Stewart Books

I commend the author for writing an "old fashioned" story about friendships. I say old fashioned because in reading this story about the lives of Sheryl, Wanda and Rosalynne I felt like I was there.

These three friends and their stories growing up from childhood to adult and the many sacrifices they endured along the way are the wholesome type of adventures you want to pass on generation to generation. Stories set and told in 1980 in just plain simple text unlike many of your stories told today with the high energy drama and language.

Reading all of the circumstances that contribute to their lasting friendships carry strong underlying messages of loyalty and courage. I enjoyed this story!

I loved this book I felt as though I could relate to the charcters. I even let my daughter read it. It is a good book to share with anyone. I recomend you clear your day and relax with this book!

This is a great book for a first time author. As the pages turned, I found myself not being able to read fast enough. This book of friendships will find itself in many homes.

Ian Stewarts book is a survey of the developments in mathematics over the last couple of years, allowing the reader to come to grips with cutting edge mathematics without the need to equip him or her -self with the technical apparatus normally required to cross this intellectual terrain. He does this by transmitting concepts intuitively and concisely, and keeping the text warm, lively and accessible. The book will appeal to the interested layperson, to someone who is interested in what mathematics is really about at the higher levels, and to undergraduate mathematics or science/engineering students who are wondering a bit about the horizons of the mathematics that they are interested in.

This is Stewart's finest popularisation. My favourite of all time (I have three well-thumbed copies in two different editions).

Why is this book so special? Well, firstly it benefits from Stewart's accomplished story telling and crystal clear mathematical explanations. Secondly, because it looks at the *unsolved* problems at the cutting edge of mathematics, whereas all his other texts cover either recreational math, or well-known fully-solved theories.

Each chapter studies a different problem, starting with the roots of the history of the topic; covering successes and embarrassing failures in the development of the subject; introducing personalities and concluding with a state-of-the art review, where he conveys the surprise and excitement of new discovery. Thrillingingly Stewart reports strange, glamorous and unexpected results from all areas of pure mathematics, and leaves us with an aching sense of mystery for those matters that still elude our grasp.

A total turn-on for the mathematically sensitive, this would be a special gift for an aspiring mathematician or a layman who has made good progress with the standard math popularisations.

In another of his books designed to make mathematics popular, Ian Stewart takes us through some of the latest advances in mathematics. He gives a history of some of the world's finest mathematicians and trickiest problems before showing how they can (or can't) be solved. This book is not confined to theory though; the author applies the concepts he has described to such topics as computer public/private key encryption (as used in PGP) and the lottery to show how apparently abstract theory has a valid use, even if that use is discovered many years after the original theory.

The book goes into detail about each of the author's chosen topics. Whilst this detail is sometimes too complex for the layman to understand, it is useful for future reference and can provide ideas for some interesting computer programming exercises. The material is presented in such a manner that skipping some of the more technical maths doesn't interrupt the flow of the information.

The book represents great value for money. There is a lot of content here, and each chapter is relatively self-contained so that the work does not need to be read in order but can be dipped into. Good use is made of cross-referencing between the chapters though, which really helps to bind the book together.

The author makes further research beyond the scope of the book easily possible by giving names of mathematicians and scientists responsible for discoveries, along with a list of suggested material for further reading at the back of the book. There is also an index, which is useful for a volume of this size.

As well as being interesting from a mathematical point of view, the book is genuinely entertaining, which keeps the pages turning. The book is also inspiring, which is handy if you're a disillusioned student facing endless revision and maths exams. By showing where mathematics came from and where it is going, the author injects interest into what is often thought of as a stale subject.

From Here to Infinity can be highly recommended t! o many readers, all of whom will find and take away something different, something unique to themselves. For the mathematically bored will come enthusiasm. For the casual mathematician and armchair computer programmer will come some interesting ideas for a rainy day, and for those with more mathematical knowledge will come a wealth of new areas to explore and sources to refer to. This book thoroughly deserves all five stars.

I had a glance at this book some fithteen years ago in o book-store and... I didn't buy it! My interest in garden design was fairly recent I thought "I can't buy every book on the topic". But the name and the images keept haunting me as other writers referred to Mr Page and pictures of some of his gardens flickered by. By then the book was out of print and unavailable alas. So one snowy day I went to a second-hand book-seller and there it was in the window! I got it instantly and spent the next weeks travelling to England, Italy, USA and his other places of work over and over again, slowly turning the pages of this book. If you have an interest in classical gardens of the Renaissance and Baroque - here is the modern version of their ideals to make you gasp. But it doesn't stop there; wood-lands, ponds and pools, Arab-style and more are to be found in excellent photos. The Italian projects (La Landriana, Villa Silvio Pellico, La Mortella e.g.) are perhaps the most famous ones. They are showed of course, along with the best kept of the many places he designed (far from all his gardens have survived to the present). This is actually the only book on a single designer that I've felt I've had to own. But then I am a lover of classical art and design...

