This is by far the best book on religion I have ever read. The case for Christianity is stated in simple language and the basics of this religion are explained very well. Everyone should own this book.

Within these pages lies the truth about good and evil. As you read this book be prepared to be amazed at the volumes of information that is related to the reader in such a short time. This is the most compelling compact book of the century being around one hundred pages, but within those pages are inspired words that will touch the very heart of any reader. This is an awesome book and a must have for any library.

This book is an incredible step-by-step guide to finding a faith in a loving God. It is both simple and comprehensive at the same time. Extremely well written. I recommend it to any one trying to figure out how to really make that transition from a life of emptiness to a more fulfilling belief in God.

As the head teacher of a school for ADD/ADHD boys this book has served as the most valuable tool that I currently use. Many of our boys have been labeled ADD but in reality have never been made to persevere through challenges, or have never been made to complete a task with diligence. This book not only discusses practical ways to help all students of education, but it discusses the guiding principles behind all true education. America will never find the solution to its problems with education as long as its view of education is limited only to an intellectual study of science, math, verbal skills, and reasoning skills. As quoted in EDUACTION pg. 13, "Our ideas of education take too narrow and too low a range...It has to do with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence possible to man. IT is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers."

The book Education broadened my vision of what true education is really about.

This book has been in my library for years - from when I was a student in high school. Later when I had children, it became yet more important to me in developing guiding principles for their educational process.

I have found that I use Education as the standard to keep from wandering off track with trendy theories, or to lose sight of what true education is meant to be.

For parents, for expecting parents, for teachers and educators, for home schoolers - don't miss reading this book!

This is the book to read if you want a broad, Bible-based view of education. For example, the first paragraph reads:

"Our ideas of education take too narrow and too low a range. There is need of a broader scope, a higher aim. True education means more than the pursual of a certain course of study. It means more than a preparation for the life that now is. It has to do with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence possible to man. It is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers. It prepares the student for the joy of service in this world and for the higher joy of wider service in the world to come. "

There is much in this book for everyone who would like to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Ellen Emerson White has always been one of my favorite authors, since I read The President's Daughter and Life Without Friends. But, while those novels were excellent, The Road Home far surpassed them. Having no real clue of what war is really like, I came away from this with, I think, a greater understanding of all of the horrors, and all of the small triumphs and quiet heroism as well. Rebecca's character is very well-drawn, and complex (she is at once funny and devastated, strong for her time, but very close to being broken by the horrors she has witnessed. I can't recommend this book, or any of White's, enough. My mother also read it and loved it, so I would say it spans beyond the young adult-adult classifications.

In The Road Home, Ellen Emerson White brings closure to the story of war nurse Lt. Rebecca Phillips. Though the overall book is excellent, it is also rather dispointing (if you have read the Echo Company Series.) Though Rebecca is a complex and interesting character, the reader cares more about what happens to the other characters who returned to "the world" and who played a much more important role in the series such as Viper, Finnegan, Hanson and (especially) Snoopy. None of the readers wanted to see Hanson go blind, Michael lose a leg or Doc and Jankowski die but that is just a sad part of war. However, I personally would like to know what happened to Snoopy when he got home to Newark or what would have happened if Michael did not lose his leg. These curiosities (along with many others) are provoked while reading. This book was not only thought-provoking and well-written (with a slight overuse of the dash) but it was also interesting and a wonderful piece of literature. I recommend it to almost everyone (with the exception of young, teen-age boys who only want to read about guns and all the nasty things mortars can do.)

I randomly picked this book up at a library (I was actually looking for something totally different) and was unable to put it down. It is a well-written, insightful look at the Vietnam War from the vantage point of a young nurse who leaves a life at home full of conflict and disappointment to serve her country, but returns to find that her life has only become more complicated and turbulant. While it is listed as a young adult novel, I would say that it is perhaps even better read as an adult. I'm sure the Junior High and High school set would find it captivating also. Themes of romance, gender discrimination, patriotism, and the anit-war movement are all present, and dealt with in a very tactful and thoughtful way. Her graphic depictions of the horrors of war would make it a questionable book for younger readers.

I have read and reread (and loved, especially the first one) all three Meghan Powers books in their original editions. I am grateful to Hawk Publishing for reprinting these three books (now called the "President's Daughter" series) so that more people can enjoy them, but I do feel that people should know that these reprints are not high quality. They are trade paperbacks with bindings that seem sturdy enough, but the text is not at all crisp -- in fact, it looks like the publisher may have enlarged the pages from the original mass market editions on a Xerox machine and then reprinted these new editions from those copies. I am basing this guess on the fact that the text looks enlarged and somewhat blurry.

