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After the Armistice Ball (Dandy Gilver Murder Mystery)
Catriona McPherson Manufacturer: Constable and Robinson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1845291301 |
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Dandy Gilver, her husband back from the War, her children off at school and her uniform growing musty in the attic, is bored to a whimper in the spring of 1923 and a little light snooping seems like harmless fun. And what could be better than to seek out the Duffy diamonds, stolen from the Esselmont's country house, Croys, after the Armistice Ball? Before long, though, the puzzle of what really happened to the Duffy diamonds has been swept aside by the sudden, unexpected death of lovely young Cara Duffy in a lonely seaside cottage in Galloway. Society and the law seem ready to call it an accident but Dandy, along with Cara Duffy's fiancé Alec, is sure that there is more going on than meets the eye.What is being hidden by members of the Duffy family: the watchful Lena, the cold and distant Clemence and old Gregory Duffy with his air of quiet sadness, not to mention Cara herself whose secret always seems just tantalizingly out of view? Dandy must learn to trust her instincts and swallow most of her scruples if he is to uncover the truth and earn the right to call herself a sleuth.
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a very promising debut..........2005-09-04
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Deryni Archives
Katherine Kurtz Manufacturer: Del Rey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0345326784 Release Date: 1986-07-12 |
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There have been many events in the past 230 years of the half-magical race of the Deryni that were too short to turn into novels. Katherine Kurtz has been writing these when not occupied with longer works, and they are now collected here. Some have appeared in books and other sources now hard to locate. More than half of the fiction is new -- including a major story of how Denis Arilan became the first Deryni priest in 200 years.Customer Reviews:
Fun collection.......2004-11-20
How fun!.......2002-12-28
a nice treat.......2002-11-02
The Deryni series has left many unanswered questions about the history of the Deryni race, The Camberian Council, as well as Camber's children (and grandchildren). I would like to know more about them. This book does revist both major and minor moments in the history of the the Eleven Kingdoms and i have no complaints with the book. I just want more!
The stories contained in this book are short treats. We see some of the kinder moments that would have no place in a full novel, are nice glimpses into the lives of the characters. We see how a Deryni bishop is ordained.
I can only hope that Katherine Kurtz will release another set of Archives (not Deryni Tales, i mean more stories actually written by Kurtz).
8 short stories spanning generations.......2002-05-28
"Healer's Song" - Set after the central incident from _Saint Camber_. While giving us a more detailed portrait of the traditions surrounding Healers and their training in Rhys Thuryn's day, the central incident of this story isn't concerned with Rhys' own training, but that of the birth and baptism of his third child, when the infant's Healing potential is discovered.
"Vocation" - Set late in the reign of Uthyr Haldane, Cinhil's grandson, when the anti-Deryni reactionaries have shaped policy for half a century or so. Gilrae d'Eirial, whose calling to become a priest was set aside for his role as his father's heir, has long taken comfort in visiting the ruins of St. Neot's - although the monastery was Deryni and he is not, it brings back childhood memories. It's far too late now, though - both accident and illness have combined to leave him physically unfit for either priesthood or military service. He's just come to visit his childhood sanctuary, and his old friend the hermit Simonn who lives here, this last Christmas Eve before his father's death seals his fate.
"Bethane" - Set 20 years before the old crone Bethane's appearance in _Deryni Checkmate_; she was an eccentric, elderly widow even then, but not one to put up with children - even noble-born children - amusing themselves by scaring her sheep. We find out a little more about her background, and whether or not she was really a witch.
"The Priesting of Arilan" - One of the strictures of the Council of Ramos was that Deryni were forbidden to enter the priesthood on pain of death. This story explores the means used by the church to detect Deryni making the attempt, and how Denis Arilan managed to foil the system.
