Spanish Books Books

Not among my daughter's favorites, but still a nice way to encourage the love of reading in your child.

Our daughter loves this book. We visit our local library every Tuesday like Lola. Our daughter made an instant connection to the book! We recommend this book for any home library. Check it out!

This is a wonderful book that introduces preschoolers to books and to love reading them! The illustrations are beautiful and the storyline is easy for a tot to understand. It's a great addition to a child's collection.

Soft, sweet, imaginative and colorful illustrations bring the story and Lola's cellebration of books to life! No child could possibly resist this playful presentation of fun and learning at the library.

Buy this book for your child, and it will mark the beginning of a life-long love affair with learning. Buy another to donate to your local or school library and touch the lives of many more children.

I wish I could give this book 10 stars, because it's just that good. Nothing else I've read lately compares on this level.

My family has fallen in love with this book. The text and illustrations are both top notch. But I must admit we fell in love with the illustrations immediately. They are superb!!!

Little Lola gets so much joy from her trip to the library that it truly is contagious. It's great for encouraging the love of books and reading. Thank yous to Anna McQuinn and Rosalind Beardshaw for giving me something I can feel good about sharing with my children. Something that positively reinforces our values (we are big readers in this family and have several hundred children's books).

Recommended to people like me, who lost a lot of time in the car because of the traffic. Love it!

Es una magnifica produccion al estilo de las radio novelas que existian en el pasado, pero con musica, efectos, actuaciones y sonidos actuales. Es una de las mas maravillosas produciones de FonoLibro, lo disfrute mucho, y no les niego que se me aguaron los ojos. Lo recomiendo mucho.

...you'll suffocate with love for Marius or Cosette, cry with pity for Gavroche, sing with joy of living, for only living you may read such wonders, sleep with boredom at learning about the battle of waterloo, and learn the details of the paris sewers, dream with pages of the poetry of young parisian students, identify yourself with desperate Eponine, hope to God, you'll become someone like Jean Valjean. I admit it took me a year to read this novel. Reading the last page, made me despair it was all finished...

... this book is about inner thoughts, inner feelings, inner life. You will experience the feelings and dreams of common people in the french revolution, but the french revolution is only an excuse for Victor Hugo to travel and analize the inner thougts and feelings of the people in any age, this book is timeless and this book is one of the best you will ever read.

It is a masterpiece of the universal literature. How Victor Hugo tellus about the french revolution and all the new ideas and concepts which brought it to all of us. The life of the characters with all their problems and neccessities, the amazing way to describe the character circumtances and their internal thoughts (in and out at the same time). After reading this book you will not be the same and you'll never see in the same way all the needed people, specially children. I encourage you to start reading this book. I'll tell you that after 3 pgs you won't be able to quit. Best regards to all readers.

Es un libro que explica como su título indica los diferentes diagnósticos que entran dentro del espectro de autismo. Cada capítulo viene encabezado a su vez con el tópico que será tratado con meridiana claridad y está muy bien organizado. Los padres castellano parlantes (o dicho de otra manera, hispano hablantes) que residan en Estados Unidos encontrarán este libro de gran ayuda para averiguar los tratamientos disponibles en este país y cómo tener acceso a ellos. Hay capítulos que explican cómo tienen que comunicarse los profesores y los padres para todos unidos y en colaboración poder trabajar juntos en el bien común de la educación del niño con ASD (por sus siglas en inglés: Trastornos del Espectro de Autismo). El libro da todo lujo de detalles sobre páginas web dedicadas también al ASD.
Incluso padres y profesores de niños con ASD de cualquier pais de lengua hispana se verán beneficiados por la extensa y concisa infomación detallada en este libro escrito primero en inglés para una audiencia estadounidense y luego traducido al castellano (o español) por una de las autoras, Emily Iland, cuyo cariño y dedicación al mundo del autismo es reconocido por todos, habiendo recibido varios premios precisamente por este libro del que estamos hablando. Ella tiene un hijo con ASD, Tom. La otra autora es su hermana, Barbara Doyle, tía de Tom. Nadie mejor que ellas dos podría haber escrito un libro como éste. Muchas gracias.

