Organic Photochemistry, First Edition: Principles and Applications
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    Organic Photochemistry, First Edition: Principles and Applications
    Jacques Kagan
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    Organic Photochemistry outlines the principles, techniques and well-known reactions occurring in organic molecules and also illustrates more complex photochemical transformations occurring in organic chemistry.
    Many photochemical transformations convert simple molecules into extremely complex products with an ease not approached by the standard synthetic chemistry practiced in the laboratory. In the earlier chapters, the author outlines the principles, techniques and some of the well-known reactions occurring in organic molecules and later illustrates more complex photochemical transformations occuring in organic chemistry. Experimental techniques are included to encourage novices. Topics are emphasized where structural transformations can be formulated chemically. Practical applications are collected together. The book starts at a comfortably simple level with enough examples to provide an introduction to the diversity of photochemical reactions.

    * Includes experimental techniques to encourage novices.

    * Emphasizes topics where structural transformations can be formulated chemically

    * Collects and presents practical applications

    * Written in a simple style including enough examples to serve as an introduction to the diversity of photochemical reactions

    From Dna To Culture
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      From Dna To Culture
      Ralph M. Goldman
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      Correlation between induction of DNA fragmentation in lung cells from rats and humans and carcinogenic activity [An article from: Mut.Res.-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis]
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        Correlation between induction of DNA fragmentation in lung cells from rats and humans and carcinogenic activity [An article from: Mut.Res.-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis]
        L. Robbiano , D. Baroni , L. Novello , and G. Brambilla
        Manufacturer: Elsevier
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        This digital document is a journal article from Mut.Res.-Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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        Six chemicals, known to induce lung tumors in rats, were examined for their ability to induce DNA fragmentation in primary cultures of rat and human lung cells, and in the lung of intact rats. Significant dose-dependent increases in the frequency of DNA single-strand breaks and alkali-labile sites, as measured by the single-cell gel electrophoresis (Comet) assay, were obtained in primary lung cells from male rats with the following, minimally toxic, concentrations of the six test compounds: N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA; 2.5-10mM), hydrazine (HZ; 0.5-4mM), cadmium sulfate (CD; 31.2 and 62.5@mM), 4,4'-methylene bis (2-chloroaniline) (MOCA; 31.2-125@mM), isobutyl nitrite (IBN; 7.8-31.2@mM) and tetranitromethane (TNM; 1.9-15.6@mM). Similar degrees of DNA fragmentation were obtained in primary human lung cells; however, due to inter-donor differences, the minimum effective concentrations were in some donors lower and in others higher than in rats, and IBN induced DNA damage only in one of three donors. The DNA-damaging potency of HZ was higher in rats than in humans, and the opposite was true for MOCA. In agreement with these findings, statistically significant increases in the average frequency of DNA breaks were obtained in the lung of rats given a single oral dose (1/2 LD50) of the six test compounds. These findings give evidence that genotoxic lung carcinogens may be identified by use of the DNA fragmentation/Comet assay on rat lung cells as targets cells, and show that the six compounds tested produce in primary cultures of lung cells from human donors DNA-damaging effects substantially similar to those observed in rats.
        Determination of biodegradation potential by two culture-independent methods in PAH-contaminated soils [An article from: Environmental Pollution]
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          Determination of biodegradation potential by two culture-independent methods in PAH-contaminated soils [An article from: Environmental Pollution]
          H.S. Moon , H.Y. Kahng , J.Y. Kim , J.J. Kukor , and Nam
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          This digital document is a journal article from Environmental Pollution, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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          Biodegradation potentials of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined with soil samples collected from various depths of a PAH-contaminated site and of a site nearby where PAHs were not found. Putative dioxygenase genes were amplified by a primer set specific for initial dioxygenases and identified by web-based database homology search. They were further categorized into several groups of which four dioxygenases were selected as probes for DNA hybridization. The hybridization signals according to the presence of putative dioxygenases were positively related to the extent of PAH contamination. However, the signal intensities varied depending on the probes hybridized and moreover were not consistent with PAH biodegradation activities determined by CO"2 evolution. Despite widely accepted advantages of molecular biodegradation assessment, our data clearly present the variations of assessment results depending on the genetic information used and suggest that the methodology may tend to underestimate the real biodegradation capacity of a site probably due to the limited dioxygenase database available at the moment. Therefore, the molecular assessment of biodegradation potential should involve a very careful primer and probe design and an extensive microbiological examination of a site of interest to accurately delineate the biodegradation potential of the site.
          The DNA of cultures that promote product innovation.: An article from: Ivey Business Journal Online
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            The DNA of cultures that promote product innovation.: An article from: Ivey Business Journal Online
            Avan R. Jassawalla , and Hemant C. Sashittal
            Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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            This digital document is an article from Ivey Business Journal Online, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2929 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: The DNA of cultures that promote product innovation.
            Author: Avan R. Jassawalla
            Publication: Ivey Business Journal Online (Magazine/Journal)
            Date: November 1, 2003
            Publisher: Thomson Gale
            Volume: 68 Issue: 2 Page: NA(7)

