Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year: A Month by Month Guide to Natural Events : Oregon, Washington and British Columbia (Seasonal Guide Series)
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    Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year: A Month by Month Guide to Natural Events : Oregon, Washington and British Columbia (Seasonal Guide Series)
    James Luther Davis
    Manufacturer: Fulcrum Publishing
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    Wildlife-watching on skis? Tracking the spectacular avalanche lily? Newt-mating rituals? Meeting the herring family? If these topics pique your curiosity, you'll be fascinated by the Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year: Oregon, Washington, British Columbia. This month-by-month guide to natural events helps you get to know this region's wild side by introducing you to a wide range of animals, birds, plants, and physical elements of the earth.

    Natural phenomena that used to blend into the background will come alive through the readable teachings this book has to offer. For example, one section explains how to tell the difference between a crow's nest and a squirrel home. Instead of seeing meaningless piles of sticks or masses of leaves caught in the bare winter branches of deciduous trees, you will learn to identify them as the homes of birds and mammals.

    The book comes with site-locator maps to help you find at a glance opportunities for exploring the area where you live or are planning to visit.

    If you're planning a trip to another region, check out the other books in the seasonal guide series: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.; New England and New York; Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas; Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah; Northern California; Texas; North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; Florida with Georgia and Alabama Coasts; Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin; Southern California and Baja California; and Northern California. --Kathryn True

    The Baseball Drill Book
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    The Baseball Drill Book
    Bob, Ed. Bennett
    Manufacturer: Human Kinetics
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    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0736050833

    Book Description

    Get more out of each practice! The Baseball Drill Book presents 198 activities to sharpen every aspect of player and team performance.

    The American Baseball Coaches Association enlisted 17 top baseball coaches to create the best and most complete collection of baseball drills in print. Bob Bennett, Ed Cheff, Gordie Gillespie, Gene Stephenson, Ray Tanner, and a dozen more coaching greats cover all the bases:

    · Conditioning and warm-up
    · Throwing and catching
    · Base running and sliding
    · Hitting and bunting
    · Pitching
    · Fielding
    · Offensive and defensive tactics

    Additional chapters explain how to incorporate drills in practice sessions and simulate game situations. The Baseball Drill Book provides the essential links between initial skill learning, mastery, and winning performance on the diamond.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars transaction.......2005-10-11

    Very prompt and seamless transaction. Fast mail delivery. Would recommend this seller to anyone

    5 out of 5 stars Times have changed.......2005-06-10

    Kids are playing baseball at a much higher skill level these days, and are playing less sandlot baseball like I did when I was a kid. As a result, Little League practices need to be more than just BP and infield practice for the players to develop to their full potential.

    This book has drills that range from fundamentals, to more complex workouts for the entire team. There are some drills appropriate for kids as young as T-Ball (and I have used them with players as young as 5) - but all of the drills are good for players as old as High School/Big League age.

    This book would be particularly useful for Coaches returing to the game. The developments in the study of body mechanics have changed the way that a lot of basic skills are taught now, and this book includes up-to-date drills to reflect these changes.

    For example, batters are taught a much more compact and quick swing than I learned when I was a kid.

    This book is a good investment for the beginning OR experienced coach, or the parent who wants to see their kids excel in baseball - America's National Passtime.
    Complete Book of Drills for Winning Baseball
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      Complete Book of Drills for Winning Baseball
      Cliff Ainsworth
      Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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      The Softball Drill Book
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Excellent drills
      The Softball Drill Book
      Kirk, Ed. Walker
      Manufacturer: Human Kinetics
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      Binding: Paperback

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      ASIN: 0736060707

      Book Description

      Packed with over 180 drills straight from the practice sessions of the game's most successful programs, The Softball Drill Book will add variety to your practices and precision to your game-day performances.

      The comprehensive collection covers every aspect of the game. From warm-up to conditioning, throwing to hitting, bunting to base-running, you'll find drills to improve position skill and team execution - all from college coaches and programs that have won 13 NCAA Women's College World Series titles and dozens of NCAA regional tournament titles.

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      One look at the names above and it is clear, The Softball Drill Book is your blueprint for championship practices.