We are delighted to announce that ASD A to Z and Autismo A-Z have been awarded the Symbol of Excellence. The following review will appear in the April 2007 edition of Exceptional Parent magazine.

Autism Spectrum Disorders from A to Z: is one of our primary resources for understanding ASD. We like several things about this book. First, its authors have personal knowledge of autism. Emily's son, Tom, has ASD. Barbara is Tom's aunt. Emily and Barbara share Tom and what he has taught them with us. Second, we like the book organization. Every chapter begins with a statement of what the chapter contents will teach the reader. Each chapter closes with a summary of chapter themes and lessons. Third, the book is written in an informal and friendly style that is accessible to parents, families, teachers and other professionals and to persons who have ASD. Fourth, the format is engaging and easy to follow. The pages and print are large and the authors make liberal use of, bullets, life examples and sample letters and checklists. Fifth, this book is available in Spanish.

ASD from A to Z is a wonderful resource for families and professionals who have limited time for reading and research due to the demands of living life. The book does not try to be a complete resource. Instead it focuses on the process of identifying, testing for and diagnosing ASD. It helps the individuals with ASD and their family members understand the context of diagnosis, the diagnostic assessment tools used and the process of receiving and understanding the diagnosis itself. The authors provide resources and research suggestions for understanding the potential causes of autism and share how to form or participate in information sharing groups and ideas. [...]. This book has earned the EP Symbol of Excellence.

Felicidades a las hnas. Doyle por esta gran produccion. Me inspira profundamente la dedicacion de Emily, sobre todo, por aportar esta obra a la comunidad hispana, especialmente a los que residen en los E.U.

Muchos padres de familia (de habla hispana) con hijos que padecen de autismo, encuentran poca o ninguna informacion en espanol relacionada con el autismo en los estantes de las librerias. Este es un libro basico de cabecera o de consulta que resulta imprescindible.

La informacion contenida es de gran relevancia para todos aquellos que buscan respuestas a un sinnumero de interrogantes que se presentan al descubrir que un miembro de su familia padece de autismo. Dicha informacion es clara y sencilla de comprender. Me encanta la idea que se plasma de compartir la informacion acerca del hijo que padece autismo con familiares, amigos y miembros de la comunidad y hacerlos participes de sus esperanzas y ambiciones.

El libro da esperanza a muchos padres de familia que consideran que su hijo(a) no tiene cura o habilidades. Las palabras de aliento son muy fuertes y hacen sentir las ganas de crear un futuro brillante para cada nino en el espectro.

En verdad, como ellas dicen: "la esperanza conduce a la accion, y la accion a la realizacion de metas que ayudaran al individuo con TEA. Nadie tiene derecho a tratar a un padre como si fuese tonto o poco realista"; por lo tanto se debe luchar por demostrar lo contrario, educandose y aprendiendo cada dia sobre el padecimiento y las maneras que existen para tratarlo. Hay que recordar que el conocimiento es poder, y se requiere de ese poder para ayudar al hijo en el trastorno.

Infinitas gracias a Emily, por su generosidad hacia la comunidad hispana. Su esfuerzo ayudara a muchas familias a educarse, comprender y a tomar accion para el beneficio de sus hijos.

Sinceramente:
Dra. Lorena Smalley, de California del norte.

grupo de apoyo:
el_autismo_en_los_estados_unidos@yahoogroups.com

Este libro a sido de muy gran ayuda, para comprender mas el autismo,y te saca muchas dudas.

En este excelente libro las autoras han volcado muchos años de experiencia personal y profesional sobre el diagnóstico y tratamiento del Autismo (en todo el espectro) El libro tiene toneladas de informacion que resulta muy útil. Pero cuando tuve el honor de conocer personalmente a Emily D.Iland pude comprobar la profunda calidad humana de una de sus autoras. Toda esa sabiduría y toda esa experiencia no le impiden ser una mujer muy acogedora, sensata y humana. Tanto el libro como sus autoras presentan de manera muy equilibrada una importante herramienta para las familias de habla hispana en el tratamiento de sus hijos.

