books by Allen & Unwin     books:       The Silmarillion593 reviews J. R. R. Tolkien George Allen & Unwin, 1977 Tolkien's Middle-Earth history The Silmarillion is Tolkien's original background story for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This book does not read like a typical novel though, and really is for the serious Tolkien fan. It's a mythology, and a wonderfully developed one at that. Here we have the history of Middle-Earth going back to the First Age. It's a tale of creation and long ago origins, the elves and dwarves, ...             Ultra Marathon Man155 reviews Allen & Unwin, 2005 Amazing Inspiration This is one of my most favorite books! Everytime I read it I feel like I have to go running..ASAP!!As a trainer I make all of my clients read this weather they are a runner or not! His story is amazing and extremely motivating.             Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children28 reviews Sarah Napthali Allen & Unwin, 2003 food for the soul I loved this book, it was really beautifully written, Sarah has a lovely style of writing. Her own personal stories were my favourite parts of the book but this book is much more about how to enrich our everyday lives with buddhism. The principles are outlined simply and applied to the painfully banal trials of parenting with compassion and humour. Forget any religious leanings, I recommend this ...             Recovered, Not Cured: A Journey Through Schizophrenia8 reviews Richard McLean Allen & Unwin, 2005 A must read for anyone who is sufferer/friend/family of schizophrenia A must read for all friends, relatives and sufferers of what we term 'Mental Illness'. Richard has successfully given of his own experience with his struggle through schizophrenia in a unique and vivid manner. He draws upon his talent as an artist/musician and the resource of the internet chat lines for fellow sufferers points of view and comments on what it is like to experience a psychotic ...             The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism34 reviews Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, ... Allen & Unwin, 1976 interesting this book was somewhat difficult to get through because of the footnotes (i have trouble with footnotes), once you get that point though, it's a fantastic book. it discusses why the capitalist system we have now, and the morality we have now is the way it is. we have all heard of the protestant ethic yes? it is that you must work hard, without pleasuring yourself too much, for the sake of ...             The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs15 reviews Arthur Veno Allen & Unwin, 2004 Pretty darn good This book is one of the few that I have read that didn't have the sensationalistic jargon attached to it that so many other's of it's type often do. It was just a good, solid and informative read. Although I feel that the author defenitely has/had an agenda, it was, in my opinion still a well written tome. It was also refreshing to get the view from the other side. If you are interested in ...             Buddhism for Mothers of Young Children: Becoming a Mindful Parent4 reviews Sarah Napthali Allen & Unwin, 2008 Great book for keeping your mind I think this is a great book, the author's use of examples of what other parents have been through is very helpful. She is very realistic and honest about feelings you may go through when parenting. And then she gives good ways of dealing with these feelings. Very down to earth.             The interpretation of dreams,35 reviews Sigmund Freud GI Allen & Unwin ltd, 1945 Just what I needed! Naturally, I required this book for my comparison of Freud and Adler's dream analysis theories. Freud was one of a kind!             Monster676 reviews Walter Dean Myers Allen & Unwin, 2000 From a Teacher/ School Librarian's perspective... "Monster" was an outstanding book and should be read by any child that is heading in the wrong direction. Over the years, there were so many students I could have recommended this book to. This story is about a black teen and the inner city, but please do not feel this book could not help a child in the suburbs or Asian/Hispanic/White teens. The main focus of this book is to talk about the ...             The art of loving (World perspectives)74 reviews Erich Fromm George Allen & Unwin, 1957 To Live is to Love "Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love. Hence the problem to them is how to be loved, not how to love." -Eric Fromm, The Art of Loving I picked up this book by chance at the Miami Dade County Book Fair. I had heard of Fromm briefly in my psychology class, and thought this little book (the actual text not more ...             One Whole and Perfect Day2 reviews Judith Clarke Allen & Unwin, 2007 Delightful book As another reviewer has noted, the ending of this book is not "realistic"...but that's perhaps one goal of the novel: Lily wants one whole and perfect day and she finally gets it in the end after a whole truckload of family dysfunction--a father who abandoned her even before she was born, an artsy-fartsy brother who can't stick to anything, a soft-hearted mother who relies on Lily to be the ...             Beyond good and evil: prelude to a philosophy of the future75 reviews Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Allen & Unwin, 1967 What was on Zarathustra's mind on those mountains? Beyond Good and Evil clarifies much of what is left in the air in Thus Spoke Zarathustra and hinted at in the Gay Science. It helps to be familiar with TSZ, or at least the Gay Science coming into reading this text, given the subtlety of the allusions to his former writings and concepts, and the elaborateness of the traps the author lays for cursory readers. For newcomers, hopefully BGE will ...             Southeast Asia: An Introductory History4 reviews Milton Osborne Allen & Unwin, 2005 4 1/2 Actually, Great Introduction to the region I am living in Thailand for the next two years and wanted to learn as much as I could about it. In order to understand Thailand one needs to be familiar with the whole region. I consider myslef educated as far as history is concerned but am very weak in this region. This book serves as a very good introduction to the entire area. The author covers early times rather quickly and moves ...             Juju Sundin's Birth Skills: Proven Pain-Management Techniques for Your Labour and Birth1 review Juju Sundin, Sarah Murdoch Allen & Unwin, 2008 An excellent resource! This book really goes over labor and birth to a "T". It's got tons of good, useful information and helped to quite some of my fears about the actal birthing process. Can't recommend it enough to soon to be moms. Another good one: You Know You're Pregnant When. Reflections on the Longest Nine Months of My Life, which made me laugh.             Nim's Island20 reviews Wendy Orr Allen & Unwin, 2000 Better than the movie! Great read! My child just poured through this book before the movie was even out. Loved the book so much more than the movie!             Makeup: The Ultimate Guide4 reviews Rae Morris Allen & Unwin, 2008 One of the best makeup books I own almost every makeup book created at the moment, and this is one of my favorites. Besides the photos being gorgeous, the tips and explanations are great and easy to replicate with some patience. I also like it gives step by step of the instructions for eyeshadow looks (almost 50+ pages of them)             The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation3 reviews Rebecca Huntley Allen & Unwin, 2006 Preening Monsters of Inconsequence Gen-Y'ers, Huntley's book has shown me, have heads so full of Madison-Avenue platitudes that I really despair for the future. They're not stupid, nor are they dull. Rather, they're cagey and single-minded, albeit provincial and unenlightened, attesting to saccharine dreams of affluence and seamless self-actualization -- dreams which at this historical and cultural moment are risibly recherché. ...             The Big Big Big Book of Tashi (Tashi series)6 reviews Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg Allen & Unwin, 2002 I only wish there were more. I bought this book to read to my 4 year old son, who is ready for stories with more meat on the bones (a higher word-to-picture ratio and stronger plot) than most picture books. He loved it -- he was so sad the last night when he said "Dad, you forgot to put the bookmark in!" and my husband told him they had read the last story. We'll read it again and again, if his 6 year old sister (who reads ...              search for books according, approach, becoming, brotherhoods, buddhism, capitalism, children, generation, history, interpretation, introductory, journey, management, marathon, mindful, monster, motorcycle, pain-management, perspectives, philosophy, prelude, protestant, recovered, schizophrenia, silmarillion, southeast, techniques, through, ultimate, yourself books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen apparel: S.W.A.T. Belts home  impressum - about us