Mr. Spaceman

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Wonderfully artistic, intelligent entertainment

Boom or Bust???

A Brave Try

Tons of science fiction heart

Insight from an Outsider

Mr. Spaceman
Robert Olen Butler
Manufacturer: Grove Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0802137822

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Desi is a spaceman who has a way with words. Listening to them, that is. He's been hovering over Earth for years, occasionally beaming up earthlings and telepathically auditing their personal histories. At the opening of Robert Olen Butler's metaphysical comedy, the date is December 30, 2000. Desi has beamed up a busload of gamblers bound for a Louisiana casino. His wife, Edna Bradshaw--beamed up earlier from Bovary, Alabama--is making sausage balls, a dish she believes will comfort the astonished visitors. Together, Desi and Edna put everyone so at ease that the abductees quickly become disciples.

Butler's narrator is a happy comic creation, a deadpan alien in love with his wife and her fine set of knockers: "There are three things about this planet which are too wonderful for me. Make that four things. The way of dreams in the mind; the way of tears in the eyes; the way of words in the mouth; and the way of my wife Edna Bradshaw when she acts like a cat and lovenibbles me into her arms." In a novel that eludes classification, Butler propels Desi's linguistic struggles, busload of disciples, and attempts to plumb the mystery of human yearning to a tight climax as he plans his first public appearance on Earth, which his new followers believe is a second coming. Mr. Spaceman is by turns a fond satire of science fiction, an ode to the South, and an exploration of marital dynamics that's as besotted with detail as any Anne Tyler novel--though the perspective tilts a little off-center. Edna gives her spaceman a fond pinch on the cheek, and he observes,

Her hand lunges forward and grabs a sizeable part of my cheek and squeezes and jiggles it. This physical attack is very distressing to me, especially given the sudden light-heartedness of her demeanor as she does it. This is a side to Edna that shocks me, and the violence goes on. I am bearing it the best I can and now Edna even says, "Oh you spaceman," in that cheery, loving voice that I have grown to recognize in spite of the neutrality of the words themselves. I am very confused and her attack on my cheek ceases and her hand drops and I think I may have missed something. I think she has meant this gesture as a friendly thing. After all, she does not have suckers on her fingers.

Butler also frequently digresses into the narrative voices of the earthlings in their monologues about their lives. Alas, so appealing is Desi's narrative voice that these (admittedly often virtuoso) forays into other voices offer a degree of frustration. --Claire Dederer

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"There are three things about this planet which are too wonderful for me. Make that four things. The way of dreams in the mind; the way of tears in the eye; the way of words in the mouth; and the way of my wife Edna Bradshaw when she acts like a cat and love-nibbles me into her arms." This is the voice of Desi, the hero of Robert Olen Butler's novel Mr. Spaceman, who has kept a quiet vigil above the Earth for decades while studying the confusing, fascinating, and frustrating primary species of our planet, occasionally venturing to the planet's surface to hear their thoughts and experience their memories using his empathic powers. Now, on December 31, 2000, he prepares for the final phase of his mysterious mission, which begins when he beams a tour bus bound for a Louisiana casino aboard his ship. The twelve passengers will be the last humans whose lives he will experience before he positions his spaceship in full and irrefutable view of the people of Earth, and descend to the planet's surface to proclaim his presence to all of humanity at the turn of the millennium. Poignant, funny, and charming, Mr. Spaceman is filled with unexpected twists and turns, a tribute to the powers of love and understanding and the essence of what it means to be human.

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Wonderfully artistic, intelligent entertainment.......2004-07-20

I loved this book. Desi is as engaging a "character" as I've encountered in years. He's been studying us for 30 years and is preparing for a grand appearance on New Year's Eve of the new millenium. His wise and quirky ruminations are by turn funny, poignant, and sad. He discerns the yearning that drives humans, but he doesn't quite understand it -- just as we don't. He has fallen in love with Edna, a downhome girl from Alabama who enjoys cooking and nurturing the folks who have been beamed up to the spacecraft.

So we wonder: Is this a love story? A sci-fi tale? A comedy? A study of the mysteries of language, of culture, of spirituality?

