This is a very handsome book - of great interest for architectural buffs or historians. It pairs two great architects - Robert Venturi and Irving Gill - in a unique, engaging, and informative way. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (in La Jolla, California)is one of the finest small museums in the country, well worth a visit to see outstanding architecture as well as cutting-edge contemporary art.

This is an outstanding book for anyone interested in the work of two great architects - Robert Venturi and Irving Gill. The combination of their work at the museum in La Jolla is masterful, and this book gives a fascinating look into the museum's history and Venturi's thought processes as he sought to restore the historic "Scripps House" while expanding and modernizing the Museum of Contemporary Art. A great find - makes me want to visit La Jolla and see it for myself!

Buy this book even if you've never been to the La Jolla museum it describes. If you've been to the museum, it's worth buying to give you pause to reflect on what you've seen. This book offers both the history and theory behind Venturi's reshaping of a wonderful museum in an attractive location. Those of us who remember the museum in the old days have got to be impressed with what Venturi has done. Although this text is all too brief, it provides the illumination needed to appreciate more fully this California classic.

This is a truly enjoyable book about a wonderfully lovable bear! Easy to read for the early reader and not too wordy/detailed for reading to the younger set. The story is easy to follow and is great to spark the imagination. We can't wait for the next one in the series!

The Legend of Fairy Tale Trail is a delightful Children's Book that children of all ages can thoroughly enjoy. It encourages children to use their imaginations as they follow the adventures of Briar Bear and CharLitt. Children can easily relate to the personalities of CharLitt and Briar, and the story brings a "warm" feeling to anyone who reads it.

I highly recommend picking up The Legend of Fairy Tale Trail for a child you know, or even for the Child in all of us!

This book is so refreshing in our times in so much as it sets out to remind us all of the real values in life and that everything and everyone around us is a gift and should be enjoyed and valued as such. It does not "preach" to the reader but lets the actions and adventures of animals and fairies deliver these important reminders. A great book, for children and adults alike,to understand these simple but important thoughts.Its excellent text is complimented by original illustrations and having read it several times, I find myself picking it up again and again for yet another read! I await with eagerness,as do my children,the next in this series.

I got interested in this case after reading a large write up in the local paper, the Atlanta Journal constitution, which is quoted many times in the book. I like historical books and was really amazed at the semitic overtones in the south during the civil war. As stated by reveiwer C. Ellen, it was written well and put into context with other goings on in that period. Being from Atlanta myself, I could very easily relate to the narative and it held my facination throughout. It told what I beleive to be the complete story and facts as well as being updated for NEW release in 1987 by adding an additional preface. Anyone who is interested in civil war reads, the laws of the time , or who lives in or around Atlanta , will be interested in this book. Over 50 pages of it are dedicated to the bibliography and all facts are well documented. It is a story that is all to reminiscent of famous cases that have arrisen in the past few years. It's a sad commentary on just how far the attitudes of this nation have come in the past 100 years or so. If interested in further information after reading this book, then I suggest trying to contact the Atlanta Journal Constitution for their brilliant account of the incident in the June 11, 2000 addition of their paper. It also gives a partial list of the lynching mob, held in secretcy until this time. A great book to own for any historical book collection.

As a judge, a lawyer and an historian I had heard about the Leo Frank case but did not know the details. Leonard Dinnerstein does an excellent job of relating the story of Leo Frank in a fair and unbiased manner. He also puts the entire affair in a historical context. This would be an excellent read for any student of racism in America and of the New South. It is easy to read and has an excellent bibliography.

Dinnerstein does a beautiful job in eloquently presenting the facts of the famous Leo Frank case. All angles of the case are examined in a thorough, impartial manner. A must read for anyone familiar with the Frank case, and well worth looking into for anyone who loves a good murder mystery.

if you want to get a gist of why interracial relationships happen, read this. also, you will come to figure out why why blacks feel the way they do about whites. one of the best books ever written about blacks in europe...

