The Human Figure: The Complete 'Dresden Sketchbook'

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The Human Figure: The Complete 'Dresden Sketchbook'
Albrecht Durer
Manufacturer: Peter Smith Pub Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0844645427

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This incredible collection contains drawings in which Dürer experimented with many methods: the "anthropometric system," learned from Leonardo; the "exempeda" method, known to most as the man inscribed in a circle, the human figure in motion and much more. While some drawings are theoretical, many more are life studies that rank among the finest ever done. 170 plates.

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This book documents the history and development of the cheongsam, the close-fitting dress that was the most popular single garment worn by Chinese women during the twentieth century. The volume includes discussions of issues of manufacture, design, style, gender, and cultural identity.

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This book is not very in-depth.......2007-05-09

I was expecting this book to have lots of good images of cheongsams- I am making Chinese designs for a fashion show and I needed inspiration. Instead, I find about 8 or 10 color photographs, and a few black-and-white ones. Some photos were simply of tailors cutting cheongsam cloth, or the streets of Shanghai. Needless to say, this book was not very visually inspiring. Additionally, it is very small- about the size of half a sheet of paper- and so short that I read it in about an hour. Not recommended! I do wish that someone would write a better book about cheongsams with lots and lots of beautiful pictures.

Agency house, Malaya;: The girl in the cheongsam,

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Agency house, Malaya;: The girl in the cheongsam,
Susan Yorke
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007E2PQG

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GIRL IN THE CHEONGSAM
SUSAN YORKE
Manufacturer: MACFADDEN BOOKS
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000KVH0TS

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CHEONGSAM
Hazel Clark
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N6KNZ8

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D20 Mecha Military Vehicles: BESM RPG Supplement
Richard Spainhour
Manufacturer: Guardians of Order
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1894525663

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As the essential military engagement reference for Big Eyes, Small Mouth, this resource details a wide variety of real-world ground, water, and air vehicles for your anime campaign from around the world. Whether you need hard stats and figures, or just general roleplaying information, this single volume is the supplement you've been waiting for.

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Best camp book ever!

Phenomenal

Wonderful!

Brings the reader right back to camp!

Even appreciated by a young camper

Sleepaway: The Girls of Summer and the Camps They Love
Laurie Susan Kahn
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback

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The Summer Camp Handbook : Everything You Need to Find, Choose and Get Ready for Overnight Camp -- and Skip the Homesickness

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ASIN: 0761126910

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Remember how you cried when you first arrived at camp? Then sobbed when it was time to leave? From goofy pranks and late-night giggling to life-changing friendships, summer camp is an experience that girls love-and women never forget.

With the warm and nostalgic feel of a scrapbook, Sleepaway transports grown-up campers back to the treasured days of summer and their first taste of independence. Written by Laurie S. Kahn, a former advertising executive (who overcame her disappointment at not being color war captain only when she was named director of radio and television production at Young & Rubicam in New York), Sleepaway collects a hundred years of camp lore, plus vintage photographs, letters, songs, badges, postcards, and autographed pillowcases. Here are stories that instantly evoke memories of a first bunk (remember the smell of damp towels piled up on a rainy day?), of swimming tests and socials (a chance for a first kiss!), of rowdy singalongs, joyous mealtimes, mail call, and the hilarity of a short-sheeted bed. There's a recipe for bug juice; instructions for playing jacks, folding the perfect hospital corner, and making a lanyard; camp packing lists; Best Make-Out Songs by Decade; and--at last!--the complete lyrics to John Jacob Jingelheimer Schmidt. A perfect gift for every woman who wishes she still had name tags in her clothes.

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Best camp book ever!.......2007-04-11

This is the true story about the girls who had the good fortune to spend their summers in the most idylic settings to be had. The specific camp didn't matter, for all of them share the same values. I have sent this book to many of my camp friends and all have been most enthusiastic!

Phenomenal.......2007-03-19

I have had a copy of this book for three years now - and it the favored book by our CITs at resident camp. Several have received it as a graduation gift and they pass it around and around and around the unit. No matter what camp you go to - some things are universal.

