James Joyce: The Complete Recordings

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Unwilling to bow down to the oppressive confines of The Program, basketball star Shinji develops a plan to deliver his hand-made bombs directly to enemy HQ. All that's left is to put that plan into action. Unfortunately, this is much easier said than done—mistrust and betrayal runs high in the world of Battle Royale and it could mean the end of Shinji's playing days!

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Quite Good, But a Little Dragged Out.......2007-01-23

At the end of volume 6, we find that Boy #2, Keita Iijima, has finally found boy #19, Shinji Mimura, and Boy #12, Yutaka Sato.

We then flash back to one of Shinji's previous experiences with Keita. After he lost at an arcade game, he went to buy them drinks as part of a deal. Shortly after, Shinji gets into a fight. Keita comes back and witnesses the fight, but hides. Unfortunately, Shinji saw him. Ever since then, Shini could never trust Keita.

Yutaka wants Keita to join them, but Shinji doesn't trust him. This little quarrel may actually turn deadly and threaten Shinji's plan to blow up the school.

in conclusion, this was a pretty satisflying volume. Some moments may be dragged out, but it only adds to the suspense. Not my favorite volume, but an exciting action-packed installment nonetheless.

KILL ME ALREADY!.......2005-10-16

Well, this has got to be worst volume of Battle Royale that I have read so far. Except for a degraded and so pornographic that it became comedy Mitsuko spotlight tale a few volumes back, this series has prided itself on realistic human reactions to a horrible situation. But Volume 7 has one of the funniest and longest death scenes this side of Monty Python and the Holy Grail when Arthur and the Black Knight battle in an absurd dismemberment dance of comedic bloodsport. Some of the characters in this volume are hit with upwards of 20 bullets and yet still manage to gasp a "Win one for the Gipper" speech, even as their entrails are falling out. It's pretty pathetic. This entire volume consists of Shinji and Yutaka coming across a cowardly classmate and the repercussions that occur because Shinji does not want to let him join their plan because of an old grudge. This volume was terrible. Battle Royale needs to go back to characterization and a little more realism before it implodes with camp.

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A Bunch of Little Bujolds

Recommended for Hard-Core LMB Fans Only

Dreamweavers Dilemma
Lois McMaster Bujold
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0195368533

Book Description

Contains "Dreamweaver's Dilemma," a previously unpublished novelette set early the author's universe, the Hugo Award-winning "The Mountains of Mourning," a never-before-published Sherlock Holmes pastiche, an interview with Lois McMaster Bujold, and Suford Lewis' Vorkosigan genealogy. Hardbound with cover art by Bob Eggleton.

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Collectors must.......2007-01-10

This book is for the Bujold fanatic, and those who like short fiction. Interesting as the stories are, i think the essays by Lois are the best part.

A Bunch of Little Bujolds.......2007-01-07

Bujold doesn't do much short-format stuff, so if you like something under novel length and you have any taste at all--meaning you love Bujold--you need to pick up this book. If you're a Miles Vorkosigan fan--and we already posited your good taste--the book is essential. Strictly speaking, there's only one Vorkosigan story--"The Mountains of Mourning"--and you'll have that anyway in another Miles Vorkosigan collection, but there's invaluable material by Bujold on the writing of the early Vorkosigans, and some supplemental material--charts of the Wormhole Nexus, timelines, geneologies and such. That's not all by Bujold, but it is all intersting and helpful. Warning: this book is NOT the place to start. If you're not familiar with the estimable--and hyperactive--Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, buy the book anyway, but read the early Vorkosigans--SHARDS OF HONOR and WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE at least--before you read this one.

Recommended for Hard-Core LMB Fans Only.......1997-10-03

Lois McMaster Bujold has a deservedly large following for her award-winning fiction, including "The Mountains of Mourning" novella in this collection. However, most of the short stories printed in this book have the unique ideas LMB fans expect from her fiction but are lacking the polish more recent books exhibit. Whatever this aggregate lacks in technical skill, it delivers entertainment with a quirky wit and a wide range of world building that readers of only the "Vorkosigan" universe would miss.

