Butler Books

Mr Pangburn has put together a vast collection of transcripts of original court and government records from the 18th century onward for the researcher of Native American history and Native American genealogical research. If you want to get serious about finding your Native American roots, you must have this book.

Shaker objects were material expressions of prayer. These beautiful photographs capture that.

Butler, Robert Olen. "Intercourse: Stories", Chronicle Books, 2008.

Talking During Sex

Amos Lassen

Robert Butler has written a collection of stories about what fifty couples talk about while having sex. He further identifies each pair of loves not only by name but by age and occupation as well. He puts them in a place having to do with their lives, gives them an occasion and a date and then lets them talk. He uses couples from all periods of time--Adam and Eve, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, Shakespeare and the third Earl of Southampton, Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde, George and Laura Bush, J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson, the Prince and Princess of Wales and a host of others.
The dialog is hysterical even though most speak rather poetically and there is wonderful parody here when Butler is not too serious. I think my favorite line is when Gertrude Stein says of Alice B. Toklas, "her mustache is her mustache is her mustache".
The women here come across as vain and full of contempt; the men seem to think they are what they are not. I have read a review that considers the dialog between the sexual partners as insipid and not erotic and the whole concept of the book as childish and "asinine". I found it delightful, irreverent and fun.

Gifted young philosopher, Keith L. Butler, presents a compelling case against externalism. Everybody should read this important book.

Where did Jeeves come from? What family did he come from? Where did he learn to become the learned and serious minded Gentleman's Gentleman that we all have come to know and love in the novel? And what happened to him after his retirement? The answers are all here, in this lovely, informative book by C. Northcote Parkinson.

I picked this book up from a stack, knowing nothing about it. When I next looked up it was four hours later and I was halfway through it.
This is not a feminist book, although it is definitly from the feminine perspective. Hathaway was a talented writer with a keen artist's eye, her story will appeal to anyone. The subject of the story is her purchasing and remodeling her first house in Maine. By the end you see not just the house -- you see the town, the countryside, the people and the writer.

Despite her hardships, she is never self-pitying. She writes in a clear, clean prose of her life; unflinching, honest, and beautiful. Seen as a cripple by many, she shows that the value of a person lies within, with her sharp wit and inner strength shining through. Inspirational, but not preachy; sweet, but not sugary.
Young or old, male or female, you should read this book.

Sara Salih has written a wonderfully concise and at times illuminating introduction to one of the key thinkers of post-structuralist feminism, queer theory, and gender studies. Salih dissects Butlers work energetically - moving from `gender performativity' to `femininity', `language', `the psyche' and so on. Sara is clearly an expert when it comes to Butler and this mastery articulates itself in very concise and accessible language which ultimately benefits the reader. Salih's only failing is her seemingly uncritical stance towards Butler, which at times comes across as dogmatic (especially when she's defending Butler's ridiculous, at times unreasonably esoteric writing). This however shouldn't deter anyone from reading this otherwise excellent introduction.

- 9/10 Another excellent Routledge introduction

This well produced book is considered one of the best self-defense books for women ever published. It features over 170 pages of detailed (yet practical) text and numerous photos diagrams.

In the world of martial arts, there is one name that crosses the boundaries of styles, countries, and organizations - Keinosuke Enoeda.
Keinosuke Enoeda Tiger of Shotokan Karate is a full pictorial and biographical account of the life and times of karate legend Master Keinosuke Enoeda, 9th Dan, of the Japan Karate Association (JKA).

Includes contributions from some of the world's top instructors (including Stan Schmidt and Yoshinobu Ohta) as well as hundreds of fantastic pictures never seen before.

Enoeda was respected not just by followers and supporters of Shotokan Karate, but by all the other leaders of various martial arts throughout the world. Even the great Sumo team from Japan, upon visiting London, sought out the dojo of Master Enoeda for a visit.

Written by Rod Butler, a 30-year student of Enoeda and one of his deputy instructors in London. This book is a loving tribute to a sadly-departed Shotokan karate master.

Some time ago I've read for the first time a book from Ms Butler. I was immediately captivated by her amazing imagination and the quality of her prose and became instantly a fan of the author. This first impression was corroborated as I read more of her writings.
Unfortunately for us, her fans, Ms. Butler has recently passed leaving the "Parable" trilogy unfinished and I'm sure many delightful stories unwritten.

All her books showed a rich combination of imagination, complex and interesting characters launched into conflictive situations to test their mettle.

In "Kindred" the story is presented in a sci-fi framework, in order to give an entry point to a world distant more than a hundred years from us, but the substance is about getting in touch with slavery.
This poignant account unearths the relationships between slave-owners and slaves, drawing a huge fresco of that society.

Dana, an Afro-American woman, is drawn time and again to the past with the specific mission of saving Rufus' life, the son of a slave-owner and his heir. Each time Dana is transported backward, the drama increases. Poignant and vivid scenes are shown, reaching deep into the reader's sensibility, but with an earnest and straightforward approach.
You can't elude perceiving the "reality" of the world shown in this amazing book.

After reading it, I keep wondering about what kind of strange compulsion make a human being to despise another one based on racial, religious or even political or social differences, without perceiving that we are all kindred to each one.

This is great book for sci-fi buffs and general public too.

Reviewed by Max Yofre