Wonderful!.......2007-03-19

This book is a beautiful creation that will deeply touch any woman with wonderful camp memories. I couldn't put it down until I had studied every photo, read every caption, and ordered a copy for my best camp friends. I felt like a recognized the face of each and every girl in this timeless tribute. Kahn has complied a scrapbook for all of us to remember suntanned summers swimming in the lake and joyously eating burnt food from the fire.

Brings the reader right back to camp!.......2004-07-31

I went to a camp in the Pocanoes for 12 years, my daughter now goes to this very same camp! 90 years!! This summer, while spending a week with other alum from my camp, "Sleepaway" was recommended to me. This book, from cover to cover, perfectly summed up all our camp experiences. There are many, many pictues of campers all the way back to the early 1900's...very neat to see what camps looked like back then! We were excited to see our camp in there!

Even appreciated by a young camper.......2004-01-01

I am 15 years old right now, and i have been going to sleepaway camp for 3 years now. I went to camp not knowing many people, mabye 3 girls and now camp is something i can't live without! For four weeks, and starting summer '04 it will be eight weeks-i have thought about camp all year round. Camp is one magical place where you can get away, and this book captures that special feeling that camp gives you. For any camper old or new this book is amazing!!!

Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy's Life

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Sleepaway School, an autobiography
Growing up is hard to do

Sleepaway School: Stories from a Boy's Life
Lee Stringer
Manufacturer: Seven Stories Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1583227016

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"In Sleepaway School, a boy becomes a man. The way Lee Stringer tells it, that is by itself more than enough for an enthralling story."-Kurt Vonnegut, from the foreword

"In a riveting memoir, the author of the acclaimed Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street (1998) goes back to his 1960s troubled childhood as a foster kid growing up poor and black in a wealthy white neighborhood in upstate New York. . . . Told in more than 30 connected stories, the eloquent, present-tense narrative has the immediacy of Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life. . . . It's an unforgettable coming of age."-Hazel Rochman, Booklist (starred review)

"Lee Stringer proves that talent travels. In Sleepaway School, he hones the sharp wit and keen perception that made Grand Central Winter so memorable to create a lyrical and deeply moving tribute to a troubled childhood. Most memoirists are well out of gas by their second book; Stringer is taking off and heading for the clouds. He is an authentic original voice."-Peter Blauner, author of The Intruder and The Last Good Day.

"The most surprising thing about Sleepaway School is that it is not grim. In fact, much of it is lighthearted and free from bitterness. Caverly's voice is appealing, and his innocence and helplessness are convincingly conveyed."-Rocky Mountain News

Lee Stringer is the author of the acclaimed Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street, a New York Times Notable Book and USA Today Top Ten pick, which has been translated into a dozen languages. He also is the author, with Kurt Vonnegut, of Like Shaking Hands With God: A Conversation About Writing. He currently serves on three nonprofit boards: Project Renewal in New York City, the Friends of the Mamaroneck Library, and the Youth Shelter Program of Westchester.

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Mixed Emotions.......2006-08-10

I first picked up Lee Stringer's Grand Central Winter about four years ago. I have never fallen so in love with a writer's style in only a few pages. It took me a few years to find his next book, and I just completed it about two minutes ago. While i continue to love his style of writing, i was somewhat let down by his second book. I suppose I was expecting this memoir to cover more years of his adolescence, and not so much just him at age 12 and 13. I was very much so interested in what lead him to a life on the streets of New York. However, to read about how he had lived a somewhat average life, with structure and support was an eye-opener for other people on the streets of New York.

Heartwarming, poignant read.......2005-04-16

I have just finished reading this precious book. I didn't want it to end. Mixed with sadness and unending joy, this book is beautifully written by Mr Stringer and tells the story of his transformation from angry kid to talented, and self confident man. Caverly's character is a delight, by the end of the book you cannot but love this inventive child. I highly recommend this book - it should be a set work for tenth graders across America.

