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I LOVED THIS BOOK!

For some reason, when I was younger, I found this book sitting on my bedroom shelf, untouched. Over the years, i've read this book many, many times and every time I read it - it amazes me. This book is simple and sweet...like a cozy home in the snow. It provides all the essentials needed for a realistic book. Lou Emma has a wonderful family, although frequently feeling less accomplished than her smart, outgoing younger sister. She also deals with her boyfriend, and of the uncertainty of their relationship. She also deals with teachers, parades, woman rights, and so much more! :) I would recommend this book to any person in this entire world - thats how great I think it is. But don't misunderstand me, it's not a long classic like THE TALE OF TWO CITIES or somehting..it's a simple short to the point book that everyone will enjoy.. I hope you enjoy it!

I don't remember how or when I discovered the three books on the Miller Girls but they quickly became favorites among the many, many children's books I've read over the years. Ms Constant has a deft touch with portraying thought patterns of adolescents and it shows well with with Willie and the Wildcat Well and Miss Charity Comes to Stay. The illustrations in the Miller Girls books by Beth and Joe Krush enhance the whole aura of the era and I have learned to look for their names on books. This is a highly underrated author.

I really related to this book when I was young. Lou Emma deals with sibling rivalry, first crush, and learning to be your own Woman...all in the early 1900's, but it correlated to my life in the 1980's so well. I love this whole series of three!

So far, every book by this author is great. This item came right on time, and in very good condition.

I can't wait to have kids to be able to share these vibrant, not watered down, lively bible stories. But until then, I'll keep reading them to myself.

You'd think that it would be easy to dismiss 'The Dragon and the Garden' as yet another quaint retelling of a story that many of us have heard over and over again. Surprisingly however, N.D Wilson succeeds at giving us a fresh look at this old story and, combined with Peter Bentleys terrific illustrations, presents a picture of the Garden of Eden that will no-doubt spark the imaginations of kids from three to ninety-three.

One of my favorite collections of the Persian Sufi poets, some you may have heard of and others who may be new to you: Jami, Attar, Hamadani, Iraqi, Hafez, Ibn Arabi, Sanai, and many others. If you like Sufi poetry, this is a book you should have.

An excellent selection from some of the greatest Persian masters of Sufi poetry including Rumi , Jami, Shabestari, Nasimi, Eraqi, Attar and more. Exquisitely translated. The commentary by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady is also top notch.

"You must take these poems as mirrors; for you know that the mirror has no form of itself, but rather reflects the face of anyone who looks in it. Just so a poem has no one particular meaning of itself , but presents to each reader his state of the moment and the completeness of his case." Ayn al-Qazat Hamadani

When I brought this book, I was not that interested in poetry, I convinced myself that since I liked Peter L Wilson, that this would be a good place to start. This book introduces the reader to some of the greatest persian sufi poets in the world. The chapters are set out in a way that progresses from, to name a few, leaving this world behind, awakening, separation and sadness, love and the lover to joy and Union. That I'm not a sufi, presented little difficulty for me in enjoying the perenial wisdom and heartfelt message thats presented, because as they says in the introduction, "we decided to produce this book because we realised that, for most english-speaking readers of poetry, the sufi literiture of persia is indeed locked away behind massive doors of unfamiliar substance" and that "what is needed is a guide, an attempt to explain how to read sufi poetry. Thus this book". Beautifully translated with an excelent introduction thats sure to change many peoples views about poetry. There's also a very helpful part in the book called Bio-bibliographies, which has a short introduction to each poet and some recomended translations of there work. The essential Rumi-translated by coleman barks is also a great book.

It's great to see Wilson get this recognition for his brilliant insights and fine writing. For many of us the writers and characters of the Twenties and Thirties hold a special fascination. Wilson who knew most or all of this celebrated cast of characters during this period is a splendid witness to these decades. It's book for dipping and browsing.

