![]() ![]() "The best horror writer alive, period." - Thomas Tessier "Ramsey Campbell is the best of us all." - Poppy Z. "The greatest living writer of horror fiction." - Vector "Ramsey Campbell is one of the modern masters of horror.He has a genius for infusing horror into the everyday, piling up small moments of dread and confusion and fear until they become insurmountable." -Tim Pratt, Locus Good horror writers are quite rare, and Campbell is better than just good." -Steven King "Campbell is literature in a field which has attracted too many comic-book intellects, cool in a field where too many writers-myself included-tend toward painting melodrama. "Campbell writes the most terrifying horror tales of anyone now alive." - Twilight Zone Magazine "Britain's most respected horror writer." ![]() Normally, I stay away from what other reviewers have said about the work I'm examining, and I'm going to keep that tradition up, I will, however, include some quotes about the writer himself: Ramsey Campbell is widely considered to be one of the best (if not the best) horror writer currently active. I am not the first to sing the song of Campbell's unmatched ability. That he even needs to be introduced is a shame. Before getting down to the book itself, allow me to introduce the author. ![]()
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![]() Mogel makes these teachings relevant for any era, and any household of any faith. Parents will learn to accept that their children are both ordinary and unique, and treasure the power and holiness of the present. Sharing stories of everyday parenting problems and examining them through the lens of the Torah, the Talmud, and important Jewish teachings, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee shows parents how to teach children to honor and respect others. But how to accomplish this feat? The answer has eluded the best-intentioned individuals who overprotect, overindulge, and overschedule their children's lives. Parents want so badly to raise self-disciplined, appreciative, and resourceful children who are not spoiled. In the trenches of a typical day, every parent encounters a child afflicted with ingratitude and entitlement. ![]() ![]() Wendy Mogel offers an inspiring roadmap for raising self-reliant, ethical, and compassionate children. 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We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through the trial period with Sarah, the book explores how strangers can become family and what it means to leave behind everything you've known to start over again. She's answered Jacob's ad in the newspaper for a new wife, and the kids are really hoping she'll want to stay with them forever once she comes. The story follows the Witting family-Jacob and his children, Anna and Caleb-who are excited for a woman named Sarah to join their farm. But in Patricia MacLachlan's book, Sarah, Plain and Tall, the main character finds her new husband through a rather strange method: by answering a newspaper ad from a Midwestern farmer. 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