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Full of exuberant joy
Here is a collection of Miller's watercolors patiently gathered from around the world. The pictures are accompanied by wonderful essays and letters from his Paris days and later in life, and this happens to be one of my favorite Miller books. I'm also lucky enough to own one of Millers lithographs. This book should have been reviewed long ago... recommended for those who wish to find out more about Miller's evolution as a joyous and spontaneous painter. Get it while you can. ... Read more

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In August 1854, Houghton Mifflin"s predecessor, Ticknor & Fields, published a book called Walden; or, Life in the Woods, by a little-known writer named Henry Thoreau. At the time the book was largely ignored, but it has gone on to become one of the most widely read and influential works ever published, not only in this country but throughout the world. In August 2004 Houghton Mifflin, in association with the Walden Woods Project, will proudly publish a special 150th anniversary edition, beautifully illustrated with Scot Miller's spectacular color photographs, which are accompanied by historic black-and-white photographs and drawings. In the spirit of Thoreau, the book will be sensibly priced at $28.12, half a cent less than he spent building his cabin at Walden Pond. ... Read more

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The photos make this worth the extra money
I purchased the 150th Anniversary edition of Walden which is illustrated by photographs by Scot Miller.

Miller illustrates the classic with photos of Walden Pond and the surrounding countryside through all of the seasons and in its many moods.

I really enjoyed the macroshots and also his detail work. A lot of people would of overlooked the things he saw in the details. The images really helped make this more than just another reading of the old classic.

If you haven't read Thoreau's masterpiece in a while, or are looking for a great edition to put on your coffee-table or add to your Thoreau collection like I did.

Walden: 150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic

Walden
Although Walden is without a doubt one of the great books of all time it is a very difficult read.This is the type of book that requires patience and thought. Much of the challenge is centered on words and phrases that Thoureau uses that were commonplace in the 1800's but foreign to many of us in the 21st century.He probably would have had just as difficult a time trying to understand iPods and texting and reality TV.I found myself losing interest frequently because I didn't understand what he was trying to say. But, just when I was ready to give up there would appear a sentence or paragraph that were mesmerizing in thought and visualization and all of a suddent the effort seemed worthwhile.I would encourage everyone to give it a go.It's the kind of book that belongs on the coffee table not to impress but to draw your attention when your mood is thoughtful.I am sure that I will come back to this book often.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation
These words are as true, or maybe more true now than when they where written. This book is a classic. I have a number of copies of Walden. I even have one in my car at all times.Thoreau is one of my favorites. I had the privilge Of visiting Walden Pond on three occasions. Having read the book many years ago, I was excited to finally be able to vist there. The first time I went was like an spiritual experience for me. Standing on the spot where his little cabin once stood was great. The only thing left there is an outline of his cabin and part of a fire place. The water is crystal clear as he mentioned in one of his writings. There is a stone pile by where the cabin was located. People from all over would come and put stones on a pile. I guess that was part of an old custom. People wrote little notes on the stones and threw them on the pile.I took some photos and keep them in my office. I hope to someday return there.

Reading in Ohio
I received the book in record time, in great condition. It is a wonderful read..the pictures are awesome too.

Walden: 150 Anniversary Illustrated Edition
Walden Pond is a classic which everyone should be required to read. I read this years ago and wanted to add this one to my library. What a wonderful surprise it was. The pictures enhance this classic. I recommend this book to anyone interested in Thoreaus' works, Nature and getting back to the basics in life. In this busy life we live, it is relaxing to spend time reading this book. ... Read more

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Here is a compelling account of the romantic lives and times of five great writers of this century--D.H. Lawrence, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Dyland Thomas and Sylvia Plath. Passionate Lives evokes how these writers lived on the cutting edge of passionate intensity, shows how their own love affairs influenced their writing, and brings a unique perspective to the work and lives of some of the best literary artists of the 20th century. ... Read more

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A collection of the best of Blaise Cendrars poetry. Includes three short prose pieces. ... Read more

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This bestseller covers a single momentous year during Nin’s life in Paris, when she met Henry Miller and his wife, June. “Closer to what many sexually adventuresome women experience than almost anything I’ve ever read....I found it a very erotic book and profoundly liberating” (Alice Walker). The source of a major motion picture from Universal. Preface by Rupert Pole; Index.
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Excruciating
Put me out of my misery now.

The only good think about this books is that i learned a new word - omphaloskeptic; which is what Anais Nin is. Seriously lady, get a job and stop analyzing your emotions, they are really not at all interesting.

Great reading.
Having read Delta of Venus, I wanted more Anais Nin and decided on this one. It's great. I liked it better than the first and that's because it deals with the love affair between her and Henry Miller and, of course, his wife, June. While some might think it's a bit stogy, I really enjoyed it for the prose and intense romance between them. I highly recommend this one, along with Delta of Venus.

I didn't enjoy this book at all
Well written but boring. I think watching paint dry would be more entertaining than reading this book. I never made it to the end.

