Book Description
Tim Reinhart enters a wondrous new world the moment he buys a farmhouse in the country of France, region of Quercy, department of Lot. Or, in his marvelous words, "From the moment I saw this property, I had a bead on it. I can't completely explain why, but I had an intense feeling of belonging." He has given up his teaching life in New York and begun working as the artist he's always wanted to be. Letters written to his family back home sweep the reader up in Tim's schooling in, and awakening to, the pastoral French lifestyle. From the attention to food (meals seem to Tim a semireligious rite) to the delightfully quirky neighbors who appear to spring straight out of a Balzac novel, we share Tim's ever-growing pleasures and adventures. But his enchantment with this foreign land becomes far more complicated when his drawingsand then Tim himselfcatch the eye of Mademoiselle Benoir, a beautiful, aristocratic woman twenty years his senior. Their decision to marry sets off a cluster bomb, uncovering incendiary layers of emotional and cultural complexity on both sides of the Atlantic. As his family tries to reason with him, her family declares war, and the villagers choose sides. Will tradition triumph over love? Inspired by a true story, this is a delicious stew with something for everyone.
Customer Reviews:
Seek and Ye Shall Find.......2007-01-23
In her novel, "Mademoiselle Benoir," woman's health issues author, Christine Conrad arranges with the deftness of a Japanese floral artiste, a seemingly simplistic tableau of colors and textures that when assembled creates a rich and introspective insight into the realm of the human heart.
Written as a series of letters spanning a two year period, the plot focuses on thirty-eight year old Tim Reinhart, a former professor of mathematics who decides, on a studied impulse to sacrifice his solid academic life in New York to realize his dream to oil paint in the South of France. At first, Tim's letters reflect the typical American fascination with the cultural differences between the older French civilization and that of the socially fledgling United States/ As in other novels and travelogues, Conrad showcases not only the French love of food but presents an amusing portrait interplaying the idiosyncrasies of pastoral life with caricatures of centuries old French "types." She moves into more philosophical ground when she abandons the usual tedious albeit exuberant descriptions of chateau, farmyard and countryside and approaches the bigger more nebulous question of what ultimately delivers happiness in the realm of human existence.
When Tim meets Catherine, a woman over twenty years his senior, the tone of his letters waxes contemplative. With great proficiency, Conrad enlightens the reader to Tim's growing affection for this regally beautiful woman prior to his realization that what he feels for her is more than just respect and admiration. In fact, this illustrates but one example of Conrad's forte as a writer; her ability to depict nuanced personality traits through the medium of letters allows her audience to understand each character's perspective without a third person description of physicality or motivation.
Complimenting the pleasant cadence and development of her plotline, Conrad successfully weaves in meaningful quotations, ideas and appropriate French factoids without allowing these to become contrived or unnecessary eye-rolling displays of too thorough research asides or "isn't that interesting" minutiae that shows off the writer's knowledge of subject matter yet detracts from the overall presentation. Indeed, this women's health advocate truly understands the importance of proper balance in life---hormonal or otherwise. Her sublime working of her own personal philosophy through the mouthpieces of her characters speaks well of her transition from youth to wisdom.
To this reader's great pleasure, Conrad reworks the usual American living abroad scenario to address larger issues that face all of us as we mature and realize that "stuff" and its accoutrements belong to a material world and have little to do with the unconscious drive for further development, both artistic and spiritual, that ultimately facilitates a human life worth living.
As the fox in Saint-Exupéry's Petit Prince dictates, one can only truly see with the heart. Conrad's "Mademoiselle Benoir" bypasses both the material and the physical world and operates solely in an ideal world where essentials count as the true pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Bottom Line? "Mademoiselle Benoir" surpasses my expectations, covering more ground than I thought possible in it's prettily packaged 230 pages. Each of the players through a thoughtful revelation and analysis of fact reveal themselves as fully fleshed our individuals. The events that link their lives together form a cohesive story to which the reader connects automatically, alternately through smiles and tears. If she fails she does so only in attempting to facilitate the scenery as an additional character. Her strong portrayals circumvent this need and perpetuate in the mind of the reader Balzacian models for human vice and virtue.
