I read this with an excited blessing, as if the world was about to open up to me and it helped me contact what iwas curious about, my past lives. It is full of advice and wonder, i would reccomend this to everyone, it will fill your spirit with blessing.

There is a very short explication of the title "The Worst Enemy of Science" in the Preface (pp. v-vi, signed by Gonzalo Munevar), where it is curtly stated: "Paul Feyerabend was once described in Nature as "The Worst Enemy of Science"." A more detailed reference than this briefest of mentions is nowhere given in the whole book. The book naturally contains (like all Academic books) hundreds of other (scrupulously) full references of much lesser importance. What is the precise Nature reference to Feyerabend as "The Worst Enemy of Science"? Or is this a pure legend, perhaps invented by Feyerabend himself (who loved exaggerations, farcical tricks, and hoaxes of the "Anything Goes" type) so as to bolster his well-deserved notoriety?

The line that has always remained fixed in my mind was Gauguin's comment
on the refinement of a work. I think on a very basic level, to simply make a primary statement and move on has a very satisfying feeling to it. Miles Davis, among others, was fond of one takes because there is a spirit that is captured in that take, often lost on recurrent ones because of increased expectations, abstraction of an "ideal", and trying to recall of the "good stuff" while dismissing the "bad". Gauguin's work and life capture this idea quite well, and he voices a call-to-arms by bringing to light this notion of the non-refinement of the work. In Japanese ink calligraphy, the calligrapher has but one chance to draw to the rice paper; the live jazz improvisation must consider ALL of the performance to be part of the statement. It is a further comment against the hyperabstraction of Western artistic ideals, psuedo-ideals, that canonize relative cultural ideals and discard that which is considered non-beatiful or non-meaningful.

When I bought this book, I thought I was buying a history of Fall River, Massachusetts. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it's a reference book, comprised of everyone who was ever involved personally in the Lizzie Borden murder case. Bios are listed alphabetically and I can't think of anyone Mr. Hoffman's left out. I gave this book 4 stars because there are some errors here and there, and more photos of those we don't usually see would have been fantastic. Still, it's a good piece of work and fascinating whether you're looking up a person or if you just want to sit and read it cover to cover. Don't miss it before it becomes unavailable, as many Lizzie Borden books do.

This is a brilliant book, laden with the surreal. Suntup has a talent for connecting the disconnected image that a good many poets could learn from, and on many occasions, he's funny as Hell to boot. This is a fabulous poet with a bright future!

It's me, D. Green once again. I read this book, or in this case, this e-book, out of sheer curiosity; which is probably why youre looking at this review. This non-fiction book was like nothing I have read before...

It was written by a real girl who lived in Austria, pre-World War One Austria. As mentioned above, this diary is presented by the great Sigmund Freud. The diary starts off with a preface written by Freud in which he explains the reason why this particular diary is given to us; to follow the girl's personal development from a young girl into a young woman . That reason may sound a little strange, but keep in mind that not too long ago a lot of people thought that what Freud did was also a little strange.

Originally written in German, the translators did a good job of keeping the girl's writing style and syntax pretty close to the way it might have been . As I said, her story, Gretel's story, takes place in pre-World War One Austria, where there is still an Emperor, when America was still minding her own business, and hints of anti-Semitism where there and blatant at times but still under the old man's top hat. Besides all of those potential dormant volcano-like problems, the diary provided an interesting look into the Austrian culture of the early 1900s. As I was reading it, I could almost here the joyfully jolly like quartets and symphonies of J. Haydn playing in the background.

As I said before. the translators, I felt, did a good job of keeping the girl's writing style close to what the original probably was; which was pretty good and very engaging. The diary, written over four years, does what every diary does, in telling the reader what the writer feels and experiences. And boy does Gretel go through a lot of things and feel a lot of emotions. This description here may sound cut and dry, but that is where her diary excels to the point of excellence.

For her age she is a very good writer. From the beginning, where her story starts on the first year when she is ten, it is clear that she is quite handy with the pen; expressive and fluid, much more so then a lot of us were when we were ten. And us she gets older by the year, her descriptions become that much more expressive. Because of this, I really felt that I was apart of her conscience and one of her friends. If not that, then like an angel watching over her as she hang out with her best friend, Hella, as she and her family went an vacations in the Austrian countryside, and as she dealt with her feelings for the young men that she idolized- through the bad times and the good.

Though it was originally presented by Freud as a specimen to analyze and observe the development of a young female during the important years of personal growth, from a liberal arts perspective it is a work of art printed by the hand of a young artist.

Since this diary was written by a young girl, parents should give this book a look. Because this diary was written by a young girl from pre-World War One, students of culture and history should give this book a reading. On account of the fact that this diary was written by a young girl, who goes through the trials of life, students of life should take notice to this book. Heck, anyone whom has the opportunity to look at it, should do so...

On a quick note this book can be downloaded for no exchange of money (free) at the Project Gutenberg E-text website. I would like to give the website address but this one won't let me, so please highlight and use Yahoo.

Gretel's story is a very good one, rich in expression and emotionally moving, especially the ending. GOOD READING

A long time student of Camus' works, I thought I knew everything there was to know about this man. However, this book along with "Albert Camus and the Minister" have left me with a fresh perspective on Camus. Not to say that it destroys the image of the man that other works personify, but it does work to fill in the gaps and in some cases bring to light new things about a well known man, of whom little is truely known.

Zen Telegrams by Paul Reps offers insight into the spirit. A collection of one page image poems, it can be seen as a commentary on the world in which we live as Reps delves into each subject with only a few words. His simple style sets the mind in motion as his words, gallop, fall, or smear across the page. The result his poems open the soul.

This book can be used as a meditative initiative, or a gentle reminder of the world we call home. For either use, it is a collection that is definately a must own because of the power it conveys.

