THE INDIANA COMPANION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE LITERATURE. Second Revised Edition. Edited by William H. Nienhauser, Charles O. Hartman, Y. W. Ma, and Stephen H. West. 1050 pp. Indiana Univ Press, 1985. ISBN: 0253329833 (hbk.)

This is a monumental reference work on the pre-1911 literature of China and was over seven years in preparation. It involved the work of almost two hundred international contributors and provides the basic background, analysis, and bibliography needed by both scholars and students to find their way around the huge corpus of Chinese literature, poetry, drama, and related commentary and scholarship.

Unfortunately 'literature' has been interpreted in the restricted sense of 'imaginative literature' (i.e., fiction, drama, poetry) and although some mention of China's philosophic literature was unavoidable, no entries exist for the major philosophers or philosophic texts. This, to some, may considerably reduce the value of the book. Major features of the book include :

Analytic survey essays of about 10,000 words each on Buddhist Literature, drama, fiction, literary criticism, poetry, prose, popular literature, rhetoric, Taoist (religious, not philosophic) literature, and women's literature.

Over 500 entries of approximately 1500 words each on famous writers, works, genres, styles, groups, movements, etc.

Each entry has a bilingual bibliography that lists editions, translations, and studies, and the major primary and secondary sources in Chinese, Japanese, English, French, and German.

Separate indexes of subjects, names, and titles.

Chinese names and titles have also been given in Chinese ideograms (sinographs) along with Wade-Giles transcriptions throughout. But one irritating defect of the book is that the pages lack headwords in the upper margins and finding a particular entry can involve a lot of riffling back and forth.

The book is a large heavy volume of full quarto size, well-printed in double columns on over one thousand pages of strong paper, stitched, and bound in full cloth for durability.

All in all it is an extremely interesting and useful 'Companion to Traditional Chinese _Imaginative_ Literature.' But what a pity the editors chose to exclude what for most people is the most interesting and significant Chinese literature of all, the philosophic literature of Ancient China.

Can't wait to see this one. Lilla and Dworkin is like a collaboration between Ken Vandermark and Wynton Marsalis.

Oh how we need to soak in this instruction by Spurgeon ! He always uses God's word as his tool, for therein lies the power. If you read this book, the Holy Spirit will show you in your own heart the work and revival in YOU HE is wanting to do. He is Able and He is willing. Spurgeon seems a giant in the faith~but he is always humble, sharing with his readers his own need for the very things he writes. Get this book..seek the Lord...and let the revival begin with you !

there is always something inside the book that can touch your innerself, so read it and find out!

This book focuses on Gillespie's own contributions to modern-day psychoanalytic theory of the sexual perversions. It is a remarkable chapter in the evolution and development of what is today the world's most sophisticated, if largely unknown, clinical theory of sexuality. Gillespie's outline, in several articles, of his own general theory of sexual perversions, provides an excellent background for grasping the unique concepts and language which make an understanding of the process of sexual perversion especially clear and accessible.

Unfortunately, the most visible modern application of Gillespie's seminal work is the very controversial reparative therapy for homosexuality. The leading proponent is, of course, Charles Socarides, who drew heavily on Gillespie's theoretical contributions in formulating his own unitary theory of the sexual perversions. This same proven reparative model is applied by clinicians worldwide today in the therapy of all sexual perversions. Gillespie himself, in the articles contained herein, is clearly unequivocal in specifically declaring homosexuality a sexual perversion in the clinical sense.

Homosexuality is as controversial today as discussion of heterosexuality was in Freud's day, thus barring general public acceptance of this highly effective clinical view of treatment for the sexual perversions, so is it any surprise that this fascinating tale of today's most sophisticated sex theory ranks at only about 1 million on Amazon?

Of special interest to the general reader, this identical theory of the sexual perversions is the very same one which modern psychoanalysts such as the late Robert J. Stoller have consistently applied to their studies of the sex industry.

This book has become one of the foremost referenced text for healthcare professionals on the causes of low back pain. It helps the reader to understand "Structural Findings" on x-rays/MRIs and to correlate those with "Functional Findings" of restricted flexibility and soft tissue pain.

This book is widely accepted by Doctors of Chiropractic and other physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists.

This is a MUST to have on the Bookshelf of any healthcare professional who routinely deals with the management of lower back pain.

By reading the introduction to this book, you will find that although Mandy Oxendine was Chesnutt's first novel it was not published until 1997. Being somewhat of a student of Chesnutt, I enjoyed this book a great deal. But I can also understand why publishers in the 1890's would turn it down. In the tradition of the times, there are twists and turns in the plot. The book is very short and is very easy to read. I would recommend it!

This is a suitably vast book for a vast subject. It covers every aspect of the application of human genetics to medicine, and the reviews are not only an ideal introduction to a genetic disease, but are heavily referenced as well. This makes it ideal as a guide to the most recent literature on the subject. The introductory chapters are essential reading as well.

This spare, 170-page prose work is not a memoir in the usual sense of the word: it is a collection of visceral memories, some extended, some quite brief, all of which hinge on the author/poet's intensely felt relationship with his mother and father. A wide-ranging portrait of a mid-century East Coast Jewish family, Williams calls his work an "autobiographical meditation." I began reading quite skeptically, wondering why a man of age 63 would still be so caught up with family issues -- especially his unblinking descriptions of his long-dead parents' worst characteristics. But as I proceeded, I was surprised to find this seemingly self-centered meditation seeping into the musty recesses of my own memory and experience. His language is burnished to a luster; he can conjure memories of a child's-eye view from the top of a see-saw or a momentary parental rage that has stayed with you over decades. Thus I came to find the work transformative; persuasive in the way that a poem can take you somewhere you weren't planning to go. I am going to recommend "Misgivings" to all my grown-up men friends.