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Juniper Tree Burning is the name Ray and Faith Davis give their infant girl when she's already several months old. Juniper Tree Burning is also the name of Goldberry M. Long's debut, a novel full of images so luminous they have the force and presence of characters: cracked adobe walls, spiders, pianos, overripe apricots, ferns. Looking back, the eponymous narrator concludes that the fierce cry her parents took for assent to her new name was actually a scream of protest: "Out there on the mesa, dazzled by sun and bright sky, they give their daughter the name she tells them she was born for: Juniper Tree Burning. But this is not my name, and this is not my story."
Everything about the name is a mistake from the start. Even the tree her parents intended to celebrate--one that reminds them of the burning bush in the Bible--turns out to be no juniper at all, but a piñon pine. Later, young Juniper rechristens herself in secret: she chooses Jennifer Davis, a normal name for a normal girl. Jennie becomes the strong, fearless woman, the one who shoots pool and manipulates men, who puts herself through school and is going to become a doctor. But always, inside, she's haunted by Juniper the hippie kid, the one who wears clothes from the free box behind the co-op and suffers under the social burden of head lice and an outdoor toilet.
When Jennie's brother Sunny Boy Blue ends his life in the waters of Puget Sound, her precarious grip on normality crumbles. She flees her saintly husband, Chris, kidnaps her best friend, Sarah, and sets out in a junker Ford truck to re-create her sibling's last days--and her own family's flight from the Northwest to New Mexico. Long intersperses this quixotic journey with long, dreamlike scenes from the protagonist's childhood, and in many ways, it's hard not to prefer the latter. The grown-up Jennie is one tough, angry cookie, and she defies our sympathy as stubbornly as Chris's love. But Juniper Tree Burning is not just a book about growing up the child of hippies; it's a book about growing up the child of anyone who meant to do well and didn't. Jennie's story will resonate with anyone who's yearned to run away from an old self and found it trailing behind them--infuriating, embarrassing, infantile, cruel. --Chloe Byrne
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Juniper Tree Burning hates her name. It represents everything she despises about her life: her "hippie" mother, Faith, who lives by healing herbs and horoscopes; her father, Ray, a cursing, abusive guitar-playing storyteller; her sick little brother, Sunny, whom she alternately mothers and resents; and the poverty of her isolated New Mexico town. Juniper flees them all, to private school in New England, to turn herself into someone new: Jennie. She raises herself to be strong and smart: a medical student who hustles a little pool on the side, an obsessive runner, and a self-proclaimed Ugly Chick With Attitude. Then, one night the Seattle Police call. Her brother, Sunny, has leaped off a ferry and killed himself. And so begins the biggest journey of her life. As Jennie retraces the steps of her brother, the same path traveled by generations of her family, she confronts the stories they have woven, the tapestry of the lives they have built on the coasts and deserts of the West and comes to terms with her past, her present, and her future.
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"A New Mexico Time Capsule Fairy Tale" .......2007-08-13
I purchased this book when it was released and toted it through many moves cross country until I finally read it and realized in it I possessed a hidden treasure.
Goldberry Long captures and distills a vivid heart rending human drama that oozes with the most impeccable sights, sounds, smells, tastes and feels of northern New Mexico. It is an odyssey for the emotions and the senses. It is a human tale of family, identity, longing, and the struggle to make peace with the past and allow it to bless one's present.
Even in the novel's prodigious length I found myself yearning for more of the rest of the story and always felt Goldberry Long was not sharing all she knew. Reading another review I was relieved to learn the published novel is but only part of Long's original manuscript.
Odd as it seems, for this lover of New Mexico, Juniper Tree Burning has become enmeshed in part of who I am. I have internalized her and she lives and breathes within my imagination, emotions and longings as does only a treasured friend.
One of my favorites.......2006-08-19
This is a great story, with a wonderful play with words. It is truely magical reading, and I highly recommend it to any one that loves a good story!