Hopefully Conrad will not ruin this effort by revisiting the characters in a sequel. In this instance, Conrad has written a near perfect story which needs no reprisal. Recommended highly.
Diana Faillace Von Behren
"reneofc"
An enchanting story.......2006-04-22
This is a novel written entirely in the form of letters -- and it's a romance. "Mademoiselle Benoir" by Christine Conrad is at once an old-fashioned love story and a completely modern one. At the age of 33, Tim Reinhart buys an old farmhouse in France. Once an assistant professor, he has removed himself from the "American treadmill of success" to concentrate on his drawing. But mom and dad back in New York City aren't happy that their son has moved to France. So they write, he writes, everybody writes. As Reinhart explains, "Sometimes it is easier to pull up the deeper layers of what's going on in one's mind in a letter," so we get to see intimate details of his life.
When he falls in love, he has to deal with disapproving relatives, French laws and the Catholic church. Through the epistolary format, we witness the same event from different people and, as we see more than one side of the characters, they become very real. Reinhart describes the lively, quirky personalities in the neighborhood and the clash of cultures. He shares his love for the French countryside, "the way it spreads itself out before you in great waves, so you can appreciate every turn in the road."
The book makes the reader think about relationships, how everything changes when one's needs and priorities change. It's an enchanting story packaged in a lovely little book.
"Giving annihilates the ruthlessness intrinsic in trying to get our needs met.".......2006-02-26
When Tim Reinhart leaves the stress and complications of his life in New York for the rural countryside of France's Lot Valley, his family is mystified but ultimately supportive. This new-found simplicity is exactly what appeals to him, an unfolding landscape, "bend by bend, layer by layer, field by field, gorge by gorge", early inhabited by Goths, Vikings, Romans and Celts, an inspirational boon to the artist, whose sketches fill the letters he sends home to parents and sister. The story told through these missives, Tim describes his tiny, one-room farmhouse, surrounded by trees, his eccentric neighbors, the French love of food and discourse over meals and the budding romantic relationship with a young woman in the neighborhood who is at times effusive, then taciturn, certainly unpredictable, her changing circumstances an added pressure on the couple. Tim is ambivalent, drawn to her, but protective of his expanding interior life, learning by attrition the French obsession with marriage and family.
While sorting through his romantic conundrum, Tim meets a dynamic and opinionated artist, Pauline LeDuc, part owner of the 15th century Chateau de la Rive, who encourages him to meet with her sister, also an artist, thinking them kindred spirits. Indeed, they are, the twenty-years older Catherine Benoir immediately enchanted with her new young friend, offering cogent advice on his relationship dilemma. Tim basks in the hospitality of the Benoir clan, the three sisters, Pauline's children and grandchildren and their decaying family chateau with its inherent problems, stimulated by this inside view of French life at its most dynamic. As much as Tim appreciates his creative discussions with Catherine, his girlfriend is adamant that a commitment to her means the release of the older woman, a fact that both saddens and confuses Tim, for Mme. Benoir has been more than gracious to both of them.
After a four-week vacation with a college friend from New York, Tim returns a changed man, the charms of his old life receding, replaced with the stimulation of a renewed artistic career. Both Tim and Catherine are appalled to realize that their evolving friendship has turned to love, what Catherine terms "a love without tyranny". Tim breaks the news to his parents, working through their natural objections. More shocking is the Benoir's reaction to the proposed marriage, orchestrated by a vitriolic Pauline, who spares no opportunity to block the religious ceremony that is critical to local society's acceptance of the couple's union: "Even a little happiness attracts a great number of enemies." Although the opposition is hurtful and prolonged, Catherine and Tim rise above the fray, withstanding the ill intentions of others, reinforced by adversity. In this most unusual novel, two people step beyond the conventional in a union born of mutual respect and an unflinching commitment to become man and wife. With the strength of character to forge their own happiness, the couple proves that, "in the end, life requires continued acts of bravery." Luan Gaines/ 2006.