I found the cover of the Paperback version somewhat misleading,
claiming that the title character was hiding a "Terrible secret" and that society would be "shocked and hurt" by the revelations.
This was definitely a serious book, but Not the heavy mystery which the publisher (Bantam Starfire) proclaimed. The story is both humorous and pathetic--well worth reading, especially for
high school kids, who can relate to superficial conversations and disintegrating relationships with their parents.

Two sophomores who are misfits in some ways team up to play telephone pranks, which is how they meet Angelo Pignati (who
does not raise pigs). What starts out as a loony, harmless,scam changes into an important and fulfilling relationship for the three of them. One where it is safe and OK to do silly things--like roller skate through a department store--just for the the sheer joy of being alive and enjoying each other's wacky company. Emotionally-constricted at home, both John and Lorraine find exhilaration in the total acceptance of their personalities without criticism, reveling in this unexpected personal freedom.

Unfortunately they revel too much in the home of the Pigman (their private but respectful name for this gentle soul), who has been both liberal and trusting with his hospitality. The teenagers realize too late that things can go too far, when their adult friend pays the price for their selfishness and excess. This kindly middle-aged man helped set them free from social bondage--free to be themselves, accepted just as they are, but was the price too high for them all? Since when is Freedom really free? Liberty carried to extremes is License. A thoughtful read.

In my opinion the Pigman is a very sad book that could bring out strong emotion from any reader. This is not one of the books I would normally read but it did impress me. In my view the writers style was a little hard to follow in this book. John and Lorraine were actually writing the book, so either John or Lorraine writes one chapter and then the other person writes the following chapter. Sometimes it gets confusing because John for example , might think of something Lorraine left out in her chapter, so John inserts that later in the story. I would recommend "The Pigman" to young teenagers who enjoy reading emotional books. Someone who loves to read science-fiction novels and action stories would not like this book.

Two "social outcast" students get to know a lonely old man while playing a phone game with her friends. As it was just a joke to visit him at the beginning, his house becomes a second home and he himself kind of a grand-father for them. Their friendship gets deeper an deeper, until something horrible happens...

The book "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel is a great description about friendship between young and old and between boy and girl. Although the two different narrators who take turn with each chapter might be a bit confusing at the beginning, the style of writing is very good. The reader can identify with the main characters and does not lose interest in reading the book as there are always included little things that make him keep on reading. Moreover, the author describes precisely the family lives of the three main characters. In my opinion "The Pigman" is a really good book with which many people can identify and which is not too difficult to read as even non-native speakers are able to understand it.

When I finished this book around midnight last Friday, I just sat and held it for a while, sad that it was over and needing to process the last bit I had read. Two days later, I bought copies for my friends and started reading my own copy again. I missed those messed-up Pipers, and like the John Cougar Mellencamp song, I missed the "hurt so good" feeling.

As you journey with the Piper family from the marriage of James and Materia through the births of the four sisters and beyond, you will laugh, you will love, you will be shocked and outraged, you will grieve, and you will heal only to have your wounds torn open again.

MacDonald is an amazing storyteller. I still don't know how she managed to keep me reading page after page of her heartbreaking saga, but she did. There were times when I wondered why I was putting myself through it, why I wanted to continue to read this book that was full of so much pain. At one point when a series of events seemed more than any one family (or reader) could take, she almost lost me, but I couldn't quit. I had to know what happened. I'm so glad I did.

MacDonald's writing had it's share of high points, Kathleen's singing debut being one of them, but her story-telling ability is her true strength. The way she tells this story and unveils the Piper family secrets is masterful. I am in awe.

Anne-Marie MacDonald's "Fall on Your Knees" is one of the most compelling and amazing books I've read in my life!

The author weaves a fascinating tale of a wildly dysfunctional Cape Breton family whose life takes so many twists and turns it seems at once highly improbable and completely believable. She accomplishes this with highly-developed characters whose neuroses dig ever-widening holes in the fabric of their quirky and often likable personalities. One reads this book and questions whether so many human extremes can exist in one household, however one realizes that these extremes exist in all of us and would be released if all possible consequences were buried by an onslaught of emotion. Pandora's Box anyone?

My favorite aspect of this book is by far MacDonald's narrative style. If anyone is looking for a companion to the college writing staple "Elements of Style" please turn around and seek "perfection" elsewhere. However, if you would like to be lured into a hallucinatory trance by the chantings of a tribal storyteller, than pick up this book. MacDonald does not create the story. The characters and events were merely floating around in the air and she wrapped her words around them. She floats in and out of each character's mind, deftly passing from 3rd person to 1st person without a worry that the reader will get lost because the reader knows the characters so well it is impossible to do so. The characters' stream-of-conscience thoughts run from concrete to abstract and back leaving the reader to fill in the blanks with their own imaginations. Not to mention that when the author feels like throwing in snatch of a poem or song, she does so. The effect? It's like going to a one-person show and watching an actor effortlessly improvise for hours without ever leaving you in the cold.

So, if you're looking for the qualities of a sweeping epic drama mixed with the unpredictable writing style of a post-modern play, I definetly recommend.

This book is certainly worth the money I spent at a used bookstore. This novel by Ann-Marie MacDonald is sweeping, spell-binding and completely amazing. This wonderful story of heritage and family is certainly bold and deep. But, don't let the length scare you away. This book contains everything a sage should have. Characters, plot, story, beautiful language, pace, and a talented writer show that "Fall on Your Knees" is a book that everyone should read.

Don't get me wrong, this book isn't a happy story all tied up with ribbons, because it's not. But, it's because of those drama's and flawed characters that make you empathize and feel for the people you're reading about. You'll carry them with you, long after you've read the last page. This is a really wonderful book!