As a avid reader of LMB, I enjoy having this book in my collection but do not use it for "prosethelitizing" since I believe it suitable mostly for the LMB "fanatic". Would that I had spent this little ($12) for my copy! ;)

Dreamweaver's Dilemma: Short Stories and Essays

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backstory
A must for all Vorkosigan fans.
For hard-core LMB fans only
Don't bother

Dreamweaver's Dilemma: Short Stories and Essays
Lois McMaster Bujold , and Suford Lewis
Manufacturer: NESFA Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0915368668

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backstory.......2000-11-15

I'm an early fan of LMB, and enjoyed this collection as a fleshing out of the Vorkosigan saga. What was more interesting to me was the essay on how LMB became a writer, and what were the influences on her writing. I have gone on from this to find that the writers that LMB admires are almost as readable as she is! This is not a book for the general public looking to read something on the beach, but it is a must-have for the serious fan's collection to be complete.

A must for all Vorkosigan fans........1999-12-02

Although I would not recommend this collection to those who have yet to read most of the Miles novels, I highly recomend this book to those who are fans. From the pronunciation guide to the extended family tree, this book completes the Miles collection.

For hard-core LMB fans only.......1999-10-30

I found this collection interesting because it gave a glimpse of the birth of a wonderful writer - and showed how much hard work goes into learning the trade well enough to produce a masterpiece like the Vorkosigan series. The best of the stories is a Sherlockian tribute that features the literary foremother of Cordelia Naismith. I am glad I bought it, but would recommend it to hard-core Lois McMaster Bujold fans only!

Don't bother.......1999-10-07

The wonderful LMcMB here presents, as collected by a fan, some juvenilia and Yet Another Copy of the Mountains of Mourning. Also some autobiographical stuff. Generally interesting I suppose, but not worth it unless you are a manic collecter of all things Bujoldian.

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Captivating Read

Where was his editor?

Apparently I am in the minority

Great book for insight into the psychology of survival

The Human Spirit

Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
Laurence Gonzales
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0393052761

Book Description

The author delves into the science, psychology, and art of wilderness survival. His analysis is riveting, his conclusions startling.

After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better-equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?

Examining such stories of miraculous endurance and tragic death—how people get into trouble and how they get out again (or not)—Deep Survival takes us from the tops of snowy mountains and the depths of oceans to the workings of the brain that control our behavior. Through close analysis of case studies, Laurence Gonzales describes the essence of a survivor and offers twelve "Rules of Survival." In the end, he finds, it's what's in your heart, not what's in your pack, that separates the living from the dead. Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors.

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Captivating Read.......2007-10-06

This book is a captivating read. Once you start reading it you won't want to put it down. This is a must read for anyone venturing off of their couch and beyond the bounds of their metropolitan life style. Lawrence Gonzales provides real life examples of the human plight in our world where nature is king.

Where was his editor?.......2007-09-17

There is the potential for a great book hidden in this one. Unfortunately the authors ego hamstrings his own ability to bring it to fruition. A good editor coulda/shoulda done it for him. 60% of the book is the author's attempt to review the latest neuro- and other science explaining how our brains work when under extreme stress. 20% of the book is devoted to the completely superfluous stories of his own brushes with danger and palling around with famous buddies like Lyle Lovett and Lyle's Dad. That leaves 20% of book left for the meat - the real stories of real people in extreme situations. The science is interesting, but his attempts to synthesize wildly diverse fields is rambling, repetitious and often just boring.

Apparently I am in the minority.......2007-09-10

I thought this book was VERY poorly written and primarily a pontification of the author"s very boring, "oh and then I survived again aren't I amazing and wonderful, this little humble miracle that I am" *accomplishments*. Personal perspective is certainly valid, but not to the degree that he took it. I would have prefered to have heard other people's stories. I am a RN, EMT, trained as a wilderness first responder,climber, skier, trekker,runner, horsewoman, former river guide and I do not underestimate the value of his information and the importance of sharing it, but his style of writing and his boasting just turned me off. I say borrow it from the library, don't waste your money by buying it.

Great book for insight into the psychology of survival.......2007-08-28

I found this well written, informative and very enjoyable to read. If you are studying wilderness survival skills then consider this as the flip-side of your training. Studying the psychological aspects of survival is as important as the physical skills. This is a very good book.

