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Hero Tales, vol. 1: A Family Treasury of True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes 3 reviews
Dave and Neta Jackson
Bethany House, 2005
Great Family time
could be spent reading this book to each other. It is very informative and can keep the attention of any children. The stories are very inspirational.
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Hero of the Underground: A Memoir 5 reviews
Jason Peter, Tony O'Neill
St. Martin's Press, 2008
WOW!!! Best Non-Fiction in a while
Okay, so my husband who is a huge football fan bought this book. I really had no interest you know football and all. One day I was getting ready to go to the beach and had no new reads so I throw Hero of the Underground in my bag. I started reading the first chapter and was instantly sucked in. The story is so much more than football. It is an honest in your face account of someone's journey with ...
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The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable77 reviews
Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby
Eos, 2002
Excellent book!
I loved this book! The story was great fun (as are all of the Discworld stories) and quick to read. I believe the story is particularly interesting as it brings together several characters who have not yet interacted in any of the Discworld novels (Rincewind, Leonard of Quirm, and Carrot work together for example) and introduces some great new characters as well. The premise of the story is ...
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Gilgamesh the Hero9 reviews
Geraldine McCaughrean
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2003
One of the best!
This version concentrates very little on fighting monsters, instead the author focuses on Gilgamesh's quest for immortality and the importance of enjoying our short lives. Gilgamesh is believed to be the world's oldest epic and the original flood story. After nearly being destroyed by a flood Gilgamesh goes on an epic journey to find the elixir of immortality. The moral of the story ends up being ...
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces 99 reviews
Joseph Campbell
New World Library, 2008
Star Wars connection
I first learned about this book, when I read that George Lucas used it as a template for creating his Star Wars movies. If you look closely at Star Wars having read this book, you can see how it does reflect the common patterns of the Hero's Story, as contained in mythology. You might find yourself seeing as I did how the hero character relates to the story of your own life, and your own ...
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The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By6 reviews
Carol S. Pearson
HarperOne, 1998
Gives a way out...
This book really helped me to embrace the different stages in life and showed me how to grow into who I want to be. It not only restored my faith in "This to shall pass", but showed me how and why. It helped me to accept the lessons I needed to know then and now. It is a book I give to friends when they hit the wall. There is nothing better I can do for them.
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Hero68 reviews
Perry Moore
Hyperion Book CH, 2007
Hero
I loved this book! It was a wonderful read and such a great story about a teen ager and his dad and their struggle to connect. The action adventure aspect of the super heroes made this one of the fastest reads of the summer. I heard about the book in a magazine and hope and pray that it is the first in a series!
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The Hero and the Crown239 reviews
Robin McKinley
Ace Trade, 2007
The Hero & The Crown - Excellent Book
I first read this book when I was about 12 years old and as a young girl was captivated. I could relate to Aerins feeling of being the black sheep and her rise from being the unwanted sol to the hero of the story was a fairy tale I could make my own. I loved the book so much that over the years I read it over and over and never let go of it from move after move, from my first marriage, to my ...
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Where's My Hero? 27 reviews
Lisa Kleypas, Kinley MacGregor, ...
Avon, 2003
Absolutely Wonderful!!!
All three stories were amazingly fantastic, which is not very common for anthology books. However, my all-time favorite out of the three stories was by Kinley MacGregor with "Midsummers Knight" with the hero Simon. Just this short story itself is worth purchasing the book. I can't believe how it just made me cry so unexpectedly, it's truly a work of art that Kinley MacGregor delievers, and I ...
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Hero Heel Volume 2 (Yaoi) (Hero-Heel)
Makoto Tateno
Digital Manga Publishing, 2008
Minami confessed his feelings to Sawada, and they spent a single night together. But now, Sawada is brutally rejecting Minami! Minami is trying to forget him, while his fellow actor Katagiri pursues him relentlessly. And on top of that, Sawada is filming with someone who used to be his lover in the past!
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Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock
Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008
Our official songbook for the third installment of this wildly popular video game features notes and guitar tab for 36 hits: Barracuda * Black Magic Woman * The Devil Went Down to Georgia * Even Flow * La Grange * Mississippi Queen * Paint It Black * Pride and Joy * Rock You like a Hurricane * School's Out * Talk Dirty to Me * Welcome to the Jungle * When You Were Young * and more.