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      5 out of 5 stars Excellent drills.......2007-09-02

      This book is a good guide for almost all drills you want to use on practice with one or more players. Recomend to all coaches at the beginning of their carrier.
      Winning Softball Drills: A Complete Drill Book for Coaches
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • Good synopsis of 100+ fastpitch drills--recommended!!
      Winning Softball Drills: A Complete Drill Book for Coaches
      Dianne I. Baker , and Sandra S. Cole
      Manufacturer: Championship Books & Video Productions
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      Binding: Paperback

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      ASIN: 188013800X

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Good synopsis of 100+ fastpitch drills--recommended!!.......1998-05-18

      This book contains over a hundred softball drills with a picture for each drill on the facing page to the text describing the drill.

      For youth fastpitch softball coaches, this book offers a wealth of offensive and defensive drills.
      Baseball Drill Book (Spalding Sports Library)
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        Baseball Drill Book (Spalding Sports Library)
        Gordon Gillespie , and James Peterson
        Manufacturer: Masters Pr
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        ASIN: 0940279592
        Complete Book of Baseball Drills
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Excellent book for planning practice drills
        Complete Book of Baseball Drills
        Robert G. Hoehn
        Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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        Binding: Hardcover

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        ASIN: 0131559788

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Excellent book for planning practice drills.......1998-02-07

        I found this book in my local library in Maidstone , England. I run a local little league baseball program and we have pre-season indoor practices. This book was excellent in helping me to devise practice drills for inddors in limited space Alan Chell Maidstone England
        Winning Baseball Drills: A Complete Drill Book for Coaches
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          Winning Baseball Drills: A Complete Drill Book for Coaches
          Dianne I. Baker , and S. Cole
          Manufacturer: Diamond Pr
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          The Complete Book Of Baseball Drills
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            The Complete Book Of Baseball Drills
            Robert G. Hoehn
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            ASIN: B000OISHPS
            Gordie Gillespie's baseball drill book
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              Gordie Gillespie
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              The Ultimate Baseball Drill Book
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                The Ultimate Baseball Drill Book
                Gordon Gillespie , and James Peterson
                Manufacturer: M Evans & Co
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                San Francisco Uncovered ("Uncovered" Series City Guides)
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                • The San Francisco You've Never Seen Before!!!
                San Francisco Uncovered ("Uncovered" Series City Guides)
                Larenda Lyles Roberts
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                ASIN: 1556223951

                Book Description

                Roll away the fog and layers of time and you will uncover such colorful characters as the King of Pain who frequented San Francisco's notorious Barbary Coast. Find out where all teh flower children have gone, which museums are the snobbiest and which are the friendliest.

                Customer Reviews:

                5 out of 5 stars The San Francisco You've Never Seen Before!!!.......2001-09-29

                Forget the touristy books--this one really gave me a taste of distilled San Francisco! Roberts uncovers delicious morsels about Chinatown, the 1906 earthquake and fire, the city's 1950s heydays, and Sam Spade's favorite haunts. There is a very funny section that answers such questions as Where have all the flower children gone? and why there is no beach in North Beach. An amusing, highly entertaining book! I heartily recommend it to natives and visitors alike!
                System As Uncovered By the San Francisco
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                  Franklin Hichborn
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                  ASIN: B000Q5VU80
                  "The system,": As uncovered by the San Francisco graft prosecution,
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                    Franklin Hichborn
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                    System: As Uncovered by the San Francisco Graft Prosecution (Patterson Smith Reprint Series in Criminology, Law Enforcement, and Social Problems. Publication No. 38)
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                      The SYSTEM As UNCOVERED By The SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT PROSECUTION.
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                        Franklin. Hichborm
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                        The Wind Chill Factor
                        Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                        • Wind Chill Factor
                        • Electrifying story of a complex family
                        • Dont Cry for me Minnesota
                        • And a very dull, one star at that
                        • Complex and involving
                        The Wind Chill Factor
                        Thomas Gifford
                        Manufacturer: Bantam
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                        ASIN: 0553762680
                        Release Date: 1998-07-10

                        Book Description

                        A Reich is born. . .Hitler lost the war. This  the world knows. What the world doesn't know is  that some Nazi survivors view their defeat as a mere  temporary setback. Their plans have long been in  motion. Their key personnel are in place inside  the corporations and capitals of every major  nation. By the end of this century, it will be all  theirs. . . against a man on the edge. John Cooper is  an heir to this evil--an evil he thought he'd  turned his back on. Until now. For the dark legacy  has finally caught up with him, thrusting into his  hands a secret too explosive to be kept as he races  against time a figure from his past, insubstantial  as a whisper, will be revealed to him. And for a  single electrifying moment Cooper's fate, and the  fate of billions, will hang in the terrifying  balance. The Wind Chill Factor is  classic suspense from a superlative  storyteller.


