Burning Sins to Ashes

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Mary Shepherd fights through the trials of life and the ghosts of her past, including the memory of her aborted child. Alongside Fisher, her ever-faithful friend, she comes into maturity and is finally able to free herself from the prison of her nightmares.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Book with a Bittersweet Twist!.......2003-08-07

This is a really good book. It has a lot of emotions -- funny, sad, etc. The ending is a bittersweet surprise, but very statisfying and realistic. The main character, Mary, is redeemed and able to accept what happens in her life.

My favorite part of the book is the dinner scene -- it's really funny! The characters in this book are tru-to-life, which adds to the story.

Overall, a great read!

A Slice of Life.......2002-09-30

I like the beginning (the preface) because it draws you into the story and makes you want to keep reading. It is very intriguing. The story line was imaginative and very well thought out. The story as a whole was very well written and I also like the way the epilogue was tied the story together.

Pure artistry........2001-03-20

Amanda Auchter is one of a few literary artists. Others just write books, she tells a story. I've read some of her unpublished works and I can see what she writes. Her imagery is so clear that it almost feels like I'm right there with the characters. I went to a reading of hers in Houston. She read two chapters from her book and some other poems of hers. She was on stage for 22min it felt like 5min. Way too short. In summary, I enjoy her writings and will continue to read her works.

A Great Debut!.......2001-03-03

Electric local author comes with a punch! The book Burning Sins to Ashes was one of the best books I have read in a while. Not only is the author one of my very good friends, but she puts together a magnificent story of a young girl thrust out into a scary world all too soon and forced to grow up much too quickly, not to mention she is plagued with a past of an aborted child and parents she couldn't trust. The word usage is great along with the way the dialogue sits in your mind. This book is one that you will not want to put down until you read the very last page. A definite best seller in the making, NOTHING BEATS IT. Great book, and great experience, you will read it again and again finding new things to relish in.

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GREAT ART...HUM-DRUM STORY.......2005-07-19

I've been a huge Neal Adams fan for 30 years. He was the first comic book artist whose comics I actively sought out and collected. Like most of the great artists of the late 60's and 70's, Adams kept his runs on titles short but memorable. His work on the X-Men, Avengers, Green Lantern, and Batman are Silver Age classics. And I remember how happy I was to find Conan the Barbarian #37 with the Adams cover and art. He remains one of my all-time favorites.

"Monsters" collects into one volume for the first time a story that appeared in "Echo of Future Past" from Continuity Comics, Adams' own company. In his introduction, Adams expresses his love for monsters but laments that Dracula, The Wolfman, and The Frankenstein Monster never battled in those old Universal films although he did forget about "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein".

The story opens as a young couple are running for their lives from a pack of ravenous wolves until a stately man upon horseback call the "dogs" off. Their rescuer is overjoyed to find out that the young man is Vincent, the nephew of Victor Frankenstein. Vincent explains that he and his fiancée had to escape from the villagers who killed his uncle after his monster went on a rampage. But they quickly find out their rescuer, Prince Vlad, AKA Count Dracula, is no friend. He kidnaps Vincent's fiancée, Ericka" and forces Vincent to make a new monster. He needs the monster to look after him while he sleeps, and is vulnerable, during the daylight hours. Vincent creates a new monster which immediately breaks free, goes on a rampage, and throws his beloved to her apparent death. But she finds herself bitten by a werewolf and it all climaxes in a battle royal.

If my summary seems simplistic it's because that's exactly what the plot was. Adams' script is just a vehicle to get these three monsters together and at each other's throats. Granted, it's better than the horrendous "Van Helsing" film of 2004, but not by much. At least Neal's art is more pleasing to the eye than two hours of CGI effects. I found Dracula's explanation of why he needed a monster to watch out for him during the day to be a bit silly. I mean, a simple-witted member of the living dead doesn't seem like it would make the best watchdog. That's why vampires have human thralls, such as Renfield, to care for them.

Adams stated in the introduction that he could not depict these monsters looking anything like Universal's copyrighted appearances. I can live with that but I'm not so sure I like my Dracula as a blond, with wavy hair and a Fu-Manchu-style mustache. He looked more like a character from a 1970's cop movie than "The Prince of Darkness". I enjoyed the book as a fan of Neal's art but the story left me a little flat. In addition to the story, there is also a small gallery of monster-related covers than Neal did for Marvel, mostly during the 1970's as well as some of his production sketches from films he worked on.

Reviewed by Tim Janson

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NEAL ADAMS MONSTERS Hardcover
By Neal Adams.
Manufacturer: Vanguard,
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ASIN: 1887591567

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An Exaltation of Larks

Exaltation of larks

A riot of nomenclature

An embarrassment of riches ..

An Exaltation of Larks

An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition
James Lipton
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Customer Reviews:

An Exaltation of Larks.......2007-01-11

The book is a delight not just of finches but of information and finches. The service was great. Thanks

Exaltation of larks.......2007-01-04

Prompted by a discussion with my son about collective nouns, saw and purchased a copy for each of us. More than pleased with the service, and with the content of the book.In fact , there's more than either of us bargained for....its certainly comprehensive and really easy to browse for information.

A riot of nomenclature.......2006-11-03

Frankly, it's not a very readable book. But it's fascinating in that it does list so many group names of animals. It's quite humorous in part, too.

An embarrassment of riches .........2006-08-26

Every member of 'a browse of readers' should have access to this book.

This is considered by many to be the authoritative collection of collective nouns.

From an 'aarmory of aardvarks' to a 'consumption of yuppies', there is something for everyone.

A highly recommended addition to your library of books.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

An Exaltation of Larks.......2006-07-25

This is a wonderful book, so humorous and the illustrations are really well drawn. Two of my friends have already ordered this book after reading mine. This is a great coffee table book, everyone loves to look through it.

