Lots of picture, including some rare one, easy to carry around, u have to give credits to the authors. A suitable book for normal GPs or medical students and even specialists.

Reviewing the listing of books in connection with Chile's former President Augusto Pinochet, I detect that in English there is a lack of impartial publications regarding the difficult years of the so-called "Unidad Popular" (Allende's regime), which drove to Chile's military government. In Chile there is plenty of information on all sides. We Chileans lived the critical years from the end of the sixties to 1990, and obviously for us the opinions on the figures of Salvador Allende and Augusto Pinochet are quite divided. This book is very interesting for Spanish-speaking readers, because it depicts several personal aspects of the personality of former President Pinochet, and has been written by one of Chile's most famous journalists. If books like this one were available in English, the true of the history of Chile would be easier to understand for foreigners.

This book is a visual encyclopedia of Native designs, from prehistoric to recent history. Tribal art and artifacts are covered from all over, for example, there are images and sketches of Navajo sandpaintings, Eskimo clothing, Pueblo pottery, plus masks, belts, and even just basic designs! If you do beadwork, quillwork, pottery, or other Native arts, this book is a must for your library!

this is the cutest story about pony and another pony! I love it and all five year old girls should read to become kind, spiritual, respectful ponies!!!!

The synopsis that appears with this book, is not for this book at all. There is no mince pie or ginerbread in this book. This is no countdown calendar, either.

However, I really like this book for what it does have: cookies that pack well to mail to faraway friends, some interesting biscotti recipes (I can't wait to try the cranberry pistachio one), and special holiday breads and cakes, including some unusual fruitcakes (one made with dried berries instead of that yucky, gooey stuff in most fruitcakes).

This book is an excellent reference for those interested in architecture and interior design. Beautiful photography! Not only does it focus on the amazing architecture of Gaudi, but it follows a timeline that explains the cities continuous architectural revolutions. A must for anyone who is going to visit the city (like myself) or those who like to day dream...........

I made a very wise literary purchase recently. I had just learned of the new publisher of poetry, Swan Scythe Press, and ordered several of its chapbooks. The first one I read was Maria Melendez's "Base Pairs." I was immediately caught up by Melendez's unusual rhythm and word-use in the first stanza of the first poem, "The Bothered-By-Questions Method":

"How do you tell the difference?" "Lunate scar within the ligule
signals Great Basin witch grass."
(The new-moon birthmark on his underarm--)
"Am I prying?"

As you can see, we are immediately thrown into a conversation with words that seem both familiar yet strange. Where is Melendez taking us? What is she telling us? We are sucked into her world in this way. She mixes in a few prose-poems such as "Sensing Home: Aural" where easy vernacular tells us a story of culture with concise beauty. My favorite poem is "In Birute's Camp," a fearsome telling of the rape of a researcher's assistant by a male ex-captive orangutan.

These poems are not meant to lull and comfort the reader. Melendez offers us powerful, evocative and surprising language to tell important stories, stories about life and all its shadows. She also offers the reader a nice feature: She ends her chapbook with notes on selected poems to give a bit of background to help us know a little about where some of her ideas come from. This is a beautiful, enchanting little book.

The Basics of Artistic Drawing is an OUTSTANDING book. I have learned so much and whenever I review the materiel I learn even more. There are so many helpful hints. It is a book that keeps teaching; if you have any questions just review the section on that topic and your question will more than likely be answered. With the step by step instructions anyone can learn how to draw, shade, and paint. I am very impressed. This is a well thoughtout course with the student in mind. A lot of course books have the teacher in mind, this book is definately made for me as the student. THANKS!!!

We use this book often - just moved to new area. Some things seem out of date, like entrances and where the dog can be off leash. Need more books like this one! Contra Costa County especiallly!

This catalogue has excellent photographs that gives one a sense of the attitude of the Beat Generation. Everyone is familiar with the writers of the period, but not everyone knows about art generated during those years. This catalogue gives a review of art, film, and writing being created at the time. Not only that but it devotes a chapter to women and a chapter to minorites working during the time period. A good source of information for anyone interested in the 1950's to the early 1960's.