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November 10, 2010

Review: Cause & Effect

Adventures in Odyssey: Cause & Effect Audio Cd Description: “It’s all-new Adventures in Odyssey episodes in volume 52, Cause & Effect. Join Eugene and Matthew as they investigate why the clock tower at City Hall seems to be counting down to a mysterious deadline. Could it have something to do with the anniversary of a lost love from twenty years ago? Barrett couldn’t be more excited about getting the lead role in the school play. But when his first practice is interrupted by a mysterious booming voice, Emily Jones must investigate the ‘phantom of the school play.’ Also, perfect for…

November 10, 2010

Heather L

…Featuring Norah Jones

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…Featuring Norah Jones Norah Jones’ new album, …Featuring, is a compilation album featuring cameos, duets, and collaborations with artists across a vast array of music genre. The recording of these songs span the decade from 2001 to 2010 and show the wide range of Norah Jones’ vocal talent. As with pretty much any compilation album, I didn’t care for all of the songs just because they weren’t my preferred style of music. That being said, I was extremely impressed that Norah Jones sounded great on every song, all 18 songs, no matter what style of music she was singing or…

The Write Foundation Review

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Munchkin is great in many different areas of academics, but writing is not one of those areas. She’s very creative and has no problem coming up with very imaginative stories. She can tell quite the tale verbally, but when it comes to the mechanics of writing everything down properly, she falters. She wants to be able to adequately write down her creative writings, so she gets frustrated with her lack of natural ability in this area. I looked forward to receiving Level 2 – Paragraph Writing from The Write Foundation. After looking at the website, I thought that this would…

November 5, 2010

Heather L

Collectorz: Book Collector Software

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Collectorz: Book Database Software Keeping track of all of your books just got a lot easier. I’ve been guilty of purchasing the same book twice when I didn’t remember that we already had the book. You see, I’m a book junky. We have bookcases all over the place in our house. The movers? Well, they hate us due to the large number of books they get to move for us. Now, to be fair, D and I have moved all of those books ourselves, so we do know what we’re asking of them. **grin** Needless to say, I was rather…

November 5, 2010

Heather L

Review: Taking Back Astronomy

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Jason Lisle has a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado. He believes that the scientific evidence of astronomy is in harmony with what the Bible teaches us. He believes that science and faith are not mutually exclusive. Since very little has been written about the field of astronomy from a Biblical creation perspective, he decided to write Taking Back Astronomy. About the Book: Take a breathtaking look at the universe in this comprehensive guide to the heavens! Sit back and explore the world at your fingertips in this book. Each of us has a world view – a…