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For the Love of Old: Living with Chipped, Frayed, Tarnished, Faded, Tattered, Worn and Weathered Things that Bring Comfort, Character and Joy to the Places We Call Home
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This stunning volume focuses on the qualities of the old things in our homes (the patina of an old table, pewter dulled by age, old floorboards that creak) and how to live with and incorporate them into our personal aesthetic. Divided into chapters by the qualities of oldâpeeling, dried, tarnished, faded, chipped, frayed, rusty, and mossyâthis unique book not only pays tribute to furniture, textiles, china, silver and other accessories with these qualities but also shows us how best to preserve, adapt, and arrange them. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful photographs that highlight the warm colors and rich textures of wood and paint, cloth and leather, For the Love of Old also includes ideas and recipes for saving old items from the junk pile, preserving and caring for the old things you have, giving newer things a lived-in feel, and bringing an enduring personality to every home.
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Beautiful book.......2007-09-03
This book is beautiful. It is a coffe table copy. One you want to use for display. I was drawn with interest to someone who sees beauty in such old things. The book is very unique. I'm glad I have a copy.
Great Book!.......2007-02-07
I loved Mary Randolph Carter's book American Family Style so much and this book seemed to me like a part two of that original book. Although this book wasn't filled with pictures of her family it was filled with the same warmth and comfort as the original. Even though it may not be filled with exactly the things I might put in my own home it is something I enjoy reading. You can tell the author truly LOVES these lost, rusty, beautiful things. I truly can appreciate that.
Love It or Hate It - I Loved It.......2007-02-01
Many, indeed virtually all, of the books we see on interior decorating show rooms set with furnishings that are either brand new or antiques that are pristine and beautiful. They are a very, very long way from those long ago college days when glasses came from empty jelly jars and none of the plates or silverware matched.
Ms. Carter's book is a celebration of the old, the frayed, etc. The individual table settings don't have to be all alike. They just need to be interesting, attractive, have a story to tell. I particularly liked her comments regarding silver, probably because I've gotten a lot of it from my mother and grandmother.
Ms. Carter has an artistic eye that sees art where other people see junk. She matches her eye with her photographic skills that enable her to show exactly what she means. It's a book to be celebrated by those of us who like garage sales, thrift shops and making that special find.
FOR THE LOVE OF OLD: LIVING WITH CHIPPED, FRAYED, TARNISHED, FADED, TATTERED, WORN , AND WEATHERED THINGS THAT BRING COMFORT..........2007-01-10
AN AWESOME, INSPIRING, AND COMFORTING BOOK FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE OLD AND ECLECTIC LIFESTYLE. SIMPLY WRITTEN AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOS FIT FOR FRAMING. A GREAT RAINY DAY READ AND SUITABLE FOR THE COFFEE TABLE.
Not her best..........2007-01-09
I love her other books, I was so looking forward to reading this one over a long afternoon. I fell hook, line and sinker for her romance with flea markets and flea market treasures. This one looks like she took the leavings off the cutting room floor from her other books, packaged it nicely and called it good. Except it is not, good that is. Sorry but this stuff just looks like junk that I would not give a second glance to at a yard sale or flea market. And the price is so high!! Mutton done up as lamb.
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What do you do with a lifetime of well-loved possessions when Mom moves to the retirement home, or there's a death in the family, or you are ready to move to a smaller home? Is that old chest a valuable antique or a thrift shop item? This book is your key to finding out the worth of your jewelry, coins, stamp collections, china, silver, glass, toys, baseball cards and other family heirlooms.
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Helpful book on organizing and selling possessions.......2007-02-20
Being an eBay Trading Assistant, I have been called upon to help people deal with evaluating and selling their possessions, whether it is to provide the client with much-needed extra income or just to sift through and reduce an inherited house full of items. This book condenses some of what I do (plus much more) into an easy to understand primer. It offers such advice as when to get an appraisal, how to clean ceramics and most important, where to sell or donate your items. Further, the author defines terms the average person may have heard of but never fully understood such as "provenance" and describes "grading" and the difference between pottery and porcelain. Perhaps the most useful information in this book is where to find information on your items, such as price guides and of course, the Internet. Many websites are provided. The book is written in a chatty conversational style and individual chapters are devoted to Furniture, Jewelry, Books, Coins, etc. I enjoyed the "Antiques Roadhouse" type of stories of discoveries of unknown valuables such as a Patek Philippe watch discovered in a bulk gold purchase. Although this book will help a layman identify different types of furniture, jewelry or glassware, it is meant as a starting reference point to show you where to get more in depth information. I think this book would be especially helpful to eBay sellers who dabble in a lot of different areas.