This first volume of an LoA edition of E.Wilson collects reviews and literary essays on and from the 20s and 30s.
I think they should be required reading for all Amazonian amateur reviewers. Not that I always agree with everything that he had to say. He was a snob, no doubt, and proud of it, it seems. (Look at the delightful text called Muses out of Work from the 20s, where he pontificates on poets and poetry; then he adds an afterthought when the collection of reviews was published in book form in the 50s: he includes Hart Crane's letter attacking him for being a sort of social parasite, and another letter that attacks his general poetic theory, but admits that his judgments are still good, because he manages to ignore his own theories. That's where my headline is taken from.) As time progresses, his essays become more mature and his subjects more relevant. Must be a function of age, I guess.
The collection is full of interesting thoughts on subjects like Poe, Henry James, Upton Sinclair, Dos Passos, Wilder, D.H.Lawrence, Americans and Russians in exile, American and English English, etc... The man was rather vain, as expected. He took pleasure in bashing the early Scott Fitzgerald, he was exceedingly proud in taking a small part in launching Hemingway...
Why do I read him? 2 main reasons: 1st because of LoA, 2nd because Wilson was a great help to Nabokov when he came to the US as a refugee during WW2. Good deeds must be rewarded. Never mind that they fell out later over Lolita and Nab's Pushkin translations.
Apart from his snobbery, the man had sound principles: one of the first rules for a civilization should be freedom of artist and scientist.
And he was a good polemicist: the influence of T.S.Eliot is making young men prematurely senile...
This volume 1 of the LoA edition contains mainly two essay collections: The Shores of Light, which takes about 3/4 of the space and doesn't seem to be available in print separately any more, and Axel's Castle, a collection of essays published in 1931, which I will review separately.

Re-reading these essays and reviews has simply increased my respect for Wilson. I can only say that reading Wilson has helped give me a framework for evrything I read.

Used, but in excellent condition. No marks at all.The End of the World News: An Entertainment

I read this book over 10 years ago and to this day, it's still one of my all-time favourite reads...it's 3 stories in one that converge into a new creation story...absolutely ingenius...read it!

I was lucky enough to stumble upon this book in a used book store during a class field trip. Familiar or not with Anthony Burgess, this book follows in the string of greatness. The three individual stories complement each other in many interesting ways, with a biography, a musical, and life in the future. The development of the book is absolutely amazing.

Ms. Wilson has a definite flare to her talent. I have to agree it truly gives insight to what sister's are really thinking. Fella's get a book and soon!!!!!

I 've only read half of this book, and I could not put it down. Ms. Wilson's book has a bit of everything for females as well as males. It gives insight on what goes on in the minds of women and what they want from a man. Brothas need to pay attention and take note.

I must say that reading Erotic Illusions was a very exhilerating experience. I read the book with my husband, and after reading it he couldn't keep his hands off me! Sonja Wilson is a great author I am currently waiting to see if she will leave us in suspense with "Helpless" or venture into another book. It's a must have item for your nightstand!!

if your were not a youth during the 1970's you may want to jump ship here . for you who are still reading , i can't possibly recommend this book too much . what unabashed , absurd , horrific , great storytelling and illustrating is occuring here . congratulations to all the men (and women if applicable) for really capturing everything that was awesome about the 70's circa 73-74 . a must purchase for those on the fence .

The sad and tragic tale of Simon William Garth, the Zombie, started in the fifties when comic book legends Stan Lee and Bill Everett created the undead character for Atlas's horror comic Menace. Newsstands were flooded with a wave of horror titles like Tales from the Crypt, Black Cat, Weird and Dick Briefer's horrific classic The Monster of Frankenstein. All of which fell victim of the newly instated Comic Code Authority. The Authority imposed a list of inflexible self-regulations, devised by the Association of Comic Magazine, in an attempt to fend off any future government involvement in the comic field. The hysteria was caused when a Senate subcommittee, taking the cue from Dr. Fredric Wertham's comic bashing book, Seduction of the Innocent, held hearings to determine if the rise in juvenile delinquency could be linked to extreme depictions of sadism, horror, sex, and crime bannered in the comics of the day. It worked - no government censorship, but with stringent rules like, "No comic magazine shall use the word horror or terror in its title," the Code all but decimated the war, horror and crime comics. The Zombie "slept" for twenty years.