"Legacy" - Kelson's father Brion, as we know from various references to the story in later years, killed Charissa's father, the Marduk - representative of the Deryni claimants to the Gwynedd throne through the Festillic line, descendants of an incestuous union though they are. This version of the Marduk story is an eyewitness account, but from Charissa's viewpoint. It also provides a sidelight on Wencit of Torenth. (Kurtz promises in passing to one day tell the story of how he as second son came to be king of Torenth.)
"The Knighting of Derry" - How Morgan and Derry first met, and how Derry took service with Morgan.
"Trial" - While attending a convention in need of funds, Kurtz offered to auction off a one-page scene involving the highest bidder with the character of his or her choice. Since the fans reacted like piranha to meat and began pooling resources, the end result is that the pair who won got a 2-page scene which grew into this story. Stalker got his wish to be a King's Ranger courting a Deryni minstrel girl, while Ferris the wandering swordsmith, as a foreigner, gets into difficulties as a stranger in a strange land.
This book is filled with interesting, short stories!.......1999-08-04
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The Deryni Archives
Manufacturer: Del Rey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: B000BP8YUM |
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The Deryni Archives
Katherine Kurtz Manufacturer: Del Rey/Ballantine Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000VG9ZBS |
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4 Books From the Chronicles of the Deryni - Deryni Rising - Deryni Checkmate - High Deryni - Deryni Archives
Manufacturer: Del Rey ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000GY48IA |
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4 books from The Chronicles of the Deryni - Deryni Rising - Deryni Checkmate - High Deryni - Deryni Archives
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The Five Tibetans: Five Dynamic Exercises for Health, Energy, and Personal Power
Christopher S. Kilham Manufacturer: Healing Arts Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 0892814500 Release Date: 1994-04-01 |
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The Five Tibetans is a yogic system of highly energizing postures and exercises that originated in the Himalayas. Liberating and enhancing the innate energetic power of the human body and mind, these five exercises take a minimum of daily time and effort but offer remarkable results in the way of increased physical strength and suppleness as well as mental acuity. In addition, these exercises can be a vehicle for enlivening the senses and generating and harnessing energy for the purpose of self-transformation.Regular practice of these postures:
Relieves muscular tension and nervous stress
Improves respiration and digestion
Benefits the cardiovascular system
Leads to deep relaxation and well-being
Tunes and energizes the chakras
The Five Tibetans are explained within the context of traditional yoga, providing a foundation for understanding.
Black-and-white photographs and illustrations complement the text and clearly indicate the proper execution of each exercise.
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Yoga.......2007-05-26
Really good companion!.......2006-12-06
expect miracles.......2006-11-03
Pretty good!.......2006-05-12
Five Tibetans.......2006-03-24
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The Book of Carribbean Cooking (Book of...)
Lesley Mackley Manufacturer: HP Trade ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1557883289 Release Date: 2000-04-10 |
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As varied and intense in taste as it is simple to cook, Caribbean cuisine is a fascinating mixture of styles from the many nationalities who have settled throughout the Islands over the centuries. From "one-pot" cooking to more elaborate meals, from meat and fish to vegetarian delights, the food is always colorful and full of flavor. Spiced with hot pepper sauces, fragrant marinades and fiery spice rubs, these recipes are easy to prepare using the step-by-step, full-color photographs.Customer Reviews:
A solid collection of Caribbean recipes.......2006-07-12
Great introduction to the Caribbean cuisine........2003-01-09
This installment, the Book of Caribbean Cooking, starts with glossary of ingredients, and then presents recipe suggestions for all major courses, from soups and appetizers to bread, cakes, desserts and drinks. Special chapters are dedicated to fish, poultry and game, and (red) meat dishes, vegetables, salads and rice. Classics such as banana bread, callaloo, rum, pineapple and other tropical punches, fried plantains, glazed sweet potatoes, tuna steaks, palm hearts, picadillo, pina colada, pineapple and coconut cake, and pork and banana kabobs appear next to unique dishes such as Grenadan coo-coo (fried cornmeal and coconut squares) with papaya salsa, lime and coconut meringue pie, mango turkey, pineapple and ginger ribs, and quail in rum and raisin sauce.