Tender and moving - I could not put it down!.......2006-02-06
Christine Conrad's intimate novel told in letters of a young man who moves to rural France to be an artist and the much older woman he finds as his soulmate and life's love is simply exquisite. Not only is it a beautiful portrait of France, but a radiant and deep portrait of an unpredictable and rich love. This will find a growing audience by word-of-mouth alone. Sometimes I had to put the book down because tears filled my eyes. Beautifully done! I am already recommending it to friends.
Can't Keep a Good Couple Down.......2006-01-30
Neither fawning priests, ossified traditions of la vielle France, nor a sister's corrosive anger can shake the love that unfolds between Mlle. Benoir, a woman of a certain age, and Tim, a young American artist. A lovely story, one that takes you away with rich descriptions of the people, the landscape and, of course, the food, in little-known region of France. A wonderful story to read and to give as a gift.
Book Description
"Hot, hot, HOT sex scenes in this steamy manga is reason alone to buy this yaoi."-SequentialTart.com
Selling one's body at Japan's most popular host club comes naturally for Junsuke Aki. In fact, he is the club's top earner and easily the most popular host with the female clientele. However, his lover, a former host named Shinobu Hishiya, has forsaken the wild club lifestyle in favor of his new job as a construction worker. Together, they share wild days and passionate nights, making love whenever, wherever, and
however they want. But when jealousy and male pride arise, their blissful, sexy relationship may not be able to handle the strain.
Customer Reviews:
Don't waste your money..........2007-04-27
I have read a lot of Yaoi and, I admit, some of it I bought just for the naughty bits and I didn't care if it had a decent plot. This one fooled me! It led me to believe it had a real plot (it was disjointed and weak) and great naughty bits (denied again!). Plus, at first glance, the illustrations reminded me of Youka Nitta's style (not so much after I really looked at it...so disappointing...).
This (along with "Golden Cain" and "Gakuen Heaven") is the worst Yaoi I have purchased.
Don't waste your time or your money on this stinker!
Real Play boy Love.......2007-02-24
This book is good and the art is great. I love how they start with the sex in the begining. that lets me know that this is a true yaoi manga. When I buy a book by it's cover I don't like to be dissapointed and I wasn't. The book had a plot and it was that Shinobu like playing the field and he got a rude awakeing when he found out that the feelings he was having about Junsuke was love because he had never felt like that about anyone. To me if you have to read something twice to understand it what's the problem, it just means you get to experince it twice. I love the book and I'm looking forward to vol 2. you need this in your collection. buy it you will enjoy it.
confusing.......2006-10-06
Not that much happens in this sentimental drama: it is all about the relationship between the two lovers, intense, emotional, carnal. There are hot sexy scenes every other page in fact.
Problem is the thick - and important - dialogues are unintelligible: you never understand who is speaking what and this is quite a problem in this kind of story. The story seems interesting and emotionally full, I shall try to read it again and decipher it but will it be worth the effort?
Enjoyable Yaoi title!.......2006-05-13
Play Boy Blues is fast paced and entertaining, though the story does leave one wanting, in terms of deeper character and plot development. Still the mangaka's artwork is pleasing, with her boys, both tops and bottoms, long limbed and muscularly slim. However the publishing quality does lag behind that of dramaqueen and Blu, just compare the paper quality, including the cover, and the printing. Another annoying factor is the confusion in the dialogue. Lots of time I could not link the thoughts or dialogue to the right person and this is expecially annoying when the boys are expressing their feelings towards one another. Still, I am please to add this to my Yaoi collection.
