A nebech is more to be pitied than a schlemiel because you can nevr dislike a nebech .. you can only feel sorry for him. Therefore, make a poor nebech smile with a gift of this charming book. My mother, aleha ha-shalom (may she rest in peace) loved this book because she, as someone fluent in Yiddish, knew how dead on right Rosten is in his understanding and explanation of the nuances of Yiddish. For someone like me, who is not fluent, but understands the flavor of Yiddish, this book is a gem because in a charming and humorous way, it increases the depth of my feeling for the mama loshen (mother tongue). If you were to just open this book for the jokes, it stands well as a great book of Jewish humor. Together with it's instruction on how to understand the flavor of Yiddish, this book is five star plus! This book is one that I open over and over again. It never becomes tiresome. I have literally been using it for decades and it seems as fresh and new as the day I first opened it. Oy ... a book that has been in print since 1968 must have something going for it. I recommend this modern classic.

A mechaieh, as Mr Rosten defines it, is a 'pleasure, great enjoyment, a real joy...invariably uttered with a smile, a grin, a patting of the stomach, a pleased cluck or shake of the head'. That term is a perfect description of this wonderful book, written not only with humor but real care, love, erudition and depth. It is not only a collection of marvelous words and unforgettable jokes and stories, but a perfect introduction to both religious and secular Jewish culture in all its glory. This is one of the funniest books you will ever read, even if you aren't Jewish. In fact, in the 40 years this book has been around, I'm sure it's inspired a few conversions!

Where else can you learn all the nuances of the 29 different ways to say 'Oy!' (which, of course, is not a word, but a vocabulary), the 19 different meanings of 'Nu?' and the 20 situations where 'Feh!' is the most appropriate thing to say? Or when (and when not) to say 'Mazel Tov!'?

For those who are unfamiliar with Yiddish - and there are probably very few of you because it has so thoroughly penetrated the English language - it is the mamaloshen (mother tongue) of the Askenazic (i.e German, Russian and Eastern European) Jewish community, with comprises roughly 85% of Jews worldwide. It is a mixture of German, Hebrew, English, and various other European languages - I am not sure of the exact percentages but it's about 70% German. Words such as chutzpah, yenta, schlemiel, kvetch and dreck, as well as prefixes such as 'sh' and 'shm' (as in 'Oedipus-Shmoedipus, as long as he loves his mother') and suffixes such as 'nik' (beatnik, peacenik, nudnik) all come from this marvelous language. So do various lingustic devices such as scorn through reversed word order ('Already you're discouraged?'), shifting emphasis in a sentence from one word to another ('HIM you trust?' is very different from 'him you TRUST?'), and frankly, too many to list in a review limited to 1,000 words.

As Rosten himself says, this is not so much a book about Yiddish itself or a Yiddish dictionary but a book how English has been affected by Yiddish and immeasurably enriched by it.

The book is written in dictionary format, where every word is given at least one definition and pronunciation, and then illustrated with at least one if not more stories, some poignant, most hilarious. In fact, I think more dictionaries and word books should use Rosten's approach - it's a lot easier to retain vocabulary if you're laughing your head off and will never forget the story the new word is used in. Because of this format, you don't have to read it from cover to cover (although you'll probably want to), but can simply open to a random page and discover a treasure.

I also really like the somewhat old fashioned sweetness and innocence of this book. Although it is occasionally slightly vulgar (e.g. the entries on 'schmuck' and 'putz'), and Yiddish is one of the best languages around for invective, rarely, if ever, do we see the kind of schadenfreude and sheer mean-spiritedness that often passes for humor these days.

There is also a very valuable appendix with some 60 articles on various Jewish rituals, customs, and superstitions ranging from Anointing to False Messiahs to Yom Kippur.

I do have some minor quibbles. One is that some of the transliterations into English are to my mind a little strange. I have never seen 'yeshiba' for 'yeshiva' elsewhere, for example. Also, this book IS 40 years old and some of the social trends it discusses and makes fun of are long past. The Lower East Side of New York, for example, is no longer a poor Jewish neighborhood, and (SOB!) the Catskill culture seems to be dying out as many of the hotels have been sold. I'm not sure if Jewish suburban matrons are still taking on such ultra-assimilated names as Dyanne and Sadelle and Shirlee. I also doubt if very many people my age - I'm 31 - know what the Hays code is, let alone understand a joke about it. I'm not saying any of this material should have been left out, but especially since this is a new paperback edition Rosten might have added some new material reflecting the foibles of the more modern Jewish and Yiddish speaking communities. Then again, I haven't read all of his books yet, and that material might be in some of his more recent works.

