"a wonderful way to reflect on my deepest most intimate soul desires and experiences."

This is a wonder book and day journal, you have words to guide you and thoughts to think about for each week, you journalize the day and your night and what you would like to be better and i found myself working through some of my problems this way, i did this for a year, but lots of the verses i reread and it helps for reread your year after the year is done and see how things are, There is an angel for each season, I highly recommend this book/journal

Perfect! Absolutely perfect! The book and cards fit very well into my own healing work. Comfortable, low key, simple, with messages from the Masters. Anyone, regardless of personal belief system will benefit from these thought-provoking words of hope, comfort and joy. Well written and easy to work with.

A very special album, more like an heirloom than an ordinary album. I received mine as a gift, but am ordering for others now. Each page has different shapes and numbers of openings for photos. More like an album of framed prints than a photo album.

This bilingual picturebook, with its full text presented to young readers in both English and Spanish, uses narration, photographs, and illustrations to teach children about the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead, an annual holiday to honor and remember all those who have passed. Vibrant colors and emphatic traditions pepper this book, which makes for a brilliant multicultural reading experience. The Vigil Of The Angels is perfect for a child who is learning to speak both English and Spanish, regardless of which language he or she learned first. The text and photos are by Mary J. Andrade. The illustrations are by Jose J. Murguia.

Seabiscuit's "gallop was so disorganized that he had a maddening tendency to whack himself in the front ankle with his own hind hoof." And so the spell-binding story about a horse that runs with a duck waddle, a jockey (Red Pollard) who is blind in one eye, a trainer (Tom Smith) who is practically mute, and an owner (Charles Howard) who brought cars to the West is born. This unlikely group of misfits joins together through chance -- and because all three men immediately see the untapped potential in a mistreated, high-spirited, and lazy horse named Seabiscuit. This trio devotes their love, skills, and energy into turning Seabiscuit into one of the most phenomenal horse racing legends.

Tom Smith, perhaps the original "horsewhisperer", spends hours learning and understanding his horse. When Seabiscuit is first put into his care for training, the horse is nervous, paces incessantly, weighs too little, and suffers from a sore body. Tom spends time caring for Seabiscuit, showering him with affection and carrots, even sleeping in Seabiscuit's stall at night. A daily routine is introduced plus animal companionship. Before long, Seabiscuit has his own entourage: a cow pony named Pumpkin, the little stray dog Pocatell, and Jojo the spider monkey. Under Tom's care, the high-spirited Seabiscuit learns to trust, becomes calm, and, most importantly, starts winning horse races.

The triumph of Seabiscuit is ultimately the story of what any person (or animal) may accomplish when their talents are recognized, supported, and expanded. Seabiscuit, given his inauspicious start in life, could just as easily have faded away into non-existence running third tier races. However, the love and care he receives from his owner, jockey, and trainer have you cheering until the end of the book for Seabiscuit to keep running (and winning) with his heart. Not only does Seabiscuit capture the hearts of the misfit trio, he will capture yours.

This fascinating work of non-fiction is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Unlike a lot of historical non-fiction, this intriguing story did not read like a textbook - it read like fiction and not once did I find myself skimming the details ... too interesting to skim through!

When I first heard about this story, I wasn't sure about it - after all, I really know (or should I say "knew") very little about horse racing. Despite my misgivings, I soon realized that a major purpose of this book was not only to teach the reader about this sport via Seabiscuit's career but also to memorialize the amazing individuals (Charles Howard, Tom Smith, Red Pollard, George Woolf, etc.) who defied all odds to make such a successful racing career possible.

I especially liked the chapters dealing with the difficulties of life as a jockey - the way the jockeys punished their bodies to the extreme for the honor of participating in a harrowingly dangerous sport was truly unbelievable...and I thought ballerinas were harsh on their bodies when it came to weight loss! Red was my favorite character and I can't help wondering if the author felt a particular kinship with the jockey as a result of her own struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - after all, she did have to push her own body beyond her normal physical limits to complete her research and write this amazing book!

Ms. Hillenbrand successfully incorporated the story of Seabiscuit's racing career into the historical context of the era. Seabiscuit was a much needed diversion for Americans who were suffering the depths of the Great Depression. ...And perhaps, through Laura Hillenbrand, Team Seabiscuit is still providing us all with an inspirational diversion from today's distressing headlines!

Oh - and don't skip the interview with Laura Hillenbrand at the end of the book. It was very interesting to see how Ms. Hillenbrand's own background influenced her writing and how her research helped her to resurrect this intriguing epoch in American history.

I'm excited about the movie although I hope Universal Studios does this wonderful literary work justice!

This is more than a book about horse racing, it is a book about four fascinating people and a special horse during one of the USA's most interesting time periods. Seabiscuit was indeed an american legend, who came from humble beginnings and a rather undistinguished early racing career, to become Horse of the Year and a legendary racehorse.He was able to take on and defeat the more fashionably bred Triple Crown winner War Admiral in a memorable match race. Readers also get to meet the colorful characters associated with Seabiscuit: Charles Howard, Tom Smith, George Woolf, and Red Pollard. The exploits of Seabiscuit's jockeys Red Pollard and "Iceman" George Woolf provide a fascinating and (sometimes comical) read. Seabiscuit captured the imagination of late 1930s America; Franklin D. Roosevelt was a big fan and listened to Seabiscuit's races on the radio. The author explores the pedigree of Seabiscuit, a grandson of Man O'War. Seabiscuit's sire Hard Tack was a terror on and off the racetrack and at one point flatly refused to leave the starting post. I enjoyed this book tremendously and highly recommend it.

A sad story about problems caused by misconceptions concerning angels and spirits. Although the author is not a very good writer, the story is spellbinding and would make a great movie.

this book is a true account of a prayer group that was deceived by demons. they were true sincere christians that were visited by angels that told them they wre chosen of God, and all sorts of other things that stroked their ego. they figured that because these beings were beautiful and said they wre from God, that they MUST be from God. long story short, the demons little by little snuck in a little like mixed in a world of truth. kind of like giving a thirsty person a big glass of water with a little drop of cyanide until the person dies.

over a period od time the demons posing as angels from God told them that they had to steal from people who were demon possessed (which the demons called totaled) for the good of mankind. this went on and and the demons told them to do increasingly evil things until they eventually killed people. then they realized they wre being fooled by the demons.

the point is that the prayer group forgot the key thing the Bible says which is Isaiah 8:20 - To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. those angels went agaisnt God's word, but the peopel figured because the angels were real to them that they MUST be telling the truth. everything that seems godly, ISN'T. thats why its important to stay rooted and grounded in God's word. the first thing satan does is attck the Bible. once u dont have your sword u are defenseless agasint satan.

in today's world where u have people like John Edwards talkng to demons posing as loved ones, we need to stay rooted and grounded in the bible. the Bible tells us enver to talk to the dead (Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:11; 2 Kings 21:6; 1 Samuel 28:3; Isaiah 8:19; to name a few). we need to know that the devil is out to decive us all. if he cant get u one way, he will get u another. remember everyone, satan is the FATHER of lies.

Thank God that as we abide in Him, love, and obey Him, we have nothing to fear. God has a covering over his children that protects even agasint the strongest strongholds of satan.

peace and God's blessings
Jobita
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