Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime SarajevoRevised Edition

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When Zlata's Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an international bestseller and was compared to The Diary of Anne Frank, both for the freshness of its voice and the grimness of the world it describes. It begins as the day-today record of the life of a typical eleven-year-old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday parties. But as war engulfs Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovi´c becomes a witness to food shortages and the deaths of friends and learns to wait out bombardments in a neighbor's cellar. Yet throughout she remains courageous and observant. The result is a book that has the power to move and instruct readers a world away.

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Great Book .......2007-05-25

Sheesh...this is the product of a child, not the work of a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. It is an excellent diary, an excellent primary source and an excellent text for a better understanding of the Yugoslav wars. Yes...it does only tell one point of view - hers - it is her diary! Some readers are offended because of the comparison to Anne Frank; a comparison that Filipovic and others make in the book. The comparison is totally fair. Both are intelligent children caught up in situations they have no control over during wars of ethnic cleansing and extermination. It is a testament to Zlata that she can make the connection to Anne Frank...obviously the rest of the world couldn't. They (We) abandoned the Jews sixty years ago and abandoned hundreds of thousands of Croats/Bosniaks/Serbs to genocide forty years later. Zlata remembered Anne Frank's words...the world didn't.

Good read.......2007-05-07

I remember reading this book as a child and picked it up again as an adult. It was a quick read, but really showed how a child deals with war. It made me think of how children in Iraq are feeling right now. Very interesting.

It's a diary, not a book........2007-05-04

To the reader who wrote comment "we all had our delusional moments when we were teenagers"...you should be ashamed of yourself. This "delusional moment" was war and struggle for survival in besieged city of Sarajevo.
Why don't you try and write a book, and/or diary, sitting in a basement without food, water and electricity for four years. All that while granates and bombs are raining on your city. In the meantime, one by one, all of your neighbors and friends are gone six feet under...
How about that for delusional moment...

Zlata's Diary.......2007-04-20

Zlata's Diary is about a young girl's diary named Mimi during the war in her town of Sarajeavo. She writes of the hardships of being a war child. She tells of the changes of her world during the war such as her parents may have grown older one year but looked ten years older. She is constantly hearing of people being shot and wounded. And how might I know this? She was asked if she had a diary. And guess what she did and it was sent to be published. I think this book was over all pretty well written. I would recomend this book to you if you liked the book The Diary Of Anne Frank. So to find out what happens pick up Zlata's Diary.
-Christine Lanier

Zlata's Review.......2007-04-18

Taylor (Lanier Middle School)

Zlata's Dairy is the real life issue of how an eleven year old girl struggles to stay alive during a civil war in Sarajevo, (1991-93) but more importantly trying to cope with the pain friends and family leaving to escape the war. During the whole process she decides to keep a diary which then later becomes published in the years 1992 and 1993.

This book tells a story of family, friendship, and most of all courage. Though a war might be going on, Zlata Filipovic still manages to go to school. Zlata lives in an average sized apartment with her mother and father.

The life lesson in this book is that no matter how hard things get you will always have your family there with you. And that thing's in life will get though, but eventually they will get better. Also never dwell on the bad things, but the good.

I personally do not like this book. The fact that this is a diary is one of the reasons I don't like this book, it skips around and does not tell you everything that happens.It also repeats everything, so all you are reading is what you read before.I would recamend this book to all, even though I did not like it, does'n mean you don't.

A History of US: Vol 9, War, Peace, and All That Jazz (A History of Us)

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A History of US: Vol 9, War, Peace, and All That Jazz (A History of Us)
Joy Hakim
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The False Peace (Star Wars Jedi Quest #9)

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Jedi Quest #9
Who said Jedi don't have a sense of humor?
The False Peace
Read this!
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The False Peace (Star Wars Jedi Quest #9)
Jude Watson
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Jedi Quest #9.......2006-08-28

This was a good book. Palpatine starts dropping hints to Anakin, (which can get very annoying,) Astri Otto comes back in, a few older characters, and some new. The only reason I didn't rate this as a full 5 stars, is I found a typo which drove me insane. If you want to see it, when you reach it, it's on page 104, near the top. Read it carefully, and you'll see it.

