Kabul 24 by Henry Arnold and Ben Pearson
Kabul 24 is a visit to Afghanistan before many people in America knew who the Taliban was and what it stood for. A great story of personal conviction and internal determination, Kabul 24, tells the story of eight SNI aid workers capture and imprisonment in a Taliban region. I love books like this that take you away from your current situation and place you in the middle of a war far away from your cozy couch. No matter what is asked from the captives, they maintain an overwhelming sense of hope and faith that sees them through this event. A chilling and haunting tale, Kabul 24 is a great read for anyone interested in stories about human triumph or stories about faith in challenging situations.
Danielle
Thomas Nelson book Review Blogger
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Find Your Strongest Life Book Review
Find your strongest life by Marcus Buckingham, gives examples of women from different backgrounds and why the choices made affec their lives in either a negative or positive way. An easy to understand and quick read, Find your strongest life, makes many good suggestions on how to be true to yourself.
Overall, this book was a compellation of ideas on how to make better choices for yourself and family. It would have been helpful to have the website available for access and see what type of person I am but I agree with his theory for happiness. Women work away from home and have to balance family life, add in the ability to nurture and grow a healthy marriage and there are bound to be times when you can feel overwhelmed. Find your strongest life, does not focus on what makes you happy he leaves that up to you to decide but it explains how the choice you make effect your overall happiness. For example, you take a job with a better paycheck to make a more comfortable life for yourself and family but when you add in the extra stress on yourself and hours away from home, it makes for an unhappy family. In this situation, the money may be helpful but what are you willing to sacrifice for financial excess, as opposed to family bonding. Find your strongest life is a great addition to the other business/family life books on the shelf but it was not much different from the other books available on the subject. However, I would recommend this book to women who need guidance, due to the fact it is quick and easy to understand, making it wonderful for busy women.
Overall, this book was a compellation of ideas on how to make better choices for yourself and family. It would have been helpful to have the website available for access and see what type of person I am but I agree with his theory for happiness. Women work away from home and have to balance family life, add in the ability to nurture and grow a healthy marriage and there are bound to be times when you can feel overwhelmed. Find your strongest life, does not focus on what makes you happy he leaves that up to you to decide but it explains how the choice you make effect your overall happiness. For example, you take a job with a better paycheck to make a more comfortable life for yourself and family but when you add in the extra stress on yourself and hours away from home, it makes for an unhappy family. In this situation, the money may be helpful but what are you willing to sacrifice for financial excess, as opposed to family bonding. Find your strongest life is a great addition to the other business/family life books on the shelf but it was not much different from the other books available on the subject. However, I would recommend this book to women who need guidance, due to the fact it is quick and easy to understand, making it wonderful for busy women.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Sarah's Key
Book Information
Sarah’s Key
By: Tatiana De Rosnay
The phrase, “If these walls could talk” becomes a cornerstone for Sarah’s Key, in this instance the walls not only talk they scream! A tragic story, so intense it is locked away for generations.
The story beings with Sarah’s family being confronted by the Nazi having to be transferred to a holding facility within France to await deportation to a concentration camp. In an attempt to hide her brother, she places him in a secret hiding place, thinking she will be able to come back and get him later. Time passes and when she does return to the cupboard, she finds it is too late to save him. The parallel with Julia Jarmond begins when her family begins renovating the same apartment occupied by Sarah before the Nazi invasion and the same location where her brother died. Sarah’s whereabouts become lost mid-way through the book and the focus turns to Julia, who unlocks Sarah’s past and changes her own life.
Subtly addicting, Sarah’s Key, requires the reader to remember the victims of the holocaust and paints a vivid picture of the struggle to survivor after that chapter of life has closed. The question remains, what story do your walls possess and would you want to know even if they wanted to tell you?
Sarah’s Key
By: Tatiana De Rosnay
The phrase, “If these walls could talk” becomes a cornerstone for Sarah’s Key, in this instance the walls not only talk they scream! A tragic story, so intense it is locked away for generations.