However we classify it (if we even need to do so), I'd like to say that this work seems a more imaginative achievement than his Pulitzer-Prize-winning book (A Good Scent ...). What impresses me most about Butler's writing is his commitment to voice. He lives within his characters, granting them compassion and understanding. His works are literary entertainments, what any discriminating reader yearns to find.

Boom or Bust???.......2004-02-26

Endless ramblings/obvious allegory/weak conclusion. This is not a humour piece nor sci-fi and has little value as a fiction piece for entertainment. Having said that, this novel has definite merit for school study. It is an exellent piece to provoke discussion and should be on a mandatory reading list for English and Psyc students.

I rate this as a 1 if your looking for a casual entertaining read. I suggest you keep away and stick with your blockbuster story writers.

I rate this as a 5 if you want a book for a reading club and are ready for potentially intense dialoque.

A Brave Try.......2002-05-21

Robert Olen Butler is an excellent writer, so one can almost understand his desire, first with "Tabloid Dreams" and now with "Mr. Spaceman" (an expansion of one of the stories in "Tabloid Dreams"), to escape the melancholic Vietnam memoirs he'd become known for.

"Mr. Spaceman" as a feature-length exposition goes a lot further toward redeeming his wanderlust than the dozen short stories in "Tabloid Dreams." At least here he takes the time to develop the rhythms of his characters, and to bring some "humanity" to his oddball cast and that, ironically, includes the forlorn but ultimately likable Spaceman himself, Desi. Through a series of interviews with his abductees, Desi (and the reader) learn of the lives, loves and fears of this busload of gamblers, and it is their stories, not Desi's, where Butler's humanity and compassion most reveal themselves.

But alas, the overriding premise is tough sledding. The nuggets of Butlerisms are cold comfort in a novel this obtuse, and ultimately one wishes Butler would choose to exercise his gifts in a format with less baggage.

Perhaps, having gotten it out of his system, next time he will.

Tons of science fiction heart.......2001-11-19

Desi the Spaceman has quite a task before him. As he continues to hover over planet Earth with his wife Edna - he picked her up in the Walmart parking lot near her home in Alabama - he realizes that his mission is coming to its most dangerous step. He must reveal himself to Earth and face the possible defensive (and violent) response.

Before the "unveiling", which is to take place on New Year's Eve, Desi decides to hijack a bus of casino-bound gamblers from a dark highway. He's brought people to his ship before, but these will be the first who are allowed to retain the experience upon their release. The bus reveals a truly diverse bunch, everything from a punky, confused Christian to a gay bus driver named Hank.

Mr. Spaceman is a simple, affecting collection of the very things that Desi is trying to learn from each of the individuals. Their inner voices, emotions, fears, and - most importantly - their yearnings. While it sounds a lot like science fiction, it's really more of a gentle, New Age study of the human condition. Robert Olen Butler seems to have a great compassion (if not always the best understanding) for each of his characters as they reveal their stories to the spaceman. That sensitive tone carries through the novel without much plot development, but that seems about right. While there's nothing new here, it's an enjoyable read and I certainly look forward to other works by the author.

Insight from an Outsider.......2001-10-02

I bought Mr. Spaceman because of the novelty of the plot. It sounded quirky and fun and I hadn't read anything by the author despite the fact that I have seen his work in quite a few bookstores. I am very glad that I picked it up - this was a very honest look at American life at the turn of the millennium. Lives seen through the naive eyes of an outsider. Well concieved and written. And while lives and cultures are being examined, the author makes no value judgements; he leaves it to the reader to interpret.

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The enchanting, magical sequel to The Black Unicorn and The Gold Unicorn!After several years traveling, Tanaquil - a sorceress like her mother with the ability to mend - returns home only to discover that her true love has been betrothed to her sister, Empress Lizra. Broken-hearted and jealous of her sister's happiness, Tanaquil is lured by a red unicorn into a mirror world where she encounters Tanakil, a diabolical version of herself. She discovers also several new powers. Powers she will need to foil Tanakil's sinister plot of revenge.

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The Grand Finale.......2003-08-31

After many adventures and a few heartbreaks, Tanaquil returns home to her mother's fortress in the desert only to find that everything has changed. Tanaquil's mother has fallen in love and, if she spent little time with Tanaquil before, she spends none with her now. Tanaquil is considering moving on when adventure comes for her in the shape of a red unicorn...