Beautiful, Profound and Heart Wrenching.......2005-10-25
As I began writing my next novel, Goldberry Long inspired me to discover a clear voice for my main character. She cleverly wrote a novel that felt like a fabulous and poignant poem. The flow was rhythmic and soothing. The pain is passionate and gut wrenching, and you want so badly to help Jennie overcome her fears. I fell in love with Sunny and had hoped against all hope that Jennie's own wish of his survival were true. I ached for the resolution of their relationship. Jennie is tough as nails and not easily likeable as a person. But you find yourself being dragged along in her pity party and self destruction. Although this book is heavy and dark, it is one of the best books I've read.
Read this book until the end, you'll be pleasantly surprised.......2004-03-24
I saw the main characters personality split in two, love the good side ("Jennie") but hate the cold hearted adult ("Juniper"); she is unlikable but its the typical "love to hate the bad guy" At the same time I could relate to the child "Juniper" feeling very sorry for her and understanding why she turned out to be a cold hearted adult. However she was not the only focus, all the other characters, small and large, were also great mix, complementing her and making her a great villain.
As time goes on you will understand that just like "Juniper" we all have our personality flaws and we must try to correct them to become a better person. "Juniper" does things with out really thinking about how/who it will hurt and not looking at the future consequences they may have, but don't we all? I highly recommend this book if you read a chapter or so a day. At times it is tedious and long. I might have refused to finish it, which would have been a shame. If you take your time with this book, you will laugh and cry. Sticking till the end (even if it is reading it an hour a day) will leave you pleasantly surprised.
Tough Going.......2003-03-16
I'm currently reading this novel and finding it very loooong. This is possibly because the main character is so angry and so obnoxious that it's very hard to sympathize or even care what happens to her. In fact, I don't really like any of the characters at this point. I understand what the author is trying to do, and I think she writes really well, but I have read other novels that do this a lot better and more lovingly or at least objectively. I'm considering whether or not to finish the novel.
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Sign of the Unicorn
Manufacturer: Avon
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ASIN: B000FMIEKQ |
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Volume 2 contains Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon, and The Courts of Chaos
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Not Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03
After the death of Eric, Corwin loses yet another brother, and gains an ally in his brother, Random. He is beginning to get to the heart of the plot, and starting to use the weaponry at this disposal, such as the Pattern, and his sword, Grayswandir.
He also makes an important discovery about their Pattern.
Good story, but lacking in clarity.......2006-02-18
Roger Zelazny is a confusing and frustrating writer. He is tinkering with a gold mine here. He has a great foundation for a story. But what he does with it is frustrating.
I love the concept of a god-like family in charge of everything, and I love the idea of introducing all of these characters to us. The part that troubles me is that the writing is so unclear. We really don't know what in the hell is going on half the time.
What is all this about reality shifting? What is all this about a ghost place? I feel like grabbing him by the arm and shouting hey! come down to earth for a moment and tell me just exactly what in the hell you are talking about.
The parts of this story I felt the most comfortable with were the parts where we get an explanation of the relationships between the siblings, who is who's full sibling, which ones had this or that mother, who came first, who came next. This categorization, this overall organization, this explanation of the cast of characters, should have come a lot sooner than it did. We should have been given a family tree right up front.
When someone is just riding down a road, and suddenly the trees are thicker than they are supposed to be, and the sun is larger than it is supposed to be, and one of the characters says "hey look at that sunset!", and we realize they are now on another world, that's about the time I'm saying hold it, where's the space ship and what in the hell is going on here. What are the laws of this universe?
The law seems to be that the author can do whatever he damn pleases whenever he damn pleases, and can confuse us with ghost scenes and shadows any time he has a whim to do so. I want to know what his reality is, and he is not telling. I consider that a major flaw.
It has been written that good sci fi fantasy changes just one thing, and makes the rest believable, and concrete. Well, that sure isn't happening here. This series takes us for a ride anywhere it has a mind to go, and I'd like the ride a lot better if I knew what the rules were.
Oh, there's a magic unicorn. That's nice. Oh, there's another Amber, a real one this time, oh that's nice. Whatever.
And please stop getting poetic on me! Stop writing in your ghost style. It sucks. Write English. That will do just fine. Write clearly. Tell us a story, and tell us what in the hell is going on. Don't get too cute.
