Final Destination III: The Movie (Final Destination)

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Exceptional story from a simplistic plot.

Killer photos

If you liked the movie, read the book

Good Book Overall

Early Draft Script

Final Destination III: The Movie (Final Destination)
Christina Faust
Manufacturer: Black Flame
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 1844163199

Customer Reviews:

Exceptional story from a simplistic plot........2006-08-12

This is my first review, and normally I wouldn't write one, but I felt like it was due-time.
I got this book figuring that the reviews online seemed very high for a movie concept so played out, so I decided to find out for myself.
I was happily surprised to find such a good read.

Christa Faust did an exlemplary job making something big out of something... well, not so big.
The characters, of which in movies nowadays get butchered (no pun intended) by stereotypes, have much more depth as each is explained. There would be no way to know these things by just watching the movie, and I'm certainly glad I read this book before seeing the movie.
I only wish that they would've added the connection between Wendy and Kevin in the movie, and shown a bit more of their anguish and confusion while missing their partners. Same with Erin's thoughts on Ian. But since it is Hollywood and all, I'm overlooking those simple things and am just thankful that the book made up for it.

To anyone who needs excitement, passion, suspense, terror, and would prefer it come from a more in depth point of view, I highly recommend this book to you.

Killer photos.......2006-03-04

Wendy Christianson is a beautiful young senior and is celebrating gradation at an amusement park . Along with friends she is about board a roller coaster that will make passengers fly off and die. Trying to save her fiends she starts a big fight starting with Kevin and Lewis leading Erin to get bitch slapped and her boyfrind Ian to join in and Ashley and Ashlynn just decided to get off and a result of Frankie following. The coaster crashes killing her boyfrind and best friend and the rest of the class . Now cheating death she uses her pictures to figure out how the next person will die since the pics come out all funky lookin'. She later finds out that her sister ,Julie and her friend Perry were also on the coaster and got off. Its all death breaking loose as Ashley , Ashlynn , lewis , Ian , and Erin along with Frankie start to die in horrible ways most of them having something to do with the head. Wendy will soon find out that death will come for them!

If you liked the movie, read the book.......2006-02-25

I bought this book because I had been impressed with Christa Faust's previous novel, Control Freak. I ended up seeing the movie only after reading the novelization. Despite good acting by the young cast and the occasional glimmer of intelligent dialogue, Final Destination 3, the movie, is essentially a Grand Guignol croak-a-thon. In the novelization, the author attempts to build on the source material. Having undertaken the project for purely commercial reasons, she nevertheless endeavors to bring as much artistry to the work as possible.

The story concerns a group of graduating high school seniors. The author begins by stripping away the layers of teen stereotypes --jock, brain, popular girl, etc.-- to reveal the more intimate goals, wishes and aspirations of each. The teens are poised on the threshhold of adulthood and faced with important choices concerning their future -a future that is fated never to arrive. As in other installments of the series, the characters have escaped certain death, and now Death itself stalks unseen about them, hunting them down. The teens are in the palm of the Grim Reaper's hand, helpless as the bony fingers begin to close about them. Also worth noting is the undercurrent of sexual tension between the two lead characters as they struggle against their doom.

The older I get, the more it pains me to read or hear of the death of a young person. In Final Destination 3, Christa Faust takes a B-movie horror flick and makes of it a tragic tale of young life plundered and looted by an inscrutable and malevolent Fate.

Good Book Overall.......2006-02-20

I chose this book for an english project. Within the first few days i read the majority of the book. It's definately a page turner. The deaths are pretty interesting, some of them far fetched but hey it's just a book. The author vividly describes the scenes of the deaths. The book and movie are different (especially the endings) and you should read/see them both. I think that I actually enjoyed the book more than I enjoyed the movie. See for yourself, read it.

Early Draft Script.......2006-02-17

To those of you who don't understand the title, what I'm simply saying is this book was written when the first draft (or an earlier draft at least) was the only thing available. The ending in the book is different from the ending you'll get if you see the film.