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An Exaltation of Larks -review-
Well Written Twaddle; Leaves Reader Curiously Dispirited.
I don't know how to take this book
Great characters, general weirdness
Wonderful Writing and Ideas

An Exaltation of Larks
Robert Reed
Manufacturer: Tor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0312858876

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Jesse is the kind of callow, sly college man who has it all. he's editor of the student newspaper, enormously popular with the female students, breezing through with terrific grade. But he's oblivious to the fragile balance of life, until something unutterly strange strips way the surface clam of his existence and exposes a universe that proves uncontrollable and endlessly mutable.For Jesse has become the focus of conspiracy of creatures from beyond the end of time to re-create our universe anew. Blinded by sex and greed, Jesse can't see the terrible flaw in their vast plan....until a wonderful woman names Sully comes into his life and turns everything right side up.The result is a wild, erotic joyride, a no-holds-barred tour de force, and, finally a novel of sublime grace and beauty, a testament to the transcendent power of love.

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An Exaltation of Larks -review-.......2000-05-21

I'm only in junior high, so adults who read this might not count my opinion, but I thought this book was so good! I couldn't put it down and I definitely can't say that for a lot of books. I agree its not the best I've EVER read, but Reed creates such an interesting and thought provoking synopsis that I was blowen away! This was actually fun to analyse! I've never read a book twice but I'm thinking of making an exception for this one, there's just so much I could of missed. I understand that older people have to sound more distinguished than authors, acting like this novel just lacked plot, flow or whatever and acting like they could write better, but sometimes your wrong. This was a good book, stop kidding yourself! For all of the rest of you out there...read this one!

Well Written Twaddle; Leaves Reader Curiously Dispirited........2000-04-03

The plot is a gloss on a silly time travel/transcendence of Universe theme; a half-smart quasi-Buddhist shtick that leaves one feeling empty and cheated when the story finally unfolds. Along the way we get some generic and purposeless sex, and a story that is supposed to be mysterious and edgy. I give the book a second star because the author writes well, and phrases his silly plot in good style. Perhaps a good rule for science fiction that dips into quasi-crystal channeling mysticism might be to embrace some final meaning, either dark or light. This book leaves one muddled and unhappy, not thoughtful or uplifted. I cannot reccomend the book, but the author writes well enough to deserve more chances.

I don't know how to take this book.......2000-02-23

College boy girl chaser enters the Twilight Zone. Some very interesting things, some bedroom exploits that could have been skipped. This book will stay with you. The material seems like science fiction, but different from most sf.

Great characters, general weirdness.......2000-02-17

This book has great character development and scene setting which goes on for the first 2/3 of the book. I give it the highest rating for this. However, the rating comes down in the last chapter, which gets weird with strange dream like sequences that I don't care for much. This is the type of book you read in college where you have to try to analyze everything the author is trying to say. I'm not sure what it was. For example, I'm not sure what the title is referring too. I'm also not sure what the power struggle was all about. The author seems to try to convey great significance to an event that seemed trivial to me. The back cover credits compare this author to Phillip K. Dick, but except for the weird dream sequences, Reed's writing is much better. This book reminded me a lot of Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five. The same sort of time travel weirdness and symbolism with great writing. So an average rating for great characterization and scene but a general weirdness that I don't care for.

Wonderful Writing and Ideas.......1998-07-15

Reed has produced a brilliantly written piece of work in An Exaltation of Larks. His characters are alive and three dimensional. His portrayal of a small college campus is flawless. His writing is crisp and to the point. And his imagination is wonderful. I would give it five stars but there are just so many great books out there. This one, however, is a must read for those who appreciate good writing with a touch of whimsy and mystery thrown it.

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A compelling read

An Exaltation of Larks
Megan Hart
Manufacturer: Amber Quill Press, LLC
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1592798020
Release Date: 2005-02-17

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Princess Perion Marrett has always found more pleasure in filling her mind than her dance card. Becoming queen, however, means more than taking the throne. She must also take a husband. When a witch's miscast spell sends Sir Barrett Llewellyn to the land of Grimearth, Perion journeys to rescue him. There she finds the truth of her heart-but will it be her noble knight or the man she fears most, Dark Sorcerer Mason de Cimmerian?

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A compelling read.......2005-08-18

Perion Marrett, Queen of Canticle, sets out on a dangerous journey to save the man she loves from the clutches of the dark sorcerer of Cimmerian. With the help of six magical stones, she makes it safely to Cimmerian. Perion hides her true identity from the sorcerer, and enchants him with her sharp-wit and courage. Is she the one who will save him from the curse that has haunted him all his life? Twists and turns abound in this wonderful fantasy. True love is never what it seems to be and Perion experiences betrayal, love found, love lost and love found again. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy fiction.

AN EXALTATION OF LARKS : OR, THE VENEREAL GAME

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AN EXALTATION OF LARKS : OR, THE VENEREAL GAME
James Lipton
Manufacturer: Grossman Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: B000HI9QZK

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"How many times do I have this wonderful sense of discovery"
(3.5)A life-changing Parisian adventure
This book hasn't left my side since I go it in the mail!

An Exaltation of Larks
Julie Nisargand
Manufacturer: Anima Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0965475727

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"How many times do I have this wonderful sense of discovery".......2004-04-30

Anyone who has gone to a country where everything is "foreign" and you can't speak the language will really be able to identify with Christine Louis, the central character in An Exaltation of Larks. After deciding on a three-week trip to Paris, she leaves her tacky job as a waitress in Los Angeles behind, where she doesn't have to put up with "sadists, nasty bosses and rude customers," to embark on an adventure that will challenge her in unexpected and exciting ways. As she flies across the Atlantic she has no memories of anything - she recklessly throws care to the wind, with just the future whirling past her, though her to meet her.

