This is a griping historic novel. It brings forth emotions while being grounded in hard facts. Readers walk away with expanded knowledge of the events and issues facing miners of past years while reading expertly constructed storylines.
This book brings vivid images of life as a Scranton coal miner a century ago. The insensitivity of mine bosses is shown, as they were upset at mining accidents not for the sake of those injured yet because of production delays. Further lack of feeling is shown when mine owners would pay for the removal of dead mules in mines, yet families would have to pay to bring the bodies of their dead relatives from mines.
We learn a main reason why mine owners were insentivies was that it was railroad companies that owned most of the mines. Laws passed allowed rail companies to control the transportaiton of coal. Railrod companies gobbled up owning coal mines and refused to transport coal of competitors. The owners of railroads were generally not sympathetic to the plight of miners.
Miners suffered and they reacted. 61,000 miners died nationwide at work from 1838 through 1914. Growing labor unreast was met with company-sponsored attackers that put down unrest and killed some miners. Mine union members were barred from employment. Vigilantes struck back. Mine executives and public officials were killed. Miners marched, and Sheriffs and deputized Sheriffs opened fire shooting and killing miners.
Scranton a century ago was a city with much tension, struggles, and death. This novel brings that Scranton of yesteryear alive. This book about working underground is a rare gem.

Wow, I loved it. What a story. My grandfathers worked in mines. It gave me a great insight to their struggles. The stories they told me in my child hood were explained in detail. I am not much of a book reader, but I could not put this book down. Gripping. All persons who work for a living should read this book. See what these people did to pave the way for all of us. Be thankful and don't let their stuggles go for not in this era of corperate greed. A must read for all union members.

62 poets from coffeehouses around the country tell it like it is. This collection is a treasure. It is a 'first'; there's lots of good stuf inside, and a sure feeling for the contemporary 'hip' poetry scene. Moreover, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, founder of City Lights Books, (the press that first published Allen Ginsberg), has given his endorsement of the book by allowing his Poet's Manifesto to be reprinted as an introduction to the collection. The cover is very attractively designed. A simple black and white motif that seems to lend solid credibility to what's inside. Definately a book for contemporary poetry fans!.

"This is a great book for people who are sure they don't like poetry--and for those who are sure they do, as well." -Jennifer Joseph, (THE BAY GUARDIAN, Sept. 1996)

Pound's forays into the realm of the past, evinced by his interest in the Provencal trouvéres and the ancient Chinese and Japanese poets (whose works he rendered into English from notes made by the Sinologist Ernest Fenollosa) formed the basis of his early poetic enterprise. In terms of style, these early poems display a rarely paralleled originality, in combination with reserves of hermetic knowledge. This collection, which includes the translations (or paraphrases) of "Cathay", the impersonations of "Personae" and the renovations and improvisations of "Ripostes" and "Lustra" contains the best of Pound's poetry. It is not laden with the overlearnedness and pedantic eccentricity that make "The Cantos", (falsely called Pound's "masterpiece") such a brilliant failure, even by Pound's own admission. Moreover, they are possibly the most refreshing and original of Pound's works, displaying a remarkable novelty and a healthy erudition. Highly recommended.

"The Collected Early Poems of Ezra Pound" is mostly a book for people who had already read Personae - the 1926 edition of Pound's standard collection of his own minor poems - or are interested in the former career of Pound. These will be pleased to find the famous poems (e.g. "Redondillas") which they only knew by name and references, as well as famous books here collected for the first time (especially 1908's "A Lume Spento," "Canzoni" (1911), and the " Miscellaneous Poems," not previously collected). It's a fine edition with useful notes and reproducctions of all the original title pages.

Threads of love and joy are woven into this Palm Sunday tale, told through the eyes of a young colt called upon to carry a king. The animal is fearful when he is led through noisy streets to the olive grove. But Jesus comforts him: "In his voice was a river of quiet; in his touch a shelter of peace." His fear leaves him and he knows, then, that he is bearing a true king on his back in the triumphal procession into Jerusalem. Evocative and richly detailed illustrations in warm Mediterranean hues accompany the tale--creating places, creatures, and moments so real that readers can almost touch them. Together, Marni McGee and John Winch have created an elegant and eloquent book.

I don't know of any other picture books specifically about Palm Sunday, but if there are any I'm sure none are as beautiful and moving as this one. Sometimes in books for children the art alone makes the book worth buying. That's certainly true here, but this one knocks you out with the words, too. They're gentle and musical and powerful. I'm not a religious person, but this book is on my shelf for keeps. Every kid should have it.

It's hard to say enough good things about Nelson's great little idea. Oxford has a compact KJV out that is nice, but now that we're almost 400 years out from when King James was published in 1611, nothing is lost with the New King James Version. In fact, it seems a more accurate read, since this version corrects some of the inaccuracies in the KJV that were inaccurately translated from the Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew back then.

