Invitation to Oceanography: Web Enhanced Edition

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Invitation to Oceanography provides non-science majors with an overview of oceanography. This edition is Web enhanced, providing students with an additional learning resource; the Internet. With OceanLink, students can visit an extensive oceanography web site specifically designed to correspond to the material in the book. Relevant pages in the text contain OceanLink text icons which indicates to the student that additional information and activities can be accessed on the OceanLink web site. With OceanLink, professors and students will soon discover how the Internet can enhance the learning process and keep the course material always current.

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discusses all topics pretty thoroughly.......1999-08-02

Although oceanography is not my strong point, I did find the book interesting covering a wide range of topics from different types of tides and currents to the marine life found in the ocean. Each chapter offers math problems to help solve different equations about the oceans. Also, the chapter questions are helpful in reviewing the material found in each chapter. Overall, an interesting a well-written book for first time oceanography students!

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Personable and chatty, informative and candid, this guide with an attitude gives the complete lowdown on gay and lesbian South Beach, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Key West -- from funky Duval Street to dazzling Ocean Drive.

With tips on the hippest guest houses, the hottest bars, the most romantic restaurants, the gayest neighborhoods, and all the major attractions, Fodor's Gay Guide to South Florida is a one-stop introduction to the best of the region.

Praise for Fodor's Gay Guide to the USA, winner of the Lowell Thomas Travel Bronze Medal:

"Savvy and stylish."
-- Travel & Leisure

"Solidly written and wonderfully informative...marks a watershed in guidebook publishing." -- New York Times Syndicate

"Quite simply, if it's out there, it's in here."
-- Harry Taylor, Publisher, Out magazine

About the Author

As a former Fodor's editor, inveterate traveler Andrew Collins knows what's worth recommending--and what's not. He has visited more places popular with gay men and lesbians than than most people see in a lifetime.

Other books in Fodor's Gay Guide series (all by Andrew Collins):

Fodor's Gay Guide to the USA (2nd ed.)

Fodor's Gay Guide to Amsterdam

Fodor's Gay Guide to Los Angeles

Fodor's Gay Guide to New York City

Fodor's Gay Guide to the Pacific Northwest

Fodor's Gay Guide to San Francisco

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Honest and refreshing.......2002-04-25

There are two problems with gay travel guides -- usually.

First, they are often sponsored by advertising, which means that every review is a rave. Every club is suddenly "friendly," and "the place to be." That doesn't help much,and it makes for grimacing reading.

Second, they are often sketchy. Some guidebooks are little more than a group of symbols and maybe a few phrases if we're lucky like, "Crowded. Dark."

Thankfully, this book is honest, fun and descriptive. Here, you'll find an unvarnished description of the major restaurants, accommodations and bars in South Florida. Most are accompanied by at least a paragraph that seeks to *show* the reader what it's like, rather than *telling*. I'm especially proud of the fact that in several places, the author isn't afraid to call a place a dump if it warrants it. That kind of honesty is refreshing.

My only complaint is that the author admits that some places are omitted because are so bad they don't meet the standards of the book. I would like to see those places reviewed anyway so the reader can determine for himself.

All in all, this is a compact, descriptive, helpful guide for the gay traveler who is new to the area.

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Retired pastor & counselor rates this book Exellent, must read!

A deeply Biblical & Purposeful book regarding suffering...Excellent.

Encouragement and hope for trials, excellent book!!

Thinking Right When Things Go Wrong: Biblical Wisdom for Surviving Tough Times
John C. Hutchison
Manufacturer: Kregel Publications
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With an empathetic heart and solid biblical insights, pastor-teacher John Hutchison offers a guide for going through painful trials or prolonged suffering.

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Retired pastor & counselor rates this book Exellent, must read! .......2006-01-17

I can't praise Dr. Hutchison's book enough.

As a pastor & licensed marriage and family therapist I have worked in the field of human suffering for over 20 years and I can wholeheartedly recommend Dr. Hutchison's "Thinking Right When Things Go Wrong." This is a major step forward in the integration of theology and psychology to explain why God allows suffering, pain, and sorrow to exist in our fallen world. Dr. Hutchison does this by giving us, in his own words, the "bigger picture, bigger story" view of the subject through scripture, personal experiences of his own, and years of pastoral ministry to those who are hurting.

