The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home

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Contracting Your Home.......2007-09-01

This is a great guide to how to build your own home. Their are tips on how to work with subs, local officals. They have a step by step instructions, along with drawings of what the project should look like when finished. The forms listed, through out the book, can help you advoid legal, contract and problems threw out the entire the project.

A great handbook for planning your home building.......2007-07-12

There are so many things covered in this book that a list will be drastically incomplete, but I will give a few:
Deciding if it's worth it to contract your own home. Buying land. PLanning your home for that land (position, site issues), energy saving measures, supplies you need, how to hire contractors and deal with them. Things that can go wrong and what you need to do. What each aspect of building involves and how to prepare for them. Ways to cut costs. Deciding what you want most for your money. How much house you can afford. And many more.

In response to a previous post, there is a small section on ways to save money on construction. Most of them are very simple, some are from official sources (like ways to avoid waste, which also saves money). I agree with the previous post that you should be careful of cutting corners on things you don't fully understand. Like how wide to space supports. Verify with local builders and compare to building code. Something HE also suggests. But with things like plan your house in 4' segments so you waste less drywall (which comes in these widths). You can safely follow advice like that.

This book has many excellent qualities. Unlike most, he's giving your the forms and information you will need to contract your home, not just endless descriptions on why it's great to do it. His timeline showing the time range for each aspect and what needs to be done first is priceless. So many pages I found were "aha" pages where I said to myself "That's JUST what I've been needing to know".

I do agree that you will want more than one book on the subject. This is a huge investment! It's really a great book to keep on hand for helping you plan this experience and do a good job of it.

The book is dated 1997, so some things are going to be dated. He has a small section where he plays up computers and the internet which seems a little dated. Also the $$ amounts given will seem awfully low. Not too many of those, though.

Something this book is NOT is an artisan/artist's guide. For making things beautiful and artistic, you'll want other books to give you ideas.

I've read several books from the library and ones I've purchased, and I'm buying this one first to have my own copy.

Good resource.......2007-05-28

This book is good as a starting point but you need to consult more sources as some of the information is little dated.

Good book but sometimes too basic.......2007-05-09

I only gave this 4 stars because it was not as advanced as I thought it would be. It's a great book for someone exploring the possibility of building their own home, but if you've got any experience or knowledge of the contracting process already then this book may be too basic for you.

Cary.......2007-02-16

I almost didn't buy this book because of some of the negative reviews, but, being a first time home builder, it's exactly what I was hoping for and is helping me greatly. I think if you were more of a professional, then this may be a little basic. I recommend it.

How to be Your Own Contractor: The Complete Guide to Hiring and Overseeing

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Superficial treatment

How to be Your Own Contractor: The Complete Guide to Hiring and Overseeing
Gene Hamilton , and Katie Hamilton
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0020332106

Book Description

If you're planning any kind of home improvement, from having a room painted to adding a three-room wing to your house, you need How to Be Your Own Contractor, the complete guide to hiring and overseeing the work of more than fifty different contracting specialists. It covers:

finding the right contractor for the job
comparing estimates
negotiating a contract
checking a contractor's licenses and insurance
obtaining building permits
working on-site with the contractors

The Hamiltons discuss:

design professionals
mechanical systems contractors, like plumbers and electricians
interior specialist contractors, such as carpenters, paperhangers, and tile layers
exterior specialists, such as roofers, deck builders, and excavators
yard contractors, like swimming pool builders
maintenance contractors, such as exterminators

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Superficial treatment.......1997-04-18

This book provides a few of the basics that you will need to know if you are contemplating a small remodeling project. If you are planning on contracting your own house, this volume will not help you much. It provides only very superficial coverage of the information needed to intelligently communicate your requirements to subcontractors and evaluate their responses.

Outwitting Contractors: The Complete Guide to Surviving Your Home or Apartment Renovation

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Have a paranoid & disappointing experience on your project!
It's not a joke! A good book.

Outwitting Contractors: The Complete Guide to Surviving Your Home or Apartment Renovation
Bill Adler Jr.
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Book Description

Here is a practical handbook on how to save time, money, and aggravation when working with contractors.

Remodeling your home or apartment isn't a job--it's a war. How do you defend yourself against the hordes of invaders who come into your home, renovate according to the way they want to remodel; decide there's nothing wrong with a hot-water pipe through the middle of the living room; order bathroom supplies that take three months to arrive and then come when the plumber is on vacation?

