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Thomas Cook Drive Around Guides are designed to provide you with a comprehensive but flexible reference source to guide you as you tour a country or region by car. This guide divides Provence and the Cote d'Azur into touring areas – one per chapter. Major cultural centres or cities form chapters in their own right. Each chapter provide at least a day’s worth of activities – often more.

Drive Around Provence & the Cote d'Azur: Your guide to great drives (Drive Around - Thomas Cook)

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Phew
Better Maps, Please!
YET TO PUT INTO PRACTICE
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Drive Around Provence & the Cote d'Azur: Your guide to great drives (Drive Around - Thomas Cook)
Andrew Sanger
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ASIN: 1841574716

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Drive around Provence and the Côte d'Azur features the Camargue, the Vaucluse, the Alpes-Maritimes and the Riviera.

" Ideas for exploring on your own
" Detailed guides to sightseeing and activities, together with accommodation, dining and shopping recommendations
" Attractions and areas all rated to guide your personal choice
" Road maps and city plans pinpoint driving routes and other tours
" Walking routes around towns and cities

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Phew.......2007-07-08

If your renting a car and traveling this book really helped. It gives you for example the parking places in Aix and roads to use-its right on. The sites it picked are well thought out and "no-nonsense".
I think its worth the weight during the trip we took.

Better Maps, Please!.......2007-06-09

The content reflected a great appreciation of this part of France, and the general route information very useful, photos attractive and representational, but I found the format somewhat awkward. Some of the sidebar infomation would have better been included in the text, e.g. specific driving instructions within towns. The maps were weakest feature; some of the route maps were so cluttered that I needed a detailed road map to make sense of the proposed route.

YET TO PUT INTO PRACTICE.......2007-04-02

As I have not yet had a chance to use this book as it was intended this review will be somewhat useless. But upon reading through and choosing the routes I would like to take later in the year it has been very beneficial especially after purchase of a map of the area also

Our Most-Used Source.......2006-08-21

This book is worth the price and the last-minute shipping that we needed to get it to us before our flight to France. We referred to it constantly. We used it to select which drives to take on a given day, and it is of great value here. Readers may disagree with some of the star-ratings on certain sites (and sights), but this is to be expected and one should calibrate oneself against the views of the author. For example, we would rate Aix-en-Provence lower, Nimes lower, and the upper Vaucluse in general higher. Once you see where your tastes lie (Roman ruins more interesting than Vacqueyras tasting?) then you will know how to use the book to its best advantage. Highly recommended.

Drive Around Provence and the Cote d'Azur: Your Guide to Great Drives (Drive Around - Thomas Cook)

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Drive Around Provence and the Cote d'Azur: Your Guide to Great Drives (Drive Around - Thomas Cook)
Andrew Sanger
Manufacturer: Thomas Cook
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ASIN: 1841576581

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Down at the Dinosaur Cafe
everybody’s doing fine,
Steggy is slurping his swamp juice
and Iggy is ready to dine.
But in stomps Tyrannosaurus
with a wicked gleam in his eye—
he’s mean, he’s bad, he’s hungry
and he’s ordered dinosaur pie!

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Trouble at the Dinosaur Cafe.......2007-08-09

This book gets two thumbs up from the toddler set! Not only is it the on the frequently requested list but has been committed to memory by both parent and child alike! A wonderful rhyming, rhythmic, and amusing story!

Too much fun and a lesson too!.......2007-02-06

My 4 year old chose this book though I was about to pass because I thought it looked a little too silly. I am so glad that I listened to him! It is fantastic.

When T-rex bursts in on the quiet vegetarian clientele of the Dinosaur Cafe looking for meat, the startled and frightened patrons call Terry Triceratops to the rescue! The lesson... great big bullies can be taken down and shown for the cowards that they most often are.

This action packed romp is worth every penny we spent on it and much more. We highly recommend it to all dino lovers.

