I am more pleased with this book than I thought I was going to be. There are some really beautiful ideas in this book including white pumpkin coaches, food, flowers, fireplaces, outdoors etc. Great for wedding ideas and centerpieces!

This is an absolutely beautiful book. I have enjoyed looking at it over and over again, and it has given me some wonderful ideas for decorating. John Terrell Fry is ever so clever and creative and Nancy Nolan is an unbelievably talented photographer! Makes a great Christmas Gift for anyone on your list!

JT Fry has taken the every-day items we have around our homes and transformed them into warm conversation pieces. I find that his suggestions jog my own creativity so that my mind is soon a'buzzin with decorating ideas. This "must-have" publication also makes a perfect gift because no matter what your friends' taste, they can relate to its contents.

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Sir/madam, Iam a beginner to internet. So I have no idea writing any comment!So I am sorry.I feel it is really good. "Thank you"

This book is excellent. It covers a wide variety of topics and areas of interest, including the theory about finance and development, econometric evidence, and institutional issues. It is a great service to the economic profession and to any one interested in what a growing financial system means to the developing world. Unfortunately, it does not cover the important topic of financial crisis, which is clearly relevant to the developing world today; but it offers a solid and broad look at the arguments and issues of financial development in tranquil circumstances.

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For those of us old enough to recall the events and emotions of 11/22/63 there is a timelessness to them; they don't abate, they don't change. But for those of us not in Dallas that day, there is a sense of separation from the events. IMHO, "November Patriots" bridges that gap. I heartily recommend it.

"November Patriots" is a rare achievement: the successful blending of fact with fiction (a.k.a. informed speculation with the names changed to protect the guilty). The book is divided into two parts: "November Patriots" the novel and "Full Disclosure" the facts. The novel entertains and the facts inform, unlike many books on this subject that tend to be a bit too dry and "scholarly" for the average perosn to grasp. Buy it! :-)

The 78th Fighter Group is owed a debt of gratitude by all who treasure freedom. The guys of the 78th cut a wide path thru the skies over France, Holland, and Germany to stem the tide of Facism in WWII. The book is one of only two that I would call "definitive" on the Americans and the missions they flew out of the famed Duxford Air Field in England. Duxford was home to the Americans who flew for the British before America entered the war. Lots of data, pictures, personal accounts. If you have even the faintest interest in what some of our boys were doing in WWII you will want to get this book. These guys put the daring in derring-do. If you have more than a faint interest in the material you should already have the book.

I have read all Jane Austens books. They are funny and colourless. Most of all I liked the book: Pride and Prejudice.But Emma is funnier. I have seen the movie:Emma,and the movie: Pride and Prejudice.They were very funny!

This a great book in terms of pictures and the history of the USS Saratoga. It is about as complete a book on this ship that you will find. From the moment she was created to the day she was sunk in Bikini Atoll's lagoon by the US weapons tests, this book covers it all in GREAT detail.

The use of the word 'interesting' seems to be inappropriate for this book. For me as a Catholic the life of monasticism is still full of secret. Actually this book is a mere description of the rule of St Benedict as the title suggests and sometimes they are too strict and outdated. It requires a very high obedience standard from the monks and some of them are unreasonable for this era. Probably from historic viewpoint these rules make sense, but definitely not now. This book is still recommended, however, to those who are interested in sixth century's monasticism history and development.

This edition starts with a helpful introduction of Lectio Divina reading (read, meditate, rest in God, govern one's actions) by the editors. Thomas Moore (Care for the Soul) then presents the "rule" not as an edict but as a measure for spiritual progress. He states monks have a sense of humor, but his Franciscan past is probably more open than Benedict's "only a fool raises his voice in laughter". According to the "rule" a lot depends upon the abbot, and the monk must accept the abbot's ruling, fair or not, as an exercise in obedience and prayer.

I think the rule has relevance even to a modern, non-monastic Christian life, by offering a model of rhythm and simplicity. In this time of shaken confidence, the twelve steps of humility is a refreshing thought. The rule presents a challenge to the modern to "Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ".

This book has great value, not just as an historical artifact, but as a way to live one's life, both inside and outside the Cloister. I don't thing there is a single monastery today that follows all of the Rule "religiously". They all adapt the Rule to local circumstances, just as Benedict suggested, and just as Benedict himself did with existing Rules. This includes dietary and disciplinary regulations.

It is, however, helpful to have a guidebook such as Chittister's or de Wall's, in order to understand how the Rule is applied, and what wisdome people have found in it who have actually lived under its strictures for years and even decades. That will help the reader understand what value there is in the Rule.

Review as found in International Journal, Volume LIV No.4 Autumn, 1999. by Stephen Heeney

By bringing together participants in two networks of scholars specializing in various aspects of the relations between, and among, the United States, Japan and Canada, the editors of this volume have done a service to those seeking to understand the issues. They rightly claim that the book assembles the insights of scholarly specialists in Canada, the Untied States, and Japan across the disciplinary expanses of economics, business, law, diplomacy, political science, and geography.

The book has had a long genesis. It began with a conference in Tokyo in 1993(founded in the form of the Canada Japan Research Award), the publication in Japanese in 1995 of some of the articles (that volume won the Canadian Prime Minister's Award for Publishing in Japan), and now the current book which includes revised and updated versions of the original, together with new contributions. The volume is especially helpful in situating Japan within the conjuncture of three friendly countries in the north Pacific, and this it does very well.

While the reflection and consciousness-raising provided through this process are evident, the disadvantage is that some of the material and judgments could be dated, especially as the book went to press last year. It is gratifying to note that the contributors have largely avoided this pitfall. However, some contributors on more immediate issues suffer from data no more recent than 1995. More serious is the occasional jarring reference to a 'declining' of the United States from which some conclusions as to relative weights of the United States, Japan and Europe are drawn. Decline of the political and economic variety may have been perceived in the United States early in the decade though it has scarcely been a factor since.

The presentation of a north Pacific triangle is perhaps overdrawn. The title does beg a glance at J.B. Brebner's classic North Atlantic Triangle (1946) which shows relationships on a scale that is simply not present among the United States, Japan, and Canada. Several articles in the volume are, rightly in my view, not about a triangle at all and treat strictly bilateral issues. There is plenty of room to make constructive contributions to the understanding of the extend and complexity of Japan/USA and USA/Canada relations.

To a sometime practitioner of Canada's bilateral relations with Japan, the interesting issue is why people Japan/Canada relations are not richer or more tightly managed than they are. Or, given that they are friendly and profitable, does it matter (as one author asks)? There is an inclination here to give less credit to Canadian leadership than it deserves. Occasionally there are references to the Eurocentrism of prime ministers from Quebec, or to the Liberal Party's enthusiasm for China, as perhaps detracting from a more important relationship with Japan. This ignores, however, the implications of efforts under Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, from the early 1970s, to engage the Japanese more seriously. It was under Brian Mulroney, a Progressive Conservative prime minister from Quebec, that Canada constructed in Tokyo an embassy complex second only to that in Washington, DC, and vastly cheaper because of the creative partneship with Japanese. Mulroney persuaded his Japanese counterpart to agree to the Canada Japan Forum 2000 (the subject of an article in this volume) and placed Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed at the head of a distinguished Canadian Panel. Going back in time, it was Liberal government that established diplomatic representations in Japan (1929) at the same time as it did in France. It is also a fact that prime ministers must spend more time on Canada's relationship with the United States than with any other single nation or issue, and have limited time to pursue other priorities very consistently, whether Europe, Japan, or China. And, let's face it, Eurocentrism and a fascination with China have been fairly widely shared by Canadians through out Canada.