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Impress your neighbors with style and freedom rather than with larger-scle impersonally built square footage. Small is beautiful in housing. Smaller scale homes can be more livable, cozy, magical, homey, enjoyable, low maintenance and easy to clean. They can be more affordable and socially responsible than the current trend of "MacMansionization" that is chewing up our farm land. Some tiny homes can be built on existing lots without requiring new land purchase.
You can live in an attractive, appealing, upscale house AND have a home that is quality built, architecturally beautiful, highly marketable and profitable. Uses for tiny homes include:
• A home for anyone who wants less space to take care of in exchange for more time, freedom and money.
• As a personal "get away" or "away space", home office, professional work space, writer's or artist's studio, or rental for passive income.
• For an elderly parent, student or return-to-the-nest kid to have an independent place of their own, yet be close by.
Tiny Homes is leading a grass-roots movement toward smaller homes. It shows that small is beautiful in housing.
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Tiny Homes - what the book is really about and why it's important.......2007-06-18
As co-author of A Tiny Home, I appreciate the comments from two of the reviewers that were looking for tiny house design plans and building instructions.
But building and designing a smaller home is not the intent of A Tiny Home to Call Your Own.
The intent behind Tiny Home is to raise awareness of how our housing choices affect our lives and our planet. The intent is that this book help to be a paradigm shifter toward housing that is better suited to life-styles, friendlier to ecology and encourages preservation of food producing land from becoming the ultimate crop: houses.
We get calls daily from excited folks telling us that a tiny home is just what they are looking for; the answer to their home quest. It is clear to me there is a grass roots desire for smaller homes. The interest is mushrooming. We have been in major national magazines and newspapers with articles about tiny homes and living smaller. We even got a call from Oprah.
I've been a guest on radio talk shows across the country talking about tiny homes. The discussions are always lively and provocative with "off the charts" calls and feedback from listeners.
The trend is clear: so many folks want an independent place of their own that is dignified, well-built, reflects their personalities, and is SMALL. We created the terms for this situation; "ill-fitting homes" and the antonym "just right homes".
I felt some of the reviews were a little quick to shoot from the hip about what this book is NOT about. In response, below are a few comments about A Tiny Home to Call Your Own that I'd like to submit for the record.
With love and hope,
Patricia Foreman, author
"I almost cried when I read the Tiny Home book. Boy oh boy, are you on to something! I'm a single mother, with one daughter. Who can afford the half million dollar houses going up everywhere? Our bigger and better society is frightening, and I'm so very happy you see through that illusion. I truly wondered if anyone else out there was thinking along the path I am. Small, and simple. I have put your site in my favorites. Good for you! Thanks again, you've made my day." -- Kim Labbe, New Hampshire
"I encourage you to take a look at The Tiny Home Book. I think it speaks to what our hearts long for...a place we can afford to live with love and laughter. All my life I have lived in small houses. My wife and I raised five beautiful children in a 1,200 sq. ft. house. And we owned that house. We were not strapped with a 30 year mortgage. We didn't have to work night and day to keep a roof over our heads. We had time for children and for ourselves. "A Tiny Home" is for anyone who wants more time and less house. "A Tiny Home to Call Your Own" is a must read."
-- Larry Haun, author, The Very Efficient Carpenter
"More and more of us, myself included, are struggling to define the connections between who we are, and what our "things" say we are. Bigger is not necessarily better. More is not necessarily richer. We live in a society that has lost touch with the deep satisfied knowing of "enough". The Tiny Homes book opens your thinking toward a down-to-earth, simple, quality, and yet elegant way of living we all long for."
-- April Getz, Coach and Speaker, Calgary, Canada
A Tiny Home to Call Your Own may well be the beginning of a HUGE cultural change towards TINY... making a much-needed shift in our bigger-is-better thinking. It's actually a book about living our lives in consonance with Mama Nature, without leaving a lot of destructive footprints along the way. This might mark the beginning of a great and much-needed difference in the world. God bless you for your efforts.
-- Nancy (Scooter) McMoneagle, author, Faber, Virginia
"Tiny Homes are one of the best answers I have seen to help with the continuing problems of urban densification without compromising quality of life. They add value and lessen the human impact to the environment. A smaller footprint reaps big rewards with Tiny Homes." -- Jill Marilley, City Engineer, Washington State
This is the perfect book for a society living under the pall of half-million-dollar homes. Compact houses are cozy, affordable, energy-frugal, and easy to keep--a perfect choice for owner-builders and those who favor creativity over pretense.