This is a book that will equip you to deal with life's toughest issues whether you are a pastor, counselor or someone currently living through a fiery trial of your own.

Dr. Hutchison's sensitive approach to suffering so personally ministered to me, I was blessed to read it.

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A deeply Biblical & Purposeful book regarding suffering...Excellent........2006-01-05

As one who served the public for a number of years in the capacity of a professional firefighter, I have seen many individuals who were facing a major crisis in their lives.
Often they responded with hopelessness and dispair and could
see no purpose for what they were going through.

The book: "Thinking Right When Things Go Wrong" by Dr. John
Hutchison could serve as a prepatory "manual" for just such
occasions. I highly recommend John's book, not just for those
who are currently in the midst of anguish and suffering -- but
for anyone who would desire to be equipped with a biblically based attitude and thought process BEFORE those trials occur.

Since I have progressed a considerable distance down the "road of life", I found chapter 5 -("It's All About You, Lord") and
chapter 6 - ("What a Privilege") to be especially thought provoking. The book is a very good "write" and a very good "read".

Encouragement and hope for trials, excellent book!!.......2005-12-02

Having gone through difficult times, I really didn't feel like reading about trials, but this book was Wonderful!!! Dr Hutchison's book is easy to read and I found myself unable to put the book down. It's practical but also challenges your suppositions about why difficulties occur. My faith was strengthened and his applications from Scriptures has stayed with me. Excellent for any circumstances you are unprepared for.

Trouble-Free Travel: And What to Do When Things Go Wrong (Trouble-Free Travel)

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Trouble-Free Travel: And What to Do When Things Go Wrong (Trouble-Free Travel)
Stephen D. Colwell
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When you're out of your element and on the road, it's smart to carry two attorneys in your back pocket. Stephen Colwell and Ann Shulman have researched the laws pertaining to travel scams and travel insurance, lost baggage and ticket fares, discrimination, business deductions, and the big question of whether to get the rental car insurance. No one wants to think about accidents and legal hassles when planning a summer frolic, and now, courtesy of Colwell and Shulman, some travel savvy will save you money, time, frustration, and injustice down the road.

Error: (On Our Predicament When Things Go Wrong)

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Error: (On Our Predicament When Things Go Wrong)
Nicholas Rescher
Manufacturer: University of Pittsburgh Press
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Release Date: 2006-09-20

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In Error, Nicholas Rescher presents a fresh analysis of the occurrence, causality, and consequences of error in human thought, action, and evaluation. Rescher maintains that error-avoidance and truth-achievement are distinct but equally important factors for rational inquiry, and that error is inherent in the human cognitive process (to err is human). He defines three main categories of error: cognitive (failure to realize truths); practical (failure related to the objective of an action); and axiological (failure in evaluation), and articulates the factors that contribute to each. His discussion also provides a historical perspective on the treatment of error in Greek philosophy, and by later thinkers such as Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, James, Royce, Moore, and Russell.
Error is an important reexamination of the significance of error to the fields of philosophical anthropology, epistemology, ontology, and theology. As Rescher’s study argues, truth and error are inexorably intertwined—one cannot exist without the other. Error is an unavoidable occurrence in the cognitive process—without missteps on the path to truth, truth itself cannot be attained. The risk of error is inherent in the quest for truth.

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a good guide to getting over yourself

Feeling Right When Things Go Wrong
Bill Borcherdt
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a good guide to getting over yourself.......1999-12-22

Having gone through REBT, this book was a good guide to help me pinpoint those areas where I still needed help.

It is easily broken out into sections that help you identify the source of your discomfort and then shows you how to deal with that discomfort.

REBT shows you that most of the difficulties you have with others can be transformed simply by you changing your perspective and attitude. It shows you that you don't have to control the world and that others don't have to change their negative behavior for you to feel alright with yourself.

The processes in the book are wonderfully freeing. The weight of the world seems to fall off your shoulders and your anxiety levels decrease.

A must have for anyone who feels like they are stuck in a corner. This book will free your mind to think of new and different alternatives.

