this book is my bible and comfort, its a shame it is so often overlooked

Simply breathtaking - a unique account in magical prose poetry of all consuming love, which you will return to again and again. Almost too painfully visceral at times, snapshots of sheer beauty leap out of the page as you ride the non-stop vertical drop on the rollercoaster of their relationship - not for the faint or hard hearted.

Scathing, deeply poetic rant of obssessive love forced into obssessive hate. Deep and lasting, based on the author's actual experiences.

Good for everyone who ever wanted to tell someone just how much they love them. Kind and loving, it's a sentiment that everyone should want to share with a loved one- child, sibling, parent, friend or whatever. There is no way you'll feel bad after reading this book..

Elizabeth Hickey's nationally award winning video "Children: The Experts on Divorce" contains a scene where a little boy is asked, "So what do you think parents should say to their children when they're going through divorce?" The young man, without hesitation, replies, "They should just tell them that they love them." Armies of mental health practitioners, divorce lawyers and judges know from their experience the wisdom of that little boy's advice.

Elizabeth Hickey's new book, I Love You More Than . . ., offers a beautiful way to deliver this message of love and caring. The story is a conversation between a little girl and her father, part real and part imagined. The photographs, illustrations and text combine to create a moving and powerful message of love between a parent and child.

The book is cleverly constructed to be universally applicable since the family structure of the characters is ambiguous. While father speaks of his love for his daughter, the message is acknowledged "from Mommy, too." The story does not state whether the parents are together, separated, unmarried, married or divorced.

It was heart-warming to share this book with my eleven year old son, Mark. Here are Mark's comments:

The story I Love You More Than . . . walks you through a little girl's dream about how much her father loves her. The beautiful illustrations contribute to the story greatly by giving the reader a picture of the child's wonderful dream. I thought that the photographs were adorable. They reminded me of when I was a toddler and my parents read stories to me. I think that all children and adults will find this story inspiring and touching to the heart.

Unlike fairy tales, this story makes the child whose parents read them this book feel that their parents really love them. I am sure that all kids would enjoy having this book read to them as much as I did. This book is sure to be a classic bedtime favorite.

Mark's responses reflect those of other children and adults who have encountered this book. I Love You More Than . . . conjures warm memories of the best parts of the reader's relationship with his or her parents. These combine in such a positive and gentle way to melt the heart of all parents and help them share the warm glow of their parental love with their children. This book is a treasure. The world is a better place because it is available.

This is a magical book that will take both parent and child on a lovely journey reminding them both of the love they have for each other. The illustrations are done in wonderful detail and will provide lots of opportunity for conversation and expectation during subsequent readings. It is sure to become a favorite with many, especially the Daddy/Daughter combination. I have sent copies to each of my young grandchildren and they all love it!

Do you like fast fascinating reads?, then you will like By Heart. I read it so fast and normally i'm a slow reader. A great documentary well written!

I suppose this is mainly of interest to those who have read "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept" which is autobiographical but incoherent. This biography of Elizabeth Smart explains what really happened.
There is lot more to it than that. The insights into Canadian-British-American relationships are illuminating. The British literary scene comes across as the least inhibited and most tolerant of the three. The book has those snide cutting anti-Canadian jibes that Canadian writers do so well. The account of Soho in the fifties is fascinating and the account of Edmonton in the seventies is devastating.
Elizabeth Smart and George Barker and his wives went on to have close and warm relationships into their old age. In a way it's a happy ending to "By Grand Central Station" although there were further tragedies. The paracetemol that killed her daughter Rose (it produces hepatic necrosis when combined with alcohol) is known as acetominophen (Tylenol) in America.
Robert Fraser has written a biography of George Barker.

From the very first line of the very first poem I could feel the rich,strong soul of her work penertrating my mind. Elizabeth Smart writes like no one ever has or ever will, the pure gienius of her work makes you wonder why Elizabeth Smart is not one of the world's most famous and admired writer's of the 20th century.
The Collected Poems Of Elizabeth Smart is a good example of her mind blowingly fantastic writing,which is also clearly evident in her greatest masterpiece 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept'. If you have never experienced one of the world's most talented writeres, Elizabeth Smart, now is your chance.

By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept is the
most amazing book I've read this year. Hands Down!!
Its a hymn to unrequited love and passion. It is the
fire burning deep within while it snows outside. It is
the feeling of being lonely and alone...It is a work
of sheer genius.

Ms. Smart recounts and retells her love affair with
the famous poet George Barker and thus gives us this
enchanting piece of art. Poetic prose it is one book
you could die for.

I just started this book today at 3:30 a.m. and
finished it in no time. Why? Because the language, the
plot, the genuineness of the tale enchanted and
enthralled me. The words sinked and seeped into my
existence. For anyone who has ever been in love, this
book is a must!!

The ultimate in purple passionate prose by a love-sick woman. It might be too purple and passionate for some. A lot of agonizing guilt over the fact that her lover was married (in fact the real life George Barker was married many times so she might have been in doubt which wife to have the agonizing guilt about).
The basic story is of her meeting the British poet George Barker in California (where he was trying to stay to sit out the Second World War) and travelling across America to New York with him. He gets into jail and hospital and eventually has to return to England.
It becomes more coherent if you read Rosemary Sullivan's "By Heart" which is a biography of Elizabeth Smart. It's interesting to read of her later friendly contacts with Barker and his last wife. There's also a biography of George Barker by Robert Fraser which I haven't seen yet.

