About this title: The bestselling creator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency once again eschews Botswana in favor of Scotland for this second entry in the Sunday Philosophy Club series, marking the return of Isabel Dalhousie, an independently wealthy half-Scot, half-American woman living in Edinburgh who devotes her time to editing the Review of Applied Ethics ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2005-09-20
ISBN-13:9780375422997ISBN:0375422994
Description: Very Good ++ Format: Hardcover. Year: 2005. An Isabel Dalhousie Mystery. Hardcover Book with Jacket. First American Edition / First Printing. read more
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Description: Very good. Dust Cover Missing. Light wear to edges and pages. Cover and spine show no easily noticeable damage. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
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Description: Very good. Light wear to edges and pages. Cover and spine show no easily noticeable damage. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2005-09-20
ISBN-13:9780375422997ISBN:0375422994
Description: Very Good. First American Edition, First printing. Pages bright and clean, unmarked. Very good hardcover binding; jacket price intact. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2005-09-20
ISBN-13:9780375422997ISBN:0375422994
Description: Very Good. This is a very nice hardcover copy. Binding is tight and square. DJ is VG. P/O name is on FFEP. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Edition: First printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon,, New York, New York:
Date Published: 2005.
ISBN-13:9780375422997ISBN:0375422994
Description: Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 261 pages. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price. read more
Description: Good in Good dust jacket; 2005. 0375422994. Good used copy with mild edge wear from handling-unmarked. DJ improved with new, clear mylar cover.; Hardcover; Pantheon Books; NY; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 261 pages. read more
"I am always amazed at the interesting questions Alexander McCall Smith brings to his novels. Again, the mystery is not the most important thing about the book. In this one, the strange feelings of a man who has received a donor heart are the mystery. Is there something as a cell memory which is giving him visions he can only suspect are from the donor's life? Isabelle decides to tackle the question and we follow her thorough many false starts and red herrings.
As with the others, the lives of her niece and her former boyfriend Jamie are a core part of the book. Isabelle's feelings for Jamie are very complicated and it is interesting to contemplate how the author is going to resolve them. How much interference in others lives is permissible?
As much as I like these books, I find that I can only read a few at a time. There is so much to absorb and so many ethical questions to contemplate, that I have to grow into them. For people who like action and crime scenes, this series will be way too slow and the questions too cerebral, but I find them fascinating."
"Cecilia dan Malaikat Ariel ditulis oleh Jostein Gaarder, guru filsafat dari Norwegia yang juga menulis Dunia Sophie. Tokoh utama dalam buku ini ... siapa lagi kalau bukan Cecilia? Ia adalah anak perempuan yang tidak bisa bangkit dari tempat tidurnya pada Hari Natal karena sakit. Malamnya, ketika terbangun sendirian Cecilia didatangi Ariel, malaikat humoris telaten yang selalu penasaran. Berdua saja, mereka berdialog tentang keajaiban bumi, manusia, dan surga.
Saya jadi teringat, pertama kali mendapat kesempatan membaca karya Gaarder adalah sewaktu kelas tiga SMA. Ketika itu hari Jum'at, murid-murid sekolah pulang cepat, dan saya dan seorang teman ke Mesjid Salman ITB buat sholat Jum'at. Sebelum sholat, kami melihat-lihat dulu dagangan yang digelar di depan mesjid. Di mobil pick up yang menjual buku-buku bekas, bertemulah kami dengan Dunia Sophie. Teman saya sudah membacanya. (Agak mengagetkan karena di luar komik biasanya ia cukup illiterate.) Ia pun merekomendasikan Dunia Sophie, dan membantu menawar harga. Dengan 40.000 rupiah, buku itu lantas masuk ke dalam tas. Sejak itu, saya setia membaca karya-karya Jostein Gaarder yang lain.
Cecilia dan Malaikat Ariel merupakan novel anak-anak yang cocok dibaca untuk semua umur. Gaya bahasanya ringan, imajinatif, dan khas Gaarder, mengajak pembacanya untuk berpikir, bertanya, dan berfilsafat. Dialog antara Cecilia dan Malaikat Ariel mengalir lancar dan memikat. Bagian yang paling saya suka adalah ketika mereka saling membandingkan 'indera' mereka masing-masing. Bagian malaikatnya rekaan, tetapi terasa masuk akal. Ngomong-ngomong, buku ini ditutup dengan sebuah kutipan dari Perjanjian Baru."
"This should really be a 3.5 star book-- certainly better than The Sunday Philosopher's Club, as its plot has a bit more resolution to it. Isabel, however, begins to wear a bit thin-- a little too self-righteous, and not nearly self-aware enough to really justify it. However, I might be feeling this more from the last two books (The Right Attitude to Rain and The Careful Use of Compliments) than from this particular book. I think she's really at her best in this installment."
"I tried to get into this book but just could not even get past the first chapter. It was like watching a very slow "Masterpiece Theater" show. Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of authors who create a "slice of life" like Mauve Binchey, but I just could not get into this one."
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