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This book describes the lives of historic Roman figures in an interesting fashion - drawing you into the history and time of ancient Rome. I also purchased their book on Ancient Greeks. The writing is exceptional and the books are full of information. I purchased these for my children, but instead have been reading them myself.

This magnum opus is expensive, but deservedly so. An enormous amount of research and knowledge has gone into creating a hugely useful book. The Contents alone covers Rome and her great leaders from 369 B.C. to A.D. 410. Then there are the four Appendices; Glossary, Further Reading; and two Indices, plus maps and plenty of artwork! The Bakers' writing style is elegant yet accessible, appropriate for older students through adult.

This collection of poetry is from the Romanian author's time in American. The introduction gently provides the necessary background to recognize the names of the Romanian poets mixed among Ezra Pound, Sylvia Plath, Ovid ...

The recurrent images in this collection are from Orthodox Christianity, erotic episodes, Romanian landscapes ... While there are glimpses of political/social/religious oppression and the East/West Europe, Old/New World distinctions, the poetry is immediately accessible to an American.

Her distinctiveness is very low key but absolutely perfect lines. In "The Russian Army at Moldova" she explores the crucifixion of a man in 1992, she refers to the normal elements of the Passion, then to contemporary America (satellites, snow) and concludes with the line "I also take note of the high price of nails." It is the absolute concreteness in here-and-now images that make this poetry superb.

LILIANA URSU

Through Liliana's poetry you start a voyage into a world of emotions and feelings that are real, delicate, powerful and sensuous. As good art will always do, her images will take you "there", will make you feel the joy, the pain, the fear and sensuality of her every word. The longer you stay in her inspired universe, the more you become part of it and by sharing the experience it becomes your own.

Petra Vlah

I thought that this book offered a new look at animal issues and animal ethics. It is also entertaining and readable. Some of the philosophy can be difficult for a novice but it is worth working through it all. I hope that more books like this on such an important topic get published in the future. Thanks!

Plato... Descartes, Nietzsche, Heidegger... the whole pseudo-science of philosophy never really has added anything to real scientific knowlegde in my opinion as it's only about opportune, highly culture-bound, time-sensitive personal views; and within that context the view of a garbage collector has the same worth to me these days as some read-it-all ethic. So I am definitely not "into" human sciences like philosphy - as an artist painter have to read/see all of course - but I'll make an exception toward Animal Others (yeah, my 1st review ever!).

In a field where the just mentioned opportune human thought estranges more and more from natural reality into ethic-technical constructions, Animal Others stands the barricade. Full of new - or probably carefully ignored! - insights, there is no other publication like it to compare at the moment to my knowlegde. The compilation of Animal Others shuns no taboos for a start. No... I won't give anything away here, but just thought of a good hint: it advocates "animal rights" while making a laugh at contemporary animal-rights-philosophers like Barbara Noske, or downright loonies in that field like Carol Adams and the PETA-like organisations. Yup, it's often hilarious reading as well!

Having read Animal Others I think there might be an increasing chance that contemporary western culture - of which it is an exponent of course - will find back its roots in the animal kingdom. After all we're just another mammal species. It's at least interesting to see that recently publications like this one and for example (by B. Bagemihl) appear on the shelves....

Animal Others; there's only one editorial flaw in it that I can think of; it should be "Animal Sames". We're all one! Therefor: full marks.

I recently finished reading the diary of Anne Frank and I'm experiencing a gust of feelings awaken by her sensitivity, eloquence and maturity.
She was able to transmit her happiness, humor, fear and despair as i made my way through the 335 pages of the book. Her words are so descriptive and profound, that the whole time i felt that she was telling her stories to me and not to her diary. It is like she knew that there was a possibility that someone else would read her memories. I'm glad it happened this way since it was part of her dreams and because her thoughts transcended in the life of many people around the world. This diary is more than a book, it is a treasure and a legacy of courage and hope to mankind.
It is inspiring to know that someone so young could have such moral integrity, such high expectations of life and people and such endless necessity to acquire knowledge in order to defeat ignorance.
The book offers an informal but extremely well written description of the dreadful details lived by Anne, her family and close friends during the holocaust; it also reveals some updates of the evolution of the war in Amsterdam, Holland and other countries bounden into it.
The richness of the vocabulary used to depict facts and feelings is alluring and far intense.
It is certain that the kindness of her soul will be remembered.

