books about: collected     books:       The Weight of Glory38 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 Great Reading There is a jacket blurb on The Weight of Glory from John Updike, who comments on both the comfort and pleasure afforded by Lewis. Neither should be underestimated. This is great devotional writing but it is also great writing, writing that is typified by Lewis' ability to deal with the weightiest of matters with a light touch. It is a truism that our faith is reinforced whenever we see it ...             Borges: Collected Fictions68 reviews Jorge Luis Borges Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 A book you and your doppelganger will both enjoy There are works of fiction that change the way you look at life, and then there is the work of Jorge Luis Borges, which just might alter the way you look at everything, including yourself. The best way to explain Jorge Luis Borges is to compare him to painters - if you combined Picasso, Dali and Escher's imaginations into a writer, you would have Borges. His visions of doppelgangers, puzzles, ...             The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bones72 reviews Anthony Bourdain Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Love it! This book was great. I love reading everything Anthony writes because you can hear him speak as you read it.             Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria (Collected Papers of Sigmund Freud)7 reviews Sigmund Freud Touchstone, 1997 An analysis of Freud Freud: brilliant and flawed, and without whom we'd have none of his detractors. We can see the ways Freud was a "poor" therapist. Some of his treatment styles would now be considered, at best, amoral; at worst, illegal. But he is essential to the foundation of psychotherapy. Without his theories (and opponents), we wouldn't have it at all. He is a fascinating, great scientist and innovator. ...             The Great Divorce218 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 Great insight into the Great Divorce I have found the Great Divorce to be a book for all time. I saw so many people on that bus that I recognized and after a while, I recognized most all of them were a part of me or my life. I got some great insight into how we think when we think of others and how others must see me. Often we think in terms of who will be going to Heaven and who will not in our own human and limited way of ...             The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek)9 reviews F. A. Hayek University Of Chicago Press, 2007 As revelant today as in 1944 Without question one of the finest books every written in the realm of economics and politics. This is required reading for all whom love liberty and freedom.             The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats20 reviews William Butler Yeats Scribner, 1996 Great poet, great work, amazing compilation! A great compilation of Yeats works, while other compilations have excellent notes and essays regarding his works this one has many of his poems (and series of poems) all in one book. An outstanding book to own, beautifully compiled in this soft cover book (which has surprisingly held up quite well against years of battering as I carry it with me from time to time).             The Problem of Pain91 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 Of Human Suffering The question or 'problem' that C.S. Lewis sets out to answer in "The Problem of Pain" is one that has confounded believers and non-believers alike: if God is good and loves his creation, why does he allow such pain and suffering to exist? How can that be good and exist within his creation? While Lewis' ponderings may not seem like straightforward answers to those questions, he paints a picture ...             A Grief Observed133 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 A Book of Great Beauty and Intelligence Although Lewis was, of course, a renowned and devout Christian, this book will speak to anyone who's lost someone with whom they shared real love. All of the questions, angers, and doubts that fill the mind during the numbing time following great loss are shared in the first person, generously, by Lewis. This is, I think, a beautiful, powerful, and deeply healing work.             The Abolition of Man81 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 "The Needed Antidote" This is a marvelous book for showing the rank and file American college freshman just how he or she may have been unwittingly propagandized in the lower grades. The reigning studenty "philosophy" these days is indistinguishable from classical sophistry's arguments that "everything is relative" and -since everyone has a right to his opinion - that all opinions are necessarily of equal value. I ...             The Middleman: The Collected Series Indispensability Javier Grillo-marxuach Viper Comics, 2008             The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel30 reviews Amy Hempel Scribner, 2007 FALLING DOWN THE CLIFF Life is a runaway. The word is driving west on the Highway One, and the meaning fill all the lanes. No matter where you stand (leftside, righside, in the middle of the road) you will be run over. Crash Amy Hempel and fall down the cliff. Down into the honesty ocean. Down into the language of grief. A friend from Spain recommend this book.             Perspectives on Nursing Theory (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins))1 review Pamela G Reed, Nelma C Shearer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007 I was disappointed in the latest edition. I first bought Leslie Nicoll's "Perspectives on Nursing Theory" when everyone else did, I suppose, during the theory sequence in my doctoral program, back in 1991-2. She had done doctoral students in nursing a great service, collecting around 50 of the classic papers from the early 1970's on in one volume, so we didn't have to dash madly around the library making copies from fragile volumes of ...             Ethical Issues In Modern Medicine: Contemporary Readings in Bioethics2 reviews Bonnie Steinbock, Alex John London, ... McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2008 Great collection of biomed ethics articles Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine is a fantastic way to familiarize yourself with the central and most controversial issues in the contemporary biomedical ethics. Euthanasia, abortion, genetic engineering and cloning, surrogate motherhood, procreative autonomy - all these and several other topics are featured in this book. I especially liked the fact that in the discussion of each issue both ...             The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol11 reviews Nikolai Gogol Vintage, 1999 Sheer Genius (and a good translation) This is the kind of writing that makes me questions why movies even exist. The style, the sentences, the humor, the feel is all something unique, unpredictable, and unmistakable. These plots are bizarre, intriguing and it is nearly impossible to guess the endings. All this coming from a translated work is a success for the writer and the translators. The Overcoat, Diary of a Madman, & the Nose ...             Three Treatises6 reviews Martin Luther Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1990 Titles of the Three Treatises Since no one has mention them, here are the three essential Lutheran texts: 1. An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility 2. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church . . . Luther's reorganization of the sacramental system 3. The Freedom of a Christian Luther takes on the Roman Catholic Church and none too kindly. Important to both the history of Christianity and the history of Germany -- and ...             The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1)9 reviews C. G. Jung Princeton University Press, 1981 An Essential Work by Jung. This work, along with _Modern Man in Search of a Soul_, is one of the best places to start if you are new to reading Jung. It is also the companion piece and predecessor to _Aion_, which is another spectacular and groundbreaking work. If you want to read _Aion_, it would make sense for you to read this one first, since it is part 1 of volume nine, while _Aion_ is part two. Overall, I would say ...             Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe70 reviews Edgar Allan Poe Doubleday, 1966 The Enduring Master of the Macabre Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, died October 7, 1849. What is it that makes an author famous? I don't mean famous in the sense a news article reports that "Jack Greylea's novels sold 15 million copies last year," but in the sense that he is thought of as being profound, and seminal. That he is quoted, and scholars analyse his works, and he is looked upon as ...             The Screwtape Letters (Gift Edition)366 reviews C. S. Lewis HarperOne, 2001 Enlightening read for committed (and thinking) Christians I don't know how well this great book translates to agnostic readers, but for me it was a very enlightening and concrete way to understand what it means to try to be a good man in a world of temptation. In keeping with the time period, I believe it was Winston Churchill who said "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing". In the Screwtape Letters the senior tempter, tells his ...             The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions14 reviews Alan Merrett Games Workshop, 2007 A steal at twice the price. I'd seen the individual books that comprise this set come out over the years and regretted not picking them up. Once I saw this one on Amazon for about 30% off, I jumped. It's everything a fan-boy could dream of. If you're thinking of doing a pre-heresy army or just want the background on a current marine chapter this is the book to buy. Not only is it artwork, but it's also history of the game. ...              search for books abolition, analysis, archetypes, bioethics, collected, collective, complete, contemporary, definitive, documents, ethical, fictions, hysteria, indispensability, letters, lippincott, medicine, middleman, nikolai, observed, perspectives, problem, readings, screwtape, stories, treatises, unconscious, varietal, visions, williams books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Too-Loose the Chocolate Moose home  impressum - about us