This is a useful, informative and well-researched account of Wilson's creative process. While those looking for critical essays or critiques of Wilson's plays will find it a bit thin, that is neither the intent nor focus of the book. It is devoted to the process by which Wilson creates, sythesizes, molds and finishes (or avoids finishing) his works. A valuable guide to Ma Rainey, Fences, Jitney and Joe Turner, as well as Wilson's success on Broadway and beyond. With an update that includes Piano Lesson and Seven Guitars, this text could prove to be an indispensible guide for the dramatic scholar interested in Wilson's work, mentors and influence.

This is the spiritual autobiography of a man who inherited the tradition of the famed peoples of the Caucasus Mountains. His search led him to encounters with many remarkable individuals and awakened in him a variety of mystical experiences. Through the telling of his life story he reveals much of the ancient knowledge of the Caucasian people, the secret training of the Bektashi dervishes, a search for buried Ottoman treasure, and his own reconcillation with Christianity and the West.

This is a wonderful book for children just learning how to read. The illustrations glow and pop off the page! A wonderful book for all!

This book was purchased for my daughter, who missed her father terribly while he was away on business. It has passed to our second daughter who enjoys it just as much! I recommend this for bedtime reading to smile about the fun things a child does with their daddy.

I was in 2nd grade when I checked this book out at the library when I went there with my Brownie troop. Actually I spent my whole library time being undecisive about what book I wanted and there was this table full of reject books (ones kids decided they didn't want to check out afterall) and I grabbed one as I headed for the checkout desk and it was this book. I think this was the first book I ever checked out on my library card... I really didn't care about books at the time and when I got home I read it with my mom and turned out I loved it! I could not imagine why any kid would decide not to check it out! It is similar to that book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

My son, 6 years old, was "on strike" from reading. This book brought him back. He loves reading it, loves looking at the pictures, loves the fact that he can read it by himself.

It is an intelligent, well-illustrated book, that speaks to kids' interests. The words are chosen carefully to be both accessible and challenging for early readers.

I've also bought other books in the series, and they are consistently excellent.

This little book is so wonderful on so many levels--and as you may know, such effusive praise is not always associated with Heidegger's later thought. To begin, the volume contains two small yet terribly important essays, "The Principle of Identity" and "The Onto-theological Constitution of Metaphysics." The latter essay has become the basis for much theological and philosophical discussion around the idea of "ontotheology," the recent best of which is Merold Westphal's new Overcoming Ontotheology (Fordham, 2001). This is the name Heidegger gives to a certain metaphysical concept of God which has found great purchase over the years in various forms: Aristotle's Mover, Spinoza's causa sui ("self-caused," the idea of God as a necessary first principle), Hegel's God qua Spirit, and even much recent conservative Christian thought which has categories in place to which the concept of "God" must correspond if "God" is to be countenanced as indeed being God. Ontotheology in a nutshell: thinking that God is a concept that is at one's beck and call, something one can pull out of one's pocket; or, to quote Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet (6), "Do you believe that anyone who really has him could lose him like a little stone, or do you not think rather that whoever had him could only be lost by him?" In other words, God is a conceptul stone, something we can see, know, look at, produce a taxonomy of, and teach in a classroom. That's ontotheology.

All my words are only ancillary to Heidegger's prose in the second essay, and his words are often quoted but their source (this little book) is seldom mentioned. He writes, "[ontotheology] is the right name for the god of philosophy. Man can neither pray nor sacrifice to this god. Before the causa sui, man can neither fall to his knees in awe nor can he play music and dance before this god. The god-less thinking which must abandon the god of philosophy, gad as casua sui, is thus perhaps closer to the divine God" (p. 72). Heidegger's essay is an attempt not so much to overcome the ontotheological problem, as to name it and allow it to become a subject of thinking. It is essential reading for an understanding of the later Heidegger.

In terms of the book, it is all one could want. Nicely bound (I'm not sure why Amazon doens't have a photo of it), it is small and the text is readable. Perhaps the best bonus of the book is that it is bilingual; the English translations come first, and then the German follows at the end. If nothing else, it is an opportunity for English-only readers of Heidegger to see his German text and appreciate the difficulty of adequately translating his philosophy. This Stambaugh has done almost as well as her new definitive translation of Sein und Zeit, and as far as I can see this is the only useful translation of these two essays. Heideggerians cannot be forgiven for not reading this small book, which is huge on ideas, and Stambaugh has provided the perfect venue for Heidegger's intricate and passionate thought. There is no index, which might cost it a star, but the excellent introduction makes up for it, and besides, the essays are only 20-30 pages each. An index is hardly needed. Just read the text.

I found this book to be a tremendous source of comfort and guidance. Throughout the course of a busy day, we are bombarded with zillions of things that can test our patience and distract us from the principles taught in the Bible. This book offers a one page scenario and then provides a passage from the bible and the likely response of Jesus in that situation. A quick fix for the soul to keep us on the right track. I definitely recommend it. Easy reading.

Ms. Stamm took me back to a boyhood time in my life. When my family, the fields around our home and my school were all that encompassed my life. Her characters realize an awareness of the frugality of our environment as seen through their young eyes.

I truly enjoyed reading this short, but fun filled story.

Technically this is among Joan Aiken's best work. There are only a few perverse elements (do not read Haunting of Lamb House- especially if you are a fan of Lucia and Mapp). I found it entertaining and satisfying.