Book Description
A masterpiece of magical realism by one of Brazil’s most celebrated novelists.
The Wisconsin edition is for sale only in the United States
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful and Satisfying Fable Ever Told.......2004-02-14
This book written by Moacyr Scliar can be hard to find. I happened to come across it by accident when browsing books at the bookstore. The moderately popular book, "Max and the Cats", attracted me but it appeared too short for me. I wanted something more substantial to read. So, I searched for other books and this one was the other novel available. All other novels by Scliar are out-of-print. You can however get his other books probably through another library if your library does not own it.
It would be unfair to go beyond the description of the novel. So, I will start with the main character, Guedali Tartakowsky, who is a centaur born into a normal Jewish family. Amazingly, his family tries everything so that he fits into their small community. There are clashes with other people as Guedali wants to escape the safety of his family to meet others. It may seem a little mystical and ridiculous. But, Guedali is not so unlike everyone else who must find himself by living on his own. Many of the qualities in Guedali shows how much more human than us. He may have hooves but his emotions and longing to be accepted and thoughts about growing up normal.
Our reaction to deformities resonates strongly in today's society. If we could change things like remove a large mold, then would it significantly change our life for the better? In most cases, the answer is yes and who knows if the mold was malignant. But, what if it is not so bad and everyone around doesn't mind it. Would you risk changing it for other people who feel uncomfortable? That may be a complete simplification of Guedali's problem but you see where I am going...
So many issues are addressed about knowing yourself. What makes you happy? How do you deal with matters of your identity as a Jew? Who are really your friends or enemies? How does society deal with such deformities? Do other people with this deformity handle daily situations? Scliar deals with all of these issues with a good balance between humor and seriousness. This version is a good translation and no real problems in reading this English print.
Great book.......2003-09-09
I read Scliar's columns in the newspapers regularly, but this was the first of his novels that I read. Scliar has recently been accepted to the ABL (Brazilian Academy of Literature) and while reading about him I came across several people's opinions on this book saying it was one of his best work. I can't really compare it to any other book he wrote, however I can say that this story kept me interested from beginning to end. The interesting thing is how the character tries so hard to fit into society, in spite of his "handicap" which cannot be easily hidden. I kept thinking about how I would react if I were in his situation, with the same "problem". When you think that nothing else will happen, there's a nice twist in the end. This is a great book. I recommend it.
A magical masterpiece of Brazilian literature.......2001-05-01
"The Centaur in the Garden" is a superb novel by Brazilian writer Moacyr Scliar. The text has been translated from Portuguese into English by Margaret A. Neves. This brilliant fantasy describes the life of Guedali Tartakovsky, who is born to a Russian Jewish family that has emigrated to Brazil. The family is shocked when, at the baby's birth, they discover that he is a centaur: a being who is human from the waist up, but who possesses a horse's four-legged body below.
The novel's hero thus enters the world marked as an outsider. As his life unfolds, we see his quest to educate himself, to embrace his Jewish identity, to experience sex, to find love, and ultimately to determine his place in the world. Along the way are many stunning surprises--for both Guedali and the reader.
"Centaur" seems to me to exemplify the concept of "magical realism." The book deftly blends elements of fantasy, science fiction, and social satire. Scliar explores many types of relationship: between European and Native American, Jew and Gentile, man and woman, parent and child. This is a deeply moving, truly brilliant novel by one of the most extraordinary voices in Latin American literature.
We, brazilians, have indeed great writers.......2000-07-20
The story is about a person who is born as a centaur. It may seem foolish and nonsense, but it isn't. The book deals with the problems any "human being" half hoarse would sufer. Telling you more of the story would take the enjoyment out.
It is great: the reader will imidiatively see that he is a centaur himself. How? The society demands us to be padronized, identical with each other, but we just can't and shouldn't! We are different, no matter how we try being as our neighbor, in other words, each of us are centaurs in same way. We must have our diferencies (unfortunetlty, some people want to be the same as the "majority", the so called "normal people"). That's the meaning of the book.
(You americans should try reading books from authors of my country. Then you'll find out how rich and great our literature is.)