What really hurt me was to hear that Stringer's other book is about his life on the streets as a homeless, crack addict. The feeling at the end of Sleepaway School was that Caverly was bound for greatness - what happened to send him on his downward spiral. I will definitely be looking out for this book in the hope that it answers my question.

Great writing - fun story.......2004-09-12

I heard an interview with this witty and intelligent author on public radio. The book is as charming as was the author's radio interview.

...very nicely written and interesting 'coming of age' story form a different perspective. Quick reading and a positive, uplifting true story.

Probably would be good for adolescents.

Sleepaway School, an autobiography.......2004-07-23

An OK read, Sleepaway School by Lee Stringer is the story of young Caverly Stringer. He has an anger problem that he himself can barely make sense of and gets sent to a sleepaway school for troubled boys. That basically sums up the story. Nothing too interesting goes on, and when there seems to be something juicy right around the corner the author offers only a peek or, at times, seems too embarassed to delve into the details. To his credit, Sleepaway School is not my type of read, though I stuck with it. I would recommend it as a filler when you're in between books. All around it's a quick, easy read.

Growing up is hard to do.......2004-06-23

SLEEPAWAY SCHOOL is a touching memoir of the formidable years of Caverly Stringer. The reader is taken on an amazing journey as this young boy becomes a young man in a world where color matters and living in poverty is part of one's existence.

Caverly's mother, who is unable to take care of a new son, puts both her children into foster care, only to return for them six years later. By this time, Caverly and his brother Wayne, have been in the foster care system long enough for the harshness to have a profound affect on the two young boys. In hopes of the family having a better life, their mother moves them into a mostly white suburb. Caverly becomes a young boy who is brimming with anger, loneliness and the inability to fit in. With fits of anger often displayed inappropriately, Caverly loses his temper after a school assembly where a classroom of performers is in black face. After his angry outburst, he is sent to Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School, a sleep away school for young boys in crisis.

The author, Lee Stringer, entertains us with stories of how he learns to live away from home in a foreign environment with structure and where he realizes how very different he is from everyone. While in this new environment, he learns much about himself and how cruel the world can be when you are black. He spends much of his time trying to belong, but the other young boys constantly pick on him. One particular incident has Caverly placed in a mental ward for observation after he threw a brick at another student. He proclaims, "I just want to be left alone." From that one statement, the reader understands precisely what he means. He wants to be able to live his life without others treating him differently. After an incident involving the use of a racial epitaph, the reader realizes Caverly is slowly starting to grow and mature because he does not react in his usual violent manner.

Although at times the story was sad, there were bursts of happiness that the reader reveled in because it becomes obvious that Caverly deserved to be able to smile and enjoy a moment of happiness. This memoir is a testament into how much young black men must overcome. The story being told by Caverly moved at a very comfortable pace and the writing style was different but very poignant. With memorable characters, this novel will make you smile at times, as well feel saddened by this young boy's plight. I enjoyed this novel for its lyrical writing style and message of hope. This is one novel that should be read by all young boys.

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Great read for parents

Great Read

Sleepaway Disappointing

For those who went to summer camp... and those who didn't

The cover synopsis is much more interesting than the book

Sleepaway

Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: B000CDG7ZM

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Margaret Atwood tells of a girl swallowed up by the woods and lost forever. Mark Oppenheimer experiences leftist utopia in a nature camp. David Sedaris avoids having a bowel movement for a month. ZZ Packer teaches a lesson in black and white to the girls of Brownie Troop 909.

These are among the stories and essays in this anthology featuring eighteen diverse writers remembering with nostalgia--as well as dread--the childhood days of summer camp. Ah, camp, where a bullied young girl with limp hair and three names will do anything to meet the demands of being popular; where Woody Guthrie is no longer a folk icon, but rather a cabin for young nudists; and where, in that Kumbaya solitude, homesickness, independence, and the need for healthy revenge all stick like s'mores to the heart and soul.

