So Ask: Essays, Conversations, and Interviews (Poets on Poetry)

Book Description

An engaging and intimate collection by an American original

Book Description

This CD-ROM contains Dr. Nooteboom's complete revision of the fern family Davalliaceae, based on his recent series of publications. This family of mostly epiphytic/epilithic (sub-)tropical ferns is distributed from Korea in the north to eastern Australia and Three Kings Island in the south, and from the Canary Islands in the west to the Marquesas in the Pacific. One focus is on the delimitation of the genera as well as on the full description of the 43 species and 5 varieties, all taxa with full synonymy and illustrations. For species identification the program offers an illustrated dichotomous text key, and a new matrix-based multiple-entry key. The Introduction, the illustrated Glossary and the References modules contain important additional information.

Book Description

Packed with essential information in a clear, concise format and delivered in an engaging manner, the second edition of First-Time Latin America helps prepare readers planning their trip. It includes information on what tickets to buy, where to stay, what to eat and how to stay healthy. There are insightful overviews of each Latin America country highlighting thes best places to visit with country specific websites and necessary budget information. It is designed to answer the ''soft'' issues not addressed by country-specific guides, for example, how to lessen the culture shock of your very first night in Latin America; what to think about if you''re considering travelling on your own and what to do when you return home. This edition includes an expanded chapter on working and studying in Latin America. This guide is designed for the weeks/months before you get on the plane.

Customer Reviews:

Great book for travelers planning their first trip to the region........2007-03-02

I bought this book when I first began planning my trip to Latin America. I hadn't ever been to the region and wanted to know as much about it as possible. When I bought the book, my prior travels included the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and I knew that Latin America would be a bit different! It's a great book for travelers planning a first trip to Central or South America, and also a great guide for first-time travelers in general. I think people of any age would find this book helpful, too--it's information that any traveler will find useful.

There is a chapter on each country in the region with highlights to consider visiting, plus practical information on what to take, how to get around, routes to consider, visas, health, safety, and lots more. It's not a book you will probably take with you when you leave, but one you'll want to read in the beginning or mid-stages of planning your adventure. It'll answer a lot of your questions and concerns and help you have a better idea of what to expect.

I'm definitely glad I bought and read this book as it prepared me well for my three month adventure in Central America and addressed many of my concerns and questions. Recommended for everyone considering or planning a trip to Latin America.

Buy this first!.......2006-11-10

A great book to start with. We bought First-Time Asia before we took off to Asia for 6 months and it was extremely useful to help with all the planning and decide where we wanted to go. This time we know we want to go to Latin America but have no idea how south we will go or what so this book is great for the rampant changing of minds that occurs while we plan trips bc the information is so broad and covers everything. But it's just the basics. You will need a guide for each country you go to to take with you (we usually buy them used and trade them in when we arrive). Leave this one at home.

Book Description

Eugenics--the theory that we can improve future generations of humans through selective breeding--was one of the most controversial movements of the early 20th century. Often tied to racist beliefs and nativist desires to limit immigration, the eugenics movement attracted some of the most prominent scientists and social reformers of the day. This encyclopedia brings into one place concise descriptions of the leading figures, organizations, events, legislation, publications, concepts, and terms of this vitally important period historical movement. Although focused on the United States during the heyday of the movement, the encyclopedia includes material on international event as well as connections to important contemporary issues such as genetic engineering, "family balancing," and the possibility of human cloning. The Eugenics Movement: An Encyclopedia covers almost 200 years of history and includes over 250 entries on such topics as: * "Inherited conditions" such as alcoholism, prostitution, poverty, and criminality that eugenicists thought could be eliminated by following eugenic methods * Concepts such as "feeblemindedness," "race degeneracy," and "race suicide" that were pervasive during the era of the eugenics movement * Tools that eugenicists relied on, such as laws that allowed forced sterilizations of the "unfit" in the United States, Nazi Germany, and other countries * Organizations that encouraged the "fit" to produce more children * The continued acceptance of attempts to improve future generations through genetic testing and treatment The book includes photographs,a chronology of events, and an extensive bibliography of works for further information.

Average customer rating:

The Eugenics Movement : An Encyclopedia
Ruth Clifford Engs
Manufacturer: Greenwood Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OTP7YG

Book Description

Waves occur naturally in a vast number of scientific or engineering situations. Ripples on a pond, the light we see, and the oscillations of bridges and buildings can often be described as solitary or interacting waves. Wave theory is therefore one of the most important branches of pure and applied science.

In Modulated Waves: Theory and Applications Lev Ostrovsky and Alexander Potapov consider linear and nonlinear waves such as solitons, waves in inhomogeneous media, and many others. They discuss modulated waves -- those characterized by a slow variation of the macroscopic parameters of amplitude, frequency, and profile. Most of the fundamentals of wave theory may be understood by considering this class of waves. Theoretical analysis is supported by examples from different branches of physics: electrodynamics, fluid mechanics, acoustics, optics, and the mechanics of solids.

