Melymbrosia

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Virginia Woolf completed her first novel, Melymbrosia, in 1912. The story concerned the emotional and sexual awakening of a young Englishwoman traveling abroad and bristled with social commentary on homosexuality, the suffrage movement, and colonialism. Woolf was warned, however, that publishing an outspoken indictment of Britain could prove disastrous to her fledgling career as a novelist. The revised, quieter book was published under the title The Voyage Out. Virginia Woolf scholar Louise DeSalvo spent seven years uncovering the original novel from Woolf's papers in the archives of the New York Public Library.

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A passionate journey.......2002-09-26

Woolf's first novel "Melymbrosia" was completed in 1912, but wasn't published until 1915 under the title "The Voyage Out". Louise DeSalvo has pieced together this first manuscript to offer the public a glimpse into the early creative mind of Woolf. Following the same basic plot as "The Voyage Out" (a young woman's journey to sexual and emotional awakening), "Melymbrosia" is much more frank in its portrayal of politics and sexuality (including homosexuality). Another difference is the raw and unpolished feel that this early draft contains. DeSalvo chose to retain some of Woolf's errors in this version, and while this doesn't necessarily detract from the story, it does make the reader wonder about their inclusion. "Melymbrosia" is a fascinating and powerful look into Virginia Woolf's early writing and life that conveys the passions she felt for all aspects of life, which she felt she needed to mute to some degrees in order to gain acceptance.

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Melymbrosia (ISBN: 1573441481)
Virgina Woolf
Manufacturer: Cleis Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NQMAVS

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Doesn't every child dream of becoming a famous knight with an enormous kingdom to rule over? The Orphaned Knight is about two children, Alexander and Christopher, who fulfill this dream by wearing helmets, one white and the other black, that instantaneously transform them into full-grown knights. But this is not without consequences, for now they must bear the responsibilities that go along with being an adult, with being a knight, and eventually, with ruling a kingdom. But worst of all, the black helmet is transforming Christopher into a ruthless murderer.

Enter Caviant. It is a world filled with comical dragons, fairies that dwell in shadows, wolves that speak and walk through walls, small towns and vast cities, abandoned castles, and a precise history that explains them all. It is a world filled with emotions that range from adult and childish love, to adult and childish hatred. Get ready for a novel that has vivid and yet simple descriptions, lively characters that mature as the pages turn, and an ending that will bring everything together and will leave you desperately yearning for book two.

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Exciting "Knights" of reading await the fantasy loving reader.......2005-10-29

After the first few chapters of "The Orphaned Knight", I was anxiously anticipating the final encounter but was in no rush to get there. The short chapters that cram in first love, dragons, fights to the death and incredible evildoers make for easy and exciting reading. There was just enough blood and gore to satisfy my savage side but unlikely to frighten my grandchildren who I'm sure will enjoy it as much, if not more than I did.

Eric Varma has written an outstanding first novel and I'm waiting to find out what will happen next to the Orphaned Knight" and his faithul friend and wolf, Shadow.

An intoxicating read for children and adults alike ..........2004-11-06

Eric Varma has created a fantastic universe of magic, legends, and knights that an innocent boy, Alexander, must navigate to vindicate the death of his family. His purity and inner strength allow him to wield great powers--a day-dream that every young boy has had. The twist at the end left me breathless and panting for book two...

E.V. is a very talented author from whom we will certainly see many great works to follow. His descriptions are powerful yet seem effortless. His characters are real and alive because they are developed not only descriptively, but naturally through interactions with others and with their world. Throughout the book, I was not only able to know what Alexander was thinking in situations, but I was able to feel his experiences with him.

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A Fun Look at a Great Society.......2006-03-27

This is a little-known but smart book that I would reccomend to any science fiction fan.

In James P. Hogan's entertaining novel, humankind has settled a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri's primary star. The planet is called Chiron, after one of the few "good" centaurs in Greek mythology, and is settled by robots who use stored genetic information to create the first generation of human Chironians. Decades later, after a devastating world war, a newly fascist America sends a starship to claim its colony. Predictably, the Terrans and Chironians come into conflict.

This book probably offers the best exploration of an anarchist society in science fiction since Ursula LeGuin's The Dispossessed. Although some reviewers have criticized Hogan's depiction of a noncapitalist society, they are clearly stuck in the old-fashioned mindset of communism versus capitalism and incapable of appreciating anything outside that paradigm. The description of the interaction between Terrans and Chironians is evocative of the early European explorers' accounts of Native America and Hogan's descriptions of the American's rationalizations for their encroachment on Chiron are reminiscient of some of the worst chapters of history as well eerily predictive of recent events. His account of the nonthinking aquiesence of some segments of the Terran population to the powermongering of the upper "echelons" is similarly spot-on.