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            Drugs impair keratinocyte DNA repair in culture.(Clinical Rounds) : An article from: Skin & Allergy News
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              Drugs impair keratinocyte DNA repair in culture.(Clinical Rounds) : An article from: Skin & Allergy News
              Patrice Wendling
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              ASIN: B000BNFMOA
              Release Date: 2005-10-04

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              This digital document is an article from Skin & Allergy News, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 618 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: Drugs impair keratinocyte DNA repair in culture.(Clinical Rounds)
              Author: Patrice Wendling
              Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal)
              Date: July 1, 2005
              Publisher: Thomson Gale
              Volume: 36 Issue: 7 Page: 42(1)

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              Identification of bacterial cultures from archaeological wood using molecular biological techniques [An article from: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation]
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                Identification of bacterial cultures from archaeological wood using molecular biological techniques [An article from: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation]
                A. Christine Helms , A. Camillo Martiny , and Hofman-Ban
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                ASIN: B000RQZU16

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                This digital document is a journal article from International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                Anaerobic bacteria were isolated from a 1700-year-old wooden spear shaft, excavated from an archaeological site that dates from the iron age, in the southern part of Jutland, Denmark. The bacteria were cultivated in glucose- and xylose-supplemented media at 14^oC and 20^oC. A gene library with 21 clones was constructed by extracting and amplifying 16S rDNA sequences from the individual cultures. One clone was phylogenetically affiliated to the Spirochaeta. Eleven clones affiliated to an unidentified member of the @a-Proteobacteria were present in all culture samples. Three clones were affiliated to the @b-Proteobacteria. Four clones were clustered among the Geobacteriaceae, in the @d-Proteobacteria. A single clone was clustered with gram-positives. All the identified bacterial families are commonly found in soil or bog environments and many are able to utilize cellulose as their carbon or energy source.
                Repair characteristics and differentiation propensity of long-term cultures of epidermal keratinocytes derived from normal and NER-deficient mice [An article from: DNA Repair]
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                  Repair characteristics and differentiation propensity of long-term cultures of epidermal keratinocytes derived from normal and NER-deficient mice [An article from: DNA Repair]
                  C. Backendorf , J. de Wit , M. van Oosten , and G. Stout
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                  This digital document is a journal article from DNA Repair, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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                  Epidermal keratinocytes constitute the most relevant cellular system in terms of DNA damage because of their continuous exposure to UV light and genotoxic chemicals from the environment. Here, we describe the establishment of long-term keratinocyte cultures from the skin of wild-type and nucleotide excision repair (NER) deficient mouse mutants. The use of media with a lowered calcium concentration and the inclusion of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) permitted repeated passaging of the cultures and resulted in the generation of stable cell lines that proliferated efficiently. The cells retained their normal ability to engage into terminal differentiation when triggered with high calcium concentrations or after suspension in semi-solid medium. The cultures reflected the cellular characteristics (i.e. repair and transcription profiles) of the Xpa^-^/^-, Xpc^-^/^-, Csb^-^/^- and Xpd^T^T^D mouse models from which they were derived. For instance, in line with earlier in vivo results, Xpd^T^T^D keratinocytes were disturbed in their ability to terminally differentiate in vitro. This was concluded from a delay in calcium-induced stratification and by reduced transcription of both early (keratin 10) and late (loricrin) terminal differentiation marker genes. UDS measurements in wild-type cells committed to terminal differentiation did not reveal any reduction in global DNA repair that could be indicative of differentiation associated repair (DAR) as found in neurons. UV sensitivity data revealed that in keratinocytes global genome repair contributes more to cell survival than previously concluded from fibroblast studies. It is inferred that these fully controllable in vitro cultures will be a valuable tool to assess critical parameters of genome care-taking systems in cell proliferation and differentiation.
                  Selective DNA damage responses in murine Xpa^-^/^-, Xpc^-^/^- and Csb^-^/^- keratinocyte cultures [An article from: DNA Repair]
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                    Selective DNA damage responses in murine Xpa^-^/^-, Xpc^-^/^- and Csb^-^/^- keratinocyte cultures [An article from: DNA Repair]
                    G.J. Stout , M.v. Oosten , F.Z. Acherrat , and J.d. Wit
                    Manufacturer: Elsevier