Once in Paris, Christine suffers every traveler's nightmare: she is about to pay for her room at a local pensione when she discovers that her purse has been stolen. Nisargand does a terrific job of describing how valiantly Christine navigates the system - from using the phones to call a friend for help, to finding her way to the American Embassy to replace her passport, to obtaining replacement traveler's checks at the American Express Office.

At first Christine seems terrified of Paris, but as the days go by we see her gradually grow with confidence and self-assurance, as she handles the obstacles before her and begins to find her way. Christine loves exploring the city, from the art galleries to the coffee shops, to the local drinking houses, and along the way she meets and flirts with some of the local French boys. When she meets Klive a young American transplant, who wants to stay and live in Paris, the sexual sparks fly and her holiday takes on an unpredicted and unanticipated turn. Catherine's life is a life among predators, but she has pledged to stay wild and free; she allows men to enjoy their surrender in her arms because she is the one "who must always be on guard."

She spends her days admiring the berets of men, the dogs, the children in perambulators, the Eiffel Tower in the distance, and the seemingly infinite Champs-Elysees. Nisargand has an almost dense, elaborate, and seemingly convoluted style, which well suits the intricacies of Catherine's exploits. Each incident is methodically described with a care for detail and a great deal of time is spent on Catherine's ruminations on the possibilities of love and life. An Exaltation of Larks is a charming, appealing and quite lovely account of one girl's journey of self-discovery in a city that brims over with possibilities and promise. Mike Leonard April 04.

(3.5)A life-changing Parisian adventure.......2004-04-18

Nisargand's protagonist, Christine Louis, unwittingly matures along with the story line, confronting her cherished illusions and emotional diversions, all distractions of her own creation. This Parisian trip becomes another kind of journey for the young woman, one that requires real courage.

Arriving in Paris on a much-anticipated three-week vacation, Christine is excited, ready for her adventure, albeit at the expense of her waitressing job back in the States. By the time she reaches her pension, Christine is horrified to realize that she has been robbed, but survives the night thanks to the kindness of strangers. The following day is consumed with a hectic round of visits to the police, the U.S. Embassy and American Express.

Putting aside the drama of her first day in Paris, the young American is ready to explore the city of her dreams in the short time she has allotted herself, sharing a room in the pension with a stranger, contacting the French friends she first met in Los Angeles and sight-seeing. She also makes the acquaintance of a handsome neighbor (who lent her money in her distress), determined to enjoy what Paris has to offer. But underlying the simplicity of the tale is a subtle theme: the emotional effects of the robbery and Christine's ability to deal with life's random events.

Christine speaks no French, but manages quite well. Sexually drawn to her neighbor, Klive, she engages in a flirtatious mating dance with him, the physical attraction tempering her good judgment. When Klive leaves Paris for a week, Christine agrees to a date with a random acquaintance; this is a familiar scenario, setting up the very situations she finds so uncomfortable. Consequently, Christine bemoans the undesirable men who pop into her life, although she prides herself on her directness.

Very entertaining and well written, this short novel is complex on many levels. Christine proves the popular adage: no matter where we go, we take ourselves along. A Parisian respite becomes a vehicle for reviewing Christine's relationship patterns, using men as a distraction from important goals; she thoughtfully reflects, "It is my own, hard-won, thoughtfully constructed life". Indeed, it is a life awakening to possibilities. Luan Gaines/2004.

This book hasn't left my side since I go it in the mail!.......2004-04-16

You know the feeling...you study the picture on the cover as you link it to the idea presented on the back...decide to open and read..and then wham! It has you. Or she has you..like she is speaking directly to you. Letting you in on all of her wild secrets and up hill climb through life. As the words sink in you are transformed into her place and her time. You walk with her as she is placed so neatly into one situation after another. Intrigued to know more and keep following close on her journey.

I really think the style of this book appeals to those of us that search out the intelligent, refreshing yet not too stuffy style. The way that the writer shares her experiences with you places you inside feeling her same motivation, feelings and upsets. As each page unfolds you wonder what is going to happen next. I love the way this book doesn't try....... it just is. And I think it really is not just a book.....but an experience.

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An Exaltation of Larks
James Lipton
Manufacturer: Grossman Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
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An Exaltation of Larks
Robert Reed
Manufacturer: Tor
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NQGR30

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An Exaltation of Larks (the ultimate edition: more than 1000 terms)

Manufacturer: Viking
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GH1MLS

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An Exaltation of Larks -
James Lipton -
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000P34M1U

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An Exaltation of Larks or The Veneral Game

Manufacturer: Grossman Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GVB0DE

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Great Thai Cookbook

THE best resource for any "farang" who wants to cook Thai

Delicious and easy

Fantastic Cookbook - been using over 8 years!

Fantastic

Real Thai: The Best of Thailand's Regional Cooking
Nancie McDermott
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Nancie McDermott, widely regarded as the American expert on Thai cooking, offers a clear, straightforward approach to dishes that many Westerners have tasted only in restaurants. In Real Thai, she demystifies once and for all every aspect of this flavorful, healthy cuisine. Organized geographically by region, over 100 tempting, easy-to-follow recipes explore not only dishes that may be familiar to Americans, such as Chicken Coconut Soup and Pork Satay, but also lesser-known local specialties such as Crab Cakes with Cilantro Paste, Fish with Yellow Curry Steamed in Banana Leaves, Sticky Rice with Mangoes, and Son-in-Law Eggs. Including advice on basic utensils and techniques, a glossary of ingredients, a list of shopping sources, and a section of suggested menus, this is the definitive guide for novice and expert alike to the diverse flavors of a regional Asian cuisine that is rapidly becoming an international favorite.