The book suffers from a large cast of characters, none of whom are really given a chance to develop although this is a criticism often applied to science fiction.

Overall, an excellent book. It's influence can be seen in the popular computer game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

Not just a sci-fi book..........2005-09-11

This story is about what could be built in the future if only we put away our old ideas. Our ideas about money, physics, government, military force and the nature of mankind. A fan of James P. Hogan knows what I am talking about. This book would also be good for fans of Robert A. Heinlein, L. Neil Smith or even L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Great ending that I didn't see coming the first time I red it. Almost wish there was a sequel!

Imaginative, interesting, but the plot rambles........2002-11-11

This is a novel well worth reading because it makes you think. As always, Hogan is trying to think outside the box, and he tries to make the reader to do the same. In that, he succeeds in this very worthwhile novel.

The time is the late 21st century. There has been a third world war, and America and the world has more or less recovered from the aftermath. But America is transformed into a near-fascist state. There are hints that the Asians are practicing liberal democracy and that the Europeans are more or less junior rivals to America.

The novel involves a race by the three powers (America, Europe, and Asia) to re-establish contact with a colony established on Alpha Centauri's main planet--the colony had been jointly established prior to the war. The Americans arrive first, and the clash between the Americans and the colonists is the central theme of the book.

The main notion of the book is that people and nations carry their prejudices from generation to generation, and that it may take some form of "fresh start" to eliminate these prejudices. Hogan notes that America represented such a fresh start when it was founded, and Americans have shaken off much in the way of class structure and other undesireable components of European culture. Likewise, in his novel, the colonists have made a "fresh start," and have abolished racial prejudice (or even racial awareness), as well as any concept of a market economy or of the anglo-saxon justice system.

Hogan's basic premise makes sense--that a fresh start such as took place in America might help eradicate ancient prejudices. As he writes elsewhere, if we could somehow get one generation of the folks in Northern Ireland away from their parent's prejudices, this ancient quarrel would doubtless end for all time.

Unfortunately, some of Hogan's speculation fails to hold water. His replacement for a justice system is having people shoot bad guys out of hand. Only trouble with this is that it is exactly what people used to do a couple of centuries ago. This caused feuding and an endless cycle of family reprisals. So we invented courts. Here, Hogan has us going backwards, candidly probably due to his lack of historical knowledge in this regards. Similarly, Hogan postulates that the Centaurian colonists would abandone money and a market system because everyone would work their fair share and take their fair share--the notion is that productivity is so high with modern technology that there is no need to ration resources. Nonsense, as the fall of socialism/communism has shown. Human greed is limitless and there will always be a need to somehow ration labor and resources. Here, Hogan makes a nice try that falls flat. These are not major quibbles, by the way.

As a novel, Voyage From Yesteryear is so-so. The characters are not well developed, the storyline is murky, and the book rambles. In one sense you always know where it is going--a clash between the Americans and the colonists. But other than this broad theme, the book rambles erratically. You might think that these flaws render the book mediocre. That is not true. This novel's strengths are its ideas and speculations about both science and human societies. It is quite readable and does constitute a good read.

This is an interesting book with interesting ideas and speculation. It is well worth reading whether or not you agree with all of Hogan's speculation. This one gets 4 stars. That ain't bad.

A book to read again and again.......2002-09-06

A few years ago I bought a second hand copy of this book. During this time I must have read it at least once a year. I like it that much.

It is a book about what humanity could aspire to become if we can put away the mistakes of the past and present.

The arguments I've read that this is a unrealistic fantasy.... this is a book of fiction that portraits the thought and maybe the wishes of the author. You can agree with them or not.

This is one of the few books that I would recommend to a beginning SF reader. It is not too difficult and a pleasure to read, and unlike many other books you are not left with a feeling of light depression because every main character died or had some other terrible fate happen to them.

If you are interested in other works of Mr. Hogan I would recommend 'The Giant Novels' and 'The Genesis Machine'.

Great story.......2002-06-03

I find this book a great story, easy to read, diffiuclt to put out.
Of course, there are some flaws, technology moved since the book's been written, but the story does not suffer from that!

I've read it several times and still come back to it from time to time.

