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Jane Austen's intentions for her Sanditonians can only be guessed at. Had she lived to complete "Sanditon," it would no doubt have been treasured alongside her other works. The mysteries of this often overlooked fragment still intrigue readers. This particular continuation sets out, with every hope of remaining faithful, to solve just some of them. Charlotte Heywood, recently arrived in the town of Sanditon, found amusement enough in standing at her ample Venetian window and looking over the miscellaneous foreground of unfinished buildings, waving linen and tops of houses, to the sea, dancing and sparkling in sunshine and freshness. But there is more to the promising little coastal resort than a pleasant atmosphere and the benefits of the sea and the sea air. Before long, Charlotte discovers that scandals abound. To the great delight of her eccentric host Mr. Parker, she becomes captivated by the romance of the sea-side lifestyle. So is Sanditon truly the haven that Mr. Parker likes to think it is, and will Charlotte Parker ever leave?
Customer Reviews:
Good but there is a better one..........2004-10-29
I read Sandition by Jane Austen and "Another Lady" and fell in love with the story so I had to read this book. It is well written and entertaining in it's own way but, in my opinion, does not have the same charm of the other version. One warning...this book does not include Jane Austen's original text - so it just begins where Jane Austen left off. I was glad that I had read the other version first so I could follow the story line. So, if you buy this book make sure that you have a copy of Jane Austen's original writing or buy Sandition by Jane Austen and "Another Lady"... Enjoy!
A Satisfying Completion!.......2004-03-05
Bravo! Well done! The author's witty and entertaining sense of humor comes through so well in the characterizations and descriptions throughout. Her style of expression is so like Jane Austen's! Prior to reading it, though, one must have already read the 11 chapter fragment that Jane Austen left behind since this book does not include that text. It picks up precisely where Jane Austen left off. Ms. Shapiro succeeds in remaining faithful to the expectations of Austen fans, and now can start gathering fans of her own!
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Blade of Tyshalle hits like a sledgehammer to the face. Here's a taste of this thickly boiling stew of fantasy, horror, and science fiction:
Kollberg chewed on the finger, worrying it, cracking the bone like a dog sucking marrow; he turned his head to one side, wedged the finger back between his molars, bit down again, and yanked his head from side to side until the bone splintered at the knuckle and he could rip it free. Blood sprayed, and Kollberg fixed his lips to the wound, sucking greedily.
Imagine an earth overloaded with faceless billions scrambling for the scraps of the unimaginably wealthy few. The only way to climb out of the gutter comes through training for Reality TV to the nth degree: actors train in special academies, are implanted with broadcast equipment, and get transferred to Earth's sister world, called Overworld, where all the trappings of high fantasy exist for real.
There are tiny, winged fairies on Overworld. They carry yard-long lances of razor steel. The dwarves magically flow stone to entomb their enemies. Back on earth, viewers experience full-body simulations of the actors' heroic adventures.
But the billions hunger for more than entertainment. Overworld tempts them with its pure air, its unexploited resources, its living space, and its sweet, clean water. Their hunger begets a blind god. And Kollberg, the god of human appetites, sends his weapons to Overworld--bulldozers for the land and a plague of fatal, frothing madness for the people.
Enter Hari Michaelson, the actor formerly known as Caine. Since the events of Stover's Heroes Die, in which Caine squared off against the god Ma'elKoth, a new religion has sprung up--Cainism. The Children of Ma'elKoth persecute the Cainists, but that particular war is small potatoes next to the bouts of unstoppable death about to be unleashed as earth's high-tech weaponry takes on the fiery thaumaturges of Overworld.
Hari/Caine, his old friends, and his bevy of mortal enemies surge and clash and take unbelievable beatings, spiritual as well as physical. And the faceless billions learn nothing of trust, sacrifice, or redemption.
