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This is the document of a poet consecrating himself to memory. His attempt to maintain perspective; his aesthetic self objectification that is repeatedly shattered when he looks into society; his Catholocism, his ennui, his mistress, his mother...all these cast a definitely "intimate" hue to the pages that are essential for any reader wishing to come to terms with Baudelaire's psyche: to see why his self-destruction was inseparable from his creations. For they were both necessary symptoms of his sensibility - an immaculately modern sensibility. The fragmented nature of the writings prevents the work from actually being a "work" - it is more like an authentic gesture, an unpremeditated act of self revelation. A fascinating and ultimately harrowing document from a poet - nothing more.

Living from 1821 to 1867, primarily in Paris. Charles Baudelaire was his centuries poet of discontent. Religious, blasphemous, elitist and anti-snob, all at once, he seemed from the start to be a life driven to self-destruction. Absinthe, opium, and a mistress were his only relief. And in the end, the were what killed him. The epitome of the tortured soul.

Most of us know of him now only by reputation, or from exposure to Fleurs du Mal. That thin volume of poetry has had an influence far beyond it's size. In many ways, Baudelaire was one of the beat generation's greatest precursors.

The Intimate Journals is actually a collection of three sets of papers that frame the final years of Baudelaire's excruciating journey. They are the notes of a man who faced financial and physical ruin and yet still kept up his piercing intellect. In it you will find short notes essays about his world, society, and philosophy.

This isn't poetry, but a direct look into the inner thinking of a poet who is often written off as the perfect degenerate. Intimate Journals offers an opportunity to re-evaluate Baudelaire as both a man and a writer, whose thinking is equally compelling a century and a half later.

The preface written by translator Christopher Isherwood, and W. H. Auden's introduction are brilliant on their own as well (T. S. Eliot wrote the original introduction for the first edition).

The author's style in writing of this difficult (but fascinating) subject, is informative and surprisingly understandable. This ought to be the book with the best pdeagogic approach to teaching the theory and implementation of operating environments. Sll aspects of this particular type of software are explained clearly and smoothly. The author presents some very advanced topic nevertheless, but the beginner is given a path to arrive to them, and not be scared.

It is very good that the operating systems (further in this review: OS) taken as examples are widely ranging from single-suer, single-task, to much more complex mainframe OS such as VMS. I won't list them all, suffice to say that a very broad range of OSs are covered, and in a very pertinent and interesting way.

The code examples in the book are in Pascal, which some may think of as a weakness, but in reality it is a great advantage: Pascal code reads very much like normal English language and it's therefore easy to understand and follow, and expecially, easy to re-implement in your programming language of choice. I am a C programmer myself, and yet the examples have not put me off in any way. So if you ever thought of implementing an OS in Forth, C or any other programming language, know that this book will not hinder you but help you.

My final word is that the price at which this book can be bought (usually second hand, but sometimes also new) does no justice to it. This is not a $10 book, rather a $100 book that is greatly overlooked.

This book explains the fundamental concepts of operating systems in a clear, detailed and easy way. It also considers some existing operating systems such as UNIX to expalin how these concepts are implemented. While reading this book, you feel as if an experienced teacher is in front of you and explaining the things to you! I have never seen such a good book on this subject earlier.

The only problem with this book is it is slightly old. As a result, you don't find some advanced stuff.

Bhanu Prasad

I don't know who enjoyed this book more my daughter or me. The lesson is don't complain because your situation could be worse. The story is about a family,including Grandparents, who live in a small house and a wise man suggests that the woman move the farm animals into the house. This was because the woman complained about the lack of space and fighting that was happening in the home. Then the wise man tells the woman to remove all the animals and she was so happy to have the space again. Great story about appreciating what we have.

Excelent read-aloud story for preschoolers and young grade schoolers. This folktale takes place in a farm setting where grandparents, parents and their 6 children all live in one house. This story carries a lesson of conformity. Vlasta's frolicsome watercolor illustration is so vivid that it makes the reader feel the "crowding" sensation of HOW MUCH WORSE CAN IT BE!!

I have read and "studied" several of Mr.Kunstler's books and enjoyed them all.I particularly enjoy the artists comments as to why he does some of the things the way he does.This book is different in that his art is not accompanied by his explanations but by another writer's text.This text is very good and really brings out the personalities of these great characters.As one who believes that it is important to understand the personalities of the people involved if one is to understand why things happened the way they did;this is very well done.
As to the title of my review;I find eyes fascinating.The first thing I look at in Mr.Kunstler's paintings is the eyes.Let me point out Confederate Sunset on pg.56 both Lee's and Jackson's eyes are very beady and staring resulting in them looking like figures in a wax museum;giving the painting a posed and unnatural feeling.Other examples are of Jackson on pages 38and 40.Note the difference in Jackson's eyes on page44.Another thing I like to study is how some paintings look very stiff,posed almost like a diorama in a museum,eg.The Return of Stuart on pg.126.Compare this to The Last Council on pg.102 which is so realistic. Am I alone in seeing this aspect of Mr.Kunstler's work?