Customer Reviews:

Great Thai Cookbook.......2006-11-10

This is the best Thai cookbook I have found in the States, and makes the most authentic tasting recipes. Someone complained that surely it must not be authentic because of the lack of dried shrimp in the som tam and pad thai recipes. Well...while dried shrimp is normal in pad thai, it is not always included in som tam. I miss Thai food after having lived there for many years, and this is the only recipe book I've found that can reproduce my favorites and give me the taste of Thai food (which you don't find in many Thai restaurants!). Not 100% of the recipes are perfect, but they are by far and away close enough and you can adjust seasoning. The larp recipe is awesome. This is the one Thai cookbook I recommend to friends who want to do some Thai cooking.

THE best resource for any "farang" who wants to cook Thai.......2006-11-07

I was lucky enough to be "adopted" by the owners of a local Thai restaurant who were trying to make a go of it in Sanford, FL. Their chef was amazing & this cookbook is the best resource I can think of to get anyone producing food close to that level. Additionally, McDermott provides cultural insights and details from her time in Thailand that help you get to know this graceful & hospitable culture.

Delicious and easy.......2005-11-16

Almost every recipe I have made out of this book has tasted fantastic and has been relatively straightforward to prepare (which is really saying something coming from a domestically inept college student who can burn water!). McDermott includes a wide variety of recipes, from the banquet-worthy to tasty noodle dishes that can be thrown together in 15 minutes, and uses authentic ingredients although substitutions are suggested for those without the good-fortune of having a local Asian supermarket. Unusually, many of the recipes turn out just as good if you halve the quantities (with the exception of the coconut cream in the curries) - a plus for those cooking for one or two, and often still work with a few more or less ingredients depending on what's in the pantry. While the large number of ingredients that need to be chopped and pounded for the green curry paste make it somewhat time-consuming to make from scratch, it is absolutely worth the effort - the green chicken curry is the best I've ever had, both in Thailand and at home.

Fantastic Cookbook - been using over 8 years!.......2004-01-25

We've been using this book as our Thai cooking bible now for eight years, from LA to Baltimore. We became so addicted we even bought a kaiffer lime tree (sadly, had to leave in LA.) We love the tome kai gia, the clay pot shrimp with bean thread noodles, crab fried rice and use the dipping sauce for beef to marinate pork ribs. Once you master the flavors, the recipes are easy to adapt to your taste. We add ginger to the dipping sauce, and cut down on the coconut milk in the tome kai gai. However you do it, it's an amazing cook book. You will need to find a Thai grocery store in your area, though.

Fantastic.......2003-05-09

This book is excellent for those interested in Asian meals but do not have a lot of understanding of the grocery list that goes along with it. Meals are simple, delicious and easy to put together.

Product Description

These furry marsupials, native to Australia and New Guinea, are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners and animal hobbyists around the world. This profusely illustrated manual gives vital information and advice on caging, feeding, maintaining a proper environment, health care, and breeding. Paperback / 120 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 1997

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Outdated, But An OK Place to Start.......2006-12-09

There is some information in this book that is outdated, particularly the part dealing with Sugar Glider nutrition. We know a lot more about the nutritional needs of Sugar Gliders than we did when this book was published in 1997. For example, MacPherson suggests it is fine to feed cat food to Sugar Gliders. That idea has been debunked for some time.

It's an OK book to start with if you know absolutely nothing about Sugar Gliders. And it's only good because no new books with updated Sugar Glider information have been published recently. There is, however, a ton of solid, up-to-date information about Sugar Gliders available on the internet.

"EMI" Very good book!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-02-22

Very good book and it has a lot of info that you need to know it has most the info I already knew but a very good book for someone who needs some Questions answered.

great service.......2006-01-17

great service very fast delivery and acurate.

Everything You Need to know for a new owner!!.......2005-09-17

This book is everything that you ever needed to know about a sugar glider! I am thinking about buying a glider and after reading this book i still do. It will be difficult, especially since it is nocturnal, but i bet anyone who tries can.
This book says the nutritional needs and even a few mixes. It says EXCACTLY what you need if you're a new owner.

Very Informative.......2005-07-25

A very easy to follow book that indeed covers a large basis on what it means to care for sugar gliders. This book helps to combat some of the myths surrounding diet concerns and offers many wonderful pictures. Detailed and enjoyable to read.

The Guide to Owning a Sugar Glider (Re Series)

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The Guide to Owning a Sugar Glider (Re Series)
Susan Fox
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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A mediocre guide to keeping the little fellas.
Not helpful at all
Disappointing
This book was not very helpful
Technical but helpful

Sugar Gliders As Your New Pet
Dennis Kelsey-Wood
Manufacturer: TFH Publications
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0793805988

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A mediocre guide to keeping the little fellas........2005-05-23

Upon purchasing this book i immediately thought, 'Yes! My Sugar Gliders' will live prosperously now!'. However after 20 minutes of using this book, the smug grin was wiped off of my face. My favourite sugar glider 'Leslie Hughes' had died of lung cancer. The chapter 'Teaching your Sugar Glider to smoke Cigars' was partly responsible for this I feel.

Not helpful at all.......2005-01-31

I have owned my sugar gliders for ten years (hopefully I'll have them at least 5 or more). A lot of time was spent researching with books, the internet, and message boards. Sugar gliders are great pets, but they not easy pets (on a scale of 1 to 10 - a 9). Nor are they good pets for everyone during all points of life. They live a long time and take as much care and money as a dog or cat.

I bought this book a few years ago when I first owned my crew. I ended up throwing it away because it was so bad. First off, the pictures are very pretty and glossy (typical of this publisher) but they are all of the same animal which shows you the scope of the author's experience--someone with lots of glider experience would have shots of many different animals.

Furthermore, the advice offered in this book is mediocre--in fact some of the husbandry advice could actually HARM a sugar glider (ex- NEVER FEED CATFOOD - the ash in it can block up a glider's intestinal tract and kill him).

There is very little info in it about handling/bonding with gliders or their complex personalities--and how to deal with day-to-day issues and emergencies (trimming sharp nails, bonding, benefits of neutering, Leadbeater's mix--proper diet, how to deal with injuries and self-mutilation, etc). The thing this book mostly talks about is breeding and the genetics of breeding which is not useful if you just want a pet.