Featuring stories, essays, and cartoons by:

James Atlas
Margaret Atwood
Kevin Canty
Terry Galloway
Lev Grossman
Cynthia Kaplan
Josh Lambert
Andrea Lee
Ursula K. LeGuin
Thisbe Nissen
Mark Oppenheimer
ZZ Packer
Steven Rinehart
David Sedaris

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Great read for parents.......2006-03-05

It's bittersweet to view the campfire nights of childhood with adult sensibilities. That's the poignancy of Eric Simonoff's Sleepaway. This compilation had me reminiscing about time spent at camp Magruder on the Oregon coast. The book was a terrific escape from our bleak mid-winter. It's filled with essays by literary heavy-hitters. A raw Margaret Atwood story rips into the unbearable pain of adolescence - (those of us deep in the throws of teenage self-absorbson were oblivious to the tragic figures loitering by the lakeside.) A hilarious ZZ Packer piece had me laughing so hard, I woke up my husband. Eric's introduction is sharp and funny. I wanted to hear more about, "The awkwardly named Josef and Betty Harlam Camp in rural Kunkletown." From the start, the introspective Sharon Olds poem places us mentally - as parents now, not kids anymore. Sleepway is a great read - or more aptly, it's a must read for parents ready to send their kids off to camp this summer. (Some of the applications are due already?)

Great Read.......2005-09-29

The kind of book everyone can relate to. There are stories that take you back to camp or put there if you never had the experience. The friendships that last a life time in our memories are portrayed here in Sleepaway. This is the collection of camp stories that helps us remember how we grew up at away from home in the summer.

Sleepaway Disappointing.......2005-08-05

Outside of the quite funny Sedaris entry, the balance of the book features essays from people who clearly did not enjoy or appreciate (then or now) the camp experience. None of them explains what was so special about their experiences (positive or not) that they would choose to write about them 20+ years later. Surprisingly boring and smug.

For those who went to summer camp... and those who didn't.......2005-06-16

To appreciate the collection of stories and essays in this book, you don't need to be familiar with life in the tents and canoes of the Poconos, but only with life itself. From old favorites like Margaret Atwood and Ursula Le Guin to lesser-known names like Josh Lambert and Terry Galloway, the authors bring their unique perspectives to an institution that stands in as a most natural microcosm of American life. While David Sedaris is hysterical as usual, it's the more serious pieces, like Atwood's tale of a life forever haunted by a childhood incident and Lambert's story of forbidden love -- and perhaps why such love should be forbidden -- that make the collection shine.

The cover synopsis is much more interesting than the book.......2005-06-13

I thought this would be an interesting book to read. Who hasn't heard funny tales of summer camp?
Don't waste your time looking for humor in this book because it is so deeply hidden that I must have missed it completely. After reading, "I'm Not the New Me" by Wendy McClure, I had high expectations for her tale. It reads like the editor scraped most of her jubulant personality out of the writing & left a moderately interesting story behind.
Mark Oppenheimer's long winded story about going to a leftist utopia Quaker nudist camp interested me the way instructions for electrical appliances do.
Where are the good stories in the book? Well, I trudged through the entire thing hoping to find at least one and towards the end I did. The short story by James Atlas titled "Summer Memories of Egghead Camps" and the moving tale "How to Make it to the Promised Land" by Ellen Umansky saved this book from being a complete waste.
Perhaps someone from the North East region who attended an upper/middle class camp would disagree and be able to find a lot of common ground in this book.

Expedition Sleepaway Camp (Beryl E. Bean, Book 2)

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Beryl E. Bean rocks!

Expedition Sleepaway Camp (Beryl E. Bean, Book 2)
Ricki Stern , and Heidi Pesky Worcester
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060287721

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Beryl E. Bean is off to camp under protest: She doesn't want to leave her best friend, Mary P., and she REALLY doesn't want to spend the summer at camp with her cousin and EX-best friend, Tali. Fortunately, Beryl makes some new friends at camp, even though she's not crazy about bunking with Tali. When the campers' personal stuff starts disappearing, Beryl knows she has to drop everything to solve the mystery Tali is her main suspect, but what if Beryl is wrong?

