Simple concept. Beautiful book.
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I've read one other work of David Levithan's - The Realm of Possibility - and after doing so, I found this novel. Simply put, The Lover's Dictionary, although created with a simplistic format, holds so many thoughts and experiences pertaining to an every day romance. Levithan opens a window into the frustrations, the insecurities, and the hope that I believe almost everyone goes through at some point in their life. And for this reason, I fell in love with this novel. In fact, after opening the book for the first time, I found it impossible to stop reading and finished the story within the night.

If you're looking for an accurately-depicted romance, sewn together with snippets of memories, this book is for you.
995727
I love this book. Simple design yet beautiful and elegant. I would recommend this as a gift for all brides-to-be.
730383
Beautiful book with  many great ideas and gorgeous illustrations. It's already become one of my favorites.
3126173
Easy to read....beautiful pictures. Uses ingriedients readily available. L. Lyle
4071979
Beautiful concept and beautiful pages. I just wish it were hardcover or at least a more durable softcover. I'm thinking about binding it somehow.
3841604
I bought the hardcover of this book several years ago and am delighted the softcover is available.  It's my go-to gift for adults and young people - not just a classic story, but a timeless one that works throughout the year.  The illustrations enhance the simple beauty of the story.  It's a gorgeous, inexpensive, wonderful book.
1229640
Beautiful book, gorgeous illustrations, sweet words.
1021296
I just wanted to say that even though this book is small, (a complaint that I noticed on a couple of sub par reviews) it packs a lot of beauty into a little space. Not every art book needs to be a coffee table sized mega-tome. This lovely book tastefully flirts with your bibliophilia, like a secret manifesto you can stick in your pocket. Reading the essays has me whispering clandestinely to myself, "Same"! Every page more artfully worships pages. It is a beautiful book about the beauty of books.
1867938
This book is a little gem. Plan on purchasing more as gifts.
30987
The illustrations are simple, yet in beautiful full color. The book goes day by day through the six days of Creation and God's final day of rest. (I still love that He modeled rest for us, because He knew we would struggle to sit still)  Each pages illustrates the next step in Creation through artistic renditions of the sea, moon, trees etc. And it typical children's book fashion, each set of pages ends in rhyming words (made/played, kind/find).

This book is perfect for preschool age children.  My only wish was that it had the number of the day on each page so she could connect what God made on Day 1, Day 2 etc. Now I just need to find a good hiding place to stash it away for her birthday. :-)

I received this book as part of the Tyndale Publishers Blogger review program, however all of the views are mine.  And I specifically requested this book, because I thought I would enjoy it.
393250
Loved this book.  A new concept beautifully realized.
1200234
This is a really beautiful, simple, sweet, touching, persuasive, and fascinating book.  It is poetry at heart, but prose in style. It just speaks from the perspective of the Realised.
The author has very beautifully captured/described the seven qualities of awakened life/awareness viz. Silence, Tenderness, Embodiment, Genuineness, Discernment, Delight, Wonder. It is devoid of elaborate theory or new age vocabulary. It does not offer any 'how-to' techniques for realisation, which is positive as well as dissatisfying. The presentation is suffused with very apt quotations, stories and anecdotes, which make it easy to understand and interesting. At the same time, it is very hard to classify and pass a judgment on this book in one or two readings, because the ideas presented are so delicate that the essence can easily slip out of our grasp and escape firm rooting in our hearts. It will make a great reading for occassional review for several years.
It is a very pleasing experience to read this book. But, it may not necessarily offer a framework to sketch our journey to realisation. Probably it may imple us to cultivate those seven sweet qualities in our life, with no prescription as to how-to.
This book does not address the Mind; it addresses the Heart.
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This is a beautiful book with some great ideas. I had checked the book out at my library. When it was time to turn it back in I realized it was a book I wanted to own. I'm so glad I have it. I have already done a project from it and I'm looking forward to more.
1165788
The beauty of this book is that it is so simply written. I finished it in a day, because I wanted to read on, but it really should be savored slowly.
Regardless of your religious beliefs, the laws make sense in a  very basic way. They are about living your life in a simple, open way --  leaving yourself open to opportunity, giving yourself space to hear your  inner voice, learning not to judge or be influenced by the judgment of  others, and other worthy ideas. Each chapter is devoted to one law, and  each law has three supporting ideas that are recapped at the end of the  chapter for easy reference.
In the concluding chapter Chopra sums up the  seven laws by observing a single cell in a living organism. It was a  beautiful example that illuminated the simplicity and sense of the laws.
915488
This is a beautiful book. The writing is simple and compelling, something you want to go through slowly.
3398356
A very sweet and very simple book. Nice to see a family of color in a book for a change.... so my daughter gets a nice variety. My daughter's teacher requested books for the classroom as her Christmas Gift this year... so that should be a selling point! So sweet that the teacher wanted it! :)
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This is a beautiful book.  What I love most about it is that each picture is on its own page, rather than spread over two.  You can appreciate the work without the distortion of being split.  Wonderful photographs.  Enjoyable descriptions.  Makes a great gift.