Blake Books

This is a fantastic collection of poetry from the British isles only poetry can describe. From Blake to Burns to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Rossetti, Tennyson, Yeats, T. S. Eliot to W. H. Auden, the names goes on. All the famous poets from Blake onwards are included, some with a few poems, some with many. It really depends on each's influence and what the editor has picked.

This anthology is not so much a collection for study but rather for general reading or introduction to the various English poets, or for reference. Most of each poets' famous poems are included and it's impossible to list (for each person's preference is different). Still, if you've always wanted to read poems from the English poets, this one's a good start. The variety is astonishing, and it's really fascinating to see how each poet writes in what style.

Not to forget the 'lesser' poets though, there are some lesser known English poets with only one poem assigned to them but the editor picks them well. Like Oscar Wilde's 'Easter Day' for example, you may discover some surprises. It is simply one of the most comprehensive general English poetry collection from the Romantic period onwards. A great collection given that English poetry reached it's zenith during this period.

The book contains only distichs, two-liners, most speaking softly but some yelling their heads off. The subject is mainly, and inevitably, love with a gay content, not always as or where you think to find it. Being small (thumbable on a pager), the poems make good bedside or travel companions. And after one trip together, you may well wish to meet up with them - different ones at different times - again. It makes the ideal St. Valentine's gift or the best way to express one's love to a significant other.

I think paris rocks! I think she learned a big lesson and im proud of her . of course theres nothing worng with partying once and a while though. or thousand of times lol. but my point is about the whole jail thing really made her stronger. and im proud 2 say vote paris for president lol im also proud 2 say im paris 1 fan. oh and support paris and buy her new line of shoes at macys any fans of paris.

The Kelly Blake Teen Model series was among the best series of books I have ever read before I actually became a teenager. They inspired me to be who I wanted to be and made me a better person all around. I was not much of a reader when I was younger until I picked up these books.

This is an exceptionally interesting book filled with many stories of how the city of Paris came to be. It is filled with drawings, paintings and photographs of life along the Seine River and the history that took place from an anecdotal point of view. The approach that the author took to this book is to allow the reader to understand the stories behind the stones that you see as you walk along the Seine in Paris. Here is an excerpt from the dustjacket: "Behind an old facade they will see the sahadow of a beautiful, plotting woman; in an ancient square they will see traces of riot and massacre; here and there in the street they will see a grandiose gesture, hear a colorful phrase, remember an old tale of love...Paris on the Seine is a promenade along the river past whose shores flows the history of Paris. And Paris is the core of France. Not textbook history, but the tumultuous passionate actions of men and women that raised buildings and brought them down again, spanned the river with bridges, named streets that were then renamed and renamed again..."

What a cool little book. These recipes are the same ones that your mom or grandma made for you as a kid. The strawberry angelfood cake is heavenly!

This reviewer has had the rare opportunity and pleasure to read the manuscript of a first novel. Now it has been published! Past the Line is as exciting and suspenseful as those from James Patterson, Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, Nora Roberts/J. D. Robb, John Sandford, Linda Howard, and many of my favorite authors. In the first of a new series, Edward Milligan, with Past the Line, has already been added to that list!

Blake Cutter, a law man, broken after the violent murder of his wife, is on his way back to recovery and, hopefully, full reinstatement in his previous position with the Miami PD, when murder happens. In the small town of Bullett, Georgia, where he has been serving a probationary position with the State Bureau of Investigations, he has become, during the past year, one of their lead agents. He also happens to have been on call when a body is found on the beach of Devil Island. Phillip Drummond, a well-known real estate tycoon has been murdered. Preliminary results from the autopsy shows he was drowned, he was drugged, and he was bludgeoned. But what killed him?

And who killed him?

The first hurdle Blake has to overcome is the controversy between his frustrated boss and the sexually aggressive mayor who wants Blake to head up the investigation. Too, he has partners who know that he is still experiencing dream flashbacks of his wife's murder and are worried that he is hiding this from his police-appointed psychiatrist. Can he be trusted to handle a major murder case?

The second hurdle comes when there are so many possible suspects, including a wife in the midst of a bitter divorce, a jilted girlfriend, a young waitress who has revenge on her mind or the Mafia legend, Bennie DeSalvo, with whom Drummond had been involved. Cutter gathers lots of evidence but never enough to hone in on just one suspect.

The third hurdle is that suspects are constantly revealing more, but not enough, to determine "whodunit." And the prime suspect, Drummond's wife, is also murdered. Another suspect is wanted for the murder of a known drug seller and gang leader. And the Feds want the local police to hold off on action against DeSalvo, since they are building a case against him, one of the men on the "Top Ten Wanted List."

