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This is the best book I've read in a long time! It encompasses life in the 1930s and how some people regarded individuals born with abnormalities as freaks and sent them off to circuses. It encompasses motherly love for their offspring, animal abuse, and finding someone to love you no matter what your differences. I do have to say, there are sad parts (I actually had tears pouring down my face) in it since it deals with these heart wrenching topics, but it still well worth the read! I highly recommend this book!

This book is educational and humorous at the same time. I've always known I want to be cremated and this book has made me definitely decide. Love the author's style of writing!

This book has so much meaning. My father passed away very unexpectedly this last September at his home, the same place where he was born 78 years earlier. We had no clue his life was in jeopardy! In Katy Butler's book, she explains that this is how most people wish to go from this life, at home, peacefully; not in a hospital hooked up to machines and adding up the bills for survivors or stressing the caregiver to the extent of a breakdown or bankruptcy. This book made me realize how lucky my Dad was! And as hard as it was on the family to lose him so quickly without saying goodbye, we would not have wanted to see him pass any other way. Katy made me stop and think about how technology in medicine and machines have not necessarily made our quality of life (or death) better. Sometimes we do more damage by trying to help save the people we love. I would highly recommend this book for anyone, whether you are a spouse, mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, or friend. Someday you will be a caregiver and this book may become very useful to you!

This could be a very controversial book; whether you side with scientific research or with animal welfare; whether you think we should tinker with mother nature or whether we should exploit animals. Is this to find a way to better our lives or is it just for curiosity or entertainment? How far should we go in our manipulation of other living things, from dogs, cats and rats to fish, and even insects. This made me wonder what will our world be like in years to come. Very interesting!

This is the best book I've read in some time! After reading this book, it will be awhile before you say "I wish it were the weekend."

It amazes me the abuses that humans can inflict upon animals; not only cats and dogs, but also baby seals, wild buffalo, wild horses and whales to name a few. Wayne Pacelle's book decribes the work that the Humane Society and other animal organizations have done to protect these animals to make them safe and some of the work still needing to be done. No matter how you feel about the Humane Society as an organization, the book speaks for the innocent beings that can not speak for themselves!

I normally don't read "who done it" books, but this book was one of the best books I've read in some time! The last thing a parent would want to hear is that your child is suspected of murdering another child. This book is about the anguish a family goes through to prove their child's innocence. It is also about how well we know our family and ourselves. I highly recommend this book!

This book was amazing. It's about the lives of the anomalies that work in P.T. Barnum's museum of oddities. What makes this book so interesting, first of all, today, Barnum would never get by with exploiting people the way he did. Secondly, this book shows that the giantess, the fat lady, the skeleton man, the conjoined twin, the bearded lady all had emotions and lives beyond the museum. You learn the feelings of these people that Barnum had on display for the world to pass by and view. I highly recommend this book!

This is probably the best book I've read this year. I had a very hard time putting it down. It kept my attention from the first sentence to the last. I usually don't go for books about witches and vampires, but this book was soooo good! I can't wait until the next two books of the series come out!

This book is a great way to learn how to rethink your thinking to help improve your life! This is one of those books you want to buy because you will want to read it more than once. It contains so many methods to help you out of depression, anxiety, or just stinking thinking! This book is the help you need to get your life back on the right track and to accomplish things you thought you'd never be able to accomplish.

Love, Love, Love this book! After 500 some pages, I still want more! This book has been the hardest book I've ever read to put down! Most books I've read, by the time they get to this many pages, you can tell the author is getting tired of writing, but not his book, it only gets better as it goes. Drama, comedy, scarey, history and mystery all rolled into one book! It can't get much better than this! I loved the characters and the story. This is the best book I've read in a long time. I hope there's more!

After loosing a friend and co-worker to this disease, I decided to read this book to find out what I could about the killer of so many people. This book is very interesting in that it tells of the advancement and set backs of the search for the cure; the people doing the searching and what they have gone through. I was amazed at how surgeries were done back before anethesia! It is a very informational book and is written in a way that you don't have to be a scientist to understand.

This book is so hard to put down. A haunting story that makes you think about how we look at the past and how the past touches lives even today. I loved this book!

This book was excellent...so much more than a ghost story. The historical aspects of the book made it all the more interesting. And of course, since its takes place in the Midwest, where I'm from, put the story right in my back yard. I learned alot about prohibition that I never knew before and some history of St. Louis that I had not known. A little bit of politics, love, war, crime, family drama, and ghosts. I think anyone would enjoy this book!

I loved this book! Growing up with three sisters, this book brings back memories! There were several instances where I laughed out loud and others that I cried out loud. I had to highlight several places before I pass it along to my sisters! I highly recommend this book!

If you're a cat person, this is a most certain "must read." If you're not...I still recommend it and I'll guarantee that you will be closer to being a cat person when you finish! People that have bonded with a cat will nod your head through the entire book. The best truism in the book is "Cats aren't something to be "got." They turn up in people's lives when they're needed, and with a purpose that probably won't be understood to begin with." Oh how true! Helen Brown did an excellent job in telling what a wonderful, neaningful experience owning a cat can bring about.

