Shoes Books

Everson Alexander was an extraordinary man who managed to raise two girls and, at the same time, build a multi-million dollar ad agency. He became a single father after his wife suddenly abandoned him when the girls were only six-months young. Auntie Millie - Everson's sister - immediately stepped in and became their surrogate mother. The first shoe drops when the twins, Milan and Paris, lose their father.

Milan and Paris are thrust into continuing their father's legacy and faced with running the ad agency with little to no experience. The second shoe drops when, shortly after taking ownership of the agency, a disgruntled client shows up and causes chaos. The twins begin to realize this was only one of many more problems to come. They consult with their lawyer and aunt to try to figure a way out of their predicaments.

Just when they reach their wit's end, another shoe drops...they lose one of their biggest clients and now have to figure out how to make payroll and not have to lay-off valuable employees. Suddenly, a knight in shining armor, named Sydney presents the twins with a deal that's hard to refuse. Or should they? It seems a Hispanic ad agency based in Dallas wants to give them the capital to stay afloat; however the agency does not want to consider it a merger or acquisition. The whole concept seems strange to everyone involved...except the person initiating the deal.

THE OTHER SHOE DROPPED kept the shoes dropping left and right and just when you think Graham has run out of shoes, he drops an even larger pair. It is suspense and romance neatly tied together. Graham keeps you intrigued with the ongoing plot, although at some point I found it predictable. Nevertheless that didn't make it less enjoyable; it kept me reading to see if my prediction was actually right.

Reviewed by Esther "Ess" Mays for Loose Leaves Book Review

Death comes within kissing distance of Hercule Poirot when his dentist is mysteriously killed shortly after Poirot visits him. The murder seems difficult to solve initially because Morley was such a harmless man-- who would murder a dentist, after all? It becomes even more difficult later when it becomes apparent that there were a plethora of possible suspects, and a web of motive that reaches deep into the changing society.

The book was what i expected but it took longer to receive my books from Amazon than a private person

Absolutely fantastic book! Perfect for the platform shoe lover - especially me! Features the author's collection of platform shoes - including non-wearable novelties - leaving you wanting to own every pair on the pages! Divided into 8 chapters including "Novelties", "Sling backs" and my favourite - "Ankle straps". There are shoes with sculpted heels, beaded uppers, springs, wheels and every kind of fabric available. Also shown are the rare and hard to find products with pictures of platform shoes printed on such as record covers and even a jacket. Brilliant pictures, little text, not very informative but a good read all the same.

I recently got my first pointe shoes and was very excited with them, they were what I'd worked so long for. A little while later I received an Amazon gift card but was not sure what to use it on. After choosing and receiving this book, I was completely enthralled. There were a few things that I was hoping to read about that I did not find, but there were also more things than I expected, such as useful exercises and interesting history.

Very accurate in fitting procedures. Good basic anatomy and biomechanics information. Great reading for people in the foot health industry

The Red Heels is a magical love story that captures the attention of the reader as wells as the imagination of the listeners. My daughters and I checked this book out from the library and were so captivated by the story and the beautiful illustrations that we decided we wanted to add it to our library. It's beginning details the life and work of a colonial cobbler and continues as you journey with Jonathon into a mysterious forest and are wisked away into a magical night with Rebecca and her magic shoes. Ideas of loneliness and lost love play upon the readers sympathies until it is revealed that the power of love is living among common people and satisfies you with the revelation of the magic that can last even there; if love abides. To us this was a great colonial fairytale! All girls want to dance with the one they love - once upon a starry night sky . . . in red heels.

Unfortunately lacking in photographs (that's why I only gave it 8/10) but a marvellous story of a film that made thousands of little girls want to be ballet dancers.

A beauty in words interwoven with thoughts gives this book a upper slab than many others in the category.A reader-oriented book gets more welcome than fictions whics gives an extra score to this book.A nice one to read.

Although the reader does feel something has been lost in a retelling of the story, the message can still be seen clearly. A very simple tale, which can easily be read by first graders, has the moral of taking pride in yourself and being happy with who you are. When the poor shoe-maker is given a bag of gold, he loses his friends and his happiness. He realizes money and wealth did not make him content. The coverflaps have a lot of praise for the illustrator. He has an interesting style, but his artwork does not grab the attention of the reader and can be overly busy and erratic. It is a shame the artwork brings down this otherwise excellent fable that should be read to all children in our overly competitive capitalist society.

Why 4 stars?:
This is a nice fable, with a wonderful message about greed and capitalism. Unfortunately, its illustrations are attempting an abstract style that they just don't quite pull off.