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The response of native Montana grasses to soil water stress,
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No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this completely up-to-date guide our experts who live in Naples, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Fodor's Naples, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Your personal supply of Post-it? flags makes it easy to mark your favorite listings. Plus, web links, costs, and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap.
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The true story of how an ordinary Aussie girl-about-town became Crown Princess Mary of Denmark. A delicious, witty and intelligent look at the making of an Australian princess by one of the country's most original writers. Including full-colour illustrations of Mary's lavish lifestyle and lifestyle accessories (more castles, designer outfits and antique bling than you could poke a stick at) the book chronicles Mary's amazing transformation into one of the world's most photographed and glamorous women. Includes pics of the new baby prince.
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A light hearted read.......2006-06-29
This book, though not an authorised biography and contains only 'researched' information, is a great read. Especially for the fellow Australian who can understand some of the references made - like the stories told in the Little Golden Books etc. This provided a few laughs, though not sure if they'll be understood by the non-antipodean!
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Young Cassie Claiborne, the heroine of Haven Kimmel's egregiously ill-named novel Something Rising (Light and Swift), is a pool hustler. She learns to shoot pool for money when her unreliable father abandons her, along with her shut-in mother and her neurotic sister. Her growing-up is a dark thing: She has funny friends and pot-smoking good times out on country roads, but she's always carrying the financial and emotional burden left behind by her father. A good daughter, she lives with her mother in her small Indiana hometown till she's 30. Finally, after her mother's death, she decides to visit New Orleans to learn about her family's past. Up to this point, the novel is a sensitively written coming-of-age story, a little on the slow side. The book really takes off when Cassie hits the Big Easy. A taciturn, almost compulsively private person, she finds herself encountering enchanting strangers at every turn. A new friend named Miss Sophie grills Cassie about her line of work, and she replies, "I play pool for money. I just announce myself, I say I've come to a place to play their best, and for money, and that person is called. Or I wait for him." Miss Sophie replies "My interest in this is so sudden it feels lewd." The exchange gives an idea of the malleability and strength of Kimmel's style. You believe in both the gruff Cassie and the effusive Miss Sophie, and you believe they could charm each other. Such off-kilter connections are, in a sense, the point of the novel; it's a book about the serendipity of finding someone to like. --Claire Dederer
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In her first two books, Haven Kimmel claimed her spot on the literary scene- surprising readers with her memoir, A Girl Named Zippy, and winning an outpouring of critical acclaim for her first novel, The Solace of Leaving Early. Now, in her second novel, she brings to the page a heroine's tireless quest for truth, love, justice, and the perfect game of 9-ball.
Cassie Claiborne's world is riddled with problems beyond her control: her hard- living, pool-shooting father has another wife; her stoic, long-suffering mother is incapable of moving herself mentally away from the kitchen window; her sister Belle is a tempest of fragility and brilliance; her closest friends, Puck and Emmy, are adolescent harbingers of their own doomed futures. Frustrated by her inability to care deeply enough for so many troubled souls, Cassie finds in the local pool hall an oasis of green felt where she can master objects and restrain her emotions.
As Cassie grows from a quietly complex girl into a headstrong young woman, she takes on the thankless role of family provider by working odd jobs and hustling pool. All the while, she keeps her eye on the ultimate prize: wringing suitable justice out of past wrongs and freeing herself from the inertia that is her life.
In this ultimately uplifting story, Haven Kimmel reaches deep into the hamstrung souls of her fictional corner of Indiana. Remarkable for its tough tenderness, Something Rising (Light and Swift) is an astonishing work of pure heartbreak.
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an interesting book.......2007-10-17
This is a really interesting book. The main character, Casey is evolving in the story. Keeps your attention.
Something's Rising and it has an off smell.......2006-06-15
Compared to Kimmel's brilliant first novel,"Solace..." this reads like a labored Writing Class assignment: "Write a piece about a woman pool hustler, and make her an angry, masculine, drywaller whose redneck mother alludes to Kundera, Randall Jarrell, Marianne Moore, Anne Sexton, Martin Amis in the space of 2 pages."