This book is one of the best animal stories I have read. This dog not only touches the life of the man who rescues him, but also touches the lives of other people and animals he meets during his lifetime. This book reinforces my feeling that animals are just angels without wings!

After the media quited down about the shootings, people outside of Colorado, unless you knew someone involved, went on with their lives and didn't focus as much on this tradgedy. This book goes beyond the first week, or month after the shootings. Mr. Cullen tells of the investigation to find what went wrong to cause this and why so many lives were lost that day. People outside of Colorado never heard the rest of the story and Mr. Cullen helps fill in the blanks. Even though the story is very tragic, the book is very interesting

Velma Johnston devoted her all to saving the wild mustangs and burros from the brutal round ups by cattle ranchers in the American west. This book tells of her passion for these animals and the work she did during the 60s and 70s to get Congress to pass legislation to protect them. Now, a few years ago, a bill was passed, underhandedly, and the protection was taken off these beautiful animals. The Bureau of Land Management has started the round ups again, with helicopters chasing these animals, killing many adult and new born horses, literally running their legs off! Please read this book about the greatest wild horse advocate and let's get her momentum going again and get Congress to pass laws to protect thses animals and all horses in the U.S.

I recommend this book to everyone. It is not only about Oscar, the cat that shows compassion to the dying patients under Dr. Dosa's care, but also shows that there doesn't have to be scientific reasoning behind miracles, just a little faith! It was also very touching how the loved ones of the patients cope with dementia and the process of letting go when the time comes. A very thought provoking book! Oscar helped many of the family members deal with death.

This is one of the best books I've ever read. The love and trust that bonds the abused horses with the children brought to the ranch is incredible! To think that horses that have been abused by people can find trust in children who have been in heartbreaking situations themselves; and the unconditional love the horses give back to these children, to bring the children out of the shells that they have shut themselves into is what I would call a miracle! I would recommend this book to anyone and everyone! All based on true stories and an actual ranch!

I love this book! This is the story of a cat that due to an infection in the first few weeks of his life, looses both his eyes. It is also the story about the love and companionship that helps him overcome this set back in his life. I have lived with cats most of my life and this book really hits home. Its such a touching story about how no matter what life throws at an animal, it still has the capacity to love and deserves a chance at life!

This is such a wonderful story! Using what seems like an Indian legend and animals, the story teaches about keeping promises and being loyal. I feel it is a great book to read for children or adults. I loved it!

This book is full of wonderful animal pictures and bits of wisdom. I've thought of taking some of the pictures out of the book and framing them, but the book is so well done, I hate to tear the pages out! I leave this book out so I can open it up and glance at the innocent faces when I'm feeling a little gloomy. It is guaranteed to cheer a person up!

Whether you're a Lincoln buff or a history nut, this book will make your mouth water! This book has information that I've never read before and pictures of Lincoln and things pertaining to Lincoln that I've never seen before! This is one of the best Lincoln books that I've looked at. It's well worth the price!

Everyone has asked the questions, "Why me?" and "Why does God allow bad things to happen?" This book answers those questions in such a way that I really felt this was a true story! God must have spoken to this writer in order for him to write in such a beautiful, believeable way! It was so easy picturing God having these conversations! At first I wasn't going to read it because a child is killed, but I'm greatful I did because this book answers those questions above. I need to read the book again and highlight the parts that touched me most and then pass it on to family and friends! If it doesn't touch your heart, you probably don't have one!

This book made me appreciate my veterinarian! This book follows an animal surgeon through one day of his life at work. You meet several differnt people trying to find "miracles" for the furry family members. Dr. Trout really made me stop and think about what is important in life! What a rewarding, but tough career he has. I should have become a vet!

This book could be rated a 10! This is the best fiction book I've read in a long time! It's about life as viewed by a "man's best friend." This book is funny, heartbreaking, and heartwarming. Life would be so much easier if animals could talk to us in our language or if we'd just take the time to "hear" what our pets are telling us. And WHAT an ending! I loved this book!

I have always loved to read books about the Civil War, but my fortee wasn't the battle and strategy side of the war. I love to read about the social aspects, how it affected the lives of people. This is one of the best books I've ever read on that view point. It goes over people's thoughts on death, how soldiers tried to prepare for death before a battle, how loved ones tried to communicate with the lost sons/fathers/brothers and how death strengthened or weakened their religious beliefs. It discusses the different ways people coped with the lose of a family member or friend, the methods of burial and how the government tried to keep track of who was lost in battle. This is probably the ultimate book on the social aspect of the Civil War! What affects people's lives more than death!?

What a beautiful book! Pictures from the performance of these magnificent animals make up the book. The cds that accompany the book are just as beautiful! They encompass several kinds of music (I never dreamed I would enjoy opera type music, but I love it!)You can almost picture the horses dancing as you play the music! I leave this book out on the coffee table to look at occassionaly and the cds are always in the player! I highly recommend this book!

