This beautiful book, with a mass of gorgeous illustrations, documents the life and times of Joshua Compston, modern art curator extraordinaire and troubled soul. It's the story of a young person's tragically short life which also includes a huge amount of information about the booming east London art scene of the 1990's. Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Gavin Turk - they're all in here playing a significant role in Compston's story, since his Modernist-influenced collective: 'Factual Nonsense' was crucial in getting the artists to feel part of a creative community, offering a zany and sometimes megalomaniacal alternative to the sterile world of London's art galleries. Cooper seems to have researched his book with care and writes with a tenderness and interest suitable to what is, ultimately, the story of a person's brief but fascinating existence. Invaluable reading for anyone interested in contemporary art, or creativity in general.

John Cooper's Noble Street taught me more about America's race and poverty problems than any history book would ever dare try to. Noble Street is hysterically funny and frighteningly sad. Having read this book I am painfully aware of three things: American racism is uglier than our imaginations will allow us to believe, nobody can destroy a child like a parent, and no one can save a child like a parent. Mabel Scriven is a true American hero who proves that love and faith may not conquer racism and injustice, but they are definitely our best weapons against it. After reading Noble Street you will never again believe that poverty and familial disintegration solely result from the choices of their victims. John Cooper makes it clear that if people had this kind of choice, poverty would not exist in America.

*NOTHING DAUNTED* was the best missionary biography I have ever read! It is the story of Isobel Kuhn's life. As you travel with Isobel through her challenging life before she became a Christian and then her triumph as she becomes a new person in Christ you learn the same lessons Isobel is learning-the easy way! Then you go to China with Isobel. What an exciting adventure! You will be thrilled as you see God's hand work through her life-especially if you are thinking about being a missionary! I would strongly recemend this to everyone!

Oaxaca: The Spirit Of Mexico is a heady, joyous celebration of Mexican life and culture. A vivid, coffee-table extravaganza packed cover to cover with gorgeous, full-color photographs taken by Judith Cooper Haden are embellished with insightful text commentary by Matthew Jaffe. Highly recommended reading for the armchair traveler, Oaxaca is a wondrous book brimming with festive spirit and a deep connection to Mexico's rich past and exciting future.

Objects of Hope offers a clearly written, insightful exploration of one of the most pressing issues in contemporary psychoanalysis: how the analyst's subjectivity informs the treatment of every analysand. While many in the field have argued that we must attend to the irreducible subjectivity of the analyst if we are to understand how the psychoanalytic process succeeds and fails, few offer historicized and specific ways of thinking about how the analyst's subjectivity operates at particular moments in the analytic process. Cooper narrates his own experiences in analytic sessions to show how he learns from his patients even as they gain understanding of themselves through their interactions with him. But he also offers a view of the place of the analyst's subjectivity in the history of psychoanalysis: from Freud to Fairbairn to Loewald to Winnicott, and beyond. Best of all, Cooper tells a good story, a story that is situated in several theoretical traditions at once without getting bogged down in jargon. A deceptively easy read, this book will be enormously useful to practitioners in the field as well as to those who desire an introduction to the most provocative thinking in psychoanalysis today.

I purchased this book at a local bookstore for a friend, and then ended up going back and getting one of my own. It features small watercolors and sketches of American life, as Elisha Cooper travels around the United States. The watercolors are fantastic, and gave me good ideas for my budding hobby, and the book also serves as an unusual guide for travel enthusiasts!

This is the story of a family of post-WWII German immigrants in Canada, and their struggle to come to terms with life as Canadians, in spite of their difficult, war torn past. I thought this book was beautifully written and wonderfully sensitively wrought. The writer's very unique writing style sustains a tremendous level of poignancy and sensitivity throughout the story, but the author manages to achieve this without ever compromising the story at any point. It remains immensely readable and compelling to the end. In particular, the beautiful relationship drawn between the protagonist, Peter, and his sister, Ruby, is so beautifully drawn that I think it could quite easily go down in the annals of literature alongside such famous sibling relationships as the one in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss. The book is a series of interconnected stories, beautifully held together with bridges of pure literature. The stories follow Peter, a second generation German, as he tries to make sense of his life in small town Canada. Inevitably, though, his history as a German, and all of the associated feelings of guilt enter into the fabric of his, and his families, lives and emotions and forces each of them to come to terms with the weight of history. The way in which this is achieved is so moving, so finely crafted, it brought tears to my eyes, and furthermore, it gives a very important and valuable perspective to another group of people who also suffered as a result of WWII. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in history, who enjoyed reading Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces or to anyone who enjoys fine literature.

This is a lovely story depicting the fun and celebration of a New Orleans family during Mardi Gras. It draws on the cultural traditions of an African-American family as the author, Fatima Shaik, tells the story from her childhood memories. From rising early to dress in costumes for a day of street parties, watching Mardi Gras Indians in their beautiful newly hand-made suits, watching parades from Nanan's balcony, time at home with family and friends, and finally when night falls, walking to Canal Street with Papa to see the final parade, the special joy and celebration of Mardi Gras is shared by family and friends. Illustrations are beautiful and allow the reader an even more in depth understanding of the Mardis Gras celebration.

Note to teachers: This book is a must as you strive to teach diversity in your classroom. As many children will never be able to attend Mardi Gras, they will enjoy learning about this well-known celebration through this wonderful book.

need to review pages 9,10 & 1

This text is fairly comprehensive and gives a very detailed description of the pathogenesis of oncogenes in human disease states. A great book for those in graduate degree programs (PhD, MD, MA).