclopediac Treatment of haute cuisine. A must for foodies.......2005-04-11

`The Great Book of French Cuisine' by Henri-Paul Pellaprat is the kind of book every foodie should own. The question is whether this is the very best summary of French cuisine or simply a very good one. The primary competition to this position would be the works of August Escoffier. I should also be clear that this book is not in direct competition with the great `Mastering the Art of French Cooking' by Julia Child. In fact, Jeremiah Tower's introduction indirectly makes it clear in echoing Maurice-Edmund Saillant's classification of four cooking styles that while Pellaprat and Escoffier are addressing haute cuisine, Mme. Child's works address `La cuisine bourgeoisie'. The numerous books on regional French and Italian cooking represent `La cuisine regionale'. La cuisine impromptue' might be represented by Jacques Pepin's latest book, `Fast Food My Way'.

The first thing that impresses us about this `Great Book...' is that it is truly great in size, weighing in at over 750 pages of rather small printing. It is not so small to make it unreadable in the kitchen, but compact enough to assure us we are getting our money's worth for a very modest list price of $35.

The second thing that impresses us is the confirmation that there are few things that are new under our sun. In spite of Alton Brown's jabs at French cooking, there are chapters in this book which raise the quite probable specter that if AB didn't exactly steal some ideas from this book for his two `I'm Just Here for the Food' volumes, he comes very close to taking out a long term lease on Pellaprat's summaries of types of cooking and types of mixing for doughs. The other side of the coin is that if AB never read this book, he gets high marks for coming to the same conclusions as a leading writer on French `haute cuisine'. `Sacre bleu'.

The third thing that impresses us about the book is the encyclopedic treatment of several important culinary subjects. On poached eggs alone, there are 39 different named recipes, with names coming generally from the person, event, or location responsible for their creation. It gives on the sense that when chefs are looking for dishes with clever or impressive names; it is to this book they will turn. Marie Simmons' book, `The Good Egg' has but 11 recipes for poached eggs. An even better piece of information on eggs comes from Pellaprat's classification of omelets into classic French, American style (which looks remarkably like what some people describe as the Normandy style), and Italian (frittatas).

The section on both omelets and stocks demonstrates that this book is long on encyclopedic coverage of the field of French cooking, but sometimes short on some of the finer details. As great an authority as this book is on French technique, I sense that the author is leaving a few details out. This is my impression on many of the thousands of recipes in this book, although, of course, there is no need to repeat all the finer points of egg poaching in 39 recipes. You just need to point out what distinguishes each variation from the basic technique. This is another distinction between Pellaprat and writers such as Child and Elizabeth David. The latter ladies are teaching people who have never before cooked an omelet or a souffle or a gratin. On the other hand, Pellaprat opens with a chapter that is straight out of the world of Martha Stewart in that it teaches us the proper methods for entertaining and serving meals.

In many ways, the closest analogue to this book in the modern lexicon of cookbooks is `The Joy of Cooking'. Both are encyclopedic in that they focus on giving at least some attention to even the most arcane of meats. While `Joy of Cooking' gives us recipes for possum and boar, Pellaprat gives us a great number of recipes for venison, hare, and woodcock.

This book is an eminent proof that if one is serious about cooking, you need more than one cookbook, at least on those important subjects like omelets, stews, and stocks. No one book can cover everything in the depth to which one may need. While this book covers an enormous range, it does not even cover everything French, let alone the rest of the world.

For a translated work, this reads remarkably well. It is also much more up to date than you may expect from a book first published in the mid-1930's. There is mention of both the microwave and the food processor in many recipes. And, all measurements are in simple spoon and cup units. One may however, be on the lookout for pork recipes that may be expecting a much fatter porkie than what we get in the markets today. I have even seen 1970s James Beard pork recipes falter because the fat on the pig has been reduced so much.

Subject to a review of Escoffier's major work, I heartily recommend this for your armchair library and as a great source of fancy pants recipes. I am sure there are thousands of restaurant chefs who refer to this for that very purpose.

THE EPITOME OF FRENCH COOKBOOKS.......2004-04-13

Several editions of this cookbook have been published, each more visually attractive than the last. Whether you're merely thumbing through or engaged in meal preparation this is a must for all who enjoy French cuisine.

This volume contains over 2,000 receiptes by the former director of the Ecole du Cordon Bleu. When first published in our country it was deemed one of the classic French cookbooks, and it remains so today. Each republication is a cause for rejoicing. The full-color, full-page photographs are worth the price.

It is a comprehensive reference piece, whether your tastes run to la haute cuisine - the most elaborate meal preparation or to la cuisine impromptue - the quickest and most basic cooking method.

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Unique collection of 16 fanciful designs — all adapted from authentic, original artwork — depicts birds, fish, and mythological creatures, all rendered in the distinctive spirals and weaves of Celtic design. Color these handsome, full-page illustrations with your choice of media and then place near a source of light for spectacular effects.

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Celtic designs.......2007-01-04

Plastic sheets good for hand tracing. I use these for scrollsawing patterns. Honestly represented and fairly priced.

