The writing (or translating) in this book is forceful, evocative, concise and superb. The criticisms of both Israeli leadership (Labor and Likud), and Palestinian leadership (the PLO and Hamas), during the intifada, are sharp razors of analysis. The book is somewhat out-of-date, and I would love to see an update--not only on the subsequent course of events, but also on what more is known (if anything) about the time period covered by the book (1987-1991). It is, however, enlightening to view the current "peace process" in the light of the authors' predictions, especially that Israel would soon be casting about for someone--anyone--to take the business of micro-governing Gaza and the West Bank off its hands.

This book is a must for an upsetting and deep look into the Intifada. The authors are unsparing in the details and deeply perceptive in the social framework that lead to the revolt.

When I read "Jeb and Dash" I knew I had to own it. The book was lent to me by my gay comrade; he had written rubrics throughout the book expressing his own angst and joy. I found my joy in the book; I had already experienced the angst.

The life of these young men in a Washington I know, knew, love and loved, reaches deep within me. The college life at W&L is mirror of many gay men -- especially those of us who attended university in the 1950s -- and the saddness, anger, anxiety that Jeb experiences creates for the reader a powerful catharsis. Yes, it was me -- then.

What makes this beautiful book readable is the writing. Jeb obviously had a skill to weave and relate his story, to observe homosexual life accurately, to be part of a homosexual world and feel the anger of repression. Yet he functions in the unreal heterosexual world that dominates all our lives.

Lastly, as the book unfold in his "beautiful" Washington -- a place he does not want to leave -- my home, my Meridian Hill, my parks, my capitol, my White House all become as real as if we were there in his day.

The comrade,who lent me the book, and I spoke at length of this text. I told him, since I am over 60, this is a Washington I remember. A Washington that came to an end with the murder of JFK and Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet, when homosexual oppression reared its ugly head, Lady Bird and President Johnson were loath to condemn the people they worked with and trusted. Jeb's adoration of Wilson mirrored my adoration of JFK.

This book pleases. The four stars say that the book is not a "masterpiece." It certainly is a treasure in gay literature.

"Jeb Alexander" is a pseudonym for a gay man who lived in Washington, D.C., for the first half of the twentieth century. He was prolific in keeping a diary, which he left to his niece, Ina Russell, who has edited the many volumes down to this one small, but meaty, book.

As a native Washingtonian, I most appreciated Jeb's take on the mundane details of Washington life, and of gay life at a time when homosexuals had no socially-accepted methods of meeting each other. Somehow, he managed to find several like-minded friends, including his school chum, "Dash," for whom he seemed to have carried a lift-long torch. More accurately, he was fixated on Dash.

Jeb Alexander, was a government worker; not a bureaucrat, simply one of the many people who do their daily stints year after year until they are eligible for a pension. He wanted to be a writer. He was a copious writer, but only when it came to his hand-written diaries. One could argue that at least he ultimately was published (30 years after his death) but he was not the kind of writer he aspired to be.

There seems to be an underlying sad parallel between the prolific diarist / stalled writer that Jeb was and the energy that he wasted as a result of his obsession with his friend. Because of either his constitution or his circumstances, he seemed averse to being alive, and frittered away his time in pursuits that I can't imagine he ever felt would amount to anything.

"Jeb and Dash" is a portrait of a "small" life-small like the lives most of us live. I enjoyed the view the book gave of some of the trivia of daily life and of my hometown. I also enjoyed the view it gave of some of the ways gay men lived their lives at a time when it was tougher than today. And I enjoyed Jeb's story-sometimes it struck a familiar chord. And sometimes I just wanted to reach back through time and smack him on the face and say "Get over it."

But he lived in a different time.

this book has tons of info on women and nurses in the Civil WAr

I bought this book while working on a Women's History project for college and also to help with Civil War living history presentations. Because this book is for young readers I have not used if for much more than an overview and to point out photographs (which are wonderful) during my presentations. However, I recommend this book for any young reader interested in history or teacher wishing to include more women into the curriculum. It gives a great overview of women's roles during the Civil War, how their lives changes, what roles they took on, and what struggles they endured! Now that is GIRL POWER!