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Staying on Top When Things Go Wrong
Linda R. Wright
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers
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ASIN: 0842366237

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great book

Can't read without having a smile

Making Things Right When Things Go Wrong
Paul Faulkner
Manufacturer: PBF Publishing Co.
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Ten proven ways to put your life in order. This book assumes that if anything can go wrong, it will.not so much because of Murphy's Law, but because of Satan's influence. It further assumes that nothing can go wrong that Christ can't make right. Dr. Carl Brecheen Professor of Bible said the "material on attitudes by itself is worth the price of the book."

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great book.......2006-02-19

This book is VERY helpful for every-day relationships.
I gave my son a copy.

Can't read without having a smile.......2003-11-07

This book gives you a whole new outlook on living a christian life and how we handle it. As a husband and father, it has strengthened me in all my abilities. It also wakes you up to the fact that we can't be everything, but god can use us in his own way, how we are. I wish Dr. Faulkner only had more titles to dive into.

Making Things Right When Things Go Wrong: Ten Proven Ways to Put Your Life in Order

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Making Things Right When Things Go Wrong: Ten Proven Ways to Put Your Life in Order
Paul Faulkner
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God Loves Messy People: Finding Hope When Things Go Wrong

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Good advice, some hesitation

God Loves Messy People: Finding Hope When Things Go Wrong
Bonnie Keen
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Good advice, some hesitation.......2003-10-14

I have very mixed feelings about the Christian music scene and some of the people in it. While there are a few artists who I feel are genuine to the core (Rich Mullins, Sara Groves), there are a lot who I would question the motivations and sincerity of. Just as Christians should be on guard like sheep among wolves, they should also be wary of who they listen to and support with their time and dollars.

I kept this uppermost in my mind while reading Bonnie Keen's "God Loves Messy People". I'd like to say I read it impartially, but like the Bereans, I felt like I had to test everything to make sure it was sound.

What did I find? I found some truly valuable words of wisdom, especially concerning fear and faith. It is clear Ms. Keen has had to deal with these issues, or she would be unable to write about them as she has. Facing issues of fear of my own, I am able to relate to both her feelings and the difficulty we face in putting our faith to work. In this sense, the words ring true.

Then there are the sections of the book I loathe. Specifically the chapters where Ms. Keen takes on the personality of a Biblical character (Moses, Martha, the Roman Soldier with great faith, etc.) and describes what "they" saw and felt from a first-person perspective. She takes great liberties in both the historical realities of the people as well as the scriptures. I have always found this practice repulsive, from the many "And I was there" songs popular in Christian circles to this sort of fictional narrative. Conjecture is perfectly acceptable. Making a puppet out of a historical biblical character and putting words to suit my worldview in their mouths? Never.

So, I have some hesitation about recommending this book. Why is it necessary to bulk up a book on messy lives by pretending to channel the personalities of biblical characters? The Bible is full of people with messy lives, so much so you could write a book on them alone without once having to take the "first-person" perspective. The testimonies of modern people, from their own mouths, carry much more impact.

As I said, there are nuggets of wisdom here; just do not get polluted by the ore.

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Be Joyful even when things go wrong you can have joy
Warren W. Wiersbe
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Bouncing Back : Learning to Cope When Things go Wrong : How to Handle Setbacks in Your Work and Personal Life
Andrew J. Dubrin
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Cooperative behavior has been one of the enigmas of evolutionary theory since the days of Charles Darwin. The contributions to this book examine the many facets of cooperative behavior in primates and humans as some of the world’s leading experts review and summarize the state of the art of theoretical and empirical studies of cooperation. This book is thus the first to bridge the gap between parallel research in primatology and studies of humans. Comparative as this approach is, it highlights both common principles and aspects of human uniqueness with respect to cooperative behavior.

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Definitive State of the Art Analysis.......2007-04-02

Everyone in the field of animal and human behavior should go over this book. The authors are the very best in their line of research, the research is quite up to date, and the various authors complement one another's finding beautifully.

