I have been a follower of Dante for most of my adult life and I have read dozens upon dozens of translations of Dante's works. I have thoroughly enjoyed Frank Salvidio's translation for several reasons. First, as he states in a introductory note, he made Dante's original voice a priority and he certainly succeeded. It is clear that Salvidio made a concerted effort to take himself out of the translation and put Dante in (a refreshing change for anyone who has read other translations by authors I shan't name). Dante's need and desire for Beatrice shines through here as well; something Dante surely would have wanted clear to the reader. Second, Salvidio clearly has a love for and a mastery of the English language. I say this because the verse in his Vita Nuova flows quite eloquently; again a refreshing change. I hope to read more of Salvidio's work in the future.

If you're tired of playing with world-saving heroes who laugh at guns, knives, and thugs, then this is the book for you. Dark Champions focuses on the everyday kind of heroes who focus on making neighborhoods safe and on street-level violence. The rules are clearly laid out and the book is well-written, conveying great flavor for a street-level game. The author, Steve Long, does a great job of making the world seem to come alive.

"Dark Palace" is Frank Moorhouse's sequel to "Grand Days." At the beginning of World War II, the League of Nations collapses, throwing the lives of its staff into limbo. Edith Campbell Berry, newly married to journalist Robert Dole, likewise finds herself unmoored as her marriage collapses, her future as a diplomatic becomes unsure, her alcholism becomes pronounced, and her former lover, Ambrose Westwood, returns into her life.

The book becomes a kind of journey into the middle part of a person's life: the book is an even greater series of vignettes than "Grand Days" reflecting Edith's lack of a personal storyline, if one can put it that way. She travels back to her home in Australia to visit family and friends (and look for work), but finds herself unable to reintigrate there. The book ends in San Francisco at the opening ceremony of the new United Nations--an organization that pointedly excluded, for political reasons, the involvement of former League of Nations employees.

My only criticism is that World War II is very much off-stage, perhaps reflecting the League's lack of involvement in it. Still, Moorhouse remains, is many ways, an experimental writer and the book's lapses and omissions must be read as intentional: in this light, it becomes a very profound study of a life temporarily without direction. A brilliant, heartbreaking book.

The book was so different that anything I've read before. I started around 10Pm and the next thing I knew it was four in the morning. I just had to keep going. The writing creates mental pictures that keep you wanting more. This write,Dolphus is really original. Definately not for those people looking for the same old mainstream material. I felt like I was reading something naughty but not nasty. I'm looking forward to the next book from Dolphus.

This exciting book should have been considered as another "Roots" project by the movie industry. It is filled with many twists and turns and is easily a top rated historical fictions. The main character seems to take you along with him as he experiences slavery's horrid conditions. Although I had to go to work the next morning, I could not close the book until 2 or 3 o'clock each morning. The setting, plot, characters and purpose of this book are realistic, even though a bit of the supernatural is intertwined in the story's events. You will really enjoy reading this book and will want to see a movie about it. I hope Spike Lee has read this great historical fiction.

I received this book 22 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child. I have given it as a gift to each friend who became pregnant. It is funny but oh so true. It makes you realize that you are not the only one going through it but in a very funny way.

Frank Taylor OBE was a journalist who had travelled with the team to Belgrade for the European Cup Quarter Final 2nd leg. After refuelling in Munich, the plane aborted two attempts at takeoff. On the third attempt, it crashed at the end of the runway. Twenty One people died, among them eight members of the United team. Frank Taylor's book tells more than the story of a football tragedy. It is a tale of courage and warm humanity that reached far beyond the world of football. The book is riveting. It makes essential reading for United fans and for all followers of the world's most popular sport. Its eye-witness account and historic pictures make it a book that I review every year on the anniversary of the crash. The names of Taylor, Byrne, Pegg, Bent, Edwards, Whelan, Jones and Coleman will never be forgotten. But for me (born five years after the crash) Frank Taylor makes them into real people, not just names we have learned to mourn.

"Dear Anne Frank" is a volume of poems about the young Jewish girl who, after her death during the Nazi Holocaust, became immortalized through the publication of her recovered diary. The author, Marjorie Agosin, is the descendant of European Jews who escaped the Holocaust; Agosin was raised in Chile. This is a bilingual edition, with Agosin's Spanish poems and the English translations on facing pages. Richard Schaaf is the primary translator, with additional translation done by Cola Franzen and Monica Bruno.

The book also includes Agosin's fascinating introductory essay, "Anne Frank or the Landscape Uprooted" (both in Spanish and in English translation). In this essay Agosin draws connections between the Nazi Holocaust and the atrocities committed under certain Latin American dictatorships.

Agosin's poems are somber and lean. Her voice is at times angry, at times compassionate, at times even a little wistful. She explores Anne Frank's role as young woman, as martyr, as writer, and as iconic figure. This is an important volume for those interested in Latin American literature, Holocaust studies, 20th century poetry, or Jewish studies.

Frank Vander-Pyle really knows how to write and get to your emotions, and that's a lot for a guy like me !
I love his writing ! Give yourself a real treat and get this book !