Many of these sort of spiritual books are organized according to
the date that the text was written. This book's chapters are divided according to subject matter though, so that if you're interested in one particular subject you can easily turn to it, by first locating it in the table of contents.
The text's simple and direct wording contrasts with it's having so many heart warming insights, insights that are likely to - given a chance - find their way into practice in the reader's everyday life.
I firmly believe that all of us should be grateful ( Praise Be ! ) for this book ! There aren't words to adequately describe or do justice to this work - or at least I don't have them. It truly is a gem ! ! !

As the author of this book I shall not review it -- but I would point out that it is in print. Originally published in hard cover by the University of Georgia Press, it is now (December 2000) available in paper back from Black Belt Press in Montgomery, Alabama

The fact that that this is not available in print says a lot. It is extremely enlightening regarding the intellectual ignorance of our medical profession. The concept of increasing the ability of the immune system to heal the body should be number one on every medical checklist for every patient. Jason Winter's herbal tea contains numerous blood purifiers that purport to work toward the same end; blood purification to increase the ability of the immune system to heal the bodily malfunction. This is a total change in disease paradigm which could possibly put a lot of our medical profession on welfare, in addition to saving individuals from the cut, burn and poison paradigm.

I have read "The Cancer Cure That Worked" by Barry Lymes which is the story of Dr. Royal R. Rife's work. Barry was assisted by Dr. Rife's partner, John Crane of San Diego. I spent a couple of afternoons with Mr. Crane in 1990, before he pased away. Because Mr. Crane was acting as a co-author the book is very accurate as to the actual truth and history of the events. Dr. Rife did have a technology that worked and was verified by the Medical Staff at University of Southern California, L.A. Dr. Milburn Johnson, the then Chief of the USC Medical Staff and President of the Los Angeles Medical Association rented the Scripps Ranch at La Jolla, California, where they were successful in curing, within 70 days, 18 terminally ill cancer patients - 100% cure rate! All with no side effects! They were then able to build approximately 20 "Rife Ray Beam" machines and Drs. were using them very succesfully, in fact, too successfully, until the persecution of Rife and his associates quashed the project and technology for a while. THIS BOOK IS ONE EVERY HUMAN ON THE PLANET SHOULD READ BECAUSE THE TECNOLOGY CURED NOT ONLY THE CANCER BUT OTHER PROBLEMS THE PATIENTS HAD. ANOTHER BOOK THAT IS A MUST is "The Secret of Life" by Georges Lakovsky, who used the same technology, but a different design of a machine he called "The Multiwave Oscillator" He also experienced very simalar successes as Dr. Rife. Mr. Lakovsky's book contains "before" and "after" photos. He was from Russia and did his work in France. Mr. Lakovsky was merely murdered, when he came to New York, to squash his technology. However, both technologies are available via the underground and I have personally used Rife's and witnessed it to cure cancer, epstien barr, clogging of the heart arteries, to correct eyesight,toothache and other ailments. A similar technology is explained in Hulda Clark's book "Curing All Diseases" I'm sure Mr. Bird's Book about Mr. Naessens should also be on the "must" list. ALL OF THESE BOOKS ARE A MUST FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT CURING SO CALLED "TERMINAL DISEASES."

I bought this book years ago when it was published in Canada under the title of THE GALILEO OF THE MICROSCOPE. I have met the late Chris Bird several times. This recreation of the trial of Gaston Naessens for Murder One is absolutely fascinating and a great read. I have a video of what Naessens sees in the live blood under his darkfield microscope. I have lent it a number of times to people with terminal illness who eventually contacted Naessens and now are completely healthy. This is a very important book about a living legend.---Phil Ratte' 61 going on 36

I do not read a lot of books. I have only read what was assigned to me throughout school and the occasional NY Times bestseller. A friend of mine gave me this book as a gift one day, she said I would enjoy it. She was right - I loved it. I didn't read it right away, but when I did I couldn't put it down. I am not an emotional person, or at least I never thought of myself as one, but this book made me look at myself and it broke my heart. I related with the character of the pilot and I felt as though the Little Prince was talking to me. The book helped me realize that I had forgotten a lot of things since childhood, like the meaning of friendship. The book also reminded me of what love really is. It made me realize what "grown-ups" really are, children who lost their innocence. The greatest thing about the book is that it is universal. It's message is simple: "love has no prejuducies, never dies and always forgives." It is a children's story but it is something all adults should read. There are few books that can do what this "children's story" can do. It will make you laugh, break your heart and make you think about what really is important in your life.

