What can I say about Miro's art? I love it. Art is a purely subjective thing. I enjoy the subtle technigues you notice in his art when you look closely. Sitting back and absorbing the art allows all sorts of images to come to mind. Miro has some very lovely backgrounds for his work, using shades of color to add depth and a sense of realism to his work. Some of my favorites are "femme et chat" and "animal composition".

This book contains the prints of lithographs made by Miro' first produced in 1944, at the time of World War II. The illustrations are all black and white - some forms are quite whimsical, others reflect the influence of Picasso and surrealism. Though Miro's works usually contained bold colors, these works are all the more pwerful for the tonal values of black and white.
If you are interested in art, especially of the Surrealist Movement, this is a great place to start.

A collaboration between popular writer Joan Aiken and famous artist Alan Lee (best known for his Tolkien illustrations) - what more could you ask for? Aiken provides the story, based in old legends and folklore, and Lee works magic with his watercolours to create a deep and evocative atmosphere, while at the same time keeping a sense of realism to the tale.

Seppy is the seventh son of a seventh son in a family that makes carriages - but his only wish is to become a wonderful violinist like his grandfather. To find out how to succeed in this path, he goes one night to an abandoned house where bodiless voices are said to whisper to one another, and ask for their advice. They tell him that all he needs to do is throw a shoe at the moon each night for a week. Baffled, Seppy obeys, but finds that after marring the moon's beautiful white face with the marks of his shoes, it imposes on him a terrible revenge: in return for success as a fiddler, he must go barefoot for seven years, his sister will never speak a word, and he and his family will be in terrible danger.

Sure enough, any shoe that is placed on Seppy's feet instantly falls apart, his new-born sister Octavia never utters a word, and the portents begin brewing that something terrible is on its way... But throughout all this Seppy's talent as a violinist grows to magical proportions, and his skill with his new violin (given to him through ghostly means) may just hold the key to protecting not only his family, but the entire seaport he lives in.

If there is a fault in this tale, it is that Joan Aiken emcompasses too many strands of plot into what should be a more simple folktale. As it is, one is never quite clear what is the main story line - is it the Moon's curse? Seppy's musical development? The threat of the sea monster? As well as this, several small enigmas presented in the story are never completely unwound, and though some - like the formless voices in the abandoned house - are best left mysteries, other just make it seem as if the book has drifted to an incomplete ending. For instance, how and why does Octavia begin to speak? Why does the monster shrink? How do the shoes get back in the clock?

But despite these confusions, the stunning illustrations of Alan Lee more than make up for them; he is the only artist to my knowledge that can make a dancing sea serpent in giant shoes look completely realistic. He invokes the moorlands and the seaport perfectly, either by day or under the ghostly light of the moon, and any complaints over the story are swept away by the mysterious mood of the watercolours - ghostly kings, crashing waves, mist-shrouded beaches, craggy rocks, and of course the seaweed covered sea serpent are all completely convincing and provocative. Lee captures movement, scenery, action, stillness and otherworldliness perfectly, and any fans of his work will not be disappointed with his illustrations here.

So even though the move from the haunting, murky atmosphere of the first half of the book doesn't quite match the cartoonish feel of a dancing sea monster at its conclusion, the prose is strong enough, and the illustrations beautiful enough, to make this book a treasure for the bookshelf.

A boy named Seppy is granted a wish by the moon but must live with the moon's revenge for 7 years. I first read this book aloud to my 2 girls on a car trip, it remains a favorite and has been read aloud many times. It is beautifully illustrated, with a great monster at the end.

The Mudpack And Me is a great book about Susan Hubbord a girl who wants to lose 10 pounds before she starts 8th grade. Her mom doesn't think losing 10 pounds is such a good idea. So they agree on 8 pounds. Susan finds the Turtle-Run Health Spa and decides that is the place to go. She and Tessa a girl she meets along her journey want to figure out the secret behind Lorenzo the yoga teacher. You'll be surprised.

This book was very goo. It was all about two 13 year old girls' trip to the Turtle Run health resort. Susan wants to lose exactly 8 lbs. before 8th grade, and Tessa's soap-opeara-queen mom is forcing her to lose 20. At first, Tessa is extremely introverted, but she and Susan become friends. They have a few hilarious escapades, and then tackle a mystery. Where does Lorenzo (the gorgeous yoga instrunctor) go every day?

If you want a quick, clear and concise explanation of some central concepts in Jung's writings on alchemy you really can't beat this boo

I thought the Rosarium essay in particular was very clearly written and much easier to understand than reading from Jung's exposition. I'm quickly becoming an Edinger fan.

I had to get this book for my class at college. So i really don't know what to say because I didn't wanna buy it but kinda had too. These books are very simple to read. They give yous step by step directions on how to get to everything on windows. Even though i really don't need the class, it is a good book for those of you who would love to learn windows inside and out!