And finally, some of the BEST Yiddish phrases are probably way too vulgar for this PG rated book!

Still, this book is essential for anyone even remotely interested in Judaism, Jewish culture, immigrant culture, languages, or a whole host of other subjects. As I said before, you don't have to be Jewish - in fact, one of the biggest mavens (experts) on Yiddish was none other than James Cagney! I assure you that you will have a huge grin on your face every time you put this book down - if you put it down. Frankly, the book is worth buying for the stories under "Oyrech" and "Talmid Chachem" alone.

Alright already! I've kvelled (gushed) over this book enough. From ME you need to hear more? If you don't buy it, you're meshuggeneh (crazy)!

No one can say it better than Leo Rosten whose subtitle to "Joys" reads: "A relaxed lexicon of Yiddish, Hebrew and Yinglish words often encountered in English, plus dozens that ought to be, with serendipitous excursions into Jewish humor, habits, holidays, history, religion, ceremonies, folklore, and cuisine, the whole generously garnished with stories, anecdotes, epigrams, Talmudic quotations, folk sayings and jokes-from the days of the Bible to those of the beatnik."

Written in 1968 and an instant best seller, it became a standard reference work on the Yiddish language. The format is that of a lexicon, i.e. each Yiddish entry (tranliterated into english) is follwed by a brief definition, with, in most cases, a story, epigram or joke to illustate the Yiddish word.

This book can be picked up and broused, can be read cover to cover, or can be used as a reference book.

If you like to laugh, or are interested in Jewish cuture or religion, or are just sometimes stumped by a Yiddish word now and then, you will love "The Joys of Yiddish."

I have allergies and I found this book fascinating! I heard the author, Tom Ogren, interviewed on NPR's Weekend Edition with Linda Werthheimer. After hearing that interview I immediately wanted to read this book. It was every bit as good as I expected, better. It is a very clearly written book, but there is so much new information in it that I may have to read it three or four times for it all to sink in.
The title of this book comes from the discovery that male plants, especially male street trees, are raining allergenic pollen on us all. Male plants are used since they don't make seeds. Female plants, which are all pollen-free, are shunned. The chapter on "How to tell the boys from the girls," is great!
In some ways it reminds me a bit of The Botany of Desire, another book that mixes horticulture and health. I'm also going to buy the author's first book, Allergy-Free Gardening, a book I've heard nothing but praise for. In Safe Sex in the Garden there are many tips for living allergy-free. The horticulture is excellent too and it is completely clear that the author is a botanist of considerable standing. I looked him up on a Google search and found that he has landscaped an American Lung Association headquarters (in Richmond, VA), that the USDA urban foresters use his plant/allergy scale, and that county asthma coalitions hire him to produce pollen-free landscapes at elementary schools.
This a very fine book and I intend to recommend it to all my friends who garden, who enjoy exciting botany, and certainly to anyone with asthma or allergies.

Safe Sex in the Garden by Thomas Leo Ogren is a terrific book. I have already read the
entire book twice and I expect that I'll read it several times more. It is fun to read, zippy
and not what you'd expect from a book about trees, shrubs, lawns and human health. There
is a ton of new, great information here that was not in his first book, Allergy-Free Gardening.
Like his other book, this is one that every gardener and every parent will want to own.
If anyone in your house has allergies, by all means get this book. If you have pets and
are concerned about their health, you'll find it excellent. The section here on poisonous plants and poisonous ollen
is the best I've ever seen. The chapter on plants that cause skin rashes is deep and very
good too. I loved the sections on plant sex, which are unusual, often funny, and very
important to know about too. If you care about your own health and that of your family, you
need to read this book. It will open your eyes I promise, and the information here is all from
Ogren's own research, not your same old material at all. Plant sex it turns out has a dramatic effect on our own health. Check out this book . It's a real winner!