The Family Kills Together..........2005-03-31
Sign of the Unicorn marks the initial phases of Prince Corwin's actions as the regent of Amber. A beginning full of ill omens and worse. Corwin's first task is the investigation of Caine's murder by creatures from some unknown place in the shadows. The same creatures that once chased Random into Fiona's lair. Corwin's brother tells the story of his attempt to rescue Brand, and Corwin's own efforts nearly becoms another disaster. Things do not improve from there, either.
Corwin is trying to unravel the source of the black road, the reason for the mysterious attacks on Amber, and identify the guilty parties. Needless to say his brothers and sisters, all seeking their own ends are rarely as helpful as they could be. A few, no doubt, are guilt of carrying on their on plots for control, and Corwin quickly discovers that there's no such thing as a safe house.
Politics in Amber grow increasingly complicated and deadly. Corwin first has to narrow down the options and then face the uncomfortable decision of who really did want him dead. Zelazny wraps the story up by raising even more questions and confusion. Enough for a whole handful of sequels.
Sign of the Unicorn is a return to Zelazny's usually fluid prose. While Random's narrative dragged a bit, the rest of the story is full of dark moments and surprise twists. This time we get to meet the rest of the family, and they prove to be a unique and worrisome bunch. Don't know if Oberon's children are the first dysfunctional family in science fiction, but not one is really safe enough to close you eyes around.
If you are reading this review you are probably already hooked, and don't need to be told to keep reading. If you're new, go back and read Nine Princes in Amber and look forward to one of fantasy's most vital series.
Long lost brother........2004-10-01
The main theme of book three is the family reuniting to try to find Brand. The whole way through the book you'll be wondering who imprisoned him, all of the siblings add their own pontification and each has very valid points. You'll never guess who it was.
Also, new shadows are introduced (the world of the clouds has to be my favorite so far), and some great new Questions arise. The main one being: is Amber itself a shadow? And are Corwinn and his siblings princes' of the true Amber?
If you read the first two I'm not sure why you would even be reading this, but if you haven't I would recommend the first two highly and trust me they only get better and better.
Corwin and the family reunion.......2002-02-02
Corwin decides to see if it's possible to rescue Brother Brand, and gets the rest of his siblings involved in the action. What becomes unfortunately apparent is that one of them wants him dead, and that family politics are always a lot more complicated than they look when it comes to the Amber royal house.
A lot of great information about the family dynamics comes to light here. A readable, fascinating installment in a readable, fascinating series.
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5 massmarket paperback Titles in Amber Series - 1 Nine Princes in Amber - 2 Guns of Avalon - 3 Sign of the Unicorn - 4 Hand of Oberon - 5 Courts of Chaos
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The Cold White North.......2001-04-05
What would you do if you lived in a world where every year the winter became colder, the food more scarce, and wild bands of marauding warriors came to steal your children, food, and lives. This is the world of Marika as she struggles to find her place in it. Witches, wizards, and warriors - All the making's of a great tale. I highly recommend this and all the books in the darkwar trilogy.
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Doomstalker
Gary Brandner
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Doomstalker
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Manufacturer: Popular Library
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This digital document is an article from Reviewer's Bookwatch, published by Midwest Book Review on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 378 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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Doomstalker
Gary Brandner
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Truly a chef-as-star cookbook, Bobby Flay's Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill features 26 photos of the man himself (not counting hand shots and various belt buckles). His name, either as Bobby Flay or Bobby Flay's, is repeated over 260 times within 274 pages. No reader will ever doubt just whose cookbook lies open on the kitchen counter with 125 "bold new" recipes.Though there's the unspoken suggestion that Bobby Flay invented fire, Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill actually follows in a long tradition of outdoor cookery books, starting with James Beard's take on the subject, the many contributions of Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby, who truly opened wide the door to modern grilling, Phillip Stephen Schulz's Cooking with Fire and Smoke, and the remarkable Barbecue! Bible put together by Steven Raichlen that takes grilling global--to name just a few. But Bobby Flay does have flair and he does have enthusiasm, and both show up on every page. In chapters that cover everything grillable--from burgers (they may be turkey, they may be tuna) to poultry to meat, vegetables, and fruit--Flay pushes hard on combinations of colors and textures, spices and flavors sure to excite the sleepiest palate on the beach. Check out a standard like Butterflied Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Basil, or something a little more exotic like Whole Lobster Smothered in Cascabel Chile Butter. What is the thought of Grilled Pork Loin Sandwiches with Spicy Mango Ketchup doing to your taste buds right about now? The main caveat for these recipes: all are written to serve eight. And be sure to use common sense instead of some of the directions, such as cooking chopped garlic and shallots until soft in "almost smoking" hot oil, for four to five minutes. Hello. Where does soft stop and incinerated begin? --Schuyler Ingle
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Truly a chef-as-star cookbook, Bobby Flay's Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill features 26 photos of the man himself (not counting hand shots and various belt buckles). His name, either as Bobby Flay or Bobby Flay's, is repeated over 260 times within 274 pages. No reader will ever doubt just whose cookbook lies open on the kitchen counter with 125 "bold new" recipes.
