Karen Stanton's book, told "solely" from the perspective of Yudi, Mr. K's longstanding buddy and dog, always leaves me with a catch in my throat and an opportunity to talk to my kids about how books can create emotions among readers. The story is great (wonderfully thoughtful repetitions throughout), and the art is whimsical and fine. A nice contrast to the disturbing-for-a-few-moments quandry Yudi faces when he comes back to a home with no opera, no meatballs and no Mr. K.

The effect is comparable to that of Anna and the Old One--another of the few stories about seniors out there--but ends on a very satisfying and upbeat note.

As someone who's trained in philosophy and psychology, and as a teacher of English, I found this book exciting. The discussion of the way we construct ourselves at least partly through dialogue with others opened new ways of understanding literary characters and narrative points of view. Students in my philosophy class found Wortham's discussion of the nature and study of the self fascinating.The work also helped me observe more carefully and methodically how students develop in classroom and individual discussions. I'm not sophisticated about linguistic theory, but understand that the methodology Wortham lays out is rigorous and useful. For all the complexity and depth of ideas, the book reads well, is clear and interesting.

Great book for business travelers. The only up to date book that I can find, give beneficial information that is very helpfull for your travel.

Insightful examination of relationships and how they influence lives. Will keep your interest whether you know baseball or not. Characters come alive. You begin to know them and can almost anticipate their reactions, but there are some surprises. Enjoyable read, but also thought provoking.

Dr. Stanton goes down the path of statistical review of leading causes of death among our children. This text was complete before the massive onslaught of 12 year olds and their second ammendment right protection. I hope she someday follows this up.

I think this book is one of the best I have read. It tells about the paranormal powers in a easy to understand format.

The long and admirable 70 page introduction outlines the postcolonial field of studies in as succinct and lucid a manner as possible taking special care to note that in this field there is no such thing as consensus. The fields most marked characteristic is perhaps its diversity which is not too surprising given the wide scope of historic, cultural and psychic circumstance now under its scrutiny. Excellent summaries of the primary figures in the field as well as an awareness of the provisionality of any self-definition (of both the field of study and the political reality), for as postcolonial theories evolve so do the definitions of the postcolonial.
Essays: 1)Cesaire from Discourse on Colonialism 2)Fanon On National Culture 3)Achebe An Image of Africa:Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness 4)Said Orientalism Revisited 5)Spivak Three Womens Texts and a Critique of Imperialism 6)Bhabha Race, Time, and Revision of Modernity 7)Bryden/Tiffin West Indian Literature and the Australian Comparison 8)Bell Hooks Revolutionary Black Women:Making Ourselves Subject 9)JanMohamed/Lloyd Toward a Theory of Minority Discourse: What is to be done? 10)Ahmad from In Theory:Classes, Nations, Literatures.

I discovered this wonderful book while researching the Potomac for a graduate school project. Stanton (a former Executive Director of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin) has captured both the river's history and its cultural essence in a concise, enjoyable work.

As a long-time resident of the Mid-Atlantic area, I thought I had a fine appreciation of the Potomac's many gifts. Through Richard Stanton's words I learned just how much more there is to behold. Read this and learn of a wonderful world gone by; dream the dream of a beautiful river which is again flourishing after human neglect.

Principles And Heresies: Frank S. Meyer And The Shaping Of The American Conservative Movement is a fact-filled and engaging biography of Frank S. Meyer (1909-1972), and his profound influence on the conservative political movement in the United States, particularly in the years after World War II. An erudite commentary and presentation by Kevin J. Smant (Assistant Professor of History, Indian University, South Bend) that focuses in depth upon Frank Meyer's political career and beliefs. Especially recommended for students of 20th Century American political history, Principles And Heresies is a well-written work and a fascinating read from cover to cover.

Because the name Quisling has passed into everyday language, there is a danger we sloganize the historical character. As Dahl makes clear in this scholarly but most readable biography, Quisling was not simply a nazi yes man. His own ideas owed much to Christian fundamentalism and a home grown philosophy called Universalism. He collaborated with Hitler, whom he met far more frequently than the head of any other conquered country, in the hope that he could re-establish Norwegian independence after the war. His dawning realization that this was impossible produced personal hopelessness and made him detested in Norway. He had backed the wrong horse. Dahl is excellent in showing up both the tensions in Quisling himself and in the ruling NS party, itself by no means united. The minister president's own often tortuous dealings with Terboven, the Reich's commissioner in Norway, are particularly well described. Once he realized he would be executed, Quisling put forward the thesis that he would be far more dangerous after his death than during his life. He was wrong about that too. Outside Norway, the family name lives on only in a US medical clinic which his relatives once founded. The name Quisling still means in Madison, Wisconsin good health and well being. This masterly book is a first rate insight into the politics of absolute failure.