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Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas

[Longhorn Review] Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas

Material Type: All, books — Tags: falstaffpicks — Posted on October 8, 2010, 4:44 pm

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This nifty little catalog features some excellent up and coming 3D
artists

Reviewer: Laura

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El delicado umbral de la tempestad : cuestiones de un general inglés

[Longhorn Review] El delicado umbral de la tempestad : cuestiones de un general inglés

Material Type: All, books — Tags: fiction, historical, jorge castelli, prestigious La Nacion award in 2000, spanish — Posted on July 12, 2010, 10:36 am

By: Castelli, Jorge, 1956-

Outstanding book! Whoever reads this book will clearly understand why this author
has received several international awards for his talent. His novels, short story
anthologies and poetry works show a deep knowledge of the human soul and its
pathways. His literary wisdom surely knows how to introduce the readers inside the
characters's intense feelings and conflicts. I would recommend this book to everyone
who loves great literature.

Reviewer: Mariel Lazzari

Choix de plans de grandes compositions exécutées présentant, avec leurs jardins ou leur entourage, une série d\'ensembles de l\'antiquité, de la renaissance et des temps modernes.

[Longhorn Review] Choix de plans de grandes compositions exécutées présentant, avec leurs jardins ou leur entourage, une série d\'ensembles de l\'antiquité, de la renaissance et des temps modernes.

Material Type: All, books — Posted on July 2, 2010, 1:31 pm

By: Gromort, Georges.

Includes plates with plans of: The Acropolis of Athens Pompey Roman and emperors
forums Therms of Caracalla Piranese's Roman Champ de Mars La Alhambra, Granada
Plazas in Pisa, Postoie and Verona Siena Florenze (city center, Pitti palace and
Boboli gardens) Piazza San Marco, Venice Certosa di Pavia Vatican Villa d'Este,
Tivoli Villa Aldodrandini, Frascati Pincio gardens, Villa Gorghese Isola Bella, Lago
Maggiore El Escorial Fontainebleau Palace Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle Versailles (palace,
petit parc, Les Deux Trianons) Les Jardins de Marly Sans-Souci, Postdam Le château
de Caserte

Reviewer: mar

Dylan Thomas / by Paul Ferris.

[Longhorn Review] Dylan Thomas / by Paul Ferris.

Material Type: All, books — Posted on June 2, 2010, 2:57 pm

By: Ferris, Paul, 1929-

What a depressing subject for a biography. No wonder two of the three Thomas
children went to Australia and stayed there (and had nary a comment for this tome).
Could the slim output and powerful reading ability of this too-famous poet really
justify the living hell that he inflicted on everyone within his purview? It is hard
to imagine how Mr. Ferris was able to maintain his scholarly momentum on this
seemingly endless cascade of theft, whining, solipsism and drunkenness. What is more
remarkable is that Mr. Ferris's account actually provides a measure of empathy for
an individual who personifies the adage that most writers are 'better read than
met'.

Reviewer: dennis trombatore

What plagues Pakistan?

[Longhorn Review] What plagues Pakistan?

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: Pakistan, plagues, what — Posted on June 1, 2010, 11:56 am

By: Bhatti, Tanvir Hussain

The writer Mr Tanvir Hussain Bhatti has shown awareness to his surroundings and
day to day events in and around Pakistan. He has also related these events to
economic and political situation prevailing in the country. At relevant places he
has suggested how to cope with problems and be a part of solution. He represents to
me a good example of concerned citizen and we need more of this type.

“What Plagues
Pakistan?” is no doubt a potpourri of various problems and difficulties that the
state of Pakistan is facing and which have not received due attention at the hands
of state functionaries and nor of civil society. These issues must be answered. I am
sure that publication of these articles in the form of a book will trigger debate,
and be a catalyst for change.

I am happy Mr.Tanvir is not neutral to wrongs, and
holds a clear bias against what is unjust and unfair. He expresses himself loudly
against those who are and were responsible for the present environment of despair.

Mr.Tanvir Bhatti will do well to avoid prolixity in his future writings and I will
recommend him now to also write about sunshine aspects of Pakistan. We are no doubt
facing problems as mentioned by him but we also have great opportunities awaiting
us. Let us explore them. I find the youth of Pakistan a great source of energy and
hope. I find greater awareness amongst the masses. I find people of Pakistan are
respectable and generous. So if there is bad news, there is good news too.

About the
WRITER: Senator S.M.Zafar Senior Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan Federal Minister
for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Pakistan(1965-69) President High
Court Bar Association, Lahore(1975) President Supreme Court Bar Association(1976)
Chairman Human Right Society of Pakistan. Chairman Cultural Association of
Pakistan.

Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer

The Walking Dead / Robert Kirkman

[Longhorn Review] The Walking Dead / Robert Kirkman

Material Type: All, books — Posted on April 28, 2010, 12:56 pm

By: Kirkman, Robert.

This superb comic/graphic-novel/whatever is far more than your typical
gunslinger, ridiculous, action up the a$$, zombie based media. I wouldn't consider
it to be a horror either. If anything, I'd consider to be more of a drama/action. If
you like Max Brook's "World War Z," chances are you'll like this.

Reviewer: Spades

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War / Max Brooks.

[Longhorn Review] World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War / Max Brooks.

Material Type: All, books — Posted on April 28, 2010, 12:55 pm

By: Brooks, Max.

This is an essential for any zombie lover. Max Brooks' vision of a zombie
apocalypse is more in-depth than anything I've ever seen. Be careful though. World
War Z can seem more real than the wars you've read about in history books. Also, I
recommend the audio book. It is abridged, but it's by far the best audio book I've
ever heard.

Reviewer: Spades

Three cups of tea : one man's mission to promote peace -- one school at a time

[Longhorn Review] Three cups of tea : one man's mission to promote peace -- one school at a time

Material Type: All, books — Tags: Afghan, education, Greg Mortenson, Pakistan — Posted on April 26, 2010, 10:27 am

By: Mortenson, Greg.

If you like your inspirational reading full of treacle, then this is the
uplifting book for you! This is not a bad light read. It is effusive in praise for
Greg Mortenson’s genius, and includes information about the recent state (2006-7) of
some Afghan and Pakistan people. Next in the sequence, by Mortenson and without the
co-author, is Stones into Schools.

Reviewer: Shel

Ms.

[Longhorn Review] Ms.

Material Type: All, books — Tags: feminism, gender, woman's issues — Posted on April 18, 2010, 4:28 pm

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Excellent magazine about women's issues!!!!! I have been subscribed since 1995.
It covers national and international issues. And with time it has become more
inclusive on the issues of women of color. For many years it had no ads. There is a
section in the magazine called "No comment" where subscribers submit misogynist and
chauvinists ads, including the date and magazine they were published in, and an
address to write to the publishers about why this ads are offensive. Thanks to
readers writing to the publishing companies, a number of ads have been removed.
Today it does but there are not commercial ads but educational, or ads for other
women organizations. Today it is owned by the Feminist Majority, an activist
organization, they keep an eye on Washington for our rights and distribute the
magazine to women in jail among other things.

Reviewer: Feminist Actor