As with any book based on Final Destination, whether it be the series or the novelizations of the screenplays, there's obvious problems with the editing, which, despite it's annoyance at times, I was able to look over and easily figure out what the writer meant (although, I will say the editor might want to be much more careful in the future).

This is basically the movie with, as I said before, a different ending, a variation on one of the death scenes, and another death scene that they changed completely from the movie (which I'm glad about... the death was WAY out there, and despite it being cool, there's no way it would or could ever happen in real life). Unlike the movie we also have more character development, and, unlike Roryman seemed to realize, books go through characters feelings, hence the reason it's a book, the author just can tell what they're feeling at the moment, and not everyone cares to overlook it.

Much like you'd expect, the death scenes, despite the things I said before, are very cool. The one that they changed from the book was probably changed for fear of seeming to similar to one of the deaths in the earlier films (I won't say what happens or who it happens to for those of you who haven't seen the originals). As before, there's the Rube Goldberg-esque things leading up to the death sequences, which to me, are just as cool as the deaths themselves (this, in my opinion, is where just as much creativity comes out as does with the deaths themselves).

Overall, a good book, with a bad ending (if you like the book but don't like the ending, go ahead and go see the movie, the ending they have now is alot better), but it still comes out as strong as the film, if not just a bit stronger because of the actual character development, as well as some scenes that set up things you won't be able to see in the film.

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All in all, fairly blah.......2007-03-31

This is one of those odd books that is remarkably hard to categorize, even though it does fit quite neatly into the fantasy section of any bookstore. You see here we have a book about Elves, who live in faire, and the women can all "shape" things (such as fabric flowers out a piece of a thread, or pain into flesh, or healing) while the men forage for any supplies needed-in the mortal world.

These elves don't really do anything but farm (or their servants, the gnomes, dwarfs, and so on) farm, so they need almost everything from the mortal side of the "veil." Meanwhile the elves have tons of children, since they're immortal, and most of these kids turn into gnomes or dwarfs or some other kind of fairy creature, occasionally even a dragon. There are also ogres about, and to be protected from these beasts, goblins make bargains to protect the homesteads of each elf couple (yup, just like in the Wild West) in exchange for iron chains which the women shape as their induction into adulthood.

But this land is full of secrets, upon secrets, upon secrets. Mostly about why all of the children that our heroine has keeps turning into something else when she so desperately wants them to be elves. And there's some kind of goblin conspiracy, a whole lot of weird religion stuff (and I do mean weird) and some fairly odd interactions with the mortal world.

All in all this isn't a bad book, it's just strange. There's a constant shifting of perspective which makes things a little hard to track, and I will never understand why the elf husband married the elf wife in this first place-I mean he seemed so disinterested and then all of a sudden he's head over heals in love. In general, the book was kind of blah. I can't even remember the names of the main characters, which shows you how much I cared about them.

In all, could have been worse, could have been better, so three stars.

A Fantasy Novel You'll Never Stop Wanting to Read.......2002-07-18

Jerlayne was a fantastic novel. It took me almost 2 weeks, maybe less. this book had millions of twists & turns. Once you thought you knew something for sure, it'd change like that. There's so many lies in this book, also. It's very imagative how elves are born. Cuz is very funny in this book. Time goes fast in this book & the mortal realm changes fast. I can't believe Jerlayne [interacts with] a goblin, who's blue! It's a krazy story. Plus Aulaudin never gets angry at Jerlayne for cheating on him. If you love fantasies with romance & comedy then you should read Jerlayne. I couldn't stop turning the pages. It was so interesting & thrilling. It kept me at the edge of my seat. It's 1 book i'll read again in the future. There better be a second or something like it soon!

Boring, Plodding, and Tiresome.......2001-06-12

I usually can read a 500 page novel in about 4 days. Jerlayne took me over 2 weeks - and I really pushed myself to finish!

This book had very little explaination about how/why certain things were happening. I felt like I was reading the second book in a series the entire time. The characters were totally uninteresting - even the title character Jerlayne was a bore. I had no sympathy to anyone in this book because they were 2-dimentional sadsacks. I would have liked to read more about the relationships between the characters instead of being told "they loved each other." I wish we would have been shown more than told.

