The Science team at the NEW YORK TIMES are working hard to keep up with the expanding knowledge of our most vital organ - our brains. This is a collection of their articles from the Decade of the Brain, ending in 2000. The vibrancy of the decade is captured for all who read these stories. For many years, the 1990's will be studied as a time of unparalleled cooperation between scientists, society, and the media. Leading the areas studied will be brain research. The Science staff of the NEW YORK TIMES has been complimented repeatedly in private and public statements by many neuroscientists. Society will continue to look to them for insight on the next generation of investigations.

The Next Archaeology Workbook is a great educational tool for students and anyone interested in archaeology. Are you sick of talking about archaeology as an abstract concept? Then this book is for you. The book includes an number of fictionalized archaeological problems situated all over the world. Answering these questions educates and entertains. This is how learning should be

Journalist Robert K. Massie wrote this book partly to satisfy his curiosity about how the parents of the world's most famous hemophiliac dealt with their son's illness, and as the father of a hemophiliac himself, it's no coincidence. A father's need to satisfy his curiosity about how others dealt with similar misfortune has resulted in a work that is every bit as enriching as owning a Faberge egg--perhaps even more so. One walks away from reading this text with a pretty balanced view of both the Romanovs and the reformers of society. One learns not to be surprised that most Bolsheviks were of Jewish origin given the way the Jews were treated by the Czars for centuries, as well as the way the Czars's money was spent in the years before World War I. One feels sympathy for the unspoiled, intelligent Czarevenas whose potential for helping Russia never came to full fruition, and for the fate of a society destroyed by traditional rules and a genetic snafu that had thunderclap repercussions for generations afterwards.

Stephanie Cowell has written a materpiece which is sure to be revered in years to come. She is an enormousuly talented writer of both novels and articles. Her novels transport their readers to another time and place; the time period of the great Queen Elizabeth I. Ms. Cowell captivates her audience through her mastery of the written word.

If you are a fan of the Canadian Pacific, you must own this book! Nicholas Morant set the standard for rail photography. Here is an incredible collection of photos covering half a century on the world's most scenic railroad. Tremendous history. Worth every penny!

If Shakespeare was the first (and last) person to understand what is a human being, Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) was the first (and last) person to understand what is God. God -- of course -- is the object of mathematics. Nicholas' most important book _On Learned Ignorance_ (De Docta Ignorantia), inspired by Plotinus and pseudo-Dionysius, uses mathematical models in an attempt to describe God as the Unknowable One; in the process, Nicholas stumbles upon ideas that will later be formalized in calculus, non-Euclidean geometry, and the transfinite numbers of Cantor. Although Nicholas is best read in Latin, Jasper Hopkins' translation is at once very precise and superbly readable; the commentary is intelligent and informed

My name is Gale E. Christianson. I am the author of eight books, but not this one, which you keep listing under my name as its editor. It is a religious work and not one I want credit for editing. Could you please track its true editor and give him the credit, which he would no doubt appreciate.

This book affords the scholar and novice alike a wonderful foray into the thought of Nicholas of Cusa. A fine collection of principal titles by Cusanus, this book is one full of enigmatic charm and probing insight! The forward and introduction provide a helpful entryway to the texts which are supplemented by a useful glossary of key terms and several notes.

Nicholas The Naked Sicilian and Other Stories is an amazing short story collection written by a truly gifted writer. It is replete with characters that are zany and unforgettable. There are men who dream of loves they've lost and women they have known. There are artists who hide their talents behind the artifice of the mundane world; nightmare scenerios converge with the commonplace and it all makes for a fictive world that quivers on the edge of a dream. And yet the author pays his respect to the everyday absurdies through his wonderful prose and minute attention to details.

For instance, in The City Of New Beginnings he describes one of his finest characters, Miss Lena thus: "Yes, Miss Lena had transformed herself. She had become a lone planet, a mass of bright, then darker colors, a revolving planet where birds and butterflies, snakes and spiders came to life with her every movement, her every breath. Then the music stopped, and a siren cut through the blind. When the doorbell rang Miss Lena dressed herself in a hurry, and as I watched her I thought to myself that hers were the most beautiful, the most timeless scars that I would ever see."

On reading this book I had the uncanny feeling that I was being pulled into a mad theatre of strange tales and unusual dreamscapes that were like the paintings of Dali or Borsh. Yet it's all there to behold in the powerful prose of Militello, who is indeed a great new force to be reckoned with. For he has burst upon the tepid literary scene like a streak of lightning through storm laden sky.

I look forward to reading more from this writer, until then I'll just go on reading and rereading this fascinating book.

The Night Before Christmas-or A visit by St. Nicholas is a Christmas poem that is a must-read piece of literature. This particular version- is a reproduction of the original copy. The illustrations and print are absolutely beautiful . It takes the reader back in time to an era which truly captivates the real meaning of Christmas through the eyes of an innocent child. This classic work can be read over and over by anyone at any age. This particular version will add to anyone's heirloom Christmas collections and will no doubt be left on display for all to enjoy!