I flat out love this book! It is a real kick, lots of neat stories about real life interactions between people and plants. This might not sound like zippy material but actually, it is.
I already owned Mr Ogren's earlier book, Allergy-Free Gardening, a book I simply can't do without. This one though, Safe Sex in the Garden, is more personal, very fun to read.
There is a wealth of information here that you can't find anywhere else. Nothing else is even close really. No one understands plant sex better than this author. I live in Berkeley, California, and around here it seems like quite a few people are discovering these books. At least half a dozen of my friends have now read this and all of us are crazy about it. It is an important book. I am a teacher, have allergies, and am very interested in urban ecology, the biology of the city. This fine book has expanded my understanding of horticulture, medicine, nature, and the manipulation of our landscapes. I recommend it to all teachers, to those interested in gardening, health, to anyone who wants to learn some new and different aspects about the world around us. And yes, after you read this book, like me, I'm sure there will be some changes made in your own yards. This book is too cool!

The Education of Hyman Kaplan is an almost lost creation of Leo Rosten, a book I discovered a few years ago. On the face this book is a comedy of language set among the immigrant students of an adult language school in New York. There is no doubt the Rosten has a flair for bringing out the hilarious subtleties of the English language, and the book moves so quickly it seems unfairly short. Mr. Parkhill's beginners grade classroom is the scene of countless battle and wars, where the students struggle against syntax, diction, and each other. Some of the botched quotes from Shakespeare are masterpieces in themselves. I had no idea a book of this kind could be such a riot, and never knew our language was so close to lunacy.

The hapless hero, Kaplan, provides a wonderful vehicle for Rosten to maneuver through the pitfalls and traps of the many idiomed English Language. However, behind the books' mangled metaphors, garbled grammar, and reinvented history, lies the world of the immigrant in New York City. The light-hearted episodes are interspersed with an occasional look into the difficult life of a brand new American. These chapters show the optimism and the will to succeed that Kaplan's fellow students brought with them to America. Kaplan himself is an emblem of endurance; forever doomed to stay in the beginners grade, yet never despairing of the always elusive verb tenses.

This book has only one "weakness": it does not cater to cynicism. It looks ahead, from the eyes of each of the characters, to a better time, a better place, with better pronunciation. This is a glimpse of the Dream of America that I had not seen, a different view that fascinated me. I think the strangest thing is that the book is never preachy. It is likely this is because Rosten wrote this book as a mature writer, with many other works under his belt. His tendency to constant revision has left this book a polished gem. Read, laugh, and enjoy.

Hyman Kaplan will win the heart of the most cold hearted reader. The honest enthusiasm of the title character fills the book. You will find yourself writing your name in bright crayons for months after reading.

"The Education of Hyman Kaplan" is a delightful, funny, enchanting book. Always excited to work and participate in class, Mr. Kaplan embarks on his mission to impress his teacher, Mr. Parkhill--and be graduated from the begginer's grade. Unfortunately, he is not quite successful. This book is one of the funniest that exists, so I suggest: READ IT!

I found this book at a library books sale a couple of years ago and I must say, it is one that I will never forget. I wasn't fortunate enough to grown up during this time of social change but I was able to live vicariously through this book. "Witch" is an amazing character and her transformation from a pissed-off, scare girl to a mature adult is just remarkable. It made me want to run off and join a commune by the end of it. An excellent read, I would recommend it to anyone who is young and free at heart.

I first read this book when I was 14. Five years later I was hitchhiking across the country, carrying my father's original hardbound copy with me. Witch taught me everything I needed to know about living a life without walls. I recommended it to everyone I met and somewhere along the way, left my copy with a friend. I have been looking for a replacement ever since. Although I am now married and don't hitchhike anymore - I am still a Witch at heart.

I first read this book when I was 13. It changed the way Iviewed the world and helped to form the person that I am now. JamesLeo Herlihy (Author of the more well known Midnight Cowboy) paints an lyrical and flowing portrait of a young woman who runs away to New York City's Greenwich Village in 1971.

"Witch" leaves her small midwest hometown to find the "Real" world. She makes it to New York City by Greyhound and immediately falls in with a cast of characters that rival Kesey's Merry Pranksters. They live communally in Greenwich Village sharing good times, good drugs, and a quest for spiritual enlightenment.

This novel also deals with the Vietnam war and those who were involved in the anti-war movement. Herlihy brings the characters through the difficult decisions young men had to make during that time. Is running away to Canada really an option? How about burning your draft card?

