I work as an international trainer in the area of people development, hence I show this book all over the world to many people. So far without exaptions all people loved the book and many start deep thinking after reading it. This book makes you aware that we have only one life and that life is in the moment, yesterday never comes back and tomorrow can not be today. Life is in doing the things meant for me to do, do, do here right now.

55 Waverly Street is about the plans that God has for our lives that we recognize when we are children in the activities that give us joy. Later in the pursuit of making a living we lose sight of that joy and what God really meant us to be. I believe it says that we should be more faithful to God in pursuing our true God given talents. I fear booksellers may make a mistake and put this in the children's section and they will NOT understand it. It is beautifully written and illustrated. Each illustration is rich in content. If you understand it's intent you will find it very thought provoking.

How Marie Martin, a widow, left her son to become an Ursuline and one of the first nuns to bring the Faith to Canada. The heartaches, the hardships, the savage Iroquois, the successes - told for children 10 and up.

Blessed Marie of New France is about the first missonary nuns of New France. When Blessed Marie gets to New France(Canada). She has many adventures!

Stories about women in relationships. That's about as much as I could say about unifying theme. I agree with the reviewer who invoked Alice Munro (did I spell that right?) but the problem is she's not quite as good as Munro. Sometimes she does a Roald Dahl twist or lays on a little Joyce Carol Oates horror and again it's well done but Dahl did it better. I didn't come away with my view of life changed so that I encounter a person or situation I say "that reminds me of Mary Flanagan." There are some short story writers (such as Trevor and Updike) who are so darned good at what they do that they need no gimmick. They simply write very well. Flanagan approaches this level but again does not quite reach it. She is good at being bilingual in British and American. I liked the ones about Greek islands and cats best, but that may be because I like Greek islands and cats.

I found this book absultely exhilirating. Flanagan has a very pedantic, vivacious perception. Each of the stories has something to which every woman could relate. My favorite of all the Alice's Ear.

Many people don't know the spoonerism was eponymously named after the famous professor Spooner, who was especially prone to these when he got excited. One time when he went to church, back in the days when they still had assigned pews, he found a woman occupying his seat, and said to her: "Mardon me padam, you are occupuing the wrong pie, may I sew you to another sheat?"

Overall, a very good book on this and other funny verbal conlabfulations. Oops, I mean confabulations.

I love spoonerisms and puns and this book has a ton of them. My favourite example in the book is the one where Anne Widdecombe made her speech to the Tory faithful on the evils of European monetary integration. She meant to say "I don't want a European to snatch my pound" but she ended up saying pound my snatch, which made for an image I tried in vain to supress in my imagination. All in all an excellent light read.

Simple rhyming text celebrates every potential action of wiggly toes, as young African-American children play their way through the pages. The brief line form consists of one present-tense verb paired with the word "toes", and with the imagination of a young listener the poem can continue long after the reader is finished, by using the simple combination of action and "toes".

In the case of "Busy Toes", you sure can tell a book by its cover! The delightful cover illustration of a little girl on her toes invites you to turn the pages with your fingers (or toes). Simple, say-it-all, words accompany each rich illustration of a child manipulating his/her toes. The rainbow of faces reminds us of the wonderful diversity of our world and delight in moving toes serves as a common bond. The authors and illustrator have created a book that will bring a smile to a child and adult alike......and the desire to wiggle your toes!

I thought this book was great!! Mary-Kate and Ashley are going to the local museum to see a real mummy. But when they are in the museum, the mummy is gone! Another case for the Trenchcoat Twins. I really enjoyed this book. The Case of the Missing Mummy is my favourite 'New Adventure' book. Every Olsenfan should have this book, it's really great!!

This was a very exciting book. I couldn't stop reading it. It kept me in suspense the whole time. I would give this book a million stars if I could!

I've read all of The New Adventures OF Mary-Kate and Ashley, and this was definetly the best! It was sooo exciting, and every clue made you think harder.

MaryKate & Ashley's friend Sam went to a cool rock concert and something went wrong at the concert featuring their favorite band. The Trenchcoat Twins are asked to help and discover who ruined the Bailey Brothers concert.

Charlotte's Story was a delight! In addition to being a fascinating historical account of life in the Florida Keys in the early 1930's, it is a story of self-sufficiency. Charlotte was a "city girl", but adapted quickly and well to life on an island. The story is written in a journal type form and gives almost a day to day accounting of life on the island. The characters that she meets and tells about are intriguing. As I read Charlotte's Story, I found myself wishing that I was living on an island like Elliot Key in the early 1930's!