Para aquellos que hemos vivido en el Perú el leer esta novela es como volver a recorrer el Jirón de la Unión en una tarde de verano con todo y los ambulantes. Es un retrato fiel y exacto de un Perú en transformación. Lamentablemente este Perú no evoluciona para mejorar, si no para sumergirse más y más en sus problemáticas. Y de forma magistral, Bayly retrata este Perú a través de Balbicito. Es jocosa...es hilarante...es fascinante. Es recordar todo lo vivido en Perú. Es muy criolla, no creo que aquellos no familiarizados con el Perú podrían disfrutarla como yo. No soy peruano...pero me considero como tal...

Muy bueno, lei este libro a mi retorno de Lima y me mantuvo entrentenido todo el viaje de regreso a Australia. Un libro que desea acabar apenas empezado. Especialmente si eres Peruano.

Un libro excelente, con una narrativa que envuelve desde su inicio hasta el final, un tanto inesperado.Refleja la realidad del Perú, pero también de cualquier otro país de Latinoamérica. Vivo en México y salvo el lenguaje regional, podría situarsele en mi país.

This book focuses on a bitter sweet period of Peruvian history. Many upper class Peruvian families have not dealt with the sense of loss and abandonment that resulted from the failed land reform of the 1960's and other social experiments, the story reflects the story of the children of a family caught in a world of dissapearing privilege and a society on the verge of being dissolved. this book also has a funny twist on the internal politics of the newspaper world and is a satire on the closed world of their business deals. It is worth reading several times to catch the details of the story, if something does not make sense to the average Anerican, ask a Peruvian that lived throught teh 1970's, we can explain.

I couldn't put this book down. It is funny, irreverent, and sharply written. The characters are intriguing. Of all the books written by Bayly, this by far is the one I enjoyed the most!

These are comments from my students...

"Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask is a book about fighting or wrestling. 'Lucha Libre...'is a good book for Spanish people that don't know how to read or speak in English. It's also good for people who don't know how to speak or read in Spanish because on each page it has an English part and a Spanish part, too. My opinion about the book is that it is a good book and it has good pictures. Also, on each page there are pictures that are colorful." --Duaa



"I like this book because it's a good book and it's interesting, especially the part about El Vampiro. I like when he stretches and his stomach pops out and his muscles get stronger. You should read this book because is has Spanish and English. It's fun. You should read it!" --Feras



"My opinion about 'Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask' is that it is good because it's bilingual and people who speak Spanish can understand the two different languages, Spanish and English, and learn them a little better. The good thing about this book is that it has two boxes, one in English and one in Spanish. It is a good book, and you should read it. The books was interesting through the whole thing. As I read it, it was getting more and more interesting. You should read this book because it will be a nice book for you!" --Kiara



"I like this book, 'Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask', because it has English and Spanish. However, it has too many pictures. My favorite part is when the Man in the Silver Mask jumps on El Vampiro, and he lands on the ground. That's when the Tecnicos won. " --Daniel

"My opinion of the book 'Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask' is tha this book is a good book to read because this book helps people that speak no Spanish learn to speak some Spanish. Also for people that speak no English, they can learn to speak some English. This is also a good book for little kids because it has a lot of pictures. Another thing I liked about this book is that most of it is understandable, but it does have some hard words to read. This is why I think this is a good book to read." --Victor

"My opinion of the book 'Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask' is that it is a great book to read. I liked reading this book because it is interesting. You read one page, and you want to keep on going. One thing that I don't like about this book is it looks hard to read. I love the pictures because they have action, and they are so creative, the colors and all. One thing I really like is that it is in Spanish and English. I liked the end of the book; it is wonderfully interesting. This book is awesome, very great. You need to read this book. " --Diana

"My opinion about 'Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask' is that it was a really good book. I liked this book because it was really interesting. I was interested to know what would happen at the end of the book. I liked this book because in the beginning it started in an exciting way and ended in an exciting way, too. So, I would like to tell youi to check out this book; it is really interesting. It really has great illustrations and a great story." --Gisela

