I bought this book several years ago and use it all the time. I am a garden writer, author of Allergy-Free Gardening, and a professional horticulturist and I find that this is one of the very best books on trees that I own. Jacobson knows his material and he has obviously gone to great lengths to create the best book possible. Full of hard to find, very useful information. This book would be of great value to any landscaper, nurseryman, horticulturist, botanist, or actually to any gardener who appreciates trees and well-researched books. I recommend it highly!

This is a book we all should have for reference. Many photographers are shown, and it helps the rest of us to see it this way.

This revised version of the Gelb's famous biography from the sixties is an incredible read. It traces the life of O'Neill from his early beginnings to his first Broadway play, Beyond the Horizon. One gets an in-depth view of his life with his parents and brother. Monte Cristo provides the modern reader with an enriched biographical background that really elucidates aspects of O'Neill's masterwork, Long Day's Journey Into Night. This biography is clearly written, thoughtful, provocative, and interesting. It's definitely one of the great literary biographies of an American writer.

Imagine having the ability to mold individuals and societies, having them perform just as you see fit. The power you would hold, and the responsibility also. That is what this book is about !!! A determined President with the capability to manipulate the secret governmet agencies and the world into a single people. His goal is to overcome racial and religious bigotry between the peoples of Earth. But to do so he must sell a lie. A lie so large that few can imagine that it can not be true. Enter his number one pawn. A secret agent with the unpublishable background. The original "Glimmer Man". He finds out the President's secret and tries to foil the plans which would alter the world. I read this right after Reagan took over as President. Imagine my shock as I read about someone who could stand up to Congress and the World. The book could have been based on facts, had it not been written before Reagan's term.\ A MUST read for those NEEDING INTENSE INTRIGUE and suspiscion. TEN TOES UP

This book is the most amazing and wonderful book I have read in ages. Arthur Clarke clarifies my thoughts on religion and many other ideas that I have had for a very long time. I was brought up in a very strict christian home by my widowed mother and although she did her best for me, for which I am very grateful, her religion and her church left me with a load of old baggage which I am now just starting to get rid of. I am 66 years of age and love this book.

The greatest author, the greatest translator, the greatest edition. What would you need more?
Edgar Allan poe, the master of mystery and terror, translated by one of the greatest french poet, Charles Beaudelaire, who rewrite these stories with his own poetry rather than just translate word for word.
The edition? Simply the best! Best quality paper, and a real leather cover written in 23 carat gold.
The tales? Terrifying.
Bravo, un vrai chef d'oeuvre de la littérature, dans la plus belle édition jamais vue! Vive Gallimard et la Bibliothèque de la pléiade. Et merci à Charles Beaudelaire pour son travail (1856 - 1865) qui reste encore de nos jours.
Chapeau!

Long after this story joined our vast family collection, our son especially took to the pranks of Milton and Morris, twins who accidentally blow up the ship carrying them from England to New York--and their parents, too.

"It was an accident at sea many years ago" the story begins, following illustrations of the boys sneaking into the ship's hold and lighting some fuses. (Devils!)

They wash up in New York, shuffle from orphanage to orphanage, and finally escape from Rotten's Home for Lost Boys to the circus. Then they, oops, try lifting a pocket watch from a clever old man. He catches them red-handed, and takes them home.

Nathan, it turns out, is a fine tailor. When he dies, they are bereft. But they know tailoring. Dressed as old men, they start selling suits to the fanciest of people.

One day, a delighted Mrs. Guggenheim declares, "You two simply must come with us to meet the Queen." Milton and Morris find themselves in England wowing the court--everyone, that is, except the Queen's gardener and his wife. Yup, you guessed it, their parents.

This story is just plain old fun. Alyssa A. Lappen

The first time through this wonderful adventure left my child squealing with the "Momma's piggies". By the third time through, the concept of "Mommy's mad" was realized. Each time through this story gets more interesting. Your child will sit and make up stories around the wonderful illustrations!

Superbly factual material on Oklahoma oil from 1880s to 1940s. Lots of early period data and lots of context for that data presented in a "just the facts" style -- locations, names, dates, technologies, economics & business drivers, disasters, prices, Indian compensation rates for oil leases, ecological mayhem, and boomtown sociology (complete with Prohibition, gangsters, tent revivals, gun-toting Methodist ministers, and the kidnapping of a rich oilman for ransom by Machine Gun Kelly). The Oklahoma oil boom & bust couldn't have a better documentarian than Franks. Many worthwhile photographs, too, but most are of poor quality and some primitive hand retouching reduces their value.