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Sinuous interlacements, stylized mythical creatures, and stunning geometrics offer a world of creative Celtic coloring! A rainbow assortment of 8 markers is included in this collection. Use the markers to add glowing tints to the 24 stunning stained glass sheets and let the light shine through for beautiful, glowing effects.

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As we approach the 21st century, single parenting is fast becoming the dominant parenting style in the United States. But that does not make the task any easier! One parent must juggle multiple roles in the family . . . alone.

365 Positive Strategies for Single Parenting can help single parents face and overcome the challenge successfully. The book discusses: positive one-minute strategies for maintaining balance between the needs of a child and oneself developmental stages of children parenting tips related to the developmental stages visitation from the absent parent abandonment by a parent parenting for the future

Brown and Simmons will help single parents become more efficient and prepared for the unexpected while creating a family of important values, strength, and love. 365 Positive Strategies for Single Parenting is an ideal resource not just for custodial parents but also for noncustodial relatives, school counselors, ministers, or anyone working with children of single-parent families.

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Behind our most beloved hymn is a fascinating story spanning continents, cultures, and centuries. Inspired by the way "Amazing Grace" continues to change and grow in popularity, acclaimed music writer Steve Turner embarks on a journey to trace the life of the hymn, from Olney, England, where it was written by former slave trader John Newton, to tiny Plantain Island off the coast of Africa, where Newton was held captive for almost a year, to the Kentucky-Tennessee border and other parts of the South, where the hymn first began to spread.

Newton had been rescued from Africa by a merchant ship when, during an eleven-hour storm on the Atlantic, he converted to Christianity. Years later, as a minister, he wrote the hymn for use among his congregation. Through the nineteenth century, "Amazing Grace" appeared in more and more hymn books, and in the twentieth century it rose to a gospel and folk standard before exploding into pop music. It has been recorded by artists as varied as Elvis Presley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tiny Tim, Al Green, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Chet Baker, and Destiny's Child. Amazing Grace closely examines this modern history of the hymn through personal interviews with recording artists.

From John Newton's incredible life story to the hymn's role in American spirituality and culture, Amazing Grace is an illuminating, thorough, and unprecedented musical history.

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This book surprised me..........2003-11-22

I'm not sure why,but this book has a lot more to it than first meets the eye.Often books of this nature are of the 'edited 'type with very little effort put into them and while the concept is good ;usually filled with a bunch of fluff.But not this one.A great effort has gone into it and as a result we have an excellent work.
While he never gets away from his topic,Turner gives us an awful lot about the history of Newton and everyone associated with him,a thorough understanding of the slave trade,a good understanding of the various Protestant churches of the18th and 19th centuries .If that isn't enough, he has covered in minute detail the evolution of the hymn,it's meaning word by word,it's associated music and how it spread ,and by whom ,throughout it's 225 year history.
He has beautifully shown the deep religious and theological meaning the hymn has for those who understand it and have a faith in God.He has just as well explained how and why so many people love and get inspiration from the hymn even though they may have little in the way of faith or religious involvement.He does this without being judgemental in any way.
As to how Newton could be involved in the slave trade.."Slavery was as acceptable as abortion is today-it was legal,it had immediate and tangible benefits,and people predicted widespread calamity should it ever be banned.There was no social pressure for him to feel shame.Cities had been built on the fruits of slavery and the great merchants of slaves were celebrated,giving their names to buildings and streets.It was those who were opposed to slavery who were regarded as irritants-ememies of social stability,troublemakers,idealists with no concern for progress."
There is one thing I would like to add and that is..If there ever was a book that would have benefited from an included CD,this would have been it.

Grace Both Sacred And Secular.......2003-05-05

I sing and Amazing Grace is one of my favorite hymns. I'm also a nontheist. I'm pretty comfortable with those two seemingly incongruous facts, but I thought I'd read Steve Turner's book Amazing Grace to see if other folks like me had made it into the text. I'm also an Arlo Guthrie fan and I figured I'd do some fact checking on the version of John Newton's story Arlo tells when singing Amazing Grace in concert. Folks like me show up towards the end of the second part of the book and Turner indicates that Arlo is aware that his version is condensed and inaccurate.

The first part of Amazing Grace is the story of John Newton and how he came to write the words to what is now America's favorite hymn. I learned a lot of history, especially of the slave trade in the 1700's, while getting the non-Arlo, complicated version of Mr. Newton's life. The second part of the book follows the history of the hymn post-Newton. Turner has done his homework and I especially enjoyed learning about the history of the hymn in the 1800's, including how Amazing Grace picked up the tune we now sing it to.

I highly recommend Amazing Grace to fans of history, music, and, of course, the hymn Amazing Grace.

lovely, comprehensive resource.......2003-02-25

I just led a church service about "Amazing Grace," and Steve Turner's book served as my main resource. I read it cover to cover during the process, and found it highly intelligent and interesting, with far too many "tidbits" that I wanted to include in the service and couldn't! I encourage the reading of this book AS a "pleasure read," not just as research material.