-- Richard Freudenberger, Publisher, BackHome Magazine
My imagination soared after seeing the quality and craftsmanship in the tiny homes during a photo shoot for Virginia Living magazine. These dwellings blend the wonder and imagination I loved as a kid with the environmental responsibility I embrace as an adult. Architecturally beautiful, aesthetically appealing, upscale small houses made with quality material... Structures that beg to become a private guest room, home office, workshop or hobby house, "Pout" house or men's cave, granny flat, weekend getaway or vacation cottage. --Tyler Darden, Virginia Living Magazine
A Tiny Home to Call Your Own is a valuable and delightful resource for learning how these appealing structures can meet many needs. The authors have created inviting homes with style and respect for the Earth's ecology. -- Paulette Dininny, Journalist, Washington, D.C.
Tiny Home Book Huge Waste of Time.......2007-04-16
I rarely feel as cheated as I do from purchasing this book. 90% of the book is devoted to convincing the reader to build and live in a tiny home - extoling the virtues of a smaller home. I purchased the book. I don't need convincing. 5% of the book is the writers bragging about and marketing their business. The remainder of the book is common sense advice that is repeated many times. I am going to follow the writer's advice and down size this book (into the trash can).
The pictures are black & white and very poor quality - quite fuzzy.
It would have been nice for the author to have provided color pictures, floor plans, construction methods specific to small houses, and most importantly - advice on how to layout a small house. The author has the experience to provide this information but left it out of the book.
The bottom line: Save your money. If you live and breathe, you have more common sense than that provided in this book.
More rah-rah than practical.......2006-01-11
I got this book thinking it would help me design a small dwelling, but was disappointed. It doesn't contain house plans to compare or copy or detailed descriptions of handling essential systems (heating, plumbing, etc.). Instead it's more about psyching the reader up-- encouraging the reader that it is possible to live in a smaller home, how it could be good for them and the world, how there are issues they might need to deal with (e.g. getting rid of stuff).
That's fine I suppose, but the product seems a bit odd, since anyone who picks this book up to read it probably already believes its arguments on some level. And even those arguments are more anecdotal than systematic. This isn't research as much as it is a recounting of the authors' experiences with a certain kind of semi-suburban, semi-rural client, which again is fine, but it lacks scope and perspective.
I imagine that many readers are like myself, and are looking for more practical info about design and systems. For those things I would look to books like Lester Walker's A LITTLE HOUSE OF MY OWN: 47 GRAND DESIGNS FOR 47 TINY HOUSES and (for interiors) Cristina Paredes' SMALL SPACES: GOOD IDEAS. Both those books cover spaces of less than 500 square feet (unlike many books that are supposedly about "small" spaces and start at 1000 sq ft or larger). The Walker book has some great examples of small dwellings in American history. The Paredes book is a more urban, interior-designy book, but it mostly sticks to a level of artistry that is conceivable for many readers.
Practical info.......2005-08-20
This book contains practical info about choosing a smaller house. You won't be able to build a house from this book, but it will help you figure out what you want and how to get it. The houses described are small, but not so extreme as to be unlivable. These houses occupy the "just right" niche that makes them affordable and environmentally sound, but still be livable.
BTW- I live alone in a 700sf house. I could be comfortable in half that space if my house were better designed.
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An architecture and design critic's search for an ideal American home—that's both beautiful and affordable
Most would be hard pressed to find an American not interested in real estate. From birth, we're conditioned to consider owning our own homes as the fulfillment of the American Dream. But consumers today are more likely than not to find themselves either priced out of the market or forced to settle for cookie-cutter conformity. Where housing is concerned, cheap and well crafted rarely exist together. Or do they?
Founding Editor in Chief of Dwell magazine and noted critic Karrie Jacobs believes that they do. The Perfect $100,000 House chronicles her coast-to-coast search for just that: a well-built, intelligently designed, reasonably priced, decent-size house with at least a little curb appeal. Throughout her journey, Jacobs meets architects and builders who are revolutionizing the way Americans think about homes, about construction techniques, and about community. From a Teletubbiesesque subdivision outside Taos, New Mexico, to nuevo-retro shotgun houses in Houston, the options available to prospective home buyers are as diverse as the terrain along Jacobs's fourteen-thousand-mile trek. And no matter where her search ends, she'll at long last be home.
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Annoying travelling companion fails to share pictures.......2007-05-09
It sounds like a great concept: An architecture writer with $100,000 in the house sets out to see what she can buy for that money somewhere in America. And the first chapter, where she goes to "architecture camp" in Vermont sets us up for something promising.
But the promise isn't fulfilled because for a book like this which is as much travelogue as reporting requires that we have a guide that we enjoy spending the trip with, and Jacobs is that most obnoxious sort of New Yorker: No place is good enough because it just isn't New York. The other cities in America, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, are just places to get through on the way to another rural area which will be dismissed because it's just some remote area where there aren't enough hip people (or too many hip people) for it to be comfortably similar to living in Manhattan.