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Beryl E. Bean rocks!.......2002-07-23

This book is the best! I think that this is the best book for 10 year old girls. It makes other girls want to be Mighty Adventures too! This book is funny and inspiring. I can't wait to read the next book!

CREEPY SLEEPAWAY (Ghostwriter : Camp at Your Own Risk, No 3)

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One of the best in the Ghost-Writer series!!

CREEPY SLEEPAWAY (Ghostwriter : Camp at Your Own Risk, No 3)
Nancy Butcher
Manufacturer: Skylark
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 055348253X
Release Date: 1995-07-01

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One of the best in the Ghost-Writer series!!.......1997-12-12

I read the book cover-to-cover in one sitting.. Each chapter left you *having* to know what happened in the next!! I loved the boook! And definetly reccomend it!

The SECRET AT SLEEPAWAY CAMP NEW BOBBSEY TWINS #18 (New Bobbsey Twins, No. 18)

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The SECRET AT SLEEPAWAY CAMP NEW BOBBSEY TWINS #18 (New Bobbsey Twins, No. 18)
Hope
Manufacturer: Aladdin
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ASIN: 0671692909

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Sleepaway
Eric Simonoff
Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
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Binding: Paperback
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Camp ampitup: six super strategies for surviving sleepaway camp!(life): An article from: Girls' Life

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Camp ampitup: six super strategies for surviving sleepaway camp!(life): An article from: Girls' Life
Gabrielle Streep
Manufacturer: Monarch Avalon, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B00082J4D4
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from Girls' Life, published by Monarch Avalon, Inc. on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 640 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: Camp ampitup: six super strategies for surviving sleepaway camp!(life)
Author: Gabrielle Streep
Publication: Girls' Life (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2004
Publisher: Monarch Avalon, Inc.
Volume: 10 Issue: 6 Page: 33(1)

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BERRY E. BEAN EXPEDITION SLEEPAWAY CAMP

Manufacturer: Harper Collins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I06L3C

Creepy Sleepaway : Camp at Your Own Risk (No. 3) (Ghostwriter Ser.)

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Creepy Sleepaway : Camp at Your Own Risk (No. 3) (Ghostwriter Ser.)
Nancy Butcher
Manufacturer: Bantam Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HM5CNG

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This is a critical study of many of the leading writers of horror and supernatural fiction since World War II. The primary purpose is to establish a canon of weird literature, and to distinguish the genuinely meritorious writers of the past fifty years from those who have obtained merely transient popular renown. Accordingly, the author regards the complex, subtle work of Shirley Jackson, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Aickman, T.E.D. Klein, and Thomas Ligotti as considerably superior to the best-sellers of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, and Anne Rice. Other writers such as William Peter Blatty, Thomas Tryon, Robert Bloch, and Thomas Harris are also discussed. Taken as a whole, the volume represents a pioneering attempt to chart the development of weird fiction over the past half-century.

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an extraordinarily tendentious critic.......2006-11-07

I had no idea that Anne Rice, Stephen King, and other popular authors were so utterly stupid and totally incapable of writing anything worthwhile until I read this book and was enlightened. What a fool I've been, reading and actually enjoying drivel like The Shining and The Vampire LeStat.

Similarly, it had not occurred to me, until Joshi (a committed atheist) explained it, that The Exorcist is necessarily trash because author William Peter Blatty is actually so ignorant and benighted as to believe in God. What a fool I've been, reading and enjoying The Exorcist with a mind open to the possibility of transcendant reality.

Anyway ... Joshi's discussion of the authors he happens to like (e.g. Shirley Jackson and Thomas Tryon) are interesting and insightful. But his transparent resentment of successful contemporary novelists and his contempt for people of faith reduce him to simple name calling in other parts.

A good book to borrow and read selectively.

A Secret Canon.......2006-09-01

Joshi has admitted that one of the primary functions of this work was to 'lay down a canon of modern weird writing' (p.258). Whilst well placed to establish such a canon, it is inevitable that his choices would be contentious. I was an admirer of his earlier work, The Weird Tale, and found this an extremely useful successor. Anyone with an interest in Lovecraft will be aware of the enormous debt that is owed to Joshi for his research and analysis of his work.