Though there's the unspoken suggestion that Bobby Flay invented fire, Bobby Flay's Boy Meets Grill actually follows in a long tradition of outdoor cookery books, starting with James Beard's take on the subject, the many contributions of Chris Schlesinger and John Willoughby, who truly opened wide the door to modern grilling, Phillip Stephen Schulz's Cooking with Fire and Smoke, and the remarkable Barbecue! Bible put together by Steven Raichlen that takes grilling global--to name just a few.
But Bobby Flay does have flair and he does have enthusiasm, and both show up on every page. In chapters that cover everything grillable--from burgers (they may be turkey, they may be tuna) to poultry to meat, vegetables, and fruit--Flay pushes hard on combinations of colors and textures, spices and flavors sure to excite the sleepiest palate on the beach. Check out a standard like Butterflied Chicken with Lemon, Garlic, and Basil, or something a little more exotic like Whole Lobster Smothered in Cascabel Chile Butter. What is the thought of Grilled Pork Loin Sandwiches with Spicy Mango Ketchup doing to your taste buds right about now?
The main caveat for these recipes: all are written to serve eight. And be sure to use common sense instead of some of the directions, such as cooking chopped garlic and shallots until soft in "almost smoking" hot oil, for four to five minutes. Hello. Where does soft stop and incinerated begin? --Schuyler Ingle
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Great Cookbook!.......2007-07-08
My husband loves to cook and grill and this is by far one of his favorite and most practical cookbooks.
great recipes and fun to read!.......2006-08-19
This is my son's favorite tv chef; I bought this for him for his birthday, and right away made several recipes, that all worked perfectly (often they do not!) The flavors were interesting and the directions clear and helpful. The desserts are fabulous too, especially the ice cream sundae frozen pie; I've already made it twice. The cookbook is a fun read and the recipes delicious! My family loves grilled food and bobby flay just makes it more interesting with his combination of flavors and unusual food pairings.
Awesome grilling.......2006-08-10
Bobby Flay has great recipes, ideas and techniques for grilling. This book is great and will take a long time to use them all.
Not-easy grilling.......2006-05-21
I am a huge Bobby Flay fan, and this book turns out some great recipes, but they are very time consuming, difficult recipes. If you want to turn out some high-end barbecue dishes, this book is for you. Be prepared to put in some serious prep time though.
Easy to use cookbook.......2006-03-27
This book is great, and easy to use. The recipes are a sure fire hit in any setting. You won't be disapointed
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Fun training with toys, treats, lures and rewards. Easy and effective, dog-friendly techniques for teaching a new puppy old tricks (such as basic manners), or for teaching an older dog that is new to training.
Heralded by many dog trainers as 'the best dog training book ever written'. A comprehensive workbook for the motivated dog owner, comprising sections on basic off-leash obedience, temperament modification, behavior troubleshooting, training theory and health care. The definitive text for lure/reward training philosophy.
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Sound advice that works .......2006-04-04
I have a lab, and originally purchased Labrador's for Dummies by Joel Walton -- since I'm not a very experienced dog owner. I was immediately impressed with how well the positive-training techniques by Joel worked. But when I went to purhcase other books, I noticed that many other authors took a much harsher stand on punishment -- and really fixated on the whole alpha dog concept. So I investigated further, and soon learned that many proponents of the "positive training" methods credited Ian Dunbar. So I knew I had to have Dunbar's book.