Who said Jedi don't have a sense of humor?.......2006-04-15

This is one of my all time favorite books. I've read almost all of the star wars books, but this is the best one yet! Obi-Wan and Siri are friends, who just happen to be Jedi knights, but it dosen't stop them from acting human! This is a funny book, because Siri, who isn't a girly girl is forced to wear a dress, and Obi-Wan is supposed to be a theif! And Obi-Wan let Siri chose his wardrobe, (which turns out to be a BIG mistake!) and Anakain and Ferus somewhat get along! It's a book filled with twists and turns!

The False Peace.......2005-11-21

This is the first time two villians teamed up together. Jenna Zan Arbor and Granta Omega ombine forces try to dosomthing so evil it had never been tried. They take control but you'll have to read it to find out how, why and what.

Read this!.......2005-08-29

This was such a good book! Yet it was REALLY sad. (Poor Tyro!) :(
I didn't really like how much Astri Oddo changed. That was sad too. This was the first Jedi Quest that I almost cried in! It was very good though!

an excellent book!.......2005-05-19

a bit boring in some parts, but it's a must read for star wars fans

One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue

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One Thousand Paper Cranes... inspirational!
One Thousand Paper Cranes : The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue
Memorable and heartbreaking...
A book everyone should read
A Wonderful Companion Book to Eleanor Coerr's Sadako

One Thousand Paper Cranes: The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue
Takayuki Ishii
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Release Date: 2001-01-09

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The inspirational story of the Japanese national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue honoring Sadako and hundreds of other children who died as a result of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of atomic bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue to remember Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the Hiroshima bombing. On top of the statue is a girl holding a large crane in her outstretched arms. Today in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, this statue of Sadako is beautifully decorated with thousands of paper cranes given by people throughout the world.

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One Thousand Paper Cranes... inspirational!.......2006-05-07

Are you the type or reader who enjoys reading about real people who fight through tough situations? Well, then this book is for you to read. This wonderful book was about a girl named Sadako who got radiation from the atomic bomb in World War II when she was only two years old. Sadako really loved school and was on a Bamboo Relay Team at her school. She had a race and when she was running, she started to get dizzy. She went to the hospital and turns out, she got the Atomic Bomb Disease. Sadako was really scared to die at a young age of 12 years old. Her friend came to visit her in the hospital, and she told Sadako that if you fold 1000 paper cranes, you get a wish from the gods. That made Sadako determined to fold 1000 paper cranes.

When I was reading this book, I couldn't stop reading it. I really got to know the main character, Sadako, and I liked her a lot. She had a ton of hope, determination, and courage to fold one thousand paper cranes so she can get better. She's an example to all the children who has diseases or illnesses. This book was such a powerful and inspirational book to me.

I learned from this book that you can truly accomplish your goals and dreams when you are going through something really difficult. Sadako showed readers this. It made me realize that I really can do anything I put my mind on. So readers, if you are tempted to read this very inspirational book, go ahead. Read it!

One Thousand Paper Cranes : The Story of Sadako and the Children's Peace Statue.......2006-03-24

The theme of the book is that war kills innocent people and dropping an atomic bomb is unconscionable act that must never be repeated. The author actually went to Japan and stayed with Sadako's family in order research this book. It is well written. This book supplements the Eleanor Coerr version of the story. It gives additional information about what Sadako's leukemia was like for her and her family.

Memorable and heartbreaking..........2003-12-14

...this is the kind of book that continues to haunt you long after you put it down. I read this book in elementary school and then stumbled across it as an adult - even re-reading it as an adult, I was shocked by the descriptions of the damage done by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This book is a must-read. As an American, I believe that the atom bomb was a necessary evil to stop World War II; however, as a human, I believe the atom bomb was a horrible atrocity unleashed on millions of people, including a child named Sadako whose story is poignantly told here. This book is an eye-opener, a heart-wrencher and a beautiful story.

A book everyone should read.......2002-10-20

No matter what side you are on in the debate on the use of the atomic bombs during WWII, this is a "must read". As a science teacher, I read this book to my Advanced Chemistry class at the conclusion of our nuclear chemistry unit. However, I have yet been able to read it through without crying. And I have not been alone. Sadako's story should teach us all a lesson. My students may not remember the specifics of chain reactions or nuclear decay. But I guaruntee that they will remember Sadako's story. I want them to be informed citizens who make educated choices. One thing that history has shown us is that it repeats itself. What a horrible thought.......that another little girl become a "Sadako". I would hate to think that next time her name might be an American one......It chills me to the bone.

