Will Eisner's New York: Life in the Big City: New York, The Building, City People Notebook, Invisible People (Will Eisner Library)
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Will Eisner's New York: Life in the Big City: New York, The Building, City People Notebook, Invisible People (Will Eisner Library)
Will Eisner
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 039306106X

Book Description

"An American storyteller, like Ray Bradbury, like O. Henry."—Neil Gaiman

With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction's greatest celebration of the Big Apple. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. This new hardcover presents a quartet of graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as "tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself." From ancient buildings "barnacled with laughter and stained with tears" to the subways, "humorless iron reptiles, clacking stupidly on a webbing of graceful steel rails," Will Eisner's New York includes cameo appearances by the author himself; several new illustrations sketched by Eisner, posthumously inked by Peter Poplaski; and three previously unpublished "out-takes"—a treasure for any Eisner fan, and sure to become a collectible. Introduction by Neil Gaiman.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Start spreading the news........2007-09-06

This book collects four of Will Eisner's comic books. I hesitate to use the term "graphic novels" because these aren't novels, they are short stories. Some of them are very short, being one page vignettes. The books collected are New York: The Big City, The Building, City People Notebook and Invisible People. Will Eisner was truly one of the geniuses of the comic book artform. This book tells the stories of regular city dwellers. Some of their stories are funny, some of them are tragic. But they are all worth reading. Highly recommended.
Invisible Life: A Novel
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • invisible life: a novel
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Invisible Life: A Novel
E. Lynn Harris
Manufacturer: Anchor
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ASIN: 0385469683
Release Date: 1994-02-15

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E. Lynn Harris's track record as a bestselling novelist began here, with the story of Raymond Tyler, who, after years of questioning his sexual identity, finds himself torn between a married male lover and Nicole, the talented actress with whom he imagines himself able to spend the rest of his life. With a rich cast of supporting characters and emotionally wrenching plot twists, this debut proved popular enough in a self-published edition to catch the attention of Doubleday, which bought the rights to Invisible Life and has published each of Harris's four subsequent novels, including two sequels, Just As I Am and Abide with Me.

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The re-issue of a remarkable first novel by a young, gay, black author who has fashioned a deeply moving and compelling coming of age story out of the highly controversial issues of bisexuality and AIDS.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wow!!!!!!!!.......2007-02-15

BOY, I was taken away by this book. My sister had to read this book for a class in school. After reading it let me read her copy. I started reading the book. I only got to the first chapter before I closed the book and headed to the store to get my own copy...lol. I knew I had to have this book in my collection. I went to work and started reading it on my break. By the time I got in bed that night I was finished this book. Man the book was great. It had me lauhging, crying, mad, shocked,,, all the above. I knew from then on I would be reading alot more of this guy. I got this book in 2001... Now 6 years later, I have purchased this book about 6 times. I have let people use my book and never recieved it back...lol.. now I will just purchase it as a gift for people. :)

5 out of 5 stars OOOH, My goodness.......2006-06-07

This book is off the hook. Oh! my God this book will have you looking at your "so-called" straight man in a whole new light.

4 out of 5 stars invisible life: a novel.......2005-09-20

The book revealed to me a better understanding of the life and issues that confront the gay community in our American society

4 out of 5 stars Not Surprisingly Good.......2005-05-02

This was my first E. Lynn book and I'll confess it was because of what I heard about the subject matter. However, after reading for myself, I must say that I was captivated and thoroughly enjoyed the story. The author was able to get me to put my own personal feelings aside and get caught up in the realistic characters and storyline. Overall, the story had good flow. There were some minor spots where I wished for expansion on a character's emotion to get more understanding of their thoughts and/or feelings, but these spots were rare. I'm looking forward to picking up the next book.