The covers of all three of the reprint editions are hideous; the first one shows a girl who looks to be about 8 or 10 years old instead of a teenager, and the covers of the second and third books are not much better.

If you can get past all that, these books are generally marvelous to read. "Long Live the Queen" is much darker than the first two books; Meg is kidnapped and the author does not try to spare us the brutality of this act. This might be a little scary for younger readers, but the book makes a brave and honest attempt to deal with the issues. Again, I am grateful to Hawk for reprinting these, even if the quality is a little disappointing.

Any one who has read this book will agree, it needs to go to print again! Meghan Powers battles a kidnapper and personal demons in this stay-up-all-night-to-finish book. Kidnapped by a psychopath to manipulate her mother (the President!), Meg has to discover herself before she can find her way to freedom. A stark look at the emotions of people under duress. Meg serves as a real person when most books focus on too-perfect people. The book has real emotions, real feelings, and real reactions. This nail biter will have you laughing, crying, and cheering. Ellen Emerson White (also known as Zack Emerson) really captures the emotions of a young adult struggling to live her life while the world watches. Scholastic-Reprint this book!

When I read "The President's Daughter" (the first book about Meg and her President Mother) I absolutely LOVED it......I read it over & over. I couldn't believe my luck when Ellen E. White came out with it's sequel! "Long Live the Queen" surpassed my every expectation. I think that I have read this book more times than the first. I began reading her books years ago, in High School, and, I find myself reaching for her books even now. Ellen Emerson White is definitely a wonderful writer for any age. I cannot wait to introduce my kids to her some day. (I think I will wait until they can read, though!) THESE BOOKS NEED TO BE REPRINTED!

What a comical novel this is! I love the humor as much as I love the 2 truly unique main characters, the new lovers who find out what a great thing they're in for. The writer handles the material brilliantly, you never know what's coming next.I love the focus on their thoughts. Everything is about how they are checking each other out and you get a sort of play by play thing on their emotions as they start falling in love, for the first time with someone their own sex. What an adventure! It says it's a road book and it really is. I am going to read this again! There's so much here, you really have to read between the lines a lot. Recommended highly.

Cooney's new book, The White Palazzo, is a gem. It is so rare these days to find such a fresh and original novel. It's funny too - I found myself chuckling all the way through. I loved both of the main characters. They were both fascinating in very different ways. They are so very different but, when they meet, something very special happens between them. The "kiss" is hysterical yet electric at the same time. What a pleasure to read!

Just when I thought I knew a lot about how novels are put together, i.e., turning my hand to write one myself, along comes a book that, you get completely engrossed like it's a page-turner, and it hasn't got any of the aspects you think a novel has to have. There are two central characters but lots of minor characters, most of who, you never even actually see, they're background stories. But it's all such a vivid novel; you get so caught up in the plain sheer energy and power of the author's voice, which is amazingly unique. It gives me so much inspiration for what you can do with novels. I LOVE this book. I want to read the author's other works. Tara Barlow, the main character is unlike anyone I ever met in a book before, and so is Guida, her new girlfriend. Great!

It's my favorite book ever! The characters are so relistic, you just want to hang out with them. Ellen Emerson White is such a great auther I have read other books by her. Beverly and Derek are so funny! I love part at the movie and on the swan boats. I've been Boston every time I have spring or winter break since last year. I've been looking for this book for nearly two years and I can't find it any where. If you ever have the chance read this book I defently recomend that you do.

I am 23 years old, but I am not ashamed to tell the Amazonian world that LIFE WITHOUT FRIENDS by Ellen Emerson White is without a doubt my favorite book. It still holds the place of highest honor on my bookshelf. My poor little paperback is tattered and falling apart now, and I have two other copies in such bad shape that the covers and pages have been taped and re-glued back together and the lines of print are barely visible. I have read this book countless, countless times. Even today, after college and into grad school, I read it whenever I get sad or lonely or depressed, and it never fails to pick me back up again.

Of course, I can't say that this is the best book ever written. But so what? Sometimes you have just have to make room in your life for a story with characters so real and so believable that your own world disappears and you begin to think you were born in Boston and lived in the brownstone next to Beverly, Marianne, and Nick Johnson.

I wished throughout my adolescence that I would wake up in the morning as Beverly; that I would walk down to the Public Gardens to meet Derek for a clandestine cigarette; that I would go home to Marianne and Oliver and a nutritious supper.

And it's funny how my life has sort of paralleled Beverly's: I worked at an ice cream store throughout high school, figuring if it was good enough for Beverly...