A Wonderful Companion Book to Eleanor Coerr's Sadako.......2001-01-15

Often fiction leads us into a story and leaves us helpless to change anything. Takayuki Ishii's book takes us into the real world of Sadako Sasaki who died of leukemia years after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This is a well researched document, with family and classmate interviews, which sheds light on the real child whose world changed as a result of adult decisions. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is home to a statue commemorating Sadako's life. It was built by the donations solicited by her classmates. Each day children from all over the world send folded paper cranes to this statue in her memory and in the hope for world peace. It is rare for a teacher to have the opportunity to compare and contrast a fictionalized event with the non fictional and rarer, still, to then have the opportunity to construct a real life project, from classroom reading, for students which will make the voices of the children heard. I am a teacher and the children in my school, the Henry Viscardi School, forwarded their cranes to the statue. This moving experience is recorded on our school Web site (under Japanese Odyssey)and was inspired by Reverand Ishii's book. The book had been published first in Japan. Random House has now made it available in the United States and as word of its publication reaches schools and libraries, it is destined to become a "must have" for every American classroom.

A History of US: Book 9: War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 (History of Us)

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I loved it!

A History of US: Book 9: War, Peace, and All That Jazz 1918-1945 (History of Us)
Joy Hakim
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From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S. history. With the end of World War I, many Americans decided to live it up, going to movies, driving cars, and cheering baseball games a plenty. But alongside this post-WWI spree was high unemployment, hard times for farmers, ever-present racism, and, finally, the Depression, the worst economic disaster in U.S. history, flip-flopping the nation from prosperity to scarcity. Along came one of our country's greatest leaders, F.D.R., who promised a New Deal, gave Americans hope, and then saw them through the horrors and victories of World War II. These three decades--full of optimism and despair, progress and Depression, and, of course, War, Peace, and All That Jazz--forever changed the United States.

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Bravo!.......2005-05-24

Bravo, Joy Hakim! History was never really enjoyable for me-not boring, just not really captivating. This book, number 9 in A History of US, is my favorite so far. The others were really well done, and I enjoyed them, too.
She really writes it more like our countries big story. The famous men and women are introduced more as characters than as names. From the "Lets just have a good time" 20's after World War I, through racial bigotry, the Depression, the attack on Pearl Harbor to the end of World War II, she explains everything in detail. Hakim throws in funny and interesting facts, pictures (the second edition is in full color) paragraphs out of books, autobiographies and letters, making you feel that you understand almost everything you can. I think this, the 1918-1945 period in history has been the most interesting for me. So much was going on! It seems like she packed a lot into one book, but even her summarizing jobs are amazing.
I really admire her truthfulness, and the hope she always seems to have that things will get better in the future, and that we'll try not to repeat old mistakes. She acclaims people who helped change the nation for better, and doesn't justify or smooth over the bad. Even while she's telling about all the evil of Hitler's government, she is letting you know that America's government made some pretty bad mistakes too, like not accepting the 2,000 refugee children from Germany that Hitler was willing to send over.
One thing I like most about her books, and especially this one, is she never makes an excuse for the hate groups, rioters, and even famous people that she admires. She pulls out the faults, and explains carefully why they did the things they did . Hakim does it in a way that makes you understand, if not accept, their acts. There are still things I don't (and don't think I ever will) understand in history, but Hakim really helps me grasp them better. Kids will really enjoy these books a lot more than the huge history textbooks. Hakim put some really hard issues and photos in her books, but after all, they are history.
Five stars definitely!

Not Perfect, but Pretty Darned Good.......2005-05-17

American kids have a hard enough time caring about the post-Vietnam era. For an author to make the years from 1918 to 1945 come alive, and particularly the Great Depression, is a feat indeed. Hakiim has accomplished it with this book. The criticisms about its sympathies to Communism are well-taken, but a good middle or high school teacher can remedy that in short order, or simply assign selected chapters instead of having kids read all the way through from start to finish. I have had students tell me that they are reading this volume for enjoyment, which is also a remarkable feat.