This is a beautifully brilliant book -- more of an extended prose poem than a novella. While we flow along with Smart on the torrents of this not-quite-unrequited relationship with poet Barker, we learn that although love may be wrenching, it is certainly worth it, hence the expression: it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Smart expresses that it worth it to be passionate about love and to live life in love with everything. It may be painful at times, but the pleasure can be excruciatingly beautiful. In Smart's own words are words to live by: "Love all things in all ways, but never less than total." Reading Grand Central is to experience the anguish and the splendor of a love relationship.

In deference to the family of Elizabeth Smart, and, in the best interest of a young lady who has endured a harrowing experience in her life, I feel that we, as the ever voyeuristic and pandering public that we are, should be careful of exploiting a case too much that is still pending investigation. No one has pleaded guilt or innocence, and here is the first book out before trial has even been set. I have purchased this book, and find it to be informative, and fairly accurate to the reports and findings I have observed first-hand here in Salt Lake City. I feel that the Smart case can serve as a catalyst in the prevention of further abductions throughout the country, and, in this way, the book could serve a good purpose. The Smart family's passionate persistence paid off in the passage of the Amber Alert bill in Washington, DC, with Elizabeth and her parents in attendance at the signing with President Bush. The negatives to such a book - as I'm sure others will follow - is assuring the commitment that Ed and Lois Smart have to help their daughter get reprogrammed to a normal, and essentially stabilized, life again, will be more difficult. I would hope that we can always respect the privacy of a victimized family, and support all the law enforcement officers involved so deeply in this highly profiled case, and let them do their work.

This book is a detail of events, starting many years prior to the abduction, woven into a comprehensive chronology that is highly readable. The information is based on interviews with family members and previously published material. The two authors' investigative journalism background is apparent -- the book approaches the subject matter-of-factly. The authors took care to be thorough with little sensationlism. This is not a creatively embellished interpretation of persons and events. I especially liked how MacIntosh and Haberman included information from experts knowledgeable in cult practices and from missing children recovery agencies. Overall, I think the authors did a fine job piecing the story together while being sensitive toward the young victim and her family.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the investigation and events that lead to Elizabeth's joyful rescue.

It was marketed as a novel but it's essentially a series of vignettes about life in immediately post-war London written as a memoir by a Canadian who seems identical with the protagonist of "By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept." So it's a kind of continuation of Elizabeth Smart's autobiography. It places more emphasis on women's suffering and one senses glimmerings of feminism. It also has more humor. It makes more sense if you've read Rosemary Sullivan's "By Heart" (a biography of Smart) The title is a quotation from George Barker.

This book and another book called SURVEY OF 300 A+ STUDENTS
by Kenneth Green, are the two best books on study skills,
in my opinion.

I agree with others who have said this book is just too simplistic. I am not an expert but consider myself to be very knowledgeable in the area of nutrition and sports nutrition. This book did not offer anything I did not already know and in my opinion it has close to nothing to offer athletes. Liz Applegate writes a column for Runners World magazine in which she shares alot of useful information, unfortunatly she seems to have left it all out of this book. I usually do not write such poor reviews however I read runners world monthly and do not feel that the book deserves the "hype" it has recieved.

This book, while probably good, is for the person getting 3-4 hours of heavy exercise per day. I found some good hints, but this is not applicable for the average person.

I thought I already knew every thing there was to know about eating right and exercising--until I read Eat Smart, Play Hard. I was amazed by how much new information and recearch has come out recently, just in the past few years. Applegate does a great job of highlighting the latest, most important eating strategies in an easy-to-read and understand format. I particularly liked her information on supplements. Her tips helped me to improve my running times, as well as my endurance in other sports such as cycling and hiking. This is a must-read.

Kaufmann is a disgruntled author who was forced to have a VBAC by her OB. Besides the fact that her delivery is very dry, she doesn't give the fair and balanced look at c-section and VBAC that she promises. Korte and Flamm have both written wonderful books on the subject that are much more informative and contain information from studies done from the 1950'sto the present. If you're serious about VBAC--and there's no reason why you shouldn't be--please don't read this book. It will just make you doubt your body's ability to perform this beautiful, natural miracle because of the unbalanced information it contains. Good luck with your VBAC!

A great read if you just want to be scared into a repeat c/s. This book is promoted as unbiased, but that is SO far from true!! I've also been reading the Cohen and Korte books, and Kaufmann's bias comes through loud and clear. Don't waste your time reading if you are even remotely interested in a VBAC.

Although it is impossible for anything that is the result of human thought to be totally unbiased, the author makes an effort. This is the first thing I have read that lead me to believe that I truly had a choice and got me to thinking about my own motivations. Definitely not one to read if you are already set on going VBAC, but not a bad choice if you are still undecided or really want to go for a repeat section.

The most powerful thing I got from this book was, that no matter what decision I make on this issue, and no matter what the outcome in the end, as long as it was MY decision and MY choice, it really will be OK.