Named one of the 20 Greatest New Fathers Day Gifts by Advocate.com!"No matter what the country or the language; parents all over the world--loving; frustrated; exhausted parents--know what Adam Mansbach means. Since 2011; his comically obscene picture book has sold more than 1.5 million copies in dozens of languages from Afrikaans to Japanese to Nynorsk. And later this year; his little book will venture into new territory with a Jamaican patois translation: Go de R–s to Sleep."--The Washington Post/Style Blog"This version of Adam Mansbachs profane; affectionate; and radically honest book will remind whole new audiences about the absurdities of parenting. Just dont read it to the kids."--Advocate.com; The 20 Greatest New Fathers Day GiftsPraise for Go the Fuck to Sleep:"A new Bible for weary parents."--New York Times"Incredibly appealing."--NPR"A parenting zeitgeist...A phenomenon that has stunned the publishing world and may just redefine the modern ‘parentingrsquo; market."--Washington Post"Delightfully obscene."--Newsweek"Nothing has driven home a certain truth about my generation; which is approaching the apex of its childbearing years; quite like this deranged book."--New YorkerThe best-selling Go the F*** to Sleep has been translated into over thirty languages worldwide. Now it is finally translated for Jamaican and other Caribbean parents of the world. Given how many West Indians live in the US and Canada; the market for this book should be broad; but focused mainly on areas with a large Caribbean community.Go de Rass to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world; where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes donrsquo;t always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane; affectionate; and radically honest; California Book Award–winning author Adam Mansbachs verses perfectly capture the familiar--and unspoken--tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process; they open up a conversation about parenting; granting us permission to admit our frustrations; and laugh at their absurdity.With illustrations by Ricardo Corteacute;s; Go de Rass to Sleep is beautiful; subversive; and pants-wettingly funny--a book for parents new; old; and expectant. You probably should not read it to your children.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Artfully executed referenceBy pen name: penThe subject material is well researched and the case examples are on point. Excellent reference for todays storm water management professional.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Technical Collection of Essays on Urban Planning and Water DesignBy Spencer in SeattleI picked up this book thinking it would be all about landscaping around the house in relationship to rain water. It is anything but that. This book is actually a collection of serious essays about rain water management in urban settings; from an urban planning perspective. Most of the chapters swirl around the epicenter of municipalities in the Pacific Northwest -- Portland; Seattle; Tacoma; etc. -- and each chapter presents some different but overlapping perspectives on moving rain water productively out of the way of urban demands for such things as parking lots; sidewalks; and buildings.As you can see in my images; many of the chapters focus on creating landscaped; vegetation depressions and/or swales; always with a buried and hidden architecture of rock and drainage pipe.So from this last description you can see that residential readers who want to work on the areas around their houses can actually learn and extrapolate a lot from this book. While most of us dont need to add large parking lots to our houses; we do need to enact (on smaller scales) much of what is described in this book. So even if youre "just" a homeowner; I think you can pull some interesting ideas from this book.Note that at least one chapter deals with a more arid area (Arizona); so its not only geared toward designing for high-rainfall areas. But the Pacific Northwest is certainly the main concern of this book.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Thorough and InspiringBy TalviArtful Rainwater Design is beautifully illustrated yet extremely informative and well presented. It lives up to the title; thoughtfully educating on the various ways that rainwater is collected; showcased; stored; and disseminated. From watersheds to storm drainage; nature preserves to art pieces. Theres something for everyone here: landscapers; scientists; policymakers; environmental advocates; urban planners; and even home gardeners looking for inspiration.The book breaks down as follows:Part 1: The history of storm water management and background for artful rainwater design.Part 2: Achieving amenity with artful rainwater design (education; recreation; safety; public relations; and aesthetic richness in artful rainwater design).Part 3: Achieving utility with artful rainwater design (gray and green infrastructure techniques for sustainable storm water management; the ARD utility axioms)Part 4: Case studies of artful rainwater design. Included: Educational applications; recreational applications; safety applications; public relations designs; and aesthetic richness examples.Although highly technical; the case studies are definitely the highlight of the book. Needs and design are merged at places such as The Dell at the University of Virginia; Rain Garden at the Oregon Convention Center; Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin; and the Queens Botanical Garden. Examples of great rainwater designs cross the US - from Arizonas deserts to rainforest Portland.Though mostly of an industrial nature; I learned quite a bit and; even more; greatly inspired. This isnt a book full of pretty pictures; great pains were taken to thoroughly discuss the subjects presented. As well; inner City to nature locations give testimony to the scope of the book.In all; a fascinating book that is well researched; nicely photographed; and useful for both education and inspirational purposes. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.