The relationship between human and non-human primate behavior is very important for elucidating the characteristics of individual species because, as it turns out, it is often much easier to identify a form of behavior by viewing it as part of a larger swath of behavior occuring in a variety of species, rather than viewing the behavior in isolation. It is especially difficult to problematize human behavior because, this being our own species, we tend to see as 'natural' or the simple product of human cognitive capacity, what is in fact, a highly developed adaptation (such as imitation). In this regard, it would have been nice to include a chapter or two on cooperation in various species of birds, especially nesting birds, that share much with primates in terms of social organization, intelligence, and behavior.

The book manages to avoid the back-biting and interminable recriminations that often accompany biologically oriented research into human and primate nature. There is, however, one exception. Robert Trivers attempts to save his 35 year old theory from competition by newer theories by launching a bitter attack on the newer authors (of which I am one). He does so not by dealing with the issues, but by selectively quoting out of context and attempting to make his opponents look silly and stupid. They are not. Indeed, they are without much doubt, essentially correct in suggesting gene-culture coevolutionary forces as central to cooperation in large groups of unrelated humans. This does not at all compromise Trivers' fine work, which addresses dyadic interactions alone.

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This edited book contains articles accepted for presentation during the conference "Intelligent Information Systems 2005 (IIS 2005) - New Trends in Intelligent Information Processing and Web Mining" held in Gdansk, Poland, on June 13-16, 2005. Special attention is devoted to the newest developments in the areas of Artificial Immune Systems, Search engines, Computational Linguistics and Knowledge Discovery. The focus of this book is also on new computing paradigms including biologically motivated methods, quantum computing, DNA computing, advanced data analysis, new machine learning paradigms, reasoning technologies, natural language processing and new optimization techniques.

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Two-thirds of an amazing trilogy

From Work To Wealth, The Snopes Saga

William Faulkner: Novels, 1957-1962: The Town / The Mansion / The Reivers (Library of America)
William Faulkner
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William Faulkner's fictional chronicle of Yoknapatawpha County culminates in his three last novels, rich with the history and lore of the domain where he set most of his novels and stories. "The Town" (1957), the second novel of the Snopes trilogy that began with "The Hamlet," charts the rise of the rapacious Flem Snopes and his extravagantly extended family as they connive their way into power. In "The Mansion" (1959), the trilogy's conclusion, a wronged relative finally destroys Flem and his dynasty. Faulkner's last novel, "The Reivers: A Reminiscence" (1962), distinctly mellower and more elegiac than his earlier work, is a picaresque adventure that evokes the world of childhood with a final burst of comic energy. "Novels 1957-1962," like previous volumes in The Library of America's edition of the complete novels of William Faulkner, has been newly edited by textual scholar Noel Polk to establish an authoritative text, that features a chronology and notes by Fau! lkner's biographer Joseph Blotner.

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Two-thirds of an amazing trilogy.......2006-04-17

The Library of America (LOA) has done a wonderful job of publishing all of Faulkner's novels in five compact, uniform editions. Besides being handsome, beautifully typeset volumes, they contain the texts of one America's most brilliant authors in versions that are as authoritative as can reasonably be expected. All five volumes were edited by two of the foremost Faulkner scholars--Noel Polk and Joseph Blotner; and each volume contains their notes on the text and a detailed chronology of Faulkner's life (In case you ever find yourself wondering when Faulkner entered first grade, the year was 1905; he enjoyed drawing and painting.) The scholarship and care that went into the preparation of the LOA Faulkner is impeccable.

Within the LOA series, the novels are arranged chronologically (though the volumes were not released in sequence). Consequently, the present volume contains the last two novels (The Town and The Mansion) in Faulkner's great trilogy, The Snopes. To get the first (and critically proabably the best) novel in the trilogy, The ;Hamlet, you'll have to purchase William Faulkner: Novels 1936-1940 (ISBN 0-940450-55-0). Since that volume also includes Faulkner's masterpiece Absalom! Absalom!, it is worth the purchase price. In my opinion, it is impossible to overpraise The Snopes trilogy, and it is difficult to summarize its themes. Suffice it to say, the trilogy encompasses many genres (myth, folklore, legend, realism, epic) while provideing an insightful and scathing commentary on the American dream, society, and the tension between traditional values and modernity. (Faulkner's insights make Theodore Dreiser look like an entertainment Tonight! reporter.) Although The Town has been called a "weak plank between two substantial boulders," I have to confess a fondness for its depiction of the goofy and sexually naive town lawyer, Gavin Stevens (also the hero of Faulkner's Knight's Gambit short stories). I would also venture to say that readers' uncomfortability with The Town may also be a reflection of the fact that this part of the trilogy represents the "real world of the present"--not our mythic past which we nostalgically recast to flatter our self-image (The Hamlet), nor an expression of our "wildest dreams," what we expect our life to be like "when our ship comes in" (The Mansion). Most of life, in other words, is taken up not with valiant struggles and bold accomplishments, but with the pettiness of domestic life and trying to get along with others. The Town (published in 1957), therefore, can be seen as the flip side of Father Knows Best, Leave It to Beaver, and all the other 1950s family sitcoms. Taken in that vein, I think it's a good satire and a delectable opera bouffe between two grand operas.

