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No Eye Can See (Kinship and Courage Series #2)
Jane Kirkpatrick
WaterBrook Press, 2001
No Eye Can See
It has been years since I have found a book this enjoyable to read.
I am so glad this book is one in a series. There is a lot wisdom in the characters dialog. I am a new fan of Jane Kirkpatrick's. -
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The Spiral of Memory and Belonging: A Celtic Path of Soul and Kinship
Frank MacEowen
New World Library, 2004
A wonderful spiritual journey!
I would like to recommend this wonderful book on Celtic Shamanism. The Spiral of Memory and Belonging is a journey of the soul, and our connection with the earth and spirit realms that our ancestors were attuned to.
There are exercises in here to help you get in ...
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Shifting the Center: Understanding Contemporary Families
Susan J Ferguson
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2005
Good book, can be hard for undergrads...
I have used this book in my 200 level Sociology of Families courses. The students enjoy most of the readings but there are a few that are overly technical and/or assume the student has a background in the topic. Despite these issues, overall I feel it is one of the ...
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Kinship with All Life : Simple, Challenging, Real-Life Experiences Showing How Animals Communicate with Each ...
J. Allen Boone
HarperOne, 1976
A Simple Unavoidable Secret
I can't count how many copies I've bought of this book because I keep giving it to people. Years ago, it got me to study my cat tracking a cockroach without letting the bug know he was watching. That started my process of becoming more carefully observant of everything ...
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What Once We Loved (Kinship and Courage Series #3)
Jane Kirkpatrick
WaterBrook Press, 2001
Outstanding
This 3rd book of the trilogy drew me into the story and the lives of these strong women from page 1. How they overcame the tradegies they faced and prevailed was heart warming. In a present-day time of easy fixes, the obstacles these women overcame shaped their ...
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All Together in One Place (Kinship and Courage Series #1)
Jane Kirkpatrick
WaterBrook Press, 2000
You are part of the story....
Jane Kirkland brings you into the lives of these women. Once you start this book, it will be impossible to think of anything but how these women survived. She brings rich detail to the Oregon Trail....and shows it was not all smooth sailing. Their trials in this ...
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Mine! A Practical Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs
Jean Donaldson
Kinship Communications, 2002
Mine!: A practical guide to resource guarding in dogs
I am so glad I finally found this book! It's a bit smaller than I would like but worth getting.
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Fight!
Jean Donaldson
Kinship Communications, 2004
One of the best dog to dog aggression books ever written
Jean explains in easy to understand language what to do and how to handle a dog that responses aggressively to other dogs. If you are a professional trainer this book is a must. Dog owners struggling with a dog that barks or lunges at other dogs: this book will help ...
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African Cherokees in Indian Territory: From Chattel to Citizens (John Hope Franklin Series in African ...
Celia E. Naylor
The University of North Carolina Press, 2008
Forcibly removed from their homes in the late 1830s, Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians brought their African-descended slaves with them along the Trail of Tears and resettled in Indian Territory, present-day Oklahoma. Celia E. Naylor vividly charts the experiences of enslaved and free African Cherokees from the Trail of Tears to ...
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Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship
John Polkinghorne
Yale University Press, 2008
brief history of quantum physics and theology
In this slim well written volume Polkinghorne gives us a succinct comparison of the rational processes of inquiry required in both quantum physics and Chistian theology. As he says in his preface if you're looking for a book on quantum physics he has written a ...
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Fruit of the Motherland
Maria Lepowsky
Columbia University Press, 1993
Challenging the portrayal of sexual inequality as a universal condition, Lepowsky presents a vivid account of Vanatinai, a matrilineal society in New Guinea. Contradticting scholars who consider sexual inequality a universal condition, Fruit of the Motherland reveals an exceptional society in which women have equivalent access to power and ...
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Man Killed by Pheasant: And Other Kinships
John Price
Da Capo Press, 2008
Man Killed by Pheasant--a Great Read!!
Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships, by John T. Price, is an extraordinarily engaging memoir. Unless an author himself or herself is world famous, a writer's personality and authenticity of voice are the most important drivers in a memoir. While he might not be ...
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Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture
David Arthur Desilva
InterVarsity Press, 2000
Wonderful
This book is helpful to the aspiring biblical scholar and to the Christian layman. It situates the Bible firmly in its 1st Century mediterranean culture, first by exploring the contemporary texts, then examining the scriptures. At the end of the chapters dealing with ...
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Transnational Adoption: A Cultural Economy of Race, Gender, and Kinship (Nation of Newcomers)
Sara Dorow
NYU Press, 2006
Fascinating analysis of adoption from China
I have read this book from cover to cover (unlike the author of the review above), and I must say I am deeply impressed with the even-handed, nuanced analysis of this vitally important yet extremely touchy issue. I am an adoptee and a researcher and writer in the area ...
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Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands
James F. Brooks
The University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Brooks examines the creation of a widespread system of intercultural slavery between Native Americans and Spanish colonial peoples in the American Southwest between 1500 and 1880.
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