                        From the Paperback edition.

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                        4 out of 5 stars Wind Chill Factor.......2007-04-28

                        I'm only two chapters into this novel and already enjoying the author's vocabulary, command of the English language and powers of description. Those who're vocabulary challenged won't like it that much. What can I tell ya'? I also enjoy reading Shakespeare. I know not where this plot is going, except for an early hint of Nazi Germany. I'm ready to be entertained.

                        5 out of 5 stars Electrifying story of a complex family.......2007-04-14

                        I am amazed and shocked at the vitriol and venom expressed against Gifford in some of these reviews! It's a sign that Gifford is a challenging writer.

                        It also surprised me, in 1972, that this book was never made into a movie. "Soon to be a major motion picture" said the cover. It never happened.

                        To the naysaying and nitpicking reviewers, I say, "Grow up." Gifford has captured something ugly and important here in this book. I used to audit county courts and county governments. Later I worked for a chief financial officer who lied under oath to a congressional committee and was fired by the organization's board. I've seen a lot of ruthless, petty, dishonest people.

                        And this book is a masterpiece in collecting such personalities. It ranks with Robert Towne's immortal screenplay for "Chinatown." And it is almost a screenplay itself. The main character is a literate but down-on-his-luck divorced movie buff, John Cooper, who makes innumerable references to classic motion pictures. He becomes a friend of the local police chief, a boy wonder who got away from the big city force by marrying a rich woman, like Dashell Hammit's Nick Charles.

                        The tale boomerangs through three continents. These things happen. There are villians like this out there.

                        If you like this book, you will also like the sequel, "The First Sacrifice" and a triumphant nail-biter about counterfeiting, "The Man from Lisbon," which I think is Gifford's best book ever.

                        4 out of 5 stars Dont Cry for me Minnesota.......2002-02-19

                        1972: Drat! We have Nixon AND resurgent Nazi sleeper cells here and around the globe? John Cooper is recently divorced and eking out an AA-assisted writer's existence in Cambridge, MA when he receives a cryptic telegram from his elder brother, who is inexplicably in Buenos Aires:

                        "URGENT YOU MEET ME COOPER'S FALLS 20 JANUARY. DROP EVERYTHING. FAMILY TREE NEEDS ATTENTION. CHEERS OLD BOY. CYRIL."

                        So home to the family namesake Cooper's Falls, Mn goes John Cooper. This Ludlum-esque page-turner had me as soon as John Cooper's Lincoln swung northward in Chicago and headed on the long ago familiar Illinois Tollroad trip towards home in Minnesota - with a stop at "one of the Fred Harvey emporiums." Almost run off the road near Madison in a blizzard, John goes home to revisit old family secrets. Then round and round the globe he goes, where it stops only author Thomas Gifford knows. I was up all night following the intrigue!

                        1 out of 5 stars And a very dull, one star at that.......2000-08-18

                        This is a dreadful book. It isn't even because it covers the same old, neo-Nazi (and old-Nazi for that matter) plots put to much better use by other authors. It is the author's choice of words. No one uses the stilted language of either the author in his narrative or of the dialogue between characters. The language makes this novel tedious reading. Making matters worse is the usual nonsense of an everyday person surviving attacks by professional killers and even dispatching some of them with little trouble. Gifford is clearly no Ludlum, and his heroes are no more likeable than his villians.

                        Actually, Gifford wrote a sequel to this book a number of years later. He brought back Cooper and his long lost sister, etal. Trying to be fair and allowing for the fact that "The Wind Chill Factor" was an early novel, I started reading it. Unbelievably, it was worse than the original. Even though I make it a practice to finish any book I start, I gave up after the first 100 pages.