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Prehistoric Cooking
Jacqui Wood
Manufacturer: Tempus
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0752419439

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Based on experimental archaeology at the author's world-famous research settlement in Cornwall, this book describes the ingredients of prehistoric cooking and the methods of food preparation.

Early Pottery in the Southeast: Tradition and Innovation in Cooking Technology (A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication)

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Early Pottery in the Southeast: Tradition and Innovation in Cooking Technology (A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication)
Kenneth E. Sassaman
Manufacturer: University Alabama Press
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Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archeology)

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Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece (Sheffield Studies in Aegean Archeology)

Manufacturer: Oxbow Books Limited
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ASIN: 1842171674

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Food and drink, along with the material culture involved in their consumption, can signify a variety of social distinctions, identities and values. Thus, in Early Minoan Knossos, tableware was used to emphasize the difference between the host and the guests, and at Mycenaean Pylos the status of banqueters was declared as much by the places assigned to them as by the quality of the vessels from which they ate and drank. The ten contributions to this volume highlight the extraordinary opportunity for multi-disciplinary research in this area.

Food and Evolution: Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits

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Food and Evolution: Toward a Theory of Human Food Habits
Marvin Harris
Manufacturer: Temple University Press
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The old adage "you are what you eat" may be more accurate than anyone could have ever imagined. This unprecedented interdisciplinary effort by scholars in primatology, biological anthropology, archaeology, nutrition, psychology, agricultural economics, and cultural anthropology suggests that there is a systematic theory behind why humans eat what they eat.

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This volume focuses on the ways in which the production and consumption of food developed in the Aegean region in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, to see how this was linked to the appearance of more complex forms of social organization. Sites from Macedonia in the north of Greece down to Crete are discussed and chronologically the papers cover not only the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age but extend into the Middle and Late Bronze Age and Classical period as well. The evidence from human remains, animal and fish bones, cultivated and wild plants, hearths and ovens, ceramics and literary texts is interpreted through a range of techniques, such as residue and stable isotope analysis. A number of key themes emerge, for example the changes in the types of food that were produced around the time of the Final Neolithic-Early Bronze Age transition, which is seen as a particularly critical period, the ways in which foodstuffs were stored and cooked, the significance of culinary innovations and the social role of consumption.

Dinosaurs for Dessert/Book and 2 Dinosaur Cookie Cutters

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Dinosaurs for Dessert/Book and 2 Dinosaur Cookie Cutters
Stephanie St. Pierre
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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Dr. Citron's Evolutionary Diet and Cookbook

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Hunter Gathers Ate No Grains, Cro-Magnons not our ancestors
A philosophy that makes sense. Great recipes.
Same Old Stuff

Dr. Citron's Evolutionary Diet and Cookbook
Ronald S. Citron , and Kathye J. Citron
Manufacturer: Hay House
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"Cholesterol" is one of the most confusing words in the health world. Most people assume that because excess cholesterol in your blood is a bad thing, cholesterol in your diet must be dangerous, too. But, as Ronald Citron points out, the two things are unrelated. Excess cholesterol in your bloodstream comes from too much saturated fat in your diet. Eating high-cholesterol food such as shellfish and game meats is extremely healthy; they're generally low in fat and, more important, are extremely low in saturated fat. That's the "evolutionary" part of Citron's plan: if you eat the way our hunter-gatherer Cro-Magnon ancestors ate, you'll avoid health problems because you'll be eating the foods our bodies evolved to consume. More than half of the book consists of recipes and menu plans for putting Citron's theories into practice.

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Renowned cancer specialist Ronald Citron, M.D. uses his medical knowledge, as well as his wife Kathye's expertise as a chef, in this anti-cancer, anti-heart disease diet book.

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Hunter Gathers Ate No Grains, Cro-Magnons not our ancestors.......1999-03-19

My review title tells it. You're a great cook, but next time, PLEASE do your homework before writing a book. Grains were not part of our diet until 10K years ago. The next person who writes something about how our ancestors ate whole grains for the 2.6 million period of human history should have their laptop taken away from them! Stick to cooking!