If you like books that are about having children and housework, by all means, read Jerlayne.

If you like books that have a smooth plot, interesting/believable relationships, and intelligence please, read something else.

An excellent crossover book for non-Fantasy enthusiasts.......2001-01-09

While I wouldn't call it literature, this book is a spellbinding, if deeply flawed, depiction of a well conceived and well fleshed-out world that even those not fond of the elf/fairy/gnome genre will enjoy. I found it extremely enjoyable and resonant in the way that good mythology is, but you have to stick it out through the first hundred pages or so to get to the good stuff. What sets this book apart is its refreshing injection of an unflinching and boldly drawn modern-day mortal realm into the otherwise mostly bland and sweet Faerie. It's like adding rocket boosters to the story. Look to meet a character you won't soon forget. My biggest problem with the book was the unevenness of the writing and the lack of emotional payoff (at least for me) at the end. Sometimes the dialogue is so good it crackles; other times it is confusing or ingenuine. Some of the plot elements seem forced as well. Author Lynn Abbey does such a skillful job in the book's thick middle section of building a strong plot and character conflict that I expected the resolution of those elements to be of comparable high quality. But Abbey seems unsure how to resolve them, especially the lopsided sexual/romantic competition for Jerlayne's love between heroic Goro and tender but weak Aulaudin. Abbey goes to great lengths at the end to counter Goro's strong presence and appeal (ladies, prepare to fall for him) by bolstering Aulaudin's manliness, but it is not convincing, and ultimately Jerlayne's character becomes lackluster as Abbey fits her to remain happily with Aulaudin. Throughout most of the book, Jerlayne's character is quite likeable, even if her "cluelessness," as another character puts it, sometimes makes her seem less than heroic, and she seems to stumble across the truth more than she seeks it out. Her claim of being the one who "changes the world and saves Faerie" is also dubious considering that it is another character's willingness to pay the ultimate price that seems to save it; look for some sometimes disturbing Christ imagery. It is also dissatisfying that this character's sacrifice seems to go unappreciated by the other characters. However, there is a fairly satisfying redemption of another character, and a grisly death for another. The supporting characters are often richer and more interesting than Jerlayne, and you will find that you care about some of them most, including the fierce and mournful Evoni; tormented Cuz; loyal Joff; mischievous Maun; other characters that it would blow the plot to disclose; and Goro, who is the most vividly and sympathetically drawn. If the plot falters sometimes, nevertheless the story is always interesting and complex. Abbey also includes some "cool" concepts such as riding shadows and skirting two realms to shorten traveling distance. With all its faults, this book is a page-turner and I have found myself rereading my favorite parts over and over again. And writing long reviews. Enjoy!

Full-bodied story.......2000-03-30

This was a wonderful read. The portrayal of elves as immortals who filch whatever they can't produce in Fairie (iron, non-stick frying pans, synthetics, etc.) was new and intriguing. From the first few pages Jerlayne is established as an exasperating, intelligent and clueless woman. Witness, for example, her brilliant mastery of the twenty link chain and then her subsequent overdose of bryony to cure the iron-poisoning.

I look forward to reading more about this new version of Faerie, and sincerely hope that they are in the works.

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What are you Really Putting on Your Face?

Not everything in Cosmetics is bad

Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients:Complete Information about the harmful and desiralble ingredients in Cosmetics

A must have book!

Education Empowers You!!

A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients: Complete Information About the Harmful and Desirable Ingredients Found in Cosmetics and Cosmeceuticals
Ruth Winter
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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Binding: Paperback

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You wouldn't eat something without knowing what it was--don't you want to take the same care with what you put on your face, hair, and body? Find out what's in that shampoo, makeup, toothpaste, lotion, or perfume here, with more than 6,000 entries, organized alphabetically. Cosmetics are barely regulated these days, leaving it up to you to learn what those strange-sounding names mean and how they might affect you. For example, did you know these intriguing tidbits?