The Human Spirit.......2007-08-22

There are a number of reasons why you should read this book. It is well written and engaging. It gives you an insight into the human spirit. And, the descriptive tales of survival when people are stranded in conditions that seem beyond hope are extraordinary.

Why Buffalo Dance: Animal and Wilderness Meditations Through the Seasons

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one to linger over
A lovely set of nature appreciations

Why Buffalo Dance: Animal and Wilderness Meditations Through the Seasons
Susan Chernak McElroy
Manufacturer: New World Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1577315421

Book Description

In this elegantly written and illustrated book, Susan Chernak McElroy offers a series of short pieces — meditations and teaching tales — based on animals and the natural world. Each piece can be used as a starting point for meditation practice or read as it is. Arranged around the seasons, the pieces describe nature’s evocative moments: magpies hiding prized baubles in their nests, badgers emerging from their dens, buffalo dancing on picnic tables, elk during mating season, dreaming squirrels, dogs, doves, weasels, horses, bears, and even rivers, rocks, and the wind. With McElroy's poetic language, even these so-called inanimate parts of the wild world of nature are vibrant and alive, offering their gifts to any who stop and pay attention. The book explores emptiness, resistance, new beginnings, attraction, decay, integrity, leave-taking, cleansing, and regeneration. Each of the seasonal sections features a line drawing of an animal during that season, and the pages throughout are adorned with intricate decorative borders and art.

Customer Reviews:

one to linger over.......2007-05-24

Even better than the author's Animals as Guides for the Soul, this is an elegant little book to savor and to come back to. The insights drawn from the author's observations of the nature around her and of her life give meaning to the seasons of the year and the seasons of life. Buy one for youself and one for a friend.

A lovely set of nature appreciations .......2006-11-07

WHY BUFFALO DANCE: ANIMAL AND WILDERNESS MEDITATIONS THROUGH THE SEASONS offers a lovely set of nature appreciations musing on everything from the lessons of eagles in 'The Right Timing' to a Spring celebration in 'The True Nature of Things'. These aren't the one-line meditations you've come to anticipate in such celebrations of life, but thought-provoking essays linking observations of nature with seasonal inspiration.

Diane C. Donovan
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Going Through the Dry Times: Five Reasons Why God Takes Us Through the Wilderness

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Going Through the Dry Times: Five Reasons Why God Takes Us Through the Wilderness
James Ryle
Manufacturer: Sovereign World
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1852403187

Book Description

Many heroes of the faith had to endure desert experiences - David, Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, John the Baptist, the Apostle Paul. Even Jesus Himself was in the wilderness for forty days. So why should we who follow Christ today expect anything less? In this book, James Ryle offers 5 reasons that 'God takes us through the dry times' and explains how to cope with the experience.

WHY THE WILDERNESS IS CALLED ADIRONDACK. THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF THE FOUNDING OF THE MACINTYRE MINE.

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WHY THE WILDERNESS IS CALLED ADIRONDACK. THE EARLIEST ACCOUNT OF THE FOUNDING OF THE MACINTYRE MINE.
H. Dornburgh
Manufacturer: Harbor Hill Books
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WQ4CTW

Why the Wilderness Is Called Adirondack: The Earliest Account of Founding of the MacIntyre Mine

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Why the Wilderness Is Called Adirondack: The Earliest Account of Founding of the MacIntyre Mine
Henry Dornburgh
Manufacturer: Harbor Hill Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0916346390

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Henry Dornburgh's celebrated story of the Adirondack Iron Works (MacIntyre Mines) was first printed in the Glens Falls Daily Times in 1885 and then reprinted as a self-contained pamphlet by that newspaper the same year, a pamphlet which is now of extreme rarity. This is our third printing of this history.

Why the Wilderness?: God Sends Angels After We Go Through!

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Why the Wilderness?: God Sends Angels After We Go Through!
Rev Dr Walter M Brown Jr
Manufacturer: iUniverse, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595366007

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The author, Walter M. Brown, Jr., describes the wilderness as an inner feeling of barrenness. Through the spiritual direction in Why the Wilderness, he hopes to help you better understand your own desolate times by seeing how God assisted him through his own.