Blade of Tyshalle: gods, myths, human weakness, and the tool that is pain. You've been warned. --Blaise Selby
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Twenty-seven years ago, they said Hari Michaelson didn't have a chance. He was just a loser, a street criminal from a disgraced family. He'd never make anything of himself. They were wrong. He made himself into Caine: Killer. Superstar. Hero . . .
THE BLADE OF TYSHALLE
Six years ago, Ma'elkoth--a god of Overworld--held Pallas Ril in his merciless grip. Earth's ruling elite wanted her dead. Caine swore he would save her. They said he didn't have a chance. They were wrong. He sacrificed his career as Caine to crush Pallas Ril's enemies and bring her home.
Now Hari Michaelson is the only man who stands between the soulless corporate masters of Earth and the green hills of Overworld. Caine's victory over Ma'elKoth opened a door between the worlds, and the faceless masses of Earth are killing everything he loves. Enemies old and new array themselves against him. And Hari's not even Caine anymore. He's just one man--alone, half-crippled, powerless. They say he doesn't have a chance.
They are wrong . . .
Customer Reviews:
Too deep, but good........2006-06-06
I enjoyed B.O.T, but at times, it dives too deeply into the philosophical and metaphysical. My disbelief was not suspended as often as it was confused.
The action is fantastic, and Stover's description of combat tactics it the best I've ever read. Stover is a big fan of heaping greater and greater levels of misery on his protagonist and B.O.T constantly keeps you asking "How is Caine going to get out of this one?"
A very enjoyable read.
A violent but intense read.......2004-08-27
This is the follow up novel to HEROES DIE. Hari Michelson aka Caine is now an upcaste, physically crippled administrator, who after a betrayal finds all he has worked for all his life stripped away from him. His enemies think he is now of little threat - little do they know, that this is the catalyst that will bring Caine back to life in ways they could never have anticipated.
While this story could be read alone, you'll get the most out of it if you read it after the first book in this short series. This novel is quite different in pacing and content than the previous book. HEROES DIE is more of a straight adventure novel along the lines of a somewhat `traditional adventure' story. BLADE OF TYSHALLE has this aspect, but we get to see more of Hari's caste ridden earth, as well as expanding on many themes only touched upon in the first book and some very interesting new characters are introduced.
However, be warned there are some very graphic and violent scenes in here that may make you winch to read. All told these two Caine stories easily stand out in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy crowd of novels for their richness of characters, fast movement and violence. While normally gratuitous violence in a novel is a real turn off for me, in these books, it does in the end have a point and is not as gratuitous as it first seems. I'm glad I stumbled across these books and this is an author whose work I will keep an eye out for in the future.
Much darker than Heroes Die, and more relevant.......2004-06-22
Blade could work on its own, I suppose, but it will resonate much more if you've read Heroes first. The first book is, in comparison, a more straightforward, easier read. It's a love story. Blade, on the other hand, expands our field of view, and suddenly Hari's Earth is more than just a setting, it's got a will of its own. Sometimes it's shockingly violent, much more so than Heroes Die. If you haven't read either, you probably aren't guessing nearly high enough on the gruesome scale. More difficult than the violence is the dark helplessness that overwhelms the middle third of the book. The book is infinitely rewarding by the end, as a lot of the darkness is explained and that suspicion that it was all gratuitous disappears. It's brilliant and invigorating if you've got the stomach.
More of a good thing?.......2004-04-24
I enjoyed very much the first 'Caine' novel, which left me wanting more! Then suddenly there was more! I found myself strangely hesitant; just how could there be more? The first novel leaves the main character damaged goods. Trepidations, experiences of too many cheats over the years from novels, tv, movies, even comic books. But, there was no cheat!
No cheats. Very refreshing, and a little hard to read, you almost wish the author would have cheated. If he had, then we readers would have been cheated. Everything is as it should have been, the ending is worthwhile in all aspects, and fits the world it takes place in.