Abietic acid, a texturizer in soaps, is harmless when injected into mice but causes paralysis in frogs.
The American Medical Association frowns on medicated makeup, because their potential to do harm often outweighs their benefit.
Mayonnaise is as effective a dry-hair conditioner as the expensive preparations.
Milk is a good face wash, but you'd better rinse it off well, or rancidity will give rise to bacteria that will cause pimples.

Don't skip the introduction, a provocative discussion of "cosmeceuticals," anti-aging products, what's really meant by the word "natural," "culture and cosmetics," and what to do if you have an adverse reaction. This is the fifth edition of this guide, which originally appeared in 1978. Even if you own the fourth edition, you'll want to update, because this edition includes 1,400 newly developed chemicals and hundreds of name changes. --Joan Price

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Take the guesswork out of choosing safe and effective cosmetics and cosmeceuticals.

You wouldn’t eat something without knowing what it was. Don’t you want to take the same care with what you put on your face, hair, and body? Find out what’s in your health and beauty products with Ruth Winter’s A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients. This updated and expanded sixth edition gives you all the facts you need to protect yourself and your family from possible irritants, confusing chemical names, or exaggerated claims of beauty from gimmick additives.

Virtually every chemical found in toiletries, cosmetics, and cosmeceuticals—from body and face creams to toothpaste, hand lotion, shaving cream, shampoo, soap, perfume, and makeup—is evaluated in this book, including those ingredients marketed as being all-natural, for children, and for people of color. The alphabetical arrangement makes it easy to look up the ingredients in the products you use.

With new substances popping up in products we utilize every day—and with the continuing deregulation of the cosmetics industry—A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients is more indispensable than ever.

Customer Reviews:

What are you Really Putting on Your Face?.......2007-03-31

Do you really know what's in your favorite face powder? The list of chemicals you rub on your face daily may shock you.

Not everything in Cosmetics is bad.......2007-02-07

Thanks to this book, we are able to keep abreast of the latest information in cosmetic ingredients. It's too bad people use misinformation to convince their friends that cosmetics somehow end up in the bloodstream. They aren't drugs and shouldn't be treated as such. Please read this book and stop being paranoid.

Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients:Complete Information about the harmful and desiralble ingredients in Cosmetics.......2007-01-15

I found this book to be very informative if you need to know what ingredients are used in your cosmetics, so many times we just put things on our skin and scalp and we have no idea of what is going into our blood stream. This book has hepled me to identify if a product is doing me more harm than good. I recommend this book highly.

A must have book!.......2007-01-10

A must have resource if you are at all concerned about toxic ingredients in cosmetics! You'd be surprised!

Education Empowers You!!.......2006-11-16

This dictionary is SO POWERFUL! I literally will not go shopping for beauty products unless I have it with me as a quick reference. I'm sure people at the mall or drugstore look at me like I'm insane, but I don't care because I have so much more money in my purse now that I'm not wasting it on false claims on what a beauty product will do. For instance, why should you pay $30 for a pretty bottle of designer face cream.....when all it is composed of is a base of cheap, man-made mineral oil and water!?! READ THE LABEL!!! I highly recommend the next time you have the urge to buy that next luxury bath or body product - stop - get and read this book first, and then decide rather or not that product is worth all that money.

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What did people who lived during the Middle Ages eat? How did they eat? Dr. Cosman proves just how endlessly intriguing the answers to these questions are in this fascinating exploration of medieval food habits in service, table manners, menu, and courtly magnificence. Also provided are tempting recipes for the modern-day host and hostess who would like to delight their guests with a medieval feast. Fabulous Feasts received nominations for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.

Customer Reviews:

If you're interested in Medieval Cookery, there are better places to start.......2007-07-25

I cook, a lot. I am a historical interpreter and a 15th century re-enactor, and I love the taste of really good food. For those who don't care if this is historically accurate or not, then I think you've missed the point of owning a "medieval cookbook". If you like odd mixes of spices and experimentation, then have at it. For me, I'll pass having sampled several of these recipes that I found totally unpalatable.

