T.H. WHITE: "THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING"
This is THE BOOK, without which no home library of good fiction is complete! The foundation for the complete Aruthurian ledgend, upon which was based "The sword in the Stone", "Camelot",as well as "Merlin!" There is even speculation of it being an allegory of Christ.A book you will read, and re-read for years to come! It is beautiful, romantic,realistic to the times,and even screamingly funny in places! (*****)
JIMMY SWAGGART: THE EXPOSITOR'S STUDY BIBLE AND CONCORDANCE-KING JAMES VERSION
CONCORDANCE-MAPS- ASSORTED BIBLE HELPS UTILIZING SOME OF THE BEST HEBREW AND GREEK SCHOLARS-W/ DICTIONARY, ENCYCLOPEDIA, AND COMMENTARY (*****)
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen: A 3rd Serving of Chicken soup for the soul
This third offering is as timeless as it is touching,inspiring,loving, clever, and sweet.Published in 1996, along with others in the series, this is another book that will be a classic, if it isn't already. (*****)
Virginia Woolf: Mrs.Dalloway
the Novel that inspired "The Hours",beautiful lyrical use of language (****)
George Orwell: "1984"
written in 1949, this was the work that coined the phrase:" BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!" (****)
Albert Payson Terhune: LAD: A DOG
The first of the Sunnybank Dogs to be imortalized in print, which also became a major motion picture! (*****)
ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE: GRAY DAWN
MY ALL TIME FAVORITE STORY OF THE SUNNYBANK DOGS! (*****)
DOUGLAS ADAMS: THE LONG DARK TEA-TIME OF THE SOUL
FROM THE MAN WHO WROTE THE SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL "THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY"
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, ANOTHER RIOTOUS CONCOCTION! (*****)
WARREN MURPHY & RICHARD SAPIR: THE DESTROYER SERIES
FROM #1 TO THE 64TH, (WHICH IS ONLY AS FAR AS I HAVE GOTTEN IN MY COLLECTION) THIS MARTIAL ARTS SERIES HAS GOT IT ALL.REMO WILLIAMS IS A WISE-CRACKING "DEAD" COP, AND HIS MENTOR IS THE FRAGILE LOOKING CHIUN, MASTER OF SINANJU,
TOGETHER THEY COMPRISE THE KILLING ARM OF A BRANCH OF THE US GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT EXIST.
MARGARET MITCHELL: "GONE WITH THE WIND"
You have seen the movie, but if you haven't read the book, you're missing a lot. Truely one of the great classics of all time. (*****)
RICHARD BACHMAN: "THE LONG WALK"
AN AMAZING STORY, TOLD ONLY AS STEPHEN KING,
OOOPS, I MEAN, "RICHARD BACHMAN" CAN DO. (*****)
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN: "STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND"
HEINLEIN AT HIS VERY BEST. PULBISHED IN 1961, IT IS A HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR SCIENCE FICTION, AND... CAN YOU GROK IT? (*****)
STEPHEN KING: THE GREEN MILE
BETTER THAN THE MOVIE...NOT A BIG SURPRISE. (*****)
GENIE IN A BOTTLE
CHRISTINA AGUILERA: GENIE IN A BOTTLE
BEAUTIFUL GIRL WITH SUCH RANGE. SHE CAN HIT
E ABOVE MIDDLE C! (*****)
"RAISINS AND ALMONDS"
STANLEY BLACK: MUSIC OF A PEOPLE
ALL INSTRUMENTAL, AND ALL GORGEOUS! (*****)
"OH MY LORD, WHAT A TIME!"
GAITHER VOCAL BAND: I DO BELIEVE
FEATURING BILL GAITHER, MARK LOWRY, GUY PENROD, AND DAVID PHELPS. WHAT A BLESSING! (*****)
FALLING INTO YOU
CELINE DION: IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW
THE WHOLE ALBUM IS VERY ROMANTIC. AGAIN,
SUCH RANGE, SUCH TALENT (*****)
"THE HABENERA"
MARGUERITE MERENTIE: THE OPERA:CARMEN
IT'S A LOVE SONG, AND THE ONLY DECENT SONG
IN THE WHOLE ALBUM. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT PICTURE,IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE OPERA! (****)
"ONE NIGHT IN BANKOCK"
MURRY HEAD: CHESS
GREAT MUSIC, CLEVERWORDS STUNNING FLUTE
SOLO IN THE MIDDLE. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE WHOLE ALBUM, WHICH I BOUGHT JUST FOR THAT ONE SONG. (*****)
" ONE MORE TIME"
BRITNEY SPEARS: "ONE MORE TIME"
IT'S ALL ABOUT TALENT AND RANGE.AND SUCH A LOVELY GIRL. (*****)
AN AUTHOR OF NOVELS, AS YET UNPUBLISHED.
STILL, HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL,EVER SINCE MAX COLLINS, AUTHOR OF "ROAD TO PERDITION"
CALLED ME A GIFTED WRITER. I DO MY BEST WORK AT NIGHT,SO IT'S A GOOD THING I AM A
NIGHT-OWL. LOVE PEOPLE, BUT NOT A CROWD,
AND I CHERISH WHAT SILENCE AND SOLITUDE
I AM ALLOWED. I AM GENEROUS TO MY FRIENDS,
KIND TO EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT GET IN MY FACE,AND CIVIL TO THOSE I DO NOT LIKE.
I AM AQUAINTED WITH LOSS AND GRIEF, BUT I LEARNED TO TAKE THOSE BLOWS WITH THE
DIGNITY OF A WOMAN, NOT THE WEEPING OF
A CHILD. MY PAST LIFE WAS HARD, BUT NOT ALTOGETHER. NOW I AM CONTENT, BUT NOT ALTOGETHER.
MUSIC, AND BOOKS, ALL KINDS, MOVIES, OBSCURE WRITERS, LIKE TERHUNE AND WINDSOR, ANY ART MEDIUM THAT SHOWS BRILLIANCE AND WIT, PETS, CHILDREN, AND BEAUTY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT IS FOUND.