This is by far the most beautiful childrens book i have ever read. It was frist read to me in 1985 as a little girl of 4. I recently gave it to my boyfriend who fell in love with it as well. Now we read it to each other all the time. Remember the night rainbow is a must read for anyone who still fells the magic of being a child

I can't believe you have this book available! I have been looking for my hardback copy for some time now. It is the book I like to give most when I give a gift. When I first read it, I was enchanted with it, and I look for other books by Cooper Edens all the time. I believe this is the author's first. Thank you for making it one of your many selections.Jan Gartenberg, Dallas Texas

I first read this book when I friend gave it to my sister. Since then I have read it over and over again. It has unique illustraions and though-provoking messages. I recomeend it for the young and old. Plus, I believe that it's a great book to give as a gift.

I met the author at a book festival. I didn't know who he was, but I am glad I took a chance. I read some of the other reviews before reading (shame on me) and I was excited to get to it. Brooding, intense and satisfying, this novel is a perfect intro to this new writer. In person, he's charismatic and funny and he has the goods to back it up. It would be easy to dismiss this novel as the ramblings of an isolated young man, but Durchholz writes with a fervency and a devotion to the story as if it really happened to him. He's created a world where the fantastic sits comfortably alongside the mundane. A trip to the library holds as much excitement as a trip to the other side of the universe. Filled with boy obsessions such as playing, growing up, religion and sex, "Eden" sums up what the novel is really about in the title finding redemption in something that you thought was lost forever. Whether it be youth, your soul, your innocence and in one case, your body. Bring on the next book, Eric. I'm waiting.

One of the best novels by a new author I've ever read. The conception of Gregory by the spirits through the astonishment, the he has fathered many children by the evil Sylvie and the squalor she keeps them in, to do her biding. Anna the beautiful disembodied angel of the house. What a perfect playmate for an only child. Eric writes with such depth of feeling in the emotional and physical sense. You can feel everything Greg goes through so completely. Complete with his first adolecent but real love. I highly recomend this book as a good and uplifting read. All characters run through the story as people pass through our lives, coming and going for reasons known only to them. Leaving little bits with you along the long journey of life.

This book was simply refreshing to read. Eric Durchholz breaks through the boundaries of any specific genre and creates a story that is simply wonderful.

In only 204 pages, we watch as a young Gregory Coleman grows into adulthood while being drawn into a web of half truths spun by Anna, a being not quite of this world or the next, and Sylvie, a poltergeist, each with her own agenda.

At face value, The Promise of Eden is simply a wonderful story. What makes this book special is the lessons learned as we follow Gregory on his journey. Through the power of fiction, Mr. Durchholz causes us to ask questions that are usually reserved for the minds of children. Questions of faith. Questions of beliefs. Questions of a higher power, yet never once causing us to disbelieve what we have grown to accept as true. It reminds us that life is short and we need to make the most out of it.

I'm looking forward to more from this talented young author!

This book is just fabulous. It is a comprehensive, well thought out shopping guide for anyone who loves clothes. It covers everything from vintage to contemporary designer resale. I love the descriptions of the stores and felt like I really got to know the owners. I look forward to exploring the stores in L.A. as well as on the internet from the comfort of home. This is the only book that I have found with such a thorough listing of stores.

What a fabulous resource for lovers of vintage clothing! I have learned about stores in Toronto that I would never have found otherwise. The detailed store descriptions are wonderful - it's interesting to learn about the history of the stores, as well as about their owners.
And what a helpful book when travelling to other cities in North America! Thank you!

This book is fabulous. Not only does it explore (and I use the word "explore" because these listings go way beyond mere addresses and phone numbers) about 500 vintage and contemporary designer resale stores all over the U.S., Canada and Online, but with the information offered on each store (what kind of merchandise is carried, price range, return policy, store owner's personal collections, description of the store itself, etc.), I feel much more confident about shopping for my newest passion, vintage clothing (almost like the authors are holding my hand and walking me thru). I also found the section that describes designers from the '20s to the '80s, along with an explanation of what was going on the world during those times, fascinating. The glossary of fashion terms is also helpful, and I loved the listings of vintage expos all over the U.S. The quotes from costume designers, and learning about vintage pieces worn by Hollywood celebrities, is definately a fun bonus. Bravo!