So that you don't think it's all wine vinegar, I will offer up a few excellent titles for your approval. If you're interested in ceremony and how things are done at the table regarding manners and how to serve the high table, read the following:

The Babees Boke of Manners
The Boke of Keruynge: The Book of Carving (Wynkyn de Worde)

If you want real medieval cookbooks with the documentation to back up the recipes contained between the covers, then I'd like to suggest the following cook books:

Pleyn Delit, an excellent beginners book (1996)
The Medieval Kitchen: Recipes from France and Italy (2000)
Early French Cookery (2002)

There are others, but these are the three that I use often, and most new comers to the world of medieval cookery will discover that many of the recipes are very pleasing to the modern palate.

Crackpot Cookery.......2006-10-19

Rabid anti-immigrant right winger who lied and claimed this book was nominated for both the Pulitzer Prize AND National Book awrd. Neither was true.

Add a medieval flair to your modern party.......2005-09-25

I acquired this book many years ago in the 1970's. I am not sure what may or may not have changed between that edition and the edition (2003) currently being sold. However, the book does provide a wealth of pictures of pre-modern dining and does discuss the traditions and etiquet which might accompany a pre-modern feast. If you are planning one of the popular "12th Night" feasts sometimes found on college and university campuses, you may do well with this book. The recepies are generally popular and do work.

I will mention that the mock roasted entrails can be a bit intimidating to the modern diner. We prepared these for an event and they were served flambe at the conclusion of a game feast. By the time the mock entrails came out, the diners were fully prepared to believe that they might be real and several of them balked at sampling them. We did modify the recipe to eliminate the Pineapple substituting ingredients which would have been available in premodern Northern Europe. Those who did sample the dish did like it and still recall it almost thirty years later.

However, if you are interested in a well researched and attested book on premodern cooking, you are well advised to buy one of the many fine books which have become available during the intervening years.

Medieval - It's Not.......2003-03-04

Although this book claims to be a historical reference about 1500c cookery it is not an accurate reference. The recipies are not historically accurate, and the book does not provide the original recipes. [bad], "exploitive", "fantasy" are words that my wife (a food historian) uses to describe this book.

Recommend anything by terrance scully.

A good starting point for medieval cooks.......2001-11-16

This book is quite a good starting volume for the medieval chef. Unfortunately the recipes are undated or sourced and the info is quite general. But if you're not doing a specific period feast and just want to get some beginner info this is a valuable book for the shelf.

Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony

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Fabulous Feasts: Medieval Cookery and Ceremony
Madeleine Pelner Cosman
Manufacturer: George Braziller
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KAE8T4

Fabulous Feasts Medieval Cookery and Ceremony Signed and Inscribed By the Author

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Fabulous Feasts Medieval Cookery and Ceremony Signed and Inscribed By the Author
Madeleine Pelner Cosman
Manufacturer: George Braziller
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Binding: Hardcover
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In this companion volume to the popular Dogs in Their Gardens, 20 outstanding gardens in the United States, Canada, and England are featured with their ideal companion-cats. A wide range of cat breeds and garden styles make this the perfect gift book for every cat and garden lover. 120 color photographs.

Customer Reviews:

Gardens and their joys.......2004-11-21

Page Dickey has compiled a series of visits to gardens of various types and climes and demonstrates in this lovely little gentle book that not only does she know her horticulture, but also she has a fine photographer's eye for the quirky personalities of cats. In a matter a few pages, Dickey acquaints us with the 'owner cats' of the various gardens and has captured whimsical and languorous moments in the lives of these felines blessed with gardens of great beauty. Each garden (and cat!) visit is accompanied by editorial comments that range form humorous to informative to a bit cute. This is one of those 'perfect gift' ideas for you and for friends who love their gardens and the feline guardians of the property. The fact that this book is available in the best gardening stores speaks highly for Dickey's reputation among horticulturists! A fine gift idea for the holidays. Grady Harp, November 2004

If you love cats or gardens, you'll love this book.......2004-08-04

Some of the most picturesque gardens in the U.S. and abroad are the settings for these great cat photographs. Felines have a way of knowing which backgrounds will best set off their charm so these candid pictures are wonderful. Short essays about each setting and the cats who patrol are just right. I have a fair sized collection of cat books but the pictures and text in this little volume are better than any on my shelf. This will be my gift book of choice for the cat lovers among my friends. By the way--Amazon, please note--the author's name is Page Dickey, given name Page.

