He was bound determined not to paint people reading and women knitting, but instead to show people who breathed emotions into his darkly suggestive prints. "Death in the sickroom" showed family members at the ages when they were painted, not when his sister Sophie died; it expressed unity in grief as one of death's longlasting effects by seemingly overlapping planes flowing together across bleakly empty areas, starkly B&W contrasts, and stiffly posed mourners frozen in misery. "The mirror" heads of a disembodied man and woman was his first woodcut to give up the Japanese method of printing each color with a separate woodblock; instead, he jigsawed blocks into pieces according to compositional design, linked each piece with a different color, and put everything back together into a multicolored print. He considered his "Sick child II" his most important print: his first color lithograph, it focused on the diseased upper chest and the head in profile facing right against a large pillow in order to gaze with tragically meditative resignation into the flatly patterned looming void on the far right. However, his "Scream" became the most compelling image for the late twentieth century: it expressed terror before the universe by powerfully decorative lines reverberating through the starkly opposed black lines and bleakly white voids of pulsing land and sky. Elizabeth Prelinger and Michael Parke-Taylor have applied reader-friendly illustrations and text to their catalog of the Vivian and David Campbell exhibition. Their SYMBOLIST PRINTS OF EDVARD MUNCH goes down good with PROGRESSIVE PRINTMAKERS by Warrington Colescott and Arthur Hove, PRINTS AND PRINTMAKING by Antony Griffiths, EDVARD MUNCH by Josef Paul Hodin, and THE PRINT IN THE WESTERN WORLD by Linda C Hults.

This book was recomended to me by the Harbour Master in Raratonga, and as a former "Old Salt" myself - I loved it. Peter's easy told tale tells of conning his way onto his first ship and the new life he finds whilst sailing the Oggin. As the voyages unfold, a generous cast of characters help transform the wee Kiwi lad into a seasoned seaman. I didn't know any of his shipmates, but I knew many like them. Most are gone now - like the ships they sailed, but they live on in Peter's fine memoir - "Well done that man!"

This book starts out in Idaho. It's about a woman named Sacagawea, who was taken away from her family. A few of her friends left her. The men who came for her called her bird woman.
Sacagawea got married when she was 15 and had a baby. She guided Lewis and Clark across the Western United States. They had to map it out for Thomas Jefferson after the Lousianna Purchase. It took a long time for them to travel to the Pacific and back. She was a huge help to them because she knew what food was safe to eat and what to use for injuries, and helped communicate to the Native Americans they encountered along the way. Lewis and Clark and her took a ship to find here family and they did. Lewis shot himself. Sacagawea died in1896. I think another title for this book should be The Life About Sacagawea. I think she should have lived longer. I will like to tell people to read this book because it's a great educational book. The best part was when she had her baby. The part that I didn't like was when she died. She is a true American heroine.

Peter Taylor has presented a picture of the IRA and Sinn Fein and shown that each of the people mentioned had a motive for all that they have done. Whether it be peace, revenge, or a feeling that they must defend their area, the interviews show that the men and women involved would rather lay down their arms but believe that they are forced to maintain them. The book is objective, fair, and in no way flattering to any of the people mentioned. It does not glamorize the struggle, nor does it demean it. It shows what is happening, what people are believing, in a way that no other book does: objectively. That alone makes this an excellent book. Anyone who reads it will realize that Sinn Fein is looking for the same thing as everyone else and that is peace.

a great book that details the rise of the IRA from violent semi professional terrorists to what is now one of the largest and best trained terrorist organizations in europe, it also shows the rise of protestent paramilitaries and thier only partially succesfull attempt to counter the republican paramilitaries, this book is easily one of the best written on the northern ireland tragedy.

So often in reviews of books relating to the conflict in the north of Ireland, we hear the term "terrorist" applied to the IRA and the expression "Sinn Fein is the political wing of the IRA". Number one, if you define terrorism as acts that result in the death of innocent woman and children, then the term should be applied to those who run all Western policy, resulting as it has in the deaths of children in Belgrade, Kosovo, Iraq, Sudan, etc. The term "terrorist" has no validity unless it is applied universally - as opposed to selectively against your enemies. The IRA are no more a terrorist organisation than NATO. Taylor's book for the most part reflects this truth but his editor or publisher has cynically added the insulting cliches - no doubt as a marketing tool, ie. to make it acceptable to the mind set of those who unquestioningly parrot these insults. Taylor is in the know. He is objective. He writes extremely well. All these factors make this book essential reading to all students of conflict in Ireland. But they should not start with the term "terrorist" in their mind.