I have longed considered Harry Harrision one of the masters of the science fiction genre. In West of Eden, Harry Harrison takes his considerable literary talents a step further. This novel is based in a what-if world where the mass extinction of the dinosuars never occured, thus allowing a species of intelligent dinosuars to evolve. Harry Harrison, imbues this intelligent race of dinosuars with its own unique culture, language and characteristics. He not only creates a story, but a whole vivid world filled with a strange assortment of animals and compelling characters. In creating this whole new world he invokes the scholary aspect of Tolkein's writing such as creating a large appendix that contains the history of the world and a section on the finer points and pronunciation of the languagues he creates. Combining this scholarship with an easy to read story produces a book of excellent breadth and scope. Reminds me a lot of "Battlefield Earth."

What if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs had never hit? Would they eventually become extinct anyway, or would one species become intellegent? Harry Harrison suggests what the world might have been like had the latter come to pass - his intellegent dinosaurs are the dominant species over most of the planet (Eurasia, it's implied). Meanwhile, intellegent mammals (i.e. humans, at the pre-Columbus America level of technology) have arisen in the Americas. The coming of an ice age drives these two intellegences towards each other, and this book is the first tale of their battle for supremacy.

The dinosaurs (Yilane) have an interesting technology, based entirely on genetic engineering (and the book was written before it was such a hot topic). Fire is unknown to them (having evolved/lived in tropical rainforests), as is all the associated technology (metallurgy, etc.). Their weapons, houses, even grooming tools are all animals especially bred for these purposes. The Yilane technology, mating habits, social order, and language are very well described and an interesting creation. Most of this is revealed through the eyes of Kerrick, a young boy captured and raised as a Yilane. He is eventually rescued by a hunter-gatherer band of humans and must relearn his roots. The second half of the book revolves around the now adult Kerrick leading the humans in battle against the Yilane. This consists of collecting allies amongst the other tribes, puntuated by short, violent confrontations with the Yilane army.

In general the book is well written, and as mentioned, the Yilane are fascinating creations, as are the human tribes and their customs. Unfortunately, the Yilane seem to exist mostly as the enemy of the humans - you never learn to sympathise with them and openly root for the humans.

It's interesting to note the similarities to the Vietnam War - presumably it's deliberate. The Yilane are a centralised, technologically advanced group, with control of the air (they have "spy birds"); they depend on their superior weapons to allow them to invade the human territory. The humans, on the other hand, are much like the Viet Cong - highly mobile, skilled in camoflage, controlling the night, and fighting for their traditional lands.

This book can be read either as the beginning of the series (there are two sequels) or as a stand-alone. Unfortunately, having read and enjoyed this first book, I have little desire to read the subsequent novels. Perhaps I just don't like these semi-prehistoric stories, or perhaps it's because I don't care for/about the Yilane.

An outstanding alternative future, where intelligent dinosaur and man collide.

When I bought this novel, I could not put it down. I really mean it, I started to read it one Friday evening, kept going all day Saturday (even when I had stuff to do!) to finish it that night. I tried to put it down, but I couldn't. Toilet breaks and food aside, I spent all day with this book (is that too much detail? What the hey, I'll leave it in).

This book must be the best written, researched, and thought about alternative futures ever written. What really impresses is the detail and the authenticity that Harrison brings to this alternative future. Things are so different that it really gets you thinking "what if...", and the story line is infectious, you just have to keep reading. The moment you put it down you start to wonder what's going to happen? It's almost painful to put down! Harrison is a master storyteller.

The story involves humans at a stone age/bronze age level, confined to North America. Mammals are abundant, but so are dinosaurs, but of the big and dumb variety. The humans don't like the dinosaurs, they consider them filthy and taboo. Over in Africa and Europe, however, there are no humans, and the dinosaurs have developed intelligence and also a sophisticated culture, far more sophisticated than the human one across the Atlantic. Here is where it gets interesting.

