"Curving Road" captures a metaphorical essence of Stewart's preceptions of culture, music and people. The book was written before he began his Ph.D. program in Anthropology where he has since made fine contributions in fiction and anthropology, and the ethnology of his birthplace-Trinidad.

In the lead story of this collection, "Pablo's Blues", Stewart manages to harmonize various cultural elements and compose a vivid and lasting expression of Miles Davis' cool-jazz ballad of the same name. We follow Pablo through the course of his day as he mentally syncopates between cultural tradition and modernism. His experiences of the butcher's shop, the walk through hilly avenues and his ambigious relationship with his lover create an air of spontaneity--the stuff of live jazz and life-world experiences. In "Satin's Dream", Stewart uses contemporary metaphor to sketch out a soul beleagured by control and identity issues.

Overall, readers will find the stories in Curving Road to be engaging, vivid and intellectually rewarding.---Mark Fabiano

Eugene Delacroix: Selected Letters 1813-1863 is a broad anthology spanning decades of personal correspondence of one of the foremost French Romantic artists. Black-and-white renditions of Delacroix's art illustrate the highly literate and fascinating pages of Delacroix's thoughts, ably edited and translated by Jean Stewart. Eugene Delacroix Selected Letters 1813-1863 is enhanced for the contemporary reader with an informative, extensive introduction by John Russell, and very highly recommended for academic reference collections and anyone with a keen interest in Delacroix's art and a dedicated desire to learn more about the man behind the masterpieces.

A concise, thorough, and readable textbook of peripheral nerve pathology. Great for residents in training. The text is very understandable and gives a great flavor of the problems.

There are magnificent books about the French Revolution, Michelet's (not Burke, not Carlysle could match its emotional committment to the heart rather than the idea), Lammartine (readers have sung the Marselleise leafing through the history of te Gironde), then comes Lefevbre, a modern..narrates at Michelet's tempo the measures of Lammartine's events. No doubt the modern's attraction is to the more objective clause, and yet, at some point an image of Marianne strats to appear in the pages. Yes, a son of the Revolution, on the way to the annaliste school. This is what modern historical writing should be all about..

Written by American biologist John Alcock (along with excellent illustrations by Marilyn Hoff Stewart), this book chronicles Alcock animal observations throughout the land Down Under. Alcocok observed the intimate details of the birth, breeding habits, feeding habits, and sometimes death of a large variety of Australian birds, insects, and mammals. Each chapter devoted to a particular species, he covers not only well known species such as the kookaburra, flying fox, and platypus, but lesser known ones (at least to Americans), such as the northern logrunner, resin wasp, and silver gull.

Alcock not only covers the life habits of a number of species, but also during the course of the book, using these species as examples, explores many concepts in biology. Why do birds sing so early in the morning? Are marsupials really primitive and not able to compete with placental mamamls (such as dogs and horses)? Particulary interesting are his speculations on adaptations on animals. Do all the features of an animal, from the cooperative efforts by grey-crowned babblers to raise a brood of young to the red tail feathers in the otherwise black red-tailed cockatoo all surve useful purposes in species (and individual) survival and were the results of evoultion, or is it wrong to atttribute every feature and behavior an animal to direct survival of individuals and the production of new offspring?

A highly worthwhile and readable book, I recommend it.

John Himmelman weaves his obvious love and knowledge of nature into something far more than just a beautifully illustrated, age appropriate story. His stories and paintings capture the essence of the creatures he portrays, and leaves the reader with intimate understanding and a desire to know more. This is a great book, as are all of Mr. Himmelman's works. I highly recommend this for your budding young naturalists. I commend Mr. Himmelman for setting such high standards in his craft! Keep'm coming.

I found THE MEATLESS GALLEY COOKBOOK to be a well-written cookbook with reasonable, nutritious, low-fat ingredients. The procedures make it a practical volume for onboard cooking. I have used this book on two short cruises and another longer cruise. All of my meals were very successful, and the dishes were easy to digest in a sailing environment. I recommend the book for any vegetarian cook at sea or on land.

A spiral binding would make the book easier to use in the galley.

John Stewart is an excellent source of information on baseball in general, and pitching specifically. He's made a complicated subject very easy to understand, while passing on information that's advanced as well.

What comes through in his writing is his insight into maximizing pitching mechanics. This alone is worth the price of the book. Great for kids - great for advanced pitchers as well.

Sam Steele was one of the first three men to join the NWMP in 1873. This book gives the true flavor of the pioneering hardships and adventures of the early RCMP force as they tamed the Canadian west. Numerous archival photographs and maps are integrated with the text -- you feel as if you are getting to know the men exploring the plains; you feel like a participant in their experiences as they endure physical dangers from a harsh, unforgiving climate and work to bring peace and "civilization" to a primitive land. From the first contact with Indian bands, through the building of the transcontinental railway, and the northern gold rush, Sam Steele was involved in every aspect of policing the Canadian west. This book does justice to his indominitable spirit and chronicles his amazing accomplishments, including his later action in the Boer War with the Lord Strathcona Horse and as a Major-General with the Canadian army in England during WWI. It's rare to encounter an accurate history book that is so exciting and so readable.

This is a wonderful collection of poetry readings by some of the best actors in the world. If you allow yourself only one tape of poetry, I would recommend this one. The rendition of Lawrence's "The Snake" is spellbining, and the reading of Macneil's "A Death in the Family" is quietlly gut-wrenching. And you will be surprised how well Bill Shatner recites about whales. Buy this tape, and you will listen to it again and again.