Even if most of us are fighting the 'good' fight, I wonder how often we think to ask ourselves if we are fighting the 'right' fight. I could read these two novels again!
www.SFReader.com Review.......2004-04-03
Review by Lynn Nicole Louis
I was about halfway through Blade of Tyshalle when SFReader.com posted a review of Heroes Die, the prequel. I read Heroes Die when it was released; it had generated some good press and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Blade of Tyshalle is a good read, not quite as good as the first (IMO), but still several cuts above the processed tapioca pap smeared all over the pages of the fantasy novels one finds on the shelves these days.
Both books are compelling in a way that's hard to describe. It's as though you're on a hill with a good view of a train track, along which runs a loaded passenger train. You know it's out there and you know it's coming, but you don't know when. And you also know it's going to wreck. It's going to jump the rails and crack like an egg thrown against a brick wall, spraying bodies and blood and screaming wounded all over. So there you wait, trapped in a state of horrific anticipation of what's to come and helpless to do anything about it.
Welcome to a Stover book.
Be warned! This isn't a feel-good fable, a Tolkenesque story of noble, high cheek-boned heroes journeying through a land of magic and beauty in a war of Good vs. Evil. There's a lot of death and violence here, graphically and gorily described, and more profanity than you'd find in the locker room of a losing football team at halftime. It's written for adults, which can't be said about the majority of stuff out there today. If you like your fantasy gritty, bloody, and down in the dirt (or worse), you'll find a home here.
Lynn Nicole Louis
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Book Description
This readable, wide-ranging analysis brings you quickly up to speed on the ever-changing relationship between Japan and the United States. Drawing on history, cultural commentary, and opinion, the author portrays two nations in conflict yet increasingly connected. Is Japan a friend, rival, a role model? No question is more important, for our relationshop with Japan and its technological and industrial strengh in the Pacific Rim will help determine our place in the world of the next century.
Customer Reviews:
An analysis of the constantly changing relationship between Japan and the United States .......2005-08-10
Originally published in 1994, America And The Four Japans is an analysis of the constantly changing relationship between Japan and the United States that remains timely and relevant as it was a decade ago. Incorporating history, cultural commentary, and opinions from both sides of the Pacific Ocean, it portrays Japan in four different roles as related to the U.S.: friend, rival, role model, and mirror. Chapters briefly survey modern Japanese history, address the trade deficit, warn against wishful thinking on both sides, and reveal the common threads that tie together two strikingly different cultures. A "must-read" introduction especially for international businesspeople and anyone whose career or personal interest lies in coming fully to grips with the dynamics of U.S.-Japanese economic, political and cultural interaction.
Outstanding book!.......2004-10-28
This is a really excellent book & should be read by all with any sort of interest in Japan & those interested in Japan/U.S. relationships over the past 150 years or so. I lived in Japan for many years & speak and read the language, so can vouch for the authenticity of this book. It's also an excellent choice for instructors teaching classes on U.S./Japan relationships and the like. Highly recommended.
A nice introduction to Japanese society........2001-11-03
To be honest the only reason i purchased this book was because I enjoyed two of the author's other books that dealt with manga, or japanese comics. I found this book to be pretty interesting and very readable, but I also found it to be a book for those who have not been exposed to many other books about Japan. I say this because much of the information that Mr. Schodt writes on can be found in about any other book on Japan. especially quick review books. The book, however, is fun to read and the reader might pick up tidbits of information that he or she might have not known, but overall this book was very rudiementary, and by the year 2001 quite out dated as well.
Insightful Analysis of the Countries' Complex Relationship.......2000-01-05
Author's thesis is that Japan can best be understood by looking at it from the four perspectives enumerated in the book's subtitle.
The author's thesis is original, well researched/supported (including many citations to Japanese publications) and rings true to me but doesn't read like an academic treatise . Also, the book's brevity is a plus.
The only downside to the book is that it's now in need of an update -- most of the source material is from the late 80's and early 90's. It would be great if the author would update the book in light of the changes of the last 5-10 years, perhaps with a new intoduction and epilogue.