My opinion of 'Lucha Libre: The Man in the Silver Mask' is that I like it because it has pictures and it has Spanish and English words. It is about a man in a silver mask (that's the book title), and they have fun. They have other luchadores, like El Cucuy, El Vampiro, El Carvenicola and more, but the best one is the Man in the Silver Mask. He's the best luchadore, and that's what the boy (Carlitos) said, but he doesn't know if the Man in the Silver Mask is his uncle." --Alondra

The young narrator has the opportunity of a lifetime; not only does attend the Lucha Libre matches with his grandfather, but a chance to purchase a mask of his favorite luchadore, the Man in the Silver Mask, and the opportunity to meet the legend before he does battle inside the squard-circle.

Though the book is written for ages 9-12, the wonderful artwork - in a classic, graphic-novel style - and endnote on the history of Lucha Libre makes this a collectible for any fan of professional wrestling.

The mask may be silver, but this luchadore is pure gold to the young fan; with the story evoking memories - for those sharing it with children - on real past heroes in the ring.

"The Man in the Silver Mask" is an overt tribute to "El Santo, El Enmascarada de Plata" but its also a beautiful story of familial love...

The story reminded me of the fascination lucha libre and pro-wrestling held for me in my youth. The story can be compared to the youthful feelings a child experiences during Christmas and the stories of "Santa Claus".

I took great pleasure and pride reading this story to my two year old daughter, who I believe really experienced the feelings of joy the artist provided within the pages. The pictures were bold, the emotions were strong.

A beautiful story for all ages.

This is a charming story, beautifully illustrated (for the record, I am a collector of Xavier's artworks, including some wonderful "portraits" of Lucha Libre masked men and women). The historical background at the back of the book is like dessert....Xavier's telling of the real story of Lucha Libre makes this book a real treasure. We have a copy in our library, and have bought copies for the "older" grandsons (10 & 12) and the younger grandson (6). We are all going to enjoy the book for a very long time.

Just like the little boy in the book I now too love Lucha Libre and its masked heroes and villains! This book was great, kids will just love it.

I've bought this book a couple of months ago. I'm reall happy with it because, althouht it's a second hand book, it looks new.

Also, the seller has been great giving info about the shipping and the book.

It was just a little delayed (1,5 months) but it was worthy.

Best pictionary media I have seen.

This is the most useful and fun dictionary you will ever own. The illustrations are fantastic and wonderfully detailed, and on every subject imaginable under the sun, from bicycles to spaceships. You will not only find it an invaluable reference for the proper terminology in foreign language, but also in your own native tongue. An invaluable reference work for the multilingual person.

I saw this book at a Borders bookstore once in Torrance, CA in 1994 or 1995. I thought it was an awesome book and decided that the next time I had some free cash I'd go back and get it. But when I went back it was gone. I asked about it at the info desk and the nice lady told me it was out of print and that they couldn't even order me one!

A year later, in Seattle, I chanced to see it at a Barnes and Noble... in the discount stack, of all places. I snatched it up immediately. Some new employee had made a horrible mistake, I figured. I couldn't believe I was getting such an awesome book for the paltry sum of $40.

It appears I made the right choice, too. I checked on this just today to see if I could buy one for a friend as a present and I see that they are still out of print and that the cheapest they can be found is about $110... used!

This really is one of the best reference books I own. It might seem like 25,000 entries isn't many (for a dictionary), but keep in mind that they're pretty much all nouns and a few adjectives. 25,000 entries isn't much, but 25,000 nouns is HUGE.

Just this morning I was trying to find the French word for "okra". I have five other English-French dictionairies, but none of them had this word. Not even my nice, thick Oxford. But there it was on page 69 of my Visual Dictionary.

I guess I'm just writing this review because I can't understand how such a useful book remains out of print. I only wish they'd release another version with four more languages!

PS - In case you're wondering: okra = le gombo.

