F. Orion Pozo

A wonderful portrait of the Canadian landscape, Nov 22 2005

Originally published in 1967 to celebrate the Centennial Year and Expo, this 1983 3rd edition is the latest.

This book divides up pictures of Canada into five regional chapters:

The Maritimes;
Into Quebec;
Ontario;
The Prairies;
British Columbia.

At first sight the book is a picture book with text pages limited to 10%. However the text pages and the captions to the pictures are so well written that they make the book a lasting treasure. Geographic and historic facts are beautifully mixed with descriptive images and phrases of poetic grace in brief but powerful captions to photographs that are so vast they often require more than one page.

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A Personal Journey into Feminist Roots of Norse Mythology, Jun 21 2005

The author starts this book with the sentence: "I am an Earth Mysteries Goddess artist of many years." Monica Sjöö, in addition to being an artist, is also the author of The Great Cosmic Mother, an influential book on Goddess religions published in 1987. As a writer and artist she has been a major voice in feminist spirituality for about 30 years. In this book she turns her attention and thoughts to the ancient goddesses of her home country Sweden. We get a powerful and personal work on the feminist roots of Norse mythology and their impact on Scandinavian history and the Saami and Vanir peoples of the region. The book is illustrated with 15 black-and-white reproductions… Read more

Classic Novel of French Socialist Writing, July 14 2004

Written in 1845, just 3 years before revolutions swept Europe, this 887 page five volume novel is a classic piece of French socialist writing that has been swept under the rug of history. It was originally serialized in a French newspaper and created quite a stir with its strong positions on women's rights, worker communes, and anticlericalism.

I originally started to read this book because I was interested in the legend of the wandering Jew. This is a mythical person cursed to live forever and wander without rest because he refused Jesus a place to rest as He carried His cross to Calvary. Although the wandering Jew and his equally long-lived sister Herodias, who gained her longevity… Read more