Worse still, in a book about architecture, there is one essential ingredient which is painfully absent. PICTURES. I'm sorry Ms Jacobs, but your prose is not sufficient to convey the feel of the homes you describe without abundant illustration to accompany them. Instead we're treated to one(!) illustration per chapter, which often isn't even the most interesting-sounding building from the chapter.
the imperfect $100K house trip.......2007-02-04
I wavered as to how many stars to give this book. I enjoyed the story of the author's attempt to find or create her dream home. But I think many people are going to buy this book in the hopes finding practical advice for their own search and in that respect it falls down.
I wanted to know more about the homes themselves and as good a job as the author does describing them, I wanted pictures and, even more for a book so much about architecture, plans and elevations.
I wonder whether the $100K price tag has become too low a target 3 years later. Perhaps the most telling thing is that by the end of the book the author has not found a house that works for her.
An answer for that perhaps would have been instead to focus more on the story of the homeowners who lived in the homes she passed on and why those homes were the perfect ones for them.
Have I written 300 pages yet?.......2007-01-12
The book is rather like a long magazine article. You get the idea and the attitude early on, and nothing changes. She's pithy and terse but the situations become redundant, even for a design nut like myself. I didn't miss photographs, allowing Gary Panter's breezy illustrations to stoke my imagination.
Reading the jacket tells you where she lives now, so the ending is no surprise. But it probably wouldn't have been anyway. I have the strong suspicion Ms. Jacobs is really looking for the right woman to settle down with.
For a more involving and satisfying tale, try Kate Whouley's "Cottage for Sale, Must be Moved." I'd call it a minor modern classic.
Disappointing, I was hoping for a great deal more...........2006-12-04
I suppose I was expecting a journey along the lines of Tracey Kidder's House, something personal and organic.
I found this book frustrating for two basic reasons:
1. The lack of photographs, especially of the specific houses discussed was frustrating. Akin to discussing the merits of a painting, without a picture of it! I don't know if this oversight was the fault of a cheap publisher's budget, or the author's choice, but the book suffers as a result.
2. The author's voice: seemed bitter or jaded or tired of her journey about two-third's before the road trip was done. Needless to say, it seems that she never found a house that she could actually commit to.
As a result of the above, the reader leaves the book neither caring about the author's quest or any closer to discovering where to find the perfect $100,000 house.
Perhaps the only thing I got from this book was a fleeting desire to subscribe to Dwell magazine.
Not at all as advertised!.......2006-11-10
The book was well written however, the content was underwhelming. Sort of a record of the ramblings in the mind of an immature female that thought she knew what she wanted yet could not quite ever commit to the resolution.
My exact feeling upon my completion of the book was "What a waste of my time!"
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Medical technology meets rural values of simplicity, home health remedies, and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country-boy-turned-country-doctor returns to his roots. House Calls and Hitching Posts is a sometimes humorous and often intimate account of Dr. Elton Lehman's 36 years practicing medicine among the Amish of Ohio, for which he was named Country Doctor of the Year. This is the story of a beloved doctor working among a respected people and the insights they exchanged, told by someone who knows both firsthand. Hoover's anecdotal style takes readers on house calls and into the private moments between doctors and patients. Joe brings his dismembered fingers to the office in a coffee can filled with kerosene. Katie delivers a boy for the doctor's first home-birth. And three-year-old Davy rallies to overcome a life-threatening illness at birth, only to be crushed under a tractor wheel. Hoover captures in sometimes local vernacular the joys and dilemmas of a family practitioner among a rural and predominantly-Amish community. Includes many photographs from Dr. Lehman's distinguished career.
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Doctoring the Amish.......2007-09-16
If you are interested in Amish culture, this is a great book to read to get a snapshot of what types of challenges, ethical and medical, on a typical Amish farm. The writing style is easy to follow and very descriptive. The Amish people have such a strong faith and are very family oriented which is a refreshing change to read. If you are a nurse or a physician, you would really appreciate the ingenuity that is needed when dealing with blunt force trauma from a farming accident or just the challenge of getting to someone's rural home in 6 feet of snow.
Dr. to the amish.......2007-04-11
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House Calls and Hitching Posts.......2007-03-16
If you enjoy reading and learning about the Amish, you will enjoy this book.
Excellent Read.......2007-02-25
I had heard about this book from an Amish friend and how much she had enjoyed it. Thoroughly enjoyable to read. The story is an example of model healthcare and should be copied and learned from.
5th grade writing level.......2006-12-30
I can't believe this book has 4 1/2 stars! The writing was so terrible and the stories so very generalized and brief that I actually returned the book!
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They Call Me Big House
Clarence E. Gaines , and
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Coach Clarence "Big House" Gaines spent 47 years as coach and athletic director at Winston-Salem State University. As such, he became the fifth-winningest coach in NCAA basketball history (behind Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Bobby Knight, and Jim Phelan of Mount St. Mary's College) and the winningest African-American coach. In this book, Gaines concentrates on what was happening socially in the country during his tenure, as well as offering behind-the-scenes details about his many victories.
