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The Summer Guest
Justin Cronin Manufacturer: Dial Press Trade Paperback ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0385335822 Release Date: 2005-05-31 |
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Set primarily in a rustic fishing camp on the northern tip of Maine, the first 50 pages of Justin Cronin's The Summer Guest read like a lazy fishing expedition--most of the time is simply spent waiting for something to happen. Thankfully, this expansive family saga goes on to explore countless intriguing topics, including love, war, disease, loss, betrayal, and redemption. The book revolves around the story of Harry Wainwright, a wealthy entrepreneur who falls in love with the camp as a young man and returns decades later for one last day of fishing before he succumbs to terminal cancer. With Harry as a centerpiece, Cronin artfully weaves the tales of Joe and Lucy Crosby, the camp's owners; their daughter Kate; and Jordan, the camp's guide; into a complex web of family drama. Using history as both a backdrop and a main character, Cronin guides readers from World War II to Vietnam, with the story reaching its climax on a late summer day in 1994.The beauty of The Summer Guest lies in Cronin's ability to create meaning in each character's situation. Whether dodging the draft on a fishing boat in rural Canada, serving up clams by the Boston Harbor, saying goodbye to a loved one, or finding new love where you were once afraid to look, Cronin creates deep, sincere characters with whom readers feel a powerful sense of investment. ("Here is grief, I thought, here is grief at last: the full measure and heft of it... I watched myself enter it as if I were stepping into a pool of the calmest, darkest waters... a feeling like happiness, everything drifting away ") This ability to make what at first may seem like a quiet day of fishing seem extraordinary is what sets Cronin apart from other novelists, and what makes a story of the everyday business of living, loving and dying seem somewhat extraordinary. --Gisele Toueg
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Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award for his radiant novel in stories, Mary and O’Neil, Justin Cronin has already been hailed as a writer of astonishing gifts. Now Cronin’s new novel, The Summer Guest, fulfills that promise—and more. With a rare combination of emotional insight, narrative power, and lyrical grace, Cronin transforms the simple story of a dying man’s last wish into a rich tapestry of family love.Customer Reviews:
This is just a wonderful book........2007-09-19
Wonderful book........2007-04-04
Many summers, many guests.......2007-03-25
Luminous Prose..........2006-08-08
This is a rare gem!.......2006-04-05
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It Happened in the Catskills: An Oral History in the Words of Busboys, Bellhops, Guests, Proprietors, Comedians, Agents, and Others Who Lived It
Myrna Katz Frommer , and Harvey Frommer Manufacturer: Harvest Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0156002388 |
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This signature book captures the flavor of the "Borscht Belt," that fabled vacation area just "ninety minutes from Broadway." Summer romances, mambo time, menus with seven kinds of herring, musical and comedic greats getting their start, bungalows, and big hotels like Grossinger’s—all come back in a rush. Through the power of oral history, more than a hundred voices share stories that span nearly a century—recalling an experience that exists now only in memory.Customer Reviews:
Engaging Book Is Nearly As Fun As The Era It Celebrates.......2003-07-04
A WONDERFUL BOOK ABOUT THE CATSKILLS - BBC RADIO!.......2001-06-19
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GREAT!!!!!!!!! Yakov Smirnoff.......2000-08-15
WONDERFUL - - -Chicago Tribune.......2000-08-14
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The Tarnished Eye: A Novel of Suspense
Judith Guest Manufacturer: Thorndike Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Board book ASIN: 0786268980 |
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A New York Times Bestselling AuthorIn the northern Michigan community of Blessed, Sheriff Hugh DeWitt still grieves for his infant son, who died of SIDS a few years ago. Right up the road, in one of the rich summer cottages, Paige Norbois grieves for the lost love in marriage, though she stays to provide stability for their children. But soon all dreams of stability in Blessed are destroyed when Paige, her husband, and their four children are brutally slaughtered in their home.
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Clinical orthopaedics. With the assistance of the associate editors, the board of advisory editors, the boards of corresponding editors. Number Seventeen, Summer, 1960. Marshall R. Urist, guest editor.