Simply put: amazing!.......1999-12-12
What a book. That's one of those books that keep you turning the pages rapidly, until you get to the end. But then you just have to take another look at the first pages, and before you know it you are in the middle of a second round. The main character tells his story retrospectively, starting from the night a winged horse flew over his parents house at the time of his birth - a Jewish Centaur somewhere in Brazil. His parents are terrified at first, but afterwards he is grown as a regular... well, centaur. It's no use even trying to tell anything of this strange, fascinating book. Two things, however, are certain: this is a book that you will be thinking about for a long, long time, and this is NOT a children's book. Read it. If I can't convince you... well, imagine yourself living your life without knowing that "One hundred years of solitude" existed. What a loss.
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This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on March 22, 2004. The length of the article is 952 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Moacyr Scliar. The Centaur in the Garden.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Author: Mark Axelrod
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The Review of Contemporary Fiction (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: Review of Contemporary Fiction
Volume: 24
Issue: 1
Page: 157(2)
Article Type: Book Review, Brief Article
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Customer Reviews:
Fabulous!.......2004-12-16
It seems like forever since I read the last (terrific) Landry brother book by Kelsey Roberts. BEDSIDE MANNER reminded me of just how much I loved these guys! Chance Landry and Valerie Greene's relationship sizzles with sexual tension, and their dialogue is, at times, pithy and funny, and others serious and intense, and always very real . The wonderfully well fleshed out characters and intriguing plot had me turning pages late into the night. Can't wait to read about the next Landry brother!
Worth the Wait!.......2004-12-14
Bedside Manner picks up the Landry Brothers again and I was so excited to finally get to read them. This is the best author in the series and I really loved Bedside Manner and I can't wait for the next one to come out. Kelsey Roberts is my favorite Intrigue author.
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In
The Crack in Space, a repairman discovers that a hole in a faulty Jifi-scuttler leads to a parallel world. Jim Briskin, campaigning to be the first black president of the United States, thinks alter-Earth is the solution to the chronic overpopulation that has seventy million people cryogenically frozen; Tito Cravelli, a shadowy private detective, wants to know why Dr Lurton Sands is hiding his mistress on the planet; billionaire mutant George Walt wants to make the empty world all his own. But when the other earth turns out to be inhabited, everything changes.
Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of his day, and the object of cult-like adoration from his legions of fans, Philip K. Dick has come to be seen in a literary light that defies classification in much the same way as Borges and Calvino. With breathtaking insight, he utilizes vividly unfamiliar worlds to evoke the hauntingly and hilariously familiar in our society and ourselves.
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It is tempting to regard the perpetrators of the September 11th terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln’s acclaimed Holy Terrors makes clear, were profoundly and intensely religious. Thus what we need after the events of 9/11, Lincoln argues, is greater clarity about what we take religion to be.
Holy Terrors begins with a gripping dissection of the instruction manual given to each of the 9/11 hijackers. In their evocation of passages from the Quran, we learn how the terrorists justified acts of destruction and mass murder “in the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate.” Lincoln then offers a provocative comparison of President Bush’s October 7, 2001 speech announcing U.S. military action in Afghanistan alongside the videotaped speech released by Osama bin Laden just a few hours later. As Lincoln authoritatively demonstrates, a close analysis of the rhetoric used by leaders as different as George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden—as well as Mohamed Atta and even Jerry Falwell—betrays startling similarities. These commonalities have considerable implications for our understanding of religion and its interrelationships with politics and culture in a postcolonial world, implications that Lincoln draws out with skill and sensitivity.
With a chapter new to this edition, “Theses on Religion and Violence,” Holy Terrors remains one of the essential books on September 11 and a classic study on the character of religion.
“Modernity has ended twice: in its Marxist form in 1989 Berlin, and in its liberal form on September 11, 2001. In order to understand such major historical changes we need both large-scale and focused analyses—a combination seldom to be found in one volume. But here Bruce Lincoln . . . has given us just such a mix of discrete and large-picture analysis.”—Stephen Healey, Christian Century
“From time to time there appears a work . . . that serves to focus the wide-ranging, often contentious discussion of religion’s significance within broader cultural dynamics. Bruce Lincoln’s Holy Terrors is one such text. . . . Anyone still struggling toward a more nuanced comprehension of 9/11 would do well to spend time with this book.”—Theodore Pulcini, Middle East Journal
Customer Reviews:
Required reading for the thoughtful American.......2006-11-06
Lincoln's work is an attempt to formulate a theory of religion. While his success on that front is open to criticism, he gives an impeccable presentation of the religious dimensions of the American/Arab/Christian/Muslim/politics debate. Anyone who wants to hone their understanding of 80% of front page news should read this. Besides it gives documented proof of why Falwell and Robertson should not be listened to...ever...about anything.