This book is one of many that exposes the lie that Sinn Fein is the Political wing of the IRA. They are both part of the same Republican movement but the IRA is no more Sinn Fein's armed wing than the RUC is the Ulster Unionists armed wing, or the British Army is the Armed wing of the UK government. Yes they are linked - but that does not make them the same. Such lazy, imprecise thinking is a factor in matters Irish remaining confused to the outside world. Taylors book makes the distinction skillfully and therefore should inform all those who approach this book with an open mind.

As with Gary Larson (The Far Side) or Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Peter's sense of humour owes a lot to the pun ... and a good pun is its own reword. Some of the pictures aren't as funny as others, but every one strikes home. Overall, a collection that subversively deals with the ethics of what we do; "yes, it is our own fault", and "yes, we must own up and do something about it". Probably one of the few works published this year that makes you feel good about abandoning the "victim mentality". Recommended as suitable to anyone who finds the system "grating" on them, for the hope it brings.

This text is described as a parody about the biggest technology blunder in history and it successfully achieves that title. Written to be understandable and funny to readers ages 15 to 95, it provides a wickedly revealing look at the Year 2000 Crisis from new and traditional perspectives. Those who are technology savants will savor every single page. For persons who heretofore have remained blissfully ignorant of the impact (both real and imagined) of the Millenium Bug, this book helps explain what the fuss is all about. Full of relevant (and irreverent) quotes and clever cartoons, Mr. de Jager's insights make for a delightful read. Expect to find yourself laughing out loud...in your workplace...saying, "I've heard that! As a matter of fact, our IT people have said that!" Having read and reread the book, I now am equipped to intelligently laugh or cry about Y2K, depending on my audience of the moment.

Well, for one thing, it happens everyday. Repeatedly. Only in really small increments. That's life! But if you have been mired in this little man-made problem (yes, all programmers used to be males, so the women are innocent on this one) (yes, I know that is not true, e.g. Grace Murray Hopper # 3 programmer on the Mark 1, circa. 1944, but this politically correct thing is going to turn out to be a bigger blunder than 6-digit dates) ... where was I? ... If you have been mired in the millennium-made project for what seems like an eternity, it's time to come up for air, like in HA HA! Ever wondered what Shakespear, Marty Allen, Ogden Nash, Oscar Wilde, George Burns, Richard Nixon, Winston Churchill, and Will Rogers had in common? Ya, I'm sure you have. Well, along with several others, they all made comments about the year 2000 frenzy "before its time."

Along with a collection of 'Larson-ish' cartoons Peter's book provides a moment of chuckle in an otherwise chuckleless environ. Give a copy to a friend. Better yet, give it to an enemy. Give it to all your enemies and both your friends. Spread the humor. It's the best remediation for what ails you.

After all, "When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." -- Mark Twain (from Peter's book)

As one of the poets featured in Will Work for Peace, one might expect me to be a bit biased, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Most poets work in a virtual vacuum, only tenuously connected to each other by the occasional workshop or shared membership in a 'poetry society'. When Brett Axel first approached me for a submission to an anthology he was considering, the names Marge Piercy, Lyn Lifshin, Moshe Bennaroch and so many others were abstractions to me as a fledgling poet. I knew these tremendous writers were 'out there' somewhere, beating down doors with their words and keeping a struggling artform alive. But to think that someday I would ever share a credit with these dynamic modern poets would be a pipe dream at best. It is through the sincere efforts of Brett Axel that many newer voices like mine have an extraordinary opportunity to appear with Pulitzer Prize winners and other poetic heavyweights. By way of an honest review, however, I will say this- not everything in this book will be to your particular liking. I myself came across some works that did not move me in the way the author may have intended. Some imagery can be raw and visceral, using shock value in place of craft at times. But to ignore those voices would be an even more shocking turn of events, so praise be to the editor for not sacrificing his vision to a senseless conformity. As Pete Seeger so aptly put it in his quote, trying to read all these poems at one time would be like trying 'to swallow Manhattan whole'. I say to you- buy this book, read this book, but understand that it's what you do after reading this book that will ultimately define who you could be. Poetry is alive and well, and lives in the blunt pages of Will Work for Peace.

Brett Axel visited my Church and I bought a copy of Will Work For Peace from him, not for poetry, but because I care about working for peace. I started reading through it thinking It'd just go on my shelf and that'd be the end of it, but the book grabbed me and kept me rivited. If I had known that poetry was this alive I'd have been into poetry. I've been reading some of the poems to my friends who also didn't think poetry was important and they are saying the same thing. Fantastic! There's no way to get through this book without having your old mindsets challenged. It's funny, powerful, sad, and uplifting. A book that deserves to be read by everyone. A book that really can make the world a better place!