The author's other books include "Manga! Manga!" (about the Japanese comic book/graphic novel genre) and "Inside the Robot Kingdom" whci is about Japanese robotics and robot culture.
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- Best book I have read that was written by a celebrity.
- Very good sci-fi , hard but a bit naive , and cute.
- An outstanding Sci-Fi adventure with lots of action/suspense
- Mirror, Mirror: Off the Wall
- A ripping good yarn
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Mirror friend, mirror foe
George Takei
Manufacturer: Playboy
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Best book I have read that was written by a celebrity........2002-02-19
This is the best book that I have ever read that was written by a celebrity. It was written many years before it became the fashion for Star Trek stars to write science fiction books. I have read many of the other ones that have come out over the years and Mirror Friend Mirror Foe is the best so far. Of course with a co-author as good as Robert Asprin it would be hard to go wrong. The is a very good science fiction book to read even if you don't consider who the authors are.
Very good sci-fi , hard but a bit naive , and cute........2000-10-15
I have just finished the book. I could feel how Takei was writing himself into Hosato (the protagonist).
Good action ,the ninja part was cool ,and the charecters were fine. What made the book a 4* instead of 5 ,is that it felt a bit clumsy when compared to books writen at about the same stage of sci-fi development ,a bit naive.
It was cute ,with Lucy ,Hosato's robot side-kick ,being his best friend.
Worth the read.
An outstanding Sci-Fi adventure with lots of action/suspense.......1999-08-03
I'm impressed with this book every time I pick it up and read it. And I've read it several times. It has all the elements of a great Sci-Fi story. I'm still waiting for a sequel from the two authors.
Mirror, Mirror: Off the Wall.......1999-04-09
If they made a movie of this book, they would probably re-title it "Ninja in Space". This is a pretty entertaining read, if you go in for this sort of thing.
A ripping good yarn.......1998-05-04
A ripping good yarn, combining the irony of Robert Asprin with the first attempts of George Takei, the original Star Trek Ensign Sulu.
It's a futuristic ninja/spy thriller, well written and consistantly brilliant, without the lapses often found in many new author's fist books.
Book Description
Senses Wide OpenSenses Wide Open is designed to work on the spot. Several times in each chapter, Putnoi asks the reader to put the book down for a moment and "try this." The author's simple exercises are inspiring and accessible. Her unique synthesis integrates a variety of practices, including analytic psychology, body awareness, sensate awareness, meditation, and centering.
Customer Reviews:
Living the Well-Embodied Life.......2000-08-13
A lean and accessible field guide to exploring and understanding the embodied life, this eminently readable narrative speaks to both seasoned somatic travelers and beginner's mind. Ms. Putnoi's long and deep experience in various somatic practices and her personal contact with many of the most important teachers in the field make her a treasure trove of information, anecdote, and technique. Warm, well-written, and exquisitely balanced, this is a book to read and re-read and keep for the next generation, alongside Wendy Palmer's Aikido: A Clairsentient Practice. Four and a half stars.
Average customer rating:
- Great fun, to say the least!
- Scarily Accurate!
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Signs of Taste: A Gastrological Guide and Recipe Book
Steven Mark Weiss
Manufacturer: Far Corner Books
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ASIN: 0932576591 |
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Great fun, to say the least!.......2003-09-29
Whether you're a fan of astrology or not this is a fun read. Consider it a 182-page food guide, based on the sign under which you were born. Certain tastes and food cravings belong to people based on fire, water, and earth signs. Fun when with a group to compare who likes what and how you stack up with the theories posed here.
Scarily Accurate!.......2000-08-20
I purchased this book when it first came out because I saw the author on a talk show and it was a little scary how he was hitting the mark with the hosts and the audience on their preferences on food in relation to their astrological sign. I went around reading parts of it to co-workers and friends and more often than not, he hit the mark. I lost the book a while back and decided that maybe I could find it on Amazon and I did. I think it is a great conversation starter and it will amaze you how he got everyone so down pat.