I particularly appreciated the section on contemporary versions of "Amazing Grace" and its impact on the secular community. As a Unitarian Universalist, I was greatly cheered to find one of our ministers quoted on the impact of the hymn on those who don't necessarily believe in a divine presence.

The discography of AG recordings included as an appendix was also hugely valuable, as I compiled a CD of recorded versions as a "party favor" for my (small) congregation. Turner's correct when he says it's a "select" discography, but he got most of the really good ones!

a work of history that reads like a good mystery.......2003-01-21

I love Steve Turner books, and I love the song Amazing Grace. What a combination!...a work of history that reads like a good mystery novel! I couldn't put it down until I'd read it from cover to cover. This book has everything...a great redemption story, both for the man, Newton--and his song, which didn't really take off until someone put the perfect tune with it a hundred years later. Turner manages to present the context of Newton's theology in a scholarly way that will be informative, but not off-putting to those who are not into reformed theology. The secular life of the song is fascinating...to see how this song was popularized, and now touches millions. To me this song has what we wan't all music to have...something that touches our insides in a way we can't describe, but we know that it makes our lives more complete. And the biggest surprise of the book?...Newton became a slave-trader AFTER his conversion, and only opposed slavery much later in life. Considering how slowly America has repented of it's historic racism, there may be a lesson for us all as we see the sanctification that occurred over time in Newton's life.

Fantastic Book.......2003-01-10

If John Newton's life were made into a movie, most people wouldn't believe it. My vote for book of the year. Read it--you won't be disappointed.

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Amazing.......2003-06-06

This is an incredible story and told with such honesty. She doesn't try to paint a pretty picture, even of suffering, she just tells you what happened to her and her mother and her friends as best she can. What a remarkable woman!

A Must Read!!!.......2001-04-27

The first book I ever read about the Holocaust back when I was in college some 17 yrs ago... It was the most inspiring and frightful thing I had ever read in my life... To this day I still pay homage to those survivors who need their stories to be read for our future generations, all because of this book... Kitty's book is about love, human courage and the need to survive at all odds.. Kitty and her mother are known as the longest mother/daughter survivors of Auschwitz... If you have never read a book about the personal accounts of the holocaust, I recommend this be your starting point...

This is my favorite book.......1999-03-22

I read this book many times for over a year. It is a wonderful book about a girl that survived one of the most infamous concentration camps during the Holocaust, it shows courage, strength, and the will to live.

This book was a great insight to the life of Kitty Hart........1998-01-16

I loved this book. It told the real life story of a girl who survived against great odds in one of the most deadly concentration camps. It was wonderful.

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The horrors of the German death camps.

None of Us Will Return
Charlotte Delbo
Manufacturer: Beacon Pr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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The horrors of the German death camps........2003-08-04

Delbo is a French Resistance person who is caught by the Germans and put in their death camps. The last camp she served in was Auschwitz. In this very short book she writes of the horrors of the death camps. The writing is almost dream like (or nightmare like). One might have to read the passages twice in order to understand what she is trying to pass along.
What can you say about these books. They describe man's cruelty to his fellow man. They all point to the suffering of those imprisoned in these camps. Because of this, they are all good reads, and Delbo's book is no different. Since Delbo is not Jewish, one can see that all types of people were killed off by the Nazis.
Since this book is so short, a person can finish this off in two to four hours. The perspective gained might help to prevent such suffering in the future.

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RETURN TO AUSCHWITZ.

Manufacturer: Granada
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0583135978

Return to Auschwitz: a memoir.: An article from: Midstream

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Return to Auschwitz: a memoir.: An article from: Midstream
Robert L. Cohn
Manufacturer: Theodor Herzl Foundation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0009FZ6QY
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from Midstream, published by Theodor Herzl Foundation on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1726 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Return to Auschwitz: a memoir.
Author: Robert L. Cohn
Publication: Midstream (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Theodor Herzl Foundation
Volume: 49 Issue: 3 Page: 24(2)

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Return to Auschwitz: The Remarkable Story of a Girl Who Survived the Holocaust

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Return to Auschwitz: The Remarkable Story of a Girl Who Survived the Holocaust

Manufacturer: Granada Publishing Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000EA3OQS

THE JEWISH RETURN INTO HISTORY (Reflections in the Age of Auschwitz and a New Jerusalem)

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THE JEWISH RETURN INTO HISTORY (Reflections in the Age of Auschwitz and a New Jerusalem)

Manufacturer: SCHOCKEN BOOKS
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000FPCZDK

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THE JEWISH RETURN INTO HISTORY (Reflections in the Age of Auschwitz and a New Jerusalem)

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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000FP6SNI

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The Jewish Return into History - Reflections in the Age of Auschwitz and a New Jerusalem
Emil Fackenheim
Manufacturer: Schocken
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IOVZRK

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Return to Auschwitz. The remarkable story of a girl who survived the Holocaust.
Kitty Hart
Manufacturer: Atheneum
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JOJ0PS

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