The knowledge in this book seems so basic, but there are a lot of words that I didn't know before. I'm mostly interested in how different the German words are from English. It is lucky for me that the English words are on the top of each list and German at the bottom, so I'm likely to see what I might know before I get down to what is really strange. I don't know Spanish or French either, but they might make some kind of sense to me. Each language has its own index in the back. If you want to see what pages the funny stuff is on, look up "infundibulum" in the English index. On the Reptile page (98), the VENOMOUS SNAKE'S HEAD is called "KOPF EINER GIFTSCHLANGE" in German. That's like calling a secret military tribunal a legal proceding.

Malcolm X, in his short life, spoke out strongly and forcefully against the injustices of the world, not just in the streets of the USA but around the globe. In this wonderful collection of his speeches, now in Spanish, he tells the truth to young fighters from Alabama to London to Africa. He talks not just of discrimination in the South, but also of Vietnam. As an internationalist fighter he exhorts young people to become citizens of the world and see the interconnections of struggles. However, the most important legacy of Malcom X is not the historical value of the speeches, but the real relevance to young fighters today. The horrors of war, poverty, racism, and violence are still with us. This book is a tool, still sharp, that can be used by those who want to use it today.

In his short life, Malcolm X became, through overcoming obstacles, challenging what was possible, and educating himself about the world, one of the U.S's foremost champions of the oppressed and exploited here and around the world. From the Congo to Harlem, he spoke out against injustice and called for right thinking people to demand change. In this collection of speeches, he speaks to those perhaps most important---the youth of the world. The speeches addressed the concerns of young people questioning the world they saw all around them in the 1960s---Vietnam, the Congo, the racism and violence in the United States. Malcolm not only spoke of these problems but expressed his confidence that the young people before him could take hold of destiny and transform society into a world worthy of humanity. This book is as important today as the speeches were in the 1960s---a tool for young fighters trying to figure a way out of the horrors of today---war, ecological devastation, poverty, and the continued assaults on civil and democratic rights not just in "dictatorships" somewhere else, but right here in the USA.

Malcolm X fue el dirigente revolucionario más importante que surgió de las luchas de masas de los años 1950 y 1960 en los Estados Unidos. Llegó a una perspectiva de lucha intransigente contra el racismo, las guerras y el saqueo económico que son productos del sistema capitalista. Fundó su estrategia de lucha y su optimismo en una perspectiva internacional de las luchas de los oprimidos en contra los opresores, y sobre todo en contra los ricos norteamericanos y su gobierno.

El libro Malcolm X habla a la juventud presenta cinco de sus discursos en encuentros con jóvenes y estudiantes en los Estados Unidos, Africa y Inglaterra durante el último año de su vida, antes de su asesinato en febrero de 1965. Por todo el mundo, dijo, son los jóvenes "quienes realmente se dedican a la lucha para eliminar la opresión y la explotación." Pero cualquier trabajador, campesino o activista luchando en pro de la justicia y un digno futuro para la humanidad puede ganar mucho en leer y estudiar estos textos.

El libro, por primera vez editado en español, también contiene muchas fotos, notas y un prefacio que ayuda al lector a conocer y valorar los tiempos y luchas de Malcolm X. ¡No lo pierdas!

Malcolm X valoró las calidades de la juventud en una época de rebelión. Los jóvenes rápidamente entran en la lucha cuando reconozcan la oportunidad de producir cambio para los oprimidos. En esta colección de discursos y entrevistas Malcolm dirige su mensaje a la juventud y los insta a encargarse al desafío.

Aunque frecuentemente se identifica Malcolm X con la ciudad de Nueva York, se dieron los discursos en este libro en Ghana, Bretaña (dos) y Mississippi. Cuando Malcolm estaba en el extranjero muchas veces se le estimó un "americano." Pero rápidamente señaló que, "soy de América, pero no soy un americano" (pág. 20). Habló no como un americano, pero como "uno de los veinte millones de víctimas del americanismo."

