Bernard Books

On a recent trip to Copenhagen we took a walking trip of the city given by a young Dane with a master's degree in history. I had recently seen the movie of Pelle the Conqueror (which covers the 1st part of the four-part book) starring Max von Sydow as Lasse, and asked our walking tour guide about it. He was excited to speak about it, and said it was the most important work of historical fiction written about Denmark.

With that kind of recommendation, I sought the first book (Pelle the Conqueror: Childhood) through Amazon.com and read it. I am happy to say that it belongs with the most important pieces of historical literature in existence, yet at the same time is very readable. The main characters become cherished friends as you read about them. I can't wait to read the second volume (Pelle The Conqueror: Apprenticeship).

Martin Andersen Nexo (1869-1954) was born in the slums of Copenhagen into extreme poverty. He was the fourth of eleven children. His father, a stone mason, was an alcoholic and his mother was a daughter of a blacksmith. When he was eight, the family moved to the town of Nexo on the island of Bornholm, whose name he adopted in 1894 as his own. ---

His breakthrough work, the Danish classic Pelle the Conqueror, appeared between 1906 (Part I) and 1910 (Part IV). It tells the story of Pelle, a poor boy, whose life in Part I shares much similarities with Nexo's. ---

"Pelle" has conquered the hearts of the reading public of Denmark and of the world. The first part of the book was filmed by Bille August; in 1989 the film won the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. ---

"The great charm of the book lies in the fact that the writer knows the poor from within; he has not studied them as an outsider may, but has lived with them and felt with them, at once a participant and a keen-eyed spectator. He is no sentimentalist, and so rich is his imagination that he passes on rapidly from one scene to the next, sketching often in a few pages what another novelist would be content to work out into long chapters or whole volumes. His sympathy is of the widest, and he makes us see tragedies behind the little comedies, and comedies behind the little tragedies, of the seemingly sordid lives of the working people whom he loves." (Otto Jespersen)

Kevin Dwyer's "Ireland - Our Island Home" highlights that island's heritage with a stunning collection of aerial photographs around Ireland's coastline. The images, shot from helicopters and small planes at low altitude and oblique angles, provide beautiful, detailed panoramas. The contrasting scenary ranges from the urban areas around Dublin and Cork to the wilds of West Ireland. A series of captions and miniature maps describe the subjects and the general locations where the photographs were taken.

The photographs are a reminder of how varied the Irish landscape can be, and how beautifully green it looks from the air (and from the ground). Lighthouses, farm fields, sheep pastures, and small villages mingle with old forts and modern port facilities. This book is highly recommended to those who have been to Ireland, and to those who plan to go. The book provides a unique perspective on a lovely country.

We went to Ireland and picked up this book while we were there. I was afraid that it would be cheaper in the U.S. -- we paid 30 euros -- and it was. Still, we have no buyer's regret.

This is a set of stunning aerial shots of the Irish coastline. While we took what we think are very good pictures, these are beautiful pictures that we cannot duplicate because they are aerial. They will be treasured reminders of many of the places that we visited.

If you're going to Ireland, been to Ireland, or just wish that you could go, and you love to hang out in coastal areas, this is a book for you.

C'est grâce à cet auteur si j'ai étudié la littérature. C'est une magnifique histoire, l'une des plus belles qui m'a été donné de lire. Allez-y les anglos!!/ It's because of Bernard Simonay that I studied literature! This story is just magnificent, one of the most beautyfull story that I read in my entire life. Let's go english people! Read it! It worths it!

This book is absolutely wonderfull. There's nothing else to say ! Je le conseille vivement à tous les amateurs du genre... vous allez adorer !

Very good book with an interesting structure/classification system for their projects. Projects are well described in text and graphics, and the essays that are inserted between 'sections' add an interesting perspective towards architecture and artistic/cultural theory in contemporary practice from several authors viewpoints, not just the firms. This is FOA's S,M,L,XL (with less bulk) with all projects (to date) presented and explained in detail.

The Best: The proyect, the inteligent calisification, the graphics, the perspectives, the images of the proyects (amazing), the view and of course, the architecture.

The Worst: The size of the plans inside the book, and the information on it about planimetric and detail construction.

Conlucion: Buy it... is really good book

Knight continues putting out a fine historical murder mystery product. I hope that he has some books left in him. We are of an age that I hope so.

December 1194 and Crowner John is away from Exeter in his capacity as Coroner of all Devon. He is called to the remains of a shipwreck in Torbay, but not everything is as it seems. Bodies from the wreck have been found among the debris and some of them carry injuries not conducive to being drowned.

While Sir John is away with Gwyn his bodyguard and his clerk Thomas de Peyne, trouble is brewing in Exeter, a rape has been committed on Christina Rifford, the daughter of a rich merchant. Sir John returns to Exeter to find the city in uproar with accusations flying around from the families involved. Then just before she is due to be married Lady Adele de Courcy is found dead underneath a pile of rubbish in the poorest part of the City. She also appears to have suffered a sexual attack. Suddenly Sir John has most of the influential people of Exeter banging on his door for justice.

