A highly recommended, benchmark contribution to academic and literary reference collections, French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror And Pulp Fiction is very nicely enhanced throughout with numerous illustrations.

refurbishing of the Casino, Alberta Campitelli's discussion of designs for the short-lived Museo di Gabii, the villas's other antiquities museum, as well as b/w and color photography. Making A Prince's Museum is informative, engaging reading and highly recommended to students of architecture and the history of 18th Century museum development.

I'm pretty sure Marc E. Herman isn't the guy who worked on this book. I think Marc E. Herman is a hydrologist or something like that. The co-author of this book is a guy named Marc Herman. But I think his middle name is Robert and he doesn't know all that much about hydrology.

Really good book though.

Having moved to Reno three months ago, and overwhelmed by the vast expanse of national forests, parks, and monuments just over the border, I am finding this book extremely helpful. If there is an outdoor activity and it can be done in north cali, this book will tell you where to do it. Not only that, it is very well written, gives good critical commentary, and provides other interesting bits of knowledge along the way. It is also nice in referencing additional books that may get more specific in regards to a specific activity. This book should be useful for anyone who wants to explore the area but doesn't know quite where to start, whether looking for a serious, extreme adventure or quiet family weekend.

I bought this for a long plane trip for my 2.5 yr old son who loves other Arthur books. He had fun with the stickers, even though he is too young to grasp the concept of placing the stickers on the respective words, he enjoyed the story, and I enjoyed having a lightweight book that kept him entertained for quite a while.

My 2 year old LOVES Arthur-she's too little to read, but we located the "blue" words and then found the related sticker to match them. She loves the story and when she's older, she can read the words. This book also have a whole page of stickers to use to create your own story. She loved this! Great book!

"Global Public Goods" offers a new rationale and framework for international development. The book's main argument is that in practice this has moved on from financially assisting the poor to broader issues, including among many others the ozone hole, global climate change and peacemaking. Aid, the book suggests, has been primarily guided by national development priorities; but in response to today's global and regional challenges, the aid agenda needs to be amplified. These topics are in many cases not poverty-related, but instead concern adequate provision of "global public goods." Published for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and edited by three senior members of its staff, the book seeks to better understand the roots of contemporary crises and to look at today's policy challenges through the lens of such goods, with a view to managing globalization. As any businessperson knows, the market may be the most efficient way of producing private goods and services, yet it relies on commodities that it cannot itself make. These include such things as property rights, public safety, etc. ­ goods recognized as having benefits that cannot easily be confined to a particular "buyer." Yet once they are provided, many can enjoy them for free. A sustainable environment is an example that, like other topics covered in this volume, has "public good" qualities. This difference between public and the private benefits is called an externality, and one of the main points of this book is that in today's world, large externalities are increasingly borne by people in other countries. Indeed, issues that have traditionally been merely national are now global; and this problem is compounded by the main policymaking unit remaining the nation state. The book investigates policy options and strategies that would ensure a more reliable supply of such global public goods as market efficiency, environmental sustainability and peace. These questions are examined in relation to selected areas of global policy concern in 15 case studies. Framing the case studies are two additional sections, one on concepts, the other on policy implications. An intriguing essay in the latter, by Harvard's Lisa Cook and Jeffrey Sachs, discusses the need for greater focus on regional public goods, both for the specialized requirements of individual regions and to co-ordinate regional contributions to global public goods. Noting the minimal funding currently targeted at this level, Cook and Sachs consider the success of the Marshal Plan in post-World War II development cooperation in Europe, and suggest that regional action in the future could follow a similar model. I found this essay particularly topical and interesting given the present stage of the Middle East peace process. One important point also made in the book is that the division of the world into "developed" and "developing" countries is no longer valid in its traditional form. It is becoming evident that high income is no guarantee of equitable or sustainable development, and that the adequate provision of global goods is likely to be critical to meeting this challenge in all countries. The book goes on to say that contemporary global challenges cannot be adequately understood by relying on any one strand of economic literature; and a main policy message emanating from this work is the need to transform international cooperation from "external affairs" into policy-making applicable to all areas. Several factors are behind this new type of global public goods. Among them is the increasing openness of countries. Another is the growing number of global risks that require more respect for sustainability. A third is the strength of transnational actors, such as the private sector and civil society, which have stepped up the pressure on governments to adhere to common policy norms from efficient markets to technical standards. Under these conditions, such global actions as eradicating disease or supervising banks are important to national policy objectives. Most of the developments set out in "Global Public Goods" have been in the making for decades, but only recently have the accumulating effects of these changes attracted serious attention from policy analysts, political leaders and the private sector. It is not too surprising, then, to find that policymaking has not yet been adjusted. The case studies point to several key weaknesses in the current arrangements for providing global public goods. One is the jurisdictional gap ­ the discrepancy between a globalized world and national, separate units of policymaking. This is an important book, but not one for the general reader. It will be the task of UNDP, working with local and regional advocacy groups and the media, to dumb down the concepts of "global" and "regional" public goods to the level of the man and woman in the street or the boardroom, as well as that of the average policymaker. The problem, of course, is that in the region many of the latter are entirely unaware of the crucial implications of externalities and public goods. Had our leaders and decision-makers been better informed in this respect, the present valuable work by UNDP could no doubt be shunted off to research institutes and classrooms. However, given the intellectual poverty of much of our regional leadership, the ideas presented in "Global Public Goods" must be presented properly and allowed to play an increasingly important role in our lives. Looking at peace as a public good and the region as a focus for development will help us to secure stability and prosperity. What the rigorous presentations in this useful book also show is that the proper application of such concepts will not only benefit our part of the world, but the rest of the globe as well.

