Analytical Chemistry of Beryllium

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Analytical Chemistry of Beryllium
a novoselova
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Analytical chemistry of beryllium (Analytical chemistry of elements)
A. V Novoselova
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Analytical Chemistry of Beryllium (Academy of Sciences of the USSR Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Series: Analytical Chemistry of Elements)

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Physical, chemical and analytical characteristics of Beryllium and its compounds; detection, determination, separation oand concentration of Beryllium; determination fo Beryllium in natural and industrial mateirals, determination of impurities in Beryllium and its compounds. Bibliography, index.

Recent advances in the analytical chemistry of Beryllium (Progress in Nuclear Energy, ser. 9. Analytical Chemistry)

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Recent advances in the analytical chemistry of Beryllium (Progress in Nuclear Energy, ser. 9. Analytical Chemistry)
L. E Smythe
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Theory of Turbulent Plasma
A A Vedenov
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Theory of Turbulent Plasma (Studies in Soviet Science :Physical Sciences) (Studies in Soviet Science)
V. N. Tsytovich
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V. G. Bar'Yakhtar
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Theory of Turbulent Plasma
A.A. Vedenov
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Theory of Turbulent Plasma
V.N. Tsytovich
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Theory of Turbulent Plasma.

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Turbulent plasmas in a magnetic field: A statistical theory
Jerome Weinstock
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Who are you Kidding?!

Good history, poor love story.

Outstanding! Simply Outstanding!

A Gem The Restless Can Relate To

Interesting perspective changes

The Widow of the South
Robert Hicks
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In an Author's Note at the end of his book The Widow of the South, Robert Hicks tells us that "when Oscar Wilde made his infamous tour of America in 1882, he told his hosts that his itinerary should include a visit to 'sunny Tennessee to meet the Widow McGavock, the high priestess of the temple of dead boys.'"Carrie McGavock, The Widow of the South, did indeed take it upon herself to grieve the loss of so many young men in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, which took place on November 30, 1864.Nine thousand men lost their lives that day.She and her husband John eventually re-buried on their own land 1,481 Confederate soldiers killed at Franklin, when the family that owned the land on which the original shallow graves had been dug decided to plow it under and put it into cultivation.Before the battle begins, Carrie's house is commandeered for a field hospital and all normal life is suspended.Carrie is anything but normal, however.She has buried three children, has two living children she pays little attention to, has turned the running of the house over to her slave, Mariah, and spends her time dressed in black walking around in the dark or lying down lamenting her loss.She is a morbid figure from the outset but becomes less so as the novel progresses.The death going on all around her shakes her out of her torpor, but death is definitely her comfort zone.One of the soldiers who is treated at the house is Zachariah Cashwell, who loses his leg when Carrie sends him to surgery rather than watch him die.They are inextricably bound in some kind of a spiritual dance from then on.Their reasons for being drawn to each other are inexplicable, apparently, because they remain unexplained, and when Cashwell tells Carrie he loves her, she beats him nearly to death because she loves him too.At least, that is the reason Hicks gives.He violates that first caveat given to all writers: "show us, don't tell us."There is doubtless something deeply flawed in Carrie and screamingly symbolic about her behavior; it is surely elusive.Too bad, because Carrie was a real person whom Hicks lauds for her compassion and ability to grieve without end.Then, he throws in this gratuitous "love story" and confuses the issue.Carrie's relationship with her husband and children remains unexamined. Hicks is better at describing death and "the stink of war" than he is at life.If you read War and Peace and loved all the war parts and were bored senseless by the peace parts, this is your cup of tea. --Valerie Ryan

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Before the battle begins, Carrie's house is commandeered for a field hospital and all normal life is suspended. Carrie is anything but normal, however. She has buried three children, has two living children she pays little attention to, has turned the running of the house over to her slave, Mariah, and spends her time dressed in black walking around in the dark or lying down lamenting her loss. She is a morbid figure from the outset but becomes less so as the novel progresses. The death going on all around her shakes her out of her torpor, but death is definitely her comfort zone.