The Yilané (they're the dinos) culture that Harrison describes is totally different from any existing even now. Their speech is by means of sound, movement and colour of hands, arms, face and crest. Ability to speak their complex language is their main social determinant, only the best get to fully join society. Females are in charge, with the males confined to special compounds by birthing beaches, and they never join society. The males incubate the eggs, much as seahorses do, and rarely last past two or three seasons. Their technology is highly advanced, but is based on biology rather than physics, chemistry or engineering, as ours is. Everything is grown, from the cities (which span whole continents) to houses, to clothing. The Yilané have developed gene manipulating technology, and use it to grow things like giant Ichthyosaurs with large body cavities in their dorsal fins (kind of organic submarines!), and small frogs with hollow heads and large eyes that act as microscopes!

An ice age is coming, and the Yilané, who are cold blooded, are being forced south into Africa, their cities dying from the cold. One of the city leaders decides to move her city west, across the hitherto uncrossable sea, to North America. She sends her lieutenant, Vainté, a fearsome and ambitious yilané, to scout it out, form a beach-head and to sow the city seed. There she finds Kerrick, a young boy, who is taken hostage, and brought back to Africa (what a delicious irony, a white North American boy brought over to Africa as a slave to a terrible and alien culture!). There he learns the language, and becomes a kind of court favourite. Then he's brought back to America, where he sees humans again, but as horrible, filthy, dirty creatures, not like him, a clean, strong Yilané!

I'm sure you can guess where it goes from there, rediscovery of roots, torn between two cultures, neither fully understanding both, nor fully accepted by either. Vainté is the arch villain, and I found myself always worrying about what she was going to do next! She dominates the book. Another very strong theme is that among the Yilané a new religion has begun, with vaguely Christian overtones, but quite different too. This new religion is undermining the existing culture in all sorts of strange ways, and is persecuted by the Yilané social structure. Other features are the different tribes of humans the Kerrick's people discover as the flee from the Yilané, early farmers across the Rockies, and Eskimos further North (these guys are really cool, totally oversexed!). All of these forces interact, humans, Yilané, new religion, new technology, new ideas moving from one race to another, and produce fascinating results.

Harrison has done a fantastic job in creating an entirely new and quite attractive culture, with a very strong environmentalist tinge to it. I found myself wanting to be like them, and even speak like them! How sad is that? Still, that's a sign that this book profoundly impressed me, and not many do. What are you waiting for, buy this book!

Added bonus, there are two sequels. At least you won't have to wait a year and a half for the second book like I did!

If you have only one book on herbal medicine, this is the one to have! It has a slew of information on herbs & herbal formulas, diseases and illnesses, cures, health, food & drink, healthful life-choices, your body, all aspects of caring for the sick, and much more! - A goldmine of easy to understand information, much of which is unavailable anywhere else! Get the hardcover edition, as you will wear this fantastic book out, because it works!

Also get "The Nature Doctor," by H. C. A. Vogel, ISBN 0879835591, and you'll be amazed at the wealth of knowledge here! Can't live without these two books!

This book has a wealth of information. I have helped and healed many people with this book. J. Kloss is someone I have looked up to since I discovered his book back in the late 70's when I had a hormonal imbalance and wasn't getting any answers from doctors. I discovered many herbs for women's health. He was a true genius. His approach to illness is confident, filled with wisdom, knowledge and and comfort. Not like some of the doctors of today. ...I depend on his skills, and that is alot to say about this man. My paperback has been used so much it fell apart so I have to buy a hardcover one. There is still so much to learn. Please, don't ever stop printing this book.

I have never come across a better book on natural healing anywhere. This book gives herbal dosages and formulas, nutrition advice, hydrotherapy, massage techniques and a host of healthful recipes. It is a complete book on natural healing. Jethro Kloss shows his sincerity in helping people on every page. The author details his experiences in healing people of severe diseases. These incidents are truly remarkable. But I believe they are true. This book is refreshingly honest. Kloss tells the truth about natural healing and does not cut corners with his advice or experiences. This is in stark contrast to the majority of natural healing books today, which are watered down and the authors are afraid of "offending" the medical community. Truth should be told and this is exactly what this book does. A book that deserves to be a classic.

