David Hare's dry humor underlies most lines in this play and, as a result, it is a funny enough read. Prior to reading Hare's adaptation of La Ronde, I saw the Broadway version. The audience at the theater failed to laugh at the underlying humor as it was not emphasized. The text, however, brings out this facet of the play very well. Overall, however, there is nothing special about the the play itself. It is a cursory analysis of sexuality and sexual politics. But it's not the Kinsey report.

David Hare's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's "La Ronde" is nothing short of amazing. The twisting strand of relationships that course through the scenes is filled with mirror images of ourselves. Either in the lives we lead, what we invision in our mind, or in the world we see around us. There are so many difference's between the ten characters, but what makes it truly interesting is when you realize just what might be the same about them.

This play is a first rate pick!

I for one adored this play. Did not see the Broadway play but from what I heard it apparently cheapened this excellent work by David Hare. It goes into the before and after scenes from which the curtain closes. It is not about the sex but how society and individuals view sex and how commmon day our culture holds it. Any open minded individual interested in how individuals and societys behaviors correlate must read this play. It is short and easy reading for anyone to enjoy.

I finished reading THE CASTAWAY just now. It is a fine little book, dealing with a survival story of Daniel Ross, who is shipwrecked on an island. He must discover how to live and survive on an island of rock that has no life. It is good for younger readers. Daniel has to struggle with loneliness, routine, and torture of old and bad memories. The chief narrative deals mainly with the survival of Daniel, with flash backs and remembrances at various points along the way. The flashbacks help feel in the story of what happened at the seal hunting ship Daniel had taken berth in (the ship's name was Catherine). Also Roth uses them to detail the relationship between him and his brother Tom, and tells us how they left on a bad note. Another central character is Susan, as told by his memories.

Because of the type of story it is, Roth must, by definition, rely on these flashbacks and descriptions of the environment (in this case an island) to tell the story. The plot is survival. The conflict is Daniel against Nature. For the purpose of the book, and the audience, it does just fine (it is probably not over thirty five or forty thousand words long - it can easily be read in a single reading, numbering just a little past 100 pages long [108]). If it was aimed at an adult audience, it would need to show more of the psychological aspects of such an ordeal. Daniel spends a very long time on that island (how long? read the book). But as it is a children's story, and Roth in all probability wanted it short, does quite well detailing the psychological and physical difficulties Daniel had to encounter and overcome. One charming thing (the method is charming, anyway) that Daniel overcomes (to an extent) is loneliness. There is an old seal named H (largely because of markings on skull looks an H, they are old scars), which we see a little of, and Penny, a penguin, aid Daniel in this matter. Penny is a quite loveable bird. This also helps to reinforce that human beings are created for social interaction, and that part of us is intrinsic with our nature. The survival of the human species is dependent on this drive for social interaction (without some type of social ties there would be no society and no reproduction).

THE CASTAWAY is also a true story. Although doubtlessly embellished, true stories like that always help to capture and fire up the human imagination. It also shows the strength of the survival instinct. But I highly doubt that historians knew all the backstory that Roth provides for his protagonist. But according to the opening text in the book, Roth kept true to Daniel's possessions (a pocketknife, an oar, and the clothes on his back). I do not know how THE ICE HERMIT is, but it sounds largely the same thing. If you cannot find this, obtain that and read it. It is largely concerned with the same thing. All in all, a good book for young readers (especially those who like survival stories, but recommended to any young reader, or an adult who wants to view the indomitable will of the species of man to survive). That way, it would show the strength of Daniel's resolve to press on, even after the hope he had had on that island dissolved once he got to the main land. But, again, this is children's, so it is just fine how it ends.