Then, trying to cash in on the monster boom of the sixties and seventies, as well as the success of Warren's black and white horror comic magazines Creepy and Eerie, Marvel Comics launched a wave of monster titles in both comic and magazine form. Mummies, werewolves, vampires and even Satan's son mingled with Spider-man and the Hulk at the newsstand. The Zombie is quickly resurrected.

The pathos-fueled comic tells the tale of coffee plantation owner Simon Garth, who has the misfortune of being selected to become a human sacrifice for a mysterious Voodoo cult comprised mostly from his workers. But as fate would have it, the leader of the cult, the beautiful Priestess Layla, falls in love with Garth and changes him into a zombie instead. While Layla and her creepy grandfather searches for a way to change him back to normal, the undead Garth, like all Marvel monsters, finds himself in a world of supernatural danger and adventure.

Essential Tales Of The Zombie is a fun collection filled with great artwork and intriguing storylines and is a must have for fans of gruesome zombie comic collections like Zombie Factory: 27 Tales of Bizarre Comix Madness from Beyond the Tomb or The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead.

For all those folks out there like myself who have had a steady diet of the Romero zombies in both movies and in print this very sizeable compendium that covers the arc of Simon Garth, who is cursed to walk the earth as a voodoo resurected zombie, this gives you a different slant on the whole walking dead thing.
We are given the entire progression of the somewhat free willed zombie (he wears a necklace that has a twin, whoever possesses it controls him, but at certain times he can resist its powers). He is supposed to be mindless, but that would not be any fun and while Simon craves his release from the curse, he will do whatever he can to protect his still living daughter from the clutches of evil. He kills without remorse and is immune to pain or most emotions.

Besides the high quality art work and excellent story telling, we are also given quite a few editorials on the power of voodoo, details on Brother Voodoo, a superhero created by Marvel, and even a review of Night of the Living Dead. Since these works came out around the same time as Romero's first movie, it is interesting to hear about the perspective that some folks had back then, especially when comparing and contrasting it with the more traditional voodoo zombie. Other critiques of zombie films are here as well in this very sizeable and extremely satisfying tome.

Great stuff. If you enjoy classic horror comics or wholesome zombie goodness this thick book, with all its great artwork and classic story telling is the real deal.

E.O. Wilson recently stated his belief that man's search for spirituality would be one of the major historical episodes in the 21st century. Regarding this, he feels we need to create a new epic based upon the evolution of humanity. Loyal Rue has substantially started us on this path in this very readable and concise book whose ideas I truly wish every person would thoughtfully consider. I can't imagine an open-minded person not finding this book compelling.

Starting with the premise of a "narrative drive" in human nature as the primary mechanism for how we come to terms, if not understanding, with what we observe, philosophy and religious studies professor Loyal Rue sets forth a quite aesthetically pleasing argument that the story of evolution (radiant energy to matter to atoms to molecules to life to consciousness), offers a truthful and spiritually nourishing epic that not only instructs us on "how things are" but also "what things matter." And just so that you understand "everybody's story," he quite succintly lays out the evolutionary epic from the "big bang" on in language and depth that should not intimidate anyone with the most modest scientific literacy.

Explaining that as many of the propositions and explanations offered to us by the traditional "wisdom traditions" that emanated from the Axial period (Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Zorasterism,...) have either not stood up to the light of scientific investigations or no longer comport to the realities of the modern human condition, the author supports his contention that the story of evolution, unlike many of the old "wisdom traditions", has the power to unify all of humanity and strengthen both natural and social systems. (Think of the death and enviromental destruction that has occurred over the centuries under the moral guidance of these old wisdom traditions - it would be hard to do much worse!). And regardless of what explanation you find emotionally or intellectually attractive regarding the creation, the author argues that the story of evolution still stands.