The red unicorn leads Tanaquil into a world that mirrors her own. Everyone she knows and loves is in this world...even she is here in the form of a princess named Tanakil. But everything here is opposite. The sky is green, wolves eat nuts, and everyone that is evil in Tanaquil's world is good here... and vice versa.

Can Tanaquil stop her evil twin Tanakil before she does the unthinkable and murders her own sister? And will Tanaquil ever be able to return to her own world? And, more importantly, if she does, will Tanaquil have the courage to tell her half-sister the awful truth...that Tanaquil is in love with her half-sister's future husband? How could such a tangled story have a happy ending...you may be surprised.

This is the last book in the trilogy that also contains Black Unicorn and Red Unicorn. All three books are wonderful, but this one is by far the best. I highly recommend them all.

Great trilogy.......2002-12-27

though i found this book in the young adult section of the library i think that it works well for all ages. This a great trilogy - especially if you are looking for a fun light read.

Depressing........2002-06-20

With Tanaquil's heartache, it is a natural downer. But Lee's fast-paced writing never lets go, and I will promise this: the last few pages redeem its depressing nature just enough to make the read worthwhile.

Fantasy, or much, much, much more?.......2000-01-06

The 'Red Unicorn' is the best book that I have ever read.If you like fantasy books like I do, you will love it as well, but even if you don't, I think that you will still find this to be one of the best books ever written.

A great book!!.......1999-11-04

The day I found TheRed Unicorn was when my book to have for a book report was due. I had never heard of Tanith but, of the few weeks it took me to read it I was so amazed. I never did like to read but after I had read Red Unicorn I now can't keep my eyes out of my books. In my reading class I am recieving an A thanks to Tanith Lee. If he hadn't wrote this book I would probally be getting an F on my book report and Reading class. Agian I thank you and I will soon read many of your other books. God has givin you a great gift. Don't be afraid to use it.

9 Books: 1 Apprentice Adept: Unicorn Point / 3 XANTH: The Source of Magic, Question Quest, Dragon on a Pedestal / 1 CLUSTER: Viscious Circle / 4 INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY: With a Tangled Skein, For Love of Evil, Wielding a Red Sword, And Eternity (Unboxed Set of Fantasy / Sci-Fi Novels from Various Series)

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9 Books: 1 Apprentice Adept: Unicorn Point / 3 XANTH: The Source of Magic, Question Quest, Dragon on a Pedestal / 1 CLUSTER: Viscious Circle / 4 INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY: With a Tangled Skein, For Love of Evil, Wielding a Red Sword, And Eternity (Unboxed Set of Fantasy / Sci-Fi Novels from Various Series)
Piers Anthony
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ASIN: B000VOHVSO

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9 Piers Anthony Books: 1 Apprentice Adept: Unicorn Point / 3 XANTH: The Source of Magic, Question Quest, Dragon on a Pedestal / 1 CLUSTER: Viscious Circle / 4 INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY: With a Tangled Skein, For Love of Evil, Wielding a Red Sword, And Eternity, (Unboxed Set of Fantasy / Sci-Fi Novels from several series) , Shipped in one package to save on shipping costs.

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The Little Red Fox and the Unicorn
Alison Uttley
Manufacturer: William Heinemann
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Binding: Hardcover

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Red Unicorn

Manufacturer: Tom Doherty Associates
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Red Unicorn

Manufacturer: Tom Doherty Associates
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Red Unicorn

Manufacturer: Tom Doherty Associates
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Red Unicorn

Manufacturer: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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Red Unicorn
Tanith Lee
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Red Unicorn

Manufacturer: Tom Doherty Associates
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Dovermen Of Doom.......2002-06-13

In this book Garzooka, Odious, Starlena, Abnermal, and Compooky find them selves in another adventure to save the universe. This is the third book in the seris and the best. I liked the Pet Force books because they are exciting and funny. Vetvix, the pet force's archenemy creats a brain boosting device and increeses a dovermen's intellagence and strength. Then went around the universe increeseing dogs intellagence and strength. K-Niner gives the dogs collars to put on their owners. The colars make the owners act like dogs. If you liked this book you should read other Garfield books by Jim Davis

BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2002-06-12

I think kniner dog of doom is by, far the best book in the series. In this book Vetvix creates a brain bosting machine and increeses a dovermen's intellagence. I really liked this book because it's exciting and funny. K-niner went to kennel (a planet with a lot of dogs), used the brain bosting machine and bosted all the dogs intelagence so they could walk and talk. Then he starts going to other planets and bosting dogs brains. If you liked this book you should read other books by Jim Davis.

