The way that langston Hughes write in this book makes you think that he is talking to you. the way that he describe the countyr that he is visiting in the real he is one of a kind writer. i just love the way that he write and the way that he can take you away.........

You must read this novel! It is a literary jewel. It grabs your heart and your mind. The triumphal ending makes all the struggles seem worthwhile. Not only will the story keep you turning pages to find out what happens next, but it is so well-written. The imagery is stunning. The factually based tale is embellished by the author's extraordinary grasp of the language. This is no romance novel, as the title suggests, it is more like free-flowing poetry. A soulful insightful read. Highly recommended!

A different kind of kids' book. Creative and entertaining that every child will identify with. One to read over and over again.

How is it that Dorothy B. Hughes's great suspense novels of the 1940s have fallen into oblivion? This is clearly a situation for a nervy publisher like Godine or Dalkey Archive to rectify, as the more conventional ones, like Vintage, remain clueless. And here's a good place to begin. Written in 1947, In a Lonely Place was one of the first American novels to broach the subject of a serial killer--it was instantly followed by a host of imitators in the late '40s and early '50s. (Other than the Belloc-Lowndes The Lodger, a 1912 UK novel, the theme had been long neglected.) Hughes's approach is psychological stream-of-consciousness; she traces the cat and mouse game of the sociopathic Dix Steele who, reuniting with an old war buddy turned cop, comes along for the chase to find the murderer. If you know the great Nicholas Ray film with Bogart, don't expect much resemblance--Ray took only the title and the names of most of the characters. Though like the movie, the novel is a brilliantly claustrophobic look at LA in the postwar years. The violence is offstage, the pathology on. Hughes's ability to penetrate a man's mind is remarkable and never less than credible. She wrote only a handful of books (The Fallen Sparrow, Ride the Pink Horse, and The Davidian Report are her other benchmark novels) but they deserve a closer look--they are compulsively readable, prophetic, and apparently timeless.

This is a really good book about human inhabitants in the Canyon. Lots and lots of really wonderful photographs.

This book was great because it read like a novel. It contained a wealth of knowledge while being easily accessable. Two mistakes in the first couple of pages caused some hesitation in granting 5 stars.
P.29 refers to the "Norin Chunkin Bank" however there is no 'n' in the word "Chukin".
P. 40 refers to the "Sumitomo Mitsubishi Banking Corporation" however the bank resulting from the merger of Sumitomo and Sakura is "Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation"

I am teaching an advanced English class in Japan, and I have found this book very useful. What I really like about this book are the follow-up questions. They cover vocabulary, idioms, the general point of the article, etc. My students are of different levels, and have different ideas about what they want to learn in a class, so these follow-ups really help. The lower level students can push through the questions and refer back to the article (the articles have numbers every 5 lines), thus, they can spend a lot of time getting themselves up to speed before the discussion class. More serious students can spend time memorizing the vocabulary and idioms.

Ideally, everyone will prepare for my class and then we are left to discuss the article.

The book has been great, and I'm looking for the next edition.

A highly practical and well written book focusing on the tools and application of the Internet to the classroom, Internet for Educators is a valuable resource for educators wishing to gain a better understanding of the potential of the Internet in the classroom. With its accompanying Web site, this book is written in a style and authority that will be well received by its readers

Your editorial description is wrong and not
related to this book

I know I wrote the book !

This book is a textbook, but also aimed at the
general scientific reader, and describes the physics
that underpins environmental processes. these incluce
global warming, ozone depletion, energy use and
prospects for cleaner energy, weather (including
cloud physics) and climate and the physics of soils.

This was my favourite book as a kid, and the book I learned to read from. My mother read it to me over & over until I knew it off by heart. Now, I'm buying it for my son.