Figge, digital cameras and cover shots

©Ingrid Booz Morejohn and Gleerups Publishing, Sweden

Sometimes I feel like that radio guy on the Swedish TV program HippHipp! that gives the daily crossword clue: my mind starts in one place and winds up 5,000 miles away. I am conscious of this and do try and keep my conversations and writing slightly on track, in the end circling around to where I began and hopefully tying up all the loose ends in the process. That's why I am showing you three book covers that I photographed for a fantastic series of fact books for children, Figges kunskapsklubb, for Gleerups Publishing. What got me thinking, of course, is the picture of candy that I posted below on Today's Picture 090215. Although that exact image was used inside the book, its sister is on the cover above. I'd asked two mischievous little girls - Anna and Frida Rönn - to be the "hand models" (and face models for a shot inside the book). They more than willingly accepted when I said they'd be allowed to eat heaps of gummy candies in the process.  I bought a huge pile of candy to create the effect of "plenty" and let them have it. That was one of the best shoots I've had and they were over the moon giggly all the time. Afterwards we ate up all the "props".  

I worked on Figge as a picture researcher and filled in as photographer whenever I couldn't find a stock image to fit the book text. Often my two children had to act as models: playing with Legos, making a puzzle, eating a lemon, posting a letter, scraping their knees, reading a newspaper and so on. It was a real joy to work with the series editor Ulrica Lejbro, a fantastic person and very capable editor, now with a child of her own. I was always amazed that she could understand how kids think without having any herself. (I hadn't a clue to the workings of a child's brain until I had two myself, now I remember that my mind worked just as deviously.) Ulrica and I had lot's of fun and made around 20 books in this series (withthe help of several authors of course!) You can still buy them today via web bookstores and used book sites etc. 

Footnote: All of the cover images were taken with small compact digital cameras, nothing fancy at all. The one of Emy posting a letter is a cheap little Konica. These were my first digital cameras, only about 3-4 million megapixel each. When I took my first image I was amazed how "easy" it was, I could take the picture and send it high res to the client in just a few minutes, amazing! Nowadays I have other more complex and advanced digital cameras, but just want you to know that it isn't the typewriter that writes the book, or the camera that takes the picture, it's you. And if you understand the limitations of a camera you can still create good shots with them. Even a pinhole camera can produce a wondrous image in the right hands...

Ramoche: How do monks cut their hair?

Ramoche, Lhasa 1995 ©Ingrid Booz Morejohn

This picture was taken at Ramoche, an imposing temple in central Lhasa. I've always wondered how monks and nuns cut their hair, and got the answer this day. Two friends (or should I say colleagues?) were giving each other haircuts. The hairclipper must have been a little blunt (or the expertise of the person wielding it lacking), because there were numerous verbal exchanges, winces and lot's of pushing and shoving. It seemed to be general cleaning day as all the young monks, these included, were washing their heads and faces etc. For me it was a wonderful insight into a private world. 

My most memorable image of Ramoche is walking around the temple in the company of the Ramoche Abbot, a man of wily, roving eyes and impressive girth. While turning the temple's massive prayer wheels he flicked his prayer beads back and forth in snappy fashion, all the while chanting "Ooooommmmmm mani padme HUM!" - beginning with a deep, Barry White, back of the throat voice and then ending up with a high, girlish HUM!

Ramoche is the most important temple in Lhasa after the Jokhang. Is is unusual in many ways: Constructed during the Tang Dynasty by Chinese architects (ca 641) it is a powerful link between the two cultures, being built to house the important Jowo statue that had been brought to Lhasa by Princess Wencheng as a wedding gift from the Tang Court. It was later switched with a statue in the Jokhang where it is housed today.  The temple has been called the "Chinese Tiger". 

If you would like to read more about architecture and temples in Lhasa I highly recommend: The Temples of Lhasa, Tibetan Buddhist Architecture from the 7th to the 21st Centuries, by André Alexander, Serindia Publications. 