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A fun read.......2004-09-05
Big House was a great coach - the fifth best in history of college basketball but more importantly he was a guy with a sense of values and a good sense of humor. He knows basketball as well as anyone in the country and has some candid comments about how to improve the game. But his real commitment was to the students he coached. He experienced the bitter bite of segregation - working for an HBCU called Winston Salem State - but his memoir is better than a rant - it is a reflection of his insight and integrity.
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House Calls: How We Can All Heal the World One Visit At a Time
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Dr. Adams brings back the personal touch we deserve and need.......2006-12-17
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (12/06)
Medicine became depersonalized when it became a business that no longer made house calls. The shift from a service oriented, patient first, one on one house call to the patient going to the doctor, took out a precious part of the healing process. In its place is an institutional concept where the patient comes second to business. "I think that the loss of the house call has been the biggest blow to the art of medicine in this century. Not only has the patient lost this precious attention, but the physician has not found a replacement for the lost intimacy."
"Extensive studies have found that, over long periods of time, nourishing elements--such as love, humor, wonder, curiosity, passion, forgiveness, giving, sharing, hope, enthusiasm, and joy--stimulate the immune system. They help our bodies fight infection, stimulate natural killer cells that fight cancer, and affect the general way we care about and for ourselves and others." Anger, resentment, guilt, loneliness, fear and boredom have the opposite affect. It is not the negative emotions that cause the problems. It is when we hold on to those emotions for long periods of time. "We must express each emotion as it comes up, but should not nurture or prolong the emotions that may hurt us."
Dr. Adams describes this book as a "visitor's kit." He's right that's just what this is. He realizes that the "kit" can and should be used for more than hospital visits; he suggests prisons, nursing homes or "any place people may be suffering and wishing they were elsewhere."
Among the things Dr. Adams discusses are faith, love, humor, curiosity and hope. The information presented in this book has meant much to me. I spend much time visiting in nursing homes. When I first began to make these visits I found it very difficult, I didn't know what to say or how to act. Soon I began to see not a patient but a person. I came to realize that they were people that needed a friendly touch, someone to address them by name and someone to smile at them. My visits are no longer something I dread. The residents and I truly enjoy visiting together.
"House Calls" is a wonderful book and Dr. Adams is a talented writer as well as doctor. It is written in an easy to understand manner and does not talk down to laymen, in fact it is pleasant reading. The cartoons by Jerry Van Amerongen left me laughing and add much to the text. The print is a good size and easy to read. It is with great pleasure that I highly recommend this book to everyone, physicians, nurses, and all humans. Dr. Adams' book should be required reading to all those in the health care industry. I'm glad I read this book I will be much more prepared by having my "visitor's kit."
Holistic Humor for Health and Healing .......2006-12-06
In this wacky book, Patch Adams joins forces with Jerry Van Amerongen to give the reader a practical guide in introducing laughter into the healing process. The book is divided into three sections. The first section is filled with thoughts on being well. Dr. Adams provides instruction on being healthy and then provides some action steps to assimilate faith, humor, curiosity, relaxation, passion, exercise, nutrition, friendship, service, and other positive values into your daily life. These guidelines are cleverly illustrated by Jerry Van Amerongen with one panel cartoons that bring home the message of the suggestion and motivate the reader to take action. Amerongen is the creator of the Ballard Street syndicated cartoon strip.
Section two follows the same format but offers suggestions on what the reader can do to make a visit in the hospital, to shut-ins, or someone in the community, beneficial and enjoyable for both parties. These steps are thoughtful, often neglected and easy to carry out. Again the impact of the action steps are enhanced and impacted through the humor of Jerry's cartoon illustrations.
Suggestions are also offered on how to be a good hospital patient, from gaining understanding by asking questions regarding your treatment, careful listening to instructions, and reflection on your life and what you have done and want to accomplish in the future. Van Amerongen's humor helps the readers accept the situation and are then motivated to make the most of their circumstances.
The third section deals with special concerns when visiting, children, teenagers, the elderly, mentally ill, disabled, and dying patients. These helpful suggestions make the impact of your visit pleasurable for the patient, the caregivers, and yourself. The cartoons help the reader visualize the words of the text.
Adams has also provided a very comprehensive bibliography entitled "A Booklover's Search for Understanding and Ideas."
Combining Patch Adams' philosophy of laughter in healing with Jerry Van Amerongen's humor was a stroke of brilliance. The combination has made this book an enjoyable read, and produced in this reader, many smiles, some chuckles, and hearty laughs. It also gave me a new sensitivity to the importance of "healing the world one visit at a time."