Outwitting Contractors offers a fresh perspective and invaluable practical information on how to deal effectively with architects, contractors, builders, laborers, and inspectors. It gives you the nuts and bolts of dealing with the process of home remodeling, helps you avoid the many pitfalls that uninformed home renovators encounter, and gives advice on what to do if disaster strikes. Topics include negotiating contracts; determining who's responsible for what work on the site, and in what order the work should be done; making sure that the raw material you ordered is what gets installed; and what to do when the bathtub won't fit through the bathroom door.

An indispensable guide, Outwitting Contractors will save you money, agony, and your house.

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Have a paranoid & disappointing experience on your project!.......2002-03-13

This is an excellent blueprint on how to have a terrible relationship with almost anyone in the building trades. I haven't read about outwitting squirrels, neighbors, deer, mice and other critters, but if the attitude and approach is the same as in this book....

Any building process, especially a renovation project, relies on fully developed plans, drawings and a well informed owner. This point is glossed over in this book. Oh! You might want to use an architect or designer for big projects like the pyramids, but you really don't need one for small things, like kitchen/bath renovations or room additions... Wait for your builder to do something and then decide that it should/could have been done differently..

Well, you do need a design professional. If you don't know what you want - or even if you do, but don't have it documented relying instead on a contractor's clairvoyance and your own eloquence - you are going to be disappointed in the final product.

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The real point of this book - although never well expressed - is that it is of the first importance to work with reputable people. A tradesman whose office is in his hip pocket is likely not going to have the resources to do anything more than basic handiman work.

It IS a funny book - unless you want to get your project done.

It's not a joke! A good book........2001-10-09

When I picked up this book and read the cover, I thought the "Outwitting ...." book series by Bill Adler was just a joke! Ha ha I said, ready for a funny book about contractors.

Seriously! If you're (a) hiring work on your home (especially remodeling) or (b) a remodeling contractor, you should read this book. Despite the jokes (some of them are even funny), Adler actually writes clearly and intelligently about his subject, in impressive detail. This is one of the top five books I've read about the customer-contractor relationship. Adler also includes many anecdotes that are as enlightening as they are entertaining. A good book!

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Novelist Barbara Kingsolver began her writing career with Holding the Line. It is the story of how women's lives were transformed by an eighteen-month strike against the Phelps-Dodge Copper Corporation. Set in the small mining towns of Arizona, the story is partly oral history and partly social criticism, exploring the process of empowerment which occurs when people work together as a community.

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Outrageously biased.......2007-08-12

I could hardly believe what I read. It's is amazing how this "novel" is treated as a serious work, but it is merely a story, loosely based on the events. Worst of all, it is based completely on angry spiteful stories. She makes these people out to be heroes, but she ignores those that brought their children to the picket line with their hands taped to hold up their middle finger, those brandishing pistols to kill the scabs (all of this caught on network news). She ignores the violence of the strikers driving through the cities randomly shooting into homes, including shooting a young child at home asleep in bed. If these are heroes, I am a little worried.
I was there, before, during and after. My family worked there, before, during and after. She quotes Fina Roman complaining of being tear-gassed, yet ignores why. The strikers were armed and storming the plant with threats to kill. Ask why my father and brother were forced to sleep in the mine because it was unsafe to leave the plant. Ask me about having a baseball bat taken to my vehicle and cups of urine thrown at me while driving through the gate in a non-union position.
I grew up with the union. My father had always been union. Seeing this event is why I have never again been supportive of the unions. At a time when copper was priced incredibly low, Phelps Dodge made a compromise to keep the mine open and keep jobs. These "heroes" bit the hand that fed them. Look around at all of the ghost towns where industry used to be. Those are in places that aren't right to work states.
After the strike, the lowest salaries were in the $10/hour range, back in the early 80s. This was after the Phelps Dodge "drastic" pay cuts. Medical insurance included a $10 and $15 co-pay, but otherwise fully funded. The salaries and benefits from there over 20 years ago would be welcome in many places today. The reason why the company was able to hire people to fill the striking worker's jobs is because everyone from outside of this mentality could see how good the jobs and salaries were compared to the alternative. That's not to say the company was all virtuous and without fault. In this case, though, the company shares little righteous blame.
So, if you want to read this book, see it for what it is. It is not an accurate retelling in any way. The author makes no effort to identify even a common ground, but uses spiteful, vindictive stories to try to satisfy an anti-"Corporate America" image.

the power of women in the strike.......2005-01-14

In "Holding the Line", author Barbara Kingsolver ("The Poisonwood Bible", "Animal Dreams") offers us an account of the strike at the 1983 Morenci Copper Mine in Arizona. Kingsolver was working as a reporter at the time and spent quite a bit of time with the women involved in the strike. She gives the reader a different perspective on the strike; and on strikes in general. "Holding the Line" focuses on the women involved in the strike and how the strike affected them, and also just how much influence they held during the strike. Kingsolver admits her bias early on in the preface, so the reader knows from the start that the author personally sides with the strikers against the company, Phelps Dodge.