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The 3 Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens
Darcy Ashton
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Purr. . . : Children's Book Illustrators Brag About Their Cats

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Cat lovers - you need this book!!

Purr. . . : Children's Book Illustrators Brag About Their Cats
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Cats make home a more interesting place for millions of people, including some of your favorite children's book illustrators. Here, 43 renowned artists celebrate their most memorable felines. Includes: Wendy Minor, Barry Root, Ashley Wolff, Janell Cannon, Petra Mathers, Victoria Chess, John Segal, Lane Smith, Erick Ingraham, James McMullan, Ward Schumaker, Tony Ross, Chris Demarest, Marc Simont, Vladimir Radunsky, & R. Wilson, P. Sis, D. Stanley, L. Baker, M. Graham, R. Chast, D. Disalvo-Ryan, N. Willard, W. Hillenbrand, E. Gorey, J. Dyer, J. Stevens, P. Meisel, G. Booth, P. Hannan, R. Munro, D. Johnson, D. Diaz, D. Butler, B. Sabuda, D. Kirk, J. Winter, B. Zimmerman, A. Wood, D. McPhail, S. Kellogg, T. Wharton, E. Young, & D. Mosner.

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Cat lovers - you need this book!!.......1997-03-03

As a dyed in the wool cat lover AND a children's librarian I knew that I needed this book even before I actually saw it. I have not been disappointed. Cats are wonderful, complex creatures and these children's book illustrators have provided a delightfully wide range of viewpoints. From the cat who during WWII miraculously brought home a steak to its owner, to the mama cat who had her kittens in the closet among dad's shoes (kittens were appropriately named Etonic, Reebok, Nike, Converse, and Adidas), to Tuxedo the cat who had his own birthday party (the guests were a beagle, a kitten, a rabbit, a goldfish, and a parakeet!), this book is chock full of wonderful anecdotes of cats loved and remembered and terrific illustrations to accompany them. The fact that each illustrator has a different voice and artistic style only serves to make the book even more enjoyable. Note also the bonus that the fees, royalties and part of the profits from the book go to help animals in need. (Additional side note: If you're into dogs, check out the companion volume, Speak also edited by Mr. Rosen.

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Here is a sweeping survey of the popular spongeware ceramics produced in Scotland, England, Europe, and North America for one hundred years, illustrated with over 975 color photographs. Often associated with Pennsylvania German folk art, these tablewares, serving pieces, tea sets, childrens sets, and vases are decorated in colorful patterns achieved primarily through the simple, yet engaging, sponge-printing technique. Included are a thorough definition of spongeware, identifications of the patterns and potters, their marks, and a bibliography. Current market values are provided in the captions.

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For the home wine-maker ready to . . . begin turning out consistently professional-quality wines, this book contains about all the information one is likely to need.-- Ruralite Country Bookshelf.

Customer Reviews:

Complete resource.......2007-05-26

We wanted a resource for the wine process from growth to the glass.
Everything you need is in here.

Almost perfect.......2007-01-18

This book tells you everything about growing grapes and producing fine wine. It even deals with the choice of grape-varieties suited for your climate. It is almost perfect. I think many Europeans will read this book, and it would have been perfect if it included the Meditteranean countries in the tables of climate-zones and selection of suitable varieties. It is very difficult to find this (about Europe) on the internet. But a great and very useful book.

From Vines to Wines, a very accurate title........2006-11-03

This is a very informative book, I can not wait to start my own wine grape vine.

Easy reading.......2006-11-03

I purchased this book for my 12 yr.old grandson. We have found the illustrations and explainations to be very clear and easy to follow. The book also has extensive useful information to help the beginner as he grows in knowledge,

Great Book. Quick Shipment. Greaat seller........2006-08-30

The book was delivered in a timely manner, well packaged. Would buy from this seller again.