Blake falls in love with the final suspect. Penelope Lane, who looks so much like Blake's murdered wife, that he is drawn in, first, by her startlingly familiar beauty and then by her aggressive play for his attention.

Past the Line is a suspenseful whodunit, this time bringing all of the possible suspects right to the reader in the first few chapters. I found this to be an interesting and effective presentation since it allowed me to think along with the investigator-considering which one might really be the murderer.

Milligan has created exceptional characters for his book and provides an in-depth look at each, so much so that the reader will find the desire to start choosing who "should" be the murderer, rather than believing that this one or that one "could" murder. Milligan entwines the evidence needed to solve the case into the interactions with suspects so effectively that you never really are quite sure...

Blake Cutter is a man you automatically want to see win-his job, his new love, and, yes, his revenge for his lost one. This book is full of twists and turns, forcing the reader to reconsider who the murderer could be. The story includes terroristic-type actions so realistic that the reader is caught up with what is happening...and, at the same time, sees a successful kidnapping of the police-guarded suspect and Blake's new love, Penelope Lane, during that crisis.

So, how far would you go if tragedy strikes your beloved? And, if by some miracle, someone comes along that can fill that hole inside, perhaps allowing you to love again-how far would you go to grab for that new chance? Would you be willing to go Past the Line? That line that falls somewhere between the strict letter of the law and those that blatantly go against it? Blake Cutter, in the first of a new thriller series, faces those questions when he meets Penney Lane, a primary suspect of murder

With a surprise ending that you won't quite believe, Milligan has created a series that will leave you thirsting for more. This first book is a Must-Read for lovers of suspense, thrillers and action!

I am an absolute beginner and this book was a great help. It takes you step by step through techniques to making pictures and includes a list of the colors you need. It helps build up your skills. If you know nothing about pastels but would like to, BUY THIS BOOK!

The term "peacock" really only applies to the males; females are "peahens," and the entire family is referred to as "peafowl." So, the book PEAFOWL OF THE WORLD is about the different breeds of those beautiful birds commonly known as "peacocks."

This is a beautiful and insightful book, and I believe that it is a must for anyone interested in peafowl. It is perhaps *the* classic of this somewhat obscure genre. It contains many hand-drawn illustrations of peafowl, as well as maps of where they originate from. As the book details, most peafowl are from Asia, but there is a species from Africa as well, the "Congo Peacock."

If you are interested in peafowl, I would recommend buying this book, or at least checking it out at the library.

Pendragon is not just another book on King Arthur, it's a very cogently written discussion of the Welch documentation with a careful attention to the bearing of Welch geographic terminology of the time on identifying his purview.

While I find this type of puzzle intriguing, I'm not certain that the true aficionado of the Camelot tales will necessarily enjoy it. For the most part, the authors successfully debunk the romantic tales and set the person of Arthur in his proper milieu, the very scantily documented period after the departure of the Romans.

I agree with the authors that the individual who underlies the modern persona of Arthur was probably a real person, was actually not a king but a commander of a small militia employed by a Welch chief or war lord, and was involved in the nitty gritty details of surviving in a world left to fall apart when Rome pulled its forces back to Italy to defend it against invasion. I also agree with their point that the antagonists with whom Arthur fought a nd who ultimately killed him were other Welch warriors, not the Angles or the Saxons.

Like Blake and Lloyd, I tend to believe that the Britons were the early people of the island who were peripheralized by the Romans, individuals who chose not to participate in the Latinization of England but to continue their lives as they had been traditionally lived. The map the authors introduce on page 101 shows just how squashed up against the west coast of the island these people were. Furthermore, the early story of Boudicca and her daughters suggests that not everyone welcomed the influence of Roman culture on society. That there was still a vast divide is suggested by the fact that a large number of people left the island to return to defend Rome, telling the native inhabitants to defend themselves as best they could. Archeology in the relevant areas of England suggests that the region was virtually depopulated at the time. If the Angles and Saxons moved in at the behest of relatives already settled in England, it may well be that there were no other residents present to complain about it. Although confrontations between culturally distinct groups is always possible, I don't know that Arthur or his men would have been particularly concerned about any but their own immediate environs. There would simply not have been that level of national identity.

The authors point out that the territorial area over which Arthur was active is much over played in the romantic stories and that his actual venue was probably only a small area in Wales. This seems very likely. Part of the reason these areas were left to themselves by the Romans was because it was difficult to access it. Communications would have extended to nearby areas by land routes and somewhat more distant regions by sea and riverine routes, but extensive travel would have been difficult. The war lords would have been much more interested in protecting their immediate holdings from predation by neighboring rulers in a world where might made right, and it was with these individuals that most of the documents mentioning Arthur deal. In short, life in Arthur's court was probably difficult, unfair, violent and short.