Harris Books

This is a wonderfully illistrated book that gives a sampling of what Massachusetts is well known for. And gives a flavor of the many nauticle scenes that are classic to our state.

For visitors from out of state or the country, I highly recommend this as a gift.

Years ago, when preparing for my three-year 50-state road trip I'd purchased a load of travel guides to help me plan what to see in each state, and was satisfied with guides until I stumbled upon my first ART OF STATE book in an Iowa museum. This unique book made all other travel books pale by comparison. Although small and slim the books throughout this series are packed with meaningful information. Beautifully designed and written, they are thoroughly engaging and a joy to read--like finding an ancestor's scrapbook or diary in the attic and reading a fascinating family heritage while viewing the images of a buried past. Each ART OF STATE story is lovingly told by someone with a deep appreciation of the state--and not just its good features, but the blemishes, too, all described evenhandedly and complemented by photographs of architecture, landscapes paintings, crafts and memorabilia. Each book presents the state's history, climate, landscape, traditions, symbols, recipes, must-see destinations as well as a statewide calendar of events. I've since purchased all the books in the series (19 of the 50 states as of 2007). If your budget won't allow you to buy all 19, at least buy two: one of your home state and one of your adopted state. You'll be amazed at what you'll discover about your former and current home state.

I apologize for raving so much about THE ART OF STATE series, but it was such a find for me, like discovering a diamond in a sea of glass. I can't help but gush.

The frontispiece of each book has a wallpaper design featuring a state motif. For New Hampshire, the motif is a moose: tiny golden brown moose, like polka dots, stand against a robins egg blue background. Sweet.

Now about the New Hampshire volume. Although New Hampshire is my adopted home, I never knew so many artist colonies began here the 19th and 20th century, from followers of sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens in Cornish to the Hudson River School camp in the soaring White Mountains (called "the Alps of America" back then) to the renowned MacDowell Art Colony in the west that inspired writers and artists from Thornton Wilder to Maxfield Parrish to Leonard Bernstein, and continues to offer a sanctuary for creative minds. I learned that New Hampshire was the first colony to declare independence from Great Britain. (Rhode Island makes this claim, but New Hampshire was first by five months), and the significance of the OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC and YANKEE magazines, the Mount Washington Weather Station, Portsmouth harbor and the difference between lakes, kettles, potholes and basins. I met the first Granite State inhabitants, the Penacook Confederacy. Or were they predated by even earlier inhabitants who left their mark on Mystery Hill in Salem, a 4,000-year-old rock formation nicknamed "America' Stonehendge." Each historic entry, art commentary, poetic observation made me excited about my adopted home, a place I had previously thought boring and lackluster. This book makes me want to pack my bag and visit every section of my state. A fantastic reference book and escape into the grandeur of the Granite State.

Well over 100 full color and black and white photographs show the artistic side of Central and South American auto/bus/and ox cart owners.

Beautiful, intricate hand painted designs, photos of Elvis, aliens, religious and other themes are displayed. Anyone interested in the region, art or folklore would enjoy this book.

This is a very well done book, well worth the price.

Hendon knew there was a huge history glich -now his foresite is turning to reality and his family is behind his dream with a new publication.

Fifteen-year-old Annabel's despair over her math homework inspires her little sister to repay her kindness in teaching her things by getting help from someone else. In 1952 when the story takes place, Albert Einstein was alive and quite famous. The girl writes to Einstein, and he replies, "Do not worry about your problems with mathematics. I assure you, mine are much greater," (which is a real quote of his). Then he gives her a drawing of how to solve the problem. The story is based on Einstein's actual practice of answering school kids' homework questions. Annabel's problem and his solution are included. The endpapers are wonderful, filled with drawings of Einstein along with his most famous quotes. This story not only introduces a geometry problem (so that young students can see a little of what higher math can do), but it encourages students to not be intimidated and to ask people for help. The reading level isn't the most basic, but it also isn't too tough for younger primary students. This might make a good prize for someone who's just mastered their addition or multiplication facts, or a read-aloud to a math class, as well as just a recreational read.

If you are like me, you have many fears around the heart. Let Lee hold you by your heart. If you are like me, the fears will diminish and comfort will be restored. There is a real possibility to open to your heart through listening to his voice.

The audio on this CD is as beautiful as the cover. It is so rare to hear the heart spoken about in such clear, direct, simple language. These words come from the heart. This CD is not a mental abstraction of a heart-- but heart itself.

Let Lee aid you in the rebalancing of your heart. Let him show you how to "be a world."

This book delivers on the title. Both John and Carolyn have had an amazing experience together with the Lord. From cancelling disability checks to ministering in foreign countries, I find that they're journey is worth reading. There are an abundance of testomonials, in fact, too many to deny significance. Anyone that reads this book, will feel the same. Good Reading.

This book takes on a very difficult subject, African fetish statues, and with the help of wonderful photo plates, and a discussion of African American artist Renee Stout's contemporary interpretations of the subject, the work explains brilliantly the meaning of some of the most extraordinary works of art produced by humankind. Have you ever wondered why pins are stuck in voodoo dolls? Read this book and enrich your understanding.

As assistant school superintendent of Title I(Federal Educational Law 107-110:"Not Child Leave Behind")of the School District of Río Grande in Puerto Rico have used somes parts for orientation to teachers that work with At Risk - Low Achievement Students and I think has being very useful for them. Ej. Cooperative Learning, Invitational Teaching and others. Now I'm buying me own book for my professional library. Thanks

Each poem in *Atonement* is perfectly poised and fits inevitably into its form. The central situation in many of the poems is the moment of first flowering--into adult experience, love, sexuality, a new consciousness--which moment is repeated and rehearsed like an archetype. A Nicaraguan woman is raped by a stranger while her husband cuts sugar cane; it is a half desired violation. In "The Babysitter," two girls mimic their teenage sitter's immature sexual antics while her two charges watch, and then later parody her, anticipating their adult lives.

These are lovingly preserved cries from a voice most don't hear or can't hear. They put the reader back in the world of possibility with a tenderness so fine and surely shaped that the reader can feel "the swell of moonlight, / and the chill under the separate eaves, / pure white and choked with love." The title poem is a concentration of the whole collection, which glimmers with radiant sadness and often pain. A strikingly affecting book.