Outstanding compilation of information, and the best images of primiere Civil War artist Mort Kunstler. A "must have" for all serious students of the American Civil War.

Like other books by James Marshall, this is also a must have.
The story, as retold, is very humorous.

This version of the Cinderella story is similar to the Perrault version in that when Cinderella marries the prince, she takes her family to the castle with her and finds lords to marry each of her step-sisters. However, this retelling leaves Cinderella's father alive and well. He is visible in the background of the last illustration reading a book.

The story is retold rather plainly with few descriptive details. The heart of the story is in the delightfully silly illustrations. The absurdly large pile of dirty dishes, the unbelievable tackiness of the step-sisters' clothing, the grins on the faces of the rat-coachman and the lizard-footmen, and the one-armed Roman soldier-like statue are just some of the amusing details in James Marshall's illustrations.

The animals in the story are used to great effect. Cinderella and her father have two cats who are usually depicted as sleeping. When Cinderella's father brings the new family members home Cinderella's face is calm. The cats, on the other hand, reflect what most people would feel after being told three such horrid-looking individuals were moving in: wide apprehensive eyes. One cat peeks suspiciously around Cinderella's dress at the newcomers. The other cat looks like he's trying to hide behind the arm of the couch. When the fairy godmother arrives Cinderella looks surprised, but her expression is nothing compared to the cat sitting behind her. The cat stares with astonishment out of the illustration at the reader, as if to ask, "Can you believe this?"

While this version of Cinderella may not be the most beautiful, it is certainly entertaining and well worth reading.

Doing a review of someone like Frost, Keats, Rilke, or Shakespeare is like reviewing the Bible, it is impossible. It has already been established that this man's poetry is mastery. Now the question is thus, what book should you purchase? If you want a small taste of his work at a good price, this is it. With this small, under $... edition, you can decide if you want to purchase anymore of his books. I say it is a great book for a poetry shelf in anyone's library.

What a wonderful anthology of John Keats' poetry. The selections in this book range from his well known and loved pieces like "Lamia" and " To Autumn" to less familliar but still gracefully written "On the Sea" and "To Leigh Hunt, Esq." The timeline in the front of the book is helpful, giving an overview of what the world was like in Keats' short lifespan. Many critics wonder what he would've accomplished had he lived longer, and by reading this collection of his poems, one can only image the brilliant works he might have given us to further his powerful legacy.

This was required reading for a graduate course in the Humanities. This is a great book written to explain the theories of a very engaging storyteller. Joseph Campbell describes the monomyth in his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces as embodying all the necessary elements of the hero's journey in the many myths in human history. Campbell discovered through extensive research that humankind shares a universal monomyth in its various religions and legends especially pertaining to the creation of the world and humankind. Campbell borrowed the term monomyth from James Joyce's book Finnegan's Wake. Campbell's intuitive insight in human myth proves that for thousands of years these myths display a certain standard structure, which he summarizes beautifully in his book.

A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a
region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there
encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back
from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons
on his fellow man (Campbell 30).

There are at least four major stages that a monomyth has however, in his book, Campbell goes on to describe seventeen stages that some monomyth's posses. The four stages making up the cycle of a monomyth are "passage: separation-initiation-return:" In the passage stage the hero is summoned to journey or embark on an adventure by some kind of event that takes place or from a message, he receives. The hero may embark on this passage willingly or reluctantly. During the separation stage, the hero meets with a mentor or wise man who gives the hero either an amulet or some words of wisdom to be of help to the hero on the adventure. It is during this stage that the hero will go through his first transformation, also known as "crossing the first threshold," as he crosses over to another world or dimension leaving behind the old world. In the initiation stage, the hero goes through several trials or tests. The hero often receives help in these ordeals along the way by allies or from a supernatural force. As the hero completes these ordeals successfully, he proves himself more worthy to continue the adventure. Most importantly, during this stage the hero must pass through a major ordeal that will expand his consciousness, and thereby change his character forever. Often, this ordeal entails the death of an ally or enemy. Once the hero successful accomplishes his ordeal he is rewarded with a gift, it could be intrinsic like the "holy grail, or it can be new found knowledge to better the world with. The last stage the hero travels is that of the return whence he came. Often the hero will undergo further trials on his return before he is permitted to cross the threshold back to the world he left. During his return journey, the hero will use his newfound wisdom or gift to make a safe return home. Once home the gift is used to cure some ill in the hero's home or to impart new wisdom to his neighbors.