Changing the World by changing yourself.......2004-07-23
This book is a practical guide on bringing the Gesundheit! vision into your own community. An easy enjoyable read, it offers suggestions on how to begin a life of joyful service by visiting folks in your own community. It offers an immensely practical love strategy. You can change your world!
Dr. Adams is inspiring.......2004-02-13
People perceive barriers of all types. It is not uncommon to hear, "I don't have the time", "I don't have the money", and "I don't know how". Take the most basic context of Dr. Adams which is to help another person. Help can be listening, holding a hand, or laughing with someone. It doesn't mean one has to spend a great deal of time or money. Turn off the television and help your neighbor weed her flower bed. Take an hour away from having your artificial nails manicured and volunteer somewhere. I enjoy reading his inspired words and can only hope his visions become reality during my lifetime.
Doesn't work well to change my feelings........2000-03-19
From my experience, these kind of healing books don't work well to change my feelings and attitudes. They do have temporary effects, but do not last long. This book also was not the execption. There are many "Things To Do" which I should do right now to change my life. But I don't and can't do these "Things". Always when I read such kind of books, I am firm about trying to do these "Things". But I don't take a whim for reading these kind of books again and thus lose an opportunity to do good "Things" entirely. I think volunteering for building GESUNDHEIT INSTITUTE in WEST VIRGINIA and meeting PATCH ADAMS is much more effective than reading this book.
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- Well-woven, Intricate Tale, Sure Bet for Mystery Lovers
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Darden North
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No one would ever make the connection between the deaths: a young, attractive female nurse left brutally stabbed and floating in her bathtub and a prominent, older physician who drowns after tumbling from his deer stand. However, in this first novel, Mississippi physician Darden North masterfully weaves a fabric of secret self-indulgences, reverse discrimination, diverse sexual interests, and murder then drapes it across a fictional southern community. Lurking on the periphery, indirectly touching nearly every colorful character in this medical thriller, is a demonic killer whose victims share the wounds of a twisted psyche. To parallel the bumbling police investigation of the nurse's slaughter is the spreading poison of corporate financial greed that defiles the very core of decency. The unique qualities of this murder mystery lie in its gripping realism wrapped in intense personal tragedy, all crafted by a busy obstetrician-gynecologist who delivers babies. House Call appeals to men and women readers of all ages and occupations who crave fast-paced fiction ending with a surprising twist. Readers have labeled House Call a "can't-put-it-down, page-turner." Its references to medical care situations and characters blend perfectly with the novel's depiction of emotional human drama.
Customer Reviews:
Well-woven, Intricate Tale, Sure Bet for Mystery Lovers.......2007-02-16
FOREWORD REVIEWS
In Dr. Darden North's debut novel House Call, readers will be quickly drawn in by North's suspenseful writing as he skillfully unfolds several
mysterious deaths within the small Southern community of Montclair,
Mississippi. Using his background as an obstetrician and gynecologist, North sufficiently sets the stage for the action at a prosperous OB/GYN clinic, its affiliated hospital, an exclusive hunting camp, and the surrounding communities.
Shortly after introducing Grace Community Hospital Nurse Taylor Richards, readers will witness her tragic death in her own home at the hands of a stranger. Richards' death is soon followed by that of Dr. Cullen Gwinn, the very likable principal and founder of a Montclair medical clinic. Initially believed to be an accidental death, a mysterious shooting at hospital administrator Jay Rutledge reveals that Dr. Gwinn's death was intentional, but who would kill the dedicated doctor and why?
In addition to the unexpected murders, several of the story's primary
characters become embroiled in staffing controversies and shortages. Faced with rising costs, both the clinic and hospital must increase their
workloads and profitability without adding staff. Stuck in the midst of the clinic's quest for profits is Dr. Knox Chamblee who has been unsuccessful in building a patient base of his own, despite his stellar qualifications and agreeable bedside manner. Without Dr. Gwinn's support, partner Dr. Aslyn Hawes is quick to fire Chamblee despite the clinic's need for more manpower. Can the clinic sustain itself without him?
Sprinkled throughout the story, North offers limited profiles of both major and minor characters, doing so in such a way that won't leave readers confused or overwhelmed. North shares just enough information for readers to get a sense of the characters and how they contribute to the story without offering extraneous details. For readers who crave a little more one-on-one interaction, North deftly sprinkles in a little romance without overtaking the main storyline.
Despite the gruesome cover photo, the book leaves little to be desired.
While the astute reader will find the occasional grammatical error or
misused word, this first novel by Dr. North is not only well written, but
also well edited. The story flows smoothly, the suspense is sufficient
without being overwhelming, and the characters are both interesting and
likable. North does an excellent job of bringing his characters to life in a well-woven, intricate tale. For mystery lovers, the debut novel House Call is a sure bet.