A philosophy that makes sense. Great recipes........1998-07-13

This book makes sense. The premise is that our bodies evolved to eat food that could be hunted and gathered. That means fruit, vegetables, nuts, some whole grains, and some meat. (If we could catch it, we could eat it.) The no-nonsense message is that a diet that includes a range of whole foods (we didn't evolve to eat Cheetos and Whoppers!) can taste great and keep you healthy.

The recipes are really tasty. Some are exotic. Some take only ten minutes. There's enough variety, spice, and substance to keep me satisfied.

I read The Zone and realized that it was fundamentally a low-calorie diet -- of course you'll lose weight, but I can't believe it's healthy. If you really follow it you don't eat enough! I tried McDougall's plan and found his recipes bland and tired after a while. I liked Ornish's recipes but found myself craving tuna salad sandwiches and eating way too much dairy. Citron's book is balanced and less restrictive than Ornish or McDougall, and it makes complete sense from a scientific standpoint. Thumbs up!

Same Old Stuff.......1998-02-27

The promise of the book is that it is a novel approace to diet based on the diet of our Cro-Magnon ancestors. Unfortunately, the author ignores much of the evidence from the paleontological record and picks and chooses whatever supports the standard low-fat noncense (the author is in a panic about saturated fats). While I will give him credit for incorporating wild game and other "flesh foods" into his program, he also includes foods that Cro-Magnon people rarely, if ever, consumed (such as dairy products and grains). He also includes sugar in many of his recipes. For a really compelling understanding of food as it relates to evolutionary theory, I suggest reading Peter D'Amamo's book "Eat Right For Your Type". Also, the Paleolithic Diet Page on the web has great articles and information.

Food and Cooking in Prehistoric Britain: History and Recipes

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Food and Cooking in Prehistoric Britain: History and Recipes
Jane Renfrew
Manufacturer: English Heritage Publications
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Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating

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Fun for kids and adults

Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating
Alice Weaver Flaherty
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
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ASIN: 0618556443

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A new and delightful take on the always fascinating mystery of the Lock Ness Monster--with a nod to picky eaters, too! Once upon a time, on a long, slow trip to Scotland, a little girl named Katerina-Elizabeth tossed her oatmeal overboard-again, and again, and again. She was a picky eater, and oatmeal was her least favorite food. And once upon a time, a small worm, no bigger that a piece of thread, swam along-side an ocean liner bound for Scotland and ate bowl after bowl of tossed oatmeal. He had never tasted anything as wonderful as oatmeal in his whole life. A.W. Flaherty and Scott Magoon unravel the Loch Ness legend in this whimsical picture book for the picky(and not-so-picky) eater in all of us.

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Fun for kids and adults.......2007-10-06

Everyone in our family loved this book. The drawings are great and the story is inspired.

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With an impressive line-up of participants ( E-boy, Future Farmers, tDR, Volumeone and many more) RMX, a project by the prestigious design group Rinzen, aims to draw out the secret child in all of us. In this visual approximation of Chinese Whispers the predecessor's image serves as blueprint and inspiration for the following design - elements may be picked out, discarded, erased or re-used. The resulting 6 virtual chain letters are a remarkably varied, but strangely cohesive collection of images which emphasise the great creative potential of unusual collaborations as well as the thriving network character of the design community.

A 3 inch CD of the artists' initial Illustrator files and voice samples accompanies this beautiful “picture book”. According to the book's prime intention these, too, may be remixed by the user.

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The Veterinarian's Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior.......2006-08-24

What a masterpiece!

I am not sure that "encyclopedia" is a good description for this book, as it is more like an dictionary of terms relating to animal behavior. Having said that, it is truly a MUST HAVE for anyone who has a real interest in animal behavior!

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New York Gardener's Guide: Revised Edition (New York Gardener's Guide)
Ralph Snodsmith
Manufacturer: Cool Springs Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1591860652

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Written by Ralph Snodsmith, a leading gardening expert in the state of New York, this proven format has helped gardeners experience success and enjoyment from their gardens.