Have you ever been trapped? If you have you would have probably felt lonely, hungry, tired and scared! In the book The Castaway, by Arthur Roth, the main character, Daniel, was stranded in a lifeboat with no means of communication. He was starving on the lifeboat. Daniel had no water, the only thing he did have was salty pork, which made him even more thirty.
The shipmates died off one by one. One of the shipmates went mad. His ration of food was gone and he was severely dehydrated. The shipmate lifted up his boat oar and tried killing Daniel tree times. Daniel and his friend, Josh, had no choice but to kill the mad shipmate. Daniel and Josh rolled the dead body overboard.You can just visualize his dead body rolling into the murky water.
After months of starving Daniel and Josh were forced to eat their belts and boots, for what ever nutrients that might be left.
Daniel and Josh finally spotted rocks far off in the distance. They rowed and rowed against the waves and finally they saw the rocks. Daniel and Josh thought of a plan to land the boat on the rocks, but the timing would have to be just right. If they were too early or too late they could die.
Will Daniel and Josh make it or will they be fish food? I encourage you to read this book. This book will make you laugh, cry, and totally gross you out!

Do you have a pebble bringing penguin as a friend? Well Daniel does in the book "The Castaway". In this book Daniels boat the Catherina hits a ice berg. The next day Dan ends up on a island. And he meets a penguin. Penny (the penguins name)brings Dan a beautiful pebble. After Penny brought Dan the pebble she bowed to him. Dan thought this was very odd but he still bowed back to Penny. Everyday from that day on Penny brought Dan a pebble. The reason she did thuis was because she wanted Dan to make her a nest. Also everyday Penny and Dan bowed to eachother. Penny also always took Dan's finger and played with it. Everytime Dan did sothing Penny would almost always be by his side. One day on the island Dan was sick and sleepy. Penny was making so much noise it woke Dan up. Dan got up just in time to get his ore on top of the hut and for the passing by ship to see it Dan made it home and then he was safe. I am sure that you will love this book as much as I did. So go to your library and get this book!

The Library of America is providing a valuable service to all devotees of American literature by providing reliable texts of so many important American writers. Here, they have done an excellent job of presenting the three best novels of America's first professional novelist. However, Brown only wrote six novels altogether, and anyone who cares about "Wieland," "Edgar Huntly," and "Arthur Mervyn" will probably also want "Ormond" in the package, as well as the fragments "Memoirs of Stephen Calvert" and "Memoirs of Carwin, the Biloquist."

I was pleased to see that the editorial review of this (typically gorgeous) American Library Series entry stole my breath. Brockden Brown's fascinating and brutal gothic novels are the true foundation of what's dark about American literature. Perhaps even more irresponsible than Poe in his fascination with the grotesque (spontaneous combustion, anyone?), Brockden Brown long anticipates Poe and Freud (and Faulkner and Jackson and ...) in his bleak explorations of our most terrible fears, and our worst secrets. Without scenes like the axe murder in "Wieland," would we have King's (or Kubrick's) "The Shining"? Impossible. Let's hope that the ALS will add a Volume 2 to this one, including Brockden Brown's lesser known (and impossible to find) works like "Ormond."

Charles Brockden Brown is known as the "Father of the American novel" and is considered to be our first professional author. At least by those who do consider him at all. To be perfectly frank, I'd never really heard of the guy before now. But this excellent gothic tale, which was based on the true story of a farmer who thought that angels had commanded him to kill his own family, is so clearly the forerunner of the fiction of everyone from Hawthorne and Melville to Poe and Henry James to H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard right on up to Shirley Jackson and Stephen King, that it is hard to believe that his work is not better known nor taught more often.

Wieland, his first novel, tells the story of a religious fanatic who builds a temple in the seclusion of his own farm, but then is struck dead, apparently by spontaneous combustion. Several years later, his children, in turn, begin to hear voices around the family property, voices which alternately seem to be commanding good or evil and which at times imitate denizens of the farm. Are the voices somehow connected to a mysterious visitor who has begun hanging around? Are they commands from God? From demons? Suffice it to say things get pretty dicey before we find out the truth.