En sus ardientes discursos Malcolm claramente marcó al gobierno americano como la fuente del problema de opresión, no sólo para los africano-americanos pero también para los Vietnameses, los Congoleños, los Cubanos y muchos otros. Condenó los crímenes internacionales de Washington y animó a la juventud en todos los países a reunirse en un frente común para la lucha. Malcolm muchas veces señaló al 1955 Bandung Conferencia como una ocasión donde los países africanos se pusieron de acuerdo a "sumergir las áreas de diferencia y acentuar las áreas donde tenían algo en común" (pág. 58).

Malcolm estimó la juventud no como una fuerza aparte, pero como el elemento más encendido dentro de naciones, poblaciones y comunidades. Ellos son los que pueden estimular la masa entera a alzarse. Indicó que, "era los estudiantes que causaron la revolución en el Sudan, que barrió Syngman Rhee fuera de oficina en Corea, barrió Menderes fuera en Turquía. Los estudiantes no pensaron en cuanto a los riegos que enfrentaron, y no se los pudieron comprar" (pág. 113).

Malcolm X luchó con una energía increíble. Era lleno de optimismo por el futuro de los oprimidos. Este optimismo surgió de su profunda comprensión del poder inmenso que tiene una gente despertada. La vida de Malcolm nos ofrece un escalón en el escalera que conduce a la liberación.

This book was published at the request of the youth of Cuba! The young communists of Cuba requested that Pathfinder Press make this collection available in Spanish to educate the youth of Cuba about courage, audacity, scientific thinking, racism, and the need for pride in the bravery of youth, pride in the strength of the oppressed, pride in the example of Malcolm X. These are speeches to young people given literally all over the world. Some speeches are given in Harlem. Some of these speeches were given in Selma Alabama at the height of the civil rights struggle in 1965. One of the richest and most beautiful speeches here is the full text--published for the first time in this edition, of a debate Malcolm participated in at the Oxford University union. Another speech is given in Tanzania to African revolutionists. There is one message, Malcolm X's belief that young people, can and will change the world. Malcolm X's believe that the spirit of the then courageous simba fighters in Congo, Viet Cong in Vietnam, revolutionary student youth in France, and civil rights fighters in America could spread to youth around the world and save the world from the racist, imperialist exploiters, and build a world run by what Malcolm calls the "field niggers" is these speeches. Now old myself, though of the generations that heard Malcolm in these years and places, I have no doubt that young people of today facing worse conditions than in Malcolm's time, can pick up where the youth of the 1960s left off, and finish the job the old can no longer do!

While this book is not always available on Amazon, it is always available from BooksfromPathfinder, an Amazon Z store that you can get to by clicking on New and Used further up this page!

My wife and I are now enjoying the Summer after buying this fun book of mostly drink and Latino Summer Finger foods!

Mambo Mixers is a savvy, of-the-moment, inspired collection of Latin cocktails and savories. Arlen Gargagliano makes festive and fabulous bartending and entertaining as accessible to the reader as a well-stocked pantry.

Whether you are preparing for summer fun in your own backyard, or want to tuck something special under your arm for that special hostess on your social calendar, Mambo Mixers has this reader raising her glass to Ms. Gargagliano and Dasha Wright, whose sumptuous photography gets the party started quickly.

This wonderful little book is loaded with appetizing pictures and recipes which are perfect for a summer (or winter, fall, spring) cocktail hour. The author offers variations of champagne, martini, and sangria drinks along with easy to make snacks such as Brazilian cheese puffs, Peruvian skewered beef, and guacamole with nuts & grapes. Anyone would find a variety of things to try and enjoy. I loved every sip and bite.

I love to entertain, but was running out of new ideas to keep my little parties fresh and interesting. I have found new life in Mambo Mixers!

This is not just a collection of Latin-inspired drinks---the book also includes recipes for easy tapas you can team up with those luscious cocktails! It's got the best of both worlds that will make my next fiesta complete (minus the huraches and tropical flowers ;-). Hooray for Hora de cócteles!

The book is even tantalizing in and of itself--the hot pink cover entices you to open it and be dazzled by scrumptious full color photos of the drinks and snacks---just take a look at that watermelon margarita on page 46! I was lucky enough to see the author on her book tour, and the enthusiasm she has for everything Latin is catching.

