I HAVEN'T READ THIS BOOK HOWEVER I'M WONDERING IF YOU KNOW MARSHA LESTER. EITHER WAY PLEASE LET ME KNOW. FOR SOME REASON I'M WONDERING IF YOU WERE ONE OF HER BESTFRIENDS. IF SO, I AM HER DAUGHTER AND I'M SURE YOU'LL UNDERSTAND ALL THIS. IF NOT OH WELL.

An extraordinarily poetic book about a very pragmatic subject - a way of working in any "helping field."

Not only a description of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, but a sharing of what the healing relationship is about. A poetic guide to being with people in a nourishing, honoring way that encourages self-healing. Very easy to read, loved the poetry.

These short stories constitute some of the best in the English language. They have quite a range in tone, from the extreamely humorous Unrest Cure to the mystery of Sredni Vashtar. Only The Easter Egg diappoints. Written in an Edwardian prose that never disappoints, read it like it was one of life's little luxuries.

black comedy at its best. not for everyone. read only one story at any given sitting, or the flavor and the impact goes away. One of the Best short storie collections ever printed.

Unfortunately, I don't know Spanish. And so--much to my dashed hopes!--it appears that the Graves/Ali Shah English-language Rubaiyyat still remains out of print. That excellent volume was offered as a corrective to the unconscionable textual liberties and sins of omitted scholarship perpetrated (they persuasively argued) by that all-too-famous charmer, Edward FitzGerald. Mr. Ali Shah provided scholarly support for Graves' spare, blank-verse renderings. (At the time of this review, this book was listed simply as The Rubaiyyat, not La Cancion de Saki. The Graves/Ali Shah Rubaiyyat is typically available through used book sites such as Alibris.)

I'll tell you what, I'm no fan of pork in any form, but I do like this book.

This book is one of the most authoritative treatises on electrical grounding. The presentation of Carson's formulas are excellent. The student will come away with a full appreciation of models of electrical grounds at any frequency. It is a must for a power systems library.

It was great. My Favorite was the story titled the Interlopers? Wolves.. That was a good ending.

Astonishing! This single story is the piece of literature that first turned me into a true book lover. I had always enjoyed reading and excelled at it in the early grades of school, but when I first read this story by Saki (H.H. Munro) in a sixth grade anthology it changed my whole view of literature and began to change my view of the world around me. Irreverant, hysterically funny, and brimming with a satiric take on the all-too-true facts of life, all of Saki's stories are well worth a read, but few pack as potent and brilliant a punch as this one! It's a model of short story writing, conjuring up its setting (a hot, claustrophobic railway car on a summer afternoon) and its characters (the harried aunt, the inquisitive, unattractive children, the ingeneous bachelor) with brevity and assurance. It made me laugh then, and today, 24 years later, I can still recall whole passages word-for-word! Read it! Just read it! For as Saki wrote (in one of the single most brilliant lines in English letters) "The story began badly, but it had a beautiful ending!" I can say no more!

Yes, Saki was one of the world's great short-story writers. Too bad so few know of this obscure full-length novel that displays every bit as much brilliance as the tales -- if not more. Concerns Comus Bassington, a worthless, Dorian Gray-like libertine living around the turn of the century, and the gradual dissolution of his life. Biting satire of materialism, written with vigor and beauty; a short of Bernard Shaw by way of Oscar Wilde (incidentally, the novel contains a mockery of Shaw, in the character of a playwright named Sherard Blaw!). Ardent readers are urged to find this gem and enjoy every minute of it.

From the wonderful and wacky to the beastly and bizarre, this fabulous collection is like a Whitman's Sampler, providing a delicious taste of Saki's most uproarious tales populated with some of his most enduring characters. The antics of juvenile delinquents Clovis and Reginald, and the rest of the Saki's population of insane characters will have you in stitches as they maneuver through a marvelously entertaining set of offbeat adventures.

Saki (or H.H. Munro) is one of the greatest writers of short fiction ever in the entire history of the universe. No exaggeration. His hilarious, slightly morbid tales of the bored and felonious English aristocratic set are as addictive as popcorn. Ever Saki story is told with unique flare and a sensational caustic wit. Any fan of Dahl, Wilde, Wodehouse, or anyone who loves a laugh cannot possibly go wrong with a book of Saki's.

"Never," said Reginald, "be a pioneer. It's the early Christian that gets the fattest lion."

Saki, in his own way, was a pioneer.

I heard these stories while I was growing up, as one parent or the other was reading them. You keep finding delightful lines that you want to read out to anyone in the same room.

Like one of his characters, Saki can "say horrible things in a matter-of-fact way, and matter-of-fact things in a horrible way." His descriptions of Edwardian England are hilarious, and he is at his best when describing a child or young man who sees through, and punctures all the stuffiness with wit:

"After all," said the Duchess, "there are certain things you can't get away from. Right and wrong, good conduct and moral rectitude, have certain well-defined limits." "So, for the matter of that," replied Reginald, "has the Russian Empire. The trouble is that the limits are not always in the same place."

"Of course," she resumed combatively, "it's the prevailing fashion to believe in perpetual change and mutability, and all that sort of thing, and to say that we are all merely an improved form of primeval ape -- of course you subscribe to that doctrine?" "I think it decidedly premature; in most people I know the process is far from complete."

In "The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope", the gossipers are hilariously mistaken about his secret - which you will not guess. When Laura defends her husband, she is told, "That's different -- you've sworn to love, honour, and endure him. I haven't." The predicament of the Lost Sanjak, once it's pointed out to you, will seem dreadfully possible.

You will laugh out loud; you will re-read your favorite lines, and you will wear out this book. I'm on my third copy.

Saki's short (and, in general, they are VERY short) stories are masterpieces of wit and social comment. Although they are all set in the Europe (in general, England) that existed prior to the First World War (in which the author was killed), they remain fresh today; the period and location can usually be identified, but the point of the humor is timeless. The overall high quality is illustrated by the fact that, if you ask two dozen Saki aficionados to name their one favorite story, you'll probably get a dozen different answers.

Saki is one of those authors who was a master of the short story, but not of longer genres. The novels and plays lack the tight construction of his stories. The collection still gets five stars, however, because the stories alone would be a bargain at twice the price of this volume.

No one writes as Saki did. The only writers even vaguely similar are Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and such columnists as Russell Baker and Maureen Dowd. He is a true genius in compression, wild imagination, wicked humor. In virtually each line, there is a twist, an extraordinary turn of phrase. I imagine the Clovis and Reginald stories being read by John Gielgud or Rex Harrison in high dudgeon. His stories with surprise endings are simply better and more sophisticated than O. Henry. He is a true master of the extreme short story genre that he seems to have created (far superior to say, Bruce Jay Friedman whose work I do like). I haven't read A.J. Liebling or S.J. Perelman, but cannot imagine the exquisite touch of Saki. They are a true joy - each little story a gem of 3-7 pages. Have fun.