Average customer rating:

Modulated Waves: Theory and Applications
Lev A. And Alexander S. Potapov Ostrovsky
Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Baltimore
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000RZMP6U

Average customer rating:

Modulated Waves: Theory and Applications

Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Baltimore
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I9A292

Average customer rating:

Good content, poor binding

Astral Projection/Blessed Retribution

Star Rover - Amazing

The Star Rover

Well done

Star Rover
Jack London
Manufacturer: Corgi
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books | Authors, A-Z | Books on CD | Books on Cassette | Fantasy | Gaming | Large Print | Media | Science Fiction | Writing
19th Century | British | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

The Cruise of the Snark

Martin Eden (Penguin American Library)

Valley of the Moon (12 Cassettes)

The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories: 100th Anniversary Edition

The Portable Jack London (Viking Portable Library)

ASIN: 0552102369

Book Description

Surely, you don't think I'm holding out because I enjoy it?" I managed to gasp, for at the moment Pie-Face Jones was forcing his foot into my back in order to cinch me tighter while I was trying with my muscles to steal slack. "There is nothing to confess. Why, I'd cut off my right hand right now to be able to lead you to any dynamite.

Download Description

Surely, you don't think I'm holding out because I enjoy it? I managed to gasp, for at the moment Pie-Face Jones was forcing his foot into my back in order to cinch me tighter while I was trying with my muscles to steal slack. "There is nothing to confess. Why, I'd cut off my right hand right now to be able to lead you to any dynamite."

Customer Reviews:

Good content, poor binding.......2007-03-26

Although barely known, this novel is one of the greatest works of Jack London; the reader will certainly feel trapped by the deep voice of a narrator who reveals the mysteries of other lifes, and life and death themselves, without leaving the four walls of an early 19th century prison. The problem is not the book but the binding which is too tight and makes it very difficult to flip the pages comfortably in order to enjoy the journey.

Astral Projection/Blessed Retribution.......2007-02-22

The very best of Jack London. Read beginning of the book, then the end. Go back, and, read, all the way through.

Star Rover - Amazing.......2006-10-01

This is truly an amazing piece of writing. Truly a must read for anyone who enjoys good books, it contains not only a rich variety of tales but a perspective on the human condition which reveals the similarities in all generations. Without a doubt buy this, read it, and treasure it.

The Star Rover.......2006-05-10

The Star Rover is unknown compared to Londons other works but this is an amazing book. A straight jacketed prisoner is brutalized and basicly left in the dark in solitary confinement, wills himself to learn astral projection, and relives past lives from previous incarnations. Very unique book that is unlike anything else Jack London wrote. Although the theme of struggle, defiance, strength of spirit and willpower are one of the main themes in The Star Rover as in most of Londons other work, but even that aspect is different in the sense that the main character achieves his victory by giving up and willing himself to leave this existence. You will find no bigger lover of Jack London than me but even though this is very different than anything else he has written I hold it in just as high regard and consider it a classic. Besides recomending this to fans of Londons work I would recomend this to someone into science fiction, or anybody interested in astral projection, meditation or shamanism.

Well done.......2005-03-08

As usual, another eloquently written novel from London. If you are a London fan, such as myself, you will find this book to be no less than what you've come to expect from his writings. However, if you are just beginning to delve into the world of London or are simply looking for something that is a little more "off the beaten path" than you are accustomed to then this is an excellent book.

It is a somewhat atypical work of London in that instead of man's struggle against someone or something, it is about a man who learns how to let go of himself and to allow himself to travel through space and time back to previous lives.

Whoever reads this novel should, at the least, find it intresting.

Jack London 3 - The Star Rover & Other Stories (Classic Science Fiction & Fantasy)

Average customer rating:

Jack London 3 - The Star Rover & Other Stories (Classic Science Fiction & Fantasy)
Jack London
Manufacturer: Leonaur Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Adventure | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books

Anthologies | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books

General | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books

Short Stories | Science Fiction | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Subjects | Books

Literature & Fiction | Large Print | Formats | Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy | Large Print | Formats | Books

Poetry & Short Stories | Large Print | Formats | Books
Similar Items:

ASIN: 1846770068

Book Description

Renowned as a writer of classic adventure stories such as The Call of the Wild and White Fang, Jack London also had a parallel career as a writer of science fiction and fantasy. In Leonaur's three volume, The Collected Science Fiction & Fantasy of Jack London, his SF and fantasy novels and shorter works are brought together for the first time. Darrell Standing is a university professor and convicted murderer. He's also The Star Rover. During long spells in solitary confinement, his body immobilised by a canvas jacket that prevents all movement, he develops a technique that allows his non-corporeal self to wander through time and home in on lives that were his before he was Darrell Standing. His adventures - engaging, vivid and exciting - offer an eye-witness perspective on a past that might have been. This volume also includes three entertaining shorter works that show Jack London as a more than worthy contemporary of H. G. Wells.