The trend in gardening books is toward regional titles, and book retailers are well aware of this. The Gardener's Guide series provides credible information on the plants that perform best in specific states. Gardeners will find information they can trust and use successfully in their own gardens.

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If you have a romantic bone in your body........2005-11-30

I was born 30 years too late. Otherwise I'd a been a "Stage-door Johnny" for Eleanor Powell. She was -- as Frank Sinatra said in the "That's Entertainment" DVDs -- the greatest, and we are unlikely to ever see such elegant excellence as the best boy-girl tap dance ever done (first the paso-doble to Cole Porter's Begin the Beguine, then the jazz tap version to Artie Shaw's Clarinet.) Alice Levin has captured this in a dandy, easy-reading book laced with pictures of that beautiful hoofer. This is not a dry listing of tidbits, but a glorious feast for those who are young at heart, love musicals. Those were the days just before WWII, but still in the Great Depression, when "The Movies" and its Stars made America Sing! And Dance! And nobody, as is nobody, was better or more athletic a female tap dancer than the delectable,compellingly female and drop-dead gorgeous Eleanor Powell. Alice Levin has chronicled this well.

first true lady of dance...pictures and all.......2004-06-10

if your are big eleanor powell fan which i am, this is the book for you. it has a very detalied accounts of her life from her days on the broadway stage to her comeback in early 60's in las vegas. and her first and only marriage to the actor glenn ford.

unlike the the other autobiography of her by margie schultz which also has a HUGE amount of information on miss powell; this one has lots more pictures of her in action. some never seen before.
and the author had a personal contact with our dancing lady and helped name an award after her. it a great collector's item, one which if you are a tap dancer or any dancer would pass on to your child to keep her name alive in print and purchase her videos so you can she she was truly the first lady of dance...she did it all.

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Glad to Have It Back in Print

Thirty Years On

Getting High?

A must read book for one L law school student

A Paper Chase Review

The Paper Chase
John Jay Osborn Jr
Manufacturer: Whitston Publishing Co Inc
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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

The Paper Chase

The Complete Law School Companion: How to Excel at America's Most Demanding Post-Graduate Curriculum

Law School Without Fear: Strategies for Success (2nd Edition)

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ASIN: 087875539X

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When initially published, The Paper Chase was widely acclaimed as the first novel to realistically describe the experiences of students within American law schools. The film version appeared to sensational reviews, and John Houseman, playing Professor Kingsfield won an Academy Award. Then, with Houseman again playing Kingsfield, The Paper Chase appeared as a television series on CBS. After that, the series in its entirety was re-run as a special on PBS, the first time a commercial American television series had been re-broadcast on public television. Subsequently, The Paper Chase television series was taken over by the cable network Showtime, which continued to produce new episodes. Every year, a theatrical play version of The Paper Chase is produced in regional theatres and schools across the United States. In its many incarnations, The Paper Chase has been one of the most influential books of its generation and has defined law school for millions of Americans.

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Glad to Have It Back in Print.......2007-03-28

I've been looking for this book for years, since I lost my dog eared copy that was published in conjunction with the television series back in the early 80s. The show was what initially turned me on to the novel, and then I saw the film. If you remember the series, and have seen the film, then the book will offer not that many surprises, and I mean that in a positive way. They follow Osborn's novel pretty faithfully, with the addition, as a reflectionof the time in which they were made, of female students. All three follow the education of first year Harvard law student James Hart, during which time the true test for him is not the grades he will get (as his lover Susan tells him, he is the kind of guy born for law school), but more to the point, will he, as he slaves away to earn those precious A's, lose his...well, heart, his soul, the spark of humanity made up primarily of compassion that seems to be the first casuality of the cut-throat world of the law school. Osborn's book is low-key, is subtle: to its credit, it does not inflate this conflict unrealistically. As in the movie, Hart never loses sight of the ring: the Harvard degree that will make him most likely wealthy and powerful. But the question Osborn presents is how does one get the ring and keep his soul intact? Is it possible? What compromises does it call for? Heady stuff for a little book, but Osborn pulls it off effectively and convincingly.
It's a very very good novel: if you cared for the film, if you remember the travails of Hart and his crew in the series (depicted much more kindly than they are in the book), then you should read the original. It's worth it.

