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I made this lens to support Covenant House. You can help, too.
Covenant House provides shelter and services to homeless and runaway youth. Want to help? Spend 10 minutes to save a kid's life.
Build a lens to support Covenant House at their Squidoo Headquarters, or visit the Covenant House home page for more ideas on how you can make a difference.
THE BOOKS THAT HAVE CHANGED MY HUSBAND'S LIFE
My husband Ted is not a fanatic reader like me, so his list is a lot more discriminating.
Long before Dummy and Idiot were popular concepts for self-help books, John Muir and Tosh Gregg wrote "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Complete Idiot". Ted credits this volume with keeping his cars on the road long after the rest of the world may have given up on them. And, I have to say, even now in 2007, our newest car is from the 80s, so that book taught him a lot of basics that he's been able to apply to other cars. (Like our Mustang, Mercedes, Trooper and Volvo.)
Richard Henry Dana's classic "Two Years Before the Mast" was a great first step into literature for a young man who liked boats and sailing. Dana portrays life in a much simpler and in many ways much more difficult time. It can help us in the modern world to put our problems into perspective. Do we have enough food for the week? Do we have fresh water to drink? They're simple but you can't live without them.
Long before Dummy and Idiot were popular concepts for self-help books, John Muir and Tosh Gregg wrote "How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive: A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Complete Idiot". Ted credits this volume with keeping his cars on the road long after the rest of the world may have given up on them. And, I have to say, even now in 2007, our newest car is from the 80s, so that book taught him a lot of basics that he's been able to apply to other cars. (Like our Mustang, Mercedes, Trooper and Volvo.)
Richard Henry Dana's classic "Two Years Before the Mast" was a great first step into literature for a young man who liked boats and sailing. Dana portrays life in a much simpler and in many ways much more difficult time. It can help us in the modern world to put our problems into perspective. Do we have enough food for the week? Do we have fresh water to drink? They're simple but you can't live without them.
THE BOOKS THAT HAVE CHANGED MY HUSBAND'S LIFE
A very selective list
How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive : A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Complete Idiot
Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
Two Years Before the Mast
Amazon Price: $16.34 (as of 10/12/2008)
Millions of homeless kids are living on the streets
You have the power to make a difference
Join together with people across the planet on November 15, 2007 in the Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Kids.
- Candlelight Vigil 2007
- Host a vigil on November 15, 2007.
Attend a vigil organized by Covenant House.
Host a candlelight dinner party in your home.
Light a virtual candle.
Visit the site to get more information or to register your vigil.