After spending decades slowing winning better pay, better working conditions and opportunities for women and minorities, the union works are the Morenci Copper Mine are dealt a new blow and a new challenge: At the end of their current contract, Phelps Dodge claims that they are losing money and the new contract the offer is with reduced wages and the elimination of a Cost of Living Expense for its workers. The way the workers have traditionally won concessions and what should be considered "human rights" (here I show my bias) is through a strike. The union workers walked off the job at the end of their contract and thus began an 18 month standoff between the workers and the giant Phelps Dodge, which almost immediately began bringing in scab labor to try to break the strike and break the union.

In a culture where women have traditionally been at home, "barefoot in the kitchen", the women in Morenci and the other nearby mining towns began to get involved. At first it was just to assist their husbands, but as the strike continued and the police and the National Guard are called in and start abusing their power, the women become a true force. They became the glue that held the strike together, and in the process found a sense of empowerment that they never would have discovered otherwise. Kingsolver showed how this strike helped to better shape the community and brought the women together. She also shows, through the eyes and stories of these women, exactly what Phelps Dodge and the "authorities" were doing, and it wasn't good.

"Holding the Line" is a powerful book with a stunning story. Barbara Kingsolver took what I thought was going to be a dry subject and brought it to life. The reader is able to get a sense of the outrage and frustration and triumphs of these women as Phelps Dodge tries to grind their lives into the dust and break the back of the union. But, the women became the backbone of the local union, and they were unbreakable. To say that this book is a story of true triumph in the face of a corporate giant would be to mischaracterize it, however, because that isn't what this story is and it isn't what the end result happened to be. But, it is a story that I had never heard and one that deserved to be told.

-Joe Sherry

Women on the picket line and its impact on their lives.......2002-11-02

Barbara Kingsolver was a young reporter in Arizona when she was assigned to write a story about this strike. Little did she know then that the strike would last for eighteen months, and that this book would be a natural outgrowth of her interest. The book is filled with facts and figures as well as the stories of people who bravely "held the line" each day, picketing against the "scab" workers that were brought in by the Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation. It's also the story of a town, where the only work was in the mine. And it's also about the generations of Mexican American citizens of that town who had to fight prejudice as well as the everyday dangers inherent in mining.

Most of all though, it is the story of the women and how this strike broadened their understanding of the world beyond their families, and let them develop new strengths. For it was mostly the women who stood on that picket line - the wives, sisters and mothers of the men who would have been arrested. Families were threatened with eviction. There was even a catastrophic flood during this time, which brought its own kind of devastation. And some of the women were arrested too. But despite intimidation, tear gas and harassment, the community stood firm.

I was particularly interested in the stories of the handful of women who actually worked in the mine. One of them had 11 children but needed the work to be able to help her husband support the family. Eight dollars an hour doesn't seem like much, but it was considered a good wage compared with $3.00 an hour for being a secretary. Several of them described the actual work, including the heavy lifting all day long and sometimes working as many as 28 days in a row. Their male co-workers verbally harassed them. And there was no special restroom for women. Eventually though, they won respect.

But when the corporation wanted to cut wages and eliminate even a cost-of-living increase, the strike started. It went on and on. Ms. Kingsolver goes into all the details. It was fascinating. It was if I was just picked up from my New York City apartment and plunked down on the picket line of a little town that had less people than one apartment building on my block.

The eventual result wasn't very good for anybody though. Not in the usual sense. But by the time the author gives her own spin on the situation, including her feminist politics, I was left with a positive feeling, as was her intention. I learned things from this book. I learned about a copper mine in Arizona, the actual jobs and the people who worked there. I learned about the large and imperfect system of unions in this country. And, most of all, I learned about the strength and courage of a few special women.

Please.......2002-04-21

If you expect anything even approaching an objective and truthful retelling or analysis of the Phelps Dodge strike, you'll be sadly disappointed. Kingsolver picks a series of unsubstantiated and self-interested stories of the strikers and completely ignores the horrible violence committed by the unions.

