It is a great work of this book. I think it is very useful to readers with all kinds of levels. But it is a pity I can't buy it in my own country-mainland of China. Could you give me a chance? Thanks!

I found this book laying on the floor in the back of an old bookstore and the title cought my eye. It was completely unknown to me at the time, and I had no idea what it was about, but I looked around at the dusty, decaying mounds of tattered old books and took pity on this one. So I bought it and took it home and gave it a place. I started to read it and was pleasantly surprized! It's a well written, well constucted book about a mystirious little person called Mr. Queed who wants nothing more than to be left alone so he can write this extremely boring book on evolutionary phycology "for the benefit of posterity," but he keeps being interrupted by life (You know, having to get a job, having to talk to people, having to breath, etc.), and meanwhile he's getting annonimous letters from someone who he figures is his Father who he's never known, but he dosn't really care because a search would take time away from his book. There's other stuff of course, quite a bit, but ... Well, why isn't there a synopsis on this page already? Anyway, I'm not done reading it yet myself, but so far I'm very impressed.

While this review may not be all that popular with the folks at Amazon.com, I believe that this book could, if not should, be your last spiritual book purchase. Harrison points out that buying such books are part of a continuing pattern and life process oriented around the idea that there is something fundamentally wrong with yourself, that you are searching for THE answer, when the answer is just who you are as you are. His antidote is similar, if not identical, with the taoist idea of wu wei, doing nothing, that the process of doing something is where we all go wrong, where we exchange a real "now" world with that of our psychological confusion, seeking happiness, and seeking survival. Harrison says that since there is really nothing you can do about it anyway, just give it up, SEE who you are as you.

How many of us have awakened to find that our dolls were NOT where we left them the night before? A wonderful read aloud that piques the imagination and prompts great kid discussions of what exactly they DO all night(you are playing with them in the daytime!) Timeless.

I'm one of those people who have read MOBY DICK a few times, so I may be biased towards Herman Melville, but I found REDBURN an excellent read.

Though it is an argueable point; many believe that REDBURN is based on Melville's first voyage. This may not be interesting to you if you are an adherent of NEW CRITICISM, but for any Melville fan or scholar this book sheds some light on Melville's persona.

I noticed some elements of REDBURN that would later surface in MOBY DICK and PIERRE -- as more developed themes. This book starts out as pretty straight forward adventure narrative, but leave it to Herman, by the middle of the book he goes off into his preaching, sermonizing, and editorializing . . . but I like that about Melville.

This might sound strange coming from a Melvillian 'scholar,' but Herman Mellville was not a good writer . . . he is an interesting author though, but he makes mistakes, and he often takes his stories through such long and twisted circumloctions that it is no wonder that many modern readers are turned off by him. However, if you love Melville despite his flaws then you will love REDBURN, because it shows the progress that Melville was making towards THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL, MOBY-DICK.

Herman Melville did not much care for REDBURN when he wrote it. He wrote it quickly and for the money, and then he tried to distance himself from it. He felt MARDI, the novel he wrote just before REDBURN, was the better, but it was panned. On the other hand, REDBURN recieved good reiviews in its day much to Melville's suprise . . . I learned all this in the afterword of the Northwest-Newberry Edition. The detailed history of REDBURN included in that edition is pretty interesting reading in itself if you are a Mevillian, like me.

I apologize for any typos . . . but no spell-check.

An astonishing piece. Widely performed (National Theatre in London, BBC TV production, numerous theatres and universities in the United States and across Europe) and now happily available in print.

The subject (based in academic research) is altruism. The set of stories are all about second world war rescuers. They tell their stories. Why did they help people at enormous risk to themselves (and to no obvious personal gain ?

Really up-lifting piece despite its serious subject matter. Proper theatre - gripping. Short on comedy but sometimes humourous and it really makes an impact especially knowing that the stories are all real.

Deals with a number of stories to do with rescuers (second world war - jewish, british pilots & others facing persecution) which depending on the production can link or stand alone. The piece is so versatile as it can be staged as a one-man "vituoso" production with bare stage or with a full company. It can be as short or long as one chooses as one can use just a few stories or many.

Great piece for initmate theatre productions. Ideal for students. Wonderfully written. Buy it, read it. Then read it out loud. Best of all perform it !

Since Amazon didn't post an editorial review, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "RHINELANDER CENTER, part of the huge medical complex known as Rhinelander Pavillion, was a world unto itself. Situated in the heart of the big city, its long, stark corridors were constanting pulsating with critical medical emergencies ... DR. PATRICK DAIN, Chief of Staff and top administrator, had to meet the constantly growing needs ob his patients and staff. But what about his own desires and the needs of his new wife -- would their marriage survive ... MATT LANSING, a brilliant, ambitious young surgeon, was so obsessed with building a "perfect record" in order to be named the new Chief of Surgical Services that he betrayed his Hippocratic Oath -- and now an epidemic threatended the hospital's existence ... ANN O'HARA DAIN would never have married Patrick if she still had feelings for her ex-husband. But when he unexpectedly walked back into her life she was forced to make an earth-shattering decision -- would her new-found happiness be destroyed?"

One of the best road trip guide books I have ever read, "Ridge Route" provides a fascinating look into the history of the most outrageous highway construction projects of the 20th century. This little-known highway parallels the route of the present day I-5 near the Grapevine northwest of Los Angeles. The old highway features 627 curves over the course of about 30 miles and is a true historical gem. Harrison's book will keep you on the edge of your seat, whether you are reading it from the comfort of your study or perched on a turn-out on this remarkable highway. Harrison has included scores of old photographs documenting the history of the road and a wonderful collection of personal stories about the people who lived and worked around the road. This is a book that every fan of road trips should have in their collection.

In Rievaulx Abbey, the authors have given us a splendid portrayal of life in the Cistercian monastery. The personages of Aelred and Walter Daniel truly come alive in this work. In addition to the historical perspective of the book, we are given insight into the methods of architectural historians and come away with a better understanding of how great historical buildings are interpreted. The prose of Fergusson and Harrison is awe-inspiring. This book is a must-have for the student of monastic architecture.