At first, I was turned off by the wordy format, and pictures of a bearded guy from the '70s. I was worried that the book may be too philosophical, and not practical enough. But I puchased the book anyway.
Man, I sure am glad that I purchased this book. The wordy passages are filled with a wealth of information. Whereas other books offer brief, simplistic instruction -- this book offers an in-depth explanation. It is a great complement to my Labrador for Dummies book.
I also found his tone to be light and humorous -- and honest. It is quite easy to read, and holds my attention. But most of all -- this stuff really, really works. My dog is doing great -- I've never had such success training a dog before.
An OK addition to your library..........2004-10-15
I recommend this book to new dog owners, as I wholeheartedly agree with most, if not all, if Dunbar's ideas and points. However, after reading many dog training books, I found it simple and mostly common sense.
I would recommend the Culture Clash by Jean Donaldson over it.
MY DOG MADDIE.......2003-07-03
Hi my name is Caleb Berger when I first got my dog Maddie she was fiesty.I new I had to teach her some manners.I started right awy with a firm technique, using a leash,a prong callar and firm words.she had to be taught that even tho I loved her she would have to obey.Now Maddie trust me she comes when I call.She follows me around the yard.I feed and water her all the time.Sometimes I'll spend hours with her.I want to enter her in a dog contest.I taught her sit and fetch.I admire my aunt Darge she taught me almost everything I now.I love my dog Maddie.
A Must Have Book for Animal Guardians.......2003-06-26
This is a brilliant book and the foundation of a great, lifelong friendship between you and your pet. Not only does it have wonderful, pet-and-people-friendly methods for training things like sit, down, stand, leave-it, etc., but it addresses the much more important issues of teaching "temperament": being comfortable and happy around people and other animals. Learn fun ways of teaching your dog bite inhibition, friendliness to all kinds of people (including children!), and good dog-dog social skills. I read this book twice before I got my dog, and the methods worked like a charm. I refer to it constantly to review my, and my dog's, skills.
Good overall training book, for young and old dogs alike.......2003-03-02
Good overall dog training book, for young and old animals alike. Deals with bad habits, and little tricks of the trade. Arlene Millman, author of BOOMERANG - A MIRACLE TRILOGY (The tale of a remarkable Boston Terrier).
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A well-known and highly praised dog trainer proves that by using the humane approach when training a dog, an owner can teach an old dog new tricks! How-to advice plus 25 tricks in all. Many instructive full-color photos. "...informative text with excellent photos and illustrations." -Pet Age Paperback / 144 Pages / 6-1/2" x 7-7/8" / 1991
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Best of trick training books.......2002-07-11
I'm a veterinarian, very involved in behavior training, because that's what keeps my canine patients alive. I've found that if I can get clients involved in teaching a dog who has found out that learning is fun, that dog stands a much better chance of staying alive of becoming an indispensable member of their family. I've checked out numerous trick training books, and this is hands down the best. It's focused, breaks the tricks down into easy, understandable steps, and is written by someone who knows and loves dogs. Bravo!
Great for any dog.......2000-11-06
This is a very clearly written book that shows step by step how to make your dog impress people with how "smart" it is. The best thing about training your dog to do some of these tricks is that the basics sit, stand and stay also get transmitted. If you have a dog with behavior problems, once you start them out with this book everything else will follow. The book itself shows this with it's cross-reference at the end of each trick letting you know which tricks will be easy to teach in the future based on the foundation of just one trick!
This book would be great for puppies as well.
This is a really cool book!.......2000-09-04
I taught my field spaniel to shake, speak, rollover, beg, bow, crawl on her belly, climb ladders, open and close doors, etc. Also, using the techneques in the book, I made-up other tricks. Now she can slp-you-five and jump and twist in midair.
Milk Bone lesson is great whether he learns it or not........1999-04-10
My Scottish Terrier, Sgt. Pepper, is currently working on the balance the milk-bone on your nose, and rollover trick.
At this point we're having so much fun gazing into one another's eyes over the milk bone, that we don't much care whether he learns it or not.
This is great fun!
One of the best books on teaching your dog tricks........1996-01-26
This wonderful book is lavishly illustrated, and takes a
step-by-step approach that results in a over-all well-trained
dog. Easy to follow and a fun read.
