Sandy Tatum's Amateur golfing career spans every facet of the game and has involved personalities from all walks of life. His book is a fascinating collection of short essays and thoughts about his remarkable life in golf. It is funny, perceptive, and engaging. And there is a short but splendid introduction by Sandy's close friend, Tom Watson. I recommend it to anyone who has ever picked up a club or just enjoyed watching others play.

I began my interest in miniature paintings several years ago, but found that long searches on the internet rarely produced any new information on this topic. Owning about 4 "worthwhile" books in my collection on the subject, I anxiously awaited Robin Jaffee Frank's book (which I became aware was "in the works" about 6 months before publication). I hoped that this book would be the frosting on the cake of knowledge I possessed on miniatures. I was delighted to find it is the cake itself. Miniature itself in size, it contains a whopping 358 pages packed with information and insights, along with plenty of full-size illustrations. It's presented in a format that can be easily followed, with many paintings also shown magnfied to enhance the concept being presented. You will want to take your time in reading and relishing this book, there's alot of information here. Well worth the wait.

The poetry of Frank Millard is vivid and accessible as it ranges from the light-hearted to the emotionally sensitive. The subject matter ranges from school violence and cyber-relationships to the death of Millard's younger brother, witnessed when he was eleven years old. Evidencing a firm grasp of words as tools of imagination and evocation, description and context, Love Lost is a remarkable volume showcasing a true literary talent. MoonWalk: Looking for love, stumbling over lust./Gaining bruises, losing trust./Earning pain, drifting further away./Listing in space, groping in darkness//Listing in space and groping in darkness./Gaining bruises, losing trust./Earning pain, drifting further away./Looking for love, stumbling over lust.

Frank Ferrante brings Groucho to life as he reads letters written to Miriam (Groucho's only daughter). He brings a personal flavor to the letters that make you, the listener, feel as if you are listening to Groucho- himself. Groucho's love for his daughter through the many trials they shared shines through Ferrante's performance.

the book i personaly thought that it wa svery interesting because these were the men that flew the airplanes just like the allied pilots these pilots didn't cause the holucaust they didn't kill innocent people the should be given some credit for all of there success i mean just a little for they were fighting for the country so were we and i think that these men a special so read this book

In my stack of unread books, acquired through friends, remainder counters, and impulse buys, "Luminosity" seemed just another literary novel with a nice trade book cover. Not so.

While its somewhat scattershot approach may not appeal to everyone, scene after scene unfolds in what becomes an increasingly distinct pattern. The book shifts through several decades and, for that matter, continents ... and covers ground as diverse as photography -- the initial unifying thread, with unexpected turns and twists -- theatre, roughing it in the bush, travelling in the Himalayas, 60's draft dodging and counter-culture, university politics and more, and more, and more. All of this is linked by several distinct, multi-faceted characters.

The joy of this novel is that it's written in a limpid and generous style that never alienates the reader, but which preserves up until the last pages a mystery of what exact "luminosity" the authors are describing. Unlike many books with flawed characters, we never get the sense the authors have anything but great affection for them. And the book ranges from fascinating technical details to delightfully extravagant experiences of spiritualism, possession and parasychology.

Occasionally as an avid feminist I'd become snarly about the treatment of female models through the eyes of the photographer, Breetz. "Context, context," I'd say to myself, and my willingness to keep going was quite justified.

I'd have preferred twice the length, as there were several people I'd have wanted to spend more time with. Individuals do appear and disappear a bit disconcertingly, and sometimes one or two of the multiple balls in the air vanish out of sight, some never to resurface.

This is certainly a book that I will reread several times, and I expect new facets and nuances will appear each time I do. If you can track down a copy, do so! After reading dozens of highly hyped, critically acclaimed, but flash-in-the-pan novels, to come across this book so unexpectedly gives me enough optimism to keep plowing through that unread pile. I doubt, though, that I'll find anything equivalent.

Helping my wife out with her kingergarten class was sometimes just dreary paperwork. But one of the highlights was reading stories to the kids. One Friday, after I finished Guadalupe asked if I would read another story the next week. Of course I told her "Yes." I searched Amazon.com for a children's book with her name in the title and came up with Lupe Luna (in Spanish.) I don't speak Spanish, but can read it. Especially in this simplified style. The kids loved the book, which is about an adventuours little pig (with pig tails) who wants to stay up "Toda La Noche!" And each time she had an adventure it would end with that phrase. The kids could not get enough of it. They would repeat that phrase, which is used 7 or 8 times. And when the book was over it was "Read it again." (Of course, these kids spoke Spanish.)

This is an insightful, compelling and radically original study. The Lust of Seeing will be essential to all future work on Hernandez and to a range of issues in cultural studies.

In this pathbreaking book Masters challenges the traditional view on the origin of modern science, or more precisely, technology. The traditional view is that the notion of science directed to conquest of nature, rather than contemplation, derives from Bacon. In contrast Masters argues that Baconian conquest of nature, though admittedly in a limited guise (Masters emphasizes that for Machiavelli man can control fortune only "half" the time), is present in Machiavelli, whose scientific principles were heavily influenced by his encounter with Leonardo.

The limited character of Machiavellian conquest of nature is the pivot of Masters's own thought. He sharply contrasts Machiavelli's limited conquest of nature, a conception that left ample room for political prudence, with the total conquest of nature that eliminated human contingency altogether. The latter view he attributes to Bacon and Hobbes, and other later moderns.

Masters's ultimate aim is to return to Machiavellian point in modernity which melded political prudence and science. In other words, it is an attempt to purify science with political prudence. Masters's own lifelong attempt to integrate science and politics, which he takes up in this work as well, should be viewed in this light. He wants to make those skeptical of scientific treatment of politics, like myself, reconsider the potential benefits of science, provided it is circumscribed by wisdom.

Indeed Masters is right that the difference between Machiavelli and Bacon, if it exists, is fundamental. But in my opinion the difference does not exist. A careful reading of works such as NEW ATLANTIS would have made Masters recognize that Bacon too wished to wisdom to rule over science (cf. Laurence Lampert, NIETZSCHE AND THE MODERN TIMES). As Jerry Weinberger and others have shown, Bacon did not subscribe to Baconian conquest of nature.

I would like to submit that my assertion of the convergence of Machiavelli and Bacon is at least as important as Masters's articulation of their difference. If Masters is right, there is salvation for science and our ills are simply the missteps taken by Machiavelli's disciples. If I am right, science cannot be redeembed by wisdom. It is an unruly demon that will instead enslave its human masters. The difference between my own and Masters's view seems to be also the difference between Leo Strauss and Alexandre Kojeve, in their legendary debate concerning the goodness of modernity.

I've been a linguist/translator for over 20 years (English is my native language). I've used literally hundreds of reference books in my life, and for the average user (H.S. and college students, parents helping kids with homework, people proofreading their own or colleaques' work...) I would rank this as one of the two best English grammar books I have ever encountered. It is well organized, so it is easy to find the right section. It is clearly written, so you don't have to decipher the text. It indicates whether particular items are required by grammar rules, or merely prefered, so you don't have to wonder if something could be phrased differently if you want to. I give it my highest recommendation!