Haunted Summer is a great book for 9-12 I am 12 but I loved it. It is about a girl named Abby and her brother who is a snott to her becaus she is chubby. But she prooved is not scared because her and a baby-sitter tought her to be brave. If you like freaky books you will love this one!

how they harvestede the taro. how they grew the taro.what is its parts called.about the water and the wate ditches.all about thetaro patches.preparing the taro. when did they eat it and the rest of the things about taro

I love stories about best friends turning into something more and this is a very good example of this. The story is very sweet and you'll really enjoy this a lot. Sweet Dreams is the best teen series and I highly recommend everything else in the series. If you like this story, you might also like Blame It On Love, Fair-Weather Love, Wrong-Way Romance, BAckstage Romance, Partners In Love, The Trouble With Charlie and a lot more! Enjoy reading!

great book in first person telling a story of a time and place that is little known in american history. she writes with great skill, and houmor abounds as she takes you on a trip down the river with her familey and actor friends. here comes the showboat is a great read for the whole familey.

This is the Best Hernia Book Ever. Seriously. The best one ever. If you have a hernia, this book will make your tea, trim your hedges, and make you dinner, all while being a great companion to understanding your condition. Buy it. Buy it now. And love it.

At first I was a little disappointed when I saw that there were only 94 pages to this book, and even those are loaded with photographs, but this material is so rare that it's worth the price of a regular size book. I had heard about Riker and Holy City back in 1968 from someone who had once visited there, and I have only encountered paragraph sized references since, but eventually one of those spurred me to find about four web pages on this subject.

Once I got the general idea of the Holy City story, and figured out where this place is hidden from the modern world of political correctness, I felt compelled to visit personally. It's mostly an empty crossroads in the woods, and I got lost a couple of times trying to arrive there, but it was worth it to meet Tom of the Holy City Glass Shop and to see the outside of Riker's old house. Tom's very good with the occasional visitor who comes out of curiosity, although his business isn't related to what Riker had there, and he was able to answer every question I posed.

Often denounced as an eccentric cult leader, Riker is still fondly remembered as the most colorful character in the history of the San Carlos, California area. His Utopia was located on this mountainous summit to the west of the downtown area from 1918 until about 1941, between San Jose and the seaside community of Santa Cruz. Riker erected large garish signs and displays to advertise his ideas about religion and the white race, and his commercial buildings provided all manner of roadside attractions to travelers, including a restaurant, gas station, amusement parlor, hotel, soda pop bottling plant, print shop, barber shop, telescope, and radio station.

Adopting the tactic of designating "teachers" for his recruits, much as early Christians did (Although there never was a church built in Holy City), Riker routinely transformed even the homeless into loyal and confident supporters. And it was often they who operated the many Holy City services so appreciated by motorists. During World War 2 his politically contradictory and outspoken passions for both the German and Jewish peoples nearly got him convicted of treason.

The highway cuts through the mountains to connect San Jose to Santa Cruz, but business largely collapsed there when the site was bypassed by the modern highway. All that remains of the original Holy City is a few private buildings and the natural background which appears in some of the old photos; Riker's house, garage, and storage shed are difficult to see from the road as they are partially blocked by the trees which grew up since. Across the street from the Riker house is Tom's glass shop, on part of the property that Riker established for commerical use, and Tom keeps some faded copies of Riker's old newspaper posted on a bulletin board.

Riker's own published materials from Holy City include: The Philosophy of the Nerves; the New Jewish Religion; World Peace & How To Have It, and many smaller publications such as his Enlightener newsletter in 1917; Sheet Music titled "Please Don't Leave Me, Daddy" in 1945; The leaflet "I Will Come Again" in the 1950s; "A 16 Point Program" in the 50s; and "Make Me Your Next President" in the 1950s. Materials such as these rarely pop up even as collectibles, so Betty Lewis's book is the most useful explanation available.

My impression of Riker is probably more positive than the way most people see him today, although I don't agree with everything he said on race. And his religious views look a lot like what was popular in my father's day, but Riker was certainly more eccentric or poetic in the way he expressed himself. My impression is that Riker was very much a product of his time. Anyway, if you buy this book and feel like mulling it over some more, feel free to contact me.

This book covers the homeopathic remedies that you can use during childbirth. Betty Idarius gives us a clear picture of each remedy, so that the symptoms are obvious when you see them. I've used this book extensively at births, and consider it to be the best book on childbirth homeopathy. I only wish she would write one about prenatal and postpartum homeopathy!

My little girl (6yo) LOVES this book! The illustrations only serve to enhance the touching tale.

Although the book is a bit old now, it remains a riveting account of life in Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church, especially in the maverick Bay Area (San Francisco-Berkeley) branch. It includes not only the first-person account of the former cult member, but also the reflections of her mother, who fought to rescue her.

If you love great kids books, and love to learn, this is a great book for you! How Are Butteflies Like Chickens, by Betty Ann Knudsen, is not only a beautifully illustrated book, it also uses a "joke format" to teach. Did you know that butterfly caterpillars have something in common with snakes? Did you know butterflies and moths are like fish in some ways? I'm not going to give away the reasons they are similar, but the book will tell you! I highly recommend it!