No words to describe this genius!.How as a landscape gardener,could I have taken ten years to discover his works!!.He is obviously and sadly unknown for his contribution to timeless gardening.This is the "Bible" of landscape gardening,and he is the Van Gogh of gardeners.How can such a valuble and essential book be unavailable!?

I hadn't even heard of Russell page until I perchanced upon this book in my local bookstore some 5 years ago. I was moved to tears by some of the photographs, and that doesn't happen easily to me. The man was a genius, clear and simple, and his designs reached out and spoke to me in a way very few designers ever have. In my own landscapes, I have been immensely influenced by Russell Page, both through this wonderful book, and his own 'Education of a gardener'. This book is superbly illustrated with colour photographs throughout. The photography is excellent, and the written descriptions are well penned, informative, decriptive but not too long-winded. My copy of this book would be on my list of my top ten material possessions.

I have relatives in South Africa so I have bought several "South African" children's books for my son over the years (he is now almost five), but this is definitely our favorite. The folk-art-style illustrations are beautiful -- every page is a gem. They are realistic, too, in the way that they depict the characters, their house, and possessions -- accurately capturing the simple poverty.
The wording of the story is poetic and engaging.
My son really likes this story and will read it with me night after night.
It is just a very appealing book overall and a nice way of introducing little ones to Africa. (Too bad it is no longer widely available.)

In South Africa, Thulani is tired of milking his cow every dayso he exchanges it at the store for a goat. That doesn't work - toomuch trouble so he makes some more exchanges ending up with a pocketful of seeds. As his wife Dora tends the fields of growing sunflowers, Thulani goes back to dozing beneath the hot sun. When the sunflowers drop their seeds & he feeds them to his chickens - ah! amazing things begin to happen & Dora is happy! Lively story & lovely pictures with some good ideas about work & play, labor & results. A treasure! Great gift material...

I read the Swedish translation of the book in the fall of 1997. This was one of the best childrens books I have read for my 7 year old daughter Kimia. We both liked it. I must admit though that I liked the book more than she did. I had no choice but to start translating it to Persian. I just visited www.amazon.com to purchase the English version of the book.

The message in the book in my opinion is that Thulani is not really lazy. It just appears so. The story shows how an apparently lazy person who aimlessly sits in the sun is a wonderful loving individual full of life, energy and ideas. I'd like to see the story as applicable to most of us humans. We are all full of life, energy and ideas. We just have to try. Hopefully, our love, for someone like Dora, will lead us to the right place and time.

I can not emphasize enough how enjoyable "The Gigantic Book of BAseball Quotations" is. This book is the perfect gift for Dad on Father's Day or any other day, for the Little Leaguer or for any lover of the great American pastime.

The "Gigantic Book of Baseball Quotations" contains quite literally thousand of quotes (over 3,000) from the players, coaches, sportswriters and game announcers to the fans themselves.

The various chapters include "Stars and Superstars", Hitters and Hitting", "Pitchers and Pitching", "The Media", "Humor", "The Classic Quotes" and "The World Series" to name a few. There is also an entire chapter devoted to quotations by and about Babe Ruth.

The quotes range over the entire history of the game from the description of Honus Wagner "He walks like a crab, fields like an octopus and hits like the devil" to Jason Giambi's observation that "the hardest part of any slump is looking up at the scoreboard and seeing your stats in huge numbers"; to lines from fans such as Humphrey Bogart "A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz".

There is a detailed list of sources as well as a complete list of all the people quoted. At more than 750 pages for a list price of $24.95 you will not find a better value for your dollar anywhere.

Who doesn't love America's past-time? We go to games, talk about it with our friends, agonize, and form fierce loyalties, all over this game. This book is such a great collection of musings on the great sport of baseball. Cal Ripken, Jr, Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Ken Griffey, Jr., all of baseball's greats pitch in their thoughts on the sport that brings this country together.

I LOVE baseball...it's history and the characters that have come along with the sport. This book is a GREAT collection of quotes from all aspects of baseball...players, owners, umpires, legends.....you will just chuckle thru much of this book. I like to include baseball words of wisdom in my emails, at baseball gatherings, on my business cards...and this book gives me a great list to choose from. Great for baseball trivia games with fellow baseball fanatics. It is the most comprehensive collection I have ever seen in print. A MUST read!!

