This book is not only have amazingly beautiful photographs of the Indonesian fauna, flora and native people, it also give you a very deep and insight story of each of them which bring you to realize how beautiful all the creatures on earth are. After reading this book, I have this giant urge in my body to buy a good camera and to go to these beautiful nature reserves in Indonesia to meet and to see and to take pictures of these animals , flowers, trees, people and listen to each story these people have for their unique creatures

Discworld Also picks up where GURPS Discworld left off and includes information on the more modern innovations that have occurred on the Disc in the books Pratchett has written since GURPS Discworld was published, such as the communications explosion and the opening of EcksEcksEcksEcks, and also offers more information and help to the game master and players. There are also new racial packages and character templates (including one for creating an Igor!).

It also includes 3 full-blown adventure scenarios and 3 adventure seeds. I've only run one of the adventures, Lost and Found, twice at conventions. This adventure has always run beautifully with both those familiar with the Disc (even those more familiar with it than I) and those who are not. Warning, though, the laughter that erupts from time to time at the table tends to distract those at the surrounding tables who opted (silly people that they are) to play something else!

This book is a joy to read, even if you're not planning on running a game in the Discworld setting, but is, of course, primarily intended for those interested in running a game in the setting. I would note that you really need to own GURPS Discworld (or the Discworld Roleplaying Game, as it's now being called) to use it.

Another great riddle book in the series. Each page has 3 different "riddles" describing something that rolls. The answer is under the flap. My 3 year-old loves these books. He'll have me read them over and over!

Recently stopping at Shannon Duty-free, I found this beautiful
book. The words of Yeats and the photos of Le Garsmeur combine
to transport you to another time, another place...and where else
would you rather be than exploring that Emerald Isle with its
famous bard? Turn off the TV; put some Irish music on the stereo;
pour a glass of red wine and sail away. I guarantee you'll be
planning another trip to Ireland after this experience.

This small book has a delightful and deceptive cover. Inside, the content of post-modern thinking is challenged from every dark corner.

With survival of the Holocaust still the focusing event of the last century, its' ability to make man look at man has not been described so intensely until now. Now I am sure there is a God, as only He could have saved us from ourselves.

Incredible writing, as difficult as it can be, but worth every hour required.

This book and its companion books are great. My two year old loves them. We are lucky to own them.

This new book by Alain Garay, a distinguished Paris attorney, is the first study of the organized anti-cult movements in France. It is devoted, in particular, to ADFI (Association pour la défense des familles et de l'individu) and CCMM (Centre contre les manipulations mentales), the largest French (and perhaps European) anti-cult organizations. Garay studies the sources of their power and influence on the media, mentioning their promotion of concepts such as brainwashing and mind control. He discusses how these groups enjoy in contemporary France an unparalleled degree of public support, and their crucial influence on French parliamentary anti-cult commissions and the recently established official Mission to Fight Cults. Émile Poulat, who may be described as the most authoritative historian of religion in France, is the author of the Introduction. The very fact that this valuable work did not find a publisher in France, and finally had to be published (in French) in the U.S. is in itself evidence of the power the anti-cult movements master today in France.

L'enfer de Brest (The Hell of Brest) tells the story of the seige of Brest which lasted about forty-nine days during August and September, 1944. While General Omar Bradley's 12th Army Group, partilarly Gen. George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army, were making spectacular gains driving eastward across France, the need for Brest as an additional deep-water port deminished. Neverheless, Bradley and Patton kept Maj. Gen. Troy H. Middleton's VIII Corps in Brittany with the mission to take Brest. The month long battle for Brest involved the most bloodiest combat encountered anywhere in Europe. The Fortress commander, Generalleutnant Herman B. Ramcke and his hodge-podge collection of defenders, centered around the 2d Fallchirmjager Division, put up a tough fight. Because it was fought hundreds of miles behind the Bradley's front, this battle has received scarce treatment by historians.Floch & Le Berre's book is written in French. This fact should not deter anyone interested in appreciating this little known battle. The author's research is impeccable. Hundreds of photos and some of the best maps I have yet encountered grace its pages. Created from the French perspecive, the authors highlight the role of the French Resistance working in conjuction with the Americans--a little known aspect of the Brittany Campaign.I hope an English translation of this work is forthcoming. Until then, look at the pictures & maps--they are surely worthy of its price tag.

This is a superb reference for one of the most famous Hellenistic works of art.

It is nearly exhaustive in it's laser precise attention to the statue in the text, and equally well illustrated with photos of parts of the statue that the average tourist will likely never be able to easily see in person at the Louvre.

The photos throughout are mostly in a large format, making details that otherwise dissapear in small illustrations visible, such as the cracks and wear and tear of time. There are also numerous unusual and rare pictures from the history of the statue included (such as the faux replacement left foot created in plaster, but ultimately removed).

It also includes a brief mention of other noteworthy statues of the goddess Aphrodite in the collections of the Louvre.

The only possible downside for most interested readers is that the book is written entirely in French; there does not appear to have ever been an English translation published.

Never the less, if you are even remotely interested in the Venus de Milo (and you know who I'm talking to) then the French language is very likely not much, if any, of a hurdle at all.

The reader can gain a further appreciation for the beauty and history of this particular statue, and it will likely further interest the reader in finding out more about other great works of art.