- Jeff

When I first read this book when I was a senior in high school and read it for my French class, I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy this book. I'd heard so much about it. After reading it I can say that I love this book so much, no wonder Le Petit Prince is on some French currency! I've read this book in English and French, and I'd have to say that the French is sooo much better if you know French. It's not all that difficult to understand if you are at a beginning level. This is a great book and is worth every penny in both languages!

I read this book in its portuguese version when I was stil living in Brazil (my home land); french, when I started learning it as well as spanish . Despite all "nuances" of each language the book keeps its majesty. Everytime I read it I think it was not written for children. In Le Petit Prince, St. Exupery made life wonderful, beyond comprehension.

I just recently got the Wordsworth unabridged edition, so I don't know how different it is... but oh, it was fantastic! I am a huge fan of the soundtrack of Phantom of the Opera, circa Andrew Lloyd Webber, and I have also read and enjoyed Phantom by Susan Kay. I think these added great depth to the experience of reading the original version here, and I definately recommend them. Kay's Phantom provides background and character to Erik (the Phantom), while the musical provides not only good background music while reading, but also puts a voice, face, and pronounciation to the characters (as it is translated from french).
But on to Leroux's version. I thought this was the most ingenious way of writing Phantom of the Opera, and even now I'm not sure how much is real and how much he elaborated! Leroux wrote this book in the style of an investigation, with details and police reports and interviews, and included the Persian's narrative parts that took over for the climax, adding personality and humanity to the novel.
I found this an exciting read, and an interesting and different viewpoint to read a story from, as it is thrid person (like an observer, no thoughts heard) so this added to the importance of the actions of the characters. I felt this novel was a good length (rather short) and definately incrediable. I had a little trouble following all the descriptions of passages and corridors of the Paris Opera House, but I must go and visit it now to figure it out ;) There was much detail and it seemed like there was much accuracy too... so if this was pure fiction, it was written so well I could not tell.
I love this novel, and it definately belongs with the classics.

The first time the words "The Phantom of the Opera" meant anything to me was when I was seven years old. My dad discovered the fabulously composed Andrew Lloyd Webber musical version. Well to my young ears the music was unbearable. The pounding, clashing cords scared me half to death and I was constantly begging him to turn it off. Seven years later, I was fourteen and in a selective singing group at my school in which we were doing a medley of "Phantom" songs for a Spring Concert. To make a long story short, I soon learned that at seven I had no musical taste and had been horribly wrong about "Phantom".

That same school year I chose to read the original novel for a school assignment. Already captivated by the gripping love triangle between Raoul, Christine and "The Phantom" (as he is called in the musical version), I fell madly in love with the whole entire story after finishing the book in only a week.

I truly believe that in this amazing work of literature Leroux created some of the most memorable characters in the history of story telling. His ability to make any reader sympathetic towards a disfigured, criminally insane genius is a task even some of the best writers couldn't hope to recreate.

"Phantom" takes the words "Illusion" and "Reality" and throws them out the window. Blending both what is for certain and what is not into a haunting dreamland, where an unfortunate soul who has never known compassion does not have to see the truth and can pretend that the world is a more forgiving place.

Running themes in Phantom include love, empathy, and the shallowness a vast number of us fail to realize we're guilty of. The best parts of the book (in my opinion) are when Raoul asks Christine is she would love Erik if he weren't so unbearably unattractive. And when Erik sorrowfully confesses that not even his own mother knew how to love him.

"Phantom" challenges readers to care about the feelings of an inwardly and outwardly distorted maniac who's gone crazy in his solitude and only wants to be loved. It's a fabulous expose of the human nature of the most unfortunate type of person and the insufferable way he is doomed to be treated by the rest of the world.

