Anubis: A Desert Novel

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A Tuareg youth ventures into trackless desert on a life-threatening quest to find the father he remembers only as a shadow from his childhood, but the spirit world frustrates and tests his resolve. For a time, he is rewarded with the Eden of a lost oasis, but eventually, as new settlers crowd in, its destiny mimics the rise of human civilization. Over the sands and the years, the hero is pursued by a lover who matures into a sibyl-like priestess. The Libyan Tuareg author Ibrahim al-Koni, who has earned a reputation as a major figure in Arabic literature with his many novels and collections of short stories, has used Tuareg folklore about Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, to craft a novel that is both a lyrical evocation of the deserts beauty and a chilling narrative in which thirst, incest, patricide, animal metamorphosis, and human sacrifice are more than plot devices. The novel concludes with Tuareg sayings collected by the author in his search for the historical Anubis from matriarchs and sages during trips to Tuareg encampments, and from inscriptions in the ancient Tifinagh script in caves and on tattered manuscripts. In this novel, fantastic mythology becomes universal, specific, and modern.

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The road to greatness

Pretty good but not great

A Great Start to the Series...

Should Not

Best read in a long time
Hawkwood's Voyage (The Monarchies of God, Book 1)
Paul Kearney
Manufacturer: Ace
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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This Forsaken Earth: Book Two of The Sea Beggars

ASIN: 0441009034

Book Description

In a land torn by religious war and chaos, rogue mariner Richard Hawkwood leads an expedition to find a lost continent where safe haven may be found. But before the explorers find sanctuary-they must first survive the journey.

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The road to greatness.......2006-08-09

Hawkwood's Voyage is the first volume of the acclaimed series by Paul Kearney, the "Monarchies of God." While it does not quite match the sheer exhilaration of the following books, it is a very strong beginning that will unquestionably leave a strong impression and make you desire to read the rest.

Kearney himself is an avid fan of sailing, and has studied the intricacies of the art in great detail. This becomes quite obvious in this first volume. His description and sequencing of the vessels and of actual sailing are second to none. Conversely, this is also the book's main deficiency. There are instances where he bogs down the narrative with an overabundance of detail. While I didn't find it much of a problem, newer readers or those unfamiliar with navigation will most certainly have difficulty. Fear not, however, as Kearney avoids these unnecessary minor details in the following four volumes. Thus, it will be well worth your time to get past these little nuances, as the book on a whole is excellent and the following books are even better.

His skill with prose is one of Kearney's greatest assets. Few can paint a picture with words as he can. The man is truly is a modern day great. You can almost smell the ocean salt, or the smoke billowing from the routed fortress. The tale is gritty, often dark, but wholly captivating. Kearney pulls few punches, and the sheer realism will leave you awe-struck. As this is the first volume, the author develops a world (and not a simple one, mind you) quite clearly in the readers mind. All important areas are well developed and shouldn't leave you confused or bewildered. Kearney also creates lifelike, believable characters that will lure strong emotions from the reader.

Although Hawkwood's Voyage is the slowest of the five-volume series, it is still a great read and completely sets the stage for what becomes one of the best fantasy series' I have personally ever read. I cannot recommend it enough.

Pretty good but not great.......2006-03-23

I liked how Kearney wove real life historical ideas into the plot of this fantasy book. Also the world is a believable one and not bogged down by too much fantasy garble. His writing is fairly entertaining and I like his style but it did not completely trap me. I don't think books have to be so very surprising and sometimes some characters would not make sense as who they are if they were too complicated. I look forward to the next book and would suggest this book to a wide range of readers. Especially if you get sick of the length of Jordan and Martin but still want a quality book.

A Great Start to the Series..........2006-03-21

Paul Kearney has written an intriguing start to his Monarchies of God series with Hawkwood's Voyage. The writing and pace of the novel flows well and the characters that populate Kearney's world make for some fun reading.

Richard Hawkwood has just arrived from a long voyage at sea. He thought that he could finally rest before his next voyage, but the news out west will keep him and his crew from enjoying their stay at the port of Abrusio.

Out west, something unimaginable has happened. The Holy City of Aekir has fallen to the Merduks. Once thought impenetrable, Aekir lights the skys at night with its burning buildings. The fall of Aekir has spread terror throughout the land, allowing the Church to tighten its grip on the land by implementing some new religious laws.

