Here's the book review from The New York Times:

"With the revival of interest in post-World War II Los Angeles architecture, coupled with a fascination for today's West Coast architects, book publishers have been working furiously to meet the demand....

"[The book Themes and Variations: Ray Kappe has] arrived in this country from Images Publishing in Australia...by Michael Webb, on the architect Ray Kappe, heir to the California modernist tradition. Known to most as the founder of the experimental SCI-Arc school (Southern California Institute of Architecture), Mr. Kappe is also one of the most undersung architects in Los Angeles. He began his career in the early 50's and wedded the open spaces of Richard Neutra to the softer, more natural modernism of Harwell Hamilton Harris. Then he added the complexity and love of landscape of Frank Lloyd Wright. Eleven of Mr. Kappe's projects are displayed in this long overdue monograph. Included is his own, breathtaking 1965 Kappe House in Pacific Palisades, a marvel of interlocking planes of wood, glass and concrete in harmony with a lush canyon site. His works are so three-dimensional that photos do not always do them justice." (New York Times, March 18, 1999)

For those who are ready for a fundamental change in how they communicate with their horses, Ray Hunt shows the professional horseperson the path to true happiness with your equine. Ray explains exactly why horses do not understand English nor traditional training techniques. Even though beginners may find this book interesting, this book is for the advanced rider and/or trainer. Ray Hunt's methods work on all manner of horses, from wild Mustang to Olympic contenders. I had been training horses for over twenty years when Ray came along and showed me a much better way. If you are ready for it, this book may become your "bible", too.

This is wide-ranging collection of Winnicott's writings on assorted topics of childhood and adolescence. It is especially important as a set of historic writings. His kindness and intelligence prevails. Winnicott was a child psychoanalyst with an especially tender heart, and his love of children, and respect for the efforts of families - often against unnerving odds - is obvious. However, it should be noted that some of his theories, while advanced in good faith and respected at the time they were introduced, have been disproven over the years. For example, enuresis (bed-wetting) is now known to be something that psychoanalysis does not "cure." (It is often inherited, and afflicted children outgrow it, period.) His articles on adolescence, written more than thirty years ago, are not "current," but still valuable. Winnicott's discussion of autism, while humane and well-meaning and enlightened for its time, is also somewhat off the mark, in light of contemporary findings on autism. Nonetheless, there is much that is valuable in this collection of papers. "The Niffle," with its report on a discussion about God that a small boy has with his father, reminds the reader again that Winnicott was not only capable of great love and understanding, but of awe.

Definitely worth reading.

This latest compilation of humor from Ray Owens is one of those books that you cannot put down until you have read every page. Without question, this is one of the funniest books available. If you enjoy laughing until it hurts, this is one book you should not be without.

As one of the authors of this book I notice that someone is attempting to sell it as a collectible for double the price. I don't recommend buying it from this person because the book is unsigned by myself, or Bob and so is no different from that offered here. It's nice that someone thinks this book is a collectible, but seems more likely that this is an attempt to make an unreasonable profit. If you buy it from Amazon, it can be your own collectible.

By now, most folks recognize that Bradbury is one of the great practitioners of the modern short story. Here is a selection of eerie tales not written but hand-picked by the sci-fi & fantasy master (tho' he did include one of his own stories too). The first tale alone, Robert M. Coates's "The Hour After Westerley," is worth the trouble it'll take to track this book down. Story fans, fantasy fans, horror fans, Bradbury fans -- this is a worthy collection from someone who knows.

I'm truly impressed with this book. It is organized in such a logical sequence. First, the author bares his frustration in trying to keep his home visits always on a spiritual plane. There is not a pastor or layman who has not been disheartened in visitation when the conversation is politely turned from the subject of salvation to secular conversation. Readers will quickly identify with the author's admission and wonder what new plans he might have. The surprise comes when he suggests a non-directive approach, which allows love to be the focus point. Wow! I still have loads of books on evangelism on how to get people to commit their faith in Jesus Christ. None of them suggest that love should be the key into the door of someone else's life. What the author has made so meaningful to me is the recognition that a person's home is truly their sanctuary. If we are to be allowed into their home, we cannot expect to re-arrange their house by our visit. Nor can we bring in "furnishing" to clutter their household when they are not ready for additions. Only through our abiding love for them will they eventually open up their closet doors. It worked for Jesus, it will work for us.

To See the Moon is a wonderful book about a little girl named Diane and her sled dog Kimo. The visual imagery in this story is absolutely amazing. You almost believe you are there with Diane and Kimo experiencing the sights and smells during the "Harvest Moon" in October and the "Frost Moon" in November. We are forever looking up the name of the full moon each month. My daughter loves this book and now has her younger brother hooked. I think I have read this book 500 times! This is the perfect book for all young readers and their families.

I am a Ray Fitzgerald fan.I've been one since 1967.His untimely death in 1982 left bereft his many fans and readers who were used to drinking their morning coffee and chuckling at his columns in the sports section of the Boston Globe."Touching All Bases" is a posthumous collection of Ray's best columns selected by his sons Kevin and Michael.It is chocked full of humorous takes on the local and national sports scene,but also features some poigant pieces of fallen athletes like Roberto Clemente,Tony Conigliaro,Muhhamed Ali,and in one column listing several gifted but self destructive former players who lost their careers, ends with the sad alcohol related death of a brilliant sports writer in 1977, whose talent was the envy of his peers.These columns,in chronological order from 1970-1982,are a joy.100 examples why this wry,gentle writer was so admired are on display in this book,but there could have been another 50 to 100 columns put in, the more the merrier I say.Especially when it concerns Ray Fitzgerald!

This anthology is a powerful mix of established and emerging writers, whose work is as wide-ranging in theme and subject as it is in form. The poets were clearly chosen based on merit and I have found little that isn't titillating and exciting.