Sampson's Murder Roundup

©Ingrid Booz Morejohn

Things are relatively quiet for the moment in our part of town, even though I made a posting a while back about some Tibetans stabbing each other here on our street. As for Chinese society as a whole, the country suffers from the same problems as others. Fiction crime writer and journalist Catherine Sampson (based in Beijing and author of newly released The Slaughter Pavilion) posted a China 2008 "murder roundup" on 15 January 2009. Taken from her web blog:

People often ask me how I do research. We subscribe to the excellent Hong Kong newspaper the South China Morning Post . Over the festive season we've let them pile up. In an effort to clear a path to the sofa, I've just had a quick clipping session, paying particular attention to the section that picks up stories from local news around China. Here are some of the grimmer stories I've put away in my files for future reference.

In Yunnan, police have arrested a teacher on suspicion of killing and dismembering a thirteen year old student. Eight other female students are thought to be missing.

In Fujian, a 55-year old teacher has been sentenced to death for raping and killing a seventeen year old student.

A man has been arrested for killing two colleagues and stealing money donated for Sichuan earthquake relief. He said he needed the money to help his girlfriend who'd been forced into prostitution.

In Heilongjiang a seventeen year old girl and her boyfriend have been arrested for robbing and killing the girl's cousin. The girl claimed she was penniless after paying for an abortion.

A 31-year old woman has been sentenced to jail for 11 years for killing her husband's mistress. The court imposed a light sentence because 128 people had signed a petition pleading for leniency.

A man found wandering the streets of Huadian was found to be carrying his wife's head after an argument.

A student slit the throat of his professor in front of a class at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing. He has said it was an act of revenge after discovering his girlfriend was having an affair with the professor.

...which only goes to show that Chinese society suffers from the same problems as other countries. With a population of over 1.3 billion this is still quite a modest round of serious crime. Violent crimes against foreigners are still extremely rare. It'll be interesting to see how the economic downturn affects crime on the whole. 

Self-publishing and Chinese bookstores

Our local  bookstore, Chengdu ©Ingrid Booz Morejohn

The point may soon come when there are more people who want to write books than there are people who want to read them.

This is the opening line of a recent article in the New York Times (by Motoko Rich, Jan 27, 2009). Rich goes on to talk about print-on-demand companies and the self-publishing market, which is expanding at a rapid pace at the same time as the traditional publishing industry is experiencing difficulties and is responding by down-sizing. An interesting statistic in the article states that 480,000 books were published in the Unites States in 2008. No wonder it's difficult getting a book sold, let alone making a royalty penny. But of course profit alone is not the sole purpose of the self-publishing business.

British author Patrick Gale lamented at last year's Literary Festival at the Chengdu Bookworm that editors no longer exist and that you've really "made it" if your book gets edited at all. (I have the privilege of having a very good editor, tack Gunilla! Doesn’t mean ”I’ve made it” though). Already in 2005 Blake Morrison wrote about this in The Guardian (link here). 

The publishing world is, as ever, in turbulence and it is all very interesting to follow. I sit on both sides of the fence, both as supplier and recipient (writer, photographer and picture researcher) so can appreciate many angles to the story. It's also extremely interesting to witness the explosion of the publishing market in China. Newspaper kiosks are bursting with glossy mags and newspaper publications. Bookstores are gigantic here, several stories high, with coffee shops and all, just like the American bookstores. People sit in the aisles, reading a book from cover to cover, treating the bookstore like a library. I've even seen people photographing pages of books so they won't have to pay. The staff of these mostly state-run bookstores don't seem to mind. They read the books too. Somehow this all doesn't bother me, as long as people are interested in reading!

Books are special

Thou art alive still, while thy booke doth live, and we have wits to read, and praise to give.

Shakespeare and Company, Paris ©Ingrid Booz Morejohn

Books are special, I can't live without them. Yesterday I mentioned how I never leave home without my camera, well that goes for a book too, I always carry something to read. You could say that books rule my life. I'm surrounded by books at home and in my workspace, piles and piles of them clutter the floor, bookshelves and book shelves take up wall space in every room (even the kitchen and bathroom). I read all the time and can't fall asleep at night if I haven't read at least one or two lines. I also like to possess books, they make me feel secure, they're my friends, my family. I have a hard time getting rid of books, you don't get rid of family do you? When we moved once friends helping us transport our several thousand strong library commented acidly "can't you borrow these at the library?"