My boyfriend of six years smells of motor oil and grass clippings and can create small objets d'art using wood and a swiss army knife. He has a noticeable southern accent, not unlike Derek's Bostonian twang. He is brilliant and more intelligent than you would ever realize just by looking at him, also not unlike Derek...

Although I didn't major in film, I have often dreamed of making this tiny novel which has made such a huge impact on my life into a movie. It deals with real teenage issues and problems on such an honest level, I can't imagine ANYONE not being able to identify with it.

Ellen Emerson White, if you ever start thinking that your work is meaningless, know this: LIFE WITHOUT FRIENDS *literally* altered the course of my life. And I thank you for it.

When I bought this book, I was too young to make it through the whole thing. I finally picked it up to see if I wanted to toss it out and couldn't put it down. If I'm not required to wake up earily, I'll read till I can't see the words right. Ellen Emerson White almost made the characters come to life in the why they felt and acted. It's a well written book with twist and turns no one could guess that makes you wonder what is going to happen next.

Ellen Emerson White's strength lies in her heroines, specifically in their "voice". They are smart, self-effacing, strong and incredibly sardonic. Witty may be the better word. This voice, which ensures the reader's investment in the heroine's future, is what makes All Emergencies Ring Super such an entertaining read.

Consequently, mystery buffs may not find All Emergencies Ring Super entirely to their liking. All Emergencies Ring Super is, in many ways, more a thriller than a mystery. The reader is gripped by the heroine's actions--in the face of quite plausible dangers--rather than by a string of clues and red herrings. The mystery is as basic and unpretentious as any Diagnosis Murder episode (Diagnosis Murder episodes may be standard fare, but they are well-written and well-directed). The villain--who is believably portrayed as both attractive and despicable (a difficult synthesis that White does very well)--is nevertheless a stock character. And there are various political cliches floating around.

All told, the reader hardly notices. The heroine, her friends, her more or less boyfriend, her dog even holds our interest and our sympathy with their quirks, vivacity and the kind of fast-paced repartee that supposedly died with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

Recommendation: If you don't care for thrillers, get it for the dialog and the resident's view of NYC. It is a quick read and at paperback price, is definitely worth the expense.

Ellen Emerson White became one of my favorite authors when I was in jr. high. Her books, The President's Daughter & White House Autumn, are outstanding young adult literature. I was so happy when I found out that she'd written an adult mystery & All Emergencies, Ring Super did not disappoint. It's an intriguing mystery with an insane sense of humor. Try it- you will not be disappointed!

I have always been a fan of Ms. Emerson since my teenage years when I had to own every single one of her YA novels. I don't typically read mystery novels, but this novel, with vivid characters and plenty of humor, introduced me to a whole new genre. This book is not predictable in the least with plenty of witty diagloue and (almost humorous) suspense. I couldn't put the book down, but then reluctantly did when I finished the last page. I've been hoping Ms. Emerson continues a series with Dana. I am not sure if Dana would be better off in law school or continuing on as a P.I. And I certainly do hope for more romance between her and the D.A.

Based on his experiences in Liberia as a young man studying for the priesthood in the 1970s, Maurice Blaise has written a two-part novel. As he says in his preface, most of the story is true. With a keen sense of dramatic detail, his graphic descriptions made me wince and yet drew me into the story of the young man who came to Africa to find God. Instead, he found people living in abject poverty with no hope of ever improving their lives while the missionaries lived in a world of their own. The lead character, also named Maurice, is constantly going through learning experiences as he not only has to deal with fevers and an infected thumb in the humid climate, he also has to struggle with his own vows of celibacy as well the contradictions he sees in the world around him.

Perhaps the author only wanted to give the reader some background as to Maurice's character by including a flashback into his childhood, adolescence and student days in the Vermont, but I found this over-long section unnecessary. Without it, Mr. Blaise might have been able to write this book in one volume. The book also suffered by a lack of proper editing. Grammatical errors detracted from the story. The sights, sounds and smell of Africa were the strengths of this book. His descriptions of the marketplace and the despair of the people brought tears to my eyes. Like Maurice, I was frustrated because I saw how difficult it was to help. And yet I admired Maurice's self-introspection as he grew into manhood and found himself falling in love. Mr. Blaise's story does need telling. And he brings a unique view to the literature about the African experience. But Part 1 is 430 pages and Part 2 is 392 pages more. I do recommend this book however, and am looking forward to reading Part 2. But do be prepared to wade through some extraneous material in order to get to its worthwhile core.

a truly excellent novel this book contains everything you need for a great late night read; love, evil forces, african jungles filled with lecherous creatures and above all page turning adventure. for those of you who are startled by the number of pages this book has let me tell you i was too, but it was loaned to me by a friend so i figured i'd give it a try. DON'T WORRY! the only time i looked at the page number was when i wanted to remember what page i was on. this man can write! it is not a book, it is a movie on pages! you can see everything. at one point in the story this man is running through the jungle to save this boys life and i had chills down my spine! it was seriously intense. move this book right up to the top of your to read list and you certainly won't be let down. this book will blow you away!