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                    Cellular DNA damage responses (DDRs) are induced by unrepaired DNA lesions and constitute a protective back-up system that prevents the expansion of damaged cells. These cellular signaling pathways trigger either growth arrest or cell death and are believed to be major components of an early anti-cancer barrier. Cultures of C57BL/6J keratinocytes with various defects in NER sub-pathways allowed us to follow the kinetics of DDRs in an isogenic background and in the proper (physiologically relevant) target cells, supplementing earlier studies in heterogenic human fibroblasts. In a series of well-controlled parallel experiments we have shown that, depending on the NER deficiency, murine keratinocytes elicited highly selective DDRs. After a dose of UV-B that did not affect wild-type keratinocytes, Xpa^-^/^- keratinocytes (complete NER deficiency) showed a rapid depletion of DNA replicating S-phase cells, a transient increase in quiescent S-phase cells (not replicating DNA), followed by massive apoptosis. Csb^-^/^- keratinocytes (TC-NER deficient) responded by a more sustained increase in QS-phase cells and appeared more resistant to UV-B induced apoptosis than Xpa^-^/^-. In irradiated Xpc^-^/^- keratinocytes (GG-NER deficient) the loss of replicating S-phase cells was associated with a gradual build-up of both QS-phase cells and cells arrested in late-S phase, in complete absence of apoptosis. Our analysis complements and extends previous in vivo investigations and highlights both similarities and differences with earlier fibroblast studies. In vitro cultures of murine keratinocytes provide a new tool to unravel the molecular mechanisms of UV-induced cellular stress responses in great detail and in a physiologically relevant background. This will be essential to fully appreciate the implications of DDRs in tumor suppression and cancer prevention.
                    Characterination of Hepatocyle Primary Culture derived from five Mammalian species and their use in Hepatocyle Primary Culture/ DNA Repair Assay
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                      Characterination of Hepatocyle Primary Culture derived from five Mammalian species and their use in Hepatocyle Primary Culture/ DNA Repair Assay
                      Carol Jeanne Maslansky
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                      Radiotoxic effects of tritium: Alterations of cytosine residues in the DNA of Escherichia Coli extracted from tritiated cultures
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                        Radiotoxic effects of tritium: Alterations of cytosine residues in the DNA of Escherichia Coli extracted from tritiated cultures
                        Jacques-Louis Binet
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                        The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Short Stories (Signet Classics)
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                        The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Short Stories (Signet Classics)
                        Oscar Wilde
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                        "Oh! In what a wild hour of madness he had killed his friend! How ghastly the mere memory of the scene! He saw it all again. Each hideous detail came back to him with added horror. Out of the black cave of time, terrible and swathed in scarlet, rose the image of his sin." In their ideal of an exquisitely sensitive temperament that thrills to fine shadings in sensation, the principles of the aesthetic (or "decadent") movement are well suited to the tale of terror. No story exemplifies this better than Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The sparkling wit and zest for life of Wilde's characters combine with cold-blooded acts of horror to generate a deliciously twisted sense of elegance and evil, civilization and degradation. Oscar Wilde, like Edgar Allan Poe, shows us that what we find loathsome and frightening can also be beautiful.

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                        LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME
                        THE HAPPY PRINCE
                        THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA

                        In Dorian Gray, Wilde's full-length novel, a fashionable young man sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Also included in the volume are three of the Irish master storyteller's short works.

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                        5 out of 5 stars genius.......2007-03-09

                        there is nothing about this novel i didn't enjoy. oscar wilde is nothing short of a genius.

                        4 out of 5 stars a classic novel.......2006-07-04

                        a timeless novel about the rights of the individual and our own mortality.

                        5 out of 5 stars "For Youth is the One Thing Worth Having".......2006-06-05

                        "How sad it is! I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this picture will remain always young. It will never be older than this particular day of June...If it were only the other way! If it where I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old! For that-for that-I would give everything! Yes, there is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I would give my own soul for that!"

                        Meet Dorian Gray. He has the perfect look. He shines with such youth and beauty that he amazes everyone he comes in contact with. According to Lord Henry Wotton, however, he does not fully realize what he has. When their mutual friend, Basil Hallward, a painter, decides to paint a portrait of Dorian, he ends up capturing that youth and beauty almost perfectly in his painting. Dorian is mezmerized by it. After listening to Lord Henry's philosophy about how youth and good looks are more important than being good-hearted, Dorian claims he would do anything to let the picture grow old and decay, while he will stay young and beautiful for the rest of his life.