This is a terrific creepy story which obviously influenced the course of American fiction. Brown develops an interesting serious theme of the role that reason can play in combating superstition and religious mania, but keeps the action cranking and the mood deliciously gloomy. The language is certainly not modern but it is accessible and generally understandable. It's a novel that should be better known and more widely read, if not for historical reasons then just because it's great fun.

GRADE: A

These 'planners' are a great place to start when designing a treatment plan. They are the equivalent of a 'manual' that refreshes memory, assists with language and format- and gets you past the block. Its weaknesses lie in its treatment methods and assessment paradigm.
The chapters as they delineate conditions and DSMIV categories were well chosen. Academic disorders received appropriate emphasis within the total clinical perspective.
So what's missing? The advances of neuropsychiatry for one. The Ungame and the other published materials are offered in the back for purposes of purchase and review.
The methodologies are limited to play therapy and techniques like the "ungame." The precision, as in, what and how such activities will yield is just too vague and rather dated.
A nonverbal learning disability, for example, will need a qualitatively different play activity than a child with disorder of written expression, or autistic spectrum. No more one size fits all.
The book suffers from a fixation on the psychodynamic approach which we know from research has not effectively met the needs for many disturbed kids. All patients, but more so for children, need successes to undergo change. Brain science has given us more precise tools to assess where those weaknesses lay and therefore a map to gain greater insight into the nature of the condition. Interfamilial discord, then, may be a result of poor communication or an inability to model behaviors- to treat all such dynamics similarly is generally a waste of time. Children have not got the resources to be in such confusing and often haphazard services.
The basic product then can be used for limited support and I see that as a solution in writing treatment plans. I think a good updating would do the trick.

I have found this book of tremendous help as I have worked with children in clinical practice. I higly recommend it!

Una excelente fuente para diseñar planes de tratamiento!

Add this book to your reference section. Very helpful in writing treatment reviews, treatment goals and objectives. Great bibliography. Very complete.

This book performs a service, much needed: it gives a coherent account of the "King Arthur" stories. The author goes through the massive relevant literature-romances and poems in middle and early modern English, and in various vintages of several other languages-to arrive at a reasonably balanced narrative that gathers all the main characters and the principal tales associated with them. Now, there are probably thousands of stories that impinge on this early constellation of narratives, and more that arise every year in tribute to the perennial fascination of those bright initial inventions. But it is these core stories that are the important ones, just as are the core stories of the Bible, and some few of the Greek myths, as basic cultural equipment.

This is a pleasant book to read, by a scholar, but not "scholarly". It is a medium-format glossy with many paintings and drawings by pre-Raphaellites like Beardsley and Burne-Jones that enhance the romance and magic that is so much of the appeal of the stories. There are wide margins to hold the occasional explanatory sidebar, as well as boxes convenient to--but out of the way of--the narrative flow, that discuss the bigger topics . Each of the stories is smoothly presented, with a seamless (but indicated) transition from Andrea Hopkin's connecting narratives to passages using the actual words (rendered into modern English) of the principal teller of the tale at hand, be it Chrétien, or Geoffrey, or some anonymous medieval writer. More than one writer may contribute his bit to a particular story, but the connecting material keeps the telling coherent and compact. This technique gives us a bit of a sense of the corporate authorship of these "legends", and some of the flavor of the individual style-especially Mallory's, whose words can be presented to us almost as they were written.

This book does, I think, succeed admirably, but I object to the lack of index. There is a list of the principal characters, and a glossary, but neither of these is cross-referenced by page number to the text. This book is not, strictly speaking, a work of fiction (tradition frowns upon indexing fiction!), though its "facts" happen to be the fictions of other writers. It deserves and requires an index. If it survives to a subsequent edition that repairs this lack, it will deserve a five-star rating.

Andrea Hopkins combines many of the best arthurian romances into this book, a "must" have for those interested in the legends of the round table. Sidebars tell you facts that you probly didnt know, about the different authers, places, and things in the book, if you are a first time or a veteran reader this is a good choice.