One of the soldiers who is treated at the house is Zachariah Cashwell, who loses his leg when Carrie sends him to surgery rather than watch him die. They are inextricably bound in some kind of a spiritual dance from then on. Their reasons for being drawn to each other are inexplicable, apparently, because they remain unexplained, and when Cashwell tells Carrie he loves her, she beats him nearly to death because she loves him too. At least, that is the reason Hicks gives. He violates that first caveat given to all writers: "show us, don't tell us." There is doubtless something deeply flawed in Carrie and screamingly symbolic about her behavior; it is surely elusive. Too bad, because Carrie was a real person whom Hicks lauds for her compassion and ability to grieve without end. Then, he throws in this gratuitous "love story" and confuses the issue. Carrie's relationship with her husband and children remains unexamined. Hicks is better at describing death and "the stink of war" than he is at life. If you read War and Peace and loved all the war parts and were bored senseless by the peace parts, this is your cup of tea. --Valerie Ryan

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Who are you Kidding?!.......2007-08-10

The historical portions of the novel are researched and present a clear picture of the battle of Franklin and the futility of the Civil War as it was being pressed by the South at this juncture. The war was essentially lost after the fall of Atlanta and the graphic and accurate description of the needless deaths of so many on this battlefield cause pain to me even after over 150 years.
The writer lost me with his "romance" between the two main characters. I could have accepted an attraction, magnetism, fascination, etc., between them. But having Carrie crawling around on a dirt floor of a cellar exchanging a kiss with someone seriously unwashed and whose breath had been described two or three pages before as having the smell of rotten hay?! I doubt it.
This could have been a great book.

Good history, poor love story........2007-08-01

THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH BOOK REVIEW
By Mary Olivera

On the eve of November 30, 1864, Carrie McGavock was languishing in her home over the deaths of three of her five children, unprepared for a battle that would take place at her doorsteps the next day. She would be abruptly awakened from her depression to come face to face with the realities of a war she did not care for and had wanted to hide from. Instead, she found within herself a strength she did not know she had and became a person with a purpose.

"The Widow of the South" by Robert Hicks is the fictional account of the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, one of the last battles of the Civil War, and its aftermath. Confederate General John Hood, against the advice of fellow officers, marched his army against the well-fortified forces of Union Major General John Schofield into the town of Franklin, Tennessee. Confederate soldiers charged through about two miles of open field to be slaughtered by the entrenched Union forces. By the end of the day over 9,000 soldiers, both Union and Confederate were dead or wounded on the fields, including six Confederate generals.

The story centers on Carrie McGavock, whose home was commandeered into a field hospital for the Confederate soldiers. The book highlights Carrie's efforts to nurse the wounded soldiers in her home and later her efforts to re-inter over one thousand Confederate soldiers in her family's cemetery. Because of these efforts and the fact that she maintained this privately owned cemetery for the rest of her life, Carrie became nationally known as "The Widow of the South".

The book's style is very vivid and eloquent. The author relies on flashbacks from different peoples' perspectives to take the reader through the story. I enjoyed this approach but others may find it difficult to follow. It is apparent that Hicks did his research before writing this novel. His scenes of the battlefield were especially grim and his anti-war stance is evident. The description of the death of a young Confederate soldier is difficult to forget:
"I watched a little rebel boy, couldn't have been more than 12 years old, suffocate under the weight of the dead piled atop him. Suffocated. I had never considered the possibility. Only his head stuck through the pile, and I thought for a second that he was looking at me and trying to say something, only he didn't have the air to do it. He couldn't breathe, and God knows where he'd been shot. His jaws moved, and his eyes welled with tears. The last I saw of him he was closing his eyes just as another body landed on him covering him completely. It was as if a wave had crashed over him, and he'd been pulled out to sea." (Page 84)

Mr. Hicks pays a great amount of detail to Carnton House, Carrie's home. It's only fitting since he has served on the Board of Historic Carnton Plantation and wrote the book to bring the Battle of Franklin, Carrie McGavock, and Carnton House to national attention. Some readers may feel that more information about the Civil War should have been included, but this is Carrie's story, and it wasn't important to her.

