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Girls & Young Women Inventing: Twenty True Stories About Inventors Plus How You Can Be One Yourself
Published in Paperback by Free Spirit Publishing (1995)
Authors: Frances A. Karnes, Suzanne M. Bean, Rose Mary Wallner, and Rosemary Wallner
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A Motivating Book
The book is divided into 3 parts: 1. Inventors and their inventions, 2. How to be an inventor, 3. For futher inspration.

Part 1: There are 20 stories about young female inventors and their inventions are divided into different categories.

Part 2: This part makes it easy for you to start inventing something yourself, which guidelines and tips for every step.

Part 3: This section has lots of good, useful resources, not just for inventing, but also for schoolwork and further reading.

I read this book around 2 years ago when I was younger, and it really motivated me to start seeing things with a new perspective and to be more creative. It's a great book for young people. It encourages one to be innovative.


Helen and the Hudson Hornet
Published in School & Library Binding by Atheneum (1995)
Authors: Nancy Hope Wilson and Mary O'Keefe Young
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Wonderful kids book for the Hudson enthusiast
This is a wonderful children's book for those who love Hudson automobiles. A simple but touching story, it parellels some of my own experiences with my grandfather's 1950 Hudson Commodore 6. It was fun to see such a story in print. I have read it to my kids (age 6,4 and 1). The two older ones thought it fun to have a story about the Hudsons their Daddy talks so much about. The youngest just wanted to drool on it. If you can find it, it is a neat book.


Kipton and the Martian Games (The Kipton Chronicles, No 14)
Published in Paperback by Royal Fireworks Press (1998)
Authors: Charles L. Fontenay and Mary Hanson Roberts
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Olympics, on Mars
The 14th novel in the series has Kipton solving a murder at the first Martian sports games.
At conventions of SF there are many discussions on should the two genres of mystery and science fiction be combined? The answer is yes, if it is done well. Many attendees forget that authors Andre Norton and Robert Heinlien, who brought so many into the fold of science fiction, were writing this type
of story in the fifties and sixties.
Mr. Fontenay does it perfectly, while he also puts the fun back in this type of work. Though the series is geared toward younger readers, anyone can read these charming novels and enjoy them.


A Little Book of Prayers and Hymns
Published in Hardcover by Frederick Warne & Co (1994)
Author: Cicely Mary Barker
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A LITTLE BOOK OF PRAYERS AND HYMNS
This is a true child's gem. The illustrations are refreshingly simple and rich. One of very few books available to parents who are trying to avoid the sea of surrealistic and ghoulish imagery that many seem to think appealing.


Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Published in Mass Market Paperback by New American Library (1978)
Author: Joanna Lee
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MAde you realize what these children really go through!
I truely loved this book.Wehn I read it I felt as if i was that little girl and I felt her pain. The story is of this little girl and her parenst have recently seperated and her mom beats her.


My Sister Is Driving Me Crazy
Published in School & Library Binding by Simon & Schuster (Juv) (1991)
Author: Mary E. Ryan
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It was great!
I liked the book because it was good,funny,and hilarious.When you read you will love it.check it out at your library if you have it.


Ormond: Or, the Secret Witness (Broadview Literary Texts Series)
Published in Paperback by Broadview Press (01 June, 1999)
Authors: Charles Brockden Brown and Mary Chapman
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Get To Know the Father of American Fiction
Although this is not Brown's greatest work (Edgar Huntly and Weiland are superior) it is still a compelling work. Brown has taken the Gothic genre and manipulated it's stock images and characters to create unqiue worlds. The novel starts off slowly, but builds as Constantia unwittingly comes under the influence of Ormond. We are never certain whether we are steeped in a stereotypical Gothic world or perhaps uncomfortable close to reality.
Typical of Brown, the ending is deceptively complete. As an author attempting to understand that anxieties and fears of the New Republic, Brown addresses an American readership with themes that are still compelling today. The limitations of reason, the limitations of morality, and the place of faith in our lives.
Brown's four Gothic novels should be read together, to get a complete sense of his concerns for the nation, but the Library of America thoughtlessly left this novel out with their printing of Brown's works. One can only hope that with the continuing interest in Brown's fiction this novel will become available to the reading public.


The Revolt of "Mother" (Creative Short Story)
Published in Library Binding by Creative Education (1997)
Authors: Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman and Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
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Very heartwarming and nice women's rights book.
This book is very interesting especially for women as it is the beginning of women's rights beginning.


Searching for Seekers: Ministry With a New Generation of the Unchurched
Published in Paperback by Abingdon Press (1998)
Author: Mary J. Scifres
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Good source for those involved in seeker-oriented ministry
As the music director of a year old seeker-oriented worship service at my church, I found this book very well-written, and expect it to be very useful.

One thing I appreciated very much was the author's clear desire not to over-categorize or stereotype people. While she uses the terms "seekers" and "followers", she opposes the practice of separating the two groups in worship and instead focuses on ways to create a service that will welcome the seekers without failing to nourish the followers.

In addition to being inspirational and providing new ideas, it also laid out a number of good explanations for things I've believed or done all along; it's great to have something in print to point to to help explain why you do things the way you do!

I think this book would be very helpful, though not a complete resource, if you're beginning a brand-new seeker ministry.


The Singing Sack: 28 Song-Stories from Around the World
Published in Paperback by A&C Black (1998)
Authors: Helen East and Mary Currie
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A Storyteller's Goldmine
It's got story texts, music, source notes and tips on how to tell these wonderful and varied song-stories: what storyteller could ask for more? The tunes are very singable (now if only Amazon offered the accompanying cassette, too!). Some stories are best suited to young audiences, but there's something for nearly everyone in this little collection.


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