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- The best pie cookbook ever
- Excellent book with recipes from the heart!
- The greatest pineapple upside-down cake recipe ever!
- an excellent book to learn how to make great pies
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The Little Pie Company of the Big Apple: Pies and Other Dessert Favorites
Arnold Wilkerson ,
Patricia Henly ,
Michae L. Deraney , and
Evie Righter
Manufacturer: Perennial
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0060950315 |
Customer Reviews:
The best pie cookbook ever.......2000-08-12
While I was writing my dissertation, I desperately needed a hobby that would get my mind off of dead American writers. As a lark, I sat down to bake a pie. It was edible, but that's the nicest thing I can say about it. A decade later, I have read over fifty books on piemaking, many of them published thirty or more years ago. To date, this small, readable book remains my favorite. The quest for the perfect pie crust is as varied as there are bakers, but my search ended with this book's "Rich and Tender Dough," which truly is perfect. I've tried most of the pie recipes in this book, and they've all turned out as delicious as described. The Applesauce Pumpkin Pie, Pear-Apple Crumb Pie, Peach Raspberry Pie, and especially the Key Lime Pie are favorites. If you can find this essential book, buy it.
Excellent book with recipes from the heart!.......1999-07-11
I thoroughly enjoyed the explanations of where each recipe originated.
Their Key Lime Pie, Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, and Apple Pie are some of my family's best loved pies.
This book is a must have for novice pie makers.
The greatest pineapple upside-down cake recipe ever!.......1998-11-08
Very light pineapple upside-down cake, plus apple and triple-berry pies
an excellent book to learn how to make great pies.......1997-11-13
One of my passions is piemaking. I learned much of what I know from this book, when I first bought it four years ago. It is simple, concise, has great tips, great recipes, and has a great "feel" to it. You feel as though the Little Pie Shop is a place you want to visit (and I did, on a visit to NYC last year).
Book Description
Here are 35 needlepoint projects from 14 top designers, including Kaffe Fassett, Candace Bahouth, and Elian McCready. Ehrman needlepoint sets are recognized all over the world and this new and varied collection reveals the Ehrman standards at their best.
Customer Reviews:
Very nice designs, light on the detail.......2006-01-27
The designs in this book are great. However, the threads used are mostly Appleton and Paternayan and the book contains a conversion chart between DMC and Anchor.... Also, no information is given for differing lengths of thread for each brand. This makes conversion into a different thread brand extremely difficult.
Another weakness is that the charts are simply colored, without additional markings to differentiate between similar tones.
Just a little more attention to these editorial details would have made this book truly excellent.
A compelling volume packed with visual examples and written insights into the Ehrman style.......2005-09-06
Designs by Kaffe Fassett, Candace Bahouth and Elian McCready are just some of the features in The Ehrman Needlepoint Book, fathering designs from top designers across the country. Ehrman needlepoint kits are of high quality, and The Ehrman Needlepoint Book reflects this quality and the possibilities of customizing chosen themes within the Ehrman kit standards. Patterns - some full-page, all in color - yarns, and discussions of each needlepoint challenge are revealed in a gorgeous presentation delving into the finer points of new and old design combinations. Any needlepoint fan will find The Ehrman Needlepoint Book a compelling volume packed with visual examples and written insights into the Ehrman style.
I love this book - glorious upscale patterns and results.......2005-07-15
I am working on the May pillow right now- I love Candace Behouth's patterns for needlework. This is the sort of book that is hard to find - the patterns are of the BEST out there and the results are stunning! If you like counted/charted needlepoint GET this book. You will NOT be disappointed and you will SAVE money by producing works of beauty yourself. This is not your run of the mill pattern book - this is delicate, intricate, beautifully charted patterns!
The Ehrman Complete Needlepoint Book.......2001-05-11
This book should be retitled The Ehrman Complete Needlepoint Book. I have been a fan of Hugh Ehrman's kits for over 15 years and this book features all of my favorite patterns as well as instructions on finishing cushions and wall hangings. The artists use of colours are incredible compared to other needlepoints out there. These are truly works of art rather than simple crafts!