Thirty Years On.......2005-03-25

What a novel! Back then people read it for Osborn's portrait of himself as Jim Hart, the young, idealistic law student, still kind of a do-gooder underneath the long hair. Jim busts his ass trying not just to pass but to excel at Harvard yet runs afoul of the dread Professor Kingsfield, whose course in the bleak Langdell Hall is legendary for being arduous and still finally rewarding. Now, thirty years on, Osborn has attained Kingsfield status himself as he teaches nearby at the law school at USF (University of San Francisco, the Jesuit School here in SF), and students are said to quake outside his office door but, once they encounter his warm smile and kindly handshake, the fear abates.

I hate to disagree with a previous reviewer who said that Osborn's novel is a 1960s revision of a 1940 novel. I don't think so, my friend. You must be getting your facts wrong from someone else.

The TV version and the movie version of THE PAPER CHASE fleshed out the rebellious, seductive daughter of Kingsfield, and the movie version was notable for the scene in which Jim was caught in her bed and had to leap out the window is just a pair of boxers to escape the professor's wrath.

Harvard, which allowed no women into its law school until the 1950s, was paradoxically proud of its law program, and they say this novel (together with LOVE STORY by Erich Segal) caused the flurry of admissions for Harvard to leap up 200 per cent when it was first published.

Getting High?.......2001-02-16

It is just okay.

Being a big fan of the film version of The Paper Chase I was kind of expecting a 1940's book that would flesh out the character of Ford and add some depth to the story but what arrived from Amazon was copyright 1978 and had references to mini skirts, getting high, and a quote about Vietnam War protests.

I enjoyed reading it but it was not nearly as good as the movie. It didn't much new plot developments; maybe 15% of the book consists of new things that are not in the film version of The Paper Chase. For example Hart and Ford are at a diner when a guy runs in, snatches a hamburger from the plate of the people next to them at the counter, runs outside and stands there banging on the window and giving them "the finger". Hart, curious, goes out to talk to the fellow and ends up in a fistfight. One benefit was you could be inside Hart's head and know what he was thinking. Susan is much colder to Hart in the book too.

The movie was a masterpiece. The book (at least the 1978 edition that arrived at my house) will only satisfy true fans of the film, desperate, perhaps, to wring a few more drops out of this great story in the manner that a fan of Star Wars might read "A Splinter In the Mind's Eye" (featuring Luke Skywalker as a character).

I know my hometown library lists, in their online catalog, a 1940 edition of the Paper Chase so surely there's an older version floating around. The one I got from Amazon, with it's references to the 1960's, seems like a modern rewrite of the novel, made expressly for fans of the movie.

A must read book for one L law school student.......2000-07-21

It's a good book. "...law is rational, people are not." Without getting into the experience of the tradition, one would never know how much fun is to become part of it. One would only know "...how difficult is to extent the tradition." Enjoy!

A Paper Chase Review.......1999-12-10

The TV series based on this book was well done and I would very much like to read the book itself. Being a retired legal secretary, the series depicted many events in the life of a law student, as told to me by attorneys for whom I worked.

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The Paper Chase

Manufacturer: Popular Library
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This is the novel written by a Harvard law school student that set off one of the most stirring success stories of our time. As as book it was tremendously acclaimed. As a movie, it became a legend. As a Twentieth Century Fox TV series, it brought a new standard of excellence as wellas a new high in entertainment to the home screen. Now you can meet Professor Kingsfield in all his icy eminence and his students in all their swiftly vanishing innocence as they play out a drama of education in far more than the law, a drama that will enthrall you from first page to last.

