Administrators Gail Posted September 10, 2008 Administrators Share Posted September 10, 2008 What book have you got on the go right now? I have a few- Madame Guyon, some Bible promise books and an excellent devotional by Lance Armstrong's ex, Kristin, called, "Happily Ever After". The devotional is geared to those going through a divorce but can be adapted to those dealing with the effects of any catastrophe. Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolaa Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I just finished "God Sent a Man" by Carlyle B. Haynes. It's about Joseph's journey to being #2 ruler of Egypt. Next I'm going to read "When the Spirit Descends" by Jan Paulsen. My son and I just finished "The Rise and Fall of the Kidsborian Empire" by Marshal Younger. Those Kidsboro books are sooooo cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted September 10, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2008 Currently Bill Bryson's 'Down Under' (about Australia) and 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' (about science) - both recommended. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olger Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Gross National Happiness From Garden to Wilderness (Dr. Calvin Beisner). Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 A Spring without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered our Food Supply, by Michael Schacker. This is a pretty good and true detective story melding science and politics investigating the case of the missing bees, examining the many theories on the cause, including cell phones, mites, new pathogens and bee managment. He then examine the evidence against IMD [imidacloprid, a relatively new but widely used insecticide in the US. Guess what agency that failed its mandate, and under whose watch and when did CCD really come into play? Luckily, there is evidence to reverse the effects of CCD. And this book strongly encourages the use of organics in the farming process.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.  George Bernard Shaw  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I am reading "America's Hidden History" by Kenneth C. Davis. Quote For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Mat. 16:26Please, support the JDRF and help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Please, support the March of Dimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Wow, so many deep readers on this board. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Desire of Ages (as part of the Encounter Series--required reading for my Master Guide) The Memory Keeper's Daughter The Shack The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planey Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 "I'll Hold You While It Hurts" by Arthur A. Millward "If I Were The Devil" by George R. Knight "The Goldilocks Enigma" by Paul Davies "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins /self looks for a rock to hide behind... Quote Graeme____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I'm not reading anything note worthy right now but did read "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, just prior to his passing. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cricket Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Oooh, the Last Lecture is an awesome book! I just finished that one a couple of weeks ago. Highly recommend it for EVERYONE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted September 10, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 10, 2008 In the interests of full disclosure I should add that I'm also reading 'The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes'. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted September 10, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted September 10, 2008 To add to Bravus' addendum, I have also started, Intermediate Accounting, Vol.1. It is the textbook for the university course. Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 "If I Were The Devil" by George R. Knight For the first time. "The Art of Being a Sinner" by John M. Krumm Once again. "Steps to Christ" By Ellen G. White Again Quote May we be one so that the world may be won. Christian from the cradle to the grave I believe in Hematology. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 10, 2008 Members Share Posted September 10, 2008 Life Without Parole by Rick Fleck. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Gail Posted September 10, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted September 10, 2008 Life Without Parole by Rick Fleck. OOOooo I gotta tell you, we sold out of that book at our Campmeeting. Many people around here know him and were interested in his story. Let me know what you think of it! Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted September 10, 2008 Members Share Posted September 10, 2008 I think the book is awesome. We read the book for worship with our daughter. She also loved it. pk Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted September 23, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2008 My son and I just finished "The Rise and Fall of the Kidsborian Empire" by Marshal Younger. Those Kidsboro books are sooooo cool! Okay, based on your recommendation, I just bought this book to give to my granddaughter for her 12th birthday. Did I do wrong?? (After all, it IS fiction.) Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted September 23, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2008 Well, I have to admit I read one book of fiction each month, for the book club to which I belong. [We're all middle-aged Adventists who grew up attending SDA schools where fiction was not taught, so we're trying to catch up on some of the classics.] Last month it was The Heart of the Matter, by Graham Greene. An interesting story set during WWII in Sierra Leone, where the hero is an Englishman living there on assignment as a policeman for the government. Several of the subplots have to do with morality and what one must do and how to live in order to make another person happy. But a book I'm reading for fun is Eat, Pray, Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert. A nonfiction semi-journal of Gilbert's life after her divorce -- an upbeat account, not morose in any way. I'm now enjoying her trip to Italy, all alone, learning how to use her minimal grasp of the Italian language, and how the sightseeing she's doing is affecting her life. She does very well on her own (which I wouldn't be able to do) but starts to fall apart emotionally when her sister comes from New York to spend some time with her. I haven't finished it yet, but it provides some interesting "travelogue" reading in the evenings before sleep. I'm still reading the Bible through, underlining and carefully studying as I go, in The New Living Translation. [Trouble is, with this, I have to read sitting at my desk where I can do the underlining as I go and where I can stay awake while reading! So it's going slower than the books I read in bed.] Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted September 23, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2008 In the interests of full disclosure I should add that I'm also reading 'The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes'. OOooohhh! My boys both loved Calvin and Hobbes! Is that a new book? Maybe I should buy it for them. Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolaa Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Originally Posted By: carolaa My son and I just finished "The Rise and Fall of the Kidsborian Empire" by Marshal Younger. Those Kidsboro books are sooooo cool! Okay, based on your recommendation, I just bought this book to give to my granddaughter for her 12th birthday. Did I do wrong?? (After all, it IS fiction.) No, she will love it! It's written by one of the guys who writes for the Adventures in Odyssey radio program that Focus on the Family puts out. So if you're ok with those, this is the same type of thing. Another great book is The FruitTramp Kids, by Bobbie Montgomery. I got mine at the ABC, but I noticed this summer that they don't have them available any more, so I purchased one from Amazon.com for my nephew. And, of course, there's my all-time favorite, Swift Arrow, by Josephine Cunnington Edwards. You can still get that on Amazon. Oh, yeah, Nyla and the White Crocodile is great too!! It's by Norma Youngberg. It's an old mission story book from my childhood, and I got it at Amazon. So now you have Christmas taken care of too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jeannieb43 Posted September 23, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2008 Wonderful! Thank you for all these suggestions! Quote Jeannie<br /><br /><br />...Change is inevitable; growth is optional.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted September 23, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 23, 2008 Currently reading 'Quest for Lost Heroes' by David Gemmell. Heroic fantasy with heart and morality. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Me reads fikshon all time. Never done me bad! Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddles Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 I recently downloaded/purchased "The Great Controversy" for my ipod so I can "read" it at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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