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I'm so far a huge fan of this series, & the earlier volumes are easily some of the best. This volume is no exception. The artwork is adorable, the characters (while a little cliched at times) are likeable, & the storyline is decent. At times some of the cutesy may get to you, but as long as you take it in stride, it's ok.

(I'm not going to bother recapping the series, since it's so well known.)

Would I recommend this to a friend? To some, yes. This type of manga really only appeals to fans of shoujo, so die hard action & shonen fans probably wouldn't like this series.

I own this series in Japanese, and it is a wonderful read! It has all the important elements of a good shoujo manga: it is romantic, twisted, with a shoujo (in the traditional meaning of the word) involved in finding a new family and love triangles galore. It is just a very fun read, no matter the language!

I love Fruits Basket. It is really awesome, and I love Yuki! Anyway, I have something to say to Mew Pretear. If you had the smallest inkling about Fruits Basket you would know that its nickname is Furuba. Guess what? It was made up by the creator. She says so in either book one or two. So I suggest that you actually think before you try contradicting a fact.

I though this book was very good in this one it starts out with them at the summmer home place that Shigure brings Toharu, Yuki,and Kyo and since no of them can drive Hatori drives them there. When they get back they later find another member of the Zodiac, this time it's Kisa the one cursed by the tiger.
Trough out the book there was a lot of funny parts...but I was reading this in school so every time I can to a funny part I had to restrain my self from giggling in the middle of class(do you know how weird that would seem...). But I thought it was an Awsome book I rate it 2 thumbs up err... I mean 5 stars ^.^' .

Shigure decides to go to the Sohma family lake house for a much needed vacation, and to torment his editor. He invites Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo.. And persuades Hatari to come along as well (because he's the only one with a drivers liscence. This episode deals largely with Yuki and Kyo's changing relationship, and how Tohru deals with. At the Lake house Ayami Sohma shows up out of the blue. The rift between him and his younger brother, Yuki, is tested once again. He also reveals to Hatari that his former fiancee, Kana, has gotten married.

While out on a walk together Yuki and Tohru encounter Hatsuharu Soma carrying a small tiger. This turns out to be another member of the Sohma family, Kisa, also a member of the Chinese zodiac. When Kisa's mother comes to retrieve her it is obvious that she needs a much needed reprieve from her daughter's curse, so Shigure allows Kisa to stay with them for a few days. Kisa soon bonds with Tohru.

Kisa's mute behaviour causes some concern for the Sohma family, and for Tohru as well. Momitchi Sohma reveals the root of Kisa's silence and a letter from Kisa's instructor proves to be too much for Yuki. Then Hanajima suddenly invites the Prince Yuki fan club to her home after they ask to write a newspaper column about Denpa waves. President of the fan club, Motoko Minagawa has ulterior motives, and Hanajima doubts it not. Hanajima's little brother and his ability to curse people is awaiting for them at the house.

Much to Tohru's shame and dismay she fails one of her mid term exams and has to attend a make up test day. Under this stress her body becomes susceptible to a cold and the Sohma family becomes concerned that she is pushing herself too hard and force her to spend her illness in bed convalescing. Kyo proves to be an apt nurse when he makes her a cure all he loathes, and listens to Tohru reveal her anxieties about graduating high school and why it is so important to her.

Again...I am hopelessly addicted. I'm going to stop telling people to read this anymore. If you have read all of my other reviews of the manga so far, you already know how much I love it. Go read it for yourself. It's wonderful.

This product is in amazing shape, thank you for being so eager to send it out so quick. It came just in time and I love the book. Thank you Jamie

Anually rewised and printed, always with the same good quality information.
Presented in a practical and easy to use form !
Impossible to live without in a critical care unit

This is a truly indispensable guide-- I keep one at every site where I work (I am a primary care nurse practitioner). I highly recommend it for any health care provider!

The classic guide. A must for any med student or resident as well as anyone who might prescribe antibiotics.

This little guide may seem confusing at first glance, but it is quite helpful once you figure out how to use it! You'll still need a prescribing reference for dosages, etc. but this gives you a place to start.

I'm studying for my doctorate in Spanish Literature so by this one can note that I've been using and going through a slew of Spanish dictionaries for many, many years. This dictionary is the best one I've ever used for many reasons.