Nathan Winograd takes us back to the days when they drowned "excess" dogs and cats! This book tells the story of the struggle to make animal shelters in this country No Kill shelters and the barricades they've come up against. It's amazing the agencies that talk as if they care about animals, but sometimes their actions reveal their true side. All people compassionate about animals need to come together to make this a NO KILL nation and this book is leading the way!

This book takes place during WW I and shows the hardships, worry, and prejudices that go along with war. It's also a story of a woman's intuitive way to tame the horses of people living in a frontier community and how each of these people touch her life in one way or another.

This book tells the story of the how the Civil War divided not only the nation, but families as well. What makes it even more interesting is that it details the division in the First Lady's family, the Todds. It must have been very hard in the days of the Civil War when families were divided by which side of the Union they would support. Abraham and Mary Lincoln received critisim from both sides because of Mary's Kentucky ties. It explains what White House contraversies errupted because of Southern sympathies and how the Lincolns dealt with these family members.

Oh my! This book is a "tell all" by the killer himself! If you thought before that O.J. killed Ron and Nicole, this supports your theory, and if you thought he was innocent, you may want to rethink! I had to keep in mind while I was reading that this is O.J.'s story; Nicole was basically the person out of control. But as I read the book, I could see just how "twisted" O.J.'s mind really is! I am so surprised that he has never been ordered to take an anger management class! I never would have spent a second of my time or a dime of my money on this book if O.J. received the funds, but since the Goldman's received legal rights to the book and a part of the proceeds go to the Ron Goldman Foundation for Justice, I just had to read it! After viewing the trial on television for so long, I'm glad the story is finally being told, by the person who "hypothetically" committed the crime!

This books was even better than I thought it would be; just as good as "Seabiscuit," if not better! This is the story, not only of a famous race horse during a time when most of us can remember, but of the groomer that seemed to communicate and know the horse. The writer finds, through interviews, that the man that knew Secretariat better than anyone, played an important role in the success of the horse. This book about more than just Secretariat, its about other issues behind the scenes of racing and owning a horse. This is a book I plan to read again!

Be prepared to be entertained and educated! This book is heartwarming in telling the story of Charlie, an orphaned buffalo taken in by Veryl Goodnight and Roger Brooks. It is also a very interesting history lesson, not only in the history of this great animal that is native to our Country, but about the Native Americans and their way of life and about Charles Goodnight, who did much for the development of our American West and the bringing back of the buffalo!! The book tells of the strong bonds that sometimes form between animals and humans, and the sacrafices each will make to keep those bonds strong. I'm so glad that I read this book!

Oh, what a controversy this book will be; but I thought it was one of Sylvia's best! You have to come at it with an open mind, but in my opinion, it's believable! So many things she discusses make sense. She has put her reputation on the line with this book and I think she did an excellent job! It's almost like having your own time machine to go back to see how things really were!

The story of the birth of Christ is always a heartwarming story to read, but this version is written in a style that makes reading it interesting and enjoyable. The motion picture will be released soon. With the holiday season coming quickly, this is a great book to read to start getting in the mood, or for that matter, its a good book to read anytime of the year. I would recommend this book to anyone, even people of different religions or no religion at all....this book is one of THE BEST love stories a person will ever read!

This has got to be Mitch Albom's best yet! This book makes the reader appreciate those people you love, not only after they are gone, but while they are still living! The story makes the reader appreciate life and never to take a moment for granted; to stop and really think about WHAT is IMPORTANT in life!

This book is excellent! Its hard to believe that a hard core Marine could fall so hard for a cute fuzzy face that he would break the rules to save the life of this one little puppy! Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman has won my heart because of his compassion and his honesty! The book not only tells what its like living and fighting in Iraq, but how a puppy helps the soldiers survive the mental stress of the war. Not every man could open up and tell a story of such compassion for an animal when his role is that of a tough guy!

It's hard to believe that such suffering actually happens to children and horses as the ones in this book. But it's so heartwarming to know that there is a place such as Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch to mend their souls! This book is just as great as "Hope Rising," Kim Meeder's first book. It's a mircle that these horses and children can bring out the love and trust in each other; each knows what nuturing the other needs when the bonding occurrs. Be sure to have a box of Kleenex, each story is guaranteed to tug the heart strings!

The cover of this book is what first attracked my attention! The book was even better than the cover! I could not stop reading this book until I had finished it. The characters are so real; you can feel the emotions! The main character of the story, a young boy, discovers the twists and turns life and death can take while living at Angel's Rest. This is a book I won't long forget and will probably read again! I'm hoping Charles Davis writes another book soon; I'm hooked!

This is one of the best Civil War Fiction books I've read! The characters seem so real and the author lets you feel what they feel. The dialogue is sometimes humorous, sometimes heartwrenching! The story shows how loved ones (not just man and wife, but also friends and family) can communicate/"feel" over miles, through conflict and even after death. It was one of those books that you think about for quite awhile after you've finished! I loved this book and I plan to read other books by Howard Bahr as soon as I can!