The Modern Weird Tale is eminently readable. It has an enthusiasm for the genre and a well deployed sense of humour that reminds the reader that this is Joshi's perspective. The section on Stephen King was extremely satisfying, as it brought out the difference between literature which is popular, and that which is significant. Of course, many fans of the genre will be dissapointed at some of Joshi's assessments. The problem here is that there is nor direct relationship between quality and popularity. Joshi has done weird fiction a great service in reminding readers of the importance of people like Shirley Jackson, Ramsey Campbell, T. E. D. Klein and Thomas Ligotti. These are the writers who have expanded the genre in recent years.

As an enthusiast of Weird fiction, I would reccomend this book to anyone interested in the genre. Joshi has written a critical work which is profoundly accessible, whilst retaining critical insight. When Joshi is critical of an author, or when he praises another, he always provides a clear and succinct explanation for his critical choice.

Of course, if as a reader, you simply want to hear that your favourite author is wonderful, this is not a book for you. This is serious criticism and analysis, presented with wit and style, not hero worship. If you are seriously interested in weird fiction read this book.

Joshi is a Master, Always Worth Reading.......2005-09-27

Despite the comments of the "Educated Reader" below, S.T. Joshi has done more work in the field of weird fiction than any other critic, ever. The notion that one must be a fiction writer of write legitimate literary criticism is fatuous. Joshi rates in the first rank of literary critics of any genre due to his holistic approach (he typically reads _everything_ an author writes before he puts pen to paper), maniacal diligence (he has uncovered scores of unreprinted titles and restored dozens of corrupt texts), incredible work ethic, academic background in classical philology, and keen insight. If you didn't notice, Mr. Reader, Joshi also has a great sense of humor--perhaps the concept of the "polemic" is foreign to you--and writes clearly, unlike so many other academic obscuritanists.

Tiresome and Sanctimonious--Nearly Unreadable.......2004-11-20

Save your money, but more than that, save your time. Joshi seems to be channeling Dorothy Parker in his vicious "critiques" of modern horror writers. He doesn't just keep his vitriol for the writers either--there's plenty of contempt for the "uneducated" readers. Joshi is apparently the embodiment of "those who can't" gripe about those who do. Check this guy's credits. He hasn't done anything beyond editing and deconstructing. This book is mean-spirited, off-base and laughably pompous. This guy needs to remove the stick.

A Lovecraftian Critique.......2002-03-31

Robert M. Price once called Joshi the reincarnation of Lovecraft, and this wasn't far from the mark. The shadow of Lovecraft is oppressively looming over this study, and Joshi's writing style and criticism is nearly identical to Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature'. Both can be annoying at times, although they don't take away much of the study's merit overall.

Joshi's tries to bring together a canon of modern weird literature, and argues that authors such as Ramsey Campbell, T.E.D. Klein, Thomas Ligotti, and Shirley Jackson are superior to mass marketing writers such as Peter Straub, Anne Rice, Stephen King, W.P. Blatty, and Clive Barker. Some of the latter get a bashing that they will probably remember for a long time.

In doing this, Joshi often sounds arrogant, elitist, and nit picking. While I do think he's overreacting sometimes it is also clear that the praise of best-seller authors is terribly out of proportion with their literary merits, and that Joshi's words deserve their extra impact. On the other hand, hasn't it always been that the literary merit of best-seller authors leaves much to be desired?

Even so, I think Joshi's study is important because of another aspect. It is an easily accessible study that deals with authors whose appreciations usually don't appear outside of fanzines, scattered journals, or OOP hardcovers. It is clearly written for other literary critics as well. All in all, Joshi shows to have a good understanding and grasp of the field and makes important and relevant commentaries.

As noted, Joshi stresses great importance on Lovecraft's theory of effective weird fiction, and every other three pages Lovecraft will make an appearance. This is a good foundation, but also a potential weakness. Much of Joshi's criticism goes to the grave if one simply refuses to see any merit in Lovecraft's own criticism of weird fiction. Therefore, fans of the bashed best-seller authors will more than likely be unimpressed by Joshi's biting remarks, and fans of the marginal authors he handles will learn not much more than what they already knew for themselves.