Buyer Beware.......2004-07-20

I doubt there's any US History textbooks more excitingly written for kids age 9-12 than Joy Hakim's. (This series is the one used in one of the best private schools in Silicon Valley.) They're glossy and beautiful, and well-nigh irresistible. What an incredible shame. What's the problem? The problem is they contain a version of history so slanted as to amount to an utterly shameless propagandizing of children. I'm a liberal atheist, but, really, these books should be sealed into a time capsule, to entertain future historians.

I assume Hakim simply doesn't know any better, but even a Marxist with a PhD in American History would blush a little to discover that a child reading this series would never suspect that close to 100 million innocent men, women, and children died under the yoke of socialist regimes, nor that a third of the world was plunged into an unnecessary grinding poverty for decades. On the other hand, they will learn, as they should, that National Socialism murdered six million innocents, and that the Ku Klux Klan `grew hugely' in the 1920s. But they won't learn that any other serious totalitarian movements also grew hugely in the 1920s, or that five million innocents died under the rule of Lenin's first experiment in socialism in the 1920s.

On the contrary, all anti-Communism in the twentieth century is presented as nothing better than a witch-hunt. Indeed, anti-communism is literally referred to as a `witch-hunt,' several times. Come on. So, was the fight against Hitler's National Socialism a `witch-hunt'? Why such a palpable double standard for twin evils? Hakim teaches children that while National Socialism was indeed a real and present danger, and even worth waging an unprecedented World War to fight it, on the other hand, international socialism, or Communism, was, as she tells it, never any real danger to Americans.

For instance, there's a chapter on the HUAC hearings in which McCarthy is referred to as a 'liar' about a half a dozen times. The chapter literally begins with the opening sentence "Joe McCarthy was a liar." Sure, he's controversial, but the latest research by historians just doesn't back up Hakim's wild-eyed account of liberal anti-socialism in America as nothing better than a nefarious `witch-hunt' conducted by `liars' and oppressors. Totalitarian Communist Lillian Hellman is profiled as a hero, and the overall impression is given that none of these people really were Communists, but, instead, were all just as falsely accused as the supposed `witches' of Salem.

This conclusion is then used to prove the statement that Americans are a fundamentally paranoid people, who basically lose their marbles very once in a while. (See book "Not Without Honor." on McCarthy and PBS documentary on Salem to find out why even Salem wasn't actually paranoia after all, but a toxic crop of moldy rye.)

One of the Best History Books I've Read.......2003-03-14

"War, Peace, and All that Jazz" was one of the best history books I've ever read. It has a good approach of talking about things like the Stock Market Crash without seeming boring, and actually goes into more details than many other History books I've read. It also has really good pictures of everything from Babe Ruth to Charles Lindbergh to World War two. I really liked this book and want to keep it, even though I orignally bought it only for a college term paper.

I loved it!.......2001-05-08

I loved this book and all of Joy Hakim's books. She makes history interesting, not just interesting, but FASINATING! I would recomend this book to anyone.

The Shattered Peace (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 10)

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A Shattered Piece
Shattered Expectations
Book 10 of the Jedi Apprentice Series!
One person's anger could be the start of a terrible war.
Not too good , but O.K

The Shattered Peace (Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice, Book 10)
Jude Watson
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A Shattered Piece.......2005-09-07

I thought that this book moved slower than the others, but I still enjoyed the story. Book 9 was so great, I was hoping for something more, but I still got a great Jedi Tale from reading this book. I am going to continue with the rest of these books and on into the rest of the Star Wars world after a short break into something else.

But this series is a GREAT start to the Star Wars novels. I recommend them to people of ALL ages.

Shattered Expectations.......2003-10-12

The Shattered Peace is a dip in the road that is the Jedi Apprentice series. It is hardly as good as most of its predecessors, suffering from a mostly predictable story, and, in fact, a story that feels like one we've read a dozen (or at least nine) times before. And what there is of a plot is seriously flawed. Rutan and Senali have been exchanging crown princes for generations, we're told, yet the reigning rulers behave as if each has never left his planet! Perhaps a ten year old will not be troubled by this giant oversight, but this thirty three year old couldn't get past it.

