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Little King December
Published in Hardcover by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (07 October, 2002)
Authors: Axel Hacke and Michael Sowa
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Great story to for adults and kids!
I was so excited to read this book because I had always thought about the concept of the plot(being born big and growing smaller). The story was so imaginative. It is especially good for adults and teens to read because of the message: to keep one's imagination and to not let one's age inhibit one's actions. Fun to read to kids!

Louis XIV: The Other Side of the Sun
Published in Hardcover by HarperCollins (1984)
Authors: Prince of Greece Michael and Michel
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Brilliant Biography of the Sun King
After visiting Versailles, I had searched in vain for a "good" biography on Louis XIV, King of France. I saw this book in the public library and gave it a try, not expecting much after the several other newer biographies I had tried and yet had been so disappointed in. Amazingly, this turned out to be a top notch biography of the man who dominated European culture for the last fifty years of the seventeenth century. The author clearly demonstrates a detailed understanding of the time period and spends most of his time on Louis, the man. He develops the section on his childhood to foreshadow later events in his life, making it a clear that a lack of affection and security as a child had major reprecussions on the adult years of his life. His marriage and his affairs are chronicled well as well as his spiritual life. Most interesting is the author's knowledge of France during this time period and the horrible conditions that both the rich and the poor lived under. Sanitation was clearly not a priority and the medical practices of the time leave you horrified. The medical history of Louis XIV is presented in such a way that you believe that it would have been better never to have seen a "doctor", let alone suffer under their care. I would recommend this biography highly. Even if it is out of print, second hand copies are not difficult to find and the reader will be rewarded with an excellent study of a complicated man and his times.

Paddington Meets the Queen: A Cartoon Storybook
Published in Paperback by HarperFestival (1993)
Authors: Michael Bond and John Lobban
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Fine book
My four year-old enjoys this book very much. It is an oversized paperback with simple drawings (simpler than the original books) but very enjoyable. Paddington causes mayhem at Buckingham Palace while going to meet the Queen - getting trapped in a suit of armour and scaring the servants, falling into a vat of the cook's marmalade glaze. The Queen takes it all in stride and at the end she and Paddington settle down to a chat over marmalade sandwiches. My daughter loves the Paddington books after first seeing the old British series (with stop-motion puppet Paddington) that Disney originally brought over from England many years ago. She finds the new, dubbed-into-American-accent Paddington cartoon a little confusing.

Pharaohs: Treasures of Egyptian Art from the Louvre
Published in Hardcover by Cleveland Museum of Art (1996)
Authors: Lawrence Michael Berman, Bernadette Letellier, and Cleveland Museum of Art
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A beautiful testimony to the glories of Pharaoh.
"Pharaohs" is one of the best books on Egyptian art I have ever read, second only to "The Royal Women of Amarna." The plates are spectacular, illustrating wonderfully the evolution of Pharaonic imagery from the god-king of the old Kingdom to Egypt's eventual and impartial Roman conquerors. A personal favorite is the statuette of Akhenaten, which graces the book's cover. The commentary is insightful and captivating; the included brief history of the Louvre reflects to a marked degree the evolution of western interests, behavior, and treatment of ancient Egypt, which deserves--but not always receives--the very best.

The Pocket Dogs
Published in School & Library Binding by Scholastic (2001)
Authors: Margaret Wild and Stephen Michael King
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Enchanting!
The dogs are adorable and the story enchanting. Every page made me smile when I saw the expressions on those little dog faces. You can't help but love this book.

Riemann, Topology and Physics
Published in Hardcover by Birkhauser (1987)
Authors: Michael Monastyrsky, James King, Victoria King, and Mikhail Il'ich Monastyrskii
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Excellent
This is a translation of two quite small Russian books. The first is a biography of Riemann, the second a review of "Geometrical" physics, recently updated. Even the biography includes some mathematics which I did not fully understand, but it is a great introduction, and it's good to get your feet a little wet! The book is small and very readable. I recommend it to students interested in understanding the relationships between physics, mathematics, and geometry. A gentle introduction to the "technical" journey.

Robert Schumann's Closest "Jugendfreund": Ludwig Schuncke
Published in Paperback by Lichtental Pubns (1998)
Authors: Ruskin King Cooper and Michael Schuncke
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Cooper's new book on Schuncke a superb scholarly resource

Heads up, lovers of all things Schumann! Ruskin King Cooper explores the life and piano music of Ludwig Schuncke in an impeccably researched and engagingly written new book, ROBERT SCHUMANN'S CLOSEST "JUGENDFREUND:" LUDWIG SCHUNCKE (1810-1834) AND HIS PIANO MUSIC. Robert Schumann dedicated his colossal "Toccata," op. 7 to Schuncke; likewise, the "Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik" endures as an eloquent testimony to the lively artistic and emotional camaraderie that existed between Schumann and Schuncke. Oddly, scholarly appraisals of Ludwig Schuncke's musical contributions have been largely absent; Cooper's study sets a high standard for subsequent research pertaining to this notable Davidite.

The book, in German/English, comprises a biography of Schuncke and a discussion of selected piano works (many of them gems); appendices include a list of works, discography, pertinent correspondence, and contemporary reviews. The text also incorporates ample illustrations and musical examples. An earlier version of Cooper's research on Schuncke was awarded The Outstanding Dissertation Award from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1995. Cooper presently teaches at Salem College and Davidson College in North Carolina.

Stephen King As Richard Bachman
Published in Paperback by Starmont House (1985)
Author: Michael R. Collings
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all you ever wanted to know about bachman
i bought this book to write an essey in school. i wrote about bachman, common themes in his books and also compared him to king. it was really really helpful to read this book.

Three Lives for Mississippi (Banner Book)
Published in Paperback by Univ Pr of Mississippi (2000)
Authors: William Bradford Huie, Martin Luther King Jr., and Juan Williams
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Buy it!
What makes this book interesting is that it was written between the murders and the trial. Huie knew who the murderers were, how they did it, and never expected a guilty verdict.

The book introduces you in detail to Michael (Mickey) Schwerener and all the details leading up to his murder. This detail will help you understand exactly why and how these murders took place.

This latest edition includes updates by the author to compare his early speculation against the results of the trial.

Three Prayers: The Lord's Prayer, O Heavenly King, the Prayer of Saint
Published in Paperback by St Vladimirs Seminary Pr (2000)
Authors: Olivier Clement and Michael Breck
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A supreme excellence: required Lenten reading
...for orthodox catholics, whether they be Orthodox (like Clement) or Catholic (like this reviewer). Scholarly, meditative, poetic: an exploration not merely of texts, but of the faith held for twenty centuries by holy Orthodoxy.

The meditations on the first six words of the "Our Father" alone constitute sufficient reason for purchasing this volume. We find here a faith that makes no compromises, but which calls us to communion with the God who is Transcendence and Immanence.

One of the more striking observations in the book comes by way of St John Climacus, the notion that even profane melodies can "bear us up to inner joy, divine love and blessed tears."

A book to read and to re-read.

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