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Amazing writing about a horrific event.......2000-06-21

Barbara Kingsolver is one of the, if not the, greatest writers ever produced by America, maybe, the world. With care and compassion, she writes a thorough account of the mine strike of 1983 in Southern Arizona. During the height of the Cold War, while Reagan was calling the Soviet Union and Communism, the "evil empire," things which Americans thought went on "only over there" were happening in Southern Arizona. Hard-working people who did no more than stand up for there rights, were denied their right to assemble, to speak, to pursue life, liberty and happiness. Judges, Governor Bruce Babbitt, Department of Public Safety, the National Guard, and the local authorities, all in the pocket and payroll of Phelps Dodge Copper Corporation who was trying to break up the Unions, so they could re-institute racist, sexist, classist, policies.

They all failed. The Morenci Mine Women's Auxiliary led the way to community solidarity against all odds. More than any strike victory, they gained, life, confidence, and a purpose in life. Read this book, it's told in the form of interviews and narrative. You'll get to know and have affection for Anna O'Leary, Flossie Navarro, Berta Chavez, and many other women of Clifton, Arizona. You'll root for them, be inspired by them, and, be moved by them. What a wake up call! Working people of the world, UNITE!

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Holding the Line Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983

Manufacturer: Recorded Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 0788739514

Book Description

Bestselling novelist James Patterson, who has been entertaining millions of Americans for decades, now brings his considerable talent for storytelling to a young audience with a joyful, spunky tale that brings every child's Christmas fantasy to life.

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Santa Kid disappoints.......2007-09-16

Just tried to read this story to my 4 1/2 year old. Unfortunately it didn't hole either of our interests. Half way through I just couldn't go on and had to put the book down and pick something else!
Here are the main problems: the story was incredibly thin. An entire page of the story would likely only include 1 or 2 relevant sentences that actually moved the storyline - the rest was all filler, like "pretty cool huh?" and "don't giggle. This isn't funny. Well, sometimes it is", and "all those who want to live at the north pole , holler I WANT TO LIVE AT THE NORTH POLE"

Do you see a pattern? The main character breaks from the story on every page to give pointless comments to the reader, and none of it makes sense (or is even funny.)

the plot is so thin. The villain lands at the North Pole with absolutely no set-up, and each turn of events (and the villain himself) is very implausible. There's just no believability in the motives or events. Yes, I know this is a kid's book, but I've read plenty of great kid's books!

The dialogue is really stale too. like "Not nice." "Not nice at all". This repetitive, bland dialogue just drve me crazy.

Like I said, I only scanned the last half of the book it was so poor. I appreciate that the author was trying to teach the evils of Corporate America to children, but it just didn't come off well. It feels like Patterson wrote this book in 10 minutes.

Beautifully illustrated.......2007-06-19

The story is cute, I've heard this story before he just switched some of the characters. The drawing in this book are superb, totally worth purchasing. The story on the other hand didn't seem to hold my son's interest.

Great family reading.......2007-02-20

This book is a great story to read with your family. It has great values and lessons of life.

SantaKid.......2007-01-27

It was a very cute book. I ordered it becasue it was written by James Patterson. He is my favorite author and I have got all his books most of which I have purchased thru Amazon.

Santakid.......2007-01-22

I really enjoyed this story. If you have children this is a great story for bedtime on Christmas Eve!(Or anytime, any age!)

A Christmas garland;: Carols and poems from the fifteenth century to the present time,

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A Christmas garland;: Carols and poems from the fifteenth century to the present time,
A. H Bullen
Manufacturer: J.C. Nimmo
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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A Christmas Garland: Stories, poems, and prayers for the holiday season

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A Christmas Garland: Stories, poems, and prayers for the holiday season
Various Authors
Manufacturer: Gramercy
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517147386
Release Date: 1995-10-02

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Lovely for many ages
SPARKLING ILLUSTRATIONS LIGHT UP AN ADVENTURESOME STORY
A Holiday Treasure Hunt.....
Delightful Journey

Christmas City: A Look Again Book

Manufacturer: Puffin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0142401897

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On Christmas Eve, Tommy receives an invitation from his aunt Jeanne. Before long, he's on his way to a bustling city where it's Christmas every day of the year! Now Tommy has to follow his aunt's rhyming notes through the streets and squares of Christmas City to uncover pictures, puzzles, and clues that lead to a surprise ending! Children will delight in searching for more than 200 hidden items, including candy canes, snowmen, and reindeer, as well as fourteen camouflaged letters that spell a holiday message when unscrambled.

