What You Need to Know About Kids by Josiah Lowder with Kristine K. Lowder - Ever want to know what a real man is, how to build a snow fort, charge up San Juan Hill, travel in space, deal with pesky brothers, why we have money, or what Jesus is like? Josiah Lowder, age six, reveals answers to these questions and more in his first book, "What You Need to Know About Kids." Replete with the sage wisdom of a six year-old on all the big and little questions of life, "What You Need to Know About Kids" includes Josiah's observations on how to fly a space shuttle, deal with sibling rivalry, survive a tangle with blackberry bushes and "three dusty days of rubber bands." Additional chapters include What You Need to Know About: Babies, Ladies, Marines, and "little kids trying to destroy the weekend." "What You Need to Know About Kids" is more than a children's book--it's a life adventure seen through the eyes of a loquacious first grader. Told in Josiah's own words as dictated to Mom, this book will bring a mist to your eye and a smile to your heart . Copyright: 2005 by Kristine K. Lowder. All rights reserved. 81 pages - $8.99
What You Need to Know About Kids, Book II by Josiah Lowder with Kristine K. Lowder
He’s baaaack. Josiah Lowder, age seven, is on a roll. "What You Need to Know About Kids, Book II" is the companion volume to his first book of the same title. Volume II includes "everything you need to know" about: Church, Christmas, Widows, Dads, George Washington, the Olympic Games, Mailmen, Cheetahs, Hannibal, “If I Was a Millionaire,” the Little Big Horn, Moms, Brothers, the Titanic, and Dreams. Josiah’s latest tome also features “parachuting snakes,” the wonders of time machines, and expeditions to a cemetery. Josiah even tells you “everything you need to know” about Birthdays, Bigfoot, Blackbeard, how Pennsylvania was “invented,” bathing off “sad germs,” his own private armies, and Mom’s personal favorite, the Tales of George and Gracie Iguana. Told in Josiah’s own words as dictated to Mom, "What You Need to Know About Kids, Book II" contains more of the hilarious, heart warming insights and epiphanies of a locquacious First Grader who's truly in a class by himself. Copyright 2006 by the author. All rights reserved. 90 pages - $8.99
Akeldama by Kristine K. Lowder - What is his name? Who is he? From tetrarchs and governors to centurions and outcasts, ancient Palestine buzzes with these questions, as do three seemingly unrelated women. Step into the pages of this historical novel and meet beautiful Yo-hannah, whose tortured past has imprisoned her body and heart. Walk in the stooped steps of Veronica, whose mysterious malady has made her ceremonially unclean. Thirst for living water with a half-breed whose checkered past is about to catch up with her. Thrown together from dead-ends, each woman seeks answers to her own desperation. Will Yo-hannah find the peace she craves? Can an unclean woman receive a touch of mercy? Where can a despised half-breed go to be made whole? And what about old Hadessa, whose enigmatic past is as mysterious as the young man who crosses each woman’s path? From different races, villages, pasts, and presents, each woman’s life and future hinges on the man’s answer to one question: Who are you? Copyright 2006 by the author. All rights reserved. 258 pages - $13.99.
BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC by Alden Carter
Washington and the Continental Army won a decisive victory at Yorktown. Yet what would independence mean? Could so many people living in such a vast land really govern themselves? Many doubted, but the writing of the Constitution provided a resounding affirmation of “the Glorious Cause.” $7.95
COLONIES IN REVOLT by Alden Carter
Excerpt: “Many in the crowd on the Boston street were boys not yet in their teens. They shouted, cursed, and pitched rocks and snowballs against the house of the man accused of informing for the hated British customs service. Windows shattered, rocks splintered walls and furniture. Then a musket barrel flamed from a window, and the crowd fell back in panic as the sound of a gunshot echoed down the street. $7.95
AT THE FORGE OF LIBERTY by Alden Carter
The Continental Army suffered defeats, brutal marches, and cruel winters. Baron von Steuben told Washington that no European army could have survived. Yet, survive it did to triumph in one of the remarkable campaigns in history. $7.95
DARKEST HOURS by Alden Carter
For two terrible years, the American Revolution seemed doomed. Only the determination of Washington and the endurance of his soldiers kept the Cause alive. On Christmas 1776, they would gamble everything and win undying glory. $7.95
LAST STAND AT THE ALAMO by Alden Carter
The story of the Alamo has been told and retold in books and films so many times that the truth is often difficult to distinguish beneath the layers of dramatic license. Alden Carter’s Last Stand at the Alamo strips away the myth to recount the events as they really happened. At last a good explanation for young people of how and why 183 Texans and many times their number of Mexican soldiers died fighting over a tumbledown mission in a dusty corner of Texas. $6.95
THE CIVIL WAR: AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Alden Carter - Examines the war that cost more than 500,000 lives, from the Battle of First Bull Run to the final surrender of the Confederate Army in 1865. $6.95
THE SHOSHONI by Alden Carter - Come into the lives of these hardy desert people, whose exquisite adaptation to a rugged environment provides a lesson for us all. $6.95
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG by Alden Carter - For three days in early July 1863, the hills around the small Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg thundered with the sound of battle. The titanic Battle of Gettysburg would change the course of the Civil War and American history. Alden Carter's stirring account of the greatest battle ever fought on American soil--long been a standard in children's literature--is now available as an e-book on CD or download. $6.95