Corfe was at Aekir when it fell. He joined the numerous people escaping to Ormann's Dyke, but along the way he saved an old man and his servant. The old man and the defence of Ormann's Dyke could prove to be vital to the Monarchies of God.

Abeleyn is at the center of the struggle between the Monarchies of God and the Church. He leads Hebrion, but doesn't like the power the Church has over him and his subjects. With the new laws and the new High Pontiff, will Abeleyn be able to overcome the Church's power?

Meanwhile, Hawkwood is asked, or actually forced, to take a contract to sail east. How far east, even he does not know, but there are some powerful people who do not want the voyage to arrive at its destination.

I applaud Kearney for Hawkwood's Voyage and look forward to what happens in the next book. His vivid world and enjoyable characters will entertain all readers. Enjoy!

Should Not.......2005-10-28

It is a crime that this book is out of print. This series of five books were all outstanding. A beautiful mix of political theological intrigue, and plenty of good old fashioned war and adventure thrown in. A nice balance of medievil Europe and Middle Eastern kingdoms. Mr. Kearney has done some research, as both were very realistic when compared to their historic earth counterparts. I recommend finding this book along with The Heritic Kings, The Iron Wars, The Second Empire, and Ships from the West. You can go wrong.

Best read in a long time.......2005-08-07

I really enjoyed this book. The character development is satisfying, and the political strife and military campaigns in the novel are fascinating. Highly recommended!

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Hawkwood's Voyage
Paul Kearney
Manufacturer: Gollancz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

Today was a very good day. An ebay order of books arrived, complete
with a copy of this. Something I have been looking to buy for around 15
years, and finally considered this method. Could not believe it. Still
remember reading it, and the cover (Bantam edition with the green
armored pair looking out a cockpit windscreen). A great story or the
horrors of war, death and love, with something greater that has to be
overcome.

It is basically criminal that this is out of print.

I'd be interested to know if Peter F. Hamilton and Richard Morgan have read this, and if it influenced them.

A powerful and underappreciated novel.......2005-07-04

Wolverton's book explores a futuristic world with a great deal more thought and human feeling than is common to the genre. The author's broad experience and philosophical leanings lend the prose greater intellectual weight, and the characters are believable and compelling. Highly recommended.

Will Wolverton ever be heard from again????.......2003-12-01

The other reviews have pretty much covered this book. It is five stars all the way. Its one of those books that you look back longingly on, almost fifteen years old now, I remember a day when I was much younger, and the world still exciting and new. Im sure you all have books that stay with you like that. It evokes great memories from a great time to be in college (early 90's). Anyway, the question is, will Dave Wolverton ever write a sequel? Will he ever write under his real name? Or write true sci-fi, not just star wars young adult trash? I sure hope he does. Dave, if you ever read this, please return to the world you created in "Paradise!"

There Should be A Ten Star Rating For This Book........2003-09-14

Hello:

This book is everything the "positive reviews" above say, and more. From the first page, until the last paragraph, to the last three words of that last page, this book will awe, inspire, and haunt you in ways few other books ever will. It is a work of science fiction genuis that has been totally over looked and neglected for far too long. And that is a shame. This book should have won Hugo and Nebula and Campbell. Sadly it did not, as the politics of the day in the Sci Fi community were decidedly "anti-war" in any way when it was on the shelves.

It is long past over do for a new printing, (but better cover plz)

Like one reviewer above, I found six copies of this book at a book store and I bought them all. And I proceeded to hand em out, along with A.A Attanasios Radix. What a good year for books that was. Paradise and Radix combined could ruin you for other books for years to come. It's impossible to top this kind of quality. But back to this book...

You are unlikely to find this books equal on any shelf today. The new Space Opera (my favorite) is sadly laced with affection for the Marxism that never happened (thank god) and the rest is now so PC and Left Wing, as to be nearly unreadable, or at best, as gray and boring as a crowd of people in Soviet Russias old days. (they all wore black or gray)

If you read only one Sci Fi book in the next year, make it this one. And keep your copy, for you will need to read again one day. No one reads this book just one time, in their life time. It's simply that damn good.

I wish Dave Wolverton would do this kind of book again, and do it well. Someone tell him he should.