A great book.......2000-07-10

I really liked this book. It is without a doubt the best book of the series. In this book Vetvix has created K-niner and tries to brainwash all dogs everywhere. This book was very funny as well as action packed. I would highly recommend it for any Garfield fan or for anyone who likes an adventure with a little bit of humor as well.

I enjoyed this book and I think you will to........1999-03-03

if you read this book youl probley enjoy it. Garzooka: It's just Garfield only more mussle then fat. Odious: It's just Odie only more mussl less brain. Starlena: chill out it's just Arlene who sings more. Abnermal: Be afaid Be verry afaid it's nermal. Compooky: relax it's just your every day teddy bear. If you take my advice this is a funny book.This book is about jon a dimwited emporor the evial Vetvixs, whois odie and garfield,s veterinarian, has created a diabolical scheme. then she created k niner for her scheme.

A book with a big bang!.......1999-02-27

I'm in 5th grade and I liked this book because it makes me laugh. When I read Garfield's PET FORCE, Garfield and his friends had super powers. They transformed into big masled dogs. This made them stronger. Then they go fight K-niner and the other villans. They fought K-niner,a big dog,because K-niner put collors on humans to make them act like dogs. I would recommend this book to people of all ages,especially if they like Garfield and PET FORCE books. In the real world there would not be animals that have super powers and can fly. Also, there is no such thing as dogs that can think,talk and walk on two feet,like Garfield and the other super heros. The PET FORCE real names are Garzooka,a cat,Odious,a dog,Starlena,a cat,Abnermal,a cat, and compooky is a teddy bear. There's a bad person and his name is K-niner: Dog of Boom.His master is Vetvix's. There's also a wizard who has very strong powers;evil powers that can destroy people. I liked this book because there were animals with super powers who could go in space. Animals are qreat,like Rosco and Soloman,my cats. I wonder what it would be like if my cats had super powers.

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K-Niner: Dog of Doom!
Michael Teitelbaum
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K6MIYK

Set of 4 Garfield's Pet Force by Jim Davis ~ #1 The Outrageous Origin ~ #2 Pie-Rat's Revenge! ~ #3 K-Niner: Dog of Doom ~ #4 Menace of the Mutanator (Garfield's Pet Force, Books 1-4)

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Set of 4 Garfield's Pet Force by Jim Davis ~ #1 The Outrageous Origin ~ #2 Pie-Rat's Revenge! ~ #3 K-Niner: Dog of Doom ~ #4 Menace of the Mutanator (Garfield's Pet Force, Books 1-4)
Jim Davis
Manufacturer: Scholastic
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: B000S2KC1W

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Stop and Smell the Rosemary: REcipes and Traditions to Remember

Stop and Smell the Rosemary

Hands down, my favorite cookbook

I am in Total agreement!!!

Excellent

Stop and Smell the Rosemary: Recipes and Traditions to Remember
Junior League of Houston
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There is nothing amateurish about Stop and Smell the Rosemary, which won first prize in the McIlhenny community cookbook competition for 1996. (McIlhenny are the folks from Louisiana who bring you Tabasco sauce.) The theme of this handsome book is food suited to today's style of entertaining. Dishes are classy and simple. Most are familiar, but with a twist that works. It's hard to go wrong with Ginger Shrimp Toast, any of the fine roasts and stews, or desserts like Pecan Chocolate Chunk Brownies. Recipes are supposedly quadruple-tested and it looks like the Houston Junior League has a passel of good cooks based on the useful hints and technical tips they pass along in side notes. There are recipes with local character, like Texas White Chili and Fried Okra, and distinctive dishes like $10 Hamburgers and Mangaspacho. Think of this book when you need to give a gift.

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Stop and Smell the Rosemary: REcipes and Traditions to Remember.......2006-03-21

Absolutely wonderful cookbook! A must have for the kitchen! Beautiful bith in pictures and recipes!