For one, I'm referring to the 'hardcover' edition. It's so wonderful to be able to open the book to a specific page, and have the book lay down flat without my having to keep one hand opening the dictionary and one hand opening my book. This is a small and frivolous detail, but when having to read dialectal Spanish from the Caribbean or Old Spanish, one must constantly refer to the dictionary. Having a dictionary that lies flat when opened is a tremendous help.

Secondly, it's indispensable if you are reading literature from other Spanish speaking countries apart from Mexico and Spain. I've found Cubanismos that I've never found in other dictionaries -- this saves valuable time from having second rate dictionaries and having to look for these obscure words on the internet.

In the middle of the dictionary is a comprehensive grammar and communication guide in Spanish and English. Everything from a clear explanation of key grammar points to standard models for everyday correspondence, resumes, invitations and email. It's an investment, it's expensive, but it's well worth the price.

Concerning the comment of a reviewer never having heard the /ll/ pronounced as /li/ as in "¿Cómo te 'liamas'?", this pronunciation can be heard among many speakers of Argentina, I've heard it myself from an older Argentine woman who taught this pronunciation to the students she instructed in Spanish. This serves as additional proof of how thorough and complete this splendid tome is.

This is the best dictionary I've used. I also have the Simon & Schuster International Dictionary (hardcover), but I prefer this one. Besides the added sytlistic hints, it has the most comprehensive regionalisms and slang of any dictionary I've found. Extremely useful reference tool!

This is an excellent dictionary. I could see just by glancing at it that it was a far better product than all the others, but when I actually sat down with it and took it for a spin I was amazed.

It includes such colloquialisms as heebie-jeebies, traipse, snoop, zit, and nosh. It includes such technical terms as theodolite (which the MS Word dictionary does not recognize), sprocket, and pixel. All the curse words and vulgarities I've ever heard are there, plus some additional ones I've never heard. And they have a special three-dot system whereby you can tell just how bad the word is considered by native speakers.

In the center of the volume is a very useful section on grammar and usage which has an abundance of the sort of examples you need when you're grappling with a new word.

While the coverage of Latin American Spanish is very good, there are still discrepancies and omissions that seem to stem from an Old World point of view. The letter(s) ll is said to be pronounced like the lli in million or like j in Latin America. But in over a quarter century of travel in Central and South America, as well as in conversations with Spanish speakers in the US, I have never yet heard anyone say "Como te liamas?" instead of "Como te yamas?"

Should you be planning a climb in the Andes, you can find the words for cairn and crampon, but you'll have to look elsewhere for carabiner and gabion (neither of which the MS dictionary recognizes). Considering all the Mexicans working in the US construction industry, you'd think the editors would include words for a wooden stud or 2-by-4, but they don't. A large percentage of these guest craftsmen specialize in concrete work, but Harper Collins doesn't have a listing for rebar. And whether you're using a carpentry tool or a networking device, you won't find the Spanish word for router.

Going for a hike in the desert of northern Mexico? Ask a doctor before you go what the word for antivenin is, because though it seems like a pretty important word, especially to someone who's just been bit by a serpiente de cascabel, it's not in this book.

It may sound like I'm finding fault with Harper Collins, but I'm not. I sincerely admire this dictionary and these are instances in which it could be made even better. An email address on the back cover could get these and other useful notes to the editors pronto.

My first Collins was copyrighted in 1971. Over the years I have used all of the other excellent bilingual dictionaries (Larousse, Oxford, Simon & Schuster) and even the lesser ones, but Collins, then HarperCollins, was always the best. I agree with all the previous reviewers. After more than 30 years using dictionaries, I can say that HarperCollins is still the best.

If you don't mind the British English slant, this is an excellent dictionary (and FAR superior to its abridged cousins). I do prefer the Simon and Schuster's for more technical and precise translation; but this is nevertheless an excellent dictionary which will not dissapoint you.

A jaw dropping remarkable ressurection of one of th the most sacred sights on American soil.

This is further proof that the campaign to support the rebuilding of the Alamo as it was then in it entierty should full steam ahead and Mark Lemons work lay the foundations.