This one is a cult classic, a story with messages that resonate long after we've put it down. One of my three or four all-time favorites. Brown has the gift of the storyteller's ear and voice, and an instinctive feel for the trope and rhythm of language. If it were put to music, it would be a combination of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane. A cover-to-cover "bright moment"

The re-release of Cecil Brown's 1969 classic is long overdue. The man's insights and vision are haunting in their lyricism, and his messages pack a punch. Cecil Brown is a natural, and I've missed his fiction all these years. Not to be missed

In Little Brown Brother, Leon Wolff contends that while Jose Rizal was a catalyst for the movement, Emilio Aguinaldo was "Revolution incarnate." Wolf describes Aguinaldo as a stubborn man of limited education who cleverly unified eight million people in the revolution against Spain. He reportedly had a great hatred for the Spanish and sought to prove that the Filipino was mentally and morally above the Europeans. As a result of imperialism, the US took control of the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico via the Spanish American War. Although there was still an abundant amount of land throughout the world that applied to the Manifest Destiny ideology, acquiring land on opposite sides of the globe required new methods. It would not be as easy as building roads and displacing a few thousand American Indians. Controlling colonial possession thousands of miles away required a new military commitment. This commitment came by way of a modern Navy. The US steamed into oversees expansion when the Federal Government commissioned the building of several cruisers and battleships between 1883 to 1890. It was clear to the US that those countries who controlled the seas, controlled their own destiny.

Wolff has done some extensive research and has come up with a balanced account of the situation in the Philippines during the Spanish American war. Little is really known of the extent of the atrocities that were the result of the Manifest Destiny and Benevolent Assimilation ideology but Wolf is balanced in his treatment of, on the Militray side: Aguinaldo, Dewey, Otis, and McArthur. On the political side, he is clear to point out that there was opposition to this proclomation for many reasons. His extensive treatment of the debate between William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley are also very extensive. An easy book to read and a very extensive and well researched piece. I give it 5 stars.

Miguel Llora

Mr Wolff has compiled a classic account of this savage and mostly forgotten conflict that brough America into a war that would be very similar in the sixties. A brilliant telling of both sides of the war, from the political figures, Filipino field commanders, volunteer soldiers from Oregon and Kansas, the "Buffalo Soldiers", Marines, Moros wielding their razor-edged barongs to generals like Lawton, Merritt, Pershing, Funston and Arthur MacArthur. If you are interested in this story, I recommend this book and Muddy Glory by Russel Roth to name but a few. History as it should be taught in school.

This is the Philippines Centennial Year of celebrating a noble attempt at Independence as a Nation . Incredible that in this day and age, nothing much has changed in the Philippines. Today wears a cloak of sophistication, outward love of all things American by a population that has no idea of the blood that was spilled by America in the process of a rough and dirty attempt at colonization of the Philippines. The Little Brown Brothers were denied their birthright by the American Gatling gun on the pretext of replacing the well known cruel tyranny of Spanish rule with the so called justice of the United States. 100 Years later, - it is just a bit more modern, the action faster. the politics the same, the poor still poor and the rich much, much richer. The Reader is vividly reminded that everything is the same. Powerful authenticated stuff for the modern educated Filipino, far more enlightening than Rizal's "Noli ne Tangere" and should be compulsory reading for all Filipino's. - if it were available

Janr eyer is about a girl whose parents died when she was little. She moves in with her uncle and aunt. When her uncle died her aunt who really hates her wanted Jane to leave but she promised her husband that she would look after her. Jane ends up having no family to take care of her and to help her trough life. Mrs. Reed (the aunt) sends Jane to boarding school where at first she does not like it. She does not have a lot of friends. She made on friend named Mary Ann who got very sick and had died. Jane spends eight years at this school until she qualifies for a job as a governess to take care of a little girl named Adele. but whil she is there Jane falls in love with the master, Mr. Rochester. when they are about to get married there is a secert that Jane does not know about Mr. Rochester, which ends up spoiling the wedding. Jane is forced to move out of the house where she has no place to go. This book is very interesting and exciting throughout the novel. There are a lot of twist and turns that take place and it keeps you wanting more. I did not like how the book goes into detail about the landscape of the trees and what the weather is like for everyday. Jane is a very sweet orphan girl that keeps on getting lost and will never find her way home. She is passionate about her love. To me it reminds me of two high school kids in love. It's great that she ends up falling in love with theis guy becasue her life was very dull. Her life has no meaning until she meats him. This book is appropriate for the ages 13 and up because if the reader was younger they might lose interest in it. It is a romance novel. A story about a young girl without a fanily. Things change for her when she falls in love with Mr. Rochester. It has a twist to it that is not expected. this book is a thrilling story that will keep you on your toes until the end.