This book will make a great gift for all my friends too. Hmmm...party favor perhaps?!

Mambo Mixers is the ideal book in every sense for making a cocktail experience excel; and not just for Summer either. I have made practically all the drinks and tapas that Ms. Gargagliano suggests and they are as easy to make as they are delectable.

I would like to add that I have travelled far and wide throughout Latin America for the past 30 years; Ms. Gargagliano's selection for her book extracts the best of the region. Addtionally, the photography in Mambo Mixers is a true representation of what you will behold when you venture into this whirlwind of flavors. All this can be done with products found in any grocery store and the reward is at your reach within minutes. Thank you for bringing these great nectars and ambrosias to our attention!

I've got copy 4066 of this sumptuous (and reassuringly?) expensive package and I thought this review should really detail what you'll get for your money.

ONE: An oversize Kodak color film box, nineteen inches high by sixteen wide and three deep, this is a big facsimile of the box that De Dienes kept some of his Marilyn prints in. The package weighs twelve pounds and will hardly fit any bookcase. The inside has recesses for the two books and one booklet. Black silk tape allows for easy access of the contents.

TWO: A large, beautifully designed and printed, 240 page book of Marilyn photos printed on thick paper. Although the printing screen is not the highest (150 dpi) the photos leap off the page, especially the full-page color ones. Many of these photos seem to be very private shots of Marilyn that De Dienes took during her career (a few show her with other people, a hairdresser and bookseller). Several at the back of the book show Marilyn's face montaged into clouds or surrounded by celestial bodies. Between the photos, printed in silver ink and in a large typewriter font, there are excepts from De Dienes memoirs. Also printed in silver are smaller photos with his hand-written captions.

THREE: A booklet with twenty-four, one to a page, magazine covers featuring De Dienes photos of Marilyn. Seventeen of them are European titles. Predictably, great photos are weakened by logos, cover lines and generally poor cropping. I thought this booklet was rather disappointing in its production.

FOUR: The 608 page facsimile of De Dienes manuscript and composite book. I think this is the most fascinating item in the box because of the production problems. The original pages were typed on one side of a sheet of ordinary paper and this facsimile is on similar weight stock so that the back of each page has some text showing through, as the original (There is a production problem here though, the paper rightly has text show-through but the photos do as well, on the original paper only the white back of the photo would have been visible). Although the manuscript was in black and white it has been printed in four colors to create the aged paper look and the few handwritten numbers in green and red that De Dienes wrote on the photos. You can see all of his corrections and deletions to the manuscript and read the comments he wrote about the various contact prints of Marilyn and other printed ephemera he stuck on back of each page.

The original composite section has a hundred pages (it becomes two-hundred pages in this facsimile) of cut-out contact prints which De Dienes stuck on the typewriter paper, again they are reproduced in four-color black because of the occasional handwritten colored numbers, even the image of the punched file holes on each page is reproduced. Hundreds of these contacts show how he photographed Marilyn and you can see how dozens of shots were taken of which only one or two were probably published. Most of these images have never been seen before and certainly never in the form that they are presented here.

Overall I think the Marilyn Box is an amazing production package. A world famous visual icon is presented in a unique way.

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A truly wonderful pictorial memory of Marilyns early modelling years.The photos capture the emotion that exsisted between Marilyn and Andres and are uniquely presented in the large book.The box containing the books is truly one of a kind making the entire publication very special and authentic.

When I opened this box on Christmas morning, I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. A recent convert to Marilyn-ism, this was one of the first books about her I owned, and I'm so glad, because I think it's important to know Norma Jeane before you know Marilyn. These huge, glorious photographs taken by Andre de Dienes capture her innocence and natural beauty at a time when she was an unknown model. De Dienes' memoirs are touching and reveal Norma Jeane as she was to him, a man who fell in love with her, as so many would in the future. After paging through these books, you are left to feel as though Norma Jeane Dougherty would never look quite as beautiful again (and of course she would, but not in the same way). Revealing Marilyn Monroe at her earliest beginnings, this limited edition package is definitely worth the money.

