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12 reviews
Lynne Sharon Schwartz

Counterpoint, 2005

Writing that carves out the sharp edges of life
I have never read a book that better describes the fullness of life and emotions and the grace of acceptance. The weaving of philosophy throughout the book provides a handle for the characters to check and compare the lives they thought they would lead and the ones they are living and how to help each other along in that journey. The many sides of friendship shine brightly. The perils and joys ...

The Scent of God: A Memoir

28 reviews
Beryl Singleton Bissell

Counterpoint, 2006

The Scent of God: A Memoir of Spirituality & Love
When I was an adolescent growing up in a small Kansas town, I sometimes dreamt of becoming a nun--even though I was not Catholic. My cousin, Virginia, had given her life to God and went off to a convent. It all seemed so dramatic and selfless, and I admired her courage and commitment to a life of prayer and spiritual discipline. I have always been intrigued with the women who left their ...

The Invisible Garden

11 reviews
Dorothy Sucher

Counterpoint, 1999

The Invisible Garden
This is an enchanting book, subtle in working on many levels to capture and to hold your attention. The theme, intertwining the impact on her life of some family and friends with various aspects of gardening life, works surprisingly well. The workmanship is fine, in many senses of that word; as in grading gems, or in the weave of a great tapestry. It is something that her grandfather, or her ...

Gullboy -- The Inconceivable Life of Franco Pajarito Zanpa, A Novel

13 reviews
Wade Rubenstein

Counterpoint, 2005

Fascinating Characters in a Wild Story
This book is a hoot! Reading it, you feel like you're there for all kinds of insane-but-all-too-true goings on (well, true but for the gullboy, I should say). I mean, you're not just trapped in the head of one character in this book -- instead you get the sense of seeing things for yourself as they happen, almost like watching a movie -- if you read it you'll see how visual it is. I found this ...

Jayber Crow

34 reviews
Wendell Berry

Counterpoint, 2001

None better.
I used to read a lot of books and I never felt the need to quantify or compare one book to another. But when I finished Jayber Crow I knew that this was the best book I had ever read. As other reviews here will testify, it is astounding how Wendell Berry communicates with mere words the beauty of life, the human heart and the love that holds both together. I've sold most of the books I ...

The Road to Fez

18 reviews
Ruth Knafo Setton

Counterpoint Press, 2001

the best book I've ever read
This is the kind of book you read as if you're in a dream, and don't want to finish because you know it will be the end of the dream and you don't want to wake up. As soon as I put it down, I wanted to reread it! Then I wished I could enter the world Ruth Knafo Setton created. I felt as if I'd lived in the Morocco of myth and memory that she created, as if I'd taken a voyage through the landscape ...

The Memory of Old Jack

13 reviews
Wendell Berry

Counterpoint, 1999

phenomenal book
For Berry readers, this will come as no surprise, but this is a phenomenal book. I love the simple elegance of the prose, and the import is incredible. Beautiful, beautiful book.

Counterpoint

14 reviews
Joe Harnell, Ira Skutch

Xlibris Corporation, 2001

humerous and honest
COUNTERPOINT, the frank account of the varied and exciting life of Joe Harnell, pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, will be sure to appeal to anyone who's a fan of mid to late 20th century popular culture and it's major players, louis armstrong, marlene dietrich, etc. While not always pretty (Harnell has no desire to gloss over the more unpleasent aspects of his life), it is an always honest ...

Study of Counterpoint

24 reviews
J J Fux

Dent, 1965

Fux Will Leave You Breathless
Fux's masterful use of his counterpoint will leave you wanting more. Best know for his masterful thrust with a foreceful tempo, contemporary pianists have emulated his approach to great success. J. Holmes is reported to have read Fux's work daily prior to his strenuous orchestrations of thrust and release. Do yourself and your entire choir a favor and buy this book.

Vienna Prelude/Prague Counterpoint/Munich Signature/Jerusalem Interlude/Danzig Passage/Warsaw Requiem (Zion ...

20 reviews
Bodie Thoene

Bethany House Publishers, 1991

A MUST READ, MUST BUY!
I have only recently been introduced to Bodie Thoene, but I became an instant fan with Vienna Prelude. Some of the twists in the book had my mouth dropping open. In the world of espionage, you don't know who to trust and who not to--these books brought that alive. They are written about a time before even my parents were born, and it's mouth-droolingly interesting to see what could have happened ...

