Review:Do not understand why this absolutely excellent and outstanding book is so hard to find in the U.S. One could say it is almost as rare as hen's teeth. I did find a hardcover, but wanted the cheaper and smaller paperback. Yertle The Turtle and Gertrude McFuzz ought to be part of every child's heritage now as they were back in the 60s. Thank you Amazon for making it possible for me to get copies of it. Read more

Review:There have been several excellent translations of Dante in the past few years, all worth reading in their own right. But I retain a special affection for John Ciardi's version, as it's the first one I ever read, at the unprepared & overwhelmed age of 15. I knew of its reputation as a major classic & I was ignorant enough to be unfazed by the prospect of reading it.

Well, to say that I was soon in over my head is an understatement! But Ciardi's fine, lyrical translation, as well as... Read more

Review:Navigation is entirely broken. Several links are missing, many of the existing ones point to the wrong cantos, and even the overall organization is wrong (you begin in Paradise and end in Inferno!). I couldn’t even check the contents, nor will I keep trying anymore. I’m removing this from my digital library altogether. Read more

Review:The story of Bigger is especially relevant as the nation again discusses issues of race after the trial of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin. It is easy to see how racism and marginalization of young Black men leads to powerlessness and rage, and rage leads to actions that exacerbate racist fear, and that fear leads to more racism. Read more

Review:A famously amazing piece of writing. Bewildering and enlightening by turns. I saw an adaptation of this as a theater piece and was so haunted by bits of the dialog that I had to buy the book. The written prose is even more graceful - moody, sad, funny, and haunting. No real story here, but disjointed reflections of one character who holds many characters in his imagination. Not so easy to read. Utterly impossible to forget. Read more

Review:A classic of epidemiology, cataloging the various parasites, bacteria, and viruses that have been unleashed upon humanity by humanity's own invasion of the biosphere. The book is more than two decades old, but aptly tells the story of humanity's fight against infectious agents, the premature and hubristic belief that we had conquered the microbe (coinciding with the conquering of smallpox and the sword of antibiotics) up until around 1995. I'd love to see an update discussing the more recent h... Read more

Review:I read Anne McCaffery when she first published and she hooked me into fantasy and Science fiction. I prefer her voice as I see it than many of the shared writers who have collaborated with her in later books in this series. Read more

Review:Jane Hirshfield's essay brings a reader a new appreciation of the elegance of Basho's verses. The master's gems gain both power and beauty when one learns of the context and conventions of their creation. Dozens of insights for only ninety-nine cents. Such a deal! Read more

Review:Makes you think. Interesting both as far as his describing of his family legend and world history. The way he describe his caracters is very different and allmost breathtaking. Even rather long, it is so worth reading. Read more

Review:Although The writing style was hard to get used to the message that was contained in the book was powerful. When one group of people oppresses another group for their own gain only pain and suffering for all will result. Read more