The Little House in the Fairy Wood

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Little House in the Fairy Woods

The Little House in the Fairy Wood
Ethel Cook Eliot
Manufacturer: Hard Press
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1406904457
Release Date: 2006-11-03

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Little House in the Fairy Woods.......2007-06-12

I was disappointed in the book I received. Not because of the story which was as wonderful as I remembered. But because of the lack of illustration. I had this book as a child (it belonged to my mother). My sister now has the copy with the beautiful illustrations. When I saw the book on amazon, it showed the illustration on the front of the hardcover book (see product) and I happily purchased it. When I recieved it there were no illustrations at all. I could have purchased the paperback for less which I knew did not have illustrations.

The Little House in Fairy Wood (Dodo Press)

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The Little House in Fairy Wood (Dodo Press)
Ethel Cook Eliot
Manufacturer: Dodo Press
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ASIN: 190543233X

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Large format paper back for easy reading. A delightful children's classic from an otherwise little known author

The goose girl: And The house in the woods (The little color classics)

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The goose girl: And The house in the woods (The little color classics)
Jacob Grimm
Manufacturer: McLoughlin Brothers
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0008A9L8E

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The Little House in the Fairy Wood
Cook Ethel Eliot
Manufacturer: IndyPublish
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1435324838

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Taylor and Vida-SPOILERS.......2005-07-17

Favorite scene with Vida-
The whole scene of caring for Taylor when he's ill.

Favorite scene with Taylor-
His first meeting with Honor.

Together-
Before their wedding, realizing they belonged there, willing to give up the new job.

What did you like about Vida-
Her strength and stubborness. Never giving up on Taylor. Telling him they won't be taking the detective job because they should stay where they are and be with family. I can't believe Buck survived. Yeh!!! Vida told Taylor family's more important than a job. Her easy goingness with the cowpokes at the saloon.

What didn't you like about Vida-
That she felt she didn't need to tell Taylor when she went back to New Orleans to get info. on Celeste. They're partners, and yet she felt like she could do what she wanted without his permission. She took risks-esp. with Pierre and Derek. It's not her per se, but sometimes her vulnerability and hurt feelings don't fit her tough cookie, detective persona. She wears her heart on her sleeve and shows her feelings and it doesn't quite fit.

What did you like about Taylor-
Loving Vida. Never giving up on his dad. Reconciling with Cal and Honor, although it was hard for him. Telling Celeste off. His mother-son affection with Doc Maggie. And his affection for the ranch hands.

What didn't you like about Taylor-
It's not him per se, but the drunk act. It made him look bad in people's eyes. He might not have been able to tell people the truth yet, but still- He was too stubborn about reconciling with Cal and Honor. Glad he did.

If I had to cast Vida, I'd cast Catherine Zeta-Jones.
If I had to cast Taylor, I'd cast Cameron Mathison.

A wonderful family epic.......2005-05-09

The best way to read this trilogy is from the beginning. While 'texas triumph' is the best of the 3 because it wraps up all the loose ends and has all the characters together, it is much more enjoyable having read the story of Cal, Honor and then Taylor. If u only pick one of the trilogy, this would be the one to choose. Story itself is as reviewed by HK.

enjoyable historical private investigative romance .......2005-04-27

In 1850 New Orleans, Buck Star seduced his friend's wife. She is willing to give up everything for Buck, but the handsome lothario deserts her leaving behind the broken Gannon family without a look back or feeling the slightest of remorse.

In 1869, an ailing Buck's past has come home to roost (see TEXAS STAR and TEXAS GLORY). Several people have the motive to want Buck dead for the havoc he caused and left behind two decades ago. His son Pinkerton Agent Taylor Star returns to the family spread to investigate a murder. He is accompanied by his partner Vida Malone, who Taylor quickly realizes is the only person he trusts to include blood relatives. As the two agents investigate and protect each other's back, the attraction they already have for one another but deny explodes into the open. While danger mounts from an avenging unknown culprit, Vida and Taylor fall in love, but first must uncover who wants anything remotely Star dead.

The last Texas Star tale is an enjoyable historical private investigative romance as the lead couple investigates who wants to destroy Buck even while falling in love. Taylor and Vida make a wonderful pairing as the Agents have avoided their growing attraction until the danger turns personal and they fear for their partner. The final of this fine trilogy is a triumph for fans of Reconstruction Era Texas romantic mysteries as Elaine Barbieri star will shine with glory.

Harriet Klausner

Rooftop Diva: A Novel of Triumph after Katrina

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Determined to Survive...

Rooftop Diva: A Novel of Triumph after Katrina
D T Pollard
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595402348

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Plucked from her rooftop during the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Monique Devareaux has nothing in the world but the clothes on her back. She is taken to an evacuee shelter in Dallas, Texas and is befriended by an affluent woman who introduces her to a world of wealth and power.

