Farewell to Fairacre

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Farewell to Fairacre

Excellent series

Farewell to Fairacre
Miss Read
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0618154566

Book Description

The last novel in the beloved Fairacre series finds Miss Read with important decisions to make. Gradually worsening health forces her to consider an early retirement. John Jenkins, a handsome newcomer, competes for her affections with the newly widowed Henry Mawne. However, Miss Read has more on her mind than men. Orphans living in her former house have bolstered the village school's roll, but these new students seem to be having problems with their adoptive family. In the midst of all this turmoil, readers can rest assured that FAREWELL TO FAIRACRE boasts all the elements they have come to love: eccentric villagers, gentle humor, and a verdant rural landscape teeming with lambs, larks, and blackthorn bushes.

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Farewell to Fairacre.......2007-08-03

All of Miss Read's books are a pleasure to read. I have collected all of them. In an uncertain and dangerous world, her books give respite and peace for a time.

Excellent series.......2005-07-16

This is a wonderful, old-fashioned series. She is no longer writing, but the Fairacre and Thrush Green books are well worth checking out and she was a very prolific writer, so you will have a lot of good reading. If you enjoy Jan Karon or Janette Oke, you will enjoy Miss Read's books.

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Farewell to Fairacre

Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000F9J3I6

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Farewell to Fairacre
Miss Read
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000V2O2PQ

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Farewell to Fairacre
Miss Read
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FAREWELL TO FAIRACRE (Audiobook)
Read Miss
Manufacturer: Penguin Audiobooks
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Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: B000OJCHVM

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NEXT TO LORD OF THE RINGS, ELRIC AND CONAN THIS IS FANTASY AT IT'S BEST!!!

It seems to me, alot of people miss the point of this series.

Great gift set

Entertaining, but flawed.

Dragonlance tops my list...
Dragonlance Chronicles Trilogy Gift Set
Margaret Weis , and Tracy Hickman
Manufacturer: Wizards of the Coast
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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Dragons of Summer Flame

The Second Generation

The Dark Elf Trilogy, Collector's Edition (Homeland, Exile, Sojourn)

ASIN: 0786926813
Release Date: 2001-09-01

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NEXT TO LORD OF THE RINGS, ELRIC AND CONAN THIS IS FANTASY AT IT'S BEST!!!.......2007-07-24

AS MENTIONED ABOVE NEXT TO LORD OF THE RINGS, ELRIC AND CONAN THIS IS FANTASY AT IT'S BEST!!! Speaking of which this should be made into a movie as soon as possible. However only with one condition that the director be one as passionate as Peter Jackson was about Lord of the Rings or Sam keith with Spiderman. The director must know and want to adhere to the essence of the book, if this is done then this will be as magnificent as the Lord of the Rings movie. THey must use a lot of special effects, no expense spared but by all means be intelligent and wise in how to get the finest effects on the screen, you will always be compared to Lord of the Rings so give them a run for the money. The cast must be well chosen, they can be little or unknown actors but must be excellent actors none the less, the costumes and the photography, the architecture all counts, nothing must be overlooked and the producers and director or directors must work closely and seamlessly together with one another and most especially with the writers. I recommend Weta workshop the same that did the special effects on Lord of the rings, Richard Taylor and his fine crew. There can be a total of 9 or even 12 films if all is successcessful, yes the soulforge trilogy, and the dragons of a summer flame trilogy as well as dragons gate can all follow suite, yet in order not to loose the audience, a strict adherence to this format must be followed and all future directors would have to consult with the first successful directors and collaborate with them and learn, enhance the techniques and methods to build on the blockbuster effect and all of these have this immense potential. The original Dragonlance trilogy is my favorite, but the Raistlin is an awesome character and can have his own movie, Storm brightblade, Tanis half-elven, the elves, this is a truly fun and incredible saga and with care, attention and love the movie can be it's equal.
Therefore I challenge you great and inspired Producers, Directors, Screen writers (who will work tightly with the Authors, unless the directors will assume this role as Peter Jackson did), and all you magnificent Actors, Photographers, set designers, sound effects technicians and all the every last part of you to come forth and bring this saga to life and then one Last thing Make the ELRIC MOVIE WITH THE SAME EXCELLENCE. I SALUTE YOU!!!