Anthony F., editor. DePALMA Manufacturer: J. B. Lippincott ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OSSJKQ |
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Critical Inquiry Summer 1992 Volume 18, Number 4
W. J. T. (Editor) Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Guest Editors Mitchell Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000H24HBO |
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Film Culture 50-51 (Summer/Fall 1970) Gordon Hitchens is Guest-Editor for This Special Double-Issue of Film Culture on Hollywood Blacklisting
Gordon; Mekas, Jonas Hitchens Manufacturer: Film Culture ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000T9VN5I |
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Guests of summer
Paul M Fulcher Manufacturer: The Macmillan Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00086PC0E |
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The guests of summer,: A novel
Hilde Abel Manufacturer: Dobbs-Merrill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007EA1E4 |
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Psychotherapy (Theory/Research/Practice/Training, Volume 23/No.2 Summer 1986)
Manufacturer: American Psychological Association ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000QV5AHG |
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Pages205-328 The clinical understanding of gender conditioning as one of the most important frontiers of psychological understanding of our time. Clinical and research papers dealing with gender and its relationship to psychopathology and psychotherapy.
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Summer Breeze Guest Book
EDITED Manufacturer: C. R. Gibson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IKP23M |
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Ellora's Cavemen: Legendary Tails 2 (Ellora's Cave Presents)
Jaci Burton , Shiloh Walker , Jan Springer , Margaret Carter , Charlene Teglia , and Tielle St. Clare Manufacturer: Ellora's Cave ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
Accessories: ASIN: 1419951521 |
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ELLORA'S CAVEMEN: LEGENDARY TAILS II Love Spell By Charlene Teglia Lucy Wilson wants to get carried away. Literally. The inept witch has a history of relationship failure. Without passion, she fears she won't find lasting love. To prove that she's the object of his desire, she wants a man who will capture her body and her heart. Mitch Davis is too conservative and controlled to be the passionate lover she yearns for. After months of platonic dating, Lucy knows what she has to do. Give up on Mitch and go after the man who will be everything she needs-with a love spell that can't go wrong. Or can it? Club Rendezvous By Jan Springer Finally free of an abusive relationship, "Shy Girl" Emma McCall sheds her inhibitions and explores her sexual side at Club Rendezvous, a swinger's club specializing in the Alternate Lifestyle. Here she meets up with the dashing Logan Masters, a sexy hunk she's secretly fantasized about since college. With the help of his gorgeous twin brother, Luke, Emma will experience her ultimate fantasy.a scorching ménage a trois. Freak of Nature By Shiloh Walker He had nerve. Zoe couldn't believe Micah had come back up her mountain, not after he had used her all those years ago. So what if she still dreams of him at night.so what if she still loves him. She didn't want to see him again.so why did she melt, just from looking at him. But Micah's not here just to fan an old flame-he's here because her life is in danger. Again. Vampires and Donuts By Tielle St. Clare There are two things Kendra craves but knows are bad for her: vampires and donuts. When a vicious vampire attack sends her to Brand-the one vampire who tempts her beyond wisdom-for healing and protection, the close proximity to this man she can't resist is just too much temptation. And Kendra discovers the good thing about donuts.they don't bite back. Demon's Fall By Margaret Carter Caught between Heaven and Hell! When fallen angel Kammael takes human form under orders to seduce Erin Collier away from her destiny, he becomes strangely attracted to this mere mortal. He can't bear to see her harmed and when the Infernal Powers attack Erin, he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice for his newfound love. Garden of Eden By Jaci Burton Dr. Eden Mason has spent the past hundred years orbiting the Earth in stasis. She and a handful of scientists are the only survivors of a global meltdown. One special passenger has joined them-Adam, an alien sent to recreate what was once a thriving, beautiful planet. But Adam needs Eden to fulfill his goal, in a way she never expected. With Adam at her side, Eden hopes that life on new Earth will be a lush garden of sensual pleasures. But Adam's not telling her everything, and his secret may end up destroying them both.