Im sorry, I cant say anything that would do justice to this work, except Thank You Mark Lemon, Thank You.

I received the book in the mail yesterday afternoon and immediately plunged into it. I stayed up through the night last night, pouring over each page, comments, photos, art and all. I finally set it down around 10am this morning, having gone from cover to cover.

I tried to wrap my head around the sheer volume of effort that Mr. Lemon must've put into researching this book and it seems utterly intimidating to me.

This is precise scholarship and exquisite art in one simply superb package.

If you are looking for a complete detailed description of the Alamo fortress - this is it ...Great

I HAVE BEEN AN ALAMO FAN ALL OF MY LIFE. I HAVE ALMOST EVERY BOOK AND ALAMO MOVIE EVER MADE IT SEEMS. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS BOOK. FOR A VIEW OF THE ALAMO COMPOUND YOU CANNOT DO BETTER THAN THIS BOOK. WELL DONE. IT'S ABOUT TIME. FOR THE ALAMO EXPERT, HISTORY FAN OR SOMEONE WHO WANTS A VIEW OF THE ALAMO AS IT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE TIME OF THE BATTLE THIS IS YOUR BOOK. OH FOR THE RECORD NOT ALL OF THE ALAMO DEFENDERS WERE SLAVE OWNERS THEY WERE MOSTLY MEN DEFENDING THEIR LIBERTY. IT WAS ALSO NOT A RACE WAR IT WAR A CIVIL WAR. REMEMBER THE ALAMO. AND I STILL THINK THAT DAVID CROCKETT WENT DOWN SWINGING.

I seldom enter Amazon reviews but this book so far exceeded my expectations I had to put up a 5 star review. There is nothing I can add to the very good reviews already posted - if you have even a passing interest in the Alamo or Texas history you will be entranced by this book. A steal at the price.

While reading Tony Horwitz's recent book, "A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World", about his travels through the Americas to rediscover the early explorers and colonists that preceded Jamestown and Plymouth, I became fascinated with those who came to America a full 100 years before Jamestown, particularly Hernando De Soto's 4 year plunge into the wilderness of America with his 600 man army in 1539. In spite of failures by previous Spanish explorers, including one army that lost all but 4 men, De Soto marches throughout the entire southeast from Florida, as far north as Tennessee and North Carolina to as far west as northeast Texas in a vain search for gold and other precious metals. De Soto's journey is fascinating in that he marches through the wilderness and unknown with an unusual measure of confidence while encountering an amazing society of Indian tribes totally unlike what American's perceive of the Indian culture based on their knowledge of American Indians post Jamestown. These tribes had concentrated villages with advanced agricultural development, a networked culture with a central chief, an upper class and they utilized great mounds for the base of the homes of their chiefs and to a lesser degree, their other important tribal members. Based on eye witness accounts left in chronicles and secondary sources, Hudson, tells the story of De Soto's travels and encounters with the Indians that is even more fascinating by Hudson's ability, aided by archeology, to trace a pretty accurate mapping of De Soto's travels. The cruelty inflicted by De Soto and his followers seems counter productive particularly as they are frequently at war with the various tribes they encounter as they in turn depend on the Indians supplies for survival. Thus 220 years before Sherman's march, De Soto also lived off the land creating even greater devastation in his wake. What is very interesting is the detail about the Indians encountered, the names of the towns, biographies on the various chiefs, the detail of their lifestyle and the intriguing explanations of the built up mounds that are still present throughout southeast America. The initial part of the book provides a good history of the early Spanish explorations before de Soto, the closing chapters explains what may have happened to these advanced Indian cultures that were in apparent decline before de Soto and virtually melted away before the tribes known today became prevalent like the Cherokees, the Creeks, Chickasaws etc. The final section covers the great debate and documentation of De Soto's route that was seemingly well documented through the Smithsonian but has more recently been proven to be less accurate by current scholars such as Hudson. If you are only interested in de Soto's travels, this is the meat of the book and whether you have interest in the final sections, this is still one of the best books on De Soto and those lost American tribes who seem related to the Aztecs without the stone necessary to similar stone structures, they in turned built mounds.