Kimmel has a thing about frustrated intellectual housewives (the mothers, Laura, here and Annalee in "Solace...") who never went to college yet worship at the alter of Thought and Literature. Usually one kid goes to Bloomington to become a neurotic pointy-head while the other makes meth in the barn or practices tire-iron road rage while Seeking The Absent Father. Throw in some depth psychology and pages of pointless and unbelievable STRIFE, and you eventually get to the end of the exercise.
The pasted-on New Orleans Good Ending is OK only because we can hope that Hurricane Katrina has wiped out Haven's fictional Pool Hall Heaven paid for by deus ex machina. By the way, Cassie, the lumpy heroine whose outlawry consists of having uninteresting pot-smoking friends and never paying income tax, supposedly inherits a $300G stock and insurance settlement and the lawyer hands it over in cash and takes out no taxes?
Haven needs to have people who aren't in awe of her to read the drafts of her future novels. She is way too talented to wing it just because she had a great first novel. She needs better advisors/editors.
I Loved This Novel.......2006-04-09
After reading both of the Zippy books, I decided to give Something Rising a try. I read it cover to cover (with ease) and loved it. The theme is the same (but different) from the Zippy books. Still present is the absent and utterly selfish father, along with the despondent mother, who feels her life has been ruined by her marital union with this man. The main character loves them both but, as she matures, grows to despise her father. A new twist from Zippy is a mentally ill sister, whose mind the reader cannot even begin to follow or understand.
The book was full of deep thoughts and observations and many times I did not completely understand them, but I was impressed by the author's talent for telling this story. Never once was I bored.
I guess the coming of age part is addressed in many ways in this book, but certainly the losing of one's mother is key and was approached so beautifully in this book. As one who has recently lost a mother, I was touched and so much understood the last quarter of the book.
I must disagree with some...this is a wonderful book, by an extremely talented writer. Not one to be missed.
Felt Like Homework.......2005-08-23
For a book about hustling pool, this book contains an awful lot of discussion about the role of feminine mythology in literature. This book felt less like a story than a justification of the tuition money spent on a Lit degree.
Not only is there the bizare out-of-place discussions about the protagonist's sister's college dissertation, but the book is chock-full of ham-fisted literary devices. I actually laughed out loud when Cassie won her father's prized pool que in a bet. Gee, what could that possibly be a metaphor for?
Early in the story, Cassie is instructed to study geometry and physics textbooks in order to understand pool. This made me wonder whether the author had ever seen a pool table or a geometry textbook. Most pool sharks don't need to know how to calculate the area of a tetrahedron. The amount of geometery that one must know to play pool well could probably be written in large letters on one side of a 3x5 index card.
The characters are dull and one-dimensional. Everybody dutifully plays their part without acting like an acutal person. We are treated to road-worn cliche characters such as the gay best friend, the absentee father, and the kindly grandfather. Cassie, the protagonist, is cold and unlikeable. She's like a Holden Caufield without the charm. I found myself wanting bad things to happen to her.
I suspect that my assignment was to analogize the Cassie character to some mythological godess that the author discussed. But it just wasn't worth the effort.
Didn't quite hit the mark for me..........2005-01-12
This was one of the very few books that I was not able to finish. Not because it's awful, or poorly written...actually, I thought it was written quite well, which is why I'm giving it 3 stars. Its just that I didn't get it. After getting more than halfway through this book I realized...I didn't care about any one of the characters, I didn't care what happened to them, didn't fully understand who they were, nothing at all. I skimmed the last 1/3 of the book just to see if it would get a little more exciting...it never did.
Cassie was likeable enough, but I found her to be to hard and empty, and her sister Belle obviously had some serious problems, but what they were I couldn't tell you. And Puck and Emmy...what a bizzare pair. What it comes down to is this book just wasn't for me. The reading is extremely choppy, and difficult to follow in some places. What I got wasn't quite what I expected when I started reading. It's not that I don't recommend the book, I personally didn't take to it, but I really like Haven Kimmel, and have high hopes for the next book of hers I pick up.
