Errata: An Examined Life6 reviews
George Steiner

Yale University Press, 1999

a profound, passionate and humane thinker

+ Dense, Typically Provocative, Worthwhile
+ Pundit worries
+ At the top of western culture
  
  











  



  
Piano Ctos 1 4 & 5 - 70th Anniversary Edition4 reviews
Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

THE ONE AND ONLY

+ These historic recordings are excellent even by today's sound standards.
+ This is the perfect Glenn Gould sampler.

This disc does not amount to much in terms of playing-time, and the recorded balance is a little unfair to the orchestra, but I can still give it 5 stars at a bargain price. Sviatoslav Richter apparently said that in these performances the youthful Gould was not yet fully inside his own distinctive ...
  
  











  



  
Trails of the Angeles: 100 Hikes in the San Gabriels12 reviews
John W. Robinson, Doug Christiansen

Wilderness Press, 2005

great classic, niclely updated

+ Methinks I'm in for it
+ This is THE definitive guide to hiking the San Gabriels

This book is the go to source for hiking in the San Gabriel mountains. I have earlier editions, and was pleased to see many hikes updated and revisited and new ones added. All previously closed or open hikes now revisited and updated. author is handing off this book to writer of a younger ...
  
  











  



  
Freud at Work: Lucian Freud in Conversation with Sebastian Smee4 reviews
Bruce Bernard, David Dawson

Knopf, 2006

Absolutely Essential

+ Lucian Freud in conversation with models, canvas and paint
+ A Window into the Privacy of the Creative Mind of Lucian Freud
+ If you like Freud's work, you'll love this
  
  











  



  
Four Quartets15 reviews
T. S. Eliot

Harvest Books, 1968

All art ... approaches the condition of music.

+ most famous poem of T.S. Eliot
+ Only through time, time is conquered
+ Eliot's Four Quartets
+ Four Quartets
  
  











  



  
Escape to Reality: The Western World of Maynard Dixon2 reviews
Linda Jones Gibbs

Brigham Young University, Creative Works, 2001

Images of the Southwest & the streets of San Francisco

+ Some striking images

I first encountered Maynard Dixon in William N. Goetzmann's "The West of the Imagination," a book about how America's picture of the Western frontier was shaped by early painters, illustrators, filmmakers and wild west shows. Born in 1875, Dixon stepped into a tradition defined by Charles Russell ...
  
  











  



  
New and Selected Poems: Volume One10 reviews
Mary Oliver

Beacon Press, 2005

Read These Poems Out Loud

+ Poems that are tender and profound.
+ New and Selected Poems, Vol one
+ Takes you to another dimension...
  
  











  



  
The Right to Be Here3 reviews
Copper Wimmin

Copper Wimmin, 2005

Amazing powerful vocals

+ Copper Wimmin
+ magic of human voices

These womyn leave their listeners speachless. Their vocal composition and powerful honest lyrics are spellbinding. The musical addition is rich - it adds to the album's beauty. Lovely harmonies...
  
  











  



  
Infinite Thought: Truth And The Return To Philosophy (Continuum Impacts)5 reviews
Alain Badiou

Continuum, 2005

At last French philosophy goes beyond post-modernist confabulations

+ comment on Sam's review:
+ Philosophy at last coming back to life.
+ the essays
  
  











  



  
Eros the Bittersweet6 reviews
Anne Carson

Dalkey Archive Press, 1998

From the Classics

+ Life Changing Read
+ Amazing
+ Anne Carson's Best Book
+ Carson is an inspired guide
  
  











  



  
Infinite Thought: Truth And The Return To Philosophy (Continuum Impacts)5 reviews
Alain Badiou

Continuum, 2005

At last French philosophy goes beyond post-modernist confabulations

+ comment on Sam's review:
+ Philosophy at last coming back to life.
+ the essays
  
  











  



  
The Right to Be Here3 reviews
Copper Wimmin

Copper Wimmin, 2005

Amazing powerful vocals

+ Copper Wimmin
+ magic of human voices

These womyn leave their listeners speachless. Their vocal composition and powerful honest lyrics are spellbinding. The musical addition is rich - it adds to the album's beauty. Lovely harmonies...
  
  











  



  
Trails of the Angeles: 100 Hikes in the San Gabriels12 reviews
John W. Robinson, Doug Christiansen

Wilderness Press, 2005

great classic, niclely updated

+ Methinks I'm in for it
+ This is THE definitive guide to hiking the San Gabriels

This book is the go to source for hiking in the San Gabriel mountains. I have earlier editions, and was pleased to see many hikes updated and revisited and new ones added. All previously closed or open hikes now revisited and updated. author is handing off this book to writer of a younger ...
  
  











  



  
Escape to Reality: The Western World of Maynard Dixon2 reviews
Linda Jones Gibbs

Brigham Young University, Creative Works, 2001

Images of the Southwest & the streets of San Francisco

+ Some striking images

I first encountered Maynard Dixon in William N. Goetzmann's "The West of the Imagination," a book about how America's picture of the Western frontier was shaped by early painters, illustrators, filmmakers and wild west shows. Born in 1875, Dixon stepped into a tradition defined by Charles Russell ...
  
  











  



  
Eros the Bittersweet6 reviews
Anne Carson

Dalkey Archive Press, 1998

From the Classics

+ Life Changing Read
+ Amazing
+ Anne Carson's Best Book
+ Carson is an inspired guide
  
  











  



  
New and Selected Poems: Volume One10 reviews
Mary Oliver

Beacon Press, 2005

Read These Poems Out Loud

+ Poems that are tender and profound.
+ New and Selected Poems, Vol one
+ Takes you to another dimension...
  
  











  



  
Errata: An Examined Life6 reviews
George Steiner

Yale University Press, 1999

a profound, passionate and humane thinker

+ Dense, Typically Provocative, Worthwhile
+ Pundit worries
+ At the top of western culture
  
  











  



  
Piano Ctos 1 4 & 5 - 70th Anniversary Edition4 reviews
Glenn Gould, Bach

Sony, 2002

THE ONE AND ONLY

+ These historic recordings are excellent even by today's sound standards.
+ This is the perfect Glenn Gould sampler.

This disc does not amount to much in terms of playing-time, and the recorded balance is a little unfair to the orchestra, but I can still give it 5 stars at a bargain price. Sviatoslav Richter apparently said that in these performances the youthful Gould was not yet fully inside his own distinctive ...
  
  











  



  
Freud at Work: Lucian Freud in Conversation with Sebastian Smee4 reviews
Bruce Bernard, David Dawson

Knopf, 2006

Absolutely Essential

+ Lucian Freud in conversation with models, canvas and paint
+ A Window into the Privacy of the Creative Mind of Lucian Freud
+ If you like Freud's work, you'll love this
  
  











  



  
Four Quartets15 reviews
T. S. Eliot

Harvest Books, 1968

All art ... approaches the condition of music.

+ most famous poem of T.S. Eliot
+ Only through time, time is conquered
+ Eliot's Four Quartets
+ Four Quartets