It seems to me, alot of people miss the point of this series........2007-05-01

I read the Chronicles years ago when they first came out onto bookshelves, desperate for something new to read. I quickly fell in love with this series. I've seen numerous people tear the characters apart. I won't defend them here, because everyone is entitled to their own opinions. The stories, whether written by Weiss & Hickman, or other writers of this series are well done. When I moved from Fl to Ga, I gave most of my fantasy book collection away to my nephews. They both loved this series as well. I'm buying them again to let my daughter read them. I'm glad the gift sets like this are available, as you can get the triplets at one time. They keep her occupied for a while. And while some readers may have been delighted by Kitiara killing Sturm, I was more interested by Lord Soth, a rather minor character in this series, and Raistlin who actually shows some redeeming qualities later on in other volumes. this series is good for beginners into the realm of fantasy and dragon. I found it more entertaining than Dragonriders of Pern, and to me, the characters much more vibrant. I highly recommend this series to parents with kids of the ages 12 and up who are interested in this genre. It is well worth the expense to keep them reading and entertained.

Great gift set.......2007-03-20

The product content is of corse fabulous and the vender was great. The product arived in perfect condition and ahead of schedule.
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Entertaining, but flawed........2007-02-18

These books were entertaining page-turners; the story wasn't completely original but it definetly made me want to keep reading. Some of the characters (such as the mysterious mage Raistlin and the annoying kender Tas) were very interesting and well-drawn; others (such as Sturm, Flint, and even Tanis at times) felt flat.

I'll start with Sturm. (Don't keep reading if you don't want any spoilers.)It was stated WAY too many times that 'honor was his life.' He was so honorable that he became boring; I was actually happy when a far more interesting character, Kitiara, killed him on top of a Tower.

Flint, I felt, was the requisite Dwarf. It is Ok for a fantasy novel to not have dwarves. Flint never really added all that much to the story, and when he died in Godshome I felt like all the characters were crying over a paper cut.

Physically, the world of Krynn had its pros and cons. The continent of Ansalon where the story takes place is in the southern hemisphere, which I found to be rather original. The cities, however, seemed by and large the same. Whether in ruins or still standing, the vast majority of all the major settlements were supposed to be breathtakingly beautiful. This got old after a while; the hardscrabble harbor of Flotsam actually stood out more in my mind than all the glorious archtecture and whatnot.

The map really irked me, mostly because it did not show where Sancrist was. The one that came with the first volume was particularly hard to decipher.

None of that bothered me nearly as much, however as the continous use of deux ex machina. The most glaring example of this is the whole 'Whoever wears the Crown rules' debacle at the end of the third volume. What is this 'Crown?' Where did it come from and why was it never mentioned before?

The ending was ridiculously open-ended. NOTHING CHANGED. Ok, so Takhisis and Paladine are back in thier respective heavens. But the dragons were still around, Raistlin's deux ex machina moment was completely unexplained, and the Gilthanas/Silvara relationship was completely forgotten. I understand there are sequels (many of them), but I felt jipped. And why were the Disks of Mishakal (sp) so important?

This being said, Dragonlance has it's strong points. The part about how mages keep forgetting spells was clever, as was the idea of kenders (they're immune to fear, they steal things, etc.) I wouldn't say these books are a must-read, but they're entertaining and I would reccomend them to any fantasy fans.

Dragonlance tops my list..........2007-02-09

I recently picked up a copy of the first book in the War of Souls series because a friend brought it into work in a box of other books. I began to read it and realized I really had to have the original books in this series. So I put it away and bought the first book in the Dragonlance Chronicles. I am completely hooked on this series now. These have got to be the best Fantasy novels I have read in a very long time. They have action, adventure, humor, romance, horror... everything you can ask for in a fantasy novel. I would give these way over a 10 if I could but I have to settle for 5 stars. I have no idea how I missed these books over the years they are fantastic... :)

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Do I have to say that I don't recommend this book?

