"Rarely have I been so at a loss to describe a book. Let me start by saying it is wondrous. That this book of 50 paintings by the German painter Michael Sowa has an otherworldly quality that is prosaic yet profound, hilarious yet numinous, and incongruous yet congruent with deep and mysterious truths. That I will never think of ducks, Christmas, rabbits, or German shepherds in the same way since seeing this book. That I return to it o ..."
"A charming fairy tale for adults in the tradition of The Little Prince and The Snowman."For some time now, I've been getting visits, every now and again, from December II, the little pot-bellied king. He's about three inches tall and so fat that he can't button up his tiny red velvet coat with the magnificent ermine collar..."Little King December comes from a place where, the day you are born, you wake up fully-grown and fully clothed. ..."
"The Rabbit Prince Irene Dische, Hans Magnus Enzensberger. I come Irom
Vienna, said Esterhazy. JV\ay 1 ask -where you re Irom' On dear, replied JJonny.
1 come ... 1 he man entered the store, and before you could say Jack- rabbit, the
shopkeeper had grabbed Esterhazy by the scruff of his neck and dragged him
from the cage, leaving JJonny behind, looking out with big sad eyes. XTe found
himself in a dark, small box that jiggled. lie w ..."
Sowa's Ark(1st Edition) An Enchanted Bestiary by MichaelSowa, Nick Bantock Hardcover, 72 Pages, Published 1996 by Chronicle Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8118-1415-7, ISBN: 0-8118-1415-7
"Chronicle is proud to publish the exciting paintings of widely acclaimed German artist Michael Sowa. A miniature pig splashing in a bowl of soup; a duck leading a wheelbarrow down a country lane; a woman gently stroking her daughter's face with a rabbit: take a trip into Sowa's brilliant and darkly comic imagination, where a menagerie of creatures adopt strange personae and pop up in the most unexpected places. In the same realm as Chri ..."
"When acclaimed novelist Donna Leon is not conjuring up tales of crime and corruption in Venice, or reveling in delicious cuisine, she is listening to music. For Leon, patron of conductor Alan Curtis and his celebrated orchestra Il Complesso Barocco, that usually means the work of her favorite composer, George Frideric Handel. Over the years, Leon has noticed that the great musician filled his operas with arias that make reference to ani ..."
"A new edition of this wonderful book! 55 paintings by Michael Sowa from his famous Diving Pig to the puzzling Man Table Fish. Sowa's art evokes wonder and amazement; a mix of surrealism and comic illustration, of humor and seriousness. His art has been compared to Magritte and Vermeer. This book is a must have for art lovers and Sowa followers."
""When I was a little boy I had a little, silent bear called Sunday..."So begins a story in which a boy and his bear are inseparable. They do everything together, from morning till night. But one morning the boy wonders why Sunday never gives him a hug or a kiss. Why does he never answer the boy's questions? Does the bear really love the boy? The answer comes in two amazing dreams that will leave readers wishing for their own dreams t ..."
"A charming fairy tale for adults in the tradition of The Little Prince and The Snowman . "For some time now, I've been getting visits, every now and again, from December II, the little pot-bellied king. He's about three inches tall and so fat that he can't button up his tiny red velvet coat with the magnificent ermine collar..." Little King December comes from a place where, the day you are born, you wake up fully-grown and fully clothe ..."
A Bear Called Sunday(1st Edition) by Axel Hacke, MichaelSowa Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-6655-7, ISBN: 0-7475-6655-0
"'When I was a small boy I had a little, silent bear called Sunday...' So begins a story in which a boy and his bear are so inseparable - in the way that children and bears often become. When the little boy goes to the swings, the bear goes too and sits in the swing next to him. When he goes to the toilet, the little bear sits next to him on a tiny potty. They are the best of friends. But the little bear never says anything. And he never ..."
"'Little King December' is about three inches tall, and comes from a place where, the day you are born, you wake up fully grown and fully clothed, in a suit. You are born big, knowing everything, but every day you get a little bit smaller and you forget a little bit more, so that at the end of your life you are tiny."
A Bear Called Sunday(Updated) by Axel Hacke, MichaelSowa Hardcover, 32 Pages, Published 2004 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-7560-3, ISBN: 0-7475-7560-6
"'When I was a small boy I had a little, silent bear called Sunday ...' So begins a story in which a boy and his bear are so inseparable - in the way that children and bears often become. When the little boy goes to the swings, the bear goes too and sits in the swing next to him. When he goes to the toilet, the little bear sits next to him on a tiny potty. They are the best of friends. But the little bear never says anything. And he neve ..."
"Hans Magnus Enzensberger has mastered poetry, novels, and the intricate balance between history and fiction, but he’s never done anything quite like this before. For the writing of Unlikely Progeny, Enzensberger developed a persona—Linda Quilt—complete with an imaginary biography. According to him, retired school teacher Linda Quilt was born in a small village near Stratford-upon-Avon, which has since vanished mysteriously from the maps ..."
"El pequeño Rey Diciembre vive entre dos ladrillos, detrás de una estantería de la habitación de un señor, que vive solo y es algo triste, en un piso algo destartalado."
Relevance How the United States Air Force Can Continue to Provide Relevant Space Support to Combatant Commanders (Paperback) by Michael J. Sowa Published 2012 by Biblioscholar ISBN-13: 978-1-288-36844-0, ISBN: 1-288-36844-5
Why Animals Aren't Food And how low-carb and paleo diets sicken and kill us (Eatiology) (Volume 1) by Rohan Millson, MichaelSowa, Mark Van Wyk Paperback, 820 Pages, Published 2016 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5186-9927-6, ISBN: 1-5186-9927-8
"Five years in the making and with a foreword by Dr. Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet, Why Animals Aren’t Food is the one nutrition book vegans have sought for decades… and a book all animal eaters should read too… It’s the first and only compilation of nutrition science to describe in simple words the dozens of animal ‘ingredients’ besides cholesterol which injure us; the multiple mechanisms by which they maim us; the myriad ..."