There are much better books (Caroline MacPherson comes to mind) and resources (ex- ISGA website and Glider Central website) to learn about sugar gliders and their necessary care.

Disappointing.......2000-01-25

I followed the guidelines as outlined in this book and found that it only made brief mention the most important parts of raising sugar gliders. The dietary information is largely incorrect, and upon review of the book by my veteranarian I've decided this book is only good for the pictures. It is best to speak to a vet experienced with sugar gliders and NEVER rely on a book such as this one.

This book was not very helpful.......1999-06-18

This book i feel was not very helpful! It did not have a variety of pictures. All of the pictures were of the same animal and it was always relieving itself! The did not include most of the information I found that I really needed to tame and care for my two sugar gliders

Technical but helpful.......1998-12-17

I liked this book becuase it was very helpful, but it is har to understand. This book was a very intresting book to read but I think much of the information was way to scientic and hard to understand. The pictures are great! The book was very helpful taking care of "Joey."

The Sugar Glider Book and Audio CD Pack: Level 5 Upper Intermediate (Cambridge English Readers)

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The Sugar Glider Book and Audio CD Pack: Level 5 Upper Intermediate (Cambridge English Readers)
Rod Nielsen
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0521686512

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Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Pilot Don Radcliffe returns to Australia hoping to rescue a failed marriage and to spend more time with his daughter, Judy. But a routine cargo flight in an old DC4 airplane turns into tragedy when the plane crashes in the Australian Outback killing the co-pilot. Don and Judy's chances of survival seem slim as they struggle against sabotage, unscrupulous businessmen and the inhospitable landscape.

Sugar Gliders: Living with and Caring For Sugar Gliders Is this the Right Pet for You? (Is This the Right Pet for You?)

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Up to Date Care an Feeding Guide

Sugar Gliders: Living with and Caring For Sugar Gliders Is this the Right Pet for You? (Is This the Right Pet for You?)
Peggy Brewer
Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
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ASIN: 1425944647

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Sugar Gliders: Living with and Caring for has all the latest information on Sugar Gliders, their well being and care. The book contains sections covering diet, health and housing along with chapters covering Self Mutilation and Hand Feeding Rejected joeys. The information in this book will help you maintain a healthy and happy life for your marsupial pet.

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Up to Date Care an Feeding Guide.......2007-09-27

I put off getting this book for it was not reviewed.but my other options on SG were not up to date..this is a Wonderful book that covers all the important information about Sugargliders..its 2007.....and its 120 pages all full of information.this is not a one evening read..it has all the diets listed that are a must..it has a lot of information about the care and breeding of SG..and then the care given to a SM..and a distress signal that is sounded that one never wants to hear..This from my point of view is the Best Most complete book on SG other than the lists forums on the internet..the pictures are in black and white and not all are good quality..but if your even considering getting a SG or have one and dont have an up to date manual...your hunt is over...My apprects go out to the author for getting the most important information out there in print.youve done a great service to these little ones..and to anyone thinking about adding them as part of your family..they are very very specialized and a lot of $$ and knowledge has to go into them for them to survive happily...B.W.

Nifty: The Sugar Glider (Young Magpie Library)

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Nifty: The Sugar Glider (Young Magpie Library)
Stella Sammon , and Stephen Hederics
Manufacturer: Hodder & Stoughton Educational Division
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Petauros del azucar / Sugar Gliders
Birgit Gollmann , and G. Gabner
Manufacturer: Hispano Europea Editorial
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Rainforest Friends Sugar Glider
Shana Benzinane
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ASIN: 043988408X

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Direct and to the Point

Sugar Glider (Picture Roo Books Series)
Pauline Reilly
Manufacturer: Kangaroo Press
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Direct and to the Point.......2001-02-02

This book is very informative in regards to the acquisition, care, maintenance, and everything else that is required of a sugar glider owner. Though its cover is definitely not to its advantage, the material contained within is very informative to a new or experienced owner. (Future owner maybe?) I use it as my primary source for information on my new sugar glider, Pikabu. Books like this definitely make owning an exotic pet as easy as taking care of a goldfish. :)

The Sugar Glider: Level 5 (Cambridge English Readers)

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The Sugar Glider: Level 5 (Cambridge English Readers)
Rod Nielsen
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ASIN: 0521536618

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By popular demand! This sequel to our original Sears volume contains full-sized authorized reproductions of every electric train page from the great Montgomery Ward Christmas catalogs from 1950 through 1969. Organized by year, the book features thousands of trains, sets and accessories in all gauges are beautifully illustrated including such great brands as Lionel, American Flyer, Marx, Kusan and others, with original prices! A "Must Have".

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Vogue Knitting Mittens & Gloves (Vogue Knitting on the Go)

Manufacturer: Sixth & Spring Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Vogue Knitting on the Go: Shawls (Vogue Knitting On The Go)

ASIN: 1931543208

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Enjoy knitting--but hate carrying a big project with you? Do you get bored working on the same piece for months on end? Then try something small, swift, and spectacular! You'll go mad for these great gloves and mittens of many styles. Chase the chill with a basic mitten design or classic gloves. For luxury with a twist, make cabled gloves of cashmere. Get a grip with a fingerless pair, stretch them to three-quarter length, or embroider elegant evening ones. For a traditionally handcrafted look, nothing beats the Turkish patterned mittens. Show off your wild side with a zebra print. Pom-pom mittens are just right for little hands. Others feature ribbing, braiding, chevrons, and buttons. 20 patterns to keep hands nice and warm!