It is truly a crime that this book has been allowed to fall out of print. If you are truly lucky, you might be able to find a copy in a used book store or on some library back room shelf. Do yourself a favor and read this book. I read it for the first time as an adolescent but the message and power of this book affected me at 26 as it did at 13. Paul Hoch 12/6/97 END

"I have had the privilege of hearing Cantor Leo Fettman's story of Holocaust survival personally... As I read this book, I could hear his voice and see the pain in his eyes once again. ...I will recommend this book to counselors, educators, and those who seek insights in the personal impact of the Holocaust that transformed ordinary people into extraordinary survivors. ...I am grateful that Cantor Fettman worked through his own pain of remembering to bring us this great treasure!"

Reverend Steven E. Boes Director of the St. Augustine Indian Mission Winnebago, Nebraska

I just finished reading SHOAH: Journey from the Ashes.

For the past 25 years I have read an average of two Holocaust books per week. I have read good books, bad books, mediocre books, and some outstanding books. This book I would gladly recommend anyone read as it goes beyond the Holocaust and goes to humanity.

Cantor Fettman mixes in sociology, psychology, common sense, and his experiences taking him from faith to faith never with a loss for where G-d is in his life.

I am proud that Cantor Fettman was one of the 60 interviews that I conducted for the Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. He is a man that leaves an impact. He is a man who has made a difference.

This book is well written with just enough reference to the Holocaust to be a Holocaust book and at the same time this book becomes a primer on how to live your life.

I dare to dream for a moment thinking how this world would be if in each persons life a Cantor Fettman appeared. It is also leaves that void wondering how many Cantor Fettman's were murdered during the Holocaust.

This book should be required reading for everyone at any age and with any religion.

I would tell anyone searching for a book on the Holocaust to begin right here.

In Shoah: Journey from the Ashes, Paul M. Howey and Cantor Fettman have done an in-depth historical prologue which chronicles 2,000 years of anti-Semitism. Then they have recorded Cantor Fettman's tragic Holocaust experiences (and) then they have listed current hate groups who sadly are still part of our society. This book does an excellent job of showing unless we are proactive, history will continue to repeat itself.

Shirley Goodman, M.S. Educator and Author Omaha, Nebraska

This book is a must for every child's library. There are so many topics of discussion that can be brought out with just this one book. Friendship, courage, cooperation, and the ocean life are just a few. If you are a teacher, or have young children, this book is a must.

Note to teachers: I use this during my ocean unit in kindergarten. We then make an ocean mural. Every child makes a red fish and I make a black fish, which is Swimmy. We then work together to make all of our fish look like one big fish. The children love it!

A children's book about a small fish who is different than the other fish in its "school" and who teaches other small fish how to survive by "camouflage." Little children really enjoy watching Swimmy in the illustrations. The book was a 1964 Caldecott Honor book (i.e., a runner-up to the Medal winner) for best illustration in a book for children.

A lot of children's books deal with sharing and getting along with others. A lot try to help children be themselves. The brilliance of Leo Lionni is that in book after book he brings these two ideas together, showing children that they can be themselves and care about others at the same time. Many of Lionni's best books - Frederick, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Tico and the Golden Wings, and Swimmy - all deal with this theme.

Of all these, Swimmy is probably the one with the most immediate appeal to small children. The idea of little fish banding together to scare off the big bully fish is really empowering to small children. And the illustrations are delightful.

As a writer and former English teacher, I also love Lionni's simple poetic language. You have to love a writer who writes about "an eel whose tail was almost too far away to remember" and describes sea anemones as "pink palm trees swaying in the wind." Hearing such beautiful and evocative language from an early age can't help but make children better readers and writers later on.

If I could, I'd send every baby home from the hospital with one of Rosemary Wells' Max books and this book. It belongs in every library.

Here's a call to everyone to put aside their fears and prejudices and give themselves over to love.

Our scientifically oriented society, says Buscaglia, is prejudiced against love as a power to affect the human condition. Society sees love as "supercilious, unscientific bosh." The individual must develop him- or herself to the fullest to discover and celebrate her own uniqueness. Society wrongly teaches us to value a person for what she has rather than who she is or what she does. Buscaglia sounds the battle cry for freedom -- refuse to be molded into a likeness deemed "proper" by societal codes. Rather, be free to become your own person, loving yourself and your fellowman.

Everyone should have someone in his or her life who says, "I will love you no matter what...if you fall on your face, if you do the wrong thing, if you make mistakes, if you behave like a human being -- I will love you no matter."