Written by Charles Hudson (Franklin Professor of Anthropology, University of Georgia), Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is an in-depth scrutiny of Hernando de Soto's history-making mission of exploration between 1539 and 1542. Taking pains to recreate as precise a geographic answer as possible to the question "Where did De Soto go?", Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun retraces De Soto's steps along a map, with supplementary black-and-white photographs and illustrations, recounting De Soto's adventures, perils, and encounters with Native Americans as accurately as possible. Accessible to lay readers and historians alike, Knights of Spain, Warriors of the Sun is a welcome addition to public and college library world history shelves.

I enjoyed this book immensely. As a guy who can take something as dry as "Darwin's Origin of Species" to the beach for the weekend, this is a real page turner. The author does a wonderful job of assembling journal entries along with well documented historical data, into an enjoyable read for the interested lay person. It reminds me somewhat of "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose in both its well documented historical accuracy, and attention to readability by the consuming public. I bought this book mainly out of a life long interest in Southeastern Indian culture, and an interest in the terrain of the region before European settlement. The book delivered in spades on both accounts. I am surprised Hollywood has left this story alone. There is enough violence, death, greed, deceit and sex for 5 movies in Desoto's story.

K Cook

I probably first read or heard about de Soto in high school, but until recently he was just a name, one of dozens of Spanish Conquistadors. Then in 2002 while traveling through the Tampa, FL area I came across a National Park commemoration where he first landed on a 4,000 mile 3-year trek through North America. Being there in person my imagination was fired and I've been fascinated by de Soto's journey ever since. I can still smell the salt air, hear the surf and see the Spanish horsemen moving through the shadows of the red mangrove forest. In terms of discovery and epic adventure de Soto equals the story of Lewis and Clark.

This is the single best book available about de Soto, representing 20 years of research and incorporating the latest in archaeological evidence. The route is historically a subject of great controversy, each state has commemorative trails and sites that occasionally change with new scholarship.

The books is a masterpiece incorporating details from many layers to create a highly textured and easily imagined vision of the Spainards and Indians. Hudson is an anthropologist and takes a multi-disiplinary approach which creates a much richer work than a straight historical narrative. Hudson used a "braided narrative", inter-twining the chronological history of events with the latest anthropological evidence - the effect works well.

I found this book to be an excellent read. I could almost hear the clanking of armor and smell the smoke of the Indian village cooking fires. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in early Southeastern Indian culture as-well-as sixtenth century Spanish conquest.

This is an excellent book. This can be considered a companion to Watchman Nee's "The Spiritual Man", but it can be read without having read the former. The pictures in the book are EXTREMELY helpful for understanding the concepts taught. The pictures alone are worth the price of the book.

This book will help you explore many Scriptural truths that you may not have thought about before. The main purpose is to walk by the Spirit to fulfill God's purpose in the universe. We do this as individual Christians and corporately as the church.

As noted above, this is a sequel of sorts to "The Spiritual Man". Watchman Nee wrote "The Spiritual Man" early in his life, and--though it is an excellent book--it falls short in its view on spiritual warfare, basically teaching that spiritual warfare is an individual matter. Mr. Nee gained a deeper understanding later in his life to see that spiritual warfare is a matter of the Body, the church. Witness Lee worked closely with Watchman Nee and gained from his matured insight, so in many ways "The Economy of God" is better and more Biblical than "The Spiritual Man". ("The Economy of God" was written almost 40 years after "The Spiritual Man".)

The only shortcoming of the book is that it often tends to take it for granted that the reader will already agree with the author, and Mr. Lee does not always take the time to adequately explain his position. He gives very general Scriptural support for what he says about the spirit, soul, and body. And he barely explains what he means by the word "economy". (These omissions are forgivable if the reader will keep in mind that this book is a transcription of spoken messages given to people who were likely familiar with Watchman Nee's writings.)

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And if you have difficulty understanding what Mr. Lee is saying about the spirit, soul, and body, you might want to read the first half of Watchman Nee's "The Spiritual Man", which goes much further into the Scriptural basis for the teachings on the tripartite man. Reading these two books together should give you a very comprehensive look at the way God created man and the way He works within the believer.