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Excellent, practical........2005-02-24
This is an excellent book on parenting preteen and teen daughters. It's written for both moms and dads. Though it's apparent that most readers will be moms, dads would benefit from reading about how to talk to their daughters about food, eating and body issues especially.
Some parenting books can be more philosophical than helpful. In otherwords, they tell you about a parenting idea and why it is superior, but don't tell you what to do when you are in the trenches with your child. This book is practical. Each chapter has examples of various hurtful, difficult exchanges between parents and daughters. Then the author analyses "what just happened". If you understand what just happened between your daughter and you, then you are better prepared to respond rationally next time you clash with her. Then the author finishes by giving suggestions about what to say next time. "What if you said..." thus and such.
The converstations between moms and daughters in this book can be poignent, painful as a pin prick, and just as loving. It's very touching. It has helped me talk with my 10 year old daughter without losing my head a few times.
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Sophie can no longer keep her problems a secret. (RL2.8)
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Something Girl.......2006-02-26
Being abused is repulsive, especially when it comes from one of your parents. Have you ever felt that no matter what, it's never good enough? Ir that if you better yourself you'll make someone love you? That's exactly how Sophie feels. Her father hits her. Beats her. "Stupid. No good. Nothing." That's what she is, or so her father tells her. Does she believe it? Something Girl is a tale of abuse written! By Beth Goobie; that will leave you asking these questions.
Goobie uses her voice to relate to teens through Sophie. Sophie is like your typical teenager. She likes to hang out with her friends, go to dances, go out with her boyfriend. She likes music, reading, and daydreaming. She isn't all that hip on school, but she doesn't completely hate it either. It's almost as if you can see eye to eye with her.
As the book takes you through her everyday life, you'll get to see every aspect of it.
Sophie's good friend, Jujube, believes in aliens. She also believes that the next place they'll land is there in the town where she and Sophie reside. Will Sophie get out? Alive? Will her mother just keep staring olut the window, not speaking a word? Will her father stop? Can she better herself enough to make him love her? Or will the aliens come, just like Jujube predicts?
What do you do when you can't get away? Sophie can go to her favorite hide out, but she can't stay there forever. She can go to Jujube's and stay the night. But she can't stay forever. She also can't tell anyone what her father's doing to her. He is, of course, a well respected business man. If Sophie tells anyone, word will get out. And there goes her father's job. The only thing that puts food on the table, and buys her clothes. What is she to do?
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Something's Fishy Hazel Green
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Every year Mr. Petrusca-the best fishmonger in town-finds the biggest lobsters for one of his very best customers, Mr. Trimble. But when a thief steals the two splendid lobsters, Mr. Petrusca is more upset than anyone can understand. Hazel Green knows there's something fishy going on, but what could it be? Through clever sleuthing, guesswork, and observation, Hazel discovers that Mr. Petrusca can't read. Hazel promises not to tell anyone, and she finally solves the mystery without giving away Mr. Pertrusca's secret. But will catching the thief solve all of the problems that this fishy mystery has created?
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Thad Smith goes to hilarious lengths to keep Maggie from telling his classmates about his secret. `Told and illustrated with humor, the characters come alive, and the classroom scenes are delightful.' —C. "Boy-girl relationships are depicted with warmth and understanding in this lighthearted, funny story" —BL.
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I loved it!.......1997-12-02
I read this book for the first time when I was 10 years old. Today, it still provides me with warm memories, laughter, and a great bread pudding recipe that allows my tattered volume to sit with my favorite cookbooks. Don't miss it!
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- Important book: evolution, micro-nutrients and what it means
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How did humans evolve larger and more sophisticated brains?
In general, evolution depends on a special combination of circumstances: part genetics, part time, and part environment. In the case of human brain evolution, the main environmental influence was adaptation to a `shore-based' diet, which provided the world's richest source of nutrition, as well as a sedentary lifestyle that promoted fat deposition. Such a diet included shellfish, fish, marsh plants, frogs, bird's eggs, etc. Humans and, and more importantly, hominid babies started to get fat, a crucial distinction that led to the development of larger brains and to the evolution of modern humans. A larger brain is expensive to maintain and this increasing demand for energy results in, succinctly, survival of the fattest.