God allows—and sometimes even plans—your personal wildernesses to mature you for life and ministry. Once understood, this process can help immunize you against these experiences. Brown provides advice on how to overcome “wildernesses” of rejection, silence, and continually changing circumstances. He guides you in the quest to rise to what God intends for you, to better understand the connection between hope and faith, to address and overcome your secret fears, and to bring to light your areas of personal darkness. Also included is a forty-day devotional guide, complete with poems, questions, and reflections.

Negotiated wildernesses are important to your spiritual growth and your fulfillment as children of God. One thing is for certain—until we address and venture through the wildernesses in our lives, the angels cannot come!

Why wilderness;: A report on mismanagement in Lake Superior Provincial Park,

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Why wilderness;: A report on mismanagement in Lake Superior Provincial Park,
Bruce M Litteljohn
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A mountain was here: why do we watch silently as a great American landscape is erased in pursuit of coal?(Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness)(Book review) : An article from: OnEarth

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A mountain was here: why do we watch silently as a great American landscape is erased in pursuit of coal?(Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness)(Book review) : An article from: OnEarth
Fenton Johnson
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000FCW66Y
Release Date: 2006-04-11

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This digital document is an article from OnEarth, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2006. The length of the article is 1320 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: A mountain was here: why do we watch silently as a great American landscape is erased in pursuit of coal?(Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness)(Book review)
Author: Fenton Johnson
Publication: OnEarth (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Page: 38(2)

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Why drill? There isn't much recoverable oil and gas in the Western Wildlands. (Exploration).: An article from: Energy

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Why drill? There isn't much recoverable oil and gas in the Western Wildlands. (Exploration).: An article from: Energy
Pete Morton , Chris Weller , and Janice Thomson
Manufacturer: Business Communications Company, Inc.
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008G05W4
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Energy, published by Business Communications Company, Inc. on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 3766 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: Why drill? There isn't much recoverable oil and gas in the Western Wildlands. (Exploration).
Author: Pete Morton
Publication: Energy (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: Business Communications Company, Inc.
Volume: 27 Issue: 4 Page: 4(5)

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A Vision for Growth: Why Your Church Doesn't Have to Be a Pelican in the Wilderness

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A Vision for Growth: Why Your Church Doesn't Have to Be a Pelican in the Wilderness
Robin Gill
Manufacturer: Society for Promoting Christian
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0687868742

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This Is The Real Thing

Oh, Yes - This Gets Us Closer

A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CUISINE

A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CUISINE

A true Treasure

Pomp And Sustenance: Twenty-five Centuries of Sicilian Food
Mary Taylor Simeti
Manufacturer: Knopf
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0394568508
Release Date: 1989-09-09

Book Description

Pomp and Sustenance is a celebration of one of the oldest, most varied, and best-loved cuisines of Europe, at once frugal and extravagant, robustly simple yet often handsomely ornate. For twenty-five centuries, the people of Sicily have been creating what is perhaps the basic cuisine of Europe on the beautiful island in the heart of the Meditteranean.

Beginning with the oldest and most elementary components in the Sicilian diet, Mary Taylor Simeti surveys the bounty of the Sicilian table and Sicilian history. Simeti provides authentic recipes as well as evocations of the dishes' origins: from the simple glories of vine, olive, and wheat to the culinary innovations of Arab and Norman invaders; from the plain but mouth-watering dishes prepared by peasants in the Middle Ages to the ritual luxuries of Sicily's aritocracy; from the succulent delicacies made in monasteries and covents to the street-food pleasures that have become favorites all over the world.

With more than 100 photographs and illustrations, this comprehensive volume is a book to cook from, a book to read, and a book to treasure as a testament to one of the finest cuisines in the world.

Customer Reviews:

This Is The Real Thing.......2003-12-09

This cookbook is the real deal. If you have some familiarity with Italian food and are looking for different regional cuisines(and especially if you're Italian and Southern)you will find a lot of joy in this book. There aren't really that many recipes, but there is a lot of interesting background about all of those invasions in Sicily. Sicilians are Arab,Norman, Greek, Spanish,French and God-only-knows. That makes for an interesting mix, and the food is the most interesting of Italy if not what you usually get in a restaurant. The recipes however aren't that different from Neapolitan dishes, just imagine more Arab and Greek influence. The food: I tried a fantastic baked ziti with hard-boiled eggs, cheese and a pork meat sauce, all covered with fried eggplant(no breadcrumbs) from the bottom in an upside-down cake sort of way. It was very good. Also interesting: chickpea fritters; mint and caper tomato sauce; fennel and olive pasta; an "Arabian" pasta timbale. Simetti doesn't hold you to weird recipe confines, her explanations just makes sense and if you play around with them, it's still fine. If you're at all interested in food this book is a good investment. (And don't you want to know why Sicily is said to be the only Arab country that recognizes Israel?)