The story beings with Sarah’s family being confronted by the Nazi having to be transferred to a holding facility within France to await deportation to a concentration camp. In an attempt to hide her brother, she places him in a secret hiding place, thinking she will be able to come back and get him later. Time passes and when she does return to the cupboard, she finds it is too late to save him. The parallel with Julia Jarmond begins when her family begins renovating the same apartment occupied by Sarah before the Nazi invasion and the same location where her brother died. Sarah’s whereabouts become lost mid-way through the book and the focus turns to Julia, who unlocks Sarah’s past and changes her own life.
Subtly addicting, Sarah’s Key, requires the reader to remember the victims of the holocaust and paints a vivid picture of the struggle to survivor after that chapter of life has closed. The question remains, what story do your walls possess and would you want to know even if they wanted to tell you?
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Rick & Bubba's Awesome Guide to Marriage
Marriage books will serve no one any good if both people don’t read them so throw out your other boring marriage books and take a tour of Rick & Bubba’s guide to the Almost Perfect marriage and learn something about relationships!
Rick & Bubba’s guide to the almost perfect marriage is the best pre-marriage book on my shelf! Being a newlywed, I have a great collection of pre-marriage counseling books on what to expect in marriage, what gods place should be in your marriage and all the other advice that everyone wants you to know. However, those books are boring and my Husband dreaded sitting down to go through those books, but with the Rick & Bubba’s guide I was laughing so hard that he actually sat down and wanted to read it. The guide is a true-life account of what happens in marriage from the crazy arguments over driving to wanting gifts on every major holiday not mater what I say! It is a book for people who think they are have great freedom because they are not married or for someone who has a hard time learning how to be in a relationship. It is the best book I have read this year and I not only recommend it to everyone but plan on giving it out to my friends, both married and single!
Danielle Johnson
Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger
Rick & Bubba’s guide to the almost perfect marriage is the best pre-marriage book on my shelf! Being a newlywed, I have a great collection of pre-marriage counseling books on what to expect in marriage, what gods place should be in your marriage and all the other advice that everyone wants you to know. However, those books are boring and my Husband dreaded sitting down to go through those books, but with the Rick & Bubba’s guide I was laughing so hard that he actually sat down and wanted to read it. The guide is a true-life account of what happens in marriage from the crazy arguments over driving to wanting gifts on every major holiday not mater what I say! It is a book for people who think they are have great freedom because they are not married or for someone who has a hard time learning how to be in a relationship. It is the best book I have read this year and I not only recommend it to everyone but plan on giving it out to my friends, both married and single!
Danielle Johnson
Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Between Wyomings:My God and an Ipod on the open road
Between Wyomings: My God and an Ipod on the open road, is a necessary read for anyone struggling with their professional life and Christian life. The tale unfolds as Ken, his wife Connie and their loyal transport Moses the Van, traverse across his memories and the Country. During the journey Ken tells his personal accounts of life in the music biz with major players in the industry including, Waylon Jennings, Ringo Starr and many more. His life was full of all the extravagances Hollywood supplied but he was still looking for fulfillment that only comes with being one with Christ. Ken’s star-studded career becomes a nightmare when he found himself out or work, home and money. Between Wyomings, expresses that God has a place for you and it may not be an easy ride but when you listen to Him the rewards are unimaginable!
Ken’s statement that “most of life is spent either climbing or falling off a mountain, while standing on top--if ever achieved--is very fleeting,” is a great interpretation of this book. The first half was hard reading, his writing is described as “a Christian on acid” and I had to encourage myself to keep going, by the middle I found his voice and was rewarded with a wonderful and encouraging story! Between Wyomings, brought me back to my spiritual goals and by reading this book; it encourages me to take a step back into Christ. I encourage anyone who is struggling with climbing the career ladder, while maintaining his or her Christina integrity to read this story.
