On Good Friday, I was travelling in a country area ...
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Dear Jess, I am unable to give my review on Fabulous Forests because of some problem I am experiencing with my new Tablet. However, I am sending a review which is intended to reflect on all your other books I will be purchasing.  I cannot express how much I am welcoming your books. I want you to know I appreciate them deeply. On Good Friday, I was travelling in a country area and Canada and could not help admiring the landscape.  When I returned to the city, I spend considerable time on the computer, gradually becoming a geographer. You can imagine how I felt when I decided to search Google Store and found your apps.  Thanks for your educational apps.

Sincerely,

Yvonne
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This book brings home to the reader the terrible problems in Ireland before all sides in the conflict saw sense and signed the Good Friday Peace accord. The plot to this book is written around the eventual peace plan and brings home to the reader just how tenuous the peace accord began and just how some evil men sought to end the agreement even before it began. Ireland is a lovely land with fantastic people which this book brings to mind. May God in his wisdom grant them peace and prosperity.
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Some years ago as my flight for the states took off from London's Gatwick airport, the pilot did a 180 turn and headed upland.  As luck would have it, it was a gorgeous day and the plane maintained a lower altitude rather than immediately climbing to 35,000 feet.  As a result, I was treated to a panoramic view below of the rolling hills and small towns of England with its patchwork fields.  Not too much later, the terrain changed radically and became thickly clustered with hills and mountains, seemingly devoid of cities.  Quite frankly, I didn't know what I was looking at, and only after I'd gotten home and pulled out an atlas did I realize I'd had an amazing flyover of Scotland.  At that moment I vowed to return to Great Britain and check Scotland out for myself.  Five years later I did so, and found it to be the most beautiful spot on earth.  The scenery in Scotland is SO extraordinarily lovely that twice I was reduced to tears at its magnificence.

What I love about A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND is its unrestrained use of spectacular photography coupled with a thorough and pithy explanation of Scottish history, which is turbulent at best and not the easiest thing to get your mind around.  The appealing narrator, Neil Oliver, never allows your attention to wander.  His narrative style carries with it charm and a sense of energy that makes the material anything but dry.

It was so good to re-experience Scotland through this DVD, and whether you're planning a trip there (lucky you!), or probably won't make it in this lifetime, the next best thing is this DVD.  If I could give it six stars, I would.
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Brings me back to the Holy Land I visited 4 years ago. Thank you
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I can relate to this story as my dad was a minister at this same church, before the author's dad.  There was no parsonage for b us to live in, so we traveled to Sellers town every Sunday and Wednesday.  I remember that devil and even at the age of 6, I knew this man was evil.  And that experience was probably the beginning of me learning that sometimes the most evil will hide in church!
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I visited the Holy Land several years ago.  It was a lot to process, even though I grew up Catholic, read the bible and heard the Gospels many times at Mass;I felt overwhelmed in the Holy Land.  Now I want to return because I know I will apprecfiate it so much more; thanks to Fr. Martin.
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I love it, so was very good,arrival in the country was fast, but when I get to the country swelled much
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I was probably more a dweller than country fan overall. To not read the final book and proceed with the country series was difficult.  However, I found more than my share of like able characters along that journey as well. This book gave me the closure needed...although not always in a way I liked.  I laughed cried and picked my jaw up off the floor a few times.  I appreciate that there was a message and I truly enjoyed the journey. Thank you Mr. Estes. I will miss them all.
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I feel I've lived an adventure from the 1840s.  Imagine my surprise to read of Decatur, Illinois and Sandamon County - my home town.  To read about how it was before I was born was so exciting.
Ellie's tradegy and loss of her four children I could relate to because of having a miscarriage myself in my life.  I spent two years grieving and could relate first hand to her sorrow.
I feel this book landed in my possession at a time I needed encouragement.  I've walked through tragedy of one kind or anotherfor four years now.  Lately I could tell you the book of Job by experience.
In reading this book, I laughed; I felt like crying and My heart went out to Ellie and Matthew in their struggles.  Like Matthew as a preacher I let someone run me away from ministry of teaching because of things people said.  I came back two years later and since then it doesn't matter what people think.  I am where God wants me.
The story is so vivid you feel you are right there feeling for the characters.
The struggles with hope and trust and serving God are issues we all face if we would admit it.
You are drawn into the story and can relate to events of one kind or another.  So many times in our walk of faith we feel like walking away because of people.  One has to get to point they know where they belong.
If you need encouragement, uplifted, or just want a story that will let you know people are human and God is real, this is the book for you.
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I enjoyed a great deal.  I know one of the guys on the trip, so had a personal interest.  What an adventure they had, will be able to look back on those memories.
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Some interesting places are left out, but was useful on my recent trip anyway.
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I think I was hoping to go to Africa. Fat chance, I get homesick when I go up the street to the Piggly Wiggly.
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Although billed as "the" party night of the year, New Year's Eve can be a depressing occasion for many people. For Arkie the close of 2014 is so dismal she spends it on a railway platform with every intention of leaping in front of the next train. Fortunately for her trains no longer run to Byron Bay and instead Arkie finds herself in the company of a quirky young Japanese woman who steers her life in a completely unexpected direction - a pilgrimage to all of Australia's "Big" things.