The more one reads about King Arthur, the more one realizes that there isn't just ONE legend of King Arthur, but probably hundreds. Each one has its own plot twists and heroes. Andrea Hopkins book takes the most prevalent texts and weaves them into a single tapestry, rich in detail. When texts are quoted directly, the original is noted in the margin. Sidebars contain complete treatments of subjects such as the Round Table, Sir Lancelot, Excalibur, etc. and how the legend changed from author to author, country to country. Easy to read with gorgeous illustrations, it's a must read for King Arthur fans, whether it's your first Arthur book or you hundredth

I'm flyfisher in Korea. I think there is no necessity for talking about this book. Because this is so famous book to fishermans, as you know. Specially, this paperback edition is good for your wallet, with no omission. In a word, Full content, Good price!

If you don't know about this famous book by the inimitable Walton, you have a lot to look forward to. Purporting to be an account of a 5-day gentlemen's fishing idyll (when gentlemen were gentlemen, and the English countryside was at once bountiful and near to hand), it is in fact a deeply engaging nostalgia trip into a never-never land of pastoral bliss which has no exact parallel in world literature.

To say "evocative of simpler, happier times" is to barely hint at the near-mystical fragrance of this enchanting volume. Three high-spirited protagonists ("Piscator", "Venator", and "Auceps"), devoted to three rival outdoor avocations (fishing, hunting, and falconing, respectively), meet on a "fine, fresh May morning"; ramble across the countryside in search of fine fishing and hearty times; sing, banter, and versify; recount ancient wisdom (of often dubious validity) regarding the habits and temper of over a dozen local fish species; and encounter a sampling of innkeepers, milkmaids, gypsies, and various other idealized rural types. This is a refuge book for quiet evenings, one of those unaccountably transporting narratives which no charmed reader has ever wanted to reach the end.

Some history: stolen in parts from precedents written as far back as 1450, Walton's work is nearly as early as it could be and still be readable without a line-by-line explanatory gloss ("compleat" is about as arcane as it gets). First published in 1653, there have been well over 100 editions in print. Some of the earlier ones contain Lang's 28-page introduction to the author's life, the structure of the work, and its publishing history, all of which is superbly sensitive and informative. Noteworthy are the 80+ illustrations produced by Sullivan (again, available in some of the older editions and their reprints), which are unselfconsciously exquisite -- naively rendered country scenes and character sketches; finely wrought studies of dry flies and of the various species of fish mentioned in the book; and ornately framed images of famous fishermen "taken" from the evidently superb engraved portraits of Major's 1824 edition.

The author was a minor legend in his own time. Held in the highest regard by all who knew him, this "excellent old man" suffered many tragedies throughout his long life (from the public murder of his beloved king to various family deaths and personal debilities), but he never lost his rare sweetness of temper. He wrote numerous other treatises, but "The Compleat Angler" early on rendered him a literary immortal.

I have had this book beside me for more than 20 years, not for its guidance about fishing (though this is pleasant), but for the simple, unaffected but eloquent beauty of its 17th century prose. A lovely, idealized, Arcadian sort of England comes to life, and it is a very nice place in which to dip your mind a while.

Hughes is a well-known person in the world of Database Marketing. I have read many books and attended many courses on the subject of this marketing technique, but none of them even comes close to this excellent publication. In an easy-to-read and fascinating writing style Hughes guides the reader along all aspects of DBM; building relationships with your best customers, identifying and converting prospects using DBM for media selections, RFM and Lifetime Value analyses and much more. The book is full of real life examples and hints and tips. Every chapter closes with a summary of the most important learnings. The only part of the book which is slightly out of date is the section about the technology; too much has changed since this last edition of 1995. Also, a closer look at the possibilities the Internet has to offer is missing. Time for an updated version Arthur ?