It may take a little work to fully grasp the depths of this book, but it is definitely worth it. The benefits to your relationship with God will be tremendous. And your usefulness to God in accomplishing His purpose on earth will increase sevenfold!

The Economy of God will give you the answers you seek about your purpose in life from God's perspective based on the Bible. If you are seeking the plan of God for your life, you have found it! Seek no more.

The book touches the highest administration in the whole universe - the administration of the triune God! Not like human administration that is politics-oriented, God's administration is life-oriented, which is to give God's divine life to those who need Him and want Him, through Jesus Christ. Witness Lee used 'economy' of God in stead of 'administration' of God just because the Greek word `economy' most characterizes God's life-driven administration.

Because of human's falling, the salvation has to be involved in God's administration. The very God had to become a man to die for man. Praise the Lord, His administration did not stop by His death. His resurrection and resurrection power have made this life-driven administration continue and even consummate in the New Jerusalem!

Now God's administration is exercised in the Church: "I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Mat 16:18) God needs His believers to participate in His divine economy on this earth, and to destroy Satan's kingdom and build up God's kingdom, which is the domain of His authority, His administration, and His divine life. "But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you." (Mat 12:28)

I have never read any book like Economy of God that unveils God's heart's desire in such a deep and thorough way. The book is a must for those who have a pure heart to love and seek Christ, and want to participate in God's divine economy today on this earth.

The Economy of God will give you the answers you seek about your purpose in life from God's perspective based on the Bible. If you are seeking the plan of God for your life, you have found it! Seek no more.

This book does a wonderful job of expressing in simple terms - the heart of God. No other writer have I found who so intimately understands our Lord and presents his view in such a way that we come away encouraged and refreshed.

...The first 87 pages of this book are phenomenal. It describes a truthful, honest and healthy way to apprach the problems of life and correctly defines discipline, courage and the difference between true joy and the common societal ideal that feel-good happiness is the ultimate goal in life.(Thank God)
As for the rest of book it starts to go a little down hill during the part on love (if you are a christian as I am than you realize the lack of mention of the perfect love of God) although it's still very good from a purely secular or humanistic point of view. It discounts the idea that romanticism is the same thing as disciplined love and he places romanticism in its rightful category as an ideal or notion rather than truth of disciplined love.
His theory of Grace and his idea of God are, however, quite ungracefull and unfortunately they lower the credibility of the book for many readers (not just Christian readers) because it is so sparce and it just doesn't do a good job of explaining much. Likewise his idea that evil is some kind of human entropy is interesting but it will be discounted by many becasue it may be structured upon an unsound idea of what entropy really is.
But I highly, highly suggest the first 87 pages to all people.

Todos encontramos un ejemplo parecido en nuestras vidas en el que se malentiende el concepto del amor y mas aun su practica.

La capacidad personal de cada uno, la determinacion de utilizar la disciplina como un aliado, y la convicción de que uno es es dueño de su propio destino, son algunas de las verdades que se analizan. Excelente libro, que educa, y me imagino es por otro lado atribulante para quienes no quieren ver su realidad. Las secuelas son tambien altamente recomendables.

Well, this book is definitely great for readers who seek to find out what's wrong with their spiritual health from a shrink's point of view--you have some issues with certain things, the book points out why you feel or believe that way, then, the book advises you of ways to overcome such shortfalls by adopting a different mental scheme, such as, telling yourself that life shouldn't be easy when you encounter hardships. However, this book does not work for readers who are seeking for a holistic view of the universe, and thereby apply such views in overcoming the problems they face each day. In other words, if you don't have the psychological symptoms as discussed in that book, you won't find the book very useful.

This book has comforted me in the last year every time I have felt that life was immensely difficult and that I just could not go on. I have given it to people I care about in the hopes that Dr Peck will do them the kindness he has done me.The book has also reassured me that the energy within me is kind and compassionate (in the words of Gary Zuvak)and that everything happens for a reason and usually we are made stronger by our experiences.I often re-read the chapters on love and grace as they still have the power to move me as they did when I first read them.