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A Taste of Astrology
Manufacturer: Smithmark Publishing
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ASIN: 9991666982 |
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Taste Of Astrology, A
Lucy Ash
Manufacturer: Knopf
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ASIN: 0394556674
Release Date: 1988-10-22 |
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Star Cuisine.......2000-09-17
This recipe collection is organized by astrological sign using different elements,seasonings, and colors linked to attributes. Each section begins with a brief discussion of the particular sign and its tendencies as both a cook and guest, followed by suggested menu organization. The recipes are always prefaced by an entertaining description of the significance of the ingredients, such as "Semolina is milled from wheat, a cereal that belongs to the Earth Mother and Roman goddess Ceres, who represents Virgo...a sign concerned with the work necessary to produce the fruits of the earth." Ingredients and preparation steps are organized for ease and simplicity. This book is fun to read and the recipes are unusual consistently good. I looked for this author hoping she had written another one.
Book Description
It is with a great deal of pride that we are able to again present an updated proven bestseller, B.J. Summers' Guide to Coca-Cola. The book will begin with a couple of special articles about Coca-Cola sure to be a hit with collectors everywhere. This hit value guide has more than 1,600 fantastic color photos and snippets of information interspersed throughout the book, giving the collector not only values, but also facts relating to their favorite collectible. This large, hardcover book is designed to help the advanced collector as well as those just bitten by the collecting bug. A clear, easy-to-follow table of contents is designed to make research fast and simple. For the collector of Coca-Cola memorabilia, this book will be a must have! AUTHORBIO: B.J. Summers continues to compile essential references for advertising and Coca-Cola collectors. His popular books include Pocket Guide to Coca-Cola, Summers' Guide to Coca-Cola, Soda Pop Memorabilia, Antique Contemporary Advertising Memorabilia, and Value Guide to Gas Station Memorabilia. His books have become standard references in their fields.
Customer Reviews:
REVIEW FOR LATEST 6TH EDITION.......2006-11-05
I recently had the opportunity to review another company's Coca Cola collectibles book, they too a well respected publisher of antique and collectibles books and there's no doubt about it, the B.J.Summers Sixth Edition guide has got that one beat hands down. This is a thoroughly beautiful book. Hardcover, thick, glossy stock pages, and fantastic photography highlight this book.
The introduction provides legend keys to the condition as well as the source of the item's value which I think is very important. Summers lets the reader know if the value came from a collector, a completed auction, a dealer, or the author himself. The book then presents 46 different item categories, everything from signs, bottles, calendars and trays, to more eclectic items like Jewelry, no-drip protectors, and ashtrays. There's also a miscellaneous chapter for items that don't fit into one of the other 45 categories.
I was absolutely fascinated by the number of items pictured in the book. With nearly 300 pages and as many as 10 items pictured per page, there are literally thousands of different Coke items pictured. The signage is simply fantastic, particularly those featuring celebrities such as Eddie Fisher and jazz musician Lionel Hampton. In all there are 82 pages of signs alone. Does it picture EVERY Coca Cola sign ever made? Of course not, but what book does? Still even if you have one that isn't pictured, you should be able to find one similar that you can use as a basis for value.
I really enjoyed the section on coolers and those bright, red coolers of days gone by. I remembered the old Coke cooler we used to have back in the early 70's. Like a lot of people, I love the Coke Santa items, especially those great ads by Haddon Sundblom which look great framed and are still very affordable today.
The problems are few and minor. The categories could have been laid out in alphabetical order but instead there seems to be little rhyme or reason to the order. That said, it's still a truly wonderful book that will delight collectors or just plain fans of nostalgia.
Reviewed by Tim Janson
Great Coca-Cola Guide Book!.......2006-07-14
This was a very helpful and informative guide to Coca-Cola collectibles. I would highly recommend it to any serious collector. Full of valuable information.
B.J. Summers' Guide to Coca-Cola.......2006-07-10
We have quite a few old Coke signs and none were in this guide. We were disappointed to say the least.