--Dana Blozis Foreword Reviews
--Five Stars
Good read for murder and intrique fans-G. Haugland- Allbooks.......2007-01-31
Genre: Medical Mystery
Title: House Call
AUTHOR: Darden North, MD
If there was a connection between a beautiful, single nurse found stabbed to death in her bathtub, and a prominent physician, found face down in a stream under a deer stand, then nobody saw it coming.
In House Call, North weaves an intricate tale of death and business politics around the medical community in a smallish town in Mississippi. The principal characters are the doctors at the OB/GYN clinic in town, the somewhat shady clinic administrator and the not-quite local Chief of Police called in to investigate the gruesome murder of the nurse. As the hunt for the killer stalls, a number of subplots are woven into the story fabric. There's the young doctor, forced out of the practice because he's male, the society wife of one of the practice partners who's become addicted to a weight-loss medicine in a questionable study, and the steamy affair by the beautiful and somewhat ruthless practice founder.
North introduces a varied character set, each with his or her own distinctions and foibles. Much as Grisham does with the law, the author intersperses the story with a thorough explanation of the OB/GYN medical industry. His rich description of the Mississippi landscape and snappy dialog add harmony to the ultimate climax of the novel.
Darden North, MD is an obstetrician and gynecologist practicing in partnership at the Jackson Healthcare for Women in Jackson, Mississippi. In addition to practicing medicine, North has entered the realm of writing and publishing fiction, having recently completed his first mystery thriller novel while pursuing interest in hunting, gardening and following the Ole Miss Rebels. He lives in Jackson with his wife Sally, son William, daughter Anderson and a multitude of pets.
For the mystery thriller reader, House Call delivers a fast paced as well as informative tale. A good read for murder and intrigue fans. Reviewer: Gregg Haugland, Allbooks Review.
B-O-R-I-N-G.......2007-01-10
I think I have read every medical mystery ever written. This book contained a storyline that could have been good - notice I said "could". With the sentence structure thoughout the book, I have to wonder how it ever got past the publishing editor. Instead of focusing on the murders and subsequent investigations, the book rambled on and on with meaningless subject matter, then threw everything together quickly at the end. Good try, but no Robin Cook or Michael Palmer. Hopefully the next one will be a LOT better.
Well written and enjoyable.......2006-05-07
Reviewed by Ellen Hogan for Reader Views (5/06)
Doctor Cullen Gwinn and Nurse Taylor Richards are dead. Were their deaths connected? What did they have in common? Doctor Gwinn's death is ruled an accident, but Taylor Richards death is a homicide.
Cullen Gwinn founded the Montclair Center for Women's Medical and Surgical Services and was also on staff at Grace Community Hospital. At one time, Taylor was employed at the Center, but due to cut backs, she went to work at the Hospital in the maternity ward. That is the extent of their acquaintanceship.
After a particularly long day at work, Taylor goes home and decides to relax by having a bath. The next day she is found by her mother in the bloody bathtub. A week or so later Cullen accepts the invitation of the hospital administrator to go to his hunting lodge. While at the lodge, Cullen climbs up to the deer stand and falls to his death.
Abraham (Abe) Perry is a dangerous man. He thinks everyone is out to get him or his cousin Jimmy. Jimmy tells him how they were invited to the hunting lodge by the hospital administrator, and that he came on to him. Abe sets a trap, but instead of killing the administrator he kills Cullen. At the end the reader finds out that he also killed Taylor.
There is a lot going on in this book, but the author gets across what he sets out to. Both Dr. Gwinn and Nurse Richards are killed by the same man for different reasons. The reader learns a lot about hospital politics in this medical thriller. Dr. North made the book easy to read by not using long medical terms, but language a lay person could understand.
"House Call" is very well written and an enjoyable book. It is for anyone who likes medical thrillers.
GREAT BOOK.......2006-02-09
I was really impressed with this first time author. I had a hard time putting this book down. I love mysterys and can usually figure them out before the end of the book, but not this one, it kept me in suspense until the end. I would highly recommed this to anyone who loves mysterys.