John H. Myers Jr.

tour de force.......2003-03-14

I read this novel after reading review by Orson Scott Card praising it highly. It is my favorite sci-fi novel of all time.
It is powerfully psychological,clearly influenced by Phillip K Dick, but it is also marvelous for its "hard" technical content, as well as very intellectual in the way the hero examines the moral questions of his world. Plot is also handled very well, with lots of violent action, and images which are simply unforgettable. How can this be a first novel? It is moving on every level and I consider it a masterpiece.

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On My Way To Paradise
Dave Wolverton
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000S9ISX4

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A mind-altering experience
One of the SF Classics
First rate Sci-Fi with a Latin Twist. Well done!!!

On My Way to Paradise

Manufacturer: Bantam Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A mind-altering experience.......2000-03-14

By the cover, I judged it another sci-fi adventure novel. Little did I suspect that my understanding of ethics and human relations would be forever changed!

Here is one of those rare great novels, which takes you into another universe sometimes more real than your own, leaving vivid images in your mind, which years later are still like cherished memories. And if that weren't enough, Dave Wolverton takes us through a process of learning about human nature and its place in society that is essentially a 'swift spiritual slap in the face that alters your reality forever.'

This is definitely science fiction as literature, and literature at its best.

One of the SF Classics.......1997-09-01

This is one of my favourite SF books. I read it some time ago and found that the author introduced many SF ideas way ahead of anyone else. The scenarios are futuristic and the many ideas are imaginative and believable. It amazes me that this book isn't better known and as far as I can find, the author has never written another book. Every SF fan that I've lent this book to has also enjoyed it. It's a great read and a classic SF

First rate Sci-Fi with a Latin Twist. Well done!!!.......1997-06-09

Hard-core sci-fi enthusiasts will love this innovative, and thoughtfully written story (if they can ever find it). ON MY WAY TO PARADISE is a skillfully wrought blend of cyberpunk, futuristic corporate war, and moral issues. Dave Wolverton's first book is right up there with William Gibson's NEUROMANCER, Orson Scott Card's XENOCIDE trilogy, and David Wingrove's CHUNG KUO series. I guess what I found so enticing is that the protagonist is a 55 yr. old Panamanian male. One day he is selling body parts on the streets, and the next he is being sent across the galaxy to fight in a war he knows virtually nothing about. Its like a breath of fresh oxygen in a genre slowly being suffocated by the same tired old themes like, 'the galaxy is being threatened, and only one person can save it from certain annihilation . . .'. This book is obviously Hugo and Nebula Award quality; I can't believe it was overlooked. Enjoy!!!!

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ON MY WAY TO PARADISE -- BARGAIN BOOK
DAVE WOLVERTON
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LJML02

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buy it just for the lasagna recipe !

Fantastic!

Excellent way to start a raw food adventure

One of my favorites

So far the BEST raw foods book I have

Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow
Matthew Kenney , and Sarma Melngailis
Manufacturer: William Morrow Cookbooks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Green for Life

ASIN: 0060793554
Release Date: 2005-07-05

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Top New York chef and restaurateur Matthew Kenney and his partner, Sarma Melngailis, had been thinking of opening a Moroccan restaurant. But one night they were invited to a raw food restaurant -- and it changed their lives. They instead opened Pure Food and Wine, a restaurant devoted to creative, tasty raw food, and it has been drawing rave reviews. Dishes such as Zucchini and Green Zebra Tomato Lasagne, Golden Squash Pasta with Black Summer Truffles, and Dark Chocolate Ganache Tart with Vanilla Cream have given raw food a sexy new appeal.

The decision to go raw was shocking at first for these two ex-carnivorous chefs, but they soon found that preparing and eating raw food made them and their guests feel their physical best. Melngailis noticed a difference almost immediately -- "Light, clean, natural, and alive foods make you feel light, clean, and more alive. And sexy." This new way of life has changed their outlook on eating and cooking and connects them to the world around them. As Kenney says, "Raw foods and the lifestyle associated with it are so compelling and complex that we will be forever learning and growing. Already it seems that we have discovered some of the magic that life offers."

In this lushly photographed book, Kenney and Melngailis share some of that magic -- and show that preparing and eating raw does not mean bland, unsatisfying, or impossibly time-consuming meals. Using dehydrating, Vita-Mix blending, a nuanced understanding of spices, and unprecedented creativity, they explore a whole new outlook on raw food that transfers beautifully and easily from their kitchen to yours -- no matter what your present diet. And you'll immediately begin to reap the benefits of healthful, delicious, life-giving raw food.

