This is a tribute anthology inspired by the works of Clark Ashton Smith. Having not read one piece of fiction by Smith, I anticipated missing some of the underlying themes. This was not the case. John Pelan has selected stories that while being in the tradition of Smith's stylings is easily accessible to those of us not entrenched in the ways of Clark Ashton Smith's fiction. As in all anthologies there are gems, good stories and a few dogs. This collection has a higher incidence of the first two.

David B. Silva's "Where The Past Lay Buried" is an effective meditation on guilt and the price it extolls. Geoff Cooper's "The Jolerarymi's Rose", a sculptor is betrayed by his wife and he enacts revenge. Edward Lee & John Pelan's "The Scarlet Succubus" waxes poetic on politics, betrayal and some evil aquatic monsters. This one takes you one way then twists the ending so you don't know which way is up. "Ashes of Longing, Ashes of Lust" is a fast moving, beautifully written selection that made me feel I was beside the characters. Here you find a man on a mission and the toll an old girlfriend's last wish takes on him. Mark McLaughlin spins a tale of obsession in "The Vainglorious Simulacrum of Mungha Sorcyllamia". Brian Stableford turns in a stellar novella of passion, love and betrayal in "The Light of Achernar".

Other standout tales are written by Charlee Jacob, David Niall Wilson, Gerard Houarner, Dan Clore, and Gene Wolfe. The book contains some outstanding cover art by Rob Alexander and some nice interior illustrations by Fredrik King and Allen Koszowski. Highly Recommended.

This little known book was one of the few that passed the stringent criteria we have for recommending the top selection on India.

The British public was made aware of India's scenery long before the invention of photography. With the advent of camera, there was a deep interest in capturing the romance, glory and mysticism of the India. Western artists, photographers and adventurers made an attempt to understand and record the mysterious and exotic India. Many books were published during this time, which were a huge hit with public. By 1850s, photographic societies were established in Bombay, Bengal and Madras, and the East India Company was subsidizing photographers.
This book is a collection of some of the most rare and extraordinary photographs of British India taken between 1855 and 1911, including the first photographs of the Himalayas, ancient archaeological wonders, the pageantry of British colonial troops, Indian landscapes, and ruling native princes. These have been gathered from collections throughout the world and many have never been seen outside the archives from which they were gathered. We at Recipedelights.com consider this an outstanding book that is a "must-buy" for Collectors.

Excellent book! This is some of the best poetry you'll find anywhere, and its publication is a reason to rejoice! CAS excelled at a very dark and beautiful poetry and some of his best pieces are in here. It has some unreprinted material, as well as some poems that have seen very little light in the past. Great production values and three nice, full color paintings. I highly reommend it!

Just the title already caught my eyes. Here I was in the midst of feeling hopeless about my marriage, not having any desire to work on it anymore and accepting my fate as inevitable when I passed by a row of books in a Christian gathering. Immediately, this understated cover caught my eyes. I didn't have enough cash with me then and managed somehow to gather the coins to buy the book and have been grateful ever since for the information and loving ways that it has conveyed this message.

Yes, there are secrets to developing a better relationship. Neil Clark Warren presents these revelations which most of us know from bits and pieces of other readings into a concise and user friendly method. That it is aimed at making marriages work was painful to begin with since that assumed that one had to have a desire to save his marriage.

Well, the topics and information will be good for any relationship and if it will save some marriages, it would have been all to the credit of the style and layout and content of this book.

I have been writing a series for the newspaper here guided by much of what the book says. My articles are called Food of Love and if that would help any of the readers, they have Mr. Warren to thank. His name is always mentioned in the articles.

More power and blessings to you.

great theological lectures by probably the greatest western philosopher who ever lived. woo-hoo! go Kant! this book is NOT INTIMIDATING! I was worried this would be a difficult read, but it is very straight-forward and the overall literary structure is not nearly as convoluted as his critiques and essays. If you like Immanuel Kant's school of thought and are interested in rational theology, then by all means buy this great book.

In the 1970's a four volume project was designed to re-examine the life of filmmaker and ethnographer Maya Deren. Four authors worked within the structure of a feminist collective typical of the time with revolving editorship. According to Catrina Neiman, one of the authors, an anticipated outcome was to stimulate further academic study on Deren. Volume 1, Signatures concerns Deren's early and university life, involvement in socialist youth groups and early poetry and fiction. Chambers, part 2 ilustrates her development as a filmmaker through her first four films with documents on their production and reception. What is noteworthy of this project is the illumination of parts of Deren's life beyond the four year period between 1943 and 1946 which most people know about. The 40 year old Deren who was involved with ethnography and ethnomusicology as well as the young teen involved in political movements are areas new to us. The two remaining volumes are ready and have been so for years which publisher Anthology Film Archives has yet to release. ' Legend' embraces the transformative nature of Deren's work in different creative relationships and is the most comprehensive work to date on her life.

I found Chap Clark's book on marriage communication incredibly helpful. It was insightful and powerful in how it drew me and my spouse together.

Lewis & Clark: From The Rockies To The Pacific is a gorgeously illustrated, in-depth account of the famous explorers' journey through the American West. The stunningly beautiful, full-color photography by Robert M. Reynolds of natural landscapes that Lewis and Clark traveled through, are presented side-by-side with a detailed reconstruction by Stephen Dow Beckham of the Lewis & Clark expeditionary journey that often quotes the travelers' journals. Lewis & Clark is an attractive, highly recommended coffee-table book for home, school, and community library American History collections.

After securing the Louisiana Purchase from Francis, President Thomas Jefferson instructed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the Missouri River to find "the most direct and practicable water communication across the continent for purposes of commerce." The expedition, known as the time as the Corps of Discovery, is now known as the Lewis & Clark Expedition, although just the names "Lewis and Clark" is enough to indicate what you are talking about.

Andrew Santella's juvenile history of "Lewis and Clark" begins with short biographies of both men and divides the expedition into distinct stages: the trip up the Missouri River, the trek across the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and the return trip home. The book is richly illustrated some of the journal entries made by the two explorers, historic paintings and ethics, and contemporary photographs of some of the regions they traveled on their 8,000 mile trek. One of the nice features of this book are the informative notes and sidebars on topics like the air gun Lewis took on the trip, the erratic spellings in their journals, and the first time a black slave voted in American History.

Santella, who has authored several volumes of the excellent Cornerstones of Freedom series, turns in another fine effort for this Watts Library book about exploration. Other titles in the series look at Francisco Coronado, Henry Hudson, Juan Ponce de Leon, Samuel de Champlain, and Sieur de la Salle.