Just amazing start to finish! I like the disregard for fame used in putting the book together. That great poems got in even if they were writtenby nobodys. Look at Roger Bonair-Agard's poem on page 74. Shortly after Will Work For Peace came out he won Slam Nationals, becoming Slam Champion of 1999, which will be getting him lots of offers. But Zeropanik Press didn't need to be told he was good by an award. They could tell by his writing! Good for them and good for all of us because Will Work For Peace is a literary milestone. It's a new standard for all future anthology editors to try to live up to. Thumbs up to Brett Axel and Thumbs up to Zeropanik Press for their guts and integrty.

I am a 16 yearold girl who just happened to stumble upon a book for a research project that is absolutely different. This was a very understandable book. I could see everything happening as if I was involved. I love the way it was wrote and one thing I picked up on was the affect betrayal can have on someone. The narrator's father was betrayed by his bestfriend and financial partner. He was so distraught that he removed his family from their home and moved to Memphis. The father completely controlled his family and their own lives. He was afraid that he would fall apart if his children left him(by marriage). He foiled all their plans to marry and ruined their lives forever. What goes around comes around because when he planned to remarry, two years after his wife's death, his children foiled his plans. He learned a big lesson the hard way and the worst part is that it took him his whole life to realize what he did. This is a really great book that takes you into a past that is unbelievab

Not quite Southern Gothic but still eerie and unsettling, this winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Ritz-Paris Hemingway award is beautifully and hauntingly written. The narrator, an intellectual, rare books dealer, lives a comfortable but sterile existence with an equally passionless younger Jewish woman in New York City. His colorless routine is interrupted when his spinster middle aged sisters ask him to come to Memphis to assist them in preventing their father from remarrying. Although he is initially reluctant to interfere with his elderly father's life and last chance for marital happiness, he finds his return to Memphis and his family's past inexorable. Although I come from a Southern family and attended college with the children of prominent Tennessee families at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, I still had a difficult time understanding the characters and their motives. Characters such as these, like the Old South, do not exist anymore. The patriarchal, stern father, a former Vanderbilt football hero uproots his family when the narrator is a teenager from Nashville to Memphis when the father is ruined financially and betrayed by his best friend. This move permanently damages each member of the family in some way. The father then thwarts any attempt his children make to marry and start families of their own. When he decides in his eighties to marry again, it's his children's turn to sabotage his marriage plans. The older sisters, although they are economic and social powers in Memphis, are eccentric to the point of buffoonery. They possess dowdy, middle aged figures but dress in revealing, girlish outfits a la Baby Jane and pay young men to be their escorts. The mother, like a delicate magnolia tree that has been transplanted unsuccessfully, becomes an invalid after the move to Memphis. She slowly withers and dies. An older brother runs off to join the army and is killed in combat; the narrator is convinced that he did so as a form of suicide. The narrator escapes to New York, but lives an emotionless life, surrounded by dusty antique books and cheap and ugly furniture. The family dynamics are fascinating, as are the insights into the rigid standards and canons of the Southern gentry class that imprison the family. This is a wonderful period piece that captures the civilization that has been all but wiped out by the New South.

Peter Taylor writes in a way that makes every moment enjoyable and worth remembering. The story of the lives of the members of the Carver family and the profound effect a move from Nashville to Memphis has on them is unforgettable. By the novel's end the reader is left with so much to consider, from the relationships of the characters to their motivations and eventual lifestyles. And unlike one of the last books I read, Philip Roth's American Pastoral, which also chronicled the life of an American family, Taylor's book is beautifully written but yet simple and clear - no egotistical self-loving prose here! I would actually plan on reading some of Taylor's other works, this was so enjoyable. You won't forget this one.

First, if you're going to rely on this guide, spend some cash on a couple of decent maps, especially for Kuala Lumpur. This guide has by far some of the most off-the-mark maps I've ever experienced with Lonely Planet. DO NOT rely on the book! As well, some amazing hotels are missing, and they're literally next door to some pretty grotty places the authors here rave about.
Also, I found the author's attitude to Singapore to be rather tiresome. Much is made of the fact that the city-state is cleaner than other congested and polluted cities in South East Asia, and that 'color' has been wiped out of Singapore.
But it seemed to me that authors had an underlying motive when writing about Singapore, to slyly convince travellers from visiting the place, or at least, from staying too long.
Of course, Singapore's not a place where anyone stays on for more than a week. But the author's mightier-than-thou point of view (that only cities with disgusting toilets, $5 hotel rooms and edgey red light districts are worth visiting) was annoying. Also, it was continually noted that Singapore is a "repressive" country. I think one only has to travel to countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and even Morocco before they can whine about Singapore being repressive.
But I digress.
Finally, precious space is wasted in the guide with the inclusion of Brunei. I think LP should give Brunei it's own slim little guide (look at Maldives or Bhutan if you want to see tiny countries with their own books). First, Brunei is culturally and politically different from Malaysia to warrant its own book.
And it would give the Malaysia authors precious space in which to include some decent maps.
Yes, I'm griping here, but when you bring a guide for a longish trip, you tend to notice these things!
Anyway, you could do worse... but Lonely Planet could have done better.

