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This is a beautiful book which can help us to apply the largest ideas to the details of our daily lives. She writes with economy and grace.

She combines modesty with sureness to call us to the practice of awakening to daily life.

The two books aren't repetitive and don't lead on one from the other. Each one stands alone, full and satisfying. But, knowing that there are two, how could you choose which one to leave on the shelf?

I especially value his description of how to handle our anger by taking care of it while it is hot, neither feeding nor denying it. This book is so practical. And, at the same time, such a lamp for the seeker.

He points out that mindfulness is an integral part of all religious practice and teaches us how to cultivate it in our own lives. Nhat Hanh has no desire to downplay the venerable theological and ritual teachings that distinguish Buddhism and Christianity, but he does cause one to consider that beyond the letter of doctrine lies a unity of truth.

The only place where he pointedly disagrees with Christian theology is with respect to claims that Jesus was the only son of God. In his view, this belief is exclusionist and contrary to his own direct apprehension of the 'ground of being'. Even in this, he demonstrates his own Third Precept — "Do not force others ... by any means whatsover, to adopt your views... However, through compassionate dialogue, help others renounce fanaticism and narrowness."

Beautifully photographed and lovingly described, Pakenham uses this book to share his personal delight in these wonders of the natural world that have become part of the cultural heritage of the British people.

He warns that if we continue to destroy tropical rainforest, half the world's species will become extinct early next century.

This beautifully illustrated edition is a pleasure to pore over. I enjoyed it so much that I have just bought her latest book Galileo's Daughter. It is intended as a Christmas present, but perhaps I can borrow it after they've read it?

The Illustrated Longitude was the starting place for my poem Love's Meridian.

It ranges across time from the earliest written record to the present, and draws on many traditions to illustrate that love is a universal quality of the human condition.

I picked it from the crowded bookstore shelf and added it to the pile of books I was buying as Christmas presents. But this one won't be given away. I know that I will never finish with it.

My only reservation is that it read at times like a series of journalist's columns. But I didn't really mind that.

This is a book that the reader decides to play along with or not. It's in your interest to play along with it — you're the one who will have all the enjoyment.

How is it that every story seems exceptional? Perhaps every life is. This book shares the individual with us, in all its variety and splendour.