The most interesting thing about this book is that it throws light on how much we have misunderstood love to be.It clarifies what exactly love is. He has made a detailed study of the holy scriptures both from the east as well as the west.Though the topic can become very complex but Mr.Scott in this well researched book has kept it as easy as possible to understand.It is a must read for a better perspective in life.

regards from Panama, Central America! I bought this book a little bit nervous about the the fact that it's originally written in English, so I thought i could get lost in translation Or that it would be too regional (for example with mexican slangs). But both my kids (7 and 3 years old) have enjoyed it so much that I have to read it at least twice a week as a bedtime story. My older son enjoys the irony very much and the little one loves the illustrations that are rich and original.
Definetely a good addition to any collection!

I really enjoy this book. I think that it is pretty funny. My favorite part in this book is when the 3rd little pig calls the police and they arrest the wolf because they thought that he was trying to eat the little pig for supper.

A delightful twist on an old favorite. A fun story for children and grownups alike and a must own for all pig lovers.

I loved this take on the "Three Little Pigs" as did my kids though for different reasons. My daughter enjoys this book because it is a humorous Wolf's versions of the "Three Little Pigs" her favorite children's classic. I like it because it presented a great sarcastic though honest parady of contemparary Media and American culture. You see according to the wolf, He really didn't mean to blow down the little pig's houses it was all an honest mistake, and the part about him being a big bad wolf? Just a media creation to jazz up his trial and sell more newspapers. Its rare to find a childrens book now a days that are even a little bit creative but this one is pure genius both in it's simplicity but also in the way it portrays the world around us. An outstanding childrens book for the whole family.

A funny book told from the wolf's point of view.

Note to the Teacher: Good book for a mini-lesson to teach benchmark on Point of View.

First: Balzac, even in translation, is a literary giant. He paints vivid, often dark pictures of 'society' and adds no detail in jest. There is meaning everywhere.

You can read Colonel Chabert in a couple hours, dwell on it for several days after, and be done. This is a wonderful translation from the French; with it, you can mine most of Balzac's intentions without having to consult a companion piece or Balzac guru.

The story is all about life, death, and "social" identity. Others have summarized the story well, but I will refrain. For this one, all you need is a solid literary mind and a few hours. In this edition, Balzac is direct and beautiful; from the dead rising to gateways between worlds to the lamentable futility of morality for its own sake, there is no want for vivid description.

"Colonel Chabert" is one of Honore de Balzac's volumes from his omnibus work, "The Human Comedy." The Colonel is a comic figure in and old military great coat and a wig who is ridiculed by young legal workers at the beginning of the novel. But, the joke is on the clerks, because Chabert is a war hero of the Napoleonic era who was given up for dead on a battlefield at Eylau. This translation from the French by Carol Grosman tells the story of the old soldier's resurrection in contemporary jargon. The novel is relevant today considering the service of soldiers in many wars continuing in our world. What happens to these heroes when wars end, or more accurately, shift to new fronts? Balzac paints the portrait of one old colonel who remains honorable and as a consequence seals his fate. The translation is very readable and the short novel is brief "scene from private life." The work will stimulate further interest in the monumental work of Balzac who had a relatively short life (1799-1850).

...of a great Balzac novella. Ms. Cosman captures the rigorous, logical quality of Balzac's prose - most translators get lost in unidiomatic wordiness. This 100 page novella showcases the Master's comfort with legal matters, his profound understanding of "the fang and the claw" and features at its center the incomparable Derville, Balzac's great, recurring lawyer character. I usually recommend Pere Goriot for first-time Balzac readers because of the rich connections between that novel and many other Balzac works - but I am hard pressed to imagine a better one-course meal than this rendering of Colonel Chabert by Ms. Cosman. I certainly plan to read her version of The Girl with the Golden Eyes.

One of the greatest novelists of all time, Balzac was most at home in the Paris of Post-Napoleonic Paris. In a time when the middle class was showing its strength and starting to reach towards the aristocracy, Balzac shows just how selfish and grubby and greedy humans can be in attaining and how treacherous they can be in keeping their all important upward mobility.