The Star Rover: The Great Reincarnation Novel

Average customer rating:

21st Century Software Manual
not a novel but a fine work
this book is one of best that i have read
All time great book!
London's beliefs about dreaming, freedom and redemption

The Star Rover: The Great Reincarnation Novel
Jack London
Manufacturer: Valley of the Sun Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Customer Reviews:

21st Century Software Manual.......2005-07-18

What many people don't realize is that Jack London's STAR ROVER is actually a slightly fictionalized version of a book called THE 25th Man, by a man named Ed Morrell. Ed Morrell is The Man who spent over 15 years in San Quentin Prison and over five years in solitary confinement, mostly restrained in a modified strait jacket. Ed Morrell was faced with two options. First he could simply go slowly insane or he could learn to escape the physical confines of his body. What Mr. Morrell did, I believe, many people will be able to do by the end of this Century. Star Rover, is in fact, a detailed software manual for use with the human mind.

And the woman who Jack London hired to travel and take notes from Mr. Morrell was the very child which Ed used to visit during his out of body travels. Eventually she became Mrs. Morrell and they settled at 7164 Vine Street in Hollywood, California and Ed lived to the ripe old age of 78. What I can't understand is why hasn't the MOVIE been produced yet???

not a novel but a fine work.......2003-11-05

This is not really a novel, it is a collection of short stories held together by a frame-tale. I suspect that Jack London had written these stories over a period of time, and decided to put them together in this fashion in hopes of making them into a novel. But one can still read each story by itself. The themes and backgrounds of the various stories differ greatly, also a few are rather dull, while others are interesting. All in all, a great work and one of London's finest.

this book is one of best that i have read.......1999-02-09

yo quiero tener este libro en español. este libro se llama originalmente the jacket, en español la camisa de fuerza.

I want have this book in spanish , too can produce a good traduction.

All time great book!.......1999-01-28

I read this book many years ago and it has stuck in my mind as one of the greatest books I have ever read. It is very different from most of London's books, but I think one of his best. It is truly an original idea and its contents will stay with you for a long time. It is also a great adventure novel!

London's beliefs about dreaming, freedom and redemption.......1998-06-28

It makes me very sad that only a few people knows about this book. It tells the story of a man who finds himself in prison. He is trapped in a madman's shirt, in order to confess facts he knew nothing about. Obliged to pass days and nights without being able to move a single muscle, living in complete darkness inside special punishment cells, he manages to avoid getting nuts and yet bravely resists his tortures' will. Developing a way of traveling with his mind, he escapes from all human suffering and still has the chance to watch his actions of past lives, finally understanding how most of his present beliefs and flaws had been built.This is a tale about FREEDOM and REDEMPTION! It makes you firmly believe that free spirits are unbeatable and that we can dream no matter how life is. For anybody who is familiar with London's deep feelings about life and dreaming and freedom, I must say that this is his best book ever. A glimpse of the deepest beliefs of a great writer who left us so soon. A MUST!!!

Average customer rating:

The Jacket (Star-Rover)
Jack London
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Book Description

All my life I have had an awareness of other times and places. I have been aware of other persons in me.—Oh and trust me so have you my reader that is to be. Read back into your childhood and this sense of awareness I speak of will be remembered as an experience of your childhood. (Excerpt)

The Jacket (Star-Rover) (Large Print Edition)

Average customer rating:

The Jacket (Star-Rover) (Large Print Edition)
Jack London
Manufacturer: BiblioBazaar
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Contemporary | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Book Description

Average customer rating:

The Jacket [The Star Rover]
Jack London
Manufacturer: Mills & Boon Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MGKECQ

Jacket, The (republished as The Star Rover)

Average customer rating:

Jacket, The (republished as The Star Rover)
Jack London
Manufacturer: Classic Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

Classics | General | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books

Rejected FC of Scotland: Histories of the Ex-Scottish League Clubs: Edinburgh and the South: Leith Athletic, St Bernards, Edinburgh City, Peebles Rovers, ... Star, Armadale, Bathgate and Broxburn United

Average customer rating:

Rejected FC of Scotland: Histories of the Ex-Scottish League Clubs: Edinburgh and the South: Leith Athletic, St Bernards, Edinburgh City, Peebles Rovers, ... Star, Armadale, Bathgate and Broxburn United
Dave Twydell
Manufacturer: Yore Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Soccer | Sports | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0951332198

ROVER AND COO COO (Star & Elephant Book)

Average customer rating:

ROVER AND COO COO (Star & Elephant Book)
Hay
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Baby-3 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0881380784

Average customer rating:

The Star Rover
Jack London
Manufacturer: Corgi Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000R51J94

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books