Charlotte's Story, written by Charlotte Arpis Niedhauk, edited by Mary-Alice Herbert, and published by Laurel and Herbert, is a fascinating page turner as well as an important historical document of how a young couple managed to exist alone on an isolated Florida Key in 1934-5. Their survival reminds one of the manner in which people lived before the advent of electricity, supermarkets, running water, or any of the modern conveniences. Their "store" was the beach, where they would look for and find what they needed from raw materials cast forth by the ocean. Charlotte's resourceful husband Russ would make such objects as a dipper from a coconut shell with a handle carved from a madiera limb, a windproof ashtray from the bottom of a shell, fish and lobster traps, kitchen cabinets, and even a jewelry box from a coconut for Charlotte from their "lumber store," the beach. City-bred Charlotte learned to cope with mosquitoes, sandflies, and scorpians, and even how to scull a boat. Their island home was visited by a potpouri of strange, often frightening characters, who threatened theri lives and made off with their property. No one who reads the book will ever forget the couple's experience in the terrible hurricane of Sept. 3, 1935. According to a newspaper report, the barometric pressure was the lowest ever recorded in thehistory of world weather. Excerpts are given from Russ's diary, i.e."Violent wind squalls lasting from 20 to 25 minutes. Sometimes with wind bursts to 70 or 80 miles per hour....Charlotte is sitting on the floor in the open doorway. She saw the tide receed 50 feet before each squall, and then return with a rush. Each time a little higher. No waves visible. The wind has blown the tops off. Afraid for our boat at high tide...The roof of the old house is blowing off in chunks. I can't stop it." After the hurricane was over, the couple decided that being alone on an island had lost its attraction for them, and decided it was time to return to the homeland. At the beginning of their sojourn on Elliott Key, Charlotte seems a naive, somewhat helpless young female. It was a delight to see her grow into a resourceful, independent woman who was an equal partner to her husband. She wrote her story from notes and memorabilia almost a quarter of a century after they left Elliott Key. The first edition of Charlotte's Story was published in different form by Exposition Press in 1973. When the book went out fo print, the clamor for it was so great that Laurel and Herbert republished and reedited it in 1998. This is a book for everyone, Florida Keys residents, tourists, feminists and macho men alike; in other words for simply everyone who loves a good read.

The Color of Wine: A story of Mary Magdalen
By
Edith Hartnett

Let Edith Hartnett take you to first century Palestine amid "bales of silk, vials of nard," where courtesans are bejeweled with sapphires, rubies, and all the precious stones of the Orient. Through her you will discover oil of myrrh, aloes with healing powers, saving the life of a wounded centurion, Valerius.
It's a story you weren't told in Sunday School. Mary, at the top of her profession as a courtesan refuses to entertain the occupiers of her land until... Of course, until she meets a Roman who sweeps her off her feet. Ms. Hartnett takes as much pleasure in dressing Mary in "a diaphanous tunic" or "a film of blue gauze" as Mary does in taking them off.
Mary, according to one tradition, is counted as an apostle, and this woman author has Christ tell Mary, "You are one of my apostles." What will the patriarchal authorities say?
In this book, you will be captured by suspense, by love, by tears of love and wonder. If you haven't wept over a novel since adolescence, don't be surprised if the power of the writing causes you to look quickly away wiping your eyes.

Author Edith Hartnett has delved deep into history, both Biblical and temporal, to provide a moving, colorful tale of
Israel under Roman military occupation, the most infamous harlot of her times . . . and the rise of Jesus from obscure wanderer to sacrifice on the Cross. The author's eye for colorful detail, as authentic as history can make it, and her ability deftly to limn characters rich in personality as well as symbolism, makes The Color of Wine an absorbing, fast-paced, voluptuous read. Highly recommended. . .whether you are a Bibliophile, a fan of
ancient Middle Eastern history, or simply in search of a
provocative, different book.

The Cure of Ars is one of the most exciting books about the saints done by the "story teller of the saints" Mary Fabyan Windeatt. This book tells how St. John Vianney had trouble becoming a priest, his lifelong work at the town of Ars, his fights with the devil, about the pilgrims flocking to the town, his attempts to become a hermit, and his holy death. I strongly recommend this book to any person who is studying for the priesthood or is thinking of it. I like this book for numerous reasons. The main reason I like this book is how the author writes it. She makes you feel that you are in the story with the saint. This is what she wrote at the beginning of the book... "My name is John, and I have been dead since August 4, 1859. How happy I am! For my soul is in Heaven. Yes, for eternity I am privileged to see God... For endless eternity I enjoy a happiness that is beyond the power of mere words to describe."

This book is great for readers of ages 10-100. There are 211 pages with each chapter's reading not more than 10-12 pages each. The story relates the life of the Saint John Vianney from childhood to deathbed. It conveys how human Vianney was as well as the virtues that made him a saint, most especially how humble he was and his perserverance against the attacks of the devil. If you want to inspire a young boy to the priesthood, if you are a Catholic homeschooling family, if you teach Catholic religious education, or someone just interested in learning what a parish priest life is like, then this is the book for you!