Campbell points to the significance of the monomyth in the fact that it describes the cycle that Moses, Jesus, and Buddha had gone through according to their religious adherents. This is not to mention the hundreds of other monomyths told throughout human history. The monomyth proves that humankind shares a common creation DNA in a sense. The monomyth is the perfect vehicle for one to study the Humanities by.

Recommended reading for anyone interested in history, psychology, philosophy.

The author has written an excellent overview. While he recognizes the romantic appeal of Campbell's work, he remains solicitous with his breakdown of the recurring themes, such as the collapse of Eastern into Western culture and the supposed Matriarchal culture and philosopy that underlies all "higher" forms of religion. This is not to say that he disproves Campbell's ideas as a mystic per se, since such ideas are subjective.

From a Puerto Rican father of three daughters, and as many Puerto Rican families, my children come in various tones of color. My eldest is Castillian White with Hazel eyes, and my twins one is dark with beautiful curly hair, she took the side of my Mother's African Yoruba background, the other, straight dark hair, with her beautiful Taino colored skin that comes from my fathers side. I bought this book way back in August 1996. ( I date all my children's books) and it has held a very important spot in our personal library. I can not agree withy the other review on this book. It has nothing to do with racial. Take it from me, a Puerto Rican male of mixed backgrounds who follows an African Spiritual tradition. This book is Innocently Beautiful, Reminiscent of our Boriquen Mulatto Heritage. Africano + Taino + Castillano = Puerto Rican.

It is 4 classic tales of Puerto Rican folklore, from the legendary Juan Bobo. The Stories are told buy mulatto author and writer, Carmen Bernier, and Ernesto Ramos Nieves. The illustration are beautiful in a childish way, bright colors that are so remanisant of the Puerto Rican rural countryside. If you look at the characters closely, no one is truly white, as was stated in a review prior to mine. In fact if you look at the "White" neighbor, she has the appearance of a mulatto, as does every one in the book. Also she lives in a wooden casita, as does Juan Bobo and his Mother.

This book is very much true to our Boriquen People on the island, it is not uncommon to see in one family, different tones and different colors. All the tales in this book are classics in Puerto Rican literature and folktale. The stories are as follows.

There are many books out there about Juan Bobo, and each one is a gem, and the stories presented here can be read in other books. But this is "An I Can Read Book" Aimed for younger children. Infect it was this book that one of my daughters read buy herself from front to back. I love this book and highly recommended. The stories are as follows.

The Best Way to Carry Water,
A Pig in Sundays Clothes.
Do Not Sneeze, Do Not Scratch..... Do Not Eat.
and A Dime A Jug.. Each one is a classic as verbally passed down to our parents from our Abuelos, and their Abuelos.

I love to read this book to my students. My favorite of the four tales is "A Pig in Sunday Clothes." The illustrations and Juan Bobo himself are adorable as well as silly. Puerto Rican traditions are also depicted in the drawings: rice and beans, plantains, vejigantes...

This is a great book. It should be a model of how historians approach the period. It is full of insightful detail such a quotes, vignettes and illustrations that illustrate Parr's life and her impact on society. The book is wonderful in striking a balance between the author's reflections on Parr's life, framing the historical times to give context and historical detail to support her conclusions.

So many books on the women of the English Renaissance seem to be written by little old ladies in Tropesshire, who rattle on about Virgin Queens, duty and stiff upper lips, that sort of tripe. The "see no evil, hear no evil, write no evil" school of history. Susan James's book is a refreshing departure from all that. I can only hope she takes on Elizabeth I as a subject after this book. A really modern, complete book on Elizabeth that has some semblance to historical reality has yet to be printed.

One, small detail, Susan James believe that Parr's daughter, Mary Seymour died before the age of two. She did not. She was placed in the home of another noble family. If she emails me, pfstreitz@aol.com, I'll tell her where Mary went.

This book has everything in it, from pillage and mayhem, royal murders, romance, sex and violence. And besides that, you're learning information never before published about the Tudor royal family. I thought Kateryn Parr was just a weepy widow who married a king and instead she turns out to be Scarlett O'Hara. What a surprise! A strong and well-presented book. Totally fascinating!

it is good book, the content is very interesting

Similar to Mark's Handbook. Has content that is not in Mark's (and vice versa). Has more material property charts than Mark's. I like having both Handbooks, although most of the material is redundant, so I would look for a good quality used one.