The Salmon P. Chase Papers: Journals, 1829-1872 (Salmon P Chase Papers)

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"An Intimate View of 19th Century America"

The Salmon P. Chase Papers: Journals, 1829-1872 (Salmon P Chase Papers)
Salmon P. Chase
Manufacturer: Kent State University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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"An Intimate View of 19th Century America".......2007-05-20

This marvelous book offers the reqader and the researcher a window into the life of one of our most important political characters in a troubled century. Some historians have offered the thought that we live in a different world from that in which Chase lived. The Journals give us a more personal view than the works in general of a man who served in Ohio and national politics, as an abolitionist leader, as sec'y of the Treasury in Lincoln's cabinet, and as Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court.

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The Paper Chase

Manufacturer: Avon
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The Papers of George Washington: February-December 1787 (Washington, George//Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series)

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The Papers of George Washington: February-December 1787 (Washington, George//Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series)
George Washington
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The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase

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Good, but not about Sherlock or Mycroft Holmes...
A good page turner
A lovely book
Another Witty and Gentle Tale from Theroux
Better than his first book

The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase
Marcel Theroux
Manufacturer: Harcourt
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How many times have you wanted a new life? Would you exchange yours for someone else's? These are the questions faced by Damien March in the opening pages of Marcel Theroux's Confessions of Mycroft Holmes. After his uncle Patrick's death, Damien learns that he has inherited a ramshackle property on the isolated island of Ionia, off the coast of Cape Cod. Should he abandon his life in London--and his career as a BBC journalist--and head west? That he does. But once he reaches the house, he's confronted with decades' worth of collected junk, which Patrick's will explicitly prevents him from discarding.

Damien also meets a number of characters on the island, all of them part of his late uncle's life. One of these acquaintances unknowingly delivers to him an unfinished manuscript that Patrick was writing about Sherlock Holmes's brother, Mycroft. The story arouses Damien's suspicions about his uncle's black-sheep existence. Ultimately, though, it leads him to discover the truth about his own family--and himself. His sudden plunge into the hard facts brings to mind "that moment suspended between the rock and the ocean when you bunch your knees up and anticipate the cold shock of the water." And by the end of the novel, Damien is enlightened: his search has answered questions he did not even know to ask. --Elizabeth Potter

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Damien March hadn't thought of his eccentric uncle for almost twenty years until he received a telegram: Patrick dead. Father. Damien, a journalist for the BBC in London, is even more shocked to learn that he has inherited his uncle's ramshackle house on Ionia, an isolated island off the coast of Cape Cod. Damien's step into a new future means moving circuitously into his family's past. He uncovers letters and writings-scattered clues that shed light on Patrick's solitary life. When he discovers a fragment of an unpublished novel, The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes, the stakes in this paper chase are suddenly higher. Mycroft Holmes, the older brother of Sherlock, is one of literature's most intriguing absences. A neglected genius who lived in obscurity, he bears a striking resemblance to Patrick himself. The parallels quickly grow more disconcerting, and a sinister tale of murder and deception takes on new meaning. Soon Damien finds himself revealing dark and unsettling truths that shatter his most fundamental assumptions. Written with warmth and distinctive humor, The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes is at once an engaging mystery and an illuminating story about family secrets and identity.

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Good, but not about Sherlock or Mycroft Holmes..........2002-07-08

Nicely written and engaging, this book is well worth reading. Some of the other reviews cover details of plot, so I'll say only that I found it a good read with few shortcomings. But readers who are looking for a Sherlock Holmes story should be warned that this isn't about Mycroft or Sherlock.

A good page turner.......2002-06-26

This is the sort of book that is worth reading when you have pockets of time like on the train or bus in the morning or at night when you have a little time to yourself in the tub. It is a wonderful story, which I wouldn't be surprised if some of the elements are factual!!!

A lovely book.......2001-12-15

A deceptively meaty book in spite of the angel food texture. Quietly disfunctional families come to grips with the past and future. Not much to add to the already positive reviews, here. Just a really good read that got under my skin in a very positive way.