The author's beliefs in evolution and mentioned ani-God bias may tweak the noses of some (mine too a bit) but let us be honest - that's how many people see "The Institutions" ot the state and the church. And the ideal society of Chironians - ;-) ... it is good to see that some people still believe we humans can escape from our "bad nature"

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Thrice Upon a Time & The Mirror Maze & Code of the Lifemaker Voyage from Yesteryear & The Gentle Giants of Ganymede & Minds, machines and Evolution & Proteus Operation ( Set of 7 Books )

Manufacturer: Various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000GS7SIS

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Voyage From Yesteryear
James P. Hogan
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday, INC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MHYFTS

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Voyage From Yesteryear
James P. Hogan
Manufacturer: Garden City, New Yokr: Nelson Doubleday, Inc. 1982
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O3O8WY

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Voyage from Yesteryear
James P. Hogan
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000VSJVBK

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Voyage from Yesteryear
James P Hogan
Manufacturer: Del Rey
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OWCQQA

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VOYAGE FROM YESTERYEAR
James P. Hogan
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000BN72W0

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VOYAGE FROM YESTERYEAR (FBP)

Manufacturer: BALLANTINE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H7PY7A

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VOYAGE FROM YESTERYEAR -- BARGAIN BOOK
JAMES P. HOGAN
Manufacturer: Nelson Doubleday, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W3YJ8O

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Voyage From Yesteryear.
James P. Hogan
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NXK0PO

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Good one. I recomend it.

Buy it!

Great book for the beginner and connoiseur!!

Great sushi book!

Very Informative for the novice...

Sushi: Taste and Techniques
Kimiko Barber , and Hiroki Takemura
Manufacturer: DK ADULT
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Seafood | Meat, Poultry & Seafood | Cooking by Ingredient | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 0789489163

Book Description

This beautifully illustrated guide will enable readers to master and appreciate the art of sushi. The quintessential book for any sushi lover, Sushi: Taste and Technique shows you all you need to know about this exceptionally delicious and healthy cuisine, how to locate the freshest ingredients, how to use the right equipment, and how to master the etiquette of eating sushi correctly. From makizushi to hand rolls to vegetarian versions, this book teaches you how to create any kind of sushi.

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Good one. I recomend it........2007-05-13

Excelent book with lot of pictures to show the final result.

Buy it!.......2006-02-05

The photos in this book are beautiful and inspiring. I cannot read it without wanting to make sushi.

Contents include under these major categories:
-Basics
-Making
-Eating

The best part is the simple and clean photography, especially of the fish which the show what they look like both whole (scales and all) to cut up.

The "pressed sushi" section is my favorite, very impressive!

Great book for the beginner and connoiseur!!.......2005-09-20

Absolutely loved this book. I like to make my own sushi and this book is simply amazing. Excellent photos with very detailed instructions.

I especially like the section with all the different types of fish and how to cut each one.

Great sushi book!.......2005-08-14

This book is really good for beginner, very simple to learn too.

Very Informative for the novice..........2005-01-25

I found this book in the public library and decided to buy a copy for myself...this book is very informative for those starting out in sushi making. Lots of pics and step-by-step instruction. I have read other books that include sushi, but this one focuses on preparation, technique and finding ingredients.
I really appreciate the encouragement from the author that making sushi can be by anyone!

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The world of veterinary medicine is changing. People are realizing that if alternative medicine is better for them, it's better for their pets, too. Dogs are visiting acupuncturists, chiropractic doctors, and homeopaths. Still, many dog owners are unaware that such simple measures as changing their pet's diet and using vitamins, herbs, and other natural cures can help prevent or heal ailments ranging from excessive scratching to depression to a host of serious diseases.

The Veterinarians' Guide to Natural Remedies for Dogs is both an introduction and a guide to the vast world of natural healing methods, treatments, and foods now available for dogs. Author Martin Zucker offers advice from dozens of holistic practitioners and licensed veterinarians, who share their recipes, insights, and "prescriptions." Here dog owners will find information on everything from nutritional supplements to massage therapy, as well as how these treatments can be used alone or in conjunction with traditional medications and surgical techniques.

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Simple, informative and eye-opening.......2007-06-27

This is a great resource for an animal lover looking for alternative therapies. It is easy to understand and offers options by highly respected holistic veterinarians.

Not the best on the subject.......2007-06-17

This book covers nutrition, supplements, herbs, homeopathy, flower essences, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, vaccines, and a list of health problems and how to treat them. I'm not as thrilled with this book as some other readers were. It is potentially useful, but not essential. Instead, I would recommend "New Choices in Natural Healing for Dogs & Cats" and "The Nature of Animal Healing". They cover the same information but more in depth.

What I did find interesting was seeing how each veterinarian had a different treatment plan for a particular disease. While one would treat arthritis with goat's whey, another suggested Chinese herbs. Each vet found success in his or her method, and you can combine methods to suit the needs of your pet.