Good as a companion to Petretti's.......2005-02-09
Pros: Extensive selection of signs and cardboard items with lots of nice colour photos throughout. Many items in this book aren't in Petrettis, so it makes a good companion. All up I am happy with this book and use it regularly to price and check items.
Cons: The book is hoplessely laid out and it can be very hard to find items as it seems there is no logic to the order items are listed or displayed. It seems the entire book is largely made up from the collection of one or two private collections and as such prices can be inflated compared to market values, plus many items are missing simply because these collectors didn't feel they are important enough. As with most other Coca-cola collectors books this one is entirely US centric with very little information on foreign items.
OK, but could be great.......2003-09-27
*****April 2005 UPDATE: "Could be great" but after seeing the 5th edition, the publisher has taken a book with great potential and flushed that potential down the toilet. What they did was gloss up the paper and make it look old-fashioned (it doesn't work for me, but maybe it will for others), but the huge mistake is that they actually dropped a significant number of items from the book and went overboard hiking up the price values! If you are a serious collector, browse through the 5th edition at a bookstore, before buying it. END UPDATE*****
This guide has great potential, but somebody should do some usability studies on it to make it better. It's a chore finding a specific item. For example, collector trays: I still can't figure out what logic was used to arrange/order them in the book. By title? By name? The index at the back of the book is incomplete and often worthless. For example, there's a whole section on blotters in the front index, but try finding "blotter" in the back index.
Prices are conservative. Unrealistically low in many cases.
There are items that aren't found in other guides, and the color pix are exceptional. I really like this guide, but it has design flaws that need to be fixed.
Book Description
Summers has completely revised his Pocket Guide to Coca-Cola for this latest edition. Hundreds of refreshing colour photos showcase common flea market finds as well as the hard-to-find expensive items every collector dreams of discovering. The listings have been heavily revised and all values updated to reflect the ever-changing collector market.
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- disappointment
- Good value
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J. M. W. Turner Postcards: 24 Full-Color Ready-to-Mail Cards from Watercolors in the Collection of the British Museum (Card Books)
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
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Turner, J.M.W.
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Idyllic views of Caernarvon Castle, the Roman Colosseum, the Castle of Chillon, Windsor Castle, Lucerne, the cities and castles of the Rhine, by the great English Romantic painter. Also includes Abbey near Coblenz, Hirzenach below St. Goar, Johannisberg, Lake Brienz, Marxbourg, Oberlahnstein, Saumur, Schloss Biebrich, and Sooneck with Bacharach in the Distance.
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disappointment.......2006-03-23
none of turner's famous works are included in this. also, the color rendition is not so hot. i wish i could return it!
Good value.......2002-07-16
This is a book of Turner postcards with perforations -- so that you can send the postcards or keep them as a reference. At around 20 cents each (even less when I bought it) it seems like good value.
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The Lie Became Great (Studies in the Art and Archaeology of Antiquity)
Oscar White Muscarella
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on January 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1038 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: The Lie Became Great: The Forgery of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures. (Reviews of Books).
Author: Pauline Albenda
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The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2002
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: 122
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Corel PHOTO-PAINT 10 - Guia Oficial
Dave Huss
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Jimmy Twyman went to Bosnia and Croatia to sing his Peace Concert armed only with his guitar. He returned home with incredible insight into using spiritual principles to bring peace to areas of devastating bloodshed. Here, he shares the story of his incredible adventure and reveals the importance of personal commitment and unconditional love; and explains how we could be on the brink of lasting world peace.
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Doubt it.......2007-10-19
I felt ripped off and deceived as I finished the book. It started out so promising.
But, by the time I got to the last chapter, I was getting more and more skeptical, and by the time I closed the book, I was starting to mentally tick off the points that were irritants.