Although it's a paperback, the cover is made of very thick cardstock and lightly laminated, so it should be both resilient and durable for a good number of years under heavy use. The translators for this version include their footnotes at the bottom of the page; the words of Christ are actually in maroon instead of red, so it's far easier to see, especially if you're an older reader; the chapters have in-text subject headings; and finally there is a select concordance and dictionary at the back - all this in a book that fits neatly into your hand or pocket and is only 1.1 inches thick! Men seem to like small Bibles and I would give this one as a gift and I'm sure you'd get a positive reaction.

This Compact Text edition of the NKJV is a marvel. With pages four-by-six, and its light weight, it is a very convenient and "carry-with-able" publication of the Scriptures.

Are there quibbles? The reviewer deplores the absence of the Apocrypha from most paperback mass-market Bibles, and finds two or three aspects of the translation less than pleasantly resonant ("compact" in Psalm 122; "weaned" in Psalm 131; "most assuredly, I say unto you" instead of "Amen, amen"). But the New King James Version -- theeless and thouless -- remains among the best of modern translations; it has fluent cadences that do not militate against the familiar and the traditional. It is comparable in its solemnity, in its seriousness, in its respectfully poetic renderings to the Revised Standard Version (RSV) and the New International Version (NIV). Readers who need the Jacobean pronouns and verb-forms may disagree.

The words of Christ are printed in red, or a kind of off-red, that is pleasantly emphatic without assaulting the eye. In the very back, there is a chart for daily readings, and a glossary of terms (both familiar and unfamiliar). Allow us to provide the NKJV version of Psalm 8, so that the prospective buyer might better discern if this be the aptest translation :

"O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

"Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

"When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

"You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen -- even the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.

"O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth!"

[Note, however : the text of the Psalms in this NKJV is written as verse, not as prose.]

For students and commuters, for inveterate readers and frequent flyers, for travellers and contemplatives -- this edition is highly recommended : for its conscientious translation, and its convenient portability, and its gloriously unprohibitive cost! Something of a gem.

It's amazing how much information is in this rather small book. You could keep it in your pocket as you built your own functional yurt. The writing is to the point and very informative. I've checked out many books on building yurts and this is the best. High points of this book for me: clear patterns, listing of materials and tools needed, time estimates for building, vocabulary of yurt parts, basic history of the people who use yurts, their various regions, and yurt variations. Get this book if you really want to build a yurt and do it right.

The Complete Yurt Handbook by professional yurt builder Paul King is a solid history of the yurt, a simple dwelling used throughout central Asia for hundreds of years. It is also a "user friendly" how-to instruction book for building several different types of yurt. Exhaustively researched and steeped in Mongolian history and culture, The Complete Yurt Handbook illustrates its meticulous instructions with photographs and diagrams, presenting a thorough do-it-yourself education in the art of yurt-building. The Complete Yurt Handbook is a fascinating, unique, and highly recommended book presenting just about everything there is to know about the yurt.

This book is valuable for those who are searching for the practical life and evidence of Comte de St. Germain. An immortal who is still very active in the world today.

Cooper-Oakley's biography on Comte de St. Germain is the first biographical sketch written about this enigmatic character. Called by Frederick the Great "The man who does not die" Saint Germain was said to possess the Elixir of Life, and to be virtually immortal. Germain was the friend, confident, and spy of European rulers for a generation. Two hundred years after his disappearance from the scene of politics, his reputation as an emissary from the Invisible Brotherhood intrigues us even more. While there is a definite Theosophical spin to her work, Cooper-Oakley's "Comte de St. German" remains to this day seminal reading for those interested in this "Unknown Superior" of Western Esotericism - Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism in particular - almost a century after it was written. A very good book and well worth reading by any one interested in the mysterious occult forces behind history. Jean Overton-Fuller's historical biography on Comte de Saint Germain is a fine follow-up to this one.

I loved this book. It offers so much concrete proof on the subject of UFOs and visitors from space. It is hard to ignore the evidence. It is really simply written and the kind of book you can quote to people.

I was fascinated by this book. I have always been interested in the concept of advanced intelligences living on the other planets and visiting mankind. However, this book gives evidence which is very convincing. It also explains that there is a huge Cosmic plan of which we are part that really makes sense. I think anyone who thinks about things would be interested in reading this book: it really is unusual but very believable.

This Compact Bible is the perfect size to carry with you anywhere! Many of my friends have requested one after seeing mine. I use it at home, at Church, on the go... I love it!

Hand sized, excellent compact bible. Print size good, and can be taken anywhere. I love it, and can have God's complete word with me all the time.