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Cezanne's Watercolors: Between Drawing and Painting

1 review
Matthew Simms

Yale University Press, 2008

More than mere studies
This book focuses on a crucial body of works by Cézanne, seldom seen and therefore seldom studied, his watercolors. Full of high-quality illustrations, it enables the reader to discover Cézanne's technique, his mastery of color and his virtuoso treatment of line, and also the relationship he draws between both. The study of this relationship between line and color is the core of the author's ...

Come Back, Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book 2)

14 reviews
Peggy Parish

HarperTrophy, 1995

Amelia Bedelia is Job Hunting, Look Out!
When Amelia Bedelia, the housekeeper who literally takes everything literally, brings Mrs. Rogers her cereal with coffee, the woman takes one look at those flakes floating around in her coffee cup and fires Amelia before she gets a chance to fill her creme puffs. Amelia, one who always sees the bright side of life, sets out to find a job. First she goes to work in a beauty shop, but when she's ...

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

93 reviews
Simon Winchester

HarperCollins, 2005

Eclectic excursion through history and science
This is four intertwined topics in one book, which means that you get either a highly informative amalgamation or a confusing muddle, depending on your personal taste. I'm inclined toward the former assessment, although I preferred Winchester's writing in his earlier book on Krakatoa. - The main story, of course, is the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. But other than a brief scene-setter at the ...

Letter and Papers from Prison

17 reviews
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Touchstone, 1997

Insightful and moving letters that transcend human created myth.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Letters & Papers from Prison was a most edifying read, primarily because it stripped away the mystery and mythical aura that surrounded him, before and after his murder by the Nazis in 1945. The fact that his reputation is so universally well known is greatly due in part to his brother-in-law, the late Eberhard Bethge. Having been raised in a very German household ...

Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906

17 reviews
Nancy E. Turner

St. Martin's Griffin, 2006

a truly satisfying sequel
I approached Sarah's Quilt with some hesitation as so often sequels just don't live up to the anticipation of the first book's enjoyment. Sarah's Quilt, however, did not disappoint. The characters of the story are so fleshed out in such subtle ways, I feel as if I have come to know and love these people. The plot is, like life itself, a bit disjointed, and takes a while to get started. Certain ...

Bonhoeffer's Cost of Discipleship (Shepherd's Notes. Christian Classics)

89 reviews
Greg Ligon

B&H Publishing Group, 1999

Essential reading for Christians
This work deserves monumental status in the realm of Christian devotional literature. It challenges and redefines the popular notions of equating Christianity with being an adherent or church-goer. Bonhoeffer presents a very real, daunting picture of what a true Christian looks like. There are several haunting, powerful phrases and images in this book. The author's credibility is heightened ...

Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Women's Rights (Ready-to-Read. Level 3)
Deborah Hopkinson

Aladdin, 2005

Unlike most girls of her time, Susan B. Anthony received an education. And besides reading and writing, her schooling taught her that women should have the same rights as men, above all the right to vote. So from the time she was a young woman until the day she died, Susan worked very hard to change America and make her dream reality.

Secrets of the Vine: Breaking Through to Abundance

90 reviews
Bruce Wilkinson

Multnomah, 2001

Excellent, will transform your walk with God!
This book is transforming. If you were raised in a church that places the responsibility on you to win God's approval than you need to read this book. This book blessed my life. No longer do you need to worry if God will cut you off for not producing. Instead God cuts away from you so you can produce.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Biography

6 reviews
Eberhard Bethge

Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2000

A Testament to Excellence
About 20 years ago, I read an older translation of this biography. Then, as now, a reader cannot help but be impressed by the thorough and meticulous scholarship that went into its preparation. Because of its size and scope (900+ pages), it may be somewhat daunting to new readers who may be just now encountering Bonhoeffer. However, given the nature of his literary output (Bonheoffer was ...

Little Bear's Visit (An I Can Read Book)

7 reviews
Else Holmelund Minarik

HarperTrophy, 1979

This is a charming book that kids absolutely love!
My kids have been captivated by this book from the time they were barely old enough to look at the pictures. My oldest is almost five, and she still asks me to read this book, even though she has it memorized! It is a charming tale of Little Bear's visit to his grandparents' house. The love in this bear family is so heartwarming, and the sense of fun so nicely realized that adults will love ...

Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow

3 reviews
James Sturm

Hyperion Book CH, 2007

Out of the park
Graphic novel biographies are touch-and-go affairs. For example, Houdini: The Handcuff King by Jason Lutes and Nick Bertozzi did little for me. I could see what the creators were trying to do, but taking a single selection out of Houdini's life and then making it directly into a comic book without any flashbacks, cuts, or original takes on his life... well, what's the point really? If you ...

Conversations with Wilder

27 reviews
Cameron Crowe

Knopf, 2001

Part of the bible
In the tradition of Hitchcock/Truffaut, a young master of the craft interviews an old one. One difference from the earlier book, Wilder's productive career was over, so covered entirely if not exhaustively by this book. After a slow start, a little too much of how Crow got to do this, the book jumps into an anecdotal, charming and literate discussion of Wilder's movies, Wilder's career and ...

Four Major Plays, Volume I (Signet Classics)

3 reviews
Henrik Ibsen

Signet Classics, 2006

Engrossing!
Ibsen is one of the most important playwrights to ever grace this earth, and it is not difficult to see why after reading this collection of plays. "The Doll House" is immediately fascinating, perhaps the easiest to understand out of this group of plays. It teaches the lesson that one must learn to stand on one's own, to carry out the cliché -- "to find oneself" -- but the lesson is not learned ...

Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine And The Arizona Territories, 1906

17 reviews
Nancy E. Turner

Thomas Dunne Books, 2005

An amazing book!
I enjoyed this book SO much!! I almost didn't want to start reading it, because I knew if I did I would read it so fast and it be all over! I live in Tucson and really enjoyed the 'historical' point of view of the area in the late 1800's. I love the strong woman Sarah is in the story. If you read the first book "These is my Words"...you will really enjoy this one!!

Carlo Scarpa: Architecture and Design

3 reviews

Rizzoli, 2007

Filling the gaps
This book fulfills the promise that "Carlo Scarpa: The Complete Works" did not deliver in that it is a very complete survey of Scarpa's built work. Among the things the book does very well includes the photography, which even of works as well documented as the Brion Cemetery and the Castlevecchio, shows very different angles than what has typically been seen elsewhere. I also really appreciate ...

Battleships of World War I: A Fully Illustrated Country-By-Country Directory Of Dreadnoughts, Including ...

2 reviews
Peter Hore

Southwater, 2007

Battleships of World War 1
An outstanding book!!!! Written very well with great pictures. Peter Hore knows his stuff!!! I highly recommend it.

Cézannes Composition: Analysis of His Form with Diagrams and Photographs of His Motifs

5 reviews
Erle Loran

University of California Press, 2006

Brilliant explanation of space & planes.
Pages 17 to 24 are a so called "Illustrated Glossary" and are worth buying the book for. The classic rules of space and depth and planes are explained in most of their complexity. Then he discusses many many examples of Cezanne's work and how they use the principles of space, planes, and depth. A masterpiece and extensive in its scope. If you really want this type of abstract picture ...

1906: A Novel

93 reviews
James Dalessandro

Chronicle Books, 2005

1906: A Great Story and a Thrill Ride All The Way!
I loved this book. Being a Northern California native and having lived, attended college and worked in S.F. during my early years, I was already pre-conditioned to love anything written about S.F. and the great 1906 fire and earthquake. Mr. Dalessandro did not let me down. 1906 is fast paced and full of interesting characters such as the central protagonists, Annalisa Passarelli and Hunter ...

Southern Crossing: A History of the American South, 1877-1906
Edward L. Ayers

Oxford University Press, USA, 1995

Edward L. Ayers monumental history, Promise of the New South, was praised by the eminent historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown as "A work of frequently stunning beauty," who added "The elegance and sensitivity that he achieves are typical of few historical works." Winner of the James A. Rawley Prize for Best Book on American Race Relations from the Organization of American Historians, and the Frank Lawrence Owsley and Harriett Chappell Owsley Award from ...

The Complete Short Prose of Samuel Beckett, 1929-1989

8 reviews
Samuel Beckett

Grove Press, 1997

Beckett: Still Relevant
The Complete Short Prose 1929-1989 is one of the great books to appear in the last ten years. I grew up reading parts in anthology and thin Grove Press editions. At last many of these sparse texts parading around as novels have come together under one cover. Stories like "First Love" and "The End" are among Beckett's strongest works, and "Texts for Nothing" are extremely complex and perhaps the ...

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