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Whether located at a country retreat, fantasy island, or a downtown showplace, the lobbies and bars of hotels are intriguing, multifunctional public meeting spaces. They mirror and reinforce the special character and atmosphere of a hotel and provide for social interaction at levels ranging from the business deal to the romantic tryst. Readers entering the dazzling world of Hotel Bars and Lobbies can almost hear the clinking of glasses and subdued business conversations. That's because this ``armchair traveler's'' fantasy guide to the high life fully captures the splendor as well as the historical and architectural importance of these essential, civilized public spaces.

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Presenting unique and in-depth collaborations and editions with leading contemporary artists, Parkett No. 65 will be published at the end of September 2002, featuring collaborations by three of today's most exciting mid-career painters: John Currin (USA), Laura Owens (USA), and Michael Raedecker (The Netherlands).

Parkett No. 75: Kai Althoff, Glenn Brown, Dana Schutz (Parkett)

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Parkett No. 75: Kai Althoff, Glenn Brown, Dana Schutz (Parkett)
Kai Althoff , Glenn Brown , and Dana Schutz
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ASIN: 3907582357
Release Date: 2006-02-01

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For over two decades Parkett has presented unparalleled collaborations with key international contemporary artists, and paired their work with discussions by esteemed writers and critics. Issue No. 75 spotlights Kai Althoff, Glenn Brown, and Dana Schutz. Althoff's portfolio includes both erotically charged paintings of men in uniform and innocent "coming-of-age" colored pencil illustrations, sensuous work--at once homoerotic, punk, and devotional--that radiates a somber luminosity. Then there are his awkward, life-size installations, which appear to be made by some sort of drunken puppeteer. The "master" Glenn Brown employs a sorcerer's bag of techniques to produce retro-Rococo paintings and sculptures, maximally intricate, hyper-composed, and rendered with the intense detail of a tripped-out sci-fi animator. His fully-realized, uninhabitable dreamscapes reflect on the bizarre world in which we all live. Dana Schutz's painterly virtuosity and devotion to the medium also look back in time, but her brilliant, confessional exposition is very much of the now. Be the subject a dissected corpse, a dazed hippie chick, or her own boyfriend on the beach, Schutz's painted world, her "monster mash," is decadently radiant and ecstatic, and also frighteningly ghoulish. Text contributors include Jordan Kantor, Viet Loers, Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, Jennifer Higgie, Trevor Smith, Jarg Heiser, Michael Lobel, Daniel Baumann, Rachel Kent, Duncan Fallowell, Angelika Affentranger-Kichrath, Gian Maraniello and Rudolf Schmitz. Plus a photographic insert by Balthasar Burkhard, and spine by Carsten Nicolai.

Collaborations: John Baldessari & Cindy Sherman (Parkett Art Magazine, No 29, 1991)

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Collaborations: John Baldessari & Cindy Sherman (Parkett Art Magazine, No 29, 1991)

Manufacturer: Distributed Art Pub Inc (Dap)
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ASIN: 390750979X

Parkett No. 78: Ernesto Neto, Olaf Nicolai, Rebecca Warren (Parkett)

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Parkett No. 78: Ernesto Neto, Olaf Nicolai, Rebecca Warren (Parkett)
Ernesto Neto , Olaf Nicolai , and Rebecca Warren
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ASIN: 3907582381
Release Date: 2007-01-01

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Parkett 78 features the artists Ernesto Neto, Olaf Nicolai and Rebecca Warren. Neto's drooping, opaque lycra installations envelop the viewer in a fog of fabric, a cushion for the gaze, their milky skins leaving children ecstatic and adults in a Fredric Jamesonian "Hyperspace." Olaf Nicolai's concept-driven art, like much of the avant-garde work of the last half-century, remains set on integrating art with daily life. We experience this "blurring" in his randomly arranged pre-fabricated Pantone colors, ornamental stones taken from a 1960s Dresden shopping mall and wall text reading, "A short catalogue of things that you think you want " Rebecca Warren makes vulgar, lumpy plasticine figures that show the influence of Giacometti and R. Crumb alike. As Neal Brown writes, her figures are, "fingered and improperly squeezed into something that is compulsively-chaotic-masturbatory-fat-ugly-disfigured-repressed-incontinent-excretory-bestial-bulimic " The issue also features Erwin Wurm, Andro Wekua and Vito Acconci, with texts by Yuko Hasegawa, Paulo Herkenhoff, Charles Esche, Vincent Pecoil, Catherine Lampert, Marjorie Perloff and Kate Fowle, among others.

Parkett No. 23 Richard Artschwager (Parkett, No. 23)

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Parkett No. 23 Richard Artschwager (Parkett, No. 23)
Richard Artschwager
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ASIN: 3907509730
Release Date: 1990-03-02

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Artwork by Richard Artschwager.

Parkett No. 73: Paul Mccarthy, Ellen Gallagher, Anri Sala (Parkett)

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Parkett No. 73: Paul Mccarthy, Ellen Gallagher, Anri Sala (Parkett)
Ellen Gallagher , Anri Sala , and Paul McCarthy
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ASIN: 3907582330
Release Date: 2005-07-15

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For 20 years, Parkett has presented unparalleled explorations and discussions of important international contemporary artists by esteemed writers and critics. These investigations continue in issue No. 73, which features collaborations by Paul McCarthy, Ellen Gallagher, and Anri Sala. McCarthy's probing 1970s performances led us through a portal of LA-based experimental art-making, and brought us face-to-face with our most animalistic urges and repulsions. Get behind McCarthy's post-pop masquerade and try to unpack the origins of his skewed and spewed sensibility. Also featured are Gallagher's meditative, collaged canvases. With her tiny toy eyeballs, hilarious Mammy-styled lips, and Plasticine Afros the artist confronts sobering race relations in her work. Sala, an Albanian-born artist, has risen to international fame by making enigmatic, introspective videos, films, and photographs that pulsate with perpetual de-ja-vu. His images fulfill a documentary function--whether that of his mother as a young woman giving an interview for the Communist Party, or two friends on a beach using a flashlight to get ghost crabs to scramble past ankle goalposts in the sand in oder to "score." Also in Parkett No. 73: artists Jason Dodge, Wangechi Mutu, Tania Bruguera, Lucy McKenzie, Matthew Brannon, and Carsten Nicolai. Writers include Thyrza Nichols Goodeve, Michelle Cliff, Ben Okri, Lane Relyea, Tim Martin, Jeremy Sigler, Mark Godfrey, Jan Verwoert, Lynne Cooke, Isolde Brielmaier, RoseLee Goldberg, Algela Rosenberg, Dominic von den Boogerd, Debra Singer, Natasa Petresin, and Fabrice Stroun.