If he had posited this as an allegory, it wouldn't have been so bad, but I find it really difficult to believe that in a war zone, a group of 25 or 30 people, who are at least four or six hours away from a car, and thus have to hike in all their food, have apples, oranges and lemons around the kitchen. And bread. When they drove in, they didn't mention another car there - where is the car that the community uses to get to town to buy the fruit and bread?
It's possible that they didn't hike to town to buy bread, but if they brought in flour, same issue, plus you have to deal with the fact that these people have 12 hour work shifts, and have to sleep and do building and life maintenance, so when do they have time to bake bread?
SPOILER -don't read this next part if you haven't read the book!
I can understand making themselves invisible to the soldiers, but how can they make a field of grain or an orchard invisible? If they were growing what they were using, they would need a considerable-sized farm, not to mention hired servants and field hands. I've had a garden before, and it's not a matter of getting down on your hands and knees - you need serious tools. Each plant only produces a small amount, you need many plants, espcially if you are going to feed 25 or 30 people.
I wasn't sure about the women that were in the background, whether they were part of the 12 helpers, or if they did the kitchen duty while the 24 were in the Light house.
It's totally ludicrous. I've been in communities who are trying to be self-sufficient, and they were eating nettles and greens and had farm animals like chickens and goats, and they didn't eat a lot of bread or fruit. And they all had cars to get to town. And they spent all their time taking care of the buildings and managing the farm.
If there were cars at the abandoned farm where they left their car, to hike to the village, and Twyman just didn't mention them, I find it hard to believe the soldiers would drive past it and not notice or take those cars, especially since they have to have enough gas in them to drive for hours.
The other part I didn't like was the actual content of the teachings.
Maybe Twyman is so advanced that he just was able to just poof away his fears, but most people have their fears drilled into them from early childhood. It's part of the acculturation that we do to children in our society. The very act of putting a newborn baby by itself for hours at night is extremely traumatic. Can you imagine a moma wolf or bear ignoring her scared crying babies a few feet away from her? Yet, we do that to almost all our children - make them cry themselves to sleep every night. That is terrifying. And that's the least of the traumas we do to our kids. Many adults throw their anger at their children - to frighten them. Many adults actually hit their kids to frighten them. This is a deep trauma that is not easily broken by a few hours of thought exercise.
As I said, perhaps Twyman was so spiritually advanced that he was able to overcome a family history of traumatic injury, or maybe he choose a paternal and maternal line before he was born that was unique in not having that family sickness of hurting their children, and thus was able to easily visualize his fear away, but it's not reasonable to assume that he has the ability to transfer that to others. Dealing with somatic fear is a non-trivial issue.
The other major thing that irritated me is that he impllied, in the last chapter, that time was of great import. It was a matter of days between when he finished the book, got an agent, and publisher, and was on his way back to Sarajevo. After thousands of years, these workers' work is done, yet that was fifteen years ago. What's the big rush? What's Twyman done since then? Where's the Big Change?
The part between when he arrived in Chicago and his second concert seemed like it was real. I've done a lot of of travelling, and one of my favorite things to do is to meet others and listen to their stories. This sounds like a real story. But then, the story from the village of the vision of Mary to the end went back to being not very credible or realistic-sounding. It just didn't have the ring of authenticity to it, not to mention the vapid, done-a-million-times-already grand finale.
As I said, when I finished the book, I felt ripped off. I claim this book is phoney. I wasted about half a day of my life I could have been reading something good.
Emissary of Light.......2005-08-17
This is a most amazing story, especially since it is true. It has inspired many things in me!
Fiction!.......2004-11-21
Twyman has admitted that his tales are not "completely" true, but even so, this was a bland and disappointing book, with little to recommend it unless of course, you are willing to go along for the thrills of another manufactured miracle story.
White Male Christian Fantasy to "Save the World".......2001-10-16
Everyone is entitled to his or her fantasies about saving the world. This is Twyman's. Not only is the book not credible, all the characters talk alike. If Twyman really met such otherworldly beings, I think their accent would be a little different than his. Remember though, this is written by someone who calls himself, "The Peace Troubadour." Also, he claims (not in the book) to have had a private meeting with Saddam Hussein just days before Desert Storm. That gives you an indication of the enormity of his delusions of grandeur. I prefer grounded writings, such as that of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama.
