One child/Banners of Silk/The Gentle Jungle/Reflex

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Books That Kindle Dreams
Peter and Barbara Jenkins with daughter, Rebekah
In 1973 Peter Jenkins graduated from college in New York State anc began a journey across America that ended five years later. The first half of his trip was chronicled in A Walk Across America, a 1979 Condensed Books selection. Now at work on a sequel to his best seller, Peter took time out to tell us about his special regard for Reader's Digest Condensed Books.
I was fifty-five miles out in the Gulf of Mexico when I began reading again. I had given up books during the first half of my walk across America. I wanted one hundred percent pure physical adventure, and besides, there was no extra room for anything in my backpack. Now here I was, working for a while in a roughneck crew, on an offshore oil rig, very aware that death was just a spark away. For relaxation, all of us caught fourteen-foot sharks. Somehow, that was not quite relaxing enough for me, so one night I began looking for something to read.... Tovább

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Books That Kindle Dreams
Peter and Barbara Jenkins with daughter, Rebekah
In 1973 Peter Jenkins graduated from college in New York State anc began a journey across America that ended five years later. The first half of his trip was chronicled in A Walk Across America, a 1979 Condensed Books selection. Now at work on a sequel to his best seller, Peter took time out to tell us about his special regard for Reader's Digest Condensed Books.
I was fifty-five miles out in the Gulf of Mexico when I began reading again. I had given up books during the first half of my walk across America. I wanted one hundred percent pure physical adventure, and besides, there was no extra room for anything in my backpack. Now here I was, working for a while in a roughneck crew, on an offshore oil rig, very aware that death was just a spark away. For relaxation, all of us caught fourteen-foot sharks. Somehow, that was not quite relaxing enough for me, so one night I began looking for something to read. There was a stack of raunchy magazines on the rig, and a closet full of Reader's Digest Condensed Books. I chose the books.
Since that night on the Gulf, I have found and read Condensed Books in the strangest places. In a Cajun shack in a Louisiana marsh, and in a log cabin in the Rocky Mountains. And I came across some more in an old trailer at a cowboy camp in Idaho that was fifty miles from the nearest town. 1 read them after munching down a T-bone.
During my walk, I met a lot of people who don't have time to get the latest and best books. Often, they live too far away from libraries and bookstores. If Reader's Digest editors didn't choose the right books and condense them expertly, lots of people would not be reading as much as they do. That would be a shame, because they might not have had the chance to read my book. Then they wouldn't have come along with me and heard America singing through its inspiring people.
There are many books that kindle dreams and lead to better living. They should not be missed. The folks at Reader's Digest do something about it. Take it from a person who's walked five thousand miles throughout this vast country. Reader's Digest Condensed Books really get around.
Reader's Digest Condensed Books are issued every two to three months. The typical volume contains four or five outstarding books :r> condensed form. None of the condensations in any volume has appeared in Reader's DigesO. itself. Any t< Her may receive this service by writing The Reader's Digest Association. Inc., Plersantville. N.Y. 10^70
BANNERS OF SILK
by Rosalind Laker Doubleday, $12.95
It was an impossible love—the lowly Parisian seamstress, Louise Vernet, and the rich young cavalry officer, Pierre de Gand. "I forbid the marriage," thundered Pierre's godfather, Emperor Napoleon III; and in the swirl of revolution and the Crimean War their love was swept away. Then Louise, the protégée of eminent couturier Charles Worth, began a long, gallant climb to the top of the world of fashion, emerging a great designer in her own right. And suddenly, there, once again, was Pierre. A star-crossed romance, set amid the elegance and glory of nineteenth-century France. Page 131
ONE CHILD
by Torey L. Hayden Putnam, $9.95
Six-year-old Sheila had never known a normal life. An abused child caught in the chaos of a broken home, she came into Torey Hayden's class for emotionally disturbed youngsters hostile and violent. But beneath Sheila's defiance Torey sensed a rare perceptiveness. Valiantly she fought to instill hope and trust in her little pupil. And slowly a bond of love and faith was forged between them. It survived even the bittersweet moment when the teacher had to stand aside and let the child go on, alone. This is the poignant story of a near miracle wrought by a loving teacher upon a gifted and troubled child. Page 7
REFLEX
by Dick Francis Putnam, $11.95
Steeplechase jockey Philip Nore has held the world at a distance for most of his thirty years, refusing to get involved. But when trouble explodes all around him he is forced to take notice. What secrets are contained in the mysterious pieces of film he has stumbled upon? Why is he suddenly asked to throw a big race? And why is Nore's rich grandmother, who has callously ignored him all his life, so eager to see him now? A taut thriller by the best-selling author of In the Frame and Whip Hand. Page 431
THE GENTLE JUNGLE by Toni Ringo hielfer Brigham Young University Press, $9.95
Toni and Ralph Heifer are owners of a ranch outside Los Angeles where they raise and train exotic animals to perform in films and on television. This is Toni's hilarious and often hair-raising ac-

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count of day-to-day life among amiable snakes, kittenish tigers, __ playful wolves, and cougars who like to wrestle. Some of the ^ animals, like Gentle Ben and Clarence, the cross-eyed lion, are famous. Others, like Clyde, the six-foot lizard, are not so famous. But all of them share the love, respect and affection of the fearless and exuberant Heifers. Page 327
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STILL MISSING by Beth Gutcheon
One morning six-year-old Alex Selky waved good-by to his mother and started off for school but he never arrived. His disappearance triggered one of Boston's largest manhunts. The police followed every lead, checking even the most bizarre phone calls and letters; the Selkys' friends tramped the streets, searching; • Alex's appealing grin was seen on posters everywhere. And as the weeks went by, Susan Selky never lost faith that her son would be found—she lived only for the moment when he would run into her arms. Suspense and heartache mingle in this riveting novel of a mother's ordeal.
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