It's interesting to compare this treatment of the subject with Neal Zimmerman's _At Work at Home,_ which I also read recently. While Zimmerman concentrates on creating "livable" working spaces at home, which are not always elaborate or expensive, either, Sweet seems to have a thing for cold, bare, "industrial" environments with square, hard-looking chairs, exposed rivets, and shiny metal gooseneck lamps. Is this a British design thing, I wonder? It's an interesting take, I suppose, but if I could afford a professional designer to set up my own office at home, I'd pick Zimmerman in a second.

I really enjoyed reading the sequel to Dark is a Color. Caro is a strong, intelligent heroine. The adventures of Caro and her friends on the dark side of Clytie are wonderful and exciting to read. Ms. Lapka's skillfully intertwines depression and fear with the power of God's love. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves science fiction.

Literature, evolving from author to author, as each author moves forward, using the shades of meaning generated by previous authors, the associations around a word, a phrase growing over time. On first reading jane austen evokes all those associations, and explains these concepts.

The book is in the form of an aunt's letters to her niece, an aunt who has lived an interesting life, and wandered lonely (as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills). Her niece is just starting her eductaion, she likes literature but is not a fan of Jane Austen, not yet. The letters are well-written, fresh and vibrant, and they take us through literature, the life of Jane Austen, the influences of others on her, and her influence on others.

There are many echoes to be found in the story, and the letters, and the writing. There are echoes of Jane Austen, of course, but also writers of other ages, from Homer to Greene.

The title is reminiscent of "On first reading Chapman's Homer" by Keats, and like Keats, we - on first reading Jane Austen - feel "like some watcher of the skies when a new planet swims into his ken". That is the feeling this book tries to evoke in us.

All lovers of literature, and especially of Jane Austen, do discover this moon revolving around the world of Jane Austen.

This novel truly captures the spirit of the 1968 'revolutions'---the sheer narcissism and self-indulgence of the 'revolutionaries' is captured, although, one suspects, not intentionally. As a snapshot of 60s Paris and London, it is an interesting, but slight, novel.

This book is divided into two sections, "Before Sarajevo" and "After Sarajevo". I recommend that the reader skip directly to "After Sarajevo". In the first section, the author assumes that the reader is already familiar with the details of every international crisis 1870-1914. Therefore, he omits to describe them! The same goes for the kaleidoscope of political personalities. Instead, he plods on with an analysis of each event's place in the larger picture, without enlightening his readers as to what the event was. Even key figures receive minimal mention. In the "After Sarajevo" volume, the pace and description pick up considerably. The Serbian plot against the Archduke is described in detail. The author is careful to illustrate that the Germans were far from solely to blame for the War. In fact, their attempts to restrain Austria are contrasted with the French encouragement of Russia. This book appeared in the early 1930's, and it was time for a realistic assessment of the causes of the War. If only the author gave the earlier causes the same treatment he gives the later ones.

Wise Woman's Telling is the first book in the Daughter of Tintagel Series about Morgan Le Fey. As I have only read this first book, I will reserve judgement on the entire series as I do not know the outcome.
This particular book tells the story of Uther, Merlin, Gorlois, Ygrene and the begetting of the baby, Arthur, in the voice of Ygrene's childhood nurse, Gwennol, a wise woman of the old religion. As in the "Mists of Avalon", Fay Sampson faces off the old religion's spells and magic , utilized by Ygrene and her daughters, Elaine, and Morgawse, with the stifling foothold that Christianity gained in Britain during that time period.
Only 9 year old Morgan is not schooled in the old religion's art as Gwennol senses something powerful and dangerous in Morgan and thinks it wise not to teach her things she will only use in a destructive way. The child Morgan craves attention from her soldier father; unlike her sisters, she wishes to be a man, and ride off into battle. Most of the time, the egotistial Gorlois throws off her wild embraces, paying more attention to the begetting of his beautiful wife with a male heir. The author does a fine job of relaying the underlying tension that drives Morgan; she of all the characters remains loyal to her father, Gorlois, after his death. Although she is, for the most part, a silent participant in the story's drama, the reader senses the child's need for vengenance without constantly being reminded of it.
Ygrene is portrayed as a vain woman with the goal of queenship uppermost in her mind; a goal in which she uses witchcraft to obtain. Morgawse is an over-sexed adolescent which the narrator feels should be married immediately. Uther is a robust king with more joy in him than his predecessor Gorlois.
Most fasinating of all, is Sampson's portrayal of Merlin. From the start our 'wise woman' senses his power and is rightfully afraid of it. When they finally come face to face, Gwennol's wish is that she is a few years younger so that she and the druid could go off together.
This story has its moments, but for the most part it does not contain the magic of the Marion Zimmer Bradley story. However, as I obtain and read the succeeding books of "Daughter of Tintagel", I will comment further on the story as a whole.

Can one find another collection with this many despicable characters in one plot? I don't think so. I cannot think of one decent character in the book, not even the chauffeur.

A very engaging story which gives insight into what it is to be a woman desired, and what happens when desire is perverted. A refracted life seen through the clones of one woman, this is a novel worth reading and re-reading.

This whole series is just fluff. the work from the companies is great, but the book doesn't give you a sense of it. it's thin, the pictures are unhelpful, not even tasty enough to be eyecandy, and the stories are PR bull. type in the URL instead.

A visually impactful glimpse into the world of Frog... Great thinkers and designers, this shows their best work to date, but to fully appreciate them, the more recent online work should also be looked at. Perhaps an update someday would show the transition from industrial/environmental design into excellent online customer experiences... something that few firms have been as successful at as frog. Great book!

it was horrible she just repeated the same stuff over and over. Definitely not a good read!

I like it.
It's kind of funny.

While I am a new believer in the love and logic approach to parenting, I feel this audio tape is just a "greatest hits" of the Parenting with Love and Logic book. I need more support, not reruns of stories I've already heard. If I had it to do over, I wouldn't make this purchase.