                        4 out of 5 stars Complex and involving.......1999-09-22

                        The Wind Chill Factor isn't necessarily an easy book to read. The plot is complex and if you don't keep up with the different twists, it would be easy to get lost in the details. However, this is absolutely one of the most richly written books I've ever read. The sensations the lead character experience become the reader's sensations; his thoughts, your thoughts. Once you commit your energy to the story, you'll be hard pressed to put the book down until you are finished.
                        Wind Chill (Red Rock Mysteries)
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                          Jerry B. Jenkins , and Chris Fabry
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                          ASIN: 1414301537

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                          Bryce and Ashley Timberline are normal teenage twins, except for one thing--they discover action-packed mystery wherever they go. Whether it's searching for the owner of a pouch full of money, or looking for a missing student, Bryce and Ashley never lose their taste for adventure. Wanting to get to the bottom of any mystery, these twins find themselves on a non-stop search for the truth. The Red Rock Mysteries are targeted at readers ages 8-12 who enjoy a fast-paced story packed with mystery and humor.
                          Chill Wind
                          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                          • Enlightening
                          • The most realistic book ever!
                          • This book will blow you away
                          • Power to the Real
                          • A Chilly Lesson on Life
                          Chill Wind
                          Janet McDonald
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                          ASIN: 0374411832
                          Release Date: 2006-01-24

                          Book Description

                          A tough and funny project girl manages to make that chill wind blow away

                          The good life, according to Aisha Ingram, is easy. It's hanging with friends, dancing, listening to music, whatever . . . but it doesn't include worrying about the future. Chilling out is her mantra until she receives a sixty-day termination-of-welfare-benefits notice. Without her monthly food stamps and assistance checks and with no help from the father of her two children, Aisha's life threatens to become a little too "chilly." The clock is ticking and she doesn't have many options, but one thing she knows for sure: workfare is not for her. There's no way she's going to scrub subway cars or sweep city sidewalks. Aisha tries to come up with other ways to get money, but things don't look good. Soon another notice comes: only thirty days left. Then she sees an ad on TV for BIGMODELS, and she figures she might as well check out the agency. After all, she is pretty enough. But just when it looks like Aisha's problems might be solved, things grow crazy again.

                          In Aisha, Janet McDonald has created a larger-than-life heroine who finds and succeeds at what is right for her.

                          Customer Reviews:

                          4 out of 5 stars Enlightening.......2006-09-19

                          Janet McDonald's sequel to "Spellbound" carries the reader deeper into the housing projects of New York with a feisty character, Aisha, who is content being an unwed mother of two on welfare. Aisha's world is thrown into chaos when she receives a 60-day notice that her welfare benefits are expiring and she must enroll in the workfare program or lose her benefits altogether. In this novel, McDonald goes deep into the culture of the poor to bring understanding over the degradation they feel at having to participate in the menial government workfare programs. As Aisha frantically tries to find other methods to support herself, she encounters bigotry and racism not only because of her color, but primarily because of her social standing. McDonald also writes of the differing attitudes that exist between the unwed mother and that of the baby's father. These insights are great in helping the reader better understand the difficulty experienced by unwed teen mothers of any culture. Aisha's desperation, despair and determination lead her to a happy, fairy-tale-like ending, which accentuates the story's fictional element without betraying its value as a cultural milestone.

