Novels II of Samuel Beckett: Volume II of The Grove Centenary Editions (Works of Samuel Beckett the Grove Centenary Editions)

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Edited by Paul Auster, this four–volume set of Beckett's canon has been designed by award-winner Laura Lindgren. Available individually, as well as in a boxed set, the four hardcover volumes have been specially bound with covers featuring images central to Beckett's works. Typographical errors that remained uncorrected in the various prior editions have now been corrected in consultation with Beckett scholars C. J. Ackerley and S. E. Gontarski.

"A man speaking English beautifully chooses to speak in French, which he speaks with greater difficulty, so that he is obliged to choose his words carefully, forced to give up fluency and to find the hard words that come with difficulty, and then after all that finding he puts it all back into English, a new English containing all the difficulty of the French, of the coining of thought in a second language, a new English with the power to change English forever. This is Samuel Beckett. This is his great work. It is the thing that speaks. Surrender." — Salman Rushdie, from his Introduction

THE GROVE CENTENARY EDITIONS; VOLUME II: NOVELS. Molloy + Malone Dies + The Unnamable + How It Is. Works of Samuel Beckett, The Grove Centenary Editions

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THE GROVE CENTENARY EDITIONS; VOLUME II: NOVELS. Molloy + Malone Dies + The Unnamable + How It Is. Works of Samuel Beckett, The Grove Centenary Editions
Samuel. Beckett
Manufacturer: Grove Press,
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Binding: Hardcover

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Not up to par..........2007-02-20

Jude Deveraux is one of my favorite authors, but this book was a slight disappointment. While the story lines of the two stories coincided perfectly, the stories themselves were bland and unimaginative. Especially Twin of Ice. I didn't care for the characters or their blights, which is unusual in Deveraux books, as she tends to create characters that are relatable and inspired mixed with stories that are flowing and interesting. While she is still one of my favorites, this book (over all) was not one of her best.

Great book!.......2006-12-11

What a great way to create a story. These two books take place at the same time and shows what is happening to two identical twin sisters in Colorado in the late 1800s. The two sisters, Blair and Houston, are different enough that each book is its own great story but you get to see how they move in and out of each others lives. The only sections that are indentical in both books are when the sisters have conversations directly with each other but due to a falling out the two of them have, they have limited contact with each other over the month or so that the books take place in. This is a definite "must read" for Jude Deveraux fans.

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In the year 2368, humanity struggles to recuperate from a technocaust that has left a generation of orphans in its wake. Strict government regulations convince people that technology is dangerous; confusion and fear rule the earth.

Blay Raytee is a government work-camp orphan. Her future seems as bleak as that of the world around her. But when she is chosen for a special mission by a guardian of the environment named Marrella, Blay begins to discover that all may not be as it seems. The secrets she uncovers could hold the key both to the healing of the world and to her own past. What she learns may just empower her to join those who struggle to restore democracy -- and to discover at last who she really is.

Master storyteller Janet McNaughton vividly imagines an all-too-believable future where one child's brave search for the truth could restore a broken world.

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Everyone has secrets ..........2007-05-18

Imagine yourself in the near future. You don't know where your parents are, or who you truly are. If you can picture that, you can picture Blay Raytree's story. The story begins with Blay in practically a sweatshop-orphanage in the year 2368. She ggets picked out of all of the other orphans to assist a bio-indicator. While she is in the house he bio-indicator is living in, she realizes something. Whenever she runs her wrist near the kitchen scanner, it beeps. Blay asks a friend, Lem Howell, an electronics genius, to help her. They find out it is an information chip with her age (sixteen years od), real name (Which is Blake Raintree), and other important information. In return, Blake helps Lem Howell and his son, Fraser. After Lem's wife was kidnapped by the Commission, Lem went insane and was unable to care for his son, so the town took up that duty. However, when Lem recovers his sanity, he can remember everything but the birth of his son. Blake helps to reunite them, and they then decide to live together.
Blake then realizes that Marella, the bio-indicator, has to go on a task by herself, which means she wouldn't be able to use Blake's special knowledge. Because Blake worried about what would happen if Marella failed the last test. Blake runs to the Masterr and tells him everything that she has dne for Marella to help her to complete the tasks. Instead of being scolded or punished like she expected, she was praised for her knowledge and love for all things Science. After that, the book begins to wind down, and it shows the world healing from the Technocaust, the very war that caused so many children to be parentless and not know who they were, or where they came from.
I give this book five stars and two thumbs p, because Janet McNaughton did a wonderful job weaving a story about the future into things that have happened in the past (the Holocaust, Hitler's invasion, most of World War II, just in a different year, and on a greater scale of damage).She obviously scrutinized over the amount of detail that wat put into it. Anyone who is into science-fiction books, books about what could happen in the future due to the way humans are behaving in the present, or just want a good, heartrending book that you can cuddle up with, then this book is awesome. I would recommend it to people ages fourteen to sixty.