Another Witty and Gentle Tale from Theroux.......2001-12-14

Theroux follows up his gently charming, and well-received debut, A Stranger in the Earth, with another witty and touching slim novel. As in his first book, the story revolves around a man starting a new life in a new place. Here, Damien March is a thirtysomething American who's lived most of his life in England and now works as a nightshift drone for the BBC. His Uncle Patrick, a prize-winning author turned odd recluse, stuns the family by leaving his New England home and its content to Damien, whom he hasn't seen since he was a child. The home sits on the fictional island of Ionia, a kind of Martha's Vineyardish place off of Cape Cod. The bequest is conditional on Damien living in the house, and so he makes the momentous decision to leave his dead-end life in London and head to America to live in the house for the summer.

As he gets accustomed to island life, his deaf neighbors, and living in a house filled with random bric-a-brac, he also muses on his upbringing, his family history, and the meaning of family in general. Mostly he ponders the question of who his uncle was and why his writings grew increasingly bizarre, why he sequestered himself on the island, and why Damien's father and Uncle Patrick had an odd relationship. These internal musings are interrupted by various odd occurrences, such as the disappearances of some of Uncle Patrick's files, a later burglary, and the general oddities of life on the island. Then, about 2/3 of the way into the book, Damien discovers a manuscript of his uncle's called "The Confession of Mycroft Holmes." It's a pastiche of sorts, based on Sherlock Holmes's enigmatic elder brother. The story itself is faithfully rendered in faux-Victorian prose, and characters in it appear to parallel some on the island. Damien starts to think there's a connection between the story and his uncle's odd life, and the investigation leads to a surprising (to him, if not to the reader) discovery. The book ends rather disappointingly abruptly after this revelation, but is nonetheless extremely enjoyable. Lightly written in a musing tone, and dolloped with sly wit, Theroux's second book makes the reader anxious for more. In a time when accolades are mainly gathered by sprawlingly undisciplined tomes like The Poisonwood Bible and The Blind Assassin, Theroux's slim work proves that yes, sometimes less is more.

Better than his first book.......2001-08-09

This is an somewhat interesting book, better written than the author's first book. However, we still get the feeling that he doesn't really care about the characters, the plot is disjointed, and the end reads as though the author suddenly lost interest, and left out material that would have made the end more logical. Still, I liked it and I hope he keeps trying.

Catalogue of Confederate and Southern States currency, with historical notes: Estimated values of all Bradbeer varieties and Chase types

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Chase Money Banking and the Economy Study Guide 2ed (Paper Only)

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Correspondence, 1858-March 1863 (Salmon P Chase Papers)

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Radical Republican Tries to Outsmart Lincoln

Correspondence, 1858-March 1863 (Salmon P Chase Papers)
Salmon P. Chase
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Radical Republican Tries to Outsmart Lincoln.......2007-06-02

Salmon Chase is a most complex man and the age in which he lived his adult life is fascinating to anyone interested in U. S. History. Many historians have given us biographies of S. P. Chase, the editor Dr. Niven's being one of the best, but however good they are cursed with the author's inability to overcome his humanity and predjudices. It is forthis reason the collected works of an historic figure are so important. Chase led an active life as governor of Ohio, defender at the bar of abolitionists, anti-slavery senator with his congressional colleague Joshua Giddings, as Lincoln's Secy. of the Treasury, as intriguer in the war in Texas, and finally as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court upon the death of Taney (a break for which Lincoln had waited some time). To put preasure on Lincoln Chase offered his resignation as Secy. of the Treasury, Lincoln refused but kept the resignation letter and used it when the position of Supreme Court Chief Justice bacame available thus getting Chase out of the way and not offending radical republicans.

For a better understanding of the man and his tumultuous times I highluy recommend all the volumes of the Salmon P. Chase Papers.

Exploratory survey of the James Chase Hambleton Mound (Ohio Historical Society. Papers in archaeology)

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