Wonderful true story of a young firl in World War II. A book I couldn't put down. Unforgettable journey of Anne Frank and the rest

This work covers practically every important aspect of
antique collection and evaluation. For instance, the authors
point toward important evaluative criteria for antiques
including overall appearance, condition, finish, color,
functionality, attribution, history of ownership and many
other important aspects which indicate value. In addition,
the author quantifies value in terms of sentiment,
historical significance, aesthetic value, intrinsic value,
celebrity status value and market value. The author
provides examples of collectible items; such as,
- Advertising (cigar bands, liquor bottles, ale, bottle caps...)
- Sports (signed baseballs, autographs, bats, gloves, cards...)
- Toys (Tonka, cast iron, trains, boats, robots i.e. Mr.Machine)
- Dolls (mix of saw dust and glue and composite dolls
- Watches (movement, jewels, incabloc shields, caliber,
hands, crystal and grades from factory new to average
- Movie memorabilia
This book is excellent for a potential collector getting into
the antiques business for the first time.

I am a bit of a novice in this area and have been trying to determine what my collection is worth..as well as what to buy...this is a terrific book...I have found a number of areas that can help me do a better job of deciding what to buy...and what not.

Highly recommend

Tristan Tzara is by far one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, and this book is a fine introduction to the depth of his vision. Unfortunately, it seems as though his indespensible contribution to the world of literature has faded into obscurity. Approximate Man is not an easy read by any means, but is definitelty worth the effort. Few poems deal with the illusive nature of consciousness as effectively as tzara did in this work. an absolute must....

The first time I read this book was in Budapest. My friend and I crossed the Danube and we went to a cafe. It was a special day : My friend was leaving in a few hours. I was in love and I was scared. As soon as I started to read this book, I was carried away and I felt safe. I was in the hands of a master. Tristan Tzara is a genuis.

The book is a great tool for students/researchers who are interested in Armenian/Indo-European archaeology.
It contains in-depth analysis of linguistical elements which Kavoukjian sucessfully uses as evidence to prove his hypothesis, i.e. the Indo-European homeland being located in the Armenian highland itself.

The value of this book is best illustrated by the preface of the very same book: The hypothesis that the homeland of the parent Indo-European language was in Europe and that the Indo-European speaking peoples of Asia Minor and the Armenian Highland were migrants has become so widespread and has occupied such a firm position in scholarship, resulting in rigid thinking, that any
proof or evidence that contradicts it is either rejected or ignored.

This is the reason why uncertainties and dead-end situations have been created in questions related to the origin and ethnic identity of the ancient Indo-European speaking peoples of Asia Minor and the Armenian Highland, and the history of their interrelations with the ancient peoples of the Near East, particularly those of Mesopotamia, has been distorted or
left shrouded in darkness.

In our previous works we had invited the particular attention of our readers on Armani, mentioned by Naram-Sin, bringing forth the formation and the etymology of that name. In view of the importance this question bears upon the ancient history of the Armenian Highland and Mesopotamia, we have pursued our investigations further along this line and have discovered new
and significant data that help to elucidate the problem of the location and ethnic identity of Armani. All these have been incorporated here along with certain other points discussed earlier.

We shall investigate here the problem of the identity of the Subarians, the Armani-Subari connections and the Armani-Subari-Sumer relations. We shall mention the evidences supplied by the famous Sumerian epic tale that speaks about the interrelations between Enmerkar, the king of the Sumerian city of Erech (Uruk), and the king of the still unknown city of Aratta, around the
beginning of the third millennium B.C., and for the first time we shall draw the attention of the scholars to the fact that Aratta has been the oldest state in the Armenian Highland, particularly in the Ayrarat district.(1)

Again for the first time we shall bring forth in this study some very old data from cuneiform writings regarding the origin of the Ervanduni family and their name, stressing that the state of Armina of the Ervanduni dynasty has been the continuation of the Urartian kingdom.

As these problems were researched, it naturally became necessary to investigate also the questions related to the Hurrians, the time of their appearance in Mesopotamia and the Armenian Highland, the spreading of their language, as well as the origin of the name Hurri.

We shall also include our extended observations pertaining to the
geographical, mythological and linguistico-cultural interrelations of the Indo-European, Subarian, Semitic, and Sumerian peoples of the Near East and to other related problems.