When will his next book appear? I and many of his devoted fans wait with baited breath for a new book.
beautiful, but charts are hard to read.......1999-04-28
This book has some of the most beautiful designs for needlepoint that I have yet run across. The only problem is that the graphs are color coded, (as opposed to symbol coded), and since there are so many colors in a lot of the designs, they are pretty hard to read.
Book Description
Add style and panache to your home with Katrin Cargill's 100 stunning new pillow ideas. Whatever your decor, this practical workbook will inspire you to create beautiful pillows for beds, chairs, and sofas in a wide variety of stunning fabrics. Learn everything you need to know, including Shapes, Use of Fabrics, Borders and Edgings, Trimmings and Fastenings, and Surface Decoration - all captured in James Merrell's stylish and instructive photographs.
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- I don't know how I lived with out it
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FontBook [Digital Typeface Compendium]
Manufacturer: FSI FontShop International
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Binding: Hardcover
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Book Description
FontBook from FSI FontShop International
For almost 10 years now, FSI FontShop International have published their typeface compendium, well-known in the trade under the name FontBook. The 1500 page edition features 24,500 typeface samples from 65 type foundries. It also includes more than 64,000 references of foundries, font names and font styles, formats, similarities, date of design and availability.
Some features of FontBook
* 24,500 type samples
* 4,850 font packages and families
* 64,000 typographical footnotes and cross-references
* 65 type foundries
* all type samples in one volume
* sorted by style category into nine chapters
* lists platform availability
* refers to other typefaces in the FontBook which have similar characteristics
* designer's name and year of publication; historical references
* clear font display, comprehensible icons, footnotes with extra information
* tabulators for easy access to the individual chapters
* non-latin section with information about encodings and installation in 3 languages
* editorial chapter with typographical tips, tricks, trends and examples of application in 3 languages
* comprehensive selection of foreign language fonts and utilities
* all introductory texts in English, French and German
* Pi & Symbols section with enlarged font showings
* bound in hardcover
* separate 160 page FontFinder showing all the fonts in alphabetical order
* FontBook measures 11.75" x 6.5" x 2.125" and weighs approx. 6lbs.
FSI FontShop International is the only company having monitored and evaluated the world-wide growing market of digitized typefaces consistently and the results are summarized in this reference book. The FontBook editors have selected typefaces according to visual criteria and marketability. Only original fonts are listed, no cloned or copied typeface designs. New vendors in the FontBook include Thirstype, House Industries, Garage Fonts, 2Rebels etc.
The alphabetical section is now structured according to font styles: Sans, Serif, Slab, Script, Display, Blackletter, Non-Latin/Accented and Pi & Symbols. The Non-Latin/Accented section is sorted first of all according to languages/encodings, in alphabetical order within these categories.
Another section deals exclusively with the experimental typefaces of FUSE publications which have been released by FSI FontShop International since 1991.
Entertainment is guaranteed by the new chapter "Holy Type". It contains font hitparades, typographical world records, tips and trends as well as an interview with Adrian Frutiger and background information about barcodes and multi-user licensing. Additionally, the essay "Trivial Typography" examines the growing popularity of industrial typefaces in graphic design.
Each FontBook comes with a 160 page FontFinder, a separate brochure which lists all FontBook typefaces in one-line showings in alphabetical order. It is the perfect tool for users who know the font name and want to find the FontBook section in which this font will be shown. Experienced users will appreciate the FontFinder as a quick reference guide.
Customer Reviews:
I don't know how I lived with out it.......2001-12-15
If you buy only one type specimen book your entire lifetime, then this is it. For designers it's a must.