Emissary of Light: A Vision of Peace.......2000-02-07
We have all been gifted with eternal moments, commonly sparked beneath the same mantle of sky -- moments when we felt suffused with God's peace, immersed in the certainty that all is as it should be and nothing can change the truth of things. Occasionally, our common sky holds out one star whose pulse ignites more peace-lit moments than its neighbors. Just such a star, ascendant on the New Age horizon, is Jimmy Twyman's book, "Emissary of Light."
It chronicles Peace Troubadour Twyman's unexplainable compulsion to bring his Peace Concert to war-ravaged Bosnia-Croatia, and the extraordinary events that unfold when he finally arrives. From the moment he leaves Italy, the synchronicities urging him on begin to accelerate at an alarming rate, until he finds himself secluded in a mountainous terrain, at the mercy of strangers, on the very border between Bosnia and Croatia. Into the thick of the fighting, staring straight in the face of the Bosnian Serb Army, Jimmy is led to a mythical, mystic community of peacemakers called The Emissaries of Light. For countless centuries, The Emissaries have secretly kept humanity from self-annihilation by extending Divine Light. Jimmy lives with The Emissaries, joins their intensive meditations, receives practical instruction and amazingly is entrusted with their peace-invoking secrets. It is time, they explain, for the world to learn of their work and Jimmy has been summoned as the one to reveal their story. Then suddenly, with the tumult of exploding bombs behind him, Jimmy is escorted to Rijeka and boarded on a plane bound for Chicago. But the saga does not end here, for he returns again, performs The Peace Concert in Sarajevo and narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. What follows remains for the reader to discover.
As a simple Indiana Jones-like adventure, "Emissary" comes out a winner with just the right blend of action and suspense to keep the reader wholly absorbed. But the content of this tale is so much larger than its wrappings. Framed within the adventure is a message that opens wide any light-seeker's understanding. The importance of releasing fear and stepping into the present's light, where no past or future casts a shadow on truth, is reinforced again and again in every chapter. Danger encroaches upon Jimmy and The Emissaries from all sides, but never grabs hold. As they stand firmly rooted in the light of truth, only truth can be seen, and approaching shadows melt shined away at their feet. The Emissaries remind Jimmy to stay presently receptive and demonstrate how Love's extension is accomplished through clear vision. Jimmy has come already supplied with the philosophy that Love is the only reality and The Emissaries clarify for him how to live that ideal daily. Behind the smokescreen of our judgements, the only thing we experience in truth is Love's Light. There is nothing else to be felt. By letting go of all distorting labels such as pain, anger, grief, consolation, pleasure and even happiness, we are freed to purely access the only energy there is and use it to create as we are in Love created. Thus do we peel away the last masks of illusion and return safely home where our real identity has always been known. What other path to peace could there be?
For all the light it sheds, "Emissary" is not a flashy book. Jimmy's homespun style includes the reader, invites all onlookers to join him on his journey, to sit back with him and enjoy the ride. "I'm no different than you," he tells us and we believe him. Therein flames the hope his words emblaze forever in our hearts. Twyman and his Emissaries gently restore us with a sense of purpose, a job to do and a function to fulfill. We come away from his book assured that each of us has a vital and indispensable contribution to make. He convinces us that peace is not the idle pipedream of mystics and poets, or a political game reserved for power players only, but the result of everyhuman's personal quest to uncover the impersonal already realized within his/her very core. Jimmy's passion for peace is contagious and leaves no one untouched by its transforming grace. If you are tempted to believe Author Twyman's offered blessings have run dry with the last page of his book, I recommend you find a copy of his Emissary of Light CD and listen to Troubadour Twyman sing. In his music swells a celestial certainty that his blessings, in union with ours, runneth over eternally.
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