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buy it just for the lasagna recipe !.......2007-10-07

i've had this book for about a week now, and though i have only tried the lasagna, it is an amazing cookbook. it's definitely a fresh, young perspective, easy to read, pretty photos, and even though some of the recipes are labor/ingredient intensive, they are worth it for those special occasions. the lasagna recipe is seriously THE best lasagna i have ever had. the flavors are complex, and it's just divine. i can tell this book will get a lot of use ! highly, highly recommended !

Fantastic!.......2007-09-20

This is one of the rare raw vegan cookbooks where the food is spectacular. The recipes are not for beginner cooks but are well worth the effort! There are photographs of every recipe. Beautiful photographs! They have commentary for each recipe and that makes is extra special! I loved this.

Excellent way to start a raw food adventure.......2007-09-09

My girlfriend and I are trying one month of raw food to see how it goes. This was the introductory cookbook, and I can't say how lucky we were to choose this one. It has great recipes and the authors take a practical approach. I particularly appreciate their separation of church and food. I don't recall one mention of praying, crystals, or any other filler that would take up space that might have bumped out one of these amazing recipes.

I can't wait to get back to NYC to check out their restaurant!

One of my favorites.......2007-09-09

The title says it well, raw food real world. The authors are obviously somewhat extreme to be raw foodists, but they are more "real world" than most other raw food books I've read. The authors really enjoy food and the experience of creating and eating. They have the most wonderful deserts. This book has fresh new recipe ideas. The layout and photos are wonderful to look at. This and the Raw Gourmet by Nomi Shannon are my favorites, and they are different enough that you need to own both.

So far the BEST raw foods book I have.......2007-08-30

Mattthew and Sarma, the authors of "Raw Food/Real World: 100 Recipes to Get the Glow" were regular "meat eating people" who owned restaurants. Ok, so they weren't that "regular" as most of us don't own restaurants! Their discovery of raw foods and raw foodism was by chance. They relate this story in their book. A friend was supposed to take them out to a fancy restaurant that Sarma had chosen, and she was looking forward to it. The friend calls and asks if he could take them to another restaurant instead as he had changed his diet for some time. Sarma reluctantly agrees but she was disappointed. Their experience at the tiny raw foods restaurant was not that impressive (to them), the place was hot and the A/C wasn't working, but the food was delicious. They then explain how they took time off to try raw foods exclusively,and they both loved it.

They don't preach about raw foodism, or veganism, etc. They just explain why they enjoy the way they are eating now. And you can't help but believe them! There are some great photos of them in the book, and they have a wonderful glow on their faces, and their strong lean bodies look well nourished and cared for.

Some recipes may take a little more time to prepare, and some call for unusual ingredients, but on the whole you can prepare these recipes several times a week, and enjoy wholesome meals.

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RAW FOOD, REAL WORLD : 100 RECIPES TO GET THE GLOW
MATTHEW/ MELNGAILIS, SARMA/ KARETNICK, JEN KENNEY
Manufacturer: Regan Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OF0J5M

Book Description

Alice Downs, Episcopal priest, wife, mother, and bread baker shares the practical and profoundly spiritual insights she has gained from years of baking the common ingredients of bread and of life.

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Excellent.......2002-11-21

This is a fantastic book that will make you laugh and cry. A well-written way to connect others to people around them as well as to their community and God.

We loved the bread!

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-Wide appeal - provides accurate pricing collectors, buyers, and insurance agents rely on for getting the price right

-More than 135 million registered vehicles in the U.S. means new and used car purchases daily

-Perfect size for taking to shows and the car lot

This no-frills book delivers the most complete and accurate values of any automotive price guide on the market. At an unbeatable price, this easy-to-follow guide give readers updated auction prices, based on an exclusive 1-to-6 grading scale featured in Old Cars Price Guide.

In this essential guide, readers will find:

-More than 250,000 prices for cars, light-duty trucks and U.S.-sold foreign cars

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2007 collector car price guide.......2006-08-27

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This book is very useful in determining a car's worth.
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This is a guide for anyone who wants to create something unique for a new baby. Inspired by a series of cradle boats featured over the years in numerous issues of WoodenBoat.

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Good Book Great Project.......2000-11-15

I've built the pram twice. Lots of fun! To build this boat you may have to learn a little about epoxy. Although it can be built without epoxy. I highly recommend buying the plans. If you already have the plans, then the book will help greatly in building the boat.