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Football Hero3 reviews
Tim Green
HarperCollins, 2008
Courtesy of Teens Read Too
Ty Lewis' parents have died in an accident, so he has gone to live with his dad's sister, Aunt Virginia, and Uncle Gus. Ty's older brother is Thane (aka Tiger) Lewis, a hopeful NFL first-round draft pick from Syracuse University. Thane and Ty are close, but because Thane is finishing up his college degree, Ty is forced to remain with his aunt and uncle.
Living with his aunt and uncle is ...
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The Hero Project3 reviews
Robert Hatch, William Hatch
McGraw-Hill, 2005
A remarkable accomplishment
I know something of this family and these boys, the authors. Though encouraged by their parents, and at times aided by them, these interviews and this book are the work of these bright, curious and couregous boys. The stories of how they got these interviews are as amazing as the visits themselves. Frequently it took years of correspondence and phone calls to finally get through to a hero. Once ...
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The Unsung Hero (Troubleshooters, Book 1)60 reviews
Suzanne Brockmann
Ivy Books, 2000
Exciting, passionate! Loved it!
This is my favorite book from this author to date! I can't begin to express how much this book has kept me enthralled for weeks! There are basically 3 different storylines here and the author has ingeniously weaved them together to make it into one passionate and exciting plot. I laughed, i cried, i got frustrated, i got angry, and i felt for each character as they went through their own ...
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From Zero to Hero: How to Master the Art of SELLING CARS12 reviews
Jeffrey Knott
iUniverse Star, 2007
A must read for a sales person
I sell Life insurance and was thinking about switching over to selling cars so I bought this book to kinda get a feel of the business before just jumping in head first.Now let me just say this, I've been in sales since I was 22 years old, I am now 40, and consider myself a very good sales person and have over 50 books on sales in my personal library. This book in my opinion is the best one I have ...
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Nobody's Hero
Harlequin Superromance, 2008
Why can't everybody just leave him alone? All Sean Rafferty wants is solitude to recover from a gunshot wound. That's why he's here on Maine's isolated Osprey Island: to heal and move on. But how can he face going back to being a Massachusetts state police officer since he's sworn off ever playing hero again? Unfortunately, Sean can't avoid heroics when neighboring Connie Bradford's daughter keeps getting into trouble. And the fiercely ...
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The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (Campbell, Joseph, Works.)6 reviews
Joseph Campbell
New World Library, 2003
An excellent in-depth account of Joseph Campbell
This book was well designed. The introduction by Phil Counsineau alone is worth the price. Instead of hidden away in some appendix, the Chronology of Joseph Campbell is up front before reading the details. The book is written mostly in a question and answer format.
Next striking thing is the pictures that accompany the text makes you feel that some one knew that Joseph was going to be some ...
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Guitar Hero Songbook - Guitar TAB (Guitar Songbook)5 reviews
Hal Leonard Music Books
HAL LEONARD CORPORATION, 2007
A Lot Better Than One May Expect
I was a little hesitant to purchase this book initially because I feared it may be riddled with video game graphics throughout and just not something I would use. I was wrong and this book is fantastic. Much like the game, once I tried it, I found that it was really well done and well worth the money.
This book contains 40 songs which are very detailed and are written in staff, tab and ...
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Finding the Hero in Your Husband: Surrendering the Way God Intended12 reviews
Julianna Slattery
Faith Communications, 2004
Wonderful insights!
This book, with all of its scriptural references, is a real treasure and sheds brilliant light on the unique role of being a Christian wife. I am in a 2nd marriage (married 6 months) and want very much to head this marriage down the path that God intends. I read several passages to my husband, who is also a Christian, and he agreed that Dr. Slattery has provided accurate insights to the needs ...
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The Hero and the Outlaw: Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes14 reviews
Margaret Mark, Carol S. Pearson
McGraw-Hill, 2001
Insightful
This book draws some rock-solid suggestions about how companies can build successful brands by tapping into the fables and stories that are hardwired into our DNA. Uses insightful examples and makes what could have been a pretty dry read into a book that I actually read cover to cover on a cross-country flight. That's an achievement as generally five minutes spent reading on an airplane puts me ...
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