Oh, Yes - This Gets Us Closer.......2003-07-18

Having read every book by this author - I can recommend this
work to anyone who'd like to know what it was like for our
ancestors over the last 2500 yrs in Sicily. Within the pages, I found receipes that were handed down from my immigrant Girgentano
grandmother, Gesuelda. (Sicilian for Jesus). My family history project is only 10 yrs old, but by reading this book and making the receipes, I have come close to feeling and tasting the foods my Grandparents and their anscestors shared during their life time. Mary Taylor-Simeti has given Sicilian Americans a huge gift by writing about our Siclian history. If you want to know and understand more about why you are the person you are, Simeti's book can help in that journey.

A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CUISINE.......2003-01-31

This much more than a recipe book--tho it is that as well. It is principally a social history of eating norms and the impact of successive cultural invasions: Norman, Arabic, and the like. It explains why Sicilians of various classes eat as they do, and it is fascinatingly well-written and researched. A real treat that explains why this is the best cuisine that modern Italy has to offer.

A SOCIAL HISTORY OF CUISINE.......2003-01-31

A true Treasure.......2002-06-26

I found this book years ago in a vendor book sale...At the time I never imagined what a real treasure I had found. Being of Sicilian heritage I found that many of the recipes handed down to me came from way back into the 11th century. That along with all of the wonderful stories made me realize that my grandmothers left me with such a rich treasure. All the stories blended to gether with the history in the book. It made me so proud to be of Sicilian heritage...
My grandmothers left me the richest treasure of all...Love, Great Food and a wonderful sense of worth.

Book Description

Travel back in time to a more rustic era. Devoted to items used in rural areas from days gone by, this new identification and price guide from Warman's features collectibles' often created by country folk that are now valued for their beauty, simplicity, design, and ingenuity. Coverage includes American treasures, as well as items originating in other countries, dating back from the 18th century up through the early 20th centuries.

This great new resource provides historical information and current market values for thousands of listings of the best loved and most-often collected country antiques, including furniture, kitchen collectibles, textiles, folk art, toys, lamps, stoneware, and weathervanes. Hundreds of photographs enhance the listings and provide the necessary visuals to complete the trek back to the good old days of country antiques.

* Coverage includes country treasures from the 18th century up through the early 20th centuries * Provides historical information, current market values, and hundreds of photographs * Includes folk art, tools, toys, furniture, kitchen items, textiles, and much more

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Patchwork Zoo (Quick Picture Quilts)
Sara Nephew
Manufacturer: Clearview Triangle
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0962117277

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The wonderful architectural details salvaged from 19th- and early-20th-century buildings are often readily available and frequently affordable. But many of us don't know quite how to use the iron grille work, wooden lintels, carved terra cotta, or other beautifully crafted items we find at antique shops, flea markets, garage sales, and salvage yards. This gorgeous volume by the owner of the renowned New York City store of the same name explains how to utilize all these rich rescued ornaments, often in inventive ways other than those originally intended. Column capitals, for instance, make terrific table bases; a wrought-iron gatepost becomes an elegant light fixture; stained-glass panels can be made into a room divider; an elaborate stone surround camouflages an ordinary stove hood. Many magnificently crafted stone, metal, or wood items succeed simply as dramatic sculptural pieces hung on the wall or set on a table. The joy of using these things, as we learn from this wonderful book, is threefold: they enhance our homes; they reduce the need to expend new resources and energy, since they recycle preexisting items; and they help to preserve our magnificent architectural heritage. Rather than being tossed into landfills (as was formerly the case), these elements can become part of our present, enriching our lives with the power of the past and lending a timelessness that graces the present. --Amy Handy

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Need to Have!.......2005-09-01

This book is wonderfully put together, with great ideas and stunning photography. The book not only shows you fantastic architectural pieces, it tells you where they come from, the history of the building they were saved from, but also gives great suggestions on how to incorporate the pieces into your home. On top of all that, it is well written. Worth the price, and then some.