It would be impossible to reach a constant level of excellence over ten books, so the relative mediocrity of The Shattered Peace should not dissuade one from continuing on with the series.

Book 10 of the Jedi Apprentice Series!.......2002-08-17

Obi-Wan Kenobi and his master Qui-Gon Jinn are sent to keep the peace between the planets Rutan and Senali. But they have more than enough on their hands when conflict arises between the two rulers. For many years, the firstborn children of the rulers of the planets are exchanged at a certain age. Instead of promoting peace this time, the planets are on the brink of war. Leed, the firstborn heir to the throne of Rutan, does not want to go back to his home planet and his father will stop at nothing to get him back. Will Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan be able to bring peace and keep the situation from turning to war and bloodshed?

For a children's series, each and every Jedi Apprentice book is jam-packed with excitement and suspense, at the same time giving you time to think. I love how the author makes it so even older people can read the books! "The Shattered Peace" has a flowing plot, not giving in to meaningless subplots or too much action. The ending is quite unexpected and more satisfying that I had at first thought it would be.

This series explains a lot about how Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan first meet. Their beginning is far from simple and all smooth-sailings, which would be pretty monotonous if it was. Though the books are said for ages 9-12, like many other reviewers I agree that the Jedi Apprentice Series are for anybody. Extremely well-written, the emotions, thoughts, and feelings of the main characters are very well put down into words. I also like the different array of humans and aliens which are portrayed, both good and bad.

Plust check out the new Jedi Quest series, dealing with the master and apprentice duo of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. Another Star Wars Series I recommend and like a lot are the Young Jedi Knights series. The stories are about Jacen and Jaina Solo (twins of Han and Leia Solo), and their friends as they journey on the road to becoming Jedi Knights. More on the teenager level of reading. For adult readings, a few selections I enjoy reading are "The Thrawn Trilogy", "Rogue Planet", "The Jedi Academy Trilogy", "The Corellian Trilogy", and "The Truce at Bakura".

One person's anger could be the start of a terrible war........2001-03-20

In The Shattered Peace, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon must travel to the planets Rutan and Senali in order to help them avoid war. For years the firstborn children of the royal families were exchanged in order to promote peace, they thought that the kings would not attack the other planet if their children were there. But Leed, the prince of Rutan, wishes to remain on Senali. His father, King Frane, insists that he is being brainwashed and sends Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Taroon, his second son, to Senali to find him. They arrive on Senali and Leed tells them that he is not being brainwashed and that he truly loves it there. After Leed agrees to face his father, he is kidnapped by a mysterious group of Senalians with clay smeared all over their bodies. Qui-Gon is forced to tell King Frane, who immediately threatens to declare war if Leed is not found and brought home. Now Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan must figure out who is behind this in order to prevent war between the two planets. This book wasn't the best but it was still really good. But the only thing Obi-Wan did was think about how much he was reminded of the incident on Melida/Daan.

Not too good , but O.K.......2001-03-11

This book wasn't as good as the others, but it just goes to show what different writers imaginations are like. I'm not going to tell you what happens in this book, but if your a jedi apprentice fan I guess your going to read it anyway and find out for yourself what happens.Anyway, if you are first readers of these series, I recommend that you start reading from book one.

Win the Whining War & Other Skirmishes: A Family Peace Plan

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Good but techniques need to be combined with the ideas from "Setting Limits"
Read this before you but your child on Meds!!!!
Inspires Cooperation
an excellent book on parenting
How to get Parental Peace -- and Kid Compliance

Win the Whining War & Other Skirmishes: A Family Peace Plan
Cynthia Whitham
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This easy-to-use guide helps parents increase cooperation and reduce conflict in households with children ages two through 12. Parents learn how to eliminate the tantrums, teasing, dawdling, interrupting, and complaining that drive them crazy.

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Good but techniques need to be combined with the ideas from "Setting Limits".......2007-03-08

This book has the idea that if you ALWAYS ignore bearable but unwanted behavior, it is discouraged and wil decrease. Intolerable behavior, that which must end is described as that which threatens the safetly of yourself and others (ex. playing with matches, etc.).