Stop and Smell the Rosemary.......2006-02-22

I have collected cookbooks for the past 45 years, and this is absolutely one of the BEST!!! It is beautifully illustrated and full of unusual recipes. So far every one I've tried has been delicious and easy to follow. I'm ordering five more to have on hand for gifts.

Hands down, my favorite cookbook.......2005-02-17

I have owned this cookbook for several years and I have given it as a hostess gift numerous times. The recipes in it have never failed me and I feel completely confident to do a first run for guests. The photos are amazing and I especially like the table setting pictures and the lineup of every piece of flatware imaginable.
If you haven't tried the recipes for chicken salad with cranberries and pecans, the grilled pork tenderloin with dijon mustard and orange marmalade, the mushroom pate, or the field greens with spicy pecans and blue cheese (I substitute feta), get in the kitchen now and start cooking. I promise, you will love them all.

I am in Total agreement!!!.......2004-08-10

Try also the Khalua Gingerbread, the spicey meat loaf, the baked salmon - I take this cookbook with me every summer and use only this cookbook.

Excellent.......2003-07-01

I hate having cookbooks where every recipe needs exotic ingredients and cost $... to make. This is a wonderful cookbook (and believe me- I have many). I found that most ingredients are easily accessible in the supermarket and the results are usually a lot for little effort. Some favorites are the lemon yogurt muffins, herbed beer bread, and ANY of the pasta dishes. I have a lot of vegetarian friends and some times struggle to find a happy medium for both...this book has a lot of great non-meat alternatives that aren't just side dishes. There's also a lot of lower fat/calorie dishes. The recipes are unique and tasty. I grab this book first when I know company is coming-- it's definitely worth the money.

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My Parrot, My Friend is a straightforward book that addresses a growing need for parrot owners and their birds. When difficulties develop in the home, or a clash in avian and human natures makes for unhappy birds and angry owners, many times the sad consequence is painful termination of what could have been a long-term, joyful relationship. Happily, there is an effective remedy and it lies in a program of behavior modification. That program is fully detailed in this well-written, wonderfully detailed text. In addition, the text helps readers to find the right bird so problems can be sidestepped altogether, and it explains which birds not to consider and why. My Parrot, My Friend shows how parrots grow and develop, and how behavioral problems can start. The book explains behavioral modification, how it works, and how to apply it in specific situations. Case studies and an examination of pertinent issues add considerable interest to the text. These and other special features make this one of the most indispensable reference books you will ever use. My Parrot, My Friend is the first book to approach the subject in such depth for the lay reader. It will make a significant difference in how pet owners view and relate to their birds and will point the way to happy endings where once there were none.

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Best Parrot Book!.......2007-03-26

Parrots - from budgies to Hyacinth Macaws - are nothing like dogs and cats. For one thing, most of them outlive us. When you get a parrot, you get an individual with the smarts of a 5 year old kid who's emotionally stuck at 2. My Parrot, My Friend gives you all the insight you'll need to get started in and maintain a healthy relationship with your fid (feathered kid). In my 40 years as a parrot companion, this is the first book that I found having everything necessary to ensure you have the proper understanding of the committment needed - time, money, patience, more time, humor - to have a healthy, happy parrot.

Good overiew and enlightenment.......2006-10-21

This book is a good read in bringing one's common sense understanding of parrots in general. I was able to formulate a more educated sense when working with my parrots... basically it gives scientific, common sense information.

A must for the home library.

BJBichon on "My Parrot, My Friend".......2006-07-08

This book was recommended by another bird site as the only book you will ever need to understand your bird. I think I was expecting too much. It reads a little like a clinical tome; too many words, too little said. Yet, the monochromatic photos and diagrams, editing errors, and misspelled words cause you to question the credibility.

Wow.......2006-04-26

This book is very thourough.
I recently got it "out of the closet" and it helped my boyfriend understand my two goffins cockatoos much better.
It's easy to read, entertaining, and full of useful information.
Well worth the money.

One must have book!.......2005-08-24

This book has saved me alot of trouble and pain on my part and the bird I almost got. I have learned more from this book then from any other. I suggest this book to anyone concidering getting a large bird!