He's pretty hard on the educational system, saying it has stifled individuality and creativity in children. "The true fuction of the child's education should be the process of helping him to discover his uniqueness, aiding him toward its development and teaching him how to share it with others." This is where I take issue with him, having pretty well agreed up to this point. Our schools have excelled in doing that very thing to the detriment of the three R's and as a result we have college freshmen who are arrogant and disrespectful, who have never read a book and who can't spell. (I speak from personal experience in teaching college level creative writing.)

I do agree with his emphasis on honesty and truth, however, believing as I do that it is the very foundation of our society and has not been emphasized to children for much too long.

Do read this one. It's a book that will confront you and make you think. You may or may not agree with him -- or with me -- but you will enjoy analyzing his points and developing your own views on the subjects.

The is a wonderful, funny, very easy to read book. The content has the power to change your life and just how to view your life, and the people close to you. Its gives you a better understanding of love , compassion and emotion. This is a book you buy for yourself and several copies to give. You will want to read this over and over again. I highly recommend this book it was extremely inspirational and a true delight

I am so grateful this book is back in print! This short, funny, easy to read book will profoundly change your life and how you view the people close to you. Although you can easily finish it in a weekend, you'll want to read it again every 18 months or so as your life changes to bring you "back" to your center. Everyone I've ever lent it to adored it so much, I've given away over a dozen copies. It is unfortunate that his lectures based on this book are not available on Video, as Leo's personal mannerisms and speaking style are so warm and funny, they really enhance the subject.

I have read books 1-5 atleast 5 times and I enjoy them each time as much as the first time. I don't know what it is but this is one of the best series that I have read and I have read alot in recent years. I've been waiting for the 6th book for the last 5 years since I've discovered the series. My books are very well worn from their use.

I have read all 5 of the "original" books at least ten times and had to put them down for years and hope to forget them. They have been, by far, some of the best science fiction I have ever read. Being an engineer myself I find his methods of getting things done and especially the way they get "Polishly" done hilarious. I have made the mistake of lending these books to people over the years and thought I was doomed when I found they were out of print and my books had never been returned. But joy of joys, Mr. Frankowski has finally re-emerged and with a sequel. Now it's time to start over and read the entire series. Except for the fact that Book 2 is not being reprinted and unavailable. Please beseech the powers that be to find it wihin their scaly hearts to reprint and allow me to move forward again! They really are the kind of book/s you just can't put down once you get started. Give number 1 a try!

This is the best time travel series in a realistic timeline ever written. Before these books, L. Sprague De Camp had held that title for decades with his "Lest Darkness Fall", but it was too short. Mark Twain may be the most famous with his "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", but that is more light hearted than serious, and disappointing at the end. The Conrad series delivers on all the promise, and even after 5 books, it still leaves you wanting more. (There is a sixth book now, but Conrad is a minor character, and I've reviewed it separately.)

I say realistic timeline, because Conrad isn't really from our timeline. I was a little suspicious right from the start, but it wasn't until Conrad reminisced about the Mongols invading France that I thought "Hey, wait a minute". It turns out that it didn't happen to us (even without Conrad). But the historians I read agree that it would have, except the great Khan died and the Mongols had a war of succession which they never recovered from. This is often used as an example of the actions of one person changing history. I never even heard the story, until Conrad got me to look it up. Go figure.

This is an action story, with fighting and sex, where Conrad overcomes insurmountable obstacles, and usually has a good time along the way. The author doesn't just ignore the time travel though. He writes a science fiction sub-plot about that too. In fact, the author is obviously an engineer, not just because it takes an engineer for Conrad to build the things he does, but also from the way the books were planned out and crafted. Obviously the author planned the Mongol invasion and built the series around it, but he also foreshadows romantic sub-plots 3 books in advance.

I love these books, and share other reviewers disbelief that they haven't been reprinted since 1993. If you've already read them, and love them too, you might want to try "The Misplaced Legion (Videssos Cycle, Book 1)" by Harry Turtledove, about elements of one of Caesar's legions travelling into Rome's future of the Byzantine Empire. Only it's not the real Byzantine Empire, it's a parallel universe where magic works. Aside from that, it's Byzantium during the 1100's written by a Byzantine historian. And of course you'll want to read the "Island in the Sea of Time" series by S. M. Stirling, about modern day Nantucket going back in time to the Trojan War. These works are different, but also 5 stars.