I really liked the premise of this book. Pilgrimages have always been a part of human society, undertaken by few but believed to hold great rewards for those who make the effort to complete one. I loved the way Arkie's pilgrimage was to our quintessentially Australian Big Things - ie The Big Cow, Pineapple, Prawn, Banana, Mower etc rather than having to go somewhere spiritually significant and/or geographically remote. Arkie's quest to renew and rebuild herself is understandable and being of a similar age to Arkie I could relate to that concept on many levels. Having grown up close to the Big Pineapple and Big Cow, this book was also a nostalgic journey for me.

Having said that, there were some elements of the story that just didn't work for me. Unfortunately one of these was right at the beginning of the book. The likelihood that a ten year old train timetable was still in existence is far fetched enough but going beyond that surely railway stations that are no longer is use would not be open for people to walk onto the platform? Or even if somehow they did would there not be other signs that the station was no longer in use - eg the fact there was no lighting or ticket machine?? I'm not sure if this clouded my view of Arkie, but I just couldn't warm to her, although I did understand where she was in her life. She was the type of character you just wanted to shake at times and tell her to get on with it - I will say I liked her more as the story went on.

On a separate note, Arkie's Pilgrimage to the Next Big Thing showed just how our society has changed and evolved within the past few decades and had me yearning just a little for a time when a "big" fibreglass object on the side of the highway was a genuine tourist destination.

Overall I did like this book. Although I found some of the elements a little too quirky for my taste, there were many positive and inspirational messages intertwined within the story and ultimately it did work. I think I would have probably liked it more if the beginning was a bit more believable. The story did get better as it moved along and the conclusion was both satisfying and realistic.
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It gave me a prospective of experiences a friend had there.
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Travel with me to the land of miracles. Where is this? Here, there, but mostly right in your heart. Feel again that sense of awe you had when you first gave your total all to God, whether that was decades ago, or today.
Reading this novel, I remembered again that feeling I had when I once again gave everything, including my dreams to the Savior who loves me more than anyone could. I too, prayed that I could carry that feeling of euphoria into my daily life and that it would change the way I looked at life around me. And as I read, I determined once again to make that commitment without fear or anxiety.
We as a family just came through an amazing miracle ourselves when our Mom survived an emergency surgery after a colon in-fracture at the age of 86 years. Having spent 6 weeks in a hospital environment with her, I found the scenes describing the interactions of nurses and doctors as well as administrators  to be very revealing. Never having been to the Holy Land, I traveled there with Emily and Amanda and feel that if I ever did go, I would recognize the streets, the market places and most important of all, visit Bet Jola, and the house of Miriam.
Would I recommend this to my friends? Although I read this as an ebook, I will be buying the print version and making sure that everyone has a chance to read it.
I received this ebook free from Thomas Nelson Publishers through their Booksneeze program in exchange for an honest review. A positive critique was not required. The opinions stated are my own.
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You can smell the foliage.  You can sense the change in the weather.  You are blessed.
If that was all taken away, what would you do?
Ms. Roberts writes in the manner that all of your senses are aroused,  and I do mean all.
This is a story about family.  Good, bad and ugly.  Enjoy your trip with the Bodine's, Longbow's and others.
I sure did!
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My aunt loaned us this DVD. And I also read the book in the late 80's. I guess our personal discipleship is also called our Christian walk in the New Testament. The Pilgrim left his former immoral lifestyle and went on s spiritual journey in search of Heaven-the Celestial City. He cast off his burden of guilt over his past sins when he came to the cross. I think the fools of Toledo, Ohio mocking my Christian beliefs reminded me of the evil immoral mockers at the town called Vanity Fair. Toledo also has a recognized whore problem in the news. When I once went to a Baptist church of which I was an official member, the pastor mentioned how we should lean on the Promises of God in the Bible to get us through The Slough of Despond! I also noticed that I go from interest in minstriy to ministry as my spiritual needs dictate. And I could identify the fragments of Scripture (although not by chapter and verse)from my own Bible Study and reading. They left Pilgrim's wife Christiana out of this movie. And the shodowy lighting in the film did make it seem low budget. But it had a good message! At a time I just thought of my Christianity as me and my Bible and the Holy Spirit. No fancy churches!