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How to teach an old dog new tricks: Retraining the secondhand dog
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How to teach an old dog park new tricks: sparking citizen interest is the key to continuing a successful dogpark.: An article from: Parks & Recreation
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The history of recorded souind began with a sheet of tinfoil and a familiar nursery rhyme: "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Although many books refer to this revolutionary invention in passing, until now no comprehensive history of the tinfoil phonograph has ever been attempted. In this book the story of the earliest phonographs is recounted through the machines themselves -- the surviving hardware that so eloquently expresses the history of Edison's greatest invention. With hundreds of illustrations and surprising historical documentation, TINFOIL PHONOGRAPHS unveils a fascinating story that is all too little known today.
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- Probably best suited to real gramophone enthusiasts
- Highly detailed, but info stops about 1958
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BORING!.......2007-06-01
As a recording engineer by profession, the promise of this book was absolutely thrilling. And while I did enjoy some tastey morsels, it was so painful getting to them. For me it WAS worth the trouble reading this book, but the ratio of interesting to tedious was much lower than I had hoped.
The book wasn't just dry. It was a labor to read. Imagine the worst features of history and intellectual property case law -- combined.
The author can be commended for detailing the complex dealings within the recording industry of the past. I just wish the writing had some hint of passion for the subject. Too bad.
Probably best suited to real gramophone enthusiasts.......2005-04-14
Thomas Edison invented the cylinder phonograph and that's what we had until a fellow named Emile Berliner thought round discs might work better. That's all quite a bit too simplistic and leaves out stages in between where recording material varied between a basic tinfoil all the way up to cylinders composed of wax, various compounds, including some that were coated with gold. The evolution of the recording industry also included countless lawsuits over tangled disagreements as to various patents involving methods of recording and reproduction.
This book attempts to rectify misconceptions many (myself definitely included) might have about how the recording industry involved from using acoustic means to record and recreate sound until the first uses of electrical means to 'grab' sound.
PROS:
Copious footnotes have some information you'd miss if you don't refer to them
Very detailed information about patents involved (down to legal notices printed verbatim) from some of the big players in the gramophone/graphophone/disc industry's early days
Interesting photographs of oddities like the 1888 (approx) vintage Edison made talking doll, 1897 ads for Columbia/Bettini/Edison phonographs ($5 per dozen for the Edison records!),and an office worker using a phonograph (and giant ear tube) to type from dictation recorded on a cylinder.
CONS:
It's not a very easy read for someone, like me, who's interested in the early days of recording but doesn't have a big legal background or knowledge of terminology like "mandrel" (a component of early cylinder machines).
The authors didn't make much of an attempt to explain the complicated web between the main companies, their contracted sellers, other manufacturers of discs/cylinders. Perhaps a "flow chart" explaining how the chain of command went from the corporation to the local talking machine store might have helped.
The book's title is somewhat misleading..there's fairly little time spent discussing "stereo" sound or for that matter much past the 1920s (the last 5 pages really). There are plenty of books covering that vintage, so it's only an issue if you're looking for a tome that covers that whole spread. For the early years up until approximately the 1920s, this does a good job.
BOTTOM LINE:
Actual 78RPM disc/phonograph collectors will probably find this essential. Mere music enthusiasts like myself will probably find this too dry to sit all the way through. I'm hoping that perhaps the authors will find a way to make it a more exciting read ina future edition and perhaps more explanatory with regard to technical/legal terms.
Highly detailed, but info stops about 1958.......2000-05-18
Very very detailed on the history up to about the 1920's and then speeds up and skims over everything beyond that. Essential to the Victrola and 78RPM collector. Very scientific in its information and also includes quotes, interviews, and tons of information available nowhere else on mechanical/electrmechanical audio reproduction. Also covers in detail the introduction and development of 33/45 discs (titled "The War of the Speeds"). Stereo and the post-crystal/ceramic cartridge era is very minimal.
