After playing an arrangement of Apres un Reve by Gabriel Faure, on the trombone, I decided to learn more about Faure. When I stumbled upon this book, I found a profound and insightful look at Faure's life through his own letters. I highly recommend this book.

When you read the book Gabriel Faure : a musical life you really get around the subject in every possible way. Not only is it obvious why Jean-Michel Nectoux is seen as the number one pro on the area, you also get the impression that he is quite capable in handling the subject in both a historic and musicologic manner. The book is highly recommentable. Also for foreign students who wish to approach the life and music of the wonderfull composer Gabriel Fauré without having to many problems with the english language. Desirée Burmeister. ( 3rd year student of the music institute, Aalborg, Denmark )

Dr. Boileau, a well-respected philosophy professor based in Seattle, combines Sartre's theory of groups and Foucault's ideas about power to provide at least a starting point for a conceptual grasp of a positive foundation for social relations.

Those interested in ethics and technology, especially database geeks, can harvest a Foucault analysis of power relationships and individual resistance in chapter three, which may provide insight into the minds of database end-users and decision-makers that utilize database results.

Students of Dr. Boileau will immediately hear his voice come alive while reading the Intro, which will be helpful for those new to Philosophy. Be prepared to hear that voice remind you to "read the footnotes." Read the book slowly, make notes on the other books Dr. B. refers to, and begin setting aside a small monthly allowance to spend on more existential philosophy books.

An exquisite picture book. It averages 1-2 pictures per page. Including some great details. The only part about the pictures that is unusual is that occasionally a picture of a Morroccan is thrown in amongst all the pictures of architecture.

Unfortunately the text isn't of as high a quality. You'll also notice that the type is slightly larger than normal perhaps as a way to fill space. Much of the text is background history which is rather basic, while this is good for the beginner I was hoping for a little more detailed information.

I LIKE JEAN MICHEL JARRE,HE IS THE BEST MASICION EVER.

I've been looking for a photo book called :the notebooks by larry wars

Well, "book is a reminder." I guess that's the most that comes to mind about this book. Whether you should purchase this book depends on what you're looking for. I purchased it in preparation for a vacation to Thailand, because I was going to be shopping for Thai style household items and wanted to get informed. Plus, I'm a sucker for a decorating coffee table book that everyone else doesn't already have. I visited the Jim Thompson House while in Bangkok, and so that's why the only thing that now comes to my mind is: the book is a reminder of what I saw.

Tepid impression now, I suppose. The book gives some background on Jim Thompson and how he revived the Thai silk industry, as well as information about the rare antique Thai treasures that he collected in his home, which is now a museum. If you're really interested in this aspect, in particular, this book may be for you. If you're interested in Thai style, I'm not sure I would recommend this book as a starting point. There are other Thai style books that I reach for again and again, while this book sits on a shelf, untouched. It's a nice book, but more of an expensive souvenir.

Most science fiction fans think of Jules Verne as the "father" of the genre, but with a rather remote paternity, the genre's modern directions owing more to H.G. Wells. Verne would hardly be suspected of telling a story of cosmic travel to another planet in a distant galaxy. And yet that is among the destinations in this incredible play, staged to acclaim in France in 1882, then lost for over a century until the manuscript's rediscovery in a French archive. This is not only the first English translation, it is also the only version in any language that offers the complete text of the play. With it, and other recent Verne books discovered or translated for the first time, readers of today can gauge Verne's imagination far more accurately than those of the 19th or 20th century.
Verne's editor constantly rejected or toned down his true science fiction, compelling his most inventive author to remain largely earthbound. For instance, 1994 saw the first appearance of Paris in the 20th Century, a book rejected outright by Verne's publisher, who refused to sanction a dystopia set a century in the future. Similarly, Verne's publisher compelled his author to transform his voyage around the solar system on a comet in Hector Servadac into simply a "dream." Journey Through the Impossible goes even further, because Verne found an escape from his publisher's censorship by turning to the theater.
In Journey Through the Impossible Verne takes us to the center of the earth and under the sea, destinations from some of his most popular novels. In the underground realms dwell Troglodytes anticipating the Morlocks of Wells's The Time Machine. On board the submarine Nautilus, a visit is made to the city of Atlantis. The play includes appearances by many of the most famous characters from Verne's novels, including the diabolical scientist Doctor Ox and the Baltimore Gun Club that launched the first projectile to the moon. This time the Gun Club's giant cannon sends a capsule full of explorers to Altor, a newly-discovered distant planet with two sons.
Journey Through the Impossible is published in association with the North American Jules Verne Society, and includes a preface and footnotes by its president, Jean-Michel Margot, one of the leading authorities on Verne today. The background explains the play's many allusions and allows the reader to readily imagine how its presentation might have appeared. Further visual embellishment is provided by lavish illustrations, including several originals by Roger Leyonmark that evoke the style of the engravings that were a trademark of the early French editions of Verne's books. Edward Baxter, translator of the play, has already earned approbation for his previous translations of Verne into English, including several novels.
This is an incredible book, one that is full of both Verne's imagination and Vernian scholarship. It will forever change the way readers think of Verne, and will re-establish his foundation as the originator of modern science fiction.

Although short, this hip designed gem of a book conducts interviews with those closest to JMB throughout his career including his old band, Fab 5 Freddy, his first dealer, his girlfriend, collectors and dealers including Mary Boone, excerpts from the Wathol diaries and so on. Great color reproductions of his work and probably one of the most suited titles of any books about him.

Beautifully printed proceedings of one of the largest canon law conventions ever held, with over 50 addresses in five languages covering more than 1,000 pages. A real who's-who of international canon law experts. The strength and weakness of this work is its time of presentation, ie., concurrent with the revised Code of Canon Law. That was a time of marked uncertainty in Catholic Church law, and several of the papers reflect this. For all that, a highly regarded work of lasting value.