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Important book: evolution, micro-nutrients and what it means.......2005-08-28
This creative intelligently-designed book on human evolution is by a top fatty acid and nutrition Prof. The topic is timely, for example, U.S. politics are still influenced by the creation versus evolution debate. The book is also timely since modern food refining (and man's unique use of heat) slash the micro-nutrients affecting health and survival of individuals and groups.
The book describes us as the only land mammal with fat-babies and why this 'fatness' gave us an advantage in the (brain) nutrition department.
The book makes the point that "shore-based" foods gave us the micro-nutrients allowing us to build better brains, like one of the fish-based omega-3 oils (vital for brain development and continued brain health). Foods from the water and its shores also provide 5 key minerals (iron, zinc, magnesium, selenium and copper) that many still have difficulty obtaining in adequate amounts, affecting health and survival.
This handsome book is well written and presented. It is not an easy book and full of detail (yet little excess fat), but it is likely to forever change the way we look at our foods and health (and it does have practical data). The concept for health and evolution really comes down to: "It's the Micro-Nutrients, Stupid!" Ignoring this concept comes with great risk, the combined message of evolution and science.
The book is a good re-read with delicious tidbits like the role of copper in the tissue that keeps our arteries intact, my personal interest, and likely a main cause of cardio-vascular disease. Good work with effectively no factual errors and that evolved well before it was born and that should stand the test of time. vos@health-heart.org
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This volume provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art account, exclusively devoted to the analytical chemistry of Macrocyclic (crown ethers), macrobicyclic (cryptands) and the Supramolecular compounds (calixarene and calyx(n) resocrineremeand Rotaxanes). These compounds having a great deal of similarity in their chemical characteristics have direct application in biosciences, analytical chemistry, solvent extraction, chromatography, spectroscopy and ion selective electrodes. New to the Second Edition: * Chromogenic Crownethers in Solvent Extraction describing the Classification, Synthesis and Applications in extractive photometry. * Rotaxane Synthesis and Characteristics describing structure of the mainframe work with linear support with Supramolecular compound as the central wheel with stoppers for clipping
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Potentially great.......2001-09-21
I have only had a borrowed copy for a few days, but this could be the biggest break through since the PC.
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This book presents a careful and detailed introduction to the methodology of nonstandard analysis and the foundations of its use in analysis, topology, probability theory and stochastic analysis. Further articles expound recent, more advanced applications in functional analysis, stochastic differential equations, mathematical physics and mathematical finance theory. All authors are world leaders in the subject.
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This first volume of Robert Durling's new translation of The Divine Comedy brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with all its terror, pathos, and humor. Remarkably true to both the letter and spirit of this central work of Western literature, Durling's is a prose translation (the first to appear in twenty-five years), and is thus free of the exigencies of meter and rhyme that hamper recent verse translations. As Durling notes, "the closely literal style is a conscious effort to convey in part the nature of Dante's Italian, notoriously craggy and difficult even for Italians." Rigorously accurate as to meaning, it is both clear and supple, while preserving to an unparalleled degree the order and emphases of Dante's complex syntax. The Durling-Martinez Inferno is also user-friendly. The Italian text, newly edited, is printed on each verso page; the English mirrors it in such a way that readers can easily find themselves in relation to the original terza rima. Designed with the first-time reader of Dante in mind, the volume includes comprehensive notes and textual commentary by Martinez and Durling: both are life-long students of Dante and other medieval writers (their Purgatorio and Paradiso will appear next year). Their introduction is a small masterpiece of its kind in presenting lucidly and concisely the historical and conceptual background of the poem. Sixteen short essays are provided that offer new inquiry into such topics as the autobiographical nature of the poem, Dante's views on homosexuality, and the recurrent, problematic body analogy (Hell has a structure parallel to that of the human body). The extensive notes, containing much new material, explain the historical, literary, and doctrinal references, present what is known about the damned souls Dante meets --from the lovers who spend eternity in the whirlwind of their passion, to Count Ugolino, who perpetually gnaws at his enemy's skull--disentangle the vexed party politics of Guelfs and Ghibellines, illuminate difficult and disputed passages, and shed light on some of Dante's unresolved conflicts. Robert Turner's illustrations include detailed maps of Italy and several of its regions, clearly labeled diagrams of the cosmos and the structure of Hell, and eight line drawings illustrating objects and places mentioned in the poem. With its exceptionally high standard of typography and design, the Durling-Martinez Inferno offers readers a solid cornerstone for any home library. It will set the standard for years to come.