Jane Eyer has a golden heart. the horrible 10 years in the hell-like school doesn't distort her kind heart. She cherished her self-esteem, her choice of being independant. She loves him not because his money, but the beautiful glimer in Mr rochester's heart.Mr rochester is also seeking for true love till he finds jane eyer. Jane eyer doesn't leave him because of his blind eyes, but she stays with him. This is love, True love, which now more and more difficult to be found in this world in which everyone pursues gold, but few pursue golden love---ture love.

I read this book in the 9th grade and at first felt lost, but I got hooked and could hardly put it down. In the beginning of the story, it starts with the young girl, Jane Eyre. She later grows up and becomes a governess and is under employment to a Mr. Rochester. She falls in love with him and him with her, but something gets in the way. This is where the plot thickens...that is all I'm going to say!

"The Little Brown Owl and Me" is a delightful children's book. It has all the elements that children love. It is written in rhyme and is interesting and exciting to read. I recommend this book to all mothers who read to their children. It is a pleasure to read and to listen to.

I think that "The little brown owl and me" is a classic book for children. I love the way it tells the story. It's easy to read and easy for children to listen to and understand. Ms. Gibbons has captured the scent of a summer day and the mystery of nature in this book. Don't miss it.

My daughter just came home with this book today. I think it is a wonderful children's book. I especially love the rhyming words as it makes it easier to read. My youngest son (3) loved the little book too!

This has been my 3-year-old's favorite bedtime (and morning time, and afternoon time...) book since he was 2. The soothing rhymes are so relaxing. Beautifully illustrated. We've had the copy from our church library for so long we decided we needed to invest in our own. If you like Goodnight Moon, you'll love Little Donkey. If you don't care for Goodnight Moon, you'll love Little Donkey. A wonderful investment!

The sweet illustrations are nice and the wonderful rythym of this story is absolutely the best. It has a rhyming text that is peaceful and tranquil and the most wonderful thing to read your little ones (and maybe big ones) to sleep with. We love it.

I love reading this book to my niece (age 3) and nephew (age 1) at bedtime--it's on their 'most requested' list! The illustrations are very beautiful and peaceful and the overall themes of love and security are just what children (and adults) need in this wild world! The soft sounds in the text of the story are very dreamy and sleep inducing. Lovely!

My parents enjoyed reading this book to me and my brother almost 50 years ago. Now I am thrilled when my two kids ask me to "read it again Dad!" Margaret Wise Brown bent the norm when she wrote this book. Mister Dog, aka Crispin Crispian, lives a great life and shares it willingly with rabbits, cats, other dogs, and a charming little boy. Brown was indeed wise to ask Garth Williams to do the illustrations because they illuminate the book, as well as the room in which you may be sitting to read the book, with warmth, delight, and amusement. If only this classic could be re-printed . . . more families could cuddle up to this tale of play and cooperation.

I've had Mister Dog since i was a baby and loved it and still do. Unfortunately I've come to believe that i have the last remaining copy and its missing the back cover and have been hoping to get another copy. It is a great book, it gives great advice, the last page is brilliant.

One of the most whimsical, quirky, endlessly entertaining (for the parents as well as the kids) books I've found (this one at a yard sale). Politically incorrect, Mister Dog lives in a 2-story doghouse, eats strawberries, walks himself, and smokes a corncob pipe. He meets and adopts a little boy who also belongs to himself, and the two independent souls begin to live together cooperatively and happily. Indescribably charming. One of Ms.Brown's best, and should be revived for all of us jaded parents who have to read the same story over and over again. This one holds up and makes us smile every time.

This book should be in every home! After you read "Living on Purpose", you will see life diffferently. After checking it out at my local library, I attempted to get a copy from the local bookstore, to no avail. I was thrilled to see it here at Amazon. A MUST read for anyone who's looking for the meaning of their life.

After reading this book I found at the library, I went to the local book store to purchase it to no avail. I was thrilled to see it here in Amazon. Everyone should have a copy of this book just to get through life. You'll see the world differently after reading it.

These authors are an exceptional gift to the Universe. Their truths are based on reality; their explanations on why we behave as we do are concise, yet profound. The examples they give and the questions they invoke will have you inquiring into why we behave as we do. Great stuff!! Too bad it's so difficult to find copies.