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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gorgeous! A Must-Have for Any Collection!
If you love the Goddess or are interested in global Goddess traditions, this is the book for you. "The Goddess" is a lush book full of gorgeous pictues and well-researched and organized text. The material is presented in an organized layout that leaves you wanting more. This book is a must-have for anyone's Goddess book collection!
Published on July 24, 1998
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good information poorly presented...
I would really like to like this book. It has a whole lot of interesting and compelling information. It's full of great illustrations; photos of icons, pottery, paintings and so on. It has history of goddess figures from all over the world. But it's laid out so poorly that it's really hard to read, and discourages the reader from doing research. The book covers a...
Published on March 8, 2001 by Laura Haggarty
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gorgeous! A Must-Have for Any Collection!,
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This review is from: The Goddess (Living Wisdom Series) (Paperback)
If you love the Goddess or are interested in global Goddess traditions, this is the book for you. "The Goddess" is a lush book full of gorgeous pictues and well-researched and organized text. The material is presented in an organized layout that leaves you wanting more. This book is a must-have for anyone's Goddess book collection!
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good information poorly presented...,
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This review is from: The Goddess (Living Wisdom Series) (Paperback)
I would really like to like this book. It has a whole lot of interesting and compelling information. It's full of great illustrations; photos of icons, pottery, paintings and so on. It has history of goddess figures from all over the world. But it's laid out so poorly that it's really hard to read, and discourages the reader from doing research.The book covers a variety of goddess myths and worship histories, from places as varied as India, Australia, Egypt, Britain, Rome, Greece, and more. It speaks to the various faces of the goddess, from warrior to healer, from creator to destroyer. It has a nice glossary and a thorough index. But sadly, whoever typeset this book did such a poor job that I was put off from reading it. The main topics are constantly interrupted by sidebars about this or that. The type is often placed on colored backgrounds, making it difficult to read. The topics aren't organized well, so here's no comfortable way to sit and read the whole book through. All is all this could be a great book if it were re-edited so as to make it much more readable than it is now. The information it contains is good; it's just too hard to squeeze out of the mess made when the book was put together. |
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The Goddess (Living Wisdom Series) by Shahrukh Husain (Paperback - Aug. 1997)
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