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Chthonic Boom..........2007-08-30
You know how some so-called "classics" suck? This isn't one of them.
Ciardi's translation is readable and fluid, and he sets up the action in each canto with a modern English preface. He also provides end-notes to each canto that explain obscure people, places, events, and choices of translation. (Various illustrations and diagrams also give a clear picture of the infernal topography and spatial structure.)
The Inferno itself is a masterpiece...one of those numinous works of literature where you catch yourself at intervals marveling at its brilliance. I wish I'd read it ten years ago.
Intro to Inferno.......2007-08-22
Translators, according to the Italian proverb are traitors.
There is no way around it, something is always lost in the
leap from one language to another. You can consult a modern
'adaptation' of Shakespeare to get the feel of what has to
be surrendered. In the end, a preference for one translation
over another is a matter of what you're most willing to lose.
John Ciardi decided to keep the original rhyme scheme: 'aba'
in which the poem is divided into groups of three lines of
which the first and third rhyme. In Italian, this is fairly
easy, in English a great deal more difficult.
So in order to keep the feel of the tercets (as they're called)
Ciardi sometimes had to stray a bit from the literal
meaning. Nothing vital is lost, but the specialist will
surely find some points to dispute.
For the rest of us, this is a first-rate view into a world
we can barely otherwise imagine. Ciardi's notes and glosses
on the cantos are breezy, illuminating and approachable.
There are other, more correct translations- Mandelbaum's
is first among them -that might be better for the specialist
or the student of the Italian Language. I notice, however,
that when I want to spend a pleasant few moments in the
Poet's company-and especially for the Inferno- that this
is the translation I usually reach for.
--Lynn Hoffman, author of THE NEW SHORT COURSE IN WINE and
the novel bang BANG. ISBN 9781601640005
Dante for bigots?.......2007-04-06
Esolen is neither a Dante scholar nor an Italian language/literature specialist. He is an English Teacher at Providence College, a Catholic institution. His retelling of the Divine Comedy is reasonably accurate and quite readable. The problem comes with his notes. They range from the scandalously inadequate to the downright offensive. Esolen has written a number of anti-gay articles for religious publications . This is reflected in his notes where he refers to homosexuality as something like "that most heinous of sins". This is not only offensive in a contemporary publication, but is totally out of tune with Dante himself, who took a much more sympathetic and nuanced approach c.1300 AD. The skimpy notes manage to include other personal and inappropriate remarks.
There are many superior translations out there. Mandelbaum's is excellent and has very good notes. Robert and Jean Hollander's is also very fine and the notation is the most extensive and scholarly of all.
Dante's Inferno by Mandelbaum.......2007-01-10
This english rendition of Dante's Inferno is puts thoughtful use of the english language into the translation of this classic work. The fact that Mandelbaum translates using more literal meanings may be hard to follow at times but overall it enhances the effect of the book's moral dilemma.
Great Poetry.......2006-12-27
Dante has become one of my favorite poets. He's up there with Homer and that's kind of funny since in Limbo he is excepted in the circle of some of the greatest poets which included Homer.
This is a nice translation and the commentary is excellent. John points out certain things in the verses which you would have to have some familiarity or go and look up elsewhere to understand its significance to the poem.