Colonel Chabert is a man disfigured in the Napoleonic Wars who was left for dead on a battlefield. After digging his way out of a mass grave, he finds that he has no legal right to his title or his massive estate. Nobody will believe his true identity. For ten longe years he goes about trying to communicate his plight to anyone who will listen. They only see a crazy bum, and his wife rebuffs his letters. She already has a new husband and kids. Finally Chabert is able to convince a lawyer named Dervilles to accept his case, namely that of reclaiming his title, lands, and wife. The problem is that noone is really interested in his life being resurrected. Most people would rather that he remained dead. So begins the ludicrous battle of a man against the law to prove his own existence.

This short but great novel, or novella, is a tragic take on the world's thirst for social status and the judgement by visuals that our society is only too guilty of to this day. If it walks like a bum, talks like a bum, it must be a bum. Colonel Chabert has such a hard time convincing people of his identity because of how they perceive him. It sounds echoes of Frankenstein in that a good man is reduced to a monster when all he really needs is love. The fact that even his wife wishes he were dead just drives home the isolated suffering of the book. As in all Balzac novels, you feel a world moving under the mantle of the book. The Human Comedy of Balzac is one of the crowning achievements of literature and ranks right up there with Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy.

Balzac, one of the greatest writers who ever lived, did not trip up with this one. I read it with great pleasure and conclude, as people so often say, that the movie based on the story did not equal the original. Ever the cynic (some might say 'the realist') Balzac portrays here the efforts of a noble-minded soldier, who rose from an orphanage to serve his country under Napoleon in Egypt and eastern Europe, only to reap the all-too-common fate of dedicated and true warriors---to be forgotten and ignored. Death (which he accepted) might have seized him, but he found a living death, a denial of his sanity and identity, as the reward of his service. Reported killed at the battle of Eylau, against the Russians, after a heroic action, the soldier literally crawls from his grave to a kind of shadowy survival. In his earlier life, Colonel Chabert had raised a woman to his own status, but now finds that she is unwilling to let others learn of her origins and does not want to recognize that he is, in fact, her long lost husband. Honestly thinking she was widowed, she married a highborn aristocrat who knew nothing of her humble beginnings.

The tale is one of greed, intrigue, loyalty and disloyalty. As usual, Balzac manages to cast a light, pitiless and bright, on every rotten corner of the human condition, while offering a few inspiring examples in contrast. Every detail of a lawyer's life in 19th century Paris is scrutinized, every glimpse of urban dairyman or elite country squirehood rings true. No wonder I admire him so much, no wonder I have no hesitation in urging you to read COLONEL CHABERT and any other volume of Balzac you can lay your hands on.

SUS VIBRAS POSITIVAS, SALE TODO LO BUENO QUE RODEA TU VIDA:
La escuela de los niños, el amor de la familia y hasta la situaciòn econòmica... Y te sale baratìsimo y haces un trabajo mìnimo al agregar a tu casa uns cuantos elementos del Fenng Shui bien elegidos de este libro, que es el màs sencillo de leer y el màs eficaz...

LO QUE TE ENSEÑA ESTE LIBRO CAMBIA EL AMBIENTE DE TU CASA, CONSERVA LA ARMONIA EN LA FAMILIA Y LA HACE MAS BELLA... Y te cuesta una miseria...

pero mi vecina si..y uso este libro y su casa quedo preciosa !
Yo lo tome para darle a la mía un ambiente como oriental, Y A LA FAMILIA LE FASCINO !
Te lo recomiendo:Le da un toque padrísimo a tu casa...!

Y LA FELICIDAD, TODO ANDARÁ MAL EN TU TRABAJO, EN TU NEGOCIO Y EN TU VIDA SOCIAL...
Es important'+isimo que en tu casa haya buenas vibras muy fuertes atraídas por el feng shui...pero tomadas de un libro serio y eficiente como este..
Te lo SUPER RECOMIENDO !

When I first heard the term Feng Shui I thought of an old song LOL..but its a great decorating trend for the home. Even if you are like me,perhaps a lil bit country or as I put it early mismatch cuz I got some of dis and some of dat ,why not try a lil feng shui, its fun to say too LOL. Seriously,try it out in the bedroom first, I sleep much better now that I have put some of these principles to work. As a woman its my duty to maintain the atmosphere of the home. So lets feng shui tonight..hehe..Great Addition to the design and craft section of the home library!!!!Great gift too for the new home or apartment dweller.