City Smart: Calgary [Paperback]

Frances Purslow (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 1st edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562613227
• ISBN-13: 978-1562613228
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,217,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Travel > Canada > Cities > Calgary

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must read!, September 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: City Smart: Calgary (Paperback)

This is a must read for any visitor or tourist going through Calgary. It is an invaluable asset if you are visiting for the Calgary Stampede, relatives, or are there on business. It is a great reference and it is obvious that a lot of research and work has been put into writing it.

1 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and thought-provoking comment on society, March 18, 2000

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This review is from: City Smart: Calgary (Paperback)

There are more and more things of amazement that are being created that simply can't be comprehended by most, yet paramount to the human condition is that the unknown must be reconciled! So, if you have some time, are looking for a challenge, and want a comprehensive and convincing crash course on the state of everything, read this book.

I have read most of the classics, and most of the great philosophers. Her views are uncompromising. Her stories are brilliant. And above all she is a compassionate person, by a much truer form of the definition. I fear, though, it is much too late. Her philosophy's only problem, which was not brought up in this book and therefore doesn't affect the rating, is the part about the mushrooms in that temple as part of the initiation process and the accompanying Shiva Vedic chants.

This book is marvelous. It completely changed the way I look at literature and life in general. Her narrative is a delicate, touching essay with enough detail to outweigh your habit of waxing ethereal and finding meaning in the meaningless. You will one day become a meaningful, spiritual writer. I am sure that although you are part of the first generation raised without religion, you will find one. At the risk of dubbing this book "Chicken Soup for the Slacker," I am certain, or at least optimistic, that I received a very good sense of the dark, brooding, medieval atmosphere surronding the epic; a sense that this story was told around the fires in dark huts in the cold north. Bravo Frances!