Best Selling Books by Gary Hines

Two boys have an exciting ride in the caboose of a big train.

Spending the summer at Papa''s logging camp, two brothers watch with awe as Puss Tompkins, the high climber, chops the branches off a tree.

Gifford Pinchot is regarded as the father of the conservation movement. Pinchot and President Teddy Roosevelt set aside large areas and designated them public lands; these are today''s National Forests.

When President Theodore Roosevelt announces that there will be no White House Christmas tree because cutting down trees is against his conservation efforts, his youngest sons, Quentin and Archie, are deeply disappointed. They can''t imagine ChAristmas without a tree. The two determined boys enlist the help of their aunt and sneak a small tree into their bedroom. When the president finds out, he takes the boys to see the chief forester in hopes of teaching them a lesson. But the chief forester says cutting down smaller trees will help the taller ones grow. "Isn''t that bully!" says the president, and the boys shout, "Hooray for the tree!" Gary Hines and Alexandra Wallner bring this story, based on actual events, to life in a light-hearted text matched with bright, cheerful art. Young readers will enjoy this humorous episode in history and relish the children''s "victory" over their father. At the end of the book, there is a photograph of the Roosevelt family and an author''s note on Roosevelt, his children, and the real Christmas tree.

Describes how a group of firefighters use a helicopter to help put out a forest fire.

Children will discover how the most unlikely animals, plants, and insects pair up to help each other in fascinating ways. Richly-detailed paintings bring these ''special friendships'' to life. Parents and teachers will also love the glossary pages at the end of the book for more information on symbiosis and the wonder of nature.

In A River of Memories, Wisconsin author Gary Hines takes you on a merry-go-round ride of his stunningly wide variety of life experiences and career paths.

This IBM Redbooks publication provides an example of the "ideal" Parallel Sysplex environment (one that is configured to deliver the highest levels of application availability), and describes the features and functions used in this environment. For each function, we describe briefly what it does and what its benefit is, and refer to the appropriate implementation documentation. In this document, we discuss how to configure hardware and software, and how to manage systems processes for maximum availability in a Parallel Sysplex environment. We discuss the basic concepts of continuous availability and describe a structured approach to developing and implementing a continuous availability solution. This document provides a list of items to consider for trying to achieve near-continuous application availability and should be used as a guide when creating a high-availability Parallel Sysplex. Information is provided in recommendations lists and will help you configure and manage your IT environment to meet your availability requirements. This publication is intended to help customers'' systems and operations personnel and IBM systems engineers to plan, implement, and use a Parallel Sysplex in order to get closer to a goal of continuous availability. It is not intended to be a guide to implementing or using Parallel Sysplex as such. It only covers topics related to continuous availability.

Young Tad Lincoln is excited about the new national holiday until he learns that the cook plans to serve Jack the turkey as the main course for Thanksgiving dinner.