A delightful book for children 4 to 9. The engaging dialogue and unique illustrations will bring you evenings of giggles.

The background of the story is based on the true-life romance between Bertie, Prince of Wales and the beautiful Lady Daisy Brooke, Countess of Warwick. The setting is a country-house weekend at the estate of the latter, to which our sleuths have also been invited. Two murders occur, first that of a young servant and then that of a gentleman guest. Dark hints are dropped that many of the characters have secret motives for the fell deeds, ranging from blackmail to jealousy to anarchism. Sheridan focusses on the men, while Kate questions the women and servants of the house to get to the bottom of the mess

The title says it all... his most enjoyable and insightful interviews. I've given this book as a gift to men of all ages who have everything, and they all have loved it.

Ms King has really written a very authoritative book on that literary phenomenon of the 20's and 30's who was Vicki Baum.

I used to read a lot in the family library when I was a boy. I remember that my father had in very high esteem the collected works of Vicki Baum. There were four volumes of them in a beautiful Madrid de luxe Edition, with leather and everything. I was very curious about a writer who had been able to write so many novellas (she wrote like 50).

To put it shortly, I decided to study chemical engineering because of her novel WEEPING WOOD (A history of the Rubber Tree). And also, HEADLESS ANGEL (a romantic novel about the Mexican years of the Colony) made me long for adventures.

Many years have elapsed and I always wanted to re-read those books, but with more information at hand, so I could savour what was before me.

I found that information in the essay BEST SELLERS BY DESIGN by scholar Lynda King. She didn't write a biography in strict sense, but rather went very succesfully to explain why Vicki Baum was such an exceptional literary phnomenon in the Berlin of the 20's and 30's. According to her exhaustive survey, Ms King says that Germany in those years was (because of the economic depression with an inflation of 5000%- people had to carry money in wheelbarrows) hungry for reading things that the man-in-the-street -like the enormous majority of the population was-, could achieve in life. The House of Ullstein (Germany's largest editorial Firm) found in the person of Vicki Baum the writer who could address the hearts of the ordinary people. And so and with the fashion of the epoch of delivering chapters each month in Ullstein's different publications destined to housewives, workers, even professional people, they were able to read a whole story on woman emancipation (THE STORY OF HELENE WILLFEUER) which produced antagonistic reactions. But it was Baum's first best-seller. And then came the quintessence of dreams-come-true, her most famous novel GRAND HOTEL in which Baum takes pains to show that an ordinary man as the heroe who comes to Berlin from a small town manages to be admitted into the exclusive and aristocratic Grand Hotel and mingles with all sorts of important people before he dies (he's terminally ill). Grand Hotel has been used to explain what a best-seller is, but Ms King has written a very comprehensive allegory of it.

I thoroughly enjoyed this essay with b/w rare photographs of Baum. And yes, it helped to recreate in my spirit those scenes of boyhood. It also helped to understand that Baum was a very talented writer, deep and skillful, and that the accusations of her being a writer of TRIVIALLITERATUR were not shared by all literary critics of the day. Even today, says Ms King, opinion is divided. Baum chose otherwise because she needed the money and decided to write best-sellers. But what is true is that she remains a fascinating writer who can get you into the plot of her rich imagination.

In short this is an essay which will appeal to all those interested in the making of a best-seller and some desription of that most fastidious of cities which is Berlin.

I am not much of a reader but this book simply took my breath away, the author did an excellent work that a thousand writers working for a thousand years could not have possibly realized.

This particular edition of the Bible called "Experiencing God" has been such a blessing to my life, not only it for the way it shows how to open our hearts and souls to what God can, is, and will be doing in our lives. What makes this Bible so recomendable are the footnotes, which not only guide you, but show you how He can be real in your life.

I only have one comment concerning the Keystone Giant Print Edition and that is, I feel according to my needs that the margins need to be wider ( so that I can write side notes.) A wide margin edition would be a very useful tool.

I am a 14 year old girl who has recently given my life to jesus christ.i believe this is a great book for anybody of all ages to read no matter what you look like or how you live your lifestyle.I believe everything that the bible tells you is true.A lot of the tings that the bible said wwas going to happen has already occured.I also believe that if you live your life as the bible tells you to you can never ever go wrong.

thankyou jesus christ, your child, charli wilson

So far i like the type of bibles you carry but im looking for a bible that is about 5" by 8" or 11"

I received my first Open Bible in 1983 from my father who is a minister. He said all preachers need a good study Bible. Well, I am not a preacher but I have wrote a few papers on subjects like; prayer and faith using the outlines in this Bible. It has a very excellent study guide that is in the middle of the Bible. Easy references guides and Bibical Index is so indepth. Will I ever buy another Open Bible? Most certainly YES!!!!!!