Product Description
Legendary guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Hubert Sumlin, T-Bone Walker, Johnnie Winter, Albert King, Freddie King, and Chuck Berry are known to all blues fans for their remarkable soloing abilities. But the complete blues guitarist must do more than shine in the solo spotlight. And that is why every great soloist is also a great fill-in player.Tasteful fill-in licks support and inspire the singer while adding fire and drive to the performance. For example, Blind Lemon Jeffersons string-snapping fill-ins provided the perfect complement for his rough-hewn blues songs. Both Louis Armstrong and Lester Young seemed to talk to the singer with their finely-crafted, jazzy fill-ins. And Henry Sunflower Vestines stinging, buzzsaw fill-ins never failed to drive his Canned Heat bandmates into a psychedelic frenzy.This book is accompanied by a user-friendly split-track CD allows you to sit in with a professional blues band while you learn to play blues fills behind a great singer, Charles Adkins. The Heat-Seeking Missile Blues Band is heard on the left channel; the fill-in licks are isolated on the right channel.This is not just another book of abstract how do I use these licks in real life? licks, but a collection of solid musical ideas that can be applied to thousands of real songs. Another fine contribution from Red Dog Music Books, designed for the early intermediate-to intermediate guitarist. Some of the licks are accessible to highly motivated near-beginners, and the book is an excellent resource for teachers.
Product Description
Blues guitar teachers, serious students, and blues band guitarists will all enjoy his large collection of 100% pure blues and boogie solos for guitar. Twenty-five exciting solos are presented here, each played over its own rhythm progression.Every solo is transcribed in both standard notation and tablature, and played note for-note with a full band on the professionally recorded companion CD.This book is for the intermediate, or better, guitarist whose interests include authentic, non-commercial blues musicthe good stuff that is seldom heard via mass-market channels such as radio and television.Guitar teachers might use the book to introduce new hand positions, fingerings, chords, and theoretical concepts. Each solo is made up of many interesting phrases (licks) that can be adapted and incorporated into your own style.The solos are relatively challenging, and can be used in blues jams and on stage. Another SUPER COOL and USEFUL music book by Larry McCabe.
Product Description
A peek & play baord book with lift the tabs inside pages. For very young children and early readers!!
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- A kid review about Blue
- My 9 year old loves it!
- Excellent
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My Man Blue
Nikki Grimes
Manufacturer: Tandem Library
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Binding: School & Library Binding
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ASIN: 0613608232 |
Book Description
These are just some of the great reviews and awards that greeted the publication of My Man Blue in May 1999. Nikki Grimes's poetically realistic tale and Jerome Lagarrigue's powerful and sensitive paintings highlight two everyday heroes who discover what it means to be a true friend. Blue, who lost one boy to the streets, is determined that this time will be different. Now Damon has Blue-to shoot hoops with, bounce thoughts off of, to share a laugh and a hot dog with all the works. Someone standing steadfast in Damon's corner. Someone true-like Blue.
Customer Reviews:
A kid review about Blue.......2006-11-12
My Man Blue is a story about an african american boy named Damon who moves to his mom's old neighborhood. When they arrive this guy Blue stops them on the street. So Damon gets suspicous that his hello is on "mom's account." But he and Blue eventually become friends. As their friendship grows, Damon finds out that Blue lost his son Zeke to the streets. Blue teaches Damon how to control his temper, and about tolorence and about patience. There are several poems about Damon's expirences and problems.I enjoyed the book. I believe that the author is trying to tell you about the violence and how to deal with it.
My 9 year old loves it!.......2005-03-11
This is an excellent collection of poems that are connected and tell a timely story of a boy and his mentor. The black males are portrayed realistically and it is definitely a story that will find a connection with young black males. My son read it when he was 7 and still talks about it and reads it at 9.
Excellent.......2000-11-06
This book is wonderful. In a time when many boys do not have strong male role models, this book gives a wonderful example of a man mentoring a boy who needs him. The book is full of poetry, and beautiful illustrations. It teaches wonderful values, and is a must for any family. Excellent!
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The Boy with the blue nose
James Brock
Manufacturer: Contemporary Drama Service
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A thorough and competent examination of divergent hermeneutical methods widely used by evangelicals today.
Customer Reviews:
An absolutely critical issue.......2005-09-02
Robert Thomas has given a call to evangelicals to realize that in their ranks that some have been changing the rules for the worse, the rules that should be followed in interpreting the Bible. Hermeneutics, the set of rules or principles for proper interpretation of God's revelation, is SO FOUNDATIONAL to everything else that it can be argued that the concerns Thomas raises makes this work the most crucial one today, other than the Bible itself, because everything else is built on it.
