Arthur Books

This is a timely exposition of what can be done in higher education to develop a holistic program for university sudents. The three writers each describe and encourage lateral thinking of what is too often neglected from higher education, namely, a focus on values and spirituality. The latter term frightens many, yet spirituality lies at the heart of the educational endeavour.
The writers are critical of the current stste of the Academy, and all engaged in the education of the next generation would benefit from considering the arguments put forward in this text.

This book provides the perfect example of how modern students can integrate their learning into an organic lifetime experience. For anyone who is interested in integrative research and theories, this book takes a bold step into the realm of education. Very highly recommended.

I have yet to be disappointed by a historical reference book from Penguin, this one is no exception. Ancient history is a subject that often requires the use of many books in concert, but the Penguin Encyclopedia provides an amazing breadth of consolidated, concise information.
I don't know what I would do without mine!

Excellent book covering all major ancient civilizations. Covers the social, political,economical and technological aspects of theses civilizations with greta richness and simplicity. Very unbiased account. Excellent for the person who wants to have a good introduction to ancient history.

One thing that any fan of Sherlock Holmes knows is that the solution is in the details, and that attention to the details is of vital importance. One thing the Conan Doyle would do in his short stories and novels featuring Holmes would be to overload on details, rather like a magician redirecting attention away; the task for the reader, as indeed it was for Holmes, was to identify which details were meaningful, and which could be safely discarded. Holmes would keep nothing useless in mind, being mindful of clutter - he purported (A Study in Scarlet) not to even be aware that the earth went round the sun, rather than vice versa, as it was not relevant to his work. One assumes that he was pulling the good Dr. Watson's leg, as there are times when such information might be relevant, and as such, Holmes would know it.

There are several versions of the canonical stories available, and various commentaries on these tales published. There is also an ever-growing body of apocryphal tales put out by modern writers. However, there aren't many reference books on Holmes available. Therefore, the 'Encyclopedia Sherlockiana' by Jack Tracy is a welcome volume for any Holmes fan. It is a great companion volume to any serious reader (and many the casual reader) of the canonical tales.

Just as any reader of Holmes tales will need to have a care for detail, so too does Tracy have a great eye for the details in the stories. Arranged rather in the fashion of an encyclopedic dictionary more so than as an encyclopedia proper, this one-volume text cover the A-to-Zed of the stories, the people, the places, the objects, the weapons, and other minutiae of the tales.

For example, it is well known that Holmes' arch-nemesis, Professor Moriarty, won acclaim by a treatise upon the Binomial Theorem. But what is the Binomial Theorem? You will find out the basics here - alas, it is one of those bits of trivia that Holmes himself might have tried hard to forget, having no direct relevance to the case. Or did it?

Entries for each of the stories, each of the heroes, innocents and villains, each of the places visited or referenced, and major plot devices are carefully explained. Other entries, such as streets mentioned in passing, peripheral historical characters or details, or general linguistic and cultural details, are explained with short but useful definitions situating them in their greater context for the story.

There is a generous supply of maps, line-art drawings, and photographs throughout the dictionary. The first maps are of London, close up and further out (back when there still was a Middlesex), as they were in Holmes' late Victorian time. Most of the entries look to the time period from 1890 to 1910; Holmes tales extended beyond these times, but the baseline is set for this period.

Tracy engages in what he calls the 'high-camp intellectual joke' of the 'reality' of Holmes and Watson; in entries where the line between fact and fiction has been blurred (if not erased entirely), Tracy gives fair warning by marking such entries with an asterisk. Likewise, Tracy gives historical-development information in the introduction, from which the reader will learn that the quintessential Holmesian pipe, the curved meerschaum, originated with the actor William Gillette rather than with Conan Doyle, and that despite the near-universal belief to the contrary, Holmes never said, 'Elementary, my dear Watson' even once in all the stories (Basil Rathbone's film made it a ubiquitous phrase).

There are more than 3500 primary entries, 8000 story references (remarkable, considering there are 56 short stories and 4 novels), and 200 illustrations. Tracy did the majority of his research in the library system of Indiana University (which possesses an excellent Victorian Studies collection) but gives due attention to other Sherlockian scholars. He provides a wonderful bibliography at the conclusion of the text.

This is a great gift for any Sherlock Holmes fan, and a must for any serious Sherlockian devotee.

To those of us who love and value the smallest of details in Doyle's stories, Jack Tracy's "The Encyclopaedia Sherlockiana" has remained a valued resource for over thirty years now. If you are new to the canon, please do yourself a favor and get yourself a copy of this volume. I also recommend it as an excellent companion piece to both Leslie Klinger's "New Annotated Sherlock Holmes" and William S. Baring-Gould's earlier "Annotated Sherlock Holmes."

Not to be confused with another book with the same title by Orlando Park, this volume was originally published under the title "Encyclopedia Sherlockiana", but for some reason was re-titled (maybe different titles in the US and UK?) "The Sherlock Holmes Encyclopedia". Interestingly, Orlando Park's book was originally published under the title "Sherlock Holmes, Esq., and John H. Watson, M.D., An Encyclopedia of Their Affairs"!

