It's 2:40 in the morning; I'm recovering from a nasty headcold. What could possibly have me awake and typing?

I've poured over 175 beautiful pages for the last day, and now I just want to read everything she's written.

Delving into the graphic design industry, its history and heroes, particularly since the advent of the Macintosh and desktop publishing both inspires and entertains.

A fabulously researched book with exquisite reproductions and wonderful design of its own.

For those students who plan to digest concepts in digital communications, try this book first before touching other texts. Very well-written, concise, covers many important topics (WAY CHEAPER AT ANOTHER ONLINE BOOKSTORE!!!)

An excellent exhibition catalog that focuses on a narrow body of works by Mondrian; namely, paintings that Mondrian brought with him on his flight from World War II in Europe to New York City, and that he either finished in New York or re-worked completely, thus the name "transatlantic paintings." These works are largely a response to the vibrant city life Mondrian enjoyed in New York, seeing the city as an embodiment of his utopian ideas of life in the future for all mankind. Part of this response included Mondrian's embracing of a musical fusion of blues and jazz music called boogie-woogie.
The photographs are made with the most advanced technology available, and give new insights into Mondrian's working methods, chronicaling his many revisions with x-ray and ultraviolet photography, among other techniques. Extreme close-ups are provided of small details that are otherwise impossible to see with the naked eye.
This book is not for the casual reader looking for biographical or career retrospective information on Mondrain, as its focus is too narrow, but is designed for those interested in the final period of Mondrian's career, and those interested in the conservation and restoration of paintings.

Moonlit Eyes by Emma Blair is great book. It is only book set in this era (WW2) that deals the racial differences in England. The book has a nice pace and is able to hold the readers interest. A great book for a fan of Ms. Blair or of the time period.

The Mosquito Farm by Kevin Cooper is a touching autobiographical novel about a summer that changes a boy's life forever.

Twelve-year old Jimmy Leonard is assigned by his teacher to keep a diary during his summer vacation. At first he is reluctant, but he quickly comes to look upon the diary as a friend. In letters to his diary (named "Buddy"), Jimmy pours out the harsh realities of his grim life: constant back-breaking work, an ailing mother, a bullying father, and a fanatical church. He explores his developing system of beliefs and values. He shares his few triumphs. And finally, he is forced to examine an ultimate betrayal.

Despite the difficulties in his life, Jimmy emerges as an engaging and lively narrator who cracks jokes, keeps up a running commentary on his mother's cooking and how it affects his digestive system, and struggles to better himself against seemingly overwhelming odds. The writing is refreshingly frank. Although deeply interested in language and the power of words, Jimmy does not try to hide the truth behind flowery phrases. His letters to Buddy are sometimes humorous, sometimes filled with pain, but always conversational and blunt.

If the book has a flaw, it is the length. Jimmy's diary covers every single day of his summer, whether or not anything significant is happening in his life. For the sake of pacing, there are times when the author probably could have compressed three or four entries into one without losing the flavor or any of the events.

Nevertheless, The Mosquito Farm is an engaging, thought-provoking read that will stay with you long after you turn the last page. I highly recommend it.

Elizabeth Allen's "Mother Can You Hear Me" is the author's true and heart-wrenching story. While told by Allen, an adoptee, of her search and reunion with her birthmother, it is in fact the story of the pain and anguish, injustice and cruelty in the life of a deaf girl who was not only made to surrender her child but who was institutionalized for most of her life. You will never forget the heartfelt meetings between this mother and her long lost child only days before her death. This is a book that anyone touched by adoption, or anyone with a heart will cherish forever. The best of its genre. Well worth seeking out.

I have been searching for some of these recipes since I lost pages out of my grandmother's recipe collection. They're all here, and I'm making them for my sisters and my father for Christmas this year. My sisters are also getting this book for Christmas presents. They will be absolutely shocked--we had all thought many of these recipes were lost forever. Hilda Cooper is incredible.

Hold on for your life as Chuck Conway goes to Mexico to get his racing career back on track. While amusing himself between races he runs into his ex-partner and ex-wife. Coincidence? Or is someone about to set him up? Accused of multiple murders, an Oklahoma law man is the only thing between Chuck and the Monterrey jail. Fast action, a perflexing mystery, and a fiesty love triangle make Murder in Mexico a riveting tale that will keep your engine running long after you get home.

The greatest thing about this sequel to Aerobics is that the running segment is broken down to the 1/10th of a mile.

Very thoughtful.

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This is a wonderful book. It is about the circus, but it is more: it is about people and animals, and in this way about people and nature. It shows the circus vividly from the performer's and the audience's points of view. The author persuades us of the long and deep relationship between horses and people, and other circus animals and people, and the profound effects their presence has on us and we on them. "The further we've moved, in this century, away from daily proximity to, and relationship with, real animals, the more we have altered, sanitized, desexualized, and humanized their images, to make them safe company for the young, with whom we seem to think they belong," writes the author. The life of the circus performers – their cares, their professionalism – is a metaphor for our lives. The book has some very quotable phrases, from "Where there's no knowledge, symbolism goes crazy," to, in a conversation with lion experts, "Space is not what matters most to a lion. It's nice, but the most crucial thing is security," to "The circus is the most civilized place I know." This is one of those small, charming books, elegantly written, that one can read in a few hours. If you like, you can read it as a pleasing vicarious visit to the circus on both sides of the curtains. But as you read more carefully, the book becomes a story about us and our lives.