Excellent reference guide.......2007-05-09

This is a terrific reference guide for ailments that might plague our dogs, especially as they age. It gave me a few ideas that I hadn't thought about for my dogs, and they worked! Well worth the price.

Worth the read.......2006-10-29

This book deals with many different situations and examples of different remedies. Gives you options/opinions from various holistic doctors. It seems that many of the remedies have been used by the vets for some time. I have tried 2 of them and they worked. My holistic vet thought it was an excellent book too.

Holistic approach.......2006-03-23

I really like this book. It's packed full of information for someone wanting to use more holistic remedies but don't know as much about it. I've used this book several times for myself and others for health questions. Definitely worth the money. Lots of reference material as well. This book is with me all the time.

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Ideas Galore - even for those who think they aren't creative

Quilting Back to Front: Fun & Easy No-Mark Techniques
Larraine Scouler
Manufacturer: C&T Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Crafts & Hobbies | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1571201645

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Brilliantly simple in concept, Larraine Scouler's Quilting Back to Front completely eliminates the need for quilting stencils and marking templates to transfer quilting patterns. By using the design printed on the backing fabric as the basis for the quilting pattern, quilters can save hours of marking time, can avoid the frustration of trying to mark dark or busy-print quilt tops, and can achieve interesting, unexpected vitality in their quilting designs. Scouler explains her methods clearly, with attractive photos and nice examples, and the technique works equally well for both hand and machine quilting. --Amy Handy

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Ideas Galore - even for those who think they aren't creative.......2001-08-21

This is a book which provides a host of fabulous ideas for quilting patterns - quilting patterns which don't require you to mark your quilt top (yippee!), fiddle around with graph paper or tracing paper (hallelujah!) and which allow you to be really creative even if you can't draw (unbelievable!) Furthermore, the technique can be used by everyone for every type of quilt: people who quilt by hand, people who quilt by machine, people who make patchwork quilts, people who applique. There are a lot of ideas in this book - and it gives you the confidence to experiment. The text has been written with the machine-quilter in mind (some discussion about technical issues which are irrelevant for hand quilters), but it seems to me that it would be just as useful and exciting for handquilters. And there are some samples of hand quilted projects in the book. No project patterns - but loads of full colour photos of completed quilts. A book which will change the way you quilt for ever!

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Not very diverse

Great for Beginners

Focus on Hair - A Natural Beauty

This is a very handy book with nice hair styles.

Five Minute Hair Stylist, The
Christine Moodie
Manufacturer: Crown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Hair | Beauty & Fashion | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
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Tanita BC533 Glass Innerscan Body Composition Monitor

ASIN: 0517582244
Release Date: 1991-02-27

Book Description

Combine the success of the "five-minute" format with the enormous popularity of Beautiful Braids and the result is this appealing collection of 30 simple, pretty, and sophisticated hairstyles that any woman can create with ease and confidence. 125 full-color photographs.

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Not very diverse.......2002-10-28

I did not find this book very diverse regarding hairstyles. It has a lot of variations of the same types of styles. Not good if you are looking for different types of braids.

Great for Beginners.......2002-09-15

The Five-Minutes Hair Stylist book gives you great tips on how to manage and maintain the health of your hair, it also gives you plenty of advice. The book takes you step by step to create a great hairstyle. I would mostly recommend it for people with long hair.

Focus on Hair - A Natural Beauty.......2002-01-10

The practical yet classic hairstyles are so well illustrated, thus easy to execute. Perfect styles for working at home or an evening at the symphony. These styles play up the natural beauty of a woman's hair. Hair is too pretty in and of itself to be permed, teased and tormented. Herein lies the perfect alternative - a way to have attractive, manageable long hair without damaging the hair,rather framing the beauty of it. As the author of, Pearls of Country Wisdom, I love the simple elegance for my country existence.

This is a very handy book with nice hair styles........1998-09-04

This was a very nice book to find. The styles inside are easy to execute and classic in look. There were styles for all lengths of hair, although women with very short hair will find the selections for them limited. With only a little practice I was able to make all the styles I was interested in. A nice touch was the inclusion of models with a variety of hair textures (thin; thick; wavy; straight). Everyone will find something in it appropriate for their hair.

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The Five-Minute Hair Stylist
Christine Moodie
Manufacturer: Tiger Books International
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000M4V71A

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The Five-Minute Hair Stylist
Christine Moodie
Manufacturer: Crown Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OYN8XS

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This book explores the conflicting ideals of French author Ionesco.

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