4 out of 5 stars Hard Knock Life.......2005-04-13

The Coldest Winter Ever is about a young lady coming of age in the shadows of her father's drug empire. The main character is a ghetto queen with a touch of class whose only mistake in life is not knowing the meaning of the word "respect" on the streets in New York City. There was no topic leave untouched from the explicted sex scene that left me breathless to the mugging that had my throat in a knot. The details and events in this book had me wondering if this book was written through Sister Souljah's own personal experience because I had a hard time figuring out what was real or fiction.
The Invisible Man: The Life and Liberties of H.G. Wells
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • absurd
  • Short and very readable character study
The Invisible Man: The Life and Liberties of H.G. Wells
Michael Coren
Manufacturer: Atheneum
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0689121199

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For almost half a century H.G. Wells was an international literary phenomenon; the only writer of his time who could command an audience with both Roosevelt and Stalin.

Unlike any other biographer of Wells, Coren paints a composite portrait of an extremely varied life set against the social and political background of the time.  The Invisible Man delves deeply into the paradox that was H.G. Wells: the utopian visionary and staunch advocate of women's suffrage versus the misogynistic womanizer and vicious anti-Semite.  This book exposes for the first time his disturbing views on "the Jewish problem," views that he defended vehemently even through the 1930s.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars absurd.......2004-05-01

The biography here is merely a bait-and-switch scaffolding. Really our putative biographer wants to attack Wells for his supposed "anti-semitism". The evidence presented, such as it is, is culled very selectively, mischaracterized, and hyperbolically flailed at. Wells was not anti-semitic; he was anti-nationalist. Read instead Anthony West's "H. G. Wells: Aspects of a Life" or, better yet, H. G. Wells's "Experiment in Autobiography".

4 out of 5 stars Short and very readable character study.......2003-03-06

First let me say that I am neither a science fiction fan nor a literary expert. Like many children, I read The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau and the War of the Worlds. Those books became a part of my dreams-and nightmares-for many years. In the intervening decades, I had really almost forgotten about Wells. However,I recently came across a collection of his complete short stories, and this sparked my interest in learning more about him.

This is the first biography of H.G. Wells that I have read, and I must admit I chose it mainly because it was short and compact! I would actually class this book as as more of an essay on Wells the man and his character, than a history of his life. Not that the author ignores biographical data. I knew absolutely nothing about Wells when I opened the book, and now feel that I have learned quite a lot about his life and times.

However, the historical information is mainly presented as a background for the author's argument that Wells has been whitewashed by previous biographers. He begins with the premise that standard biographies of H.G. Wells ignored or downplayed certain negative aspects of his character and thought. According to Coren, Wells was wrongly admired as a working class hero, a scientific visionary, and a utopian dreamer. He states at the beginning that his purpose in writing this book was to set the record straight. His intent is to prove that Wells' works had a "pernicious" influence on society. He also contends that Wells was a man of bad moral character, which was concealed by a public image of genial tolerance.

The author attacks Wells and his previous biographers with two lines of argument. In one, he presents evidence for his assertions of Wells' pernicious influence on British society. Coren contends that Wells was an exponent of xenophobia, religious intolerance, and racism. As he quotes from Wells' own writings, these criticsms seem to be founded in fact. He quotes from works in which Wells predicts a future in which the world has been made safe through a combination of technological progress, and radical eugenics. (Although the author does not make this explicit connection, Wells seemed to be advocating a future totalitarian world society very much like Plato's Republic-except with flying machines and wireless communication.) If true, this certainly seems grounds for criticism.

The second line of attack is on Wells' faults as a friend and husband. The author gives considerable space to the feuds that Wells carried on with other literary figures such as Shaw and Chesterton, and to his spats with members of the Fabian Society. I found this the least interesting part of the book, but that may be because I know so little about the people involved.

Mr. Coren also takes Wells to task for his marital infidelity and irresponsible sexual behavior. Here the argument seems a bit shakey, as Wells and his circle were exponents of free love and sexual revolution. It is hard to see what else could have been expected from someone who held such views.

