New Releases by John Train

This delightful volume is a collection of memorable writings--from Horace and Shakespeare to Rilke and Robert Frost--on the four seasons of the year, highlighting the happiness we can find in each. Accompanying the texts are beautiful and evocative paintings: from Botticelli to the wonderful Swedish modern Carl Larsson. These classic authors and artists share their visions of the beauty and poetry of every season. This latest offering of the renowned editors John Train and Linda Kelly will make a perfect Christmas gift.

-Describing the joy of gardens has been a pleasure for prose writers, poets and painters, since earliest times, as the selections in this book delightfully reveal "The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies" Gertrude Jekyll The first garden, we are told, was the Garden of Eden. Perhaps garden lovers have been trying to get back to paradise ever since. For beyond the hard work and disappointments, we have an ideal vision of that we would like our gardens to be: places of beauty and refreshment, which brings us close to nature and where the sheer joy of growing things gives a unique sense of fulfillment. The pleasures of gardens and gardening have been the themes of art and literature since ancient times: here to inspire us, is a selection of choice pieces.

Our reactions to the creatures that share our world include love- sometimes reciprocated- curiosity, wonder, fear. Here are some writings on this theme that have particularly taken our fancy.

Tells the origins, myths, symbolism and the many practical uses of the apple.

Explores the olive tree''s rich, varied & glorious history. Includes chapters on the fruit''s role in mythology, religion and ancient civilisation; tours cultivation sites and illuminates the complex culture of olive oil commerce. And illustrations of nature, human labour, tools and art reveal the olive in all its hues and guises.

New and updated appraisals of the winning investment techniques of seventeen of the greatest "Money Masters"-- both new and old-- by a bestselling financial expert In Money Masters of Our Time John Train once again displays his ability to explain clearly the strategies, experience, and human qualities of those money masters who have stood the test of time, as well as newer ones. He brings together experts who represent various investment "schools"--growth, value, technology, emerging markets, specialty companies, micro-caps, turnarounds, top down, bottom tip, and others--clarifying their similarities and differences and showing how different methods and techniques work. Whether contrasting the long-term approach of Warren Buffett, with the "relentless pursuit" style of Peter Lynch or distilling the principles of market timing or expounding a list of investment "don''ts," John Train makes the collective wisdom of the greatest, most successful investors available to all, professional and amateur alike. Money Masters of Our Time covers the investment methods of: T. Rowe Price, Warren Buffett, Paul Cabot, Philip Carret, Philip Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Mark Lightbown, Peter Lynch, John Neff, Richard Rainwater, Julian Robertson, Jim Rogers, George Soros, Michael Steinhardt, John Templeton, Ralph Wanger, and Robert Wilson. Train focuses on their investment techniques and also gives critical evaluations. The text includes an Introduction, Appendixes, and an Index.

A beautifully packaged and illustrated stocking stuffer that contains the best things ever said about love by everyone from Shakespeare, George Sand, and Mark Twain to Aldous Huxley, Annie Dillard, and Lord Byron. Train is the author of Wit and Most Remarkable Occurrences.

Crazy Quilt is a new collection of outrageous and comic imbroglios on such subjects as travel, the high life, bureaucracy, and language. A Turkish restaurant proposes: Brain Salad and Virgin Lips. A jumbo jet is forced to turn back when pigs in the hold fart so exuberantly that they set off the gas alarm. Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips receive a weird collection of wedding presents. In the business directory Train lists Cheatham and Steele, Bankers (Oregon); Dr. Dotti, Psychiatrist (Rome, Italy); and Argue & Phibbs, Solicitors (Ireland). And the Financial Times reports a discussion between Australian business partners that turned ugly when one man has his nose bitten off after sinking his teeth into the other''s thumb.

This primer of proven and practical ideas on successful stock market investing from the author of The Money Masters and The New Money Masters is both sophisticated and accessible.

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Over the years, Train''s remarkable books have gathered a dedicated following for their hilarious deadpan humor and their stylish literary grace. Now John Train''s Most Remarkable Occureences introduces even more remarkable stories and brings back the rarest gems from the first volume.

A useful and delightfully eccentric book of words and phrases for conversational champions and would-be champions, by the author of Remarkable Words with Astonishing Origins. Illustrated.

The investment formula of Warren Buffett--the only member of Forbes 400''s billionaire group to earn his money solely from investments. From the author of The Money Masters.

In this volume the reader will find, clearly explained, where other men have gone wrong. From it we can learn when the commonest mistakes have been made, resolving not to repeat them.

A curious and amusing sampler of bizarre word origins details the origin, evolution, and current state of selected words whose meanings through the centuries have changed dramatically.