BATTLE OF THE IRONCLADS by Alden Carter - In the spring of 1862, two strange vessels battled on the waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia. On the shores spectators watched as the C.S.S. Virginia (known popularly as the Merrimack) slugged it out with the U.S.S. Monitor in the first battle of ironclad warships. Both ships would survive the fight, neither would be afloat a year later. Yet, the thunderous clash on this sunny March morning would change world history. $6.95
STRETCHING OURSELVES - KIDS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY by Alden Carter: "A photo essay that allows the reader to become a visitor in the lives of three children with cerebral palsy. The highly reader-friendly text successfully integrates information about the condition, its various forms and treatments, with the everyday activities, joys, sorrows, and dreams of Emily, Nic, and Tanner... The photographic illustrations are full of believable, unstaged action.... As an instrument to promote understanding and acceptance... it succeeds admirably."--Highlands Regional Library Cooperative - $7.95
ELLA'S LITTLE COOK BOOK by Ella I. Curry - a lifetime collection of traditional and family recipes for every occasion - delicious desserts, tasty breads, sumptuous main courses and hearty soups. This is a treasure not to be missed. $9.95 127 pages
SYNOPSIS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT by Ella I. Curry - a broad overview of modern business practices, theories, planning, communication and much, much more. 170 pages - $12.95
THE MEXICAN WAR: MANIFEST DESTINY by Alden Carter - Grade 4-8-- Carter clearly describes the various campaigns of The Mexican War . All of the books have decent maps that help readers to keep the places and events straight. Illustrations, mainly full-color reproductions of paintings, are plentiful, with one or two per double-page spread. Report writers will find plenty of well-organized, attractively presented information. Theodore Roosevelt's personality comes through well in The Spanish-American War. Carter's books help to fill gaps in many history collections. --Steven Engelfried, Alameda County Library, CA - $6.99
DOXOLOGY IN THE DARK By Kristine K. Lowder - Is anyone at home in the universe? asks the author in this probing work which visits the ancient conflict between Good and Evil, tragedy and triumph, unanswered prayer, sin, and the impending death of a friend from a terminal disease. If Someone is home, the book continues, who is he? And if he’s really in charge, then what in the Sam Hill is going on here? In this brief but pithy personal narrative, author Kristine K. Lowder explores these and other cosmological questions by taking readers to a summer spray pool, camp, an archery lesson, the Washington state coast, ancient Aztec civilization, and brief forays into Robert Frost, Shakespeare, Pilgrim’s Progress, the legend of William Tell, and Mother Goose. The bulk of this book was written in less than a week, but potential answers—from a lay person’s perspective and often nuanced in song—may reverberate much longer. 142 pages - $7.49
DREAM DELAYED by Kristine K. Lowder - A collection of 25 first-person, mostly non-fiction stories about how family and faith are shaped and sharpened by unplanned odysseys piloted by a faithful God. Told in the first person from the perspective of a sometimes harried and often humbled wife and mother, themes include loss and love, grief and grace, flexibility, forgiveness, and kids. Stories will appeal to family-oriented readers who enjoy thoughtful tales as well as lighthearted material told with a twinkle. njoy thoughtful tales as well as lighthearted material told with a twinkle. 447 pages 12.99
PERHAPS & UNLESS by Kristine K. Lowder - "I grew up in a household groaning with books" begins the author in this literary look at the Gospel of Luke. In this brief, pithy overview of the third Synoptic Gospel, we board Doctor Luke's literary locomotive and hurtle down the track toward Pentecost and beyond. Along the way, the reader sees blue in a white world, paints in Sunday-schooled watercolors, hides in a closet, stumbles over a threshold, tugs at the wrong sleeve, and eventually discovers the place where fidgety five-year-olds find rest and welcome. 160 pages - $6.49
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF FORGIVENESS by Eric Schneider - How to Have Peace with Your Spouse, Ex, Co-Workers, Family, Friends & Enemies... AND YOURSELF - An entire book of practical, nondenominational, right-on teaching and coaching based on the author's 20 years of teaching people in every walk of life How To Forgive no matter what was done or said. Mark Victor Hansen, co-editor of the N.Y. Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul® wrote this about Eric's first book, How to Forgive Anyone, which is incorporated into THE COMPLETE BOOK OF FORGIVENESS: "Eric’s book teaches you how to forgive yourself and anyone else, using a powerful and little-known technique that will absolutely get you to the core of your essence." 80 pages - $9.99
THE BUSINESS OF SHOW BUSINESS by Cynthia Brian - a Comprehensive Career Guide for Actors and Models. With over 25 years experience in all phases of the entertainment industry including acting, modeling, producing, writing, directing, coaching, and casting; Cynthia brings her unique qualifications, enthusiasm, and straight forward knowledge of the industry to those who are truly interested in pursuing a life in front of the camera or microphone. She is a recognized expert assisting talent , especially young people, enter the acting and modeling profession the right way while avoiding the scams. 304 pages - $27.99
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