Parkett #64: Collaborations: Olafur Eliasson, Tom Friedman, Rodney Graham

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Parkett #64: Collaborations: Olafur Eliasson, Tom Friedman, Rodney Graham
Olafur Eliasson , Tom Friedman , and Rodney Graham
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ASIN: 3907582144
Release Date: 2002-06-02

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Presenting unique and in-depth collaborations and editions with leading contemporary artists, Parkett has been the foremost international journal on contemporary art for nearly two decades. Issue No. 63 features collaborations with Tracey Emin, William Kentridge, and Gregor Schneider, three artists whose highly personal works affect viewers in an evocative manner, yet through strikingly different means. Emin bares her soul from the inside out, in her confessional multimedia photographs, drawings, videos, and installations. Kentridge's highly-charged films, drawings, sculptures, and theatrical productions analyze the history of his native South Africa and the implications and legacy of apartheid. And finally, Schneider's inside-out abodes turn the seemingly cozy and reassuring context of "home" into a haunting maze of opened and closed rooms, claustrophobic corridors and tunnels, and impenetrable windows and doors. Each of these artists draws us into their private worlds, diminishing the boundaries between artist and audience.

Parkett No. 77: Trisha Donnelly, Carsten Holler, Rudolf Stingel (Parkett)

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Parkett No. 77: Trisha Donnelly, Carsten Holler, Rudolf Stingel (Parkett)
Carsten Holler
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ASIN: 3907582373
Release Date: 2006-10-01

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Parkett's explorations of important international contemporary artists by acclaimed writers and critics continues in Volume 77, which features Trisha Donnelly, Carsten Holler and Rudolf Stingel. Donnelly's videos, sound pieces, photographs and pencil drawings all possess a cunning Jasper Johnsian precision, blending whimsy, restraint and a certain preternatural gamesmanship, while her "live" interventions, rarely witnessed by others in real life, have a way of spreading into culture like folklore. Carsten Holler was a scientist prior to becoming an artist, and his work reflects the duality of both fields. His optical devices, flying machines, flashing lights and happiness pills all possess the jury-rigged inventiveness of laboratory experiments: "body invaders that latch onto the user's senses," as one Parkett author puts it. Rudolf Stingel, speaking of his recent photo-realistic self-portraits--somber, tonal ruminations in oil--claims that "the only activity is self-doubt." Writing on Stingel's past serial "silver" canvases, Francesco Bonami compares their cool blankness to "cottage paintings" in their "ambush of aura over the artificiality of the picturesque." Writers in this issue include Bonami, Bruce Hainley, Jorg Heiser, Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Chantal Mouffe, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Christian Rattemeyer, Beatrix Ruf, Ali Subotnick and Tirdad Zolghadr.

Parkett No. 32 Imi Knoebel, Sherrie Levine (Parkett)

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Parkett No. 32 Imi Knoebel, Sherrie Levine (Parkett)
Sherrie Levine , and Imi Knoebel
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ASIN: 390750982X
Release Date: 1992-06-02

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Artwork by Sherrie Levine, Imi Knoebel.

Parkett No. 71: Olaf Breuning, Richard Phillips, Keith Tyson Plus Pipilotti Rist (Parkett)

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Parkett No. 71: Olaf Breuning, Richard Phillips, Keith Tyson Plus Pipilotti Rist (Parkett)
Olaf Breuning , Richard Phillips , and Keith Tyson
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ASIN: 3907582314
Release Date: 2004-10-02

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For 20 years, Parkett presented unparalleled explorations and discussions of important international contemporary artists by esteemed writers and critics. These investigations continue in issue No. 70, which features collaborations by Swiss-American visual artist and composer Christian Marclay, Polish painter Wilhelm Sasnal, and British video artist and photographer Gillian Wearing. Each of these artists has carved out a unique manner of working with the mediums of sculpture, painting, and photography, respectively. As well, each artist extends the use of film and video to reflect political, social, or popular culture. Authors include Ingrid Schaffner, Philip Sherburne, and Philippe Vergne on Marclay; Meghan Dailey, Gregor Jansen, and Adam Szymczyk on Sasnal; and Gordon Burn and Dan Cameron on Gillian Wearing, with a conversation between Cay Sophie Rabinowitz and Wearing. Also in this issue: Greg Hilty on Rebecca Warren, Dominic van den Boogerd on Aernout Mik, Catherine Wood on Mark Leckey, Carolee Thea on Joan Jonas, and an insert by Nic Hess. To celebrate Parkett's 20th Anniversary, this year's three issues (No. 70, 71, 72) will feature special contributions by both artists and writers on the current state of materiality in contemporary art. Scholarly writers look back to how earlier generations of artists employed materials and how this differs from so many contemporary artists' material engagements today. Collaborating artists of the past two decades contribute anecdotes, drawings, and photographs commemorating their experiences with Parkett. Best of all is the inclusion of an additional fourth collaborating artist who will participate in a discussion about his or her relationship to materiality and will create a new Parkett edition: with Franz West in issue No. 70, Pipilotti Rist No. 71 and Alex Katz in issue No. 72. For Parkett No. 71, the featured collaborating artists will be Swiss installation and video artist Olaf Breunning; British conceptualist Keith Tyson; and American painter Richard Phillips.