I felt that the book could have worked better as non-fiction. I enjoyed reading the Author's Note and would like to see that fleshed out more, especially why Carrie felt that she had to re-inter the soldiers' bodies on her land. Still, historical fiction lovers, especially Civil War aficionados, will enjoy the tale.

My next issue was the "love story" between Carrie and Sergeant Zachariah Cashwell, a patient in her home. Although the romance was important to the novel, the reason why remained unclear.

The Widow of the South is a tribute to Carrie McGavock's strength of character. It shows how a person so unprepared for the horrors that suddenly surrounded her persevered and found a purpose for her life. Carrie selflessly sacrificed her own life in order to honor the memory of the men who died outside her doorsteps.

Outstanding! Simply Outstanding!.......2007-07-26

I would give this one 6 stars if possible. Robert Hicks has written a wonderful book. He intertwines fact and fiction in a manner that will hold your interest from beginning to end. I have been to Franklin, Tennessee and to Carnton, but will never look at them the same way. This work is based on a true story about a remarkable woman with passion unequaled; a passion for the dead and those facing death. You will ride an emotional roller coaster throughout this book. I have read Civil War books for many, many years and can truthfully say, "This is one of the best."

A Gem The Restless Can Relate To .......2007-07-13

My daughter and I picked up several books a few months back when Border's was having a buy 3 get 1 free sale. Ky picked this one out and I figured that simply based on the cover I'd give it a trial read. Wow, I did more than a chapter! I crawled into this novel and couldn't believe that it was from a first time writer who is not a historian. Hicks focuses on the human element of the Civil War which is not far from Gone With The Wind, but with far more depth and less dramatic angst. The story of Carrie McGavock and her place during and well after the Battle of Franklin is told from many different perspectives, with multi characters telling the story. None of the carnage of war is lost here, but more importantly neither is its long term effects on the individual. Carrie is a real person and her feelings, short-comings, fears, and revelations are moving and timeless. As a women who often feels lost in the world, I could relate to this brave women who lived and died a century and a half before me. Her reasons may have been odd to her contemporaries or even to those who read the story now, but they were not lost on me. I cannot recommend this book enough if for any reason than to learn about the Battle of Franklin. Robert Hicks should be commended on his work and research and most importantly his preservation of this story and these real American Heroes. As a historian my final opinion is, at the very least it can inspire more interest or study of an important time in our nation's history.

Interesting perspective changes.......2007-07-09

Having lived in Thompsons Station, TN, I was familiar with the Carnton Plantation and the "lay of the land". The style of this book was different from any I've read previously. I was first annoyed by how the perspective kept changing back-and-forth from the point of view of Carrie and Zacariah. As the book progressed however, I enjoyed and anticipated what the other's perspective was going to be as I was reading the first account. It was an "interesting" book.

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Wonderful, evocative read!
True History ?
A Terrific Read!
Can't Finish It!
Kind of hard to follow

The Widow of the South

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Based on a true story, THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH tells the stirring tale of a woman named Carrie McGavock, who is forever scarred by watching her two children die. When the Civil War comes to her Tennessee town, Carrie helps care for the wounded Confederate soldiers who arrive there after a bloody battle. Later, when the bodies of the dead are in danger of being excavated, she establishes a Confederate cemetery at her plantation--an actual place, now restored--and becomes obsessed with the task of tending to it. Told from multiple points of view, this is an epic tale of a catastrophic war, seen through the eyes of the ordinary people who were caught up in it.

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Wonderful, evocative read!.......2007-09-25

This was an absorbing read. It personalized one narrow aspect of the Civil War conflict that succeeded in bringing home to me the real horror of the War Between the States. It was significant to me, as well, that the McGavock family and the cemetery Carrie McGavock caused to be created for the dead of the Battle of Franklin actually existed and exists today.
I would highly recommend this book for readability and content.

True History ?.......2007-08-05

Hicks wouldn't know history if it walked up and shook his hand . This is purely fictional history and should be removed from the shelves . Shame on you for lying about the Confederate soldiers and officers !

