books about: held

books about: held

books:

Held

You've Got to Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories that Held Them in Awe

Harper Perennial, 1994

Re:Whatever, in Delaware! I've Got A Great Idea
I know, let's go back to when ONLY WHITE MEN wrote and published stories that were ever anthologized, and how about only doing those by WHITE MEN who are AMERICAN and live in DELAWARE? since those are stories that might be good...? Jerome Wilson's story is simply ...

Terrify No More: Young Girls Held Captive and the Daring Undercover Operation to Win Their Freedom

Gregg Hunter

Thomas Nelson, 2005

Terrible yet captivating
Haugen, Gary A. Terrify No More. Nashville, TN. W Publishing Group. 2005. This riveting book by Gary A. Haugen, founder and president of the International Justice Mission(IJM), first-handedly tells the story of a mission proposed by members of IJM, to ...

Adkisson's Captive Insurance Companies: An Introduction to Captives, Closely-Held Insurance Companies, and ...

Jay D Adkisson

iUniverse, Inc., 2006

Great Intro to Captives
As an advisor, I've had clients repeatedly ask me about captive insurance companies but I didn't know much more about them and simply referred them to people like Jay who dealt with them. They always seemed like a "black box" planning technique where the secrets of how ...

Held at a Distance: A Rediscovery of Ethiopia

Rebecca G. Haile

Academy Chicago Publishers, 2007

Groundbreaking Book
As one of the first books to be published by an Ethiopian American, HELD AT A DISTANCE is significant. Categorizing this book is nearly impossible--which is a strength and should make it widely appealing. It is a seamless mixture of memoir, travelogue, history, ...

Models of Democracy, 3rd Edition

David Held

Stanford University Press, 2006

Excellent
My professor selected this book to supplement my government class. This is an excellent book that teaches its audience about democracy. I love how Held talks about each model of democracy without siding with any model. However, you must have patience to understand ...

Fabulous Parties: Food and Flowers for Elegant Entertaining

Mark Held, Richard David, ...

Ryland Peters & Small, 2008

Love this book!
I enjoyed this book so much I bought several copies as holiday gifts. I'm glad I finally got to see what Mark's Garden is capable of doing with flowers. I love the passion and professionalism they having brought to flower design. The book is amazing and makes me want ...

100 Creative Drawing Ideas

Anna Held Audette

Shambhala, 2004

Lots of drawing fun and growth!
The exercises are good ways to experiment with different ways of drawing and thinking of composition, materials, spatial concerns, etc. I try to do one every week.

BlackBerry Hacks: Tips & Tools for Your Mobile Office (Hacks)

Dave Mabe

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

Great book of ideas for enhancing your Blackberry's usefulness
Everyone from the end user to the BlackBerry administrator to the developer will find conveniences in the BlackBerry that don't exist on other platforms. In this book, you'll find clever uses for some of these enhancements and new tricks for using some features that ...

I Never Held You: A book about miscarriage, healing, and recovery

Ellen M. DuBois

DLSIJ Press, 2006

Very uplifting
A lot of the info is pretty basic, however she presents it in a way that applies it specifically to a still-birth or miscarriage. I have had two miscarriages both early in pregnancy and I found this book very helpful. I have started to read 5 different books and this ...

The Boy Who Held Back the Sea (Picture Puffins)

Lenny Hort, Thomas Locker, ...

Puffin, 1993

Classic tale
This book tells a version of the story of the little Dutch boy who holds back the sea with his finger. In this version, the boy is a bit naughty. He gets to skip church by offering to carry a pie to blind man, but then eats the pie himself instead of delivering it. ...

A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam (Hellgate Memories Series.)

Ernest C. Brace

Hellgate Press, 2001

Thank God for Second Chances
Teriffic!! Couldn't put it down. I read this book over a year ago, loaned it out to several people and have still never got it back. It made a big impression on me and I still can't get it out of my head. I've read virtually every book by former POWs in Vietnam but ...

Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War

Tom Philpott

W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

An incredible read
The story of Col Thompson is truly remarkable. The thing that grabbed me the most was his constant struggle to regain the life he knew before he was captured. It made me think what would life be like if I spent 9 years away from everything I currently know. Think ...

Art Held Hostage: The Battle over the Barnes Collection

John Anderson

W. W. Norton & Company, 2003

Art as Pawn
...One of the most telling, not to mention amusing, lines in Art Held Hostage is uttered by Richard Glanton, the Barnes Foundation's former president and the litigious centerpiece of John Anderson's story. In an indignant letter to a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, ...

Children Held Hostage

Stanley S. Clawar

American Bar Association, 2003

An eye-opening, surprising, frightening divorce possibility.
I was given this book to read after 3 months of weekly counseling with my husband. It was clear to our counselor that my stepdaughter was being programmed and brainwashed for the past 14 years by her mother and step-father of 14 years. (I've been in her life for the ...

Asian Wraps: Deliciously Easy Hand-Held Bundles To Stuff, Wrap, And Relish

Nina Simonds

William Morrow Cookbooks, 2000

It's a wrap!
I own more cookbooks that any one could possibly use, but this is my favorite. I've tried many of the recipes and never had a flop. All are flavorful. I love having pictures for most of the recipes. Great ideas, descriptions of ingredients, and descriptions and ...