Poetry that connects to the heart and soul of all:  This book is just wonderful! Anyone can read this poetry and relate to it. All of the poems capture the love gained and lost when you give your heart to someone. A great gift for that special someone or-- inspirational words that will encourage anyone to follow their heart.
-- Merri from America

Having enjoyed and shared Javan's books for many years I was upset to read the preceding review. However, both his words and the attacking tone of his comments indicate this person has serious problems. I think the review says more about the reviewer than it does about Javan's books. He was right about one thing, Javan's books are not literary poetry. They are short reflections on our relationships with ourselves, others, and the world we live in. They are not only beautiful and easy to understand, but as indicated by several hundred people who have signed the guestbook on Javan's website they are especially helpful when things are going bad.
--An Amazon.com Customer

"A while back my wife divorced me. It was a divorce I didn't want. A few days later I was in a gift store and saw copies of your books, Footprints In The Mind and Meet Me Halfway. I bought them and went home and read them through twice. Then I sat down and wrote my wife a long letter in which I included a number of your writings. We have been back together for over a year now."
--a truck driver in Georgia

I have sold the books by Javan for quite a few years. During that time they have been the most consistent sellers I have seen in thirteen years in the book business. And they have sold with only word-of-mouth advertising!"
-Tom Woodward, owner Pilgrim Book World, Fitchburg, Ma.

Your books Meet Me Halfway and Footprints In The Mind are two of my most cherished possessions. I read them all the time. Maybe if I had read them a few years earlier I would not be where I am today."
--a young woman in prison in Tennessee

"This is just a note of thanks from the Hyder family. In today's world it is so hard to find something that the whole family can enjoy. Your book Footprints In The Mind has been a real treasure for us. My daughter feels as if the book were written especially for her. My son even uses your writings to help his friends at high school. And of course my husband and I truly love it."
--family in South Carolina

"I have sold more copies of Footprints In The Mind (well over a thousand copies) than any other book during eighteen years in the book business; however, Meet Me Halfway and Something To Someone keep right up with it now. There is one man who buys three of each title nearly every time he comes in. The most interesting thing about the sales of the books is the completely different types of people who buy them."
-Hulda Roebuck, owner The Bookshop, Warner Robins, Ga.

"I can not read your books without tears in my eyes, for there is so much of me on every page. It's as if you've been looking over my shoulder taking notes on my life."
--repeated in similar wording in many letters

"I had to become 62 years old and I had to go to Saudi Arabia and meet a gentle Saudi, before I ever heard your name and read your works."
--a lady from West Germany

"I have sold thousands of Javan's books since 1979. The books have sold consistently year after year. We have had customers buy one copy and then come back a few days later to buy 10 or 15 for friends. I would certainly recommend them to any store owner or buyer."
--John Barringer, owner, Little Professor Book Center, Charlotte, N.C.

"A short while ago my husband became critically ill. Not being able to continue his active life-style, he developed a passion for reading. A friend gave him copies of your three books. They became his favorites and he read them often. After he passed away I was putting some of his things away when I came across your books. I sat and read them with tears in my eyes, for in my hands I held traces of him and traces of myself laid bare for the whole world to read."
--a lady from Georgia

"I read Meet Me Halfway at a local bookstore. By the time I was finished I wanted to read it over and over again. After purchasing the book I took it home and showed it to my friends. Since then it has strengthened all of our relationships. I don't think anyone has ever expressed our feelings toward love, honesty, and trust more than you have in your book. I don't think our parents will ever understand us since we are all the black sheep of our families. We are the 'punk rockers' and social deviates. Yet we basically want the same things from life, it's just that we are going our own way to get them. I want to thank you for the things you have written for they all come from the heart and soul of man."
--a young man in Illinois

"Because I personally enjoy Javan's books, I find it easy to recommend them, especially for gifts. Nearly every time I recommend them, the person not only buys them, but also thanks me for recommending them."
--Hattie Hoffarth, owner The Book Tree, Drayton Plains, MI.

"I can't begin to tell you how much your books have meant to me. They have made me laugh and cry, and they always seem to say the right thing when I am down. For me your books are more like teachings. I have found myself thinking that I have never read as many wise and deep thoughts in one collection, short of great religious books like the Bible and the Koran."
--a lady Ph.D. from New York