Although I am sure that ignoring leads to a decrease in unwanted behavior, it needs to be coupled with explaining to a child what NOT to do as well as what is expected of him or her. This book does not teach the child what not to do, but expects the child to decrease the behavior, not because they are told or explained why that behavior isn't tolerated but because she will be ignored.

The author believes that EVERYTHING the child does is an attempt to attract attention (which is not necessarily so) and that if you withdraw that attention, the child will stop doing it. This is a good technique to use in some situations. However, some intolerable behavior needs to be explained to children and have consequences as well. For example, I have to teach my kids what not to touch around the house and don't believe that ignoring them when they touch something that might break will end that behavior. They are doing it out of curiosity, not necessarily to call on my attention. It is important to identify when a behavior is a call for attention and when it is not, so you know when to follow this book and when to apply a different technique.

The book "Setting Limits" is great in helping to avoid repeating yourself as well as raising your voice in order to be "heard" and not "tuned out."

Read this before you but your child on Meds!!!!.......2004-08-10

My husband and I first became familar with this book when we attened a parenting class at UCLA which Cynthia Whitham taught. It was based on the principles of this book. Our son, four, at the time was diagosed with ADHD. After appling the things we learned from Cynthia in everyday life, our son was re-tested and found not to have ADHD. I believe it's commonly misdiagosed and this book really gives you the tools to handle a child that might just need firm limits and not medication. I belive this book is a must for EVERY parent. I have recommended it and passed it on to various friends for 3 years now. If kids came with an manual this would be it!!

Inspires Cooperation.......2003-07-28

"You may have chosen to be a parent, but you did not choose to give up your mental health in the process. I believe parents have a right to no-fuss mornings, tear-free bedtimes, low stress errand-running and time for themselves." ~Cynthia Whitham

Do you want to learn how to stop: whining, tantrums, dawdling, bad language, name calling, teasing, spitting, biting, talking back, interrupting, complaining, sulking and fighting, this is your guide.

Cynthia Whitham is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in parent training. She also gives workshops for parents, teachers and therapists. She uses the ideas in this book at home with her own children.

Cynthia makes an excellent point about children finding negative ways to get attention. She recommends complimenting the good behavior and seeing if that helps change the situation.

"The more positive attention you give, the better things get."

This is a very organized book. Not only can you organize the behaviors you love, dislike and want to stop, you can also pick them right off a nice list.

I also loved her ideas of "do say and don't say." There are things that will encourage a variety of behaviors you might not want to encourage even when you are being positive. This has to do with sibling rivalry and making a child successful at the expense of others. Being compared to your brothers and sisters just isn't fun.

You will also see the value of:

Making praise a habit.
Making Big Tasks Manageable
How to use "Ignore" to the best advantage.
Offering choices (oh, this is a good one and it works)
Making a better behaviour chart
Setting limits
Time-Out
Battle Plans

This book presents practical solutions to everyday problems. This is an excellent resource for parents, grandparents, teachers, babysitters and day care workers.

According to Cynthia, "spanking and screaming" are not options you have to engage in. You can really focus on the positive aspects and see amazing results.

Highly Recommended! 20 Stars!

an excellent book on parenting.......2003-06-16

This book is an excellent resource for parents and educators alike. Written in clear simple language the book offer practical solutions to everyday problems we face with young children. Principles of behavior modification are universal and apply to all ages, however, specific techniques vary. In Win the Whining War book Ms. Whitham offers both, theory and practice. For the last ten years I've been recommending this book to my patients' parents with consistent success.

How to get Parental Peace -- and Kid Compliance.......2003-03-05

If you really want to cut the whining, the tantrums, the interrupting, the talking back, the dawdling in your home -- you need to go to the experts. Or expert.

Cynthia Whitham's (a licensed clinical social worker specializing in parent training and associate director of the prominent UCLA Parent Training program) solid suggestions proved as easy to implement with my 3-year-old as were with my 11- and 10-year-olds. And unlike some experts, she offers detailed steps to her simple solutions, with consideration give to the age of the child.

If there's one book I actually enjoyed and found effective among the myriad of parenting tomes I've picked up along the way, it's this one: "Win the Whining War & Other Skirmishes: A Family Peace Plan".

If you want to dial down the yelling and ramp up the compliance level in your home -- this is your book.