For the Marilyn fan, this is a great book. The photographs reproduced in the large book are magnificent. The large book is difficult to read with silver ink on white paper, but it is cleaned up excerpts from the smaller facsimile typed recollections of De Dienes. It is heavy, thus a sturdy coffee table is required.

This book by Andre de Dienes is the most amazing title ever assembled on Marilyn Monore. ANY fan of Marilyn's will find this book worth every dollar. The design and reproductions are amazing! The diaries are a wonderful read! ...

That is the best translation of the Masnavi I have ever seen. It consists both the original idea and the rhyme.

Though excited about this fresh translation of the first book of the Masnavi in a rhymed and metered format, I must admit I was a bit skeptical at first about its faithfulness to the original. Recently, though, I had the chance to go over portions of the translation with my father, who is very well versed in Farsi and in Rumi's works, and we were positively surprised by how much this rendering is loyal to Rumi's masterpiece in both spirit and form. May Mr. Mojaddedi be inspired and energized to carry out the monumental task of making the Light of all six of the Masnavi's books available to the English-speaking public in its original and delightful rhymed couplet form.

The translation is a little off on some parts, in my opinion, but other than that it is good. It is a mid-level book of Sufi Anecdotes written in symbolic couplets. It is not for beginners. One should, before reading this, study theology and jurisprudence (the Creed of Imam Tahawi and Maqasid are good for theology and jurisprudence). On top of that, The Book of Illumination and al-Hikm (Sufi Aphorisms) by Imam ibn 'Ata'illah should both be read before delving into the Masnavi. Otherwise the reader will not understand anything.

If you visit Konya, and see Rumi's tomb, with his father and son and other family members buried nearby, in a gorgeously illuminated mauseleum-mosque, with its supernal light and its electric energy of peace and vastness, you see Rumi is no pop-figure but drenched in traditions of Islamic Sufism that brings out its deepest and most original heart, the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) true teaching... compassion, love, and adherence to God's world above and beyond this one through right action and sincerity, wild daring, discipline and spiritual transformation.

Rumi's Masnavi is a true companion on this Path, and Rumi a true indicator of this Path, and for those without Persian, we've relied on the Victorian (though unrhymed and much interpolated) masterpiece of Nicholson (and later revisions by Arberry) and the rather haphazard fragments either "translated" or "rendered" in new, modern versions by contemporary poet-scholars.

With this new translation by Jawid Mojaddedi we have a sensational new take on Rumi, whose original (as indicated by its title) is in rhymed couplets (Masnavi means "rhymed couplets"), and which ranges from praise-poetry to stories, both high and low, to long stretches of ecstatic gnostic realization and "revelation" filled with light. This new translation keeps it all, and in a flowing smoothness that is truly remarkable, drenched (as in the original) in remembrance of Allah (the same One God of us all).

It's eminently readable, and you feel you're getting closer (by the fidelity and sincerity of the translator, direct from Persian this time!) to Rumi's actual tone and intention.

I'm a cheerleader for this translation (and have no qualms calling it this, since it is), it's a sweet gift to us, and attests to Rumi's saintliness after all these centuries. He's reached us in our mire, and now in a voice that sings in poetic tune to lift us from it (from mineral to plant, from plant to animal, from animal to angel)!

May our intrepid and courageous translator be given strength and inspiration to continue until all six books of this world treasure, this rare compendium of spiritual truths, are as superbly translated and made available.

This is a superb translation by a true expert. So many of the "translations" of Rumi are actually rewordings of the old Brits' English translations - done no doubt with the best of intentions and enjoyable to read - and should not be called translations at all. So much time has elapsed since Coleman Barks began his love affair with Mevlana; why on earth hasn't he used that time to learn Persian and Arabic? Then his translations could be true and poetic.

So, this one is really precious. May Mojaddedi the translator live long and keep putting out more and more of the Mesnevi. Why does amazon put this new translation, the most important Rumi publishing event of the last half century, way down the list when you search under "Rumi"? If I were marooned on a desert island, this is the book I would want with me.