From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes & Making Your Own Wine

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The only book of its kind, it helps to have a chem degree!
Whether planting one vine or one thousand, read this book!
The complete guide to growing grapes & making your own wine.
Great Beginner's Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Wine

From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes & Making Your Own Wine
Jeff Cox
Manufacturer: Storey Books
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The only book of its kind, it helps to have a chem degree!.......1998-09-16

This is an excellent book, I recommend it to anyone who wishes to prepare wine from scratch. The book is written for the reader with knowledge of basic science concepts, especially a chemistry degree.

Whether planting one vine or one thousand, read this book!.......1998-08-24

Jeff Cox does what so few writers can do; he makes viticulture so interesting that you won't want to put this book down. That's saying a lot!

The whole book is a masterful handbook for the home or small commercial grower. From selecting the vines and a growing site to planting, growing, pruning, and harvesting to making wine, Cox literally packs the pages with useful information, tables and how-to illustrations. Even his appendix on grape pests and their control is written as a trouble-shooting guide based on symptoms rather than cause. This is both refreshing and useful.

If you can only buy one book on the subject, this is the one to buy.

The complete guide to growing grapes & making your own wine........1998-06-12

With enthusiasm and clarity, the author leads his readers, from the amateur to the accomplished winemaker, in his or her quest for flawless grapes and extraordinary wine. The process is not as daunting as it may seem. What matters most is finding the grape that gives wine you like and which thrives and ripens (consistently) in your climate. The author goes on to describe vineyard siting, soil preparation, culture, pruning, trellising, and pest control.

The second half of the book thoroughly describes the wine-making process: from crushing the grapes and pressing, to primary and secondary fermentations, racking, bottling, corking, cellaring, and evaluating the finished product.

This book will appeal to the person with a serious desire to grow grapes and make wine, the aspiring wine-making entrepreneur, the home gardener interested in the culture of grapes, the wine connoisseur, and the casual hobbyist. No matter what level of invlovement you want to have in the wine-making process, "From Vines to Wines" will satisfy your needs and curiosity.

Great Beginner's Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Wine.......1998-05-30

My family is in the process of starting a small vineyard and winery. Jeff's book was not only fun and easy to read, it has provided valuable information. I can recommend the book without reservation to anyone interested in growing grapes and making wine.

From Vines To Wines - Complete Guide To Growing Grapes And Making Your Own Wine

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From Vines To Wines - Complete Guide To Growing Grapes And Making Your Own Wine
Jeff Cox
Manufacturer: Storey Communications, Inc.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000K096XW

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In the 9th century, a secret sect of the Ismabilis -- known in the Middle Ages under the name of Fatimids -- arose to play a prominent role in the history of the Near East. Their supreme head today is the Agha Khan. In this mesmerising book, Heinz Halm describes the early history of the Fatimids, from the founding and spread of the secret society to the rise of the caliphal dynasty to power in North Africa and the founding of Cairo, their capital.

The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids. (book reviews): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society

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The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids. (book reviews): An article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
Farhad Daftary
Manufacturer: American Oriental Society
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00098C2X6
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from The Journal of the American Oriental Society, published by American Oriental Society on April 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1691 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids. (book reviews)
Author: Farhad Daftary
Publication: The Journal of the American Oriental Society (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1998
Publisher: American Oriental Society
Volume: v118 Issue: n2 Page: p298(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids

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Empire of the Mahdi: The Rise of the Fatimids
Heinz Halm
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MBMPK0

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A telling memoir by an exciting new voice, Multicolored Memories of a Black Southern Girl explores journalist Kitty Oliver's coming of age as she makes the crossing from an all-black to a predominantly white world. Born and raised in an all-black area of Jacksonville, Florida, Oliver was one of the first African American freshmen to enter the University of Florida. Though she chronicles the strains of her transition from Jim Crow to desegregation, this book is much more than a memoir of the turbulent sixties. It is an upbeat journal of self-discovery in the aftermath of that decade, a look at one woman's coming to terms with living an integrated life in America.

