This book is among the most difficult and lovely, the most austere and elegant... Sentences are spliced and skewed, language games are revolved, resolved, dissolved; or torn apart. Very pretty in its sheer wordness; very beautiful, intense, bizarre, brave. A powerful gesture. Grand, grand.

A stunning compilation in words and pictures, focussing on the arts and culture of the Mongols. Filled with sumptuous full-color plates of thankas and artifacts in museums and collections worldwide, this book traces the rise of Tantric Buddhism within Mongolia and the tremendous transformation in Mongol culture as a result. Featuring some of the finest sculptures to be found within the Buddhist artistic tradition, those created by the first Bogdo Gegen Zanabazar, among a multitude of other examples of the heights to which the Mongolians raised tantric art.

My sons are 3 and 4-1/2 and love trains. They enjoy reading this book because the transparent flaps add an extra exciting touch to their favorite subject.

Kavanaugh puts words to emotions that we have all experienced and in the process I learned about him and about myself. It is well worth waiting for your special order to arrive. You'll want to keep it forever. In one week my copy is already dog-eared and I have passed many poems on to dear friends who have thanked me over and over.

If of your slender store you are bereft/ And have but two loaves of bread left/ Sell one! And with the dole/ Buy LAUGHING DOWN LONELY CANYONS to feed your soul!/ (I've forgotten what ancient poet I stole this from-- but "LDLC" IS soul-food!)

James Kavanaugh is able to express so many of my own thoughts and feelings. I feel a soul connection with him. He is definitely my favorite poet. I am on my third copy of this book, I wear them out.