Hughes provides database marketers with a comprehensive guide, that can be used for all aspects of planning and implementation!

Thorough introduction to how to use database marketing to create a relationship between buyer & seller. The book gives plenty of real-life examples, illustrating the right way and the wrong way to approach relationship marketing with a database. An excellent introduction.

An amazing amount of useful information packed into a booklet not much bigger than the average camera manual.

This is one book that is to be found permanently stashed in my camera bag while out in the African bushveld.

Particularly noteworthy are the chapters dealing with lenses, exposure, film types and composition. When in the field, I find myself often referring to the chapter on exposure, which is one of the clearest most concise expositions I have ever seen on the subject.

This book is particularly useful for the exposure information - especially important in photographing birds.

This book is small enough to carry in your camera/gadget bag and is full of essential information which can be referred to in a hurry.

This, together with Arthur Morris' newly available "pocket guide to evaluative metering", are worth their weight in gold. Both are light and convenient enough to carry around with you, until the information stored in these items becomes second nature to you.

What Arthur Morris doesn't know about bird photography and exposure can be written on the back of a postage stamp.

Happy shooting.

This is a very short tale of a brief episode in "King" Arthur's life, hence the brief review. It details the "Sword in the Stone" scenario and how circumstances made for a very different beginning to Arthur's reign. This would have been better marketed as a short story rather than a novel, it is only 137 pages long. I really liked Renzulli's twist on the beginning of the Arthurian legend and wish he would have went into greater detail and scope by writting a lengthier novel. It is definitely worth the read if you are into Arthurian Legend!

As a lover of the legend of King Arthur, I found this new twist to be truly delightlful reading. So many variations of the Arthur legend exist, yet Caliburn offers new insight to young Arthur's psyche. How Arthur confronts his roots, his sexuality, his destiny, all of this and more is addressed in this new twist on an old tale.

Exciting battles, villains, sexy women all combine to create a very different slant on this timeless character. Now I know know what happened to the boy who became King of Camelot!

A page-turner. I read Caliburn easily in a single sitting. Renzulli creates a new chapter in the Arthur legend but one that should have been there all along--an Arthur who is not quite ready to be king. Renzulli's Merlin is different too, equal parts of magician and charlatin. And there are some interesting "new" Arthurian characters--the great battlelord Vollo, the beautiful Brenna, and the meddlesome Maeve. Mix in an interesting plot and some exciting battle scenes and you've got a great read.

I love Becks work in the field of Cognitive therapy. I have long had the trouble of finding a modality that effectivly works with personality disorders. I bought this book in an attempt to bridge my knowledge from purely Axis I to include Axis II disorders.

The book goes through each and every personality disorder one at a time. This made it very easy to research one specific problem without having to sift through pages and pages of irrelevant information for the task at hand.

Within each chapter Beck defines the typical automatic thoughts, or faulty reasoning, that is commonly associated with the personality disorders. He then gives broad treatment plans and goals to deal with the symptoms.

Beck is very well organized and succienct. You will walk away from even a short reading of this book feeling more confident and better equipped to deal with the disorders without the usually doubts that maybe you didnt get the whole gist of what the author was trying to say.

I felt that this was extremely well done. I also appreciate that Beck does not promise more then he can deliver and he is the first one to say that outcomes for Axis II disorders are still poor compared with Axis I.

Beck and his group have written a classic in cognitive therapy with clear conceptulization of personality disorders. This is a difficult population to treat and Beck's work is clear and on target. Clincal examples enrich the theory making it an essential reference.

This is a great book! It has a lot of practical information on how to approach treatment for a client who has a personality disorder. Included are case examples and problems that a therapist may have in treating clients. Additionally, the book includes specific intervention strategies and recommendations on how to develop a good working relationship. This is especially important, because a client's interpersonal problems will be played out during session with the therapist. I have used the information in this book to anticipate and prepare for specific issues that have arisen in session.