326 pages packed with information about the canon (synopses of plots, full descriptions of characters, places, biographies) as well as the history of Sherlock Holmes in television, films, plays and radio, as well as pastiches and Sherlock Holmes societies throughout the world.

This is a really cool book. It's got everything anyone would want to know about Sherlock Holmes. The book has a chronological listing of many dates important to Sherlockians. It has the Canon listed and almost anything else readers would want.

Surprisingly good read, face-paced, well-written. I read the whole thing in one sitting. Hope this author produces a sequel.

The best (scariest) part of this novel is that it's now "far fetched" like most stuff in this genre. Cockfield uses actual science and the real world to create a scenario that really REALLY hits home as you read it.

This is not a book for people who want to escape into a fantasy world. It's fiction, but not. I highly reccomend it to anyone who's either into Michael Creighton or the Left Behind series of books. It has elements of both. A good read, worth getting.

A backwards fairy tale--begins with "the end" and begins with "once upon a time." We checked out this book from our local library, and we read it so often my grandson memorized the story. I bought him his own copy for his 4th birthday.

What a fun book this was to read! A "backwards" fairy tale! Award-winning Minnesota author, David LaRochelle, started at the end of his fairy tale and it became the beginning of the book. Quite frankly, I was skeptical if this idea would actually work. But it does work, and it even flows extremely well. It's also quite an interesting story to read if you are looking for a really good fairy tale that's packed with an excellent storyline and really fun illustrations.

We have a princess, a knight, lemonade, a dragon, a hungry giant, a flying teacup, a huge tomato, and the cutest bunnies you ever saw (the bunnies are
on almost every page) and even a blue-colored, flying pig!

This is a must-read fun fairy tale for you - from the beginning, which is really the end, to the end, which is really the beginning! Confused? Don't worry - you won't be. This book is really slick!

Caldecott Medal winner Richard Egielski did an outstanding job of illustrating this delightful fairytale with his humorous touch. (Note the funny faces on all the trees!) David La Rochelle's magic mind and way with words created this terrific story. On the back flap of the book, David reassures his young readers that he has never been afraid of bunny rabbits, but... he is concerned about any tomatoes that are taller than he is, and...David is very tall. Richard says that he enjoys a cold lemonade on a hot day (much like the princess in the story perhaps).

Having had the author as a student where he taught at Grace Theological Seminary, his text is an outstanding review of his lectures. Dr Hoyt gives a thorough analysis of the various views of Biblical Eschatology. This text is a most both for the serious laymen and the person behind the lecturn who wish to expand their knowledge of "things to come".

J. Dwight Pentecost produced a massive 600 page study of the end times back in 1958. This softcover book by Herman Hoyt is a good alternative for those who don't want to read Pentecost's weighty tome. Hoyt begins with an overview of biblical eschatology, defining terms such as end, last, Second Coming, Imminent, Tribulation, and Mediatorial Kingdom.

The author proceeds into a study of what the Bible says about death and the intermediate state between death and bodily resurrection. He concludes from such texts as 2 Corinthians 5:8 and Phillipians 1:21-23 that the souls of believers are ushered immediately into the presence of the Lord the moment they die.

There is also a chapter about the second coming of Jesus Christ and how this event (described in Matthew 24 and Revelation 19) differs from the coming of Christ to rapture the church (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). While not everyone will agree with Hoyt about seeing the coming of Christ as a two stage event, he does a good job of presenting the view. He labors hard to show why the partial rapture view and the mid tribulational and posttribulation views of the rapture are not as biblically sound as the pretribulational view. Hoyt repeatedly charges those who disagree with his take on the end times as not having a consistently literal interpretation of the Bible. I feel that this is not always the case, as there are many people who hold to different views of the rapture who do attempt to interpret literally.

There is also a helpful chapter about what the seven year tribulation will be like and another chapter about the rise of the antichrist and his evil nature. Hoyt also discusses the one thousand year reign of Christ on the earth, the different judgments in scripture, and the eternal state. The two surprises from my perspective were that a. Hoyt believes that the raptured church will be in heaven for the entire millennial reign of Christ and b. There will be an eternal distinction between Israel, the tribulation saints, the Old Testament saints, and the Church. The Church will have a greater position in eternity than the other groups, although Israel will be the greatest nation.

My problem with this last teaching is that the Bible seems to teach that we are all one in Christ (Galatians 3:28, 1 Cor 12;13) and that there is only one people of God (1 Peter 2:9, John 10:16).

But all in all, I really liked the book.

Integrading wireless data technology with assorted meats and cheeses.

This is what a book on an artist should be, lots of nice big images, early to current work(presented chronologically) and not too much BS, except for an essay written by Steve Martin(yes the comedian).