My Parrot, My Friend - Owner's Guide To Parrot Behavior

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My Parrot, My Friend - Owner's Guide To Parrot Behavior
Bonnie Munro; Qualkinbush, Thomas Doane
Manufacturer: Howell Book House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NY30BE

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American Rifleman recognized the 11th edition as "an indispensable reference guide." "One of the most respected reference books for gun collectors, enthusiasts, and just plain trivia buffs," reported GUNS magazine. Now, this best selling, most informative, and comprehensive firearms reference is available in a completely updated 12th edition.

Specifications and prices for more than 25,000 models of firearms are entirely updated. Antique gun values are listed in five condition grades, and modern guns are listed in six, providing more than 110,000 accurate values.

Easily find nearly any firearm made after 1838 using the detailed indexes of manufacturers and individual models. Enthusiasts will enjoy browsing through the more than 50 featured snapshots, depicting rare and notable guns recently sold at auctions. Included are a Colt Single Action belonging to Billy the Kid and the only known pair of consecutively numbered Company B Walker Colts. A 16-page color section provides glossy photos of valuable arms also recently sold at auctions.

• Features more than 110,000 prices for over 25,000 firearms
• Contains detailed indexes of manufacturers and individual models
• Rich historical data on specific models and companies

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In contrast to the common opinion that the Johannine Farewell Discourses represent solely the Jewish genre of the Testament, George Parsenios argues that features of the discourses are misread or missed completely apart from Greco-Roman literature. Evidence from classical drama, for instance, assists in reading Jesus' return to the Father as a dramatic exit and, further, accounts for the puzzling delay of Jesus at 14:31 without recourse to redaction theories. Consolation literature and the literary symposium emphasize Jesus' continuing and consoling presence, with particular attention to the Paraclete's role as doppelgänger. The thread that binds the various chapters into a coherent whole, therefore, is the utility of classical literature in clarifying Jesus' consoling presence even after his departure to the Father.

Readership: All those interested in the Gospel of John, the interaction between early Christian and classical literature, and literary analysis of the New Testament.

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Zowie! What a Book!.......2005-05-13

Zowie! What a book! I laughed. I cried. This book was much better than the DaVinci Code. Bless you George Parsenios!

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from Generation X . . . my, how he inspires us........2004-03-24

This is a well written account of someone who was on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. As Dr. Sellers recounts his life as a "black militant", he gives us first hand insight of not only his, but "others" involvement in this historical movement. His details caputured my soul and touch my heart. Not only did I have the opportunity to read the autobioraphy of Dr. Cleveland Seller, he was also my long time advisor and professor at The University of South Carolina. This book is as well written as his first hand accounts.

Valuable Memoir.......2001-10-05

I know Cleve Sellers quite well, he's currently a history professor at the University of South Carolina and his students are fortunate to get firsthand accounts of the Civil Rights movement from a lesser-known, but NOT a lesser player in these events. Readers of his book are forutante too, for here you have verfiable firsthand accounts from a man who lived through this stuff and paid heavily for it. In about 40 years, the generation who lived through the Civil Rights movement will no longer be with us, and it is good that documents of this kind will be around to let future generations know what it was REALLY like.

However, it's worthy to note that his closing chapter, on the chaotic state of Black leadership after the Civil Rights movement, is still dead-on traget although it was written in 1973.

Civil Rights Was More than a "Dream".......2000-06-15

This is a reprint of a well-written personal account by a SNCC member and Howard University student. I am glad to see this book back in print. It will give an insight to the young and not so young who, because of the media's almost exclusive focus on Dr. King, have been lead to believe that the only important aspect of the civil rights movement was the "I Have a Dream" speech. Cleve Sellers gives us an up close and personal report on some of the key leaders of SNCC, especially the late Stokely Carmichael (known later as Kwame Ture), who later became, for a short time, the Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party and for many years the primary organizer of the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party.

Sellers shares many of the behind the scenes relationships between SNCC and other organizations and details the tactical and ideological differences which engaged the energies of the SNCC membership.

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The river of no return : the autobiography of a Black militant and the life and death of SNCC / by Cleveland Sellers with Robert Terrell
Cleveland (1944-) Sellers
Manufacturer: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi
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Binding: Paperback
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