Martin Stab has written a carefully researched, plot-driven sci-fi novel with a story that can be compared with films like "The Core", "Mission To Mars", and "Fantastic Voyage". It should also appeal to readers of the novels of Ben Bova, Charles Sheffield, Jack McDevitt, Roger MacBride Allen, and Stephen Baxter.

Survivors of the 1947 Roswell, NM crash were taken to live with humans, and then their sons grew up to become astronauts on a one-way voyage to a distant planet named Xeron. The book chronicles the years of the space project in the near future: from its inception with the government agency WASA; to the building of the ship engine called the SINERE; to a sneaky experiment to get an astronaut couple to have a baby on a space station; to the voyage itself which bypasses a 22 mile asteriod heading for Earth, involves the murder of an astronaut and a thwarted mutiny, and an encounter with a black hole.

The book's best parts are in the scenes where the author describes how the SINERE works, how the crew members must cope with the reality of never seeing the Earth again, and especially in the details of how a galactic catastrophe effects the Earth. Heading the voyage is the main character Bennett, who is plagued by frightful headaches, yet depends on his crew to make the mission go smoothly. He's a no-nonsense leader and will protect the mission at all costs.

Nonetheless, some aspects of the book were questionable. For example, the ship travels at 500,000 mph. At that rate it would reach one light-year in 1,370 years! The reason for the aliens coming to Earth also seemed odd: they wanted nuclear powered weapons, or the knowledge to make them. If aliens have the technology to come across the galaxy to Earth, why would they want something as primitive as nukes? Then there is the ending which might have used another 30 pages, but it looks like the author is setting the reader up for a sequel.

These quirks, however, should not upset any reader's enjoyment of the novel. Its ideas are intriguing and worth exploring.

Eden 459 is a wonderful science fiction story that truly keeps your attention. Martin, a new intelligent author, created a story about life in outer space with exciting and unexpected twists and adventures. This book truly held my attention and I really hope a sequel is in the near future. You don't need to be a science fiction fan to read this book.

This book really held my interest. I found it to be fascinating and probably true in many respects. The author had a truly fine approach to this "out of this world" experience. Thanks for great reading. Hope more will come.

I usually do not read short stories--never found anything to approach the experience of reading someone like Katherine Anne Porter. However, Ron Carlson has produced his own quirky "magic" with some of his stories in The Hotel Eden. Carlson looks at us and then writes stories about our behavior. So what? Most writers can do this OK. The difference for Carlson's stories may lie in his grace of how carefully he looks at us and reads between the lines of our everyday behavior. What we may get from his stories is something more funny or more sad than we ever knew. Good--honest writing with little artifice or fill.

The Hotel Eden Stories, by Ron Carlson, are written with such clarity that you feel like you are in the front seat of the pick-up in the story, Oxygen, and in the the Hotel Eden having a beer with Allison and Porter. They are rich with feeling and realism, and his writing style is magnificent.

I have read these stories aloud to friends and on the phone with my mom. I will continue to read them aloud to anyone who will listen - so far, no one has turned their head

I had the pleasure of hearing Ron Carlson speak to my Junior English class in high school. He captured my attention then and he did it again with his brilliant stories found in The Hotel Eden. I appreciate his tenacity in writing and his keen understanding of his characters. He is a gifted writer. If you have time to read short stories, this is the book to buy. Each story will fulfill your expectations.

Mr. Weddle is our Virgil taking us on a tour of some of the poshest circles in the world. Lifting the curtain he allows us access to a world we can only dream about, to discover a nightmare world of bloated egos as well as bankbooks, that sadly proves ephemeral. Intriguing, eye-opening and fun!