As I have not yet read the other biographies to which this book refers, I can't comment on the accuracy of his claims, or say whether Mr. Coren proves his point. However, reading this book was worthwhile. Before reading it, I had no idea that Wells had been such an influential man, or that his writings included such a broad range of subjects. I certainly found this book a fast and enjoyable read, and I am now interested in in tackling some of the longer biographies and crititical studies of H.G. Wells.
Invisible Darkness: Jean Toomer & Nella Larsen
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  • These mixed-race authors were NOT "African American"
Invisible Darkness: Jean Toomer & Nella Larsen
Charles R. Larson
Manufacturer: Univ of Iowa Pr
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ASIN: 0877454256

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1 out of 5 stars These mixed-race authors were NOT "African American".......1998-07-06

Readers who call Jean Toomer "black" or "African American" are totally in error. He rejected that racist "one drop" classification and deserves praise and admiration for doing so. Toomer's parents and grandparents were not "black middle class" but looked whiter than many Americans who call themselves "white."
Invisible Man the Life and Liberties of H
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  • Damning Evidence: a Darker Side of HG Wells
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Invisible Man the Life and Liberties of H
Michael Coren
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ASIN: 0747517622

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5 out of 5 stars Damning Evidence: a Darker Side of HG Wells.......2005-11-12

Absurd is an appropriate title for the previous commentators review, not the book he purports to have read.

While not denying Wells genius as a writer, nor even the fact that he did many worthy things, Coren brings to light damning evidence of a darker side to HG Wells, which casts a pall over everything else he wrote and did. While the noble aspects of Wells character have been well documented, the portions of his writings that Coren brings to light have been deliberately ignored by self-described progressives for too long because Wells said the right things about religion, socialism and other topics dear to their hearts.

Wells was undoubtably an anti-Semite. This is not Coren twisting the facts; there simply is no other way to interpret what Wells said and wrote. For example, in his 1901 political manifesto "Anticipations" Wells stated the Jew has an "incurable tendency to social parasitism." Not a lot of wiggle room there.

Nor did Wells views mellow in response to age, or the holocaust that unfolded at the end of his life. In response to hearing a first-hand account of Nazi concentration camps in 1942, Wells remarked that there is "room for serious research into the question why anti-Semitism emerges in every country the Jews reside in." Wells also described Nazism as "inverted Judaism", and often argued that the Jews were to blame for the persecution they endured. As Wells himself aptly summarized in his autobiography: "I have always refused to be enlightened and sympathetic about the Jewish question."

Nor was Wells misanthropy limited to Jews. It expanded to all persons who did not fit into the totalitarian political model that was his Utopia: probably the larger part of humankind. Wells vision was most closely met, in his lifetime, by Soviet Russia as led by Joseph Stalin, a man Wells deeply admired and defended at length. In response to Stalin's critics who - rightly - accused the Dictator of ruling through terror and of ruthlessly butchering millions of people, Wells claimed that he had "never met a man more candid, fair and honest [than Stalin]... to these qualities it is, and to nothing occult and sinister, that he owes this tremendous undisputed ascendance in Russia."

This at a time when millions of Ukrainians and Russians were perishing and/or cannibalizing their children in a desperate attempt to survive the famine that Stalin had deliberately caused to eliminate them, for their resistance to collectivation. Not that this troubled Wells, because he thought such a strategy entirely appropriate to retrograde groups that impeded the progress of mankind. As he commented in "Anticipations": "And for the rest - those swarms of black and brown and yellow people who do not come into the needs of efficiency? Well, the world is not a charitable institution, and I take it they wil have to go." Of course, in fairness to Wells it should be noted that he vacilated on whether or not such useless people should be immediately killed, or merely sterilized or interred in concentration camps.

Noting that Wells son wrote a more favorable biography is a pretty weak argument agaist statements like these. If "A Reader" knows of a context wherein remarks such as these can be seen as benign, he should explain himself rather than dismissing Coren's work out of hand. Otherwise he should admit - as most objective reviewers have - that Coren has a point, and that a pernicious and at times brutal streak ran through Wells thought: his influence on the 20th Century was not lily white.

