Powell Books

My daughter loved this book so much we had to collect the entire set. They're cute little books, the first ones where she started "reading" the pages with me. My only complaint is that they're definitely baby board books, but aren't as sturdy as most. The pages get bent up easily, because of the fabric insert.

The second novel in the 12-part Dance to the Music of Time series. I enjoyed this one a little more than the first volume. I believe this due to the first volume's need to introduce and elaborate on the four main characters. Nicholas Jenkins, our narrator, who I complained about being almost invisible in the first book, starts taking on shape here, dissembling on love and ambition. Stringham and Templar are still here, and by the end of the book, both married, but the real main character here is Widmerpool, the young man with the least social status, but with the most ambition of the four.

The first book was about the four in grade school to university; this one is about their initial entry into society, including romance and marriage. It is within the context of his feelings for the opposite sex that we finally start to understand Jenkins, but even he is overshadowed here by the fumblings and failings of Widmerpool, who first pines for the heart of Barbara, then falls in with a "bad" girl.

I'm still unsure whether Powell is a writer for me. Although I do enjoy mysteries and puzzles and admire books that are clever, I still like to get a feeling that I have solved the mystery by the end of the book. I believe that a character here gets an abortion, but as it is never spelled out (Jenkins is too much a gentlemen to actually put it into raw language), I wonder if I am reading between the lines correctly.

After the first book, I was not sure that I would continue the series, but since I have the first three in an omnibus volume, I decided to continue on. If the following books make the same jump in readability and interest as between the first two, the twelfth book will likely be my all-time-favorite novel.

Having mastered Bugs of Northern California, the perfect local book for beginners, I was ready to move on, and this book is the perfect next step--limited to California, but still very complete. There is one set of color plates, so those expecting color photos for every bug will be disappointed. However, what I love are the descriptions--they are well written and very informative. Even limited to California, there are more flies than I will ever be able to identify, yet the descriptions of their differences are still fascinating.

I just can't think of anything. This book is part of his collection of short stories 'No Comebacks', and follows Mr Sam Nutley, a mild mannered fellow if ever there was one, as he veers from the straight and narrow for the first time in his life. How does he get out from this 'intolerable and unthinkable' situation? The only thing that annoyed me was how he wanted his determinedly middle class, middle of the road, downtrodden life to continue as it was, but we are at least given some insight into this at the end. Classic Forsyth.

This book is a must have for latin american architects and architecture students. Includes great pictures to most of the relevant works of Carlos Raul Villanueva in Caracas and Maracay. The comment on every work is insightful. An excellent buy if you want to learn about modern architecture. It got only four stars because it was not hard cover.

This book was a rusult of a Masters Thesis by the author. Printed by the Indiana Geological Survey in 1961. 128 pages soft cover. 58 figures & maps plus a comprehensive map of 398 known caves. Also known as Circular No. 8.

Those familiar with Powell's works will find this book to be familiar--such was the case with me, and as such I didn't find a huge diversity from his other material; not that this is a bad thing, though! One starts to see Powell's autobiographical bent at work, showing more "laboratory of life" instances from his own experience with faith, doubt, prayer, theology, and psychology instead of his more typical case studies. The Christian will, no doubt, find this a welcome book, if a decidedly Catholic one--again, not that this is a bad thing! Don't look to get bowled over by the message though; this is not "My Utmost for His Highest"--thank God...He makes faith seem more unthreatening, as more a personal choice and way of life instead of a didactic, heavy-handed ultimatum. Highly worth reading.

I bought this book, read it and gave it to a local preschool where I knew a lot of kids have been homeless or are homeless in the sense that they aren't sure which home they'll be sleeping in on any given night -- a friend, Dad's, uncles, aunts, you name it. The kids love this book! It captures what it's like to not have things going just the way you want and still be able to find beauty and love in your life. The line drawings allow kids to fill in their own colors and they do, telling me just how they think the street looks. Their imagination makes it colorful. Hats off to Sandy! Well done!

this book has mach info and the cd-rom and powerweb help to understand the book more

These obituaries of the ladies who defied convention in the last century is truly a revelation. Most of the women, with a few notable exceptions, were previously unknown to me, and I ended up filling my bedside notebook with names to research further. Others, like Patricia Highsmith, Barbara Cartland and Eva Gabor, were more familiar, but even they had secrets to divulge in this last big story of their lives.

The only problem I had with Chin Up, Girls is that reading it in one go, as I did, the people started to run together and I lost track of who was who. This is a book meant to be savored over a long period of time, but unfortunately some of us have to get our copies back to the library!