The Aztec Treasure House: New and Selected Essays

8 reviews
Evan S. Connell

Counterpoint, 2002

wonderful journeys in this book
Evan Connell knows how to capture the reader with an array of fascinating details woven into wonderful journeys that weave through different corridors of human history. Take the adventure and read this collection of essays!

Writers In Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light

10 reviews
David Burke

Counterpoint, 2008

A star-studded walk --- serves up everything but cafe
How many streets in the city you live are named after writers? In Paris: more than 400. David Burke seems to have walked them all. And that's just for starters. He also seems to have read all the books by those writers, cross-referenced their friendships, and then figured out a clever way to summarize his knowledge in a modest 240 pages, with 125 photos along the way. But then, David ...

Andy Catlett: Early Travels

8 reviews
Wendell Berry

Counterpoint, 2007

"...a knot in the net that has gathered me up...."
Andy Catlett, title character, says this of one of his beloved elders, and means it about the entire ensemble of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, family hires, and others in his close-knit world of childhood, a world that also nurtured him into and through adulthood. Nine-year-old Andy's first solo trip the ten miles to Port William is cause for the boy to ponder how best to navigate the ...

Samuel Johnson

10 reviews
W. Jackson Bate

Counterpoint, 1998

The most moving and inspiring biography I have ever read.
I read this book over 20 years ago. It was my introduction to Samuel Johnson. The book inspired my deep devotion to Johnsonia. The subject, I now know, is fascinating; for over two centuries biographies of Johnson have never been out of print. But this book caught my attention and fixed it. It is a moving portrait of a person like all of us except with greater disabilities and greater ...

The Gary Snyder Reader

8 reviews
Gary Snyder

Counterpoint, 1999

Teacher, Intellect, Poet and hero, Gary Snyder is for you!
Gary Snyder is an amazing person. He is an intellect. He is a poet. He is a teacher, a traveler, and he is a deeply spiritual man. He lives the life that we should all attempt to lead, a conscious thinking, methodical, contemplative life, asking questions arriving at conclusions and taking action. The Gary Snyder Reader is a good compilation of his life's work, the variety inside includes essay, ...

The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories

8 reviews
Yasunari Kawabata, Martin Holman

Counterpoint, 1997

Innocence and love, age and death, riddles with no meaning
"The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories" is an odd collection of sorts, mixing an elegant, straight-forward short story together with some autobiography and a fluttering of palm-of-the-hand tales. Each element contributes a unique flavor, and a different facet of Kawabata's style. J. Martin Holman proves himself again a master translator of Kawabata, retaining the flow and most importantly ...

The Book of Sarahs: A Family in Parts

10 reviews
Catherine E. McKinley

Counterpoint Press, 2002

Searching for Reality
Catherine went searching for the truth and she found it. It was reality and not a made up story with a happy ending. I believe that she was very self serving in telling the story. I felt she did not really appreciate the parents who raised her, until the very end. I wondered how they felt after reading this book. She certainly laid out all her complaints about them. I personally could ...

Ancient Futures: Lessons from Ladakh for a Globalizing World

8 reviews
Helena Norberg-Hodge

Sierra Club/Counterpoint, 2009

Riches to Rags
The first half of *Ancient Futures* will delight and amaze you; the second half will break your heart. In the 1970s, the Ladakhis of Little Tibet were a happy people. They had a sustainable traditional economy based on trade and cooperation - not money. One person's gain was not another person's loss. There was plenty of leisure, no hunger or poverty, very little sickness or disease, everyone ...

A Stone Bridge North

9 reviews
Kate Maloy

Counterpoint, 2003

I'm Kate Maloy's ex-husband. Here's my recommendation.
I'm Kate Maloy's ex-husband. She speaks about me in her good book, A Stone Bridge North, anonymously, because she was considerate enough to try to protect the guilty. Because I figure in her book, but not in especially complementary terms, I figure that potential buyers or readers of her book might be interested in my take on it. It's a captivating story of emotional venture and spiritual ...

The Diamond Sutra

9 reviews
Red Pine

Counterpoint, 2002

The Buddhist text that even cuts like a diamond through Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism has provided some of the most profound texts for cutting right to the core. The Diamond Sutra even cuts through Buddhist beliefs. In this sutra, the Buddha shows even his most important teachings to be provisional. This and the Heart Sutra are the two most chanted sutras in Zen. In this book, The Diamond Sutra is presented in an unsurpassed English translation. I have read ...

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