Lile most Lonely Planet guidebooks, this travel guide won't come as a disappointment to any of its readers. The unmistakable excellent standards we can expect from LP, combined with the fact that this particular guidebook is in its 8th edition already, makes of this book a masterpiece no traveller to the region should leave behind. The information about hotels and restaurants, things to see and do, etc, is dense, well-written, excellently ordered, and up-to-date. Likewise, the maps, the various tips on do's and dont's, are invaluable. As always, the sections on history, politics, culture etc, are excellently written and well condensed, ensuring pleasant reading for the traveller and the prospective traveller alike. Without exaggerating nor diminishing the fascination of this wonderful part of the world, this guidebook does great service to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. It is the ultimate travel tool for those intending to visit these countries, enabling them to make the most out of their stay, as well as ensuring moments of fascinating reading.

We ended up calling it "the Bible". Why? Because all the answers are in it.!! Several times we said to our selves that this information should have been in LP. And looking one more time - it was usually there. LP helps you plan and avoid vasting time. Of course you shold try to do things which is not mentioned in LP but this can be a major challanges. The guide goes every where and the information is incredibly reliable. So if you go - bring LP or bring no guide book at all - alternatives are poor sustitutions. We also brought a Footprint - but the reality is that nobody is above or besides LP. 22-08-2001

This was an excellent study of Peter Taylor. Perhaps the reader from Manhattan NY NY knows little about the South or Mr. Taylor. Excellent researched and a great help for any classroom studying Mr. Taylor's work.

This is an excellent book focusing on the work of Peter Taylor. I felt the book was very insightful and a "must read" for serious Taylor researchers. It is unfortunate that people with little expertise on such matters are allowed to write book reviews.I have found this book very useful in my classroom.

I found this book extremely helpful. It contained a wealth of information on the works of Peter Taylor. It has been very valuable to me in my research.

This book has so much going for it! It is an interesting and invaluable resource, especially for those who are considering the aquarium hobby. What is so great & unique about this book is that it instructs the reader on how to re-create the natural environment of the type of fish he or she may be interested in keeping. There are step-by-step instructions on setting up each tank, all accompanied by full color photographs. The author includes information on what equipment works best in each tank, plant & rock selection, aquascaping, & fish species compatability. I purchased this book several years ago & still enjoy referring to it & reading it. The photos & information contained within are truly inspiring. The concept behind it, recreating the natural aquatic environments of such far-off places as Sumatra, Borneo, & Zaire is what truly makes this book special. Anyone who is interested in the aquarium hobby would benefit from this book. Those that are well on their way may find themselves reconsidering the choice of materials & fish contained in their tanks. This book benefits not only the aquarist, but the fish as well! Order this book if you have not done so, you won't be sorry.

This is a fantastic book that starts with general knowledge and background of different water environments and fish, but doesn't waste half the book on this background information. The majority of the book is devoted to explaining how to set up different sorts of aquariums, with detailed examples of the plants, rocks, gravel, and suitable fish for each variety of tank. It is mostly freshwater, but 3 Brackish-Water, and 3 Marine Aquariums are also included. The end of the book has easy to understand GENERAL information about water chemistry, filtration, heating, plants, feeding, and breeding. The only fault is not enough description about individual fish. But if you buy a companion book that describes different fish in detail, along with this book you will be well on your way to setting up the exact sort of aquarium you would like. Great book for beginners and also intermediates who are looking for new ideas.

Yes, I dream of one day having a marine aquarium. For now, I just read books on the subject. I have a vision of a wall in my house being turned into an aquarium. The finished tank pictures will have you running off to the local pet store to do more research. There are detailed instructions for building the tank. A list of suitable fish are given for each type of tank.

I mean, can you imagine being able to build your own East Africa Rocky Lake? How about a central American Coastal Stream? My favorite has always been the Hawaii Coral Reef.

The contents of this book include:

The Natural Environment
The Fish
The Freshwater Aquarium
The Brackish-Water Aquarium
The Marine Aquarium
Tank and Water Management
Feeding, Breeding, and Healthcare

My brother is a natural when it comes to taking care of Aquariums...for me, I need a book! This would make a nice present for someone in your family who is thinking of building their own Aquarium.

Great Ideas and Pictures.