There may be some refinements that others could make in this topic, and one could hope that Thomas or someone else will address these issues also in a more popular work, but this book should form a strong foundation for any such future efforts.
Without question, I believe that anyone concerned with accurately understanding what God has revealed to His creatures, needs to be aware of these concerns, and those in positions of influence to guide the Church, seminary and other professors, pastors, Christian leaders, CANNOT ignore its implications. They need to understand what has been happening and take action to shore up the foundation and protect the propositional truth that God has given us in His Word.
Things are not as simple as they seem...........2004-12-06
This is a good book, but it is not without some major problems.
I gave the book three stars because it is quite a good read, but has many overstatements and makes conclusions that are a bit stretched. It has been a while since anyone has reacted to the broad changes in hermeneutics over the last 30 years or so from a conservative perspective. While hopefully not even Thomas expects everyone to agree with all of his conclusions, I believe that more works like this would be helpful in refining the boundaries of the grammatical-historical method. Thomas does not aim his sights at the historical-critical or experiential-expressivist camps, but rather on those who claim to be on his side--those who claim to still hold to a grammatical-historical (hereafter G-H) method of interpretation.
Supposedly, according to Thomas, this method was set in stone by the early twentieth century and since 1970 has headed down a slippery slope. He does not give enough attention to asking why things have changed over the years in the G-H camp. He attributes it to the overemphasis of preunderstanding and the meaningless definitions that scholars have thrown around for key hermeneutical terms. However, looking at what he discusses throughout the book, there are some difficult issues in interpreting the Bible, even when using the G-H method. Could it be for inductive reasons that people have had so many disagreements in the difficult task of hermeneutics? I agree with Thomas that we must emphasize God's ability to communicate truth to us through His Word, but can we simply discount disagreements in interpretation to subjective preunderstanding...instead of semper reformanda "always reforming" our interpretation if the data of the Bible warrants it in spite of our respective preunderstandings? Thomas argues that we got it right a long time ago and we can know that we have the single meaning through our methods (which of course when we use these perfect methods, we are in no way influenced by a supposed "preunderstanding" regarding our conclusions). This is somewhat naive, Thomas would have the reader choose between two camps: subjective-never-be-sure-what-the-bible-says-man-centered hermeneutics or objective-always-be-sure-what-the-bible-says-God-centered hermeneutics. But the rest of his book shows that when encountering the myriad of problems interpreters face when dealing with the complexities of Scripture, this side of eternity we still know in part.
Look at Thomas's own chapter regarding the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament a difficult topic indeed. His presentation is complex and seems to be rather eclectic (for instance why is Isa 7:14 and Matt 1:23 not an instance of an inspired sensus plenor application? Thomas says that this is not an example with little explanation and not even a reference to another work that may explain or defend his decision in light of the immediate context of Isa 7:14--could this be Thomas's preunderstanding determining his conclusions here?). I am not slighting his presentation with this extremely difficult issue in hermeneutics, but how can Thomas malign other honest attempts at explaining the data of the New Testament's use of the Old inductively, when his own method seems rather ad hoc some times? This is a difficult issue and the old hermeneutics that were set in stone in the early twentieth century, obviously did not deal sufficiently with this problem since Thomas introduces a new way of dealing with it...not an old one.
Two other weak chapters: Genre override in the gospels--anyone who has seen his interaction with NT scholars like Grant Osborne have seen the big debate between Markan priority and independent source theories. Thomas discounts those like Osborne who are honestly trying to deal with the data in the gospels and making sense of how the evangelists wrote and arranged them. This is no small task and Thomas's explanations of some specific synoptic problem passages leave much to be desired. I agree with Thomas that some attempts at explaining the Synoptic problem are horrible, but Thomas seems to discount all attempts (even those who hold to inerrancy) other than the one from his perspective.