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Recommended

Quirky, eccentric, problematical... and interesting.

Quirky, eccentric, problematical... and interesting.

There are always two truths to any story

The Search for Jack London is a feast for readers.

The Search for Jack London
Jerome Lofgren
Manufacturer: Authors Choice Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595173683

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The Search For Jack London is a first person account of an investigation into a possible past life as Jack London.

As the narrator revisits a Klondike cabin in the winter of 1898 fresh insight was gained into the life and times of Jack London that could only be known by London himself. Seeking clarification the narrator requested a life reading from Anne Puryear, a psychic living in Scottsdale, Arizona. The narrator was informed that in a previous life he'd been Jack London.

Just being told by a psychic source that he had once lived as Jack London wasn't good enough. When he asked for objective proof he was told to seek and he'd discover the truth. Anne gave him three instructions to guide his search.

The first was to seek out a Canadian psychiatrist who was skilled in past life regression. The fifteen hours of hypnotic regression were recorded on what became known as "The Jack London Tapes."

The second was to seek out all the primary sources of Jack London material and to read all the books about Jack London. The narrator went to the Huntington Library in San Marino, California and the Jack London Foundation in Glen Ellen, California in search of primary source materials.

The third was to write a book about his search.

The book has brought extreme reactions of praise and condemnation. Defending the validity of the experiences has proved to be the greatest challenge of the narrator's life.

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Recommended.......2001-11-14

Eighty-three years after his death, Jack London's work remains in print throughout the world, and his popularity abroad vastly exceeds the accord he is given in America. Over twenty biographies have been written, yet the man behind the persona perpetuated by the press has remained elusive. Jerome Lofgren, however, brings both London and his wife to life with remarkable perceptiveness and intensity in his novel IN SEARCH OF JACK LONDON.

As Lofgren's personal life disintegrated around him, having come through divorce, bankruptcy and blindness, his spiritual life opened to new possibilities. As his questioned his purpose in life, he began a spiritual journal that led him to conclude that he is Jack London reincarnated.

Lofgren recounts his work with hypnosis, visions and research, drawing a web of intimacy seldom matched by most biographers. Interestingly, Lofgren focuses on the loving relationship between Jack and his second wife, Charmain Kittredge. Most biographers have overlooked the significant role Charmain provided as both a partner to London and a preserver of his work, journals, photographs, and so forth. Further, Lofgren seeks to correct many of the misconceptions of London, often perpetuated by other biographers.

Rather than a typical biographer, Lofgren's goal is to write "about different subjects, different matters, but there will be the essence of the strength from the London lifetime." Indeed, he succeeds in creating a reflective work filled with the emotional insight sadly lacking in most biographies.

Regardless of personal beliefs, this contemplative, thought provoking view of America's most published author will provide unique insight into the life of Jack London.

Quirky, eccentric, problematical... and interesting........2000-08-11

This is a quirky, individualistic, passionately eccentric book in which fiction, fantasy, and fact are inextricably mixed up. I enjoyed it.

There is no way for me to ask Jack London about the truth of this book, but Jerome V. Lofgren was kind enough to answer some questions I had, and to give me permission to quote them.

(DPBS) "The Search for Jack London" is told in first person by a narrator who claims to be Jack London's reincarnation. Is this simply a literary device or (as the blurb material suggests) do you truly believe this?

(JVL) What I personally believe is not the issue here.. From the onset in my prologue and in the text itself I put forth that if you believe in reincarnation read it right from the tap. If you don't believe in reincarnation at least accept it as a literary technique to tell a beautiful story (Such as The Star Rover).. This is not a dissertation on reincarnation but an effort to understand Jack and Charmian London.

(DPBS) The story is framed by "the annual banquet celebrating Jack London's birthday... the Jack London Foundation gathered as they had each year in the Sonoma Country Club." Is your description of this meeting intended to be: factual? A dramatized version of real events? Fictional?

