This is a very reliable all purpose dictionary that has approximately 110.000 entries and very up-to-date vocabulary of technology. I found this dictionary in my campus bookstore and immediately recognized that it was a quality reference. It is comparable to the Larousse version that's in circulation. The dictionary also has two helpful appendixes. The first one has sample letters of all themes and sample phrases of different scenarios. The second appendix has a range of grammatical concepts that are usually an area of concern for students. The font is just the right size and there are many examples provided of word usage and idiomatic expressions. This is the perfect dictionary for intermediate to advanced level students. The Spanish is quite diverse with Spain and Latin American terminology. This is a very complete academic dictionary at an economical price.

The author Donna Fletcher Crow is a wonderful storyteller. She has a way of bringing you right into the scene with her characters. The characters seem like real people that you know. You find that you identify with their hopes as well as their fears. She tells her stories around historical happenings resulting in your entertainment as well as teaching you something. Her teaching on Christianity seems to be right on...her characters strive for a stonger Faith rather than an outward appearence of good works. I really love this lady's work.

Collaboratively edited by Nicholas Boyle (Professor of German Literary and Intellectual History, and Head of the Department of German, Cambridge University) and John Guthrie (Fellow in German and Director of Studies in Modern Languages, New Hall, Cambridge), Goethe and the English-Speaking World: Essays for the Cambridge Symposium for His 250th Anniversary is an impressive compilation of informed and informative college-level essays and thoughts about Goethe's work, ranging from close readings of the well-known "Faust" and "Wilhelm Meister", to scrutiny of recent translations of his poetry, to a look at how Goethe's texts have affected Ireland literary culture in particular. Goethe And The English-Speaking World is strongly recommended reading for its deep, varied, and eclectic compilation of erudite contributions on the classic works of an immortal master writer.

I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy of this great book! Ralph Lopez has a unique understanding of the American condition, and writes about it in captivating detail. This book has given me a completely new and exciting perspective.

Author Stefan Reif is Director of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at the Cambridge University Library. This book discusses the amazing treasure-trove of documents from Egypt's Cairo Genizah, which yielded several important documents about the Khazars, included writings by famous Jewish personalities like Moses Maimonides and Yehuda HaLevi, and also helps us better understand the daily lives of medieval Jews in subjects as wide ranging as medicine, music, marriage, philosophy, religious practices, and relations with Muslims and Christians. Reif provides capsule histories of the amassing of the Genizah Collection, biographies of the personalities who worked on Genizah research and preservation efforts, and summaries and illustrations of many of the documents contained in the collection.

The Cambridge KJV Family Bible is a very high quality Bible, as are all of the Cambridge Authorized King James Version Bibles.

The print/font size is great. It is bold and very readable.

I prefer the original hard back binding for this particular Bible that is no longer offered by Camridge at this time. Although they have changed the hard back cover to the new soft/leather cover the Bible is still very good.

Susan Wilson has done a wonderful job writing essentially a "travel" book in an approachable and compelling style. Her instructions and "trails" are clear and logical and take you into some of the prettiest areas in Boston and the surrounding towns. Yet while she is directing you in and among the alleyways, Wilson manages to weave a compelling history of characters and places that has you heading for your local library to check out long-forgotten authors. I've drawn up a whole "Boston" reading list to reacquaint myself with some old friends and maybe make some new ones.

THE LIVELY ART is an amazing collection. The names in the table of contents include many of the greatest artists today: Peter Sellars, Andrei Serban, Susan Sontag, Milan Kundera, Carlos Fuentes, Marsha Norman, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Heiner Muller, Dario Fo, JoAnne Akalaitis, Don de Lillo, Elliott Goldenthal, Liviu Ciulei, David Rabe, David Mamet, Paula Vogel, and Christopher Durang. Through interviews and articles written by the artists themselves, the pieces in this anthology provide an invaluable insight into the creative process and also an overview into contemporary theater practices. Some of the selections, like the acrimonious exchange of letters between Samuel Beckett and artistic director Robert Brustein, have great historical importance and raise important questions about the relation of any production to the text that inspired it.

In addition, distinguished scholars have contributed provocative essays: Robert Brustein, Harry Levin, Richard Gilman, Stephen Greenblatt, Jan Kott, and Harold Bloom. These articles provide interesting examples of current critical approaches from the new historicism (Greenblatt on King Lear) to production history (Kott on Hamlet). And in the symposium excerpt about The Taming of the Shrew sparks fly when a great theater director (Andrei Serban) confronts three formidable Harvard English professors: Greenblatt, Brustein, and Marjorie Garber. I particularly appreciated the remarks on Brecht by Harvard law professor Martha Minow as well as Arthur Holmberg's urbane essay "Machiavellis of the Bedroom--an Erotic Endgame." Also, the interviews with Janathan Miller, Philip Glass, and Robert Wilson are illuminating. The production photographs are a giant bonus.

This book is indispensable for anyone interested in contemporary drama. I can think of no other theater in the world that could have put together such a collection. Charles Gunnard Thomas, New York City.

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This work was originally recommended to me via friends of mine who I trust about literature, so I decided to read Ruth Dudley Edwards' Matricide.

As I read the book, I was initially confused with the characters of Jack and Robert Amiss because this is just one of the many stories Edwards has written using these characters. (Jack is an "elderly fat woman" and Amiss is a man called upon to do a favor for Jack.)

After the initial haze (which is only the first ten pages or so of over two hundred), the book opened up to not only be a suspenseful murder who-dun-it but also a humorous read. The interactions between Jack and Amiss are priceless. In addition, the character of God-loving policeman Romford is thoroughly annoying yet enjoyable.

Simply, the plot revolves St. Martha's, a college in turmoil between three factions (the radical feminists, the "Virgins," and the "Old Women") vying for money from a memorial trust. The war that ensues causes the murder of the Mistress of the college, Dame Maud Buckbarrow and the subsequent investigation by police. The mystery does not stop there as another is murdered which causes Jack and Amiss to desperately plot to find the true killer through academic channels.

For those who enjoy great dialogue between various characters, look no further from this book. Although this is a British work, any American can read this without feeling disorientated with British vernacular. This book is a definite must for mystery fans and is a remarkably quick read. Personally, I have been so impressed with Edwards' style that I plan on reading the entire series of Amiss works. Overall excellent... I think I may have found another favorite writer to add to my ever-growing list...