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Magic Tree House CD Edition Books 17-24 Review

September 6th, 2010 Edwin Jones No comments
Magic Tree House CD Edition Books 17-24

These are wonderful stories for young children.They are very entertaining, suspenseful but not scary, and informative.My daughter is always saying, “Daddy, guess what?Did you know…”My only complaint is that some of the stories are often split over two cds. Click Here to see more reviews about: Magic Tree House CD Edition Books 17-24 Product Description: [...]

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, 2nd Edition (9 CDs) Review

September 5th, 2010 Edwin Jones No comments
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child, Vol. 3: Early Modern Times, 2nd Edition

I purchased this to use along with the Story of the World text and activity book in our homeschool. I thought it would give me a much needed break from reading everything to my non-readers. It is an unabridged reading of the text, although Jim Weiss’s reading is too affected and unnatural. Perhaps some people [...]

The Glass Menagerie Review

August 23rd, 2010 Edwin Jones No comments
The Glass Menagerie

Amanda Wingfield, the matriarch of “The Glass Menagerie,” always tells her daughter, Laura, that she should look nice and pretty for gentleman callers, even though Laura has never had any callers at their St. Louis apartment. Laura, who limps because of a slight physical deformity, would rather spend her time playing with the animals in [...]

Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong Review

August 23rd, 2010 Edwin Jones No comments
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong

I was worried that this book would simply be a reprint of the blog entries, but not so! Even though some of the cakes are familiar, the commentary is all new. The book is wonderful, and I highly recommend it. Click Here to see more reviews about: Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong [...]

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Review

August 19th, 2010 Edwin Jones No comments
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

As Barbara Demick says in her epilogue, North Korea is something of a mystery. How has it avoided the collapse that experts have been predicting for 15 or more years? How has it been so successful at keeping citizens ignorant of the outside world and the outside world ignorant of its machinations? And, because of [...]

NIV Life Application Study Bible, Large Print Review

August 14th, 2010 Edwin Jones No comments
NIV Life Application Study Bible, Large Print

The Life Application Study Bible is one of the very best study bibles on the market today with over 10,000 study notes, dozens of character profiles, and much more. I purchased the large print edition of the NIV and found that its 11 point type to be easy to read. This is a large bible [...]