Berry Books

This is an excellent book. I don't know why they stop publishing it. It is a must read. Highly recommanded.

Having worked in the heavy industrial electrical/mechanical field for the past 26 years, I have worked at many facilities similiar to those illustrated in this book. I love them! You can say what you'd like regarding their environmental impact, but I can tell you, these are great places to work. The process is usually very interesting, and the customer most always demands a quality job. So...there's some polution, but not one of you reading this review can say that your purchasing habits, and style of life has not contributed to the very images that you would now turn your nose up at. Sure, the EPA would love to have you believe that they are cleaning up the world, when the fact is, they are only driving real industry out of the USA, only to produce the same if not more 'polution' over the borders. And with our governments blessing. 'Still buying the same products, are you not? Look and see where they were made next time! It makes me sad to see these big industrial sites closed down. I love the book, because I can show my kids, and my grandkids the types of places that used to exist in this country_The type of places that has enabled us to go around as the police department of the world, and enforce what WE deem as right on every continent of the earth. It would have made a nice closing statement though, if you would have included an arial shot of the Pulp & Paper Mill that produced the pages of this book. I am assuming that is, that they were made in the USA.

For anyone who enjoys the wisdom often found in the simplest of settings, Watch With Me is a must read. Wendell Berry writes us a simple story of a farmer and his wife. Yet, the stories he tells and the language he uses will move you like few books can. Many of your emotions are mined by this book: humor, anger, anxiety, etc. The one compelling feeling you will experience with this book, however, is warmth. I strongly recommend this book to anyone, but especially to those who are looking to reset their internal compass toward those things in life that are truly important.

This is the story of a group of West Indian artists in London. It's frightening because it's West Indian. The violence of it's action, far from catering to a mindless sensationalism, works in the service of a fictional imagination that's deeply political.

The book starts out with an interesting three page writeup by a cosplayer which seems like a page from her diary as she dishes out the dirt on her cosplay rivals, stressing about getting a costume ready for this event and so much more.

But the remaining 77-pages are then dedicated to photos of cosplayers in Japan broken down in chapters such as: Heroes, She's So Cool, Asian Style, Animal Land, Spacey, Dark Side, Cute Style and School Life.

Photos are shown, with the names of the cosplayer, the character and the anime, video game or manga that they are cosplaying from.

Looking through the "Heroes" section and seeing this beautiful outfit created by Ayamori Yika of Iteza Seiya from the series "Saint Seiya" is just awesome. If there is one thing that I would love to see in a future adaption of a cosplay book is how the costume was created, how long and how much.

But to see the craftmanship put into her overall outfit is just amazing.

Then seeing a page of a cosplay group and individuals showcasing their outfits based on the CAPCOM Playstation 2 game "Sengoku Basara" ("Devil Kings" in the USA) which was awesome to see. And was surprised how many cosplayers adored the characters as there are many cosplaying "Sengoku Basara" characters.

As I turn the page and viewed each cosplayer, I can imagine that many fans outside of Asia would appreciate this book because there is cosplay from the noticeable "BLEACH", "ONE PIECE", "DRAGON BALL Z" and "NARUTO" cosplay, to video games such as "Tales of Symphonia", "Dragon Quest", "Suikoden" and "Sengoku Musou" (aka Dynasty Warriors), "Final Fantasy" and more.

I just found it also interesting to see pages dedicated to certain characters like the cosplayers dressed up as the sultry Rangiku of "BLEACH" because as a bloke, I have been interested to see how much umm...cleavage that a cosplayer would show for Rangiku and sure enough, some cosplayers did.

Of course, I had to check out the "Dark Side" section and see the cosplayers of darkness dressing up as "Suikoden", "D.Gray-man", "Black Lagoon" and "Sengoku Basara" (Devil Kings) characters. Especially to see the group cosplaying as the evil "Akatsuki Warriors!" from "Naruto" was pretty cool.

This book is an excellent review of the intellectual traditions that Wendell Berry draws upon in the development of his complex, controversial and elegant social, moral, and political theories. It was particularly useful to me, as a recent and avid reader (devourer) of Berry's essays and as a college student with little knowledge of agrarianism, populism or even the roots of green theory.

Prof. Smith points out the weaknesses in Berry's thought as well, which I think he would agree is the proper way to come to a more robust and implementable set of ideas. However, most of the book is dedicated to extolling and analyzing the beauty, truth, and love in the work of Wendell Berry.

I would greatly recommend this book as an intermediary text - read "What are PEOPLE For" or "The Unsettling of America" first, then read this, then go read the rest of Berry's books. It's well worth your time.

Peace.

Wendell Berry reads his poetry in a wonderful Kentucky accent. The recording was made at a public reading and there is noise (trucks on the street etc.) in the background. The slightly rough nature of the recording in some ways makes it that much better.

Speed of delivery and quality of product were exemplary. Thanks.

As a pianist, I am a big fan of Cindy Berry. She seems to know the right balance between challenging and showy. I often have to play last minute offertories at my church (and I mean finding out just a few minutes before the service) so this series is perfect for someone like me. There are six books according to the seasons and holidays. There are many good hymns that are arranged in such a way as to be playable without being boring. I am much indebted to Mrs. Berry for the great arrangements that I have been able to depend on in a pinch. I highly recommend this to church pianists that have to play a lot of piano solos!

This is one of Joy Berry's "Survival Series for Kids" books and I have to confess that my son Devon and I like them all. I've had them in storage for years, way before Devon was a twinkle in my eye, or my gal Sara's, and I'm glad I saved them.

In this one Ms. Berry, with excellent illustrations by Bartholomew, demonstrates to your toddler, or a child just a bit older, that overdoing it with video games is a bad thing. However, that doesn't mean video games are bad, only if you spend all your time playing them, ignoring family, friends and real life. She points out that video games should not take the place of your child doing creative things or learning. Video games, she says, are just games.

Though this book was written over twenty years ago, it still stands up. The excellent comic book type illustrations will keep your child interested as you read along with him or her. And for the life of me I don't know why these books are not easier to get. Joy Berry is good for children, that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. If you can get a hold of her books and share them with your child, you'll both be better for it.

Jack Priest, Dad in Training