To be honest, when I first stumbled onto this book while surfing Amazon.com, the description really didn't catch me, but I was killing time so I decided to read the excerpt and it was much more interesting than I thought it would be! After reading the first chapter I just had to buy the book and find out what happened next. The description really doesn't do this book any justice, I am now 5 chapters into it and I can't put it down!!

There's a reason why the Library of Congress holds this as their best book on the life of Christ, and also why my personal copy is in tatters. I simply have never read another book, besides the Bible, that made God's love so clear to me. We are bathed in His love every moment of our lives, whether we acknowledge this or not. The ultimate proof of this divine love is revealed in the life and death of one Man -- Jesus. This book will make Him real to you.

Out of all of the books that I have read on the life of Jesus, this one is by far the best. The author has a vision of which I have not seen the likes outside of the pages of Holy Writ (the Bible). When reading this book I feel like I am walking with Jesus and the disciples. My favorite chapter is called "The Invitation". Michael Sammons

The very best account of the life of Christ that I have ever read, aside from the Bible. This author brings a seemingly eye-witness perspective to this work. The characters come to life in amazing detail. It makes reading the Bible itsself more understandable. This book give the reader a feeling of "personal contact" with the Man whose birth divided time into BC and AD. Who was / is Jesus? I am so glad that I read this book. Like a magnifying glass to The Gospels.

I first read this book when I was about 15 or 16 years old. I was about the same age as Meg. I am now 26 years old and still recommending it for anyone to read. This book is one of the funniest, most honest and realistic books I have ever read. Meghan Powers is the main character and if it's not bad enough that she is going through the normal teenage problems, her mother has to run for President of the United States. Her mom winds up winning and the book goes through wonderful detail about the Presidential race -- from the decision to run to the Democratic convention all the way to the actual election and the gaining of new family members -- the Secret Service. Meg has two little brothers, Steven and Neal, who cause her untold grief, just like little brothers do (I have two myself!) and they all have to adjust to living in the White House with "The Cast of Thousands" as Meg and Steven have dubbed all the White House employees. They each have to adjust to new schools and Meg especially has to deal with all the kids thinking she is a snob just because she is shy and her mom is President. The family relates to each other in silly and quirky ways -- just like any family relates to each other. Meg's dad has to deal with being the first "First Gentleman" (instead of a First Lady). All in all, this book drew my interest into politics and I highly recommend anyone of any age to read it. Ms. White wrote it so well that it isn't even really dated -- except for the music mentioned. There were times in the book where I laughed out loud and got reprimanded by my parents, teachers, etc. (yes, I am a bookworm!). And there were other times where I actually cried. Meg triumphs in this book and when I was a teenager, I really wished I could be as cool as Meghan Powers. If you can get your hands on a copy, the sequel "White House Autumn" is as wonderful as "The President's Daughter" and even takes the story one step higher, if that's possible. Enjoy this book. I have and am getting a new copy because my original copy is completely worn out. Thank you, Ellen Emerson White for two wonderful stories. I am so glad you shared your wonderful talent with us readers!

The trilogy (The President's Daughter, White House Autumn, and Long Live the Queen) are my three favorite books from childhood...and some of the only ones I've kept and continue to re-read even now, at age 26. Ellen Emerson White succeeds in capturing the complexity of growing up and of relating to family and friends. But this isn't a book full of angst and self-pity! It's a joyous, funny portrait of a young lady who is coming into her own...the bumps in her life are not glossed over, but dealt with fairly and accurately. It's a timeless story, a pleasure to read at any age. I always wished for another couple books about Meg and her family.

I am 17 years old an discovered this book, and other works by Ms. White several years ago. Despite all of my teacher's and parents efforts to got me to understand the literary device of style by using books by the likes of H. Melville, and E.M. Forrester, this book was what hammered the idea into my head. It is the story of a sophmore in high school, Meg Powers, whose stately mother runs for president, and wins. Meg deals with this change in position like any real bright teenage characte: laughing, crying, and temper tantrum throwing. This book, along with the two following it and every other Ellen Emerson White book I can get my hands on have a perminent place by my bed, and are read at least once a month