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Lovely for many ages.......2003-11-27

This is a wonderful addition to anyone's Christmas book library. The illustrations are stunning, with many, many hidden little things to uncover. It would be a perfect gift for a family with children of different ages- the little ones will love hearing about Tommy's journey, while the older ones will like hunting for the hidden images, going through a tricky maze, and solving the riddles.

My son checked this out of the library and begged me to get it so we could "keep it forever." I will be sending copies of this book to several of our friends this holiday, but I suspect it will be a book kept out and enjoyed all year long.

SPARKLING ILLUSTRATIONS LIGHT UP AN ADVENTURESOME STORY.......2002-12-07

Could Christmas really be every day? Only in Michael Garland's imaginative holiday treat. With sparkling illustrations as bright as ornaments on a tree and catchy rhyming text youngsters will share an exciting adventure with Tommy.

Tommy is blessed with a unique aunt who sends him a fascinating invitation on Christmas Eve. She invites him to get in the taxi that is waiting in front of his house and come to meet her.

Lo and behold, there is a magic taxi waiting for him and it carries him to an even more magical city where it is Christmas every day. Once there Tommy looks for his aunt but instead finds clues that take him through the wondrous Christmas City in a search of his aunt.

Very much like a treasure hunt over 200 items are hidden throughout the book as well as a holiday message to be decoded.

Youngsters will have as much fun as Tommy does as they turn pages to happily discover the many surprises in store.

- Gail Cooke

A Holiday Treasure Hunt............2002-12-04

Michael Garland is back with a holiday sequel to last years innovative, Mystery Mansion. Come join Tommy as his Aunt Jeanne sends him on another creative and inventive treasure hunt. It's Christmas Eve when the invitation arrives telling Tommy to hop into the waiting cab outside his door, and in no time he's soaring through the air on his way to Christmas City. But where is Aunt Jeanne? Follow the cleverly worded, rhyming clues to find her, and along the way solve puzzles and collect the more than two hundred holiday items, some hidden, some in plain sight, including snowmen, angels, reindeer, elves, and candycanes, all the characters from the song, The Twelve Days Of Christmas, Santa's reindeer, holiday greetings in ten different languages, and a series of letters that when arranged, spell out a special message. Mr Garland's bold, bright, and busy computer generated artwork is engaging, and sparkles with energy, dazzling color, intricate, eye-catching detail and playful humor. Imaginations will soar as youngsters 6 and older pore over the pages, and revel in all the fun-filled magic. Christmas City offers hours of interactive entertainment, and sends kids on an imaginative, holiday fantasy adventure of a lifetime.

Delightful Journey.......2002-10-18

The journey you and your child will take in this book is wonderful. The illustrations are gorgeous and the story is delightful. If you are even considering this book, think no more and just buy it!Neither you nor your child will be disappointed.

Pooch On The Loose: A Christmas Adventure

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Christmas, New York City, and a...Crazy Pooch on the Loose?

Pooch On The Loose: A Christmas Adventure
Steven Kroll
Manufacturer: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0761452397

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Christmas, New York City, and a...Crazy Pooch on the Loose?.......2005-09-09

Bart is a big city dog who lives in a huge apartment building in Greenwich Village. He lives with his owner Max, one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. Bart longs to see the sights of the city on his own, especially around Christmastime. Unfortunately, Max always forces Bart to stay on a leash. So, one day in December, when Max is carrying an oversized Christmastree into the apartment, Bart makes his move, and dashes out to the streets of the city, where he dances with the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, ice skates in Rockefeller Center, takes a trip on the Staten Island Ferry, then heads back to his warm home in Greenwich Village, and snuggles with his owner, awaiting Santa's arrival.

When Christmas looms, I adore checking out the new book releases for the holiday. And, being a fan of dogs, as well as Michael Garland's illustrations, I knew that I had to have Steven Kroll's POOCH ON THE LOOSE. Kroll's descriptions of New York City around the holidays, and Bart's visit to each one of them, are wonderful, and Garland's 3-D-like illustrations truly bring the story to life, and will keep young readers occupied for hours, visiting and re-visiting the city and Bart. This is a wonderful new holiday book for anyone who loves Christmas stories, New York City, or dogs. A must have this holiday season!

Erika Sorocco
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Alabaster's Song: Christmas Through the Eyes of an Angel

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SINGS TO YOUR HEART AND SPIRIT
Angels & Christmas--an unbeatable combination!
Wonderful story for Christmastime or anytime
You don't have to be a child to enjoy this book!
The perfect way to give the Christmas story new birth.