1 out of 5 stars absurd.......2004-05-09

The biography here is merely a bait-and-switch scaffolding. Really our putative biographer wants to attack Wells for his supposed "anti-semitism". The evidence presented, such as it is, is culled very selectively, mischaracterized, and hyperbolically flailed at. Wells was not anti-semitic; he was anti-nationalist. Read instead Anthony West's "H. G. Wells: Aspects of a Life" or, better yet, H. G. Wells's "Experiment in Autobiography".
Sweet Home: Invisible Cities in the Afro-American Novel
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    Sweet Home: Invisible Cities in the Afro-American Novel
    Charles Scruggs
    Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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    In this groundbreaking book Charles Scruggs identifies the black urban experience as a driving force behind the twentieth-century Afro-American novel, resulting in a rich fictional tradition that runs from Paul Laurence Dunbar's The Sport of the Gods through Toni Morrison's Beloved.

    Scruggs begins by discussing the treatment of the Great Migration to the city in Afro-American writing from W. E. B. DuBois and Dunbar through the Harlem writers, establishing both the continuities and breaks between that tradition and that of the writers coming after the Depression. He then considers how four post-Harlem Renaissance novelists--Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison--conceive of the modern city. Scruggs shows how these four writers see the Afro-American's relationship to elite, popular, and mass forms of culture in city life. He also explores the ways in which their writing presents "alternative spaces" that exist alongside of, and often counter to, the visible configurations of the dominant culture.

    Bridal Jitters (Ghost Hunters)
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    Jayne Castle
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    1 out of 5 stars Too unbelievable and simplistic.......2006-10-19

    This book and it's storyline could have been written by my 13-yr-old (without the sex). I couldn't even stand to read beyond pg 5.

    5 out of 5 stars Great short story and introduction to the world of Harmony.......2006-10-16

    "Bridal Jitters" was originally published as part of the anthology "Charmed" and was then bundled with "After Dark" in the book "Harmony", so this story has turned up a number of times. I originally owned it as part of the "Charmed" anthology and it was head and shoulders above the other stories in that book.

    Those who are familiar with Jayne Castle's full-length books set on the planet of Harmony, "After Dark", "After Glow" and "Ghost Hunter" ("Ghost Hunter" was not yet published when I wrote this review), will recognise the setting of "Bridal Jitters". The action takes place in the Dead City of Cadence where Virginia Burch, a Trap Tangler, has found herself engaged to Sam Gage who is a Ghost Hunter. The engagement is entirely a matter of financial sense and convenience to both of them - there are significant benefits to being married for business purposes, and they have agreed to take part in a "marriage of convenience" which automatically lapses after a year unless renewed. Ghost Hunters and Trap Tanglers have different but complementary skills, both of which are generally required for excavation and exploration work in the tombs underground on the planet of Harmony. The previous alien race built huge underground cities but left various booby traps ("ghosts" and "illusion traps") which require people with special psychic powers to remove.

    Virginia, of course, has fallen in love with her fiancé but she's concerned he just sees their future marriage as the business arrangement, and vows to call the wedding off rather than subject herself to such an emotional situation. This is a multi point-of-view book so we know some of Sam's feelings on the subject too - he's afraid of the same thing as he virtually tricked Virginia into the engagement because he does want to marry her. Knowing the author, you know at the beginning it's going to work out OK, the fun is seeing how they get there.

    The central event in this book is the near-disaster that they face underground and it allows Jayne Castle to use, once again, her titillating sub-plot that also appeared in "After Glow". Apparently after a Ghost Hunter has fought a really big ghost they become exceptionally sexually-motivated for an hour or so and then crash out fast asleep for a couple of hours. In "After Dark" we heard about this phenomenon from Lydia's friend who was dating a Ghost Hunter, in "After Glow" Lydia discovers it for herself, and in "Bridal Jitters" it's the pivotal event which Sam and Virginia experience in order to make them see sense.