I found this book to be very insightful and thought-provoking. I would recommend this book to anyone due to its cross-discipline penning.

Are your interested in the issue of relating science and religion, but do you have a hard time finding your way in the complex material? Then this is definitely the book for you! I already loved the first edition, but the second, revised and expanded edition, will be a classic...

Summarizing this book is simply impossible, because this is not a monograph on a particular subject, but a text book aiming at giving a broad overview of the field and providing the necessary instruments for further study. The book deals not only with matters of method (e.g. modelf of relating science and religion) and history (e.g. historical examples of tensions between science and theology), but also extensively with theory. The new physics (Newtonian physics, cosmology, anthropic principles), evolutionary biology (Darwinism, human evolution, reductionism), psychology, ecology, science and education, religious diversity, tecnology, and biotechnology are dealt with in detail. Also divine action is given a fairly thorough treatment.

All in all, this book covers most of the contemporary field of science and theology. Having studied this book, you should be able to find your way in science & theology. Truly excellent!

Having had the privilege of studying the course behind this publication first-hand at Exeter, I would recommend the book to any student who seeks a thorough and well-rounded survey of the contemporary debate between science and religion.

Or is it a debate? The authors posit several models of dialogue between these two - usually separated - spheres, and this forms a core feature of this textbook: the opportunity to explore ways in which the two complement and enrich one another.

Therefore as well as being competently yet simply introduced to complex scientific questions (the Big Bang, the origin of life, quantum theory - to name a few), the author allows scope for the reader to see - for himself, and through the eyes of great thinkers, more and less famous - how it is possible to construct a working hypothesis of the inter-relation between God, humanity and the cosmos.

In the later chapters, which are a particularly unique and enjoyable section, we are introduced to the scientifically-influenced theologies of Jay McDaniel's "pelican heaven", Sallie McFague's "embodied God" and Ruth Page's "Web of Life". The reader can enjoy these models, whilst exercising a critical eye, sensitive to the scientific perceptions and phenomena so effectively outlined towards the beginning of the book.

On top of this, other views are outlined, including a section on Islamic theology and creation.

This is a great book for students and all those interested in understanding more of the world about them. It is refreshing to find a theology book which is so world-affirming, without resorting to religious dogmatism: not just a dry textbook, but a competent handbook AND a "choose you own adventure!"

This book was given to me as a gift, and I must say that I cherish it not only because it came from a special person, but because it is absolutely magical. There is a diversity of the goddesses given press in this book, as well as the mediums...poetry and prose. This is in no way a dictionary of goddesses or an in-depth study of them, however, it is quite a tribute. I would recommend this book to anyone into Goddess worship, divinity or art....it's fine pages, beautiful cover and content make it worth the price.

I have been coveting this book for a few years when it first came out. The artwork is lovely and each goddess image is accompanied by information about the goddess - a poem or short history. I would recommend this book to art-lovers, goddess- lovers and people interested in Wicca. The book covers many different pantheons.

I picked this up on a whim and am absolutely ecstatic that I did. Not only is the artwork varied and beautiful, but the (albiet shortened) myths are nicely told. As the book itself points out, there is the idea that a particular myth will spark something in you and make you research it further. Don't expect to use this as a reference manual, the myths are too shortened for that, but as a general overview it's great, and beautifully done to boot.

Another nice bonus is the quality of the book itself. The pages are thick, the binding is well done, and even the "paper" cover is pretty sturdy - a pet peeve of mine is wimpy throwaway paper covers on hardbacks. This book will survive the many readings which it will certainally experience on my shelves. And at the outlet price...absolutely worth every penny!!

Green As a Garden Hose is another sweet mystery which takes place in the town of Martinsville, Georgia. In the same subgenre of small town whodunits as The Cat Who mysteries, the mystery itself takes a backseat to the interplay of continuing characters and new denizens of Martinsville that are introduced to us in this third book in the series. Biscuit McKee and her cat Marmalade, who speaks in italics, are attractive characters that we care about as they get caught up in the mystery of who killed Diane Marie. I found the plot device of having the unlikely fact of three women named Diane Marie in such a small town more than a bit unlikely, but I liked the back-and-forth chronology that the author uses in each of the books in this series. Especially useful is the list of characters and the map of the town of Martinsville that is provided in the book, and I often refer to these pages as new characters are mentioned. If you like to immerse yourself in the lives of a familiar group of characters in a setting that is more like Leave It to Beaver than The Untouchables, you will really enjoy this series by Fran Stewart.

