A magnificent display of heroes, scoundrels, statesmen and moguls from times past. Utterly hilarious and even credible, it draws you back again and again for another look. Where is the next edition!!

M.Poncelet's "aristochiens" are hilarious and skillfully and, yes, artistically well done. There are about 70 paintings shown in the book and is a delight. But the diamond-studded collar on this book is the wonderfully creative writing by Bruce McCall. His little vignettes on the subject of each painting are a falling down delight. A grand sense of humor and an even grander sense of history and literary styles of the past make his contribution to this book a true masterpiece. While dog lovers will appreciate the book, even lowly cat people will enjoy the wit, style and imagination of Sit!: The Dog Portraits of Thierry Poncelet. Move over Poirot; Belgium has a new and better representative!

Stolen Smile is a charming and delightful and original story charmingly written by Thierry Robberecht about a little girl whose smile was taken away. So she sets out to get it back! Simple yet vivid illustrations by Philippe Goosens in warm red and orange hues bring this engaging and highly recommended "easy reader" picture book to life.

Before the Germans killed historical writing by trying to make history a scientific process, there were guys like this one who really brought it alive and make us care. This book is riviting. It has haunted my dreams and sparked my imagination since I read it many months ago. I will never be the same.

A comprehensive overview of Mugler's work with beautiful shots.
His creations are so thrilling and unique, they make you feel powerful, gorgeous and wicked... Mugler would deserve a lot more attention.
This book is well worth purchasing if you appreciate beauty.
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I would like to see MADONNA team up with him!

If you are a graduate student or an engineer looking for a comprehensive book to help you understand the problem of voltage stability in power systems, look no more. This is the book to start with. It is very easy to follow, it starts from the beginning and covers a great amount of details. It also provides you with the list of references: a number of published papers and other books. The best thing about it, it is a new book, so it covers the most up-to-date issues. I highly recommend it to all power engineering people out there.

Can you imagine how big sleeping Mama's must look to a baby? This book, with it's fun text in engaging rhyme follows baby as he climbs his way up Mama Mountain. The bouncy rhythms and tot's eye view are a perfect cobination for reading aloud to a toddler. Be sure to look for its companion book, Driving Daddy, also by Vestergaard.

My son LOVES this book. He received it for his first birthday, and it has since become one of his all-time favorites. He loves being able to lift the flaps and see what the baby is doing. I have a friend whose twin boys will be turning one in September, and I'm planning on buying this book for them too!

This is quite an amazing book, an update on work originally published in 1975. Much of what Chatelain writes continues to be unique information in our struggle to understand our pre-history, despite revolutionary contributions in this field by other authors such as Graham Hancock, Zechariah Sitchin, etc.

While one other reviewer has objected that he doesn't understand Chatelain's sources, I rather think that the fault lies with that reviewer's having too readily recurred to the now-tired 'debunking' litany accusing an author of building proof of a theory based on nothing more than having taken speculation for fact. Trouble is, as chief communications engineer with the Apollo space program during the 1960's and 70's, Chatelain's credentials are impeccable and Chatelain's evidence is also clear cut: how does one question simple measurements and mathematic equations? Or perhaps the reviewer is calling into question the fact that there *exist* such things as the Nineveh Constant (2,268,000,000 days of 86,400 seconds each) or the Precession of the Equinox (9,450,000,000 days). These, along with a quantity of other astronomical numbers, were translated by a George Smith from Sumerian tablets in the British Museum one hundred years previous to Chatelain's original publication, but this information was largely ignored by archaeologists of his day, probably for the same reasons that orthodox archaeologists of today have so much trouble with it.

Chatelain gives the background for these discoveries and goes into some considerable detail on the cycles derived from this constant and other ancient weights and measures, including currency among different ancient nations. This is all great stuff.

Although Chatelain does mention, without specifying, more recent books in which he found this information repeated (possibly one of the publications listed at the Sacred Science site), for me this doesn't detract one little bit from his argument. It's a simple matter of cross-checking the concepts and their background in any encyclopedia. If you are looking at it purely from the point of an academic reference, it really is not that difficult to understand where the *Nineveh* Constant comes from!

Finally, I do worry that so much credence is given to a reviewer who not only doesn't get the review placed with the proper book, but also is so ready to judge the labour of years of study and writing with little more than subjective criticisms. And incidentally, the quote about the Greeks IS taken out of context. Chatelain was referring to the crew of a sponge divers' rig and the need to keep them occupied, in what I thought was quite a humourous fashion (page 111).

All in all, I found the book to be highly readable, the author in his own way to be rather charming, and the mathematical and theoretical information highly useful to the debate.

When I first read Maurice's book I was so impressed I called San Diego and talked to him on the phone.
I asked if I could come see him at his home the next time I went to California and he said but of course.He had a wonderful french accent and when I went to his house he let me tape our conversations.I also met his wonderful wife and his son Thierry who is a fantastic artist.I talked to Maurice many times on the phone and he was one of the most intelligent men I have ever met.
He published 3 other books but not in english.He actually took the time to translate them into english for me.They are very special to me and maybe someday Thierry will get them published.
Maurice died hours after his wife died and they were cremated and had their ashes sprinkled in the ocean.His son took pictures and it was amazing that they merged together,altho they were thrown separatly.What a great man he was and I miss him very much

I am trying to get to the root of the "invade and conquer" dynamic that threatens to destroy what is left of life on this planet. This book is a true gem in that effort. While the numbers were a bit over my head, I appreciate having them there, and the scientific effort that went into putting this information out there. I have great respect for the author Erik von Daniken (Chariots of the Gods, etc.) and find this book a more scientific backup to von Daniken's philosphical and historical point of view. Since theories abound that extraterrestrials are involved in current events on this planet today, I highly recommend learning everything you can about this intriguing point of view.

This beautifully illustrated book makes the top of my children's book collection. The strange, yet heart warming story, is in my opinion , merely a side kick the the outstanding illustrations by Georg Hallensleben.

This is truly the most wonderfully illustrated book I have ever had the pleasure of seeing!

I bought this book because my daughter's name is Isabelle. This is a beautiful picture book with a good story for ages 2-4. I think the story is simple enough to hold an interest for children this age. Love this book.

Isabelle, the pig lives alone and is often lonely and bored. What she likes doing best is going to the museum, sitting on the red velvet chair and looking at her favorite picture. It is the painting with the beautiful, little boy angel at the bottom. One day, the little angel speaks to Isabelle and then takes her on a special tour of the museum...just the two of them. It's their secret. Thierry Magnier has written a lovely, sensitive story of two unusual friends who find a way to take care of each other. This simple story is beautifully illustrated by Georg Hallensleben's lush and expressive paintings. Together, they have created the perfect book...quiet, understated text combined with stunning artwork. Isabelle and the Angel will capture your youngster's imagination. This is a story your kids will want to read again and again and a book that is sure to become a classic.