Stan Brickman is a billionaire businessman who changes the course of Monique's life. He is also a married man. Determined to win her, Stan pursues Monique relentlessly, trying to convince her that his marriage is over. Unsure of her feelings for this man, Monique concentrates on rebuilding her life. But danger lurks in the shadows .

Mel Hawkins walks out of jail amidst the chaos after Hurricane Katrina and blends in with the other evacuees. After Monique rebuffs her in a chance encounter at the Dallas shelter, Mel seeks revenge. Will Monique regain her life or will Mel shatter it with one act of violence?

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Determined to Survive..........2007-07-11

Monique Devereaux was rescued from her rooftop and transported to a shelter in Dallas, Texas, three days after Hurricane Katrina struck her hometown. It is in this shelter that Monique's life is changed in more ways than she cares to remember. Trying to move forward with her life, Monique is introduced to some affluent women who show her what the "good life" is all about. Giving her a taste of a life she was unaccustomed to, these women helped Monique get back on track.

Deciding to stay in Dallas, Monique lands a wonderful job. She has a great place to stay, and is the object of desire to one of the wealthiest men in the world. One who is willing to divorce his older wife just to be with her, but is it all too good to be true? Unbeknownst to Monique, she has an enemy lurking in the shadows waiting for the perfect opportunity to wreak havoc upon her life, trying to destroy all she has rebuilt.

ROOFTOP DIVA is an emotional page-turner from the beginning to the end. It gives a realistic and emotional account of Hurricane Katrina and the effects it had on its victims. With excellent character development, one would feel as though they were a part of the story--experiencing the joys and pain. Full of unexpected twists and turns, D. T. Pollard does an excellent job of helping the reader understand some of the issues many of the survivors had to overcome following Hurricane Katrina. It shows how when we reach out to one another, it could be just what one needs to put their life back together. I commend the author for tackling such a real and emotional subject. He took a chance on revisiting a horrific event, but has turned it into a wonderful story of tragedy, faith, love, strength and determination. Kudos to Mr. Pollard on a job well done.

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Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph

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Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph
Ruthe Winegarten , Janet G. Humphrey , and Frieda Werden
Manufacturer: Univ of Texas Pr
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ASIN: 0292790872

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Women of all colors have shaped families, communities, institutions, and societies throughout history, but only in recent decades have their contributions been widely recognized, described, and celebrated. This book presents the first comprehensive history of black Texas women, a previously neglected group whose 150 years of continued struggle and some successes against the oppression of racism and sexism deserve to be better known and understood. Beginning with slave and free women of color during the Texas colonial period and concluding with contemporary women who serve in the Texas legislature and the United States Congress, Ruthe Winegarten organizes her history both chronologically and topically. Her narrative sparkles with the life stories of individual women and their contributions to the work force, education, religion, the club movement, community building, politics, civil rights, and culture. The product of extensive archival and oral research and illustrated with over 200 photographs, this groundbreaking work will be equally appealing to general readers and to scholars of women's history, black history, American studies, and Texas history.

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Texas Triumph
Victoria Thompson
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Lone Star Nation: The Texas Revolution and the Triumph of American Democracy

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A great retelling.
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Lone Star Nation: The Texas Revolution and the Triumph of American Democracy
H.W. Brands
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ASIN: 0739310135
Release Date: 2004-02-10

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H.W. Brands's Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence--and Changed America is not a complete history, but offers a compelling portrait of the key personalities in the war for Texas's independence from Mexico. Brands frames his narrative with two events: Moses Austin's 1820 proposal for an American colony in Texas and Sam Houston's removal in 1861 as governor. Along the way, Lone Star Nation is punctuated by textbook moments, from the battle of the Alamo to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

The strength of Brands's account lies in his tendency towards biography and his talent for rendering dramatic anecdotes. Professor of American History at Texas A&M and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Brands has an attraction to powerful American personalities, as demonstrated by his biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin Franklin (T.R. and The First American, respectively). The history of Texas is rife with legendary frontiersmen, and David Crockett, Sam Houston, and James Bowie add color to the narrative built around Stephen Austin, Santa Anna, and a succession of American presidents with expansionist ambitions. When he arrives at the pivotal moments in Texas lore, Brands is apt to follow a singular individual rather than give a broad, battlefield account.

