nonfiction

This book examines the role of the governess by looking at several different governess's lives including: Mary Wollstonecroft, Claire Clarmont and Anna Leonowens. It also examines the role of the governess as a heroine in fiction.

I picked this book up on a whim and, while I'm not obessesed with death, I do like a good horror story.  So, I thought this book might be fun - and it was.  Lots of interesting facts, legends, and humor in this one!  And of course, now my husband thinks I've lost my mind because of some of the things I thought were so funny!  LOL

Rachel Manija Brown, All the Fishes Come Home to Roost:

I don't want to get into any political debates and actually thought about not even posting I'd read this one for that reason.  But I did want it to show for the Challenge since we are trying to reach a goal....

Blurb: By Air, Earth, Rain, and Shining Sun. Every spring, the raw power of each Element works its magic on a seed, and Nature's creative cycle begins anew.

This book is written by men who actually went on the raid.  Was it a suicide mission?  The orders for the mission came from Gen. George S. Patton himself.  Task Force Baum was to act as am armored strike force behind the German enemy lines - with no ground or air support - and liberate a POW camp at Himmelburg where Patton's son-in-law was being held captive.

My sister gave me this book and asked when we were visiting a couple of months ago if I'd read it. Apparently, she thinks it would help and could tell that I hadn't. It actually didn't tell me anything that I hadn't learned in Parenting Classes. What I need is a support group that meets every couple of weeks so I keep the skills in the front of my mind and use them first. NFM

This is a reprint of Swain's 1990 book on the nuts and bolts behind the creation of characters. As with his preivous book, Techniques of a Selling Wrtier, Swain compacts a lot of material in a highly readable book. He uses broad brush strokes so that the reader can understnad how to use the techniques. With his background in pulp ficiton.Swain is acutely aware of the demands of the medium.