    Although a short story, this didn't feel rushed at all - in fact, it seemed quite a meaty story. It can be read entirely on its own, without reference to any of the other Harmony novels, although it does make a very good complement to those books.

    4 out of 5 stars Sweet.......2006-07-31

    I have never read anything else by this author, but this little teaser will have me seeking her work out. I would like to see moreof her characters of this strange world. Not al all what I expected, it is light and sweet. The happily ever after is there, but a taster is what will come in her full length books I hope!

    2 out of 5 stars LOW-FAT, LOW- SODIUM, LOW-SUGAR.......2006-06-30

    This book still have the magic and mysticism of a distant planet, but is rather insipid and simplistic. Very low-reading.

    4 out of 5 stars Keep up the good work!.......2006-04-13

    Jayne Castle's other books in this extra-planetary series has been interesting, with that little touch of the supernatural. Bridal Jitters continues the good work. It's a shorter story but shows Jayne's typical sense of humor and fun.

    I have enjoyed all the stories about Harmony and look forward to more. There are still lots of mysteries about the old cities and the prior residents of the planet that require solutions.

    A Guide to Middle-Earth 2003 Block Calendar: Exploring the World of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
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      A Guide to Middle-Earth 2003 Block Calendar: Exploring the World of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
      Robert Foster
      Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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      The grand tale of courage and adventure in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy has enthralled readers for more than half a century, with U.S. editions of the epic selling more than 100 million copies. The Guide to Middle-Earth 2003 Calendar is the ideal passage into the history and lore of Tolkien's fantasyland and is sure to satisfy the curiosity of both the faithful followers of Middle-earth as well as the new generation of fans created by the recently released movie The Fellowship of the Ring. With details ranging from Frodo Baggin's personality and genealogy to Sauron's creation and misuse of The Rings, each entry of this daily calendar will help expand the reader's knowledge and understanding of the intricate and fascinating world of the Hobbits.

      Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
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      Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
      Thich Nhat Hanh
      Manufacturer: Bantam
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      ASIN: 0553351397
      Release Date: 1992-03-01

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      Thich Nhat Hanh's writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He'll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he'll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he'll suggest looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat Hanh is "a cross between a cloud, a snail, and piece of heavy machinery." Sooner or later, it begins to sink in that Nhat Hanh is conveying a depth of psychology and a world outlook that require nothing less than a complete paradigm shift. Through his cute stories and compassionate admonitions, he gradually builds up to his philosophy of interbeing, the notion that none of us is separately, but rather that we inter-are. The ramifications are explosive. How can we mindlessly and selfishly pursue our individual ends, when we are inextricably bound up with everyone and everything else? We see an enemy not as focus of anger but as a human with a complex history, who could be us if we had the same history. Suffice it to say, that after reading Peace Is Every Step, you'll never look at a plastic bag the same way again, and you may even develop a penchant for hugging trees. --Brian Bruya

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      In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the very situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. For him a ringing telephone can be a signal to call us back to our true selves. Dirty dishes, red lights, and traffic jams are spiritual friends on the path to "mindfulness" -- the process of keeping our consciousness alive to our present experience and reality. The most profound satisfactions, the deepest feelings of joy and completeness lie as close at hand as our next aware breath and the smile we can form right now.

      Lucidly and beautifully written, Peace Is Every Step contains commentaries and meditations, personal anecdotes and stories from Nhat Hanh's experiences as a peace activist, teacher, and community leader. It begins where the reader already is -- in the kitchen, office, driving a car, walking a part -- and shows how deep meditative presence is available now. Nhat Hanh provides exercises to increase our awareness of our own body and mind through conscious breathing, which can bring immediate joy and peace. Nhat Hanh also shows how to be aware of relationships with others and of the world around us, its beauty and also its pollution and injustices. the deceptively simple practices of Peace Is Every Step encourage the reader to work for peace in the world as he or she continues to work on sustaining inner peace by turning the "mindless" into the mindFUL.