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Printed and Dyed Textiles from Africa (Fabric Folios)
John Gillow
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To go to any market in West Africa, where the women are swathed in brightly patterned wraps, is to experience an assault on your visual senses. This book, too, is a visual feast, illustrating the richness and diversity of the African textile tradition, and providing designers at all levels with inspiration for their own work. Over 30 textiles from the British Museum's renowned collection are explored in detail: magnificent blue-and-white, indigo-resist-dyed cloths from West Africa; "mud cloths" from Mali; the unique warp-striped weaves and ikats from Madagascar; "adinkra" blockprints and painted "calligraphy" cloths from Ghana and the "adire" cloths from Yorubaland. In his enlightening text John Gillow provides the background information to bring the pieces to life and clearly explains the full range of principle techniques employed. In addition, brief commentaries highlight the design features and a technical glossary supports the main text so you can rely on the book for eye-catching patterns as well as refer to it for specific information.
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Byzantine Constantinople: Monuments, Topography and Everyday Life (Medieval Mediterranean)
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Enciclopedia de CorelDRAW 8
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If you enjoyed Out of Africa and West with the Night, here's another amazing woman's story of her adventurous African life. Rosamond Halsey Carr left her job as a young New York City fashion illustrator in the 1940s to join her hunter-explorer husband in the Belgian Congo; after their divorce, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda as the manager of a flower plantation. For the next 50 years she lived an extraordinary life, witnessing the fall of colonialism, the loss of her friend Dian Fossey, and the relentless clashes between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Although this book includes a poignant insider's account of the events surrounding the horrific 1994 genocide, it also provides a beautiful portrait of the Rwanda that was--and still is. After being evacuated during the genocide, Carr returned to Rwanda and, at age 82, rebuilt her home from the ground up, intent on opening a home for some 100 orphaned children.
Carr's humble tenacity and bold strength animate her historical, cultural, and personal accounts. Arriving in Africa in 1949, she witnesses the traditions of the royal Tutsi dynasty, sails up the Congo to camp in pygmy villages, encounters leopards, mingles with European aristocrats, finds and loses love, and lives through Congo independence and civil war. Her passion for the country and its people makes for a life story that is both tragic and hopeful, and full of interesting details that animate the spirit of Rwanda. --Kathryn True
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"A remarkable life story, reminiscent of Out of Africa."--Vogue
In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation.
Land of a Thousand Hills is Carr's thrilling memoir of her life in Rwanda-a love affair with a country and a people that has spanned half a century. During those years, she has experienced everything from stalking leopards to rampaging elephants, drought, the mysterious murder of her friend Dian Fossey, and near-bankruptcy. She has chugged up the Congo River on a paddle-wheel steamboat, been serenaded by pygmies, and witnessed firsthand the collapse of colonialism. Following 1994's Hutu-Tutsi genocide, Carr turned her plantation into a shelter for the lost and orphaned children-work she continues to this day, at the age of eighty-seven.
"Carr's book is a testament to the courage, perseverance, and resilience of the land to which she has given her heart."--San Francisco Examiner
Customer Reviews:
"After all, dear," she wrote, "this is a bit much.".......2007-09-08
Land of A Thousand Hills is an autobiography by Rosamond Halsey Carr. She lived in Rwanda from 1949 until her death in 2006. Originally the owner of a flower plantation, she went on at 82 to open an orphanage for children left parentless during the Hutu-Tutsi genocide.
I had higher hopes for this book. Which isn't to say that Land of a Thousand Hills is a bad book. It isn't. It is certainly interesting biographically. Carr was a fascinating woman. The sheer strength of her decision to stay in Africa after the collapse of her marriage in order to run a flower plantation on her own is really impressive-- more so considering the time. At 82, I hope that I'm the kind of woman who will return to a war zone to start an orphanage. It was also fascinating to read her stories about Dian Fossey. Carr certainly knew some very interesting people.
I suppose that I was mostly disappointed because I expected it to say more about Rwanda as a country. Given her obvious personal strength, I expected her to be a more unbiased observer. She clearly was not that, and to her credit I guess that she never pretended to be. I didn't feel as though I learned much about the politics of the time that she lived through. Worse, I didn't really feel that I trusted much of what I did learn.
One exception to this is that so few people are willing to write about the Tutsi at all critically, following the genocide. Carr actually builds a hesitant case for the defense without excusing Huti excesses, something that probably took a fair amount of personal courage. That was interesting.
The book is not terribly well written, although the prose is generally clean. They may have done better to have it co-written by someone with better credentials than being a relative of the primary author.
