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"Here I Am, Lord": The Letters And Writings of Ita Ford 3 reviews
Jeanne Evans, Ita Ford
Orbis Books, 2005
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SAINT AND MARTYR FOR OUR FAITH
It seems strange a quarter century has already passed since the torture, rape and murder of these four courageous and Catholic US women by US directed fascist forces which killed so many religious in El Salvador including the Archbishop, and yet none are yet canonized. Perhaps this refusal indicates more about the new timid direction of our Church away from living testimony of Jesus and his ...
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"I AM" Discourses on America (Saint Germain Series Vol 18) (Saint Germain Series)1 review
St Germain Pr, 2001
One of the better in the later works of this series
This most recent book is both timely and necessary for our current times. I got some value out of this book which is refreshing. Most of the books written by Guy Ballard's wife do not contain the detail and indepth information that the earlier books did. Most of her works are basic and redundant. That said I would recommend that everyone should own the entire series and work with the violet flame ...
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I am a teacher: A tribute to America's teachers1 review
David Marshall Marquis
Simon and Schuster, 1990
Teaching as a calling
Marquis has compiled a wonderful collection from interviews with teachers sharing why they teach. Robin ?????'s fine photographs of these teachers are dated in this 1970's ???publication. This is a great read for people who love to work with students or those who are weary from the demands of teaching and are in need of a boost.
A copy of this book would be well placed in every school in the ...
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Am I My Brother's Keeper1 review
Bev Braun
Publish America, 2003
Where's the sequel?
I read it five times. I absolutely loved it! I hope there is a sequel soon. The author brings a freshness to readers!Great love story!
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Be Still, America... I Am God: From Out of the Rubble, Stories of Hope5 reviews
Amy Bartlett
Christian Publications, 2001
Outstanding Book on the Sept 11th Disaster
This book is a must read. Once you pick it up you won't be able to put it down. The author has captured the essence of what really happened at ground zero. The stories are very intense. She has interviewed survivors, police, rescue workers, fireman and Lisa Beamer.
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As I Am: Young African American Women in a Critical Age4 reviews
Julian C.R. Okwu
Chronicle Books, 1999
Inspiring for all, not just African-American women.
This is a wonderful book. Okwa focuses on the narratives of young African-American women who have taken their passion to heart and made successful careers and important contributions to society. A highlight of this text is that it not only has amazing photographs anchoring these women within the contexts they work and live in, but also highlights their struggles, especially academic and ...
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How I Am a Jew: Adventures into My Jewish-American Identity1 review
Howard W. Polsky
University Press of America, 2003
A candid and insightful testimony
Memoir, testimony, and scholarly evaluation are combined in Howard W. Polsky's How I Am A Jew: Adventures Into My Jewish-American Identity. This is the articulate narrative of a Jewish-American man who observes the pressure of mass culture surrounding all Americans and its influences toward selfishness; ways of coping or dealing with anti-Semitism; crossovers between personal, professional, and ...
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I Am Not A Number!: Freeing America from the ID State6 reviews
Claire Wolfe
Loompanics Unlimited, 1998
Level-headed and pragmatic radicalism
Wolfe's cynicism towards both big government and violent political fringe groups, without any paranoia and hysteria, is a welcome change from books of this type (not unlike her previous book, "101 Things To Do 'Til the Revolution"). Instead of a typical "globalist conspiracy, grab your guns and head for the hills" type of book, this is an investigation of just how your rights are being eroded, ...
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8W8 - Global Space Tribes3 reviews
8W8 ventures inc., 2007
Crash course on Web 3
Wow! For someone like me who could never get into technical articles and books about the Internet, Ralf Hirt's 8W8 Global Space Tribes is as refreshing as a cool breeze in Death Valley.
I found myself thinking I was one of the characters in the novel waking up in EA-RA and sitting down for breakfast wondering what new insights, digital or otherwise, waited to be revealed to me that day. It ...
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The Sharks of North American Waters (W. L. Moody Natural History)3 reviews
Jose I. Castro
Texas A&M University Press, 1983
Know your sharks
If you ask the average person to name as many sharks as they can, they might come up with about 15. This book has a lot more. It has an entry for every shark that can be found off the shores of North America, and because sharks are wide ranging animals, this means most of the sharks in the world. Castro, a scientist for the National Marine Fisheries Department, starts off with a very well done ...