A wall of books is a vision of beauty and comfort to me. The first piece of furniture I ever bought was a bookcase (I slept on a mattress on the floor). We own about 30 IKEA Billy bookcases and bookshelves, as you know, are a science. They have to be able to support a huge weight without sagging. (I can't stand shelves that look like the back of a Vietnamese Sway-back pig.) Billy fits the bill (!), they're both affordable and sturdy if bought in the narrow width. One of my early boyfriends felt very threatened by my bookshelves. Books to him were a bourgeois showcase of intellectual snobbery and he went on to threaten unconditionally that "if we ever live together we're not going to have any bookcases in the living room". Another boyfriend wouldn't let me read in bed. I'm married to neither of them.

 

When I was a child my biggest dream was to work with books, books in any way. I saw myself working in a library or a bookstore and if asked where I'd like to go on an outing it was usually either the library or the bookstore. A visit would make me so excited that a trip to the store loo was the first thing on the agenda before I could calm myself down to actually touch a book.

Books smell good, even musty old paperbacks found at the Salvation Army or in a vacation house. I often buy books by the armful, and love the scent of printer's ink, the gentle breeze of pages fanned in my face, the secure knowledge that that hard lump in my bag on a lonely trip is a sure friend, a new book to read. When I hear that precious libraries of rare books have been destroyed in war times it grieves me almost as much as the human losses. 

That I eventually got to work in publishing was a dream come true. My first job made me happy beyond words, surrounded by friends and colleagues that loved it every bit as much as I did. We didn't just love the word or the image, we could discuss all facets of publishing, going on about typefaces and fonts for hours, the pros and cons of different kinds and weights of paper, even what our book spines would look like on the shelf. 

Finally I became a published author myself. Coming upon my very own book in a bookshop window was a childish "sweetness" that I'll never forget. 

... on the other hand there seem to be far too many lame duck books in this world. Who was it who said "If you want to write a book, don't "?

Malous bokklubb TV4

Har precis fått reda på av vänner i Sverige att min bok "På kinesiskt vis" togs upp idag (28/1) på Malous bokklubb på TV4s program Efter tio. Boken recenserades av Lottie Knutson (Fritidsresors informationschef). Vill ni se avsnittet om just reseböcker (inte bara min utan andra aktuella böcker togs upp, tex förlagskollegans Britt-Marie Bergman Saengkhamchus Resa i Thailand m fl) kan ni se den här. Roligt det här, Lottie K tyckte mycket om boken ("en fantastisk fin bok"). Man är som ett barn när man får lite beröm av fröken!

A Passage to Old Sorrows: Review of The Gate

An in-depth review of François Bizot's The Gate can be found here on www.mekong.net. Their extensive Cambodia recommended reading list can be found here.

Victims, victimizers and Comrade Duch

I've been very happy this winter, which is almost surprising given the extremely brutal and depressing books I've been reading in preparation for recent trips to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Especially Cambodia has stood out as I have sunk deeper and deeper into literature about the Khmer Rouge and their insanity. In Cambodia I was brought back to memories of China in the 1980s when I looked at people of a certain age and wondered "Were you a victim or the victimizer?" In Cambodia I often had the strange feeling that some people were hiding a face of horror under their "outer" face, their recent memories thinly masked by the "happy" veneer of tourism, time and the desire to move on. The worst of the atrocities stopped in 1979 but horror continued far into the late 1990s.

Today I read in the Washington post (see article here) that Kaing Khek Iev, more commonly known as Comrade Duch, will possibly finally come to trial. Duch was the director of the Tuol Sleng torture centre in Phnom Penh, also known as S21. He surfaced in 1999, recognized by the photographer Nic Dunlop who had been doggedly tracking him for years. I have just finished Dunlop's amazing recounting of this very long journey: The Lost Executioner. Before The Lost Executioner I had read several personal accounts of the Khmer Rouge time: First They Killed My Father and Lucky Child by Loung Ung, Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields (compiled by Dith Pran), Stay Alive My Son, by Pin Yathay. But nothing has gripped me as much as the harrowing personal account of the only foreigner to have escaped incarceration and interrogation by Comrade Duch: François Bizot's The Gate. Extremely well-written with a bitter, fierce, palpable ANGER that jumps off the page; it is both beautiful and painful to read. These books are important for all those who have no voice, who have disappeared without a trance, with no record of their ever having existed. You only exist as long as you are remembered.