                        It is only a downward spiral for Dorian after that. He continues to believe in the ways of Lord Henry. His face remains perfect and unlined as he commits sin after sin. The only way anyone would have known Dorian's true colors would be to take a look at his portrait; for his face on the portrait would take on the age lines and the sinister look that Dorian truly should bare in the flesh. The sight of his picture horrifies Dorian so deeply that he locks it up, and would not let anyone look at it. Dorian himself is too afraid to look at it. However, this does not stop Dorian from listening to Lord Henry and believing the same way he does.

                        Overall, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a great novel. The wit, humor, horror, and philosophy all comes together to make this story exactly what the description of the book says: timeless. The philosophical views of Lord Henry alone will make you question your own outlook on life. The plot is somewhat predictable, and so is the ending, but this doesn't keep Oscar Wilde's only full-length novel from being a great read. Also included in this book are his short stories, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Happy Prince, and The Birthday of the Infanta. Go ahead and pick this book up and start reading.

                        4 out of 5 stars real good book .......2006-02-26

                        I had to read this book for english class i wasn't sure if it was going to be that good but i went and read it anyways. Ahead of the chapters that i was suppose to read in class but that didnt stop me. I really enjoyed this book Wilde is a very great writer. The only thing that bothered me was too many gay refrences but that made the book strong somehow. weird. As i got into the book i came to conclude that Dorian was nothing but a sponge sucking in everything he could know.

                        Dont read chapter 11 it would bore you to sleep. But the rest was good. What got me into this book was the fact that im an artist too and it made me think alot.
                        Pick it up it's worth a try.

                        5 out of 5 stars Spectacular.......2005-05-02

                        A wonderful blend of morality and wit, set in the background of beautiful phrasing and truly enjoyable descriptions.

                        This book is very clever because it starts you off on par with Dorian - the main character - who then has his youthful innocence. Bit by bit, you find yourself fully strung on by the book's manipulative character who lures you in to the concept that everlasting beauty is more important than a beautiful soul.

                        Though predictable, the understanding the author demonstrates for the boy's psychological qualms, which have direct parallels to our lives at present, makes this a spiritually moving read.

                        The wit and mode he uses to drive his message home are second to none.

                        Humorous, witty, insightful, and evocative, it's a must read.
                        The Picture of Dorian Gray: Authoritative Texts Backgrounds Reviews and Reactions Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)
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                        The Picture of Dorian Gray: Authoritative Texts Backgrounds Reviews and Reactions Criticism (Norton Critical Edition)
                        Oscar Wilde , and Donald L. Lawler
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                        A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."

                        As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment."

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                        Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works. Written in Wilde's characteristically dazzling manner, full of stinging epigrams and shrewd observations, the tale of Dorian Gray's moral disintegration caused something of a scandal when it first appeared in 1890. Wilde was attacked for his decadence and corrupting influence, and a few years later the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde's homosexual liaisons, trials that resulted in his imprisonment. Of the book's value as autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, "Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be--in other ages, perhaps."

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                        Dorian Gray has just had his portrait painted. It is a perfect likeness of the quite extraordinary beautiful young man, and it prompts him to make a mad wish for eternal youth. In the years to come, he devotes his public life to and aestheticism-and his private one to decadence and debauchery.

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                        5 out of 5 stars The American Psycho of a bygone era?.......2007-09-26

                        Having only recently read American Psycho, I couldn't help but think back to The Picture of Dorian Gray. Placed within the context of its time, I feel certain that this book would have been the American Psycho of its day. What a great pity that Oscar Wilde only wrote this one novel! This compelling story has haunted me since I first saw it on film as a young man (the book is better of course). I've given copies of the novel to many friends, and I can heartily recommend it as a great read to anyone.

                        4 out of 5 stars Free SF Reader.......2007-09-03

                        I would imagine that there is not a very large chance you would find
                        this book in the waiting room of any plastic surgeon's office. An
                        example of a story that suggests be careful of what you wish for. A
                        young man makes a deal to keep himself young and youthful looking.
                        Unfortunately there is a secret associated with this that is hard to
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                        4 out of 5 stars A Classic Victorian Gothic.......2007-08-29

                        What can capture the soul of a man?
                        Is there a devil's deal to be made at the crossroad?
                        Dorian Gray shows that great physical beauty can be a lie. Oscar Wilde in
                        his introductory poetry says: Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are cultivated."
                        One can't say that this novel is beautiful,
                        but there is an element of eternal truth that even in ugliness has great virtue.