Froid et faux
Anais Nin and Henry Miller are minor writers, the former considerably more minor than the latter.However, I daresay Anais Nin is more widely read nowadays than is Henry Miller.The interest in them is gosspiy - that whole Americans in Paris in the thirties schlock - and nicely seasoned by the erotic.This book is actually a rather revolting self-portrait of a self-obsessed woman with too much time on her hands.Her writing is Lawrence without the passion for truth, and her living is all words. Everything is affect.There seems not an ounce of tenderness in her.She (and this book) is cold and false.

Wow!
From the very first few pages you know that you have entered a fascinating world -- if you are reading these reviews and haven't yet purchased the book, don't wait any longer.It's an easy read -- you should be able to read it in one setting -- maybe one weekend, and you may be totally transformed in the way you think about human relationships.

I would recommend starting with Nin's edited diaries (Vol I: 1931 - 1934) and Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" before reading "Henry and June."

"Henry and June" covers only one year, perhaps the most important year in her life, and is clearly her "coming-of-age" year.

For those who are troubled by Nin's infidelities and lies, one turns to the answer Marcel Proust gave on a questionnaire during his adolescence:"For what fault have you the most toleration?""For the private life of geniuses." ... Read more

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Daisy Miller was first published in 1878. The Aspern Papers was first published in 1888. The Turn of the Screw was first published in 1898. The Beast in the Jungle was first published in 1903. This book was especially created in 1996 for Book-of-the-Month Club. Dust jacket painting: Dreams by Vittorio Matteo Corcos, courtesy of Scala/Art Resource. ... Read more

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Valley Empires gives an account of the early history of California's great Central Valley as seen through the careers of two famous ranchers, Hugh Glenn the Wheat King and Henry Miller the Cattle King. The lives of these two extraordinary men spanned an extraordinary period of development in rural California, ranging from the years of the Gold Rush to the turn of the century. Hugh Glenn became nationally famous as a bonanza wheat grower, until murder ended his career in 1883. Henry Miller, a penniless German immigrant, possessed a phenomenal shrewdness and energy that supported the building of a livestock empire eventually extending into three states and covering a million acres. The lives of these two giants prefigured the development of California's current multi-billion-dollar farm economy, and their stories illuminate the challenges that early settlers faced. ... Read more

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A sweeping panorama
This fine book presents a sweeping panorama of an important part of California agricultural history from the Spanish and Mexican periods on to the early years of the twentieth century.I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Henry Miller and Hugh Glenn but also about Claus Spreckels, Isaac Friedlander, James Ben Ali Haggin, and other lesser characters in the drama. Ann Scheuring has a wonderful knowledge of the California landscape and its agricultural history, and she writes with a clear, fluent style that is easy to understand and a pleasure to follow.Highly recommended.

A Rich and Exciting History of California Agriculture
Every family, and California is a kind of family, has a history. In the spring of 1849, we had just been acquired from Mexico, San Francisco was little more than a village with a harbor, and the Great Central Valley was a sparsely settled vista of grass and oaks. We are all at least hazily aware how the discovery at Sutter's mill turned this peaceful land into a boiling swarm of ambitious young fortune hunters who were eager to roll up their sleeves and pluck the gold. But many of the details have become lost in time.

For those who wish to cut through the haze and see clearly how we got to where we are, how California became the powerhouse that it is,this book is family history atits best. It sets up the story with as vivid and concise an account of Spanish times as you will find, continues with phases of the early development contributed by such men as Leland Stanford and Mark Hopkins, then zeroes in on the agricultural giants who transformed grazing land into wheat and cattle empires that later became diversified into present day food baskets for the world.

This is a very rich narrative.Hemingway compared fiction to an iceberg and said that the author should know nine times as much about his characters as the ten percent to be revealed in the story.For him, some of the most important details are to be left implicit. In contrast, the historian spells out everything that is precious metal while omitting only the dross. The art is to integrate all this smoothly and with grace and excitement.

Scheuring shows years of loving homework. She elucidates one major aspect after another: the world grain market, the fierce competition among the meatpacking giants, the epic railroad struggles, the development of farm machinery and soil husbandry.She shows with a lawyer's skill how Miller's hands-on involvement in California's water-rights squabbles resulted in a compromise that has served for a hundred years.And all the while she weaves in ongoing personal dramas that would satisfy the readers of People magazine:the inspiring growth of a penniless 15 year-old butcher's apprentice from Germany and of a 24 year old doctor from Missouri into empirebuilders while also including the tragedies and murders that afflicted them along theway.

Truly, this is history that reads like a novel and history that shows the better side of our nation's coming of age. In contrast to the ruthlessness of many of the industrial and financial tycoons of the east coast,Miller and Glenn thrived on honest hard workand imagination. The reader will finish this journey through the past withfeelings ofpride and pleasure.

John M. Chrisman, Ph.D

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Miller, Into the Heart of Life. excerpts from ten of Henry Miller's books ... Read more

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Miller, Letters to Emil. The collected correspondance of H. Miller and Emil Schnellock. ... Read more