*C.S. Larochelle

The Secret Under my Skin.......2006-06-04

Blay Raytee wants to find her identity. When she gets the chance she takes it. She looks into her past and finds horrible things that happened to many citizens of Toronto her home city. The Technocaust was the cause of all this and she wants to do something about it. She meets an old man who finds out her identity and the rest goes on from there. This book was an amazing look into the future and told me about differences. This book is the all-time best book ever!

The Secret Under My Skin.......2006-05-05

The Secret Under My Skin
Janet McNaughton

Blay is chosen to help a bio- indicator accomplish a special task. As she begins helping, she also uncovers keys to both the healing power of the world and to her past.
In the year 2368, confusion and fear rule the Earth. In this world, everyone is under strict government control. Blay Raytee, a government work camp orphan, is no exception. She is told the same lies the government tells everyone. However just when she starts believing that she will live out the rest of her life in a work camp, she is saved. As she helps Marella, the bio- indicator accomplish her tests, she also learns more about herself with help from her new friends. For one thing, her name isn't Blay, but Blake Raintree. Her friend, Lem Howell, also finds out who her mother was and was able to locate one of her friends that is still alive. In return, Blake helps Lem and his son, Fraser, out. After Fraser's mom was taken away by the Commission, Lem went into a mental state. He was not able to take care of his son, so the town took care of him. However when Lem recovered, he could remember everything about what had happened except the birth of his son. Therefore, in return for all the help Lem has done for her, Blake reunites the two and they finally move in together. Blake also learns that she has made a mistake. She has allowed Marella to abuse her gift. Blake was giving her all the answers to her tests because Marella really didn't know them. Luckily, she hears what is planned for Marella and knows that it should be her doing that, so she finally gives in and tells. Instead of being punished, Blake is praised for having the gift of loving science. All is well in Blake's world, and the healing of the world has also begun. This was a good book and a good look into the future.
The author tries to use terms in the book like some of the terms associated with World War II. During the Holocaust, millions of Jews were killed, and in this book, the author calls the time when thousands of techies were killed the Technocaust. The book also refers to places where the techies where taken to after being captured as concentration camps. In the book, there is not a president or a king, but a Commission, who wants to have total power over the people, just like Hitler. Another way this book used events from WWII was when they explained how the Commission took over. Hitler took over because Germany was politically unstable after the First World War In The Secret Under My Skin, the Commission was able to take over because the governments couldn't cope with the effects of global warming. They tried to cope with floods, forest fires, hurricanes, ice storms, and the droughts and famines, but they couldn't and so they allowed themselves to be controlled by the Commission.
This book gives us a look into the future. It tells of what global warming could do to the environment and the effects it could cause to future generations. It also shines light on what could happen after the storms, when the whole world is in a state of emergency. By foreseeing what could come of this world, it also shines light on the world's past. The same types of things are happening repeatedly. Many of the things that happened in WWII happened during the Technocaust, and like in the Cold War, there is tension, brewing for war between the Commission and the Way.
This book also gives good guesses to what technological advances we could have in the future. Blake had a microchip in her arm. It told her what her name was, where she was born and her birthday. Blake also had a panel in her room, on her wall that she could set. It was like an alarm clock, radio, television and thermostat all in one. The house also had many panels throughout it that did various things such as turn the lights off and tell them when the food was running low. There are also things called last books that you have to pot into things called biblio-techs, so that you can read them.
The Secret Under My Skin was a great book. When reading you can experience how the world might be like in 2368, with all of its technological advancements. That world was not great at all, but at least we know that if the world ever did get that bad, there will still be people out there who want to make the world better and actually take a stand.

S.Gore

Distopia and government control meets knowledge lover.......2005-02-21

It's always a shock when you find what you've believed since you were young is not what everyone else in your community believes to be true. Blay Raytee can't remember her parents or where she was from. She was placed in a government-run orphan work camp where they learn how technology users are evil and have to die in order for prosperity to return to the earth. She is afraid to go outside without a protective radiation suit. Things all change when she is chosen by the "bio-indicator" to be her assistant as she prepares for her trials. Blay begins to learn how different the world is from what she was taught in the work camp. She is drawn into a secret world as well as learns how to love for the first time. She also grows to understand her own value and her own hidden secrets. If you like "The Giver" by Lois Lowry, then you should enjoy this book.