The atmosphere at Tuol Sleng is - not unexpectedly - strange and unnerving and as difficult to erase from your mind as the bloodstains the observant visitor will notice on the floor. Upon arrival you are surprised to see that it is located inside the city, in a pleasant, relatively affluent part of town. Across the street is a very nice apartment building looking down into the grounds of the former school that has changed little from the 1970s when it was one of the most gruesome torture centers ever in existence. Of course, at that time, Phnom Penh was a ghost town, a capital city almost entirely devoid of a population. Who could hear the screams? Still they were careful to make tall walls around the complex and enclose everything with barbed wire and only come and go at night. When asked if the apartments across the street were cheap to rent, seeing as they had, in my mind, such a horrifying view, my Cambodian local guide replied, "Of course not! They are very expensive, this is a nice part of town!" Do not the Cambodians still believe in ghosts? They must, their country is full of them.  

Bookworm Literary Festival 2009

  
Just found out that the Bookworm's 2009 Literary Festival is on track for March. Last year was a ripping success and really livened up the cold winter here in Chengdu. We all felt that a little bit of the "World" came to Chengdu and it was all very exciting. At the same time the authors seemed to think that Chengdu was exotic and interesting too!

Don't know all the details yet but I do know that some of my  favorite authors are coming: cookbook author extraordinaire Fuschia Dunlop (Sichuan Cookery, Revolutionary Chinese Cookbook), Ian Buruma (The China Lover), Blake Morrison (When Did You Last See Your Father?, Things My Mother Never Told Me). The Bookworm is located in three Chinese cities: Beijing, Suzhou and of course Chengdu so if you are in any of these locales at the time you have the opportunity to partake in any number of exciting events. I'm already saving up money to buy Fuschia's latest book Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, a sweet-sour memoir of eating in China. She is not only one of the world's experts on Chinese cooking but also a great artist, look at her fantastic China journal drawings on her website.

Last year I mediated for Qiu Xiaolong, author of the award-winning Inspector Chen series of mystery novels. More about him in a later blog (his sixth book is already out in French, La Danseuse de Mao. It is coming out in English in March with the title The Mao Case, supposed to be his best book yet.)

Kathmandu Valley Style

Another exquisite book has come off the press from Serindia Publications:

KATHMANDU VALLEY STYLE
Lisa Choegyal, Craig Potton, Gautam SJB Rana
“Kathmandu Valley Style is an important addition to Nepali identity—the text and photographs acknowledge the past while addressing what is possible in the present and in the future as well. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.” Mikel Dunham (see full review and his blog at www.mikeldunham.blogs.com)

Summary:
KATHMANDU VALLEY STYLE is not another so-called “style” book, it is as much a Serindia’s classic — it celebrates the art and architecture of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley and honors those pioneers who have made Kathmandu Valley their homes over the past few decades. Here for the first time we have a rare glimpse of the the historic and contemporary private residences in Newar, Tibetan and Rana styles and world-renowned restorations such as the Kuthu Math house, the Patan Museum, Baber Mahal Revisited, the Dwarikas, the Garden of Dreams, and other inspiring contemporary interiors and architectural works.

Full Description:
Nepal is widely acclaimed for its unique art and architectural styles. The ancient palaces, temples, courtyards and streetscapes of Kathmandu Valley are protected as no less than seven World Heritage Sites. Shrines are worshipped daily as part of Nepal’s vibrant living heritage. Recent efforts to preserve the architectural heritage of Kathmandu have carefully and authentically restored many of the Valley’s important public monuments.

Lesser known are the recent imaginative and adaptive use of Nepali architecture and decorative styles into new buildings and private homes. Kathmandu Valley Style captures the wealth of the past and illustrates how influences from the Malla Newar, Tibetan and Rana architecture have been incorporated into present-day buildings and lifestyles. Using traditional themes and building techniques in the restored historic and new structures has breathed fresh life into Kathmandu’s rich living cultural heritage, and provided additional attractions for visitors.

Kathmandu Valley Style features over 40 historic and new buildings, many of them never before photographed or published. Reinforcing national pride in Nepal’s vernacular architecture, this unique collection demonstrates how traditional art and architecture can be successfully incorporated into homes for today’s changing world. The book will appeal to residents, visitors, tourists, and all who love Nepal, as well as devotees of fine books on art, architecture, and interior design."