(JVL) A dramatized version of real events. However, the actual confrontation with Clarice Stasz took place on September 30, 1987 at a BBQ hosted by Russ and Winnie at their Glen Ellen home with Earle Labor, Milo Shepherd their spouses and Clarice. It was a very foggy night when Clarice hoved to out of the fog to launch her broadsides at me.

(DPBS) In the portions of the story which are told in Jack London's voice, I can, here and there, pick out actual quotations from Jack London's works (a snippet from "To Build a Fire" first Klondike episode, a snippet from "The Cruise of the Snark" in the passage where he meets Ernest Darling, etc.) Are the parts told in London's voice _largely_ pastiches of quotations?

(JVL) As Russ Kingman commented repeatedly, anyone who gets immersed into Jack will encounter the, "Dreadful Parallels." My question to you is what other voice would Jack speak in?

(DPBS) The narrator quotes the late Russ Kingman repeatedly and at length as having very definite opinions on various controversial aspects of Jack London's life. Are these actual quotations from Russ Kingman's writings? If not, do you represent them as factual and as being accurately representative of his views?

These are Russ' actual words. Russ went over this manuscript several times and gave his approval of my actual representation of him. As Russ commented, "I come off as a Southern Baptist Preacher, as of course, I was."

(DPBS) In places, you mention events in Jack London's life that are not well-known to his biographers (his affair with the Native American woman, Ruth). Are these actually buttressed by material you found in your researches?

(JVL) Russ asked the same question in the book. And I answered by pointing out how it came to be in the story. Jack never wrote of or spoke of that period from January to May when he was alone in the cabin, "a time when he came to himself." No matter how Charmian tried to weasel it out of him he wouldn't tell. By the way Russ was satisfied with my answer.

(DPBS) Is there a reason why you do not provide notes or explanations to make it easier for the average reader of this "biography" to pick out which things can be considered recognized facts, and which are imagined, guessed, dramatized, invented, or received via occult methods of communication?

(JVL) This piece was written as a historical novel. Irving Stone used this style in his "Sailor on Horseback" without notes or explanations. There are over 20 biographies of Jack London with Stone's the most popular. Most died a quick death. Why? That puzzled Russ and me. So I set out to write a different "biography" where the world, past and present, are viewed through Jack's eyes. Not only is the old Jack revealed more fully but the present world of the friends of Jack London is revealed so that the general public can visit Glen Ellen and appreciate the Ranch and the Jack London Foundation.

Quirky, eccentric, problematical... and interesting........2000-08-05

This is a quirky, individualistic, passionately eccentric book in
which fiction, fantasy, and fact are inextricably mixed up. I enjoyed
it.

There is no way for me to ask Jack London about the truth of
this book, but Jerome V. Lofgren was kind enough to answer some
questions I had, and to give me permission to quote them.

(DPBS)
"The Search for Jack London" is told in first person by a
narrator who claims to be Jack London's reincarnation. Is this simply
a literary device or (as the blurb material suggests) do you truly
believe this?

(JVL) What I personally believe is not the issue
here.. From the onset in my prologue and in the text itself I put
forth that if you believe in reincarnation read it right from the tap.
If you don't believe in reincarnation at least accept it as a literary
technique to tell a beautiful story (Such as The Star Rover).. This
is not a dissertation on reincarnation but an effort to understand
Jack and Charmian London.

(DPBS) The story is framed by "the
annual banquet celebrating Jack London's birthday... the Jack London
Foundation gathered as they had each year in the Sonoma Country
Club." Is your description of this meeting intended to be:
factual? A dramatized version of real events? Fictional?

(JVL) A
dramatized version of real events. However, the actual confrontation
with Clarice Stasz took place on September 30, 1987 at a BBQ hosted by
Russ and Winnie at their Glen Ellen home with Earle Labor, Milo
Shepherd their spouses and Clarice. It was a very foggy night when
Clarice hoved to out of the fog to launch her broadsides at
me.

(DPBS) In the portions of the story which are told in Jack
London's voice, I can, here and there, pick out actual quotations from
Jack London's works (a snippet from "To Build a Fire" first
Klondike episode, a snippet from "The Cruise of the Snark"
in the passage where he meets Ernest Darling, etc.) Are the parts
told in London's voice _largely_ pastiches of quotations?

(JVL) As
Russ Kingman commented repeatedly, anyone who gets immersed into Jack
will encounter the, "Dreadful Parallels." My question to you
is what other voice would Jack speak in?