One thing that bothers me, though, is Joshi's obvious bias against weird fiction that doesn't somehow work with Lovecraft's 'supernatural realism' or harnesses atheism (he admits this in the final chapter and epilogue). This he defends adequately in the chapter on Blatty, deeming his metaphysical background too preachy, but later on it becomes strained. To Robert Aickman's opinion that the ghost story gains in strength in the presence of psychic research and faulty science, Joshi replies 'I hardly know how to respond to this farrago of nonsense', and quotes another extensive example of Lovecraft. But when dealing with Anne Rice's preachy vampires that constantly and sometimes violently assert that there is no God, Joshi comments: 'It is not clear what relevance these theological discussions have to the core of the novel, but they are admirably presented.'

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Sarah Vaughan : A Discography (Discographies)
Greenwood Press
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTH2W6

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The Book Of Iron Might: A Combat Source Book (Sword & Sorcery)
Mike Mearls
Manufacturer: Malhavoc Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1588469808

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic.......2004-11-30

Rarely do you seem to see D20 supplements on really new and unique options for fighter types. This book is full of them. Absolutely fantastic.

The heart of the book is the combat maneuvers. It's a toolkit of options to build new maneuvers (like disarm, sunder, etc. - only they are much more varied and interesting).

Also included is a new race, the Ironborn, a golem-like race. Very tight rules and very flexible (for instance, you can choose which ability score modifiers you get).

And while I generally have little use for new feats for D20, the three new types of feats in this book are so well put together and so interesting that they have made be want to include them in my game.

Overall, a fantastic supplement.

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Cashing In on a Second Home in Mexico: How to Buy, Rent and Profit from Property South of the Border

Useful information

Great Book

Giving it a 3 because it did contain some useful information

Very Poorly Written

Cashing In on a Second Home in Mexico: How to Buy, Rent and Profit from Property South of the Border
Tom Kelly , and Mitch Creekmore
Manufacturer: Crabman Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0977092003

Book Description

This straight forward, informative guide helps potential second home buyers, investors and renters easily understand the nuances of Mexican property, mortgages and escrow. Aimed at baby boomers and retirees who want to discover an inexpensive spot to spend their leisure days safely in the sun.

Customer Reviews:

Cashing In on a Second Home in Mexico: How to Buy, Rent and Profit from Property South of the Border.......2007-08-28

Book in great condition. Easy reading, and many good pointers on moving to Mexico. Great information on email address for help on subject of renting or owning property. Think it will be very usefull.

Useful information.......2007-07-19

I found this book very informative. It covered all aspects of buying property in Mexcio and information on specific areas of the country. Even though he promotes Stewart Title Insurance I see how this is an important area to consider when purchasing in Mexico. I learned a lot and will keep this book for future reference.

Great Book.......2007-07-05

I "bought" a home in Puerto Pensaco two years ago. I am still trying to get my Fideicomiso. While everything looks like it will turn out ok, I sure wish i had read this book first. If nothing else I would have understood the process better and would have know what questions to ask and what documents to look for.

A very informative book and I highly recommend it to anyone thinking about buying in Mexico. It will increase you comfort level trmendously.

Giving it a 3 because it did contain some useful information.......2007-06-15

It deserves 3 stars because it did contain some useful information which was unknown to me, however it wasn't that great of a read. There are not a whole lot of books on buying a home in Mexico so this one will have to do for now.

Very Poorly Written.......2007-05-07

I found this book very poorly written, incredibly boring, and repetitive to the point that the eyes glaze over after a while. I think one of the writers must be a lawyer whose intention is to make things obscure rather than clear. It needs a thorough editing, but I think the person would be "mad as a hatter" before s/he finished the task. As another reviewer observed, the book should be greatly reduced in size, and Stewart Title Company should pay for advertisement -- if it had not already done so. Appendix B "Getting Into Mexico" is totally out of date.

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