A Great, Classic Series!

Conrad goes to South America

Where was I?

Really just terribly and unfortunately bad.

Conrad's Quest for Rubber (The Adventures of Conrad Stargard , No 6)
Leo A. Frankowski
Manufacturer: Del Rey
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ASIN: 0345368509
Release Date: 1998-10-31

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ONWARD AND OUTWARD

Conrad Stargard has come a long way since he was first transported from the twentieth century to the thirteenth. Thanks to his knack for "inventing" such astonishing things as steam engines, machine guns, radios, and riverboats, he's turned Medieval Poland into a military powerhouse--capable of repelling invasions by marauding Mongols and Teutonic troops alike.

Now, with enemies vanquished, industry booming, and peace in the land, it is time to continue Poland's remarkable technological progress. And doing so requires harvesting raw materials only Lord Conrad knows where to "discover." Thus is founded the Explorer's Corps, whose intrepid members set out to map new frontiers from the Arctic Circle to the Amazon. But can even Conrad's knowledge of the far future prepare him and his subjects for what lies just beyond the borders of their kingdom?

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Do I have to say that I don't recommend this book? .......2005-09-02

I hate to say this, but this was almost a painful book to read. I rather liked the "Lord Conrad" series when it first came out. Okay, improbabilities abounded and increased with every book until finally ending up in the fourth with multi-million-man Mongol armies invading Poland (probably because by this time Frankowski had realized that anything less - anything realistic - would just be too much of a walkover by the Poland he'd had Conrad build and thus lack any sort of drama). It was still fun in its odd little way.

By the (unexpected) fifth book, things started to go downhill. There was no real point to the book, the war against the Mongols was over (even if he did wave his hands and create a whole 'nother Mongol army to fight in the beginning of the book), and the political machinations of his wife and the execution of the Teutonic Knights just lack the drama, the whole story, that the first four books had as a whole.

And now, with the sixth, the slope increases...

To begin with, the first sixty, seventy pages are filled with the now cliché "diary" recountings of yet another character, Josep, as he tells of his years leading up to the Mongol war. Okay, one recap of the same story we've read before was fine, two was okay, three was starting to get annoying, four was annoying and now the Fifth...Telling...Yet...Again of the "last decade" is just out and out padding (does anyone in this altered Poland do anything but write diarys?). It tells us nothing new (nothing, that is, that couldn't be told in ten pages, at most - assuming this was useful new info in the first place, which it isn't) and even uses some of the exact same wording as some of the previous books! Mind you, that's "exact same wording" from completely different characters, with completely different backgrounds!

Let me make this clear: Female French near-nobility, minor knights, blacksmiths, young peasants, and apprentice Polish bakers all use the exact same wording to describe events. Frankowski made no attempt whatsoever to differenciate between the characters, or even allow for how wildly different each of them should be. He just "Cut & Pasted" hunks of "diary" from one book to the next, to the next, to the...

And "Cut & Paste" is no way to make a novel!

(BTW, Frankowski has really got to get over his urge to tell everyone he knows how to build concrete boats. Really)

Then, finally, we get to new story. The exploration of the Baltic is nearly interesting, if rather limited. Frankowski needed to actually have a point to this exploration, or some drama, or something. Watching five (or was it six? Can't remember) people discovering the wonders of the Midnight Sun (and why didn't Conrad warn them of that - and how did his new, extensive, classes for the Exploration Corps members miss it), gnats, and thousands of reindeer march by for six months is very nearly as dull to the reader as it was to the Corps members.

Then Conrad sends his Exploration Corps off to the Amazon to look for rubber.

