Eagle Reviews

When I first started to look through this book, I decided that it's all trivial. Then I looked again, hm-m-m... I actually never thought about most of this "trivial" stuff before. The language was simple, true, but it's amazing how many good hints are there. I regularly read books on personal finance, and this book does not repeat them. Say, did you ever wonder how banks make money on those "0% APR introductory offers"? And did you even thought why it is important to know? Yes, good question contains most of the answer. Because that's what you pay, if you use this "free" credit. And this book is good with both questions and answers. Another example: if your income is $100 short from your expenses, how much expenses you should cut? $100, right? Now, if you cannot cut expenses, how much you have to earn? $100? Not keeping in mind income tax! Assume your effective federal income tax rate last year was 15% and your tax bracket was 33%, then how much? $115? $133? $150? Wrong, quite a bit more!

The cover says, it's good for teenagers, and that's true. I'll try to make my teenager kids read it. In a few years they are going to a college, and I want them to be smart about their money. The cover says that it's also good for everybody who has come to this country and tries to make sense of our financial life. I suppose that's true too. But it's also definitely good for a lot of other folk. It was good for me, and I am not a teenager.

Finally, a interesting piece of history documented with todays resources. Enjoyable for advocates of L & C and those who would want a GREAT photography table book.

This book of stories is a rare treat to read. I couldn't get onto the next story fast enough. With each tale I was pulled straight into the home and at the knees of the storyteller, Grandpa Iron. I "became" one of his grandchildren, smudged by the cedar, leaning forward to hear every detail of the story about horse, moose, mole, swallow, and the nine other animals, one for each poetically descriptive Full Moon of the year such as "Moon of the Popping Trees" in December with turtle. I, like Grandpa Iron's grandchildren, relish and believe the stories! How hard it must have been for the children to wait one whole month for each new story.

I love the illustrations, both paintings and colored pencil drawings. They convey the character and movement of the animals so well. The colors are bright and entrancing; and the symbols painted on the animals are intriguing. They look so like the pictographs I have seen painted on hides in museums and reproduced from ledger books. There are stars, moon, lightning, mountains, the sun, and other ones which are yet a mystery to me.

As well as the stoies there are details of the children's and Grandpa and Grandma Iron's life on the Wind River Reservation: doing chores, packing to go to the Sundance, eating Grandma's stew and fry bread, and running barefoot in the snow. I have been to Wind River and could feel again through the book the vastness and intimacy of the land. This book is an outstanding model of how stories can be written and presented with enthusiasm for children.

This book begins in a very poor district of a city in England during the Industrial Revolution. The division between classes is very notorious. I have to admit that I found myself struggling for the first 100 pages or so, but then afterwards I was hooked. I am not to unveil the main trama but this is the story of a man that fights his way up the slums (with some help) and at this point the author provides us with many surprises, up until the end of the book. Things that had been building up in the 100 previous pages finally start falling together in a carefully laid out fashion, and a very romantic way. The feelings are intense.

"Without the Resurrection, the gospel of Jesus Christ becomes a litany of wise sayings and seemingly unexplainable miracles-but sayings and miracles with no ultimate triumph. No, the ultimate triumph is in the ultimate miracle: for the first time in the history of mankind, one who was dead raised himself into living immortality. He was the Son of God, the Son of our immortal Father in Heaven, and his triumph over physical and spiritual death is the good news every Christian tongue should speak."

--Howard W. Hunter, page 84.

This is my new favorite book. I hope it starts appearing at baptisms, confirmations, ordinations, farewells, and in Christmas stockings.

As Joseph Smith taught, the atonement is the central doctrine, with all other things being mere appendages (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 121). This book, then, focuses us on this one thing that matters most. This book has selections from both the prophets and the scholars.

Contributors include Presidents Howard W. Hunter, John Taylor, and Bruce R. McConkie. In fact the first entry is by Joseph Fielding Smith, so it starts out on the right foot. But other contributors are Chieko Okazaki, Sheri Dew, and Ardeth Kapp, so we have the distaff adding testimony. There are even quotes by Hugh Nibley, Gerald Lund, and it also has Steven Robinson's "Parable of the Bicycle," so all the bases are covered.

Also included are Orson F. Whitney's, and Melvin J. Ballard's visions of the Savior

Two criticisms: There is no index, just a table of contents, and they missed Joseph Smith's quote that I alluded to earlier. The first is forgivable, the second isn't. They also missed Lorenzo Snow's, David O. McKay's and David B. Haight's visions of the Savior (Ensign, Nov. 1989). People at Desert Book can e-mail me for more comments.

This is not a "brass-knuckles" doctrinal treatise, but a soft, reassuring testimony of Christ and how His atonement applies in our lives. Indeed, this book provides a great way to buttress talks, testimonies, and lessons with verifiable and reliable statements on the Savior.

I have nothing but raves about the packaging. The book is both informative and beautiful. The profound picture fix the passion and emotion associated with Christ's life. Philosopher Adam Smith pointed out in his "Theory on Moral Sentiments" that sight was the key to moral feelings, and they have capitalized on our capacity to feel by sight.

This book provides a great overview of the Atonement from many authors and many points of view. All of these testimonial arrows hit their target, which is our heart and our mind.

This is a wonderful child's book with rebuses and hidden pictures. The illustrations are bright and eye-catching. A good way to introduce your child to the folk music of our nation. Sheet music and all of the words included, along with recipes, poems and games so you can have your own "Goose-fest".

Quick, those of you who like English Procedural mysteries. You will not be sorry if you take up this series. I love Bill Slider. He is really appealing and a good detective too. In this book Slider is trying to adjust to life without his wife and two children, and also without his lady love Joanna. He isn't handling single life that well, but a murder occurs that takes his mind off his personal problems. The victim in this story was very unlikeable, but it happens that he is the conductor for Joanna's orchestra, so at least Bill gets to see her in connection with the case. Before the murderer is discovered, Bill Slider finds a whole closet full of secrets in the victim's closet. Ms Harrod-Eagles keeps you guessing until the end with this one. Another good installment in the series.

Chester Eagle's first book, recently re-released under the title of "House Of Trees", takes us into East Gippsland in the 60's and traces the patterns of life in that small community in the far south east corner of Australia. Although posing as fiction, the real people are quite close to the surface. Indeed, many local identities were publicly outraged (but privately pleased) when they saw themselves in this book. But the book is more than a contemporary picture of life. As Chester explores the characters, the familiies and the dramas he uncovers their connections to the land and their connections to the past.

Moving further and deeper into the remote areas of East Gippsland, into the narrow valleys and decreasing populations, we are presented with an opportunity to gain glimpses of the past. These people of the land still have strong connections with the history of their tiny settlements and we find that they also have strong connections with each other.

The book is presented in two parts. The first part is a portrait of a most unusual person living and dying at Butcher's Ridge - north east of Buchan. The second part of the book is a rich landscape of people and places. It paints an evocative picture of East Gippsland in the 60's.

Hail and Farewell is now itself a part of our history. It is an accurate representation of a world fast disappearing.

This is an exellent biography of the Greatest band ever but I felt that Mr Swinson spent to much time On Joe Walsh as though they were not a Great band until he joined. Joe was a great addition but he was not the star but just another member.

This is an excellent book for anyone interested in the prophetic. Kingstone uses many examples from his own ministry, both his struggles and successes, as well as offers practical advice for every Christian. Healing Earthbound Eagles is inspiring and affirming for those who struggle with maximizing their prophetic gifting, but is also a great read for anyone who wants to know more about prophesy.