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Doctor Who: The Stealers Of Dreams
Steve Lyons Manufacturer: BBC Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0563486384 |
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In the far future, the Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack find a world on which fiction has been outlawed. A world where it's a crime to tell stories, a crime to lie, a crime to hope, and a crime to dream. But now somebody is challenging the status quo. A pirate TV station urges people to fight back, and the Doctor wants to help - until he sees how easily dreams can turn into nightmares. With one of his companions stalked by shadows and the other committed to an asylum, the Doctor is forced to admit that fiction can be dangerous after all. Though perhaps it is not as deadly as the truth...Customer Reviews:
Excellent Adveture.......2007-02-02
Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams.......2007-01-11
Two thumbs up .......2007-01-11
"Was I Clever?".......2006-06-27
A Clever Puzzle.......2006-05-17
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Doctor Who, The Stealers of Dreams
Mike Tucker Manufacturer: Bbc Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000K3QIKS |
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Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams
Christopher Bulis Manufacturer: BBC Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000R52PDI |
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Urban Shaman (The Walker Papers, Book 1)
C.E. Murphy Manufacturer: Luna ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0373802234 |
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Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt.No worries. No pressure. Nevermind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams.
And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body -- but she's just come across her second in three days.
It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.
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Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt. No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams. And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body--but she's just come across her second in three days. It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.Customer Reviews:
Urban Shaman.......2007-09-18
Unique read.......2007-08-23
Need a good pick me up?.......2007-08-23
Urban Shaman (The Walker Papers, Book 1).......2007-07-29
Action And Drama.......2007-07-16
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Urban Shaman
Serge Kahili King Manufacturer: Fireside ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0671683071 |
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Powerful little book.......2007-08-02
Urban Shaman Works.......2007-07-14
The world is what you think it is.......2005-09-10
Saved my Life.......2004-09-28
Outstanding Book!.......2004-01-21
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Maps to Ecstasy: Teachings of an Urban Shaman
Gabrielle Roth , and John Loudon Manufacturer: New World Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0931432529 |
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You dont have to dance to understand this great work........2005-12-31
A Rich Tapestry.......2003-04-06
Roth's most vital message, in my judgment, is of the body's role in coming into relationship with the unconscious. Most depth psychologists emphasize the intra-psychic realm, the work to be done within the psyche to develop a strong connection between the ego and the Self. Yet, here is a person whose way of individuation is through the body and she contributes her awareness of this path with great passion and energy. For people who exist at some distance from their bodies, Roth's stories and descriptions of dancing into relationship are food for renewal.
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Amazon Healer: The Life and Times of an Urban Shaman
Marlene Dobkin De Rios Manufacturer: Prism Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1853270768 |
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The work of Amazon folk healer don Hilde incorporates a modern spiritualistic perspective into the traditional healing arts of the region. Medical anthropologist Marlene Dobkin De Rios examines don Hilde's methods in relation to folk tradition and modern research on the immune system. She finds that many traditional techniques stimulate the production of endorphins-natural painkillers that stimulate the body's own healing powers.Customer Reviews:
no title.......2005-11-12
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Maps to Ecstacy: Teachings of an Urban Shaman
Manufacturer: New World Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000GX6MAS |
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Maps To Ecstasy - Teachings Of An Urban Shaman
Gabrielle; Loudon, John Roth Manufacturer: New World Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000M3OJW0 |
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Maps to Ecstasy: Teachings of an Urban Shaman
Gabrielle; Loudon, John Roth Manufacturer: New World Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000O2DK3S |
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One Song Hero: The Inward Journey of an Urban Shaman
Marcus Samuel Robinson Manufacturer: Magna Pubns Assoc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0963970364 |
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Urban Shaman
Serge Kahili King Manufacturer: Fireside ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000WJKGIA |
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Maps to Ecstasy: Teachings of an Urban Shaman (Illuminates the Five Life Cycles to Enlightenment)
Gabrielle Roth , and John Loudon Manufacturer: New World Library ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000QIYSKO |
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Maps to Ecstasy initiates us into the five sacred rhythms inherent in all our actions and illuminates the five life cycles that lead us to enlightenment. We awaken our latent shamanic powers as we reconnect to primal knowledge through exercises, dance, song, poetry, meditation, theater, and ritual discovering how shamanic principles can be incorporated here and now in our contemporary, urban lives. Gabrielle Roth shows us how to turn our lives into art and how to discover the dancer, singer, poet, actor, and healer within.Books:
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