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Disappointing

Great story and artwork

Great chemistry with characters from Season one to three in one book.

Solid, consistent story tainted by Dreawaves' arrogrance

An Epic.

Transformers Generation One Volume 2: War & Peace (Transformers Generation 1 Vol2)
Brad Mick , and Pat Lee
Manufacturer: Dreamwave
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0973381701

Book Description

Just in time for the all-new G1 ongoing series, comes the collected edition of 2003's wildly popular War and Peace mini-series. Featuring an all-new cover by Transformers artist extraordinaire Pat Lee, this impressive collection boasts a ton of extras, including a cover gallery, interviews with the creative team and much more!

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2007-06-18

Volume 2 of the Dreamwave series is a significant improvement from the trash that Chris Sarachini put out in Volume 1. However, compared to all of the comic runs based on the Transformers in the 80's and early 90's, this story is extremely lacking in substance. There are a lot of attempts at fan appeal , but the story just is not very compelling. If you are not already a fan of the Transformers, I would not recommend this book. If you are a rabid fanboy collector, you might want to pick this one up.

Great story and artwork.......2007-01-04

The Dreamwave's take on the G1 story line is very good indeed and the War & Peace story rocks!

Great chemistry with characters from Season one to three in one book........2005-02-03

I really enjoyed this book because it's the amalgamation of the Transformers season 2 and 3 combined. In fact, everytime I get out of bed, I always read that book every time because it's something I always wanted to see Autobots from season 1 meeting up with the Autobots of Seson 3. For example, Ironhide and Kup are actually best friends and battle buddies. How come we never get to see it on television?! My favorite part of the book was when Starscream shoots Megatron in the head sending him tumbling into space just like the variation of a scene from the movie. Volume 2 is all action and everything that Transformers fans wanted othan than the first volume. Brad Mick utilized every characters including those were not shown in the original comics line or on television. This book is good and I recommended to every Transformers fans.

Solid, consistent story tainted by Dreawaves' arrogrance.......2004-12-20

Dreamwave are an upstart company that claims to bring the Generation One Transformers to thier former glories, and to his crddit, "Brad Mick", a self confessed fanboy, achevies this.

"War anmd Peace" is a Furman-esque look at a Cybertron united by everyone's favourate comic villain, Shockwave, a minor Deceptacon lackey in the excellent Generation One cartoon, who once more has been given lines he was given in the Marvel comics about betraying both Autobot and Deceptacons to suit his one need for power, also making apperances (some for blatant fan-appealing reasons) are Alpha Trion, the Sharkitons, and Ultra Magnus' rarly seen in the comics (ever) cab robot body.

The story follows all the classic formats, Starscream's trecerhosu side, Megatron being ejected into space despite still functioning (a prize for anyone who can guess where that reference came from), Hot Rod and Kups' bickering, and of course, the ever dependable Matrix of Leadership, what fan appealing comic could do without it?

The only problem is that most Generation One fans would prefer it if this new continunity did'nt basically ignore the events of the conistently darker third season of the Generation One cartoon, it just tells you right there that Mick and Dreamwave clearly hated the fact that Optimus Prime was killed off in the film and are trying to create an alternative timeline for fans who felt the same to follow...a bold move, and one that turns them into utter hypocrites.

A solid story that panders to fans of Generation One, but seems like it's trying to tell you "follow our continunity, follow our continunity, follow our continunity"

An Epic........2004-08-26

No two ways about it - this is the best Transformers story of all time. If you have any appreciation for the G1 characters at all, you will love this and beg for more. The first book, Vol. 1, was a fun little story which re-introduced us to our favorite characters and helped us remember why we fell in love with the Transformers when we were younger. The colors and artwork were great, and the preview at the end set the story up nicely for this sequel. The thing is, however good that book was, this one is twice as good. I'm not kidding.