                          5 out of 5 stars The most realistic book ever!.......2006-03-31

                          MY FAVORITE BOOK IS "CHILL WIND" BECAUSE, IT IS REALITY AND IT HAPPENS TO ALOT OF TEENS THESE DAYS BUT MOSTLY TO GIRLS. CHILL WIND IS A BOUT A GIRL NAMED AISHA INGRAM WHO IS A HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT WHO THOUGHT LIFE WAS ABOUT JUST HAVING FUN AND NOT HAVIN ANY LIMITS AND, NOT TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. SO AISHA INGRAM IS A 19 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT WHO HAS 2 KIDS ON WELFARE. bUT THE CONFLICT WAS THAT AISHA DID NOT KNO HER WELFARE TERMINATE AFTER 5 YEARS. SHE THHOUGHT SHE WOULD BE ON IT HER WHOLE LIFE AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WORKING TO MAKE ENDS MEET OR WORRY ABOUT WHAT HER, HER CHILDREN AND MOTHER ARE GOING TO EAT. AFTER SHE FOUND OUT HER WELFARE WAS GOING OT END FOR 30 DAYS HER MOM WAS READY TO KICK HER OUT HER HOUSE ALONG WIT HER 2 CHILDREN BECAUSE, HER OWN MOTHER COULD BARELY FEND FOR HERSELF. RIGHT NOW AISHA AND HER MOTHER, AND KIDS ARE LIVING IN THE GHETTO OF NEW YORK AND DONT REALLY HAVE MONEY TO EAT EVERYDAY, OR PAY THE BILLS EVERY MONTH. AISHA WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM OF THE CHOICES WELFARE GIVES HER. BUT THE PROBLEM WITH AISHA IS THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT TO GET A JOB SHE WANTS TO BE LAZY AND STAY HOME AND, DO NOTHING! SO ONE DAY WHILE SHE WAS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE SHE WAS WATCHING T.V. AND SHE SAW A COMMERCIAL FOR "BIG MODELS" AND QUICKLY TOOK THE NUMBER AND CALLED IT. SHE THUGHT THIS OUTSTANDING OPPURTUNITY FOR SOMEONE LIKE HERSELF. BUT THERE WAS A CATCH TO IT IN ORDER TO GET A MEETING WITH ONE OF THOSE SUPER MODELS SHE HAD TO PAY $ 50.00 WHICH, SHE DID NOT HAVE! BUT SHE TOOK SOME OF THE LEFT OVER MONEY SHE HD ON HER WELFARE CHECK, WHICH COMES EVERY MONTH AND, SHE WENT TO THE "BIG MODELS" AGENCY. WHILE AISHA WAS THERE SHE MET THE RUDE CLERK. WHO WAS FOR RACIST AND UNAPPRECIATIVE. WHILE THERE AISHA GOT THE BIGGEST OPPURTUNITY OF HER LIFE. THEY MADE THE CLERK REFUND AISHA'S MONEY AND GAVE HER A 2ND INTERVIEW BUT SHE HAD TO BE THERE PROMPTLY AT 3:30 BUT AISHA MADE IT THERE 5 MIN LATER. BUT THAT RUDE CLERK AT THE AGENCY GAVE HER APPOINMENT AWAY AND GAVE AISHA SMART REMARKS .THIS CAUSED AISHA'S BLOOD PRESSURE TO RISE. SO THEY FOUGHT AND SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING OT LOSE HER CHANCE OF BEING A MODEL AND GO TO JAIL FOR THE FIGHT SHE JUST HAD SO SHE TOOK HER PROFIE OFF THE CLERKS DESK AND RAN. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AISHA HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE WELFARE JOBS.
                          WHILE ONE DAY AT WORK AISHA MET UP WITH ONE OF THE SUPER MODELS AND THEY SAID" THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HER EVERY WHERE. SO AISHA BECOME A HUGE MODEL SHE NO LONGER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT PAYING BILLS AND EATING. HER AND HER FAMILY MOVED OUT THE GHETTO AND AISHA HAD NO PROBLEMS TO WORRY ABOUT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

                          4 out of 5 stars This book will blow you away.......2004-03-29

                          Janet McDonald writes with honesty and seems to write from experience. Her descripition is so believable, you can picture in your mind just as she describes. IT is an easy read you never want to put down. In chill wind Aisha learns to take responsibility. Like when all her plans fail, she finally buckles down and gets a job. You get to see the characters grow and change as the book goes on.

                          4 out of 5 stars Power to the Real.......2003-10-21

                          Chill Wind contains many similarities theme as Spellbound,McDonald's first novel,although this protagonist had to learn the meaning of initative. That is not to say McDonald disappoints with this second novel. It gives motivation to believe that endurance pays off in spite of mountainous obstacles.

                          5 out of 5 stars A Chilly Lesson on Life.......2003-06-23

                          Aisha Ingram is a 19-year-old high-school dropout living in the projects with her two kids and no job. She's on welfare, living it up, partying and "chilling" until she gets several notices that her welfare check will be discontinued and her only option for income is to join a workfare program. Not liking the various job choices available through Workfare, she comes up with schemes and plans to outsmart the welfare office. Once they backfire on her, she takes a subway patrol job. Shortly thereafter, she answers a modeling ad and from there things begin to look up for her, but for how long?

                          McDonald has given us a wonderful depiction of a young girl that makes numerous mistakes in her life, but learns to focus on believing in herself and leaning on family and friends. I did feel the story was a bit too perfect in how it ended, but overall I'd recommend it to others. The dialogue is fresh and real and the characters are believable. In addition, the story is smooth reading and quick paced. I think that it is one that young adults will enjoy and pick up the lessons outlined by the author.

                          Reviewed by Tee C. Royal
                          of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
                          4 Weather Warden Series Book Set By Rachel Caine; Ill Wind; Heat Stroke; Chill Factor; Windfall. (1-4)
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                            Rachel Caine
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                                Judy Charles
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                                  Mary Bishop
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                                  Elementary Electronics (January-February 1975) Electro-Chem Battery Tester; Build Our wind/chill Factor Meter
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