(DPBS) The narrator quotes
the late Russ Kingman repeatedly and at length as having very definite
opinions on various controversial aspects of Jack London's life. Are
these actual quotations from Russ Kingman's writings? If not, do you
represent them as factual and as being accurately representative of
his views?

These are Russ' actual words. Russ went over this
manuscript several times and gave his approval of my actual
representation of him. As Russ commented, "I come off as a
Southern Baptist Preacher, as of course, I was."

(DPBS) In
places, you mention events in Jack London's life that are not
well-known to his biographers (his affair with the Native American
woman, Ruth). Are these actually buttressed by material you found in
your researches?

(JVL) Russ asked the same question in the book.
And I answered by pointing out how it came to be in the story. Jack
never wrote of or spoke of that period from January to May when he was
alone in the cabin, "a time when he came to himself." No
matter how Charmian tried to weasel it out of him he wouldn't tell. By
the way Russ was satisfied with my answer.

(DPBS) Is there a reason
why you do not provide notes or explanations to make it easier for the
average reader of this "biography" to pick out which things
can be considered recognized facts, and which are imagined, guessed,
dramatized, invented, or received via occult methods of
communication?

(JVL) This piece was written as a historical novel.
Irving Stone used this style in his "Sailor on Horseback"
without notes or explanations. There are over 20 biographies of Jack
London with Stone's the most popular. Most died a quick death. Why?
That puzzled Russ and me. So I set out to write a different
"biography" where the world, past and present, are viewed
through Jack's eyes. Not only is the old Jack revealed more fully but
the present world of the friends of Jack London is revealed so that
the general public can visit Glen Ellen and appreciate the Ranch and
the Jack London Foundation.
ÿ

There are always two truths to any story.......2000-03-03

Setting aside all personal beliefs and preconceptions about how life "really is" is a prerequisite for journeying with J. V. Lofgren not only through elliptical parts of his own life, but through the life of the famous American writer, Jack London. To experience the numerous stories and people in this book is a unique reading adventure. The twists and turns are fearsome as Lofgren brings himself and Jack London to life with panache in an eloquent and passionate gallop into strange times and places. Lofgren believes himself to have been Jack London in a previous life and sets out to inform us of his experiences alaong the way. To quote Lofgren, "Whether my soul ever energized the body of Jack London or not is important only for my personal understanding. That was then. Now is now. I'm satisfied that my soul once lived a life as Jack London not because of what others have said, but because of my own personal remembrances." This book contains an enormous cast of diverse and strange characters all of whom interact with Lofgren himself and Jack London as Lofgren's reincarnation. There are spirit people and mediums, professionals of every stripe and color with their own beliefs and conceptions few of which they are willing to give up in favor of the author's basic contention, "...that my soul once lived a life as Jack London." And all, he adds, are "subjective elements for which I cannot provide objective proof." He also insists that this work is not creative fiction or a product of his imagination. The southwestern writer Carlos Castanada comes to mind when reading Lofgren's work with all its psychic nuances and far-flung reachings into the "great unknown." Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco at 2 p.m while Lofgren was born November 29, 1933 in Isle, Minnesota at 7:52 p.m, and as we travel through Lofgren's world, it is clearly the journey that matters, not the destination, which is indiscernible. In the end, Lofgren seems to believe, with Carl Jung, "...that there were two truths, scientific and psychic, and the great tragedy of the 20th century was the over-emphasis upon scientific truth and the supression of psychic truth." As for one character's suggestion that the book is a "love story," referring to Jack London's relationship with his last wife, Charmian, in fact the real love story is between Lofgren and Jack London and Lofgren and Lofgren, a kind of triangle. So fly away into this good night if you dare, but expect to meet a few

The Search for Jack London is a feast for readers........2000-02-11

As a playwright and screenwriter, I'm especially fascinated by a novel that presents rich and exciting characters in a situation that's rife with mystery, passion and a compelling plot. Jerome Lofgren has managed to tweak this reader's imagination in a way that made it impossible for me to set the book aside, and equally impossible to read it only once. I predict this story will be given at least one more lifetime in motion picture houses around the world. Paul Roland, Ashland, Oregon.

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