Richardson Books

Richardson takes as his starting point a guy, Josh, he knew who hung out in Soho in the 50s and met all the famous painters, writers, deadbeats and drunks. The book is partly the author's search for Josh, meeting his old friends, visiting his old haunts and being haunted by old visitors, and partly a novelisation of Josh's life. The novelised bits are surprisingly good, and the "real" bits are excellent but a bit weird. We're told that old friends made revelations which we'll come back to later - this never happens. The author's life begins to follow the Soho model - or is it all made up? Was he ever a property journalist with a mouse-infested country cottage and a crush on a girl called Louise? Is there really anyone called "Nigel Richardson"? It's a funny and well-written take on the "look at me I'm a writer writing" genre.

I bought this book when i found it in a very old library by chance. I found it charming in its own way. It is very old, its only black and white, but its contents are still very useful if you are interested into calligraphy and how any lettering is made. This book for sure is for dedicated people in this subject, for it is very simple instruction wise and in layout. It doesnt tire you down with huge texts you are never going to read, for it is precise in its helpfull hints and what codes you should be in the look out of any style of font. Appart from the calligraphy, you find some exhibitions of poster layouts very basic, almost retro like and tips into how you can enlarge and resize a font you have handmade. This is the kind of book a mature designer would give meaning, specially if they were part of the era were every design was handmade.

I picked up this book because I thought it would be an amazing tale of a young girl who helps with the underground railroad. Instead I got a book about a girl named Sarah who spends the entire story running away from Gods plan for her life. Well until the last 7 pages when she finely decides that she 1 loves the man that is bearly mentioned in the story, and 2 that she has found it in her heart to trust God. I found this book dull and sad. There was no true romance between Sarah and David. Sarahs father never became a christian. And Sarahs silly sister never really grows up. I was very sad with the ending and I felt like I had been cheated out of a really good story.

This book is a compilation of various tales we all heard growing up. It is a great book for bedtime reading. My two sons enjoy picking out which stories to read, and then listening intently. The stories are fun to read, and the boys have committed many of the "key" parts of each story to memory.

I guess I did not read the information on this book thouroughly enough before purchasing it. The back cover says, "a valuable resource for any Christian." Throughout the book, the author refers to "our beliefs" and "our religion." The primary purpose of this book is to explain how holiday traditions have become part of Christian celebrations.

If that's what you're looking for, then this book is for you. If, however, you are wanting to know about the pre-Christian origins of holidays, you will get only a little bit of info from this book. Christmas for example - although the author admits that many other religions celebrated holidays on December 25, there is no discussion of any of those celebrations. The tradition of lights and candles at Christmas time is explained only in reference to "Jesus the Light of the World" and whether or not a candle helped guide Joseph and Mary. No mention of the earlier traditions of driving back darkness on the longest night of the year, the winter solstice. Easter is dealt with specifically as a Christian holiday - only a few passing nods at the eons of spring equinox celebrations that preceded it.

In the author's defense, there is no preaching here. She does a good job of presenting the results of her research, not pushing her faith. And she does address Jewish holy days and all of the holidays normally thought of as non-religious (i.e. Memorial Day, Labor Day).

Basically, there is some interesting info here, but it is very "Christian-centric" - if you want info that isn't the "party line," better look elsewhere.

I really enjoyed reading the sequel to Dark is a Color. Caro is a strong, intelligent heroine. The adventures of Caro and her friends on the dark side of Clytie are wonderful and exciting to read. Ms. Lapka's skillfully intertwines depression and fear with the power of God's love. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves science fiction.

althought this book gives off important info, it leaves us w/ a desire to want and know more. our minds are expanded and challenged we discover a new way of thinking and comunicating with others.

The book consists of a several scholarly articles from various authors concerned with aspects of Judaism and Christianity in the city of Rome during the first century. Each article can be read independently of the others but are grouped into three categories (archeological & epigraphic, social-historical, and developmental studies) which form parts I, II, and III of the book.

Un-translated Greek words and phrases are occasionally used throughout some articles and a few untranslated German sentences are quoted here and there. Thus the authors assume a scholarly background for their audience. However, even in those articles where this occurs the main gist of the ideas can be ascertained by those unfamiliar with Greek (though a rudimentary understanding would be helpful). The occasional untranslated German sentence (perhaps three or four in the whole book) are not essential and thus should not be a deterrent to those who don't read German. Some articles also assume familiarity with the early Christian writings of I Clement and The Shepherd of Hermas. But again, the articles making this assumption can still be understood by those unfamiliar with those works.

The book cannot be considered "spiritual." The articles are of a historical nature and are written for those interested in understanding the context in which Christianity developed in the city of Rome during the first-century. It could easily be read by a non-Christian historian interested in the influences upon and by Judaism and Christianity during this era in Rome.

I found the articles "Jewish and Christian Families in First Century Rome" and "Social Perspectives on Roman Christianity during the Formative Years from Nero to Nerva: Romans, Hebrews, 1 Clement" particularly interesting. They provide an understanding of the life-context of the members of the early Roman church and gives perspective to Paul's letter to the Romans.

Richardson's killer is not that difficult to spot toward's the end of the book, if it were not for that I would rate the book higher. He did an excellant job in describing his characters so that the reader knows them as a 3rd person meeting them on the street would know them. The gift Richardson has is in revealing those characters from the inside. He gives the reader brief glimpses inside a character so that one knows why a particular person acted as he did. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it.

Coming across a good Zombie comic is few and far between. After reading the plot outline for "Living With the Dead" I thought "This has promise" and decided to purchase the book.

There are three issues contained in this collection and the first issue is really good. We are introduced to Whip and Straw. Two living survivors of some type of Zombie plague. They use masks and Zombie like strolls to make their way through the day without being noticed by the flesh eaters who have no over taken the country. While out collecting supplies they come across something they have not seen in years, a living woman. Once the first issue ended I was eager to read the second and third.

Sadly, after the first things go down hill really fast. The characters become unlikeable and by the end you're not rooting for Straw, Whip or who may just be the last girl on the planet, Bettie.

The art was very well done as well as the colors. The story had a lot of potential that I felt fell flat during the middle and end.

Some people will enjoy this story and some witty one-liners but it is also a story that once you have read it, you'll probably never read again... so is $10.00 worth it? For me, no. For a die hard Zombie fan, more than likely yes.