In this volume Dante speaks about the nature of sin (the specific punishments helps to amplify it meaning). It also shows how the straight path (to God) is not an easy one to simply step back onto if you happen to slip because these sins (shown in hell) will be a stumbling block and hold you back (represented by the 3 creatures he meets before he has to take the hard journey through hell).
There are some memorable moments in the bowels of hell which I will not forget and Virgil (reason) is a great guide.
Book Description
Shakespeare forged his tremendous art in the crucible of his comic imagination, which throughout his life enveloped and contained his tragic one. His early comedies—with their baroque poetic exuberance, intense theatricality, explosive bursts of humor, and superbly concrete realizations of the dialects of love—capture as in a chrysalis all that he was to become. They provide a complete inventory of the mind of our greatest writer in the middle of his golden youth.
This volume contains The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love's Labor's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and it's companion piece, Romeo and Juliet, which Tony Tanner describes in his introduction as "a tragedy by less than one minute." The texts, authoritatively edited by Sylvan Barnet, are supplemented with textual notes, bibliographies, a detailed chronology of Shakespeare's life and times, and a substantial introduction in which Tanner discusses each play individually and in the context of Shakespeare's oeuvre.
Customer Reviews:
fairly good book.......2006-03-18
This is a fairly good book. I like the way how this book is organized. It feels like an old book, and it is wonderful reading those tiny typed words. However, I give this book only four stars because it is sometimes very hard to follow the next line. I mean, if you read this book for too long then it can give you an eyestrain. Also there's no expository comments to help you. Other than that, this is a great book for those who love William Shakespeare's works.
Some characteristics of Shakespearean comedy.......2006-01-19
I do not know Shakespeare's comedies very well. Yet I do understand that they are remarkable in their presentation of the passions of youth and love, in their expression of the lighter sides , and the happier ones of human life. I know that they often involve multiple plots, mistaken identities, star- crossed lovers, or lovers who are somehow interfered with by scheming elders. They often have multiple plot strands. I know that they may link high and low society, may have in them much which brings about laughter, and that they usually have a happy ending of some kind in which order is brought out of disorder- often their end is a wedding.
I believe I myself have never really gotten the spirit of Shakespearean comedy perhaps because even though I read them when I was chronologically young, I was never truly young in spirit.
I nonetheless could appreciate the depth and beauty of the language of the plays.
The plays have given generations upon generations of humanity, pleasure and delight. And I believe that most readers will find this is their experience also.
It's Wonderful to have all the comedies in one volume.......2005-01-21
I love all Shakespeare's work, and it was wonderful to have all the comedies in one volume. It does allow for character development of some of Shakespeare's recurrent characters. My favourite one of these is Falstaff, and he appears in a number of these comedies. The book that I read had all fourteen comedies in it. I have read each one of these at different times, and some more than once, but I sat down and had a Shakespeare comedy fest when I bought this volume. I love all Shakespeare's work, and a collected version of all his works would certainly be on my "desert island book list", and the comedies are my second favourite genre of the three that he used for his plays. I will do individual reviews of three of my favourite comedic plays, but I enjoy them all very much. My three favourites (and believe me, it's hard to pick three) are "The Comedy of Errors", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor". Each one of his many plays have numerous wonderful quotes that are still used and recognized today. I personally feel that a reader can't love great literature if that reader does not love Shakespeare too.
Great binding, good commentaries.......1999-03-02
We all know about Shakespeare, so a review of his writing is not required. However, I would like to say that the Everyman's Library series are worth getting. Unlike omnibus editions (such as the Riverside Shakespeare), these are actually portable so you don't need a table to hold them up while you are reading. The Everyman's Library series have good hardbindings, are conveniently sized to carry around, and have illuminating and extensive introductions. The typeface used is old, but the letters are large and easily readable (something that is a concern with some other editions).
Comedies, Volume 1 contains: The Comedy of Errors; The Taming of the Shrew; The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Love's Labor's Lost; Romeo and Juliet; A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Black cloth Library Binding. Undated Reprint of Original title.
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