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Why has this collection of scads of photographs of the Backstreet Boys proved so insanely popular? It is filled with intimate revelations about the band, but then, so is What You Wanna Know: Backstreet Boys Secrets Only a Girlfriend Can Tell, by Brian Littrell's first love, Samantha Stonebraker, and this is clearly the book that fans prefer. My theory is that the official book replicates the experience of reading your high school yearbook. The format resembles a yearbook, and it basically consists of excellent, colorful photos of the Boys at play (Nick putting chopsticks in Brian's hair in Tokyo, Brian demonstrating Nick's ticklishness on a tour plane), at work onstage, or hanging with diverse celebs (Tiger Woods and Prince Andrew, the Fonz, Hulk Hogan, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Baby Spice, Metallica, and many more). Each picture has a caption with one of the Boys' reminiscences, as if he had inscribed a photo of himself in your yearbook. The book also gives fans a Hard Day's Night-like sense of what it's like to be a small-town kid conquering the world overnight. The Boys' shrieking fans shut down Times Square during their MTV appearance for Millennium--the photo puts you on the scene, and the caption puts you in their heads. Such nice Boys, too, not like that Eminem. Brian poses with his mom onstage while singing "Perfect Fan," and confesses, "I wrote the song for her." Kevin captions one photo, "With my mother onstage in Lexington, Kentucky. I am trying not to cry too much." One photo shows AJ holding a large plastic bone and shaking fans' hands while seated on the shoulders of his "close personal friend Big Bob. I usually hop on his back. This way, I can get near the fans without getting maimed." But with this book, there is no Big Bob standing between you and the Boys of your dreams. --Tim Appelo
Book Description
"Backstreet Boys: The Official Book is the official book, from our perspective with our input," says Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean. "I think it is high time that we give back to our fans what they honestly deserve-which is to be closer to us and to be a part of our lives as much as we are a part of theirs."
Presenting, by popular demand, the first and only authorized book!
The first official book on the biggest pop band in the world contains over 275 full-color photos not found anywhere else -- complete with captions in the band's own words!
Meet Howie, AJ, Kevin, Brian and Nick through exclusive, intimate photos taken by the only photographer to have unlimited access to the band for the last three years. For fans who have been anxiously awaiting a candid look at their favorite group, the wait is over....
Customer Reviews:
Good Book.......2007-02-09
I really enjoyed looking at the pictures and seeing some that I hadn't seen before. The Boys' captions were fun (and often funny) to read
Great!.......2006-05-25
Have no words. Great book with lots of pictures. It's only till Millennium. But it's great book for it's price. Go on boys
Wonderful.......2005-01-21
Wow I just got this book today and I love the stories the guys tell. The pictures are wonderful and if u are a fan you need this to see all sides of the guys. B.S.B now and forever.
BSB.......2003-09-19
Definitly a must have for any BSB fan. With tons of rare pictures, this book is really all you need.
The best book.......2003-05-31
This is the best book I have ever read, in music genre (of course). It has sooo many great pics in it, and the boys looks so good!!
Customer Reviews:
You're better off with the unauthorised bios.......2007-02-09
The author changed a lot of what were supposed to be direct quotes and 'Briti-cised' them. I don't have examples off the top of my head, but I remember one quote being attributed to Brian that included very British phrasing. That's not a direct quote, that's paraphrased.
I don't even think I finished the book. I'd have expected the 'Official' Bio to be put together more like a lot of the UNofficial ones.
Also, a LOT of American fans are not going to understand British terms. Honestly, you're better off collecting the unauthorised bios...
The one to get.......2003-09-22
I've read about 18 or so books on this group. And of all of them, if you're going to get one, get this one. It has good details of the boys' life before the group, and area which other books tend to lack in. It has pictures of them when they were kids that I haven't been able to find anywhere else. And it has info on the person who started the group, another thing I find hard to get good info on. This is definately one to buy if you're a major fan.
Best BSB BOOK!.......2002-07-11
I think this is the best backstreet boy book ever written. I loved all of the stories. It was so much fun to read about how the backstreet boys first got together. If you have not read this book yet and you are a fan you must have it! Even if you just like to listen to their music you should read it. I think that anyone who wants to be a popstar should read this too. Well I could write 20 pages of this book. I'll leave now but before I do I'd like to thank AMAZON.COM and their customers. Because with out them I wouldn't of known about this book. THANKYOU EVERYONE!!
If you're a BSB fan, don't miss this!!.......2002-02-21
As a former BSB fan, whom owns the book, I still take a look at it from time to time, because it are honest and true facts of the boys their life before they became the Backstreet Boys and the beginning of it all. It has good pictures, but you can find them on almost every website and the biography must have been copied loads of times as well, so it's up to you!
Every BSBFAN gotta have it!.......2002-01-08
Great Book!!!
It contains pics when they where baby's SOOO CUTE!!!
If your a true BSB fan you gotta have it!!!
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