You can find out all about Serindia's other magnificent books on Tibetan, Himalayan and Asian culture on their website:

www.serindia.com

Thailand mera lästips

Bilda förlag fortsätter sin serie intressanta bildningsböcker från Asien med en ny Thailand-titel:

Thailand: mer än sol och stränder av Bertil Lintner

Inbunden, Bilda förlag, 2008, 206 sidor

Beskrivning av boken från Bokus webbsida:

"Thailand är så mycket mer än det varma solskenslandet, så mycket mer än finkorniga palmkantade sandstränder och megastaden Bangkoks skyskrapor och tempel. Och thailändarna är så mycket mer än servicepersonal i turistnäringen.

Bertil Lintner, bosatt i landet sedan 1979, ger en bred introduktion till landet som har blivit 

svenskarnas andra hemland. Ett perfekt komplement till guideboken, för alla som vill veta mer om thailändarna, deras familjeliv, vanor och tänkesätt, mat, årstidsfester, språk och religion. Läs också om naturen, historien från Siam till Thailand, minoritetsfolken och vad som händer i landet i vår tid. Och om sju thailändska "underverk" som är okända för de flesta turister!

Rikligt bildmaterial av Susanna Asklöf . "

Sightseeing av Lapcharoensap, Rattawut

Inbunden, Norstedts (2006)

Beskrvning:

"Den unge thailändske författaren Rattawut Lapcharoensap debuterar med en samling berättelser om ett Thailand utanför turistbroschyrernas paradisbilder. Här möter vi ett land som är präglat av kulturkrocken mellan öst och väst. I till synes enkla, men känslomässigt komplexa berättelser skildrar författaren med en osviklig iakttagelseförmåga och humor vad det innebär att leva i denna del av världen. I den första berättelsen "Farangs" gör sonen till en hotellägare misstaget att förälska sig i en västerländsk flicka, vilket leder till en dramatisk uppgörelse med flickans uppblåste amerikanske pojkvän. I berättelsen "Sightseeing" reser en ung man med sin nästan blinda mor till de paradisöar hon längtat till, långt bortom turistorternas skräniga vardag."

Thailand lästips

Resa i Thailand av Britt-Marie Bergman Saengkhamchu

Detta är en resehandbok som jag kan varmt rekommendera. Den är dessutom på svenska. Boken är skriven av någon som både är bosatt i Thailand, har en stor kärlek till landet och folket och är gift med en thailändare. Britt-Marie och hennes man Ging driver också en liten lägenhetshotell på ön Phuket. Läs hennes blog och webbsida (hon är en jäkel på att blogga och skapa webbsidor):

http://gingmalee.blogspot.com/

www.resaithailand.se

www.resailaos.se

(Boken ingår i samma serie som min egen guide Resa till Kina. Resa i Thailand är inbunden och ges ut på Ica bokförlag. 192 sidor.)

Beskrivning av boken från Bokus webbsida:

"Thailand - mer än bara bungalower. Thailand är vita, solvarma stränder och sammetsmjukt vattten. Det är festivaler, marknader, tempel och elefanter. Det är också läcker mat, fantastisk natur och vänliga människor. Här är boken för den som vill ha en härlig semester och som vill veta mer om exotiska Thailand.
Britt-Marie Bergman Saengkhamchu guidar genom natur, kultur, matvanor och historia. Hon berättar om de klassiska sevärdheterna och de bästa stränderna, men också om egna favoritställen och pärlor som västerländska besökare sällan upptäcker. Här finns praktiska tips om hur man prutar och väljer boende, hur man reser, vad man äter och hur man undviker kulturkrockar.
Hon berättar om den thailändska hälsningen wai, hängmatterytmen, att förlora ansiktet och andra saker som är typiska för den thailändska kulturen: Varför ska man låtsas som det regnar om någon fått ett löv i håret? Varför bör man inte ge bort lotusblommor? Vad är det som är så roligt med att turister äter guava?
Denna utgåva är reviderad 2008 och utökad med ett avsnitt om Ban Krut och ett om Trang, ett relativt nytt resmål som blivit populärt bland dem som söker stillhet. Avsnittet om Khao Lak har utökats, och hela boken har uppdaterats genomgående.
Det här är idag den enda boken på marknaden som beskriver landets befolkning och vilka kulturella skillnader som finns mellan thailändare och skandinaver."