Putting three women with the same name in a small town at one time may sound quirky, but Stewart manages to make it work. The eerie proposition of three husbands who could quite possibly be willing to commit murder kept me guessing until near the end. Marmalade, the library cat, manages to save the day and still stay a completely believable feline throughout the book.
I'd say this one is a definite to put on your reading list, even if you're not a cat person.
And don't forget to read the other colors in the series, too. Fran Stewart is a winner.

Fran Stewart does it again. I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, but each of her "Rainbow" series delights and entertains. I was introduced to her novels recently, and they've simply charmed my socks off. Or if I were wearing socks, they would. As far as what I think of the series as a whole?

Fran Stewart has created a thoroughly endearing character in Biscuit McKee--fallible enough to be undeniably human and feisty enough to be thoroughly lovable. Biscuit wants nothing more than to live quietly in the small Georgia town of Martinsville with her husband and her Marmalade cat, but fate and family don't always cooperate. Biscuit faces each challenge life throws at her--and there are plenty of those--with determination and a little help from her cat.

Fran Stewart's Biscuit McKee stories are beautifully written, incorporating a blend of down-home wisdom and humor guaranteed to both charm and entertain.

Thank you, Fran, for your wonderful Biscuit McKee series!

I am Balinese, have a restaurant and love food. I especially love Thai food.

The recipes in this book are excellent and have obviously all been tested by the author. Follow them and you will not be disappointed.

The presentation is clear at all times and the photographs are superb.

Partcularly helpful are a couple of pages on which wines best accompany Thai food - and they are not those that you would immediately think of. The explanations are interesting and illuminating.

I would recommend this book to restaurant owners, as well as people cooking at home for a few friends.

very tasty. quite healthy. many recipes are quick and easy, too. some ingredients are a little tough to get, but easily substituted. gorgeous pictures.

This book has delicous recipes which are easy to follow (with color pictures of most dishes). The dishes taste like delicous restaurant-grade food and are healthy and easy to prepare.

This book is an outstanding history of the sport of hockey. I saw the Canadian multi-part TV program of the same name several years ago and always wanted to get this companion book. I'm glad I finally did. This is a beautifully done book, with many color and black and white photos from throughout the history of hockey. It's really a coffee table style book, oversized and with many photos. It's true the book is a little oriented more towards the Canadian perspective, but not overly so.

I highly recommend this book to hockey fans everywhere...and if you ever get a chance to watch the TV show, do it. One of the best I've seen about the sport.

Having been a Hockey buff for just over 50 years, I found this volume to be the most comprehensive and complete treatment of the subject that I have read over the years, having read several. It reveals some information not generally known to those not in the "industry". I found this book to be a fascinating, don't want to put it down read. My congratulations to Michael Mckinley.

If you're a hockey fan with an appreciation for the history of the game, *this* is the book you need to read... Hockey: A People's History by Michael McKinley. This both entertained and educated me, and brought the history of hockey alive in a way I've never seen it before.

Contents: Prologue; The Temple and the Chalice; Gold After Silver; Blood and Champagne; The Dustbowl Dream; A Cool Medium; Us and Them; The Soul of a Nation; Hope and Betrayal; The Winter of Our Discontent; Reclaiming the Game; Acknowledgements; Index

This is a coffee-table companion book to a CBC series of the same name. Not living in Canada, I can't say I've seen the series. But if it's anything like the book, it must be outstanding. McKinley goes back to the beginning of the game we know as hockey, back to 1875 when the first game was played in Montreal. Many other variations of the game existed before then, but generally speaking, this is when the game started in its modern form. Lavishly illustrated, he works his way up through time, from the birth of the Stanley Cup to the lockout season of 2004-2005. In between, you learn about the great names of the sport who often are just names attached to trophies unless you know the history... Hobie Baker, Frank Calder, Conn Smythe, and many others. The stories of teams put together to challenge for the Stanley Cup, back in the day when it was up for grabs to just about anyone. There's even coverage of the Portland Rosebuds, who challenged the Montreal Canadiens in 1916. Junior and women's hockey also figure prominently in the story, so whatever your particular interest niche is for the game, you'll find it in here.

I remember a few years back when my kids attended a hockey camp in Penticton, British Columbia. The final day included a game played in the city arena that was home to the Penticton Vees. It's an old-time barn, with plenty of memorabilia from years gone by. But until I read this book, I didn't realize just how big a deal that team was. That team went over to Germany in 1955 and beat the Russian team for the World Championships, and was the toast of Canada in the midst of the Cold War tension of the time. Walking through the arena, you could almost feel the ghosts of history, the thousands of games that had been played there. It's hard to explain, but hockey in Canada is more than just a sport, it's a national identity and obsession.

I don't know that I've spent as much time lingering and savoring a book than I did this one. It's a pleasure to read, and will add immensely to your understanding and respect of the game.