Lastly, his attack on modern linguistic-theory is a little inconsistent. I agree that we should reject the magisterial use of modern linguistics in hermeneutics, but there are clear ministerial uses beyond what Thomas relegates it too (helps in missions and translation into modern languages). I disagree with Thomas that the synchronic use of a word is less important in understanding authorial intent, than diachronic use(s) of a word (I believe Thomas's notion to go against common sense here). I also cannot understand Thomas's claim that the original Biblical languages are unique. Unique in what way--besides the fact that they are the languages that God inspired the human authors of Scripture to write in? Thomas does not really expand on this much, but says that it's bad that modern linguistics claims that Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek are just like other languages...but in my experiences they are exactly that.
I could go on, but this would be too lengthy for an amazon review. However, I did really enjoy his chapter on genre override in Revelation (could this be my own biases coming into play here...haha, since I believe that the distinctions in interpretation here are not so much the product of data in the book, but theological preunderstandings and superimposed notions of genre...but others would accuse my interpretation of Revelation of doing the same things). All in all, this book has much value and I wish to see more like it hit the shelves soon.
A Must Read.......2004-01-28
There are some books I can read in an evening or two and feel like I have a good grasp of what the book is all about. There are others that I can pour over hour after hour and still feel like I am only scratching the surface of the book. Evangelical Hermeneutics falls into the latter category. Though not an easy read, this book is rewarding.
Hermeneutics is one of the steps used in interpreting and studying the Bible. Specifically, the author defines it as "a set of principles for interpreting the Bible." Once a passage has been properly interpreted, meaning and application can be drawn from it. It stands to reason that if the principles of interpretation are wrong, the meaning and application are likely to be wrong as well. What the author seeks to show is how these principles have changed over the past decades and the effect that is having on Christianity today.
The author's goal for this book is fourfold:
-To discuss the recent changes in recent hermeneutics
-To show new meanings being attached to grammatical-historical interpretation
-To compare traditional grammatical-historical interpretation with new evangelical hermeneutics
-To identify the dominant principles of new evangelical hermeneutics
Robert Thomas believes strongly in the value of the traditional form of hermeneutics, known as the grammatical-historical method. Throughout the books he cites examples of modern theologians who have either wrongly applied grammatical-historical principles or have invented new methods of hermeneutics. More importantly, he shows the effects these people have had on the Christian world. He focuses specifically on several issues: feminism, open theism, missiology, theonomy and a few others. One of the more fascinating chapters deals with dynamic equivalence (which is a method of Bible translation) and how it is not as much a method of translation as a set of hermeneutical principles. Some of the other topics that caught my attention were preunderstanding and the New Testament use of the Old Testament.
There are several applications to my life and my faith that I have taken from this book. First, it has solidified my understanding of the principle of single meaning, which states that each passage in the Bible has one and only one meaning. Second, it has helped me see the value of the grammatical-historical method. Though this is the system I have adhered to in the past, I am now more confident that it is the most Scriptural method. Third, I see the importance of removing all possible preunderstanding before I examine a text. What I mean by this, is if I am going to examine what the Bible says about the role of women in ministry, I need to look at the passages to determine what they mean, not what they say about women's roles. It is a subtle but important difference. Finally, I have come to understand more clearly the Holy Spirit's role in helping me understand the Bible.
I can't deny that at times I felt lost in this book, primarily because the book presupposes a greater grasp of hermeneutics than I currently have. The other reason is that it spends a lot of time discussing the end-times and that is not a topic I have studied in great depth. The author also tends to use words without fully defining them. An example is the word "meaning" which he defines as "the author's truth intention." "Truth intention" is not a phrase I am familiar with, though perhaps if I was more familiar with hermeneutics I would be.
I would recommend this book to anyone seeking to understand how Scripture is supposed to be used. Realize, though, that it does help to have a solid understanding of hermeneutics before reading it. I suspect I will be returning to this book often as I study the Word.
Crucial.......2003-10-08
I believe that this is the most important book written on hermeneutics in a generation. Thomas ably defends the grammatical-historical hermeneutic, and displays where other authors depart from same methodology while claiming not to. Every conservative seminarian should read this in hermeneutics class in company with Terry or Ramm.
Must Read!.......2003-02-10
Great book! Every Christian should read this book and then read it again. Robert Thomas shines an abundance of much needed light on this extremely important issue.
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