This is a resource book that is wonderful for teachers to use with kids age 4-8.(not ages 9-12 like it states in Amazon's summary.) I use it in my childcare setting often with preschoolers.

This is one of the best accounts of the Holocaust that I have read. It is completely objective, just leading the reader through the facts. Instead of taking the stance of "Hitler is evil and to blame for it all," the book shows the reader who all the players were, and how they were created. I strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants the facts.

This book is very well written and takes you on a journey, illustrating the transformation the author underwent by incorporating Yoga late in life and how it enabled her to evolove emotionally and spirtually through this commitment. She walks you through her real life trials and tribulations and shows how she emerged victorious through steadfast practice and dedication. Each chapter delves into the many facets of spirituality being practiced today and gives her own insights into each area covered. I found her possessing an uncanny amount of common sense and level-headedness, however I was challenged by her chapter on UFOs and aliens. Eventhough Marx's background is Jewish, this book speaks to all people of all kinds of spiritual backgrounds with the common theme of love and truth engendered throughout. It is a sure delight and I highly recommend it!

It's hard to say whether the death of Paul and Oda's love preceded or followed the death by drowning of their daughter Vera, but either way Van Den Boogaard takes the reader through a gripping and emotionally draining account of the course of their lives once their daughter is gone. Lacking in that a definite shape is never given to the couple's relationship with their neighbor and quasi-friend Inez, the novel's strong point is neither comprehensiveness nor satisfaction in resolution, but instead is a gorgeous narrative by an obviously talented author. It is unfortunate that of five novels, only this one has yet been translated into English as Van Den Boogaard seems quite skilled in his craft.

Very elaborate review of InP properties. Although GaAs is mentioned in the title - there's very little information about GaAs. Very good literature review for InP and its alloys.

Overall, this is a good workbook for reading comprehension with interesting reading materials. However, I think it is too easy for the 4th graders and may be more appropiate for lower graders.
I have found an error in this book: On page 41, question 1, I believe that the correct answer should be "c". There can be a printing error of the answer key on page 48, which states that the answer for the above question is "d".

This book reminds me of Suskind's 'Perfume' on many accounts. Both are translations into English. Both are set in Europe of the 18th century, and both have left me disappointed. The Virtuoso is the story of Italian noblewoman Carlotta and her love/crush on the male soprano Gasparo, whom she remembers from her village childhood. So far, so good. But i find that i can't feel anything for any of the characters in this disjointed book. De Moor is a trained singer, and fills the book with technical terms. A background of music study at tertiary level meant i could understand what she was writing, but i didn't feel that it added anything to the story. I couldn't help but imagine that someone without a musical background would find it outright annoying.

This work by Ms. Margriet de Moor is very well written, however I believe it will appeal to a narrower group than some other works in the same genre. The Neapolitan setting is wonderfully detailed but is merely a side note to the dominant first person narrative.

And the narrative is a bit unusual in that the woman who is the center of the work has a variety of affairs, intimately detailed but not lurid, however her obsessive affair is with a "Castrato". The book is massively detailed for the musically literate, however for those of us not familiar with the unique singing skills of this physically modified man, the detail can be an impediment to seeing what the Author intends, the larger your musical lexicon the more this story will appeal.

The idea of a love affair between this unusual pair could easily sink into a voyeuristic trudge, but this never happens as Ms. De Moor writes well, and when describing the intimacies never descends to the prurient.

A very good book that should be approached cautiously, for the musically very well informed a wonderful read, for those looking for a bit less romance search elsewhere.

Do you love romance? Do you love opera? Do you love history? Do you love Naples? If you answer "Yes" to any of the foregoing, Margriet de Moor's THE VIRTUOSO is a book for a lover such as you.

De Moor's story is richly sensual -- not in the lubricious but in the fullest sense of that word. With great power and beauty, she makes you see and hear, taste and smell, touch and feel what her characters are seeing and and hearing, tasting and smelling, touching and feeling.

The story is poignant and powerful, and manages also to be informative as it moves swiftly yet without any sense of haste to its ending. As with any richly sensual experience, the reader is apt to finish this book with only one regret: that it was altogether if ever so sweetly too brief.