As a twenty-year resident of Beverly Hills, I found Among the Mansions of Eden fascinating. It's the first book I've read that actually talks about what happens here. Throughout his investigation into the checkered history of Beverly Hills, Weddle's wry pen skewers a series of what seem to be over-the-top archetypes, but by the time he's finished, he's deftly revealed them as very human beings driven by understandable demons. I expect his penetrating look into the drug scene and quiet racism of this town to draw intense criticism, but his observations match my first-hand knowledge. And his observations concerning the corrosive effects of too much "success" resonated long after I put the book down.

I found "Among the Mansions of Eden" to be a hilarious and riveting study of the rich who go to Beverly Hills to build their personal monuments. David Weddle lays bare the fallacy of materialism. He does this not by simply ridiculing the materialists--though god knows they ask for it--but by getting inside their heads and understanding their doomed aspirations. He sees that materialism is a romantic impulse, heartfelt and desperate. The wealthy erect their impossibly oversized palaces in the hope that they can build a perfect world and thus bring grace and contentment to their lives. By looking to the outside world and material achievement instead if within for fulfillment they of course end up failing, but do so spectacularly.

This book is full of unforgettable characters: greedy real estate hustlers, aging movie stars, porno kings who aspire to emulate Hugh Hefner, Iranian refugees who arrived in Beverly Hills with millions of dollars stuffed in their pockets, high school druggies, body guards to the stars and snake oil salesmen who struck it big through infomercials. It is not just about the wealthy, but all of us who are endlessly fascinated by their outrageous exploits. It is about one version of the American Dream that Beverly Hills has come to represent--a twisted and corrosive dream but one that has a everlasting hold on the American imagination.

Because I did not know the author, I took a chance and purchased this book. This new author mesmorized me with the richness of her story and the vivid descriptions. The images stayed with me long after I turned the last page. I look forward to reading more of her work.

I found this book intriguing and suspenseful. I liked the changes in time periods and looking at the lives of the families that had been intertwined (at times without even knowing it) over generations. The characters were richly described. I stayed up into the early hours of the morning for several nights because I couldn't put the book down. i hope there is another novel from the author soon.

Sarah Bryant's, THE OTHER EDEN, is a lovely story...but so sad. I truly identified with the protagonist. As a musician I was thrilled with the musical theme and references. I am also young and romantic. This beautiful novel moved me to tears. I wish the story of Alexander and Elanor could go on forever.

Don't read this book for humor. You won't find any. Instead, these four short stories deal with psychopaths, bullies, delinquents, and other miscreants. Eden Robinson's style is very frank and in your face. She doesn't pull her punches, but tells it exactly like it is. The first story, "Traplines", is about a teenager torn between leaving home or staying with his abusive parents. "Dogs in Winter" is told from the point of view of a teenaged girl whose mother is a convicted serial killer. She's so afraid of her mother finding her and killing her that she has repeatedly attempted suicide. "Contact Sports" is, in my opinion, the most interesting story. It's about a teenaged boy that lives with his mother, and whose deranged cousin has moved in with them, assumed the role of a father figure, and constantly harasses him. The last story, "Queen of the North", is about a sexually abused teenaged girl as she tries to handle a relationship with her boyfriend. This book is definitely not one to read when trying to relax. Rather, it gives you a harsh look at what can be reality for so many people.

I can't give this collection 5 stars because the first two stories are weaker than the last two. But they are much shorter, and serve as an introduction into the depressing lives of the last two characters. I don't know how the comparison to "Pulp Fiction" got started, but I can see why, especially with the violence of the last story. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll with a BIG difference: you actually care about these characters. They are not two dimensional like Tarantino's characters; they have depth and breadth, and one cares what happens to them! I grew up in rural Alaska, and the characters' experiences are not too different from my own, less the violence of the last story. Eden Robinson spins a great yarn; one that is rooted in truth for me, and for others, I am sure. I read this book in a day, I couldn't put it down. Robinson's novel is being published soon, and it is my Christmas present to myself this year!

I recently read Traplines and was very impressed. I really liked the fact that she didn't tip toe around anything, her stories were right in your face. They were dark and mysterious; even humourous at times.