Alabaster's Song: Christmas Through the Eyes of an Angel
Max Lucado
Manufacturer: Tommy Nelson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1400301807

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SINGS TO YOUR HEART AND SPIRIT.......2000-12-14

This is one of the most beautifully illustrated, delightful stories I have had the good fortune to encouter. Alabaster, the spirited little angel, touches the life a boy with positive results. The message in this gentle story is that when good is done, pass it on. It is so lovely, so moving that it might make one misty eyed. This book is a real treasure. Max Lucado and the illustrator have used their talents to enrich the lives of others.

Angels & Christmas--an unbeatable combination!.......1999-12-24

Very cute story about a little boy whose Christmas Tree angel comes to life to sing sweet songs to him. Gorgeous artwork brings the story to life with brilliance. I loved that the story repeated itself once the little boy grew up and had a son of his own who hears the angels music.

Wonderful story for Christmastime or anytime.......1999-11-15

This is a fabulous book that brings to mind the wonder of Christmas through a child's eyes. The illustrations are beautiful and the story is timeless and unforgettable! I read this story to my children, ages 11, 8, and 4, each year around Christmas. I even read it to my MOPS group as a Christmas reading last year. Thank you, Max Lucado, for another wonderful children's book!

You don't have to be a child to enjoy this book!.......1999-08-21

Alabaster's Song is a story that you should own, even if you don't have a child. It is warm and sweet, and brings you back to the place where the child inside each one of us still lives.

As always, Max Lucado has the gift of reaching down into the depths of your heart and soul, and touching you, drawing you closer to God.

Make this book part of your library, part of your Christmas traditions. I read it each year to my "babies", who are now 19, 17, and 13. It is a tradition I will carry on with my grandchildren.

The perfect way to give the Christmas story new birth........1998-03-04

As a Preschool Teacher of 4 and 5 year olds, I have read many books about the Christmas Story. This book is by far, the childrens' favorite. It is both touching and exciting. I have never read one of Max Lucado's books that I was not absolutely thrilled with.

And even now, and A Christmas garland (A Dutton Everyman paperback)

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from back cover

And even now, and A Christmas garland (A Dutton Everyman paperback)
Max Beerbohm
Manufacturer: Dutton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007DLLOE

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from back cover.......2006-01-05

"G.B.S. (George Bernard Shaw) styled him 'the incomparable Max.' And here in these two enchanting books, combined in one volume for the first time, Max Beerbohm is represented at his incomparable best.

"'And Even Now' is a delectable collection of miscellaneous essays, as fresh and winning now as they were when first published in 1920. All exhibit the characteristic humor, satire, and delicate, sure touch which Max brought to such perfection. 'A Christmas Garland' is that incredible group of parodies in which Max slyly assumes the styles of seventeen famous authors, and, in the words of a contemporary critic, 'acquires not alone their external, visible traits, but even almost obtains temporary loan of their very minds.' Max's parodies of Henry James and Rudyard Kipling are especially famous, and the book as a whole earned hime the reputation of being the greatest master of parody of modern times."

Angels, snowflakes & garlands (Leisure Arts leaflet)

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Angels, snowflakes & garlands (Leisure Arts leaflet)
Anne Halliday
Manufacturer: Leisure Arts
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006R403A

The Christmas Book with original Illustrations Especially Prepared for This volume.

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The Christmas Book with original Illustrations Especially Prepared for This volume.
O., Richard Harding Davis ; Jewett, Sarah Orne ; Spearman, Frank H. ; Garland, Hamlin ; Cooke, Rose Terry ; Pope John XXIII Henry
Manufacturer: Cuneo Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OHJXQG

Christmas City (Book and Audio CD) (Paperback)

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Christmas City (Book and Audio CD) (Paperback)
Michael Garland
Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000EMBINW

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Fans of Garland's Christmas Magic and The Mouse before Christmas will not be disappointed with this year's offering. On Christmas Eve, Tommy's eccentric aunt sends him a note with rhyming clues and a flying cab that whisks him to the magical Christmas City. More notes lead him around the city to discover its wonders before finally meeting up with his relative. Readers are invited to search for 200 hidden pictures, puzzles, and clues (answers supplied in the back). Glowing, fantastical paintings that look computer enhanced fill each spread with action and unique perspectives. Enthusiasts of the "I Spy" books and "Where's Waldo" series or Graeme Base's Animalia will enjoy poring over this holiday treat.

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