It's odd to describe a series of disasters, deaths, and unpleasant surprises as "tedious" - but that's what I have to do. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen, but nothing really did. Oh, the Indians started dying off of European diseases and the European's of the Indians' (which, In Real Life®, I can't think of any, save for probably syphilis. Most of the Deadly Jungle Diseases that the Amazon's known for today are Old World in origin) - something which anyone with half a brain could have been able to figure out would happen beforehand, yet Conrad didn't. But apart from that, and some scenes that seem to have been swiped from films like Anaconda, they just go up the river, dying off as they go, then come back down...dying as they go.

And the ending! Frankowski could have done something interesting with the problem of preventing the spread of disease in the Americas. But no: Conrad's "Cousin From the Future©" drops in and delivers a universal cure that magically solves all the problems. Sheesh!

A Great, Classic Series!.......2005-08-15

This series is a real favorite of mine. Great story line, great characters, and unique ideas. Now (as of Summer 2005) the latest Conrad book, "Conrad's Crusade" is now available from [...], on line! It is solid action on par with the best in the series. [...], and I recommend it highly.

Conrad goes to South America.......2004-02-23

Another great book in the Adventures of Conrad Stargard. Don't miss the new prequel! Maybe when the last Star Wars comes out they'll make Conrad into a movie franchise? A must read for engineers and computer nerds while waiting for the next Harry Potter.

Where was I?.......2002-01-19

I don't know where I was when this book came out but I jus found it and bought it immediately.

I read the other reviews out of curiousity. Most of them point out several severe flaws that I acknowledge. In spite of this, I rate the book fairly highly for the simple reason that it was very enjoyable. It's stimulated my imagination almost as much as the first four. I could read flawed books like this one all the time!

Really just terribly and unfortunately bad........2000-12-05

How the mighty have fallen. With this book Frankowski's series has reached a new low. Lord Conrad's Lady was only average and should have been the end of this saga.

This book really isn't worth bothering with. Much of the book is told from the point of view of another character as some of the other reviewers here have indicated. This in and of itself isn't a bad thing as the High-Tech Knight did much the same to great success. Unfortunately, the rehashing of the past novels from this new character's point of view doesn't work nearly as well. In the High-Tech Knight there was one book's events to rehash, in this one there are five!

Frankowski has always displayed a bit of a libidinous side with Conrad having many different conquests in each of the books. I really didn't find that particularly wrong or out of hand. In this book though he goes totally overboard with genetically engineered beings from the future and a bunch of other wacky sexual situations that add nothing to the story. Whatever titilating aspects people derive from all this, are lost on me at this point.

The story overall is something of a disappointment with an awful ending that amounts to pushing a reset button to take away all the nasty aspects of the past hundred pages. Some people may find this way of magically putting us into a happy ending satisfying, but I really felt like I had wasted my time as most of the events of the book ended up having no significance.

The whole point of the series has been lost, that being Conrad's addition of new technology to history and his use of his knowledge of future history to make significant changes. This book just throws most of that out the window in favor of technological contrivances from the future that make everything else insignificant. Very disappointing overall.

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Conrad's Quest for Rubber
Leo FRANKOWSKI
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books/Del Rey
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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Conrad's Quest for Rubber - The Adventures of Conrad Stargard #6
Leo Frankowski
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Catholic means all inclusive

Interesting, Entertaining and Insightful Collection of Short Works

Best Catholic Writing 2006 (Best Catholic Writing)

Manufacturer: Loyola Press
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The admired Best Catholic Writing series continues with contributions from Peggy Noonan, Robert Ellsberg, Pope Benedict XVI, Thomas Lynch, John Allen, and twenty-two other essayists, poets, novelists, scholars, and journalists. The selections bring vivid Catholic personalities to life (Dorothy Day, Flannery O'Connor, Pope John Paul II), address ethical issues and spiritual problems (torture, medical treatment at the end of life, the problem of suffering), and ask provocative questions (Are young Catholics embracing orthodoxy? Does the Church condemn evolution? Was Shakespeare a secret Catholic?).

Notable essays in this year's edition include Kevin Cullen's profile of a former IRA terrorist now studying for the priesthood, Robert Lockwood's argument with the conventional wisdom about the Crusades, Colm Toibin's meditation on the public face of John Paul II, poetry by Mary Oliver and Seamus Heaney, and a Wall Street Journal portrait of nuns who finance their nursing homes by begging in the streets. The collection includes writing from the UK and Australia, as well as material first published on the Internet.