Daniel J. Singal in William Faulkner: The Making of a Modernist (1997; Univeristy of North Carolina Press) pinpoints November 1940 as the date when Faulkner's genius and talent began to irreversibly fade. While on a camping trip Faulkner, always a heavy drinker and surely already an alcoholic for many years, suffered brain damage when he passed out while drinking. If this is true, that means all three novels collected in Novels 1957-1962 were written during the Nobel laureate's waning years. Concerning the many passages of brilliant writing in The Mansion, Singal notes that many of these had been previously published as short stories and only reworked to become part of the novel. It is hard to imagine how The Mansion could have been better (though I'm sure there is no shortage of Faulkner scholars willing to suggest some scenarios). As far as The Reivers goes, I have long recommended this novel to friends who want to read something by Faulkner but are intimidated by the structural challenges of The Sound and the Fury or Absalom! Absalom! The Reivers is a nostalgic look at the early days of Jefferson (the key town in Faulkner's invented Yoknapatawpha County) told mostly through the eyes of a young boy. The story is linear and easy to follow, and the humor is some of Faulkner's funniest and most heart-warming. If this is Faulkner at his most diminished, most American novelists writing today should be so diminished!

So buy both Novels 1936-1940 and Novels 1957-1962 and treat yourself to The Snopes trilogy. Then, after you've finished it, rent "The Long Hot Summer" and see what a mangle Hollywood made of Faulkner's richly imagined world.

From Work To Wealth, The Snopes Saga.......2000-04-03

It is too bad that the first novel "The Hamlet" is not included (it appears in an earlier volume of this excellent series of The Library Of America) with "The Town" and "The Mansion" in this wonderful tale of growth and maturity of the outcast Snopes clan to a Snopes family of civic prominence. The three novels need to be read in their order to feel the strength of uneducated and poor individuals struggling for opportunities to better themselves, successfully, to claim the privileges of wealth that only the aristocracy of landowners enjoy. This is the new Yoknapatawpha County of automobiles and areoplanes. The old wilderness of the bear hunters was long ago paved over for speed. "The Reivers" is a long hearty laugh at innocence in a whore house. Told from a boy's viewpoint, the action is very adult and funny as adults pursue their urges for sex and gambling. The horse race is a fine piece of sustained Faulkner writing. Buy this book. It is a keeper.

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The plot thickens
the snopes' come to town
An entertaining chronicle of a self-made man
Sequel is not equal, but still a great piece of literature

The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family
William Faulkner
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This is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South.

Like its predecessor The Hamlet and its successor The Mansion, The Town is completely self-contained, but it gains resonance from being read with the other two. The story of Flem Snopes' ruthless struggle to take over the town of Jefferson, Mississippi, the book is rich in typically Faulknerian episodes of humor and of profundity.

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The plot thickens.......2007-03-22

This is the middle book of the Snopes trilogy, and it seems like Faulkner has significantly changed his perception of the Snopeses. The Town and the Mansion were written much later than the Hamlet, and it's clear that they're written by a more complex person. It seems that the Jefferson of The Hamlet has an idealized honor that is being stolen away by the invasion of the amoral Snopeses. However, by the Town, the honor held by the locals is shown to be largely in their own opinion. We do see something slipping away, but it's not altogether clear that it's worth preserving. The shift makes for a much more interesting book.