Real sf for teenagers.......2004-03-04

Set in the far future in a world wrecked by exploitation, there is no airy fairy mysticism, just sensible plotting and an attempt to get to grips with scientific and technological possibilities in poor circumstances.

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Title: McNaughton, Janet. The secret under my skin.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Author: Claire Rosser
Publication: Kliatt (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Kliatt
Volume: 39 Issue: 2 Page: 14(1)

Article Type: Young Adult Review, Brief Article, Book Review

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Excellent translation and

Brilliant piece of literature

Ultimate Truth

The greatest of Indian Scriptures

Truth revealed through stories

The Concise Yoga Vasistha

Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
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Excellent translation and .......2007-05-04

The Vedic texts are so full of wisdom and profundity that they take a real time commitment to appreciate them. The full text of the Yoga Vasista is no different. That is why I appreciate this condensed version so much. The meaning and nuances are all there, yet it is written in an accessible style. Make no mistake, this condensed form will take time to read also (perhaps one verse per night before sleep), but it is so sublime and so easy to use.

Brilliant piece of literature.......2007-04-05

Glittered with stories, this book invokes a deep understanding of our universe. Can be read multiple times in different light. Profound exposition of many ideas floating about in the Samkhya philosophy and Vedic literature.

Ultimate Truth.......2005-08-04

This is the epitome and crux of Hindu philosphy. A must read for a person looking for ultimate truth and liberation. After knowing the truth presented in this book, there remains nothing to be read further. The author has done a super job of putting this great ancient work together.

The greatest of Indian Scriptures.......2005-04-20

Among the great scriptures of Indian spiritual thought, Yoga Vasistha is the the most beloved of mine. It is not a dry, wise and scholarly representation of Upanishadic thinking. It is a witty, surrealistic, out-of-mind story-telling to break the grip of one's logic-dominated mind. How to grasp with human mind what essentially is beyond it? Read it and either you will jump with joy or you will not understand anything beyond the stories. Are you ready? Or are you asleep with your eyes wide open?
Shantu Dand

Truth revealed through stories.......2004-12-08

This book is a dialogue between Sage Vasistha and Rama. Vasistha reveals the "Truth" to rama by narrating a series of stories. The book is divided into six major parts, each part consisting of several short stories.

1. On dispassion.
2. On the behaviour of the seeker.
3. On Creation.
4. On Existence.
5. On Dissolution.
6. On liberation.

The original scripture of 'yoga vasistha' is in the form of verses and has several repetitions. Some stories stories are within other stories. However in this book Venkatesananda does a good job of writing the stories in prose form which is very readable. Also, in the "concise" form of yoga vasistha, venkatesanda takes out very similar sounding stories and keeps the book within 500 pages without taking away any flavour from the original teachings. The book is worth reading several times, and each time it reveals something new. This book is not something that you can expect to read and gulp over night, It has to be chewed slowly and digested. Reading one story a day is immensely satisfying and reminds one of the truth every day.

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Concise Yoga Vasistha, The
Swami Venkatesananda
Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KW6W4Q

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Two great vegan cookbooks combined: an anthology of Vanessa's "The Dirty South", issues 1-3 and Ryan Splint's Australian masterpiece "Hot Damn and Hell Yeah". HD&HY is a finely illustrated and designed collection of recipes that aren't afraid of spices but are suited for those into easy to find ingredients that don't taste like sawdust. The Dirty South is a unique take on southern cooking, vegan style with some tasty delectibles, especially for those not afraid of garlic or baking. We are really excited to unleash this new vegan cooking onslaught onto the world. A 128 page book sizzling with great cooking ideas and recipes. Nutrition isn't always the first priority for either of these editors but the recipes are incredible in both cases.

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Veganism Rocks ... North, East, West & South.......2007-09-19

So many think that all they would eat would be salads & veggies if they chose a vegan lifestyle.

This cookbook dispels that concept with yummy recipes from traditional southern & western cuisines.

Choose a more peaceful healthy way of eating starting with this book & branching out to other cookbooks, transitional foods and vegweb.com for ideas & support.

INTERESTING RECIPES.......2007-09-18

This was a gift for a new vegan and she was anxious to try some of the interesting recipes

Too many typos........2007-07-12

I didn't buy this book, because I clicked on the "See Inside" link above and read some of the recipes. When the bread recipe contains yeast in the ingredients list, and the recipe doesn't even mention yeast or when to add it, you know nobody proofread this. Plus, who needs pizza dough for 30 pizzas. It was the author's job to figure out the correct recipe for one or 2 pizzas, and pretest it.