      "This book of illuminating reminders bid us to reorient the way we look at the world...toward a humanitarian perspective." --Publisher Weekly

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      5 out of 5 stars Simple and Beautiful.......2007-09-11

      This book is very simple and beautiful. I would highly recommend it to beginning Buddhists and those who are new to meditation. Actually, I'd recommend it to everyone. Thich Nhat Hanh gives good suggestions for living and bringing peace to your life and the lives of others through simple mindfulness.

      5 out of 5 stars Think Less, Smile More, Realize Peace.......2007-08-17

      "If we just act with awareness and integrity, our art will flower, and we don't have to talk about it at all. When we know how to be peace, we find that art is a wondeful way to share our peacefulness. Artistic expression will take place in one way or another, but the being is essential. So we must get back to ourselves, and when we have joy and peace in ourselves, our creations of art will be quite natural, and they will serve the world in a positive way."

      Initially, I wanted to pull the first sentence to begin this thought on Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's book about making positive use of the situations that pressure and upset us, Peace Is Every Step.

      But I didn't want to stop once I started typing. A pleasure of transcription is being in the original words of the writer or speaker. Following an individual's syntax, punctuation, and usage to physically recreate it puts the typist very close to the thougth process itself. "The being" that is essential is the condition of being a seamless part of the world you're in in every moment. To be in the here and now is to not be in the past with its burdens or in the future with its unknowns. To look at a flower is to see a flower, not the raw material of a poem or painting. To be with a friend is to see him or her as an individual, not as a producer of some sort who can yield you some benefit. As Whitman said, the world is too much with us. It's with us in our thoughts all the time as we imagine new ways to exploit and manipulate it and manage it for our well-being. Forget about all that and see it for what it is and you find yourself in a simpler, more peaceful place. Do that, and you are the peace itself.

      Hanh's book has a wonderful set of meditations on dealing with fear, anger, other people. Essentially, he explains, all these negative feelings are the result of dualistic thinking, of seeing ourselves as opposite and outside all other things. Western thinking would have us believe that the ultimate existential truth is that we are alone in the world; Eastern thinking teaches that we are in the world and that is enough.

      "If you can refrain from hoping, you can bring yourself entirely into the present moment and discover joy that is already here," Hanh says on this subject. Indeed, "we don't need the future. We can smile and relax. Everything we want is right here in the present moment."

      5 out of 5 stars Refreshing.......2007-07-13

      I enjoyed reading this book as I am just beginning to learn about Buddhism and insight meditation. It helped me to understand more about what it is to live in a mindful way. It's a light read, and I anticipate that it will be something to pick up when I need a little refresher on how to be mindful.

      4 out of 5 stars a warm and peaceful embrace.......2007-03-19

      A sweet and touching book that encourages fullness and peace in every moment. I've long admired the author for his loving embrace of life and humanity in spite of his tragic war experiences. His life is a testament to the sincerity of his words.

      5 out of 5 stars Peace of mind be with you........2007-02-14

      I'm still savoring the book. It has tiny chapters with choice points to consider: ways you might want to change to to improve your life. It's written by a peaceful man and conveys its peace in each section. He shows you ways to simplify your life and enjoy it more. It doesn't force a religious belief.
      I highly recommend this book for a beginner on the path or a seasoned traveler. You'll find peace of mind with this book.
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              5 out of 5 stars Thich Nhat Hanh delivers again.......2007-08-12

              I have absolutely fallen in love with the writings of this gentle wise monk. I have several of his books, and I can't pick a favorite!

              In this book, I learn that I can practice mindfulness anywhere. Even at red light.

              I am so blessed to have been exposed to the writings of Thich Nhat Hahn. He has helped me find inner peace and has helped me to learn how to forgive. He has taught me how to let go of my harmful anger.

              He has taught me to ride "serenely upon the waves of birth and death."

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