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Catholic means all inclusive.......2007-01-27

I really enjoyed this book. As a historian I really loved the essay on "Was Shakespeare a Catholic". I also really liked the essay on in praise of horizontal prayer. John Allen's essay on Globalization in the Catholic world really gives me perspective to our faith. Most of the writing is done by Jesuits, that proves that the SJ is the true educational arm of the catholic faith in the US.

Interesting, Entertaining and Insightful Collection of Short Works.......2006-09-18

While no book can completely present the entirety of the "greatest" of any collected subject, this book does a pretty good job. Because the texts included in this book are ultimately subject to the editor, it remains a personal assembly of appreciated writing - something Doyle alludes to in the introduction to the collection.

I believe that this is indeed a nice collection of short works that are entertaining as they are motivational and reflective. However, I refrain from giving it a full "5 stars" because I do not believe that the title of the book aligns itself completely with the scope of its contents. While this is indeed a good collection of Catholic Writing, it remains the "best" solely in the eyes of editor and publisher and therefore cannot possibly entertain the examination of all Catholic writing of the previous year - something noted by the editor. That said, I would recommend this book to just about anyone because the caliber of the writing is indeed good, but simply caution the reader to remember the subjective nature of the text selection and appreciate it as is.

The Best Christian Writing 2006 (Best Christian Writings)

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A Great Set of Essays
A fine selection with some real gems

The Best Christian Writing 2006 (Best Christian Writings)

Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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The Best Christian Writing 2006 is the latest edition of the critically acclaimed series that offers a collection of the best and brightest Christian writing in one compelling volume. The Best Christian Writing 2006 contains accessible essays that provide an excellent overview of the range and depth of Christian thinking and display the unity in diversity evident in today's leading Christian writers. The contributors distill the riches of belief into lucid explorations of faith that reflect the many dimensions of lived Christianity. Well-crafted and provocative, these essays will inspire and challenge readers who seek to live their faith in a contemporary world. This important resource includes contributions from a diverse group of distinguished writers.

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Excellent reading.......2007-04-11

I have not read the entire book. However an interview with Eugene Peterson alone is worth the price of the book.

A Great Set of Essays.......2006-08-31

A wonderful and personable collection of travel writings from the spiritual journey. I would have given it 5 stars, but I find Richard John Neuhaus a most rigid read and I don't like the patronizing judgments Paul Marshall passed upon Islam. But the rest are fine in every way, especially: Amy Laura Hall on Bioethics, Frederica Mathewes-Green on Crucifixion theology, Bill McKibbon on Church, Lauren Winner on weddings and Daniel Taylor on a most unusual pilgrimage.

A fine selection with some real gems.......2006-07-11

"The Best Christian Writing 2006" contains twenty selections varying from theology to movie review to travelogue to observation of aged and infirm care to art criticism. My favorites are:

- "Phil's Shadow: The Lessons of Groundhog Day" which casts a discerning eye on the Bill Murray film. Author Michael P. Foley convincingly examines the movie beyond the obvious conclusion that it portrays Eastern religious themes such as karma and rebirth to find it is rife with Christian allusions and foundations. This essay is fascinating and fun.

- "The Meaning of Christ's Suffering," by Eastern Orthodox convert Frederica Mathewes-Green is a prior-to-seeing-it reflection on Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." More accurately, it is a finely reasoned argument that lingering on Christ's pain on the cross (as Gibson's movie does) arose seriously only in later medieval times and that before that Christians (even back to the writers of the Gospels) concentrated more on the salvific intention of the crucifixion: Christ as Savior rather than as Victim. Mathewes-Green distinguishes between ideas of Christ as freely offering his death to the Father vs. Christ as payment demanded by the Father. I found this the most important discussion in the book.

