I honestly think that this is the best book about the essence of the City of Angels.
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Features a great list of cocktail recipes (from all time favorites to rare gems from the past) while capturing the city of L.A. thru amazing photos. This book is gritty and rich in character. The rubber-finished cover feels like the tire of an Harley Davidson running across Sunset Boulevard. Its a great book to show off at home: the recipes are fun, but even if you are not crazy about cocktails, the photos are what makes this book unique, they are very original and beautiful (even the classic Hollywood sign is portrayed by an angle Ive never seen before). I honestly think that this is the best book about the essence of the City of Angels.
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I have read this book at least 4 times over the past 4 years. This book was the first fictionalized version of the angel's perspective of "The Fall". Overall, the book is cinematic in its vision and language, which is what attracted to the book in the first place. Wendy Alec has a beautiful imagination and uses that imagination to flesh out a fully developed angelic world. I also like Alec's ability to maintain dual storylines, something that she carries into the next book of the series. Even though, I disagreed with some of her theological points, this was a treasure to read and re-read. I hope to complete the series soon! (I've only read the first 2 books so far!)
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The saddest part of this book is that it ended.  The story of angels on earth is exciting and wonderful.  Sloan is a complex and fun character.  She is like me but not like me and that is why this story is fun.  I can image being Sloan and can really feel her emotions but when I blink my eyes I am back in my real life.  I really love books that take me somewhere else and make me part of that place.
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This is a very interesting Book. Full of information on all the Angels. My copy That I received 4 days after I ordered it was in perfect condition. I owned this book which is now in a relatives possession for many years. This book came out with this cover in only one printing. Its a large book
and only here on Amazon could I find a copy.  Thank You For the Fast Shipping.
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Jerusalem is the story of the most famous spiritual city in the world! The tale is told in a large brick o a book by Dr. Simon Sebag-Montefiore. His distinguished Jewish family has done much to build and preserve Jewish buidling in Jerusalem including the famous Montefiore Windmill constructed in the nineteenth century. The author is also famous for his work "Stalin: In the Court of the Red Tsar" The Bill Clinton endorsement of this massive tome resonates with this reviewer. Clinton says that the book "...tells you what the life of the city has been like and why it means so much..."
  How encapsulate all of the sights, sounds, smells, battles, colorful personalities and spiritual leaders who have made the ancient city so important? Here are King David and Muhammed, Jesus and the Sultans; the Crusaders; Mamlukes; Turks; and countless other conquerors and victims who have spilled blood and built buildings in the Zion fortress on Mt. Zion. Here are the Muslim Dome of the Rock built in the seventh century and updated by Suieleman the Magnificent in the sixteenth century; her is the Jewish Western Wall built by Herod the Great and Sacred to the Jews and here is the Via Dolorosa and the hill of Gogotha where Jesus Christ was crucified. Here is the Church of the Holy Sepluchre constructed at the behest of Helena the mother of Constantine the Great and fought over ever since.
  Fascinating figures, colorful anecdotes and well researched and well written history make this book the sine qua non for those persons who wish to know more about Jerusalem. As a Presbyterian pastor I have greatly increased my understanding of Jerusalem by perusing these many pages. The book is well illustrated and the many footnotes are illuminating. Well recommended!
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I just received my copy of Men and Angels and I am absolutely giddy with delight.  This is THE most beautiful book I own.  I have quite a few art and photography tomes that I love, but this one truly takes the cake.  A few years ago, I ran across one of Christensen's other books, A Journey of the Imagination, in a bookstore.  I knew nothing about him at the time, and I recall sitting in the floor of the bookstore, mesmerized by his paintings.  I went home with my purchase and read it cover to cover that evening.  It remains one of my favorite books of all time.  I discovered very recently that Christensen had published another one in the past year or so.  The quality of this book is superb.  I am almost afraid to turn the pages without wearing cotton gloves!  The color is exquisite and the pages (and text) are very large, allowing for very nice detail of the paintings.  Again, in this work, Christensen describes his inspirations (and perspiration) that go into the pieces, and you get more insight into his symbolism and personal philosophy on life.  If you are a fan of Christensen or fantasy art, you will not be disappointed in having this book in your library.
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A wonderful little book prepared as a guided tour through the major historical sites in Jerusalem, ranging from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to the Knesset.  Chronological if only by way of starting at the oldest center of the old city and working forward. But each step is so deeply layered in time.  The book is first and foremost a chronicle of the folly of humanity as embodied by the idiotic wars between the various brands of clergy, and the more bloody affairs related to racial and ethnic riots.  So much of it based on ignorance escalating into endless rounds of reprisal.  You can see so many preposterous legends fabricated out of nothing and being transformed into venerable truths.  The story of Mohammads  midnight ascension from Jerusalem apparently fabricated after the fact, with some assuming that he must have risen from the rock at Jerusalem, and others saying its not possible because no city could be more holy than Karbala  if he ascended to heaven from anywhere, it had to be there.  The heroes of the story are the Victorian Englishmen such as Warren, Storrs, and Ashbee.  The list of improvements made under the British is substantial  sanitation, water supplies, education, and medical care.  In fact, part of the aura of the city seems to stem from the value that outsiders put upon the place as well as the improvements that were made to the infrastructure.  So this is not a complete history, but presents so many hallowed shrines in a very interesting light.  I liked the quote of some anonymous nun that even if the Lithostratus Pavement Stones were late Roman and therefore never trodden trodden by Jesus, they were still holy by way of the many centuries of prayer said over them.  That pretty much tells the story of this particular book.