With humor, poignancy, and lyrical language (reminiscent at times of another Florida writer, Zora Neale Hurston), Oliver shares her passage from the “old world” to the new—an immigrant's journey indicative of the American experience. Blending past and present, she searches for roots from the Gullah or “Geechee” culture of South Carolina to the urban streets of northern Florida to the multicultural mix of South Florida's diverse ethnic cultures, serving up family stories with large helpings of southern “folktalk,” food, and music along the way.

As Oliver grapples with generational clashes, cross-racial relationships, intra-racial divisions, and redefining herself in an increasingly diverse society, we are prompted to do the same—to examine our own journeys to see just how far we have come.

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The truth.......2002-10-23

For those of us who "came of age" during the time Kitty Oliver remembers so poignantly, her story is a great affirmation of our hopes and fears. In both Race and Change in Hollywood, and Multicolored Memories, Kitty writes down what some people knew and no one else cared about. The reviewer for Publisher's Weekly may dismiss the feelings of black reader's who grew up in the 60's, but Kitty Oliver doesn't.

A Big Wow For This Heartfelt Journey To Find Home.......2002-10-16

I hoped MULTICOLORED MEMORIES OF A BLACK SOUTHERN GIRL would continue past its 173 pages. I just finished the book, and I want more. Kitty Oliver's journey from a small Florida town to her travels around the world feel very real. "When a trip is over for me, however, I enjoy observing the way life falls back into place. The toothbrush slides into the cup waiting empty on the sink."
Kitty's honest account of her childhood, her family, her personal encounters with integration and her journey to find "home" resonate with each description and heartfelt memory. I'm a fan of her writing and look forward to more, soon!

Review of Kitty Oliver's Book.......2002-09-27

Kitty Oliver has taken a changing time in our country's history and shaped it into a time of growth, understanding and exploration of herself and the multifaceted world around her. Her writing makes you sigh out loud as she takes you with her through colorful, sometimes sad, sometimes funny memories of her life. A compilation of essays, this wonderful book easily moves from one tale to the next as Ms. Oliver admirably exposes her pain and joy for the world to see. Ms. Oliver's skill as a writer is, without question, astounding. With such a poetic style to her writing, this book will bring one last sigh to your lips as you close the book at its end, only wishing for more.

THE FIRST.......2002-05-28

Picture yourself in a SUV roving through out the countryside. You take in the view of the countryside but are in such a hurry to reach your destination to the point of not appreciating what you've seen. Kitty Oliver's autobiography is very similar to the above experience. She takes you through the roads, streets, detours and valleys of her life never stopping to give you a full appreciation of this native Floridian.

As the first generation of Black students to integrate the University of Florida in Gainesville (1965)Oliver certainly has a story to tell. It is one of turbulent times and great transitions as she leaves the segregated community of her youth and enters into a whole new chapter in her life. Oliver shows us her fears, drive and hope that she has for the future that was denied her elders. Now it is up to her to make a difference.

Kitty tells of her quest in finding her roots from the exploration of her Geechee background to her attempts to become a bridge to her estranged father's family. You meet up with a varied mix of people in her community (train workers, cooks, teachers,etc) who held things together even in their limited world. She also dispels the myth of the united Black community during segregation. You meet with Black people who are class conscious, want to keep the status quo and are insanely concerned about skin color. Her Jacksonville home reveals a diversity of Blacks who have their own opinions and mores that are not necessarily what one would want them to have.

Such a coming of age story has great potential but Oliver lets us down. She takes us on an excursion of her stream of consciousness as we roam from one subject to another. Her thoughts appear disconnected and you do get confused as to how she gets into school in one moment and then is married in the next without anything in between. She rarely talks about her own family except to mention her biracial adopted daughter and son. What about her husband and the lives they shared together? Was it unable to survive in an integrated world?

Oliver goes on and on about multi-culturalism as if she just discovered it. You get a sense that she doesn't fully appreciate who she is and at times you wonder how much she has assimilated (her word) in the white culture.

Despite those flaws her work is an enjoyable read of one reminiscing about those FIRSTS who broke the racial barriers and ushered in a new era. Her story is one that should be read, reflected upon and appreciated for its one particular viewpoint of a time gone bye.

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