- "Brother John" which takes us briefly into a Trappist Monastery and shares a glimpse of a man who "loves God so much he doesn't know what to do with himself...so he stands outside on a cold Christmas night with an umbrella waiting...to offer us some protection and human comfort...." Brother John is a vivid reminder of loving, selfless devotion to God and he is not soon set aside.

- "Is Art Salvific?" falls more into the category of art criticism than Christian writing, but it manages to consider whether art ought to be completed in the one observing it or in and of itself, as an expression of the numinous or the mundane, and as "the object of engrossed contemplation" or of participation. At one point the author, Nicholas Wolterstorff, writes that a chair in a museum can't "come into its own" because it isn't being used as a chair behind its glass case. But, is it a chair because it is used as one or because we see it as one? And does a hymn "come into its own" because it is sung or because it is heard or only both? Is something "art" when it records the detritus of our lives or when it "puts us in the presence of the Transcendent?" These are questions worth pursuing.

To those who pick up a book for ideas, "The Best Christian Writing 2006" doesn't disappoint. But the anthology is wide-ranging enough that readers interested in sociological, ministerial and emotional aspects of Christianity will also be satisfied. Recommended.

Best Christian Writing 2006.(Book review): An article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life

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Best Christian Writing 2006.(Book review): An article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life
Jeffrey McCurry
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This digital document is an article from First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2007. The length of the article is 416 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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Simple, Elegant and Imaginative!

Pasta for All Seasons: 125 Vegetarian Pasta Recipes for Family and Friends
Robin Robertson
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Pasta for All Seasons is filled with brilliantly creative ideas, from homey Autumn Harvest Lasagna or Ziti with Winter Vegetables to an elegant Fusilli with garlic, figs, and rosemary.

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Simple, Elegant and Imaginative!.......2001-01-03

I was given a copy of Pasta for All Seasons just in time for a December trip to Tuscany, where my wife's mother has been living. I don't cook a lot but I risked all in this land of pasta expertise by preparing several pasta meals from Pasta for All Seasons. The smacking lips, toasts to the chef, and endlessly enthusiastic reviews from those in attendance told me I was really on to something. Pasta for All Seasons is a real find!

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Goddens Guide to Ironstone, Stone and Granite Ware (Goddens Guide)
Geoffrey A. Godden
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The first book devoted to British Ironstone China and the related stone china and granite ceramic bodies. A unique guide with details of 350 British manufacturers many of who have not previously been noted or researched.

Guide to Ironstone Stone & Granite Wares

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Guide to Ironstone Stone & Granite Wares
Geoffrey A. GODDEN
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THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA, AND RELATED WARES - STONE CHINA, NEW STONE, GRANITE CHINA AND...

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THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MASON'S PATENT IRONSTONE CHINA, AND RELATED WARES - STONE CHINA, NEW STONE, GRANITE CHINA AND...
Geoffrey A Godden
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Knitting Counterpanes: Traditional Coverlet Patterns for Contemporary Knitters
Mary Walker Phillips
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Release Date: 1989-02-01

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Die Versorgung mit flieÃŸendem Wasser gehÃ¶rt in der westlichen Welt zu den zivilisatorischen Errungenschaften. Doch was einst der Hygiene diente, hat sich verselbststÃ¤ndigt. Inzwischen ist das Bad ein stilprÃ¤gender Lebensraum, dessen Elemente sich wandeln. Die Armatur TARA, geschaffen von der Armaturenmanufaktur Dornbracht in Zusammenarbeit mit Sieger Design, ist lÃ¤ngst zu einem Archetypus und Designklassiker der Neuzeit geworden. Mit ihrer charakteristischen Gestalt verbindet die TARA die Erinnerung an Vergangenes mit der Gegenwart. Weltweit wurde sie vielfach ausgezeichnet - und fast ebenso oft kopiert. In diesem hochwertig ausgestatteten Buch inszeniert der in New York lebende Fotograf Jesse Frohman die TARA in Ã¼berraschenden SchwarzweiÃŸ-Aufnahmen als modernen Klassiker. An ihrem Beispiel diskutieren bedeutende Architekten, Designer, Kommunikationswissenschaftler und Kritiker designtheoretische und kÃ¼nstlerische Positionen.