If you have some time to spare, and are interested in the fading days of European empire in Africa, you may well find this a good use of time. But walk, don't run, to the book store.
You won't be disappointed!.......2007-01-13
I always read everything I can get my hands on about Africa, having had the luxury of visiting Kenya & Tanzania a few years ago. Once you visit, you'll always want to return, even if it is only through the eyes of others. This book is at the top of my list, along with Mark Ross' "Dangerous Beauty." I commend Ann Howard Halsey for helping her aunt write this story about life in Rwanda. What a treasure! With all the material things Ms. Carr lost during the tragic events of the genocide (and all the people she loved who were killed by senseless murders), happily, Rosamond Halsey Carr's heroic story will last forever! This book reads "like butter!"--beautifully written, yet deep and provocative; never boring. I only wish I could have known Ms. Carr and seen the beauty of her adopted country that she saw for over 50 years!! (I would have a thousand questions to ask her, too.) What a horrific, under publicized period of history she lived through (and miraculously lived to tell the story). Most of the book is of the 40-50 years she spent in Rwanda which lead up to the events of the genocide--there are plenty of happy times, but it wasn't an easy life. I enjoyed Carr's stories about her friend Dian Fosse, too--she didn't romanticize the truth! The authors do a great job explaining the politics and culture of the country as well. Bravo! This book is worth the read!
Beautiful memoir!.......2005-11-12
Through this well written memoir you get to learn a lot about Africa, specially about Rwandas history. Rosamund's life story is very interesting, the choices she made, the oportunities life offered to her and that she took. It's great to see all the good deeds she made and the things she achieved inspite of all the caos Rwanda has gone through in the last decades. She takes care of lots of orphan kids and shelters them at her property. She does her best to help these kids become the best they can be even they live surrounded by danger. I enjoyed the book very much and learned more about Africa and about humanity as well.
50 years are artfully packed into this memoir.......2005-08-16
What a well-written book! It reads like the memoir that it is, and memoirs require special storytelling skills when they cover an entire 50 years. And this is what the book does--covers 50 years of the author's life and Rwandan history.
The way the author describes her friendship with Dian Fossey, her marriage to Kenneth, the people she met and shared her home and land with, and the circumstances of ethnic strife in Rwanda are incredibly touching and fascinating.
The author moved to Rwanda in the waning years of colonialism. At first, it appeared like this unique lifestyle of privilege the colonialists lead will last for a very long time--yet it seemed to vanish overnight. Most of the author's friends were killed or lost everything when the Congo (now Zaire) and Rwanda made their transitions to independence.
From there, Rwanda seems to have a bright enough future as the government invests in environmental and educational progress. However, all the while displaced Tutsi refugees were fermenting across the border in Uganda, Burundi, and the Congo.
As war and revenge tears apart the progress that's been made since independence, the author struggles to maintain her humanity, home, farm, and physical safety. Like so many people, she lost nearly everything in the genocide that occurred in 1994--many of her workers and friends, all her possessions--even the plumbing was ripped out of the walls of her house. Not to be daunted, she rebounds later that year by remaking her farm into an orphanage.
This book was an amazing look at the struggles, triumphs, and tragedies the Rwandan people faced over a span of about 50 years. It helped me understand the transition to independence and the genocide so much better than news reports. The author tells the story in a refreshingly human light--helping imagine what it might have been like.
Fascinating look into Rwanda's history.......2005-06-30
My interest in Rwanda was spurred by watching the movie "Hotel Rwanda" and reading "The Poisonwood Bible" (which is set in next door Congo). This book follows the life of a young woman that marries an African adventurer and goes there at a fairly young age. She winds up spending practically the rest of her life there, and provides a unique and interesting perspective on Rwanda's history. Watching "Hotel Rwanda" gave me only a snapshot - leading me to think that Hutus were crazy blood thirsty savages going after Tutsis. Well, many of them were, but this book gave me a little of the background as to why the Hutus are so crazy and militant. Rwanda certainly has had a turbulent history.
The book itself is a fascinating look at life on a flower farm in Rwanda over several decades. Diane Fossey plays quite a role, as her gorilla camp was not far from the main character's house. Good story overall.
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