"For better or for worse, Texas was very much like America," Brands declares near the end of his study, reflecting on the abuse of indigenous peoples and the greed of those declaring "Manifest Destiny." He continues: "sooner or later ... democracy corrected its worst mistakes." Despite this sanguine conclusion, Brands omits a balancing account of Indian claims to Texas. The Comanches, "natural anarchists" according to Brands, are sketched in a few short pages, and no Native American shares a voice in the text (partially to be excused for a lack of primary sources). Brands argues, "If the Texans were guilty of theft, the people from whom they sprang were much guiltier." Perhaps true, but Brands's highly readable tale of Texas heroes would be even stronger with a tempering account of the victims of the thievery. --Patrick O'Kelley

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From bestselling historian and long-time Texan H. W. Brands, a richly textured history of one of the most fascinating and colorful eras in U.S. history—the Texas Revolution and the forging of a new America.

“For better or for worse, Texas was very much like America. The people ruled, and little could stop them. If they ignored national boundaries, if they trampled the rights of indigenous peoples and of imported bondsmen, if they waged war for motives that started from base self-interest, all this came with the territory of democracy, a realm inhabited by ordinarily imperfect men and women. The one saving grace of democracy—the one that made all the difference in the end—was that sooner or later, sometimes after a terrible strife, democracy corrected its worst mistakes.”
— from Lone Star Nation

Lone Star Nation is the gripping story of Texas’s precarious journey to statehood, from its early colonization in the 1820s to the shocking massacres of Texas loyalists at the Alamo and Goliad by the Mexican army, from its rough-and-tumble years as a land overrun by the Comanches to its day of liberation as an upstart republic. H. W. Brands tells the turbulent story of Texas through the eyes of a colorful cast of characters who have become a permanent fixture in the American landscape: Stephen Austin, the state’s reluctant founder; Sam Houston, the alcoholic former governor who came to lead the Texas army in its hour of crisis and glory; William Travis, James Bowie, and David Crockett, the unforgettable heroic defenders of the doomed Alamo; Santa Anna, the Mexican generalissimo and dictator whose ruthless tactics galvanized the colonists against him; and the white-haired President Andrew Jackson whose expansionist aspirations loomed large in the background. Beyond these luminaries, Brands unearths the untold stories of the forgotten Texans—the slaves, women, unknown settlers, and children left out of traditional histories—who played crucial roles in Texas’s birth. By turns bloody and heroic, tragic and triumphant, this riveting history of one of our greatest states reads like the most compelling fiction, and further secures H. W. Brands’s position as one of the premier American historians.

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A great retelling........2006-09-04

Brand's has a great style with a smart wit and feel for the times as well as anecdotal material that gives great depth to his writing. His use of Ehrenburg is the first I have seen as source material.

The Problem with Popular History.......2005-11-20

Brands tells a familiar story with competence and sometimes skill. But he ignores 20 years of new scholarship on early Texas, choosing instead to tell the myths one more time. Especially troubling is his handling of slavery in early Texas history--he ignores it almost completely. Texas rebeled against Mexico in large part because the Mexicans were determined to stamp out slavery in their northern province. The Texans at the Alamo were not the good guys.

[Edit: I can't believe some of the reviews of this book. Does no one feel that slavery is a big thing to leave out of Texas history?]

Great Book--One Minor Criticism.......2005-08-19

H.W. Brands' book Lone Star Nation presents an interesting and informative reading experience concerning Texas in the years before and after the war that provided that republic with its independence. Brands seems to take the stance that history is primarily made by the individuals who are living it, so it is the people he concentrates on moreso than the outward events. I liked this book and am glad a Texan friend recommended it to me in 2004.

The only point of criticism I might have with Lone Star Nation and H.W. Brands is that he (as I saw it in my most humble of opinions) presented as unquestioned fact the authenticity of the controversial document some claim to be the diary of Mexican officer Jose Enrique de la Pena. While Brands is more than permitted to be of the opinion that the diary is authentic, I think he was faintly remiss in his duty as an historian by not mentioning the fact that a great many others regard the diary as a forgery or hoax, rather than a first-hand account of the aftermath of the siege of the Alamo. However, this is merely one point of difference and it in no way detracted from my enjoyment of this fine book.

To all history buffs: get this book and read it, you'll be happy you did.

How Texas Won It's Freedom.......2005-08-02

H.W. Brands does a really great job of combinding fantastic storytelling with historical fact in a way that is both entertaining and will provide the reader with a good grasp of how Texas became both a nation and eventually a state.

What this book does is trace the origins of both the anglo and hispanic populations of Texas beginning with folks like Moses Austin and later Stephen F. Austin, profiles the greats of Texas history such as Sam Houston, William Travis, and Davy Crockett as well as those on the other side of the conflict: Santa Anna and Martin de Cos.

The main argument of this book is that the revolutionary war in Texas was a disorganized shamble that blundered it's way to freedom. Such disasters as the Alamo and Gonzales could have been avoided or were not really necessary in retrospect, but what they provided were key events that a lot of settlers could draw motivation from. The eventual victory at San Jacinto is told from a different standpoint that you won't find in traditional Texas history books.