Danielle Johnson
Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger
http://danielle-whereicomefrom.blogspot.com
Ken’s statement that “most of life is spent either climbing or falling off a mountain, while standing on top--if ever achieved--is very fleeting,” is a great interpretation of this book. The first half was hard reading, his writing is described as “a Christian on acid” and I had to encourage myself to keep going, by the middle I found his voice and was rewarded with a wonderful and encouraging story! Between Wyomings, brought me back to my spiritual goals and by reading this book; it encourages me to take a step back into Christ. I encourage anyone who is struggling with climbing the career ladder, while maintaining his or her Christina integrity to read this story.
Danielle Johnson
Thomas Nelson Book Review Blogger
http://danielle-whereicomefrom.blogspot.com
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Business hours subject to change during Hay Season
The days have flown by and July is almost here. After a big push to get in first cutting hay, we were able to tally up 1300 small square bales and 86 big round bales. Now we have 2 or 3 (hopefully) more cuttings and hay season will be over. I know that in my part of the country I am lucky to have a break in the weather, where I am able to get the time to put up the hay. It just makes me sooo tired, to have suck crazy busy days. My typical day includes going to my job, cooking dinner, garden, checking cows, and housework. Add in 8+ hours of tedding, hauling, or baling hay and it makes for some loooong days.
Between all the work I did find time to get interview with Beef Magazine, concerning my views as a cattlewomen. Beef Magazine is a vital periodical in the cattle industry and feel honored to be able to contribute to it.
Right now, I am in the middle of 1st cutting and 2nd cutting, which means it is book time. I just received my copy of Between Wyomings: My God and an ipod on the open road, and cant wait to crack it open. I plan to have my review done my Sunday and have very high expectations for this book. Time is short and I have a book to read.
Between all the work I did find time to get interview with Beef Magazine, concerning my views as a cattlewomen. Beef Magazine is a vital periodical in the cattle industry and feel honored to be able to contribute to it.
Right now, I am in the middle of 1st cutting and 2nd cutting, which means it is book time. I just received my copy of Between Wyomings: My God and an ipod on the open road, and cant wait to crack it open. I plan to have my review done my Sunday and have very high expectations for this book. Time is short and I have a book to read.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Modern Cattle production
Due to the recent rise in media coverage on Beef production in America I feel it is important to make a few statements.
1. Beef production in America is comprised of many small farms producing cattle, the average herd size in America is 40 head per herd. Yes, there are some larger “factory farms” to use the common term but most cattle are raised on the farm and then sent to feedlots.
2. Feedlots, are locations were cattle spend the last 4- 6 months being fed to prepare them for entry into the food system. These feedlots are highly regulated with environmental engineers, nutritionist and daily monitoring by staff for their health concerns.
3. Antibiotics, are used in accordance to FDA regulations. No cattle with any antibiotic residue are allowed to enter the food chain.
I am not trying to convert the vegetarian, that is your own choice and I am glad to get the opportunity to choose the food I want to eat. With the current assault on agriculture, I feel it is important for everyone to understand the great lengths cattle producers go to produce a high quality nutritious product. At this time I have no one following my blog and I have not been posting on a regular basis but If you are interested in learning the truth about beef production let me know and I will being posting on a more regular basis.
1. Beef production in America is comprised of many small farms producing cattle, the average herd size in America is 40 head per herd. Yes, there are some larger “factory farms” to use the common term but most cattle are raised on the farm and then sent to feedlots.
2. Feedlots, are locations were cattle spend the last 4- 6 months being fed to prepare them for entry into the food system. These feedlots are highly regulated with environmental engineers, nutritionist and daily monitoring by staff for their health concerns.
3. Antibiotics, are used in accordance to FDA regulations. No cattle with any antibiotic residue are allowed to enter the food chain.
I am not trying to convert the vegetarian, that is your own choice and I am glad to get the opportunity to choose the food I want to eat. With the current assault on agriculture, I feel it is important for everyone to understand the great lengths cattle producers go to produce a high quality nutritious product. At this time I have no one following my blog and I have not been posting on a regular basis but If you are interested in learning the truth about beef production let me know and I will being posting on a more regular basis.
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