A Terrific Read!.......2007-07-30

This is such a wonderful story! Hicks really breathes life into these characters and spins a moving story of life, love, and loss during the Civil War. The story flows beautifully and will stay with you long after you have finished the book!

Can't Finish It!.......2007-07-24

This book is just to hard to follow. I can only read a few pages at a time. I keep having to go back to previous chapters to remind myself who he's talking about. There are too many characters that have a whole chapter devoted to them so that you forget about them by the time they are brought up again.

There doesn't seem to be much of a plot either. I enjoy the historical aspect of it. I also relate to Carrie in the death of her children, as I have lost 2. But It's so hard to read that I finally gave up.

Kind of hard to follow.......2007-06-20

I am currently reading this book and am finding it very hard to follow. It is told from multiple points of view which takes away from the continuity. I am hoping that it gets better as it goes on.

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Hope this helps...
Maybe I am biased because of where it is setting

Anything for Love (To Love Again)
Janelle Taylor
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As a nave college student, Rachel Tims realized too late that Daniel Gaines only married her to spite his wealthy family. Although she learned to dress impeccably, speak softly, and smile like a lady, she was never accepted as a true Georgia "Gaines".

Now, widowed and alone in her forties, Rachel is finally ready to leave her world of dull charity work and lazy country club afternoons behind. In addition to a career of her own, she also wants something a bit more shocking...

Celebrated ex-football star Quentin Rawls has returned to Augusta a hero. A national celebrity with two failed marriages behind him, Quentin is rich, rugged and years younger than Rachel. As he awakens a passion that sends her heart soaring, Rachel is faced with risking everything for a feeling she never thought to have.

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Hope this helps..........2007-09-06

Rachel Gaines has been a widow for fifteen years and, at
forty-seven, is tired of doing charity work and attending
ladies' luncheons. Her chance for a change of pace comes at
a class reunion. There she again meets Quentin Rawls, whom
she cut out of her life more than twelve years earlier. Some
explicit descriptions of sex. 1995.

Maybe I am biased because of where it is setting.......2000-11-07

My mom gave me this book the first time I read it cause I was desperate for something new and it just so happened that we were on our way to Augusta. That is also my hometown and the landmarks are oh so familiar. The storyline also is cool as I was ready for something new. I loved the whole book and now that I am on the west coast I brought another copy just to take me home when I need to

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Max Steele
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Masterful Women: Slaveholding Widows from the American Revolution through the Civil War (Gender and American Culture)
Kirsten E. Wood
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Release Date: 2006-09-26

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Many early-nineteenth-century slaveholders considered themselves "masters" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. According to many historians, the privilege of mastery was reserved for white males. But as many as one in ten slaveholders--sometimes more--was a widow, and as Kirsten E. Wood demonstrates, slaveholding widows between the American Revolution and the Civil War developed their own version of mastery.

Because their husbands' wills and dower law often gave women authority over entire households, widowhood expanded both their domestic mandate and their public profile. They wielded direct power not only over slaves and children but also over white men--particularly sons, overseers, and debtors. After the Revolution, southern white men frequently regarded powerful widows as direct threats to their manhood and thus to the social order. By the antebellum decades, however, these women found support among male slaveholders who resisted the popular claim that all white men were by nature equal, regardless of wealth. Slaveholding widows enjoyed material, legal, and cultural resources to which most other southerners could only aspire. The ways in which they did--and did not--translate those resources into social, political, and economic power shed new light on the evolution of slaveholding society.

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Another installment of Carl Wilcox

The Fourth Widow
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Another installment of Carl Wilcox.......2004-12-15

"The Fourth Widow" is the fifth installment of the Carl Wilcox series. In this mystery, Carl and a substitue cop named Orrie Buford(Joey had his appendix removed in this story) try to figure out who killed a waitress, while trying to clear Carl's name. As the mystery deepens and it is clear someone has it in for Carl, more people die and the motive becomes more clear. Carl finds that the son of one of his former lovers figures into this, and there is quite a climax as justice is brought to the killers.

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