Two Zine-Style cookbooks in one!.......2007-05-14

I love this cookbook. It's my favorite vegan cookbook in my collection. The food is simple and uses a lot of readily-available ingridients. That and everything I've made from the cookbook is amazing. My favorite thing so far is biscuits and easy gravy from the Hot Damn and Hell Yeah! side of the book. But then, I'm a sucker for carbohydrate-loaded lumps of awesome smothered with salty, fattening goodness.

This is DEFINATELY worth the price. I'd reccomend it to all of my vegan comrades, new and old alike. Besides, what's not to love about southern-style vegan food?

Love it!.......2007-05-07

I have purchased three copies of this cookbook in less than six months! I bought myself one, and I liked it so much, I wanted to share. The most recent gift I made of it was to my brother. He isn't vegan 100% of the time - but is so 6 months out of the year for religious fasting. Well, we're in Texas, and were raised on Tex-Mex and Down Home cooking! This book was perfect! He was SO thrilled to have it! He's already thinking of friends of his he'd like to buy a copy for:)

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Best Graniteware Book You'll Find

Granite ware book 2

Great for Beginners

Excellent guide for reference!

The Collector's Encyclopedia of Granite Ware Colors, Shapes and Values Book 2 (Collector's Encyclopedia of Granite Ware Bk. 2)
Helen Greguire
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This is the most informative guide for granite ware collectors. It features exquisite color photos and detailed descriptions of over 1,000 items: pitchers, coffee pots, cups, roasters, bowls, buckets, and more. There are also advertising pieces, catalogs, and other historical items as well as discussions on cleaning and preservation, pricing, and the future of granite ware. 2003 values. AUTHORBIO: Helen Greguire authored two volumes on Granite Ware, and was an active member of the National Graniteware Society for many years. REVIEW: Due to how well book I was received by collectors, Helen Greguire produced book II. A large selection of colors, shapes, and rarities are included, as well as cross collectibles along with various pieces of literature including catalogs, posters, and advertisements.

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Best Graniteware Book You'll Find.......2003-01-20

A teriffic book. Clear and well organized. My only warning to you is, don't expect to get the prices the book suggests. I find that 1/3 to 2/3 of suggested prices are more realistic for all but the rarest pieces.

Granite ware book 2.......2002-03-14

This is a must for the Granite ware buyers prices are great and great learning instruction of what to look for and how to tell if it is old or new I love this book and look at it often as I am looking on ebay alot. A must for the Granite people

Great for Beginners.......1999-01-19

I found this book very helpful as a new collector of Granite Ware. I especially appreciate the items being grouped by color for easy identification with the price values on the same page. Now I am searching to find some backgound information on the makers and enameling techniques.

Excellent guide for reference!.......1998-10-23

My mother-in-law is an avid collector of graniteware, thus our whole family is and she has both of Greguire's graniteware books. I must say I like this second edition much better than the first. This edition lists the price along with the description, making it easier than flipping back and forth like in her last book. This edition is also better because it groups the pieces by color and description and I believe this is also easier. Our family has gotten a lot of use out of Greguire's book, and if you are a graniteware collector like everyone in our family, this book is a must have for reference.

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Handwoven Design Collection #19: Scarves & Shawls (Handwoven Design Collection) .......2007-10-11

I am enjoying the book. It arrived right on time and was just as good as I thought it would be

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How to maximize chi-inside and outside the home.

This illustrated guide to the ancient Chinese art strips feng shui down to the basics, focusing solely on those aspects that deal with the interior and exterior of one's home. Stephanie Roberts shows readers how to evaluate and change aspects of their space to maximize the flow of positive energy, and how to arrange each room to achieve better balance in their lives and increase their prospects for health, wealth, and good relationships.

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Very handy guide.......2004-08-30

I love this book because it offers information I could use right away. This book is very handy and immensely readable. It has chapters devoted to each area of the house, such as the bedroom, dining room, home office, etc. The illustrations are clear and appealing. Feng shui I think is basically good housekeeping and design taken to another level--where the flow of universal energy or chi is taken into major account. In other words, it aims to please both my mom :) and my inner spirit. After a while you develop an intuitive common sense of connection with your living space. Pretty neat. I'm buying copies to give away as gifts to some of my friends.

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Sergei Radlov: The Shakespearian Fate of a Soviet Director (Russian Theatre Archive)

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