Amazon.com
Chronicles of the post-presidential years of America's chief executives aren't generally scintillating reads. With a few exceptions--Jimmy Carter and Herbert Hoover come to mind--the period after presidents vacate the White House tends to be abbreviated, idle, and a little sad. Patricia O'Toole's absorbing account of Theodore Roosevelt's final decade carries some of this pathos, but she also vividly captures the spark and sometimes reckless vigor of the most vibrant of presidents. Possessed of an irrepressible self-confidence and insatiable appetite for power, Roosevelt made an unconvincing show of stepping out of the spotlight when he declined to seek reelection in 1909, bequeathing the presidency to loyal foot soldier William Howard Taft. Over the course of Taft's one rather lackluster term, Roosevelt embarked on an extended African safari (where the trailblazing conservationist slaughtered hundreds of animals), but upon his return he became embroiled in a battle with Taft for the heart of the Republican Party. When he lost that struggle, he turned to the budding Progressive Party. Under their banner, Roosevelt bested Taft in the 1912 election, but Woodrow Wilson, of course, beat them both. Roosevelt's bursting-at-the-seams life has been thoroughly chronicled, but O'Toole wisely focuses on a period when the never-retiring giant of American politics was wounded (both figuratively and literally--he was shot while campaigning and insisted on giving a speech before going to a hospital), but wouldn't, or couldn't, give up the fight. --Steven Stolder
Book Description
From the author of the acclaimed Five of Hearts, this highly praised, spell-binding biography is the definitive account of TR's final decade, the most poignant -- and in some ways, the most heroic -- years of his extraordinary life. Drawn from a wealth of new materials, this is a remarkable portrait of a remarkable man.
Customer Reviews:
Power Corrupts.......2006-08-20
This highly readable book focuses exclusively on Teddy's post-presidential decade, a decade that the author postulates that TR never really settled into the ex-presidency. It's great writing material - it's difficult to make a flavorless biography of any of TR's decades of life. In the flavor of recent biographies of US presidents long past, TR here is portrayed as a brilliant person with firm convictions, yet also a deeply flawed man, who craves being the ultimate man of action and his actions having impact. As his life draws to a close, his actions matter on the US and world stage less and less, but he craved the personal power more and more (he was STILL thinking about running for president in 1920 when he died!)
In regards to O'Toole's approach to the subject, I believe it to be even-handed, factual, and a fairly smooth flow. I had a little difficulty getting myself absorbed into this book, being a tad choppy in the beginning, but once I did I was hooked. Occasionally the concentration of events is a bit strange -for instance, the discussion of TR's initial Africa safari is covered more than extensively, but TR's trip to Brazil (that almost kills him!) gets a mere few pages. However, in a more positive light, the trajectory of TR's relationship with the Taft presidency is covered nicely, which really shows what makes TR tick - he ultimately could not stand and just watch his chosen successor make decisions differently than he would have.
In conclusion I recommend this book for those interested in this period of US history, as it throws a different perspective on a much-respected president than that is seen from Mount Rushmore - I ended up still admiring TR, but became more knowledgeable about his deficiencies.
Greatness Questioned.......2006-04-10
Ms. O'Toole has written a very readable biography of TR's last ten years. I was not ready for her highly critical look at TR. It took some getting used to. Her criticisms, at times, seem to be a bit of a reach. Her pacing and spacing of what she chooses to spend time on seems suspect. She devotes 5 pages to his trip down the River of Doubt and she devotes 5 pages to the libel trial. The book is well written but I eagerly await Morris' third volume.
Little people should not write about great people.......2006-02-24
I really cannot understand why I bought this book. I wrongly thought it was a book written by Theodore Roosevelt. It was not. The title is taken from a quote by Roosevelt and sort of wrongly suggests to the unsuspecting buyer that he wrote it. That was my first mistake.
The second mistake was to continue reading when the author clearly demonstrated early and consistently throughout the book that she has some sort of problem with Roosevelt, leadership in general, and power in particular. I suspect the author has very little experience in public life or any sort of life and death situations or work where one has to put their life on the line. To treat the assassination attempt on Roosevelt's life as a an opportunity for egoism, self aggrandizement and shameless opportunism is itself shameful and a disgrace.
I think it very shortsighted and weak to read back into history values and norms that we hold today, but that were not yet appreciated or embraced by previous generations such as Roosevelt's hunting or his initial stand on suffrage (his hunting was consistent with the understanding of the times, yet he was the first president that made significant strides toward conservation and the development of national parks, and his view toward suffrage, first considering women's work not in the realm of politics, but then understanding the issue from a deeper vantage point, that women as well as blacks, deserve a full measure of the law, changed his position, embraced and supported the suffrage movement).
Finally, I guess what irks me the most about this book is all the little comments about Roosevelt's motives and character. Its really bad when a little person tries to explain away the character and motives of a much bigger person, they simply do not have an accurate frame of reference to make a proper study;
Little people should not write about great people.
The journey is complete.......2006-02-17
The wonderful thing about reading is that you have the opportunity to spend time with fascinating people. Patricia O'Toole completes the story of Theodore Roosevelt in a masterful manner. The book covers the period of time when Roosevelt out of power attempted to continue to make a difference--succeeded in some areas and failed miserably in others. I highly recommend adding this book to your Roosevelt library.
Interesting book about an interesting man.......2006-01-10
This book gives great insight into this powerful man. He was larger than life, and seemed to remain that way even after the presidency. A great read.
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