The Expectant Father's Cradle Boat Book.......2000-03-21

I purchased this book with the idea a boat cradle would be a unique gift from boat crazy Uncle Bill for my soon to be niece or nephew. Although not extensive, I do have some experience building strip built sea kayaks; very similar to the method used for the Bahama dinghy cradle discussed in the book.

Overall, the instructions are fairly clear and easy to follow. There are, however, a few pitfalls to avoid before construction starts. If you plan to enlarge the plans and patterns included in the back of the book with an architectural reprographics firm (as I did), be cautioned. The 600% enlargement specified by the book proved inaccurate. 548% brought them to scale without distortion and this was expensive (over $50). Once the plans were to scale, any stated measurements on the plans were not necessarily accurate so again, beware. Some measurements had to be coaxed from the plans and the exact placement of the transom mold still eludes me. Also a little confusing is that all the patterns are not square on the graph and, in fact, some patterns are not symmetrical. In particular the transom and rocker patterns. Purchasing the available full size plans may be the way to go.

Again the book is fairly well written as an instructional guide, even for someone like me with little boat building or woodcrafting experience. I'd have rated it much higher had the supporting plans and patterns better lent themselves to more rapid and better construction and less head scatching.

Probably the sweetest heirloom you can make........1999-01-18

This book is a wonderful inspiration, and even the expectant moms can make the boat taking into account modifications to eliminate ANY exposure to the various toxins in epoxy etc. The boats are beautiful especially the historic examples. The instructions are excellent and diagrams clear. But be warned you may have trouble enlarging the plans. I went to all the blue print copying firms in a major metropolitan area and none of them had printing capabilities above 36" and I had no reply to the answer-phone messages left on the number to order plans. Time and time again. Otherwise it's got the be the best thing to focus on before baby arrives and nothing else can tell the baby(or mother) that you love them more!

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This digital document is an article from Renaissance Quarterly, published by Renaissance Society of America on September 22, 1999. The length of the article is 1327 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: Regulating the People: The Catholic Reformation in Seventeenth-Century Spain.(Review)
Author: Francesco C. Cesareo
Publication: Renaissance Quarterly (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 1999
Publisher: Renaissance Society of America
Volume: 52 Issue: 3 Page: 888

Article Type: Book Review

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This excellent collection of more than 1,000 works represents the very latest in design creativity from all over the world. It covers a multiplicity of media and features both familiar and emerging names on the international graphic scene including David Carson, Tomato, Arnaud Mercier, Frost Design, Itsuo Ito, Why Not Associates and many more.

The book is divided into categories that include graphic design, illustration, identity, motion/video, photography, typography and the web; the CD features valuable resources such as fonts, wallpaper, screensaver, multi-media works etc., and the DVD clips from the latest TV commercials, experimental film and animation studios.

IdNPRO 2000 reveals what the global graphic design community is thinking and feeling at the beginning of the 21st century. On every page is inspiration.

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Best Digital Design Book of 2001.......2002-02-21

If you know IDN magazine, you know how cool the work in this book is. It's hard to find a magazine with it's finger on the web art's pulse, but IDN always seems to cover design then it's red hot and not 6 months later. The book covers many of the most creative web designers and even if the price is more than most other books, it still holds up since it's doesn't have any "filler".
It's supposed to be out of print now, but a book with new work should be out in May.

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What did CBS and ABC not know about Steve Fleischman during his thirty years in network news and why did they not know it?

In A Red in the House, Stephen Fleischman tells of the political landmines in the mainstream media that marked the Cold War era.

"Although the Communist Party disintegrated out from under me in the mid-1950s, I found Marxism a valuable tool for analyzing the political and economic world around me.

During those thirty years, I worked with the best in mainstream broadcast journalism--Walter Cronkite, Ed Murrow, Fred Friendly, Dan Rather, Howard K. Smith, Eric Sevareid, Peter Jennings, Charles Kuralt, Harry Reasoner, Roone Arledge, Bill Redeker, Brit Hume, and more." --Stephen Fleischman

A Red in the House is replete with anecdotes and sidebar stories relating to the inner conflicts in the making of the TV news documentary.

A Red in the House portrays a graphic picture of how the mainstream media arrived at the sorry state it's in today. With five corporate media giants controlling most of what we see, hear and read, this story is even more relevant today.

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