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I had VERY high expectations from this book, based on the other books by Prophet Uebert Angel and I was NOT disappointed! His writing skills are nothing short of amazing, everything in the book is backed up by his real world experiences. Sometimes it takes a book to really spell things out in order for me to understand the concepts, and this book does an excellent job with this as well. In the last pages of the book, he gives real world examples of well known people and stories of how similar concepts happened to them. And most importantly, he backs things up from scriptures which make complete sense in regards to the bigger picture of the book. I don't think you will find another book like this anywhere, although I have read the entire book, I have the urge to go back and really study it again in finer detail.
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I love the way EJD brings a story to life.  Apparently I missed reader "Driver"as it's rather old.  Not certain how I overlooked this page turner.  Oversight corrected and the book was excellent.  read it in 1 day while on vacationing in LA.
I Love LA it's my 2nd home.  As a result of my love for the city of Angels, I am familiar with the different areas highlighted throughout the book..
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Sacred Magic of the Angels is the 2nd most important book I've ever read and used.  (1st being the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche). David Goddard has changed my life in such a profound way. Not only am I not alone anymore, I have a direct connection to help. REAL help.

I petitioned an ArchAngel to earn money through work and I've been working now 8 days in a row.  I'm so happy.  Thank you David Goddard!!!!!  You have helped my life in such a deep and profound way.  I thank you so much for writing this awesome guide to learn to ask the angels for help in your life.  Thank you very much.
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I loved this book. This is the type of book I love to read. I love my Angels and Fallen Angels. Get this book and see if it's as good as I say it is. This book will stay in my library. Looking forward to reading more of this Author's books in the future.
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This is the only insightful and balanced guide to the city that I have encountered. It reveals the true character of the culture and it's values. Kudos to the author.
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A BOOK OF ANGELS is my favorite source of information on the subject of angels, because it contains the most dazzling array of myths and stories about angels one could ever hope to find in one book. I am equally delighted with its thrilling personal accounts of the way human poets, mystics and saints (such as Blake, Dante, Dostoyevski, Goethe, Milton, Poe, Rilke, Shakespeare and Swedenborg) have interacted with angels throughout history. Beautiful illustrations and quotes appear on almost every page, such as this lovely one from Saint Augustine, "Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel."
Author Sophy  Burnham did not grow up believing in angels or miracles, yet when she was a young adult, she watched an angel save her life. "I saw him the way you see the words on this page: the colors, the magnificent leap of my heart on seeing him -- HOME! cried my soul as he scooped me out of the path of death."
Whether you talk to angels every day, or wonder whether it's possible that they could exist, A BOOK OF ANGELS is certain to become your favorite book for exploring the angelic realms!
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This is one of the greatest angel books I have in my library. I have several books on angels and the majority of the angel authors reference Gustav Davidsons Dictionary. Being the fact that I am a writer and have had an interest in angel since my childhood, this is a must have. I even have two copies because I always have friends that want to know about the angels and the fallen angels. Another plus, is the Enochian language in the back of the book, along with the different names and orders, sigils and finally summoning spells. I always find myself sitting and reading this book over and over again
327128
Melanie's work is pure and exquisite! You will certainly be transformed by reading this book. Her connection to the angels is felt so deeply through out this book. A must read!
1450727
I am the author's son, so admit that I am bias toward giving a good review for my father's book.  But I read it, and loved it, so had no other choice than to share my opinion.  This book is a fun excurtion into the afterlife and probes the mysteries of the universe that many science-fiction writers create whole lifetimes trying to create.  It also brings in a sort of comic book style "rough and tumble" celestials to really animate the history of the Bible that few ever really think about.  I particularly like the famous battle of the angels when Lucifer and his minions try to overtake God and the loyal angels.  In some years, if this book by some miricle becomes famous, I can't wait to see the CG for that movie.  Well, if I haven't sold you yet, nothing will.  Thanks for reading and please by my dad's book, and not for any other reason than you have never read anything like it, gaurenteed.
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Buenos Aires is one of the best cities I ever lived in my life. Kind and hospitable people live there. Recommended. It is beautiful to read this kind of books where one can understand the frustrations and insecurities of a person by just reading it. She is undoubtly a professional writer. Ms  France has a crystal clear writing. Way to go!