Nettie's Pick A Bend in the Road By Nicholas Sparks A Bend in the Road is a story filled with tragedy, love, hope and heart-breaking secrets that will keep you reading to find the answer! It starts off with Miles Ryan trying to get on with his life after the senseless hit- and-run accident that killed his wife and leaves his young son Jonah motherless.   As a deputy in the North Carolina town of New Bern, he not only misses his wife terribly, but also wants to bring the unknown driver to justice. When 2 years have passed, Miles finally meets Sarah Andrews.  She is the new 2nd grade teacher to his son…trying to get on with her life after a painful divorce.  Maybe it’s because they have both been hurt that they find some comfort with each other and learn how to enjoy life again.  Neither can guess how closely linked they are to a shocking secret… one that will force them to question everything they have come to believe is their life and future together.   In A Bend in the Road, Nicholas Sparks writes about life’s bitter turns that seem to affect everybody at some time or another.  His writing lets you know that everyone makes mistakes but it’s the way you handle the mistakes that decide what your life will eventually be.  Don’t miss this wonderful love story that not only has love and tragedy in it, but also a mystery that will keep you turning the next page!

Nada’s Picks The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey Are you caught in the common debt spiral that consumes millions of Americans?  While consumer debt is at an all-time-high and the economy struggles with the rising cost of fuel and housing, Dave Ramsey, author of The Total Money Makeover, gives hope to those caught in this treacherous cycle. This book will change the way you perceive money and allow you a look and feel for what ?debt-free? means. Sprinkled throughout are the testimonies of people just like ourselves that have buckled down and become debt free. While it is not a ?quick fix? to all of your money troubles, if you apply the principles faithfully, you could be on your way to wealth in no time! Many of the families in the book did just that within just a few short years. Of course, leading the way, is getting rid of the credit cards. Next Dave focuses on establishing an emergency cash fund so that you don?t revert to the cards and from there establishing a debt snowball. There are many other principles along the way and Dave writes in such a way that anyone willing can understand and apply his teachings. If you want to be able to help your children through college, give to charitable causes that are important to you and be free from the stress-filled life of bills, bills, bills, I encourage you to read (and APPLY) Dave Ramsey?s money makeover strategies. I copied his worksheets just the other day so that I may begin NOW!

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RESCUING DA VINCI - Robert M. Edsel After hearing the author interviewed on one of the television news programs, I was interested in finding out more about a special multinational group of more than 350 men and women formerly known as the "Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) section.  This military unit served during and after WWII to preserve, protect and restore millions of priceless Art treasures including masterpieces by Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Vermeer. As the Nazi armies marched across Europe, museums such as the Louvre worked feverishly to crate and move their treasures to a safer location.   When possible, monuments were disassembled and evacuated to underground mines.  Tapestries were removed from their frames, rolled up in canvas and often transported long distances outside the city to ensure their preservation.  Mega sculptures like the impressive Michelangelo's "Moses" were wrapped in protective cloth and entombed in brick to protect them from damage. The coffee table-size book uses nearly 500 photographs to illustrate, not only the extensive efforts to protect Europe's art treasures, but to reveal the magnitude of the Nazi looting of more than 5,0000 to 8,000 stolen or confiscated treasures which were transported to Germany and hidden in numerous salt mines.  Hitler's objective was to build the world's greatest museums within the Third Reich and furnish them with the plundered artworks. This collection commemorates the heroic efforts of the countless men and women who worked to rescue, catalog, restore and if possible return these priceless works of art to their rightful owners or museums.   This daunting task continues yet today partially financed by the author who is selflessly involved with the project.