The common factor in both killings appears to be the silversmith, Godfrey Fitzosbern, who by chance is Crowner John's next door neighbour. Can john protect the man until the truth emerges . . .

Bernard Knight is a consummate writer of the medieval novel and this is as good as any he has written.

Money magnifies what you are! Understanding its power is a key to financial freedom and prosperity. "The Power of Money" addresses the acquisition, utilization, and investment of money, including principles of wealth; tithing, borrowing, making friends with unrighteous mammon, sowing a reaping, and reasons why men fail. Many have testified about the profound impact this book has had on their lives and business. Bishop E. Bernard Jordan has written well over 30 books.

This book is an excellent source for the expansion of power and increase in your income and life. It has added wealth,prosperity, and abundance in my life. I have a better handle on my finances and the purpose of money. My money is producing at a hundred fold rate. The writer's knowledge of the universal principles and laws is displayed for our understanding.The wisdom in this book will increase your ability to acquire, circulate and achieve abundance in your life. There is a wealth of information in this book; a must for all entrepreneurs and those seeking the keys to money mastery. A storehouse of knowledge that will prepare you for success. This book you can not read just once; It is a great reference for maintaining and motivating you towards the attainment of prosperity.

First, buy it before they're all gone! Second, buy his "The Complete Woodworker" before they're all gone. Third, read and enjoy.

This book (use Amazon's Look Inside for content) is an amazing presentation of how-to. No matter your level of expertise, you will learn from this. Between Jones and Aldren A. Watson you'll have a wealth of practical education. The instructions are actually complete and well written - something sorely missing in most of today's such books.

Those two authors' books are among my favorites, and I have dozens of shop books.

The Headmaster to aspiring galoots. Explains basics of pre-WWII woodworking in Britain and America.

This book has every imaginable Catholic prayer. It is a very good resource for families.

This book offers comfort and hope during difficult times. A must for any catholic. I have purchased several copies and have given them as gifts.

I heartily second the thorough and positive assessment by the reviewer from Providence, RI. I only wish to add that when the palpable passion of a movement's agents of change is presented with such unflinching honesty about their successes and failures, history becomes a formidable torch to light the path of their present day counterparts.

The author definitely delivers as he masterfully escorts the reader through the trials and triumphs of the era, both sharing and inviting critical scrutiny of events and outcomes. The depth and balance of the account give it the power to inspire, as well as enlighten, and thus, to play its own part in the unfolding story of the movement to transform how animals are viewed and treated. Definitely a fascinating and worthwhile read, as well as a thoughtful gift for anyone who cares about animal issues.

Bernard Unti's book on the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) comes out as the HSUS celebrates its 50th anniversary. The founding of the Society in 1954 was a turning point in the history of animal protection. Although other societies such as the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) had existed regionally since the end of the Civil War, the HSUS was the movement's first truly national organization, with a mandate to set out a broad agenda on animal protection, take on certain neglected controversial issues, and affect federal legislation.

Unti's work sets a very high standard for this kind of study. It deals with the Society's important efforts, at times frustrations, in addressing the issues of the second half of the 20th century, notably the use of animals in scientific research and the enduring issues of the slaughterhouse, trapping, and the substandard treatment of animals in zoos and entertainment. To its credit, the book does not shy away from controversy. Some of its most interesting insights touch upon friction among different organizations, radical trends in the animal rights movement, and growing pains within the HSUS itself. All of these provide a historian's view of a dynamic and changing movement seen through the perspective of one of its key organizations. This is a great introduction to an important segment of contemporary activism.

An excellent book. Well written with complex ideas clearly expressed. For anyone interested in understand the intersubjective philosophy and approach to psychotherapy this book is a must.

Through some 15 years of collaborative work, Robert D. Stolorow, Bernard Brandchaft, and Gearge E. Atwood have developed the concept of an intersubjective field as the central explanatory construct guiding psychoanalytic theory, practice, and research. In this eminently practical book, the authors apply their intersubjective approach to a wide array of clinical issues that are critical to psychoanalytic therapy, including the analysis of transference, resistance, and psychic conflict, and the treatment of borderline and psychotic states.

The intersubjectivity field created by the interplay between the subjective worlds of patient and therapist, or of child and caregiver, is the organizing theme of Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach. The concept of a system of differently organized, interactive subjective worlds is shown to be invalable in illuminating both the vicissitudes of psychoanalytic therapy and the process of human psychological development. The authors postulate that clinical phenomena cannot be understood psychoanalytically apart from the intersubjective contexts in which they arise and recede.

Rich clinical illustrations amply bear out the authors' contention that an intersubjective perspective can significantly enlarge analysts' and therapists' capacity for sustained empathic inquiry and, in the same measure, enhance the scope and therapeutic effectiveness of psychoanalytic treatment. Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach will not only be of great theoretical interest to, but have crucial clinical consequences for, all students, trainees, and practioners in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
--- from book's dustjacket.