Whoever glances through this book will automatically be stunned by the top-notch pictures that reveals the scenery of today's Japan. By saying so, I shall break the neck to a widespread idea in Western countries that Japan is merely an industrial dump with Mt Fuji overlooking it. One has to acknowledge that this (false) statement is true in Tokyo and Osaka-Kobe, but the 95% portion of the country remaining is just scenic, as portrayed in the book.

National Geographic's long experience in combining excellent information feedback and outstanding pictures, has resulted in this series "National Geographic Traveler" that revolutionizes the way to dicover far-away countries and cultures.

I very strongly recommand you to buy this book as soon as you're slightly keen on Japan and its culture. I'm now planning a trip there for next summer!!!

I read this book one month into a year-stay in Japan. The country which was becoming increasingly unattractive to me became fascinating again. I love this book. Like Alan Booth, the author presents Japan and its people in a unsentimental, yet loving way. Highly recommended.

The best book I have read to understand the little known economic activities of the Jesuits in Colonial Argentina. You will see how an extraordinary business machinery was working and be able to imagine the real activity behind the walls of the magnificent architecture of the Jesuit Estancias of Cordoba (Santa Catalina, Alta Gracia, Jesus Maria, Candelaria). Required reading for those willing to visit these places.

Who would have thought it? This guy is the undiscovered genius of contemporary stained glass. It looks like he was the first to explore abstraction. That in itself is HUGE. If you are a glass artist, you will love this book. If you are looking for patterns to copy you are WAY in the wrong place.

In the few years just prior to the American Revolution,a young Englishman, Nicholas Cresswell leaves home to find his fortune in America. The new world offers him an opportunity to improve his station and provides him with a chance to travel throughout early america. He experiences both the native and colonial cultures. His reflections on his travels and adventures give us the opportunity to see colonial life in minute detail and places us in a position to understand a loyalist's devotion to king and country. This non-fiction journal is a must read for early american history enthusiasts and adventure seekers alike.

The author relates his life in Communist Romania in the late 1940s & 1950s, his time in prison (for attempting to escape), his eventual life in the West, and his return visit in the 1980s. Some of these true incidents are gruesome, yet they inspire gratitude for living in the US. The author's eyewitness recounting of Ceausescu's visit to Canada in the 1980s is hilarious, in a black comedy sort of way.

"Just a nap" features the little sister of Mercer Mayer's popular character, Little Critter. It's nap time, but she's NOT SLEEPY! Page by page, she finds new things to do to postpone taking her nap, and page by page, Mom gently and patiently responds(although she's not an unrealistic mother - she does look a little cross towards the end).

The book is colorful, not too long, small and portable so you can stuff it in a bag and read it while in line somewhere. My 4yrold doesn't mind that the main character is a little girl, he loves the story and the pictures. There's even a companion cat, so you can play "find the cat" on each spread.

Nicholas Monsarrat presents a well written story which draws you in. This is the story of father Salvatore, an ordinary priest who rises to extraordinary circumstances. While the main story is set in mediterranean Malta in 1940-1942, Nicholas Monsarrat manages to seamlessly weave in malta's history from the dawn of time. Story: Father Salvatore, whose church is bombed early on in the scirmishes between Italy/Germany and Malta, provides comfort and solace to a growing number of desperate maltese by showing them what hardships malta and its inhabitants have had to endure throughout the ages and how they have managed to come out stronger every time. The growing popularity of Salvatore and his church in the ancient catacombs is seen as a threat by other clergymen and he faces a constant struggle to keep doing what is his calling..

If I have managed to make it all sound boring.. it's not! Buy it, borrow it, but whatever you do read it!

I read Junior Pet Care Kittens. I thought it was a good book because it gave you a lot of information. This book talks about cats and how to take care of them. This book is in a series. There's a guinea pig book, hamster book, parakeet book, puppy book, rabbit book, snake book and, turtle book. I think kids through 6 and up would enjoy this book because it's interesting.

Maravillosa obra maestra de la picaresca. Estebanillo vive en la mente de todos aquellos que tienen la oportunidad de leer su vida y hechos. Ni una sola linea de desperdicio.