This book tries to extrapolate the concept of 'public goods' from the national level to the global level. We live in an insreasingly integrated & inter-linked world. Thus as the book correctly points out there is a need to rethink the nature of international assistance. These global public goods cut accross several countries, several sectors, several socio-economic groups & several generations. No country can achieve these global public goods (peace, greater economic stability & well being, social justice & environmental stability) on its own & neither can the global marketplace. The book offers a powerful new arguement for increased international cooperation in order to provide the global public goods that are needed to give globalization a human face. Now that we are leaving in a more open world; global public bads travel; and the existence of public goods at the local level; often depends on events 'far away'. Therefore, to secure their national interests,the book says that it is now important to place international cooperation at the core of national public policy. Working together with other states and encouraging cooperation & fariness at the global level will increasingly be seen as vital elements of 'self interested' national strategies. The policy making under conditions of globalization & for 'global public goods' poses tremendous challenges of balance-because it entails the need to complement decentralization with centrlization & community with diversity. Thus as the book rightly suggests domestic affairs have to blend so that international cooperation becomes an integral part of national public polcy making. The book brings into the limelight some major areas, which is of immense importance as far as the global community is concerned. It introduces a framework for facilitating & reinforcing international development through an equal partnership model of cooperation.

This is a laugh-out-loud read.
We couldn't put in down and the lingo has captivated our dialog with our baby.
This is a must have for new parents, and will eliminate hours of frustration interacting with your baby once you master the approach.
My wife has ordered a dozen copies for future baby showers.

Having two children of my own, this was always recognizable and often hilarious. Not that you'll learn anything from this book, but it sure made listening to my kids' attempts at speech more humorous. A perfect gift for new moms and dads -- or anyone, really, who's ever had kids. Or knows kids.

I am moved by the words and images in this collection of Brush Dance cards. What a great idea to turn them into a book!

I love being able to open this book to any page and be inspired with such wonderful quotes to think about as I go throughout my day.

One of my favorite quotes is "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails."

I highly recommend this book. For the upcoming holidays this is the book I'm going to send to my friends and family.

This is a simple book. In the best meaning of simple.

Beautiful calligraphy and artwork. Thoughtful, poignant, sometimes humourous reflections on being.

My personal favorite: "Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it".

Don't you agree?

The book groups images and ideas (the greeting cards) into nine themes:

Let Yourself Be Vulnerable;

Trust Yourself;

Cultivate an Open, Flexible Mind;

Life is Short;

Embrace Difficulty;

Go Beyound Perceived Limitations;

Follow Your Heart;

Value Friendship and Intimacy;

Let Joy In.

These themes provide the structure to which the disparate images and ideas expressed in the individual greeting cards adhere.

Each of these thematic chapters (grouping of cards) is introduced with the author's, (Marc Lesser) own unique and personal reflections on the theme. Thus, in Let Joy In, Marc, in reflecting on the theme of joy in life, recounts his daughter's response to his request one day, "tell me about your day, something funny or unusual that happened, something that made you laugh." Her response: "She thought for a few minutes, and then she turned to me and said, Daddy, I laugh all day long!" The greeting cards that follow amplify on the theme, reflect it from different angles.