Moral guidance is an essential function of any wisdom tradition. The author shows us just how an objective morality is to be found in the "story of evolution." A morality that I found simple, penetrating, broad in scope, and exceedingly useful to man's future prospects.

I've personally felt that everyone should find a belief system that satisfies their own emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs. I'm not here to proselytize nor do I care what a person chooses as long as it's benign and tolerant (remember, they're "belief", not "knowledge" systems). But if you're more of an epiricist and find what is continually being revealed to us by science (an open and democratic investigative process subject to severe critical review) as more attractive than the old mythologies and religions for explaining "how things are," you're going to really enjoy this book.

I don't have time to write at length, but I want to say that this book is another example of Rue's lucid thinking and incisive statement of issues. He captures perfectly the critical need today for re-shaping the basic myths we live by, and he also manages to map one of the most important parts of the territory in which religion and science and interact. Even readers who disagree with Rue's own resolution of the issues will find this book essential reading.

As a scientist I have always felt uneasy about the widely accepted position that science and religion should be kept in separate, logic-tight compartments and that science is intrinsically devoid of moral values. Rue's closely reasoned analysis make it clear that this is not the case at all. He argues that the continued well-being of our species depends on the development of a synthesis between science and religion that is sufficiently convincing rationally and sufficiently compelling emotionally to inspire us to turn away from our present course of action--the destruction of our life support system, Planet Earth. As a life-long agnostic, I find his synthesis of science and religion particularly convincing because (1) it leaves room for a fairly wide range of personal beliefs, (2)it also leaves room for the changes in scientific knowledge that the future will surely bring, and (3) it includes a strong focus on ecological morality. Definitely a must-read.

I could not put this book down. In this book, you get how society as a whole functioned from building and navigation of ships to courting, weddings and burrials.
I highly recommend this book!

Mr. Wilson writes very descriptively and is good at fleshing out the characters. This can be enjoyed by men and women as there is lots of descriptive (sometimes bloody) combats and also some romance and Viking customs and way of life. Also Mr. Wilson cites a lot of ship terms and also how Viking ships were seaworthy or not. I was held from beginning to end with the book and learned a lot. Think of the comic strip "Hagar the Horrible," as action fiction without the dumb stuff Hagar does.

Excellent discription of the ninth century Vikings life in this book. A nice blend of history and fiction. I enjoyed reading this well researched book and look forward to Mr. Wilson's next book.

The FIREHORSE is about a girl whose horse was sold by her father before they moved to Boston. A few days later she found a horse that some one wanted to be put down. Later, Rachel knew that she was destined to be a veterinarian.

For anyone who loves animals, excitement, and tragedy in a story, this would be the perfect book for them.

Just as she did in "I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade," Wilson captures beautifully a place, time period, and the relationship of a young girl with a very special horse. Having grown up near Boston, having once read an eloquent tribute to the firehorses of Rochester, New York, on a monument in the Mount Hope Cemetery, and having known and written about horses myself, the story was especially meaningful to me. My only suggestion is that I would like to know the noble "Girl" and her feisty mistress, who is about to go on to be one of the first women verterinarians, better. Perhaps a sequel is order?

Susan Williams, author of "Wind Rider"

Every girl who has ever loved horses will love this book. It is a horse lover's fantasy. Rachel is asked to take care of a mare and the mare ends up right in her own backyard. She's seriously burned and she needs Rachel's help. This tough old mare, queen of the firehorse team, eventually shows her gentler side to Rachel. And at the same time Rachel discovers she can pursue her passion. In her usual excellent quality of writing Diane Lee Wilson delivers another wonderful book.