From ackee and saltfish to yam salad, this collection of recipes, while not all-encompassing, is a great introduction to the richness of the Caribbean cuisine - and at a relative bargain price, to boot.
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The Cooking of the Carribbean Islands (Foods of the World series)
LindaWolfe ; Editors of Time - Life Books Manufacturer: Time - Life Books 1970 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000VT8JSU |
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The Cooking of the Carribbean Islands (Foods of the World series)
Linda ; Editors of Time - Life Books Wolfe Manufacturer: Time - Life Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KXLLDW |
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The Goldfish: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet
Carlo DeVito , and Gregory, PhD Skomal Manufacturer: Howell Book House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0876053983 |
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156 pages, hardcover, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Everything you need to know about caring for your goldfish from tank setup, equipment and water chemistry to breeding and feeding. Filled with color photographs, info-packed sidebars, and fun facts.Customer Reviews:
Not enough pictures about goldfish diseases.......2004-12-16
This is the BEST Goldfish Book EVER!!!.......2002-11-13
Excellent, but not totally current.......2002-08-01
Good first book.......2002-07-05
A good, informative book.......2002-05-08
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Fostoria Stemware: The Crystal for America
Milbra Long , Emily Seate , and Long Milbra Manufacturer: Collector Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0891455868 |
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A great reference book!.......2000-04-03
Super organized reference........1999-04-03
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The Giant book of metalworking projects
Manufacturer: Tab Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0830603573 |
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The Giant book of metalworking projects
Manufacturer: TAB Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0830613579 |
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Glass-Itecture: The Style Handbook
Stu Goldman Manufacturer: Glass Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0962905356 |
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The Works Now Newly Imprinted
Geoffrey Chaucer Manufacturer: Octavo Corporation ProductGroup: Book Binding: CD-ROM ASIN: 1891788191 |
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The Kelmscott Chaucer is the greatest and most influential book never to have been read. This apparent paradox is due to two factors. First, its appearance, the density of type and illustration, the interwoven magnificence of the page, are so overwhelming that the would-be reader is simply defeated by its wealth. The eye, invited to admire so much visual magnificence, is absorbed by it and strays away for the actual text. Secondly, the book was originally expensive and is now even more so; those who turn its pages do so with care lest they mar its clean white pages or strain its elegant binding. Its creator, William Morris, would have been mystified and annoyed by these reactions. To him, the creation of a book in which text, decoration, and illustration were a single whole, none of whose parts could be separated from each other, was a tribute to the text, the greatest tribute that could be paid to it.No greater tribute to the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages, Geoffrey Chaucer, could be paid than to give his works the finest possible form. The Kelmscott Chaucer was widely hailed as a masterpiece when it appeared on June 16, 1896, and rapidly sold out. It is not the least of the abiding results of Morris's life and work to set the standard by which the quality of book production is measured. Still more important is the respect due to a great book, and if all the Kelmscott Chaucers, scattered about the world, have a purpose today it is to encourage such respect. Worldly wisdom may require most of them to be preserved from the hands that Morris would have wished to turn their pages; that they can now do so in electronic form is surely a fate that he would have applauded.
Commentary by Nicolas Barker, 2-CD set.
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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer,: Now newly imprinted. [Colophon: Here ends the Book of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer,
Geoffrey Chaucer Manufacturer: Printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00086PIBW |
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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted
Geoffrey Chaucer Manufacturer: Basilisk Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006CVHQI |
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Fifty Black Women Who Changed America
Amy Alexander Manufacturer: Kensington ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0758201850 |
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Inspiring Collection of Biographies.......2000-05-05
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Fifty Black Women Who Changed America
Amy Alexander Manufacturer: CITADEL ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000SHXU1Q |
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Fifty Black Women Who Changed America
Amy Alexander Manufacturer: NY ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MU2QW8 |
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