I would strongly advise those intrigued by the "Phantom of the Opera" to read foremost this novel, Monsieur Leroux's original masterpiece. The classical language invites warmly the reader into a 19th century setting and its analogously antiquated characters. The book itself is very direct in the traditional motif of its day, a love triangle; the Opera Ghost and the Vicomte adored their commonly beloved with an affection so great that it is divinely pure. I must remark here that, regrettably, this sort of "pure" love is rare to find in literature, especially in contemporary works where erotic consummation is often the substitute for an emotion that, in its true form, should instead be a devotion of tenderness.
Above all, the book, in its elaborate melodrama, neglects not to be overt in its central message. For in truth the "horror" of the story is not obvious ugliness of the Opera Ghost, but instead the abstruse yet awful bigotry that is unconsciously attributed to, in any civilization, anyone or anything deviant from the normal. I found myself deeply touched by all the niceties of psychological attributes in the story, many of which are cleverly hinted. The ending of story, however tragic, is a fitting close to a tale that must not be deprived of its intriguing sorrow and thus that crucial moment of redemption.

What I enjoyed most about this book was the simplicity of language and the direct truth of human needs. Erik was physically deformed and sickly. Mostly, he was unloved and cast out from society; he was bigger than just the Opera Ghost. He was society's shame -- a shame they felt that should be hidden and not acknowledged (either out of fear or because of it... you choose). That lack of positive acknowledgement is what makes this book so sad and frustrating. He had love to give, but it was not wanted; he was deemed a creature of horror. But it was really the general attitude of society that was the horror -- not him. The book really echoes the truth that it is what is on the inside that matters, for that is what lasts the longest, and that people should be more open-minded to the mental and physical flaws that either God or Nature or both created. Erik is a symbol not of darkness and the gothic motif, but of light and life and living. If anyone liked this book, they should read Susan Kay's Phantom; it is a good precursor to Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera.

Raoul knew the was something fishy about a voice behind Christine's dressing room door, especialy when he went inside her dressing room right after she left and there was no one there, but he didn't expect that it could be a Phantom. The Phantom lives under the opera, for he fears others seeing his deformed face, but he falls in love with one Christine Daae after giving her singing lessons, which hightens her status at the opera. Yet, Raoul is in love with the prima dona as well; Christine has a choice. You will not be able to put this book, which describes everything in large detail, down one second, as you follow the gripping tale of "The Phantom of the Opera". Leroux brings out his characters' personalities in a such a way that the whole story is believeable. This book could make a GREAT movie if they stayed close to the book, so that means that you ought to read this VERY VERY good book.

Take one beautiful, mysterious and talented soprano opera singer, add two bold opera house owners, a dashing, confused, in-love young man in searh for the opera singer's heart, and one tortured, genius, masked man, and you've got one great book. This book is not merely a book, but a haunting story of horror and love. The noted opera singer, Christine, has been taking secret opera lessons from her adoring Angel of Music, who loves her enough to kill an opera and its audience. Christine also has another admirer, Raoul, who would do anything for her, including save her from the dread Opera Ghost who kills everyone who stands in his way, with the help of the Persian who is owed a favor by the Phantom. As we read on, we find that Erik, The Phantom of the Opera, the Angel of Music, and the Opera Ghost (a.k.a. O.G.) are one, and indeed a terrifying collaboration. Christine refuses to marry Erik, so she, the persian and Raoul are in fatal danger. For years upon reading the haunting story, I can't get it out of my head. I love it. The opera is one to see also. This book will enthral a captivated audience, I quite assure you.

This is an excellent and engrossing account of a complex, flawed, difficult, passionate, honest, immensely talented and hugely underrated actor, author and playwright.
The book provides a superb overview of his life, and provides a counter-balance to the only other completed (to date) biography, the rather more subjective view of his former manager John French.
Robert Shaw's brilliance as a performer and writer was underpinned by the early experience of his father's tragic suicide; the resultant fiery over-competitive will to succeed was best channelled in performances that displayed his talent for supreme intensity backed by intelligence. On this form Shaw commanded the camera; witness his scene-stealing in From Russia with Love and Jaws - then witness again in his other works; this is Gold standard British talent that is yet to be fully appreciated by his profession and public...this book helps redress the balance a bit and lets us know what we are now missing.

My wife bought me this biography because she knows how big of a Robert Shaw fan I am. However, before reading this book, my knowledge of Shaw was limited to his work in the movies. I had no idea he was a brilliant writer as well as a father of ten. After reading this biography I read one of his books, The Man in the Glass Booth and realized how big of a talent he was with writing. It was mentioned several times in his biography that he enjoyed writing more than he enjoyed acting. It also tells about his time doing Shakespeare and there is a section about his time spent acting in Jaws. This is truly an exceptional biography about an exceptional actor/writer.