Additionally, there's the maturation of Eula Varner, something beautiful in the South if not altogether pristine, and she is lost in this middle section of the trilogy. Her suicide says something about the South's willfull destruction, the outgrowth of a deal with the devil, but it takes some further mulling to fully absorb her.

There are three first person narrators guiding the reader through the news of The Town. Unfortunately, one of them, Charles Mallison, is an enormous yawn. Faulkner is usually fantastic with the first person children (Sound and the Fury, The Unvanquished), but his heart isn't in this one. Fortunately, the others are much more interesting and make the novel fly. Gavin Stevens is similar to father Compson in Sound and the Fury, and I believe one of the mouthpieces for Faulkner himself.

The Snopes trilogy is interesting in that it shows the maturation of a writer and the deepening complexity of his views. This trilogy didn't end up in the vein in which it was started, and that's a very good thing. Not my favorite Faulkner, but ambitious as hell, and that's the real reason to read him in the first place. When he pulls it off, there's nobody better. If you're already hooked on him, the trilogy is worth doing, unlike Sanctuary and Pylon, which are just downright miserable (regardless of what Sartre had to say about them, the putz).

the snopes' come to town.......2005-10-21

'the town" is the second book in a trilogy written by faulkner on the snopes family. the 1st and second books were written almost 25 years apart. it is strongly suggested that you read the 1st in the series, "the hamlet", first.

in this book faulkner brings the infamous flem snopes from frenchmen's bend to the city of jefferson and traces his steps up the social ladder from superintendent to president of the local bank. The story is told thru the eyes of three characters ranging in age from a child to an older adult. the story deals with the thwarted lover of eula snopes, gavin stevens who attempts to free eula's daughter from the shadow of snopes name.

as usual, Faulkner finds ways to make the story telling interesting. He does so by having the tale told by two "observers" and one participant. The youngest, charles mallison, tells what he sees and what he hears occurred before he was born as told top him by his cousin gowan. He is given the task of speaking for the town and his perspective is objective and not tainted by personal feelings. Gavin stevens and v k Ratliff on the other hand speak only from their personal perspective. Faulkner takes the opportunity to use each of their differing points of view to leave open a debate as to what motivates flem. As usual, we never see into flem and can only speculate like stevens and Ratliff on why he does what he does.

What we do see is flem ridding the town of the baser elements of his own family while he attemps to raise his own moral and social standing. He uses and destroys everyone around him to get what he wants. At the end, he is all alone.

An entertaining chronicle of a self-made man.......2001-08-22

The Town is the second volume of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, picking up the story from the moment of Flem Snopes's arrival in Jefferson, Mississippi. With the foundation firmly laid in The Hamlet, Faulkner is free to delve deep into the character of Flem, the volatile Snopes-Varner dynamic, and the fascinating interaction between Eula, Gavin Stevens, and Linda Snopes, the pawn in her father's plan to take over Jefferson. Not surprisingly, another host of Snopes parade onto the scene; but it is Flem and his underhanded, diabolical shenanigans that make this novel a joy to read. The ending is both humorous and seriously disturbing, paving the way for the Fall of the House of Snopes in The Mansion. One note: while the book jacket claims The Town may be read on its own, I would highly discourage it; trek through The Hamlet first before launching into it--it is well worth your time.

Sequel is not equal, but still a great piece of literature.......2000-05-13

Faulkner's literary reputation and legacy was cemented by the time this sequeal to The Hamlet appeared. He had also written all of his important works and was loosing his "touch", writing sequels to his more famous works and light weight nostalgic pieces (i.e. The Reivers). All in all this is still an important examination of the south, filled with the humor and horror that was Faulkner's trademark. Anyone interested in his body of work will have to read it at least once.

Town a Novel of the Snopes Family 1ST Edition

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Town a Novel of the Snopes Family 1ST Edition
William Faulkner
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The Town-a Novel of the Snopes Family
William Faulkner
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Nobel prize winner for literature of 1950 author William Faulkner pens another novel.

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The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family
William Faulkner
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The Town: A Novel of the Snopes Family

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THE TOWN a Novel of the Snopes Family
WILLIAM FAULKNER
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Town, The A Novel of Snopes Family
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