Customer Reviews:

For obsessive fans only.......2003-07-18

This book's contents are so exhaustive, containing such a wealth of information, much of it rather insignificant in itself, that only the most obsessive of Dylan fans would ever buy it, much less slog through its voluminous contents. Needless to say, I bought it and did so. If you are truly interested in Bob Dylan, in a scholarly and historical sense, not just as a fan of his music, then you will serve yourself well by getting this book. If you are not, however... well, let's put this book into perspective:

What this book purports to be is a chronicle of Bob Dylan's life -- not an autobiography, but, rather, a listing of each day of his life, from the day of his birth up until the year this book was published (1997); as short pre-history is included, as well. Now, as you probably assumed, the book is not exactly this: Dylan is, and always has been, a mysterious, aloof, and reclusive character, despite his great fame. Consequently, long stretches, often encompassing months at a time, are missing from this chronicle. Still, what is here is amazing. Documented herein is a record of every recording session, rehearsal, and tour that Dylan had done up to this point. Heylin tells you what songs were played, how many times, what the arrangements were, if there were any changes from their original incarnation, what musicians played on them, etc. Also documented are most of Dylan's interviews -- where, with whom, and about what. These kinds of details form the vast majority of the book; needless to say, the more personal aspects of Dylan's life are as unknown to Heylin as they are to the rest of us, and probably always will be. Examples of the other kinds of information that he manages to include are such things as Dylan's travels, public appearances and events, and the like.

As one can see, this is not a book for the casual Bob Dylan fan. If you are looking for a biography, stay far, far away from this; Heylin's own Behind The Shades is a good place to start for that type of tome. On the other hand, if you are a Bob Dylan fan who is truly interested not only in the man's music and life, but in the historical and scholarly aspects of his work, then this is a book that you will want to eventually pick up. Due to its lack of brevity in information and the level of obsessiveness in its detail, however, this is still a book that you will want to pick up later, after your collection already includes numerous other Dylan books -- biographies, lyrical analyses, etc. -- before you take on this daunting volume.

MUST HAVE FOR ALL DYLAN FANS.......2001-05-06

This excellent book documents every concert, recording session and personal appearance that Dylan has ever done. Includes T.V. and radio appearances as well as unrealesed recordings. The book is laid out by each year and tells what Dylan was doing on a particular day of that year. Incredible and exhaustive research which makes one believe that Dylans every move has been documented by someone and all that info has been gathered in this stupendous edition. Out of the many Dylan books I own , this is without a doubt the one I turn to the most. INVALUABLE.

The amazing poetics of Bob Dylan...keep moving on..........2000-05-24

Once, in the environs of Wheeler Hall in the mid 80s, I was talking to Robert Pinksy about this-and-that poetics, and I was ranting in hyperbolic style about Bob Dylan being a kind of Blake for our time, refiguring "Jesus the Imagination" in a time of imperial blight and so on. Pinsky looked at me wryly, a bit baffled, and said, "Dylan is somebody I never got into. I never really thought of him as a poet." I was amazed by this comment, and begin to wonder (as I often do) if I knew what poetry is anymore. But I never lost my amazement towards B Dylan, and his latest Nietzschean attack on his own deepest belief structures and pieties in "Time Out of Mind" and "Things Have Changed" from "Wonderboys" soundtrack only confirms the scope, depth, and generic visionary quality of his work. Happy Birthday Bob Dylan....

"Absolutely" essential Dylan reference "(approximately)".......2000-02-03

For any true fan, a "must have" reference. Day to day account of the life of the master poet/musician/performer.Get it, by all means get it!

A Good Refrence book for Dylan Fans.......1999-10-09

This is a good reference book for Dylan fans. It has no analysis or commentary and just an occasional opinion. At times the details may seem a little excessive, but the information is not too expansive as to be overwhelming (I can't say the same for some other Dylan books).

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