“…"This atlas is splendidly produced with beautiful photographs and maps in colour...Moreover, there are useful chronological charts, many good write-ups about the peoples and civilizations...a solid piece of work for which we should all be grateful to Curtis A.J Frendo, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Recommended. …”

“…Other major themes are Ireland's relations with Britain and continental Europe, and Vikings and their influence, the beginnings of Irish feudalism, and the impact of the Viking and Norman invaders. Splendid in sweep and lively in detail, it launches the newLongman History of Ireland in fine style…”

“…--Psychology Today ..". a bristlingly clear ... always intriguing survey of the history and rationale of puzzles ... [A] splendid study ..."--Knight Ridder Newspapers…”

“…The earlier, lower cemetery yielded rock-hewn tombs with splendid wall decoration in relief and painting. The book also describes methods of conservation applied to the discovered artefacts and episodes from the mission's life…”

“…Unidentified Piano Solo - Thelonious Monk 5. Splendid Splinter - Dave McKenna 6. Light Blue - Thelonious Monk 7. …”

“…The translation celebrations became a splendid religious festivity showing sacral foundations of Saint Louis’s authority and the Capetian kingship. …”

“…The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, built on the ruins of a Roman fort, dates from the mid-seventh century and is one of the oldest largely intact churches in England. It stands in splendid isolation on the shoreline at the mouth of the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, where the land meets and interpenetrates with the sea and the sky. …”

“…Part two uncovers the working principles of the machine by following the production chains of some of its most splendid products: gilded statues, jade, porcelain, and textiles. …”

“…A masterful book that has been deftly and clearly translated into Spanish by Grisela Marsico, in a splendid edition by Iberoamericana-Vervuert" (Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, University of Texas, Austin)…”

“…Citing Eugene Wigner, this “unreasonable appropriateness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences” emerged soon at the beginning of the scientific thought and was splendidly depicted by the words of Galileo: “The grand book, the Universe, is written in the language of Mathematics.” …”

“…What do the trees, flowers, and different animals signify? Who had these splendid tapistries made? And what for? Who was the artist who sketched the plans? …”
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“…Doubting the ability of the Weimar Republic to contain these conflicts, a group of hotel owners, some of the most prominent Jewish industrialists and financiers in the country, chose to let Adolf Hitler use their hotel, the Kaiserhof, as his Berlin headquarters in 1932. From a splendid suite opposite the chancellery, Hitler and his henchmen engineered the assumption of power, the death of the Weimar Republic, and the ruin of their hosts, the Kaiserhof's owners: Jewish liberals now fleeing for their lives. …”

“…Over the past decade neuroscience has uncovered a wealth of new information about our senses and how they serve as our gateway to the world. This splendidly accessible book explores the most intriguing findings of this research. …”

“…Of Kermode's last book, Shakespeare's Language, Richard Howard wrote that it was "a triumph of inauguration and the crowning action of his splendid career of criticism. It is, and will doubtless remain, the first book one should read about Shakespeare's plays, and with those plays." …”

“…Instead, by making a purposeful "One-mistake" of "unknown knowing", this book remains consistent with the analytic unconscious and continues in the splendid tradition of Bodhidharma who did not know "Who" he was and told Emperor Wu that there was no merit in building temples for Buddhism.Both traditions converge on the teaching that "true subject is no ego", or on the realisation that a new subject requires the symbolic death or deconstruction of imaginary ego-identifications. …”

“…Meticulously researched, splendidly told, and featuring a new preface and introduction, "The Birth of Plenty" explains the interplay of the events, philosophies, and related phenomena that were nothing less than the crucible of the modern age. …”

“…Stein on being the recipient of the 1999 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award Praise for the Encyclopedia: "This splendid collection of essays explores religiously inspired conceptions of the end of history ... …”