This book was recommended to me by a friend, and I really like it. I have used it to change the way I feed my child, and myself.

I have noticed a significant difference in my 18 month old son's health verses other children his age. He has never had an ear infection and his colds don't amount to much. But I am also making these changes for his future healthy immune system as well.

I refer to this book often, it's not a one time read. It also has recipes that incorporate the healthy foods that they recommend you feed your kids.

I also like the book, because it's not a weird "guru-type" nutrition book. These ideas for a healthy immune system are just a healthy lifestyle for EVERYONE...not just the "health food nut". This book is a good reference tool if you are interested in making a change in your child's overall health and well being.

I found this book to be very clear, easy to understand, and extremely helpful in choosing how to feed my children in order to keep them well and in optimum health! I would especially recommend it to anyone struggling with health issues for their children such as allergies or chronic infections, since remedies for these problems are discussed very clearly in the book. A wonderful resource for any parent! I will recommend it to all my friends with kids.

I have read many books on children's nutrition, from the standard dietician's texts to the militant vegetarian tomes, and alot that fall in-between. Out of all of them, this is by far the best. Dr. Galland presents general dietary recommendations and supplements for each age group, and for the common conditions and situations that occur. His advice is tempered by experience, and almost always backed up by research. Most importantly, they are effective and are 80+% compliable (no kid that I've met follows any program 100%). This is a must have reference for all parents!

Adults should check out his other book, "Power Healing" for an excellent program that can move them to greater health.

One of my favorites! I have a daily process, which includes morning reading of several great works. It didn't take long for this book to rise to the top. Tolstoy has done a great service to mankind through his collection of great insights and wisdom. Nicely translated by Peter Sekirin, this book is a treasure awaiting discovery! Tolstoy put a tremendous effort into his concept of "A wise thought for every day of the year, from the great philosophers of all times and all people." It took him over fifteen years of searching to compile this final version of which Tolstoy himself would consult daily for the rest of his life. Wisdom from the likes of Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lao-Tzu, Buddha, Pascal, Jesus, Confucius, Emerson, Kant, Ruskin, Seneca, Socrates, Thoreau and many more. Tolstoy's love and passion for his work shines through as he writes in his introduction..."I hope that the readers of this book may experience the same benevolent and elevating feeling which I have experienced when I was working on it's creation, and which I experience again and again when I reread it every day, working on the enlargement and improvement of the previous edition." I am sure that this book will be one of your all time favorites too!

Can it really be -- something new from Tolstoy? Perhaps a forgotten, 1,200-page canvass of history found propping up a broken bedstead at the great man's dacha? Is the mystic count of Russian literature about to have a go -- à la Louisa May Alcott -- at the late-20th century bestseller lists, thanks to a misplaced manuscript? Not quite. Tolstoy's "new" book, "A Calendar of Wisdom," has gone though the printing presses in Cyrillic several times, but has now been translated into English by Peter Sekirin.

"A Calendar of Wisdom" is a collection of quotations culled from world literature and grouped thematically for each day of the year. It is, in Tolstoy's words, "an accumulation of the cultural heritage of our ancestors, the best thinkers in the world."

This book is, by design, popular reading from a great master; it was made, in his words, "to present for a wide reading audience an easily accessible, everyday circle of reading which will arouse their best thoughts and feelings." And, as a book of daily inspiration, it is probably the best of the lot. Whose life wouldn't be bettered by a daily nibble of Shakespeare, Lao Tsu, Ruskin, the Talmud, the Dhammapada, Socrates, Jefferson and a host of small and tall 18th and 19th century thinkers?

Tolstoy's sentiments are truly affecting, simple but not easy prescriptions for daily living. But keep in mind that it was not enough for the count himself, who died -- barely two years after the publication of the last edition of the calendar -- at a lonely train station as he attempted to flee the bonds of his gentrified life.

In these readings life serves up some measures of grief as well as comfort food. It is in fact, Tolstoy's vision. I think of this calendar as Tolstoy's spiritual Rolodex; a kind of truth one can live and prosper with.

This 365 day journey compiled by Tolstoy is a journal that he himself read year after year following his authorship of it. The book contains wisdom from the world's various sacred texts, including wisdom from the Christian, Buddhist, and Muslim traditions, and more. A wonderfully inspiring daily devotional that is perfect for open-minded individuals of all religions. Buy this book!!