                        5 out of 5 stars Great Book!.......2007-08-23

                        This story is amazing, Dorian Gray keeps you in the book.
                        I read this book in high school and now I decided to buy it and read it again.

                        3 out of 5 stars Not all that I expected..........2007-07-30

                        This novel is one which everyone has heard of and many are compelled to read it as part of school curriculum. I never did, but thought I would give it a try as I really enjoy dry British wit and intelligent prose. Beyond that, I wasn't sure what else I was expecting, but for my tastes, I didn't end up entirely satisfied.

                        The opening 10 or 20 pages insinuated themselves into my imagination and I felt that I would be entertained by the main characters throughout the rest of the novel. The detailed descriptions of the lovely country setting and extravagant flowers gives one an impression of decadence and a high society jadedness that I somehow expected from Oscar Wilde, having read none of his previous work. Unfortunately, the remainder of the novel didn't hold as much pleasure for me.

                        Dorian Grey is a relatively uninteresting central character who is but a blank canvas for Lord Henry to experiment upon; Dorian's own thoughts and musings are not so compelling in and of themselves and yet we are treated to quite a few pages of them throughout. Lord Henry himself is an interesting character whose mean-spiritedness, which approaches evil in some instances, is obscured by his verbose bantering on half-baked, jaundiced observations on Victorian life. These also consume considerable paper stock, and as witty as his musings start out (his thoughts on marriage were particularly humorous to me), they start to run together and become somewhat of a misshapen lump through which I felt I was slogging at times.

                        Anyway, the story is relatively well known to most at this point, regardless of whether you have read the book in question or not. It progresses more or less as one might assume, which is not entirely a bad thing (I would not classify this tale as a mystery or as a horror novel, a genre to which I see it is sometimes curiously attributed). Oscar Wilde is definitely saying something here, and there seem to be many elements of allegory contained within the story. I have read that he saw parts of himself within all three of the main characters, and they do seem to represent different facets of a single personality. Unfortunately these same characters are hamstrung by this very fact, as they each seem only part of a personality, part of a character, and not well rounded or believable in their motivations or actions.

                        This is the first Oscar Wilde I have attempted to read, and I won't say it is my last, but there are classics of English literature which are as well written, more engrossing, and, in the end, more memorable, at least to this reader ("Silas Marner" comes to mind as a fine book I only just recently read for the first time as well).

                        So, overall, about 3 stars from me. In my opinion it poses some interesting questions, sparkles in a few spots, and held my attention for a few hours, but it's not something I would return to or recommend for pleasurable reading.

                        As a side note, I am somewhat surprised by the criticisms of the homoerotic nature of the relationships portrayed within the novel. Wilde portrayed the passionate nature of what amounts to a love triangle in a very effective (if slightly florid) way, and, as has been noted before, the relationships between the men seem more genuine and believable than those involving the fairer sex. Maybe this type of undertone would be out of place in a Hemingway novel but good grief it's Oscar Wilde! Scratch beneath the surface and read about where this man was coming from and the times in which he lived and worked.
                        The picture of Dorian gray ; the Complete Short Stories ; De Profundis ; poems ; the importance of Being earnest and Other Plays
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                          The picture of Dorian gray ; the Complete Short Stories ; De Profundis ; poems ; the importance of Being earnest and Other Plays
                          Oscar Wilde
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                          THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES; THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST AND OTHER PLAYS
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                            THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY; THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES; THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST AND OTHER PLAYS
                            WILDE
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                            Rescuing Business: The Making of Corporate Bankruptcy Law in England and the United States
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                              Rescuing Business: The Making of Corporate Bankruptcy Law in England and the United States
                              Bruce G. Carruthers , and Terence C. Halliday
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                              Corporate bankruptcy is a defining characteristic of the market economy. It encapsulates the fundamental conflicts between capital and labour, owners and managers, debtors and creditors, the state and the market. Yet, with one or two notable exceptions, the political and social dynamics of bankruptcy law and practice have been overlooked by serious socio-legal scholars. This book remedies that neglect. Adopting an approach that compares English and American law, the authors identify the underlying political forces that established corporate bankruptcy law on both sides of the Atlantic. The book demonstrates how, by a recursive loop of professional self-interest, corporate insovency regulation is the creation of the lawyers who interpret and administer it. This book will be welcomed as an important sociological study and advances our understanding of how substantive law results from conflicts among the professionals who help to create it.

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