Remember how, in the old cartoon, characters would just suddenly appear in the show? Remember how older characters would just disappear? This story explains all that. It's a finely crafted tale of Cybertronian politics, which - although a little confusing at times - somehow manages to keep a fast pace while becoming more and more interesting. Almost all the Transformers you've ever noticed are included, and each manages to take an important role within the overall story. Pre and post-movie characters all interact together like a fantastic dream. All five of the Dinobots are back, as are the Protectobot and Stunticon teams. We see the introduction of Hot Rod and friends, and even learn why the Ultra Magnus toy had a white "Optimus Prime"-type figure inside it! Others, such as Ratbat and Smokescreen, are given the introduction that they should have had back in the old cartoon, while characters like Ramjet and Blitzwing are given extra time to develop their characters a little more. Even the Go-Bots are included, although perhaps not in a way that fans of that series would appreciate... hehe. ;)

The bottom line is that this story fills in almost all the gaps and fixes plot-holes from the old G1 cartoon. It's very exciting, and you'll be able to watch that old cartoon with a new appreciation for the characters that suddenly appeared. All alliances and events are fully explained in the back of the book, and it even ties in to "The War Within" series by Simon Furman (a prequel series of sorts). The script is very good, with accurate character personalities, and the artwork is somehow even better than it was in Vol. 1 (which itself was amazing)!

I was skeptical about this series of books because of a few negative reviews, but now I'm hooked. I wouldn't even be surprised if this particular story is used for the upcoming live-action movie (being released in 2006). Both this and Vol. 1 are well worth the money, so don't hesitate like I did. Get them now! :)

Bring the Boys Home (Bonnets and Bugles Series #10)

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Best One In The Series!
An end to the war.
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Bring the Boys Home (Bonnets and Bugles Series #10)
Gilbert Morris
Manufacturer: Moody Publishers
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The sound of gunfire has ended and wedding bells are ringing. No more fighting. No more wounded soldiers. Now it's on to the 'happily ever after.' Sarah Carter has agreed to marry Tom Majors, but just as the preparations are beginning, someone gets in the way. Dewitt Falor has other plans for Sarah. He wants her to be his bride, and he's willing to fight for her. Tom can withstand the jeers of Dewitt and his friends, but what happens when fighting words turn to flying fists? How can Tom display the qualities of Christ in such a trying situation? Join the action as Tom, Jeff, and Royal discover that a soldier sometimes needs the courage of the battlefield for everyday living even though the war has ended.

Customer Reviews:

loved the book poor info.......2005-07-08

i love these books but i wanted to order them and the page is confusing....i own two of the books and i've read them a few times....i want to get the reast but they're expenisive. i think it would be cool, morris, if you continued the series like when leah and jeff get you know...married...i hope you keep writing!

Best One In The Series!.......2003-04-22

I love this book! The war is finally over and the Majors and Carters can finally be together again. However, Tom still feels uncomfortable about losing his leg and then gets in a big fight with Dewitt Faylor over Sarah Carter. You're also starting to see Jeff and Leah fall in love. Great book and a must read!

An end to the war........2000-08-07

After going through the Civil War with Leah and Jeff and as they grow up, the war comes to an end. Jeff and his family move back to Kentucky to find that some people didn't sympathize the South too much. They have to work themselves into being respected citizens, and many will never accept them. However, they come to live with the radical changes their lives have made. Jeff starts to realize that Leah is now a woman, and Leah realizes just how much she really cares for Leah, while Tom and Sarah make wedding plans. If another one of the townspeople doesn't screw it up for them. Go with the Majors and Carters one more time as they realize what it really means to be a family.

Love these books!.......2000-06-08

I love these books because you never know whats going tohappen. Especially, Bring the Boys Home. You are always wondering ifLeah and Jeff really have feelings for each other or if they are going to end up getting married to someone else.I also think that the way that the author depicts the heartbreak of friends and family being split apart, and the hardships and horrors of soldiering during the Civil War, make for great reading. These are definitely must read books!

an excellent conclusion 2 an outstanding series.......1999-04-14

I sarted reading this series in agaust, 97 and finished it march 98. It's alot of books[10], but they r worth the time they take to read. Espescially since it is fun 2 read.It takes the myth of chivalrous gallantry and glory out of battle, but still is not depressing. 1 of my favorit parts was when the 2 soldiers from the north and south united to kick Dewitt Falor's butt.But you should read the other books 1st. Don't worry. 'Cause they're all just as good. keep your books coming, Morris.

40S and 50s from War to Peace: From War to Peace (20th Century Music)

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