Travel tips Darjeeling

Afternoon tea, Windamere, Darjeeling ©Ingrid Booz Morejohn

Elevation: Darjeeling: 2123 m. Kalimpong: 1243 m.

Accomodation:
We stayed at the Sonar Bangla, near the Jeep Station, nice and clean and affordable. Many people recommend the Bellevue on Chowrasta. I’d probably try that next time around.

Bookstore:
Oxford Book & Stationary Company, Chowrastra Mall, loads of good books on the region, Buddhism, Tibet and India.

Look out point and naughty monkeys:
Ridgewalk beneath the Windamere.

Afternoon tea:
Windamere Hotel, Jawahar Rd West
Elgin Hotel, HD Lama Rd

Teashop:
Nathmull’s Tea Rooms, Laden La Rd

Photo shop:
Das Studio, Nehru Rd

Cafè:
Glenary’s, Nehru Rd

Recommended reading:

The inheritance of loss, (sv. Bittert arv), Kiran Desai. Story about people and life in a small village near Darjeeling (actually in Kalimpong east of Darjeeling and on the border of Sikkim). Winner of Man Booker Prize 2006.

Laiba!

För inte så länge sedan fick jag en kopia av  läroboken Laiba! i handen som jag agerade bildredaktör och (delvis) fotograf för. Den blev riktigt fin och för alla som vill lära sig grundläggande kinesiska kan den varmt rekommenderas. Författarna heter Håkan Friberg och Henrik Bengtsson, Gleerups förlag. ISBN: 9140663833. Försäljningstext från webben:

Lai ba! betyder ungefär Kom med! Lai ba är en nybörjarbok i kinesiska för gymnasieskolan och vuxenutbildningen. Texterna och dialogerna bygger på vanliga vardagssituationer som kan uppkomma när man är i Kina: att introducera sig och sin familj, siffror och telefonnummer, intressen, yrken, mat, shopping, resande etc. Den vanligaste grammatiken tas upp och tränas i många övningar. Boken lär ut ungefär 200 tecken (förenklade tecken). Texterna och övningarna finns inspelade.

Travel tips India

Filling up drinking water bottles from a street pump in Calcutta

Photo ©Ingrid Booz Morejohn

Taxis from airports: use the prepaid taxi offices in the airport for a set fee and don't negotiate with the driver yourself.

Money: change a quantity of money into a stack of 5, 10 and 20 rupee bills. Your hotel will do this for you for a small fee. Small bills are essential for tipping whoever helps you with a million small things. Spread these around and be generous.

Read: as much as possible before you go or visit any one of the many excellent bookshops and stock up on good quality English language books on India. Penguin India and Oxford University Press all have cheaper editions of their numerous Indian titles published and for sale in India. A big savings on what the same book costs in Europe or US.

Toilet paper and wetwipes: sounds ridiculous but these things are essential and very useful. Can be hard to find when you need them.

New Delhi Jelly Belly: such a boring subject but such a pain when it strikes! Most likely unavoidable to a greater or lesser degree but be careful with what you eat, no ice, nothing with water added unless you are absolutely sure it is purified water, no unpeeled fruits and vegetables and keep your hands clean. You should even keep your mouth closed in the shower. Ugh. As the above picture illustrates be extra careful when buying bottles of water. Always check the seal and make sure that it is an original seal and not a refilled water bottle.

My new books have arrived!

2008 has been an exhausting year so far. Everyday life in a large city in China seldom lacks dull moments but this year has provided more than it's fair share of natural disasters, ethnic clashes, major sporting events and much more. One shouldn't complain however, it is always interesting living here and wasn't that one of the reasons for leaving a warm, cozy home in Sweden?

 

In between all this high octane local entertainment I finally finished the two books on China and Chinese culture that I have talked about for the past two years (thanks for your patience). This week I got my copies and I am tickled pink (if you are still allowed to use that expression). They are already in the bookshops in Sweden and on Internet book sites like Bokus and Adlibris. Sorry to disappoint all you English readers, for the moment they are only in Swedish. The Swedish titles translate as Chinese Symbols and Doing Things The Chinese Way. At the beginning of the year I also updated my China travel handbook Resa till Kina, which has now, after just two years in circulation, come out with it's 2nd edition. Thank-you all for buying lots of copies! (Now please go out and do the same with my two new books :-)