What Brands is trying to do is both dispel the myths of the Texas revolution while trying to shed a little light on what actually happened. He does so in a very good way while still giving credit where credit was due. All in all, I highly recommend this book. It's a good general overview and is told in such a way as to keep you turning the pages.

Texas - it's like a whole other country!.......2005-02-27

Texas was once part of the Mexican empire (once Mexico achieved it's independence from Spain), but this story details how Texas became it's own nation and, eventually, part of the United States.

H.W. Brands has given us a tale worthy of remembering, and one that provides the reader with an exicting picture of this place called Texas. Brands starts with the American "colonization" of Texas, including the major player of Moses Austin (father of Stephen F. Austin).

The revolution, in which the Texans, much like Americans of only a few generations before, try to break free from the country that politically rules them, covers the majority of the book. Brands descirbes, in vivid terms, the people that were critical in achieving Texan independence, such as Bowie, Houston, Travis, and Fannin. Brands devotes a significant amount of the book to Sam Houston (the first President of Texas), and not nearly enough (in my opinion) to the war of independence, especially the seminal battle at San Jacinto.

I found the book to be very interesting, and well worth reading. The story drew many parallels between the actions of the early Americans fighting for their independence against the British and the Texans fighting against the Mexicans. This time, however, rather than the French and Spanish being the saviors of the rebellious, it was the Americans who came to their aid and helped them to achieve their goal.

Sacrificed at the Alamo: Tragedy and Triumph in the Texas Revolution (Military History of Texas Series, No. 3)

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A meticulous, highly readable account

Sacrificed at the Alamo: Tragedy and Triumph in the Texas Revolution (Military History of Texas Series, No. 3)
Richard Bruce Winders
Manufacturer: McWhiney Foundation Press
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The Battle of the Alamo is one of the most compelling stories from American history. Students of the battle often wonder why William B. Travis and his small garrison were left alone to meet their fate at the hands of General Santa Anna. Author Richard B. Winders, the historian and curator at the Alamo, examines events that led to this epic struggle and concludes that in-fighting among the revolutionary leadership doomed the Alamo garrison.

The Texan victories of 1835 created discord among rebel leaders as various factions strove to direct the revolution to meet their own specific goals. That bickering resulted in an almost total breakdown of Texan military forces as individual commands were swept into the political battle. The democratic fervor of the 1830s worked against building a cohesive Texan Army and was largely responsible for the twin tragedies of the Alamo and Goliad.

Informative and provocative, Sacrificed at the Alamo will appeal to general readers as well as students of the classic battle and its important place in Texas history.

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A meticulous, highly readable account.......2004-06-06

Volume three in the Military History of Texas Series, Sacrificed At The Alamo: Tragedy And Triumph In The Texas Revolution is a solid account written and presented by Richard Winders, historian and curator of the Alamo today. An extensive reconstruction of historical battles, motives, and actions, drawing upon a wealth of primary sources as well as a critical study of military science principles as they were applied to history in the making, Sacrificed At The Alamo concludes with the stringent claim that it was bickering within the Texas rebel forces that ultimately doomed those slaughtered at the Alamo and Goliad, as surely as the Mexican centralist forces who did the actual killing. A meticulous, highly readable account and a welcome contribution to American and Texas history shelves. Also recommended are the previous volumes of the Military History of Texas Series, The Finishing Stroke: Texans In The 1864 Tennessee Campaign and The Wings Of Change: The Army Air Force Experience In Texas During World War II.

Big D : Triumphs and Troubles of an American Supercity in the 20th Century

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Outstanding

Big D : Triumphs and Troubles of an American Supercity in the 20th Century
Darwin Payne
Manufacturer: Three Forks Pr
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Binding: Hardcover

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Newly revised edition of a book that first appeared in 1994 and sold out of the first two printings. The present edition brings the history of Dallas up to date, reaching into the year 2000. It's a lively but authoritative history of Dallas in the 20th century. Special attention to local politics, race relations, crime, and civic leadership.

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Outstanding.......2005-04-28

I bought this book back in 1995 after seeing a local Dallas PBS feature on the book. It is well worth the money. An excellent history of the city, if you live or lived in Dallas you will enjoy it.

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Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph.
Ruthe Winegarten
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Bleeding Orange : Trouble and Triumph Deep in the Heart of Texas Football

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Bleeding Orange : Trouble and Triumph Deep in the Heart of Texas Football
John; Bohls, Kirk Maher
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Bleeding Orange: Trouble and Triumph Deep in the Heart of Texas Football
John Maher , and Kirk Bohls
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