.........But the more I look at the book, the more I think Fischl has quality control issues. The more I look at it, the more bad paintings I notice. Don't get me wrong, this is a great book and Fischl has done some great paintings, but the more you look at this book, the more you notice how bad he can be at times-quality control. Some of the paintings should have never left the studio except in a dumpster but when your getting as much money as he gets for work.................... I imagine its hard not to think everything you make is great, when you get the "status" he has as an artist.

but this isn't an art critique, this is a great book on a well know contemporary artist. If you like Fischl, this is the book to get and it may give you more insight then you want, if you have any asthetic sensibilities.

The Question of the Sword (poem)- Jane Yolen
The God-Sword- Diana L. Paxson
Lassorio- Eric Lustbader
Controlling the Sword- Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Surgeon's Steel- Diana Gabaldon
Prayer of the Knight of the Sword- Nancy Holder
Echoes of the One Sword (poem)- T. Winter-Damon
Grass Dancer- Owl Goingback
All We Know of Heaven- Peter Crowther
Passing- Charles De Lint
Nights of the Round Table (poem)- Lawrence Schimel
Here There Be Dragons?- Marion Zimmer Bradley
Goldie, Lox, and the Three Excalibearers- Esther M. Friesner
Silver, Stone, and Steel- Judith Tarr
St. Paul's Churchyard, New Year's Day- Richard Lee Byers
The Other Scabbard- Brad Linaweaver
Hope's Edge (poem)- Daniel H. Scheltema
The Waking Dream- J.M. Morgan
The Scout, the Slugger, and the Stripper- Randy Miller
The Weapon- Ardath Mayhar
The Sword in the Net- Brad Strickland
Once and Future (poem)- Terry Tappouni
Once and Future- Mercedes Lackey
Sword Practice- Jody Lynn Nye
Where Bestowed- Susan Dexter
Demon Sword- Bill Fawcett
Troubled Waters- Susan Shwartz
Literary Cubism Saves the Universe (poem)- Joe Haldeman
Duty- Gary Gygax
The Epilogue of the Sword- Darrell Schweitzer

One sword. The true sword, EXCALIBUR. Forged from magic and courage, it bears the power of heroes and kings. Its nature is unique, but its forms are legion. It can appear... has appeared... will appear, anywhere, at any time, in a thousand hands in a thousand guises. For Excalibur is the force that protects the souls of Good's guardians, and changes the course of destinies...

Tales of the history and manifestations of Excalibur throughout time, gathered by three of the most experienced anthologists in the field and featuring: Esther M. Friesner, Owl Goingback, Jody Lynn Nye, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Judith Tarr, Susan Shwartz, and many more.

Featuring

"CONTROLLING THE SWORD" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch: The ancestral sword drew generations of children to their destiny but forever cursed all who were unworthy of its touch.

"LASSORIO" by Eric Lustbader: The sullen warlord Lassorio ruled a dark, diminished Camelot until the night a snow fox led him to a place of magic, horror. . . and love.

"THE GOD-SWORD" by Diana L. Paxson: Centuries before the time of Arthur, a Swordbearer and his Druid lover must join the battle for the soul of ancient Britannia.

"SILVER, STONE, AND STEEL" by Judith Tarr: Joseph of Arimathea carried a Mystery to the world's end and discovered his place in an eternal dream of wizards, gods, goddesses, and blood.

"SWORD PRACTICE by Jody Lynn Nye: The young boy-king must discover: Does Arthur rule the sword or does Excalibur rule the king?

"GOLDIE LOX, AND THE THREE EXCALIBEARERS" by Esther M. Friesner: What're you starin' at? Even Merlin's verklempt when the destined Swordbearer for the age turns out to be Brooklyn's Lady of the Lox teen deli waitress Goldie Berman! Who knew?

If you've found this review page, it stands to reason that you already have some interest in Giordano Bruno. I only wish to encourage you to read his works first-hand (or at least in a plausible translation like this one). The more knowledge of Renaissance culture you bring to the book, of course, the more you'll enjoy it. Even without that scholarly stuff, however, you'll find Bruno witty and thought-provoking.

On Febraury 16, 1600, this former monk was burned at the stake on charges of heresy. He died in the name of free thought. Yes, at first he offered to retract all of his heretical statements, but in the end, he decided that there was more honour in the penal fires than in a life like Galilei's. This book begins with an Explanatory Epistle. This letter alone is worth reading. The dialogues that comprise the body of the work were a trifle trying for me, as i have very little knowledge of the constellations, but please don't let this deter any possible readers from this work. As with any philosophical text, every reader should bring with him or her a willingness to concentrate on the book and the understanding that numerous re-readings will be necessary to appreciate the full depth of it. The bit where the messenger of the gods is telling Sophia all of the events Zeus has ordered to take place on Earth that day is very funny, so don't think this is all esoteric gobble-dee-gook that only some Ph.d. could enjoy. Shoot, I am only a high school graduate and I was glued to this thing the first time I read it.