I would like, here, to express my thanks to Professors I. Gelb, S. Kramer, P. Matthiae, G. Pettinato, 1. Diakonoff, M. Astour, S. Eremian, E. Khanzadian, G. Tiratsian, and to all the other scholars whom I have mentioned in this book for the valuable help their works have provided.

The book is well translated, and retains it's edge, concerning the book's material. I would recommend the author's book to anyone who enjoys a good mystery, and intellectual stimulation. The author conveys a rare insight into humanity, and the terror long past, yet still remembered, as indicated by the reprint of this book. The author is brilliant. Happy reading!

This is a novel that manages to remind the reader of the emotional turmoil of adolescence while providing a remarkably prescient snapshot of Czechoslovakia in 1935--Hostovsky has no illusions that war can be avoided or that Jews will be spared. Hostovsky does all of this and in language that is creative yet spare enough to make this a short, compact, novel.

The main character is a 15-year-old who spends sleepless nights mulling over his choice of a career, brooding over his appearance which for the first time bothers him as he meets his older sister's girlfriend, or just being perplexed over why his mother doesn't entertain the same feelings for his father as he does for the wickedly beautiful young guest in his house.

The protagonist could just as easily be the town itself, where a mysterious arsonist, or even arsonists, strikes and forces people to confront their own sense of anxious terror.

It is confronting this terror that brings the town's -- and our young anti-hero's -- story to as much of a satisfactory but incomplete and short-lived story as you can expect in real life.

There are no happy endings all round here--a poor barber whose wife dies then loses everything else, first his house and livelihood, then his mind and his health. Yet Hostovsky seems to spare him no pity, or maybe he's just making the point--if you think that's sad, see what's coming.

The book came as a relief after I read a rash of novels by Booker Prize winners that were all, in comparison, cases of style with no substance. I would recommend it to any one looking for something a bit different and a refreshing change from all those polished but essentially run-of-the-mill bestsellers or crusty classics. It certainly renewed my ambition to travel to the Czech and Slovak republics one day.

Romania is usually included in general cookbooks about the Baltic nations, so it's refreshing to see it earn its own acclaim in The Art Of Romanian Cooking, a specialty cookbook which covers everything from appetizers such as Fried Cheese Papanasi to Tongue with Olives. The historical commentary accompanying many of the dishes is also fascinating and inviting.

As an avid cook, I highly recommend this book, full of origical recipes based on Romania's history and traditions. There is a huge selection of recipes to choose from: meat, fish, soups. And the best things are in the desserts chapters. I especially liked the walnut budinca. And the ingredients are easy to find anywhere and the recipes easy to follow. The authors little stories are also very interesting.

If architecture is, as they say, frozen music, this series of books should help thaw the ice. Author Sidra Stich, an art historian and curator, traveled extensively during the preparation of these works. Like all good ideas, this one is simple: assemble photos of an area's great architecture and art sites and put them in a small book suitable for travelers. Intelligent histories bring the subjects to life, particularly for those who appreciate art and architecture but aren't experts. Stich covers the territory comprehensively, finding interesting creations in unlikely places--like the M8 highway between Glasgow and Edinburgh, home to Patricia Leighton's organic sculpture Sawtooth Ramps, and a small herd of grazing sheep who keep the art mowed. The guide offers enough insight to help you immerse yourself in the artistic life of your destination. It details where you can find innovative works by new artists and guides you through more obvious destinations, such as London's new Tate Modern. The first two books in the series deal with Britain (plus Ireland) and France. Japan and Spain are next, and the publisher hopes to cover the globe.

In art-SITES: Britain & Ireland, Sidra Stich provides a compendium of galleries and exhibitions of contemporary art and architecture in a unique, "travel planning friendly" handbook format. Readers will learn all about contemporary trends and ongoing artistic activities, identification of places where one can see the most innovative work by leading and emerging international talents, plus in-depth and detailed commentaries on museums, galleries, exhibition spaces, architecture, film centers, public art, sculpture parks, bookstores and festivals in British and Irish cities ranging from London, Oxford, and Cambridge, to Glasgow, Dublin, and Belfast. If you appreciate modern art and contemporary architecture, don't leave home for a trip to the British isles without your personal copy of art-SITES: Britain & Ireland.