She died today in a week when Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama and Chelsea Clinton was on the campaign trail for her mother. First Families have changed since Margaret Truman's time, but she was a kind and caring woman whose books about the place, including murder mysteries, will be a lasting part of White House.
But Sam made a lot of progress and by 3:30 a sizable amount of surface debris had been removed.
1. Eat, Pray, Love
By Gilbert, Elizabeth
The author's yearlong search for spiritual meaning.
2. Three Cups of Tea
By Mortenson, Greg/ Relin, David Oliver
An American's effort to open 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan. A Book Sense Notable title.
3. The Omnivore's Dilemma
By Pollan, Michael
A hard-boiled look at the food chain.
4. Into the Wild
By Krakauer, Jon
This heartbreaking story of the demise of a "lost" young man is now a movie.
5. The Audacity of Hope
By Obama, Barack
Hope as a precursor to presidential ambitions. Now available in paperback in time for a surge in the polls.
1. Water for Elephants
By Gruen, Sara
An indie fave about a traveling circus comes to paperback. The 2007 Book Sense Book of the Year Fiction Winner.
2. Atonement
By McEwan, Ian
A thoughtful, powerful, and moving 20th-century story and winner of multiple awards, now reissued with a movie-image cover.
3. The Kite Runner
By Hosseini, Khaled
A Book Sense Pick, now in paperback. A stunning, enlightening novel of friendship and Afghan culture and politics.
4. Suite Francaise
By Nemirovsky, Irene
Paris under the Germans, by an author interned at Auschwitz. A bestseller in hardcover too.
5. The Gathering
By Enright, Anne
Enright's newest novel about a large Irish family gathering for a wake for one of their own.
The life story of a courageous Englishman who conceived the plan to arm Orang Asli tribesmen to fight communism in the Anglo-Malayan Emergency, converted to Islam and then with renewed zeal and singular focus in a bloody sequel, the shadowy Second Emergency, led his troopers into the country's jungle interior killing the insurgents one-by-one. In sum, this book makes the effort necessary to secure for posterity Ruslan's many accomplishments. Through it others may, now that Malaysia is after years of struggle strong and well on the way to being an advanced, fully developed country, know him as the man behind the domino that didn't fall. By comparison when one considers the buckets of blood that drenched Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, there but by the merciful all-knowing will of Allah, through Ruslan, goes Malaysia.
...has traveled throughout Asia and sailed the Pacific Rim teaching political science in the U.S. Navy Pace Program. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he spent his boyhood in Beirut, Lebanon, where he attended the American Community School. He studied public law at the University of Dijon, France, and holds B.A. (French Language), M.A. (Public Administration) and Ph.D. (Political Science) degrees from major universities in the United States. His publications include Death Waits in the Dark: The Senoi Praaq, Malaysia's Killer Elite (Greenwood Press, 2001); Orang Asli Now: the Orang Asli in the Malaysian Political World (University Press of America, 1999); and Power and Politics: The Story of Malaysia's Orang Asli (University Press of America, 1997).
1. | The Secret |
| 2. | The Four Agreements |
| 3. | The Power of Now |
| 4. | 90 Minutes in Heaven |
| 5. | Sage-Ing While Age-Ing |
| 6. | 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl |
| 7. | A New Earth |
| 8. | Firstlight: The Early Inspirational Writings |
| 9. | The Secret Gratitude Book |
| 10. | Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life |
| 11. | Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires |
| 12. | What on Earth Have I Done?: Stories, Observations, and Affirmations |
| 13. | The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham |
| 14. | Awakenings: Asian Wisdom for Every Day |
| 15. | The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of Your Life |
| 16. | The Hidden Messages in Water |
| 17. | Way of the Peaceful Warrior (20th Anniversary Ed.) |
| 18. | Spook |
| 19. | Many Lives, Many Masters |
| 20. | Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui |
| 21. | The Astonishing Power of Emotions: Let Your Feelings Be Your Guide |
| 22. | The Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Destiny |
| 23. | Be Here Now |
| 24. | Psychic Children: Revealing the Intuitive Gifts and Hidden Abilities of Boys and Girls |
| 25. | Insight: Case Files From the Psychic World |
Snow Ponies is South Padre Island's Children's Book of the Month for January 2008.Magical ponies create the first snowfall of winter.This sounds like a wonderful story for youngsters that may not have ever experienced a winter wonderland complete with snow and the crisp cold that turns the cheeks a ruddy red and turns ones breath into a visible cloud.
On a cold, gray day, Old Man Winter leads his snow ponies outside. "Are you ready?" he asks. Yes! Faster and faster the ponies gallop. Everything they touch turns white with snow as they bring winter to the forest and field. At last the ponies tire, and Old Man Winter settles them down for the night in their cozy barn. Outside, the world is covered with a soft white blanket. Winter has come at last. Simple, poetic text and evocative illustrations capture the magic of winter's first snowfall. (from google books)
On a dreary, gray day, Old Man Winter ...... goes out to his barn and releases his snow ponies to gallop across the cold, hard ground, bringing winter to everything they touch. As the magical ponies race each other across the fields, they nip and buck with playful energy. The other forest creatures leap out of their way. The fox snuggles into his warm den; a little squirrel huddles in the crook of a tree; the songbirds hide in the foliage of the holly bush. With each silent step, the snow ponies stir the whirling snowflakes and with each breath, the flakes dance through the air. As they tire, they slowly begin to walk toward the barn where Old Man Winter greets them and tucks them back into their stalls. He exits the barn and smiles at the white wonderland that his magic has created. Paintings full of quick brushstrokes of color layered on a softly muted landscape make this a beautiful as well as a magical read.Kirkus Reviews Copyright (c) VNU Business Media, Inc.
A charming but slight tale about ... ... how snow spreads itself across the land. A herd of shaggy-maned, silvery-white, dappled ponies is released from the barn by a white-bearded, smiling Old Man Winter. As the animals frolic through the forests, fields, and roads, the ground turns white beneath their feet and snow swirls around them. The more wildly they play, the stormier it becomes. The other creatures-a fox, songbird, deer, and gray squirrel-shiver and search for shelter as they pass. Finally tiring, the ponies return to the barn where the old man watches them as they nod off to sleep and then stops outside to view the new winter landscape. The double-page, acrylic illustrations are awash in blue, gray, brown, and silver tones that create a haunting, magical atmosphere that allows the fanciful world to come alive. Bold paint strokes capture the sense of the swirling snow, and the ponies themselves will capture the hearts of horse lovers as they leap and rear and swish their tails along the way. The brief text is rich with descriptive phrases of their antics. This book could be used as a starting point for sparking students' imaginations about snow, and the illustrations will definitely attract young equine fans.
WHEREAS, The Mayor's Children's Book of the Month Club is an endeavor of the South Padre Island Public Library Reading Room to partner with leaders in its community to stimulate an interest and lifelong love of reading in children: and
WHEREAS, As Mayor, I will assist the library by publicly supporting this initiative and call on all residents to be aware of the Club's significance to the Laguna Madre area and show support and raise the level of awareness about the importance of literacy; and
WHEREAS, I am enthusiastic about the club, as well as an advocate of the library, and will recommend a different book monthly for our children to read.
