"the garden room" is a most exquisite book that reflects in a light and elegant manner the spirit of a true garden lover and most educated man .

the quality of the text,the combination of photographs and watercolours make a lovely book full of references to great gardeners and artists. It is a most enjoyable book much worth any selected private library .

Bunin is one of the most brilliant Russian writers of the early 20th century. His short stories express more in a couple of pages than most novels do in hundreds. It is poetry in prose.

Ian Sokolov's central message in God Speaks On Family is that now is the time to begin building a better world for future generations by putting an end to the deterioration in the quality of life on Earth. Sokolov surveys all aspect of family life, from pregnancy through birth to childhood, education, marriage and old age. He offers a spiritual model for the future capable of transforming the world by transforming the family. God Speaks On Family is informative, challenging, inspiring reading and enthusiastically recommended for students of human nature, personal development, metaphysics, religion, family life, and spirituality.

this children's book is outstanding. A classic. It is moving, gripping, mysterious and in the end, utterly satisfying.

I liked this book very much because it sends me off to sleep when my dad reads it to me every nighttiem.

Ovoje Aralicino djelo prototipsko za njegov opus. Stoga, pitanje je-tko je i kakav je pisac Aralica ?

1. Aralicu se cesto usporedjuje s Andricem i Selimovicem zbog povijesne i "orijentalne" tematike. No-to su pisci koji po stilu i habitusu s Aralicom nemaju veze. Kao tradicionalni realisticki pripovjedaci, oni se razlikuju od Aralice vec time sto je on modernisticki romanopisac. Cesta je zabluda svrstavanje Aralice (valjda zbog povijesne tematike-kao da Marquez nije napisao povijesni roman o Bolivaru, a Yourcenarova o Renesansi i Antici) u "tradicionalne pripovjedace". No, on je modernist najslicniji Josephu Conradu po meditativnoj gustoci teksta i kompleksnim narativnim tehnikama (sam je Aralica medju svojim uzorima naveo Hamsuna, Singera i Manna-no to nije vidljivo iz njegovih tekstova).

2. Aralica je univerzalan autor u bar 7-9 romana- zadivljujuci podhvat. Po mom sudu, sigurno je veci pisac od, recimo, Rushdiea ili Bellowa. Pripada u kategoriju 5-10 najvecih zivucih svjetskih romanopisaca, i trpati ga iskljucivo u okvir hrvatske književnosti je provincijalizam. Njemu je mjesto u društvu Cormaca McCarthyja,
Solzenjicina, Marqueza, .. Razni Salingeri, Pynchoni, Aksjonovi, Fuentesi, Kundere, Cele,..need not apply.

3. ali, kad smo vec spomenuli hrvatsku tematiku- Aralica je primarno bard necega sto bismo mogli nazvati "hrvatski mit". To je prica o mitogenoj hrvatskoj zemlji koja pokriva podrucje Dalmacije, Sredisnje Bosne, Like i Hercegovine. To je, naravno, bio trn u oku svim anti- i nehrvatskim klepetalima.

4. Aralica, to je skoro sigurno, ne ce biti siroko prevodjen i citan po svijetu. To je zahtijevan i "tezak" autor (kao Conrad u Nostromu ili Lordu Jimu)- a u ovo doba ADD (poremecaja koji se ocituje u popustanju pozornosti), koliko-toliko su citani jedino "laksi" pisci i politicki podobni lijevi spisatelji (i Gunther Grass je dobio Nobela ne zato jer je istinski znacajan pisac-sto i jest, nego vise zbog pomalo bljutavog ljevicarenja).

"Graditelj svratista" ostaje kvintesencijalni Aralicin mudrosni povijesni roman.

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Preston carefully examines the many forms of advertising misrepresentation, with special attention to "puffery", which is currently legal but which the author shows to be harmful to the unwary consumer.

Source notes, table of legal cases, index.

Roots' book is a marvelously readable account of the uprising of the mid-1600s, with detailed and convincing discussions of political and intellectual trends, and memorable portraits of the major personalities. The book's interpretations have generally held up well over time, although Coward's The Stuart Age (2nd ed) is an excellent, more recent companion.

It is quite obvious to me that author Harold Ivan Smith has grieved over the loss of friends himself. "Grieving the Death of a Friend" is not just a result of Smith's role as grief counselor, researcher, or author. He willing shares with the reader his personal grief, not just over one, but over several friends who have died.

Three great strengths of Smith's book are his conversational writing style, his use of quotations from other sources, and the use of his own prose to illustrate a point. Perhaps the greatest strength of the book, however, is the structure or basic outline Smith uses in his writing: Key chapters include: The Passing, The Burying, The Mourning, The Remembering, and The Reconciling.

"Grieving the Death of a Friend" was primarily written with christian readers in mind, although elements of the jewish tradition are mentioned.

A central theme seems to jump out at the reader in Smith's book: his belief in his own eventual reunion with friends he has lost. Smith does this without any apology whatsoever.

I very much recommend this book to those who have lost friends to death. You have every right to grieve, and "Grieving the Death of a Friend" will help you through the grieving process, even if you are revisiting a loss that occurred many years ago.

The sub-title of HAW!! is "Horrible, Horrible Cartoons.", which pretty much serves to warn away the easily offended. Brunetti serves up 90-some odd (Very odd...) 1 page gag strips that read like "The Far Side" on crack. No topic is taboo, but if you're open minded, and looking for a LOT of laughs at everyone else's expense, HAW!! should fit the bill. Fans of Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks, Sam Kinison, Richard Pryor, et al, will find Brunetti's subversive humor to be a perfect counter-point to the misplaced political correctness of the day. I can't rave about this book enough.