When I saw Mr Shaw for the first time (in Jaws)I was about nine years old.
Now I'm twenty and Shaw was far before mine time but I feel that he can learn me how to life because this great biographie from a man who I love and dream about.
I'm sure that I'm the most fanaticus of the "Shaws-fan" from the Netherlands.
I have a private archief from this unique person and I dream about him and think most of the time how sweet he was for childeren.
Mr Shaw is deep in my heart because I discover his live and read this colourful biographie and I will thank Garmean and Gaston for this great great great book, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
This book is the most best biography because the spirit that Shaw in his short live had give this book the most power.

(sorry for my bad english I think)

Love you all Gilian Schmidt,

the Netherlands

Leroux's story, in this writer's opinion, truly tops those of Doyle. It's a seemingly impossible case to solve, so complex that a diagram of the house has to be inserted in the book, and the outcome is surprising. Do not be thrown off by Leroux's seemingly clunky writing -- a complaint many have had with his other famous novel "The Phantom of the Opera." Leroux was originally a journalist, and even as an author, found it more comfortable to write his fiction as though they were written by a journalist, perhaps for a newspaper.

There are a couple of odd things that I guess just don't translate into English. One, throughout the entire novel they discuss "the murder of Mmme. Stangerson" -- though in fact it was simply an attempted murder. For many chapters I was trying to figure out how Mmme. Stangerson could be talking if she was murdered.

Also, my diagram seems to be missing a crucial number explaining where one of the windows is. While this is frustrating, it is fully possible to enjoy the novel anyway. I highly recommend this book, whether you're a Leroux fan, a mystery fan, or a fan of early 20th century fiction.

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Leroux stated in this book that his purpose was to creat something totally different from traditional detectives such as Poe's Dupin and Doyle's Holmes, his mission was very well accomplished. Not only the mystery is out of the traditional line, but also the solution.

Strictly speaking, Poe and Doyle never wrote locked-room, at least they did not intend to write. In this novel, we find totally fresh mysteries: murderer escaped from locked door and barred window; murderer disappeared when chased by people from several directions in a gallery. If a reader is very familiar with Carr's mysteries, the above poses no difficulties. However, DO remember, Leroux is the creator while Carr is just a good (or not so good) imitator, only by this way can one fully and truely appreciate Leroux's originality and great contribution.

Despite the plot, the narrative is Sherlockian style, which can keep readers thinking, and is much prefered to Carr's leaping style.

There is inevitably some weakness in the novel. The major one lies in the research paper, whose disappearance and return are not at all well explained. Since the plot can well stand alone without the paper, its presence is really excessive. Besides that, what I hate is the detective's from-nowhere remarks, which are purposely employed to show the detective's "superhuman" ability by making readers totally dumbfounded, and which then disappointly turn out to be something from his eavesdropping. And I hate the everything-is-possible-with-Mr.-super-villain explanation, why not just let the murderer be an alien, with whom everything is more possible?

In conclusion, this novel is worth reading, not only in its historical sense, but also as a detective story. One will not be disappointed if one can tolerate Carr's novel.

I appaulad Gaston for collaborating with so many collectors. Gaston wrote the foreword for Dubay's book ANTIQUE LIMOGES AT HOME and I thank her for inspiring such a wonderful new author. Gaston is the expert, but the photography in this book is poor.

Mary Frank Gaston is the leading expert! This book is a must for the library. I found Limoges Antiques Shop through this book. Highly recommend DuBay's book LIVING WITH LIMOGES to complement Gaston's encyclopedia -- then Limoges collectors have it all!!

I really enjoy this book. I think that it is a valuable guide to those interesting in collecting or learning more about Limoges porcelain. Covers so many different porcelain pieces! Wonderful color pictures. Full index of Makers marks. Very useful. Easy price reference. One of my best collectors books yet.

This is a reprint of the correspondence of one of the Great Families of Cherokee History. The members of this family were the movers and shapers of a nation. They became victims in a little talked about civil war with in the nation. This civil conflict with in the people is important because it suggests a sell out and cover up by John Ross. I enjoy studying this era of history and this book gives a feel for the people involved like no other.

One member of the family who survived was Stand Watie. He later served in the Confederate States of America's Army as a Brigadier General. This book will be of interest to students of both civil wars.