If you are a 'busy' person like me, you will probably read this book quickly, delight in some of the thoughts, smirk at others. But don't be surprised if you find yourself coming back to one image/idea several days or weeks later. What did that card say about doors closing. Oh yeah, "when one door closes, another opens, somewhere."

This book is an absolute "must have" for obstetrical practitioners and expectant parents who are looking for a way back into normal childbirth. Medicalized obstetrics has taught their students and society that "techno-birth" is not only logical but safe. This book proves that the way we have been delivering babies for the past 40 years is not the safest most competent care we can give. Hopefully, after reading this book, the practitioner will come away with a renewed sense of purpose in providing safe, logical, evidence-based care, and the expectant parent will take a firmer stand against allowing unneccessary and hazardous "routine" birth interventions. We are all the better for this book and the many years of sound, documented research it provides us. The next generation of babies will thank us!

This book is an invaluable reference tool for anyone involved in childbirth, including educators, doulas, midwives, nurses and doctors. It provides reviews of the current literature regarding just about any procedure of standard care that a pregnant woman is likely to encounter in the American medical system. This book provides important information, especially for anyone who is trying to convince an OB that "standard procedures" (like limiting food for a laboring woman) may not be supported by research

It is my fortune to be blessed with good health and it was my great fortune to find and read this book! Like Dorothy, I read my way down this path with the feeling of adventure that one gets when truly being educated. Thank you, Mr. Barasch, for your wisdom and very good writing on this interesting topic. The insights into illness and healing you have presented I have found in none other of the several books I have read on the topic of health/mind-body connection. I especially appreciated the metaphors you used. Perhaps one day my health fortune will change, but I think I will be well-equipped to handle it now that I have your book in the library that is in my brain!

I felt very validated reading this book. When I was very sick with an auto immune illness, I often encountered the mind-boggling paradoxes involved in bushwacking my way through the jungle of the healing process. It's this that Barasch totally nails and affirms in a very supportive way. Kudos to you, Ian Marc Barasch -- and thank you.

I didn't find this book till six years after it was published, which makes me think it has been grossly under publicized. Too bad -- this is a supportive resource many could benefit by. I wish I'd had this book when I first started my healing journey!

"Canonized in 1999, Champagnat was an early member and priest of the Society of Mary and founder of its Little Brothers (the Institute of the Marist Brothers). Author Sammon is the Vicar General of the Marist Brothers and he presents in an easy-to-read manner the difficult times and life of St. Marcellin Champagnat. Born during the Revolution in France, he lived only fifty-one years. In the seminary, he was part of a group "made up of seminarians who were a familiar sight in the taverns of the town." Sammon writes for the modern temperment that needs to know the warts along with the shining myth. The heresy of Jansenism, a moral theology for the elect, influenced Marcellin's study for awhile. He began teaching and "by February 1822 the Institute was made up of ten brothers." There is the miracle in the snow, a serious illness from which he recovers, persistent financial problems for the schools, and an environment of increasing bitter anti-religious sentiment during the revolution in France. Simplicity and humility were Champagnat's outstanding virtues. This is the tale of a man growing past his problems to sainthood. Sammon writes with that same simplicity and humility, and with a fine erudition that moves comfortably from prayer to revolution, from submissiveness to the cry for social justice. Illuminating."

Sean Sammon's short biography of St. Marcellin Champagnat is definitely worth reading for anyone who is interested in the life of the Catholic Church and the people they call "Saints".

Sammon is able to describe, in a very uncomplicated way, the historical, sociological and theological background of this man who was born the same year as the French Revolution. Marcellin Champagnat started his life with little education, and through hard work, eventually studied and became a priest and founder of an international Congregation of Roman Catholic teaching Brothers, the Marist Brothers of the Schools.

The book details the life of this very down to earth man. Champagnat was a priest who sometimes defied the stereotypes of priesthood of his day, even to the point of actually building the houses his Brothers would live in. He had an undying love for young people and strove to do all that he could for them, and to lead them to know and love God. The book describes the difficulties St. Marcellin had along the way, and how he overcame them all with determination, prayer, and hard work.

Sammon's treatment of him goes beyond what many biographies present. He not only describes his life and mission, but delves into the psychological motivations that moved him. What emerges is a clear and informative life of a saint who is a very real person, not just a plaster image of what a saint should be! I highly recommend this book.