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parkett.......2000-10-14

this is a cool magazine with excellent pictures and a conversation between pipilotti rist and laurie anderson which is much more interesting than your average interview. it's not worth the [cost] because the articles suck. i would recommend a different issue of parkett, espaecially the one that features charles ray because he is fantastic!

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Clarence Darrow - .......2006-05-21

Unlike the leader of the English Revolution - Oliver Cromwell - Clarence Darrow spent much of his life working hard to build a mythical image of himself to conceal the fairly despicable character that he really was, and would almost certainly never have told a portrait painter to portray him as he really was - "warts and all". So it would certainly have brought him no pleasure or satisfaction to read this book, which goes a long way towards revealing his many failings.

In respect of my description of him as "despicable", for example, this was a man whose wife, Ruby, stood(or more literally sat)by him through the three months of the first bribery trail, supporting and encouraging him when he was at his lowest ebb, and at one point suffering a breakdown herself.
And what did she get in return?
The trial finished on a Saturday when the jury declared Darrow to be "not guilty". Which Darrow celebrated the next day by going for a drive in the country with his mistress - Mary Field - and two of their friends (page 407)!
The author does not tell us what Ruby Darrow did to pass the time that day.

Indeed, the wonder of this book is that it got written at all, given the power of Darrow's self-aggrandisement, even today. Especially given that the author is so obviously still a devoted fan of Darrow, and despite all the facts he has uncovered, still does his best to excuse Darrow's behaviour. Though given that Cowan was co-founder of the Clarence Darrow foundation this piece of cognitive dissonance is maybe not entirely surprising.

Anyone planning to read this book, and I believe it is indeed worth reading, should be aware that it is a BIG book - 445 pages plus extensive note, a bibliography and an index, which take it up to 546 pages in all.
And for a very good reason.

Although the book is subtitled: "The bribery trial of America's greatest [sic] lawyer", Cowan actually reaches back to the earlier trial of "Big" Bill Hayward (1907) as he begins to set the scene. He then goes on to describe the MacNamara case in considerable detail, and Darrow's part in those events, not only to explain how the bribery case came about, but also in order to give a really in-depth picture of how Darrow functioned as a lawyer, frequently excusing his own criminal actions - destroying evidence, bribing witnesses, etc. - on the grounds that the alleged wrongdoings of his opponents, and the rights of his clients to a "fair" trail. In short, in Darrow's mind it seems that the "ends" justified virtually any "means".

The problem any non-commited reader faces, as Alan Dershowitz points out, elsewhere, is that anyone who takes the attitude that Darrow held, and acts upon it, does not benefit or help to improve a corrupt system - they merely compound the corruption, however much they may benefit their own clients.

Part of the Darrow myth is that his concern was always to help the weak and the poor or at least, as in Cowan's quote:

"I have represented the strong and the weak - but never the strong against the weak."
(page 424)

If this had been true it might be a mitigating factor in Darrow's favour. But it was actually nothing more than yet another of Darrow's many lies. Darrow frequently sided with the strong against the weak - and Cowan gives a number of examples, most notably (in this context) the fact that at the very time when he was called upon to act in the MacNamara case, Darrow was in the middle of defending the Kankakee Manufacturing Company against a charge of having [...] many small investors by issuing brochures and letters that were nothing short of [...] in their claims about the company's financial attributes. The case had been brought by an elderly Civil War veteran - Charles Myerhoff - who, like many other, had lost virtually all of his life savings when the guano hit the fan.

And what excuse did Darrow, the alleged "love[r of] his fellow man" (page 445) offer in defense of his [...] clients? Why, that the investors had a legal responsibility to check the veracity of such claims (pages 71-71). Legalistically correct, no doubt, but how on earth does that square with Darrow's sanctimonious claim that he "never [acted for] the strong against the weak"?

No-one really benefits from such wholesale lies as are found in the Darrow myth, and the legal profession in America might benefit greatly if this book was mandatory reading for every Law student in the country - alongside Darrow's own blatantly self-serving, mendacious autobiography "The Story of My Life".

the best book no one has read.......2003-10-08

A friend recommended this book as "the best book no one has ever read," and was he ever right. I have always been fascinated by Clarence Darrow and have come to view him as almost a mythical figure, "the lawyer for the damned." The beauty of this book is that it paints a much more human picture of Darrow, highlighting the bad as well as the good, but without in any way being malicious. My admiration for Darrow was still intact after the book, but my understanding of him is now much fuller and realistic. Cowan's account of the trial of Darrow for trying to bribe jurors is riveting and dramatic. I hope that some potential readers find this review, otherwise the possibility arises of this becoming the most favorable review that was never read.

A Perfect Book.......1998-07-08

This has been one of my favorite books for years.

This work is intensely engaging on any number of levels. It discusses Darrow's trial for jury bribery, but places that trial at the very center of fascinating stories.

_The People v. Clarence Darrow_ works as biography, writing about a pivotal moment in Darrow's career and in his life. It works as history, as this trial was at the center of the early war of capital vs. labor. It works as drama, as Cowan convincingly portrays the dozens of fascinating people involved in this trial in one way or another. And it works as a legal drama. The legal techniques, the arguments, and the absolute importance of this trial to Darrow's life and to the cause of labor generally make this one of the trials of the century, and the story is gripping throughout.

Finally, Cowan just does a great job with the craft of writing. The characters are real, the story unfolds dramatically. I was never bored, and actually looked forward to reading each new chapter. As you can tell, I can't recommend this book enough.

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The People v. Clarence Darrow" The Bribery Trial of America's Greatest Lawyer

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ASIN: B000GWXQQ2

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The People v. Clarence Darrow: The Bribery Trial of America's Greatest Lawyer
Clarence] Cowan, Geoffrey [Darrow
Manufacturer: Times Books
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