I used this book for a summer course I needed to take at a local college. I was extremely please with the information contained in this book. I have a Windows 98 Operating System on my computer at home and this book has been a great help to me in understanding the Windows 98 operating system even more than I did before.

The best thing about Noteworthy 2 is that there is such a variety of recipies compiled into one book....Everything from traditional fare to lighter pastas and salads, even some ethnic dishes. There seems to be focus throughout on healthy, elegant dishes which makes them great for entertaining. Many of the more out of the ordinary dishes involve interesting ingredients, so you may not find everthing you already in your refrigerator, but the trip to the grocery store is definietly worth it! The many pictures provide great ideas for presentation and combination of dishes. Overall, this is an attractive,useful collection of recipies. Whether you're looking for the classic or the unique, you'll find it in this book!

I borrowed an old roommate's copy of Noteworthy Two to make a meal five years ago. Since then, I have purchased copies for me and most of my friends with notes indicating the best dishes. The variety of recipies is exceptional--particularly strong are the salad, appetizer and side dish sections. A few favorites are Italian Bread Salad, Tequila Marinated Chicken with Citrus Salsa, Herbed Turkey Loaf, Warm Bavarian Potato Salad, Broccoli Struedel, Portabello Mushrooms Stuffed with Eggplant, Ginger Cake Roll and Lemon Cheesecake. While these are not high-end gourmet dishes, the final product will impress. If you are a fan of seafood dishes, this book contains a very limited selection of good recipies. Also, many of the recipies are not particularly low-fat or low-calorie, but I've found that substitutions are extremely easy to make. In fact, I have cooked fabulous meals for all types of occasions, knowing that if I ever want to prepare a meal (or dish) that is guaranteed to turn out well, this cookbook will deliver. I highly recommend it.

A country and western music star is scheduled to visit his claimed home town and visit his dear old great-aunt. The usual Maggody misadventures and murders familiar to all ardent Hessians take place.
I think this is a series that gets better as it goes on. There is a certain crudity and dependence on cliches and stereotypes in the earlier character drawing. The fat girl Delia is greedy; the preacher is a hypocrite. The later ones have more subtlety.
"She had her cat, Pussy Toes, her apartment in a quiet neigborhood, her meetings of the genealogical society, her knitting projects for nieces and nephews, and her annual vaction to a family-run hotel in Mexico where she remained drunk out of her mind for ten days straight." You might accuse Hess of making fun of alcoholism in that portrait of Miss Vetchling but it has a certain style and sharpness.

Despite the small town of Maggody's inability to pull itself into the sophisticated world of today. Arly manages just fine. When a country music star and his entourage arrive for a Christmas special, things get kinda weird. Not to worry though, Arly has everything under control. Disappearing people and dying mannequins? Do not miss this Christmasy murder mystery.

Although he quibbled about some oyster details, my father-in-law loved this book . It's a must-have for an oyster man.

This book is amazing in what it has to say, and how it says it. I enjoyed this book, and would recomend it to anyone who likes oysters.

"The Personal Recollections of Joan Of Arc"

In the novel "The Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc" a childhood friend, The Sieur Louis de Conte, tells of her adventures from beginning to end, as he remembers playing with her in childhood, standing by her in adulthood, and watching her in anguish because of his helplessness at the end. This book is one of Mark Twain's novels, and I think is one of his best. "Joan Of Arc" had a lot of action but hardly any gory or really gross bits to sicken a reader or destroy a good story. One example of that is when she speaks to nobles, lords, even the king himself with her passion for France and justice in her quest to free France. the spirtualness and human natures colliding in this story ,like when she was grilled by the church council and jury regarding Christ, war, people, and the miraculous happenings following her, making this a very exciting read, whether you like to skim the surface and just know the story, or if you would rather dive deep into the hidden messages of love, life, and liberty buried deep withen these words. The only thing I can count aginst this book is that 425 pages makes for a long read, but it's worth it. I recommend this book to someone who wouldn't mind being caught up in the wonderful balance of words and thought of "Joan Of Arc" for an afternoon. I really liked this book, and think that everyone should have the chance to enjoy it. Kudos to Mark Twain, I give your book 4 stars and two thumbs up.

This is one of the grandest jokes in all of literature, if it isn't unique. All in all, you have a complicated structure where Twain plays a contemporary chronicler, feinted away with a gag scene on this personage as a faux poet, with somewhere toward the end the awful, imperishable story about the bee-stung bull.

This book really worked its stuff through the whole course, offering reinforcement where it was necessary. However, I got all excited after doing the problems, just to realize that there were no answers to check my work with! Why did Peterson's do this? I'm hardly psychic, and if I'm learning the material, am I going to know the answers? I think not.

Overall, it was well organized and well written, but I'd love to truly test how well - written it was with an answer - key comparison to my own work.

This was an excellent book. It accurately shows problems from both Part 1 and 2. It also utilized the calculator effectively. Lastly it was the book most like the AP Exam.