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WOLF THAT I AM: In Search of the Red Earth People (Oklahoma Project for Discourse and Theory)1 review
Fred McTaggart
University of Oklahoma Press, 1976
The Search for Wisdom Begins Within
Wolf That I Am is both a lyrical account of a white mans struggle to understand American Indian culture and an intense personal journey of self-discovery and wisdom. The book recounts Fred McTaggart's experiences among the Fox tribe--Sac and Fox as they are commonly known--of Iowa in his attempt to collect and record folklore for his dissertation. During this process, McTaggart slowly comes to ...
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Am I Black Enough for You?: Popular Culture from the 'Hood and Beyond 2 reviews
Todd Boyd
Indiana Univ Pr, 1997
Insightful!
Reading this book allowed me to knock down another wall in understandings of what knowledge and social change is about. I commend the author, Todd Boyd, for putting blakc popular culture in an academic context. If nothing else this made reading the book worth it. But there was much more contained within its chapters. The author discusses several aspects of black popular culture including ...
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I Am America (And So Can You!)428 reviews
Stephen Colbert
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
So far so good....
Read the first few chapters and it is very Stephen Colbert. Whitty, funny, in depth, blunt...good book so far
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When I Am Little Again and "The Child's Right to Respect"1 review
E. P. Kulawiec Janusz Korczak
University Press of America, 1992
Back into paradise?
Well, not really. Though we sometimes wish to return to childhood and have all its privileges, we forget about the difficulties children have to confront in their day-to-day life. And they are as stressing to children as our problems are to us.
Korczak is a man who understood and loved children till his death (for more information about his life, read my review on Ghetto Diary). In this book ...
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"I, Too, Am America": Archaeological Studies of African-American Life1 review
University of Virginia Press, 1999
Historical Truth
Finally a book that will tell it like it was. When you read this book you begin to realize the miseducation that is dished out in American public high schools and that this country was not built culturally by the Thomas Jeffersons or the George Washingtons, but by the working folk, poor white artisans and African captives. I learned more about the history of this country during the 17th, 18th and ...
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I Am Rich Potosi: The Mountain That Eats Men 10 reviews
Stephen Ferry, Eduardo Galeano
Monacelli, 1999
Captured images of the otherworldliness of the Potosi miners
Miners live in a world that almost defies description, except by the miners themselves. And the Potosi miners live in an exceptional world in itself, because the altitude of Potosi and the consequent thinning of the atmosphere at that height confer mining work, and even merely being there, with a permanent feeling of irreality in all your actions and thoughts. And that is what Stephen Ferry's ...
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The Last Three Miles: Politics, Murder, and the Construction of America's First Superhighway6 reviews
Steven Hart
New Press, 2007
A Brisk Read
The Last Three Miles has as its most specific focus the construction of what is now known as the Pulaski Skyway. Serving as macrocosm are the machinations of politicos and union men and corporations before and during the construction of America's first viaduct/superhighway. The cast of characters is nigh Shakespearean, and Steven Hart is particularly good at breathing life into the major players. ...
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1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving (I Am American)5 reviews
Catherine O'Neill Grace
National Geographic Children's Books, 2004
An exquisite book
This is a beautifully written and exquisitely photographed book about the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621 (according to the Western calendar). The photos were taken during re-enactments at Plimoth Plantation, and are historically accurate as well as lovely to look at. The text gives the Wampanoag perspective on the event with sensitivity and vibrancy. All in a book that is clearly ...
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Art from the Trenches: America's Uniformed Artists in World War I (Texas a & M University Military History ...1 review
Alfred E. Cornebise
Texas A&M University Press, 1991
U.S. Army artists in WWI
More than half the book is biographical materials on the individual artists and text regarding their involvement with the army. Actual reproductions of art work are fewer than I would have liked but are of good quality.
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I Am Regina65 reviews
Sally M. Keehn
Demco Media, 1993
I Am Regina Review
I Am Regina is one of the best books I ever read. It's good, because you can learn about a good time in history, and its a true story, all in one exciting book! I didn't think it was boring, I thought it was interesting to learn about facts! It's a great book for pre-teenagers!
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